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When you think about your retirement, chances are you are simultaneously filled with excitement and dread. On one hand, you'll have more free time than you have ever had in your life — time you can use to try new things and reconnect with old passions and spend time with loved ones. On the other, there's the idea of having no regular income and the fact that you will have to remain frugal if you want that money to last.
How are seniors supposed to balance out these two feelings? How can you make the most of your retirement, treating yourself to the things you've wanted for years while making sure you aren't making things financially harder down the line? As it turns out, there are a few ways.
Before you start thinking about the many ways you can enjoy your retirement, you need to make sure you are safe and protected in case anything happens to you. Your health care coverage is an important matter, so if you haven't signed up for Medicare yet, you should do so now.
Use online resources to help you determine the best plan for you and to help guide you through the enrollment process. You should also research supplemental plans that can help you cover additional medical needs such as prescription drugs and dental.
With these matters out of the way, you can go ahead and enjoy your golden years in any way you please. Here are some suggestions.
Travel is one of the best parts of retirement, but it can also eat into your savings in a hurry. One way to save money is to step away from the all-inclusive cruises and resort packages and opt for something closer to home. As long as you can still safely drive, road trips are great for seniors because they are infinitely flexible. You are in control of your itinerary, of how long you spend on the road, of where you eat and sleep every night, and what music you listen to in the car. Try one of these road trips for retirees and start your adventure.
If you still want to see the world, there are ways to travel internationally on a budget. This article by US News has some excellent tips for doing so.
Is there something you've always wanted to own, but that is too expensive for you to comfortably splurge on? It's never been easier to find just about anything second-hand, so take advantage of this. It's both cheaper and more environmentally sustainable. There are various websites you can use to find second-hand goods. Ebay is, of course, the biggest and best for online shopping when it comes to used items, though Amazon isn't too shabby, either.
If you're passionate about something, chances are you can make money from it. Do you enjoy painting or crafting? You can open an online store selling your creations. Are you a born writer? You're never too old to start a freelance writing career. Do you love tidying and organizing? You can make $40 to $50 an hour helping people sort through their stuff and organize their homes.
There are also passive ways to make money, which can be especially useful in retirement. You can, for instance, get started in the world of real estate investing through GROUNDFLOOR, where you can begin investing in real estate projects around the country for just $10.
Your golden years can be some of the best and most exciting in your life. Don't let your fear of running out of money keep you from thoroughly enjoying your senior years. As long as you budget carefully and find creative ways to save and make money, you will have enough to both live in the moment and plan for the future.


I first learned about Oppa Is Just My Style when I was reading some secrets at K-Pop Secrets. I thought that it was just another MV version. Just like a Dance version of Gangnam Style. So I searched the song in Youtube. The first one that I clicked was just an audio of the song.
So at first, I thought that this would be something that would hit big in Korea but outside of it. Maybe just Asia. I saw this just weeks after I saw YG Family special at Strong Heart so I already knew who Psy was but actually never heard of his music.
Now that Gangnam style is big, I'm afraid that people will just see Psy as the big Korean guy and not Psy as a musician.


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Supreme Court 'Legitimacy Watch' | National Review
Posted By: Tony Beasley December 8, 2021
Today's entry is from the New Yorker.
Jeannie Suk Gersen argues that the Dobbs case is an "open challenge to the Court's authority." That is true, in a sense: The people who arguing that Roe should be vacated are arguing that the Court had no authority to make the decision, which it didn't: Roe is not based in law or in the text of the Constitution, being, as it is, a purely political imposition and an abuse of power.
But unlike, say, the left-wing activists who rioted in the wake of the Kyle Rittenhouse case, conservatives have asked the Supreme Court to reverse itself; this isn't a revolutionary rejection of the Supreme Court's legitimacy, but a 50-year effort to persuade the Court to undo the damage it has done. Which is to say, it is conservatives who have accepted the Supreme Court's legitimacy even when they haven't got their way, while it is the Left and the Democrats — the New Yorker, et al. — who insist that the Court will forfeit its legitimacy if they do not get their way.
There are plenty — too many — would-be revolutionist knuckleheads on the right. But the people who are arguing in front of the Supreme Court, asking it to perform its constitutional duty, are the opposite of that.
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Coronado High School Auditorium Renovations, Lubbock, Texas
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The Lubbock Independent School District commissioned BGR Architects, to perform complete architectural services to renovate the auditorium at Coronado High School. Although moderate in age, this auditorium needed modernization of the audio-visual and theatrical systems, replacement of audience seating, and renovation of interior finishes.
All existing house and theatrical lighting were replaced with new LED fixtures. The theatrical rigging, lighting and controls were updated with modern digital equipment, providing LISD with state-of-the-art systems to benefit their productions and, more importantly, their academic theater programs. Additionally, existing rigging was replaced with new rigging capable of supporting loads commensurate with professional productions, including acoustical shells, backdrops, scenery, drapery, etc. These systems will allow students to become trained in using the types of modern theatrical equipment they will encounter in higher education and public performance venues. New Audio/Visual systems include an all new wide-format HD projector and projection screen, all new full frequency spectrum loudspeaker system, with full surround-sound capability.
Original wooden audience seats were replaced with modern seats with padded and fabric covered backs and seats. The floors were refinished with epoxy resin covering under the seating areas, and carpet in the aisles and front-of-stage areas. Ceilings and walls were repaired and re-painted. All materials, colors, and textures were selected with careful sensitivity to the architectural heritage and local cultural characteristics of the campus. A variety of acoustical control devices were installed, based on needs determined by careful acoustical analysis and engineering. These devices include wall mounted fabric wrapped tectum panels, wooden box diffusers, and curvilinear diffuser units.
These renovations triggered improvements to the auditorium to bring it into compliance with the Texas Accessibility Standards. New wheelchair/companion seat positions and accessible routes were created within the auditorium.


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Moving house and paying rent in lockdown level 4
By Eviction Lawyers South Africa | Eviction news, Eviction notice, Evictions, Lease Agreement, Rent
South Africa is seeing a "slow relaxation" of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions related to the residential property market, but this "still comes as good news", says Michelle Dickens, managing director of TPN Credit Bureau.
Her comments follow the latest lockdown directions released on May 7 by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, allowing for limited circumstances where tenants and homeowners can move or relocate during Level 4 lockdown. This can be done until June 7.
TPN MD Michelle Dickens. Image: Supplied
"It's important that we don't have mass movement … so, what has happened is that we've had slow and deliberate allocation to who may move," she tells Moneyweb.
"As of May 7, new directions were released which give effect to limited circumstances where tenants and homeowners can move or relocate in terms of new lease agreements or in terms of immovable property that was transferred," she explains.
Read: A third of residential tenants won't pay full rent this year
Dickens, who is co-founder of TPN and is also a non-executive director of Transcend Residential Property Fund, adds that the "limited circumstances" referred to in the updated regulations are related only to new lease agreements that were entered into prior to or during lockdown, or where immovable property was transferred prior to lockdown.
"The lockdown is defined in terms of the regulations," she says, adding that this means tenants can move if their lease agreement was entered into before April 30, or if their immovable property was transferred prior to March 26.
Paying rent
Asked about tenants who now cannot afford to pay rent due to loss of income as a result of the lockdown, Dickens notes that this is one of the most frustrating dilemmas for numerous tenants as well as landlords.
"Many tenants are faced with a loss of earnings or limited earnings," she says, adding that TPN has advocated the use of tenant income declaration documents, where tenants can declare what their circumstances are in terms of their loss of income.
"They must provide supporting documentation to prove the loss of income and they must also allow the landlord to contact their employer to confirm the loss of income," she stresses.
Two options
"In these circumstances, where income has been lost, the tenant can then enter into a deposit utilisation or deferment agreement.
"What this effectively means is that tenant and landlord must both agree that the deposit can be used for the rent. The tenant further agrees that the deposit will be topped up, over a period of time, once the tenant is back in a position of earning income again," she adds.
Dickens points out that the deposit utilisation option provides immediate cash flow for the landlord.
Likewise, in relation to the deferment of a rent option, she says the tenant and landlord could enter into an agreement that stipulates rental will be deffered for the lockdown period. "However, once the tenant is back in a position of earning again, they will reinstate or repay the deferred rent in instalment repayments."
"This provides some relief for tenants in the short term, but what it does mean when they are back to earning again, is that they will be required to pay the rent in the ordinary course on a monthly basis, plus the catch-up of instalments in terms of the deposit or the deferred a rent," she notes.
Andrew Schaefer, managing director of national property management company Trafalgar, shares similar sentiments on options available to tenants and landlords due to the impact of the lockdown.
"Landlords also need to know what options are open to them if tenants lose their income due to the lockdown or the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic," he says
"If they are quality tenants who have previously always paid their rent in full and on time, we would suggest that they be asked to sign a waiver to the effect that their deposit may be used as rent for a certain time instead of it having to be held in trust," he points out.
"It would be best if this agreement were drawn up by a professional rental agent… It should also contain a provision that the deposit is to be re-instated, perhaps in instalments, by a certain date, and that the landlord will be able take legal action if the tenant reneges on this arrangement," he advises.
Schaefer says alternatively landlords may decide to give good tenants a "payment holiday" during the lockdown or even for the next couple of months, especially if they have been given a similar indulgence by their bank on their bond instalments.
"However, they do need to proceed with caution and make sure there is a written agreement in place that provides for them to withdraw the indulgence under certain circumstances; for the unpaid rent to also be re-instated before the end of the lease; and, for them to be able to take legal action if the tenant reneges on the special arrangement," he adds.
The rules on evictions
Meanwhile, with regards to residential evictions, Dickens says that the initial hard lockdown effectively prohibited evictions. However, in terms of lockdown Level 4 and the new disaster management regulations that were released on April 29, as of May 1, landlords can now apply to court to get an eviction order.
Read: Evictions, power cuts heighten SA housing crisis amid lockdown
"The courts may grant the eviction order; however, the restriction is that the eviction order may not be executed on until the end of alert Level 4," she points out.
"This means the tenant remains in the property and the sheriff will only be able to evict the tenant once we [have] reached the end of alert Level 4."
Source: Moneyweb (emphasis by SD LAW*)
* SD Law, aka Simon Dippenaar & Associates Inc., is a law firm of specialised eviction attorneys, and property lawyers, based and serving landlords and tenants in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban. If you need help, please contact Simon on sdippenaar@sdlaw.co.za or 086 099 5146.
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The Medicaid spend down process can be very difficult for families and loved ones. Without proper Medicaid planning, a healthy spouse and/or the estate's beneficiaries will often be left with few remaining assets.
Fortunately, families facing this crisis have options available to them. Some insurance products can be used in conjunction with the advice of an elder law attorney in order to protect assets and preserve estate values. Our independent insurance agency can help you and your family with Medicaid friendly insurance products.
In passing the "Deficit Reduction Act of 2005", Congress made it more difficult to qualify for Medicaid benefits than under the previous regulations.
The "look-back" period has been extended from three years to five years. The divestment penalty period has changed, potentially resulting in longer waiting periods for qualification. The decreased limit on the allowable home equity allowance is now $500,000. Additionally, last minute gifting from the estate has been eliminated.
Insurance companies understand that families may wish to shelter and transfer their remaining assets to beneficiaries. Accordingly, insurance carriers have created products designed to avoid Medicaid recapture.
Currently, there are a small number of companies offering policies in the Medicaid planning marketplace. The insurance product categories below offer a snapshot of the various plans that can help assist families who are planning ahead or currently involved in the Medicaid spend-down process.
Oftentimes, this is a policy and plan used before any other. According to Medicaid regulations, the cash value in almost all life insurance policies is considered a countable asset. Simply put, the cash value of life insurance must be spent before an individual might be considered for government assistance.
At present, the cash value used to fund an Irrevocable Funeral Trust is not subject to recapture however. Current laws allow persons on Medicaid to retain assets for a proper funeral. Unfortunately, these amounts are usually woefully inadequate.
However, a life policy used with an Irrevocable Funeral Trust allows for a lump sum deposit of $15,000 per individual. At passing, funds are paid to the funeral home of your choice. Using this technique, a family should have sufficient funds to pay for the funeral of the deceased while also sheltering a significant amount of money. The funds deposited or transferred into an IFT are not subject to the spend-down process. Policies can be also funded in advance for both a husband and wife in order to protect a larger portion of the estate.
In some cases, the existing cash value in a countable life insurance policy can be transferred tax-free in order to fund an irrevocable funeral trust. This method (referred to as a 1035 tax-free exchange) would protect a portion of an asset that would otherwise need to be spent down by the estate before government assistance might be available.
This once very effective product is often referred to as a Medicaid friendly annuity policy. Before recent legislation, the use of annuities was quite common. New restrictions make them less available than before, but in certain situations they might be beneficial to a husband and wife where one spouse is going through the Medicaid spend down process.
The annuity plan must have special language in the policy that prevents transfers of the account. It must be nonassignable, non-transferable and have very little cash value. It must also be purchased based on the life expectancy of the insured. This is referred to as a life annuity or annuitization and will prevent Medicaid from spending down then entire value of the monies deposited into the annuity.
When using the correct annuity account and setting it up properly to pay over the insured's lifetime, there are instances when the deferred annuity funds will not be counted during the Medicaid spend down process. The annuity income can be made available to the well spouse for his or her living expenses. However, if the account is incorrectly setup, then it may be of little benefit to the well spouse and/or estate.
The latest innovation in asset protection is a form of single premium life insurance. Designed to transfer a creditor-protected stream of income to beneficiaries, this new life policy may not be considered as a countable asset for Medicaid purposes.
This is a guaranteed issue life insurance policy meaning no medical underwriting is necessary for the insured. The policy has several unique factors. It is designed to be non-assignable, irrevocable, non-commutable and to have no cash value. Furthermore, no loans, surrenders, beneficiary changes or other adjustments are allowed to the policy once it is in force (after the allotted 20 day "free look" period).
The policy has much of the same language as the aforementioned Medicaid annuity and Irrevocable Funeral Trust policies. The single premium policy is designed to help individuals qualify for government assistance programs earlier. In theory, an individual may be able to protect and pass on a portion of their estate and still be eligible for government assistance. Thus, this product may only be helpful for the preservation of an estate in certain situations.
In summary, consumers have some options available to them in order to protect their assets, their estates and their loved ones. By employing certain preventive measures, many families can avoid the mental and financial anguish associated with long term care expenses and the Medicaid spend down process. We can help with the insurance products.
Of course, the best way to protect an estate might simply be through the purchase of a long term care policy while the estate owner(s) is still in good health, but that is not always available.
*The information on this page in not intended as legal advice. Every Medicaid spend down situation is unique and may require the assistance of an elder law attorney. Insurance products are not guaranteed to avoid recapture. While many policies are working as intended, future legislation may render these plans obsolete. Most families will consider consulting with an elder law attorney for Medicaid advice.


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EU Task Force Takuba in Mali
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French soldiers of the 2nd Foreign Engineer Regiment conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali on July 27, 2019. Benoit Tessier/Reuters
Blog Post by John Campbell
December 8, 2020 11:20 am (EST)
As a jihadi insurgency spreads across the Sahel, EU countries are responding to France's call for increased troop deployments in the region. A Franco-Estonian elite unit, styled Task Force Takuba, has arrived in northern Mali and is based near the city of Gao. Czech and Swedish forces are due to arrive soon. From media reports, the deployments go beyond the training and support of indigenous military.
The contributing elements are from each country's elite special forces units, and they will also work with the regular French troops deployed since 2013 as part of Operation Barkhane. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Greece have made commitments to send special forces to Mali, as has Italy, whose troops are expected soon. Parliamentary approval for deployment is usually required by each contributing country. The Czech parliament gave its assent to troop deployments in October.
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As the French say, the Sahel is the "near abroad" of Europe and the European Union. The deployment of troops from EU countries in multinational units could be a harbinger of closer EU defense cooperation. An Estonian soldier, part of Task Force Takuba, is quoted in the media as saying that "so far there is no problem of interoperability" with the French military.
Jihadi terrorism and insurrection have deep societal roots in the western Sahel that cannot be addressed by increased use of military force. However, security is deteriorating, and genuine reform—presuming political will for it exists among indigenous elites—requires security. Hence, it is hard to see a way forward that does not rely on increased military activity. Nevertheless, the expanded writ of Task Force Takuba makes it inevitable that there will be casualties. In that eventuality, it remains to be seen whether European and EU resolve will be maintained.
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Midnight Madness
thesquonk / October 10, 2011
Up until 1979, the only rating Disney movies had ever received from the MPAA was the family friendly G. It was 1979's "The Black Hole" that first earned a PG for the studio. But a year later, Disney released another PG rated film called "Midnight Madness." This one was a comedy and it's PG rated content made the studio nervous enough to remove the Disney name from the final print. The film stared the likes of David Naughton (later to appear in "An American Werewolf in London), Steven Furst (Flounder from "Animal House") and everyone's favorite movie nerd Eddie Deezen. It also featured the first movie appearance of Michael J. Fox. After the success of "Back to the Future," cable TV movie channels began airing "Midnight Madness" and it earned a bit of a cult following.
The film follows five teams of college students as they compete in an all-night puzzle game created by an uber-geek named Leon. This guy has frisbee sized glasses, a patchy beard and hair bigger than Elsa Lanchester in "Bride of Frankenstein," yet he always has two roller skating beauties following him around. Take note kiddos…the movies are not real.
Each of the teams in Leon's games are made up of your typical college comedy type stereotypes. There's a team of beer obsessed football players, a team of nerds from the debate team (led by Deezen), and a team girls from an outcast sorority (led by future Simpsons voice artist Maggie Roswell). But the two teams we focus on the most are the goody goodies of Naughton's yellow team and the cheaters and crooks of Furst's blue team.
The challenges go like this…each team is given a puzzle which, when they solve it successfully, will lead them to the next location. Then they must find the next clue and solve it…and so on, and so on. Furst's character, Harold, is a rich kid who's father equips him with a fancy new van for this big contest. The van is even equipped with a computer to help his team figure out the puzzles. Now this aspect of the story is kind of funny to consider now. Truth be told, if someone attempted to stage a game like this today, you've got to figure that the contestants would be whipping out their smart phones to Google the solutions to the complicated puzzles.
Some of the puzzles are clever and some of them are stupid, but they lead the teams to a variety of different locations around Los Angeles. Places like the Griffith Park Observatory, a piano museum, the Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery, and a video arcade run by Pee-wee Herman in a cowboy suit. Yep, it's actually Paul Reubens in an early role.
So…what about all this made The Mouse so scared? It's nasty stuff, I assure you. Brace yourselves, this may be considered NSFW:
– Early in the film one character asks another if he's still a virgin.
– A kid uses a telescope to watch a woman undress in front of her window. Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" would end up being more scantily clad than this chick. The boy also comments about hoping to see Venus' "two moons."
– A lot of beer drinking on the part of the football players.
– I caught one use of the word "damn," one "hell," oh…and a character is named "Barf."
I know, rough stuff. But the scene that surely pushed things over the line is the diner sequence. This is where the contestants receive word that they will find their next clue "between two melons." It turns out that the "melons" in question are the breasts of a waitress and the message is on a pendant that hangs around her next and into her ample cleavage. So, ok…that's not what I'd expect from a G rated film, but still it's pretty tame. Consider that in the years since this film was released, Disney's various film companies have given us the arterial spurts of "Kill Bill Vol. 1," cannibalism in "Alive," and even Bruce Willis' wee-wee in "Color of Night." What would Walt say?
But, if you can make it past all that offensive content, I think most people would find "Midnight Madness" to be silly fun. The premise is a bit far fetched, I admit, but it's intriguing. The characters are pretty cartoonish, I was tempted earlier to refer to the the yellow team as "The Scooby Gang," but I'm OK with cartoonish. And speaking of cartoonish, one of the highlights of the film for me is Eddie Deezen. He has such a great history of playing nerd characters and he really has a great grasp of physical comedy and facial expression. I can't help but think how great he would've been as a silent film comedian, but then we would've missed out on his wonderful voice. I'd watch Eddie Deezen shop for scented candles…he's that fun to watch.
Ultimately, it's no "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves," but I don't think Disney realized what they had in this one. At least we can enjoy it on DVD.
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dougmccoy38 says:
Is the first picture a shot from the film or a publicity shot. I don't remember that scene.
thesquonk says:
That's from the film. It's as they are running through the airport.


In the federal register released on October 16, 2015 President Barack Obama announced refugee admission numbers to be allocated for fiscal year 2016, based upon Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and Congressional oversight.
According to the federal register, up to 85,000 refugees will be granted admission to the United States during fiscal year 2016 in the national interest and as a result of growing humanitarian concerns in Africa and the Near East/South Asia, regions where the majority of admission numbers have been allocated—a total of 59,000 altogether.The 85,000 cap will be distributed among specified regions that pose special humanitarian concerns to the United States. Africa is to be allocated 25,000 admissions; East Asia, 13,000; Europe and Central Asia, 4,000; Latin America/Caribbean, 3,000; Near East/South Asia, 34,000; and 6,000 refugee admissions will remain unallocated in order to address regions where future necessity may arise.
The 6,000 unallocated refugee admissions will be allocated according to 'regional ceilings' that will be imposed by Congressional Judiciary Committees as needed. In addition, unused refugee admissions in one region may be transferred to other regional areas of concern as needed.
The Overseas Refugee Admissions program will provide refugees assistance in applying for admission to the United States. Additionally, for fiscal year 2016 Cuban nationals, persons in Eurasia, the Baltics, Iraq, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and in exceptional circumstances those identified by a United States embassy may be considered refugees for the purpose of applying for refugee admission to the United States within their countries of nationality or habitual residence.
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Iberian Polo Tour ready for action
Action returns to Sotogrande this weekend as a new edition of the classic Iberian Polo Tour kicks off. The series, which was first played on 2011, is composed of three tournaments played over three weekends. This year's competition will see players from all over the globe compete.
The first championship was played in 2001, with the same format as will be played this year," shares Pelayo Berazadi, one of today's most outstanding Spanish players and one of the founders of the Iberian Polo Tour. "I spent my winters in Sotogrande looking at the fields and the weather and thinking that we had to do something. The first edition was played between Sotogrande and Sevilla, but from 2017 onwards it has been played solely at Sotogrande every December. The Iberian Polo Tour is now a fixed part of the calendar, and the idea is to continue growing every year, inviting more players to take part and forming a longer season."
The brilliant Iberian Polo Tour is just days away from its first weekend fixture, and there are high expectations for this year's event. "The aim is for the Iberian Polo Tour to continue growing, and to show that this is a competition that has an increasing number of players and teams competing every season," continues Berazadi. "The objective is to offer a fun and competitive level of polo on some of the best fields in Europe, at a time of year when there is little polo on. We are not competing with the season in Argentina because that is the home of the best polo in the world, but we do want to create a parallel season that offers a comfortable and accessible alternative for players in Europe."
The mild climate in southern Spain at this time of year is an obvious advantage when promoting polo in December. Furthermore, the tourism that is generated in the area during the holidays is something that can benefit everyone. "The locals have welcomed us with open arms," says Berazadi. "The fields are used, jobs are generated, new horses can be tried; everyone benefits, directly or indirectly. I think that the whole area is very keen on the idea that polo in Sotogrande become an annual occurrence, and not just an activity which happens over the summer months. We have the support of the locals, not just the polo players, but also the restaurants, hotels, clubs, and shops. A few years back polo was played all year round, and that is the format we want to bring back."
"This series is going to have good fields, fun tournaments, a friendly atmosphere, and, hopefully, great weather," concludes Berazadi."We already have a minimum of four teams confirmed per cup, with several players from England, France, Argentina, Ireland, Scotland, Ecuador, Russia, and of course, Spain. Beyond the sporting goals of the tournament, we want everyone to have a good time, enjoy the area, and take advantage of the magnificent installations we have here. The Iberian Polo Tour is about polo, but there will also be several social events, such as cocktails, asados, and parties."
IBERIAN POLO TOUR 2019 – FIXTURE:
*Sotoestates Cup: December 6-8, at Santa María Polo Club.
*Casa Fagliano Cup + Kids Polo: December 13-15, at Ayala Polo Club.
*Finca Monasterio Cup: December 20-22, at Ayala Polo Club.
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C. Chaves 3
P. Berazadi 5
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Charlotte EAST Matters – Carol Sawyer, District 4 CMS School Board Rep on East Side Issues
Carol Sawyer is the Charlotte Mecklenburg School Board's new District 4 member, and she represents many of Charlotte's East side neighborhoods. Although she is new to serving on the Board, she is a seasoned veteran of School Board meetings and deliberations. Her website offers an exhaustive list of contributions to CMS including long-term volunteer commitments in classrooms; advocacy for school improvements; service on the CMS Equity Committee (now disbanded); and championing moves to reduce high concentrations of poverty in our schools. Her daughter attended Charlotte public schools, and Carol was a frequent attender at CMS Board or Policy Committee meetings. Now Carol serves on the Policy Committee, which is chaired by Dr. Ruby Jones, who represents the remainder of the East side's neighborhoods.
When I asked Carol how East side residents can help her achieve her goals, she asserted that "we have to do it neighborhood by neighborhood." She points to some wonderful East side success stories: Idlewild Elementary being named as best magnet school nationwide, and the high payoff of parent involvement at Shamrock and Oakhurst Elementary schools. She is excited about the new K-8 school coming to the former Eastland Mall site, which will open with K-1 magnet students in a Dual Language program she believes will be popular.
Carol believes that "neighborhoods own their schools," Each of us has an elementary, middle, and high school that serve us. Whether or not you've got children in schools, you strengthen your neighborhood by strengthening your schools. She was ready with a list of ways to engage: Be a tutor; be another pair of hands in the classroom; offer paid internships through your work; volunteer in career development programs; be a mentor; help students network; help staff network to find community partners and sponsors. Sometimes it's the simple impromptu things that matter: at school events, "notice that your teachers need a break," said Carol. "Pair that with the fact that attendees at school function often welcome a task as a way to make a contribution. Be that person who matches attendees with teachers you can relieve."
Carol has said: "We talk a lot about closing the achievement gap in CMS…equally important, we need to raise the floor and lift the ceiling of student achievement. So it's not just about closing the gap, it's about elevating all students." She wants to be an accessible representative and encourages residents to register for her eNewsletter. She maintains Facebook and Twitter accounts: @Sawyer4Schools and can be reached at:carole.sawyer@cms.k12.nc.us, or 980-292-0554.
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Escalating drug prices are forcing state Medicaid agencies to explore new payment models. According to Burl Beasley, director of Pharmacy Services for Oklahoma's Medicaid program, older Medicaid payment strategies, such as negotiating enhanced rebates and multi-state purchase agreements, are not keeping pace with rising drug expenditures.
Beasley cited the strain prescription drug costs were putting on Oklahoma's Medicaid budget as a driver behind the decision to pursue alternative payment models (APMs) during a Dec. 12, 2018 National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) webinar. The webinar featured Beasley, Terry Cothran, director of Pharmacy Management Consultants at the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, and Russell Knoth, director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Eisai, a drug manufacturer that entered into an APM agreement with Oklahoma. Since committing to APMs, Oklahoma's Medicaid agency has become a national leader, with four separate Medicaid APM agreements executed with drug manufacturers.
Beasley drew an important distinction between the two main types of APMs — financial APMs and health outcome-based APMs. Financial APMs are essentially price/volume agreements and may include target measures such as adherence. Financial APMs, which can be managed with claims data, are easier to administer than health outcomes-based APMs, which often require clinical data. The four contracts that Oklahoma has executed to date are all financial APMs, though Oklahoma continues to explore potential health outcomes-based APMs. Oklahoma's fee-for-service Medicaid payment model helped expedite the execution of APMs, which otherwise may have required additional negotiation and coordination with managed care organizations.
To enable Medicaid APMs, Oklahoma submitted a Medicaid State Plan Amendment (SPA) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and received approval for the amendment on June 27, 2018. The SPA allows Oklahoma to negotiate supplemental rebate agreements that could produce extra rebates for the state depending on a drug's performance against outcomes agreed upon in the contract with the drug manufacturer. The extra rebates are excluded from "best price" implications, an important consideration to encourage manufacturer participation in APMs.
Michigan has since followed Oklahoma's lead, receiving approval in November 2018 for a SPA to enable APMs there. Both states received support from SMART-D, the State Medicaid Alternative Reimbursement and Purchasing Test for High-Cost Drugs, including development of a contract template. NASHP provided a grant to Oklahoma to support the extensive data analysis necessary to explore potential drugs and outcomes for measurement in order to execute contracts. NASHP provided the grant through its Center for State Rx Drug Pricing, supported by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
Results, including assessments of potential cost savings, are not expected for any of Oklahoma's APMs until 2019. In the meantime, Cothran was able to share some lessons learned from Oklahoma's successful efforts to pursue and finalize contracts with manufacturers.
Building a strong relationship and trust between the state and a manufacturer is necessary.
Smaller manufacturers may have greater flexibility than larger manufacturers to enter into APMs more quickly.
Manufacturers are new to Medicaid APMs and are generally not yet ready to take on high-risk contracts.
State Medicaid programs should be willing to pull initial data on drug utilization to get manufacturers to the table.
Knoth shared the manufacturer's perspective on APMs, which he believes can be a win-win for payers and manufacturers. He stressed that though the concept of an APM is easy to grasp, transitioning from the concept to a signed contract can be challenge because it requires designing an agreement with the power to measure a real effect. Eisai's contract with the Oklahoma Health Care Authority measures reductions in hospitalizations following initiation of its epilepsy drug Fycompa, and is Eisai's first APM.
Read a Q&A about how Oklahoma implemented its APM and how it plans to evaluate and expand this innovative model here.
For more information about this ground-breaking APM, listen to a recording and view the NASHP webinar Medicaid Alternative Payment Models for Prescription Drugs: Do They Add Value for States?


For women, natural curls are a gift that they cannot help but cherish. However, keeping up curly hair can in some cases be somewhat of agony as it often happens that curly hair loses its moisture rapidly and easily becomes dry and frizzy. It is a never-ending battle to find the perfect balance. Majority of women cannot enjoy their curly hair and ultimately begin loathing them. Being in this situation can be very frustrating but this problem can be solved if hair is nurtured the right way to get to optimum health in no time.
Hair care routine starts with a perfect shampoo. For curly hair, the best shampoo is the one that manages texture, nourishes hair, controls frizz and helps keep the curls soft as well as bouncy. The top 5 picks for shampoos for curly hair are mentioned below and are definitely worth a try.
The Body Shop is known worldwide for its extremely effective range of products and gentle formulas. The Rainforest Shine Shampoo is specifically formulated for people with curly hair. It is the perfect hair product to invest in. The best thing about this product is that it is free from any harsh chemicals and artificial coloring. It contains a perfect mixture of Pracaxi oil, Manketti nut oil, honey and sugar which help to achieve desirable results of keeping hair shiny, subtle and full of life.
Kerastase is one of the emerging bands that is producing an array of amazing products. If curls are not willing to cooperate than Kerastase Bain Curl Shampoo is the best choice. This shampoo aids in repairing any damaged hair and make the curls look fresh, shiny and healthy. The curls are beautifully tamed to give an overall perfect look.
Aveda Be Curly Shampoo due to its outstanding results has managed to reach the list of top shampoos for curly hair. It not just gentle on the hair but defines hair as well as cleanse them thoroughly. The formula is a perfect combination of wheat protein and organic aloe which both tend to work wonders for curly hair. Not just this but the shampoo has a mesmerizing smell as well.
This is the best drug store shampoo available for curly hair. Though it has a very wallet-friendly price still it manages to give perfect results. It helps nourish the hair to keep them healthy as well as frizz free. Curls will turn out to be beautifully tamed.
The Luscious Curl Shampoo is designed and formulated especially for naturally curly hair. It tames. Controls as well as define the curls splendidly. Additionally, it adds a long lasting shine to the hair and gives a zero-frizz look that can be carried all day long without any worry of hair getting hard to handle.
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Installed high on a plateau in Northern Chile — in a region with the highest Direct Normal Irradiance in the world — NEXTracker's expansive arc harvests the full solar potential of the Atacama desert. Combining the highest irradiance and the most powerful tracking technology on the planet with a reduced total cost of ownership makes the Crucero project exceptional on every front.
NEXTracker has a ±15° advantage over the competition, allowing for a 120° tracking trajectory that fully soaks in the 275 W/m² of solar irradiance beaming down on this desert region.
NEXTracker's unlinked tracker rows put more panels to use, all while requiring less steel as support and less power to operate. These optimizations result in a more efficient drive system that effortlessly powers an entire row. In projects of this size, the small details translate into large savings.


Hello, my name is Sitora! It is a great pleasure to be accepted for the BBA program. I would like to begin my introduction by describing about my hobbies, interests, and the major reason to choose SP Jain Global.
To start with, I am fond of travelling different places, learning new languages, reading articles and books on psychology and philosophy, and playing keyboard among others. I love spending time amidst nature. So yes, you can call me a nature lover!
With my sincerity and honesty I hope to gel well with you guys. I am quite optimistic, confident, and passionate about my future prosperity. That is why, when I learnt about SP Jain Global's facilities, tailored curriculum, and their constant support for internships, it didn't take much time for me to decide what my obvious choice would be.
Working in a team and performing is something which interests me the most and forms the main reason why I decided to pursue BBA. I believe people pooling in their ideas and coming up with different business solutions is an exemplary of teamwork and hence would broaden my horizon in the field. Thus, being able to get along with different people in a group is one of the predominant requirements, which I believe would shape my career in this sphere.
Excited to meet you guys very soon!
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Research states that the best way to combat bullying is to create a positive school culture. For many years now, students at Thomas Jefferson School have been striving to be T.R.R.F.C.C. (terrific) students by practicing the six pillars of character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship. Each month students select a classmate that has exemplified the six pillars. These students are recognized at a monthly Student of the Month assembly.


This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2746299, with some changes.
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 391 1899 .
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:464181-1.


I AM PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO BE PROVIDING A MONTHLY PRESENTATION OF ESSEX HAPPENING. I AM HAPPY TO BE ONCE AGAIN PROVIDING MY OPINIONS ON THIS REGION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MY THOUGHTS AS PRESENTED DO NOT REFLECT THE PRESENTATION OF AN EMPLOYEE OR A MANAGER OF ANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS COMMENTED ON IN THESE REPORTS. I INTEND TO CONTINUE REPORTS ON THE SUCCESSES AND THE MISSION OF ESSEX HERITAGE THAT I HELPED TO CREATE AND LABORED AT FOR OVER TWO DECADES. I WILL HOWEVER REPORT ON OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE I AM I ALSO INVOLVED AS A BOARD MEMBER.
One of the very best ways to keep in contact with all of the activities of the Essex National Heritage Commission is outlined every month in the newsletter that is electronically distributed to a wide groups of Friends of the Commission If you do not receive this informative presentation you can sign up to receive the monthly newsletter sign up at the address noted below. Essex Heritage"
On October 16, 2013 The Essex National Heritage Commission held its prestigious Heritage Hero dinner at the Danversport YC in Danvers. This year the honoree was Joanne Patton and the Patton Family. As noted this recognition event is held each year and many local prominent community leaders have been honored including the former Mayor of Newburyport, Byron Matthews, former Mayor of Amesbury, Nick Costello. Current Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, Danvers Town Manager Wayne Marquis, North Shore Community College Retired President Wayne Burton and last year, I was the honoree. This award presentation was one of the highlights of my professional life.
This year's event was a great success – attended by nearly 450 guests - who toasted the Pattons and Essex Heritage. The Color Guard from Norwich University presented the colors accompanied by Sargent Daniel Clark who recited a moving poem about Old Glory followed by a magnificent rendition of the National Anthem.
One of the primary goals of Essex Heritage, and a longtime interest of this author, is the development and implementation of recreational activities in this region. The following are details of several initiatives currently underway in the region.
With the help of a very important Commonwealth of Massachusetts Grant the two communities of Danvers and Wenham have completed valuable sections of the BORDER TO BOSTON TRAIL. As a longtime resident of the Town of Danvers I want to compliment the coalition from that community who came together to complete this important regional asset that will be used and enjoyed by many from Danvers and nearby communities into the future. The permanent crushed and rolled stone surface on the trail will serve many well into the future.
The City of Lawrence recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to signify the opening of the Spiket River Greenway. The greenway is a three and one half mile, ten million dollar project that runs from the Polartec Company to Union Square and includes green spaces, and walking paths. The greenway is now open to the general public for their use. The project was a collaboration of federal. State, and community groups.
In West Newbury, a group of community volunteers, students and residents constructed a one mile walking trail that crosses four parcels on thirty acres of conservation land along Essex County Greenbelt property.
Announcements of two impending retirements have been offered to the region by local Bank leaders Both organizations in question are strong financial and moral supporters of the region and particularly that of Essex Heritage. The first of these retirements is the decision of long time leader of Rockport National Bank, Peter Anderson to step down in September.
The second of these careers coming to an end is by the long time President of Salem Five Bank Joseph Gibbons. This retirement means a great deal more to me as Joe and I worked together for a number of years when I was also employed by that Bank. Joe provided substantial support to this region and particularly to Essex Heritage where he replaced me when I retired on the Essex Heritage Board of Trustees Joe will be replaced at Salem by the institutions Chief Financial Officer, Ping Yin Chai who I also worked with for many years at the bank.. Concurrent with these changes Salem Five also named Bruce Potter of Danvers as the Executive Vice President. Bruce is another former associate of mine at Salem Five Bank. `Best of wishes to the two CEO's in their retirements and to their replacements that I am certain will represent their Banks to the region in the future.
My wife Marge and I are exceptionally pleased to be serving as the honorary chairpersons of the celebrations being offered by the Danvers Catholic parish. There have been concerts, social events, celebratory liturgical events and plans are underway to make improvements to the church facility including accessibility conditions.
The next planned parish function scheduled is participation in a Road Race/Walk on October 6th at 1:30 followed by a parish cookout for the runners and parishioners that will be there to welcome the runners participation. The race will start and finish at the Town's sensational recreational venue at Endicott Park adjacent to the church. After the race all will be invited to participate in a Parish Picnic, with a cookout, games and baked goods at noon. The race entry fee door the run will be $20, but the picnic will be priced at $5 or $20 for a family to all other parish attendees.
We all know what is means to get old, right?
There are many in the region that laments when the summer passes, but the fall can be such a pleasant time as temperatures moderate and the humidity usually drops. For those that enjoy the fall season, with numerous family activities like apple picking, leaf viewing and from my standpoint football returns to the region. We are so blessed in this region to have a most competitive professional team and there are a plentiful group of college, high schools and youth programs for viewing pleasure. This is not to demean the numerous regional participants in soccer and Field Hockey, and I am a very vocal supporter of those two sports as I have granddaughters participating in Varsity efforts at both Danvers and Algonquin Regional High School, and my wife and I were regular viewers of school sports. Those interests will be impacted be personal changes to our personal activities outlined later in this Blog.
The New England Patriots experienced a bump in the road with a very slow and uneven start of the season, bit sill stand an 2 and 0, but the outlook for the success of that team is still most optimistic. Now if Boston College, that has started two and 1 UMass and the other local colleges plus your favorite community HIGH school team can be reasonably successful then the fall will be enjoyed.
Now that Labor Day has come and gone and the local schools have reopened, it is once again time for me to offer some observations on one of my favorite subjects, my Grandchildren and their connections to school sports. My oldest is away at the University of North Carolina where he serves as one of the leaders of a Dance Marathon event to benefit a children's hospital on his University Campus. The next oldest is a girl, Katherine that is serving as one of the captains of the field, hockey team at Danvers high school, that is looking forward to a successful season. The other young lady, Caroline, after a successful Junior Varsity season last year is one of only three sophomores' that have been picked to play on the Varsity Soccer Team at Algonquin Regional High School. We planned to take a number of trips to the west of the North Shore to watch her perform this seas,. But those plans are now in a state of flux. Our last grandchild Casey is still at the Jr. High Level, but in the fall and winter of 2013, he will participate on an AAU Baseball team based in Sutton. That experience should help him as he progresses in youth baseball on the future..
On a Sunday in the middle of the last month, Marge and I feel very sorry that we were unable to join my sister and her family as they celebrated the golden wedding anniversary. Nancy and her husband Neil Savianio celebrated at the Historic Hawthorne Hotel In Salem.
A long time friend and occasional business associate Jon Woodman and his wife Betsy recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary by offering a free jazz convert for their community for their friends and associates. It was a great way to celebrate a milestone date.
We are most disappointed that late last month we were unable due to the injury noted below, unable to attend a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the ordination of Father John O'Donnell to the priesthood. The event was commemorated with a mass in Salem followed by a luncheon at the Historic Hawthorne Hotel. Fifty years ago, Marge and I attended John's Ordination in Gloucester, and his first mass in Salem. John was a boyhood friend growing up, and he baptized both of our sons.
The ongoing situation in Syria when coupled with the Anniversary of 9/11 leaves many questions about the proposed actions of this government. It will be a most difficult time with possible cyber attacks and other problems being considered as a offshoot. It does appear that the Secretary of State Kerry is close to a nonmilitary solution to address these issues both in other countries and here in the USA. There has been a long period of conflicts in this world. and it appears that the majority of the American citizens do not want another military conflict, and that certainly impacts the decisions of our president and our other elected officials.
My wife Marge suffered a serious injury when she slipped on a staircase and x-rays showed the breakage of two bones in her ankle. There are a number of steps still to be considered by the tending medical people involved, and we must wait for that information before we move forward. The one thing that appears certain, is that the daily living of our lives will change rather dramatically over the weeks ahead. We will keep you updated on what we learn and how those changes will impact our joint efforts to continue to serve many organizations in the region. We would like to thank our family, many good friends and neighbors who have jumped to our aid. Many thanks to all of them.
When I find an author whose writing style I enjoy, I usually seek another offering for my reading pleasure. This is the case with Jean Edward Smith, and staying with the military theme, I have just finished reading 'Eisenhower in War and peace'' The life story goes from his earliest days in Kansas. Then followed by his days at the military academy at West Point. He excelled in both academics and athletics at that Institution.
The story then continued through his early years in the Army where he worked for two army giants, 'Black Jack" Pershing and Douglas Mac Arthur both generals and hero's to the county. He had a number of army heavyweights that helped his career through his association with MacArthur in the Philippines and for Pershing as he worked on the presentation of Pershing's memoirs on the first war in Francs. The work done by Ike on the first World War walking in the fields of France was incredibly helpful to him as he participated in the later war during the invasion of Europe. Hus earliest days were in tanks, where he developed a close association and long term friendship with General George Paton that was very helpful later during subsequent military encounters. The memoir carried through his work coaching football at Army Installations and then on to the invasion of Italy.
A great deal of the book focused on his work as the Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces the carried on the greatest invasion of all time in Normandy France. His incredible work in building the required coalition between he English and the Americans certainly prepared him for the role he would later play as the American President. The history carried on through his two terms as president and the difficult task of leading the USA after the war through "McCarthyism" and the emergence of the importance of the Middle East in world affairs. The presentation covered his participation in two wars at that time in Korea and Vietnam.
The memoir continued with reports on Presidential initiatives on matters such as the development of the St Lawrence Seaway and a comprehensive national highway system. The book also reported on social activities such as the expansion of social security recipients and increases in the minimum wages paid at that time. The book also chronicled the work dome on a retirement farm in Gettysburg that was at the time of the death of the Eisenhower's was deeded to the National Park Service.
The book concluded with the first issues surrounding the space race and the Russian launch of a Russian Satellite and U2 flight. The President suffered several medical setbacks including a small stroke but continued to effectively lead the country during most turbulent times.
The book concluded with the election of JFK over VP Nixon. The final entry recorded the removal of a life support systems from the former president at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington Prior to leaving office as a former lifelong military man, his rank as a five Star General of the Army was restored, as he value being known as General rather than as a former President was most important to him.


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I'm the technical lead for a moderately sized booru, or imageboard, centered around a TV show. By moderately-sized, I mean it doesn't get 4chan, reddit, or Facebook-tier traffic. We're not small, by any stretch of the imagination. As a consequence, there's a lot to manage. A lot of bugs, a lot of edge-cases, a lot of users. It's an entirely volunteer-run effort, driven by a shared enjoyment of the show and its surrounding community. Comparative to some, I'm a very new member of the team. I joined in June 2016 and, thanks to technical chops, took over maintaining the server and its associated parts, working in tandem with the application development team; a small group of about three or four people. Being volunteer, we all work in our spare time. While some staff have ample, some have exceedingly little. This means that for the most part, everything is on a case-by-case basis and there's no real time for things like grudges or even, realistically, remembering most users.
Then I met Aaron.
My first contact with Aaron began after he was suspended from the site for mass-downvoting images on the front-page of the site. At the booru, this is against the rules due to the plethora of options we provide for one to avoid seeing a certain type of content. The filtering functionality built into the site is some of the most complex and comprehensive seen anywhere, and we're very proud of it. Mass downvoting, of course, affects the rating of the image and results in the potential that others who do enjoy that content may miss it. If a user continues to perform this action after being warned, they're traditionally met with a 24-hour suspension. Suspensions from the site do not prevent a user from reading any content on the site (art, comments, or forums), merely prevents them from participating. They're mostly used to strongly encourage users to cool off when they get too heated about things.
According to Aaron, telling him that he's breaking the rules is against "the privacy policy". While we are strongly in favour of personal privacy, the booru doesn't actually have a privacy policy. This isn't a conscious action, we've just never really gotten around to writing one given that every single reasonable privacy policy in existence is roughly the same things we adhere to:
We won't sell your data
We don't give it away
We don't really care about your private life; it's probably not interesting
I weighed in briefly on the exchange to explain that's not exactly how "privacy policy" works, and that a user's activity on the site isn't private from the site administrators, for obvious reasons. After that, radio silence.
About two hours later, the booru started having some serious availability problems. We're running on pretty beefy, very modern hardware and we have a decent connection, hosted in the Iliad datacenter. It was abnormal, to say the least. At the time, I was at work talking about vSphere. As the workday drew to a close and everyone had gone home, I stayed behind at the office so I could work out what was going on with the server without adding another hour of delay to the resolution while I travelled home.
A quick look at the network graphs made the problem quite clear. Aaron had responded to being informed that things don't work the way he believes incredibly reasonably like the well-adjusted individual he happens to be, and proceeded to packet the site for a while. At this point, the attack had gone on for about an hour.
Not one for subtlety, I'd received the following celebrations of prose from Aaron on IRC
having fun ;)
Site Performance Issues We are investigating some performance issues with the site and apologize for any inconvenience
Fair warning if my art is not taken down , and my profile deleted will only get worse fair warning that is all
The funny thing about IRC is that when you connect, others can see the IP address you connect from. The IP address used by Aaron when he messaged me on IRC matched the IP address he used on the booru and, given the context of the very one-sided "conversation", it was quite obvious that he was the perpetrator of the attack. The motivation was odd, since he'd only received a 24-hour suspension from the site for breaking the rules twice.
An interesting thing about some people is that they'll broadcast anything to the world. Aaron made sure that the whole world could find out that he owns a domain and, in his registrant info, his address and phone number. I gave the number listed in the registry - a cellphone number - a quick call to see whether or not I could just ask him nicely to stop. Unfortunately, went to message bank. Calling a few more times sent me to messagebank after varying lengths of time, indicating that he was actively denying the call. Unfortunate.
After a short while and a quick phone call to the network engineer of our internet service provider, our mitigation device kicked in and blocked the entire attack completely, returning traffic to normal levels. The devices are good enough that I actually don't know whether or not the attack stopped or not. I'd imagine it might've stopped due to a few missed calls from an overseas number. Who knows?
On a whim, I added him on Steam as well to see whether or not he'd have a chat about breaking the law so flagrantly while playing Pony Island. He accepted after about an hour.
According to his Facebook profile, Aaron is about 39 years old. With him pushing 40, you'd be forgiven for being caught off guard for having your expectations of polite, reasonable discourse destroyed by an avalanche of homophobic slurs and borderline incoherence. Somehow, inexplicably, there is someone out there at 39 years old who can act like that and - I assume, based on the fact that they possess a residence and an internet connection - maintain a job. Perhaps reality is, though, that Aaron isn't 39, and is probably somewhere in the realm of 19? No, his Facebook picture puts him squarely in the realm of possibility of being mid-to-late 30s.
After struggling through being called most of the things in "Top Slurs: Bigot's Digest", I tried to get across the point that packeting a system like that is actually kind of against the law. Given that we had all his details thanks to his pride in his domain, we'd forwarded them to the authorities already. Somehow, this didn't actually faze Aaron at all and only encouraged him to call me words that I presume were out of "Bigotry: The Extended Edition" and then screamed seemingly at random about a nonexistent privacy policy. I got bored at this point and decided to simply work to terminate his access to the booru entirely in a bit of a creative way.
The web server we use, Nginx, has a module called geo. This module allows you to redirect connections based on their IP address. I rustled up a quick page indicating that due to the actions taken, their connection to the site had been terminated. For good luck, the page sported the logos of various legal departments in the United States and contained references to the clauses within the United States Code that - in my non-expert opinion - had been violated. I ended up naming the configuration block for this "$aaron". Consequently, we can now "aaron" anybody who decides the best course of action in response to hearing things they don't like is packeting the site.
While I was doing this, I received another piece of literary genius from Aaron about the fact the FBI has a privacy policy. Admittedly, I'm not completely sure what he meant:
https://www.fbi.gov/privacy_policy even the FBI has a privacy policy… and you all broke so many laws ohhhhhh wooops It's a Felony!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shortly after this, the page went live. He hasn't been back since. Honestly, I don't know how or why this happened. Maybe it was a coincidence.
Opinions are those of all FTSE 100 Index members, but not my employer.


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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Get Out' Takes Control
Propelled by great trailers, strong buzz, and a supremely rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Get Out easily took the number one spot at the box office this weekend, dethroning The LEGO Batman Movie. Will the positive reaction to Get Out help it overcome the second week slump that so many horror movies suffer? We're in uncharted waters here — critics and audiences rarely like a genre movie this much.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'The LEGO Batman Movie' and 'John Wick: Chapter 2' Soar, 'Fifty Shades Darker' Mixed
After of a month of the weekend box office being dominated by Split, the arrival of three new major releases has finally given the top 10 a thorough shake-up. As expected, The LEGO Batman Movie led the pack, with Fifty Shades Darker and John Wick: Chapter 2 following. And while each film opened strong, only two of them feel like unqualified successes.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Rings' Can't Bring Down 'Split'
When M. Night Shyamalan's Split exceeded expectations and became the first big hit of 2017, box office prognosticators wondered if this was the result of a killer marketing campaign or if audiences actually liked the movie. The second weekend made it definitive: Split's small drop-off indicated positive buzz and strong word-of-mouth, both of which allowed the film to remain on top of the charts for the third weekend in a row, narrowly edging out all newcomers, specifically Rings.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Split' Is M. Night Shyamalan's Biggest Opener in Years
Is it safe to say that M. Night Shyamalan is back? He got his foot in the door a few years ago when The Visit opened to $25 million and went on to make $65 million against a budget of only $5 million, but with the release of Split, he's officially sitting on the couch, eating your chips and drinking your beer. However, the same could not be said for xXx: Return of Xander Cage, which opened to more lackluster numbers.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Hidden Figures' and 'La La Land' Dominate the Holiday Weekend
After a neck-and-neck race last weekend, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has officially stepped aside to let Hidden Figures reign supreme. The crowd-pleasing drama about the black female mathematicians who assisted NASA in its early days topped the box office, leading a weekend that was otherwise all about films bursting out of limited release. The bulk of the new releases were not so fortunate.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Office Christmas Party' Gets the Festivities Started, Still Follows 'Moana'
Consider this the calm before the storm. Next weekend, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will open and dominate both the box office and every headline, drowning out each and every other movie currently screening in theaters. In the meantime, Moana took advantage of this quiet window to win one more strong weekend while Office Christmas Party got off to a pretty good start.
Weekend Box Office Report: Audiences Says "You're Welcome" for Another 'Moana' Box Office Win
This weekend's box office was essentially the hangover from last week's big holiday: the numbers are a little smaller, very little in the top 10 actually moved around, and the only new release didn't even come close to threatening the dominion of Moana and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Moana' Rules the Box Office on a Mixed Holiday Weekend
The box office success of Moana feels like destiny: an old school Disney formula plus 21st century polish plus great songs plus the mere presence of Dwayne Johnson and near-universal critical notices is a surefire recipe for success...
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Fantastic Beasts' Finds Itself in First Place
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them may not have Harry Potter in its title, but the first entry in J.K. Rowling and David Yates' spin-off series did Harry Potter numbers, dominating the box office and dethroning Doctor Strange from its position at the top of the charts. The film's success came at the expense of the other newcomers, with The Edge of Seventeen and Bleed For This both stumbling in the bottom half of the top 1
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Arrival' Does Battle With 'Doctor Strange' and 'Trolls'
It looks like the general public reacted to one of the most stressful weeks in living memory by flocking to the movies for a few hours of escape. Both Doctor Strange and Trolls, which debuted to solid numbers last week, held on strong. Arrival, the biggest newcomer of the bunch, also opened well, proving that it's entirely possible to open in third place and still be a winner at the box office.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Doctor Strange' Conjures a Magical First Weekend
Like any new Marvel Studios movie, Doctor Strange was destined to take the number one spot at the box office — it was really just a question of how much it would make. Ultimately, Benedict Cumberbatch's Sorcerer Supreme surpassed expectations, topping the charts with an exceptional $84 million. But this was a strong weekend in general, with Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge performing well in second and third place.
Weekend Box Office Report: 'Inferno' Goes Down in Flames
Did anyone want a third Robert Langdon thriller? While The Da Vinci Code was a gigantic hit back in 2006, Angels and Demons made significantly less on both the domestic and international charts. And now, Inferno looks to answer that question with a painful whimper. No, nobody wanted a third Robert Langdon movie, and the film's opening weekend makes that abundantly clear.


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Why Consider a Dental Service Org?
The career path for a dentist can seem fairly predictable. You graduate from dental school, maybe work as an associate for a while, but, ultimately, you open or buy your own office as a sole practitioner. Maybe you partner with other dentists to share administrative costs, but you essentially run your own business. That's long been the goal. And when it's time to retire, you'll put your dental office for sale to another sole practitioner.
Increasingly, however, dental offices for sale are being bought by DSOs (dental service organizations). So, rather than sell to another, younger doctor, you may find yourself fielding offers from a corporate buyer. While some doctors may not relish the idea of the practice they've built by hand (and their patients) being consumed by what they perceive as a faceless entity, the fact is that DSOs are both increasingly common and meeting needs for both patients and doctors that aren't provided by the traditional sole practitioner model.
A DSO is, in essence, a management system. Typically, they are organized for the benefit of investors who see buying dental practices as a good investment, but they can also be used by doctors who want to merge several practices together to operate as a single entity.
Traditionally, a sole practitioner manages every aspect of their practice, from treatment to cleaning the bathrooms. However, with growing interest from investors, a more structured business model is necessary in order to manage multiple practices. A DSO wants to ensure consistency of quality and service across all of its offices, therefore, it cannot simply rely on the on-site staff to make sure it's done according to the right standard.
First, some doctors simply prefer to let someone else handle the business side while they put their focus on treatment. A DSO provides a qualified and knowledgeable business office to take care of the administrative matters, allowing doctors to put their time into seeing patients and not having a competing burden on their time.
Second, as an aging dentist nears retirement, they may consider bringing on an associate who will eventually buy the practice. If, however, the doctor does not have enough patients to support an associate, this will not be possible. Also, young dentists are increasingly saddled with large amounts of student loan debt and are looking for associateships before going out on their own. A DSO can solve both problems.
By selling a dental practice to a DSO, the older doctor is able to transition the practice—it can be an outright sale or the doctor can continue to work in the practice, depending on the doctor's goals. And, by spreading costs across several locations, the DSO can afford to bring on an associate, perhaps working at more than one local office.
The younger dentist then has the option of remaining with the DSO for their career or, when the time is right, to branch out on their own with the requisite experience. Additionally, for younger dentists who were trained on more modern equipment, working in a DSO may be an easier transition into their career, as they will be more likely to have up-to-date technology than an office where a doctor has been practicing for decades.
DSOs can benefit patients in a couple of ways, some more directly than others. DSOs are more likely to be a modern facility with generalists and specialists in a single office, making it easier and more appealing to get necessary care. Also, DSO offices are more likely to be open later in the afternoon or evening and on weekends, which can be critical for patients who lack flexibility in their schedules.
DSOs are also more likely to use a variety of marketing techniques, allowing them to reach more patients. And, DSOs typically make their services available through wider networks and have attractive treatment financing options. This means that people who haven't been to a dentist for a long time may be enticed to get care, even if they previously believed it was unavailable or unaffordable. In this way, DSOs can benefit an underserved patient base.
The current trend with dental insurance companies is to either maintain or reduce their schedules of fee allowances. While your costs are going up, they payout in effectively reduced either way, it's just a matter of by how much. A DSO with several offices will have leverage that a sole practitioner doesn't to negotiate more favorable payouts.
Also, instead of having 20 dentists absorbing costs individually, DSOs get the benefit of purchasing in bulk, more widespread marketing, and can offer better benefits packages to employees. Some are even creating their own continuing education programs and are able to bring in well-known presenters for workshops and seminars.
The current trend in the dental industry appears to be tracking that of the larger medical industry. MSOs (medical service organizations) have been acquiring hospitals and practices for some time, changing how medicine is practiced. Currently, hospitals own many medical practices and most physicians work for hospitals. As with most changes, there is some good and some bad. Be certain, however, the trend will continue whether you like it or not. Depending on who you ask, there are projections that DSOs will own about 30% of practices in the next 10 years, possibly growing to 50% in the decade after than.
For a dentist looking at transitioning their practice, however, this can be very good news. When you put your dental office for sale, there are a lot of things to think about, but a big one is how much can you sell for. DSOs will have the deepest pockets and, with a long term strategy, may be willing to outbid other fair offers.
While getting a fair price for your practice is a big concern, we here at ddsmatch Southwest know its not your only concern. DSOs can be a good fit for some practice transitions, but not for everyone. Your goals are our goals. We will take the time to learn what you are looking for in a buyer—or help you figure it out if you're not sure—so you can go into the next phase of life knowing that your practice is in good hands.
Contact us today for a free, no-obligation Practice Transition Assessment and find out how we can help you.
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MainAll NewsDefense/SecurityThis is how the nuclear reactor in Syria was destroyed
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This is how the nuclear reactor in Syria was destroyed
Military censor clears for publication details of the 2007 bombing of a nuclear reactor in Syria.
Kobi Finkler and Yoni Kempinski, 21/03/18 05:00
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The military censor on Wednesday morning cleared for publication details about the bombing of the nuclear reactor in Syria by the Israel Air Force in 2007, after more than 10 years in which the bombing of the reactor was attributed to the IDF only by foreign media outlets.
"Operation Outside the Box" to attack the nuclear reactor in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria took place on September 6, 2007, after midnight.
The story begins with Libya's announcement four years earlier, in 2003, of its decision to halt its nuclear program. That announcement caught Israel by surprise.
According to the information that has now been cleared for publication, then-Mossad chief Meir Dagan ordered a reevaluation of intelligence that had been accumulated by the Mossad, and following an assessment by the research division of Military Intelligence, it became clear that Syria was secretly developing nuclear weapons.
The Mossad was able to obtain intelligence indicating the establishment of a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor in Syria in cooperation with North Korea, including its location in Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, not far from the Euphrates.
Those who took part in the operation.
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
In the middle of the night, eight F-15 and F-16 fighter jets as well as an electronic-warfare aircraft took off in order to bomb the Syrian reactor.
At first, the aircraft disrupted the Syrian air defense system by means of electronic warfare (developed by one of the leading Israeli companies in the field), thus preventing it from detecting the attacking planes. "We blinded the enemy's screens," said one of the pilots.
When the fighter jets approached the vicinity of the reactor, they destroyed the reactor using large, precise bombs. The damage was irreparable. The planes returned to Israel through Turkish territory.
The nuclear reactor in Syria before the attack. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
In a briefing with ambassadors, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem said that three Israeli planes had entered from the Mediterranean to an area located about 50 km from Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria, and bombed targets.
The relationship that existed at the time between U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was evident in Olmert's first telephone call to Australia, where Bush was at the time. Olmert said, "What was there is no longer."
While the United States remained silent about the attack, there are reports that it gave its blessing to the attack after being presented with proof of the nuclear relationship between Syria and North Korea.
The nuclear reactor in Syria after the attack. Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
Three years later, on April 28, 2011, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced that the target bombed by the IDF aircraft was a "nuclear reactor under construction," after the IAEA rejected all the Syrian claims about the origin of the uranium remnants and even accused it of concealing information. This occurred following Syria's refusal to allow IAEA inspectors to examine the remains of the facility that was bombed.
Then-IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said in relation to the destruction of the reactor, "As soon as the prime minister placed the responsibility on the IDF for the destruction of the nuclear reactor in Syria, it was clear to me that we needed to prepare to remove the nuclear threat from the State of Israel and the region while simultaneously taking steps to prevent a deterioration into war, and if a war is imposed on us – to win it!"
IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, who served as head of the IDF Northern Command during "Operation Outside the Box", said recently that "the message from the 2007 attack on the reactor is that the State of Israel will not accept the construction of a capability that will constitute an existential threat to it. That was the message in 2007, and this is the message to our enemies in the near and distant future."
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Stop Motion Animation
By John Park
How to get started making your own animated stop motion films!
Stop Motion Animation Basics
Animate a Shot
Full Body Posing
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The key principal to understand for any kind of animation, including stop motion, is persistence of vision. Our brains are very good at filling in the blanks and imagining continuous motion when we see a series of still images displayed in quick succession.
This is how motion pictures/film/movies/videos work, as well as mechanical illusions, such as zoetropes and flipbooks. Traditional animation methods such as hand drawn animation, and puppet- or clay-based stop motion animation work the same way. Create a single frame by drawing a pose, or posing a figure, and then shoot a frame of the image onto film, or, more likely these days, a digital photograph. Then, create a new pose, shoot a second frame, and repeat this on and on.
When you then rapidly review those images you photographed, suddenly your subject starts moving and comes to life!
Frame Rates
Motion picture films and digital projections you see at the local cinema are most commonly played at a frame rate of 24 frames-per-second (FPS). Video displayed on NTSC televisions in the U.S. and Japan runs at 29.97 FPS while the PAL standard in much of the rest of the world is 25 FPS. Most videos online run at 30 FPS.
Does this mean you need to pose and shoot 24 individual frames per second of animation? Thankfully, the answer is: No!
While the highest quality hand drawn and CG animated features are typically animated on ones (one pose per frame), plenty of animation is shot on twos, which means you pose the characters, then shoot two frames of film, and then repeat, meaning you only create 12 unique frames of animation per second. These are then played back at 24 FPS and our brains do enough "smoothing" that things still look great, even though each pose is being held for two frames.
It doesn't stop there, either. Lower budget Saturday morning cartoon animation and much anime is shot on threes, so only 6 poses are required per second.
We'll work at low frame rates, which really helps speed things along, especially when you're first learning. Typical stop motion apps will let you choose your working frame rate, such as 5 FPS, and will preview your animation for you and export movies at 30 FPS.
You can move to higher frame rates later on if you like, but to start we'll work at 5 FPS.
Capture and Edit
Besides a set and characters, the most important thing you'll need is a device to capture and edit your frames. There's a wide range of options here -- tablets/smart phones, laptops with web cams, full DSLRs tethered to computers with remote shutter releases, automated lighting, and motion controlled platforms!
We'll focus on using tablets or smart phones because they are inexpensive, small, simple, and do a great job when paired with the right app!
Professional stop motion animators working in commercials and film generally use DSLR cameras connected to a computer, and controlled with Dragonframe software. They often use motion controlled rigs for their cameras -- Dragonframe's motion system can even control DIY Arduino-based motion control rigs and sliders!
Stop Motion Apps
It's certainly possible to create stop motion animation using only the regular camera app on your device, and then separate editing software, but there are some huge advantages to using a dedicated app.
Three key features to look for in a stop motion app include:
Separate capture vs. playback frame rates
Manual camera controls
I found that everything I need is in the free Stop Motion Studio app on iOS and Android (they also have Windows and mac os versions). iStopMotion is another very popular app on iOS for iPad and mac os.
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