Stolen-property.com allows a victim of a stolen Kindle to report the theft worldwide. The service is free for both victims of Kindle theft and those searching to determine if a Kindle has been reported stolen. In other words the website is a global stolen property database, which allows police, pawnshops and others to enter a Kindle serial number in order to determine if it has been reported stolen. The contact information you enter, which can simply be your email, will allow the person or law enforcement agency who finds your stolen Kindle to contact you and return your stolen Kindle.
If you wish to report a Kindle theft on our database, simply click the blue button below to begin.
Before you report the stolen Kindle on stolen-property.com, it's best to read the tips below. These tips include step-by-step instructions on how to report your stolen Kindle to police and your insurance provider. These tips, which also include theft prevention, are collected from a variety of sources including users like you. If you have a tip to help others, please contact us. Our mission is to continue to be the most comprehensive stolen property database in the world and maximize the chance for return of your stolen Kindle.
The process to report a stolen Kindle to police or law enforcement vary according to the area in which the theft occurred. The process below is consistent with most Western law enforcement agencies.
(Step 1) Contact the police / law enforcement agency who has jurisdiction over the area in which the Kindle theft occurred. Unless, your safety is threatened, use the non-emergency number in order to contact police. If the area is not under their jurisdiction, ask them to direct you to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
(Step 2) The police / law enforcement will either tell you to come into the police station or they may send police to your location depending on the nature of the crime. Either way, you will be asked questions concerning the stolen Kindle. The answers will allow the police to fill-out a police report.
(Step 3) After you fill out a police report, the police will issue a case number for your stolen Kindle. You will need this case number in order to follow-up with police. You will also need this case number in order to file an insurance claim for a stolen Kindle.
Read your insurance policy carefully. Does it cover you for theft given the circumstances surrounding your stolen Kindle?
If you feel you are covered and you have already been issued a case number by police, then it is time to contact your insurance provider. Your insurance agent will ask you a variety of questions, including "what is the serial number of the stolen Kindle?" and "What is the case number which was issued to you by police for your stolen Kindle?".
As of this writing, Amazon dues not cover Kindle theft or the loss of an a Kindle. They also do not track stolen Kindles. In the event, we become aware of changes to Amazon policy, in the future, we will update this site.
After you have filed a police report and contacted your insurance company regarding your stolen Kindle, it is time to report the stolen Kindle on stolen-property.com. The process is easy and free to use. All you really need is the serial number of the stolen Kindle. This serial number is an identifying property, which distinguishes your Kindle from all others and will allow police to find you and return a stolen Kindle.
Click "Register" at the top righthand side of any page on this site.
Type information into each text field and click the "Register" button.
Check your email. A verification email should appear in your inbox. The email will be from stolen-property.com and contain a link, which will allow your account to be activated.
You have completed the registration process. Now, or at any time in the future, simply click Log in on the top right on any page on the site.
Enter information =, including the serial number of the stolen Kindle, into the text fields. Your contact information will only be seen by someone entering the exact serial number of your stolen Kindle.
The process takes a couple minutes of your time and, by doing so, you create an entry for your stolen Kindle which law enforcement agencies, pawn shops and others around the world can find long into the future. Again, stolen-property.com is the most comprehensive stolen property database in the world and is free to use for both victims and searchers of stolen property.


Adam Barrett says his loan switch to AFC Wimbledon has given him a new lease of life at the age of 34 – and he is determined to help the Dons to a successful season.
Though the goals have dried up a little since, Barrett's performances for Wimbledon suggest there's plenty in the tank yet.
"When you are looking forward to coming in every day it's a good thing and there's a lot of positivity around the place here," said Barrett. "I know we had an indifferent run, but hopefully we can start climbing the table now. We have a strong squad and I believe we've got enough to have a successful season. I knew a few of the lads here already, but I've been made to feel very welcome. It's a very good club with a good set-up.
The Dons host another team flying high in League 2 tomorrow with Morecambe providing the opposition and Barrett knows it will be tough. However, he believes that Wimbledon will be a match for anyone this season if they can repeat the spirit that proved too much for Burton on Tuesday.
"I've played against Kevin Ellison many times before and he has been fantastic for Morecambe," added Barrett. "He's their talisman, but they also have other good players and Morecambe have had a great start to the season. They got beat the other night, but they will come here full of confidence and it should be a cracking game. We had a great result the other night and we will be aiming to build on that.
Andy Frampton will be back in the squad tomorrow and Barrett has welcomed the availability of a player he knows so well from their days together at Gillingham. With Ben Harrison having slotted in effectively at left-back, Barrett believes competition for places in defence can only be a good thing for the Dons.
"It is fantastic news that Andy is back," said Barrett. "It's up to the manager to decide and we will respect whatever he does. Whether we are playing alongside each other or not we just want the best results for this football club. I played in the same team as Andy and he is a great character to have around the place.
The full nine-minute interview with Adam Barrett appeared on Dons Player yesterday.


text:
Q: Jquery: hiding empty table rows I am trying to write a script that detects if a tables tds are empty and if they are hide the parent tr
I've searched Stack Overflow and found other scripts but none seem to work for me.
So far I have:
$(".table tr").each(function() {

    var cell = $(this).find('td').html();

    if (cell == null){
    console.log('empty');
    $(this).parent().addClass('nodisplay');
    }

    });

but just can't get it working. Any advice would be appreciated!
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/MeltingDog/S8CUa/1/

A: Try this -
$("table tr td").each(function() {
    var cell = $(this);
    if ($(cell).text().length == 0){
        console.log('empty');
        $(this).parent().addClass('nodisplay');
    }
});

Demo

A: you should try this.
jQuery(document).ready(function(e) {
    jQuery(jQuery('table tr td:empty').parents('tr')).addClass('nodisplay');
});

A: .html() only returns the content of the first matched element, so if your rows have more than one cell this wouldn't work. .text() might be a better fix, unless you have images or other empty tags in the cells.
$("table tr").each(function() {
    var cell = $.trim($(this).find('td').text());
    if (cell.length == 0){
        console.log('empty');
        $(this).addClass('nodisplay');
    }
});

DEMO

A: It seems you want to hide rows that have only whitespace content (but the cells might have other element child nodes). Using plain javascript:
var rows = document.getElementsByTagName('tr');
var i = rows.length;
while (i--) {
  if ( !trim(getText(rows[i])) ) {
    rows[i].className += ' nodisplay';
  }
}

Helpers:
function trim(s) {
  return s.replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, '');
}

function getText(el) {
  if (typeof el.textContent == 'string') {
    return el.textContent;
  } else if (typeof el.innerText == 'string') {
    return el.innerText;
  }
}

A: $('table tr').each(function(){

    var hide = true;

    $('td',this).each(function(){

        if ($.trim($(this).text()) != "")
            hide = false;

    });

    if(hide)
        $(this).closest('tr').hide();
        // OR $(this).closest('tr).addClass('nodisplay');

});

A: Hide table, if table have no rows using jquery
$('.tblClass').each(function(){
    if($(this).find('.rows').length == 0){
        $(this).hide();
    }
});

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


We are not an emergency shelter or crisis hotline. Click for help.
This webinar will support campus-based professionals, students, and community members in their efforts to understand and address sexual harassment with graduate students.
tips and resources for prevention and response practices.
Have a question you like us to address in the webinar? Submit it here!


text:
News Memorial to victims of Ankara terrorist attack vandalized, painted gray by city
Memorial to victims of Ankara terrorist attack vandalized, painted gray by city
A municipality worker is painting a memorial to the victims of the Ankara terror attack. He covers the word "peace."
The October 10 Memorial, which was erected in commemoration of the 103 victims of a 2015 terrorist attack in Ankara, was painted gray by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality after allegedly being vandalized by a group called the National Turkish Union of Students (MTTB), the Evrensel newspaper reported on Tuesday.
The memorial was built in remembrance of the 103 people who lost their lives in the deadly Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist attack carried out during the Meeting for Labor, Peace and Democracy held on Oct. 10, 2015, at the main railway station in Ankara.
"We will file a complaint against those who perpetrated this vandalism. We want to see those responsible detained," said lawyer Mehtap Sakinci Coşgun, head of the 10 Ekim-Der association, founded in solidarity with victims of the attack.
Pointing out that this was the fourth time the memorial had been attacked, Coşgun claimed that this time the vandalism was particularly provocative in that it happened during the month of October, the anniversary of the terrorist attack.
"They cannot even tolerate the remembrance of those who lost their lives let alone respect our pain. We were asking the state to build a new monument while it was unable to even protect this one," Coşgun said, adding that no investigation has been launched even though the perpetrators are easily identifiable in surveillance camera footage from around the area.
Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy from İstanbul, tweeted a photo of municipal workers painting the memorial gray.
"History will never forget the assaults on this memorial. What about you, is this what you think our 103 citizens who were almost blatantly allowed to be murdered deserve?" Tanrıkulu tweeted, mentioning Ankara Mayor Mustafa Tuna. (turkishminute.com)
3,362 people killed, 3,534 mistreated or tortured in Turkey in 2020: report
Freedom of the press sustained further blows in Turkey in 2020, report reveals
TV stations critical of Turkish gov't get bulk of broadcasting watchdog's fines
Nearly 2 mln inmates file complaints citing rights violations in Turkey's prisons since 2010: report
Turkish TV station closes down due to gov't pressure 26 days after launch
Turkish President Erdoğan converts another ancient Orthodox church to mosque: report
Memorial to victims of Ankara terrorist attack vandalized, painted gray by city - TLO October 30, 2018 At 11:29 pm
[…] & Counterterrorism October 30, 2018 tlo4110 This post was originally published on this […]

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


An exclusive product which unites a precious formula with invigorating properties with the practicality of a multi-use daily cleanser.
Thanks to a selection of delicate surfactants, this shower gel is the best cleansing solution for the body, face and hair.
Apply a small amount onto damp hair, face and body. Massage with circular movements and rinse thoroughly.
- Panthenol: moisturising, protects the skin.
- An anti-odour molecule of natural origin: effectively neutralises unpleasant odours from the external environment and the body.
The fragrance is that of Secret Potion N°2, inspired by the environment in which the artist works, where creativity and ink are combined in this revolutionary mixture full of mystery and secrets that cannot be revealed to anyone.


To schedule a consultation with a qualified geriatric physician in Muncie that specializes in dementia treatment, call (317) 900-4440 or contact Zormeier Cosmetic Surgery and Longevity Center online.
Schedule a consultation with a dementia treatment specialist in Muncie! Call (317) 900-4440 or contact Zormeier Cosmetic Surgery and Longevity Center online.


text:
Q: What could cause IllegalStateException when running jar file? I have a jar file that runs fine on several different server instances, but on 2 servers a IllegalStateException is thrown in Thread-O.  Any ideas why this might be happening on 2 of our servers but works fine on many others? Compared hashes of jar files among different systems and they are identical.  Updated JVM and that resulted i no change.
java –jar patch-client.jar

Exception in thread "Thread-O" java.lang.IllegalStateException
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.PatchBundleTaget.<init>(PatchBundleTarget.jara:270)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.PathTargetFactory.create(PatchTagetFactory:java:39)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.ProductAliasTarget.constructPatchTagetList(ProductAliasTarget.java:75)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.ProductAliasTarget.<init>(ProductAliasTarget.java:47)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.ProductAliasTargetHelper.getProdAliasTargetList(ProductAliasTargetHelper.java:54)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.ProductAliasTargetHelper.getAllHomeToProdAliasesTargetMap(ProductAliasTargetHelper.java:31)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.ProductAliasTargetHelper.checkProfilesInProductAliases(ProductAliasTargetHelper.java:133)
   at com.bea.plateng.patch.Patch$1.run(Patch.java:376)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)

A: IllegalStateException means the state of a component or configuration is incorrect.  I would look at the differences in configuration, not the code.
It is possible that there is a bug which triggers this error incorrectly, but I would start with the assumption, that the code is ok as it works on other machines.


Beautifully engraved lustrous Sterling Silver Zodiac pendants.
Limited stock so please check product details for list of what is still available. EMAIL PLEASE! to confirm your selection.
1 x Libra, 1 x Taurus, 1 x Capricorn, 1 x Gemini, 1 x Virgo.


text:
Wisconsin Votes in Big Numbers
Joe Murray | May 09, 2017
Wisconsin voters take their civic responsibility of voting very seriously. In the 2016 presidential election, 70.5 percent of eligible voters in Wisconsin cast their ballot in the November elections, the fifth highest turnout in the country.
High voter turnout compared to most other states is not unusual or something new in the Badger State. Going back to the 1980 presidential election, you can see that voter turnout in Wisconsin for the presidential elections fell below 60 percent only one time: in 1996 during the Bob Dole vs. Bill Clinton election.
Why Wisconsin votes
There are several factors that help generate the high voter participation rate in Wisconsin: the growing popularity of early absentee and in-person voting; same day registration; and our status as a perennial battleground/swing state. Let's examine the numbers.
Early absentee and in-person voting: Early voting, sometimes called "convenience voting," has grown dramatically in Wisconsin. In 1988, only 82,350 voters took advantage of early voting. By 2016, 830,763 voters cast their ballots before Election Day on November 8. Going back to 1988, the numbers illustrate the growing popularity of early voting in Wisconsin.
Same-day registration: Same-day registration allows Wisconsin voters to register or update their voter registration when they vote on Election Day. Wisconsin was one of the first three states to adopt same-day registration in 1976, following Maine and Minnesota in 1974. While same-day registration has grown in popularity, its growth rate is smaller and uneven compared to early voting. But if has and continues to be a significant reason behind the higher-than-average voter turnout in Wisconsin.
Battleground/swing state status: In most presidential election cycles, Wisconsin is a highly competitive swing state. This places Wisconsin among a small number of closely contested battleground states that receive lots of money and attention from the candidates and the two major political parties. In 2016 and 2012, Wisconsin featured highly competitive presidential and U.S. Senate races, with election spending in the tens of millions. In a post-2016 election report by Nonprofit Vote, titled "America Goes to the Polls 2016," the 14 identified battleground states, including Wisconsin, received 95 percent of campaign visits and 99 percent of campaign spending. According to the report, "only 35% of eligible voters lived in a battleground state in 2016. The remainder, 147 million voters, lived in the 36 states and the District of Columbia – sidelined and largely by-passed by the national campaigns."
Prior to the 2016 presidential election, Democrats had carried Wisconsin presidential elections seven consecutive times. With President Trump's narrow win last November, it's a good bet that Wisconsin's status as a swing state will continue to generate higher-than-average voter turnout.
Joe Murray is Director of Political and Governmental Affairs for the WRA.


Diepdale Secondary School is situated in Diepkloof, Soweto. It is a quintile 1 ranked no-fee school, serving an extremely poor community. Finding from our initial research into the school showed that while the overall pass rate is 81%, the pass rate is science is poor at 64%. This means that four in 10 children are failing at science.
Upon inspection, we found that the laboratory was non-functional and in a very poor state. It was being used as a classroom as the infrastructure was inadequate and the school had no resources to teach science effectively.
Thanks to donor partners Fluor and the SABC, we completely renovated and equipped the science laboratory. The official opening will take place in the first week of school in 2017.


Northern Ireland's environment minister announced Monday he has banned the local broadcast of British government ads on climate change and denounced their energy-saving message as "insidious propaganda."
Sammy Wilson has repeatedly raised eyebrows since winning the environment post in Northern Ireland's power-sharing government last year.
The hard-line Protestant, a leading light in the Democratic Unionist Party, argues that global weather patterns are naturally cooling, not warming — and humanity should invest in coping with God-driven climate change, not trying to slow down a man-made problem.
Wilson said the Act on CO2 ads were "giving people the impression that by turning off the standby light on their TV, they could save the world from melting glaciers and being submerged in 40 feet of water."
He said the ads, which have been running on British television stations including in Northern Ireland over the past year, represented "an insidious propaganda campaign" peddling "patent nonsense."
"Almost the only misrepresentation that the minister did not utter was the suggestion that one week's snow proves there is no global warming," Ford said.
If everything Wilson said was misrepresentation, why not prove that instead of making some joke about him not saying something stupid?
\".....the coverage of 'global warming', on TV, radio and in the press, has been so one-sided and uncritical. In Britain, hours and hours of programmes have been broadcast by the BBC on the subject, much of it scientifically absurd.\"
Of course, it would be too absurd to insist there is still no debate to be had after an unanticipated 11 years without global warming.
If I had to convert to vegetarianism, I would probably die.
But the methane argument also points that "climate change" is not purely the product of humans.
I saw an ad last night suggesting that everyone should drive 5 miles less per week. The only guaranteed mileage I do per week is to work. So do they expect me to move 1/2 a mile closer to my workplace, or get a job 1/2 a mile closer to my home? Or maybe I'm supposed to abandon my car 1/2 a mile from my work's car park and walk the rest? I suppose I could give up my social life and cut down mileage that way, but I don't see the point in preserving human life if we're not going to let people enjoy it. Every journey has a purpose, and I'd assume the majority of people only drive cars because they've got to get somewhere. They can't bring that somewhere 5 miles closer.
you would think.... although jamie oliver would like it too since we're all clearly obese people waiting to happen.
Aye well, I'm sick of jealous women telling me how it's not fair that I don't put weight on.
The Met Office are giving up on trying to give seasonal forecasts.
What does that say about predictions for 2050 then?
You'd best be careful, you're starting to sound a little cynical.
Predictions are just predictions. The problem is too many people think they should always be accurate, and treat them as such.
ASA bans government climate change ads.
Rover the Top wrote: ASA bans government climate change ads.


Most layovers are inconvenient and annoying wastes of time, but airlines out of Iceland, like WOW Air and Iceland Air, are working to change this.
To boost business and tourism, Icelandic airlines are offering travelers the opportunity to add free or dirt-cheap extended layovers to their trips.
For example, in November 2016 after three weeks in the United Kingdom, I stayed over in Reykjavik for three days of exploration.
But this year when I was planning my three weeks in Italy, I knew I couldn't afford an extended stay in Iceland. But since the flight schedule would give me a 10-12 hour layover on each end of the trip, I decided to see if I could explore enough of Iceland in a day to make it worth venturing out.
Spoiler Alert: I most definitely did!
I arrived at Keflavik International Airport around 4:45 AM (or almost 1 AM back at home in Philly) and headed straight to Avis/Hertz. My biggest concern about exploring for the next 10 hours was the rental car process, but to my pleasant surprise it was incredibly smooth. By sunrise, I was cruising through miles and miles of open road, passing hilly fields and beautiful blue rivers.
After about an hour on the road, I arrived at my first stop, Þórufoss or Thorufoss (pronounced Thor-oo-foss), an off-the-beaten-path stop along the Golden Circle, Iceland's most popular tourist route.
Conveniently located just off of Route 36 with a parking lot and no hiking required, Þórufoss was a perfect stop for my "Iceland in a Day" road trip.
The falls drops about 50 feet and is approximately 100 feet wide. Visitors can climb down the bank to get a closer look or to walk along the river. I decided to stay put though because the bank was pretty steep and muddy, and I didn't want to risk an injury since I was alone and had limited time.
Shortly after getting back on the road, I realized I had made a pretty big mistake in my road trip plan — I knew where I wanted to get lunch but had forgotten about breakfast. Hungry and nowhere near a restaurant, I pulled up Google Maps on my phone and looked for hostels along my route. I was hoping they'd be serving breakfast to their guests and wouldn't mind an extra customer.
I found the Héraðsskólinn Boutique Hostel located right down the street from the Laugarvatan Fontana Geothermal Baths. Originally designed by Iceland's most well known architect, Guðjón Samúelsson, Héraðsskólinn served as a school from 1928 until the early 1990s. The staff was friendly and welcoming, and the dining room had a fun but classy schoolroom theme with a beautiful view of a lake out back.
I paid about 18000 K ($20) to help myself to a cup of tea and their breakfast buffet (breads, sandwich meats, cheeses, hard boiled eggs, jams, muesli, yogurt, and some veggies). It was also a nice opportunity to warm up, rest and read a bit, and use the bathroom.
Feeling refreshed after a nice relaxing breakfast, I drove down the street to check out Laugarvatan. I knew it wasn't opening until later in the morning and that I didn't have time to stick around for a soak in the geothermal pools, but I still wanted to take a look and see how it compared to the Blue Lagoon.
It's smaller and much less showy, but these may actually be arguments in favor of visiting, not against. So if you find yourself in that region of Iceland, as opposed to way down south by the Blue Lagoon, I would definitely recommend stopping by for a relaxing dip.
After driving past Laugarvatan, I went next door to check out Vigdalaug, a small hot spring that stars in Icelandic sagas. According to local legend, when Iceland converted to Christianity in 1000 AD, chieftains chose to be baptized here in the warm waters, as opposed to in the ice cold waters of the neighboring lake.
And then there was Bruarfoss, the mysteriously bright blue waterfall I'd seen on Pinterest and read was quite difficult to actually find.
Armed with Google Maps and a pretty descriptive blog post from Unlocking Kiki, I was pretty confident I would find it easily. I was wrong.
The directions took me off the main road and onto a gravel road winding through what seemed to be a partially completed development of vacation homes.
The little blue dot on my phone's map let me know I was close, but still there was nowhere to pull over/park and no trails in site. As I drove back and forth through the development, I passed two or three couples who confirmed they were also trying to figure out where to go. Eventually, we joined forces and went off in search of Bruarfoss together. About 5 or 10 minutes later, we found ourselves triumphantly standing on a bridge over the falls. The hunt was completely worth it!
The Geysir Hot Spring Area is home to the "original geyser" and the one that all other geysers are named after. Iceland's Geysir is the first geysir to be documented in print with known activity as far back as 1294. While it still remains active today, it does not erupt often and is known to go years without erupting.
However, there are about 10 to 12 other geysers, big and small, at this site with the largest being Strokkur. While I was there, Strokkur was erupting every 5-10 minutes and reached heights of about 50-60 feet.
I probably spent about 15 minutes walking around and looking at the different geysers. If time wasn't limited and it wasn't raining, I may have stayed a little longer but overall I didn't feel rushed.
Across the street from the geysers is a nice rest stop with a gas station, bathrooms, souvenir shop, and restaurants.
After getting my fill of geysers, I was off to the last stop of the Golden Circle: Gulfoss Falls. Unfortunately, the rain was picking up, so I didn't spend too much time at Gulfoss. The falls were massive and, besides Niagara, easily the largest I have seen.
The road and parking lots are situated above the falls providing a nice clear view in to the ravine. I imagine it would be breathtaking on a clear, sunny day. If you get a nice day, make sure to give yourself more than the 5 or 10 minutes I spent here.
The plan, after Gulfoss, was to head to Friðheimar Greenhouse for lunch. Instead, I took a nap in their parking lot.
Friðheimar has large greenhouses with artificial lighting used to grow tomatoes throughout the dark Icelandic winters and set up within the greenhouse atrium is a small cafe serving up warm drinks, tomato soup and fresh breads.
I had been looking forward to the experience of lunch in this cozy spot, but besides about four hours of sleep on the plane, I had been going for 24 hours and the dreary rainy day was not helping my energy level. The last thing I wanted to do was fall asleep driving, so I power napped for about 20-30 minutes in the car, and then rushed inside to see if there was time to eat.
Unfortunately, a tour bus had just arrived and there was a long line for tables. I still had one more stop on my to do list for the day and wanted to make sure I got back to the airport with plenty of time, so I chose to just go for a quick walk through the greenhouses and purchase a cup of soup to go. It was fresh and delicious.
The final stop of my road trip that day was Kerid Crater Lake. By this point, I was definitely running low on time, but it was right on the main road, so I quickly parked, paid my 400 ISK (just under $4) and ran up the trail to get a view of the crater.
Kerid crater is believed to have been formed when a cone volcano erupted, ran out of magma, and collapsed in on itself.
Steep slopes surround most of the crater, but one side has a more approachable incline allowing visitors to walk down and into the crater to the water's edge. After soaking it in and snapping a few photos, I was off to the airport.
But things couldn't have been smoother. Everyone was friendly, kind and helpful including the rental car company employees, the airline representatives, and the security agents. I found my way to my gate with time to spare.
So is it worth turning your layover in to a road trip around Southern Iceland? Can you see enough in 10 hours to make it worth it?
Of course, if you have the time and money to stay longer in Iceland you most definitely should, but if your schedule or finances do not allow you to extend your layover know that you can still go on quite the adventure with even just a few hours.
I rented the car with Avis/Hertz for just under $75 for the day and spent about $35 on gas (this would have been cheaper if I had filled up before coming back to the airport).
All in all; after breakfast, lunch, entrance to the crater, and snacks at the airport, I spent less than $150 for all of that day's adventures.


BELIZE CITY, Belize, Thursday January 17, 2019 – Farmers in Belize's Toledo District are earning three times the going rate for their turmeric by supplying a local processing company to produce the world's first 'wildcrafted' whole root turmeric paste.
Over 350 turmeric growers have registered with an agricultural social enterprise, Naledo Belize Ltd, to supply the whole root turmeric for processing into the 'Truly Tumeric' paste. The crop is grown wild and under cultivation in forests or amongst other crops, and this biodiverse production model makes it sustainable and supports regenerative agriculture.
To optimize production, the farmers receive training from the company on how to replant small rhizomes (underground plant stems), reduce contamination by herbicides/pesticides, clean roots efficiently and harvest the main part of the root. Turmeric yields over 4,500 kg per 0.5 hectare and has a short growth cycle of nine months, but was previously only produced in Belize in small amounts for hand-processing into powder for local consumption. Farmers registered with Naledo are now producing over 9,000 kg per month.
In 2014, while volunteering in Belize, Umeeda Switlo, CEO of Naledo, discovered that the size of Belize turmeric, Curcuma longa, was larger than other species. After testing it for pathogens and heavy metals, and finding none, she began processing turmeric paste from her kitchen in Canada. Switlo also discovered various nutritional benefits of the Belizean turmeric, for instance, while most turmeric has 2% curcuminoids, which is a powerful anti-inflammatory compound valued for its health benefits, Switlo discovered that Belize turmeric has 7.6%.
The Truly Tumeric paste contains fresh squeezed lime juice, cold pressed coconut oil and sea salt, which makes it a nice addition in smoothies or curries, for instance.
"There is nothing on the market like this. Wildcrafted is a step above organic, as the turmeric is naturally grown with no added agricultural inputs," says Switlo.
Young people in Toledo are also accessing new employment opportunities through Naledo's agro-processing factory in Punta Gorda, the capital of the district. Here, all value-added activities take place, from bottling to labeling, and the factory employs 10 people between the ages of 18 and 31 years, including several managers, paying at least double the Belize minimum wage. Naledo employees also receive training in business, bookkeeping, food safety and entrepreneurship.


It is not difficult to imagine that God, the Creator of all life, is able to preserve the Word He wrote down through the ages and is able to guide those who seek Him in its proper interpretation.
I am constantly reinforced in my thinking as I grow in the Lord that almost all confusion about God's Word can be dissolved by having a right view of God – His character and His supernature – and a humility leading to subjection to Christ's authority which comes by having that right view.
Would God, who desires all men to be saved [1Timothy 2:3-4], not make known His Word, preserve His Word and teach those seeking Him its proper interpretation, being the only source of information about Jesus Christ in whom we have eternal life [John 3:16, 5:39]? If not, God could then be considered either incapable of doing so or cruel to have us, who genuinely desire Him, be deceived and condemned by the uninspired and changing literature of fallible men.
Inspiration of God's Word. The Bible is the inerrant Word of God written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit [2Pe 1:19-21]. These sixty-six books we can hold in our hand as one are God's truth [Psalm 119:160]. This means we can know truth [John 8:31-32] and it is true for us in all things, always [2Ti 3:16-17]. We are not able to come to this understanding without the Holy Spirit [John 14:26] which leads us to the preservation of God's Word through time.
Preservation of God's Word through Time. The Books of the Bible were written over a span of 1500 years by almost 40 human writers who were inspired by the Holy Spirit [2 Peter 1:20-21]. Jesus verbally confirms the preservation of the OT in Luke 24:44 and Matthew 23:35. Two additional biblical examples we can point to illustrate that God preserves His Word through time are the events at Pentecost in Acts 2 and the Christ-likeness that believers demonstrate as promised within Scripture [Rom 8:28-29].
Acts 2. After Jesus descended into Heaven, the Apostles were gathered together in the upper room. The Holy Spirit descended upon them and they began to speak in tongues to "Jews living in Jerusalem, [and] devout men from every nation under heaven" in the streets outside [Acts 2:5]. As a result, 3,000 people were saved [Acts 2:41]. How? They understood what the Apostles were saying, each in their own language [Acts 2:6]. From this, we can conclude that the Word of God does not lose its power when translated into another language and has only one meaning because if there was something lost in translation or if the words they spoke had more than one meaning, people would not have been saved and would not continue to be saved today [Jas 1:21].
Christ-likeness. The true believer's Christ-likeness is a result of Salvation [Gal 5:18-24]. This is an incredible testimony to believers who may doubt that God's Word has been preserved through time and to unbelievers who doubt the Bible was ever the inspired Word of God.
For the believer who doubts, if God's Word has not been preserved, then neither has the Salvation it speaks of. In fact, I submit to you that we would never even arrive at the conclusion that we do need Salvation.
For the unbeliever, if God's Word has not been preserved then there is also no hope for Salvation. The fruit of the true believer offers the greatest tangible evidence of the preservation of God's Word [Mat 7:17-18].
God has preserved His Word throughout time. Therefore, we can conclude it does indeed have only one interpretation.
Single interpretation of God's Word. One of the most obvious Scriptural arguments to be made concerning its single interpretation is that the Holy Spirit, the Author of Scripture [2Pe 1:20-21], who teaches us in the Word [John 14:26] cannot contradict Himself [John 16:13] since He is God [Eze 36:27]. Therefore, multiple interpretations leading to inconsistent conclusions cannot be true.


Low-power micro camera module is only 1mm2 ..
Pedestrian position tracking sensor saves up to 80% system power ..
Liquid flow sensor targets life sciences ..
Hall-effect current sensors with enhanced performance and diagnostics ..
14Mpixel image sensor delivers 12-bit output for high-throughput AOI applications ..
SiTime launches timing MEMS for 5G infrastructure ..
Sensirion particulate matter sensor now available globally ..
3.05x2mm proximity sensor has proximity range up to 20cm for AR/VR ..
24MP image sensors aim for high-end smartphone cameras ..
50Mpixel CCD image sensor to inspection smartphone displays ..
Always-on IMU improves accuracy, optimizes system power ..
Entry-level IoT imaging sensors deliver 2K resolution in poor lighting conditions ..
Monolithic pulse generators feature resolution to 22-bits ..
Precision +/-10V and 0-20mA A/D converters simplify PLCs ..
Touchscreen controller also integrates haptics control ..
32.768 kHz MEMS resonator is only 0.9x0.6x0.3mm ..
2M-pixel image sensor combines ultra low light and NIR performance ..
Rad-hard precision current sources to feed satellites' resistive sensors ..
Waterproof strain gage devices support outdoor measurement applications ..
NXP launches MCUs, crossover processors on Cortex-M33 ..


For repairs to vending machines aboard base, please call the number above.
For refunds, please visit your nearest Marine Corps Exchange.
Please Note: With the exception of basic haircuts, prices listed are starting prices only. Actual price may vary depending on time, texture and condition of the hair. The stylist and client must agree upon the price before the service is performed.
Book your military ball appointment today! $20 off chemical coupon will be given to clients receiving undo services for balls for a later date. Stop in for more details!
Storage for personal belongings and vehicles.
Fix your cell phone, tablet, laptop screen and software needs.


text:
Justin Aversano - Spirituality in twindomWords by Arnau Salvadó
Justin Aversano
Spirituality in twindom
Providing "a lens on the magic and causality of biology", twins and multiple siblings have always been a sort of mystery. According to photographer and curator Justin Aversano, "twindom has a deep root in shared storytelling, its visuals conjure meta textual manifestations across the astrological, the mythological, the academic and the popular". In an exploration of this phenomenon, Aversano has made the series Twin Flames, exhibited at Superchief gallery in New York City until May 31.
"For Twin Flames, I photographed one hundred sets of twins aiming to create a body of work focused on the existence of multiple births and the phenomena of twindom through an immersive portrait survey", explains Aversano about his new series. His interest in the topic stems from his own personal life when he learned that he was actually the surviving sibling of a set of fraternal twins – her twin sister didn't develop properly in utero, which caused a partial miscarriage while they were in the womb.
Years later, after working with psychics and spiritual guides, the New York-based photographer "was able to reconnect with his lost twin sister, learning that part of her still remains with him when he absorbed what he believes is her spiritual existence". Now, through Twin Flames, Aversano is able to reconnect with his own personal story while allowing "for a greater understanding of twins as a not outliers in our world, but as unique manifestations of the multiplicity of the self in both the physical and spiritual realms".
The exhibition Twin Flames by Justin Aversano is on view until May 31 at Superchief gallery, 1628 Jefferson Ave, Ridgewood, New York City.
Arnau Salvadó


The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for many psychological difficulties as research evidence shows that CBT is an effective, short-term approach.
Eva Rea is an Associate Fellow Chartered Psychologist and she is registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is also registered with the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) as an accredited CBT Practitioner and with EMDR UK and Ireland as an EMDR Consultant.


When I say the word "Paladins," what's the first thing that comes to mind?
Is it an immensely popular shooter from Hi-Rez Studios, reported in November to have surpassed the 4 million player mark? An intense esport with picks and bans, and a complex character customization metagame? Or it just a game you dismissed, because you heard it was an Overwatch clone?
The video above was released in September 2016, the same month as Paladins went into open beta. It was a rallying cry for many, as it highlighted the most obvious, direct comparisons between characters, roles, and abilities between the two games. Comments on that video, forums, and social media accounts across the internet got nasty very quickly, and as with any mid-to-large scale controversy, the media picked up on it and started to publish takes of varying temperatures.
"I don't think Paladins has done anything outright malicious with its character design," Forbes concluded in its article on the subject, "but they have to realize that releasing these types of heroes when Overwatch is dominating the market is going to look very "me too!" of them, and while class archetypes exist for a reason, I think Paladins wandered too close to a line in the sand here."
The International Business Times, The Escapist, and PVP Live all used the term "Overwatch clone" in headlines on articles about Paladins. Hell, we here at GameSpot even ran a story called "Overwatch-Like Paladins Hits 4 Million Players on PC, Sits in Steam's Top 10 Chart." Like it or not, stories about Paladins became a viable commodity due to their attachment to that controversy.
The last public comment on the subject came from Hi-Rez chief operating officer Todd Harris. Back in September, Howard took to Reddit to post about Paladins' history, and to discuss what inspired the game. He made it clear that Paladins had been in development for a long time, and concurrently with Blizzard's Overwatch. He said "it would be almost impossible for a studio of our size to 'clone' Overwatch in a year," and elements both games share had been shown publicly by Hi-Rez in footage released long before Overwatch details were announced.
Hi-Rez chief operating officer Todd Harris.
The company specifically decided to make the statement in that Reddit post, and left it at that. To paraphrase, its position boiled down to 'we're making the game we want to make, we acknowledge the similarities, but we believe in Paladins and think our community will as well.' I sat down for a number of interviews with Hi-Rez employees over the course of Hi-Rez Expo 2017 to discuss the kerfuffle, to see what kind of impact the negative attention had on the game, and on the team.
My first interview was with Harris himself, who also spends about 50% of his time as product lead on Paladins. "We were… we were pretty surprised [laughs] when we saw the announcement and it was so close to what we were working on," Harris said. "So, we spent a fair bit of closed alpha time working out whether we need to diverge even further. As a developer, one of the things we tend to do is find a genre we really enjoy, and we try to innovate in just a few areas. Not change too many rules, but change some interesting-enough rules to move the genre forward. With Smite, we did it with perspective, the camera change."
The Paladins team was experimenting with degrees of random-number-generation in the card system, maps that are more open and less reliant on choke-points than other games in the genre, adding mounts as a fast way to traverse these maps, and various other things. "Ultimately some of the experiments panned out, some didn't, and we just tried to keep our north star being what we as a development team--and the majority of our alpha players--wanted. And that's what we ended up putting onto Steam in September. Ultimately, we went with what we thought would make the best game, and decided not to worry about what else was out there."
So while it was frustrating for Hi-Rez leadership to see such a negative response to the game, there is always a silver lining. "On the flip side of that, you'd rather people be talking about you than not talking about you, right? So the cold marketing calculations says that if headlines are being written and people are talking about you, that's better than throwing your rock into the pond and not making a wave."
To sum up the whole comparison ordeal, Harris used the following analogy: "I've been making pizzas for 10 years. All pizzas have similar ingredients; they have cheese, they have crust, they have pepperoni. There can be a lot of thriving pizza shops out there--people have differing tastes in pizza. Then one day, Mega Pizza Store opens up, and everyone is like PIZZA HAS ARRIVED."
Paladins lead designer Rory Newbrough.
So, how did this affect the people on the ground, the artists and designers whose work was coming under fire? It seems it very much depends on the person. "You get a thick skin when you've been around for awhile. Hmm, actually it's probably not a thick skin, more that you learn better techniques for pulling the morsels of information out of every piece of feedback you get," said Rory Newbrough, lead designer on Paladins.
This came as a shock. I'd gone into this interview expecting the lead designer to be one of the most negatively affected people on the team. I'd set aside a large chunk of my interview slot to really get down in the mud with Rory, dredging up the pain that comes when faceless people on the internet decide to target you or your work. But it seems Rory was largely unaffected, and I was left scrabbling for new questions to ask.
"A lot of it was rather unsurprising," he volunteered, as I searched my now-useless notes for inspiration. They had seen the same trailers as everyone else, nobody was more aware than the Paladins team of the similarities between the two games. "The fact that people are responding like this means they're passionate. Better that than them not talking at all."
Not everyone has Newbrough's stoicism, though. The Dunkey video (above) might have generated a bunch of buzz around the brand--which is great from a marketing standpoint--but that doesn't necessarily take the sting out of it for the people that poured themselves into their creation.
Paladins art director Thomas Holt.
"It was crushing," said art director Thomas Holt. For me, for the team--it's like with any kind of knee-jerk reaction, it's people taking a face-value look at something, and then passing judgement. You almost begin to second-guess yourself, you discard ideas without seeing what they could evolve into, because no matter how tough you think you are, those words get under your skin."
While Holt appreciates the impact the controversy had on the marketing of the game, he noted that it feels different when you're on the development floor, compared to being on the leadership team. "We put in a lot of time, long hours, and a lot of personal time to get it done. You do get attached, you put a lot of yourself into your work," he said. "So, even if on paper it was good, or for the marketing it was good, that doesn't mean it wasn't painful."
All of this pain did lead to a beautiful thing, though. "Actually, during the Paladins final [as part of the invitational tournament held that weekend at Hi-Rez Expo], I had quite a few people reaching out to me on Twitter, who had been vocal in the past with their opinions about what we were doing, and I got a couple of apologies from people who actually took the time to look at what the game is and they realized the conclusions they'd jumped to previously weren't accurate."
In fact, the entire event seemed rejuvenating for Hi-Rez staff. Being surrounded by a huge number of fans that had chosen and paid to be there was a reminder that negativity is amplified by online interactions, and doesn't necessarily represent broad public opinion. "Events like this give us a chance to hear from our fans, the people that actually know what the game is," Holt said.
Ultimately, the question of whether Paladins is a clone or not is moot. There is nothing new under the sun, every idea is derivative of the inspirations that bore it. Game development often moves in waves, as savvy developers identify trends and gaps in a market that moves astonishingly quickly to serve a community that churns through content at breakneck pace. What matters is whether the game serves the community that cares about it, and it seems that Paladins' popularity speaks for itself. Paladins is a free-to-play title, and aims to hit a far lower minimum PC specification than Overwatch. That is a different audience to the people Blizzard is targeting with its hero shooter. There is room enough for both. Hi-Rez and Blizzard are doing very well from the business generated by both games.
But the companies don't matter, not really. What matters is there are people behind every brand, actual human people that need to deal with the feedback we send, both practically and emotionally.
GameSpot attended Hi-Rez Expo 2017 at the cost of Hi-Rez Studios.


text:
New opportunities ahead as Metropolitan University, College of Medicine offers up to 40% scholarships to NEET students
[Antigua and Barbuda] July 12: The medical exam NEET is scheduled to be held on 1st August 2021. NEET provides 90,000 seats in MBBS and BDS colleges in India. The exam is taken by 1.6 million students. The anxiety of global pandemic and delayed exams has dampened the students' spirits, leaving them with fewer options and resources to look up to.
Dr. George Turner, Academic Dean for Pre-Clinical Sciences decided to step up during such testing times. He very quickly understood the situations of the NEET students and has offered up to 40% scholarships on a merit basis to the Indian students in the college with which he is associated, that is, Metropolitan University, College of Medicine. This scholarship is for NEET students who wish to pursue their medical studies from the USA. These scholarships will largely benefit the students and help them re-locate with a safe community and explore the vast opportunities. Dr. Turner's initiative will help students who might miss out on opportunities here in India.
Metropolitan University is an international-oriented university. Their academic faculty comes from all over the world. The university challenges its students to actively participate in the academic community and trains them to be analytical thinkers and committed to medical academics.
The university will provide scholarships to Indian students strictly on a merit basis and ensure transparency in the admission process to keep it seamless. Metropolitan University College of Medicine is driven by a rich global culture and provides students the moral traits of compassion and kindness necessary for a successful medical career. It aims to facilitate medical aspirants in clinical practice, medicine development, medical & biological research, patient care, healthcare development.
Efforts are made to feed the curiosity of the students by various hands-on experiments, stimulating case studies. The university is also equipped with leading classroom technology, laboratories, equipment, research facilities. Students, therefore, have access to the best resources to fuel their knowledge.
More details regarding admissions and courses can be found at https://www.metropolitanmedschool.net/
Previous: A grand 'Ramvan' will be prepared in honor of the Ayodhya temple by Greenman Viral Desai
Next: Aruna Goud's Journey from India to Cannes Film Festival


On Wednesday, October 5th, 2011, I was flying home from Atlanta back to Dallas. It had been a long day, and we had just finished speaking to AT&T about a new startup company I'm working with. Discussions included talk about iPhone and iPad apps.
I was sad–quite sad actually. Here's a man I had never met, and he had no idea who I was, yet I was profoundly sadden at the news. Even more, I was a bit shocked at how it affected me so deeply, until I began to reminisce at how influential Steve Jobs and Apple had been in my life.
In 1981 when I was only 16 years old, my dad shocked us by spending $800 to buy me and my brother a brand new Apple IIe personal computer. With it's 5 and quarter inch floppy drives, we were able to do some amazing things with this machine. We would spend hours programming it, taking it apart, putting it back together and just experimenting with this incredibly powerful new toy.
I soon learned the power of "word processing" and how fast you could type and store documents on the floppy drives. I was quickly using our new personal computer for school reports and research. Then after school, my brother and I would play games like Karateka, Lode Runner and Rescue Raiders.
I continued using the Apple IIe into college. Writing papers and programming were an everyday task for me. One of my first classes at Texas State was a BASIC computer programming class. How amazing was that! Now, they had classes on how to program the computer.
My first purchase at college was a 300 baud modem. At home, I could simply dial into a special phone number, listening to the rhythmic cadence of modem handshake for a few seconds, and then suddenly, I'm logged into the school computer. Incredible! I didn't have to drive to the school campus to code my program.
After transferring to the University of Texas at Austin in 1986, I soon started seeing a new Apple computer on the scene — the Apple Macintosh. It started popping up all around campus. But, it sure looked weird. The monitor was built into the computer and a new 3.5″ floppy drive appeared on the screen. At first, I didn't like it much. The new Microsoft machines were in color and the monitors were separate. It seemed like that was the way to go. But, soon after having to program on the PCs, I realized that I enjoyed the Apple Macintosh much more. So, in college, I purchased an Apple Macintosh SE.
People were using it for a variety of purposes–word processing, spreadsheets, and accounting. But, something different about this computer got my attention. First, it had a mouse–a small hand controller with a single button to navigate around and click on the screen. Wow, that sure made working on the computer much easier.
Secondly, it has this amazing ability to manipulate graphics and images with ease. And, with this powerful sound program, you could edit and manipulate audio with incredible precision and simplicity. I remember seeing those sound saves on the screen, and I could simply cut one section of audio and paste it somewhere else.
While at UT, I took a 3D computer graphics course. The goal for the entire semester was to program a Macintosh SE in Fortran to manipulate 3D objects in a 3D world. We had to study the 3D space formulas and camera angles. By the end of the semester, I had compiled a working program that could input 3D models and show them on the computer screen. I was so proud of my little 3D program on a Mac.
As I moved to Dallas to take my first job at Uniden, my brother came up one summer to intern. During the summer, he stayed with me. One of the fond memories I have was how we networked our two Macintosh SE's together to play a flight simulator. In this game, we would dogfight by flying around this virtual world trying to shoot each other down. The loser had to clean up the kitchen. We did this for hours.
While working full time now, my next Apple computer was a pretty sweet machine–the Apple Quardra 630. It was a beefer machine, and it was even more powerful that the SE I had previous.
What made this machine memorable to me was the fact that you could now connect to this thing called the internet. My first email address was [email protected] I purchased a simple dialup plan for $29.95 and soon I was calling into to a 56K modem bank and browsing AOL and Yahoo, the only two websites at the time.
Things were beginning to change.
In 1997, I purchased my first video editing software called Media 100 for the Mac. It was both a hardware and software package. Initially, I used Adobe Premiere as my editing software, but soon switched to Media 100's entry level video editing software.
Video editing required pretty extensive hard drive space, and you had to use fast hard drives, usually requiring a RAID array. So, I plopped down $2,000 for a disk array system holding four high-speed drives with an amazing 8GB of disk space. With that setup, I could edit up to 30 minutes of Standard Definition video. It was awesome!
Soon, I was editing and creating home videos. I quickly learned After Effects at the recommendation of a friend who was also in video production. I also learned a new program called Bryce that let you create these virtual 3D worlds quite easily. Then, it happened. I made my first 30 second commercial using my Apple editing system with Media 100, and I got paid for it!
Everything began to change after that. Though I worked in corporate America by day, at night I would stay up late and play with my new found passion — media production.
During this creative season in my life, I went through quite a few Apple computers. The model numbers were a blur, but I do remember getting Final Cut Pro.
While I liked Media 100, it was pretty limited in what you could do. You only had two video tracks, some graphics tracks and some audio tracks. The editing was clean and the playback smooth, but you were pretty limited in what you could do.
Then, a friend told me about Final Cut Pro. I researched it a bit, and fell in love with it. Soon, I was editing more and more. With my creative mix of Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop, I could create quite a bit. Most of my paying work at the time was with After Effects.
In 2007, I fulfilled a dream. I produced, directed and edited a full length feature film called Fissure. One of the most amazing aspects of that experience is that I edited the entire feature film on my home computer — an Apple PowerPC G5 computer with Final Cut Studio. An entire feature film on my home computer.
Through the years, I went through Macs pretty quickly. The Mac G3, G4 and G5 towers were pretty amazing! Just a few years ago, I finally ventured into the Intel version Mac computer, the Mac Pro. Today, I use a pretty sweet machine, the 8-core Nehalem Mac Pro computer. It's loaded with software and I use it for a variety of work functions.
A few years ago, I also purchased a PowerBook, my first laptop. With Final Cut Pro loaded, I was able to do some amazing things while being mobile. I would often use it for onsite editing for clients or projects.
Another interesting Apple product was the iPhone. Rumors started emerging while I was working for Nokia. At the time, Nokia was the cell phone king, dominating the market and quite proud of it. Then, Apple changed all that. They launched the iPhone.
It was a bit awkward for me. I was working for Nokia but I loved Apple products. It was like my parents were getting a divorce and I had to choose.
But, the choice got easier in 2005 when I resigned my position at Nokia to launch my own production company, Top Pup Media. Today, my business produces hundreds of videos for a variety of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Nokia, Haggar, BP, Fluor and many others. We're a Mac production house and continue to use Mac products every day in our business.
I can't express how much I appreciate all that Steve Jobs did by bringing Apple computers and devices to our generation. What an amazing, creative and visionary individual! His innovativeness and execution made a way for me to live my dreams.
For computer idiots like me, that made a lot of sense!
Way to go Russ. I remember working with you at Uniden and the user features you outlined and designed in the Home Satellite Receivers during the "Big Dish Days" were cutting edge. Lots features we take for granted on Cable, and Satellite today. Keep up the good work. Glad your following your dream.


Babu(Nani) is a happy go lucky youth who falls in love with Keerthi(Keerthi Suresh). He starts wooing her and after a lot of effort, he finally manages to impress her. Right when the time when things seem to be going fine, a huge disturbance erupts in the form of Keerthi's dad (Sachin Khadekar) and inspector Siddharth Varma (Shekhar Chandra).
Who is this cop? What is Keerthi's dad up to? and how does Babu solve all his problems and ends up marrying Keerthi? .


When I first became pregnant with Emma over 15 years ago, the benefits of breastfeeding were in every parenting book and magazine. Throughout my pregnancy, I'd hear things on TV shows, see them online, and read about them in magazines reinforcing the benefits of breastfeeding. From the moment you find out you're pregnant until the day you give birth, you'll be inundated with a wealth of information. Some of it can be overwhelming, and it's often difficult to determine what's best for you and your baby when you haven't even had the baby yet.
Yes, breastfeeding is good for your baby. But there are often other factors that determine whether it's right for you and how successful you and your baby will be at achieving the perfect breastfeeding rhythm.
For me, breastfeeding was always my intention. But once Emma was born, she wasn't on board, and it made it increasingly difficult and incredibly frustrating to try to get her to do something she had no interest in doing.
Your baby won't hate you if you don't breastfeed.
As a mother, when we don't breastfeed, whether it's due to the baby not latching on, the pain is too much to bear, or you're not providing any milk, we often feel as though we have failed. On the contrary, we haven't failed. We tried our best, yet we go through a ton of guilt, which can even lead to postpartum depression. Our babies don't care about what's going in their mouth, as long as they're fed, they're happy. Your child isn't going to grow up neglecting you because you weren't able to breastfeed.
You will bond with your baby regardless of how you're feeding them.
Don't believe that the only way you bond with your baby, is through the process of breastfeeding. That just isn't the case. You bond with your baby by spending time with them, regardless of what you're doing together. You can bond with your little one while cleaning out their dirty diaper. So don't worry about not having the breastfeeding experience with them. There are so many other opportunities for bonding.
Properly designed baby bottles don't harm your baby.
Bottles are the perfect alternative to breastfeeding. Or if you have decided to stop, there are bottles for breastfed babies that mimic the exact same form as what your baby is used to, along with the flow of the milk. Glass bottles are the new thing on the market if you are concerned about any of the various plastics being used. Because of the glass, it won't interfere with the taste or purity of the milk your baby is getting.
You won't have red, raw, burning nips every day!
Surely the experience of childbirth is enough, but then we're supposed to breastfeed for however long they tell us nowadays! It. Really. Hurts. It's not your fault it hurts. It's not your baby's fault that it hurts. It just hurts. And if you don't want that kind of pain every day, throughout the day, choosing not to breastfeed is your option.
Your baby will not be affected mentally, or physically, if you do not breastfeed. So don't even think consider it an issue It's irrelevant. If breastfeeding happens, it happens. If it doesn't, thats's perfectly fine too. It makes no difference to them if they're feeding from your breast or a bottle. They just want to be nourished and loved.


Just as a background, the Rhode Island law defines homicide in categories of first degree murder, second degree, and manslaughter. Manslaughter has its own subdivisions as well. There's also criminal negligence theory that comes under manslaughter. Whereas murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice and forethought, manslaughter is significantly lesser than that. Murder calls for life; manslaughter penalty calls for a maximum of thirty years. Manslaughter involves a killing in the absence of malice and forethought. Usually in manslaughter cases you might have some sort of heated passion sort of case where the state does not allege that you intentionally tried to kill somebody or whatever the killing was, is in some meaningful way not excused, but lessened to what are referred to heated passion type of defenses. First degree murder involves premeditation; second degree murder does not involve premeditation but it does involve an intentional act to do a killing. Manslaughter doesn't involve any intent by virtue of whatever the facts are to take it out of that intentional act category.
Why Do I Need an Attorney for a Manslaughter Charge?
There is no more serious offense that, I think, is contemplated by Rhode Island law than one in which a person has died. Even in a scenario in which a person is charged with manslaughter alone, doesn't face a murder charge. Any time someone has died at the hands of another, our criminal justice system takes that entirely seriously. Anytime you have grave consequences of actions, you will have serious consequences under law.
What Would be the Legal Process When Handling a Manslaughter Charge?
A person facing a manslaughter charge, first of all, many have been charged initially with murder. If the charge was initially a murder charge, it may go to the grand jury. Manslaughter charges in any event, are felony matters that oftentimes, I would suggest most times, have come out of a grand jury process, unlike the vast majority of felonies which are charged by any information process. What that means is with a grand jury presentation, there are additional pieces of evidence or grand jury tapes that need to be reviewed by an attorney as well as the seriousness of the charge itself where a person's life was lost.
Martineau Davis & Associates is committed to aggressive advocacy for our clients while maintaining the highest level of professionalism, integrity, and ethical standards. If you have been charged with a criminal offense, take a proactive stance to learn your rights from an experienced lawyer who will put the law on your side. Contact us at 401-398-8333.


Laura and I went to the Rose Bowl Flea Market this weekend. I love thrifting and I have found a lot of gems there throughout the years. Above you see my most recent "catch".
I have a thing for ships, there's already another 10 bux thrifted ship painting in the livingroom but this one was made with oil and original and I could not resist it. I think I got it for $15. I took out $100 bux for the market and spent $9 on the entrance and spent the rest on all this little things.
I'm planing to attach a soft fluffy blanket behind the Shibori blanket I got. I think those are very ugly but very confirtable and keeps you warm so I figured a little DIY could be a good idea.
My little rustic yellow house. Will I ever leave? Should I stay or should I go? Is it time for memories somewhere else?
It does not have perfect floors, there's holes and there's notches. But it's worn in and has a very comforting vibe. I have always had a hard time decorating it and especially when it comes to rugs. My previous rug had gotten a lot of wear and tear and had to be replaced. I bough two options and I think this creamy one is going to be the winner.
When opening the door to my house you enter right into the Living Room and sofa area. I can't have a too big rug cause the door won't open. This is a baby 4'X6'.
Since I'm sharing some of my thrifting I though that maybe you wanted to see some of my Joshua Tree scores. I highly suggest driving over there and stopping at all the cool spots.
I've very excited about the stained glass that I'm going to mount on one of the window corners and the cool natural coasters and my lamp!
Please leave me a little comment if you read my blog!


text:
On to the Next: The 'Big Dance' Continues for Men's Basketball
Two weeks ago, there was uncertainty whether the Whitman men's basketball would even make an appearance in this year's postseason. Bowing out in the semi-finals of a conference tournament is hardly...
Patriots take 4th Superbowl over Hawks' chance to repeat
Dylan Snyder • February 5, 2015
The Patriots certainly know how to make things interesting. The Pats have been to six Superbowls since 2000, and never has the game been decided by more than four points. This year was not unusual for...
Women's Basketball Falls in National Championship
Cole Anderson • March 25, 2014
The Whitman women's basketball team fell to the FDU-Florham Devils in the DIII national title game on Saturday, March 22 with a final score of 80-72, ending a record-breaking season for the Missionaries. Heading...
Women's Basketball Starts NCAA Tournament With Two Wins
Whitman 106, Chapman 51 Following a close loss to the Whitworth Pirates in the Northwest Conference Championship, there were doubts whether the previously undefeated, previously no. 1 nationally ranked...
Women's Basketball Stumbles in NWC Title Game
Cole Anderson • March 3, 2014
In the final Northwest Conference contest of the season, the Whitman vs. Whitworth rivalry saw another instant classic Saturday night. This time it was for the conference title, and the Pirates finally...
Game of the Week: NWC Golf Championship tourney
Noah Moskat • April 23, 2009
The year's biggest moment has arrived for Whitman's golf teams: where both the stakes and the pressure will reach their highest point. This Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26, both squads will...
Game of the week: men's golf competes in first spring tournament
Libby Watkins • March 12, 2009
The Whitman men's golf team has high hopes as they look toward the Pacific Invitational tournament this weekend at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Course in North Plains, Ore. "I am expecting our team to do very...
Game of the week: women's tennis v. Linfield
Rachel Hoar • March 5, 2009
Linfield carries a 102-match conference winning streak into their game against Whitman this weekend. Linfield has won the past seven conference championships, and is one of the two undefeated teams...


Thank you so much for requesting our Marketing Team Evaluation Guide.
As we mentioned, we're still putting the final touches on this guide and we'll notify you as soon as it's ready for you to use.
In the meantime, you may be interested in some of our premium quality eBooks.
Thanks for requesting our latest guide, and we'll be in touch soon with a link.


The small town of Valsinni is situated in the province of Matera in the valley of the river Sinni, from which its name originates. It has the ruins of an Acropolis which can be seen arranged in staggered rows with a water source.
Valsinni is well known as the birthplace of Isabella Morra, the famous 'poet of loneliness' with the central attraction being a Literary Park created in her dedication.
The Literary Park of Isabella Morra was established in 1993 and is situated in Valsinni, a town dominated by the Morras' castle, around which the old town lies. The literary park extends over the places where the poet Isabella Morra grew up. Morra was born in the early 16th century and murdered at the young age of 25 for her suspected liaison with a Spanish nobleman. Her short, tragic life and her poetry are commemorated in the Literary Park. Isabella is recognised as one of the most original voices in 16th century poetry.
The journey through the park covers places loved by the poet: the castle, the old town, the Sinni river, Mount Coppolo, the Gallinico wood and the chapel of the Pietà. Guided tours, events and temporary exhibitions are regularly organised along these routes and around the town centre.
In summertime, the 'L'Estate di Isabella' takes place. The whole town is turned into a Renaissance scene where theatrical and musical performances take place, attracting a lot of guests and visitors to the small town.


The veterinarians of IVC are extensively trained in both conventional and complementary and alternative medicine and can effectively treat any of the medical conditions normally seen in regular veterinary practice. By using a combination of Western medicine diagnostics and drugs with acupuncture, chiropractic and herbal medicine we have a wide array of tools we can use to help resolve your pets medical problems and promote an excellent quality of life.
We can help formulate individual pet nutrition and wellness plans to promote optimal health and prevent disease from developing. We have used feng shui principles to enhance our center, which has three spacious exam rooms with a calm and quiet atmosphere. The water fountains, cushioned exam tables, chimes, plants and classical music help your pet to relax and promote maximal healing. Please feel free to stop by and make an appointment for a tour of our center by one of our friendly staff members. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us. Our compassionate, dedicated team of professionals is ready to assist you and your pet.


Is my booked ferry running?
I don't get this..........we are booked on Cherbourg-Poole, June 2nd @ 18.30. Went online to make a minor amendment, but there is no 18.30 sailing showing, but other Barfleur sailings which are timed in a manner that seems impossible for her to be sailing at 18.30 as per my booking. Before I make a fool of myself with customer support, can anyone suggest what's going on, or have I misunderstood somethig?
No surprise about Wrexit, but a big surprise I've not received a call from them already. The 18.30 sailings seem to have vanished from the timetables, replaced with 08.45, 15.30 (alternating, not daily) & 22.15. Needless to say, the 15.30 sailing which would suit us very nicely isn't available on the days we want. I've e-mailed customer support. Very tempted to cancel both trips.
Not being funny, but what's the big deal about going a little earlier or later?! Surely not worth cancelling an entire trip!
Well since you ask, the big deal is that we have a long trip to the South & back, timings crucial, to a meticulously planned itinerary involving events, stop offs, & meeting up with friends from US & Oz. Presumably BF have the same laissez faire attitude that we're just on holiday so they can just change our booking at short notice...........one of these trips was only amended & confirmed 2 weeks ago, and yet it has been altered without notifying me. If I hadn't gone into my booking to change something, I'd still be unaware that my sailings weren't running.
If you're happy to have to have you holiday plans changed, good for you. But we're not.
Quite right. Many of us have itineraries which are equally integrated. I'd be tempted to cancel too. You never know what they might do while you're away.
I think you are perfectly entitled to cancel in those circumstances but will you be able to find an alternative option that doesn't entail significant changes to your itinerary? If not, then perhaps leaving on the morning crossing would be the simplest solution (assuming you can get to Poole in time) and if not explain that to BF to see what they can offer you as an alternative or compensation to pay for a night in a hotel etc, Ed.
Higher frequency of sailings, peak season?
Do I sense the 'S' word peeking over the Horizon!?
God I hope not. Not this year. On the plus side I guess - most of these 'Brextra' sailings have hardly anything on it seems - so any action would not have a great deal of consequence.
I doubt BF want to change thousands of bookings and run a unexpectedly tight-turnaround schedule with almost empty ships... it's part of the Brexit contact and all the uncertainty that comes with that isn't it!
A departure change of three hours either way is such a gamer changer, there's more wiggle room than that planned into your itinerary surely?
I'd see leaving the UK 3 hours earlier as an advantage when heading south, you'll be arriving more or less still in daylight and you have more breathing space if there's onward travel disruption. @almosthere I thought you preferred an overnight to Caen wouldn't the later sailing from Poole offer something similar?
I'm guessing he was planning on staying with friends in Cherbourg (or thereabouts) on the first night and perhaps getting an early start the next day. It'll be interesting to see what BF offers as an alternative. Ed.
But this was a Fr - UK booking, was it not?
Also, has the UK - Fr booking changed too? I'm a bit confused. Nothing particularly unusual about that though.
I think the whole Barfy timetable has changed throughout the Summer pretty much yes. Just more sailings!
The "Brextra" crossing Ply-Ro we took on Thursday was very sparse indeed. 4 trucks and the rest all on the same deck, with a lot of empty space.
I know - it's a little sad to see, but then if the company is getting paid for it, I suppose no harm done!
I would set off the day before and have a more leisurely drive south. Keep calm. Meticulously planned itineraries can quickly unravel. Worse things can happen. Take care .
Have you looked at your council tax breakdown recently?
Yes, I worked for it for 33 years so I do take an interest..
Going back to the original post, there has been a similar observation and question on Twitter and the answer suggests that Almosthere will be contacted very shortly.
Makes sense, I suppose you can't change a whole seasons' sailings in one go.
We were on the 145pm from poole yesterday - an ideal sailing time for us, and there were about 100 cars on board. Not a bad load for a Sunday afternoon, I would think. Excellent service delightfully offered all round - bar, shop and self service as well as loading and unloading. Our return is booked for an 845am departure - again, an excellent timing for us. Thankyou Brexit.
I know my booking got changed, and I saw i online looking at amendments before having a "official notification" a good few days later. On the other hand they did give compensation to make up for the changes.
Apart from BF failing to contact me in good time about my booked ferries not running, they have been very helpful and got back to me within a couple of hours. As it turns out one of the crossings will be from Cherbourg at 15.30, which suits us very well, so it's not all bad.
BF said the changes were due to a 'government initiative', and I'd be interested if anyone knows what these changes are intended to achieve.


The second President, Dr. Nannie Helen Burroughs, first served as Corresponding Secretary to the Woman's Convention over 40 years. It has been said, "Where she led, people followed." She was the only child of parents who were born into slavery. She was a member of numerous civic organizations, a prolific orator and author of several books and publications.
Dr. Mary Olivia Brooks Ross was the third President of the Woman's Auxiliary, serving from 1961 through 1995. She was born to the parentage of Professor Brookins and Mrs. B (Beatrice Brookins), both educators. She married Dr. Solomon David Ross, who was the pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church of Detroit for 39 years. Dr. Ross taught school after earning her B.A. from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and doing graduate studies at Michigan and Wayne State Universities. She was a world traveler, participant in many Christian education and Baptist organizations and author or co-author of a list of literature. Dr. Ross was a public servant, pioneer in social issue advocacy and strong supporter of youth and young adults. She received many awards, citations and Honorary Degrees for untiring efforts in the fields of Christian Education and Public Service.
Dr. Cynthia Perry Ray, the fourth President who served the Convention from 1995 until 2000, was former First Vice-President to Dr. Ross. She was born to Walter and Beatrice Perry of Penllyn, Pennsylvania. She was an integral part of her Christian and civic community. She held several leadership positions in the Woman's Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. and also was elected Vice President of the Baptist World Alliance in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1995, serving in that post until the year 2000. Dr. Ray, known as a "Presider," characterized by a butterfly conversion and commitment to a new life with Christ continued many programs with the Literature Department, Women in White, and Camp Program. She instituted the Baptist Day of Prayer, Living Legacy and Love Kitchen. She too has passed on from labor to reward, and, like her predecessors, lives on in our hearts, minds and spirits.
Dr. Rosa Burrell Cooper served as president from 2001 to 2004. She began her service with the statement, "Together we can do it through Mission, Evangelism and Education." She stated: "I believe that as President of the Woman's Auxiliary, it is my mission to provide intelligent, articulate and responsive leadership in promoting spiritual growth of Christian women across the United States of America. To that end, I am committed to fostering and promoting group spiritual growth and personal development through programs which interpret, teach and apply the living and life-giving Word of our God."
Dr. Hugh Dell Gatewood began her official service in January 2005. Dr. Gatewood served in a distinguished fashion for 12 years.
Sister Cynthia Perkins Smith was appointed as the President of the Woman's Auxiliary in January 2017.


Hi Liz! As promised here is our photo from today at the YWCA Inspire Luncheon. I'm so blessed to have met you for the second time and also get to hear you speak again. You always seem to be around in the times I need it the most through your books and other work. Today was no exception. Thank you again for being so warm, smart, and hilarious!


text:
Grom of The Week: Bethany Zelasko
in DP SURF, Grom of the Week
Jake Howard, Dana Point Times
At the beginning of the year, Dana Point's Bethany Zelasko won her first pro contest, the Shoe City Pro in Santa Cruz. She earned $600 for the effort.
What a difference a few months makes. Thanks to her Canadian citizenship, 18-year-old Zelasko is currently competing at the Pan Am Games in Lima, Peru. For the first time, surfing has been included in the Games, which would be historic enough; but there's more.
Because of the way that the qualification process is structured for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Zelasko could potentially be one of the first surfers to punch a ticket to the Olympics. With countries from all over North and South America represented at the Pan Am Games, the winner of the men's and women's shortboard divisions will be awarded a spot in the 2020 Summer Games.
"It's amazing to surf really good waves and get a chance to qualify for the Olympics," Zelasko told the Canadian press from the contest site in Lima. "I really want a spot, and I'm looking to do it here."
Zelasko won her opening-round heat, and as this story goes to press, she is preparing for her Round 2 heat against Argentina's Ornella Pellizzari.
"I'm representing something greater than myself," she said. "Representing Canada is an opportunity not only to show what I have, but the gift that they've given to me."
Dana Point to Enact STR Program Inside, Outside Coastal Zone
City to Begin Tree Replacement Efforts at Del Obispo, Sunset Parks
Beneath the Barge: An Inside Look at Edison's Operations to Expand Artificial Reef


Time contracts when I'm riding indoors: I'll look down at my computer, thinking, surely it's been at least 30 minutes, and my heart will sink when I see that I've only done 15. Getting to even a couple hours is a feat of mental toughness.
What in heaven's name would motivate a person to do this? Well, it was for a good cause: Matheny joined the 24-Hour Trainer Challenge fundraiser put on this past weekend by Kids On Bikes, a non-profit that promotes cycling to children in lower income neighborhoods. But most participants in the fundraiser, which took place at the Olympic Training Center velodrome in Colorado Springs, did the 24 hours with a team. A few brave souls attempted it solo on trainers. Matheny was the only one who did it on rollers.
A professional mountain bike racer, Matheny used to do 6-hour days on the rollers during the base season, and once did 12 hours straight in college, but this was his first 24-hour attempt. He started the challenge at 8 p.m. this past Friday and finished at 8 p.m. Saturday. He covered 385 miles (calculated by Zwift using his power and the virtual terrain) and burned over 10,000 calories. He did step away for two hours, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., to attend a birthing class with his wife, who is due in February. "I didn't want to be a deadbeat husband," he explains. (Bicycling approves.) While he was gone, Daniel Byrd, executive director of Kids on Bikes, kept the rollers spinning. But otherwise, Matheny did the whole pull.
Here's everything you wanted to know about what it's like to ride rollers for forever.
What hurts most—besides your, ah... undercarriage?
"Towards the end, the wrist and hands were more sore than I thought they'd be, just trying to take the weight off the hind end," he says. To manage some of this, he transitioned between bike positions: seated, standing, and no hands.
How did he break it up?
Didn't he ever get sleepy and ride off the rollers?
A lot of people asked him that—but surprisingly, Matheny says that even in the dead of the night, he "never really wanted to fall asleep and ride off." Nor did he ever ride off because he lost focus. At one point, he had ridden so long that one of the rear legs on his rollers vibrated straight off. When the drum hit the ground, it sent him off the front. But otherwise, Matheny held strong.
How did he deal with the boredom?
He listened to a couple podcasts, but the rest of the time, he left his earbuds out so that people would come by and chat. He also had Zwift going on his computer screen, and the organizers showed a few movies. Otherwise he just...kept pedaling. The one crack in the armor: After going hard for the final 2-3 hours in an attempt to hit 400 miles, and realizing he wouldn't make it, Matheny shut it down and just pedaled the final 40 minutes in his sneakers, on top of his clipless pedals.
I switched to rollers with smaller drums partway through, but I started on my Kreitlers with 3.5-inch drums—it's the set I've owned for 17 years.
Wore these for 15 hours, and would've the whole time if I hadn't de-robed for the birthing class. This is the production version of the custom shorts I used.
Priceless for keeping my laptop screen at eye level, which helped me focus and not be excessively hunched over. Also kept food, coffee, and phone accessible.
A good-tasting bar free of artificial sweeteners, flavors, and allergens like dairy and wheat. Use the code MATHENY20 for 20 percent off.
For the first part of the evening, Matheny fueled with Enduro Bites bars, Honey Stinger waffles, and peanut M&Ms, aiming for 200 to 300 calories an hour. By early morning he was craving real food hard: "When you watch [my] videos you'll see that I was talking about food a lot," he says. Mid-day Saturday, he put out an SOS on Facebook Live. Friends and family brought pizza and donuts. He also made protein shakes, using Enduro Bites' Beta Red Citrus pre-ride mix and Tailwind's coffee vegan protein recovery mix to replenish the amino acids broken down by such a long ride.
Did he wear the same shorts the whole time?
"I knew that was going to come up," he laughs. "I may be weird but I would have worn the same shorts the whole time if I could have." For the first 15 hours, Matheny wore his coaching company's custom kit, made by Primal Wear in Denver. After going to the birthing class, he switched to a new pair of cycling shorts, "just to be proactive," he says.
The 24 Hour Trainer Challenge has raised over $20,000 so far for programs including the Pedal Station community bike works program in Colorado Springs, and an earn-a-bike program for third to fifth-graders. Want to give Matheny virtual props for his insane ride, or just support Kids On Bikes? Donate here. Please note as an honorary donation for D. Matheny.


This feature only works for the extranet scenario where the authentication requests come through the Web Application Proxy and only applies to username and password authentication.
It protects your user accounts from malicious account lockout where an attacker wants to lock out a user account by sending authentication requests with wrong passwords. In this case, although the user account will be locked out by AD FS for extranet access, the actual user account in AD is not locked out and the user can still access corporate resources within the organization. This is known as a soft lockout.
EnableExtranetLockout <Boolean> set this Boolean value to be True if you want to enable Extranet Lockout.
ExtranetLockoutThreshold <Integer> this defines the maximum number of bad password attempts. Once the threshold is reached, AD FS will immediately rejects the requests from extranet without attempting to contact the domain controller for authentication, no matter whether password is good or bad, until the extranet observation window is passed. This means the value of badPwdCount attribute of an AD account will not increase while the account is soft-locked out.
ExtranetObservationWindow <TimeSpan> this determines for how long the user account will be soft-locked out. AD FS will start to perform username and password authentication again when the window is passed. AD FS uses the AD attribute badPasswordTime as the reference for determining whether the extranet observation window has passed or not. The window has passed if current time > badPasswordTime + ExtranetObservationWindow.
AD FS extranet lockout functions independently from the AD lockout policies. However, we strongly recommend that you set the ExtranetLockoutThreshold parameter value to a value that is less than the AD account lockout threshold. Failing to do so would result in AD FS being unable to protect accounts from being locked out in Active Directory.
These settings will apply to all domains that the AD FS service can authenticate. The way that it works is that when AD FS receives an authentication request, it will access the Primary Domain Controller (PDC) through an LDAP call and perform a lookup for the badPwdCount attribute for the user on the PDC. If AD FS finds the value of badPwdCount >= ExtranetLockoutThreshold setting and the time defined in the Extranet Observation Window has not passed yet, AD FS will reject the request immediately, which means no matter whether the user enters a good or bad password from extranet, the logon will fail because AD FS does not send the credentials to AD. AD FS does not maintain any state with regard to badPwdCount or locked out user accounts. AD FS uses AD for all state tracking.
When AD FS Extranet lockout on Server 2012 R2 is enabled all authentication requests through the WAP are validated by AD FS on the PDC. When the PDC is unavailable, users will be unable to authenticate from the extranet.
ExtranetLockoutRequirePDC <Boolean> - When enabled: extranet lockout requires a primary domain controller (PDC). When disabled: extranet lockout will fallback to another domain controller in case the PDC is unavailable.
Reset Account Lockout Counter After: this setting determines how much time must elapse from user's last logon failure before badPwdCount is reset to 0. In order for Extranet Lockout feature in AD FS to work well with AD lockout policy, you want to make sure the value of ExtranetObservationWindow in AD FS > the Reset Account Lockout Counter After value in AD. The examples below will explain why.
Let's take a look at two examples and see how badPwdCount changes over time based on different settings and states. Let's assume in both examples Account Lockout Threshold = 4 and ExtranetLockoutThreshold = 2. The red arrow represents bad password attempt, the green arrow represents a good password attempt. In example #1, ExtranetObservationWindow > Reset Account Lockout Counter After. In example #2, ExtranetObservationWindow < Reset Account Lockout Counter After.
As you can see from the above, there are two conditions when badPwdCount will be reset to 0. One is when there is a successful logon. The other is when it is time to reset this counter as defined in Reset Account Lockout Counter After setting. When Reset Account Lockout Counter After < ExtranetObservationWindow, an account does not have any risk of being locked out by AD. However, if Reset Account Lockout Counter After > ExtranetObservationWindow, there is a chance that an account may be locked out by AD but in a "delayed fashion". It may take a while to get an account locked out by AD depending on your configuration as AD FS will only allow one bad password attempt during its observation window until badPwdCount reaches Account Lockout Threshold.
For more information, see Configuring Account Lockout.
There is a known issue where the AD user account cannot authenticate with AD FS because the badPwdCount attribute is not replicated to the domain controller that ADFS is querying. See 2971171 for more details. You can find all AD FS QFEs that have been released so far here.
AD FS older than 2016 will fail if it cannot access the PDC. AD FS 2016 introduced improvements that will allow AD FS to fall back to other domain controllers in case of the PDC is not available.


text:
Capitala Team
Bank & SBIC Advisory Board
Capitala Finance Corp. Completes Investment in Brunswick Bowling Products, Inc.
Capitala Finance Corp.("Capitala") (Nasdaq:CPTA) announced today that it recently invested, in a combination of equity and senior secured debt, in Brunswick Bowling Products, Inc.("Brunswick"), a leading full-line supplier of bowling center equipment, supplies, and consumer bowling products. Capitala partnered with BlueArc Capital, Gladstone Investment Corporation, and members of executive management in the buyout of Brunswick Bowling Products Inc. from Brunswick Corporation.
Headquartered in Muskegon, Michigan, Brunswick has been a leader in the recreation industry for more than 165 years. Brunswick was founded in 1845 to make billiards tables and diversified into bowling products in 1890. Brunswick provides industry expertise, products, installation and maintenance for the development and renovation of new and existing centers as well as mixed-use facilities across the entertainment industry.
About Capitala Finance Corp.
Capitala Finance Corp. is a business development company that invests primarily in traditional mezzanine, senior subordinated and unitranche debt, as well as senior and second-lien loans and, to lesser extent, equity securities issued by lower and traditional middle-market companies. Capitala Finance Corp. is managed by Capitala Investment Advisors, LLC. For more information, please visit www.CapitalaGroup.com
About BlueArc Capital Management
Founded in 2005 by Ron Zazworsky, Jr., BlueArc Capital Management is a private investment firm that offers alternative asset management strategies for family office investors and select institutional partners. Through its private equity business, the firm makes control investments in middle-market companies across a wide range of industries.
About Gladstone Investment Corporation
Gladstone Investment Corporation is a publicly traded business development company that seeks to make debt and equity investments in small and mid-sized businesses in the United States in connection with acquisitions, changes in control and recapitalizations. Additional information can be found at www.gladstonecompanies.com.
« Back to News
© 2021 Capitala Group. All Rights Reserved.


I'll be back at Tattoo Culture August 22 - 26! I will soon be in contact with everyone up there who I'm working on. If you'd like to make an appointment, check back soon for more information.
I will be participating in this year's Wet Paint Project, a live painting extravaganza at the Hell City Tattoo Convention in Columbus Ohio. If you aren't going to be in the area, it will be streaming live through their website.
I will be tattooing at the Paradise Tattoo Gathering next month, and still have a slot available on Sunday!