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New screenshots have been released showing off more of the single player campaign for Halo 3, the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive first person shooter from Bungie and Microsoft.
in motion i thought the new trailer was quite poor !
i wonder if it was just a bad edited trailer !
i know they don't want to ruin the game but if it was me i would have shown the first level being played !
maybe stuff like that will come during the week.
i think the way it works now is the big three do a small conference then the publishers show (pay for) the individual stuff during the week.
...regardless of what some people have been saying about being a little disappointed I'm still getting Halo 3. It may not be the best looking game (still damn nice though!!!!) but its a franchise I have enjoyed playing up till now and I cant see this one being any different in that regard.
No matter what you say about either format - its great to be a gamer right now!
If not for the online, but just to finally see how the story will end! It's great to know the Arbiter WILL be working beside the MC, but there is still distrust, as in the trailer MC runs up to the Arbiter and holds what appears to be a Magnum to his throat, but there is a short image of them standing together on a rocky cliff overlooking something.
Can anyone verify that they are from actual gameplay?
well, i'm not sure if it's gameplay or not, but bear in mind that the Beta is the unfinished version, and also the multiplayer is always lower graphical quality than the singleplayer to reduce lag.
This is true in game, the Beta had most of the effects turned off (no HDR for example).
It looks pretty damn good I'd say.
The brutes face is hilarious. its good. but scary funny. pics look great though. gonna be alot of fun.
I really like what they've done with the visor effect on the hud. It looks like you inside the helmet.
Well it doesn't obstruct the view. It's transparent but I suppose it might be annoying to some.
gets better and better every time i see it .
Thats more like it!! very purty!!
Just look at the Killzone 2 screens. ANYTHING can be done, it just takes TIME! Guerilla took they're time on Killzone and Result. Although, i think seeing the stuff from GOW, PGR4 and COD4 the Killzone seems a fair bit less impressive, but impressive nonetheless.
The quality of the trailer is poor.
... of your intelligence and judgement is poor.
Halo 3's biggest weakness is the character motions. Visually it's beautiful, but the character movements are stiff and unnatural. They also lack facial expression and body language. Characters in Halo 3 don't move and express like real people.
I agree, except if you're including Halo CE. Halo CE had the best animations for single player, I don't know how they could fck it up in Halo 2. I'll wait 'till I see Halo 3's to know for sure.
all graphics is ok and some times AWESOME.. but Trees is so last gen..
Looks fantastic. Love the new marines.
Yeah one of the pics the tree leaves need some work but everything else looks awesome, I like the color and tone, textures and yes this is in-game.
How long will it take to make 4 million + game discs do cover all the pre-orders?
only 2 1/2 months to go until its released.
Man I can't wait for Halo 3 and Killzone 2, both of them games are gonna be awesome. I gotta get a PS3 soon for Killzone 2 and I also need to preorder the Halo 3 Legendary edition.
gorgeous man, i really think so. looks miles beyond the beta, which i'm hoping will have a few more layers of polish applied. really though, these campaign pics, the colors are very rich and everything seems very dense. check out the shot of chief with the arbiter- amazing details, lighting, etc. beautiful, and i love the first person shot, seeing the edge of the visor, metroid prime style. immersive. i think it all looks quite lovely. i know it's only stills, but it seems so...fluid, smooth. can't wait for the campaign! i really really hope that it's a looong campaing though, 10 hours or under i'll be disappointed.
Yay! The Arbiter is back.
In frame 00:00:49.307 you can see that a brute has a strange gun on his back and he is dropping a red orb piece of equipment.
To those who say it looks like halo two I suggest going to frame 00:01:00.507 and look at the detail in the buggers. They have WAY more polygons in them than they did in halo 2.
Frame 00:01:13.107, what is the piece of equipment the chief is rocking in the upper left hand corner?
Frame 00:01:15.382, look at the bad arse hologram of the prophet on the left. Also we get to see the 4th grenade emblem in this frame.
Frame 00:01:27.982, what is the strange blue thing with and odd yet symmetrical black triangular top coming out of the planet?
Frame 00:01:39.707, warthog with 4 seats.
Frame 00:01:42.157, is just simply stunning; the lighting on the base to the right is amazing! Move slowly ahead you see that we have a new scarab, 2 banshees, some strange new craft, 3 warthogs and a ton of guys in or on each all fighting at once!
Frame 00:01:44.607, shows the arbiter on top of this same scarab with a new gun laying waste to the troops on top.
frame 00:01:42.157 was going on at and the angle was different so that would put 5 banshees, 3 drop ships, the new scarab (with a deck full of guys), 3 warthogs (with 2- 3 troops in each) Some kind of battle cruiser, the strange new craft between the 2 banshees from the right, the chief and the arbiter all in one place all fighting with zero frame drop. SCALE is what halo 3 is obviously about.


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Together Frankfort is a non-partisan, volunteer group of Kentuckians who seek to exercise and protect the principles embodied in our Constitution by being engaged and responsible participants in democracy.
We advocate for integrity and transparency in government and political actions, and fair and equal application of the law and civil rights for all people.
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We are committed to our country and to the welfare of our fellow citizens regardless of political affiliation, and to solutions that cross partisan divides.
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Together Frankfort invites you to celebrate Juneteenth!
Learn the history & context of the Juneteenth holiday. Hear from members of Frankfort's educational, spiritual, & cultural organizations, engage in dialogue about the concept of freedom in Frankfort's past, present & future.
Partners: Focus on Race Relations, Josephine Sculpture Park, Together Frankfort, The Grand Theatre, Frankfort Plant Board and Beta Upsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; Joe & Debbie Graviss, Sponsors. Just come to the The Grand Theatre at 7 PM Saturday, June 19, 2021. Due to lifting of COVID restrictions, seating is first come, first served. Please join us!
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We cannot lose focus on the attacks on our freedoms:
~ Kentucky, and around 19 other states, are proposing and passing legislation aimed at curbing antiracism training and critical race theory in schools.
~ As Texas workers get a new federal holiday, their governor, Greg Abbott, just signed a law prohibiting students from receiving course credit for political activism, or work with policy advocacy organizations on any issue, even, for example, service learning.
~ In Tennessee, school funds can be withheld if teachers link historical events to institutional racism.
~ The U.S. Supreme Court, nine (9) years ago, struck down portions of America's major attempt to address voter access to the poll, the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
~ Federal voting rights legislation has been proposed, repeatedly, to correct the disaster created by the Supreme Court voting rights ruling, and the bills either died in committee, or as happened in 2019, the Republican-led Senate refused to even bring the bill up for a vote.
Together Frankfort commends the many, especially the African American leaders, organizations, and businesses, who have worked tirelessly for years to make Juneteenth a national holiday. We join them in also demanding that this be the start of vital changes to address our nation's history of racial injustice.
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(June 18, 2021; Frankfort KY) Together Frankfort commends Kentucky's Members of Congress who voted in support of Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which was signed into law yesterday, June 17.
Karen Armstrong-Cummings, former Together Frankfort Chair, emphasized that,
"The federal Juneteenth law is a huge achievement. However, unless Congress moves to enact the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a Juneteenth federal law is mere window-dressing on our democratic republic. Unless state legislators stop their attack on the fact-based teaching of our nation's history, the Juneteenth federal law celebrates a holiday that our nation's teachers cannot teach our children."
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Former Lake County sheriff, Major Crime Task Force founder Gary Del Re dead at 69
By Jim Newton
Former Lake County Sheriff Gary Del Re (Lake County Sheriff's Office)
A two-term former Lake County sheriff and co-founder of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force died over the weekend in his Mundelein home.
Gary Del Re, 69, who served as Lake County sheriff from 1996 to 2006, was found dead at home, and likely died of natural causes in his sleep sometime between Friday and Saturday, according to Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper.
Del Re was a longtime employee of the Buffalo Grove Police Department, reaching the rank of commander before being appointed sheriff in 1996 following the retirement of former Sheriff Clinton Grinnell.
A Republican, Del Re was then elected to two four-year terms in 1998 and 2002, before losing in the 2006 general election to current Republican Sheriff Mark Curran, who ran as a Democrat in 2006 and has since switched parties.
Del Re served as the founding commander of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force created in 1992. The task force serves all of Lake County, especially smaller departments, in investigating serious crimes such as murder. Member communities either donate investigators and technicians when needed, or make cash contributions if they cannot spare personnel.
"For a town like mine, it serves as a safety net," Round Lake Park Police Chief George Filenko said Tuesday afternoon.
Filenko, who worked under Del Re at the sheriff's office for five years and eventually served as task force commander himself, said Del Re was the "ultimate professional," remaining soft-spoken even in tense situations.
"He was always moving forward," Filenko said, noting that the Lake County Major Crime Task Force was the first agency of its kind in the nation, and now similar groups are common across the country.
He said the concept is to ensure that all areas have the resources, equipment and expert personnel often available only to the larger area departments and the sheriff's office.
He also said Del Re respected all officers in law enforcement, regardless of rank, and would go out of his way just to say hello or ask about family.
Although Del Re had left wishes that his services be private, Filenko said if a funeral were held, "hundreds of officers would be there."
He was preceded in death by his wife of 21 years, Sandra Sandra Del Re, who died at home at age 47 in February 2011.
According to an obituary posted on the Kristan Funeral Home website, services will be private and in lieu of flowers, a donation may be made in Del Re's memory to Save-A-Pet, Inc., 31664 North Fairfield Road, Grayslake, Ill.
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Del Re loved dogs and his dachshund Brutus was mentioned as a survivor in his obituary.
The obituary described Del Re as "a career first-responder," serving residents of Northern Cook County and Lake County for well over three decades.
Del Re was born in Chicago, and according to the obituary is survived by his mother Dolores of Mount Prospect, brothers Ken (Jessica) of Sarasota, Florida and Phillip (Susan) of Belvidere, his sons Gary Jr. of Antioch and David (Jordan) of Wadsworth and grandchildren Hunter, Tyler, Colsen and Sheridan.
He is also survived by several nieces, nephews and other family and friends.


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President Duterte is poised to raise the bar higher when it comes to accepting rebel surrenderees back into the fold of the government.
In a speech in at Camp Teodulfo Bautista Headquarters, Brgy. Bus-bus, Jolo, Sulu Saturday night, Duterte said that apart from giving his full support to the soldiers in their fight against terrorists, the chief executive revealed his plans for future surrenderees.
"But next time around, we will raise the bar higher. Sabi ko 'pag magdating ang – wala ng surrender-surrender," said Duterte.
Recently in Davao City, Duterte stated he is not giving up on peace as he renewed his call to end the dispute between the government and the New People's Army (NPA).
Duterte reiterated his belief that a revolution will not expedite the progress and development of a country.
"Life isn't that easy. Life has to evolve, and progress and development can't be rushed through a revolution. If you're always calling for a revolution and killing people, nothing good will happen to our nation," Duterte said.
"So kung maaari lang sana ayaw ko talaga. That's my mission. I want peace for my land," he added.
But Saturday night in Sulu, Duterte urged his soldiers to fight till the end and vowed to be harsher when it comes to future surrenderees.
"Fight ka diyan hanggang mamatay ka. Hindi na mag-accept ng surrender. Pabalik-balik kayo," he added.
Duterte also reminded soldiers to not allow themselves to fall victims or hostages of terrorists groups and urged them to destroy and kill them.
"I assure you that you have my full support as you conduct intensive military operations against these terrorist groups, particularly those who subscribe to the extremist ideologies of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda," he said during the close-in event.
"That's just a bankrupt ideology. Ang alam lang nito magpatay pati magsira. Destroy and kill. So my order to you: Destroy and kill also. Bakit ka magpalugi?" he added.
Duterte then said that he's the only Philippine president who gives out sidearms to soldiers, noting how the fight against terrorists goes.
"Ako lang 'yung Presidente na nagbibigay ng sidearm kasi lalo na dito, giyera dito babuyan eh," he said.
"Do not surrender. Kaya ako, binigyan ko kayo ng – that's one magazine deployed, another two. Pag naubos 'yung dalawa, 'yang last magazine, iyo 'yan," he added.
The President reiterated his advice to soldiers to not allow themselves to be caught by terrorists or they will face the worst kind of torture.
'Dadalhin ka ng kampo, gawain kang aso doon at pagkatapos, iharap ka sa camera, luglugin ka," he added.
"Pero 'yang sabi ko, huwag kayo magpababoy. Ang sundalo ko, matapang at handang mamatay. Kaya 'pag wala ka ng bala, 'yung last magazine, kainin mo na lang," he said.


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In Florida, the crime of petit theft involves taking the property of another without authorization and without threats or force. If the value of the property is less than $300, it is a misdemeanor crime. A misdemeanor petit theft conviction is not extremely serious, but it can result in jail time and can certainly affect a person's criminal record permanently depending on the outcome. However, in pretty much every scenario, a misdemeanor charge is much better and less serious than a felony charge.
Many petit theft cases are shoplifting cases (which is not a legal term). Many shoplifting cases involves less than $300 and are misdemeanor cases. However, a shoplifting/petit theft case that involves stealing $100 worth of merchandise can become a felony if an anti-shoplifting device is used.
In a recent petit theft case near Jacksonville, Florida, the defendant was seen in the store with what appeared to be a thick, heavy and worn shopping bag from a different store. The store security officer watched as the defendant put various clothing items (worth approximately $150) in the bag, walk past the cashiers and walk past the sensors at the exits without paying. The sensors did not activate. The security officer stopped the defendant and found various store merchandise items in the bag. He also took possession of the bag. Apparently, the bag was actually a few shopping bags taped together. One of the inside bags had been lined with aluminum and duct tape. The purpose of this lining was to prevent the alarm sensors in the store from going off. Apparently, that part of the plan worked.
Normally, this defendant would be charged with misdemeanor petit theft for stealing less than $300 worth of merchandise. However, because she used the altered shopping back as an anti-shoplifting device, she was also charged with possession/use of an anti-shoplifting device which is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The Florida law defines an anti-shoplifting device as anything that is designed, manufactured or modified to defeat any device that detects shoplifting. The court found that this altered bag was an anti-shoplifting device, and the defendant was convicted of a felony for using it in what would otherwise have been a misdemeanor petit theft case.


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Dr. Destler became President of Rochester Institute of Technology on July 1, 2007. He is the ninth President in the university's 178-year history. He was formerly senior Vice President for academic affairs and provost of the University of Maryland at College Park.
At RIT, Dr. Destler is responsible for one of the nation's leading career-oriented universities with 16,450-students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries, 2,800 faculty and staff, an annual operating budget of more than $492 million, and an endowment of more than $600 million. The university has one of the oldest and largest cooperative education programs in the country.
Dr. Destler serves on the American Council on Education's Commission on Effective Leadership and is a board member for the National Institute of Aerospace Foundation. He is a member of the board of directors for New York's Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. He also serves on community boards in Rochester: Rochester General Health System, Greater Rochester Enterprise, Rochester Business Alliance, Golisano Family Foundation and High Tech of Rochester, and CurAegis Technologies Inc.
Prior to RIT, Dr. Destler spent more than 30 years at the University of Maryland, rising from the ranks of research associate and assistant professor of electrical engineering to Senior Vice President and Provost. At Maryland, he also served as Electrical Engineering Department Chair, Dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering, Interim Vice President for University Advancement, Vice President for Research, and Dean of the Graduate School.
As engineering school dean, Dr. Destler created the Gemstone Program, a multidisciplinary four-year research program for undergraduate honors students of all majors in which teams of students design, direct and conduct research exploring the interdependence of science and technology with society. During his term as Graduate School Dean, student applications increased by more than 20 percent and research funding rose by more than 30 percent. While Interim Vice President for Advancement, Dr. Destler was credited with securing a $25 million gift from Comcast Corporation for naming rights supporting the construction of the Comcast Center sports arena. As Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, retention increased and the graduation rate rose from 62 percent to 80 percent over five years.
Other achievements at Maryland include leading a faculty team in the creation of a cross-disciplinary master's degree program in telecommunications; originating the Hinman CEOs Program, a living-learning entrepreneurship initiative for undergraduate students; and involvement in the President's Promise, an outside-the-classroom experiential program for freshmen.
Dr. Destler is an international authority on high-power microwave sources and advanced accelerator concepts. He is best known for his pioneering work in the collective acceleration of heavy ions, achieving the highest energies to date by this method, and for his development of large orbit microwave devices, including large orbit gyrotrons and rotating beam free electron lasers. He has consulted for government agencies and private firms, received more than $40 million in grants and contracts, published more than 200 journal articles and book chapters, and presented many papers. Dr. Destler has also directed 18 master's and doctoral student theses and earned awards for his teaching.
He earned a bachelor's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Both degrees were in the field of applied physics.


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Finding high returns in a low return environment is main challenge of industry
Investors must beware of shift from globalism to protectionism
'Don't fall in love' – why emotional attachment to managers is a bad thing
More tourism would complement financial services sector
The ability to generate high returns in a low return environment is a key conundrum for the hedge fund industry right now.
Panelists at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit, which took place in Grand Cayman last week (February 4-5), debated the search for uncorrelated returns in a world of rising correlation, with Professor Amin Rajan, CEO of CREATE Research, leading the discussion.
"Returns on almost every asset class are lower on a five year view," Rajan said, adding that it appears we have used QE to borrow future returns.
Max Darnell, managing partner and CIO of First Quadrant, said this is absolutely the case. "We have had a false sense of confidence that central banks can save the day," he said. "What happens now that we have become more sceptical in a more volatile world," he asked.
Michael Kharitonov, CEO of Voleon Capital Management, said he was interested in the innovation in the quant space, with tremendous opportunities where science can be applied to financial trading. "Returns are low but volatility is high and a market neutral strategy can benefit," he said. "We need liquidity and volatility and we have both."
The panel then went on to consider the key value traps, where a trade looks attractive but doesn't work out. Ross Levin, director of research at Arbiter Partners Capital Management, outlined two traditional value traps, firstly, where the value of the business has been misappraised or cyclical recovery doesn't flow through.
Additionally, the assets and the discount may look reasonable, but returns are eliminated by factors such as a big fee, for example on real estate. "This issue of a superficially attractive dividend has been heightened by the QE distortion," he said.
In terms of what should be done, Michael Rees, of Neuberger Berman, DYAL Capital, said more product innovation is required in the industry. "There is pressure on fees because investors won't pay 2% for a co-mingled fund," he said. "That turns the conversation to 'what do you want that I can deliver?' Be a solution provider for the next downturn and not a product provider."
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Report | Immigration
Farm exports and farm labor: Would a Raise for Fruit and Vegetable Workers Diminish the Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture?
Report • By Philip Martin • March 21, 2011
Briefing Paper #295
A quarter of the fresh fruit produced in the United States and almost a tenth of the fresh vegetables are exported. These exports—largely enabled by technology and transportation revolutions allowing fruits and vegetables to be consumed far from their place of production1—are a significant and growing force in the U.S. economy. In 2008, U.S. agricultural exports of $115 billion exceeded agricultural imports of $80 billion, generating a $35 billion farm trade surplus. Between 1989 and 2009, the value of U.S. agricultural exports rose 2.5 times, while exports of highvalue agricultural products, including fruits and vegetables, more than tripled.
However, over the same 20-year period, average hourly earnings for U.S. farmworkers only increased $1.52, from $8.55 to $10.07 (in 2009 dollars). The workers who are helping to produce these labor-intensive commodities are not seeing much benefit from rising exports.
How would the competitiveness of U.S. fruit and vegetable exports be impacted if farmworker wages rose? And how would this affect the pocketbooks of U.S. consumers? By examining the links between U.S. farmworker wages and fruit and vegetable exports, this briefing paper answers these questions. Specifically, the paper finds:
A 40% increase in farmworker earnings would lift a typical seasonal farmworker's earnings from about $10,000 a year to $14,000 a year, above the poverty line for an individual.2
A 40% increase in farmworker earnings would at the most raise U.S. household spending about $16 a year, roughly the price of two matinee movie tickets. U.S. consumers, who spent less than $430 per household on fresh fruits and vegetables in 2009, would need to spend less than $446 to accommodate the tiny share of retail prices going to farm labor.3 (This $16 estimate assumes that rising wages would not change production or consumption, which likely would change, as follows.)
If farm labor costs rose, farm operators could and likely would make changes that increase worker productivity, including providing workers with productivity increasing harvesting aids, hastening the adoption of productivity-increasing growing and harvesting techniques, providing labor aids that reduce the physical demands of farm work and thus expand the potential workforce, and speeding the mechanization already underway in harvesting of commodities such as oranges and raisin grapes as well as in pre-harvesting activities such as pruning. (Producer responses would of course vary by commodity, producer size, and location.)
If higher wages prompt changes by farm operators to boost worker productivity, wage increases might expand, rather than reduce, U.S. fruit and vegetable production.
The impact of any price changes from increased wages (i.e., production cost increases not offset by corresponding increases in productivity but passed along to consumers) would be small because the major export markets for U.S. fresh fruits and vegetables—Canada and Mexico—have few lower cost alternative sources. (Rising U.S. farm wages may have relatively few shortterm impacts on certain high-value exports to Asian markets, but these exports could be threatened in the long run by the lower-cost, high-quality production in places such as China even at current wages.) In short, increasing farmworker wages to raise farmworkers out of poverty poses little threat to consumer pocketbooks or U.S. exports.
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Q: Asp.NET MVC Value of DynamicForm posted but not passed to controller So what I have is a HTML-Form enabling the user to register for sportsevents. The user can register different profiles (e.g. his children) and every event can potentially have so called "Additional Attributes" like textboxes for T-Shirt-size etc.
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Since I do not create those events, I cannot know, what these "Additional Attributes" look like, which is why they are rendered dynamically using DynamicForm.
My problem is that I cannot access the user-input for those attributes in the controller. When I check the browser's console, I see the input being posted, but checking the dynamic form's value, it always says "null".
Here's my controller:
[HttpPost, ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
    public ActionResult RegisterForEvent(EventRegistrationModel model)
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < playerList.Count; i++)
        {
            var form = Session["Form" + i] as Form;
            model.PlayersToRegister[i].Form = form;
            //var test = form
            //var testtest = test.GetResponses(false);
        }
        return RedirectToAction("EventOverview");
    }

As you can see, I tried to use the Form's "GetResponses"-Method, but it returned null.
public List<Response> GetResponses(bool completedOnly)
    {
        return InputFields.OrderBy(inputField => inputField.DisplayOrder).Select(field => new Response
        {
            Title = field.Title, Value = field.Response
        }).Where(response => !completedOnly || !String.IsNullOrEmpty(response.Value)).ToList();
    }

At the moment I am trying to get the values via Session, as this worked in an older version, where you were only able to register one profile at a time. The Session-variable gets assigned in the ActionResult returning the above View.
I've been trying various solutions from various threads over the past days (e.g. ModelState.Clear), but unfortunately nothing has been successful.
If you need more information, code or whatever, please let me know.

A: Since your form is dynamic you may want to use a dynamic model in the post method.  Try something like this:
[HttpPost, ValidateAntiForgeryToken]
public ActionResult RegisterForEvent(FormCollection collection)
{
    // stuff....
}

You'll have to do a bit of work parsing out the collection that comes in but it should have everything that was posted from the form.  In general I don't recommend this as it can really spiral out of control.  Having a well defined view model (as you did in the original posting) is much better in general.  However, sometimes you really need something dynamic and this gets the job done.

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Painting with a Twist, Art Lovers' Soiree and MDA Entrepreneur Center
Fischer Galleries is hosting its annual Valentine's event, Art Lovers' Soiree, on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Photo courtesy Fischer Galleries
By Dustin Cardon
Painting with a Twist, a "paint-and-sip" franchise that combines painting classes and wine, opened a new location in Flowood on Thursday, Feb. 2. The business is located off Lakeland Drive at 161 Market St. in the Market Street Shopping Center.
Cathy Deano and Renee Maloney started Painting with a Twist in Mandeville, La., in 2007 under the name Corks N Canvas. They changed the name in 2009 after opening four locations in the New Orleans metro area. The franchise currently has more than 330 studios in 36 states.
Painting with a Twist classes feature local artists guiding groups in painting on 16-inch by 20-inch, 12-inch by 12-inch, or 36-inch by 24-inch canvases, using paint and brushes that the studio provides, all while enjoying wine. Subjects include landscapes, abstracts and cityscapes, renderings of animals, iconic buildings and florals. After a session, participants can take home the paintings that they completed.
Mississippi entrepreneurs James Crowder and Mike McDaniel own the Flowood studio as well as another Painting with a Twist studio in Hattiesburg. The two decided to bring Painting with a Twist to Mississippi after Crowder attended several classes while living in Pensacola, Fla.
The Flowood location offers private parties for all types of special events and has space for up to 60 people, with one large room that can hold 40 and a private room that seats 20. Painting with a Twist of Jackson-Flowood will also participate in monthly fundraising events called Painting with a Purpose, which will raise money to donate to local nonprofits such as Habitat for Humanity.
The Jackson studio is open Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is available for parties every day. For information on pricing or to book an event, call 601-398-1927 or visit www.paintingwithatwist.com/jackson-flowood.
Art Lovers' Soiree at Fischer Galleries
Fischer Galleries is hosting its annual Valentine's event, Art Lovers' Soiree, on Thursday, Feb. 9, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The event will take place at Fischer Galleries (736 S. President St.) and will include a pop-up art gallery from Art Space 86, featuring seven artists currently showing in the Mississippi Invitational Exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art. The featured artists are Michael Richardson of Gulfport, Joey Rice of Ocean Springs, Bill Jackson of Drew, Nate Theisen of Jackson, Megan Hitt of Ridgeland, Jaime Erin Johnson of Starkville and Jerrod Partridge of Ocean Springs.
Art Lovers' Soiree will also feature a self-portrait show from local artists Susan Russell and Alison Kelly, indoor and outdoor "light painting" displays from T.J. Ledger, jewelry from Anna Jolly Burnett and romance-themed books for sale from Lemuria Books.
For more information, call 601-291-9115 or visit Fischer Galleries' Facebook page.
MDA's Entrepreneur Center Named 2017 Delta Entrepreneurship Network Fellow
The Delta Regional Authority, an organization that the U.S. Congress established in 2000 to help create jobs and build communities in the eight states of the Delta region, recently named the Mississippi Development Authority's Entrepreneur Center as a 2017 Delta Entrepreneurship Network fellow.
The Entrepreneur Center is located in downtown Jackson and helps establish and train local small-business entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur Center offers training in areas such as financial and loan assistance, marketing, seminars and webinars, retail management.
As a Delta Entrepreneurship Network fellow, the Center will work with similar organizations in other states to provide more resources for local entrepreneurs and will participate in a special segment of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week 2017.
In 2016, the Entrepreneur Center conducted 1,500 client consultations, helped create 619 jobs and generated more than $18 million in new investment. For more information visit MDA's website at www.mississippi.org.
Jackson: A Great Place for Art, Food and Black Businesses
Saltine, MDA Take Flight; Southwest Grounds Them
Richard Kelso: Light on the Land
Local Art at Fischer's, Mellow Moustaches, UMMC AirCare and MSU/VA Partnership
George "Sky" Miles


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#include "bindings/v8/ScriptState.h"
#include "bindings/v8/SharedPersistent.h"
#include <v8.h>
#include "wtf/PassRefPtr.h"
#include "wtf/RefPtr.h"
#include "wtf/Vector.h"
#include "wtf/text/WTFString.h"

#ifndef NDEBUG
#include "bindings/v8/V8GCController.h"
#endif

namespace WTF {
class ArrayBuffer;
}

namespace WebCore {

class JSONValue;
class MessagePort;
class SerializedScriptValue;
class WebCLKernelTypeValue;
typedef Vector<RefPtr<MessagePort>, 1> MessagePortArray;
typedef Vector<RefPtr<WTF::ArrayBuffer>, 1> ArrayBufferArray;

class ScriptValue {
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} // namespace WebCore

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Jim Jordan member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, says Hillary Clinton was "telling truth in private" while "telling spin to the American people" after the Benghazi terrorist attacks.
Wallace: In the end, Congressman, most of the mainstream media, I think the consensus was, that you and the other Republicans on the Benghazi Committee didn't come up with much new. How do you respond to that?
Jordan: Well, I think it is new to tell the American people she said something completely different in private. She was telling truth in private, she was telling spin to the American people. I mean who talks in language like that? 'Someone sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet.' Contrast that with what she said to the Egyptian Prime Minister. 'We know the attack had nothing to do with the film. It was a planned attack not a protest.' That's plain language, that's being straightforward, that's being forthcoming. Why didn't she talk in those kind of terms with the American people? And here's why it's relevant, Chris. At the end of the hearing, we ask her, relative to her e-mail situation. You know her and her legal team determine which e-mails are public and which emails are work related. And we said 'if the FBI finds… deleted e-mails, will they agree, will Clinton and her team agree to allow a neutral third party like a retired federal judge to examine those deleted e-mails and to determine if some of those are applicable to our investigation?' Her response was, 'no,' they wouldn't agree to that. So we have her doing all this spin the night of the attack and now when it comes to her e-mails, she gets to determine which ones are work related and which ones aren't. And she won't let some neutral third party to do it and calls into question her evaluation of those e-mails and she wouldn't agree to allow a neutral third party to do it. And that's why it's relevant.


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Papers and correspondence of George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, b.1920.
Bookmark:https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb116-portercollection
Royal Institution of Great Britain Archive
GB 116 Porter collection
George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, b.1920.
120 boxes
Biographical material includes significant documentation of Porter's career, honours and awards from 1955 to 1992 including his appointment as Director of the Royal Institution in 1966 and the award of the Nobel Prize in 1967. Presented with the biographical material are papers relating to Porter's Nobel Lecture and the 1986 meeting held in his honour at the Royal Institution: 'Flash Photolysis and its Applications'.
There are good records of Porter's research from his return to academic life at Cambridge after the Second World War. There are notes, drafts and data which are particularly useful for the periods at Cambridge and Sheffield, a good record of the funding of Porter's research arranged alphabetically by funding body which covers the period, 1955-1987 and correspondence with suppliers of research equipment, 1955-1979. A miscellaneous group of papers is presented under the subheading 'Davy Faraday Research Laboratory' including papers relating to the Laboratory's collaboration with the University of London. Associated with the research material are records of the Photochemistry Discussion Group whose meetings were held at the Royal Institution and of patents which arose from research at the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory.
Papers relating to the Royal Institution form by far the most substantial part of the collection. A major component of the Royal Institution papers documents the Director's involvement in the administration of the Royal Institution including questions of organisation, finance and funding, membership, and building and maintenance. Likewise, there is a significant record of the organisation of the events for which the Royal Institution is famous, most notably the Discourses and the Christmas Lectures. There is, for example, the Director's correspondence with Discourse Lecturers arranged alphabetically by lecturer, 'Discourse invitations declined', 'Discourses: suggested lecturers and topics', 'Discourse statistics' and Discourse dinner party records, and a chronological sequence of correspondence with lecturers about their Christmas Lectures. The controversy surrounding the Discourse and Christmas Lectures of E.R. Laithwaite, 1974-1975 is well documented. Another interesting component relates to the history of the Royal Institution, its library and archives and the development of the academic study of the history of science there.
As befits such a successful scientific communicator there are extensive records of Porter's lectures, publications and broadcasts. The bulk of the papers are Porter's drafts presented in two sequences, chronological, 1955-1988 and alphabetical by folder title or topic which covers a similar time span. There are drafts of lectures Porter gave at a variety of Royal Institution occasions such as Schools Lectures, Discourses and Christmas Lectures and drafts of his research lectures in the area of photochemistry. There is correspondence relating to lectures, broadcasts and publications including invitations to lecture, correspondence on BBC radio and television programmes and correspondence with journals reflecting Porter's editorial or advisory role. There are also notes taken by Porter as a student at Leeds and Cambridge and significant records of Porter's university teaching at Cambridge and Sheffield and his work with the Open University.
There are records of Porter's association with eighty-one British and international societies and organisations including commercial organisations with which Porter had a consultancy arrangement. In some cases documentation is slight, relating only to membership of foreign academies but in other cases where Porter held positions of leadership, for example, the Chemical Society, there is a fuller record. A number of organisations represented are related to some aspect of science education and popularisation including the Association for Science Education, the Bristol Exploratory and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Royal Society is principally represented by records of discussion meetings in which Porter was an organiser on a number of occasions and the Paul Instrument Fund. Commercial organisations with which he had consultancy arrangements include, in the USA, the General Electric Research and Development Center and Energy Conversion Devices Inc.
Porter's correspondence is presented in a number of sequences, the most substantial of which is the contents of his 'Miscellaneous Correspondence' files. These were arranged alphabetically by correspondent, almost all dating from the period of his Directorship of the Royal Institution. In addition there are sequences of 'Early Scientific Correspondence', 'Miscellaneous Correspondence' presented chronologically, 1966-1987 and groups of correspondence kept together by Porter relating to 'Soviet Scientists', 1970-1987 and 'Japanese Scientists', 1973-1985. The 'Soviet Scientists' sequence concerns the efforts by Western scientists to help dissident scientists in the Soviet Union.
George Porter was born in Stainforth in Yorkshire on 6 December 1920. He was educated at Thorne Grammar School, 1931-1938, and Leeds University, 1938-1941 where he was Ackroyd Scholar. The teaching of M.G. Evans at Leeds was influential in inspiring an interest in physical chemistry and chemical kinetics. During his final honours year he took a special course in radio physics which led to service, 1941-1945, as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Radar Officer in the Western Approaches and the Mediterranean. His wartime training in electronics and pulse techniques was to prove useful later in suggesting new approaches to chemical problems.
In 1945 he went to the University of Cambridge to undertake postgraduate research with R.G.W. Norrish in the field of chemical kinetics and photochemistry. His research involved the study, by flow techniques, of free radicals produced in gaseous photochemical reactions. The idea of using short pulses of light, of shorter duration than the lifetime of the free radicals, occurred to Porter, and he began the construction of an apparatus for this purpose in the early summer of 1947 and, together with Norrish, applied this to the study of gaseous free radicals and to combustion. Their collaboration continued until 1954 when Porter left Cambridge. His subsequent work was mainly concerned with showing how the flash-photolysis method could be extended and applied to a great variety of problems in physics, chemistry and biology. He has made contributions to other techniques, particularly that of radical trapping and matrix stabilisation.
After nine years at Cambridge Porter spent a year as Assistant Director of the British Rayon Research Association in Manchester where he applied the new methods to practical problems of dye fading and the phototendering of fabrics. He then moved to the University of Sheffield where he was Professor of Physical Chemistry, 1955-1963 and Firth Professor of Chemistry, 1963-1966. Between 1963 and 1966 he was also Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution. Following the retirement of Sir Lawrence Bragg in 1966 Porter became Director of the Royal Institution and Fullerian Professor of Chemistry. Here his research group in the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory applied flash photolysis to the problem of photosynthesis and extended these techniques into the nanosecond and picosecond regions. Porter continued as Director until 1985.
Porter published extensively in leading scientific journals and Chemistry in the Modern World, 1962 and Chemistry in Microtime, 1996. He held many positions of leadership in the scientific community culminating in the Presidency of the Royal Society, 1985-1990. In 1990 he became Chairman of the Centre for Photomolecular Sciences, Imperial College London.
One of Porter's particular interests was scientific education and the interpretation of science to non-specialists, a field in which the Royal Institution has been famous for many years, making his appointment as Director especially appropriate. He spoke on scientific topics to the widest range of audiences from school children to scientific colleagues at specialised symposia. He was a successful science broadcaster on television including the 1965 BBC series of lectures entitled 'The Laws of Disorder: an introduction to chemical change and thermodynamics' and his Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: 'Time Machines', 1969-1970 and 'Natural History of a Sunbeam', 1976-1977. His principal relaxation was sailing.
Porter received many awards and honours in recognition of his scientific achievements. He was elected FRS in 1960 (Medals: Davy, 1971; Rumford, 1978; Michael Faraday, 1991; Copley, 1992; Lectures: Bakerian, 1977; Humphry Davy, 1985). He was awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (with M. Eigen and R.G.W. Norrish) 'for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very fast pulses of energy'. He was knighted in 1972, awarded the Order of Merit in 1989 and made a life peer in 1990.
By section as follows: Biographical, Research, Royal Institution, Lectures, publications and broadcasts, Societies, organisations and consultancies, Correspondence. Index of correspondents.
Access to bona fide scholars by appointment with the Director of Collections, Royal Institution.
Printed Catalogues of the papers and correspondence of George Porter, Baron Porter of Luddenham, b.1920, NCUACS catalogue no. 100/5/01, 379pp. Copies available from NCUACS, University of Bath.
The papers were received from the Royal Institution, London and Lord Porter on various dates 1998-2000
Porter George b 1920 Baron Porter of Luddenham Knight, Baron, Chemist
Norrish Ronald George Wreyford 1897-1978 Chemist
Laithwaite Eric Roberts b 1921 Engineer
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Royal Society of London


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Labradoodle Romps in Snowfall in Nebraska City, Nebraska
A Labradoodle bounded about in the snow in Nebraska City, Nebraska, on December 29, during a winter storm advisory and heavy snowfall.
Footage shows the dog, Buddy, jumping in snow drifts while wagging its tail. "One happy Labradoodle named Buddy!" wrote Twitter user @greglant77. "Loves the snow."
The National Weather Service (NWS) had issued a winter weather advisory, as well as a winter storm warning, for the area in the early hours of Tuesday, December 29. Credit: @greglant77 via Storyful
Uncle Roger says he makes 'zero dollar' from Chinese social media
Malaysian YouTuber 'heartbroken' by criticism after deleting video with China critic Mike Chen. This article, Uncle Roger says he makes 'zero dollar' from Chinese social media, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced a special discount of 10 per cent for the electricity bills of six business sectors nationwide from January to March 2021....
PM: Govt to re-allocate existing funds to finance Permai
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 18 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will re-allocate existing funds to finance the newly announced additional stimulus package worth in excess of RM15...
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria, who oversees the Butantan biomedical center that is partnered with Sinovac in Brazil, said Anvisa's decision was a triumph for science as he gave the go-ahead for the first vaccination in his state. "A victory for science. A victory for life," Doria said. President Jair Bolsonaro, a coronavirus sceptic who has refused to take a vaccine himself, is under growing pressure to start inoculations in Brazil, which has lost more than 200,000 to COVID-19 - the worst death toll outside the United States. Delays with vaccine shipments and testing results have held up vaccinations in the country, once a global leader in mass immunizations and now a regional laggard after countries such as Chile and Mexico started giving shots last month. Bolsonaro's government aims to kick off a national immunization program this week but is waiting on shipments of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the center of its plans.


Below are some of the more common questions our guests have about Kneaded Relief and what you should expect as our guest.
What should I wear when receiving a massage treatment?
When receiving a massage, it is best to undress to your comfort level. Therapists at all times will properly drape the linens so that all parts of the body are correctly covered. Only the body part that they will be working on will be uncovered.
What should I do before I come in for a treatment (excluding nail and waxing services)?
Before a treatment, you want to make sure to increase your water intake. Water will help the body naturally flush out toxins and allow your muscles the ability to relax easier. Also, you want to eat a lighter meal and make sure to arrive 30 minutes before your service begins so that you have plenty of time to start the relaxation process, change into a robe and sandals and relax in our relaxation retreat.
Why do I have to fill out paperwork before a service at Kneaded Relief?
All services at Kneaded Relief do require a level of paperwork to be filled out. Because of the nature of the services the therapists need to know any previous/current medical history as well as specifics in regards to what the therapist will be working on. At Kneaded Relief, we want to help you to the best of our ability and the more information we have the better we can help you achieve whatever goal you have when you come on in. Click here to download a PDF of our client form. We do also ask that you complete a new form if it has been a year since your last visit and/or if there is a change in your health history.
Why do I have to arrive 30 minutes before my appointment time?
If you are a new guest or have not been to the spa in over a year, we do ask that you arrive 30 min early to complete all paperwork, receive a tour of the spa to become acquainted with our space, change into a robe and sandals if you choose as well as relax in our relaxation retreat before your service begins. If you have been to the spa within the last year, we still recommend you arrive early so you can get checked in on time, change into a robe and sandals if you choose and get some downtime before your service begins.
How long can I stay after my service?
As long as the spa is open, you are welcome to enjoy our relaxation retreat, take a shower in our locker room or take a nap on the couch!
We ask for a 24-hour cancellation for Monday – Thursday appointments. For Friday – Sunday appointments and all packages, we ask for a 48-hour cancellation.
Relaxation massage is designed to relax your mind and body. It will include long relaxing strokes with some friction and kneading techniques. Typically called a Swedish massage and depending on the therapist can include light to firm pressure. Therapeutic massage utilizes Deep Tissue massage techniques (not to be confused with Deep PRESSURE) aimed to address therapeutic concerns, injury treatment and releasing chronic tension patterns. It will include slow, deep strokes, compression and trigger point release. Please specify if you have a particular pressure you prefer and/or if you prefer a male or female therapist.
How do I know which facial treatment is best for me?
If you would like to receive a facial at Kneaded Relief but are unsure of which one to choose we would recommend to come in and receive a free 15 minute consultation with one of our estheticians before you book the facial. They will look over the skin and together you can decide what facial would work best for the results you are looking to achieve.
Can I call if I have questions after my service? Who do I speak with?
At Kneaded Relief we welcome all calls concerning your service. Our Guest Service Representatives can answer most questions, but if they feel that a therapist or a manager could better answer your question, they will direct you to the appropriate person.
Do I need to bring in swimwear to wear during a hydro service?
All hydro units are completely private and cleaned/sanitized after each use, so you are welcome to bring a swimsuit but it is not a necessity.
If I'm scheduling a nail service and I have a cut, plantar wart or nail fungus, do I need to let you know?
Yes. Because of State of WI guidelines, we are unable to provide nail services to anyone suffering or suspected of suffering from a nail fungus. Depending on the severity of the cut and/or plantar wart, we may still be able to perform the service sans water.
If I am pregnant, should I tell the Guest Services Representative on the phone?
Yes. Services usually have to either be modified or unfortunately not performed if a client is in their 1st trimester of pregnancy. Once the client is in their 2nd or 3rd trimester more services become available for the client to do but still must be modified due to new physical adjustments made throughout the pregnancy. If the Guest Service Rep is aware of the pregnancy, they are able to suggest services for you and give the therapist the correct amount of time for the service.
Why must I be in my 2nd trimester to receive a massage?
During your 1st trimester your body is still adjusting to the pregnancy and the risks associated are greater. Once in your 2nd trimester, your risks lower and massage therapy is a great option to help relieve your body of the stress and tension that comes with your body carrying a baby. We do provide side-lying massage for pregnant women or have the option of using a prego pillow. The pillow allows the guest to lay on their stomach in a specialized pillow without putting pressure on the stomach. We recommend that you specify your preference when scheduling a pregnancy massage.
When receiving a waxing service are there any medications I should avoid?
Clients taking Accutane cannot receive waxing. Those using Retin-A, Renova or other AHA's should discontinue use for 48 hours prior to receiving any waxing treatments. If these medications are used and not discontinued before a waxing service, lifting of the skin can occur.
How can I receive your email specials?
To sign up for email specials give us a call at 608-255-0070 and speak with one of our Guest Service Representatives or to be added to our email list for our last minute specials and/or monthly newsletter. Scroll to the bottom of this page to enter your email address.
Should I leave a tip for my therapist? How much is customary for a tip?
Tips are always appreciated but never expected. If you would like to leave a tip we give the suggestion to use the same tipping method as you would at a restaurant.
What if I need to use the restroom during my massage?
If you do need to use the restroom, please just let your therapist know and they will give you a robe to change in to and direct you to the restroom. We want you to be able to fully relax and if this or anything else arises then please just let your therapist know.
Why am I offered a pair of spa sandals to wear when I am at Kneaded Relief?
We would like to give you the best experience possible at Kneaded Relief and to take off your shoes and slip into comfy spa sandals helps with that experience. We also want to prevent loud shoes from interrupting others relaxation while in a service.
Do I need to change into a robe for my service?
If you are receiving multiple services, it is best to change into one of our robes. We do have lockers provided for your belongings in our locker room. If you are only receiving one service, we leave that choice up to you. Some guests prefer to simply change in the treatment room whereas others prefer to enjoy their relaxing experience in one of our comfy robes.
Should I take my make-up off before I receive a facial?
It is not necessary to take your make-up off before a facial. Our Estheticians will take your make-up off as part of the service.


If the cell phone you want to monitor is an iPhone, most downloadable surveillance software can prove tricky. You'll have to side-load it onto the phone because jailbreaking is the only way to get around the deliberate limitations of Apple's operating system. Designed to work with Apple-only software, the iPhone has to be subjected to jailbreaking to get anything that isn't Apple approved on it. While it is possible, you may find yourself having to go through complicated processes. You may even have to reset the phone and restart it more than once.
Ultimately, jailbreaking can compromise a phone, and leave you feeling very frustrated.
However, there is an alternative. Did you know, you can snoop on an iPhone without having to resort to jailbreaking? If you don't want to risk using iPhone jailbreak software, or don't feel confident about it, there's phone tracking software for PC.
There's no need to jailbreak an iPhone if you use software such as PhoneSheriff Investigator. For a one-off fee, this program can be download to your Windows desktop. You won't have to download anything on the phone. The software allows you to view device activity via an iCloud account. All you've got to supply is the Apple ID and password for the software to work.
This type of software is also available from iKeyMonitor, Spyzie, The One Spy, mSpy and many others. Using them, allows you to start phone surveillance almost instantly. Of course, they also make surveillance a lot easier, monitoring a cell phone on your PC reduces the risks of you blowing your cover.
iPhone jailbreak software just isn't necessary when there is cell phone hacking software that can do the job without throwing up issues.
If you want to try hacking an iPhone for free, there are plenty of software providers who offer free apps or free trials. MobiPast, for example, offers two versions of its application – a basic version for free and the full version for a price. However, it does require jailbreaking.
Like most things, you get what you pay for. While you will find plenty of free apps to hack iPhones, very few will provide advanced features.
If you search for free iPhone hacking software, you will probably find a lot of 'free' offers that are little more than trials of paid apps. And most of those, with only a few exceptions, will require jailbreaking.
If you are a parent, you will know how much iPhones cost. If you damage an iPhone while jailbreaking it, you will automatically invalidate its warranty. That's a costly mistake that would cause not only financial loss but also some tantrums and tears. If you think you've managed to jailbreak without causing any damage, you would be wrong.
Once you break through Apple's layer of protection by installing your own software on an iPhone, the device is exposed to potential threats. These dangers can include malware and poorly developed apps. What's more, if the user chooses to update the phone after it has been jailbroken, it will remove it. Fixing it with a new jailbreak is probably not going to be an immediate option. Why? Because, new jailbreak options can take months to follow iOS upgrades, making them an unreliable option.
Other disadvantages of jailbreaking include a shortened battery life and app compatibility issues. iPhones that have been jailbroken, also tend to crash frequently.
Cell phone surveillance software is a great way to keep those you love safe, and yourself informed. Consider free and paid software that can be downloaded onto Android phones and PC software to access data from iPhones – unless you are comfortable with the potential consequences of jailbreaking. With options to suit all budgets and none, there's bound to be software suitable for your cell phone surveillance needs.


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Aly Raisman Fights Monster Doctor Larry Nassar's Pathetic Attempt To Avoid Deposition
Larry Nassar filed a hand-written letter to a Michigan judge to avoid being deposed in Aly Raisman's case against the U.S. Olympic Committee. Now, RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal Raisman is fighting back against the disgraced doctor's desperate attempt to avoid questioning.
On November 26, Nassar, 55, wrote to Judge DeMarchi, "Because of my direct appeals from my convictions arising from Michigan's Ingham and Eaton County Circuit Courts [my attorney] has advised me to invoke my Fifth Amendment Rights."
"Therefore, I am requesting to invoke my Fifth Amendment Rights," he continued in the November 26 filing. "If your honor orders me to participate in a deposition or other discovery, I respectfully request that this court appoint counsel to protect my Fifth Amendment Rights on a question by question basis."
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"It appears that Nassar desires to assert his Fifth Amendment rights, and that, in the event the Court orders a deposition to proceed, counsel be provided such that he can be advised to invoke on a question-by-question basis," her filing read. "Nothing in either Nassar's letter, nor his attorney's correspondence indicate why, at the threshold, a deposition should not be ordered."
The filing continued that the Fifth Amendment does not afford a "blanket protection from deposition" or an "affirmative defense to be raised in Opposition."
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"Plaintiff's counsel recognizes that there very well could be specific inculpatory areas of testimony that Nassar may have to invoke his right against self-incrimination, though there are countless other areas of testimony where there would be no need for such invocation," the court papers read. "Indeed, the Fifth Amendment analysis and potential for self-incrimination is a separate issue from the threshold issue of whether a deposition can be allowed to proceed in the first instant."
She continued that she is seeking the opportunity for the questions "to be asked."
While Nassar states the deposition questions could be potentially incriminating, Raisman claims the analysis is "premature."
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"Not a single question has been posted to Nassar, as no deposition has been permitted, and furthermore, there has been no evidentiary showing that Nassar could not provide testimony on any area relevant to this case," the filing continued.
The Olympic gold-medalist then explained how his deposition would concern "critical issues."
"He is at the center of the case, as he was the one who perpetrated horrific acts of sexual abuse upon the Plaintiff and many other girls and women," the filing read. "Questions regarding his abuse, but also his employment and volunteerism with numerous entities, his travels, his training, and countless other areas will be area of inquiry at deposition."
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Nassar was found guilty of sexually abusing over 100 female patients for years. He tricked them into believing he was treating their injuries.
He was sentenced to 175 years in prison. The sentence will start after he serves 60 years on child pornography charges.
Raisman sued the U.S. Olympic Committee back in March, claiming members knew of Nassar's sexual abuse crimes after women came forward with complaints.
Earlier this week, USA Gymnastics filed for bankruptcy protection. The filing will help resolve the many lawsuits filed by Nassar victims.
Stay with Radar for more on the story.
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Colorado modified the amount of time an offender is required to stay in jail for a DUI conviction and now imposes a 10-day minimum jail term for a second offense as well as a 60-day minimum jail sentence for a third and subsequent offenses. Additionally, the law has eliminated the requirement that an offender wear an ankle bracelet leaving only two options: either serve requisite time or apply for a work release program.
Each year new laws are passed that effect people and families including current DUI clients, here is the links to those laws to keep yourselves updated and knowledgeable. Here are some stories about DUI's that have happened. These are real stories, names may have been obmitted per the client.
Bill was charged this past summer with DUI for having a BAC of .03 he went to court and the judge reduced it to reckless driving. His penalty was 12 classes at 25.00 a class, 24 hours of community service and 600.00 in fines and fees. One beer at Applebees's landed him in my class.
Charlie was convicted of DUI for drinking in his driveway while working on his car. Private land is not exempt from DUI in Colorado.
New rules bring drunk boating in line with Colorado DUI.
Colorado has toughened its Boating Under the Influence laws, making them consistent with the offense of Driving Under the Influence. The legal threshold for intoxication was lowered to .08%.
It also makes the operation of any waterborne vessel subject to a drunk boating arrest. Previously the Colorado BUI laws covered motorboats and sailboats. The new legislation expands the law to anything powered by motor, paddle or oar, including jet skis, kayaks, canoes and rafts, and innertubes.
BUI penalties can include a jail term, fines, a restriction on use of the watercraft and community service.
Any prescription medication while driving can be a DUI, heart medication, anit-anxiety, even depression medication.
a client wrote this on our Facebook page "Amos counseling is the best place in town for customer service. We were very happy with the results."


Managing London's streets is one of our main responsibilities. These documents give the background to some key street works projects.
We are responsible for prosecuting people for offences committed under the New Roads and Street Works Act. We also operate a fixed penalty notice scheme. This document explains our policy.
The documents below give advice and information to London Highway authorities and other stakeholders on the provision of winter services on London's streets and roads.
These documents have been considered by the London Winter Services Review Steering Group and the principles apply to all of London's streets.
These maps show the roads which will be kept open in severe winter weather to keep London moving.
Traffic modelling plays a vital role in smoothing traffic flow in London. Well designed and accurate models can help predict the effect of planned changes to the road network.
Our Traffic modelling guidelines and Model Auditing Process documents ensure consistency across the industry and enable best practice to be shared.
The guidelines are produced by our Traffic Directorate. All advice provided is non-binding but is directly related to the way we operate the Capital's traffic management systems.
MAP sets technical benchmarks for traffic modelling developed with or for us. It is used to improve the consistency of any modelling components forming part of a traffic scheme.
MAP should be used together with the modelling guidelines to inform scheme promoters, project managers and traffic model developers.
Contact us with any questions at tflmodellingguidelines@tfl.gov.uk.
Pedestrian Countdown at traffic signals tells you how long you have to cross the road after the green man light has gone out.
In order to share knowledge built up during the extensive work to trial and prove the system, we produced a Technical Information Pack.
This pack is intended as a resource for other local authorities in England who are considering implementing Pedestrian Countdown.


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No Empty Words
Most of us know what empty words are. Some had their first exposure to empty words in childhood when Dad frequently promised to attend school plays or soccer games, but never showed up. Sometimes his failure to show wasn't even acknowledged and when it was discussed, there was a promise to come next time or an admonition to not be a crybaby about his absences. Or maybe Mom repeatedly promised a trip to a favorite ice cream parlor after chores were done, but trips never materialized and when asked about them, she was too tired or claimed it was too close to dinner. And to add insult to injury she would usually add, "Maybe next week!" Some had their first exposure to empty words, when a noncustodial parent never showed up for visits. The excuses were many--new wife needed him, the dog was sick, got home too late from work, or maybe there was just silence with no excuses offered. Some had their first exposure to empty words when a parent's addiction was the root of broken promises. They promised repeatedly to stop drinking and to be a better parent, but the roots of addiction ran too deep and words--they were empty and couldn't be trusted. Some experienced empty words that were threats of disciplinary actions that never followed through and Mom and Dad still wonder why their kids are so unruly or got in trouble with the law.
Some grew up in healthy homes where words were kept, but they were exposed to empty words outside the home. Maybe it occurred when a friend repeatedly failed to fulfill the plans you made together. Maybe she left you hanging at the Mall, the Basketball game, the movie theater, or just didn't show up for planned sleepovers. For some it occurred when they were dating a guy who repeatedly double booked or got caught up in the moment with his friends, failing to show up for dates, and promising to do better while expecting you to be "understanding." After all, isn't that what good girlfriends do? After all, don't Christians have to show grace? For some, it happened in a job when a boss promised a raise that never materialized. He was good at convincing workers to work until the project was finished so the company could make enough money to give you the raise you hoped for--the raise that never came to be.
For many, empty words came in the form of apologies. Oh, the apologies rolled so easily off the tongue. "I am sorry I missed your game." "I am sorry I pushed you so hard to "do it," it won't happen again." "I am sorry, I didn't make it home in time for dinner again." "I am sorry I forgot to fix that leaky pipe this weekend, I'll do it next Saturday." "I am sorry I forgot to call you when I knew I was going to be late." "I am sorry I can't pick up the kids this weekend." "I am sorry I got drunk and made a fool of myself in front of the kids, it won't happen again." "I am sorry I was viewing porn again, I promise I won't do it again." But the apologies are made of empty words and the people saying them are saying the words only to alleviate his or her guilt and the behaviors, but they never change.
But, with God, there are no empty words. In a world filled promises broken, vows not kept, pledges retracted, and assurances quickly given and even more quickly forgotten, God remains true to His Words. History proves it:
"Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers." (Joshua 21:43a)
"And the Lord gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers." (Joshua 21:44a)
"Not one word of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass." (Joshua 21:45}
These verses are important verse because they show the partial fulfillment of the promise God made to Abraham in Gen. 12:2-3, "And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonor you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
And the complete fulfillment of them is found in Jesus. In Him, every person has the possibility of redemption. We have a truth-minding, promise-keeping, covenant-fulfilling God. And this is important as we live out our faith in a broken world filled with fear-inducing events, debilitating illnesses, broken promises, and sinful people who fail to love well.
God's faithfulness is how the parents of a child who is suffering with heart defects or cancer makes it through the day. They hold on to the Psalmists words, "The LORD sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness You restore him to full health." (Psalm 41:3)
Those grieving can find comfort and hope in Psalm 30:5b, "Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning."
Those struggling with loneliness and fear of abandonment can hold onto the Lord's promise found in Hebrews 13:5, "I will never leave you or forsake you."
Those wondering if the sin they just committed is one sin too many sins to be forgiven can hold on to 2 Corinthians 12:9, "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Those afflicted from every side can hold onto the promise found in Psalm 34:19, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all."
Those struggling with fearful hearts can trust the words of a prophet in Isaiah 41:10, "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all."
Those facing death can hold on to the promise Jesus made in John 14:2, "In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?"
And those feeling distraught over the immoral, hate-filled climate in which we live can hold onto 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and the sound of the trumpet of God."
In this world filled with empty words, we can remember God speaks no empty words! Every word is trustworthy, powerful and life-sustaining. Our struggle with unbelief often has had its roots in man's failures, not God's.
The God of the Impossible
Is it really a Great Big Wonderful World?


A United Nations telecoms agency has stated that, there are almost as many subscriptions for mobile phones as there are people in the world. According to the International Telecommunication Union global mobile subscriptions actually reached just over 6 billion by the end of 2011. Now if you take this into consideration, approximately the earth's population is just under 7 billion, which means that there is almost one mobile subscription for every single person in this world, China alone counts for almost 1 billion subscriptions.
In 2012 the International Telecommunication Union created an executive summary called "measuring the information society". The aim of this study was to look at, and analyse 155 countries, assessing their access and use of information communication technology. The study counted the number of sim cards, not the number of devices, so for example if a person has one device but two sim cards this is counted as 2 subscriptions. Saying this, sim cards used in other devices such as dongles, tablets and navigation systems were not taken account; it was purely mobile phone devices.
The same company, based in Geneva, had studies that show just over two billion people in 2011 were internet users, that is almost one third of the world's population that are or have been online. This number is the average of 70% of online users in developed countries and 24% of online users in developing countries.
Surprisingly there are almost twice as many subscriptions for mobile broadband services around the world, as opposed to. fixed land line broadband services according to the data collected by the ITU. In increase in subscriptions from users in developing countries has incredibly diversified the types of users that have access to the internet. Thanks to mobile broadband capabilities many of those in developing countries unable to access from a fixed broadband location, can now have access through their mobile subscription.
Even though these numbers seem to be high, with prices remaining relatively high in many developing countries for this service, mobile internet is not gaining as many users as it has the potential to gain. For optimum usage 3g network coverage needs to widely increase in such areas, as well as dropping the prices in these services. If these factors occur the mobile broadband service could work in the same way the mobile-cellular service works, bring more and more people together through technology.
On the 14th October 2012 leading names in the Information Communication Technology industry will come together in Dubai at the ITU world event and discuss these factors. 300 leaders from around the world are expected to attend the conference, and we can only hope that a long term solution is found.


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London, Ont. man sets his fourth world record for eating hot peppers
Lauren M. Johnson
CNN Digital
Published Sunday, January 31, 2021 12:50PM EST
London Ont.'s Mike Jack who set his fourth world record for eating hot peppers on Jan. 27, 2021. (Facebook)
How fast could you eat a hot pepper? What about three of the world's hottest peppers?
Mike Jack of London, Ont. ate three Carolina Reaper chili peppers is 9.72 seconds, setting the Guinness World for fastest time to eat three of those peppers, which Guinness says are the world's hottest.
The video of Jack achieving the goal was posted on the Guinness Book of World Records Facebook page on Wednesday, but the official date of the record was November 21, 2020.
Guinness certified the Carolina Reaper as the world's hottest pepper in 2017. Guinness says the chili pepper delivers an average of 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The SHU scale to measure chili pepper heat was developed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville in 1912.
The average jalapeño pepper scores between 2,500 to 8,000 SHU, according to Guinness.
Jack is familiar with world records because he has previously set three of them, all for consuming hot peppers, according to Guinness.
He broke his first record in January 2019, when he achieved the fastest time to eat three Bhut Jolokia chili peppers. He downed the hot pepper in 9.75 seconds.
His second record is for the most Bhut Jolokia chili peppers eaten in one minute, which he achieved on March 2, 2019, by eating 97 grams.
He followed that when he broke the record for most Bhut Jolokia chili peppers eaten in two minutes on February 29, 2020.
The Bhut Jolokia chili registers at slightly more than 800,000 SHU, strong enough for the Indian military to use it as an ingredient in a hand grenade used for immobilizing adversaries, according to Guinness.
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Пречистенское сельское поселение — упразднённое муниципальное образование в составе Гагаринского района Смоленской области России.

Административный центр — село Пречистое.

К 1 января 2019 года все населённые пункты вошли в Гагаринское сельское поселение.

Географические данные
 Общая площадь: 130 км²
 Расположение: центральная часть Гагаринского района
 Граничит:
 на севере — с Кармановским сельским поселением
 на северо-востоке — с Самуйловским сельским поселением
 на востоке — с Гагаринским сельским поселением
 на юге— с Ашковским сельским поселением
 на западе— с Родомановским сельским поселением
 По территории поселения проходит автомобильная дорога Гагарин — Карманово.
 Крупные реки: Гжать, Яуза.
 На территории поселения находится часть Вазузской гидросистемы.

История
Образовано 2 декабря 2004 года.

Население

Состав поселения
В состав поселения входят следующие населённые пункты:
 Село Пречистое — административный центр
 Высокое, деревня
 Данильцево, деревня
 Дубровка, деревня
 Завидово, деревня
 Заточино, деревня
 Златоустово, деревня
 Извозки, деревня
 Куклинка, деревня
 Куршево, деревня
 Липцы, деревня
 Логачиха, деревня
 Малое Токарево, деревня
 Мануйлово, деревня
 Подвязье, деревня
 Пырнево, деревня
 Руготино, деревня
 Синичино, деревня

Местное самоуправление
Главой поселения и Главой администрации является Самуйлова Антонина Анатольевна
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Упразднённые муниципальные образования Гагаринского района Смоленской области
Упразднённые сельские поселения Смоленской области
Сельские поселения, упразднённые в 2018 году

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With An ROE Of 9.95%, Has Gateway Lifestyle Group's (ASX:GTY) Management Done A Good Job?
Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of Gateway Lifestyle Group's profit relative to its shareholders' equity. It essentially shows how much the company can generate in earnings given the amount of equity it has raised. Investors that are diversifying their portfolio based on industry may want to maximise their return in the Diversified Real Estate Activities sector by choosing the highest returning stock. However, this can be misleading as each firm has different costs of equity and debt levels i.e. the more debt Gateway Lifestyle Group has, the higher ROE is pumped up in the short term, at the expense of long term interest payment burden.
Essentially, profit margin shows how much money the company makes after paying for all its expenses. The other component, asset turnover, illustrates how much revenue Gateway Lifestyle Group can make from its asset base. Finally, financial leverage will be our main focus today. It shows how much of assets are funded by equity and can show how sustainable the company's capital structure is. We can assess whether Gateway Lifestyle Group is fuelling ROE by excessively raising debt. Ideally, Gateway Lifestyle Group should have a balanced capital structure, which we can check by looking at the historic debt-to-equity ratio of the company. The ratio currently stands at a sensible 32.81%, meaning Gateway Lifestyle Group has not taken on excessive debt to drive its returns. The company is able to produce profit growth without a huge debt burden and still has headroom to grow returns to industry average.
While ROE is a relatively simple calculation, it can be broken down into different ratios, each telling a different story about the strengths and weaknesses of a company. While Gateway Lifestyle Group exhibits a weak ROE against its peers, its returns are sufficient enough to cover its cost of equity. Its appropriate level of leverage means investors can be more confident in the sustainability of Gateway Lifestyle Group's return with a possible increase should the company decide to increase its debt levels. Although ROE can be a useful metric, it is only a small part of diligent research.
2. Valuation: What is Gateway Lifestyle Group worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether Gateway Lifestyle Group is currently mispriced by the market.
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