I followed this tutorial https://www.linuxbabe.com/ubuntu/set-up-nzedb-usenet-indexer-ubuntu-16-0417-04 to get a fresh install of nzedb. No installation errors, but when I come at the "Indexing Usenet Content" section, something goes wrong, or better said, nothing happens?
It just displays a new empty command line, nothing else happens... The website itself works, so php is working. Anyone that know's where I should look?
Looks like you have an empty .php file. Mine shows.
/* Argument 1 is optional string, group name. Or numeric, number of header max to download.
* Argument 2 is optional int, max number of headers to download.
What did you have to change just for future reference?
Had the same issue. Like mentioned, you need to edit the php.ini file for CLI.
The only thing I had to do was find 'timezone' (CTRL-W and then type timezone). Uncomment the line and add the the timezone in (i.e. America/NewYork).
After that, the update_binaries.php file actually does something. Before it would do nothing, no errors or logs.


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OMD's Andy McCluskey comments; "After purgatory without the oxygen of live performance to energise both artist and audience, what joy it is to know we will be able to share these moments again!"
The show is set to raise money and awareness for their crew, whose livelihoods have been so affected in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Purchased tickets for this streamed show also give fans a 48 hour window to getting VIP access to the best seats in the house for the November arena tour.
Strap in and prepare for nothing but the best from a band who are unquestionably still at the very top of their game.
OMD is at Liverpool Empire on Sunday 21st November, 2021.
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va ser un autor belga de còmic que va il·lustrar fonamentalment el tema de l'esport.

Biografia
Raymond Reding, fill d'un pare belga i d'una mare francesa, va créixer a Bèlgica. L'any 1944, Raymond Reding comença una carrera de guionista i de dibuixant al periòdic Bravo. L'any 1947, crea Senyor Cro, un detectiu, per a l'Última Hora. L'any 1949, treballa breument per a la Aiglon. L'any 1950, agafa l'equip de Journal de Tintin.

El 29 de setembre de 1955, dibuixa la coberta de l'edició francesa de Journal de Tintin per a l'anunci d'una història completa : Miss Casse-cou mène le jeu. L'any 1957, Raymond Reding comença, a la revista Tintín, la sèrie Jari narrant les aventures d'un professional de tennis (Jimmy Torrent) i el seu jove pupil Jari. El primer àlbum d'aquesta sèrie és publicat l'any 1960. L'any 1963, crea, sempre a Tintín, Vincent Larcher, el seu primer futbolista, davanter centre del AC Milà. Alguns episodis més tard, el seu amic Olympio, dotat de poders telepàtics, s'uneix a Vincent Larcher.

L'any 1971, Raymond Reding crea, per a Tintín, Section R que narra les aventures de dos antics atletes operant com periodistes-investigadors que resolen enigmes relacionats amb els esports. L'any 1979, deixa la revista Tintín per Footy, una revista de futbol emportant-se amb ell la Section R i la seva protagonista femenina, Sophie Ravenne.

L'any 1979, emprèn amb la seva col·lega Françoise Hugues la sèrie Eric Castel. Reding l'havia creat l'any 1974 pel Mundial d'aquell any amb el nom de Max Falk, un futbolista alemany amateur que treballava en una fàbrica de Düsseldorf d'aliments dietètics, on era descobert, triomfava i acabava fitxant pel FC Barcelona, on passava a ser company de Johann Cruyff. Només es va fer un llibre amb les aventures de Falk. El còmic sobre Max Falk no va triomfar gaire, però Reding va insistir en la idea el 1979, quan neix Eric Castel. El personatge era igual que Falk, però en aquest cas de nacionalitat belga. Al començament de la sèrie, el jugador arriba al Barça procedent de l'Inter de Milà. Éric Castel és una sèrie de quinze àlbums amb un dibuix molt detallat i un guió estructurat, probablement el seu heroi més destacat, i el més popular dels futbolistes de ficció.

Va morir el 26 d'abril de 1999 a Anderlecht.

Àlbums i sèries de l'autor
 Vincent Larcher
 Foundation King
 Grand Chelem
 Jari
 Monsieur Vincent
 Le Pacte de Pashutan
 Pytha
 Section R
 Éric Castel

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Enllaços externs
 Raymond Reding a Spirou a BD Oubliées
 a Tintin a BD Oubliées
 a Super As  a BD Oubliées

Dibuixants de còmics belgues
Persones de l'Eure
Morts a la regió de Brussel·les-Capital
Dibuixants de còmics francesos

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The week before we headed to the Midwest I shoot out a few tweets to breweries we were interested in checking out. Would you believe Sprecher was the only brewery who immediately tweeted me back. Not only that but within minutes Anne Sprecher tweeted and messaged me that she would meet me at the brewery. Now that's Midwest nice. I did end up meeting her and she was awesome.
It was the last full day of our trip, and really I should have learned by now that LA Siri does a lousy job in Milwaukee, we used my Iphone to get us to the brewery and of course she took us off course. Maybe she was confused as we have some great breweries in Glendale, CA…sigh…SO we were 10 min late and missed the noon tour. The next was at 1:30 and we werent quite sure if we would be there that long (boy were we wrong, 3.5 hours later…) so we asked if we could just go in their tasting room. The staff was quick to accommodate us and it actually ended up being great. We brought several relatives along. Remember Julie who left me the beer, and Dale and Melissa who were our beer buddies all weekend? They were there. Along with my sweet Aunt Karen and our boys.
They gave us our tasting bracelets that you get with the tour price of a mere $5 (no seriously giant tasters, a tour and you get to keep the glass for 5 bucks) and sent us into their beer hall. The bartendress was kind enough to give us our first taster before she started taking our tabs from our bracelets.
So many beers to taste. WHERE do we start? In truth I don't remember where I started but I will say there was not ONE fail in the bunch. Not only did I get my tasters but we kinda all shared at the table, and then went back for our favorites. Along with a few tasters Anne gave me so that I didn't have to wait in line. (Our private biergarten quickly filled up with the tour of probably 60 people).
In my time there I tried, Sprechers Hard RootBeer. Now this could REALLY get you in some trouble. WOW was this good! It was Rootbeer, with a kick I didn't really taste, hence the trouble part. In the same vein they had a Hard Ginger Beer, which was pretty fantastic as well. I could make a GREAT Moscow mule with that one. Rounding out the sweeter "beers" and "ciders" I tried my FAVORITE of the bunch, Sprechers Hard Apple Pie.
This is a must try for all cider drinkers/lovers. So good. So apple. So Pie.
I can't even describe it other than saying it was perfect.
And really I want to be able to go to my local store and get them.
Im always so impressed by a brewery that can do such a wide variety of beers and do them all well. We all know the breweries who have the lock on the IPA, or the ones we know can do a lager well, but to do them all across the board from a sweet apple cider to a Triple Abbey and everything in between without us spilling out one taster, not only has my attention but my respect.
I borrowed this from their websites History page, as I found it all interesting. And so true. This brewery can concentrate on making "craft" beer. That's why its so good.
Sprecher Brewing Co. was founded in 1985 by RANDAL SPRECHER, formerly a brewing supervisor at Pabst Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From 1985 to 1994, the brewery was located at 730 W. Oregon Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point area. Through the first ten years the company grew steadily as more and more people found out about Sprecher's high quality beers and sodas. …..
…..Like the biggest selling wines, many mass market beers are made to appeal to as broad of an audience as possible. This means they have to be produced at a highly competitive price and that they must offend no one. Much of the distinctive qualities of the traditional regional type brews is lost.
Sprecher and other micro-breweries have revived both the distinctive quality of regional beer and old world brewing methods as well. The term "Micro-Brewery" refers to the relative size of the brewery when compared to gigantic beer production facilities of mass marketed national brands. Where these "Mega-Giants" produce from 20 million on up to 90 million barrels a year each, a "Micro-Brewery" is a considerably small operation, brewing less than 15,000 barrels a year. Although some have grown to 50,000 to 100,000 barrels a year.
Quite a difference when you consider a barrel is equivalent to 31 gallons. In that respect, the smaller Micro-Breweries such as Sprecher can focus more on its specialty "Craft Beers" with an eye on the highest quality and tradition of European style brewing.
At the Sprecher Brewing Co. we are proud to participate in Milwaukee's great brewing tradition and we're grateful for the opportunity to present our best to you.
So happy to have tried all of the beers we could. Even happier they had a gift shop where we could bring some home. But now Im on a quest to get Sprecher out to Los Angeles for us all to enjoy. Cause I didn't bring home enough to share with all of us. Sorry. I only had two suitcases.
Anne thank you for your immediate kindness, and I look forward to you visiting Los Angeles, I promise to take you to Tony's Darts Away http://tonysda.com/ for some CA Brews!
PS When Your RedHead Ale is around will you let me know. I will send a super cool cousin to pick some up for me and send it to this redhead!
LAX to MKE or bust the Bierlady traveled to the mothership of beer. The beer state. Well I guess technically its the Badger state, but I didn't see any badgers.
I just spent the last 4 days in Milwaukee Wisconsin, in for a family reunion, but also there for research. Now I won't lie coming from So Cal and being a beer person I'm a bit of a beer snob. I like good beer. And I went into my travels with a nose up. But Wisconsin you set me straight. Not only were you one of the first beer producing states in the U.S. But you're still going strong. And your craft brews were awesome.
In full disclosure my husband said we'd checked into 35 new beers on Untappd in those 4 days.
Mic drop our job is done.
So I have to do a running blog here of our trip. This entry, I'm going to start out with the beers we found and loved. Then do individual blogs for two of our favorite Breweries we went to: Lakefront Brewery and Sprecher both OUTSTANDING beers and tours and people, then blog about our Tour of the vast small city of Miller. My Uncle works for Miller Coors so it was amazing to see beer brewed at that capacity. More on that later.
Upon arrival in Wisconsin we were greeted in our room by beers left for us from my cousin Julie. (Love you Jules) it was our first beer in my homeland and ended up being from a brewery that was for sure in our top 3. New Glarus. http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/ We were told prior to our trip about their magical brews and wanted to visit them but alas we were only there a short while and it was a few hours away. But that didn't stop us from enjoying many of their Beers. We had a 6 pk of Moon Man (abv 5%) waiting for us in our room and I gotta say that remained in my top favorites. A No Coast Pale Ale (being west coaster I laughed aloud). Great beer exactly what you want from a pale ale. Not overly hoppy and full of flavor slightly citrusy but don't let that sway you away, you pilsner drinkers. This is a great beer.
That night we met up with my cousins Dale and Melissa (our beer buddies for the weekend,) and we visited the Safe House http://safe-house.com/mainmenu.html a super fun bar restaurant where you have to know the secret location and password to get in. Or they may make your family act like cheerleaders in front of a secret camera that projects to everyone inside the bar (I tried the password of beer didn't work) there we tried the infamous Spotted Cow also from New Glarus. We heard if you're in Wisconsin you must try that beer from more than a dozen people. They were right. Spotted Cow is that beer I search for. Now their website calls it a "Naturally Cloudy Farmhouse Ale" but I put it on par with a great session (meaning low alcohol, this one is 4.8%) beer packed with flavor. And that great bread finish that says beer to me.
After the Safehouse, as responsible parents do, we dropped our boys off with another cousin to babysit as my cousin Julie, remember her, she left beer in my room, well she took us to Delafield Brewhaus http://www.delafield-brewhaus.com/ where we had our first tasting of many Wisconsin beers. They brew their own and of the ones I had and Mr Beerman I can were great!
We tried, the Naga-Wicked Pale Ale, the Pewaukee Porter, Bengal Bay IPA, and their Oats and Barley Stout. I wont talk too much on this topic, as they are a brewhaus and as far as I know don't bottle so unless you are headed to Milwaukee..but none the less wanted to mention them.
On Friday we were lucky enough that the party my aunt through for us (love you Aunt Karen) had some of New Glarus's Black Top a black IPA this has a slightly higher Abv (6.9%) but again just a super drinkable beer.
Saturday we headed to my family reunion and picked up a 6 pk of their Totally Naked.
This is one of their seasonal beers so guessing if you can get it, get it now, its described as a Wisconsin Lager. And that it is! That's the beer I think my folks drank but with FAR more flavor. That perfectly balanced malt, hop with a bread finish. So good.
We heard about their Two Ladies beer (Note my cousins think it's funny when my Uncle has a Totally Naked, and Two Ladies, a lager in hand. Well played brewers and namers) we have not tried it but brought some home to LA along with their Yokel another seasonal Lager. I'm sure they will be great.
New Glarus I can see by your website and Beer Advocate I have barely scratched the surface of what you brew. Sorry we couldn't make it up to try you in person. Next trip for SURE!
Oktoberfest from Water Street Brewery, https://www.waterstreetbrewery.com/.
Special shout out to this brewery because of its memorabilia wall. Walls and walls of vintage beer cans. So cool. And taps as well. I wish we were not on our way to another brewery tour and had to eat and drink fast. Or we would have sampled more of their beers. But I did have this one twice, once at the brewery and I found it again at Summerfest http://summerfest.com/ .
This was just the tip of the beer iceberg for our trip. Friday day we took a tour of Lakefront Brewery and sampled all of it. And did that Miller Tour I spoke of. Sunday we thought we were going to spend an hour at Sprecher Brewery, well, 4 hours later, and several 6pks to bring home…means these breweries deserve their own blogs.
Stay tuned for more LAX TO MKE or BUST!
The Bierlady reserves the right to update the blog should her husband or any cousin remember a beer she liked and forgot to mention. 4 days, 35 beers, things are slightly blurry.


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Sunflower oil production reached 80.2 kt in 2014 in Greece, according to Faostat. This is 31.5 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, sunflower oil production in Greece reached an all time high of 80.2 kt in 2014 and an all time low of 0.206 kt in 1968. When compared to Greece's main peers, sunflower oil production in Albania amounted to 0.800 kt, 318 kt in Bulgaria, 2.80 kt in Macedonia and 722 kt in Turkey in 2014.
Greece has been ranked 28th within the group of 83 countries we follow in terms of sunflower oil production, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.


An atypical or dysplastic nevus (mole) is a benign growth that may share some of the features of a melanoma, but is NOT a melanoma or any other form of cancer. The presence of an atypical nevus, however, may increase the risk of developing melanoma, or be a marker for it. A single atypical nevus may indicate a small risk; this risk increases with the number of atypical nevi present.
What does an atypical nevus look like?
An atypical nevus can vary in appearance. Since it has the ABCD features of a melanoma, it is important to have a dermatologist examine all moles.
Asymmetry – One half does not match the other half in size, shape, color, or thickness.
Diameter – While melanomas are usually greater than omm in diameter (the size of a pencil eraser) when diagnosed, they can be smaller. If you notice a mole different from others, or one which changes, itches, or bleeds (even if it is small), you should see a dermatologist.
What are the risks of atypical nevi?
The lifetime risk of a person in the United States developing melanoma is 1 in 75. A patient with one to four atypical nevi without a personal or family history of melanoma is at a slightly higher risk than the general population. The risk of developing melanoma is higher if a patient with atypical nevi has a personal or family history of melanoma. A patient who has multiple atypical and normal nevi (moles) may have Familial Atypical Nevus Syndrome, and is at an increased risk for developing a melanoma, especially if a relative had melanoma.
Where and when do atypical nevi occur?
Atypical nevi begin to appear at puberty and can occur anywhere on the body, but are more common in sun-exposed areas, the back, and the legs.
Since an atypical nevus is not the same as a melanoma, it does not need to be treated aggressively but should be observed for changes, biopsied, or conservatively excised.
A first-degree relative (e.g., parent, sibling, or child) or second-degree relative (e.g., grandparent, grandchild, aunt, or uncle) who has had malignant melanoma.
A large number of nevi, often more than 50, some of which are atypical nevi.
Nevi that demonstrate atypical microscopic features.
It is important for people with Familial Atypical Nevus Syndrome to have a full body screening from a dermatologist every three to twelve months beginning with the onset of puberty. The dermatologist might also recommend regular ophthalmologic examinations, baseline skin photography, or regular screenings of relatives to permit early detection and treatment of melanoma since detection in the early stages has a much higher cure rate.
People with Familial Atypical Nevus Syndrome should also examine their own skin every month. When performing self-examinations, be aware of any lesions that appear to change in size, color, and/or shape. If a change has occurred, bring this to the attention of a dermatologist immediately. lnfonnation on the early signs of melanoma is available from the dermatologist or the American Academy of Dermatology.
· Apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen which protects against ultraviolet light (UVA and UVB) and has an SPF of 15 or higher daily. Reapply every 2 hours during prolonged sun exposure.
Seek shade whenever possible, especially during peak sun hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Never use a tanning bed, booth, or artificial tanning devices.
Wear a wide-brimmed hat, sunglasses, and other protective clothing like long-sleeved shirts and pants when outdoors.


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Activision Blizzard plays a centralised role in the creation of epic entertainment by supporting our interactive gaming brands and studios with a diverse range of career opportunities across corporate functions such as Marketing, Communications, Legal, Human Resources, Finance and Supply Chain.
This is an exciting time to join us. Ask anyone who works at Activision Blizzard their favourite thing about it, and they'll tell you, it's the people. We have world class brands, infrastructure, and resources, but our success doesn't come from assembly lines producing widgets. Our success comes from people producing greatness together. We are nothing without our employee's brilliance. So if you're interested in our biggest priority, it's the people.
Our office is based in Soho, the cultural heart of London's West End with a vast array of classic record shops and leading film companies, media offices and great restaurants. Regent's Park is close enough for a lunchtime run, as are the delights of Piccadilly Circus and the shopping mecca of Oxford Street. It is conveniently walking distance from a number of London tube stations and mainline train stations and has a well-stocked kitchen and free on-site gym.
Activision-Blizzard is looking for a Commercial Sr Specialist /Manager to develop our licensing programs and 365-day commercial executions in partnership with the Global/HQ team in EMEA, ANZ and LATAM.
As part of the International Consumer Products (CP) team, the Commercial Sr. Specialist/Manager will be responsible for developing the tactic and drive the action plan of brand extension partnerships programs with Brick and Mortar, Ecommerce and Distribution partners for AB portfolio. You will work in partnership with all franchise teams and the HQ/Global Category and Commercial team, as well as collaborating with licensee partners to identify B2B opportunities.
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
Partner with Global Commercial Lead to broaden the reach of our world class brands by delivering outstanding commercial executions.
Grow the business via retail expansion into mass, speciality and e-commerce channels.
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Develop a commercial tactic for top markets and per retailer (Brick & Mortar or E-Commerce) including actions and calendar
Develop and manage relationships with key buyers and decision makers in partnership with the CP Category Team.
Influence the account and use your tenacity to sell in programs
Maintain knowledge of key seasonality and buying cycle of retailers.
Supervise retail dynamics (consumer behaviour trends, ecommerce, new channels, competition best practice)
Games Distributors
Work with the VG distributors (Koch Media and Centresoft) to explore new CP opportunities and implement retail programs
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Understand CP International Strategy for key markets.
Organise presentations with key retailers (Red Carpet or similar)
Keep in close contact with Retail HQ to understand their retail strategy and the key programs
Work with key licensees to improve sales and visibility at retail.
Push geographical expansion of top licensees in key markets when possible
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Support of Direct business (mainly statues) with our partners (Gear Store, Distributors)
Educated to degree level or equivalent, MBA preferred
Extensive experience gained within retail and consumer goods, building retail programs for AAA Entertainment. Has a good understanding of brand and property positioning, retail business development function, retail distribution and the retail environment.
Relationship builder, including excellent communication and presentation skills (including top PowerPoint skills)
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Our mission, to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment has never been more important. Through communities rooted in our video game franchises we enable hundreds of millions of people to experience joy, thrill and achievement. We enable social connections through the lens of fun, and we foster purpose and a sense of accomplishment through healthy competition. Like sport, but with greater accessibility, our players can find purpose and meaning through competitive gaming. Video games, unlike any other social or entertainment media, have the ability to break down the barriers that can inhibit tolerance and understanding. Celebrating differences is at the core of our culture and ensures we can create games for players of diverse backgrounds in the 190 countries our games are played.
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Parenting If You Have A Toxic Dad, You'll Recognize These 11 Signs Right Away
If You Have A Toxic Dad, You'll Recognize These 11 Signs Right Away
by Cedd Torino on July 18, 2021 in Parenting
By the time you reach adulthood, you probably have some serious thoughts about your upbringing. Most parents legitimately try their best, but there are unfortunately some exceptions to this rule. Knowing the signs you have a toxic father can help you heal from past trauma, as well as refrain from repeating these mistakes with your own kids.
First, though, it's important to understand what makes a relationship toxic in the first place. "In the context of parenting, the word toxic means they are hindering their child's development and causing harm," Dr. Kelly Campbell, Professor of Psychology at California State University, San Bernardino, tells Romper. Often these parents experienced neglect or dysfunction while growing up, then go on to replicate these maladaptive behaviors when raising their own children, as Dr. Campbell further explains. "Toxic relationships are marked by disrespect and devaluation," Elizabeth Dorrance Hall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication at Michigan State University and Director of the Family Communication and Relationships Lab, tells Romper. It's hard to feel good about yourself when around this person.
Fortunately, you aren't doomed to repeat your father's behaviors. Simply knowing the signs of toxic behavior, and being aware of your own actions, can go a long way. Plus, you don't have to give the toxic person a place in your current life. "Establishing and maintaining distance may be the healthiest choice in a toxic relationship that is not likely to change. Distance can be physical (you do not see them) or mental (certain topics are off limits or mental boundaries are drawn to protect oneself)," says Dr. Hall. You can also explore the option of counseling to address these pain points and find a healthier way to parent your own children. Growing up with a toxic parent is rough on any child, but you can identify the signs and move on to a happier future.
1. He's Disrespectful
Does it feel like you'll never measure up to your father's demands? "When someone consistently and intentionally makes you feel less than, not worthy, and disrespects you and your life, it is a toxic relationship," says Dr. Hall. There's a difference between expressing a genuine concern for your well-being or simply bashing every choice you make.
2. He Gives You The Silent Treatment
There are plenty of healthy ways to address conflict, and the silent treatment is not one of them. In general, the silent treatment is a sign of abusive control or punishment, as explained in Psych Central. It's a frustrating and ineffective tactic.
3. He Screams Threats
Out-of-control threats are not only the sign of a toxic father, but they are also wildly ineffective. In fact, constant threats may cause older kids to pursue disruptive behaviors, as reported by Reuters. Verbal hostility is real, and potentially damaging.
4. He Has Substance Misuse Issues
Does your father seem to turn into a different (meaner) person after drinking? As it turns out, alcohol abuse is another potential sign of a toxic parent, explains Dr. Campbell. Issues around substance misuse can certainly affect a person's ability to parent.
5. He Doesn't Want You To Grow Up
Taking the regular steps toward adulthood should be celebrated. But in some cases, "the parent tries to keep the child dependent on them even when the child is an adult or becoming an adult," says Dr. Campbell. In reality, growing up and maturing is simply natural.
6. He Has Violent Outbursts
Sure, anger can get the best of everyone now and then. But a toxic person may regularly experience violent outbursts and then blame you for the reaction, as noted by HealthScope. This kind of a bad temper is totally destructive.
7. He Provides Conditional Love
Ideally, a parent's love is unconditional. But in a more toxic scenario, "the parent only shows approval or love when the child conforms to who the parent wants them to be," says Dr. Campbell. There's no space to just be yourself.
8. He Inspires Fear
Did you have to walk on eggshells growing up? If your father used fear as a manipulation tactic, then this is almost certainly a sign of toxic parenting, as explained in Lifehack. Remember, fear does not equal love or respect.
9. He's Narcissistic
As far as narcissists are concerned, they're the center of the world. So of course Dr. Campbell notes that parents with narcissistic tendencies can be toxic as well. Even after reaching adulthood, you may feel like your father's needs are larger than life — and far more important than your own.
10. He's Aloof
Speaking of unchecked narcissistic traits, narcissistic fathers who are aloof and removed from their children probably did not provide the warmth and care needed by kids, according to Psychology Today. It's potentially damaging.
11. He's Controlling
Did your dad monitor and manipulate your every move? Overly controlling parents may lead to kids with higher levels of depression and dissatisfaction, according to The Huffington Post. If this sounds all too familiar, then you may want to seek counseling for support.
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Contents :

1.  [Introduction](#1--introduction)
2.  [FWU Overview](#2--fwu-overview)
3.  [Image Identification](#3--image-identification)
4.  [FWU State Machine](#4--fwu-state-machine)
5.  [BL1 SMC Interface](#5--bl1-smc-interface)

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1.  Introduction
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This document describes the design of the Firmware Update (FWU) feature, which
enables authenticated firmware to update firmware images from external
interfaces such as USB, UART, SD-eMMC, NAND, NOR or Ethernet to SoC Non-Volatile
memories such as NAND Flash, LPPDR2-NVM or any memory determined by the
platform. This feature functions even when the current firmware in the system
is corrupt or missing; it therefore may be used as a recovery mode. It may also
be complemented by other, higher level firmware update software.

FWU implements a specific part of the Trusted Board Boot Requirements (TBBR)
specification, ARM DEN0006C-1. It should be used in conjunction with the
[Trusted Board Boot] design document, which describes the image authentication
parts of the Trusted Firmware (TF) TBBR implementation.

### Scope

This document describes the secure world FWU design. It is beyond its scope to
describe how normal world FWU images should operate. To implement normal world
FWU images, please refer to the "Non-Trusted Firmware Updater" requirements in
the TBBR.

2.  FWU Overview
----------------

The FWU boot flow is primarily mediated by BL1. Since BL1 executes in ROM, and
it is usually desirable to minimize the amount of ROM code, the design allows
some parts of FWU to be implemented in other secure and normal world images.
Platform code may choose which parts are implemented in which images but the
general expectation is:

*   BL1 handles:
    *   Detection and initiation of the FWU boot flow.
    *   Copying images from non-secure to secure memory
    *   FWU image authentication
    *   Context switching between the normal and secure world during the FWU
        process.
*   Other secure world FWU images handle platform initialization required by
    the FWU process.
*   Normal world FWU images handle loading of firmware images from external
    interfaces to non-secure memory.

The primary requirements of the FWU feature are:

1.  Export a BL1 SMC interface to interoperate with other FWU images executing
    at other Exception Levels.
2.  Export a platform interface to provide FWU common code with the information
    it needs, and to enable platform specific FWU functionality. See the
    [Porting Guide] for details of this interface.

TF uses abbreviated image terminology for FWU images like for other TF images.
An overview of this terminology can be found [here][TF Image Terminology].

The following diagram shows the FWU boot flow for ARM development platforms.
ARM CSS platforms like Juno have a System Control Processor (SCP), and these
use all defined FWU images. Other platforms may use a subset of these.

![Flow Diagram](diagrams/fwu_flow.png?raw=true)

3.  Image Identification
------------------------

Each FWU image and certificate is identified by a unique ID, defined by the
platform, which BL1 uses to fetch an image descriptor (`image_desc_t`) via a
call to `bl1_plat_get_image_desc()`. The same ID is also used to prepare the
Chain of Trust (Refer to the [Authentication Framework Design][Auth Framework]
for more information).

The image descriptor includes the following information:

*   Executable or non-executable image. This indicates whether the normal world
    is permitted to request execution of a secure world FWU image (after
    authentication). Secure world certificates and non-AP images are examples
    of non-executable images.
*   Secure or non-secure image. This indicates whether the image is
    authenticated/executed in secure or non-secure memory.
*   Image base address and size.
*   Image entry point configuration (an `entry_point_info_t`).
*   FWU image state.

BL1 uses the FWU image descriptors to:

*   Validate the arguments of FWU SMCs
*   Manage the state of the FWU process
*   Initialize the execution state of the next FWU image.

4.  FWU State Machine
---------------------

BL1 maintains state for each FWU image during FWU execution. FWU images at lower
Exception Levels raise SMCs to invoke FWU functionality in BL1, which causes
BL1 to update its FWU image state. The BL1 image states and valid state
transitions are shown in the diagram below. Note that secure images have a more
complex state machine than non-secure images.

![FWU state machine](diagrams/fwu_states.png?raw=true)

The following is a brief description of the supported states:

*   RESET:         This is the initial state of every image at the start of FWU.
                   Authentication failure also leads to this state. A secure
                   image may yield to this state if it has completed execution.

*   COPYING:       This is the state of a secure image while BL1 is copying it
                   in blocks from non-secure to secure memory.

*   COPIED:        This is the state of a secure image when BL1 has completed
                   copying it to secure memory.

*   AUTHENTICATED: This is the state of an image when BL1 has successfully
                   authenticated it.

*   EXECUTED:      This is the state of a secure, executable image when BL1 has
                   passed execution control to it.

*   INTERRUPTED:   This is the state of a secure, executable image after it has
                   requested BL1 to resume normal world execution.

5.  BL1 SMC Interface
---------------------

### BL1_SMC_CALL_COUNT

    Arguments:
        uint32_t function ID : 0x0

    Return:
        uint32_t

This SMC returns the number of SMCs supported by BL1.

### BL1_SMC_UID

    Arguments:
        uint32_t function ID : 0x1

    Return:
        UUID : 32 bits in each of w0-w3 (or r0-r3 for AArch32 callers)

This SMC returns the 128-bit [Universally Unique Identifier][UUID] for the
BL1 SMC service.

### BL1_SMC_VERSION

    Argument:
        uint32_t function ID : 0x3

    Return:
        uint32_t : Bits [31:16] Major Version
                   Bits [15:0] Minor Version

This SMC returns the current version of the BL1 SMC service.

### BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE

    Arguments:
        uint32_t           function ID : 0x4
        entry_point_info_t *ep_info

    Return:
        void

    Pre-conditions:
        if (normal world caller) synchronous exception
        if (ep_info not EL3) synchronous exception

This SMC passes execution control to an EL3 image described by the provided
`entry_point_info_t` structure. In the normal TF boot flow, BL2 invokes this SMC
for BL1 to pass execution control to BL31.

### FWU_SMC_IMAGE_COPY

    Arguments:
        uint32_t     function ID : 0x10
        unsigned int image_id
        uintptr_t    image_addr
        unsigned int block_size
        unsigned int image_size

    Return:
        int : 0 (Success)
            : -ENOMEM
            : -EPERM

    Pre-conditions:
        if (image_id is invalid) return -EPERM
        if (image_id is non-secure image) return -EPERM
        if (image_id state is not (RESET or COPYING)) return -EPERM
        if (secure world caller) return -EPERM
        if (source block is in secure memory) return -ENOMEM
        if (source block is not mapped into BL1) return -ENOMEM
        if (image_size > free secure memory) return -ENOMEM

This SMC copies the secure image indicated by `image_id` into secure memory. The
image may be copied in a single block or multiple blocks. In either case, the
total size of the image must be provided in `image_size` when invoking this SMC
the first time for each image. The `image_addr` and `block_size` specify the
source memory block to copy from. If `block_size` >= the size of the remaining
image to copy, then BL1 completes the copy operation and sets the image state
to COPIED. If there is still more to copy, BL1 sets the image state to COPYING.
When using multiple blocks, the source blocks do not necessarily need to be in
contiguous memory.

BL1 returns from exception to the normal world caller.

### FWU_SMC_IMAGE_AUTH

    Arguments:
        uint32_t     function ID : 0x11
        unsigned int image_id
        uintptr_t    image_addr
        unsigned int image_size

    Return:
        int : 0 (Success)
            : -ENOMEM
            : -EPERM
            : -EAUTH

    Pre-conditions:
        if (image_id is invalid) return -EPERM
        if (secure world caller)
            if (image_id state is not RESET) return -EPERM
            if (image_addr/image_size is not mappped into BL1) return -ENOMEM
        else // normal world caller
            if (image_id is secure image)
                if (image_id state is not COPIED) return -EPERM
            else // image_id is non-secure image
                if (image_id state is not RESET) return -EPERM
                if (image_addr/image_size is in secure memory) return -ENOMEM
                if (image_addr/image_size not mappped into BL1) return -ENOMEM

This SMC authenticates the image specified by `image_id`. If the image is in the
 RESET state, BL1 authenticates the image in place using the provided
`image_addr` and `image_size`. If the image is a secure image in the COPIED
state, BL1 authenticates the image from the secure memory that BL1 previously
copied the image into.

BL1 returns from exception to the caller. If authentication succeeds then BL1
sets the image state to AUTHENTICATED. If authentication fails then BL1 returns
the -EAUTH error and sets the image state back to RESET.

### FWU_SMC_IMAGE_EXECUTE

    Arguments:
        uint32_t     function ID : 0x12
        unsigned int image_id

    Return:
        int : 0 (Success)
            : -EPERM

    Pre-conditions:
        if (image_id is invalid) return -EPERM
        if (secure world caller) return -EPERM
        if (image_id is non-secure image) return -EPERM
        if (image_id is non-executable image) return -EPERM
        if (image_id state is not AUTHENTICATED) return -EPERM

This SMC initiates execution of a previously authenticated image specified by
`image_id`, in the other security world to the caller. The current
implementation only supports normal world callers initiating execution of a
secure world image.

BL1 saves the normal world caller's context, sets the secure image state to
EXECUTED, and returns from exception to the secure image.

### FWU_SMC_IMAGE_RESUME

    Arguments:
        uint32_t   function ID : 0x13
        register_t image_param

    Return:
        register_t : image_param (Success)
                   : -EPERM

    Pre-conditions:
        if (normal world caller and no INTERRUPTED secure image) return -EPERM

This SMC resumes execution in the other security world while there is a secure
image in the EXECUTED/INTERRUPTED state.

For normal world callers, BL1 sets the previously interrupted secure image state
to EXECUTED. For secure world callers, BL1 sets the previously executing secure
image state to INTERRUPTED. In either case, BL1 saves the calling world's
context, restores the resuming world's context and returns from exception into
the resuming world. If the call is successful then the caller provided
`image_param` is returned to the resumed world, otherwise an error code is
returned to the caller.

### FWU_SMC_SEC_IMAGE_DONE

    Arguments:
        uint32_t function ID : 0x14

    Return:
        int : 0 (Success)
            : -EPERM

    Pre-conditions:
        if (normal world caller) return -EPERM

This SMC indicates completion of a previously executing secure image.

BL1 sets the previously executing secure image state to the RESET state,
restores the normal world context and returns from exception into the normal
world.

### FWU_SMC_UPDATE_DONE

    Arguments:
        uint32_t   function ID : 0x15
        register_t client_cookie

    Return:
        N/A

This SMC completes the firmware update process. BL1 calls the platform specific
function `bl1_plat_fwu_done`, passing the optional argument `client_cookie` as
a `void *`. The SMC does not return.

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_Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._

[Porting Guide]:        ./porting-guide.md
[Auth Framework]:       ./auth-framework.md
[Trusted Board Boot]:   ./trusted-board-boot.md
[TF Image Terminology]: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/wiki/Trusted-Firmware-Image-Terminology
[UUID]:                 https://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt "A Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID) URN Namespace"

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#42 - Deterrence of Ants by Chemical Compounds from Six Southeastern Plants
Alcalde, Jose
Lampert, Evan
Diggs, Tom
Ant interactions with plants are diverse; therefore, one of the most important aspects of ant-plant interactions is the exposure of ants to plant compounds. These compounds can serve as cues to either enhance or deter recruitment of ants to food. The purpose of this experiment is to measure the recruitment of ants to extracts that were made from six different southeastern native plants, all of which display a wide range of chemical diversity. Seven different extracts were mixed using a sugar solution. Six of the extracts had the dried leaf material of the plants Solidago altissimus, Verbesina virginica, Callicarpa americana, Pycnanthemum muticum, Catalpa speciosa, and Cercis canadensis dissolved in the solution while the seventh was a control. The experiment was conducted for 15 minutes per solution and the number of ants was counted at each one-minute interval. Overall, the ants were attracted more towards the control extract. During the first four minutes, the mean number of ants attracted to the extracts containing Verbesina virginica and Catalpa speciosa were high, however, this number declined over time. No significant signs of recruitment were shown by the other four extracts. Collectively, the data suggests that ants were more attracted to the sugar control. This conclusion presents an application that the chemistry of plant compounds may have a strong significance to ant deterrence.
Cleveland Ballroom
Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference 2019


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Four jailed in Singapore over forged Ed Sheeran tickets
Four jailed in Singapore over forged Ed Sheeran tickets /node/1208781/offbeat
Ed Sheeran performs during iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California this month. An Australian, a Briton and two New Zealanders have been jailed for four weeks each in Singapore for selling forged tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert. (Reuters)
SINGAPORE: An Australian, a Briton and two New Zealanders have been jailed for four weeks each in Singapore for selling forged tickets to an Ed Sheeran concert.
The Australian, 56-year-old Paul Cosgrove, was sentenced Wednesday after admitting that he abetted Briton Martin Keane in a scheme to sneak fans into the British singer-songwriter's sold-out concert in the city-state using the fake tickets.
Keane, 60, was jailed last month after pleading guilty to his role in the crime, alongside two men from New Zealand, Scott Penk and Michael Hardgrave, who also admitted to selling forged tickets to the November 12 concert.
In the first case, Cosgrove gave fake passes to Keane, who used them to take fans past security into the stadium where the concert was taking place, charging them Sg$250 to Sg$300 (SR694 to SR833) each, according to court documents.
The official price of tickets for the concert was between Sg$108 and Sg$248. Sheeran played two dates in Singapore, on November 11 and 12, as part of his tour of Asia.
Keane took four fans into the concert on two separate occasions but was stopped on his third attempt by security staff, who discovered he was using a fake ticket and detained him.
Cosgrove was caught 10 days later by immigration officials as he attempted to cross into neighboring Malaysia.
The pair from New Zealand obtained several forged passes outside the November 12 concert from unknown individuals.
Hardgrave, 30, used them to bring several fans into the stadium in exchange for a fee before he and Penk, 34, were spotted by security staff and detained.
Topics: Ed Sheeran arts Music
Ed Sheeran tops Spotify's 2017 list with 6.3 billion streams
Ed Sheeran cancels tour dates, but Dubai gig to go ahead
Watch: Internet goes gaga for Ed Sheeran's 'youngest fan'


At least 85% of people looking for goods and services onthe Internet find websites through search engines such asGoogle, Yahoo, and MSN. The idea of optimizing your pagesfor high search engine rankings is to attract targetedcustomers to your site who will be more than likely to makea purchase. The higher your page comes up in search engineresults, the greater the traffic that is directed to yourwebsite. That's what search engine optimization is about.
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Next we come to what is called meta tags. I know thissounds like something out of science fiction, but it isreally just simple code. Many people believe that meta tagsare the key to high search engine rankings, but in reality,they only have a limited effect. Still, it's worth addingthem in the event that a search engine will use meta tagsin their ranking formula.
To find out if your page is set up with meta tags, you mustaccess the code. To do this, click the "view" button on thebrowser menu bar, and select "source." This will pull up awindow revealing the underlying code that created the page.If there are meta tags, they usually appear near the top ofthe window. For example, a meta tag would read: metaname="keywords" content=. If you do not find code thatreads like this, ask your webmaster to put them in. Thismay not do much for your search engine rankings, but anylittle boost helps.
If you type in "free link popularity check" in a popularsearch engine, the search engine will then show you whatsites are linked to your site. In the case that therearen't many sites linked up to yours, or that the sitesthat are linked up have low search engine rankings,consider launching a link popularity campaign. Essentially,this entails contacting quality sites and requesting thatthey exchange links with your site. Of course, thisrequires checking out the rankings of the websites you wantto link up with. Linking to popular, quality sites not onlyboosts your search engine ranking, but it also directs morequality traffic to your website.
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There has been a good deal written about the Google 'sandbox' effect, as it's known. It has been taking up a lot of forum and article space over the last few months. I can't help wonder why most of the comment I've been seeing is negative or at least ambivalent about the concept (if of course, it really exists, as is the case with much about SEs that we don't truly know).
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President Hollande Unleashes his Latest Weapon
Posted on 31/05/2016 | Comments Off on President Hollande Unleashes his Latest Weapon
President Hollande is a crafty old devil. With his public support at a very low level and his tenure at the Élysée Palace coming to an end in a year's time, he is now deploying his actress lover the delectable Julie Gayet as his main weapon to boost his image as he embarks on an uphill battle to be re-elected.
Ms Gayet, 42, who spends most of her time giving a much-needed physical comfort to the president but refrains from appearing in public, is ferried in and out of the Élysée Palace in cars with blacked-out windows now that she is busy at work in her new task.
She is being briefed by Mr Hollande's media managers to spread the word that the socialist president, 61, is a warm, loveable and likeable character. The couple's well-publicised affair began when Ms Gayet, who hails from a well-to-do, left-wing family was supporting Mr Hollande's campaign in 2011. At the time he was living with Valérie Trierweiler. Miss Gayet was currently receiving star treatment at the Cannes Film Festival despite having no film on show.
'The president is already campaigning and Gayet's communication activity is now under orders, at the service of restoring his image,' a senior Palace media strategist said. 'She must help make people see him as a nice and straight forward guy.'
Le Canard Enchaîné, the satirical weekly newspaper said: 'Everything is being done to erase the disaster of the Trierweiler years and what the Hollande entourage calls his 'ghastly women troubles'. The pair are a 'loving' couple according to Mademoiselle a book published this week.
I wonder what the Rottweiler will say next about her ex-lover now that she has almost faded into oblivion. Will anybody listen to her anymore? Time will only tell.
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The Rattigan Era Very Much In Focus
Posted on 27/05/2016 | Comments Off on The Rattigan Era Very Much In Focus
Terence Rattigan, the great playwright who I always thought was underrated, is back in full throttle. His plays are having an amazing revival throughout Britain with the Royal National Theatre's production of The Deep Blue Sea starting June 1 and running until August 17 and a production of Ross to run from 3 to 25 June at the Festival Theatre in Chichester. Soon after this, the Theatre Royal in Bath will show a production of While the Sun Shines from 13 July to 30 July, while French Without Tears will be performed at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond from 30 June to 30 July. After that it will be on tour as follows:
13 – 24 September, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
27 September – 1 October, Harrogate Theatre
4 – 6 October, Queen's Theatre, Barnstaple
11 – 15 October, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
18 – 22 October, Cast Theatre, Doncaster
25 – 29 October, Coliseum, Oldham
1 – 5 November, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
8 – 12 November, Lighthouse Theatre, Poole
16 – 19 November, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
A revised and updated edition of Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work by Michael Darlow, published by Quartet Books in 2010, is without doubt the definitive study of the great man, released to celebrate the centenary of Rattigan's birth. It continues to receive great acclaim from the critics.
Terence Rattigan had, in the words of Harold Hobson, 'the greatest natural talent for the stage of any man this century.'
He was the most financially successful dramatist of his generation and despite attempts to declare his work unfashionable his plays continue to be performed both on the West End stage and in the cinema.
In his lifetime he was a well-known public figure, yet despite his friendships with people such as Noel Coward he always publicly hid his homosexuality. Michael Darlow has been able to describe this important aspect of his life and fully consider it in relation to his work. Plays such as French Without Tears, The Browning Version, Separate Tables and The Winslow Boy are some of the best loved and most memorable plays of the century. Yet even in his lifetime Rattigan was regarded as somehow artistically suspect. This portrait of a complex and fascinating man unfolds to provide a compelling case for Rattigan to be accepted as one of the great dramatists of the last century.
With the latest revival of his work, theatre lovers should not miss the opportunity to order a copy of Darlow's remarkable book while it is still available.
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A KISS ON THE CHEEK…
Posted on 26/05/2016 | Comments Off on A KISS ON THE CHEEK…
Stella Maxwell, 26, is a British fashion model. Since 2015 she has been one of Victoria's Secrets Agents, among whom she's currently the only British model. Born in Belgium to Northern Irish parents, she was raised in the country of her birth until she was 13 years old where she attended the European School in Woluwe-St-Lambert, a suburb of Brussels. She moved with her parents to Canberra, Australia, where they stayed for one year before moving to Wellington, New Zealand, when she was fourteen. She attended Queen Margaret College at the University of Otago, where she was discovered as a model.
In 2014, she walked the Victoria's Secret fashion show catwalk, where she was credited. In 2015 she became a Victoria's Secret Agent. She is without doubt a gorgeous model with sexy features worthy of her role.
Her body, as these pictures show, has a salubrity and a marked concupiscent feel about it that catapults men's libido to uncharted heights. The once rumoured girlfriend of Miley Cyrus, 22, was seen chilling out on the beach during the latest photo shoots for Victoria's Secret. She looks sultry in Malibu, California, perhaps because she was missing Miley after last year's posting of a selfie of her kissing the singer. Otherwise, who knows the reason…?
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The Brexit Mob on the Run
Posted on 25/05/2016 | 1 comment
Holding a Referendum was an error of judgement by David Cameron for he need not have taken the risk, which has so far divided the whole nation and caused a civil war within the Conservative Party.
That said, I have an innate feeling that the Brexit brigade is losing ground with their outrageous contentions that the unification of Europe is tantamount to the birth of fascism and the advent of the likes of Hitler and Napoleon.
The architect of this new twist is none other than our bonking Boris who has lost his mind in pursuit of his ambition to oust and replace Cameron with whatever means at his disposal. To hear him talk these days puts you off politics and confirms the view held by most people in this country that the standards of the political fraternity have fallen so low as to make us wonder what calamity to expect next.
Michael Gove has similarly shown aspects of mediocrity in his over-exuberance to keep pace with Boris in his pronouncements as to the benefits of going alone by forsaking the European Union. Both of them disregard the old adage that working with the devil you know is far better than taking the plunge in total darkness without knowledge of the consequences.
Against the advice of many distinguished and caring friends who love Great Britain, the Brexit conjurers seem determined to lessen our influence and prestige worldwide on the erroneous assumption that 'Rule Britannia' will nevertheless be as prominent in world affairs as ever before while retaining our sovereignty.
Wishful thinking at this level is much too juvenile to be taken seriously. Let's hope and pray that the British public will see through it all and, in their wisdom, vote to remain as an integral and most important part of Europe.
Knickergate is still Rife in the Republic
Posted on 24/05/2016 | Comments Off on Knickergate is still Rife in the Republic
Female politicians are experiencing a lack of reverence from the French establishment as revelations of a crude farce sweep across the palaces of the Republic. In an outflow of resentment over the sexual harassment they have experienced, female politicians have turned their anger on their male colleagues, shaming them with tales of being chased around tables, groped and sent salacious texts. One journalist had her knickers 'twanged' by a senior cabinet minister.
François Hollande's tenure seems to have failed to contain this latest form of lewd behaviour towards female MPs, staffers and councillors who have now begun an offensive against the ways of les hommes politiques and the impunity that has continued to shield them despite the French awareness of sexual harassment.
The trigger was the exposure of Denis Baupin, 53, a deputy speaker at Parliament who allegedly assaulted and harassed female colleagues. Unexpectedly, eight of the victims went public with their tales, forcing his resignation as speaker but not as an MP with the Green Party. A police enquiry has opened; Mr Baupin denies everything.
Old habits of hanky-panky, not unusual in France, were supposed to have been banished in 2011 with the disgrace of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the socialist who headed the International Monetary Fund until he was charged with assaulting a hotel maid in New York. As a result, the politicians promised to end the tolerance of sexual predators in their midst but obviously little has changed.
The victims have now hit out more openly and with renewed vigour; 500 politicians, staff and activists have called to end 'the honour code of silence over sexual violence' in the political workplace. Mr Baupin has become the symbol of the propensity of les élus – elected officer holders of all parties – to treat women as fair game for their lust.
Emmanuelle Cosse, Mr Baupin's wife and the housing minister in the Hollande administration, seems to be the only person unaware of his reputation. Sandrine Rousseau, a member of the Green leadership, described being accosted by Mr Baupin in a corridor. 'He pressed me against the wall holding my breasts and tried to kiss me,' she said. Annie Lahmer, a Paris regional councillor, said that she received text messages from the MP 'twenty-four hours a day.' She also alleges: 'He once chased me around a big office. I said, "I will not have sex with you." And he replied, "in that case Annie, you'll never have any post in this party."'
Michel Sabin the finance minister and one of Mr Hollande's closest friends was also outed. After earlier denials, he admitted 'inappropriately touching' the back of a woman journalist at the Davos World Economic Forum. However, he denied a report published in a book that alleged he had twanged her pants when she bent down. He faces no further action over the incident.
In the country at large, tolerance of abusive macho behaviour has faded. A poll last week reported that 80% of the French believe that the country is too lenient toward harassment. Such enlightenment has yet to arrive in Parliament, however.
One unnamed MP was overheard loudly telling his young female assistant to go out and buy him a packet of extra-large condoms. A reputation as a lothario remains an asset and the fine line between the seduction of subordinates and assault is only now coming to light.
The last presidents – Giscard d'Estaing, Mitterrand, Chirac and Sarkozy – were known for their dalliances with women in the workplace. Before he became president, Jacques Chirac's fondness for quick encounters with his female aids earned him the nickname 'Mr 3 Minutes – shower included'. At dinners he liked to raise his glass with an old cavalry toast: 'To our horses, our women and those who mount them.'
France is, in my view, a hotbed of workplace misconduct; male politicians have always treated women as their subordinates and believe that sexual favours were to be gifted to them as a matter of course. When I interviewed Édith Cresson who was once a mistress of President Mitterrand – who then appointed her as prime minister – she as much admitted to me that this was invariably almost an accepted tradition.
Well, well, who would have thought that such abominable practices could still exist?
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SIP ON…
Posted on 23/05/2016 | Comments Off on SIP ON…
There seems to be a hiccup these days on whether wine is beneficial to one's health if drunk in moderation. With the government now cracking down on the quantity to be consumed of no more than 6 glasses a week, the guidelines tend to make a mockery of the whole issue. The government triggered off the controversy with these new alcohol guidelines in January, slashing the maximum weekly intake for men from 21 units to 14 – the same as for women. This is the equivalent of just under 6 standard glasses of wine.
However, a study has now found that those who drink up to a third of a bottle of wine – or two small glasses – with food every day suffer fewer illnesses and have a more positive outlook on life. They are less likely to binge drink and 'should not be considered a risk,' according to researchers from the Universities of Helsinki and Tampere in Finland.
Scientists tracked the alcohol consumption of 2,600 participants aged between 18 and 69 while also asking them to rate their self-esteem and health, both physical and mental. The 12 per cent who regularly have wine with their meal scored far higher on all three counts – even when other factors such as occupation, education and marital status were taken into consideration.
Both the timing of the drinking and the type of alcohol consumed were important, for those who drank wine away from the dinner table did not enjoy the same rewards in their health and well-being. In addition, hazardous habits could be predicted according to what and when people drank.
A quarter of those who mixed wine and beer at mealtimes were bingers while among people who had wine only and always with food, the proportion was just 8 per cent. The study – published in Alcohol and Alcoholism states: 'This further confirms that those drinking only wine during meals should not be considered as a risk group on the population level.'
But the Mediterranean habit of enjoying a glass of wine or two with your evening meal could be the key to a happy, healthy life new research has deduced. So folks, get with the programme. Enjoy life, live precariously and dare to throw caution to the wind!
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FIGHTING FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE
Posted on 20/05/2016 | Comments Off on FIGHTING FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE
Wherever you look at the world today there seems to be strife, internal instability or cause for dissatisfaction threatening the very fabric of organised societies. Nowhere is ideally safe. We live day by day hoping that matters will improve globally but alas optimistic views are often as unpredictable as clouds in the sky during the rainy season.
Take Brazil as an example these days. The economy is suffering, the country is in total upheaval and the political scene is so dour that civil war is no longer a remote possibility.
However, individuals with a mission can achieve a measure of success in saving a tribe from extinction. Mark Rylance is best known in Britain for his portrayal as Thomas Cromwell in the hit TV drama series Wolf Hall. In the US he's famous for his Oscar-winning performance in Bridge of Spies. In Brazil, he's renowned for helping to save a tribe of Amazon Indians from extinction at the hands of illegal loggers and aggressive cattle ranchers.
Last October, Rylance, 56, led a campaign by Survivors International which lobbies to save indigenous tribes to prevent the annihilation of the Kawahiva, a small group whose lifestyle on the Southern fringes of the Amazon Rainforest was under threat. He narrated a video that showed the destruction of virgin forest in which the Kawahiva survived by hunting, fishing and gathering fruits. 'Armed loggers and aggressive ranchers are illegally razing the trees to the ground,' Rylance says, describing the Kawahiva as 'living on the run to escape violence from outsiders, attacks and diseases have killed their relatives.' The film shows a chance encounter in a thatched shelter in the forest between members of the tribe and agents from the National Indian Foundation of Brazil (FUNAI), a government body responsible for policies related to indigenous peoples.
The Kawahiva who are known to have lived in the area since 1750 make nets from tree bark. The campaign prompted 14,000 people to send emails to the Justice Ministry demanding that the Kawahiva's ancestral territory be officially defined and protected. Recently, in the middle of political meltdown that could allow the agribusiness lobby to gain even more power, the Justice Minister finally signed the decree after decades of prevarication. Rylance said: 'This is great news – helping to protect a unique vulnerable people who are part of our human diversity however small. Now they are in with a chance of survival.'
Fiona Watson of Survival International said: 'What it means is the territory cannot be challenged now that the minister has signed it. It's been highly contested by lots of people lobbying around the area. While the law is a victory for the Kawahiva, FUNAI is facing an uncertain future. It's funding has been cut as a result of Brazil's economic crisis.'
The looming impeachment of President Rousseff is likely to usher in a new government whose minsters will have close links with their ranching and logging lobby, many of whom are under investigation for corruption. Ms Watson says; 'It's hugely worrying. Delma Rousseff hasn't done nearly as much as she could have for the indigenous peoples but the prospects on the horizon are even worse.'
The political scene all over the world has changed dramatically over the past three decades. Corruption is rampant and the old type of honest politician is rarely to be found and those few left with any principles have become powerless to make the least difference. Woe to the world we live in.
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Gwyneth Cometh on a Mission
Posted on 19/05/2016 | Comments Off on Gwyneth Cometh on a Mission
Gwyneth Paltrow can easily outshine any of her contemporaries in attracting the press to follow every new gimmick she can conjure up. She has, over the years, managed to remain in the limelight by re-inventing herself and making pronouncements on whatever subject she deems will ensure her being talked about. Her controversial lifestyle which is cleverly presented has never failed her.
The latest nuggets of wisdom to have stunned her fans are a string of saucy sex tips like watching porn and even using lube made from sweet potatoes and coconut oil. The great actress, 43, who disrobed in 1998 blockbuster Great Expectations, sent out a 'sex issue' email from her lifestyle website Goop recently. In it she advises women on which gadgets will best stimulate their pelvic floor and ponders why orgasms can be elusive.
Mother of two Gwyneth says she was inspired by a friend who made her own lube using yams, citrus seeds and coconut oil but she has withheld the recipe at this stage, telling her fans to try alternatives like sweet potatoes until the formula is available. She writes: 'When it comes to lube, if it is safe to eat it is generally safe to apply.'
Gwyneth who divorced Coldplay singer Chris Martin last year also revealed that the best way to achieve orgasm is to 'explore writings or videos that induce pleasure and arousal'.
It seems that Gwyneth is a jack of all trades, good at everything she touches. What an amazing gal she is. I presume inspiration is her motto and giving pleasure to women is her crusade. Feminists take note, your days are numbered.
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MEDITATIONS ON MEDITATION
Posted on 18/05/2016 | Comments Off on MEDITATIONS ON MEDITATION
Meditation is normally accredited with keeping the brain young and some say knocks off seven years of brain decline. Researchers have found that the combination of intense concentration and relaxation may trigger the growth of new brain cells. Although they did not look at whether the meditation was also smarter, brain shrinkage can lead to Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.
The scientists scanned the brains of 50 American men and women who regularly meditated and 50 non-meditators. Scans were fed into a computer programme that analysed the images and provided an age for each brain based on its physical condition. The results were striking. In general, the non-meditators' brain ages and actual ages were the same. But the meditators brains were younger than their years, with the average 50 year old having a brain that belonged in a 42 or 43 year-old body. The benefits were particularly greater for older meditators.
For every year over the age of fifty, a youth spent meditating knocked an extra year off brain age, the Journal Neuroimage reports. Researcher Christian Gaser, a neuroscientist at Jena University Hospital in Germany, said: 'These findings seem to suggest that meditation is beneficial for brain preservation with a slower rate of brain ageing throughout life.'
Dr Gaser, who collaborated with US and Australian scientists, said it is not clear how meditation protects the brain but that it's possible that 'intense mental processes' trigger the growth of new cells and connections. The chemicals behind the feel-good sensations produced by meditation may also provide a boost. However, he cautioned that those who meditate may lead healthier lifestyles in general.
It is also possible that some inherent difference in brain structure make some people more likely to take up meditating. Those studied had practiced various types of traditional meditation for an average of twenty years. Some did seven sessions a week or had more than 40 years' experience under their belt.
It isn't clear from the results if shorter bursts are also beneficial and if mindfulness, the 'meditation lite' that is becoming increasingly popular, is having the same effect. Interestingly the scan reveals that meditation 'isn't the only way you keep the mind youthful,' being female also helps. The women's brains were on average three years younger than the men's, whether they meditated or not.
Meditation is credited with improving health in numerous ways, from boosting the immune system to easing loneliness. Some scientists say it can be linked to unpleasant side effects. One study from the University of California found that 63% of people who had been on meditation retreats suffered from at least one side effect, ranging from confusion or panic and depression. Other research had flagged up twitches and fits as possible effects.
All I can deduce from the whole scientific exercise is that it shows that often sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander.
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Afterlife Ode
Having lost the love of my life in February, I'm still devastated by her unexpected death and feel desolate despite putting on a brave face, as was her wish. Life has become bereft of any meaning unless, of course, I discover a raison d'être which has so far escaped me. My wife's companionship of 60 years has simply faded away from its terrestrial presence, to an afterlife which baffles the most enlightened people I know.
Yet I feel her watchful eye is constantly hovering in my vicinity, guiding every move I make and giving me the strength to cope with life on my own until the day I too will join her in what true believers describe as the paradise reserved for the good-doers in this spiritual world. It is a place no human being since creation has tangibly been able to identify.
Belief in life after death is increasing, despite a fall in the number who believe in God. Research suggest that growing feelings of entitlement may be fuelling the idea that there is some kind of afterlife. A recent study of 59,000 people found the number of atheists trebled between 1972 and 2014. The biggest decline in believers was seen between 18 and 29 year olds. Despite this, overall belief in the afterlife has increased from 76% to 79%.
'It was interesting that fewer people participated in religion or prayer but more believed in an afterlife,' said Jean Twenge of San Diego State University. 'It might be part of a growing entitlement mentality – thinking you can get something for nothing. The large decline in religious practice among young adults is also further evidence that millennials – those born between 1980 and 2000 – are the least religious generation in memory.'
Doctor Twenge suggested that the growing belief in the afterlife might be explained by the famous 'wager' of Blaise Pascal the seventeenth-century French mathematician. He made the argument that it might be wise to behave as if God existed, since the possibility of eternal punishment in hell outweighs any advantage in believing otherwise.
Similar findings to the US research have been seen in Britain. A 2012 survey at the Institute of Education found that 49% of Britons born in 1970 believe there was definitely, or probably, life after death. Yet only 31% said they believed in God.
The San Diego researchers found that women were more likely than men to say they believed in heaven and those with a degree were less likely than others to be godly. A YouGov poll released last year found that 33% of Britons do not believe in God or a greater spiritual power of any kind, while 32% do. The remainder either believe in a higher power but not a God or don't know what they believe. In 2012 the polling group found that 37% believed in God and 29% were atheists. Previous research has found that roughly seven out of ten Americans believe in a heaven where people who have led good lives are eternally rewarded.
Mormons are the religious group with the greatest belief in heaven at 95%, while black Protestants follow closely behind with 93%. Only 88% of white Protestants believe in heaven, while for Catholics the figure is 85%. Among Muslims, 89% believe in heaven, while just 40% Jews believe in an afterlife. Women are more likely than men to say they believe in heaven and people with a degree are less likely to believe in heaven than those without a degree.
On deep reflection, however, my own conviction is now rock solid. I believe an afterlife awaits us where our loved ones who have already departed are anxiously looking forward to the day we gracefully join them to celebrate an eternal life in total harmony. Amen.


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Lack of feedback is threatening post-pandemic bounceback
By Dimitra
Contributor: Kate Pritchard, Head of Engagement and Leadership – Questback |
Published: 9 August 2020
Kate Pritchard, Head of Engagement and Leadership – Questback
While UK HR teams have successfully kept employee engagement high during lockdown, three-quarters (76%) believe that their listening and feedback strategies won't help them meet growing workplace challenges moving forward. In research commissioned by experience Questback 54% highlighted the current speed of collecting employee feedback as an issue, with 52% saying they needed to be able to share insights more quickly.
The COVID-19 crisis transformed the workplace, with 98% of companies taking action in response to lockdowns. For example, 70% adopted remote working with nearly half (49%) reducing employee hours and 61% furloughing staff. Nearly 9 in 10 respondents (86%) recognised the importance of employee engagement during lockdown, putting in place a range of strategies including regular business updates (70%) and wellbeing/mental health guidance (68%).
As evidenced in the research e-book, the approach clearly worked – with 60% saying engagement was excellent or good and 35% believing it had improved since before the crisis. However, tactics relied heavily on one-way communication (such as thorough briefings from senior leaders and advice on home working) – only 43% said they provided frequent opportunities for staff to provide feedback.
As HR moves back to business as usual, top-down methods of listening to staff feedback will no longer be enough given the scale and range of challenges that organisations face. Of 12 key priorities for 2020, at least half of respondents said every one was either absolutely essential or very important. The highest priority was employee wellbeing (84%), which was followed closely by the likes of health and safety (83%), change management (77%) and diversity & inclusion (75%). Even the challenge seen as of least significance – talent attraction – was rated as of little/no importance by just 12% of respondents.
"The pandemic transformed UK working practices overnight, putting the spotlight on HR teams as they supported a rapid move to home working and a focus on employee wellbeing," says Kate Pritchard, Head of Leadership and Engagement, Questback. "Thanks to their efforts the majority of organisations were able to make the switch and operate effectively. However, as we move to a new normal, with a hybrid model of staff based in and out of the office, existing feedback and engagement methods need to change. Businesses and HR teams face significant challenges – only by embracing continuous listening and fast action will they be able to successfully move forward."
Currently three-quarters (74%) of businesses use team meetings to collect feedback from employees, with 54% running annual/bi-annual surveys. These resource-intensive methods don't deliver the full picture. Just 30% used continuous listening as part of their strategy, making it the least popular feedback method, despite its benefits in terms of speed and simplicity.
Other key findings from the research included:
Engagement was highest in the largest companies with 10,000+ people, who were also the most likely to feel it had improved during the crisis
As well as speed of collecting/sharing insight, HR teams also felt better analysis of data (cited by 43%) and employee comments (42%) would improve their listening strategy
37% used WhatsApp and groups on other social media platforms to gain feedback from employees
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The Hamptons residential market showed signs of life in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the quarterly market report from Town & Country Real Estate (see full report below). The Bridgehampton area market, which the firm considers Bridgehampton, Water Mill and Sagaponack, led the recovery, with sales volume up 266.4 percent over the same quarter a year earlier, to $136.11 million from $37.15 million. Of course, it wasn't all coming up roses in the Hamptons this winter. East Hampton Village saw its home sales volume drop to $34.81 million from $53.27 million, a 35 percent decline.


text: Lake Superior, as "asssistant sub-agent" (at $2 a day) in the United States geological survey of that region, carried on under the care of his brother and the late J. W. FOSTER; he had under his charge the botany, the ornithology, and the accounts. On returning home, he went for a year to New Haven, to continue his Sanskrit studies under Professor E. E. SALISBURY and in company with Professor James HADLEY, and to prepare for a visit to Germany, already planned. He sailed for Bremen direct in the autumn of 1850, and returned home in July, 1853. Three winters were passed by him in Berlin, and two summers in Tubingen (in southern Germany), chiefly under the instruction of Professors Albrecht WEBER and Rudolph ROTH, respectively, but also of Professor LEPSIUS and others. Having copied in Berlin all the manuscripts of one of the oldest and most important Hindu scriptures, the Atharva-Veda, then unpublished, he planned an edition of it in conjunction with Professor ROTH; and on the way home, in 1853, he stopped in Paris, Oxford, and London, to collate the remain- ing European manuscripts. The first volume of the work containing the text alone, was published at Berlin in 1855 and 1856; a complete Index Verborum to it was added at New Haven in 1881; a volume of notes, translations, etc., is still due. Be- fore leaving Germany, he had accepted an invitation to return to Yale college as professor of Sanskrit; but he did not go there to remain until August, 1854, spending the interval in part in scientific work. Since 1854 he has lived continuously in New Haven. The salary of the Sanskrit professorship having been for the first sixteen years a very small one, he was obliged to help support himself by teaching German and French; at the outset, partly in private classes; later, in college classes only; on the establisment of the Sheffield scientific school he had for some time the charge in it of the department of modern languages; nor has he entirely withdrawn from that work even down to the present time. This has led to his preparing a series of text-books, especially for the study of German, which is not yet quite complete; it consists of two German grammars, a larger (1869) and a smaller (1885), a German reader with an elaborate vocabulary (1870), a brief German dictionary (1877), and a number of annotated German texts (from 1876 on); a French grammar (published in 1886). He was elected a member of the American Oriental Society in 1850; in 1855 he undertook the charge of its library, remaining librarian until 1873; in 1857 he was made its corresponding secretary, and performed the duties of that office till 1884, when he was chosen its president (resigned in '90); no small part of his work has been done in the service of the society; from 1857 to the present time, just a half of the contents of its journal (vols. vi-xii.) is from his pen. In this are included four works of considerable extent; the annotated translation of a Hindu treatise of astron- omy (the Surya-Siddhanta, 1860); the texts, translations, etc., of two Sanskrit gram- matical treatises (Atharva-Veda Praticakva, 1862, and Taittiriya-Praticakhya, 1871; to the latter work was awarded by the Berlin Academy the BOPP prize, as the most important Sanskrit publication of the triennium); and the Atharva-Veda Index Verborum, mentioned above. Some of his minor contributions to the same journal, along with others to various periodicals, were collected and published in two vol- umes of "Oriental and Linguistic Studies" (1873 and 1874), also supervising editor-in- chief of the great "Century Dictionary" (6 vols.4to), completed in 1891. He has also produced a couple of volumes on the general science of language, entitled, respect- ively, "Language and the Study of Language" (1867; it was first prepared as Smith- sonian and as Lowell lectures; it has been translated into German and Netherland- ish), and "The Life and Growth of Language" (International scientific series, 1875 translated into French, Italian, German, Swedish, and Russian); and the articles on "Language" in Johnson's Cyclopaedia (vol. ii.,1876), and on "Philology" in the Encylopaedia Britannica (vol. xviii.,1885), are by him. On the formation of the American Philological Association (1869), he was its first president, and has contrib- uted extensively to its proceedings and transactions. He has also written an English grammar ("Essentials of English Grammar," 1877), and a Sanskrit grammar (see below : two editions, English and German)-to which last he has this year added a supplement half as big as the work itself ("Roots, Verbforms, and Primary Deriva- tives of the Sanskrit Language," Leipzig, 1885; two editions, English and German)- second English edition, 1889. He received the honors degree of doctor of philos- ophy from Breslau University in 1861; doctor of literature from Columbia College, N.Y., in 1884; that of doctor of laws from his alma mater in 1868, from William and Mary College in Virginia in 1869, and from Harvard in 1876, also from St. Andrew's University in Scotland in 1874, and Edinburgh University in 1884. He is further connected with many learned societies in various parts of the world; is an honorary member of the Oriental or Asiatic societies of Great Britain and Ireland, of Germany, of Bengal, of Japan, and of Peking; of the Philological Society of London;


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Pixel Power strengthens Dubai office
Stand 301, CABSAT 2019, Dubai World Trade Centre, 12 – 14 March: Pixel Power today announced the strengthening of its international sales team with the appointment of Mark Barkey to the role of Regional Sales Manager. He will be based in the Dubai office in Media City and will be responsible for the Middle East and North Africa regions.
"The Middle East has always been a key part of our business strategy and we are proud of our strong, customer relationships built over the years," said James Gilbert, CEO, Pixel Power. "We are delighted that Mark has chosen to bring his wealth of experience to Pixel Power and look forward to building on, as well as increasing, those trusted relationships with clients throughout the region."
Pixel Power opened its Dubai office ten years ago, acknowledging the region as an important and strategic growth area for the company. With the introduction of new software-defined platforms for playout, automation, graphics and branding, Pixel Power continues to align its innovative technology with the needs of today's broadcasters.
Mark Barkey has been living and working throughout the Middle East for more than 25 years and is a highly experienced broadcast professional. Barkey is fluent in several languages and has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications. Following military service, he began his broadcast career with Echostar International before moving to Philips Broadcast in Dubai and then Axon Digital Design.
"With nearly three decades living in Dubai, the Middle East region is close to my heart," said Mark Barkey, Regional Sales Manager, Pixel Power. "I'm excited to introduce the new playout and automation platforms to customers looking for innovative ways to develop their broadcasting business and earn new revenue streams."
About Pixel Power, a Rohde & Schwarz Company
Pixel Power develops software-defined, virtualizable, solutions for broadcast playout, automation, master control, graphics & branding used in linear television channels, OTT and VOD. Our award-winning branding and promotions systems, graphics-enabled master control switchers and sophisticated switchable graphics production systems allow producers to deliver dynamic live and pre-recorded content for any SD, HD, 4k, mobile, online or interactive application.
Pixel Power has 30 years' experience of engineering prowess and dedication to customer support that has made it the industry's first choice in graphics, branding and playout. With more than 2500 installations worldwide, customers including market-leading broadcasters such as BBC, Ericsson, ITV, SWR, WDR, TV2 Norway, Danmarks Radio, TV5 Monde, CBC, Disney, Discovery, ESPN, ViaSat and Sky.
Recently acquired by Rohde & Schwarz GmbH, Pixel Power corporate headquarters are in Cambridge UK with regional offices in Grass Valley California and Dubai UAE.
Pixel Power can be contacted online at www.pixelpower.com.
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