It's hardly surprising that concerns around email privacy are percolating to a boil – there are threats to email security on all fronts. It's no longer just about fraud protection and regulatory compliance – it's about protecting people from government surveillance and other seemingly innocuous yet pervasive and poorly understood threats. The public outcry for privacy protection has reached a fever pitch, and the software industry is responding with free tools that leverage open PGP to simplify the encryption of online forms of communication, including email, instant messaging, SMS and more.
HIPAA Hi-Tech: Is your Email Program HIPAA Compliant?
The HIPAA safeguards principles state that individually identifiable health information should be protected with reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability and to prevent unauthorized or inappropriate access or disclosure. And, while privacy rules allow health care providers to share PHI electronically for treatment purposes, there are important measures that must be in place to ensure that your email program is HIPAA compliant.
Most people take reasonable and obvious precautions to secure their homes – they lock their doors and windows, screen outside vendors that visit their homes, and install security systems to keep the premises safe. However, when it comes to cybersecurity – and more specifically email security – many folks are in the dark about how to send sensitive information via email safely and securely.
Often this is because people are lulled into a false sense of safety around the emails they send and receive, particularly with respect to secure file transfer. It's just so convenient to receive electronic receipts and confirmations, applications, statements and more. The risk is poorly understood for two key reasons – first, people aren't attuned to what constitutes personally identifiable sensitive information. And second, the likelihood of email breach on an individual level seems minimal and insignificant.
The truth is that it takes only a smidgen of personally identifiable information for a hacker to work up a scam – it can be as insignificant as an intercepted electronic receipt. A hacker can leverage an electronic receipt to create a phishing scam whereby the email user receives an email ostensibly from the retailer who sent the receipt asking for "confirmation" around details of the transaction. Because the "sender" is familiar and the correspondence feels logical, the user supplies the information and gets fleeced in the process. And this is just one example of how hackers work.
In addition to the lack of understanding around the risks associated with exposing personally identifiable information, the general public perceives that individual risk around email breach is small. However, the reality is that hackers don't go after individuals – they go after the organizations that send sensitive correspondence to individuals. These types of breaches aren't limited in scope – the whole customer base is affected.
Beyond hacking, documents flying around cyberspace as email attachments are also vulnerable to government surveillance. This monitoring occurs silently and invisibly and potentially affects every American with an email account. While most people have nothing to hide, the mere thought of secret surveillance is cause for serious consternation.
The bottom line is that no one can assume that email correspondence is confidential and safe. And, if there's a file transfer involved, it's doubly important to make sure that there are tools in place to protect the attachment from prying eyes. You can't count on vendors to protect you, nor can you count on the government.
This is why it's critically important to be vigilant and take personal responsibility for how the vendors with which you do business send sensitive information and what safeguards they have in place around email security. As for government surveillance, private citizens can expect ISPs to offer email encryption capabilities in the near future.
Email Encryption is Everywhere – But Will People Actually Use It?
Edward Snowden's revelations around NSA email surveillance both shocked the world and sent the email privacy bandwagon into motion. With even Snowden conceding that email encryption provides protection, it seems like the whole world is buzzing about end-to-end encryption and how it's going mainstream. Yahoo, Google, Chrome and others – they're all heavily promoting email encryption and creating tools to make it happen.
It's logical that the providers are focused on the nuts and bolts around secure email – how to encrypt files, what encryption software features are necessary, and other important considerations around providing secure email service. However, aren't all of these efforts made in vain if email users aren't actually going to use these encryption tools? No, because from a provider's point of view, it's no longer "optional" to provide email security protection. Even if people don't use it, they still want to know that it's in place and that their provider cares about their privacy protection.
According to an article recently published in PC magazine, Yahoo and Google have teamed up to boost email encryption services for all users. This fall the two giants plan to release source code to the open source community to refine the experience and eliminate bugs and fully roll out end-to-end email encryption capabilities in 2015. What is driving this broad-scale push for secure email?
It's the widespread and justifiable privacy concerns running rampant within the general public. This is why Yahoo and Google are developing a secure email system that would make it nearly impossible for hackers or government officials to peruse the messages exchanged between private citizens.
Beyond protecting email users from hackers and government surveillance, secure email capabilities will also preclude Yahoo and Google from delving into user correspondence on their networks. Why is this important?
Because if Yahoo and Google can access user correspondence, they can be legally mandated to turn over the contents by court order. However, if they never have purview in the first place, they can't turn over what they don't have.
The most secure email solutions preserve email privacy for not only the sender and the recipient but also the service provider. However, email security provisions are only as effective as they are practical. The reason that email encryption tools have yet to establish a solid foothold within the general population is two-fold. First, tools that require that senders and recipients install the same encryption software to correspond securely are simply too complicated for everyday email users. And second, up until the recent revelations around government monitoring of private correspondence, personal email security has not been top-of-mind within the general population.
The importance of email privacy assumes a whole new magnitude when the public thinks that the government is spying on private citizens. Apprehension around widespread surveillance has created a groundswell demand for privacy protections, and Yahoo and Google are moving quickly and decisively to address user concerns.
The question that remains is no longer if and when email encryption will happen – it's how it will be designed and rolled out. To better understand the nuances around email security, it's important to distinguish between the body of the email and attached files. When a hacker or surveillance team infiltrates an email stream, there's a treasure trove of personal information to be found, and not just within the content of the bodies of the emails.
The attachments that people send and receive can be the most risky component of the email exchange because they often contain personally identifiable and confidential information, and email users often don't understand the risks. There are documents like loan applications, transcripts, investment statements and more that contain account numbers, social security numbers, home addresses and more. And then there are the documents that are seemingly innocuous – things like electronic receipts, hotel confirmations, and airline itineraries.
Email users send and receive these sensitive documents without giving it a second thought because the risk of breach on an individual level seems exceedingly low. However, if a sensitive document ends up in the wrong hands, the fall-out can be devastating.
More secure email is critically important for both users and providers – and it's undeniably riding the wave of the future.
In a recent interview, Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst Paul Proctor predicted that "the new digital risk concept will become the default approach for technology risk management," and cited an organization's ability to keep its data safe – particularly with respect to the security of its business documents – as a critical core capability. While most organizations are well aware of the importance of network security, many are unfamiliar with the risks associated with electronic transmission of sensitive information and associated protocols around business document protection.
The transfer of electronic documents containing sensitive information – both internally and externally – happens within organizations across industries countless times each and every day. And as these files exchange hands, it's critically important to have electronic document management protocols in place to protect confidential files.
While most organizations are familiar with the concept of email encryption generally, many aren't leveraging encryption software to send sensitive files because it's just too complicated. Most solutions require that the sender and recipient have the same software installed. While this type of solution can be sufficient for internal communication where the IT department purchases and installs it organization-wide, the significant limitation lies in the inability to transmit electronic documents securely to outside parties, including customers, vendors, partners and more.
Document control outside of the organization is significantly trickier. While password protection protocols keep the network secure and email encryption software preserves the security of electronic transmission of documents within the organization, once the document has been sent outside the building all bets are off.
In highly regulated industries – like financial services and health care – regulatory requirements mandate that appropriate security measures are in place to protect personal privacy. However, in less regulated industries – like retail, hospitality and higher education – sensitive information flies around unsecured for three reasons.
First, there's a general lack of awareness around the degree of risk associated with electronic document transfer. This is because – at an individual level – the risk of breach is presumed to be low, and the convenience of receiving documents via email outweighs this perceived risk.
Second, it seems complicated to implement secure document delivery capabilities that extend beyond the walls of the organization. This is because it's exceedingly challenging to convince outside parties to download the software required to safely receive your transmission.
And third, organizations don't realize the risks associated with transmitting seemingly innocuous files that contain sensitive – albeit not technically "confidential" – information. This would include things like electronic receipts containing personally identifiable information.
From a customer's point of view, the convenience of receiving receipts, applications, records and more is of significant value. Accordingly, organizations across industries are moving quickly to offer the service. However, to offer the sensitive document delivery without protecting customers from potential exposure is unnecessarily reckless. With cloud-based secure document delivery tools that feature password protection to access sensitive attachments but don't require that recipients download software to receive the transmission, companies are in a great position to offer the convenience of electronic document delivery and the document protection that's vitally important to customer-facing business processes.
HIPAA Security Dollars and Sense: Just How Much Does a Breach Cost?
Health care providers are subject to stringent regulatory requirements around patient privacy, and HIPAA security protocols are designed to protect both patients and providers. "Breach" is a scary word, typically conjuring up visions of malicious individuals hacking into systems and swiping data en masse. However, it's just as likely that a breach can occur unintentionally through benign neglect.
The digitization of personal health records has proliferated so quickly throughout the industry that health care providers are scrambling to keep up with the HIPAA security implications. While many large-scale providers have a handle on the HIPAA security standards associated with network security and the potential of a wide-scale breach, most don't have measures in place to address the benign and far more prevalent risks associated with the electronic transmission of health records.
One of the key benefits of digital health records is the ability for multiple physicians to access and share a complete medical history for a given patient. With a shared full picture around prescriptions, allergies, conditions and major health events, multiple physicians treating the same patient are in a much better position to offer unified, timely and, therefore, superior care.
Throughout the course of an employment relationship, businesses acquire, generate, maintain and store a significant amount of personally identifiable information (PII) on individual applicants and employees. Data collection commences during the application process when a job seeker is typically asked to provide a history of his or her education and work experience, reasons for leaving previous employers, names and contact information for personal references and more. At the same time, materials on the applicant's credit history, past job performance, criminal records, and online profile are gathered and scrutinized. Before completing the hire some employers require drug testing, a pre-employment physical, and even polygraph exams.
Just How Risky is Electronic Document Delivery for Financial Services Providers?
Anyone would be hard-pressed to name an industry that's subject to more regulatory requirements and data security protocols than financial services. Because the stakes around security breach are so high, financial services providers are rightfully risk adverse. So, when it comes down to weighing the risks and rewards associated with implementing electronic document delivery capabilities, the perceived risk typically outweighs the rewards.
So just how risky is electronic document delivery for financial service providers? The answer to that question is entirely dependent on features of their secure document delivery solution.
When hackers hijack emails that financial services providers send to their customers, the potential damage is significant. The risk resides on two fronts – first, there's the risk associated with personal information appearing in the body of the email. And second, there's the risk associated with hackers getting their hands on email attachments – statements, loan files, tax documentation and more.
The information that hackers can glean from the body of the email – name, email address, mailing address and other seemingly innocuous snippets of information – can be used for elaborate phishing scams. If a hacker has captured an email sent by a financial institution to a customer and invited that customer to enter their credentials into a fake website, it's a quick yet devastating interaction. Because the email appears to be from their bank of record, the request seems legitimate. And when the customer responds to the request, the resulting damage can be swift and furious.
The second key area of concern – sending email attachments containing confidential personal information – is where financial institutions get so nervous that they opt out of offering the service entirely because they believe that there's no such thing as secure electronic document transmission. If a hacker gets ahold of a loan file or tax statement, that customer becomes a sitting duck for full-scale identity theft.
While falling victim to a phishing expedition is inconvenient and embarrassing, customers know that at the end of the day the bank will absorb the fraud. However, if a hacker intercepts an attachment containing social security numbers, names, addresses and more, it's virtually impossible for the bank to contain the damage.
Protecting customers and preventing fraud starts with proactively scrubbing the body of all email communication of all personal information that hackers can use to phish customers. Best-in-class secure electronic document delivery solutions take an additional critical step to protect the security of the email transmission of sensitive documents. These solutions feature email encryption capabilities that segregate the attachment from the body of the email while requiring a password to access the file. This added layer of protection makes it far more difficult for hackers to access confidential documents.
Risk mitigation is all about layers of protection and safeguards – and it's critically important to balance usability and risk reduction.
Government agencies and public sector organizations routinely send out massive amounts of correspondence containing sensitive information. Historically this type of personal communication has been sent via postal mail, as privacy laws and regulatory requirements around protecting personal data have backed these organizations into what is perceived as the least risky method of delivery. However, snail mail is expensive, time consuming, and eco-unfriendly – and with government secure document delivery tools, agencies and public sector organizations can safely send private correspondence via email.


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Springer Spaniel Training & Care
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About Springer Spaniels
What is a Springer Spaniel?
Springer Spaniels are a very adaptive and talented breed of dog.
It has a number of skills that one cannot find in any other kind of dog. It has the ability to flush, follow hand signals and detect explosives by sniffing. They are often used in different dog contests for ramp and even for competition involved in sporting. They are childrens best buddy because Springer Spaniel would always like to play with people. They are also outgoing and energetic. They are intelligent because they have the ability to learn few tricks easily. The people in authority even train Springer Spaniel to help them determining hazardous chemicals especially bombs. These dogs can also smell blood and other liquids depending on the training given to it.
The Springer Spaniel is categorized into 2:
Show-bred dogs
Field-bred dogs
The show-bred dogs are those that are used in fashion contests and all kinds of dog contest for entertainment purposes. These dogs are usually the center of the stage and are the reason for the applauses of the audience. The dogs in this category are not the ones trained and used in sporting competitions because their stamina is not as flexible as those categorized under the field-bred dogs.
Field-bred dogs, on the other hand, are those Springer Spaniels that are adaptive to different kinds of environment. The dogs under this category are used for hunting, running, and challenging tasks like sniffing to detect explosives. These are the dogs that are used for various tasks and do not easily get tired. Its physical stamina is stronger than those under the classification of show-bred dogs. Springer Spaniels under this classification are usually trained to enhance their abilities and make them more productive.
Passionate lovers of Springer Spaniel have given variety of good characteristics, to name a few:
Eager to please
Quick to learn
Easy go lucky
Sniffing Dog
Scenting Dog
Flushing Dog
Highly trainable
Springer Spaniel History
It was an English man who started describing a Springer Spaniels. He is an English Physician named Dr. John Caius through his book called Treatise of English Dogs in 1576. He is the first author to describe the Springer Spaniel and all other breeds of dog during his time. Later in time, the Springer Spaniels were divided into two namely the Hawking Spaniel and the Cocker Spaniel. The breeds were sooner renamed and during the 19th Century, the dogs under this same breed were labelled after the names of the countries where they originated or urbanized.
Out of the variety of breeds produced, the Norfolk and the Shropshire spaniels dominated the true Springer Spaniels kind of dog.
In 1899, there were deliberations on the name that will be used to the physical standard of Spaniel. The discussions of Spaniel Club of England and Sporting Spaniel Society led to the use of English Springer Spaniel as the officially recognized name declared by the English Kennel Club followed by the American Kennel Club. The name of the breed, English Springer Spaniel is most popular up to the present time.
Friendly and Flexible Dog
Springer Spaniels are medium sized dogs with a wagging tail. They have pendant, long, wide ears and has a lot of feathers in its legs. This kind of dog is usually tricolor: black, white and tan. It has markings in the body that segregates it to the rest of the class. It is approximately 18 to 20 inches and lives from 12 to 14 years.
Springer Spaniels are definitely one of the best breeds a pet lover should consider in buying a pet. It is especially friendly to everyone especially to the household where it lives. It is ideal especially to children because it is very lovable and cuddly. It is harmless to children.
It is a very good companion because it never leaves the home and always guards the house from unlawful intruder. It makes the owner secure in the premises of his own place.
It has a lot of skills usually unavailable to other breeds of dog. It is a good sniffer and adaptive to different situations. Its intelligence will allow it to adjust and adapt depending on the kind of training that will be given to it.
Springer Spaniels are very popular because of its unique trait. It can be a police mans best companion because once trained, it has the best ability to detect explosive and any bombs. It can also detect mobile phones especially from the inmates in a prison house. It is also a good crime investigator because it can smell blood stains and can easily locate specific chemicals.
Most countries are now using Springer Spaniels for investigations and indeed, these dogs rare helping the community.
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Sealant can plug punctures without you even noticing, but some formulas work better than others. We put 80ml of each in identical tubeless tyres, inflated them to 30psi and punctured them until they no longer sealed. So which one performed best?
So good: Orange Seal's thick latex solution contains particles of varying sizes, which really makes a difference. Even after wiggling our 6mm screwdriver back and forth, the tyre was sealed after just two wheel revolutions and held 40psi without leaking.
When we put a pick straight through both sidewalls, the holes were sealed after a little encouragement. The provided tube allows easy topping up too.
No good: It's pricey and only works at its best for a claimed 30 to 45 days in the tyre, so it's best kept for the race season or regular tyre swappers.
So good: This Italian-made sealant is designed to foam up, allowing it to better coat the inside of the tyre. It also contains tiny particles to help clog up holes.
When we removed our 6mm screwdriver, the Caffélatex sealed the hole almost instantly. Even after wiggling the tool around it didn't take long to plug the hole.
If you buy the one-litre bottle, it's great value too.
No good: After shaking the tyre vigorously, we expected the foaming action to plug sidewall holes easily, but this only worked when the hole was at the lowest point of the tyre.
So good: Probably the best-known sealant, Stan's is popular for a reason — it works.
The hole left by our biggest screwdriver was sealed within just one or two revolutions of the wheel. To make things harder, we stuck the tool in again and wiggled it around from side to side. The tyre sealed up eventually and we were able to reinflate it to 36psi before the seal broke once again.
No good: Sidewall punctures are dealt with OK, but performance isn't quite as impressive as with the two highest-scoring options here, because the Stan's sealant doesn't cling to the tyre casing quite as well.
So good: Conti says this sealant is designed to work with its own tyres, but it performed well with our Maxxis test subjects all the same.
A thin latex solution with a thick sludge of particles to shake into the mix, the RevoSealant seals punctures in the outer casing very well indeed. Our 6mm hole was plugged within a few revolutions of the wheel, but started leaking air again once we reinflated the tyre to 30psi.
No good: While the thin Continental solution worked well on the tyre casing, we found that it struggled to seal holes in the sidewalls.
So good: Joe's is the cheapest sealant here but it does the job. It's on the thinner side, which allows it to coat the inside of the tyre nicely but remain mobile enough to fill any holes. It deals with sidewall punctures fairly swiftly as a result.
Our testing involved puncturing the tyres with increasingly bigger screwdrivers, and the Super Sealant did manage to plug a hole made by our biggest 6mm tool. The seal broke once we pumped the tyre back up to 20psi though.
No good: Many of the holes that it plugs still leak slowly afterwards. You need to shake the bottle more vigorously than the others here to get the particles mixed in.
So good: The yoghurt-like consistency and large particles make the W&S sealant handy for seating baggy tyres or fixing bigger holes, so long as you're patient and keep feeding it in.
It works best when mixed with a runnier sealant and inflated with a track pump to force it into the holes.
No good: The No.8 is so thick that it spreads itself thinly around the tyre instead of forming a pool at the bottom ready to fill any holes. It can't always fix small punctures at normal riding pressures (30psi or lower) and sidewall punctures are virtually impossible to plug unless it's mixed with a thinner sealant. It's not cheap either.


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Skyscanner – This has to be the best flight comparing website out there! I'm really surprised when people tell me they haven't even heard about it let alone used it. I thought it was the go-to website for booking flights but I guess not?
Skyscanner compares all the possible flights for the chosen destination and provides you with the cheapest option. However, you don't always have to put a specific destination as they have the 'EVERYWHERE' option which I absolutely love! So, say I want to go on holiday but I'm not quite sure where I really want to go – I just put 'everywhere' as my destination and it comes up with the cheapest to most expensive options. It's perfect for the more adventurous travellers like myself!
Rome2Rio – Not many people know about this website but it is completely genius. All you need to do is type in the location you are travelling from and where you are travelling to. This website then gives you all the details on the fastest and cheapest way to get there descending from best to worst. And when I say all the details I literally mean ALL OF THEM as it includes travel by buses, trains and cars along with how much each would cost; including petrol costs. How amazing!
Air BnB – The majority of my money was spent on accommodation when on holiday, unless I was living in a hostel. I don't know about you, but I don't really like staying in hostels and sharing a room and bathroom with so many people; I'd much rather have my own space. But until I found this website I had to stay in hostels to keep within my budget. Air Bnb gives you the option of renting out someone else's apartment or just a room for a limited amount of time. It definitely gives a more of an authentic feel than any hostel or hotel can provide.
I hope this information is somewhat helpful to all those who want to have a great holiday, whatever the budget.
Wow ramsha, thats really helpful. I want to travel to the moon… and the uranus. Any suggestions?
You'll need a rocket for that. I wish I had such experience but sorry I cant help you!


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Portsmouth defends bookkeeping on 'Heidi Drive' payout — again
'We have done nothing to bring shame to Portsmouth,' manager says
EastBayRI.com	· Tuesday, April 11, 2017 5:15 pm
Everything we have done has been in accordance with Rhode Island state law."
Richard Rainer Jr., Portsmouth town administrator
By Jim McGaw
PORTSMOUTH — Hoping to finally put to rest any lingering questions about the $800,000 "Heidi Drive settlement," Town Administrator Richard Rainer Jr. explained in greater detail Monday night how the town accounted for the payout in its budget.
The bottom line, Mr. Rainer reiterated to the Town Council, was that the town followed protocol and shouldn't be held under a cloud of suspicion.
"We have done nothing to bring shame to Portsmouth. Everything we have done has been in accordance with Rhode Island state law," the administrator said.
Finance Director John Menke, who was hired after the Heidi Drive settlement was made, agreed. Mr. Menke said he contacted the office of the state auditor general, who assured him the town's financial reporting is in compliance with the law.
"For accounting purposes, the Town of Portsmouth did no wrong," he said.
Questions regarding the accounting methods the town used to pay Rhode Island Nurseries the settlement, which followed litigation over a paper road a previous council voted to abandon in 2011, were first raised at the March 27 meeting by Larry Fitzmorris of Portsmouth Concerned Citizens.
He accused the town of running a deficit of nearly $700,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 without reporting it publicly or to the state, as required by law. Mr. Fitzmorris said he first learned of the shortfall when he read the town audit prepared by Marcus, LLP that was presented to the council Jan. 23.
Town officials countered there never was any budget deficit to disclose. In fact, the town finished the fiscal year with $178,400 surplus in its operational budget, according to Mr. Rainer and Council President Keith Hamilton.
Mr. Rainer explained that the $800,000 settlement was reached on Oct. 13, 2016, after two mediation sessions with Rhode Island Nurseries. The settlement had to be paid within 30 days, which took officials by surprise since they were hoping to make the payout in increments over time, said Mr. Rainer. The money was paid via wire transfer, he added.
Calendar year vs. fiscal year
The fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, but under accounting regulations Marcus, LLP had to take into account all transactions through Dec. 31, the end of the calendar year. That's why $699,863 shows up in the audit as a "subsequent event" and not as a deficit, Mr. Rainer said.
James Wilkinson of Marcus LLP acknowledged that the bookkeeping procedure can appear confusing, but that it follows proper rules of accounting.
As for where the money for the settlement came from, $200,000 had already been set aside in anticipated legal fees and the remaining $600,000 was taken from a bond for the construction of a new police station, he said. The bond resolution was presented to the council in open session by Interim Finance Director David Faucher on Nov. 28. The resolution made it clear that a $600,000 appropriation from the bond would be used for the settlement, Mr. Rainer said.
Despite Mr. Rainer's explanation, Mr. Fitzmorris said there were still "outstanding issues" regarding the town's bookkeeping.
"Moving a charge backward in time to another fiscal year is unusual," he said.
Mr. Hamilton, however, said the discussion had run its course.
"There was, A) no hanky-panky; and B) the people were paid," he said. "I think we've killed this horse."
Council member Linda Ujifusa said since Mr. Fitzmorris wasn't alleging that any harm was done to the town's citizens, then the council should move on. The decision in 2011 to abandon the Heidi Drive extension, which cost the town $800,000, is what should anger residents, she said.
Council member Elizabeth Pedro took issue with those remarks. "I do not appreciate Ms. Ujifusa's comments, which are political grandstanding," she said.
"It's a statement of fact," Ms. Ujifusa replied.
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The M49-C1 is the 49-inch member of Vizio's 2015 M series of 4K TVs. We excluded it from our review of the main M series because we don't expect it to perform as well. Instead, we recommend the 50-inch version.
The M49-C1 is the 49-inch member of Vizio's 2015 M series of 4K TVs. We excluded it from our review of the main M series because we don't expect it to perform as well.
That expectation is based on the fact that the 49-inch size uses IPS (In-Plane Switching) LCD panel technology instead of VA (Vertical Alignment). The other sizes in the series use VA panels. In our experience, VA panels deliver superior black level performance and overall picture quality compared to IPS panels.
We never reviewed the 49-inch size, but based on this difference alone, we recommend that buyers who want this size of TV purchase the 50-inch size instead.
For more details, see the "VA or IPS" section of CNET's Vizio M series review.


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A Psalter Leaf at Harvard
When writing the previous post about the leaves and cuttings sold by Gustav Nebehay in 1926, I concentrated on the catalogue entries that are accompanied by reproductions. I also looked through the descriptions that do not have plates, however, and felt sure I recognised lot 120, but could not immediately remember where I knew it from:
"120 Baptism of Christ. An interesting and early miniature of John Baptising Christ (140mm. by 95mm.). On the left is John the Baptist ... In the centre the figure of Christ in Jordan ... On the right an attendant angel with towel. On the back of the miniature is a large and finely designed initial B in burnished gold on a blue ground ... Germany, XIII Cent."
Soon after posting the blog I remembered where I had seen it: it is now Houghton Library, MS Typ 997 (described here):
recto [Source]
verso [Source]
I have not seen the original, but there are reproductions in in article in a volume to which I also contributed; see Gude Suckale-Redlefsen: "A Leaf of the Baptism of Christ and its Place in Thirteenth-Century Bavarian Psalter Illumination," Harvard Library Bulletin, 21.2 (Piecing Together the Picture: Fragments of German and Netherlandish Manuscripts in Houghton Library, edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger) (2010), pp.37-44. In this, Suckale-Redlefsen revisits an idea first proposed by Hanns Swarzenski, that the leaf is closely related to a series of single leaves at the Morgan Library, MS M.275.
The comparison seems convincing to me; compare, for example, the figure of the angel Gabriel in each (the former here reversed):
Allowing for the very different quality of these photos, the manner of depicting the faces, haloes, draperies, wings, and feet, are all closely comparable. The Gabriel figure on the right, from the Morgan manuscript, really only differs in the treatment of the hair (but this is similar to Christ's in the Houghton miniature) and more significantly in the swag of flying drapery at about the level of his knees. The faces are very similar in their modelling and rosy red cheeks, but not identical in their overall shape.
In fact, I had seen this miniature somewhere else as well; as Suckale-Redlefsen notes, it was in Boerner's catalogue for 28 November 1912, as lot 15:
The catalogue description:
is possibly the source of the attribution written along the right-hand edge of the verso (or vice versa), here rotated:
"Sachs.-Thuringiche [sic] Malschule Anfang des XIII Jahrhund[ert]s"
Suckale-Redlefsen tells us that in the 1912 auction the leaf was bought by Edgar Huidekoper Wells (1875-1938).
"Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey Harvard fund, which added many rare books to the Library, and the Harvard Fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. He also operated Edgar H. Wells and Company, a book shop in New York City, from 1921 to 1938. For many years until his death in 1938 he was one of the most respected members of the rare book trade, and the friend and correspondents of many well known collectors, dealers, and bibliographers." [source]
It was acquired by George A. Dyer for the Fogg Art Museum (1927.21) and transferred to Houghton Library in 1990.
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The 2013 PLSQ season was the second season of existence for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer league and the highest level of soccer fully contained within the province of Québec.  It is below Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League in the Canadian soccer league system.

FC Saint-Léonard were the defending champions from 2012.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont won the 2013 league championship as well as the inaugural League Cup.

Teams
The 2013 season was contested between seven teams. CS Mont-Royal Outremont and FC Gatineau joined the league.

Season standings

Top scorers

Awards

League Cup
The PLSQ debuted their League Cup this season, which took place following the end of the season. The top six teams from the league season were divided into two groups (the seventh place club - FC Boisbriand - did not qualify). Each team would play the other two teams in the group, with the first place finisher in each group advancing to the finals.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont won the League Cup defeating FC Brossard 2-0 in the finals.

Group stage
Group A

Group B

Championship Match

References

External links

Premiere
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Salman Khan: Hinterland's Robin Hood
By: Chandni Mathur |
Published: January 30, 2018 2:33:24 AM
From a 'bad boy' to being more 'humanised', Bollywood star Salman Khan's image has seen several ups and downs over the years. Has 'bhai' managed to sustain his brand value and convert it into quality endorsements?
From playing those goody-two-shoes characters in movies to generating compassion through his clothing line Being Human, Khan transformed himself to become a popular brand endorser of the 2000s.
Dominating the Bollywood box office coffers for over three decades now, Salman Khan can be counted as the only star whose brand image has seen a complete turnaround. From a brash, spoilt, rugged 'bad boy', he has worked hard over the years to change perceptions. From playing those goody-two-shoes characters in movies to generating compassion through his clothing line Being Human, Khan transformed himself to become a popular brand endorser of the 2000s. Khan recently topped Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list for the second consecutive year in 2017 with earnings of `232.83 crore backed by endorsements of several brands. The 52-year old actor's earnings constituted 8.67% of the total earnings — Rs 2,683 crore — of the top 100 celebrities for the year. "With more than 75 million followers across major social media platforms, Salman ranked number one on our social media popularity index," states Varun Gupta, MD and region leader for India, Japan and Southeast Asia at Duff & Phelps. "He has become the most bankable choice for lesser-known brands who want to gain nationwide visibility in a short span of time."
However, as per Duff & Phelps, the brand value of Salman Khan declined by approximately 33% in 2017 primarily due to a downward revision of the estimated endorsement fees. According to Forbes, his earnings have dipped currently, from a high of Rs 270.33 crore in 2016. Once a star endorser for brands like Thums Up, Hero Honda bikes, etc, his endorsement kitty currently comprises more mass-y brands.
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This is a result of the surging millennial segment which most brands are targeting, with younger endorsers that connect better.
Brand resilience and the 'human' element
Although Salman Khan was never as big as a Shah Rukh Khan or Amitabh Bachchan in the endorsement business, his rawness in films earned him endorsements of products like Mountain Dew, Britannia's Tiger biscuits, Red Tape shoes and more, earlier in the current millennium. It was a time when his brand value was growing exponentially due to his 'macho' image. Fondly called 'bhai' in the industry, Khan managed to successfully blend his rawness with a dramatic innocence. But he soon got embroiled in various controversies that hurt his brand value substantially.
"Salman is popular but it is not turning into quality endorsements probably because of his chequered history. He is seen as temperamental and unpredictable, so brands shy away," states Sandeep Goyal, president, Mogae Media. "While he has extremely good PR with Being Human which makes him a Robin Hood, he is seen as a controversial star by brands."
Yogesh Dutta, COO, CP Plus highlights that when it signed Khan, it received a lot of negative feedback and raised quite a few eyebrows due to the actor's history and tantrums. "But a single thing can't define brand persona; it is his brand history and how he carries himself now. We shot three TVCs in eight hours and did not face any challenges. It has been just a few months since our association and the impact has been very encouraging in terms of recall."
Not very surprisingly, Khan has managed to wipe off his 'bad boy' image over the last few years and has become 'the man of the masses' with roles like the loveable cop Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg to the good-hearted Pavan in Bajrangi Bhaijaan among others. With his brand fee going as high as Rs 4-5 crore a day, it only reflects his endorsement value despite younger stars slowly catching on.
His NGO Being Human Foundation has further been a catalyst, whose DNA constitutes six words — love, care, share, hope, help and joy which is displayed across touchpoints. Moreover, its ad campaigns are also based on heroes of the society reflecting the philosophy of the brand.
Being Human today sells apparel and accessories online, offline and overseas. Currently, the brand sells through The Mandhana Retail Ventures at around 600 points of sale and has plans to expand in the UK and Canada, and tier II and III cities in India.
Manish Mandhana, MD, The Mandhana Retail Ventures mentions, "We combined fashion, celebrity and charity to make it a unique business model. Salman is like a walking billboard for us. He is involved in the product and goes through every collection himself, rejecting what he does not like as he knows his brand and its pulse."
The company registered sales of Rs 216 crore in the last financial year, and on applying the current royalty rates and projected merchandise sales, the Being Human brand is estimated to have a value in the range of Rs 150-200 crore.
Furthermore, Khan launched his own production company in 2011 called SKBH Productions (Salman Khan Being Human Productions), wherein the money generated is donated to the foundation. In 2014, he launched another production house called SKF (Salman Khan Films).
Vijay Subramaniam, co-founder, Kwan Entertainment and Marketing Solutions believes that Khan has truly played the role of 'bhai' and built that narrative well. "He plays characters that reach out well to the masses," he says.
Banking on 'bhai'
Emami recently brought on board Khan as an endorser of its edible oil mass brand Himani Best Choice in addition to Amitabh Bachchan. "Associating with Salman brings in a lot of credibility," says Aditya V Agarwal, director, Emami Group. "We are sure that this association will help us in the brand's national launch."
Sure, Khan has brand appeal that cuts across geographies and demographics, but brand experts question his relevance going ahead. Coca-Cola didn't renew its contract for Thums Up with Salman Khan for the first time since 2012 and instead signed on Ranveer Singh who symbolises youth. Besides this, Khan was also earlier replaced as brand endorser of Revital by former Indian skipper MS Dhoni. What works for Khan is that he reaches out to the hinterland easily. The only chink in his armour will be his relevance to urban audiences and millennials.
"Age is also a factor which is posing a problem for all the three Khans," states Goyal, adding, "whatever is aspirational to the millennial is no longer endorsed by the Khans. If they willingly play older characters on screen, their brand will get more enduring."
But Rajeev Bhatia, AVP, marketing, Relaxo Footwear (Khan endorses the company's youth-focussed brand Bahamas) asserts that although new youth icons are coming in, one cannot ignore Khan's die-hard, loyal fan following. "In a competitive category like ours, Salman has helped the brand grab eyeballs and garner clear attention from the consumer," he adds.
TV has added a further impetus to his image with Khan hosting reality shows like Bigg Boss and Dus ka Dum. "TV relies heavily on connectivity with audiences and Salman has an enduring connect through Bigg Boss. He makes one comfortable by being himself and not playing a charmer," explains Subramaniam. Additionally, with CP Plus being a category appealing to an age group between 35-55 years, Khan is the perfect fit. The brand has further leveraged this by associating not only with Bigg Boss but also integrating the product in his films like Sultan, Tiger Zinda Hai and the upcoming Race 3.
Although every now and then a controversy continues to surround the star, Khan is more relaxed in dealing with them now, having cemented a relationship with the masses. Until the next one then, as Khan's popular dialogue on Bigg Boss goes, "Do whatever you want to do, man, but don't trouble your mother!"
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Khan's Rs 200 crore club
Bajrangi Bhaijaan – Rs 315.49 crore
Kick – Rs 211.63 crore
Sultan – Rs 300.67 crore
Tiger Zinda Hai – Rs 334 crore (at the time of going to press)
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Zain partners MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab to hold 'Virtual' Startup Competition
• All-digital conference and awards ceremony will be held on June 24, 2020
• This year's 53 semi-finalists, include six winners from Zain Jordan's Al-Mubadara competition
Beirut and Kuwait City – WEBWIRE – Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa confirms its digital partnership of the 2020 edition of the highly impactful MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab Startup Competition. This year's collaboration represents the sixth consecutive year Zain has partnered the region's leading startup competition, which has produced numerous successful ventures over the years.
Undeterred by logistical challenges raised by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, rather than cancel this year's competition, the decision was taken to host it in a virtual setting. The MITEF Pan Arab Startup Competition has seen over 4,000 applications this year, with Zain joining other distinguished organizations including Community Jameel (Main Partner) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Innovation Partner) in partnering the competition this year.
The MITEF Pan Arab Startup Competition is an annual event designed to empower entrepreneurs and foster an eco-system of innovation and entrepreneurship across the Arab region. The conference and competition pits entrepreneurs in three tracks: Ideas, Startups and Social Entrepreneurship. Winning teams are in the running to participate in prize money and equity-free funding, and are set to also benefit from a range of other activities including top tier training, mentorship, coaching, media exposure and networking opportunities.
In total, 53 semi-finalist teams across the three tracks are through to the semi-finals of the competition (16 semi-finalists in the Ideas track, 21 in the startups track, and 16 in the Social Entrepreneurship track). This year, the semi-finalists hail from Saudi Arabia (nine participants) Egypt (nine), Jordan (seven), Lebanon (six), Bahrain (four), UAE (four), Tunisia (three), Palestine (two), Morocco (two), and one semi-finalist from Algeria, Germany, Luxembourg, Qatar, Syria, Turkey and the UK, respectively.
Zain has been partnering this competition over the years on the firm belief that today's innovators are tomorrow's differentiators. Zain's management is impressed by the high caliber of entries from across three continents in this year's competition and expect the virtual nature of proceedings will result in a truly inspiring international event.
Maya Rahal, Managing Director of MITEF Pan Arab said, "We all are truly excited about the opportunity to collaborate with Zain Group for our first all-digital competition. It is through such partnerships with transformational players in the digital ecosystem that we can overcome the challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic. In times such as these, we are only as strong as the entities we cooperate with, and we are proud to have established lanes of synergy over the course of 13 years organizing the MITEF Arab Startup Competition. I want to take this opportunity to invite everyone to join our upcoming virtual conference on June 24, which will mark a turning point in all our future programs and initiatives."
Included in the semifinalists are six winners from Zain Jordan's 'Zain Al-Mubadara' competition, with the main industries that most of the 53 semifinalists are operating in are Education Technology, Consumer Services and Productivity Apps, Digital Technologies, and Construction/Engineering.
The virtual competition will see all semi-finalist teams face a panel of judges remotely, to pitch and answer any questions about their business models, value propositions, and growth plans. All teams will also receive an intensive remote training session organized by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology.
For more information on the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition, please visit www.mitarabcompetition.com. The Virtual Conference & Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, 24 June, 2020.
About Zain Group: Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to over 49.5 million active customers as of 31 December, 2019. With a commercial presence in 8 countries, Zain operates in: Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. In Lebanon, the Group manages 'touch' on behalf of the government. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in 'INWI', through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (stock ticker: ZAIN). We recommend the Investor Community download the "Zain Group Investor Relations" Mobile App. For more information please email info@zain.com
About MITEF Pan Arab: MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab (www.mitefarab.org) is part of a global network of chapters dedicated to the promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide. We inform, connect, and coach early-stage technology entrepreneurs—enabling them to rapidly transform ideas into world-changing companies. Founded in 2005 with the goal of promoting and enriching the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Arab World, we aim to celebrate and support all potential startups and entrepreneurs in the Pan Arab Region through our programs.


Yes, we're at it again! Those Diva elves are beavering away in the Bakery and Deli to bring you festive gifts and treats for your Christmas time celebrations!
up shop is great way to reserve your mince pies, puddings and christmas cake to be collected in the bakery on a day of your choosing! It's all just one click away!
This year the Diva elves have added a few hamper ideas to the shop including: delicious wines, port and prosecco paired with cheeses and deli items. These wines are not found in any shop in Ireland!
We've always made catered cheese boards for our customers during the festive season, now it's one step easier with the pop up online christmas shop! We even have wooden boards for hire pre plated and ready to serve.
In addition we will be adding more decadent hampers including champagne and charcuterie, so stay tuned!
To visit the Pop up Shop just click on the link in the top left corner of this page!
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Many publications will list the INDY 500 Museum among the top 10 car guy things to do. That is a difficult list to make. I have been to a lot of car guy happenings and places; I have loved most of them and have no idea how to rank them. As many as I have been to I am sure there are 100 more I haven't been to for every one I have. Some really stand out and others are just neat things to do and see. The INDY 500 Museum is great but to put it in the top ten of all things is difficult to do. However, you also need to remember that they, like most museums, are constantly turning the display with different cars.
Is it worth a visit if you are in the area? Absolutely. If you are there for race weekend and comeback some other time to visit the museum, do it. On the 500 weekend it is a zoo everywhere. If you only get to Indy once then absolutely go no matter when you are there.
The following are just a few of the highlights on our last visit in 2007. It was a race weekend and the crowds were not too bad because we went early in the weekend.
Chills went down my back when I laid eyes on this racer. Rodger Ward was one of my Legends when I was a kid. I met him once and have his autograph on a diecast of this winning car. I also met his brother once and was told how they built the car in their small wood garage on Holt Boulevard in Ontario, California. It was just off of the downtown and City Hall complex on the north side of the street. It has since been unceremoniously knocked down to make room for more condos! I am sure it is better for the City but it is heritage that is lost and a small museum that never will be. The Summers Brothers Goldenrod 4 engined Bonneville Land-speed Record holder was also built just down the street and it too is unrecognized for what it is.
What's an INDY 5oo Museum without a Pace Car? This one is from 1961.
Another Legend in everyone's book has to be AJ Foyt! I was there, at INDY when AJ was the first to win 4 INDY 500s. It was a thrill I will never forget. I also remember sitting on the straight of way one year when AJ was not having a good day. We happened to be right across the track from Foyt's pit. AJ pulled in with car trouble; the pit crew swarmed around the car but that wasn't good enough for him. He undid his belts, jumped out of the car grabbed a HAMMER and started flailing on the engine! Of course it didn't run any better but I am sure he felt better. When he was done expressing himself he threw down the hammer and walked back to the Garage, his day was over.
I love Corvettes and there are a lot of Corvette Legends, this is one of my very favorites.
It's not just about the INDY 500 anymore, now there is the Brickyard 400 and sometimes even a Formula One race.
Most of the old school INDY 500 drives and a few of the NASCAR guys worked there way up in cars like this. Tony Stewart owns this one.
It's not the money; it's the trophy! This is the best trophy I have ever seen.


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Why am I not always in the same batch at different events?
Your batch allocation is based on your National Race Index (Ri). Your Ri compromises of your 3 lowest Ri scores (your 3 best race results), which automatically updates after an event.
Batches are created for each event specifically. The more participants for a distance, the more batches there will be for each batch – usually between 100 – 150 riders. As the riders with the lowest Ri will start in A, it is possible to move down in batches during big events.
The more technical a race is, the smaller the batches will be made in order to prevent bottle necks in the 10km after the start. Often batches are made smaller than 50 riders to prevent bottlenecks.
You are seeded against other riders for that specific event, thus if there are very strong riders or an average of 'slower" riders who entered, this will also influence your batching.
The formula used to calculate your Ri is based on various elements, including the weighting of distances. The longer distances (Ultra – & Marathon) has a higher weighting than Fun Races and Half Marathons. Thus participants who usually participated in shorter distances, and now enters for a longer distance – will on average have a higher Ri than those who has ridden longer distances before. This also applies vice versa.
The number of SA Seeding uploaded events participated in, will also influence the batch allocation. In the case were there are no data (results) linked to the participants ID number, he/she will automatically be seeded in the last "Z" batch.
Why do I have two profiles on the website?
This is mainly due to incorrect ID's. As only one unique ID can be linked to a SAS board, the system will create two different profiles when there are two different ID's used when entering.
Why doesn't my results show on the website?
I lost my board, can I get a new number?
You can buy a new SAS board with your existing SAS number for life on it during registration of the following MTB events: Advendurance (Nissan Trailseeker Series) / USN Cup Series. You can also add a board to your basket whilst entering for an Advendurance event.
Can I borrow someone else's board for one event?
No. Your results will be linked to the board owner's ID number and SAS number. Each person must have his/her own SAS board.
What must I do to start in an earlier batch?
7.2 Improving your results by decreasing your time after the winner, Positioning.
Why isn't the race I competed in not included on the SA Seeding website?
Why does it show DQ / No Data / DNF of the results?
DQ means Disqualified. You can be disqualified for various reasons, mainly if a participant started in an incorrect batch. Please contact the respective Timing Company for No Data or DNF results.
How do I know where I am ranked in South Africa?
Why do I have seeding if I don't yet own a SAS board?
You will appear on the www.saseeding.com website even though you do not own a SAS board, because some races are uploaded using ID numbers.
Why didn't my Race Index change after an event?
This means your latest race was not part of your 3 lowest RI's – and thus would not change your National RI.
How do I get a SA Seeding board or Number if I have never had one?
If you are not on the SA Seeding database, or you have a profile without a SA Seeding number or board, you can purchase one (number is on the board) from our offices in Pretoria or at registration of the following MTB events: Advendurance (Nissan Trailseeker Series) / USN Cup Series / Juma.


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What was the story behind the old plantation that used to stand past Poplar Grove?
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After repairs are completed on the Battleship North Carolina, will she be seaworthy again?
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Is the water in Hampstead treated with fluoride?
Front view of the Belvidere Plantation house, Hampstead, N.C., in October 1986. (Courtesy of Pender County Public Library Digital Archive)
You might be thinking of Belvidere Plantation. The old plantation house (also called the Merick-Nixon House) used to stand on property where the Belvedere subdvision and country club are now located. (Note the different spellings.)
The mixed Georgian-Federal structure — which dated at least from 1810 but may have incorporated earlier elements — was moved by former owners Connie and Landon Anderson in 1989 to protect it from development. The house, which had a gambrel roof, had been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Andersons had gone to great expense to restore it.
In 2005, the Andersons sold the house and its new location to the company developing Virginia Bay Plantation. In 2006, the new owners had the Sloop Point Volunteer Fire Department burn the house down as a training exercise.
Belvidere Plantation — the property, not the house — dated from around 1728 when Jeremiah Vail received a land grant. In 1758, Jeremiah Vail Jr. sold the 320-acre tract to his father-in-law, George Merrick, who owned it until his death in 1804. In 1822, James Nixon acquired the house and land, which remained in the Nixon family until 1957. Development on the Belvedere subdivision began in the 1970s.
The Pender County Belvidere, by the way, is not to be confused with the Belvidere Plantation over in Brunswick County, on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, which once belonged to Gov. Benjamin Smith. That was the Belvidere that George Washington visited briefly during his southern tour as president.
A fairly complete list of Pender and New Hanover County plantations that once lined the coastal sounds — including Frog Hall, Grovediere (where Hampstead is now located), Sloop Point and Green Hall — can be found in "Early New Hanover County Records" by Elizabeth McKoy (by the author, 1973); a copy is in the local history room at the New Hanover County Public Library.
Another Scotts Hill plantation was the McClammy plantation, right off U.S. 17. After the Civil War, it belonged to Maj. Charles W. McClammy, a Confederate veteran who was active in Democratic politics. McClammy represented New Hanover County in the state House and state Senate (before Pender County was split off as a separate county in 1875) and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891. He was killed in 1896, at the age of 56, when a boiler exploded at his Scotts Hill home.
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3 Responses to " What was the story behind the old plantation that used to stand past Poplar Grove?"
On July 23, 2011 at 12:57 am Steve Clemmons wrote:
I don't know the name of the plantation, but there was a manor house located on the left side of the highway across from Scotts Hill Loop road. It was just past the Methodist church about one half mile north of Popular Grove Plantation. There was two lines of trees leading up to the old house.
It was torn down board by board to the underpinning and taken up to Elizabethtown and put in storage. The man who did the salvage work said it dated back to late 1700's.from some the various building techniques and artifacts that he found.
I wonder if this place is the one he was talking about?
On July 26, 2011 at 11:38 am jp wrote:
I believe they may be speaking about the plantation style home on the left just past Poplar Grove. Was in horribel shape then it was torn down about 6 or 7 years ago
Could be. I am guessing property was the old Blake farm. You can check it out on Pender county GIS. It was a beautiful old home. NOFO Gallery had a framed photograph of it at one point that was really cool and nostaligic. I tried doing some research on the Blakes but couldnt find anything


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Just after the 2010 harvest, Dave Phinney (Orin Swift fame, and the winemaker for Stanton Vineyards, for instance) was at the Charles de Gaulle airport, lamenting with a friend about how existing wine regulations were limiting his ability to make some really nice wine. He joked about possibilities, imagining what he could do if there were no rules. What if you could blend across French appellations? What if you could produce a blend that represented France? What if there were no rules, and how fun would it be to travel this country to find great growers with old vines while experiencing the culture and people of this place?
As he said his final goodbyes, a taxi pulled curbside and he noticed the very distinctive "F" sticker on the license plate. His mind exploded with thought and possibility. What if he could take this idea and do this not only in France, but also in Italy, Spain, and Portugal? Great wine is made all over the world. What if he could produce a range of wines across all of the major wine regions of the world? What if this could be done while having a whole lot of fun, and by creating a team of some of the best people in each of these countries, producing a wine that pays homage to their home land without compromise and without boundaries?
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Gun cultureRecreation|Opinion
Pakistan's top snipers gather for shooting championship
By Atta Rasool Malik
In Bahawalpur, southern Punjab, Pakistan, the Cholistan Cup shooting championship is under way. The event is unique in many ways. It is a big event in a relatively small, quiet city – a firearms championship in Pakistan where large numbers of females, civilians and seasoned veterans are participating alongside serving army officers and soldiers.
For the first time, extreme long-range target shooting of up to 1,500 meters has been planned. And above all, the spectators are amazed at the precision of the shooters by witnessing them through higher-resolutions binoculars and cameras installed at the long ranges.
The competitive spirit among the participants is at its peak. Many young people, mostly civilians, participating in the firing competition have complained of less practice opportunity and no proper training facilities vis-a-vis young army officers. Yet quite a few of them were confident of snatching top positions, from air-pistol to heavy-caliber rifles categories, by beating service members.
Some in the visitor gallery showed keen desire to participate in such firing competitions but complained of a lack of access to weapons because of government licensing restrictions. They had many suggestions for the youth of middle-class families to enjoy elite sports and boost their confidence. I particularly enjoyed one thing: Pakistani girls were not shy about participating in this tournament.
In the past, the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and Women's Guard were beneficial civil-defense forums for the training of youth in Pakistan. College students voluntarily joined these camps/training programs, earned bonus marks in their final exams, and learned first aid, rifle shooting and the art of precision marching. However, after the terrorist attacks on New York City of September 11, 2001, the infamous call of US secretary of state Colin Powell to General Pervez Musharraf, president at the time, "You are either with us or against us," changed many things in Pakistan. Musharraf's decision to side with the United States was rational, but in a panic, he also banned the NCC and Women's Guard in 2002.
Many people in Pakistan have a nostalgic feeling about participating in military-style parades and rifle shooting during their college's time in the NCC and want the corps restored for the youth of today. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in the past had promised to reintroduce the NCC program in the colleges, and the current government led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is also considering the renewal of NCC, but a final decision has not yet been made.
The tribal society of Pakistan; eager to have many sons and a lot of guns, promotes firearms as the "jewelry" of men. Carrying a weapon meant the passage of boy to manhood. Firearms were related to masculinity. However, this trend is changing. The guns earlier related to armed self-defense are evolving into equipment for sport hunting and competition shooting. The sport of shooting requires skill, concentration, hand-eye coordination, and clear focus. This synchronization is beneficial for both men and women. It immensely boosts confidence in young people.
More than any other nationality, Americans are considered to be lovers of guns. Hunting, target shooting, and collecting are important aspects of US gun culture. Unlike Pakistanis, Americans have many well-established clubs for civilian shooters in almost all cities. US estimates from the National Shooting Sports Foundation suggest that approximately 20 million individuals annually participate in target shooting. That is quite an impressive figure. Pakistan's military also has a series of well-maintained shooting ranges in many cities that could be opened to the civilian shooters for sports and recreation. This would have enormous commercial potential.
Criminological, anti-violence and public-safety approaches to the study of guns are essential. However, arms are not a subset of criminology. There are many countries that have a robust and responsible gun culture, such as Switzerland and Canada. Target shooting in Switzerland is similar to any sport like hockey, cricket or soccer, and yet there are no mass shootings or casualties due to accidental firing. Switzerland has developed a gun culture much superior to and more refined than that of the United States. A comprehensive strategy at the national level checks the harmful effects of gun shooting, rather than simply calling gun lovers names.
We need to identify law-abiding gun owners through background checks. Gun sales should be restricted from convicted criminals, fugitives from justice and those with specific histories of mental illness. Cowards are cruel; a good shooter is confident, strong and kind-hearted.
For civilian youth, the Cholistan Cup at Bahawalpur is a brief opportunity to be exposed to the sport of shooting in a controlled and safe environment under the aegis of Bahawalpur Corps Commander Lieutenant-General Syed Muhammad Adnan. However, it is the beginning of a new, healthy trend in the country. If the scope and frequency of such initiatives were enhanced and extended to other cities in Pakistan, it would surely reduce the fatalities currently occurring in huge numbers due to inept handling of guns.
The passion of the corps commander and his senior team members has generated a treasure trove of data on how to enhance law-enforcement professionalism. The knowledge base of top snipers in the championship, such as the ability to hit a man's head consistently at 1,500 meters, can be harnessed for the benefit of Pakistani police to minimize collateral damage while neutralizing criminals and suicide bombers.
There are many things that need to be institutionalized.
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Atta Rasool Malik
Atta Rasool Malik hails from semi-tribal areas of Pakistan. He is a veteran and holds an MPhil degree in International Relations from National Defence University in Islamabad. His interests include politics of South Asia, the Middle East and Islamic & Jewish theology.


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Q: need help to read a file in python I am new to python but I have learned lots of stuff, but I found difficulty to read a JSON file. I need to read it in a way to access a particular data in this file. The file contain a data as follow:
[
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    5426523,
    "this book need to be printed",
    "http://amzn.to/U60TaF"
][
    29723,
    807242528,
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    "http://nblo.gs/HNpn"
]

my code is:
FI = open(file_name, 'r')
for line in FI:
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The output is only the last line which is the link, I don't know way.

A: Try
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