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Okay, it is not a fairytale but the movie does bare the story of misfortunes and dealing with the bittersweet triumphs. The premise is a rollercoaster; it follows four siblings who learn to take care of themselves due to an imbalanced father and a mother afraid of domestication. Their parents believed in being free-spirited, living off the grid, with their ways of life sometimes having a positive or negative effect on the children.


Many of my friends will disagree, but I have always found it admirable hearing stories of people living off the grid by choice due to disagreeing with the structures of our society. It takes a noble person to do it. In the case of The Glass Castle, the story portrays fewer sweet moments and plenty of nightmares, in such a way that at times I am not sure what story it wanted to tell. That said, the father Rex (Woody Harrelson) and the daughter Jeannette Walls (Brie Larson), who also happened to write the memoir, are central to the entire plot.


Much of the first two acts show the family desperately moving repeatedly to find new places to squat or make a brand new home for themselves. The father is obviously proud of his belief but there is an underlying darkness ready to be exposed. It is almost like this memoir is trying to showcase to you that living off the grid is not as plain sailing as some will make you believe. With the many trips, new ideas and unnerving moments amongst the family, you come to realise that this movie is not about unshackling yourself back into modern society. It is about an incredibly formed dysfunctional family, that earnestly love each other but are in an undesirable situation. The movie portrays pure selfishness from the parents, with the siblings having to fend for themselves and deal with the father’s two spectrums.


Rex and his relationship with Jeannette are the strongest moments in the film. The father-daughter bond appears to elevate above all other relationships in the family. The Glass Castle presents two sides of Rex’s personality. A sober and a drunk version of himself. Sober Rex inspires his children, educates them to a way of life and drives their true character, however drunk Rex is aggressive, uncaring and lacks the ability to sympathise with his own. He is an alcoholic. This storyline is only effective because of the young Jeannette played by Ella Anderson. She carries a character living in fear and love, with the realisation that her father needs saving but also the vision to understand she needs to save herself and her


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I know you're all waiting for my next comics project. Well, issue one of Bad Stew is still not done yet. In the meantime, take a look at this little "mini comic" scrapped together from stuff in my sketchbook.<|endoftext|>At the recent SPS/IPC/Drives show, Werma revealed an enhanced wireless machine monitoring system with functions such as piece-part counting, job performance monitoring, and displays of fulfilment levels. The Win (wireless information network) system is an add-on for Werma’s KombiSign signal towers that can monitor up to 50 machines, irrespective of their age or manufacturer, and transmit the details wirelessly over distances of up to 300m.


The new module, called Win Slave Performance, consists of both hardware and software. The plug-and-play accessory transmits data to a receiver connected to a PC via USB. It can monitor piece-part counts and analyse the progress of a job on a machine. The hardware monitors up to six different machine status conditions, as well as counting piece-part production.


A new facility for monitoring job performance criteria can help to cut idle time. The new display of the “fulfilment” level of a job in hand allows any time frame – for example, a shift last week – to be viewed retrospectively at the touch of a button. If the status condition of a machine changes, an email can be generated automatically and sent to a PC or smartphone


Werma is offering two Win starter kits: one, for monitoring three machines, comes with three signal tower kits; the second, designed for an existing Werma KS70/71 installation, contains the parts that convert an existing signal tower to monitor machines.<|endoftext|>I’ve been sitting here the last few hours thinking about whether I wanted to write tonight or not. I have been questioning a great many things, even though I know I should just keep moving forward. It is hard to overcome self and let Jesus work in our life. As humans, we have a need to remain in control. As you can tell, writing has won this night.


My weekend has been unusually wonderful. I must thank my blog “hater” for their post because it really made me take a look into my life and my heart to realize that yes, I’m really at a point in my life that I am happy. Truly and amazingly, simply HAPPY. And my weekend has been filled with nothing BUT happiness.


Saturday, the kids were thrilled to be able to wake up and play together. They played outside for a long time. They even picniced outside, eating pizza for dinner. Saturday is pizza night at our house Then they came inside, got a nice bath and watched a movie before bed.


Sunday mornings are often slow for us and today was no different. After a quick breakfast, they donned their swimsuits and with a quick text we were out the door to visit a good friend for a day of swimming. After eating a snack (ok, more like a meal) of various junk foods, they were ready to jump in for some water fun! I spent my afternoon chilling with two of my best friends. It was a great day away from the house. The kids didn’t want to leave but were excited at the idea of going to swim and visit again one day soon!


We made it home, cooked a quick dinner of Sloppy Joes and Chili Cheese Fries.. Laycie got to go for a ride. Then kids watched a movie while I got caught up online.


It was a wonderful weekend, despite efforts to discourage our faith and relationship made online. Tonight I feel like a kid hyped up on the best kind of candy: I call it the candy of LIFE. God has taken the bad and shown me the BEST and I could not be more thankful for His blessings, for His willpower to overcome that sent by the Devil to destroy. God is the Ultimate Warrior, defending what is made right by Him and leading those who follow in His steps, shining light on the right path, like a beaming beacon in the night. I feel blessed to have found this path, with even my Mustard Seed of Faith to guide me. My Mustard Seed has been planted and allowed to grow into a gently blossoming tree with the guidance of His love. For that, I could not be more thankful. For ALL of His blessings, I could not be more thankful.


Government official briefs reporters that premier rules out staying in the EU’s current customs union


The hard choices of Brexit have tipped Theresa May's Conservative Party into open warfare. It’s not clear the prime minister will survive the crossfire.


May has held onto her job by avoiding too much clarity on what Britain's divorce from the European Union might look like, even as the process has been going on for nearly a year. She still hasn't stamped her vision of Brexit on her divided Cabinet, and that’s led to "huge uncertainty for business," said Hilary Benn, chairman of Parliament’s Leaving the European Union Committee.<|endoftext|>Attributes define the properties of actors, objects, and skills. Attributes are also commonly referred to as "stats", a shorthand for statistics. Attributes are most commonly used in battles, but may be used elsewhere. Generally speaking, attributes can be grouped into the following categories.


Agility/Evade attributes define how quickly a character acts in battle or their ability to dodge attacks


Resilience Actors with more resilience accumulate SP battle fatigue from using more high-cost SP skills more slowly


All actors also have at least one attack point, and these attack points have their own set of properties.


Note: While attributes behave the same manner for characters and enemies, there are some differences. For example, most enemies will never consume SP for using their skills.


Objects include items, weapons, armor, shards, and key items. These objects share some common attributes in addition to having their own unique attributes. Note that although there are four types of armor (equipped on either the head, torso, arms, orlegs), all armor share the same set of attributes.


Note: Elemental and status effect properties have not yet been defined for objects. This information shall be added later.


Skills are the actions that an actor can execute. Skills may be either used in battle or on the field (via the party menu in MenuMode). Because HP and SP are fully restored at the end of every battle, it is rare for a skill to have a field use. It is equally rare for a skill to not have a battle use.


Target Type Determines the type of target that the skill can be executed on (self, ally, enemy party, etc.)


Warm Up Time The number of milliseconds it takes the skill to be ready to execute after it has been selected in battle<|endoftext|>PORTSMOUTH — City Police Capt. Fred Hoysradt has resigned from the department, the Herald has learned.


Portsmouth Police Chief Michael Magnant confirmed Monday afternoon that Hoysradt had submitted his resignation. Magnant said he would have no further comment on why the longtime officer was leaving.


City attorney Robert Sullivan said that the chief of police can accept Hoysradt's resignation and had already done so.


Hoysradt was promoted in May from lieutenant to the rank of captain based on a unanimous vote of the Police Commission. A 15-year veteran of the department, Hoysradt has served as the commander of the Seacoast Emergency Response Team and is well known for his work in driving under the influence enforcement and publicity statewide.


Before coming to the city, Hoysradt spent time as a patrolman and field training officer in Stratham. He graduated with honors from the 93rd N.H. Police Academy.


It’s finally here – Google Maps for iPhone! Seriously, thank god. The Apple maps has gotten allot of flack, and I try to stay out of the bashing business, but man – it kept shoving the fact that it blows in my face for quite some time and it couldn’t be ignored. On my iPhone4…


iPhone Safari is purpoted to be trying to release HTML5’s newest spec that allows video tags. This means that we will soon be able to watch video inline easily not only on the web in general but on our pretty little phones. Some of you may be saying, “I already can playvideo on my phone”….


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Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the base IJN Shokaku design. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.


Detailing the development and operational history of the IJN Shokaku Conventionally-Powered Fleet Aircraft Carrier. Entry last updated on 5/30/2017. Authored by JR Potts, AUS 173d AB. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.


The Shokaku (or "Flying Crane") was the lead ship of a two-strong Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) aircraft carrier class, this including her sister ship, the Zuikaku (the "Lucky Crane"). Crane birds in Japanese culture had long been held as symbols of beauty and longevity, descriptions that hardly pass to military-minded aircraft carriers but the meaning here was understandable. The construction of the Shokaku began at the Yokosuka Naval Yard in December of 1937 and was conducted in secret to conceal the ship's size and specifications to the naval military watchers of the world. Following the end of hostilities of World War 1, world powers banded together to sign the Washington Naval Treaty, a treaty designed to restrict building of large, heavily-armed capital ships. Signees included both Germany and the Empire of Japan and both would soon work to skirt the rules of the treaty in building their massive and potent war machines. Japan had a master plan to expand their sphere of influence in the east and was building many new warships as specified by the Fleet Replenishment Program under the IJN. This program included building the world's two largest battleships - the IJN Yamato and IJN Musashi.


The Shokaku design was based on the best building concepts with information gathered from blue water combat experiences by the Akagi, Kaga, and the Soryu classes. Both Shokaku carriers were built with comparable specifications, displacing some 25,675 tons, and fielding an intended top speed of 34.2 knots. Powered by the most potent engines yet to be installed on any IJN carrier, the class was fitted with 4 x Kanpon geared turbines along with 8 x boilers that produced a combined 160,000 shaft horsepower. The Shokaku was 90-feet longer and sported fifty percent more displacement essentially making her a larger version of the Soryu and Hiryu carrier classes. The Flying Crane would be crewed by 1,660 officers and men.


Upon completion, the Shokaku, became the most modern aircraft carrier in the IJN and one of the finest of her type in the world. Her engineers not only understood the need for extra aircraft storage spaces but also the need to quickly rotate them into action. Three elevators were included in the deck design, this facilitating movement of combat aircraft up and down from the hanger decks to the flight deck, allowing aircraft to be quickly refitted (refueled and rearmed) and launching. To help maintain morale of the hard-working crew, comfortable living spaces were constructed throughout the Flying Crane.


For defense against surface ships and incoming enemy aircraft, the Shokaku was armed with 8 x twin mounts of 16 x 5-inch guns and 36 x 25mm anti-aircraft cannons. By 1944, 96 x 25mm anti-aircraft cannons were added. Defensive armor allocation included 6.5-inches protecting magazine spaces and 3.9-inches for the deck. Machinery areas were given 5.1-inch armor protection. For offense, the Shokaku could carry up to 84 aircraft including 18 x Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" fighters, 27 x Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers and 27 x Nakajima B5N "Kate" torpedo planes across two hangers. World War 2 ushered in the era of the aircraft carrier and these floating islands could now bring the fight to the enemy. Fighters served as air cover for the dive bombers and torpedo bombers, the latter forces used to directly attack surface vessels or land-based targets as needed.


The construction of both carrier ships was delayed for a time when the funnel arrangement was changed after completion. The funnels were moved directly aft of the island superstructure along the starboard side of the ship. Also, surviving crew members of the hapless IJN carrier Kaga - this vessel lost at the Battle of Midway - indicated that onboard fires had increased and spread beyond control due to the air spaces found around the fuel tanks. To counter this design fault in the new carriers, concrete was used to fill the air spaces. Shokaku was launched on June 1st, 1939, and was officially completed and formally commissioned on August 8th, 1941.


Five months before, on April 10th, the IJN had created the First Air Fleet - the Kido Butai or "Mobile Unit Force". It was comprised of all of Japan's fleet and light carriers supported by 474 aircraft, 2 battleships, 3 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 8 tankers, 23 submarines and 4 midget submarines. This historical military initiative was a new concept in naval aviation - essentially becoming the first tactical carrier task force. Now that Shokaku and her sister ship Zuikaku had finished their "shake down" cruises, they joined the other carriers of the Kido Butai - the Akagi, Kaga, Soryu and Hiryu. This carrier group, under Admiral Yamamoto, was training to carry out the upcoming raid that would bring the United States into World War 2 - the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.


Japanese authorities felt that the nation was ready for all-out war. Her naval forces were far superior to that of any other nation in 1941, possessing ten aircraft carriers and 1,500 trained and tested aviators. Along with top quality surface ships, submarines and aviators they also possessed the best carrier-based fighter of the time in the Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" and the equally adept torpedo plane, the Nakajima B5N "Kate".


In September of 1941, the Shokaku was sent to patrol with the 1st Air Fleet in the Kobe and Kure area within home waters. Her first captain, Yokokawa Ichibei, continued to train his ship's crew until they were called to duty with the Kido Butai. On November 26th, 1941 Shokaku and five other carriers with their support ships of the Japanese strike force departed Japan under radio silence and were at sea for twelve days, arriving some 200 miles off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii on December 7th, 1941 - ready to target and destroy


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Nice, huh? He gave such a nice description of what it was and its history, I’m not going to try to one-up him. Visit his site and learn all about why I’m about to do what I’m about to do.


2. Blame the Healer. I only recently started following this blog, but it’s always worth stopping by to see what is said.


7. Last and not least, a pass-back to my buddy Ventris at Alt Much?. See ya on the battlefield, buddy!


It seems I’m also supposed to post 10 things about me, but that will have to wait for another time. “Real Life” rears its ugly head again 😦


Got a few more WCPI folks to pass around. First, welcome back to Blame the Healer. I love the post about the Chinese version of WAR, being a bit of a language whore, but do wonder where they are going to put all those Chinese players after the server consolidation… 🙂


Second, check out Evan Sims. Evan is a game designer and the author of MinChat, an extremely handy addon as well as having useful tips like how to skip entering your password in the WAR launcher.


Well, it seems the patches from yesterday (was I the only one that got two? Or did I just miss one from Monday?) have cleared up the crash to desktop at the selection screen, at least for me. So, it’s high time to wrap up this little rant about what, why these things happen.


We’ve answered the what and the why, really, so the only question that I had revolves around my guildmate’s comment, “Eh, patches cause crashes”. Why are we all so indifferent to this? Why do we accept software that locks, crashes, eats our data and causes us to tear our hair out in frustration to be the norm?


This is not relegated only to games, not by any means. I’m talking about everyone, all users of software. Do we like crashy software? Hell, no. Do we get frustrated, call customer service, go round and round and finally delete the piece of crap, fuming all the while about it would have been so nice if it had just worked? Oh, yes. But are we ever surprised? No. Because software causes crashes. And why do we accept that as Truth?


Let me tell you a little story. Now, this is apocryphal because I did not actually see this happen as it was before I entered the workforce. But, it rings so true even if it is not completely correct in detail it certainly captures the spirit of the issue. Some years ago there was a program that was written to help do complicated and tedious mathmatics. It started as a small idea and was added to and modified over the course of a couple of years. Eventually, someone realized that people might pay money for this no-longer-little application, so they started selling it. Eventually, someone did something with the program that had not even been done (or tested!) before and noted that the program supplied the wrong answer. They also noted that if they had been using the program to do something important, like, say, designing load tolerance for bridge, this kind of error could lead to the collapse of the bridge. While there were cars and such on it. Ouch.


So they went back to the developer and told them about the problem. Now, at some level, the developer or one of his office mates must have known something like this was likely to happen because when they sold them the application, there was a little bit of text saying that they (the selling/developing company) could not be held responsible in the event the program was wrong.


WTH? Talk about the ultimate get out of jail free card! So for years, we as a consumer base have been buying into the idea that of course, software ships with bugs. You can’t get every one, after all.


Bull. Remember the triangle? That line is a way to wriggle out from the “quality” side. You have a deadline, you’ve capped your budget, you need to get this puppy out the door! What do you do? Slash quality of course. The user’s aren’t expectning a bug-free product anyhow. Why bust the bank over this?


This is the prevailing attitude of almost everyone in the software business I have ever worked with, from maintenance programmers to VPs of development. Release the product when it’s “good enough”, and the users will complain, but not leave.


Well, that’s wrong. And we, all of us, are letting them get away with it. As long as we shrug our shoulders and say that it’s OK for the developers to cut corners on quality and give us something less than what we purchased, they will continue. It’s a winning model for them. They get our dollars, users stay and are at least satisfied if not happy, and they get to keep their jobs.


I say enough. I say it’s not right that Mythic obviously shorted their testing cycle and rushed 1.2 out the door. My user experience was the worse for it, and many others as well. Is it life threatening? Of course not. But the scary thing is, one day it will be. Do you really want a medical device/automatic braking system/space shuttle designed by an industry that ships software when it’s “good enough”? I sure don’t.


I’m going to take a break in my series of posts about the crashes due to the 1.2 patch to point everyone to this article at Breakfast at War. Pancakez does a great job explaing the relationship between armor, toughness and wounds. It really helps to understand this, and to understand which stat helps the most in PvE versus RvR so that when choosing gear the decision process is a little more sophiticated then “Higher numbers are better….hrrrr”.


Just for curiosity’s sake I’m going to plug my Witch Hunter’s stats into his formula once I get home and can log in. I know it will just make me weep, but I’m curious to see if my “seconds of survival” is measured in decimals.


Last time I was talking about the recent patch to WAR, and the sudden CTDs I was getting as a result each time I tried to log out to the character selection screen. My guildmates’ reaction to this was “Eh, patches cause crashes.”


There are two things I want to examine about this situation. One, what might have caused a game to be released with a bug so severe that it shuts the client down, and two, why we as users think not just that this is OK, but that it is expected and accepted.


As I said before, I have been professionally developing commercial software for 20 years now. Standard disclaimer applies: I have never programmed a game in my life, and I certainly have no knowledge of the working of the WAR program. That said, there are some overarching concepts in software development the apply regardless of what you are developing.


In part one I brought up the concept of the “software triangle” and mentioned I did not think that it was responsible for the bugs in this latest patch. While it’s certainly possible, the honest truth of the matter is that this patch has been very smooth for the most part. The fact that not everyone is crashing to desktop (I and Jennifer at GirlIRL are the only two that I know of at this point) indicates that the software triangle probably was not the cause. Problems with the triangle are usually more catestrophic.


So what did happen? Most likely a simple truth is the cause of our CTD woes: Software is complicated. All software, even the simplest “Hello, world” program is complicated. Those out there who remember Charles Petzold and “Programming the OS/2 Presentation Manager” remember the eight pages of raw C init code you needed just to get your “Hello” to display know what I’m talking about. Add multiple layers to that, interacting subsystems, OS, hardware and myriad other things and you start to get an idea what I mean by “complicated”.


So, let’s look at this CTD issue in WAR 1.2. For those not experiencing it, when you log out of the game to go to the character selection screen, the game window disappears and shuts itself down, poof. Colloquially known as a “crash to desktop”, developers refer to them as “abend” (that’s ab-end, as in “abnormal end”) and the most common reason for that to happen is the program tried to use some data that simply was not there, something known as a “null pointer reference”. When the program could not find what it was looking for, and there was not protective code surrounding it (i.e., no error catching), the application simply shuts itself off.


So, that does not sound too bad, right? We know that it happens something like 4 out of 5 times (I was able to log out successfully once) going to the character screen, we know we are looking for a “null pointer reference”, whatever that is, so it should not be too hard to find, right?


Wrong. The great bugaboo with errors like this is inconsistency. 4 out of 5


1256445 ers of the destinies of others. This totalitarian Treasurer, with his vendetta against capitalism, does not appeal to me or to most of the Australian people. The Australians have not yet been indoctrinated with the theories of the Communists, the near-Communists, the reds and the pinks and pseudo-intellectual9 who would standardize the lives of Australians as lives were standardized by the Nazis of Germany and the Communists of Russia. This bill is unjust, unnecessary, and un- democratic. It shows that the discredited Government, which for so long under the title of “ Labour “ has hoaxed the workers, is contemptuous of the people. It is high time that the people rose against it. The history of the English people shows that they have resisted tyranny from without and within. They have risen against the enemy without and against the enemy in their midst. We, too, will obstruct the enemy within. We are not going to take this quietly. The ultimate aim of complete socialism that dominates the minds of the Prime Minister finds support from other “ futile fuhrers “ on the Government benches. Doubtless the honorable member for Werriwa (Mr. Lazzarini) will take this opportunity of giving expression again to the famous ideas that he expressed in 1930 and 1931, when he said, “ Get the printing presses busy and print notes to pay off internal debts. Debase our currency “. That is the way to take money out of the hands of the workers. That is what was done in Germany in the ‘twenties. That is how Germany wiped off its internal debt. That is what will be done by this Government under this proposal. The honorable member for Werriwa will inveigh against the banks and talk about managers sitting like crows waiting to profiteer in depressions. I anticipate the honorable gentleman who will say that the private banks did little or nothing to help this country out of the depression. It is easy to say that they did wrong, but any one who dealt with them in those days knows that the reverse is true. In 1928, the trading banks advances amounted to only £222,000,000 compared with £239,000,000 in 1931, when the depression was at its greatest depth, an increase of £17,000,000. although deposits had fallen from £273,000,000 in 192S to £259,000,000 in 1931, a fall of £14,000,000. The people must not allow themselves to be misled by statements emanating from honorable gentlemen opposite, who seem to have developed a depression in the cranium. The issue of nationalization of banking is being fought in Victoria, the only place where the people can speak. I am certain that they will speak against nationalization in no uncertain tone. I conclude with an extract from a speech of that great democrat whose efforts were directed towards ensuring world peace, Mr. Woodrow Wilson - “ Freedom exists only where the people take care of the Government”.


The Government achieved power by deception. Although nationalization of banking has been a plank of the Labour party’s platform for many years, it was not mentioned in the policy speech of the Prime Minister at the last general elections. Therefore, the Victorian people will be the first section of the people to express their voice on the policy. Let the people of the rest of the Commonwealth speak at the first opportunity. If we are not to have a referendum on the subject, let the people fight a delaying action until the Government is forced to face the country again and can be turned out of office.


.- The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) last night, in opening the case for the Opposition, was the perfect paid advocate. He had no case, and, having no case, he followed the practice of many lawyers in the law courts, and used guile in order to fuddle the jury so that they should not be able to approach their verdict with a clear mind. I was amazed by the loose language of the right honorable member when he talked of “ a monopoly of money “. By implication, he supported something that I have been advocating for 35 years. I propose to give figures to prove that the private financiers of this country have usurped the functions of government in issuing currency in the form of illegal cheque pounds amounting to nearly 90 per cent, of the total currency. The only legal money in this country, I inform the right honorable gentleman, who used the phrase “ monopoly money “ on three or four occasions, is notes, and silver and copper coins issued by the Government, which has the only prerogative to issue currency. When the right honorable gentleman said that the Government was trying to achieve a monopoly in money, he forgot that we already have it. Every one knows the. penalties inflicted upon counterfeiters of notes and coins. If the right honorable gentleman’s words meant anything, they meant that we are going to take from the associated banks the right that they have practised for years by issuing illegal cheque pounds to usurp the Government’s prerogative to issue currency.


– That interjection is as stupid as most of the honorable gentleman’s interjections. When the Commonwealth Bank issues a cheque it does so as a national institution on behalf of the Government and in exercise of the Government’s prerogative. I leave the right honorable gentleman’s speech at that point, but there are one or two other matters which I wish to deal with before I come to the actual details of the legislation.


There has been a great deal of publicity in articles and letters in the press about this proposal. There 1 are squeals that the Government has no mandate for it, and that it should be submitted to the people at a referendum. I remind the Leader “of the Opposition and the Leader of the Australian Country party (Mr. Fadden) and all other honorable gentlemen that during the last general elections the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) stated no policy. He asked the country for an open mandate. Honorable gentlemen opposite and the press they represent said that if the people returned the Chifley Government, the Prime Minister would be able to do as he liked, and, when the election was over, honorable gentlemen will remember, they told the people of Australia, “You have put Chifley back as Prime Minister. You have given him an open mandate. He can do anything he likes in the next three years. He can sit down and do nothingor do anything he likes, and you will have no right to squeal.” That is what (honorable gentlemen opposite told the people. Now they have changed their tune and are howling all over Australia for a referendum. I support the bill with all the enthusiasm at my command. It is a dream come true. I am not ashamed to say I have dreamt of and hoped for this legislation all my adult life.


– I shall not walk the plank. I make no apology for supporting the measure. I support it not because of some immediate urgency or possible contingency, but because my heart and intelligence tell me it is the only safe thing for the country to do. It is undeniable that the nation alone should possess the power that should never have been allowed to pass into the hands of private people. Because I have believed, and still believe, that that is so, I welcome this measure more than I have welcomed any bill which this Government has presented to the Parliament. I contend, and I shall quote figures to prove it, that the power of private financial institutions to expand and contract credit by granting or calling up overdrafts enables them to play “ ducks and drakes “ with the purchasing power and currency needs of the people, for their own benefit and to enforce their policies, not only in Australia, but also in many other countries. That is the history of the moneychangers from the day when’ Christ whipped them out of the Temple with knotted cords. They toil not, neither do they spin. They do not give any service. They do not give anything to the people, but, all the time, they are drawing off profits from the people’s own resources and the national resources.


I propose to refer to the transactions of private banking institutions in 1938, a year of peace-time economy. I shall not refer to war-time years, when the national credit was enormously expanded. War always causes inflationary tendencies, because a country must use its goods, services and materials for the purposes of destruction, and does not place anything on the credit side to offset this expenditure of ‘money and energy. All the figures which I shall quote are taken from the bankers’ own balance-sheets, which are published in the Commonwealth Year-book. In 193S, the total amount of legal currency - notes, and silver and copper coins - in Australia was £59,000,000. Of this sum, the banks held £29,000,000. The remainder was in the hands of the people. Against that £29,000,000, the banks held the people’s deposits amounting to £324,000,000. The banks put through their clearing houses for the capital cities of the Commonwealth alone an amount of £2,600,000,000. The total bank transactions amounted to £3,236,000,000. This formed a pyramid, as it were, on the legal currency holding of £29,000,000. This information which I am giving to the House will dispose of the argument that when a bank provides a farmer, pastoralist or industrial concern with credit, it necessarily issues currency to that amount, simply because cheques drawn on the credit account can be exchanged for currency. In 1938, the associated banks owed on call to their depositors £120,000,000. The law provides that the banks must surrender money in current accounts on call as soon as cheques


1256446  and that the concerns of all Stakeholders have been addressed.


The system model will show all of the System Requirements traced to all of the Stakeholder concerns, and all model elements traced to the System Requirements. This will prove that the system design is traced to all of the Stakeholder Requirements.


“When identifying stakeholders, the following are to be considered and included when applicable: users of the system; operators of the system; acquirers of the system; owners of the system; suppliers of the system; developers of the system; builders of the system; maintainers of the system”<|endoftext|>C.C. Winter is a Jamaican crime thriller/supernatural fiction writer with a taste for chilling story twists between a complete fascinating noir style plot and a disturbed protagonist. Her books are unique in their own way. Outside the box premise with a certain Stephen King and Julian Flynn brilliance. Her readers are always guaranteed a horrific suspense ride guessing what will take place next usually frightening them with what does happens next.


C.C. Winter's first published short Crime series, Silent Escapes, is now available via all online stores. Silent Escapes takes readers into a world through the looking glass of it's somber and cynical femme fatale cop protagonist. It doesn't hold back, all screws loose surrounded by a grim, villainous dystopian air.


The Silent Escapes book series is not recommended for lighthearted readers but for those who prefer their crime thrillers raw, dark and ruthless.<|endoftext|>This tart is a real showstopper for Thanksgiving or Christmas- the ruby red glaze shines like a mirror, and adds a tangy counterpoint to a more traditional “pumpkin pie” flavor. It can be made a few days ahead of time, and glazed the day you want to serve it. It holds well after it’s glazed too, but you need to be careful that nothing in the fridge falls into it or otherwise mars the surface. You wouldn’t want to wrap it wth plastic after it’s been glazed. I had to play with this recipe a bit to get all the different parts to work- I’ve added a thin layer of chocolate under the squash filling, which is one of my favorite tricks to keep a bottom crust from getting soggy, and in my opinion chocolate makes everything better! Feel free to leave it out of you wish, it will just be a little softer on the bottom. If you happen to have a 10-inch (a more common size) than an 11-inch tart pan, hold back a little on the crust and filling so it will still fit. I love the way an 11-inch tart looks, and the slice are long and elegant.<|endoftext|>We have smart machines all around us working to make our lives more convenient. Why not use intelligent machine technology to improve and consolidate the processes of greeting, validating and security screening?


Anyone who has been on a plane or gone to a sports stadium knows first-hand the drudgery of going through security screening. You’re standing in line, waiting excitedly to enter the stadium or get to your gate, and when you finally get to the front of the line you are met by a guard in plastic gloves and your excitement leaves immediately. You’re now just trying to get through the invasive and embarrassing motions of letting a stranger rifle through your bags, and you’re praying you aren’t “randomly” selected to get a full-body pat down. This type of security checkpoint is a genuinely unpleasant experience, but most people just let it happen because they don’t feel they have a choice. We’re told this unpleasant experience is necessary – but it’s a dangerous myth!


It’s not necessary and you do have a choice. There is a much better way to provide venue security that is also a very pleasant experience for people.


Think on this: You’ve seen the “self-serve” kiosks in retail stores that allow consumers to help themselves and speed up the checkout process. This is a huge movement in the retail space that has proven time and again to be a very effective way to offer a better retail experience for customers. In fact, a 2014 survey revealed that 73 percent of global consumers use self-checkouts at supermarkets. Think about what it would look like if you applied that same “self-serve” concept to venue operations and security screening. People scan their tickets and bags and get through much faster in an altogether enjoyable process. No security guards sifting through your bags, no feeling of individual profiling – more personal privacy and dignity.


So how do we get to a place where this “self-serve” concept can become a reality? There are two things that need to happen.


A much more holistic approach is required when it comes to looking at the process of venue entry. The process begins the moment the guest (or fan, or passenger) buys the ticket. This experience continues with ticket validation, then the passage through the security checkpoint and ends once the individual is safely inside.


The name and address input at the time of ticket purchase are enough to build a profile that allows a venue to not only customize the security experience, but also speed it up based on the person and their background. By the time the guest actually gets to the security checkpoint, the venue already has a sense of what type of experience the person prefers while still maintaining effective security for the venue.


Questioning, removing items from bags and manual searches can all be minimized. Enter the self-serve concept. Guests proceed, self-assisted and within sight of their personal belongings, into the venue. Guests will see personalized greetings and promotional messages throughout the process that are personalized and focused on their consumer interests. This approach protects human dignity in an efficient operational process.


Autonomous sensing, decision making and adaptive learning are just a few qualities this technology can bring to the table. Not only can connected intelligent machines deliver better screening and security, but they can also speed up the entire process and reduce costs – especially in regard to staffing. That is just the beginning.


Once multiple systems are operating, screening results can be shared across the network to further hone detection accuracy and provide actionable operational information. A person’s previous visits through other connected entries can be assessed in the intelligent network, yielding a risk assessment and adapting current processes accordingly. The result is an intelligent solution that can be more consistent than a human when screening a bag, with no bias, eliminating the guest stigma of profiling. All anybody is looking for today is a winning balance between the consumer experience and effective security.


If venues can provide their guests the same un-invasive, efficient process that can be found at their local retail or grocery store, we’ll achieve higher operational intelligence for a venue. This type of self-service security checkpoint is a significant step in the right direction for both venues and guests as it offers a genuinely pleasant experience and blends security into the overall venue process instead of a hiccup that guests have to just “get through.”


Dr. Lisa Dolev, founder and CEO of Qylur Intelligent Systems (Palo Alto), a provider of entry security and operations optimization solutions for public venues, has focused on the human experience aspects of high-security environments. Prior to Qylur, she led initiatives for protecting public and soft targets against terrorist attacks. With Qylur, she created one of the market’s first Industrial Internet of Things solutions.


Review of LIVE Bootcamp Training with George Kosch Friday Sept 12, 2014. Presented by the home business experts at Worldprofit. | SandiHunter.com


Home / business / Review of LIVE Bootcamp Training with George Kosch Friday Sept 12, 2014. Presented by the home business experts at Worldprofit.<|endoftext|>Round Floor Pillow Tufted Cushion Cushions Large Patterned By Japanese Pillows Amazon – StressBusters<|endoftext|>«I woke up this morning; I could barely breathe, just an empty impression, on the bed that you used to be… I woke up this morning… to an empty sky…»<|endoftext|>Far away from the tourist crowd of Olympia, this peaceful place is the perfect compromise for a discovery of the region taking particularly advantage of delicious snacks and food and relax enjoying your stay.


Harmony Hotel Apartments Peloponnese Greece The charming resort is situated 100m from the fantastic Longos Selianitika beach. The azure blue Corinthian Gulf and the picturesque wine region of Aigialia in the east of Achaia, guarantee a dream vacation in Greece.


Fully renovated in 2005, Hotel Helmos is the ideal destination in Peloponnese for travelling in the captivating nature of Achaia all year long, as well as for receptions, meetings, seminars, congresses and product launches.


In the eastern Sifnos, very close to Kastro village, a settlement of rare beauty which is built on a fortified position, upon a steep rock, are located Agnanti & Agnanti Traditional. Enjoyable accommodation which offers sufficient facilities, traditional decoration style and mainly, amazing view.<|endoftext|>A motorway used by commuters near Sheffield is closed in one direction, with heavy tailbacks on the other side after a lorry crash this afternoon.


The M62 is currently closed Westbound between junctions 21 and 24, and is down to one lane with congestion in the other direction.


The traffic is spilling over onto Woodhead Pass according to reports, causing delays, while the A57 Snake Pass from its junction with the A6013 Ashopton Road all the way to its junction with Hurst Road in Glossop until June 14.


A HGV driver was taken to hospital with suspected serious injuries after smashing through a motorway central reservation and colliding with a car, a van and two other


1256447 20 i got in the car that had been sitting all day in the driveway of my home and when i attempted to start it there was a loud explosion and smoke started coming out from under the hood. after feeling the hood i opened it and discovered a fire on the top of the engine and along the back side of the engine closest to the firewall. fortunately since i was home i had quick access to an abc fire extinguisher and i ran into the garage and grabbed it and put out the fire. after the fire was out i noted the entire engine cover and the top of the engine under the cover was in pieces all over the engine compartment and it appeared the explosion was inside the air plenum/ intake manifold. i had the car towed to my local auto service location via aaa and contacted my insurance carrier the following day. repairs included replacing the air plenum, fuel rail, injectors, fuels lines, ignition wires, fuel regulator, and various gasket kits and sensors. based on internet research i have heard of the fuel regulator drawing raw fuel into the air plenum / intake manifold via a vacuum line which results in the explosion when you attempt to start the car. *tr.Vehicle was on fire. Mileage was 169878 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WF55K719. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in RISING SUN, MD. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. Vehicle had 6 CYLINDERS. FUEL TYPE: GAS. VEHICLE SPEED: 0 mph.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on May 22, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by GENERAL MOTORS LLC had a problem with SEATS . tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet impala. while attempting to reverse, the contact noticed that the middle seat head rest was blocking the window. the vehicle was taken to dealer but was not repaired. the current and the failure mileages were 9,000. the vin was not available. .0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 9000 miles. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in KNOXVILLE, TN. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on June 18, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by GENERAL MOTORS LLC had a problem with FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM . fathers day i was driving my impala about 9 miles to my house everything was fine the engine wasn't hot no warning that somthing was wrong. i have always maintained my vechicle kept up with work on it anyways i drove it home parked it went inside and not even 5 min later there was smoke and a fire had started underneath my hood. looked like it was somthing electrical and all i have on the vechicle for insurance is liability. *tt.Vehicle was on fire. 0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 159444 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WH55K419. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in HAZELTON, IA. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. Vehicle had 6 CYLINDERS. Chevrolet Impala 2001 drive type:FWD. FUEL TYPE: GAS. VEHICLE SPEED: 0 mph.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on June 18, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by GENERAL MOTORS LLC had a problem with ENGINE . fathers day i was driving my impala about 9 miles to my house everything was fine the engine wasn't hot no warning that somthing was wrong. i have always maintained my vechicle kept up with work on it anyways i drove it home parked it went inside and not even 5 min later there was smoke and a fire had started underneath my hood. looked like it was somthing electrical and all i have on the vechicle for insurance is liability. *tt.Vehicle was on fire. 0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 159444 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WH55K419. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in HAZELTON, IA. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. Vehicle had 6 CYLINDERS. Chevrolet Impala 2001 drive type:FWD. FUEL TYPE: GAS. VEHICLE SPEED: 0 mph.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on June 18, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by GENERAL MOTORS LLC had a problem with ELECTRICAL SYSTEM . fathers day i was driving my impala about 9 miles to my house everything was fine the engine wasn't hot no warning that somthing was wrong. i have always maintained my vechicle kept up with work on it anyways i drove it home parked it went inside and not even 5 min later there was smoke and a fire had started underneath my hood. looked like it was somthing electrical and all i have on the vechicle for insurance is liability. *tt.Vehicle was on fire. 0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 159444 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WH55K419. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in HAZELTON, IA. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. Vehicle had 6 CYLINDERS. Chevrolet Impala 2001 drive type:FWD. FUEL TYPE: GAS. VEHICLE SPEED: 0 mph.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on Feb 11, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by GENERAL MOTORS LLC had a problem with ELECTRICAL SYSTEM . tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet impala. the contact stated that the anti-theft system engaged and as a result, prevented him from starting the vehicle. the security warning lamp was illuminated when the failure occurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the body control module needed to be replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 110,000. .0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 100000 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WF55E919. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in MIAMI, FL. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on Mar 23, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by General Motors LLC had a problem with STEERING . tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet impala. the contact stated that the temperature gauged indicated that the vehicle was overheating but the contact did not notice a coolant leak or any smoke. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic. the mechanic replaced a sensor. after the repair the check engine warning light illuminated and the temperature gauged still indicated that the vehicle overheating. the mechanic suggested the contact take the vehicle to the dealer. the contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer. the contact also stated that the steering wheel made a strange sound when turned. in addition, the steering wheel would jerk abnormally. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic and the mechanic advised that there was an issue with the steering shaft. the failure mileage was 70,000..0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 70000 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WF55E819. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. VEHICLE SPEED: 0 mph.


CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001 car safety problem was reported on Mar 23, 2012.CHEVROLET IMPALA 2001, manufactured by General Motors LLC had a problem with ENGINE . tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet impala. the contact stated that the temperature gauged indicated that the vehicle was overheating but the contact did not notice a coolant leak or any smoke. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic for a diagnostic. the mechanic replaced a sensor. after the repair the check engine warning light illuminated and the temperature gauged still indicated that the vehicle overheating. the mechanic suggested the contact take the vehicle to the dealer. the contact did not take the vehicle to the dealer. the contact also stated that the steering wheel made a strange sound when turned. in addition, the steering wheel would jerk abnormally. the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic and the mechanic advised that there was an issue with the steering shaft. the failure mileage was 70,000..0 person(s) were injured. 0 person(s) died.Mileage was 70000 miles. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN):2G1WF55E819. Chevrolet Impala 2001 problem was reported in GRAND RAPIDS, MI. Vehicle was not using ANTI-LOCK BRAKES. Vehicle was not using Cruise Control. VEH


1256448  please contact Nurse Rose-Wright at 244-2734 or 244-2648, or John Gray's medical centre at 949-2501.<|endoftext|>According to the Washington Post, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is preparing to introduce legislation that would block Trump or any future president from establishing a registry based on religion, national origin, nationality, or other classifications—an idea the president-elect and his staff have floated at various times. Co-sponsors of the bill include Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Patty Murray, Jeff Merkley, Ed Markey, and Mazie Hirono.


“Our legislation would block Donald Trump and subsequent administrations from infringing on religious liberty by creating an immigration-related religious registry,” Booker told the Post. “Forcing people to sign up for a registry based on their religion, race, or national origin does nothing to keep America secure.”


“While I know that this effort faces difficult prospects in a Republican-dominated Congress, this is an issue of fundamental American values, freedom of religion, and nondiscrimination.”


Booker acknowledged that passing the proposal is a long shot given the GOP majority in both houses of Congress, but insisted that protecting the rights of American Muslims is a bipartisan issue.


“While I know that this effort faces difficult prospects in a Republican-dominated Congress, this is an issue of fundamental American values, freedom of religion, and nondiscrimination,” Booker said. “It’s important that we make a stand.”


Although Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country remains clear, the exact dimensions of his much-discussed Muslim registry remain vague, and have changed over the course of the past few months. The business mogul explicitly backed the idea while on camera in November 2015, but his transition team later denied that he ever supported it. Yet his advisors have since endorsed a registry of Muslim immigrants, citing widely-condemned Japanese internment during World War II as precedent. Trump himself declined a chance to nix the idea after ISIS-affiliated terrorists killed dozens in Berlin last month: when asked whether he still intended to create a database to store names of people hailing from nations with a history of terrorism, he replied, “You know my plans.”


For his part, President Barack Obama recently dismantled the vestiges of a Homeland Security program that Trump could have used to form a version of a Muslim registry. And hundreds of Muslim American leaders signed onto a petition in December criticizing “proposals that would target Muslims based on religion and violate their Constitutional rights” such as a Muslim registry.


Join The Bronx Concert Singers (BCS) and music director Robert René Galván on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 4:30 pm for their 37th Annual Spring Concert at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1891 McGraw Avenue, in Parkchester, Bronx, NY. The program features instrumental and vocal works by Franz Joseph Haydn and W.A. Mozart performed by the BCS chorus with professional soloists and chamber orchestra.


Digital Marketing » Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog » 3 Reasons to Attend a Search Marketing Conference in 2014


If you feel like everyone you talk to looks at you like this when you talk SEO, you should really consider attending a search marketing conference. STAT.


If you answered yes to any of the three above questions, stop procrastinating and opt into attending a conference in March! There are two conference opportunities coming up right around the corner: SMX West March 10-13 and PubCon South March 17-20. Register for PubCon before February 28 to get the Early Bird rate, or use discount code BRUCECLAYSMXW14 to save 10% on any SMX pass and/or workshop.


Need more persuasion? Here’s a deep dive into how attending a conference offers a solutions to each of the above listed qualms.


3 Reasons to Attend a Search Marketing Conference Plus 10 Pro Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of The Event


Attending a search marketing conference is like having your favorite WebProNews forum, and all of its participants, come to life for a face-to-face discussion over coffee.


This kind of in-person interaction is really unique to the conference environment, and it can be an excellent way for you or your search team members to use conversation with peers to connect strategy dots. (Sometimes you just need to talk out the pros and cons of an idea and it’s impossible to do that when everyone you talk to looks at you like you’re speaking Pig Latin translated into German. Note: At search conferences like PubCon, everyone speaks Pig Latin translated into German.)


Elevator rides and meals are great times to catch people in moments where they may have a minute to talk. An elevator chat, if done right, can turn into a walk n’ talk, which can turn into breakfast if the chat gets rolling. You both have to be there anyway, why not get to know each other?


Before you even start talking you know you have one common interest – whatever the session topic is. Use this time to ask a peer’s opinion, get to know someone who you might be able to work with in the future, or simply just to talk geek shop with someone who cares.


If you have a specific question you want to address, make sure to go where you think the experts in that field will be.


For instance, if you have a nagging PPC question, go to the PPC sessions, visit the PPC tool booths in the vendor village, and talk to the PPC session presenters.


You are with birds of a feather! Take it in, ask questions, and enjoy meeting people just like you from around the world.


We all agree, getting feedback from experience peers is invaluable. Now imagine getting this same feedback from your industry idols; the niche experts that write the online marketing books you read, and manage the blogs you visit daily – like Search Engine Land and Moz.


Casual interaction with industry experts is common at search conferences like SMX and PubCon, and it’s awesome.


Attend a workshop, like Bruce’s SMX SEO Training or a PubCon Masters Group workshop, for personal time with niche experts.


Nearly every session will have an ample amount of time set aside for questions and answers. Pro tip: If you have specific questions you want to ask panelists, one way to take advantage of this Q&A time is to draft relevant questions you want to ask panelists before the session. This bit of planning ahead can help you keep your full attention on the session without missing the opportunity to get your question in front of the experts.


Attend an interactive site review session for a chance to get your site (or social page) analyzed granularly.


Both SMX and PubCon offer interactive clinic sessions that analyze a volunteer’s website or social profile as a learning experience for all in attendance. Of course competition is high in these sessions and everyone’s page can’t be the one (or two, or three) selected to share with the crowd, but just by showing up with a volunteering spirit there’s a good chance your site could be the one getting the free, incredibly public (but also incredibly free!) professional audit.


During conference events you’ll see industry “celebrities” everywhere, just co-mingling like you and me and every other everyday Joe. I fully encourage you to walk up to your favorite industry celeb, say hello, introduce yourself, and maybe even spark a conversation or ask a question. Pro tip: Approach these idol meet n’ greets with care! Just like you would approach introducing yourself online with care (think how much time you spend crafting a spam-free Twitter bio, or writing a Google+ comment to Mark Traphagen) make sure you’re also taking care to put your best foot forward in real life situations. In other words, think about how you’re presenting yourself before you just spew something you wish you could take back; and try to, at least in a miniscule way, come prepared with something of value to say — something that contributes to a conversation. Believe it or not, you can actually spam someone in person, and no one wants that to be the impression they make on their niche idol.


If you see Matt Cutts and Eric Enge hanging around, take a deep breath, think about what you want to say, and then put your best foot forward.


3. Get Tool Recommendations from Pros and Browse Aisles of Marketing Tools in a Baby Ikea-esque Vendor Village


To find both look no further than your nearest SMX, PubCon or other search marketing conference event. If you’re in the market for a tool that will make your life easier, search conferences are truly the place to be.


Even if the session you’re attending doesn’t have the word “tools” in the title, expect lots of tool discussion to happen organically as part of the “how” portion of most presentations.


Both SMX and PubCon offer a series of hour-plus sessions that exclusively cover SEO, SEM, PPC and social media tools, how panelists use them, and why they were selected over alternatives. You can also look forward to dedicated sessions that discuss in-house marketing tools and Excel as a search marketing tool.


Half the trouble of selecting a new tool is finding a new tool. The vendor village is a great tool discovery aid; just peruse the aisles, listen in on conversations the vendor’s are having with other attendees, tell the vendor exactly what features your dream tool will have, and watch demos of tools that meet your criteria. You may


1256449  toys inserted in the seats. Imagine my surprise when they were my best sellers for a while! But in general, this job is kind of predictable. If you can think of a kink, someone out there likes it and wants to read about it. Even if you think it’s the grossest thing in the world.


It’s hard to say I’m really proud of any of them, because I’ve always questioned my own art. I had plans of going into graphic design after graduating high school but I hated my own drawings so much that I had to drop it. After I finish a story, I immediately begin thinking how awful it is.


That said, there are a few stories I still like. Scandal, Take Me, and Booty Call of Cthulhu. Sons of Sin is newer, but I also like that one a lot now. Scandal, Take Me and Sons of Sin I enjoy because I really tried to flesh out their stories and got kind of into it. Booty Call of Cthulhu I still love because I love horror and Lovecraftian horrors specifically.


Do you read reviews of your work? If so, how does getting a great review (or a mediocre one) affect you?


When I first started I wouldn’t let myself read reviews because I’ve always been sensitive about my art. Now, though, reviews are fun to read even if they’re bad. I try to learn from them. Of course, good reviews make me want to write more stories similar to the one the reader enjoyed, so they actually shape the direction of my writing career.


It seems like many people tend to look down on erotic writing as being less important than other genres. Why do you think this is, and do you feel that there will ever be a time when this isn’t the case?


People look down on anything that makes a lot of money, because everyone’s a hipster. I don’t think that will ever change, and I also don’t think it really matters. There are enough people out there that really love our work. I don’t need everyone to love it!


I wanted to help out new authors and show them that while this isn’t easy money, it is a good way to get into self-publishing. I’ve actually helped out two very good friends of mine get into self-publishing with this book, and I love hearing that they’re quickly selling almost as much as I do!


Marketing in general seems to be a waste of time. However, when I released my how-to book, I did an AMA on Reddit that brought in a lot of sales. If you’re releasing something interesting and can teach the people of Reddit something, I think an AMA can do a lot to market your work.


The most routine I have is that I write 15 minutes on, 15 minutes off. I can usually get between 500 and 600 words in 15 minutes, and then I take 15 minutes to watch a Let’s Play on Youtube or refresh Tumblr / Reddit.


I wish I had written The Illuminatus! Trilogy. I love Robert Anton Wilson’s work, it’s really shaped a lot of my personality. I think being able to write about conspiracies and high weirdness would be very fun.


You can travel back in time for one magical night of passion with any historical figure. Where do you go and who do you choose?


Oh goodness gracious! Let me think… Cleopatra, I suppose! Beauty and power are both absolutely intoxicating, power especially so. And imagine being in on a threesome between her and Julius Caesar or Mark Antony!


Hah, it’s a funny one. I’m working on a werewolf story… but the werewolf turns into a small dog instead of a ferocious wolf. Then, femdom happens!


We’re all getting bigger, you know.” I thanked her for the consolation. I do not love my girlfriend in spite of the fact that she’s fat, and I do not love her because she is fat. It’s simply a part of the person I grew to love, the same as her voice or her math skills or the tiny scar on her upper lip where an ice skate split it.What makes our relationship complicated, however, is that I used to be fat and I’m not anymore.Most of my life, I have been overweight and faced a cross-section of cruelties from middle school through adulthood.I especially hated the animalistic epithets: cow, pig, whale. Fat isn’t just bad and ugly, it’s a moral failing — as if being overweight is the result of an absence of higher reasoning leading to poor impulse control.One of the most perceivable changes that one may go through while engaging in such a commitment, however, is the painfully noticeable physical one: the relationship weight gain.We all know a friend — or ten — who gained an apparent amount of weight throughout the duration of a relationship.It's like the people who this ailment plagues gain ten pounds of pure happiness (usually in the midsection).Here are some of the reasons why relationships infamously make lovers plumper than they prefer: Once you've persuaded someone into thinking that you're worth such a large chunk of his or her time that you're the only one with whom the person is allowed to be intimate, congratulations! This means you'll have to impress no one other than this person (in an physically attractive way, at least — you should totally still brush your hair and shower).


This is written in a pretty heteronormative manner, which I apologize for, but the experiences I’m most familiar with are men trying to chase women. I’ve seen so many opening lines, especially on dating sites, along the lines of Here’s the thing. It makes us feel like you’re talking to us JUST for our body. You don’t need to have the username ‘bbwlover2012’, you don’t need to talk in your profile about how you’re looking for a fat girl, or how you define yourself as a chubby chaser*. So we can tend to be a little leery when a guy professes interest. If you’ve managed to stick by rule number one, you might get a question like ‘So you don’t care that I’m fat? Take her out to dinner, to the movies, walk around town. We are not represented in media except as comic relief or the ‘before’ picture in a diet ad. Chances are, there will be days when someone says something vicious and it’s hard for her to shake it off. Living in a fat bodies shapes many experiences for a person, and it’s important to understand and be sensitive to it. If she wants to call herself chunky, or curvy, or voluptuous, let her. And if you’re going to compliment her, don’t do it in a backhanded way. All girls are different, all girls want slightly different things.


Not long ago, my girlfriend and I planned a trip to New Orleans. “There’s a lot of things I’ll never do with you, you know. We’re never going to jump out of a plane together, and I can’t ride a donkey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.”I’ll take a pass on falling out of the sky like human confetti or riding a fragrant donkey on a hot August day.


The friend we were visiting sent an e-mail reminder to pack our bathing suits because she’d planned a day trip tubing down a river. What does bother me is when my girlfriend feels excluded or like she’s holding us back from an experience because of her weight.“First of all, don’t say never,” I told her. adults are obese, which means there are probably a lot more people whose girlfriends and boyfriends are fat.Here’s another guy who has a similar problem: “I’ve been seeing my girlfriend for about six months, and I am in love with her but starting to be not attracted to her,” says Fred on 7 Ways to Know if Your Relationship is Worth Fighting For. I’m concerned about the long term effects of her weight gain.


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I can play after 5pm on weekdays and anytime on the weekends. I'm in north natomas about 10 minutes from downtown. Let me know if this would work for you. Hope to see you out and about. Bruce


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1256450  which may be caused by depression. Treatments that would reduce agitation or antisocial behavior in Alzheimer’s patient would also be needed as these behaviors are not only unsafe, but also restrain the ability of the caregiver to help the patients.


In one research study, eleven Alzheimer’s patients were administered with oral THC (dronabinol, Marinol) for six weeks, followed by placebo for another six weeks. Results encouragingly show that THC produced significant weight gain on the patients and decreased troubled behavior without causing serious side effects. Most of the patients involved in the study were severely demented with severely impaired memories. While short-term memory loss is a common drawback of THC in healthy people, it was not measured in this study. It will be useful in future studies to assess how THC and other cannabinoids affect people with Alzheimer’s, but whose memories remain largely intact.


Additional clinical trials of Marinol in Alzheimer’s patients and others with dementia will likely to begin soon. Unimed Pharmaceuticals, makers of Marinol, received in 1998 a U.S. patent for use of the drug in improving disturbed behavior in people with dementia, including the Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.


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tasting some wine and drinks, some exclusive finger food and with creative activities to keep it fun.<|endoftext|>Got these stickers at the Bethesda Borders on Saturday night. I found out later that there's quite an online hubbub about them, as you're supposed to get one free by preordering Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There was just two stacks of them on the info counter, though, so I assumed they were gratis.


Fun stuff. Snape's sure to wind up a good guy, but I like the promotion nonetheless. Of course, I'd never buy the Americanized version of HPatDH. I want my English heroes complete with intact Briticisms, so I preordered this one from Amazon.co.uk.


Today, on the snowy eve of the Academy Awards, I caught the Jeffrey Ross documentary, Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie, which is based on his weeklong USO tour of Iraq back in 2003.


It's a fascinating, presumably uncensored, voyage into the midst of the troops deployed in Baghdad, Tikrit, and other Iraqi cities. I have no idea why this fine film didn't get more play, bigger press, and even an award nomination or two. See it, it's on cable now.


Last night, on The Office, dialogue from Jan Levinson (the lovely Melora Hardin) to the camera, on her relationship with Michael Scott (Steve Carell):


I am taking a calculated risk. What's the upside? I overcome my nausea, fall deeply in love, babies, normalcy, no more self-loathing. Downside, I date Michael Scott publicly and collapse in on myself like a dying star.


For the uninitiated, first watch the British version with Ricky Gervais, including the Christmas finale (7.5 hours total), and then start on the US one (Season 1: 3 hours, Season 2: 12 hours, Season 3 to date: 9 hours). It's worth the time. You may have to add a few hours for cringe-induced pauses.


I owe the good folks at ABC half of an apology. I was under the misapprehension that they'd let the great Day Break fade away without airing the final episodes anywhere. It turns out they've put the unaired episodes 6-12 online, and they're pretty darned solid. I imagine the finale will be worth the wait.


On the flipside, the wife and I have given up on Studio 60. Last I checked, it was supposed to be about the backstage of a comedy show. They've lost their way, and, with it, their audience. I've replaced it with The Dresden Files. Dresden is another fine effort from the Sci Fi channel, on the heels of the excellent Eureka. It's no wonder I don't go to the movies anymore (although I'm dying to see The Departed, Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth, Crank, and The Prestige...on DVD, of course).


For those interested, shows I'm still currently watching: Heroes, The Office, The Amazing Race, Boston Legal, Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs, Iron Chef America, The Soup, and The Dresden Files.


Shows I'm waiting for the next season of: Doctor Who, Eureka, The Shield, Hu$tle, Nip/Tuck, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.


This story is almost too perfect. He's 39, lives with his mom, owns a sword, and he's not afraid to use it.


Why do I get the feeling that he hoped the damsel in distress would overlook his distended belly, patchy facial hair, pattern baldness, and "Wisconsin Civil War Re-Enactment Society" t-shirt, and fall passionately in love with her sword-brandishing rescuer?


This thing is cool. They're rolling out this month. I want one. The OLPC group aren't stupid, though. I'll be able to buy one eventually. No way Negroponte and his buddies would willfully pass up the biggest source of private funding to support the entire One Laptop Per Child initiative: me. And other geeks like me who want hand-crankable computers with wireless capability. I'd pay more than $150 for a fully functional XO laptop, so they can overcharge me and sell them at an even deeper discount to impoverished nations.


Plus, from a national security perspective, it makes sense for everyone to have a similar device in the event of a catastrophe. Pretty soon this, or something like it, will be in everyone's house.


Well, wow. You don't often hear about astronaut love triangles and attempted astronauticide, but that's what ye olde RSS feeds had pouring on my homepages today.<|endoftext|>Grabbed a couple packs of the 2017 Donruss NASCAR racing cards. The design looks like classic Donruss and I like these cards. There are ten cards per pack. Would like to see a few more for my buck but this seems to be the trend here. There is a mix of car and driver photos. Driver photos can't normally be action shots it is nice to see some with drivers in non-standard poses or looks.


I love the '84 Donruss design and it is utilized here in the retro design cards. You'll also see the Rated Rookie cards. I was pretty happy with my pull with the Kyle Busch, Danica Patrick car, and '84 retro Chase Elliot being my favorites.


Race Kings and Race Queen are part of the set. I didn't pull any but love these subsets across all the sports in Donruss sets. I'll definitely go looking for the Kings subset Again I really enjoyed these cards and I'm sure I'll pick up another pack or two this year.


Grabbed a pack of these. I don't follow wrestling like I did when I was younger but I do enjoy checking out these cards each year.


The cards this year are ok for me. I like the photos but there is something about the design that doesn't quite make them stand out to me. Still there are some nice cards I think folks will like.


The packs contain seven cards which is always tough for me. Hard to put pick up any pack knowing I'm only getting seven cards.


I did it again. Again! Every year I think I won't pick up the Heritage brand cards but here I am again after picking up a pack of the 2017 Topps Heritage baseball cards. I again was disappointed. My issue isn't with the design. Taken for the 1968 Topps these aren't bad looking overall. My issues is head and torso shots. When getting older designs on cards I prefer an updated take on the photos - this would include in-game or action photos. This is self inflicted. I know I don't care for these but I keep going back. The Stephen Vogt card stood out to me from this pack. Nice phot that just seems to fill up the card. Aside from the base cards I also pulled the following: team, World Series, 2017 Rookie Stars, disc and New Age Performer cards. The disc cards like minis are smaller than normal cards which I am not a fan of. I don't know what to do with them and I'd be ok if they just go away. The World Series cards are pretty nice cards. I love cards that document the past World Series.


I won't go looking for these cards but I know there are collectors who love this stuff. I am truly happy they enjoy them but this niche isn't for me. I normally enjoy the archives cards Topps puts out as there is more variety and you get better looking photos. I hope others enjoy these but I'll pass.


I was very excited to find a box of 1997-1998 Topps basketball cards at the local flea market this month. This was pure fun. I didn't collect much in the nineties so these are cards I am not familiar with.


I paid $12 for the box which was probably a bit much but I wasn't disappointed. There are a ton of cards that'll go into my personal collection. I love cheap boxes of cards. The design is ok. There is no position or even the team name or logo on the cards. This


1256451  musical artists and keeping track of the albums we have, so I would probably in my database end up with an artist table and an album table, so I'm going to create a class for artist and a class for album Now, just creating a class doesn't magically connect it to a database There has to be something we can do that changes it from a class to really being a model that represents our data, so there's a few rules we have to follow when we create our classes in Python, if we plan to use them to represent our data


So let me show you a couple of those rules Because in the end our web app is going to be a front end for a database That's probably why we've chosen Django As I said, customer management system, reservation system, trivia application Now, a lot of times, traditionally, if you took our Flask course, we actually showed you who to write SQL statements to connect and talk to the database


And that, if you already know how to write SQL statements, it's something very natural, but if you are somebody who started off in code and not with databases, having to learn all that SQL isn't always that natural for you You may be very comfortable working with object-oriented code The other problem is, then you also have to worry about what we call SQL injection attacks That's where you have a field where somebody can type in the artist name and they type artist name equals, and then a name, and then they add and select also the system administrator's name from the system and the server name, please, so that comes back on the returns, or and create a super-user account while you're in there >> Obviously, that's not the exact SQL that they'd type in


>> Not quite, no I'm not going to tell you how to hack my system So we do have to worry about those SQL injection attacks, as well So if we don't use SQL commands, then we're protected from SQL injection when we use this sort of abstraction And the other thing is, SQL can be specific to different database products


The specific SQL used to connect to Oracle for joins, for example, could be a different query syntax than it would be if you're writing it against SQL Server, so there is some slight differences, even though it's a standard SQL All the database products have a few little quirks and some specific ones So the other advantage to not writing straight SQL statements is if you ever change database products, it's going to be less rework for you So that's where this idea of object relational mapping comes in So the objects are the classes that we create inside our code


And the object relational mapping, which we call ORM, or sometimes called the object relational mapper, depending on whether you think it is doing an action or it's a thing, it's basically a layer between our code and the database And this is something Django gives to us This is one of the things people like about Django It's one of its advantages, if you like this approach to code And what the ORM does is it converts our queries, which we just write as code in objects by doing like method calls and so on, so we call a method, and the ORM takes that method call and says, oh, I'll write the SQL for you, and then it gets the results back and puts the results back nice and tidily right back into our classes for us, whereas if I was doing this in something like Python with the Flask framework, I would be writing a SQL statement to say, go to the database, get this result, take the results, put them into the properties represented by the class, so I would do that manually


The ORM is going to do that for me So if you imagine I have an artist class, which I've created in my code, and I call a method that sends a query and basically tells the ORM, hey, I want to go get a list of all the albums by a particular artist, the ORM converts that into an SQL statement, which then gets sent to the database The database executes that query, sends back the results and the data, and you can sort of see that in the diagram there, so the results come back from the database, and then that's used to populate artist object on the other end So the ORM is the magic in the middle that's going to save me work So the bonus of this is it's going to simplify creating your application, so you can focus on just writing and creating your classes and not worry so much about the lines of code that connect to and query the database


And it also means it is easier to handle a different database down the road without a lot of rewrite What you'll discover is this isn't something unique to Python and Django There's other implementations which are ORM, as well, the Entity Framework A lot of people asked about ASPNET, and ASP


NET MVC Well, you can use Entity Framework or LINQ in ASPNET Those are examples of ORMs that you can use in ASPNET


You've got hibernate, which works with Java, and we've got this one here built into Django, so this isn't a concept unique to Django, but it's the most popular implementation of it in Python So how do we actually do it? It's one of those ones at some point we want to start playing Well, we want to create tables We have reached table and database We're going to need one class


And I did say earlier there would be some rules that make those classes map to databases properly One of them is that each object is actually going to have methods that interact with the database There's going to be a save method for each class The save method is what we will call when we need to do an insert or an update insert a new record or to update an existing record of the database And delete, for well >> Wait, hold on, delete >> For delete, exactly So there's a delete method we use if we want to delete a record And we have queries, which we can use in lots of different types of queries We're actually going to cover queries in a totally separate module, just because there's so much on querying


Now, to create the class the good news, here's the awesome start Remember, we said Django does some stuff for you


You don't have to write the save method You don't have to write the delete method You don't have to write the query methods All that code is written for you Sweet


I am a lazy programmer If you've watched some of my other MVAs I've ever done, I am all about being lazy and getting the tool and the system and the framework to do the work for me So the fact that I don't have to write the code for the insert, update, delete and queries, two thumbs up from me, I'm a happy camper Now, how is this possible, you may ask >> How is this possible? >> Great question, Christopher, I'm so glad you asked


>> Thank you >> Glad you caught your cue there >> See, I am paying attention >> I know I can see you're busy answering things in the Q&A window It's always tough when we're trying to do Q&A live, so do forgive us if we can't answer every question as it comes up, but the way we do that is we have to inherit code that's already written


So if you take a look at the slide here, you can see that when I create the artist class, it inherits from the model class inside the models package So that model class inside the models package has the logic for save, delete and the queries Now, the queries are generally done through something called the objects collection, so whenever we want to do queries, we have this extra property that automatically gets added to our class, because we inherit models, and that is the property we'll use for creating data If you're a little confused, don't panic We're actually going to do examples of this in the next module, so it will make a little more sense when we actually do it


Now, of course, if you have database tables, well, you would usually have columns in that database table, so if I have an artist table or an albums table, I might have the title of the album I might have the year that the album came out I might have a picture of the album cover for the artist I might have what year was the band formed and otherwise, so these become properties of our class So for every column we have in the database table, we're going to end up with one property for our class