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Back of the Yards & Brighton Park
It's Time To Ban Assault Weapons In America, Ald. Says As Gangs Infest Ward
By Ed Komenda |&nbspJanuary 18, 2017 6:13am | Updated on January 20, 2017 11:16am
@ejkomenda
In 2016, Chicago Police took almost 2,900 guns off the streets between January and April.
DNAinfo/Ed Komenda
BRIGHTON PARK — In South Side neighborhoods ravaged by gang gunfire, it's a common question at the dinner table:
Where are the weapons coming from?
Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) and Deering District Cmdr. Stephen Chung tried to answer that question at a Tuesday morning meeting at Shields Middle School, where more than 100 concerned parents packed the cafeteria. They were there to demand more resources for violence prevention programs in Brighton Park, a place where gang members killed three men and wounded six others over the past month.
"There are tens of thousands of guns on trains flowing through Chicago," Lopez said. "Sometimes those trains are broken into in Chicago. Anyone think those weapons leave Chicago?"
A Chicago man named Warren Gates recently landed in federal prison for more than five years for trafficking a shipment of dozens of handguns stolen from a South Side railyard, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Gates, 49, had 24 stolen guns, 17 of which he bought illegally from men who had stolen 111 guns from a Chicago railroad car early on April 12, 2015, according to authorities.
Law enforcement officials recovered 16 of those stolen guns at various locations and crime scenes around Chicago.
The guns were aboard a cargo train on its way from a Ruger factory in New Hampshire to Spokane, Wash. The train was parked overnight on the South Side when the thieves broke locks on a train car and stole the guns.
Gates admitted buying the 17 stolen guns so he could re-sell them. Before his arrest, he sold 11 of them.
Another common path for guns to end up with gangs is "straw purchases," according to Chung said.
That's when someone with a clean record and firearm owner's identification card buys a gun and sells it to a gangbanger who otherwise couldn't legally buy it.
"They'll sell them to the gang members at an upcharge or whatever the case," Chung said. "That's how they're getting these firearms into the area."
Chicago Police been working with federal law enforcement agencies to find these illegally traded guns and get them off the street, Chung said.
In 2016, Chicago Police took almost 2,900 guns off the streets between January and April — a number amounting to at least one gun confiscated nearly every hour of every day.
Before those guns end up with police, they're often involved in bloodshed in neighborhoods like Back of the Yards and Brighton Park, authorities said.
From 2013 to 2016, the number of shootings each year in Brighton Park jumped from 16 to 64 — a 300 percent increase, according to a DNAinfo analysis. The number of people killed during that time increased from one in 2013 to 10 in 2016.
The last deadly gang shooting happened on Jan. 11
Around 6 p.m. in the 3700 block of South Western Avenue, a carload of gang members rolled up on a van filled with Satan's Disciples, a rival street gang, according to Chicago police.
Someone in the car sprayed the van with an assault weapon, killing 18-year-old David Gonzalez and wounding four others, authorities said. Police are investigating which gang members were in the car, but gangs in the area include La Raza, 50 Strong and the Latin Saints.
"The real question for me isn't where [the guns] are coming from. The question for me is: Why does anyone need a gun designed for a battlefield?" Lopez said. "Weapons of war do not belong in my hand or any other civilian's hands."
Investigating the scene of Jan. 11 gang shooting, detectives found .223-caliber bullet casings fired from an assault weapon. Their discovery matched the size of ammunition used in a Dec. 16 shooting that killed two people and seriously wounded two others in front of a neighborhood market across the street from Shields Elementary.
The shooting there, at the intersection of 43rd and Rockwell, involved a automatic "machine pistol," Lopez said.
"We learned of another new weapon on our streets. A handgun that was manufactured. Made. Not changed. Made to shoot bullets this big," Lopez said, spreading his fingers to show the size of a large bullet. "A machine pistol that you could buy online or at gun shows."
A solution to the bloody gang violence, Lopez said, is a federal ban on all such weapons.
"You go to your state reps. You go to your state senators. You go to your congressmen, and you tell them to ban those weapons," Lopez said. "You can't use what doesn't exist. You can't use what you can't buy."
The alderman's campaign against assault weapons began in June 2016, after the Orlando nightclub massacre and two 15th Ward shootings that involved assault weapons. Lopez offered a resolution to the City Council asking state and federal leaders to support a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons.
"Those weapons do not need to be in civilian hands," Lopez said.
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It won't actually have loot boxes. I see.
Finding Paradise is the loosely tied follow-up to Freebird Games' To the Moon and A Bird Story. The latest similarly-styled narrative role-player is due tomorrow, December 14, and now has an official trailer.
The action-heavy, loot box-featuring short that dropped last month was of course a tongue-in-cheek jab at current goings-on in the videogame industry, and was at odds with what Freebird's games tend to represent. The latest video is much more familiar in tone and presentation, against a typically lovely Laura Shigihara score.
Dr. Rosalene and Dr. Watts have peculiar jobs: They give people another chance to live, all the way from the very beginning... but only in their patients' heads. Due to the severity of the operation, the new life becomes the last thing the patients remember before drawing their last breath. Thus, the operation is only done to people on their deathbeds, to fulfill what they wish they had done with their lives, but didn't.
Finding Paradise is the second full episode of To the Moon's series. It follows the life of the doctors' new patient, Colin, as they attempt to unravel a life that is split down the middle, and fulfill a wish that appears to be self-contradictory by nature.


The Sixers select EVAN TURNER!
BAM!!! how you like those apples baby. This franchise is getting turned around. Loving it, Stefanski is doing something right here. I was saying to some of my buds, I cannot think of the last time I was this excited about a Sixers draft. Prob when they drafted Allen Iverson. What a great move.
Well lets hope that the Sixers trade Iggy or Brand or package Thad and Lou to move up in the draft. To try to dump a contract or two and to try to pick up someone big!


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Science News Articles
Where fat cells come from
All fat is not the same, according to a report in the latest edition of the journal Cell.
By Chris Smith.
Part of the show Bugs, Bad Breath and Probiotics
Yellow_adipose_tissue_in_paraffin_section_-_lipids_washed_out.jpg
GNU1.2 - Department of Histology, Jagiellonian...
Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health have discovered that a hormone produced by "home-grown" fat has big benefits for the metabolism. What's more, this is the first known example of a fat-based hormone - hormones are usually made of proteins. The hormone in question is a fatty acid known as palmitoleate.
The researchers studied mice whose fat tissue lacked two fatty acid binding proteins, and found that they were extremely healthy, resisting obesity, diabetes and other metabolic problems. But instead of finding that these animals had lower levels of fatty acids in their blood, they actually found high levels.
Further studies showed that these changes in the fat cells were having effects elsewhere in the body, including the liver and muscles, implicating that a hormone of some sort was involved. Eventually, the team discovered that the fatty acid palmitoleate was acting as a hormone. In normal mice, levels of palmitoleate drop by around half when the animal are on a high fat diet. But in the genetically engineered mice, they only have a palmitoleate drop of around 10%, which explains their resistance to the effects of a fatty diet.
The team found that palmitoleate can stimulate the effects of insulin on muscles, pushing sugar out of the bloodstream and into the muscles where it's needed, and it also prevents fat building up in the liver. It's produced when the body creates its own fat, rather than storing it from high-energy foods. So we have the unusual situation that a fatty molecule may help to prevent the buildup of fat in the body - effectively fat fighting fat.
The next step will be to see if this holds true in humans as well as mice, by measuring palmitoleate levels in healthy people and comparing them with the levels in people with metabolic problems.
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Q: ios - unable to replicate the search path setting in the Target->Build Settngs I am working on creating push notifications with UrbanAirship. I am working with this https://docs.urbanairship.com/display/DOCS/Getting+Started:+iOS:+Push
and I am on the section titled "Build Settings"
They have a screenshot like this:

but when I try to do it in my xCode, I am only able to set it this way:

So I am not able to have the setting appear right after the line "Header search paths" but rather in its sections for debug and release.
What is the difference from the way I did it to the way that is described in the documentation? And how can I make it appear the way it is in the documentation?
Thanks,
Alex

A: If you check out the screenshot provided by UA more closely you'll see that next to the Header Search Paths there is a disclosure arrow pointing right.
If you could click on this arrow it would expand the entries to show the Debug and Release phases just as you are seeing in Xcode.
Looks to me like you're doing everything correctly :)

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Q: Como repetir os campos de um formulário? Tenho um formulário onde tem:
=f.input :name     , label: false , placeholder: "Nome do amigo"      , input_html:{class: "form__input"} , required: true

=f.input :email    , label: false , placeholder: "Email do amigo"     , input_html:{class: "form__input"} , required: true

Do lado tem um ícone +, onde se o usuário clicar nele, a dupla de campos (nome e email) aparecem vazios embaixo mais uma vez, para um novo cadastro. Alguém me ajuda a fazer isso?

A: Você pode colocar os os elementos que você deseja clonar dentro de um fieldset, assim:
<fielset id="group">
    Nome do amigo
    <input type="text" required classs="form__input" name="nome"/>

    E-mail do amigo
    <input type="text" required classs="form__input" name="email"/>
</fielset>

JavaScript:
var n = 0;
function addNovo(){
    var element = document.getElementById("group")
    var copy= document.cloneNode(element);
    n++;

    copy.getElementsByTagName('label')[0].htmlFor= 'nome'+n;
    copy.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].id= 'nome'+n;
    copy.getElementsByTagName('label')[1].htmlFor= 'email'+n;
    copy.getElementsByTagName('input')[1].id= 'email'+n;

    element.parentNode.appendChild(copy);
}

Depois é so colocar no evento click a chamada da função onclick="addNovo() no seu botão que contem o +.

A: Você pode usar javascript pra isso. Ao clicar no botão, vc pode fazer (é só um exemplo, tem que adaptar ao seu código):
function add() {
    var x = '<input type="text" placeholder: "Nome do amigo" required /> <input type="text" placeholder: "Email do amigo" required />'; // colocar código html aqui.
    document.getElementById('id_form').innerHTML += x; // id_form id do seu formulário.
}

Aí, é só modificar a função add() pra ela se adaptar ao seu código. Coloque um id pro seu formulário. Essa função add() será chamada no onclick do botão "+".

A: Veja se te atende.

var counter = 1;
jQuery('a.add-author').click(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    counter++;
    var newRow = jQuery('
<input type="text" name="first_name' +
        counter + '"/>	<input type="text" name="last_name' +
        counter + '"/>
');
    jQuery('table.authors-list').append(newRow);
});

author's first name	author's last name

<input type="text" name="first_name" />	<input type="text" name="last_name" />

Add Author

A: Montei este fiddle baseado em bootstrap
http://jsfiddle.net/gildonei/ougkLo46/
HTML
<form id="form-teste">

      Tipo de E-mail
        <select name="data[PessoaEmail][0][email_tipo_id]" required="required" id="PessoaEmail0EmailTipoId" class="form-control">
          <option value="">Tipo de email</option>
          <option value="1">Pessoal</option>
          <option value="2" selected="selected">Profissional</option>
        </select>

        Endereço de E-mail
        <input name="data[PessoaEmail][0][ds_email]" placeholder="Email" maxlength="255" required="required" class="email valid form-control" type="email" id="PessoaEmail0DsEmail">

      <button type="button" title="remover" class="btn button-remove btn-danger col-md-12">

      </button>

      <button type="button" class="btn button-more btn-success pull-right">
         Mais
      </button>

</form>

JAVASCRIPT
var nrQtdProduto = 0;
$(function() {

  $('.button-more').click(function() {
    var $objDivProduto = $(this).parent().parent().parent().children('.clone');
    nrQtdProduto = $(this).parent().parent().parent().children('.row').length - 1;

    $objDivProduto
      .clone()
      .removeClass('clone')
      .find('input:text, input.email').each(function(k, v) {
        var strName = $(v).attr('name');
        var strId = $(v).attr('id');

        $(this)
          .attr('name', strName.replace(0, nrQtdProduto))
          .attr('id', strId.replace(0, nrQtdProduto));

        if ($(this).attr('type') != 'hidden') {
          $(this).val('');
        }

      })
      .end()
      .insertAfter($objDivProduto);

    removeElement();
  });

});

function removeElement() {
  // -------------------------------------------------------
  // INICIO DO CÓDIGO DE REMOVER NOVO TELEFONE, EMAIL ...
  // -------------------------------------------------------
  $('.button-remove').click(function() {

    nrQtdProduto = $(this).parent().parent().parent().children('.row').length - 1;

    if (nrQtdProduto == 1) {
      showAlert('Erro', 'Você deve ter ao menos um campo para cadastro.');

      return;
    }

    if (confirm('Deseja realmente remover a linha ?')) {
      var objRemove = $(this).parent().parent();
      objRemove.hide("slow");
    }
  });
}


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Mercury Systems is an electronics company focused on supplying the defense industry. Based in Andover, Massachusetts, the company has a new RF design and manufacturing facility in Hudson, New Hampshire. Mercury manufactures RF and microwave components and subsystems and integrates them into assemblies. They also produce digital components and drives for computer systems that will be integrated into avionics and radar systems, among other applications.
ArgenTech Solutions provides complex technical support for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) both in the United States and abroad. Since 2011, the company has provided more than 60,000 hours of frontline field services to the US Department of Defense. Leveraging this experience, ArgenTech Solutions provides its customers state of the art UAS based imaging and analytics to a variety of markets as well as FAA range-management services through their partnership with the Pendleton (OR) UAS Test Site.
The McAuliffe Shepard Discovery Center works to inspire each generation to reach for the stars, through activities that explore astronomy, aviation, earth and space science. The Center includes two floors of interactive permanent exhibits on astronomy, aviation, Earth and space science, space history, general science & engineering, plus temporary exhibits annually, along with a planetarium and observatory. The Center works hard to generate interest and engagement with STEM disciplines as a workforce development tool.
You can view the recording of the webinar below to learn more about the capabilities of these three member companies.
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down to work in Hamburg, where he died in 1838.
In the Dresden Gallery is his own portrait.
accomplished artist, and died at Antwerp in 1834.
and marine views, and died at Rotterdam in 1826.
of the school of Fine-Arts at Lyons.
ful in the delineation of southern landscapes.
A Morning on the Banks of the Sedelle.
The Banks of the Garden.
The Beach at St. Malo.
The Plain of Samois, near Fontainehleau.
occurred in Paris on October 28, 1901.
of the 'Life of Man,' from ten to a hundred years.
but they are not devoid of merit.
around him, and died in 1876.
Dorothy, Countess of Suuderland ; after I'an Dyck.
A Girl with a Cat ; after Abraham Bloemaert.
The Adoration of the Magi ; after Paolo Veronese.
Christ before Pilate ; after A. Schiavone.
A set of six Landscapes ; after Berchem.
A set of four Landscapes ; after the same.
A set of twelve Oriental and Italian Harbours ; after J.
Six Dutch Landscapes ; after Verboom.
Cows ; after A . van de Velde.
scenes with cattle and figures.
the first wit in Berlin, where he died in 1870.
be committed suicide on June 26th in that year.
the coldness of the founders of the Classic School.
Besan^on. Museum. Girl bathing. 1791.
Nantes. Museum. Combat of Nazareth. 1801.
Toulouse. Museum. Hercules and Diomedes. 1835.
Versailles. Gallery. The Battle of the Pyramids.
Tl.e Battle of Aboukir. 1806.
Trianon. Apotheosis of St. Germain.
Marseilles. Museum. Madame Favrega 1798.
Versailles Gallery. Duke de Bellune.
notes ' of Burns. He died at Dublin in 1,91.
he died at Florence in the following year.
The Death of Charles V.
The Citizens of Calais before Edward III.
Shepherds with a Lamb ; after Sir J. Reynolds. 1784.
Master Braddyll ; after the same. 1786.
Mrs. Mackenzie of Seaforth ; after the same. 1787.
Innocence ; after the same. 1788.
"William, Earl Fitzwilliam ; after the same. 1786.
Lady St. Asaph and Child ; after the same. 1792.
Miss Johnson, dancing ; after the same. 1792.
James, Earl of Cardigan ; after Romney. 1792.
Lady Charlotte Legge ; after the same. 1799.
The Duke and Duchess of York ; after Singleton. 1797.
Robert, Lord Hobart ; after Sir Thomas Lawrence. 1796.
Greeks.' He died about 1815.
and Goodall, and died in London in 1841.
director of the Cabinet of Engravings at Dresden.
Portrait of Giulio de' Medici (?) ; after Safhael. 1835.
The Vision of a Knight ; after the same.
La Fornariua ; after the same.
Christ's Agony in the Garden ; after the same. 1849.
The Ansidei Madonna; after the same. 1856.
Christ, the Good Shepherd ; after Overbeck.
Hagar in the "Wilderness ; after the same.
Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro ; after the same.
some praiseworthy landscape plates about 1825.
Gallery, is ascribed to him.
Aschaffenburg. It is now in the Munich Gallery.
St. Martha, St. Chrysostom, and St. Valentinian.
perhaps the outer sides, are assigned to Griinewald.
Saxony, are also assigned to this master.
in the 19th century, was a native of Bohemia.
Wives of Windsor.' He died in 1878.
learned the art of drawing from A. D. Prudhomme.
tains. He also painted landscapes. He died in 1788.
Sciences, and where she died in 1745.
the style of Benozzo Gozzoli.
The Dome of San Vitale, Ravenna.
born at Venice in 1712, and died there in 1793.
Bergamo. Academy. Three Views in Venice.
., View on the Lagoons.
Srussels. Gallery. Interior of San Marco at Venice.
Dublin. Nat. Gallery. The Doge's State Barge.
., Seven Views of Venice.
Modena. Gallery. The Grand Canal, Venice.
Nantes. Museum. Two Views of Venice.
Paris. Louvre. View of Venice.
, Church of La Salute.
, ., The Fete of Shrove Tuesday.
, The Fete of Corpus Domini.
, The Hall of the Ducal Palace.
, ., View of Venice.
Venice. Correr Jfus. The Island of San Giorgio.
Verona. Museum. Two Views of Venice.
in Dresden, and died there before 1769.
ing the Life and Passion of Christ, the life of St.
pride with which his skill had inspired him.
the Academy of Berlin, where he died in 1870.
GUCCIO PEL SERO. See AGHINETTI.
GUCHT, VAN DER. See VAN DER GUCHT.


"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor." ~ H. JACKSON Browne, Jr.
I often find myself telling friends and colleagues that doing business as a 38 year old, is much easier than it was as a 28 year old. In my case, it has less to do with age and everything to do with experience. Those short 10 years included birthing 3 children, moving 5 times, and learning to use whatever resources I could get my hands on, just to get through each day. Efficiency in life and in business is one of the best skills that one can learn and while I still haven't perfected my personal efficiency ratio, I know that it has significantly improved.
To be efficient, you don't have time to reinvent the wheel and test your new invention. You have to learn to use what is readily available to get from point A to point B. In my career, that means get from zero to a ridiculous revenue goal in the shortest possible timeframe. Think Lightning McQueen, not his sidekick, Mater.
1). Get out of your office. There are going to be days when eating lunch at your desk seems like the only way to finish all of the minutia that your job requires. Lets face it, that may help you get through the two months of expenses you've been putting off, but chances are, you won't make a new connection in that hour and you will get salad dressing on your paperwork. A very successful real estate agent who I know lives by the mantra "every outing is an opportunity" and I'm a believer. Even if its just 15 minutes, get out of your office and interact with someone who may otherwise become your competition's opportunity.
2). Smile. I know, you think I'm crazy for adding this to my top 3 networking tips. I promise that it works. A smile shows confidence, approachability, and warmth. Who wants to engage in conversation, let alone do business with someone who they perceive as grumpy or aloof? A smile also says that you're genuine and slightly vulnerable. At 28, I never would have looked the elevator grumpster in the eye, let alone flash him a friendly smile. I'm not sure what I was afraid would happen, but it must have been scary. At 38, I know that I have nothing to lose and regardless of how my business may benefit from it, I could be the only smile he sees all day, and everyone deserves a warm smile.
3). Care. A networking opportunity or conversation should never be about what you can do for the people who you're trying to influence. If you put yourself out there, smile and act personable, and engage in a genuine conversation, you will always have another opportunity. People do business with those who they trust and the best way to establish that trust is to show people that you are more interested in them than you are in making sure you tell them all that you know. The information that you learn through listening can serve as a springboard for your next meaningful conversation. Listen, learn and show that you care by following up with something relevant to the conversation. Clipped or emailed news articles, a piece of research that your firm puts out on their interests, or even a simple hand-written note to say how much you enjoyed your conversation, will go a long way to creating that trust.
I know these seem like common sense examples and are probably things that you do on a regular basis. The good news is that when used effectively, they also can serve as a neutralizer to some of the speed-bumps you face in your career. I know that I can't ever claim to have as much Industry experience as my competitor who has been in the business for 25 years. However, that isn't always the deciding factor when someone is deciding who they want to be their advisor, service provider, contractor, etc. If you make these tips a regular and deliberate part of your networking plan, you will cast a large "net" and won't feel like you're "working".


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A CONVERSATION OVERHEARD BETWEEN AOC AND Warren…
AOC, "WE ARE SOCIALIST /DEMOCRATS"!…Warren, "no that's not it"…AOC "WE ARE DEMOCRAT/SOCIALISTS"?…Warren, "oops again, no wait"…Warren "WE ARE SOCIALISTS"!…AOC, "damn ,that's not it, we can't come out and say that!"…AOC, WE ARE COMMUNISTS!…Warren, "goodness no, erase that"…AOC, "what then"?…Warren, "WE ARE NOT SOCIALISTS INSTEAD ,WE ARE SORT OF SOCIALISTS"!! …AOC, "that's it, that's what we'll go with…print it". Warren, and, oh, "I'm not an Indian, anymore, say that too"!!!
My dear readers, that is exactly what's going on with the infinitely growing line up of "Democrap" Presidential wanna bees!!They are dumb as carp, SOCIALISTS but won't admit they're Socialists…no need to admit that they have the IQ of carp, just listen to them speak!
They don't want you to know the truth about what they have planned for you and I!
They all want you to believe that there are "Fairies", unicorns, Santa Clause Elves and free stuff that nobody has to pay for. There's sort of a Land of Oz or a Disney, Fantasy Land…where we have "Open Borders", and "Border Security", by Tinkerbell, who will alert us if illegal's cross!
Let's listen in to AOC and Warren in one of their very intellectual discussions;
Warren, "There are no "Sanctuary Cities"…only places where criminals can go to and not feel pressured by those nasty people who want to arrest them just because they're criminals…that's racist and discrimination…they only arrest criminals, why don't they arrest non criminals too?"
AOC, "See…that's discrimination"!
AOC, "I don't understand what the big deal is about CO2 and Fossil fuels , either…it's so simple…just stop using Fossil fuel…no big deal, see how easy that was? In fact , I'll write a bill saying that. I will need some help, though, so I'll ask my 5th grade niece to help me, she's really smart because this is her 3rd year in 5thgrade!"
Warren, " What about the big planes?"
AOC, "That's easy too, I'll ban them in the bill too, there…done"
Warren, "Great, genius, now how do we get back and forth to DC?"
AOC, "Liz you are so forgetful…we make the laws, we'll exempt us. There, done."
Warren, " What about THEM…you know, the Citizens …some crybaby is certain to complain?"
AOC, " Screw 'em, we make the laws now, silly…we won remember and we allow them the Rights we want them to have…they have no rights, there's no more cumbersome Constitution and that BS Bill of Rights. Nancy even said when Barack won, "We won so we get to make the rules".
Warren, "I remember that".
Warren, " What about the Jews and Christians…what do we do about them?"
AOC," Don't worry I have Tliab and Omar working on them…they already planted some seeds about the Jews!"
Laugh if you want but most all of the above has already happened.
WARNING…DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAP!! IT MAY BE YOUR LAST VOTE!!!
J. Gary Dilaura, a 28 year veteran of the FBI, spent his career in South Carolina, the New York Office, and Buffalo. Active in the FBI's Violent Crimes Program, finishing his career as Bank Robbery Supervisor. He received Commendations from every FBI Director he worked for and after retiring he became a Businessman and Conservative, OpEd Columnist, "The Right Side", for several publications including, the Niagara Falls Reporter and the Ft Myers, Sun bay Paper. Visit his website at therightsidejgarydilaura.com .
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Sad but so true. If we don't get this election right there will likely not be another election. Your rights, in the manner laid out by our founders will be toast. We will be wishing the Brits would have won the War of Independence.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that his company will release the $100,000-worth of ads affiliated with Russia to government investigators.
"I care deeply about the democratic process and protecting its integrity," he said during a live broadcast on his Facebook page. "I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine our democracy.
Zuckerberg outlined steps his company is taking, including the delivery of the ads themselves to government officials, to "protect election integrity" and "make sure Facebook is a force for good in democracy."
As part of Zuckerberg's announced changes, Facebook will start disclosing which pages on its social network paid for political ads on its platform — a move that democrats on Capitol Hill urged the Federal Election Commission to force this week. He also said that Facebook would investigate how the Trump and Clinton campaigns used its tools to reach voters.
Facebook disclosed earlier this month that Russian-affiliated accounts purchased $100,000 worth of ads in the months surrounding 2016's US presidential election. But the company has yet to publicly reveal the ads themselves or how they were targeted to members of its 2-billion-user network.
The vice chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, Mark Warner, said Wednesday that there are likely "a lot more" fake Facebook accounts affiliated with Russia than what the company has so far disclosed in private briefings with committee staffers. He said the committee, which is tasked with uncovering any Russian interference with US elections, plans to call Facebook executives to publicly testify on Capitol Hill in October.
"Today is my first day back in the office after taking parental leave. It was really special to be with Priscilla and August after she was born, and to get to spend some more time with Max.
While I was out on leave, I spent a lot of time with our teams on the question of Russian interference in the US elections. I made some decisions on the next steps we're taking, and I want to share those with you now.
First, let me say this. I care deeply about the democratic process and protecting its integrity. Facebook's mission is all about giving people a voice and bringing people closer together. Those are deeply democratic values and we're proud of them. I don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. That's not what we stand for.
The integrity of our elections is fundamental to democracy around the world. That's why we've built teams dedicated to working on election integrity and preventing governments from interfering in the elections of other nations. And as we've shared before, our teams have found and shut down thousands of fake accounts that could be attempting to influence elections in many countries, including recently in the French elections.
Now, I wish I could tell you we're going to be able to stop all interference, but that wouldn't be realistic. There will always be bad people in the world, and we can't prevent all governments from all interference. But we can make it harder. We can make it a lot harder. And that's what we're going to do.
1. We are actively working with the US government on its ongoing investigations into Russian interference. We have been investigating this for many months, and for a while we had found no evidence of fake accounts linked to Russia running ads. When we recently uncovered this activity, we provided that information to the special counsel. We also briefed Congress -- and this morning I directed our team to provide the ads we've found to Congress as well. As a general rule, we are limited in what we can discuss publicly about law enforcement investigations, so we may not always be able to share our findings publicly. But we support Congress in deciding how to best use this information to inform the public, and we expect the government to publish its findings when their investigation is complete.
4. We will strengthen our ad review process for political ads. To be clear, it has always been against our policies to use any of our tools in a way that breaks the law -- and we already have many controls in place to prevent this. But we can do more. Most ads are bought programmatically through our apps and website without the advertiser ever speaking to anyone at Facebook. That's what happened here. But even without our employees involved in the sales, we can do better.
Now, I'm not going to sit here and tell you we're going to catch all bad content in our system. We don't check what people say before they say it, and frankly, I don't think our society shouldn't want us to. Freedom means you don't have to ask permission first, and that by default you can say what you want. If you break our community standards or the law, then you're going to face consequences afterwards. We won't catch everyone immediately, but we can make it harder to try to interfere.
5. We are increasing our investment in security and specifically election integrity. In the next year, we will more than double the team working on election integrity. In total, we'll add more than 250 people across all our teams focused on security and safety for our community.
6. We will expand our partnerships with election commissions around the world. We already work with electoral commissions in many countries to help people register to vote and learn about the issues. We'll keep doing that, and now we're also going to establish a channel to inform election commissions of the online risks we've identified in their specific elections.
7. We will increase sharing of threat information with other tech and security companies. We already share information on bad actors on the internet through programs like ThreatExchange, and now we're exploring ways we can share more information about anyone attempting to interfere with elections. It is important that tech companies collaborate on this because it's almost certain that any actor trying to misuse Facebook will also be trying to abuse other internet platforms too.
8. We are working proactively to strengthen the democratic process. Beyond pushing back against threats, we will also create more services to protect our community while engaging in political discourse. For example, we're looking at adapting our anti-bullying systems to protect against political harassment as well, and we're scaling our ballot information tools to help more people understand the issues.
9. We have been working to ensure the integrity of the German elections this weekend, from taking actions against thousands of fake accounts, to partnering with public authorities like the Federal Office for Information Security, to sharing security practices with the candidates and parties. We're also examining the activity of accounts we've removed and have not yet found a similar type of effort in Germany. This is incredibly important and we have been focused on this for a while.
At the same time, it's important not to lose sight of the more straightforward and larger ways Facebook plays a role in elections -- and these effects operate at much larger scales of 100x or 1000x bigger than what we're discussing here.
In 2016, people had billions of interactions and open discussions on Facebook that may never have happened offline. Candidates had direct channels to communicate with tens of millions of citizens. Campaigns spent tens of millions organizing and advertising online to get their messages out further. And we organized "get out the vote" efforts that helped as many as 2 million people register to vote who might not have voted otherwise. Many of these dynamics were new in this election, or at much larger scale than ever before in history, and at much larger scale than the interference we've found.
But we are in a new world. It is a new challenge for internet communities to deal with nation states attempting to subvert elections. But if that's what we must do, we are committed to rising to the occasion. Our sophistication in handling these threats is growing and improving quickly. We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.
Thanks for tuning in, and we'll keep you updated with more soon."


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It's one of the more vicious methods used by today's cyber criminals to compromise networks.
Phishing related attacks have been a favorite of the hackers tool kit for years. And these kinds of attacks are becoming more common and more sophisticated over time.
In its most basic definition, phishing is an attempt to illicitly obtain account credentials such as usernames and password by disguising a communication as coming from a trustworthy entity.
Phishing comes in many different varieties.
In the most common phishing technique, the same email is sent to millions of users with a request to fill in personal details. Any details obtained are then used by the phishers for their illegal activities.
A slightly more sophisticated method called Content Injection involves changing a component of a reliable website. Visitors who engage with the compromised feature are taken to a page outside the site where they're instructed to fill in credentials.
Then there's Spear Phishing. While traditional phishing uses a 'spray and pray' approach, the mass sending of emails to as many people as possible, spear phishing is a targeted attack. Messages are tailored to the potential victim to convince him or her the communication is legit. This usually means hackers have collected at least of minimum of information on their target, such their place of employment, names of friends and associates, and sites they frequent, with any or all of these details helping to make the scam more believable.
One particularly devious form of phishing targets leading company officials. A 'whaling' attack is when fraudsters try to harpoon an executive whose credential's grant special access privileges to the organization's network.
Recently, the industry has seen a sharp rise in instances of phishing. According to research published earlier this month by Kaspersky Labs, phishing attacks doubled over 2018.
More than merely increasing in commonality, attacks are also evolving, as hackers produce new techniques to perfect their phishing campaigns. Take the recent scheme identified by researchers at Akamai, in which hackers used a fake Google Translate URL to disguise a malicious site. That closely followed the much publicized Apple Phishing scam where criminals carefully designed messages that mimicked those from Apple's App Store.
Hackers conducting phishing campaigns don't only go after individuals. Very often the victim is an entire corporation. In 2013, hackers managed to penetrate the systems of U.S. retail giant Target after a successful phishing attack on a third party vendor that had trusted access to Target's servers. The infamous shutdown of the Ukrainian national power grid in 2015 is another stark example. According to expert investigations into the incident, hackers were able to penetrate the grid with powerful malware by targeting Ukrainian grid workers with a phishing campaign.
Considering the threat posed by phishing, it's no wonder administrators are scrambling to find answers to this highly effective social engineering scheme.
The problem is, traditional solutions to secure networks from phishing are all providing a band-aid approach. Most experts suggest various methods for employees to identify fraudulent emails. Some have presented complex solutions such as applying artificial intelligence to flag suspicious communications.
But all of these solutions fall short for one simple reason: they don't address the basic vulnerability every phishing campaign capitalizes on–the password.
The Octopus solution: replace traditional credentials with high assurance, out-of-band authentication.
The very existence of passwords means that there will always be a target for phishers. But removing passwords from the picture means eliminating the threat of phishing at its root.
Seasoned with 25 years of experience in larger corporations and startups alike, in sales, marketing, customer care and product management, Amit is tasked with the business development, customer success, and marketing operations at Secret Double Octopus. Amongst Amit's favorite activities is underwater scuba diving, with a particular fascination for octopuses.
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A five-year, $8.25 million funding commitment from the State Government, has ensured the future of Hummingbird House - Queensland's only children's hospice.
$8.25m commitment for Qld's only children's hospice
11th Oct 2019 2:49 PM
CHERMSIDE'S Hummingbird House will receive an $8.25 million funding injection from the State Government over the next five years.
The facility is the only children's hospice in Queensland, providing a place where kids can be kids, families can reconnect, and precious memories can be created in a home away from home.
The funding was announced by the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Steven Miles, as Hummingbird House prepared to welcome members of the community to an open day tomorrow.
Inside Hummingbird House.
"Hummingbird House is Queensland's only children's hospice that has changed how children with life-limiting conditions live and receive care at the end of life," Mr Miles said.
"A place where families can immerse themselves in spending quality time together and focus on what matters most, each other.
"That's why we are increasing our funding to Hummingbird House, so they can provide care to more children and families from across Queensland.
"Because of our commitment, Hummingbird House can provide more short break stays, family support services, creative therapies, and care at the end of life, including grief and bereavement support for families who need it most."
Hummingbird House is an eight-bed facility with five family accommodation suites.
Hummingbird House is an eight-bed facility with five family accommodation suites, therapy rooms, a multi-sensory room, all-abilities accessible bath, pool, large outdoor spaces and play centre, teenagers retreat, and a specifically designed space for care after death.
Its specialist areas include:
* Symptom management stays meaning kids can avoid a hospital admission.
* Care at the end of life for children
* Specialised after-death care, including family bereavement support and funeral planning for the families of children.
Hummingbird House general manager Dr Fiona Hawthorne.
Hummingbird House general manager, Dr Fiona Hawthorne, said the facility had provided support to more than 229 families over the three years since it first opened.
"A team of doctors, nurses, personal care workers, family support workers, housekeepers, cooks, allied health staff, and volunteers provide a homelike environment where kids and can be kids and families can reconnect and make precious memories that will last a lifetime," Dr Hawthorne said.
"We are deeply grateful to our operating partner Wesley Mission Queensland, for their ongoing support as the service grows.
"The continuation of funding from the Queensland Government for the next five years, means we can continue to provide care for children affected by life-limiting conditions and their families, at no cost to them personally."
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Picture shows how cytokines Il-2 and IL-27, when given together as therapy for neuroblastoma, can effectively shrink cancer metastases in as much as 90 percent of the mice, even after these metastases had spread to the liver, lungs, and bone marrow. Either cytokine alone could not do this. The combination of the two cytokines given simultaneously to mice was very potent against metastatic neuroblastoma.
Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, and clinical outcomes of patients with this disease are quite variable. Prognosis is particularly poor for patients with high-risk tumors (classification based on patients' age, extent of disease spread, and other biological features). Researchers are working to harness the immune system to fight many different types of cancer, including neuroblastoma. An ideal immunotherapy would activate a specific antitumor immune response and create immunological memory that would help patients stave off tumor recurrence.
Cytokines are signaling proteins that modulate the activity of the immune system. IL-27 is a cytokine that helps the immune system mount targeted attacks against foreign invaders or other unfamiliar cells in the body. IL-27 is capable of "curing" mice with localized neuroblastoma, but it is significantly less effective in mice whose neuroblastomas have spread to other parts of the body. These preclinical data coupled with modest results of clinical trials of single cytokines have prompted researchers to begin thinking about using combinations of cytokines to treat cancer. Rosalba Salcedo, Ph.D., a researcher in the CCR Cancer and Inflammation Program, and other NCI scientists recently evaluated IL-27 in combination with another cytokine—IL-2—in a mouse model of metastatic neuroblastoma. The results of their studies were published in a recent issue of The Journal of Immunology.
Dr. Salcedo and her colleagues injected mice with a neuroblastoma cell line that metastasizes to the liver, lung, and bone marrow. These tumors are normally fatal to their host within one month. Tumor-bearing mice were left untreated or exposed to IL-2 or IL-27 alone or in combination. IL 27 was effective as a single therapy in a subset of mice, but the most striking results were observed with the combination treatment—90 percent of mice injected with both IL-2 and IL-27 experienced complete tumor regression and long-term survival. Remarkably, both cytokines together were also able to induce regression of liver and bone marrow metastases.
The "cured" mice were then injected with a second round of tumor cells to see if and how their immune systems would respond. Only one of the nine mice involved in this experiment developed a tumor, indicating that the immune systems of eight of the IL-2/IL-27-treated mice had been successfully trained to recognize and quickly eliminate the neuroblastoma cells. By carefully depleting different types of immune cells, the researchers were able to determine that this protection was due to cytotoxic T cells capable of mounting a specific immune response against the neuroblastoma cells.
Additional experiments revealed that IL-27, traditionally thought to be involved only in the initial targeted immune attack, also plays a role in reawakening the immune system if a target is encountered a second time. IL-2 stimulated the proliferation of T regulatory cells, which enable the tumor cells to persist. IL-27 was also shown to hinder - this f the inhibitory effects of IL-2, thus strengthening the overall immune response.
These studies illustrate the potential of cytokines with complementary activities to combat cancer when used in combination. The remarkable regression of primary neuroblastoma tumors as well as liver and bone marrow metastases provides hope that harnessing the immune system may be an effective way to improve treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma and perhaps other tumor types.


Do you marathon through entire seasons of TV shows in a weekend? You might want to check this out.
AMC has an event where you can watch all the "best picture" nominations. It is pretty intense but awesome. On the first Saturday you watch 4 of them in a row in a 10-hour session. On the second Saturday you watch the other 5 in a 12-hour session. The following day is the award show.
Watching the awards when you've seen 9 of the most nominated films is a different experience.
Some of the benefits: If you've been too busy to get to the theaters all year, this is a great way to consolidate a lot of what you missed into 2 days. The theater is filled with film devotees, so there's no talking, no kids, no txting. There is a dinner break around 5pm, but otherwise you get to gorge yourself on movie theater junk food. (The AMCs near me have pizza.) If you are an AMC "Stubs" member you get $5 worth of "Stubs Bonus Bucks" each day.
I try to do this every year. This year I might only be able to get to one of the two days, which is a shame.
If you are a movie lover I highly recommend this.


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Release Blitz: Most Ardently by Susan Mesler-Evans
Today we have the release day blitz of Susan Mesler-Evans Most Ardently! Check it out and be sure to grab your copy today!
Title: Most Ardently
Author: Susan Mesler-Evans
About Most Ardently:
Elisa Benitez is proud of who she is, from her bitingly sarcastic remarks, to her love of both pretty boys and pretty girls. If someone doesn't like her, that's their problem, and Elisa couldn't care less. Particularly if that person is Darcy Fitzgerald, a snobby, socially awkward heiress with an attitude problem and more money than she knows what to do with.
From the moment they meet, Elisa and Darcy are at each other's throats — which is a bit unfortunate, since Darcy's best friend is dating Elisa's sister. It quickly becomes clear that fate intends to throw the two of them together, whether they like it or not. As hers and Darcy's lives become more and more entwined, Elisa's once-dull world quickly spirals into chaos in this story of pride, prejudice, and finding love with the people you least expect.
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Charlene had gotten stuck dancing with Colin again. Well, maybe "stuck" was the wrong word. He'd been very polite about asking, and he was actually a pretty good dancer. And they'd been right next to a speaker, so the music was able to drown most of his latest speech out.
She had ducked into the bathroom, and was about to leave her stall to wash her hands when the door opened again, and three sets of feet walked in. They all stopped at the mirror, doing their makeup. And gossiping.
"I can't believe Bobby has been talking to her all night," a familiar voice said. It was either Cora or Louise, but Charlene had no idea how to tell them apart. "It isn't her birthday."
"I know. And she's not even as pretty as his last girlfriend," the other twin said. "And her family."
"God, I know. I'm embarrassed for them. Even the one that's not actually related to them."
"The middle sister is so boring. And ugly."
Charlene felt her chest tighten on Maria's behalf.
Option 1: Burst out of the door and scream at them both for being judgmental brats, and probably prove their point.
Option 2: Stand here and do nothing.
Ugh. This is bullshit.
"And the youngest… God, what a train wreck, am I right?"
Both twins laughed.
"She's a teen pregnancy waiting to happen. I hope Bobby gets over Julia or whoever soon. Then he can go back to girls actually worth his time, right, Darcy?"
That explained who the third girl was.
"I don't do gossip," Darcy said.
"Oh, come on, we're alone." Charlene barely repressed a snort. "You can be honest."
"Yeah, didn't you get stuck dancing with the fat one?" the other twin asked.
"Her name is Elisa," Darcy said, voice suddenly sharp. "And I wasn't stuck. I could've said, no."
"We saw her screaming at you earlier."
Oh, Elisa, what did you do now?
"She wasn't screaming. It was just a disagreement. Very mature."
"She looked really pissed off." There was a pause. "What are you thinking about? You have that look on your face."
It was a moment before Darcy answered. "Not much. Just the… joys of a spirited girl and a pair of fine eyes."
One of the twins snorted. "Man, you're weird. Who talks like that?"
"I knew getting her that word-a-day calendar was a bad idea," the other said. "Come on, Cora, let's go dance. I think they're back to good music."
Cora and Louise left, and Darcy was quick to follow. Finally free, Charlene popped out of the stall, and washed up as quickly as possible so she could find her friend. She couldn't stop thinking about what she'd overheard. She had a bad vibe from Cora and Louise right from the start, but she'd tried not to judge too much. (Leave that to Elisa.) But it looked like in this case, her first impression had been correct. Darcy, however, had been a surprise. Not only did she not participate in the Benitez family trash-talking, she'd even kind of stood up for them. Well, for one of them.
And Charlene was willing to bet all the money she had that she knew exactly who that spirited girl was, and who those fine eyes belonged to.
She paused, going back-and-forth in her head. She'd never meddled in Elisa's love life before, but that was mostly because she had no love life to speak of. Her first instinct was to let her know she had an admirer – but given that the admirer wasn't her favorite person, was that really wise?
But they did have a lot in common.
Those two dating would be kind of amazing. Or it could lead to the end of all human civilization.
About Susan Mesler-Evans:
Susan Mesler-Evans is a writer, college student, D&D enthusiast, theatre nerd, and horrific procrastinator. Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Susan now lives in Florida, and can often be found reading, scrolling through Tumblr until 2 AM, overanalyzing her favorite fictional characters and relationships, bingewatching comedies on Netflix, thinking about writing, and even, on occasion, actually writing. Most Ardently is her first full-length novel. You can find her at susanmeslerevanswrites.com.
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Cover reveal: Moonlighter by Sarina Bowen
Only in my family could a professional hockey player earning seven million dollars a year be considered a slacker.
I'm at the height of my athletic career. Yet my arrogant brother is always trying to recruit me into the family business: a global security company so secretive that I don't even know its name.
Pass, thanks. I don't need a summer job.
But the jerk ambushes me with a damsel in distress. That damsel is Alex, the competitive, sassy girl I knew when we were kids. Now she's a drop-dead gorgeous woman in deep trouble.
So guess who's on a flight to Hawaii?
It's going to be a long week in paradise. My job is keeping Alex safe, while her job is torturing me with her tiny bikinis. Or maybe we're torturing each other. It's all snark and flirting until the threat against Alex gets serious. And this jock must become her major league protector.
Moonlighter is a stand-alone novel. No cliffhangers, no prior experience necessary. Contains: hackers, hockey players, and a hotel room with only one bed.
Review: Holidate by Monica Murphy
I am one of those people who loves everything to do with Christmas. Everything. I set up my tree by November 1 and I relish every Christmas movie, commercial, song, and moment to come in the next two months. Despite that, in general I'm not a Christmas romance reader. I'm not sure why, I just typically am not. But I am pleased to say that Monica Murphy's Holidate really broke the mold for me. It is straight up pure holiday joy, the kind of thing I revel in.
Candice Gaines loves the holiday season. She is definitely filled with holiday cheer. She stays super busy during the run-up to Christmas so she can avoid thinking about the mother she lost to breast cancer when she was a young girl. Mostly, it works. But despite all the charity work she does during the holidays, she has never taken on a human as a project but that is exactly what Isabel Sullivan wants her to do. The Sullivans own the most well-known Christmas tree lots in the Monterey Bay area. Isabel is hoping that Candice will escort her oldest son, Charlie, around some holiday events and help him meet local business people. Charlie is a bit of a grump and has a tough time mingling, to put it mildly. Candice is all set to say no when she faints. She wakes up with a bump on her head and acquiescing to Isabel's request, though she can't quite remember what it is.
So, the book starts off on a false premise admittedly, but it is not made by the hero. In fact, Candice and Charlie don't get on super well at first… until they definitely do. They both come to better understand and respect the hard work that they are putting in during the holiday season. And Charlie is realizing that maybe he has a little more room in his life than he thought. And maybe Candice would fit right in.
I really enjoyed this cheery holiday story! Much of it takes place on a Christmas tree farm, so the setting is already top-notch holiday perfection. But mostly I really enjoyed Charlie and Candice connecting. They are both lonely in their own way and being together, they find a nice way to connect without all the pressure their individual lives usually put on them.
This story goes to kisses only action wise but it still feels incredibly romantic. I had a blast seeing these two start to fall for each other. Monica Murphy leaves the story at the perfect ending place, a happy-for-now place, with the potential for something more in the future. This is the third book in this series but it stands alone really nicely. Even though I have read all the books in this series so far, readers will have no trouble connecting with Candice and Charlie.
Perfect holiday fare!
Holidate by Monica Murphy
Holidate, an all-new standalone contemporary holiday romance by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monica Murphy.
Candice Gaines loves Christmas. Not only does she bask in the twinkling lights, sing Christmas carols and go crazy with the decorations, she's also in the giving spirit, donating much of her time and wealth to various charities in the local area.
Charlie Sullivan despises Christmas. Though it keeps his family afloat, considering they own Sullivan Family Christmas Tree Farm, the main provider for Christmas trees on the Monterey peninsula. He'd much rather work among the trees versus have to deal with people.
But Charlie's parents are taking on more philanthropic projects—and as their oldest child, they want him to be their official public representative. He just has to play nice and convince everyone he's not a total holiday hater.
When Charlie's mom asks Candice to accompany him to a variety of holiday parties and events, she reluctantly agrees. She thinks Charlie is a big ol' Grinch, but is determined to change his mindset and help him spread Christmas cheer. Charlie finds Candice too chatty, too sweet, too much. Do people like her really exist?
Why yes, yes they do. The more time they spend together—along with a few kisses under the mistletoe—the more they start to like each other. Hopefully Charlie can convince Candice he doesn't have a heart that's two sizes too small before the ball drops on New Year's Eve.
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I go chasing after Charlie, thankful he hasn't hopped back on that ATV and torn out of here. He's headed straight for the giant red building, and I follow behind, having to pick up my step since one of his long strides equals about three of mine. He's just so stinkin' tall.
And handsome.
And gruff.
And he smells good. Have I mentioned that? He smells like a pine tree, of course, and his scent is mouth-wateringly delicious.
Ugh. I hate myself sometimes.
He pushes open the door of the building almost violently, sending it swinging wide, and I sneak in behind him, causing him to turn and practically snarl at me when he realizes I'm standing in front of him.
But I forget all about his snarl when I see how enchanting this room is. It's not an office, but an actual store, filled to the brim with holiday decorations and knickknacks for sale. Candles are burning—I can smell cinnamon and spice wafting in the air. The scent of the real pine trees laden with ornaments standing in the room also lingers, and I breathe deep, closing my eyes for a moment so I can take it all in.
When I open my eyes, it's to find Charlie standing there, his hands on his hips, his brow lowered. "Are you okay? That head injury still flaring up and giving you trouble?"
I roll my eyes. "No, you idiot. I'm enjoying the festive atmosphere."
Oh, that was mean. I shouldn't have said that.
But I don't think he even noticed.
I slowly turn in a circle, pure delight flowing through my veins. I don't know what to look at first, it's all so beautiful. And there are layers upon layers of decorations. On the walls, cluttering shelves and tabletops, overflowing giant baskets. And of course there are the trees. They almost sag with their bounty of sparkling ornaments and twinkling lights. It would probably take me hours to explore it all, and I'm dying to start my exploration right at this very moment. "This store is so adorable!"
"My sister Victoria runs it." He glances over at the counter where the register sits, but no one's there. "I don't know where she's at, though. Maybe you could talk to her about—whatever it is you want to talk about."
No way is he pushing this agenda onto his sister. Isabel wants Charlie to do this, and no one else.
"We've wasted the past five minutes with you huffing and puffing and refusing to speak to me." I reach into my large bag and pull the folder out I wanted to show him. "Give me ten minutes. That's all I need to talk about what we're going to do over the next few weeks."
He grimaces. Sighs. Tugs the cap off his head, all that gorgeous hair spilling across his forehead, and my fingers literally itch at the chance to push it out of his eyes.
But I restrain myself.
Barely.
Meet Monica:
Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and HarperCollins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.
She is a wife and a mother of three who lives in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere along with their one dog and too many cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she's not writing, she's reading or hanging out with her husband and kids. She's a firm believer in happy endings, though she will admit to putting her characters through angst-filled moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.
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Jana Aston is putting the ho ho ho in Christmas with her Reindeer Falls Series, coming this November!!
The Boss Who Stole Christmas (Reindeer Falls #1)
Release Date: November 7th
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Please bring me a new boss for Christmas. Mine is the worst. The worst, hidden in a six foot tall package of male perfection. It'd be easier if he looked like an old Scrooge, wouldn't it?
Nick Saint-Croix doesn't look like an old scrooge. He's hot as-
Um, never mind. Just bring me a new boss. Please.
Holly Winter
If You Give A Jerk A Gingerbread (Reindeer Falls #2)
Release Date: November 14th
I do not want Keller James for Christmas.
I will not fall for him, no matter how charming or irresistible or famous he is. I will not be swayed by his skills in the kitchen or by his British accent. I'm going to win the Great Gingerbread Bake Off and no one is going to stand in my way. Not even Keller.
All kisses are off. I mean all bets. All bets are off. And his clothes, those are off too.
Grr, never mind. I'll figure this out myself.
Ginger Winter
The One Night Stand Before Christmas (Reindeer Falls #3)
Release Date: November 21st
Please stop by my house and pick up your suit. If you thought I was going to run it to the dry cleaners for you after you left it on my bedroom floor, you've got another think coming.
Noel Winter
Jana Aston likes cats, big coffee cups and books about billionaires who deflower virgins. She wrote her debut novel while fielding customer service calls about electrical bills, and she's ever grateful for the fictional gynecologist in Wrong that readers embraced so much she was able to make working in her pajamas a reality. Jana's novels have appeared on the NYT, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, some multiple times. She likes multiples.
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Getting Played by Emma Chase
Getting Played, a magnificent new romance by New York Times bestselling author Emma Chase.
Dean Walker is all about keeping life simple. He's effortlessly talented and intelligent—spending his summers playing drums in the local band and the rest of the year teaching high school in the same Jersey town where he grew up. He likes his love-life simple too, enjoying the commitment-free hook-ups his good looks and sexy charm have always made oh-so easy.
Then he meets Lainey Burrows. And his simple, easy life gets turned upside down.
One wild one-night stand was all it was ever supposed to be, so Lainey is shocked when she discovers that her sizzling summer fling is also her son's new math teacher. But that's nothing compared to the most unexpected twist of all—their hot hook-up left Lainey knocked-up, and now they're about to become parents. Together.
What ensues is an addictive, insatiable, sweet and tender romance that won't be simple, but it will be more than worth the fight.
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I find Lainey in the living room—standing on a ladder, with those long, toned legs peeking out from itty bitty cotton black shorts and a power drill in her hand, while Bruce Springsteen sings "I'm Goin' Down" from a speaker in the corner.
And, dear God—the things I could do to her on that ladder.
Wonderful, filthy things that instantly make my heart pound and my cock throb. She's the perfect height for me to just walk over there and put my mouth between her legs. I picture it, see it in my mind—the way she'd grip my hair and pant my name, arch her back and writhe against my face . . .
But then I catch sight of the small bump of her stomach, and reality smacks me in the head. I think about the baby—and how making Lainey lose her mind three feet off the ground wouldn't be the safest option. My protective instinct overrides the desire to get freaky on the ladder.
"Hey, Dean." She sets the drill on the ledge and picks up a beeping light green rectangle, running it along the wall.
"What are you doing up there?" I ask.
I don't have a decorative bone in my body, but the room looks good—with light gray walls and navy corduroy covered couches, reclaimed wood tables and a dozen different-sized candles filling the white-washed brick fireplace. It's clean and simple but warm, the kind of place you'd look forward to coming back to every day.
"I'm going to hang up those boards." Lainey gestures to three square planks, with ornamental arrows burned black into the wood. "I just want to make sure this stud-finder works."
"If you're looking for a stud," I wink, "I'm standing right in front of you."
"Ha-ha. I'll keep that in mind."
She turns back to the wall, reaching up over her head and stretching onto her tippy toes on the narrow step. I move under the ladder to catch her if she goes ass over end, and a stab of terror slices through me at the thought that Lainey would still be doing this if I wasn't here. Alone. Without Jason even in the room in case something went terribly wrong.
What the hell is up with that?
"I read that you're not supposed to reach above your head when you're pregnant."
"That's just an old wives' tale."
I wrap my hands around her hips, holding her steady.
"Maybe the old wives knew what they were talking about. Come on, come down."
Slowly, Lainey lowers her arms and turns in my hands. I lift her off the ladder by her hips, tilting my head back and holding her above me for a moment, before sliding her slowly down. And the feel of her softness rubbing against me, the friction—it's fantastic.
When her feet are on the ground, I dip my head and our faces are just millimeters apart. Close enough to count the sprinkle of cute, light freckles that dust the bridge of her nose.
"That's better," I say softly, taking the stud-finder out of her hands. "I'll do it."
"Okay." Lainey's tongue peeks out, wetting her bottom lip. "Thanks."
Like I said . . . fucking killing me.
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Title: One Night Stand
Author: Sarah Robinson
About One Night Stand:
Bestselling author Sarah Robinson dominates with this steamy erotic serial that pushes boundaries in the heart… and the bedroom.
It's all we have, all I want.
I'm hoping one night with a stranger might ease the pain inside my shattered heart.
I was wrong…
From the first touch I knew once would never be enough, I just didn't plan on our worlds colliding.
Aside from being a Top 10 Barnes & Noble and Amazon Bestseller, Sarah Robinson is a native of the Washington, DC area and has both her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in criminal psychology. She works as a counselor by day and romance novelist by night. She owns a small zoo of furry pets and is actively involved in volunteering in her community.
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Review: Caught in the Lies by Kacey Shea
Just from the title alone, you can tell there is some subterfuge and well, lies, between the main characters. You can't say you were unaware going into the book. I knew it too and felt prepared but I admit, I was a tiny bit surprised by the things Jill and Cam are hiding from each other, even if eventually Kacey Shea creates motivation for it.
The chemistry between Jill and Cameron is very, very sexy and fun. Jill in particular believes their relationship will be all hook-up, no emotions. How wrong she is! I really enjoyed watching Cam work his way into her life when she least expects it. And she finds ways to also be part of his life even if it is begrudging at first. But eventually, even hard-nosed Jill can't resist baking Cam some banana bread. They may not have had a traditional boyfriend-girlfriend relationship at first but it turns serious.
I liked Cam a lot. He is confused about Jill and what she wants from him but he is doing his best to give it to her, even if he wants more. Jill is a bit harder to read at first but I really came to appreciate her bluntness and way of seeing the world. She hasn't had an easy life but she is making the most of the opportunities that are currently in her world. I respect gumption and Jill has that.
Caught in the Lies is the first book I have read from Kacey Shea but I am definitely willing to seek out other stories by her. This book is a great steal at only $3.99 for the release week price! And I cannot take my eyes off that cover. All around, a satisfying romance!
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Fire captain Cameron McClain dropped into my life with as much subtlety as an unsolicited d*ck pic. I shouldn't be attracted to him, but I am. He's too old for me, too alpha for my tastes, and too bossy in the bedroom. Though, I have to admit he knows exactly how to use his . . . firehose.
I'm not interested in a forever kind of relationship, but he's down for whatever I'm willing to give. Our arrangement is perfect. At least that's how it begins. I never wanted the happily ever after, but he's just so tempting.
The smart choice would be to end things before they combust, but for some reason I can't push Cam away. The harder I try, the harder he—well, you get the picture.
I wish things were different. I want to be someone worthy of his devotion. But the secrets I hold close, they don't just eat me up inside, they destroy anyone who gets too close.
So, I won't fall in love. Simple, right?
Wrong. So freaking wrong. I don't just fall. I crash and burn for this man. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Turns out I'm not the only one telling lies and keeping secrets, and his are enough to rip us apart forever.
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Cover Reveal: Holidate by Monica Murphy
Publishing date: October 15, 2019
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Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and Harper Collins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.


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Perspectives in Veterinary Medicine (2013-2015)
Challenging the Land-Grant Mission; Cornell's Class of 1939, Part II
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The second story in a series about Cornell's Class of 1939 which was admitted in 1935 during the Depression and was at variance with the traditional land-grant culture and priorities of the era. Interviews with remaining class members provide an insight into one of the great transition periods in veterinary medicine supported by the land-grant mission. The class members were older, more urban, and better educated than the college preferred at the time. It also was a very diverse class, with three women, an African-American man, eight Jewish students, and one Chinese man. Part II describes how the initial employment opportunities for the graduates also challenged the land-grant mission.
History of Veterinary Medicine; Cornell University; Great Depression; Land-Grant University; Beckley, Elizabeth (Gundlach); O'Connor, Patricia (Halloran); von Decken-Luers, Rikki; Bell, William Bryan; Fagan, Raymond; Ferber, Robert; Potter, Lyndon Wainwright; Sasmore, Dan; Skelton, Daniel; Sunderville, Edwin Joseph


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Is Obesity a Workplace Disability? One Court Bucks the Trend and Says No
By Eric B. Meyer July 10, 2013 July 22, 2015
By Eric B. Meyer
In mid-June, the American Medical Association concluded that obesity is a disease "requiring a range of medical interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention."
This news led Jon Hyman at the Ohio Employer's Law Blog to conclude that the classification of obesity as a "disease" has huge employment law implications; namely, that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers would have to consider allowing for reasonable accommodations for obese employees.
Indeed, even before the AMA guidance, a Louisiana court determined that morbid obesity was a disability under the ADA, thus requiring reasonable accommodation.
Well, last month, a state court in West Virginia concluded otherwise.
The case of the obese blackjack dealer
In Andrew O. v. Racing Corporation of West Virginia, a morbidly obese blackjack dealer sought accommodations from his employer with respect to this workplace uniform (the standard issue was too small; he needed a 7X tuxedo shirt) and break locations (he was unable to walk to and from the employee break area during his 25 minute break without shortness of breath and becoming fatigued).
Ultimately, the human resource manager terminated the employee for dress code and break area violations. In all, he worked for the casino for less than two months.
The employee later sued, alleging violation of the West Virginia Human Rights Act, which contains West Virginia's law against disability discrimination statute. A West Virginia circuit court granted summary judgment to the employer, finding that the employee was not disabled, in part, because obesity is not a per se impairment under state law, and in part because the employee acknowledged that he was able to do everything that an average person was capable of doing.
What the West Virginia Supreme Court said
On appeal, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia agreed:
Petitioner next argues that he was disabled under the WVHRA because his obesity, thyroid condition, and arthritis substantially limited him in a major life activity. However, as the circuit noted in its order on appeal, petitioner testified at his deposition that he was able to "do almost everything" the average person does, albeit at his own pace. Further, petitioner's doctor's note–regarding petitioners need to sit while he worked — did not indicate that petitioner was substantially limited in a major life activity. Given that respondent is entitled to a strong inference that discrimination was not a determining factor in petitioner's termination, we find that the circuit court did not err in finding that petitioner was not disabled. The record taken as a whole could not have led a rational trier of fact to find for petitioner because he failed to make a sufficient showing that he was substantially limited in a major life activity."
Since I do not practice law in West Virginia., other than this case, I do not know how courts treat the West Virginia Human Rights Act compared to the Americans With Disabilities Act. However, given the recent amendments to the ADA, through which the EEOC and many federal courts have significantly lowered that the bar for proving a disability, I would not put too much stock into this decision.
Rather, I agree with Jon that employers should err on the side of caution and continue to provide reasonable accommodations to morbidly obese employees as well as those with other conditions that may arguably fall within the scope of the ADA.
Certainly, if an employe's accommodation requests catch you flat-footed, give your lawyer a shout to work through them with you.
This was originally published on Eric B. Meyer's blog, The Employer Handbook.
Eric B. Meyer
You know that scientist in the action movie who has all the right answers if only the government would just pay attention? Eric B. Meyer, Esq. gets companies HR-compliant before the action sequence. Serving clients nationwide, Eric is a Partner at FisherBroyles, LLP, which is the largest full-service, cloud-based law firm in the world, with approximately 210 attorneys in 21 offices nationwide. Eric is also a volunteer EEOC mediator, a paid private mediator, and publisher of The Employer Handbook (www.TheEmployerHandbook.com), which is pretty much the best employment law blog ever. That, and he's been quoted in the British tabloids. #Bucketlist.
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2 Comments on "Is Obesity a Workplace Disability? One Court Bucks the Trend and Says No"
HRinCA says:
This type of stuff does anger me a bit. Obesity is not a disease. Medical conditions related to obesity are, but most of those conditions go away when someone eats properly and exercise! (Yes, I understand some people do have medical issues that correlate to obesity – but for the majority of the American population obesity can be controlled with eating right and exercise. It is NOT rocket science). It actually takes effort to become obese, you have to make an effort to make poor food choices and continue eating even after you are full. If people put their health first then our nation's obesity rate would plummet. But for HR to have more work because of this kind of stuff just irritates me and seems like a lack of common sense. Common sense does not exist today.
7X shirt… that's absurd. I'm with HRinCA on this.


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Avi is a brilliant mind doing phenomenal work in the Boston area, [and] if you haven't read his book, the New Cancer Paradigm', I highly recommend you do.
*Note: this is my take not Avi Lerner's.
My parent's were quite intentional in their approach to my childhood cancer. In fact, my most favorite quote from my dad's writings is 'Until you inject fear into your daughter, she will continue to exude confidence in her ability to recover, to get well'.
Fear wasn't a part of my lived experience with childhood cancer; there was not hint of it whatsoever.
Healing may be the road less traveled; however, it is a road most worthy of pursuit.


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Man killed in Coachella on Tuesday night; suspect with machete arrested, police say
Erin Rode
A man was killed Tuesday night in Coachella, and a man carrying a machete was arrested at the scene, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
Sheriff's deputies from the Thermal station responded to a reported assault with a deadly weapon at 5th Street and Vine Avenue at 8:43 p.m., according to Sgt. Lionel Murphy, a spokesperson for the department.
Upon arrival, deputies found Jimmy Meza, 46, of Coachella, with "major traumatic injuries." Deputies attempted life-saving measures but he succumbed to his injuries, Murphy said.
A suspect, later identified as Gabriel Ramirez, 53, of Coachella, was taken into custody without incident, and an investigation is ongoing, according to Murphy.
Erin Rode covers the western Coachella Valley cities of Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Desert Hot Springs. Reach her at erin.rode@desertsun.com.


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The Buraku Liberation League (部落解放同盟, Buraku Kaihō Dōmei) is one of the burakumin's rights groups in Japan. Buraku are members of diverse social groups, descendants of outcast communities of the Japanese feudal era.
The origin of the Buraku Liberation League is the National Levelers Association (全国水平社, Zenkoku Suiheisha), founded in 1922. However, in 1942, some of the leading activists, including Asada Zennosuke (朝田善之助), were recruited into the military. The National Levelers Association disbanded in the same year.
In 1946, the ex-members of the National Levelers Association formed the Buraku Liberation National Committee (部落解放全国委員会, Buraku Kaihō Zenkoku Iinkai). In 1955, it was renamed the Buraku Liberation League (BLL).
In 1966, one of the leaders, Jiichirō Matsumoto (松本治一郎, Matsumoto Jiichirō), died. Around the same time, the BLL purged the members who were against the leaders' decision that the subsidy to the burakumin should be limited to the BLL members only (as there are many burakumin who do not join the BLL). Asada played a major role in this purge. Thus, the ex-members of the BLL formed the Buraku Liberation League Normalization National Liaison Conference (部落解放同盟正常化全国連絡会議, Seijōkaren Buraku Kaihō Dōmei Seijōka Zenkoku Renraku Kaigi) in 1970. This was the predecessor of the All Japan Federation of Buraku Liberation Movement (全国部落解放運動連合会, Zenkairen Zenkoku Buraku Kaihō Undō Rengōkai).
In response to the denuclearization struggle "The reason for fear is not by birth, but because a powerful pressure group because of hanging up and condemnation. It has been said that self-purpose groups fear losing their meaning of existence by achieving their original purpose since late 1960s. "
Japanese politician, who is the secretariat head and vice chair of the Japanese Communist Party, Akira Koike also said that "the Dowa problem has already been resolved basically by residents' endeavor, continuing unfair dowa measures itself will create new prejudice" and criticizes the clamor and clarifies that such criticism is regarded as "discrimination" is a complete wrong after Suppression of free speech by Minister of Reconstruction Ryu Matsumoto concurrently serving as a vice chairperson of Buraku Liberation League.
He criticized the Matsumoto's intimidation that" Your company is over if you write my words "as the essence of the liberation alliance's suppression of free speech."
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