Gestir þurfa að hafa samband við þetta hótel fyrirfram til að panta bílastæði á staðnum. Hafið samband við skrifstofuna með því að nota upplýsingarnar í bókunarstaðfestingunni.
Good points: Staff were friendly and willing to assist us in any way they could. For instance, the heater wasn't working in one of our rooms (we had booked a 2-bed apartment), so the staff supplied a portable heater. The hotel is near the shopping complex and not too far from the Bradford Interchange. Bad Points: The apartment is not well maintained. There are scuff marks on the walls and there is a hole in the wall of one of the rooms. This is a shame because it can be seen that originally the apartment had a superb finish. Also, cleanliness was an issue. We had to ask for the beddings in both rooms to be changed as they weren't clean. Additionally, I think the hotel should standardise their check out time to 12 PM like most hotels as we felt a bit rushed for 11:00 AM. If the hotel can address these concerns then guests will have a very good experience rather than the mediocre experience we had.
Great welcome, fab apartment with separate bedroom, bathroom and living area/kitchen. 10 minute walk to the city centre and close to Forster Sq station. The breakfast options were an unexpected bonus as apartments such as these don't normally provide these in my experience so that was great. Could do with an oven glove or tea towel when using the oven but that's such a minor thing that could be improved. Would definitely stay here again as is a much better option than a hotel.
Lovely little find and a much needed change from hotels. Situated right behind the Travelodge its slap bang city centre.
Toilet seat broken. Plug stuck in sink so had to brush teeth in kitchen sink. Vertical blinds missing from bedroom so all the light came in. Fridge smelly. Very disappointed. Badly maintained.
We had a wonderful stay at the orchard and avenue in Bradford. The manager was not about but was able to contact him and get all the details. Very nice friendly staff and perfect hospitality.


text:
New Era Publication (NEPC) ist eine Verlagsgruppe mit Sitz in Windhoek, der Hauptstadt Namibias. Es handelt sich um ein staatliches Unternehmen, das dem Ministerium für Information und Kommunikationstechnologie untersteht. Die Rechtsgrundlage des Unternehmens bildet das New Era Publication Corporation Act aus dem Jahr 1992.

New Era Publication verlegt derzeit (Stand August 2022) eine Tageszeitung. Die englischsprachige New Era erscheint mit einer Auflage von etwa 9000 Exemplaren. Die Wochenzeitung Kundana in Oshivambo wurde Anfang der 2020er Jahre eingestellt. Die New Era gilt trotz ihrer Verbindung zum namibischen Staat als unabhängig.

Weblinks
 New Era (englisch)

Staatliche Einrichtung (Namibia)
Öffentliches Unternehmen (Namibia)
Medienunternehmen (Namibia)
Unternehmen (Windhoek)
Gegründet 1992

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles (or 9l equivalent) of wine or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits or Fortified to get the 'case price' for each bottle.
This wine isn't currently part of a mixed case, but you can always browse our full selection of mixed cases here.
For full delivery details including Christmas Delivery Cut-offs see our Delivery page.
We offer free nationwide* delivery for all orders over £100 with our own vans. For orders under £100 or guaranteed express deliveries (for an additional charge) please call 020 7244 0522 or email admin@leaandsandeman.co.uk.
Order & Collect from any of our 4 London shops. Order by Midnight for collection the next working day from 11am.
Private wine storage: we offer a full In Bond and Duty Paid private wine storage service - find out more here.


text:
Home Sports Women's Basketball: Dangerfield questionable for game against Seton Hall
Women's Basketball: Dangerfield questionable for game against Seton Hall
The Huskies beat the California Golden Bears 72-61 in Gampel Pavilion Sunday afternoon. UConn maintained the lead for most of the game and never allowed California to be up by more than one point. The Huskies maintained their composure and cruised to the first win of their regular season. Photo by Kevin Lindstrom / The Daily Campus
Crystal Dangerfield sat out last Tuesday's game against Dayton with back spasms, and it's currently unclear whether she will be available for Thursday's game against Seton Hall.
"I think the rest is doing her good, but it's a 'wait and see' right now," head coach Geno Auriemma said.
The senior point guard is third on the team in points and assists per game, and leads in steals per game this young season. Dangerfield hasn't played or practiced since the Ohio State game on Nov. 24.
The next best playmaker on the team is Anna Makurat, who left the Dayton game with an injury of her own. According to Auriemma on Tuesday, Makurat has been a limited practice participant since sustaining the injury but has been getting better every day.
"Every day she's practicing more and more, so I'm hopeful that these next two days we'll get a full practice out of her," Auriemma said.
Makurat was a little more certain about her status for Thursday's game, saying that she expects to play. Though scoring has been tough for the freshman, her high basketball IQ is prevalent every time she steps on the court. She leads the Huskies in assists and will potentially step into an even more ball-dominant role if Dangerfield misses more time.
UConn (6-0) blew Dayton out 75-37 despite missing Dangerfield and Makurat behind strong efforts from Megan Walker, Christyn Williams and Olivia Nelson-Ododa.
Walker led the way with 23 points and 12 rebounds, bringing her per game averages up to 20.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. Williams and Nelson-Ododa each scored 14; the former grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists, and the latter grabbed eight rebounds and blocked seven shots.
Seton Hall (5-3), rivals back from the good old Big East days, is coming back from the Junkanoo Jam in the Bahamas in which they went 1-1. The Pirates get well-rounded effort down their roster, with nine players playing 11 or more minutes per game.
Wings Desiree Elmore and Alexis Lewis contribute the bulk of the scoring, combining for 32.3 of the team's 68 points per game this season.
Their primary playmaker is their freshman point guard Lauren Park-Lane, whose 33 assists this season account for over a third of the team's total assists through eight games.
Seton Hall has been playing good basketball this season, and if the Huskies are without Dangerfield on Thursday, it could prove to be a challenge. That test gets a lot harder if Makurat is scratched from the lineup, too. Either way, Walker, William, Nelson-Ododa and Co. will have to bring their A-game.
UConn and Seton Hall will play Thursday in South Orange, New Jersey at 6:30 p.m.
Thumbnail photo by Charlotte Lao / The Daily Campus
Sean Janos is a staff writer for The Daily Campus. He can be reached via email at sean.janos@uconn.edu. He tweets @seanjanos.
Crystal Dangerfield
uconn womens basketball
Previous articleIt's our planet — we should take care of it
Next articleBreaking News: Proposal puts UConn tuition to rise around $600 each year for the next five years
No. 9 women's basketball crushes Xavier at XL

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This morning I went out to practice a little portrait work. Everybody needs practice you know! Jantina and Elliot came along to give me a hand. Jantina played model, and Elliot played VAL.
VAL means Voice Activated Lightstand. Elliot did good, real good!
Natural light. No speedlite needed here. Just thought I'd try the black and white.
Natural light. No speedlite needed here. Popped the fill light up in Lightroom and warmed it a touch more.
It's fun what you can do with one light!
We got coffee before we started!
8:30 a.m. here at the Firehouse Plaza. Single 580EX II camera right at a slight angle.
So there you go! I think these portraits came across nicely and without much to do. I shot with both the Canon 40D and the 5D Mark II. What's presented in this post is all from the 5D Mark II. All shot with the 24-70mm f/2.8 L series lens. Most images were created with the 580EX II Canon Speedlite with a Lastolite EZY Box. 2 images were shot with natural light. All images were shot on full manual as well.
In total, we shot under 2 hours and popped through 5 different locations. All within a 5 block radius!
Great work, Rich!! Jantina looks gorgeous!!
Rich, you did good too.
Rich, I'm going to guess and say the untouched photo is the very first. But, wow, is this ever great work!


The only hotel in Klima village on Milos, apart from a couple of houses for rent. Stayed June 2012 and would like to recommend.
The location is wonderful. The people are very polite and helpful. But rooms are too small and there is absolutely no soundproofing. I must have heard most discussions from the adjacent rooms when I was in the room.
Hello from Panorama Hotel, thank you a lot for your comments!!!It's great to know that you had a beautiful accommodation at our hotel.Hope to see you again.Regards!
Excellent choice for accommodation in Milos!
È possibile saldare il conto con carta di credito ?
"any room of the two-storey building has nice sea view but prefer the upper floor."


1) Relaxation – there's something about watching the crystalline water flow from a waterfall that just outs a person's mind at ease. People can spend hours staring at the flowing water and not even feel the time go by.
The sight of a backyard pond and waterfall would have been enough to relax any person, but the sound is just unbelievable. Although large waterfalls emit a roar of sound, backyard ponds and waterfalls actually sing. This fluid lullaby achieves the effect of coaxing the tired spirit to rest. Relaxation is a luxury oft ignored by man in his quest to succeed in life. However, you should know that the man who oft relaxes can work harder than he who does not rest at all.
2) Recreation – some people may consider relaxation as being similar to recreation. However, you should know that there is a world of difference between them.
When people get a backyard pond and waterfall for recreation, it means that people have them for fun. Fun, in this case, may not necessarily involve a physical action.
In fact, a person can have fun just watching the ripples caused by the backyard waterfall on the pond. Some people know that you can have lots of fun with a backyard pond and waterfall.
This is especially true if there are children in your family. The untainted imagination of children just makes it possible for them to see the fun side of everything. They would take one look at a backyard pond and waterfall and they would be filled with glee.
3) Horticulture – some people build backyard ponds and waterfalls in order to make the task of watering plants easier. This is often done by people who own a lot of plants or a big garden. Although modern devices and methods are available to provide moisture to these plants, some people think that such technology would ruin the natural look of a garden.
As such, people often try to blend form with function and make their watering systems look like a backyard pond and waterfall. This system, however, needs to both look good and work good in order to be good. Not many people can pull it off. Because of this, you might want to ask for help from experts in building this backyard pond and waterfall.
4) Animals- some people build backyard ponds and waterfalls in order to keep animals in. A backyard waterfall is a great replacement to an air pump if you intend to keep fish in a pond. This is because the motion caused by a backyard waterfall introduces oxygen into the water. It is also a great way to filter water so you don't have to change it often. People put ornamental fish like Japanese Koi or even amphibians to live in the backyard pond and waterfall setting. This way, the backyard pond and waterfall is brought to life. This type of backyard ponds and waterfalls, however , do need to be built carefully in order to support an ecosystem.
• Credit Crunch or Designers�� PunchLine?
• Fall Gardening - a Quieter Time in the Garden?


text:
CCR Chronicle
CCR's monthly e-newsletter
Canadian Council for Refugees E-Chronicle Vol. 5 #3, 23 June 2010
Bill C-11 on reforming the refugee system
Update: Children in detention
CCR Spring Consultation – Solidarity and protection: Session outcomes
Announcing: CCR Summer Working Group meetings, 27-28 August 2010, Montreal
New from the CCR
Resolutions adopted at the CCR Spring Consultation
The Canadian Council for Refugees welcomed the introduction of significant amendments to Bill C-11 to better protect refugees, including:
Guaranteeing access to the appeal to all refused claimants.
Guaranteeing the right to counsel at the interview.
Preserving full access for all, including refugee claimants, to a humanitarian and compassionate application, including a full examination of the hardship of removal from Canada as well as the best interests of any affected child.
These important changes came about thanks to the commitment of Members of Parliament from all parties, and the impassioned advocacy of thousands of organizations and individuals across Canada.
However, there are still serious concerns with the bill.
The introduction of a list of "designated countries of origin" is wrong on principle: refugee determination requires the assessment of an individual case, not judgments on countries. It is also a serious mistake to politicize the process by listing countries. The interview, requiring claimants to be prepared to immediately tell their story to an official, risks hurting the most vulnerable refugees, including women who have been sexually assaulted and persons persecuted on the basis of their sexual orientation.
The bill also fails to provide a mechanism to deal with changes of circumstances after a claimant has been refused, which may lead to refugees being sent back to face persecution.
Bill C-11 in its amended form passed third reading at the House of Commons June 15, and is now being considered by the Senate. It is expect that the bill, without further amendment, will be passed and received Royal Assent in the next few days.
Our work will continue beyond the adoption of Bill C-11. It will be crucial that it be implemented with careful attention to ensuring the full protection of all refugees, in order to minimize the negative consequences of remaining weaknesses in the law. The CCR is encouraging the government to consult fully on the rules and regulations, which will determine many of the details of the refugee system.
All of the submissions received by the House Standing Committee can be read at: http://bit.ly/aRVDe4
The revised version of the bill following amendments can be found at: http://bit.ly/bEEf2t
For public statements from the CCR on the proposed legislation and the amendments adopted, see -
'A welcome opportunity to ensure refugee bill is fair and efficient', press release, 3 June 2010, http://www.ccrweb.ca/en/bulletin/10/06/03
'Statement on amended bill C-11', 10 June 2010, http://ccrweb.ca/en/statement-amended-bill-c-11
For media articles on the Minister's announcements and possible reforms to Canada's refugee determination system, see: http://ccrweb.ca/en/mediarefugeereform
For additional information from the CCR regarding Bill C-11, see: http://ccrweb.ca/en/refugee-reform
In response to the CCR's report, "Detention and Best interests of the child" (available at http://ccrweb.ca/documents/detentionchildren.pdf), Canada Border Services Agency wrote to the CCR in May to say that they will undertake a review of current detention guidelines and their application. The goal of the review is to determine how they may be improved or clarified to support "the best interests of the child" and "detention as a last resort" for children.
The CCR is looking forward to being consulted as part of this review, which will, we hope, lead to fewer children being held in immigration detention in Canada.
From 3-5 June 2010, refugee and immigrant rights advocates from across Canada were in Ottawa for the Canadian Council for Refugees 2010 (CCR) Spring Consultation on the theme Solidarity and Protection: Our obligations at home and abroad. Thank you to everyone who helped in making the Consultation a success! If you attended, we hope that your experience at the Consultation was a rewarding one and we look forward to working with you in the future.
To see the online collection of photos that were taken at the Consultation, see:
http://bit.ly/csoA4P
We will be preparing a brief summary report of workshops. When completed, it will be posted on the CCR recent information page, http://ccrweb.ca/eng/issues/recentinfo.htm
Do you want to be part of efforts to promote rights for refugees? Want to participate in in-depth discussions on pressing issues affecting refugees and immigrants in Canada? Looking to share information and strategies with others from across Canada? Come to the CCR Summer Working Group meetings in Montreal!
Moving forward on issues, Getting involved: The Working Group meetings are a chance to:
advance many of the projects and positions adopted during CCR Consultations.
look at issues in greater depth and plan local and national actions, all in a setting that encourages greater individual participation.
become more involved in CCR activities at the national level, lending your experience and perspectives to the CCR's work.
Networking, Learning: The Working Group meetings provide an excellent opportunity to:
get to know others working on issues affecting refugees and immigrants.
see links between many issues nationally and locally, and how they are relevant to our work with refugees and immigrants.
When: 27-28 August 2010, 9:30am - 5 pm
Friday 27 August, 9:30am - 5pm: Overseas Protection & Sponsorship
Saturday 28 August, 9:30am - 5pm: Inland Protection and Immigration & Settlement
Where: location to be announced, Montreal
Who: All interested NGO representatives and individuals. The CCR encourages broad participation. The meetings are closed to government and media.
For more information and for a pamphlet about the Working Group meetings, see: http://www.ccrweb.ca/meetings (available in the coming days)
Two new resolutions were adopted by CCR members during the General Meeting that took place in Ottawa on June 5th. The Overseas Protection and Sponsorship Working Group brought forward the resolution Equitable Access in Africa and the Inland Protection Working Group sponsored the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy resolution.
For the full text of these resolutions, see: http://www.ccrweb.ca/documents/resjune10.htm
Looking for other ways to stay in touch with the CCR and refugee and immigration issues? Subscribe to receive updates from the CCR on Twitter and Facebook:
To join the CCR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ccrweb
To follow the CCR on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ccrweb
To view CCR videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ccrwebvideos


Search for a 56-year-old woman missing from her home in Elorrio, Bizkaia.
Organisation and participation of six teams in the BAG Mission-readiness Test which took place in Elorrio on April 13th and 14th.
Organisation and participation of eight teams in the BAG Mission-readiness Test which took place in Elorrio on May 13th and 14th.
Organización de la VII Prueba de Homologación de la Asociación Nacional de Grupos del Perro de Salvamento, celebrada en Elorrio (Bizkaia) durante los días 9, 10 y 11 de Abril. Participación de seis equipos del G.P.S.Euskadi.
Organisation of the V ANGPS (National Association of Rescue Dog Groups) Mission-readiness Test which took place in Elorrio (Bizkaia) on March 28th, 29th and 30th. Eight teams from the G.P.S.E. participated in the test.
Organisation of the III ANGPS (National Association of Rescue Dog Groups) Mission-readiness test which took place in Elorrio (Bizkaia) on April 28th, 29th and 30th.
Organisation of the III BAG-RHV and I ANGPS (National Association of Rescue Dog Groups) Mission-readiness Test which took place in Elorrio (Bizkaia) on May 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Eight teams from the G.P.S.E. participated in the test.
The VI Qualifying Test for Rescue teams was organised by the G.P.S.E. in Elorrio on December 7th, 8th and 9th.


text:
The Nobel Joke Prize Honors Bob Dylan
by Jonathan Peter Wilkinson on October 13, 2016
I actually like a few Bob Dylan songs. This one always made me hum along.
IMHO, Dylan was a talented man. IMHO, he did not produce literature. Therefore, the Nobel Committee has further debauched itself by awarding Mr. DYlan, an American Folk Musician, a Nobel Prize for Literature.
Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for work that the Swedish Academy described as "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first American to win the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and a groundbreaking choice by the Nobel committee to select the first literature laureate whose career has primarily been as a musician.
Like the New York Mets hiring former NFL QB Tim Tebow to play baseball, The Nobel Committee has gone against the purpose of their activity. They had before them 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami as an option. It has actual words. Veritable pages with paragraphs and everything. They clearly weren't going in for plot, story arc or characterization. Soumission by Houellebecq was never under serious consideration.
We know these Nobel committees are staffed by a pack of prats. The Nobel Foundation is basically a converged institution that virtue signals so that it is allowed continued existence. We all remember what a knee-slapper they pulled by awarding Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. They have yet to offer Hillary Rodham Clinton a Nobel Sweetness Prize. They haven't quite worked up the nerve.
Their credibility, my friend, is blowing in the wind. It's not the only thing here that blows. Like any other converged institution infested by the SJW sarcoma, it is now a joke with no ongoing existential purpose. It is the converged Nobel Joke Prize.
Tags: bob dylan, convergence, haruki murakami, michel houellebecq, nobel prize
World War III | Antipathocracy: Government By Those Who Hate You


text:
Seth Rollins On Intergender Wrestling, Trash On Twitter & More
WWE Superstar Seth Rollins recently spoke with the Daily Star where the former WWE Universal Champion gave his thoughts on inter-gender wrestling. Rollins believes that there is a time and a place for it, but that there needs to be some aspects of realism in putting it up. He would later compare it to the professional sports world, where men and women have their own division.
"There are places for it. But this full on independent style women vs. men match where the women are choke-slamming the men? Our business is based in realism a little bit, so let's do that as best we can. I think let's live in a reality a little bit here, I am not saying women aren't as good as men because that is not the case
But there is a reason when you go to the Olympics there are men's and women's [sports], there is a reason you have men's and women's soccer, men's and women's basketball. It is not they aren't as talented, or they are not as good as athletes, but you just need to break it up. There are women out there who are incredible.
The Architect would then shift into discussing the negativity of Twitter, claiming that it has become a frustrating "cespool" of people who band together to talk trash.
"It's funny because it's not just wrestling, it's not just WWE, that's kind of how it is in the world. Twitter seems to be this cesspool of negativity where its so easy to focus on what you don't like rather than what you do like. People seem to band around negativity, I don't know if it's one of those misery loves company type things. Before it used to be you would hang out with three or four of your friends and talk about how you don't like things, now you hang out with three or four hundred of your friends and talk about how you don't like things. I don't know, maybe you get more responses on negative tweets or whatever. It is frustrating.
"I am coming from an era when we didn't have social media, when I was a teenager it was before social media was a thing. It about is trying to adapt to that culture but not really understanding why we use it so much for negativity. Even things like petitioning for a Game of Thrones re-shoot on the final season, or complaining about The Little Mermaid being black. I just can't wrap my head around it—maybe I am too old. I don't think it's a productive part of society when it's so negative the whole time."
Check out the complete Seth Rollins interview at DailyStar.co.uk.
More WWE & AEW Headlines (For Week Of 7/29 – 8/4)
Alexa Bliss Gets Two More New Tattoos Over The Weekend (Photos)
Randy Orton & Wife's Romantic Weekend (Pics & Vid Of Them Making Out!)
Update On WWE Doing Mandy Rose/Sonya Deville Lesbian Angle
WWE Planning To Launch Brand New 'NXT Canada' Brand?
Vince McMahon Makes First Public Comments Criticizing AEW?
Funny Video Of Sonya Deville Messing Up Her Lines On SD! Live (Updated)
Update On WWE Building To "Demon King" vs. "The Fiend" Super Match
Detailed Update On Jimmy Uso's Latest Arrest: Being Difficult With Cops
Backstage News On WWE Planning All-Women Special SD! Live Episode
WWE No Longer Expects To Break WWE Network Record In 2019
Hulk Hogan Predicts WWE's Next 2 "Breakout Mega-Stars" From NXT
Update On AEW On TNT Show Name: Options Being Considered
Married WWE Couple Surprise WWE Fans At Wedding (Video)
WWE Network To Relaunch With NEW Design & Features (Video & Photos)
Hulk Hogan "Like You've Never Seen Him Before" (Photos)
5 Pages Worth Of Backstage News From WWE RAW Reunion
WWE's Newest 7-Foot-Plus Tall Giant Makes NXT Debut (Photos)
eWrestling.com Social Media Interaction
@MattBoone1984
@eWrestlingCOM
Facebook.com/eWrestlingCOM
Disqus.com/home/forums/http-ewrestling-com


Knowing your iPhone's IMEI number becomes very handy under various circumstances. But many of the novice iPhone users aren't aware of their devices' IMEI numbers. If you fall into that category and wonder how to perform an iPhone IMEI check, this article is just for you. With this article, we explain the use of IMEI number and how to get hold of it.
Also, you can get to know how to Activate iCloud IMEI Unlock as well as how to spy phone via the best IMEI Number Trackers.
What is the IMEI number?
Basically, IMEI is an abbreviation that represents International Mobile Equipment Identity. IMEI is more of an identity. Every smartphone manufactured in the world has a unique IMEI number. That means, two smartphones cannot have the same IMEI number at all. This number is assigned to the respective device during the manufacturing process. IMEI is linked to all the information related to the device.
If you know the IMEI number of a particular device, that means you know everything about it. If you intend to buy a secondhand phone, we strongly advise you to get hold of its IMEI number. Through this IMEI number, you can check if the respective device is blacklisted or locked. Also, you can check if the device is a genuine one or a replica just by checking the IMEI. In addition to that, the IMEI number says in which country the product is manufactured.
Also, get to know what to do if you have a blacklisted iPhone and how to Find Blocked Numbers On Your iPhone here.
How to get the IMEI number of your iPhone?
If you need to get to know the IMEI number of your iPhone, you can do it very easily. To do this, you have two options to consider. You can dial *#06# on your iPhone so a number with 15 digits will appear. If not, you can open the Settings app and then go to General > About to see the device's IMEI. You can either write this down or have it stored somewhere safe if required. Otherwise, you can just follow the above methods whenever you need the IMEI number.
Okay… but how to perform an iPhone IMEI check?
Well, now you know the importance of having your IMEI number in hand and how to get it. So, let's learn how to use this IMEI number and acquire more information through it. In this case, you can seek the assistance of some tools that are available online. In this section, we will explain those tools you can use to perform an iPhone IMEI check successfully.
One of the most effective online tools you can use to perform an iPhone IMEI check is OfficialPhoneUnlock.co.uk. This website offers you plenty of features in addition to checking your device's IMEI number. All you need is to enter the IMEI number in order to get the information related to the phone. It also lets you know about the status of the device. After entering the IMEI number, you should provide a valid email address as well. The notification about the unlocking will be sent through this email you provide. Apart from iPhone IMEI check, this website can help you in unlocking your iCloud account, checking the network, etc.
Doctorunlock.net is another powerful, handy and user-friendly online tool that can perform iPhone IMEI check effortlessly. As of now, this tool is rated highly by past users, and that explains the efficiency of this tool. Their website comes with a very simple interface that lets you check the IMEI conveniently. Apart from acquiring the information linked with IMEI, this tool can perform advances tasks as well. For instance, it can even unlock the iCloud account or unlock iPhone. If the IMEI number of your iPhone is blacklisted and you cannot use it, doctorunlock.net can help you out. This tool can whitelist the respective IMEI number and then let you use it back. Here is the detailed DoctorUnlock.Net review for you.
IMEI24.com, just like the name suggests, is a handy tool that lets you check the IMEI number of iPhones. After keying in the 15-digit IMEI number in the given field, you will be able to learn plenty about your device. For instance, you can use this IMEI number to check the current network it is connected to. Apart from that, you can view plenty of information related to the respective device. The system version, date of purchase, country of origin as well as the warranty information can be checked. Apart from that, you can learn more about the warranty status as well. In a nutshell, IMEI24.com is a comprehensive tool that offers plenty of information.
This is a free, online tool that checks your IMEI number for free and gives you a comprehensive report. That means it gives a detailed report about all the important aspects of the respective device. When you visit the website, you can see that there is a large search bar as well. It has the text "Enter IMEI here" so you can type in the IMEI. Once the number is entered, you can see the description of the device. It includes warranty information, activation information, carrier information, etc. Apart from that, it lets you check the activation lock status as well. All in all, this is a very handy tool that lets you perform a complete analysis of any iOS device.
The name of this website and the domain name combine together to provide you an idea about its service. This website is designed to provide a strong insight into the device you use. It will give other information about the device as well. One of the most significant characteristics associated with IMEI.info is that its attractive interface. The overall color combination and the arrangement is pretty impressive. Also, the UI is more of a simplified one, but it gets the job done effortlessly. To grab the information about your iOS device, you should simply enter the IMEI number in the given bar. Then, you should click on the check button as well. It can deliver the information pretty quickly. It can check if the phone is blacklisted, information related to warranty and date of purchase. Also, it can check for the device specifications, SIM lock status and information associated with carrier information. More importantly, you can use this online tool to unlock the device.
This is another free website that comes as a free service. It checks your IMEI number within a couple of clicks only. You can obtain its services simply by entering the IMEI number in the search bar. Then, you will have to click on the option labeled "CHECK IMEI". Within a couple of seconds, you can see pretty much all the information about the device. It even displays the status of the phone. Nevertheless, if you need to check for the carrier information of the device, you will have to pay an amount. After making a payment, you can also enjoy SIM lock status as well. All that information will be sent to you within 48 hours (Max).
If you're searching for an online iPhone IMEI checker with better efficiency, iUnlocker is a tool to rely on. This comprehensive website offers a range of valuable information linked to the IMEI number you provide. You can simply enter the IMEI number within the search box and then click on the option "Check". You can then see the information like service coverage, tech support, blacklist status, etc. Also, it will provide the carrier lock information. But to experience that service, you should make a payment. More importantly, iUnlocker, just like the name suggests, can unlock your devices.
Well, that's our list of online tools to perform an iPhone IMEI check successfully. We hope you would find success with these tools and get your job done successfully. Besides, you can click to find out how to check if the iPhone is unlocked or locked too.


text:
Italian Coachbuilders Revive the Willys Interlagos
Italian coachbuilders Maggiora and Carrozzeria Viotti have used this week's 2014 Bologna Motor Show as the platform to debut the revival of the Willys Interlagos from the 1960s, itself a re-badged version of the Renault Alpine A108, widely considered Brazil's first sports car. The 2015 Willys Interlagos will go into production starting next month, in a limited run of 110 cars. Each will pack a six-speed gearbox connected to a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter flat-six engine mounted in the rear. An impressive 610 horsepower output enables a 0-62 mph sprint time of just 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 212 mph.
CarsWillys Interlagos
Dodge Revives the Challenger T/A and Charger Daytona for 2017
Renault Sport R.S. 01
The Bristol Bullet Lives Up to Its Name
The Microlino EV Revives the BMW Isetta
All-Electric Thunder Power Sedan Debuts at Frankfurt Motor Show
Renault EOLAB Concept
BMW Unveils "30 Jahre M3" Limited Edition
Volkswagen Unveils the 330-Horsepower Golf GTI TCR
© 2019 Freshness Creative Corp., All Rights Reserved


text:
Q: Definition of the binomial coefficient $a_{n}=\binom{-\frac{1}{2}}{n}$ Applying the definition of the binomial coefficient I can't figure out how to simplify the following expression:
$$a_{n}=\binom{-\frac{1}{2}}{n}$$
I want to find:
$$a_{n}=(-1)^n\frac{(2n-1)!}{(n-1)!2^{2n}n!}$$
I'm stuck at the beginning.
$$a_{n}=\frac{-\frac{1}{2}!}{n!\left ( n-\frac{1}{2} \right )!}$$
Thank you so much!

A: Here we use the following definition of the binomial coefficient
\begin{align*}
  \binom{\alpha}{n}=\frac{\alpha(\alpha-1)\cdots(\alpha-n+1)}{n!}
\qquad\qquad\alpha\in\mathbb{C},\quad n\in \mathbb{N}\tag{1}
  \end{align*}
It is also convenient to use double factorials for a more compact notation
\begin{align*}
  (2n)!! &= (2n)(2n-2)\cdots 4\cdot2\qquad\qquad\qquad n\in\mathbb{N}\\
  (2n-1)!! &= (2n-1)(2n-3)\cdots 3\cdot1\\
  \end{align*}

We obtain
  \begin{align*}
\binom{-\frac{1}{2}}{n}&=\frac{\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{1}{2}-1\right)
  \cdots\left(-\frac{1}{2}-n+1\right)}{n!}\tag{2}\\
  &=\frac{\left(-\frac{1}{2}\right)\left(-\frac{3}{2}\right)
  \cdots\left(-\frac{2n-1}{2}\right)}{n!}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n}{2^n}\cdot\frac{1\cdot 3\cdots \
  \left(2n-1\right)}{n!}\tag{3}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n}{2^n}\cdot\frac{(2n-1)!!}{n!}\tag{4}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n}{2^n}\cdot\frac{(2n)!}{(2n)!!n!}\tag{5}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n}{2^n}\cdot\frac{(2n)!}{2^nn!n!}\tag{6}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n(2n)!}{2^{2n}n!n!}\tag{7}\\
  &=\frac{(-1)^n(2n-1)!}{2^{2n-1}(n-1)!n!}\tag{8}\\
\end{align*}

Comment:

*

*In (2) we use the definition of the binomial coefficient with $\alpha=-\frac{1}{2}$

*In (3) we factor out $-\frac{1}{2}$ from each of the $n$ factors giving $(-1)^n\frac{1}{2^n}$

*In (4) we use double factorials $(2n-1)!!$

*In (5) we apply $$(2n)!=(2n)!!(2n-1)!!$$

*In (6) we use the formula from (5) and note that
$$(2n)!!=(2n)(2n-2)\cdots4\cdot 2=2^nn!$$

*

*In (7) we collect terms.

*In (8) we devide numerator and denominotor by $2n$.
Note there is a factor $2^{2n-1}$ in the denominator of $a_n$ which gives for $n=1$
\begin{align*}
\binom{-\frac{1}{2}}{1}=-\frac{1}{2}
\end{align*}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
KAPTN (@KAPTNofficial) Releases RICKY RICARDO Remix Bundle.
LA-based artist KAPTN has released the "Ricky Ricardo" Remix Bundle, available now exclusively on Beatport. Featuring Deorro, Papercha$er, and Victor Niglio the Remixes will be available on Beatport for two weeks before being released via iTunes on August 20th. The Remix Bundle is currently available on Beatport here.
Featuring remixes by Deorro, Papercha$er and Victor Niglio, the Bundle is an expansion of the original single, "Ricky Ricardo." Deorro, who's remix premiered Friday on Idolator, is a Top 100 Electro House Artist and has recently signed a few tracks to popular labels in the EDM industry. Papercha$er has been populating the EDM scene with remixes of mainstream stars like Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson and the Killers since 2011. The Papercha$er remix premiered Monday on Magnetic Mag. Philadelphia based Victor Niglio is supported by DJ heavyweights Diplo and Tiesto and has been featured on the popular Verve Remixed series.
KAPTN - a Detroit-born, New Mexico-raised artist - brings a fresh attitude to dance music, dubbing it "luxury dance." The official video for the single "Ricky Ricardo" debuted in June and has been seen everywhere from Maxim to Awesome and Cool to MTV. Just in case you've missed it, the video can be viewed here, as well as on iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.
To stay current with all things KAPTN be sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter.


If you are familiar with CapsuleQ Characters Attack on Titan Capsule (Random Single), why not let others know?
Thumbnail excellent, very good detail and finish. I loved it and I got lucky.
the price for CapsuleQ Characters Attack on Titan Capsule (Random Single) drops.
CapsuleQ Characters Attack on Titan Capsule (Random Single) is available.
there are new images or links available for CapsuleQ Characters Attack on Titan Capsule (Random Single).


The trading firm for which you are coming to the U.S. must have the nationality of the treaty country.
The trade must be principally between the U.S. and the treaty country, which is defined to mean that more than 50 percent of the international trade involved must be between the U.S. and the country of your nationality.
Trade means the international exchange of goods, services, and technology. Title of the traded items must pass from one party to the other.
You must be employed in a supervisory or executive capacity, or possess highly specialized skills essential to the efficient operation of the firm. Ordinary skilled or unskilled workers do not qualify.


text:
English (US) Spanish (US)
Released on February 18, 2020
Gaming List RU
Released on March 9, 2020
Ultimate Edition
Earn up to 8
The Crew Ultimate
All Video Game
Shop Gaming List
Anno (3)
Assassin's Creed Valhalla (1)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey (1)
Might and Magic (2)
Ghost Recon Breakpoint (1)
Ghost Recon Wildlands (1)
Rainbow Six Siege (1)
The Division 2 (1)
Watch Dogs Legion (1)
The Division (1)
Buy your favorite video games online from the official Ubisoft Store in the United States of America. New products, exclusive collector's editions and amazing promotions, only the best from Ubisoft! With season passes, merchandise and apparel, enjoy the complete gaming experience. The Ubisoft Store features the best adventures on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch: become a viking legend in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, fight for freedom in Far Cry 6, or join the Special Forces with Rainbow Six Siege.


text:
#ifndef MediaPlayer_h
#define MediaPlayer_h

#if ENABLE(VIDEO)

#if ENABLE(PLUGIN_PROXY_FOR_VIDEO)
#include "MediaPlayerProxy.h"
#endif

#include "Document.h"
#include "IntRect.h"
#include <wtf/Forward.h>
#include <wtf/HashSet.h>
#include <wtf/OwnPtr.h>
#include <wtf/Noncopyable.h>
#include <wtf/PassOwnPtr.h>
#include <wtf/text/StringHash.h>

#if USE(ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING)
#include "GraphicsLayer.h"
#endif

#ifdef __OBJC__
@class AVPlayer;
@class QTMovie;
#else
class AVPlayer;
class QTMovie;
#endif
class QTMovieGWorld;
class QTMovieVisualContext;

namespace WebCore {

class GStreamerGWorld;
class MediaPlayerPrivateInterface;

// Structure that will hold every native
// types supported by the current media player.
// We have to do that has multiple media players
// backend can live at runtime.
struct PlatformMedia {
    enum {
        None,
        QTMovieType,
        QTMovieGWorldType,
        QTMovieVisualContextType,
        GStreamerGWorldType,
        ChromiumMediaPlayerType,
        QtMediaPlayerType,
        AVFoundationMediaPlayerType,
    } type;

    union {
        QTMovie* qtMovie;
        QTMovieGWorld* qtMovieGWorld;
        QTMovieVisualContext* qtMovieVisualContext;
        GStreamerGWorld* gstreamerGWorld;
        MediaPlayerPrivateInterface* chromiumMediaPlayer;
        MediaPlayerPrivateInterface* qtMediaPlayer;
        AVPlayer* avfMediaPlayer;
    } media;
};

extern const PlatformMedia NoPlatformMedia;

class ContentType;
class FrameView;
class GraphicsContext;
class IntRect;
class IntSize;
class MediaPlayer;
struct MediaPlayerFactory;
class TimeRanges;

class MediaPlayerClient {
public:
    virtual ~MediaPlayerClient() { }

    // Get the document which the media player is owned by
    virtual Document* mediaPlayerOwningDocument() { return 0; }

    // the network state has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerNetworkStateChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the ready state has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerReadyStateChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the volume state has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerVolumeChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the mute state has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerMuteChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // time has jumped, eg. not as a result of normal playback
    virtual void mediaPlayerTimeChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the media file duration has changed, or is now known
    virtual void mediaPlayerDurationChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the playback rate has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerRateChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the play/pause status changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerPlaybackStateChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // The MediaPlayer has found potentially problematic media content.
    // This is used internally to trigger swapping from a <video>
    // element to an <embed> in standalone documents
    virtual void mediaPlayerSawUnsupportedTracks(MediaPlayer*) { }

// Presentation-related methods
    // a new frame of video is available
    virtual void mediaPlayerRepaint(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // the movie size has changed
    virtual void mediaPlayerSizeChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }

    virtual void mediaPlayerEngineUpdated(MediaPlayer*) { }

    // The first frame of video is available to render. A media engine need only make this callback if the
    // first frame is not available immediately when prepareForRendering is called.
    virtual void mediaPlayerFirstVideoFrameAvailable(MediaPlayer*) { }

#if USE(ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING)
    // whether the rendering system can accelerate the display of this MediaPlayer.
    virtual bool mediaPlayerRenderingCanBeAccelerated(MediaPlayer*) { return false; }

    // called when the media player's rendering mode changed, which indicates a change in the
    // availability of the platformLayer().
    virtual void mediaPlayerRenderingModeChanged(MediaPlayer*) { }
#endif
};

class MediaPlayer {
    WTF_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(MediaPlayer); WTF_MAKE_FAST_ALLOCATED;
public:

    static PassOwnPtr<MediaPlayer> create(MediaPlayerClient* client)
    {
        return adoptPtr(new MediaPlayer(client));
    }
    virtual ~MediaPlayer();

    // Media engine support.
    enum SupportsType { IsNotSupported, IsSupported, MayBeSupported };
    static MediaPlayer::SupportsType supportsType(const ContentType&);
    static void getSupportedTypes(HashSet<String>&);
    static bool isAvailable();
    static void getSitesInMediaCache(Vector<String>&);
    static void clearMediaCache();
    static void clearMediaCacheForSite(const String&);

    bool supportsFullscreen() const;
    bool supportsSave() const;
    PlatformMedia platformMedia() const;
#if USE(ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING)
    PlatformLayer* platformLayer() const;
#endif

    IntSize naturalSize();
    bool hasVideo() const;
    bool hasAudio() const;
#if PLATFORM(ANDROID)
    enum MediaElementType { Video, Audio };
    void setMediaElementType(MediaElementType type) { m_mediaElementType = type; }
    MediaElementType mediaElementType() { return m_mediaElementType; }
    String getMimeType() const { return m_contentMIMEType; };
#endif

    void setFrameView(FrameView* frameView) { m_frameView = frameView; }
    FrameView* frameView() { return m_frameView; }
    bool inMediaDocument();

    IntSize size() const { return m_size; }
    void setSize(const IntSize& size);

    void load(const String& url, const ContentType&);
    void cancelLoad();

    bool visible() const;
    void setVisible(bool);

    void prepareToPlay();
    void play();
    void pause();

    bool paused() const;
    bool seeking() const;

    float duration() const;
    float currentTime() const;
    void seek(float time);

    float startTime() const;

    float rate() const;
    void setRate(float);

    bool preservesPitch() const;
    void setPreservesPitch(bool);

    PassRefPtr<TimeRanges> buffered();
    float maxTimeSeekable();

    unsigned bytesLoaded();

    float volume() const;
    void setVolume(float);

    bool muted() const;
    void setMuted(bool);

    bool hasClosedCaptions() const;
    void setClosedCaptionsVisible(bool closedCaptionsVisible);

    bool autoplay() const;
    void setAutoplay(bool);

    void paint(GraphicsContext*, const IntRect&);
    void paintCurrentFrameInContext(GraphicsContext*, const IntRect&);

    enum NetworkState { Empty, Idle, Loading, Loaded, FormatError, NetworkError, DecodeError };
    NetworkState networkState();

    enum ReadyState  { HaveNothing, HaveMetadata, HaveCurrentData, HaveFutureData, HaveEnoughData };
    ReadyState readyState();

    enum MovieLoadType { Unknown, Download, StoredStream, LiveStream };
    MovieLoadType movieLoadType() const;

    enum Preload { None, MetaData, Auto };
    Preload preload() const;
    void setPreload(Preload);

    void networkStateChanged();
    void readyStateChanged();
    void volumeChanged(float);
    void muteChanged(bool);
    void timeChanged();
    void sizeChanged();
    void rateChanged();
    void playbackStateChanged();
    void durationChanged();
    void firstVideoFrameAvailable();

    void repaint();

    MediaPlayerClient* mediaPlayerClient() const { return m_mediaPlayerClient; }

    bool hasAvailableVideoFrame() const;
    void prepareForRendering();

    bool canLoadPoster() const;
    void setPoster(const String&);

#if ENABLE(PLUGIN_PROXY_FOR_VIDEO)
    void deliverNotification(MediaPlayerProxyNotificationType notification);
    void setMediaPlayerProxy(WebMediaPlayerProxy* proxy);
    void setControls(bool);
    void enterFullscreen();
    void exitFullscreen();
#endif

#if USE(ACCELERATED_COMPOSITING)
    // whether accelerated rendering is supported by the media engine for the current media.
    bool supportsAcceleratedRendering() const;
    // called when the rendering system flips the into or out of accelerated rendering mode.
    void acceleratedRenderingStateChanged();
#endif

    bool hasSingleSecurityOrigin() const;

    float mediaTimeForTimeValue(float) const;

    double maximumDurationToCacheMediaTime() const;

    unsigned decodedFrameCount() const;
    unsigned droppedFrameCount() const;
    unsigned audioDecodedByteCount() const;
    unsigned videoDecodedByteCount() const;

    void setPrivateBrowsingMode(bool);

private:
    MediaPlayer(MediaPlayerClient*);
    void loadWithNextMediaEngine(MediaPlayerFactory*);
    void reloadTimerFired(Timer<MediaPlayer>*);

    static void initializeMediaEngines();

    MediaPlayerClient* m_mediaPlayerClient;
    Timer<MediaPlayer> m_reloadTimer;
    OwnPtr<MediaPlayerPrivateInterface*> m_private;
    MediaPlayerFactory* m_currentMediaEngine;
    String m_url;
    String m_contentMIMEType;
    String m_contentTypeCodecs;
    FrameView* m_frameView;
    IntSize m_size;
    Preload m_preload;
    bool m_visible;
    float m_rate;
    float m_volume;
    bool m_muted;
    bool m_preservesPitch;
    bool m_privateBrowsing;
    bool m_shouldPrepareToRender;
#if ENABLE(PLUGIN_PROXY_FOR_VIDEO)
    WebMediaPlayerProxy* m_playerProxy;    // not owned or used, passed to m_private
#endif
#if PLATFORM(ANDROID)
    MediaElementType m_mediaElementType;
#endif
};

typedef MediaPlayerPrivateInterface* (*CreateMediaEnginePlayer)(MediaPlayer*);
typedef void (*MediaEngineSupportedTypes)(HashSet<String>& types);
typedef MediaPlayer::SupportsType (*MediaEngineSupportsType)(const String& type, const String& codecs);
typedef void (*MediaEngineGetSitesInMediaCache)(Vector<String>&);
typedef void (*MediaEngineClearMediaCache)();
typedef void (*MediaEngineClearMediaCacheForSite)(const String&);

typedef void (*MediaEngineRegistrar)(CreateMediaEnginePlayer, MediaEngineSupportedTypes, MediaEngineSupportsType,
    MediaEngineGetSitesInMediaCache, MediaEngineClearMediaCache, MediaEngineClearMediaCacheForSite);

}

#endif // ENABLE(VIDEO)

#endif

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Welcome to Ms. Gaire's First Class!
We welcome you to our class blog where you will be updated on our classroom activities and antics! You'll be treated to photos and videos as our year progresses and you'll watch us learn and grow. Stay tuned for further updates and thanks for visiting!


text:
Audiobooks Narrated by	Matt Addis
Do fear and doubt hinder your progress in life? Are you paralyzed at key moments by your insecurities? Millions of smart people are held back from achieving their potential by a fear of failure....
The Secret Anarchy of Science: Free Radicals
This thrilling exploration of some of the greatest breakthroughs in science reveals the extreme lengths some scientists go to in order to make their theories public....
The Trial of Maximo Bonga
There was someone standing further along the beach, facing out to sea.
Roumanian Journey
Sir Sacheverell Sitwell's account of his Roumanian journey, made in the 1930s, when Bucharest was still eight days overland from London....
A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution, from the slave uprising in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1791 to the declaration of Haiti's independence in 1804....
Down with Colonialism! (Revolutions Series)
Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), the founder of the Vietminh and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam....
Philosophical Tales
Enlightening and entertaining, Philosophical Tales examines a few of the fascinating biographical details of history's greatest philosophers....
Life in the Financial Markets
An accessible and thorough review of the international financial markets.


text:
package ca.stellardrift.permissionsex.datastore.sql.dao;

import ca.stellardrift.permissionsex.impl.util.PCollections;
import org.jdbi.v3.core.collector.CollectorFactory;
import org.pcollections.PSet;
import org.pcollections.PStack;
import org.pcollections.PVector;

import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.util.IdentityHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.stream.Collector;

import static io.leangen.geantyref.GenericTypeReflector.erase;

final class PCollectionsCollectorFactory implements CollectorFactory {
    static final PCollectionsCollectorFactory INSTANCE = new PCollectionsCollectorFactory();
    private final IdentityHashMap<Class<?>, Collector<?, ?, ?>> collectors = new IdentityHashMap<>();

    private PCollectionsCollectorFactory() {
        this.collectors.put(PSet.class, PCollections.toPSet());
        this.collectors.put(PVector.class, PCollections.toPVector());
        this.collectors.put(PStack.class, PCollections.toPStack());

    }

    @Override
    public boolean accepts(Type containerType) {
        final Type erased = erase(containerType);
        return this.collectors.containsKey(erased);
    }

    @Override
    public Optional<Type> elementType(Type containerType) {
        if (!(containerType instanceof ParameterizedType)) {
            return Optional.empty();
        }
        return Optional.ofNullable(((ParameterizedType) containerType).getActualTypeArguments()[0]);
    }

    @Override
    public Collector<?, ?, ?> build(Type containerType) {
        final Collector<?, ?, ?> collector = this.collectors.get(erase(containerType));
        if (collector == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Does not accept " + containerType);
        }
        return collector;
    }
}


text:
Q: Are there any problems with setting up your own mail server? I've been a web developer for many years but I never found the need to tinker with mail servers. I was always happy to just get a send mail error locally because I know when I up it on the production server, remotely hosted, everything will work.
But this time I really need my own mail server and I stumbled upon hMailServer w/c seems to be a pretty capable server.
What I'd like to know really is, is it logical to use your own mail server for production (not testing)? I have no problem with dedicating a cheap machine for it as mail server, and our office is always online anyway.
Will I have I have problems with international blacklists? Do mail servers have to REGISTER their IPs to whitelists and stuff?
I'm new to this running your own mail server stuff, but I do want the freedom to send as much group mail as I can to our organization. The web hoster's limitations has become a terrible inconvinience to our groups here. Although they offer bulk mail servers for a fee, I rather setup my own, so long as I know what problems I may encounter. Or is it really OK and my mail server can be as capable as any gmail/yahoo mail servers out there in terms of BASIC NEEDS and TRAFFIC, as well as reliability and not being blocked?

A: The main problem with setting up ones own mail server these days is not a technical issue, but a trust issue.
The problem of spam over the years has led to a variety of techniques being employed by ISPs to prevent it. A number of these involve avoiding forwarding on mail sent from untrusted sources. A privately operated mail server would definitely all into that category.
If you want your mail server to be trusted by the rest of the world, you need to implement a number of additional things, including SPF on your domain. If you're not prepared to do all that, and keep it maintained, then emails sent from your private mail server will end up in most people's spam folder.
So the answer really depends on whether you want to do it for private/internal use or as a public mailserver.
If you want a public mailserver that sends mail to the outside world, be prepared for a lot more work beyond simply setting up the server.
If you want it for personal use or use withing your organisation, then you don't need to worry about all that. But it would help to be aware of if all the same.


Have you heard the name of Kanye West before? We are sure that you must have heard about him.
Yes, Kanye West is a famous American rapper. He has been producing lots of songs and albums as well as performing lots of concerts and tours.
This year, Kanye West will be doing his tour too. It will cover many concerts in many venues and cities.
Presale tickets have been on sale already. If you don't want to miss Kanye West tour this year, you should buy them as soon as possible. But, let's talk more about this rapper and its tours here.
Let's start by knowing some things about this American rapper here. Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia.
After his parents had divorced, he moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother. It's said that West first showed his interest in poetry when he was just five years old and passion in drawing and music when he was in the third grade.
At the age of 13, he wrote a rap song and persuaded his mother to pay for his recording. At the age of 20, he decided to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music.
And so, he becomes Kanye West that you know today. So, how much do you think his albums so far? Well, there are many of them, of course. Let us list you them here.
West performed 808s & Heartbreak at Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles (LA) in 2015. In the same year, West made the show at Warfield, San Francisco, and Summer Ends Music Festival in Tempe, Arizona.
Don't you want to know about West's tours this time? So far, Kanye West has been doing 63 tours in total.
The first three tours are Touch The Sky Tour in 2005, Glow in the Dark Tour in 2008, and Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady Gaga in 2009-2010 (though it was canceled for some reasons).
The next tour coming after that was Watch the Throne Tour. The tour started on October 29, 2011 and finished on June 22, 2012. There are 63 shows in total in this tour. His live shows were done in the cities around North America and Europe.
In this Kanye West tour, Rihanna became the special guest and made her performance on May 20, 2012 in London.
For North American, they were excited for the tour to happen around U.S. and Canada.
Along with Rihanna and Kanye West tour in Europe, the tour was planned in countries, like England, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, and Netherlands.
Well, of course, there can be more than one city performed in each country. After all, West played 63 shows in total in this tour.
After that fourth tour of Kanye West above, the one coming after that is The Yeezus Tour.
Did you know? Yeezus Tour is West's first solo concert tour in 5 years. The tour started on October 19, 2013 and ended on September 15, 2014.
It was another great tour success of Kanye West for it is said to have the second-highest grossing leg of a tour during 2013.
We can expect no less from this famous American rapper. Yes, the associated album for this tour was Yeezus and the tour had 53 shows done around North America and Australia.
The cities chosen are Seattle, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC, New York City, New Orleans, Phoenix, Baltimore, Atlantic City, etc.
The cities were chosen are Toronto, Montreal, and Hamilton.
There are Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane.
West is such a great performer. He can bring his tours live. Everyone would always look forward to Kanye West tour one after the other. So, when is Kanye West going on tour after this tour here?
Let's move on to the next tour in this review. Although there was no tour in 2015, this year West has planned on doing the so-called Saint Pablo Tour.
It will start on August 25 and end on November 1, 2016. The number of shows is 39 and the Life of Pablo album has been chosen as the tour's associated album.
This tour will only be done in various cities in the United States and Canada, North America.
You have lots of events in the upcoming concerts to choose. So, you better be ready to look through the event calendar as soon as possible.
Let us tell you some venues and the cities on the upcoming tour.
Well, there will be shows at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in NYC, Philips Arena in Atlanta, TD Garden in Boston,United Center in Chicago, American Airlines Arena in Miami, T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, American Airlines Center in Dallas, Air Canada Centre in Toronto, KeyArena in Seattle, Verizon Center in Washington D.C., and still many more.
See? There are many interesting places where the tour will be happening in. We are sure you must feel eager to watch it already.
Yes, Kanye West's new tour is just around the corner already. We have to be prepared with tickets in our hands.
For your convenience, we have prepared the schedule of the new tour here at Main Event Specials.
That event calendar will also include things, like the tour dates, time, concert names, venues, cities, and seating chart.
We have all information you need to be covered on this site. So, if you can't wait to see Kanye West live on stage, you better look through the calendar here and choose which events you can be sure to attend to.
Once you are done making your choice of events, you can be sure to buy the tickets from us. We are here for that very reason after all.
How much are Kanye West tickets on our site? If you ask this, we would gladly tell you that we offer you great deals for them.
We might have Kanye West tour tickets for sale, but we don't charge you with a high price if you can't afford it.
Cheap ticket prices are possible with us. So, why would hesitate if we can give this deal to you? Trust us and buy the concert tickets from us only here at Main Event Specials.


This will be Kaitlyn Maher's fourth Christmas movie role after Santa Buddies (2009), The Search for Santa Paws (2010), and Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012).
This is the first Illumination Entertainment film to be rated G by the MPAA.
The film was originally scheduled for a 2017 November release but was moved to November 2018 presumably to avoid competition with Sony Animation's The Star (2017), another animated Christmas-related film. Had the film been released in its original scheduled release date, it would've been released approximately 60 years after the Dr. Suess book, in which this film is based on, was first published in 1957.
This was Benedict Cumberbatch's second animated film. The first being Penguins of Madagascar (2014), four years prior.
This will be Universal's first animated film to be rated G by the MPAA since The Tale of Despereaux (2008).
This was Illumination Entertainment's ninth feature film.
This is the first Illumination film to be scored by Michael Giacchino, unlike the Pixar films and Zootopia (2016) were scored by Michael Giacchino.
From the Studio That Brought You "Despicable Me", "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Sing".
This is Illumination Entertainment's second Dr. Seuss film, after The Lorax (2012).
This was Illumination Entertainment's first film that was a remake of a previous film, being How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
This was the first Illumination Entertainment film to have the title card appear both at the start and at the end (before the credits).
This is the second Illumination Entertainment film to have a holiday season release, after Sing (2016).
This is Illumination Entertainment's third musical film, after The Lorax (2012) and Sing (2016).
This is Illumination Entertainment's first holiday based film since Hop (2011).
This is the second Illumination Entertainment film to be scored by John Powell after The Lorax (2012).
This was the second film from Illumination Entertainment to feature a dog named Max. The first was The Secret Life of Pets (2016).
This is the second Illumination film to be scored by John Powell after The Lorax (2012).
This was Universal Pictures fourth film based on Dr. Seuss' works after distributing the previous films apart from Horton Hears a Who! (2008), which was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
In Despicable Me 3 (2017), the oldest of Gru's girls, Margo, is seen wearing a T-shirt with this version of the Grinch on the front. Being as both are from Ilumination Entertainment, this was clearly a nod to the upcoming film. In the first Despicable Me (2010) film, Margo had a Lorax shirt, teasing Illumination Entertainment's The Lorax (2012), a fellow Dr. Seuss film.
This film, along with Illumination Entertainment's other Dr. Seuss film, was released in the same year as a film in Sony Animation's "Hotel Transylvania" franchise and Disney's "Wreck-It-Ralph" franchise. The Lorax (2012) was released the same year as Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012), while The Grinch (2018) was released the same year as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018).
Illumination's first film to be rated G.
This was the third Illumination Entertainment film to include the song "Happy" by Pharrell Williams, after Despicable Me 2 (2013) and The Secret Life of Pets (2016).
The second Illumination film to be produced in 2.39:1, after Despicable Me 3 (2017).
This was the first Dr. Seuss film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, unlike the previous Dr. Seuss films that were produced in 1.85:1.
This was the third Dr. Seuss animated film, after Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and The Lorax (2012).
Fourth 2018 animated film to have a non-verbal lead character (that being the Grinch's dog, Max) after Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018) (which has the titular Sgt. Stubby the Dog), Incredibles 2 (2018) (which has Baby Jack-Jack), and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) (which has Blobby the Blob Monster).
This is the first Illumination Entertainment film to have a PG rating in the UK.
As part of cross-promotion with AMC theaters, several short clips were created to play between trailers before a film. These clips consist of the Grinch insulting the trailers, the theater, and even the audience, before finally shouting "Start the show already!" One clip even has the Grinch with a smart phone, showing the audience the "poop" emoji, and sarcastically noting "Hey, they should make a movie starring this guy," a jab at The Emoji Movie (2017), released a year prior to less-than-positive reviews.
The second theatrical Dr. Seuss animated film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after The Lorax (2012), and the fourth theatrical Dr. Seuss film to be rated PG by the MPAA.
This is Illumination first PG-rated animated film for thematic elements.
This is the screaming goat's second appearance in an animated film. He was also in Smallfoot (2018).
Illumination Entertainment's second film to feature no humans after Sing (2016), and the second animated Dr. Seuss film to feature the furry humanoids seen commonly in Dr. Seuss books, after Horton Hears a Who! (2008).
Marks the third time outside the Marvel Cinematic Universe where Benedict Cumberbatch uses an American accent instead of his natural English accent. The first was 12 Years A Slave (2013), followed by Black Mass (2015).
The eighth Universal animated film to be rated PG by the MPAA, of which all previous animated Universal films released after The Tale of Despereaux (2008) (Universal's only CGI film Rated G by the MPAA) were rated as such.
The third Universal's animated film to be produced in 2.39:1, after The Tale of Despereaux (2008) and Despicable Me 3 (2017).
This is Illumination's last original full-length animated feature film of the 2010s, and last original full-length feature for the next two years as the next films releasing in that time (The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), Minions 2 (2020), and Sing 2 (2020)) are all sequels.
This is the second Grinch remake to be released by Universal, following How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
The last Illumination film of the 2010s to be released in 2.39:1 aspect ratio.
One of the cereals that the Grinch eats is called Atomic Sugar Bombs. This is a reference to Dash's favorite cereal Sugar Bombs from Incredibles 2 (2018).
Angela Lansbury's third theatrically released animated film. Her previous two were Beauty and the Beast (1991) from Disney and Anastasia (1997) from 20th Century Fox, both released in the 1990s.
At one point The Grinch is stealing Christmas and a cat attacks him. This was not in the book, but also happened in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
Cindy Lou Who's night gown that she wore when the Grinch steals a Christmas tree resembles the dresses worn by the female smurfs in "Smurfs: The Lost Village" (2017).
This film marks the second time a British actor has voiced the character of the Grinch. The first was with Boris Karloff in the 1966 TV special of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966).
Rashida Jones' second animated film, after Inside Out (2015), three years prior. Both of these movies had a Hotel Transylvania film in their respective years (2015 and 2018).
The Grinch in this film has not one but two pets namely his dog Max and an obese moose like stag named Fred who is an original character for the film.
The Grinch in the 1966 cartoon and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) wears a Santa Claus costume but makes no further attempt to really look like Santa. In this film the Grinch plays a more convincing looking Santa including a beard and boots.
The Grinch is less exaggerated-looking than previous versions, with softer facial features that look more like a furry green dog-man than a creepy old goblin, and normal eyes instead of his signature red and yellow pupils. He's also got much less of an exaggerated potbelly. Furthermore, the previous versions establish/imply that the Grinch lives in self-imposed exile away from the Whos. This film shows that the Grinch regularly visits Whoville to buy groceries. Presumably, as a result of him coming down to their town often, the Whos don't despise or fear him as much as the Whos do in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) or Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977), where the Grinch's impending arrival is a big deal.
Max is still the Grinch's morality pet, but instead of being a frightened, timid dog who reluctantly does the Grinch's bidding, Max is very much loving and loyal to the Grinch. While he is by no means a nicer guy, this version of the Grinch is shown to be marginally kinder to Max than the cartoon or How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), generally by treating him more like a typical dog owner would and at one point playing with Max with a small, affectionate smile on his face. Overall, the Grinch is much less antisocial than his previous incarnations and it's implied his motive for stealing Christmas is partially more of a Freudian Excuse than out of sheer malice.
The Grinch is attacked by a ginger cat while he is stealing presents, just like how his live-action counterpart was attacked in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) by a Persian cat.
Released two weeks before Black Friday.
This version of the Grinch insists on getting into character as Santa and actually dons a white beard, compared to the previous versions who didn't even bother. Yet he still does little else to hide his distinguishing green fur.
In the Latin American Spanish dub, the Grinch is voiced by Eugenio Derbez; in the Japanese dub, the titular Grinch is voiced by the movie actor Yo Oizumi, better known to videogame fans as the Japanese voice of the titular Professor Layton and also playing Kureo Mado in the Tokyo Ghoul live-action film; in the Brazilian dub, the Grinch is voiced by Lázaro Ramos.
Benedict Cumberbatch (who is British) voices the Grinch with an American accent.
The Grinch is said to have had to deal with Whoville and Christmas for 53 years. This film is set to be released approximately 53 years after the original animated adaptation from 1966. In addition, the film began its run in some theaters on November 8, 2018, eighteen years after the release of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
The second Illumination film with a dog named Max, first was The Secret Life of Pets (2016).
In the Latin American Spanish dub: Ruben Cerda, who voiced the titular character's singing voice in the live-action film, will reprise the character in the dub, through the acting voice will be voiced by Eugenio Derbez instead, rather than Mario Castañeda.
Brad Dourif was replaced by Pharrell Williams as The Narrator.
The studio originally wanted Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch using his natural voice, but Benedict felt that, since the rest of the cast is American, the Grinch himself should have an American accent.
The movie's animation was made using Autodesk Maya.
On November 20, 2017, Danny Elfman was revealed to be composing the film's score. Tyler the Creator wrote a new song for the film titled, "I Am the Grinch". Tyler and Elfman collaborated on a new version of the song, "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch", for the film, which was featured in the final trailer.
When Cindy Lou and her friend go up into the treehouse the baseball bat they ride on as a platform has the name "Theodor" carved on it. This is a reference to author-creator Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Seuss Geisel.
Since the Grinch has a very distinctive shape and look, the animators took inspiration from the book, Benedict Cumberbatch stated: "for certain performative strokes definitely, they film your performance while you're doing it, so it's not in isolation from that, they've managed to embody this voice in a character that's utterly unique, and I don't think looks too much like me, they record every session so they can see the performances as well as hear [it] but it's not like facial capture, I never did anything of that nature."
When asked how prepping and going into record compared to motion capture, Benedict Cumberbatch stated: "it's far less mobile. It's a fixed point, you have to create a lot of energy, but it's around a really fixed access of microphone, whether you're being hauled around in a sleigh round a mountain or flung through a catapult or talking very quietly to your dog - all those levels have to come around a microphone. Your voice has to be supported by the action that makes it sound that way, but you have to stay on the mic whereas with motion capture you can really swing yourself about because you have a headset usually; you can throw your body around the landscape, except you're in isolation at the mic without Angela Lansbury or Kenan Thompson or any of the thousand people I did talk to".
Benedict Cumberbatch compared the Grinch to his motion-capture performance of Smaug in the Hobbit movies: "for this character, a little bit like Smaug, he lives in a mountain and he's quite angry and isolated and alone, so apart from talking to Max who doesn't verbalize, it helped for the character in this instance. It does get very weird if you're doing quick-fire dialogue and you're not in the room with the people you're acting with."
When asked if the film was always the direction of the storybook, Benedict Cumberbatch stated: "You don't necessarily get the whole script. There's pitches all along the way and you know where it's going. But I did say quite early on I really want to know why he is the way he is. Maybe there is a reason behind that, that he's been hurt before. Why is he outside? Why is he green? Why does he live on his own in a mountain? What is all that about? The sort of motivational questions that a navel-gazing actor always asks. But you do need to make sense of characters. They can't just exist in a vacuum, even if they're animated characters in a family film.".
When asked What is a holiday tradition or Christmas thing that makes him feel most like a Grinch, Benedict Cumberbatch stated: "Excess packaging, It's enough already. We're living [through] environmental disaster after environmental disaster. I don't get why it's not something that's actually fine-able now, to wrap toys and goods in plastic that's not needed. Toys are made of plastic as well. It's plastic on plastic. That is the thing that gets me Grinchy. Everything else is just part of the season. Last minute Christmas shopping? Often you've only got yourself to blame. But I just can't stand all the excess that goes with consumer goods and packaging".
Benedict Cumberbatch's inspiration for the character seems to have been someone with a sinus infection.
Like almost all of Illumination's other films, the animation was created entirely in France by Illumination Mac Guff.
Benedict Cumberbatch was already a fan, of the book and 1966 Boris Karloffs cartoon version.
First Grinch movie in which he isn't mean to or mistreats his dog, Max in any way.
The Grinch is still a mean one, but significantly less of a mean one than previous versions, as he is portrayed as a grouchy cynic who prefers to mind his own business than actively hurt other people, will still be social when he needs to be, treats his dog well, and who decides to steal Christmas to prove a point rather than out of pure hatred for the Whos and the holiday.
Benedict Cumberbatch was already a fan of the book, and the 1966 Chuck Jones animated version.
Released a month before Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) also starring Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the main antagonist, Shere Khan.
In Cindy-Lou Who's first scene she is chasing after a mailman to give him a letter to Santa. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Cindy-Lou's first scene was going to the Post Office to join her father at work.
Cindy-Lou Who has a stuffed animal that resembles Snowball from Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets (2016).
In Tyler the Creator's rendition of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch", there are two lines in which the Grinch's teeth are described as yellow. However, in the film, the Grinch's teeth are clearly white. Whereas in the live-action How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), his teeth are yellow and extremely crooked. In the original book and the animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), his teeth also appeared to be white, though also crooked. In this film, his teeth, aside from being white, are mostly straight.
This film marks the second time that The Grinch is shown as a child. The first film to show him as a child is How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000).
The song that Grinch plays on his pipe organ is, "All by Myself" by Eric Carmen.
Similar to his previous incarnations, this Grinch has a massive intellect when it comes to concocting schemes and creating technological marvels (apparently inspired by Rube Goldberg), all for the purpose of stealing gifts.
There is a new reason for why the Grinch has to go down to Whoville during Christmas season. He initially had stockpiles of food to last him till the start of January but due to his excessive "emotional" eating, he was reduced to a mere bean on a plate just five days shy of Christmas itself.
Pharrell Williams, who is the narrator of this film, and Tyler the Creator, who provided songs for the film's soundtrack, would go on to collaborate on the song, "The Mantra", which is on the Creed II (2018) soundtrack.
There's a scene where Donna Who is late for her bus and chases after it yelling the bus driver's name "Sam!", who then stops and let's her on. This is a reference to the film Speed (1994), where Sandra Bullock's character Annie does the same thing.
Second voice acting of Benedict Cumberbatch, without the use of motion capture performance.
Feature film non-documentary directorial debut of Scott Mosier, whose previous directing credits are the documentary 'Mae Day' and a short subject.
This is the first Illumination film to not feature a main antagonist.
Singer Kaitlyn Maher was originally considered for the role of Cindy Lou Who.
The Grinch is originally rated G.
In the book, Cindy Lou Who is "no more than two" years old. In this cartoon, Cindy seems to be a bit older.
One of the Whos is named Mr. Cubbins. This is probably a reference to Bartholomew Cubbins, hero of two non-rhyming adventures by Dr. Seuss.
In all other versions, the Grinch could not find a reindeer to help him with his heist, so he used Max instead. But in this adaptation he does successfully find a reindeer and lets it stay at his house with Max.
Martha May Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) would not be included in this version, especially as the Grinch's love interest. It is possible that she was viewed as a gender stereotype.
Near the end of the film, the Grinch wears a red and white tie when he's invited over to Cindy-Lou's house for Christmas dinner, a reference to The Cat in the Hat (another Dr. Seuss character) who has the same color pattern hat.
A frozen lake in the film is shown to be in the shape of a heart, foreshadowing the ending when the Grinch's heart grows twice in size.
The Grinch's epiphany to steal Christmas happens on December 21 rather than Christmas Eve. This gives the Grinch more time to develop his gadgets and formulate his plan to rob all of Whoville in one fell swoop. This extra time also allows him to find reindeer to pull his sled, eventually snagging a reindeer named Fred.


The new Lexus NX has been revealed at the Beijing Motor Show. This new compact crossover will be available with three powertrains; a highly efficient hybrid in the NX 300h; a new, Lexus-developed 2.0-litre petrol turbo unit in the NX 200t; and naturally aspirated 2.0-litre petrol engine in the NX 200. Front and all-wheel drive versions will be available, together with Lexus's quick-response stop and start system.
The new NX also benefits from an array of innovative technology, including a Lexus-first wireless charging tray for easy charging of mobile phones and other devices and the first application of a new Lexus Remote Touch Interface with a touchpad control. Further features include a new Panoramic View Monitor, a comprehensive multi-information display (incorporating for the first time a G-sensor and boost meter), head-up display, blind spot monitor and Rear Cross Traffic Alert.
The exterior design of the NX is impressive boasting strong, flared wheel arches with 17 or 18-inch wheels which give the car a crouching, muscular stance. Lexus's signature spindle grille is the central focus of the NX's angular shape, reinforced by LED headlamps and daytime running lights. The grille blends seamlessly into a sculpted bonnet, creating strongly contrasting surfacing that projects a sense of depth. The side profile is instantly recognisable as a Lexus, accentuated by a roofline that's set towards the rear of the vehicle to give maximum visual impact. Details include an innovative door mirror design and a world-first door handle mechanism with a concealed key barrel and integrated lighting. These features enhance the overall premium look by creating a smooth finish along the side of the car. The rear of the NX features Lexus L-shape combination lamps, fitted with seamless LED lighting.
The interior is equally as impressive with a sports car feel using materials and textures amplify the vehicle's premium quality. Contrasting textures around the cabin and the use of a quilted seat upholstery pattern reference the NX's status as a crossover vehicle.


I'm not surprised you're clinging to your iPad – the world in Only Ever Yours is absolutely horrific (and very well written, although you can't exactly say you "enjoy" reading it… even if you can't put it down!).
The Cuckoo's Calling is good, but a bit too long. I don't think anyone is brave enough to edit JK Rowling down anymore (I can't blame them).
I had no idea J.K Rowling was hiding behind The Cuckoo's Calling when I first picked it. Now I can't help but set my expectations a little higher just because it's one of her works.
I have The Cuckoo's Calling on my Kindle and it's been there since release…oops! I should really get to it soon as I believe the third one is published soon and before we know it there'll be 10 and I'll never get to it.
I've seen Only Ever Yours on Claire's Art & Soul blog recently too so really keen to check this one out!
I had been trying to get a paperback copy of The Cuckoo's Calling for ages, but couldn't find it around here so I set my mind on the ebook, thinking it would be perfect during my Kindle one-week trial. I hope it will live up to my expectations!
I don't know why and am probably way off beam but Only Ever Yours reminds me of Stepford Wives.
I haven't read it, I'll check it out!
Physical copies are my babies, I cannot imagine giving up on them either 🙂 I agree, it's quite practical, I'm happy to know I've got the five books I'll be reading next in my bag at all time. My eyes are not so happy about the transition though, I'm having a hard time staying on it for too long and it's so frustrating to have to stop reading because of that!
Ahhhh I loved Only Ever Yours. It's such a good book, but so wrong at the same time!
Thanks to Claire at Art and Soul for letting me know about about Only Ever Yours. I just finished it. They call it Handmaid's Tale meets Mean Girls and they are exactly right. So disturbing but so well written. I couldn't put it down. I can't say hope you enjoy it because how can you?! I have the paperback copies of Cuckoo and the second one – I really have to read them, but other books keeping budding in front. Here's my list this week. http://hollykerr.ca/my-blog/ Happy Reading!
I finished it a couple of minutes ago. All I can say is "wow", in a terrible way! It was an enthralling read. I have the same problems with Never Let Me Go, I intend to read it and then other books pop up and I put Ishiguro off. Thank you for stopping by 🙂 I'll go check your list of the week now!
I hope you enjoy 'Cuckoo's Calling!' I was surprised at the end and enjoyed the sequel as well. I hope you can enjoy them. Happy reading!
Hadn't heard of Only Ever Yours before, but I looked it up and I think it might be for me. The description reminded me of Stepford Wives–have you read that one?
You're not the fist one mentioning Stepford Wives! 🙂 I haven't read it but I'll check it out. Only Ever Yours is a good dystopian novel, I definitely recommend it.
I'll write a recap of it next week!
I know the feeling lol I'll let you know if I liked it!


5: Qualities i admire - Jack Does Good - Visual communicator on a mission to do good well.
On September 24, 2010 by Jacklynn // my day.
Since last Friday's 5 was such a debate, I thought I would do something short and sweet today.
Ps. Looking back at that list, I feel like I disagree with all of them now. It must have been the sleep deprivation talking.


text:
Chelsea Manning>
The Ethical Consistency of Bradley Manning's Apology
Unlike the US government's vindictive behaviour, Pfc Manning's expressions of regret are of a piece with his moral earnestness
Dec 22, 2022The Guardian
Pfc Bradley Manning, the American soldier responsible for transmitting hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and US army reports to WikiLeaks, took the stand Wednesday during the sentencing phase of his trial to apologized to the presiding military judge, Col Denise Lind. His three-minute unsworn statement was delivered before defense rested its case.
In July, Manning was convicted of 20 offenses. He currently faces a maximum punishment of 90 years. Manning said Wednesday:
I am sorry that my actions hurt people. I am sorry that it hurt the United States.
Because much of the 19-month trial has been conducted without a public record of court documents until the 1,103rd day of the legal proceeding, many might be surprised to learn that Manning's statement on Wednesday is consistent with others he has made in court.
Many readers are familiar with excerpts from a 20-page statement Manning read at a February hearing, where he pled to nine "lesser included offenses" of the Espionage Act and one failure to obey a lawful regulation for wrongly storing classified material. In that statement, Manning explained his motive for releasing charged information, including a video of a July 2007 US airstrike in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed two Reuters journalists, at least 12 civilians, and injured two children.
"While his incredible earnestness is evident to many in court, it is hard to convey to those who haven't experienced it."
In his statement, Manning described the conduct of the Apache pilots as dehumanizing and "similar to a child torturing ants with a magnifying glass". Audio of him delivering his statement was later leaked and published by the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
In addition to the 20-page statement at the February Providence Inquiry, however, were lengthy colloquies he had with the judge about the nature of his admitted conduct.
It is important to note that Manning's unsworn statement on Wednesday did not say that he "harmed" the US. While much of the sentencing hearing has been conducted in closed session away from public scrutiny. In open sessions, prosecution witnesses have testified that no actual damage occurred and no deaths resulted from Manning's leaks. During the sentencing phase, prosecutors have presented evidence of government mitigation efforts and "expert" opinion testimony by federal employees and contractors that the leaks impacted diplomatic reporting, relationships with foreign governments, and could possibly be used in the future propaganda efforts by al-Qaida.
Explaining his guilt to nine offenses of discrediting the service in February, Manning said:
[T]he public sees that these documents have been released and then it damages their perception and their feeling about whether the armed services as a whole can safeguard information at all.
On Wednesday, Manning also said:
I did not truly appreciate the broader effects of my actions. Those effects are clearer to me now through both self-reflection during my confinement in its various forms and through the merits and sentencing testimony that I have seen here. I look back at my decisions and wonder, 'How on earth could I, a junior analyst, possibly believe I could change the world for the better over the decisions of those with the proper authority?'
Explaining his February plea to nine offenses of prejudice to good order and discipline, Manning said:
In the military, we have rules and regulations and structures designed to safeguard sensitive information, whether it be classified or unclassified; and I circumvented those ... I'm not the right pay-grade to make these decisions or anything.
And now, on Wednesday, Manning also said:
In retrospect, I should have worked more aggressively inside the system as we discussed during the Providence Statement and had options and I should have used these options.
In February, Manning declined to use either a justification (legal duty) defense or a necessity (imminent threat) defense, which may have been unavailable to him. He also told the judge back then that:
I didn't even look at the possible channels of ... of having this information released properly, so. That's not how we do business.
Manning's apology is not a zero-sum game. To understand Manning, one must see his acts in light of his moral, not political, agency. Defense has argued at trial that Manning is a humanist. Manning did not want to hurt anyone; in fact, he wanted to inform the American public.
On Wednesday, a defense forensic psychiatrist testified to Manning's motives:
Well, Pfc Manning was under the impression that his leaked information was going to really change how the world views the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and future wars, actually. This was an attempt to crowdsource an analysis of the war, and it was his opinion that if ... through crowdsourcing, enough analysis was done on these documents, which he felt to be very important, that it would lead to a greater good ... that society as a whole would come to the conclusion that the war wasn't worth it ... that really no wars are worth it.
Deficient press coverage and the lack of public access, until lately, to some of the 35,000 pages of court documents from his trial have only exacerbated Manning's legal predicament. Manning's history with gender identity issues, the lack of public court documents, and the prejudicial and reactive statements by US government official for the last three years have left Manning prey to a feeding frenzy of salacious and hyperbolic coverage and a famine of serious media consideration.
Manning directed his counsel to only engage with the press using text-based media, and to be as "accurate as possible, and try to get to the actual topic and try to be as factual as possible, and try to be as neutral as possible". While his incredible earnestness is evident to many in court, it is hard to convey to those who haven't experienced it. At the hearing concerning his unlawful pre-trial confinement at Quantico, in November 2012, Manning's expressions of admiration and respect for his current command, and his friendly self-effacing charm, even disarmed the lead military prosecutor, Major Ashden Fein, who was smiling at Manning by the end of his cross-examination.
A remarkable aspect of this historic trial is how Manning's conduct, hiscandor to the court, and his reserved relationship with the press have shown in stark relief how bombastic and prejudicial the US government's approach to his trial has been.
Manning is expected to be sentenced next week. Perhaps, once his trial is over, the truth about it can finally be learned.
© 2023 The Guardian
Alexa O'Brien's work covering Bradley Manning's trial was recently short-listed for the 2013 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, the most prestigious journalism prize in the United Kingdom.
Chelsea ManningWikiLeaks


text:
By Bert Kreischer
Life of the Party Bert Kreischer
Summary : Life of the Party
A collection of outrageous stories by the standup comic, TV host, and inspiration for the movie National Lampoon's Van Wilder
Bert Kreischer doesn't know how to say "no." If he did, he wouldn't have gotten himself mixed up with a group of Russian mobsters on a class trip to Moscow, earning him his nickname: "The Machine." He wouldn't have wrestled with a bear or swum with sharks on national television. He wouldn't have (possibly) smoked PCP with a star of Saturday Night Live. And he wouldn't have been named the Number One Partier in the Nation by Rolling Stone, inspired the movie National Lampoon's Van Wilder, or performed standup to sellout crowds across the country.
The stories Kreischer shares in Life of the Party are a guidebook on how not to grow up. From his fraternity days at Florida State University, to his rise as a standup, to his marriage and first brushes with fatherhood, Kreischer shows you a path that may not lead you to maturity or personal growth. But it will lead you to a shitload of fun.
(Tags : Life of the Party Bert Kreischer Audiobook, Bert Kreischer Audio CD )
More by Bert Kreischer
Running the Light
Sam Tallent


DMRC JE Mechanical Books Study Material PDF Download : Hello Aspirants, Now all you know that Delhi Metro Rails corporation i.e DMRC has announced recruitment notification. There are total 1896 vacancies in DMRC to fill through this recruitment. DMRC Recruitment is for executive level post like assistant manager and there are also more number of vacancies for non executive posts like Junior Engineer Electrical, Electronics, Civil and Mechanical, also vacancies for maintainer for ITI. Today we will discuss about DMRC JE Mechanical Books Study Material PDF Download.
For all these vacancies candidate all across India can apply. So there will be tough competition. But it is best opportunity for engineer to get good government job. Specially Mechanical Engineers are struggling to get a job in private sector. So here we will only discuss about DMRC JE Mechanical Books Study Material PDF Download.
This Junior Engineer post is mainly for diploma holders but candidates with higher qualification can also apply. If you want to apply then check eligibility first then apply. Last date to apply is 26 February 2018.
After Release of notification many candidates are asking about DMRC JE Books. Candidate from mechanical branch looking for best books for DMRC JE Mechanical. They are also searching for Free study material for DMRC JE Mechanical preparation. Here we will suggest best books for DMRC Mechanical JE and we will also provide download link for DMRC JE Mechanical Study material and books in PDF Format.
There are two papers. paper 1 consist of 4 subject like technical, aptitude, logical reasoning and general awareness. So lets see DMRC JE Mechanical books for Technical.
Technical questions in mechanical based on main topics like Applied Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Machines, Machine Design, Machine Design, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, SOM, Theory of machines, Welding Technology, Workshop Technology, Thermodynamics. You can use separate standard books for each topic. Also there are few good books which covers all topics.
We recommend " Conventional and Objective Mechanical Engineering by R.S Khurmi " This is most popular Mechanical Engineering book for any competitive exam.
There are also some books specially designed for DMRC Junior Engineer Exams which covers all subjects with aptitude and general awareness.
DMRC JE Mechanical Study Material Download PDF.