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ONCE UPON A TIME: It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN!
Never gets old . . .
(Cross posted at Agonybooth.com)
It's the end of this show, as we know it, folks. The biggest of Big Bads has finally arrived to battle the Save-iest(?) of Saviors! But first, we've got some CGI spiders to mutilate, and a pirating adventure to endure. Also, Henry's got some gross white goo in his eyes, and that "Evil" Author from last season just really wants Hamilton tickets, dammit!
So, without further adieu, let's talk about "Mother's Little Helper."
Last week we got a CGI Kraken, and this week we got the large furry spider from the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Honestly folks, if a CGI Dumbo doesn't make an appearance before this series ends, I will be super upset.
But before we get to Ole Spidey, let's talk about Gideon. He's in Emma's house, asking her to help him murder the Black Fairy. Emma's all, "See, I kinda would have maybe helped you. But then you tried to murder me, and banished my boyfriend on a bluish submarine, where he almost got murdered by a CGI Kraken. And then you threatened to hurt me again, so, ummmm . . . yeah . . . I'm going to pass. Next time just say 'please.' A little politeness goes a long way when you are basically hiring a hitman for your surrogate mother."
To prove she's serious about the whole "not helping" thing, Emma throws Gideon against a wall using her lightning fingers and gives him a pretty gnarly nosebleed, which, for all you Gideon haters out there, was actually pretty cathartic to watch.
Emma experiences a change of heart soon after though, when Rumple reminds her that basically every bad thing that ever happened to her throughout this entire series pretty much indirectly stemmed from the Black Fairy. (It much more directly stemmed from Rumple himself, but let's not get too picky here.) Emma then finds Gideon at the clock tower, and agrees to help him kill Black Fairy, but only if Gideon agrees to give her back the Savior Murdering sword he stole from her, and also un-banish her boyfriend.
The two frenemies shake hands over their newly established detente, and head over to Mickey Mouse's house, where supposedly Emma's savior magic can be used to open a portal, so that Emma can get to the Black Fairy and murder her ass. Unfortunately, someone beat the pair to the house . . . and by "someone" I mean a Big F*&king Gross Spider.
Gideon and Emma try running away from the Big F*&king Gross Spider for a little bit. But then Gideon turns on Emma, pushes her into a giant spider web (which literally appeared out of nowhere . . . is that how spiders work, because I don't think spiders work that way, not even Big F*&king Gross Spiders?). Dark One Junior then steals back Emma's Savior Murdering Sword, and runs off, leaving her to die by suffocation, wrapped up in a spider web like a mummy.
Well, that was kind of rude! Your social networking skills could use a little work, Gideon . . .
Never Trust a Pirate
Speaking of untrustworthy douchebags, Captain Hook challenges fellow fictional pirate villain Blackbeard to a game of cards, in the hope of winning from him a magic bean he could use to portal back to Emma in Storybrooke. Blackbeard agrees to play, but only if Hook agrees to give him his ship, the Jolly Roger, if he loses. Hook ultimately does lose the card game (but only because Blackbeard cheated).
Ahhh, but there's a twist. Hook admits to Blackbeard that his ship is back in Storybrooke, and Blackbeard can only get to it by using the magic bean, and taking Hook with him. It's admittedly a pretty savvy move by a character who isn't always known for being the sharpest tool in this show's shed.
Unfortunately, because Gideon's curse has prevented Hook from properly portaling back to Storybrooke, Hook and Blackbeard end up in, of all places, Neverland, where the pair of pirates are promptly chased and shot at with arrows by a hoard of angry Lost Boys (I use the term Boys loosely, because they all look about 40-years old).
Blackbeard finds canoe near a body of water, and quickly knocks Hook unconscious, so that he can escape Neverland on his own, leaving Hook to do battle with the Lost Boys solo. Of course, Hook could have totally fit in the canoe too, but Blackbeard doesn't care. Just like in Titanic, Jack could have totally fit on the piece of wood Rose was resting on, but she let him freeze and drown anyway. I never understood that about Titanic . . . Maybe Rose was an asshole all along, just like Blackbeard, and we just never knew.
Anyway, I hope you brought along your shell phone, Hook. Because you are going to really need to phone a friend, right about now. Just don't call Rose from Titanic, if you value your life.
Writer's Block Can Make You Evil
Speaking of needing friends, Regina finds herself totally at a loss for how to break the sleeping curse that is preventing Snow White and Prince Charming from ever appearing in the same episode together, thus saving the Once production crew a lot of money in actor salaries. So, she decides to give Henry a grocery list of potions that might help her on this front.
Side note: Whatever happened to Henry's girlfriend? Is she also under a sleeping curse, due to budgetary restrictions? Last season, the show introduced an entire high school of kids from the Land of Untold Stories, and this kid still hasn't managed to find one other friend under the age of 35, except for said MIA Girlfriend. Is it any wonder he's slowly turning into a mixture of Norman Bates from Psycho, because of the whole Mother Obsession thing, and Jack from The Shining, because of the whole Writer Turned Crazy Person thing?
Anyway, as Henry is writing the list, his eyes go all milky white, and he starts jotting pages and pages of jibberish into his notebook before passing out. When Henry awakens he has no clue what it was he was writing or why, but it looks suspiciously like "All work and no play make Jack a dull boy."
Assuming that Henry's sudden prolific, albeit crappy, writing abilities have something to do with his Magic Author Powers (up to this point, the so-called "Author" has only been shown writing one sentence at a time, and even then, only when the plot requires it.), Regina and Henry pay a visit to the "asylum," where the show stores all Big Bads that managed to make it through their season without being murdered. There, they find Other Author Isaac.
Other Author Isaac is willing to instruct Henry and Regina on the former's sudden Eye Goo Problem, but only if Regina gets him out of the asylum and into a porsche headed to NYC. Also, Other Author Isaac wants Hamilton tickets, because who doesn't?
Regina agrees to Isaac's requests (well, minus the Porsche and the Hamilton) only to learn that (1) Henry's author powers are taking over his body and could eventually make him evil (thus making my The Shining reference all the more relevant, if I do say so myself); and (2) Emma's battle with the Black Fairy is coming soon, which means the end of the fairytale book, and, possibly this series.
Not for the "Feint" of Heart
Speaking of the Black Fairy, this week's flashback sheds some light on her parenting skills, and why they will undoubtedly earn Gideon a lifetime of crappy therapy courtesy Jiminey Cricket. First, we see in live action, the tale earlier hinted at by Gideon, of how the Black Fairy tortured Gideon's boyfriend Roderick when the two were kids, just to prove that Gideon wasn't brave or heroic enough to save him.
Twenty-eight years later, the Black Fairy instructs Gideon to hunt down the person who stole her keys, and that person winds up being Boyfriend Roderick all grown up. Roderick begs Gideon to help him sneak into the Black Fairy's study and use some Magic Eight Ball looking thing to call the Savior and get help to defeat the Black Fairy. But before they can do that, the Black Fairy finds the two guys and punishes them both. She punishes Roderick by turning him into a spider, and squashing him under her shoe. (That's two too many spiders in this episode, as far as I'm concerned. Bugs are the worst!)
She then punishes Gideon by . . . taking his heart out of his chest, controlling him, and using him to trick Emma into helping him open the portal to free her from the outer realm and bring her into Storybrooke.
Well, at least now we have an explanation for Gideon's utter douchebaggery! Then again, maybe Gideon is just a garden variety douchebag like Blackbeard or Rose from Titanic, and the whole evil fairy holding his heart thing is just a distraction from that basic truth. The world may never know . . .
Back in present day, Rumple saves Emma from permanent mummification and kills the Big F*&king Gross Spider, which is great, because, as I said, bugs are the worst, whether they are giant CGI versions, or normal-sized ones that used to be your childhood boyfriend.
And yet with the Black Fairy in Storybrooke, Gideon under her control, and her son Henry potentially going full-on Evil Author, Emma's got a lot more to worry about now than a bad case of arachnophobia.
Until next time, Oncers!
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Tagged as big fucking gross spider, black fairy comes to town, blackbeard cheats at cards, Episode 16, gideon tricks emma, henry turns evil, hook is stuck in neverland, mother's little helper, no magic is strong enough to get you hamiton tickets, Once Upon a Time, rose from titanic is an asshole, Season 6, spiders are the worst, the black fairy controls gideon, where did henry's girlfriend go
[Cross posted at Agony Booth.com]
This week on Once, Storybrooke finally gets a new bar! Snow White gets wasted! Emma becomes that cliché lady who pours her heart out to a bartender! Aladdin and Jasmine learn that sometimes all it takes is a little tongue action to save the world! And Captain Hook delivers a very important message on his shell phone!
It was a busy boozy episode . . . one that featured a giant CGI octopus . . . for about two seconds. So, let's get on it, shall we?
IT'S TIME TO RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
A Disney Princess, An Evil Queen and a Savior Walk Into a Bar . . .
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? But the Bar Crawl (Can you call it a crawl if it only involves one bar? Is it more of a Bar Sit?) was actually the highlight of this week's episode . . . for me anyway. For one thing, it only took six seasons, but Storybrooke finally found itself a hangout for its residents that isn't snoozy Granny's. So what, if it seems like the only patrons of Aesop's Tables are fat old ugly Vikings? It has potential dammit.
Because after a few "artisanal" drinks, who knows? Maybe a Viking like this . . .
. . . could end up looking like this . . .
It all starts with Emma finally breaking the news to her dad that her fiancé killed her grandfather. Prince Charming, who, just a few episodes ago was all revengey and murderous ragey, when he thought that old rich guy killed his dad, just seems slightly bummed by the fact that his buddy and soon-to-be-son-in-law did it. This is probably because the writers are SO DONE with this whole Dead Dad storyline, and so am I!
Anyway, Emma's still kind of sad and broody over the fact that she thinks Hook abandoned her in exchange for living out the rest of eternity on a bluish submarine with Captain Nemo, but apparently not broody enough for Regina. Regina, who is super into therapeutic emoting and "getting in touch with your feelings," ever since she cured her case of multiple personality disorder this past week, by sending it into another dimension with a guy who looked like her dead boyfriend, decides that getting Emma drunk as a skunk, and enabling her alcoholism, is the healthiest way to deal with her pal's tendencies toward emotional repression.
So Regina and Snow White trick Emma into hanging out with them at Storybrooke's new bar(!), Aesop's Tables. There, Snow White gets so wasted after two sips of alcohol that she picks a fight with a couple of Vikings and makes fun of their silly hats, which is actually kind of racist, I think. She then challenges the dudes to a game of darts . . . probably to make up for the whole being racist thing.
Elsewhere in the bar, Emma pours her heart out to a sexy bartender over Captain Hook's abrupt departure, while dabbing her dewy eyes on a bar napkin. (Important later.) And just like that! Emma's Emotional Repression is cured, and for way cheaper than the cost of a session with Jiminey Cricket the Terrible Shrink Who Doesn't Understand Rules of Patient Confidentiality! And the moral of that story, boys and girls? Alcohol RULES, can solve all your problems, and help you beat Vikings at darts!
Much Adieu About a Kraken
Meanwhile, back on a bluish submarine, Captain Hook can't get back to Emma's realm without the blood of a Kraken to help steer the underground ship across portals. Fortunately for Hook, there's a Kraken just chilling outside the submarine, patiently awaiting its demise for this exact purpose. Unfortunately, for Hook, stupid Aladdin and Jasmine pop up in the water at the worst moment, and scare the Kraken away . . . you know, because Evil CGI Octupuses (Octupi?) are super frightened of unarmed folks in row boats.
Then, the writers remember that they never resolved Jasmine's and Aladdin's storyline about saving the kingdom of Agrabah from about a year ago, so Hook reluctantly invites the couple onto the bluish submarine with him, even though it's totally not his submarine. Hook is absolutely that friend of yours who you let crash at your place for a few days, only to come home from work to find that he's eaten all your Lean Pockets, used up all your toilet paper, and invited 12 of his closest friends to watch the Lakers game on your couch.
Apparently, Jasmine and Aladdin have spent an entire year wandering around a forest aimlessly looking for a lost kingdom. What's worse, all this time, these two incredibly hot people never once decided to use one another's bodies as scratching posts. They haven't even so much as kissed!
Seriously? I know monks who are less chaste than this. No, really, some of my best friends are monks, and they can be pretty randy, when they want to be . . .
I Got The World on a String Ring . . .
Through a flashback, we learn that (1) Jasmine and Ariel are pals, who gossip about boys, and occasionally ride one another's magic carpets, and (2) Jafar once tricked Jasmine into agreeing to marry him, so he could hide her entire kingdom inside a wedding ring, for no other reason than that he's evil, and hates people.
I feel you, Jafar. People are the worst! They can all go hide in rings for eternity, as far as I'm concerned!
Back on the bluish submarine, the ship appears to be taking on water, thus forcing Hook, Jasmine, Aladdin, Nemo and the rest of the crew to abandon it, by using Aladdin's temporary status as genie to "wish" all of them to a nearby island, so they don't, you know, like, drown and stuff.
This island just so happens to be the place where Jafar is currently hanging out. We know this because the bluish submarine has a sort of GPS on it that locates Man Pain, and there's no Man Pain like a Disney Villain Man Pain.
Also, conveniently, this is the island where Ariel and Prince Eric live in a shack decorated by Ariel's obvious hoarder problem (She's got gadgets and gizmos of plenty, whositz and whatsits galore. You want thingamabobs, she's got twenty!) Quite a step down from the palace where you used to live, huh Prince Eric?
Anyway, amongst all her scary hoarder items, Ariel actually has something useful: Red powder that can turn Disney villains into creepy walking canes! OK, kind of random, but definitely something Captain Hook should consider taking back to Storybrooke in a doggie bag for future use . . . I, for one, can think of a lot of annoying Once characters, I'd like to see turned into creepy walking canes!
Armed with the knowledge that she's literally just one sneeze away from vanquishing her greatest nemesis, Jasmine finally defeats Jafar!
But wait, what about the whole "kingdom stuck in a ring" thing, and the whole, "my boyfriend's my genie slave" thing. Well, apparently, all Jasmine had to do this whole time to solve both of these problems was stick her tongue down Aladdin's throat! So, True Love's Kiss resolves this entire year-long storyline that nobody really cared about in the first place, in literally two seconds.
The moral of this story? Chastity is for suckers, so make out with hot men (or women) in the woods, whenever you get the chance. You just might be saving the world from eternal ruin by doing so!
Speaking of eternal ruin . . .
You Used to Call Me on My Shell Phone . . .
Now stuck in the no-longer-encased-in-a-ring Agrabah, but still unable to get in touch with Emma, Hook finally encounters a stroke of luck when hoarder Ariel presents him with another surprisingly useful item: a shell phone. "I have a phone just like this at home," exclaims Hook. (That's not even a joke. He actually utters this cheesy line!)
Hook uses the shell phone to connect with Emma, and tell her that he didn't really dump her ass. He just got trapped on a bluish submarine by the guy who is trying to murder her, and almost eaten by a CGI Octopus. Well, isn't that a relief!
Speaking of the guy trying to murder Emma, "Aesop the bartender" pops by Emma's house late at night to reveal that he's actually Douchebag Gideon, son of Rumplestiltskin and would-be-murderer of Emma. As it turns out, Gideon posed as the bartender and made Emma think that Hook abandoned her, just so he could make Emma cry, collect her tears, and use them to close off portals to other worlds, like the one Hook would need to get back home.
(Did you know Savior Tears close portals? Neither did I. Neither did the writers, I presume, until about five seconds before writing this episode.)
Do they have to be real tears? Would artificial tears work just as well?
Apparently, Gideon doesn't want to murder Emma anymore. (Because the whole "Emma is fated to die" plot is SO last week!) What he really wants is to blackmail Emma into helping him kill the Black Fairy, by using her now-trapped-in Agrabah fiancé as leverage.
Really Gideon? She's the Friggin Savior! Killing villains is kind of her thing! You moved a submarine across dimensions, then created an entire bar (which was cool) and a whole new sexy face (which was weird and random) to get Emma to do your bidding, when, really, all you had to do was ask . . . (or shove your tongue down someone's throat . . . or throw red powder onto someone and turn them into a walking cane . . . because those are all ways to solve problems on this show that are easier than what you did.)
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A state appeals court has rejected approval of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s planned new natural gas power plant in Contra Costa County.
The 1st District Court of Appeal in San Francisco said the California Public Utilities Commission approved the plant in Oakley without hearing firsthand from anyone that it was needed.
The court issued its 3-0 ruling on Wednesday. The Contra Costa Times reports (http://bit.ly/1e9Ew76) that the court has previously also turned back the commission's approval of the plant.
PG&E spokeswoman Tamar Sarkissian told the newspaper the utility was carefully reviewing the court's ruling.
Supporters say California needs more energy production, and the 586-megawatt plant would help.
Opponents say the state should be moving away from fossil fuels to other, cleaner energy sources.


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The New Year Brings New HIV Funding From Congress
Previous Prev Congress Members Request Review of HIV Drug Patent Process
blogger profile AIDS United
Next White House's Anti-LGBTQ Actions Threaten Its Plan to End HIV
In related good news: The HIV housing program will receive more funding instead of less!
January 10, 2020 • By AIDS United
Although down to the wire, congressional appropriators managed to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2020, avoiding a government shutdown before the holidays. On December 19th, Senators passed two appropriations packages — one bundling Agriculture-FDA, Energy-Water, Health and Human Services-Labor-Education, Interior-Environment, Legislative Branch, Military Construction-VA, State-Foreign Operations, and Transportation-HUD bills, the other covering Defense, Financial Services, Commerce-Justice-Science, and Homeland Security — totaling $1.37 trillion, with the president just narrowly beating the continuing resolution expiration and signing the bills into law late on December 20th.
Regarding HIV, the House and Senate came together to both provide the funding increases for testing & treatment as well as blocking some harmful supportive services cuts proposed in the president's budget request. The deal provides the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention with an additional $140 million to implement the administration's Ending the Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative, as well as $70 million for the Ryan White Health Care Act and $50 million for the Health Resources & Services Administration. Furthermore, after a proposed cut by President Trump, the Housing Opportunities for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (HOPWA) program will receive an additional $17 million, a success for those impacted by HIV who know that housing is healthcare. However, $25 million slated for the Indian Health Services administration under the EtE plan was not included in the final appropriations package, a grave oversight that advocates will certainly work to address with congressional allies in coming months.
Appropriators are already at work on fiscal year 2021 appropriations, made slightly easier by the budget levels set in a two-year agreement last summer. The president is expected to release his new budget request on February 10th, and all are waiting to see if he conforms to the topline numbers he agreed to last year. AIDS United will continue working to ensure sufficient federal funding for all of the great work happening across the country, bringing us closer to ending the domestic HIV epidemic. Check back to the Policy Update regularly for all the latest on HIV funding and legislation.
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Gilead Sciences Awards $10M in 20 Grants for Racial Equity
Employees at HIV Nonprofit Housing Works Vote to Unionize

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Second Life – December 27, 2008 – RUNWAY Productions and Costa Rica Sims will present the first Costa Rica Designers Showcase on Sunday, December 28, 2008, at 12 pm SLT, at the Costa Rica Events Sim. The showcase will feature designers from the Costa Rica Merchants District highlighting some of the best designs in 2008. The fabulous RUNWAY Models will take to the custom designed catwalk in Glamourati style with a unique show done "in the round" overlooking a glass catwalk suspended over the beautiful Costa Rican water.
Promising to be the show of the season and not to be missed with over 70 designs from the design houses of Nicky Ree, Moxie Polano, Solange, Alphamale, Blacklace, Juju's Closet, VitaMen, Bside Couture, Baiastice, Kal Rau, Orage Creations, Emery, a.C. Store, and Sartoria. Accessories for the show have been selected from the collections of EarthStones, Bax Coen, Jewelry by Jake, and Jeepers Creepers.
DJ Syriana Paine will be spinning a unique musical selection to set the mood for the broad array of designs from lingerie to casual looks to formal attire for both ladies and gentleman.
For additional information, contact RUNWAY Productions.
A big part of fashion in Second Life is poses which can involve several areas from fashion photographs right onto the catwalk. If you are like me, you probably have poses scattered throughout your inventory making it difficult to find the right poses for the right occassion. I finally threw my hands up and said "enough." So I went on a search to find the perfect vehicle which will give me the versatility I needed, at an affordable price, and didn't require that I was a scripting genuis in order to operate it . I tried out a few until I hit pay dirt – Tillie's Posing Stand – created by Tillie Ariantho. Tillie Ariantho wears many hats in the fashion world. She is not only a wonderful photographer (Tillie Ariantho's Flickr page), models herself, has her own blog called Tillie's Things of Second Life and her own store called Tillie's Store, where you can purchase this posestand. So if anyone knew what was needed, surely she would. I wasn't disappointed!


The most visible signs of aging often appear on the face and neck regions. A facelift is a procedure designed to surgically rejuvenate these areas. Board Certified plastic surgeon Dr. Garrett A. Wirth routinely performs facelift surgery in Newport Beach. Many patients seeking facial rejuvenation often elect other procedures such as brow lift surgery in conjunction with their facelift procedure.
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A facelift is generally performed under a general anesthetic and takes 4-6 hours to complete, depending upon the extent of your procedure. There are various surgical techniques utilized for facelift surgery. Dr. Wirth will design a surgical plan with you prior to surgery to optimize your results.
Incisions are typically made in front of and behind the ears in natural creases to hide the scars. In some cases, they will also extend upward toward the scalp region. Once the incisions have been made, Dr. Wirth will gently separate the skin from the underlying tissue and muscle in order to trim excess skin and fat, so the skin can be re-draped across the face. Liposuction may also be utilized to suction out excess fat around the neck and jowl area. Fat grafting, as well as muscle and fascia support techniques, are also frequently utilized to enhance the final outcomes and promote harmony and balance. Incisions will then be sutured with fine stitches to complete the procedure.
Dr. Wirth will provide you with personalized aftercare and hygiene instructions following surgery. It is likely that you will experience some discomfort, which can easily be controlled with pain medication. You may also see some visible swelling and bruising that should begin to subside within a couple of weeks following your surgery. Temporary numbness and tightness are also common as the repositioned tissues begin to heal.
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Oxford City Council has launched a fourth call for applications to the Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) Community Grants programme.
Oxford City Council has made a further £10,000 of small grants available for local charities and community groups through the innovative online grant-giving platform The Good Exchange.
The current call for applications to the European Social Fund (ESF) Oxfordshire Community Grants programme has been extended until Monday 24 July 2017.
Oxford City Council has given grants totalling £1,568 to three groups in the latest round of funding from its small community grants fund.


Things continued to look up this week. Mileage was on the grow and my legs are certainly starting to feel stronger. I continued to push both the weekday runs and the weekend long run. I know that you aren't supposed to increase by much more than 10% over the week before, but when duty calls, you just have crank them out.
Monday – 0 miles Rest Day.
Tuesday – 7.5 Miles I created a new little route from my office through Rock Creek and down to my house. I hadn't ever run this combination, and even though I was feeling really tired and slow, it was a nice run through the park. This was also the first really hot day of the year, something like 87 degrees and humid as all get-out.
Wednesday – 7 Miles Stuck to the road, but broke free of my 16th St. rut, making a nice little loop up embassy row. Great run through DC.
Thursday – 7.5 Miles This time I went back to my old MCM training route, the C & O canal. I've been avoiding it like the plague in recent months, mostly because of the awful memories I have of painful and humid runs from last summer. This was a much better experience.
Friday – 0 Rest day at its best. A winning baseball game, a few cold Newcastles, and some salted peanuts.
Saturday – 7 Miles Kept it slow and easy. The legs were feeling pretty good, but wanted to keep the heart rate low and legs fresh for Sunday.
Sunday – 18.5 Miles A very solid long run. Jumping from 13 last week to over 18 this week might not have been the smartest thing, but I don't really have any other option. I decided to drive down to Rock Creek Park instead of running in order to do the entire 18 miles on trail. I basically did two loops starting at the Tilden St. parking lot (at Tilden and Beach Dr.) and heading north up the Valley Trail. Once I reached Maryland (about 5 miles later), I turned around and headed south on the Western Ridge Trail. The first 2 miles of the Valley Trail are pretty technical, but the rest of the loop isn't too bad. After completing the first loop, I hit up the car, switched out a water bottle and pushed on for round two. While low energy wasn't an issue, I moved along a lot slower than expected, making this long run nearly 20 minutes longer than I had hoped. A lot of that probably came from the elevation changes. I've run both of these trails, and this loop, numerous times, but never at this distance. While I know what my trail pace is, I was still tempted to compare it to long runs on the road, which really threw me off. As you can see below, the loop is anything but flat, offering somewhere around 8100 feet of climb (same with decent…).
elevation gauge really is, but it gives you a good idea of what I was faced with.
Mileage Total: 47.5 Miles Just a bit short of what I would have probably done last week had I not had the setback.
This coming week will look a little different, as KFB and I head to Atlanta to visit with my sister and mother for Mother's Day. I'm planning to have a high workout/weekday mileage week with no major long run on the weekend. Back at it the following week with something in the 22-24 range for a long run before starting the final countdown.
I know the trail you are talking about, but I haven't ever been over there. I should definitely check it out. Maybe this evening? Thanks for the suggestion!


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Paul O'Neill Provides Valuable Insight on Leadership
By Sarah Boal
The students of the Leadership Portfolio Program recently met with former Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill. The retired Alcoa Chairman and CEO made the trip to campus to share his insights on leadership with the group. Mr. O'Neill has long been known for the emphasis he places on workplace safety and has carried this ideal with him through posts in all three sectors at Alcoa, The RAND Corporation, and even the Department of the Treasury.
Johnson Institute Paper Receives Honorable Mention at ARNOVA Conference
The Johnson Institute is pleased to announce that a team of GSPIA faculty, staff and alumni recently received an honorable mention for best paper at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference. Director Kevin Kearns, Institute Administrator Lydia McShane, and alumni David Bell (PhD) and Bobbi Deem (MPA) conducted intensive interviews with CEOs and board chairs for their exploratory study, How Nonprofit Leaders Evaluate Funding Sources: An Exploratory Study of Nonprofit Leaders. To read the paper, click here.
Johnson Institute to take part in Elsie Hillman Civic Forum.
The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership is one of a few University of Pittsburgh institutes to take part in the launch of the Elsie Hillman Civic Forum. The Forum is designed to bring together community leaders and young people for educational programs, research projects, and mentoring. The forum's purpose is to encourage students to become involved in the Pittsburgh region's civic growth. Read More.
Kevin Kearns to receive Dr. Wangari Maathai Humanitarian Award
The Workforce Development Global Alliance (WDGA) will honor GSPIA Professor Kevin Kerns for his commitment to servant leadership with the 10th Annual Dr. Wangari Maathai Humanitarian Award, Tues., November 3. According to WDGA's announcement, the award recognizes Kearns for his "unprecedented levels of servant leadership, commitment and impact to mankind from local to global communities."
Sandra Taylor Receives Johnson Institute Exemplary Leadership Award
The Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership recently held its annual Exemplary Leadership award ceremony at the O'Hara Student Center in Oakland. Each year, the Johnson Institute honors an individual whose leadership exemplifies the values of the Johnson Institute – effectiveness, integrity, and accountability – in some form of public service. This year's recipient is Sandra Taylor, president and CEO of Sustainable Business International LLC, a consulting business she launched in 2008.
Professor Kearns Promotes Leadership Among New York's Finest
On February 18 Professor Kevin Kearns, Director of the Johnson Institute, provided an executive seminar on Leadership and Strategy to battalion chiefs and other leaders of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Kearns is among experts from leading institutions around the country who have been retained by Columbia University to serve as faculty for the Fire Officers Management Institute (FOMI). Kearns has served in this role for three years.
Nonprofit Clinic Delivers Consulting Reports
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Coro Pittsburgh Honors Professor Kevin Kearns with MLK Distinguished Individual Leadership Award
Coro Pittsburgh presented GSPIA Professor Kevin Kearns with the Distinguished Individual Leadership Award at the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Awards and Celebration, Friday, January 23 at the New Hazlett Theater. According to Coro's announcement, "Kevin Kearns not only demonstrates values based leadership in his own work and service but successfully instills those values in those around him."
Evie Gardner's (MPA '13) Experience Leads to Nonprofit Advocacy
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Another by-election headache ahead for Pakatan in the frontier state of Johor?
There is a wind of change among Chinese voters while Malay voters are proving to be tough to win over for the PH
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2019. - Malaysia will continue using Huawei products "as much as possible," bucking a global trend prompted by security concerns and a US ban on the Chinese firm, the country's prime minister said on May 30 at a conference in Tokyo. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
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With the Chinese voters swinging against the Pakatan Harapan in the Tanjong Piai by-elections, the ruling coalition is staring at yet another possible defeat.
This is what has been coming out of news reports on the campaigning for the Tanjong Piai, Johor, parliamentary by-election to be held on Nov 16.
Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the coalition has a good chance to retain the seat which became vacant after the passing of Dr Md Farid Md Rafik, 42, who is also Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department on Sept 21, due to heart complications.
Dr Mahathir said Pakatan retaining the seat would ensure promises are fulfilled.
But there is a wind of change in the mood of the Chinese voters while Malay voters are proving to be tough to win over for the PH after a revived Umno hit the government of Dr Mahathir on the flanks of race and religion.
Johor, the frontier state, swerved to the PH in the 2018 by-elections. Not many people thought this would happen since it is the birthplace of Umno, the party that ruled the state and the country for six decades.
But a string of bad policies, according to reports in local dailies and online portals, has upset the Chinese community which voted massively for the PH last year.
The opposition Barisan Nasional is taking advantage of the shift in sentiments on the ground. Its candidate in the by-election is the Malaysian Chinese Association's Dr Wee Jeck Seng. He is pitted against the Pakatan's Karmaine Sardini.
The Tanjung Piai by-election will see a six-cornered fight with candidates from Pakatan, Barisan Nasional, Gerakan, Berjasa and two independent candidates.
Opposition parties, including the BN and its ally the Islamist PAS, control 93 out of 222 seats in the Parliament. Winning in Tanjong Piai will not give the opposition a stronger position in Parliament but a defeat of the PH will create a dent in Dr Mahathir's government.
The Malaysia Chronicle portal, which is said to be pro-PKR or pro-Anwar Ibrahim, today said the Tanjung Piai had a shocker with only 50 supporters turning up for a PH rally.
It said the people did not turn up even after it was announced that Dr Mahathir was coming.
"Mahathir is coming, so what!" it said, adding "A vote for BN is a vote for Najib", which is the slogan of the PH candidate and it is no big deal.
"Big deal when Bersatu (Mahathir's party) ultras and Azmin Ali (powerful Minister of Economic Affairs) cartel (is) (sic) already working with ex-PM Najib Razak's cousin Hishammuddin Hussein to form a backdoor government!" it wrote.
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Taxi drivers should be banned from having more than two mobile phones on their dashboards, according to a cabbies' union. The Urban Taxi Drivers Association Joint Committee said the handsets limited the view of the road, and answering phones and sending text messages distracted drivers.
Three months on, Hongkong Post's new postage stamps are still confusing users. The stamps, part of the post office's "Heartwarming" series, were introduced on October 1 last year and bear no denomination. Their usage is indicated simply by different coloured circles on their left-hand corners.
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Former University of Wisconsin defensive end J.J. Watt runs a drill during the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.
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UW football: Amid talk of NFL Draft boycott, Watt's moment in spotlight in doubt
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Former University of Wisconsin defensive end J.J. Watt runs a drill during the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. Darron Cummings — Associated Press
Former University of Wisconsin defensive end J.J. Watt has worked for much of his life to get to this point.
But the draft moment so many young football players dream about — walking on the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and shaking the hand of the NFL commissioner — could be taken away from him.
Watt confirmed last week he had been contacted about attending the draft in person and said he was leaning toward going.
"We're not official yet," he said following UW's pro timing day. "There's a chance I'll be in New York. I think I might do that but we're going to finalize those plans and I'll let you know."
That was before news broke this week that the National Football League Players Association reportedly is recommending incoming rookies not attend the draft in person, apparently as a type of boycott due to the NFL lockout.
Watt is projected to be picked as high as sixth overall, to the Cleveland Browns, and appears to have a decent chance of landing in the top 10.
"It's crazy," Watt said. "If you would have told me that when I was a sophomore in high school (at Pewaukee), I probably would have dropped on the ground.
"At the same time, I know nothing matters until April 28 (first round of draft), so I need to continue working hard, continue showing I have high character and continue showing I'm a guy you want on your football team. Hopefully, teams see that and I get drafted to a great team."
Like the rest of this year's draft class, Watt can't do much but wait and see how the situation unfolds.
"It's a lot of waiting now, but waiting doesn't mean (I) stop working," he said. "I'm going to be working out every single day, twice a day, just putting in my time and working as hard as I can to be the best rookie possible."
Watt didn't take a traditional path to this point. He attended Central Michigan, where he was a tight end for one year, before giving up a scholarship to walk on with the Badgers, who moved him to defensive end.
"When I decided to transfer, my reason was because I wanted to play in the NFL and I knew Wisconsin gave me the best chance to do that," Watt said.
"I also knew there were no guarantees. Me parents helped me out; they supported me the whole way. They said, `Follow your dreams.' I dreamed big and I worked hard and it happened."
Watt smiled because his motto, which he refers to often on his frequent posts on Twitter, is "Dream Big, Work Hard."
"It's kind of a cheesy statement but at the end of the day it's a very, very true statement," he said. "I'll never stop saying it because, `Dream big, work hard,' is something that got me where I am today."
And if the draft boycott interrupts a piece of that dream? Watt, obviously, didn't address that issue last week. But he did give a hint of where he might stand on the issue when asked about being a potential top-10 pick and any disappointment if that doesn't happen.
"I feel like I've worked like a top-10 pick," he said. "But so did Aaron Rodgers (No. 24 overall in 2005), so did Brady Quinn (No. 22 in 2007) and all of those guys.
"Whatever team I go to, I'm going to work my tail off for them and I'm going to be the best player I can be for them. If you start having those type of expectations, you have the chance to be disappointed and I'm not going to be disappointed. I just want to play football."
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In its second quarter earnings report, OCB Bancorp — parent company of Ojai Community Bank, Santa Barbara Community Bank, Ventura Community Bank and Santa Paula Community Bank — reported net income year-to-date of $516,000, or 25 cents per share, up from $372,000 last year.
"Loans also continue to grow, increasing approximately $49 million since June 30, 2015, for a growth rate of 33.3 percent," President and CEO Dave Brubaker said in a news release. "This is significantly stronger than the industry average. The quarter ended with no loans past due over 30 days and a fully funded allowance for loan loss reserve."
The bank's Ventura branch and administrative offices have been fully relocated to downtown Ventura to 89 S. California St., which has helped the bank streamline operations and increase total deposits, Brubaker said.
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Medications are an option for high-risk women, but few use them.
On the heels of a new recommendation from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), and in line with the Affordable Care Act's coverage of prevention services, the federal government has announced that beginning in September most health insurance plans will be required to provide breast cancer risk reduction medications free of charge to high-risk women.
Two drugs, tamoxifen and Evista (raloxifene), are offered for breast cancer risk reduction, also known as chemoprevention. These medications can reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer by about 40 to 50 percent—but not without potential side effects. Both drugs increase the risk of blood clots, and tamoxifen increases the risk of uterine cancer.
The USPSTF recommendation, published in the Nov. 19, 2013, Annals of Internal Medicine, advises doctors to discuss chemoprevention with high-risk patients for whom the drugs' potential benefits outweigh their risks.
Currently, only a small number of high-risk women choose chemoprevention. A study published in the February 2010 Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention by Erika Waters, a psychologist at the School of Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, and her colleagues found that close to 121,000 U.S. women who had not had breast cancer were taking tamoxifen in 2000 for risk reduction. By 2005, the number had dropped to about 51,000. Yet based on data from the National Health Interview Survey, Waters found that 10 million U.S. women would have been classified as eligible for tamoxifen in 2000—and for 2.4 million of these women, the benefits of the drug would have outweighed the risks.
Waters also stresses the need to put the benefit of chemoprevention in perspective. "Tamoxifen can reduce risk of developing invasive breast cancer by 50 percent, and it is estimated that about one-third of postmenopausal women would be eligible to take it," she says. "But … physical activity, not gaining weight, and losing weight if overweight can also reduce breast cancer risk up to 50 percent." There are other ways to reduce breast cancer risk beyond taking medication, Waters says, and it's important for health care providers to tell women about these options so that they can take them into consideration when thinking about their treatment decisions.


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Sastav je osnovan 2000. godine u Vodnjanu pored Pule.

Svoj prvi studijski album Domaći benzin objavili su 2003. godine. Za pjesmu s albuma "Che bella citta", za koju su snimili i dva videospota, dobili su nagradu Hrvatske glazbene unije. Poznati su po energičnim nastupima, te su svirali na mnogim koncertima diljem Hrvatske. Također, nastupali su sa Sepulturom, Kornom i Asian Dub Foundationom.

Sastav se krajem 2007. godine našao u središtu pozornosti, nakon što je njihov pjevač Igor Ferenac "Fere" nepravomoćno osuđen na dvije godine zatvora zbog uzgoja dvije stabilljke marihuane.

Iste godine sastav kreće sa snimanjem svog drugog studijskog albuma pod nazivom Cijena slobode, s kojeg su objavili singlove "Žmanjana dica", "EUrupa" i "Delaj, delaj". Treba napomenuti i da su u pjesmi "Delaj, delaj" ostvarili suradnju s hrvatskom jazz pjevačicom Tamarom Obrovac.

Nakon snimanja albuma sastav napušta bubnjar Lego i pridružuje im se Marco Quaranttoto. Nakon dvije godine suradnje Quaranttota zamjenjuje Nadan Isanović.

Diskografija

 2003. - Domaći benzin
 2009. - Cijena slobode

Članovi sastava
Fere – vokal
Gianne – vokal
Zheeka – gitara
Mrlja – bas-gitara
Nadan – bubanj

Izvori

Vanjske poveznice
Službena MySpace stranica

Pulski glazbeni sastavi
Sastavi nu metala

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Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
Title: Out of the Silent Planet
Author: C.S. Lewis
Genre: Fiction (Space Travel / Vintage / Exploration / First Contact / Kidnapping / Philosophy)
Publisher/Publication Date: HarperOne (4/3/2012)
Rating: Okay to liked.
Did I finish?: I did, although it took some effort at times.
One-sentence summary: An English don ends up on Mars where he meets aliens far more peaceful than his greedy compatriots.
Reading Challenges: E-books
Do I like the cover?: Eh --it's okay. It resembles the spaceship the characters traveled in, but the landscape doesn't look like what Lewis describes.
I'm reminded of...: Jostein Gaarder, Doris Lessing
First line: The last drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settled his pack more comfortably on his tired shoulders, and stepped out from the shelter of a large chestnut tree into the middle of the road.
Buy, Borrow, or Avoid?: Borrow or buy, especially for those who like philosophy with their fiction.
Why did I get this book?: I've enjoyed some of Lewis' other fiction and was curious about this one.
Review: I have a thing for science fiction written by authors not known for sci-fi, like Doris Lessing, and so even though I haven't read much Lewis (none of his Narnia books, can you believe it?!), I had to say yes on this one. I will say straight out that I'm a science dummy, so sci-fi can be hit or miss for me, depending on whether I can 'get' the science. Happily, in this case, the science is sort of fuzzy, and the going to Mars is just a device to talk about souls, humanity, awareness, and other brainier topics I can handle.
This was a zippy read, not only because it's brief -- about 180ish pages, depending on your e-reader -- but also because the story moves rather quickly. Originally published in 1938, this story has that earnest feel of vintage sci-fi and science pulp -- lots of action, grand landscapes and pragmatically cruel villains -- but with a deep philosophical vein that makes the story meaty. It's no secret Lewis incorporates aspects of his Christian theology in to his fiction, and normally I'm pretty allergic to any and all 'inspiration' in my reading, but in this case, the religiosity is pretty low-grade and for me, inoffensive. There's some colonialism in the story as the characters deride or admire the beings on Mars (or, as called in the book, Malacandra), and aspire toward enslavement or liberation of the beings. It's both typical yet satisfying, the tropes that show up, and this really is a stereotypical 'first contact' type of lark, with a little more braininess than one might expect.
There's a Postscript to the story, a letter from Ransom (the fictional 'hero', of sorts) to C.S. Lewis, which made me laugh only because it was so...fussy. Ransom is giving Lewis critiques of the manuscript, and as a result, Lewis-by-way-of-Ransom includes a number of mundane facts and additional details for the practical-minded reader. But there's also a secondary discussion of 'memoir' (as this novel is pretending to be) and how one can't always convey the 'truth' of an event to the reader, despite a plethora of facts.
Of course you are right; if we are to treat it as a story you must telescope the time I spent in the village during which "nothing happened". But I grudge it. Those quiet weeks, the mere living among the hrossa, are to me the main thing that happened. I know them, Lewis; that's what you can't get into a mere story. For instance, because I always take a thermometer with me on a holiday (it has saved many a one from being spoiled) I know that the normal temperature of a hross is 103 degrees. I know -- though I can't remember learning it -- that they live about 80 Martian years, or 160 earth years; that they marry at about 20 (=40); ... that they do get (as you would say) "elevated" but not drunk on a gaudy night -- of which they have many. But what can one do with these scraps of information? I merely analyze them out of a whole living memory that can never be put into words, and no one in this world will be able to build up from such scraps quite the right picture.
On the whole, a readable sci-fi, especially for anyone intimidated by the genre. It's a story of exploration, of valuing others, the cruel and stupid way humans behave, and a vintage look at space travel from the 1930s. (I'm too lazy to look it up, but apparently Lewis was something like the fifth or sixth person to use the word 'spaceship' for the vehicle that took his characters to Mars.)
* book reviews book rating - okay
trish April 14, 2012 at 6:51 PM
That postscript that you quoted is actually quite interesting to me. I think the character is right, that there's so much that happens when "nothing" happens, but how to put that into a story is quite difficult. I wouldn't have thought of a book like this as being good for a book club, but based on that one paragraph alone, I think this would make quite an interesting pick.
Anyway, thanks for being on the tour!
Audra April 15, 2012 at 11:36 AM
Trish, I agree -- I think this would be a great book club pick, especially if folks think they don't like scifi or philosophical fiction -- that postscript bit might have been my favorite part -- being as I love memoirs and memoir-style fiction. It was a look into storytelling I hadn't considered.
Reading Rambo April 15, 2012 at 11:28 AM
*bounces up and down* Are you gonna read Perelandra? Are you??
I think I like Perelandra more than OotSP, but they're both awesome. But then, I'm a giant Lewis fan, sooo I'm slightly biased. Just a little.
I am -- I'm very eager to read the other two books. Now, two people have warned me off the second book, saying it's super misogynist and weird so I'm delighted to see you're enthusiastic for it!
Deniz Bevan April 15, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Great review! I enjoyed these books, and I like the aspects you point out. I hadn't known about Doris Lessing!
I wonder if I would have read them at all, though, if I wasn't already a Lewis fan?
Audra April 15, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Lessing's Canopus in Argos series reminded me of this (or this reminded me of them, whatever) -- very philosophical and not too science-y, but still pretty thought provoking. Also, weird. :)
Ti April 16, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Haven't read this one. Although it's not a genre I regularly reach for, it's one that I do enjoy a couple of times a year. BTW, I'm allergic to "inspiration" in my reading as well.
Audra April 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM
Ti, a little bit I was reminded of Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell -- and I would say Russell's book is more religious (what with the Jesuit characters and all), and I loved that book -- so I think you won't be v bothered by the religiosity in this one (which is almost nonexistent, v metaphorical). If you ever pick it up, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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The Sumerton Women by D.L. Bogdan
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Butterfly's Child by Angela Davis-Gardner
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Welcome to the final part of my series on game programming with 2d art assets!
If you don't know already, a texture atlas (also known as a spritesheet) helps game developers to display neat 2d graphics in to their games. There is usually some sort of organization sanity happening with them as well, for example, all of the frames of animation for a player character would be in one atlas and its file name could be "herowalking.png" or something like that.
Of course, this isn't limited in any way, I've often used atlases that are just a collection of User Interface components usually in a file called "gui.png" -- it has all the buttons, graphs, meters, check marks, and all sorts of doodads, all conveniently packed in to one GUI atlas file.
At any rate, assembling a texture atlas can be extremely tedious. You have to make sure nothing overlaps anything else, that all your texture objects can fit, you will even need to remember where you put each object so that a game engine can subsequently extract each object. It is so much planning and tracking!
Thankfully, there is a program out there called Texture Packer. It is a commercial product, but all in all, it's a nice, convenient tool to have in your tool belt. I'll even go so far to say that if you make 2d games commercially, you probably shouldn't be without it! It's reasonably priced as well for how much time and money it would save you.
Let's put it this way, I spent about 2 weeks making a command line program to extract texture sizes and coordinates and it was a pain to deal with. On top of that, I was still relying on manually entering texture coordinates in to our games from that program's output. If an artist changed any graphics, it would be a nightmare changing things all over the place.
This program keeps track of all that stuff, and allows you to output all that relevant information in to various game engine formats; or for us, even a generic XML data format!
Honestly, it's pretty good. There are a couple of features that would be nice to have; like manually being able to move texture objects around (or swap places with each other), but what the tool does is automatically find a place for your sprites in the empty atlas for you, so you don't have to sit around with a magnifying glass lining pixels up manually!
There are quite a few neat features as well about it, like automatically generating different scaled versions of your atlas (click AutoSD) for catering to different resolutions, being able to specify atlas geometry (like powers of two, max width/height, etc), and it can even import SVG files.
It takes a little while getting use to, but all in all, it's a pretty useful tool and saves us quite a bit of time dealing with artwork.
I have noticed that the windows and linux ports are a little behind the mac port, and again, it is missing a couple neat features, but all in all, it is useable and useful.
They offer a trial version of the program also, so you can check it out without having to buy it first.


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Q: Testing remote access with ssh I have the following command to check if remote client permits to log  in with ssh without pass
 ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no \
     $REMOTE_HOST_USER@$REMOTE_HOST_IP 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null

Command is executed and if permission=no I am setting permissions at the rest of code. By the way "permissin denied message is sent to /dev/null". But when the second time I execute my command, this time permission=yes and I must be log in to machine but it hangs of because I think there is no error or output. Cause I tried it like when I got the permission in code;
ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no $REMOTE_HOST_USER@$REMOTE_HOST_IP

this time works.
So how can i arrange it to send error message for the first time and not to sent at rest
EDIT: As I can explain simple, my questin is that, say i have a command in my script that is possible to give error first time I run my script  so i dont want to see erorrs and output and I run it as
command 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null(it is in my script)

when i run script second time, the command will not give errors and output becaue i made some operations so it does no error.but when it is run second time it hangs becaue of /dev/null(i think so). because when it runs without /dev/null it works fine

A: Add a command to be executed on the other side.
I typically use : or echo ok. The first one should not produce any output, and I like error messages.
remote_account=$REMOTE_HOST_USER@$REMOTE_HOST_IP

ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no $remote_account : 2> /dev/null

or
ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no $remote_account echo ok | grep ok

The rest of your question is not very clear.

A: It's not clear what you are trying to do.
If you don't specify a command, ssh will create a shell, but all your output is directed /dev/null, so you don't see anything. It looks like it's hanged, but it's not, it's just waiting for you to type comamnds. If you type exit + ENTER, it will exit from the shell.
ssh -o PasswordAuthentication=no $REMOTE_HOST_USER@$REMOTE_HOST_IP 'command here'

A: The script does not hang because there is no error message. It hangs because ssh is waiting for input from you. If you give ssh a command to run, as Henk showed, then ssh will run that command and then exit. If you do not give it a command, it will start an interactive shell. The shell prints a prompt (e.g. "$ ") and waits for you to type into it. You cannot see the prompt because you are sending all output to /dev/null.
Henk's code will make your script work, because if it succeeds in logging in, it will run a very short command and then return control to you.

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The following individuals were appointed to the Jury of the Federal Cultural Foundation for the three-year term from 2017 to 2019. The Jury is responsible for reviewing and selecting projects in the area of General Project Funding.
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The next jury session will take place on 6-7 November 2018, at which the jury will consider applications submitted prior to 31 July 2018. Please note that projects pending funding notification cannot begin before the date of the jury session.


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La-La Land Records and Universal Pictures proudly present the second title in the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection -- the world premiere release of legendary composer Henry Mancini's (THE GREAT RACE, THE PINK PANTHER, A SHOT IN THE DARK) original motion picture score to the 1979 period comedy THE PRISONER OF ZENDA, starring Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick and Lionel Jeffries, and directed by Richard Quine. Never before officially available in any format, Mancini's exceedingly graceful score is a revelation – a wondrous orchestral work that expertly weaves together comedy, romance, patriotism and adventure, with all the richness and lush orchestration for which the composer is renowned. Produced, mixed and mastered by Mike Matessino from studio vault elements, this special release is limited to 3000 units and features exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writer Jeff Bond and sharp art design by Dan Goldwasser.
1. The Prisoner of Zenda – Main Title 5:18
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4. Behind the Red Door 2:40
5. To the Embassy 2:02
6. Goodbye Syl and The Count's Revenge 2:14
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8. The Attack 2:50
9. Creepy Rupert and The Kidnapping 2:50
10. The Dungeon of Zenda 2:22
11. Herald the King 0:46
12. The Coronation 2:38
13. God Help the King 1:50
14. The Reception 1:15
15. Coronation Waltz 3:00
16. Royal Galop 2:50
17. The Farewell Note 4:16
18. The Passionate Count 2:08
19. The Bomb 1:43
20. Croquette 4:07
21. Farewell, Princess Flavia 1:54
22. The Windmill Siege 4:23
23. Up Yours, Mate 2:50
24. Showdown at the Castle 3:19
25. The King Is Saved 3:25
26. The Prisoner of Zenda – End Title 2:38
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Q: Best alternative for Trigger in Mysql I got a condition that, whenever the 3 columns
  (`OMIMAGE` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `suspendedCase` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `futureDated` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,)

gets data, insertion into another table needs happen. All the 3 columns must get data.
Is there any other best alternative instead of using trigger.

A: On database level, you have nothing but trigger for this case.
There is another tiny feature which you can use for ensuring that value is not null:
create table tbl (
    OMIMAGE varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    suspendedCase varchar(255) NOT NULL,
    futureDated varchar(255) NOT NULL
)

But in this case you can only ensure that value is not null, you cannot guarantee that it isn't empty string etc...


Cartel Del La Sierra (CDS) announced itself by carrying out a series of brazen raids, kidnappings, and executions in Campo de Aviacion, Guerrero. The first attack took place at a local bar when 13 heavily armed gunmen pulled up in five SUVs and took seven hostages. They carried various assault weapons and grenades. They asked about members of Los Viagras or La Nueva Familia Michoacana. The gunmen kidnapped the hostages and killed them. 4 were beheaded.
Guerrero continues to see an escalating level of violence that has killed 22 police officers so far in 2018. Rival cartels are fighting for the state's drug production areas in the mountainous regions and the shipping ports connecting to Central and South America. In late 2017, some morgues in the state closed after not being able to keep up with incoming bodies.
Mexico's navy says it has seized nearly two tons of cocaine off the country's southern Pacific coast after one of its planes spotted a suspicious boat about 87 nautical miles off the coast of Acapulco.
The go-fast boat was carrying 75 packages weighing 4,100 pounds. One man was arrested.
Video shows Mexican marines in pursuit of a 'go-fast' boat. The chase ended in the seizure of two tonnes of cocaine.


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Three female artists take on contemporary social themes in three thrilling exhibitions.
The Advantage by Jacqueline Macleod
Thinking about Things by Robyn Gibson
Beatrice Carlson
Three unique exhibitions open at Depot Artspace on 10 November, each addressing prominent global themes of identity, consumerism and societal norms.
Three unique exhibitions are set to open at Depot Artspace on 10 November, each of which addresses the prominent themes of identity, consumerism and societal norms.
Memory for $ale is Jacqueline Macleod's exploration of female online identity, questioning how networked technologies influence women and the relationships women have with each other. Displaying finely detailed, de-constructed portraiture and digital prints of people who have never actually existed; Macleod's focus on the effects of digital media within female identity challenges our reliance on and captivation with technology.
"To have the ability to stay connected to each other, intimately and with empathy in a constant 'on demand' digital world is not only important but inherently vital to the survival and communion of future generations and our natural world", says Macleod, "Portraiture is personal. It's not a passive thing, when you see a portrait painting, it's like meeting another person".
Macelod's eagerness to dissect the notions associated with digital female identity, such as 'groups', online 'friends', social online discourse and the forming of self is at once confronting and apt, highlighting the aesthetic and economic relationship that exists between the virtual and physical life. Much of Macleod's work to-date has consisted of figures that interact with a combination of oil painting and digital work and more recently sculpture.
In keeping with the notion of identity and self-representation Solace in Familiar Things by Devonport based artist Robyn Gibson, explores our indulgent consumerist society where the products designed for an apparently innocent domestic market are often, ironically, the source of human suffering.
Gibson's paintings observe characters in relation to a love for objects we so greedily consume and yet so readily dispose of. Oddly these objects become the accessories of our identity. Gibson makes sense of this anomaly by animating these objects and instilling in them characteristics that evoke emotional responses.
"I've always done assemblage. Right back to art school I was heavily influenced by Joseph Cornel then. Assemblage is a real freedom. I've been collecting this stuff for years and years, as you do, you go to the op shop and see something and think this is fantastic I will use that one day. I'm always curious about what people throw out", explains Gibson.
Solace in Familiar Things is a thought-provoking collection of Gibson's work in various media, including painting, sculpture, and drawing, all of which raise significant questions about our apparently consumer-driven society.
French New Media artist Beatrice Carlson also addresses the issue of identity by challenging us to rise above the social constraints of prescribed fashion trends. As Carlson explains, "As a woman, a foreigner, a non-English speaking person, a fashion designer; my most recent work talks about identity. By trying so hard to identify ourselves, trying to fit in a group, to stick to an image, we are losing our uniqueness, our playfulness, our identity". In Unwearable: 2010 – 2017 WOW Retrospective, Carlson exhibits her last 7 entries into the renowned World of WearableArts (WOW) Awards, plus a selection of her jewellery design, accessory design and drawings.
Carlson's WOW garments are heavily influenced by Pasifika and New Zealand themes and motifs, which essentially stem from the deep affinity and sense of belonging she feels for her adopted country of New Zealand. From her early fascination with fashion at the young age of 5, Carlson's impressive assortment of work in a diverse range of media, reflect the natural evolution of her art and design skill.
Depot Artspace is thrilled to be hosting these three outstanding exhibitions by three influential New Zealand female artists, each addressing significant contemporary social themes through their personal practice.
Memory for $ale, Solace in Familiar Things and Unwearable: 2010 -2017 WOW Retrospective open on Friday 10 November, 6pm – 8pm, at Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence Street, Devonport, Auckland.
All three exhibitions run from Friday 10 November – Wednesday 29 November 2017, in the Main Gallery and Vernacular Lounge.
Jacqueline Macleod is qualified in Fine Arts and Education, and has taught Art at secondary schools throughout New Zealand for 17 years, including her alma mater Christchurch Girls High School and at The New Zealand International School in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jacqueline has been a full-time practising artist for 4 years and has exhibited and sold in solo and group shows around New Zealand and select shows held in London and Indonesia. Jacqueline's work is held in a number of public and private art collections, including Massey University and the Wallace Arts Trust (2016).
Robyn Gibson's artistic career spans over 33 years of exhibiting and participating in installation, painting and assemblage projects in both New Zealand and Australia. She is currently the curator/gallery technician at Depot Artspace, and one of its founders.
Beatrice Carlson is a French born Kiwi new media artist, who has been practising art and fashion design for the last 30 years. She first exhibited in New Zealand in 2008, and is an eight-time finalist in the World of WearableArt Awards Show since 2010. Carlson uses distinctive combinations of materials to create and assemble other-worldly pieces, each of which speak to a specific theme or narrative.
Depot Artspace Depot Artspace is an open and inclusive creative community in Devonport, Auckland that encourages engagement in all art forms. Depot Artspace offers a variety of facilities, services and events that support the creative community including galleries, a professional development programme, publications and a recording studio.
Anusha Bhana, Media & Promotions Coordinator, (09) 9632331 or anusha.bhana@depotartspace.co.nz
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After becoming a mother, Esther Kwan (關詠荷) gradually faded out of the spotlight to focus on her family, allowing her husband, Nick Cheung (張家輝) to focus on his career. To cope with the demands of being a full-time wife and mother, Esther has become increasingly health-conscious, and eats a healthy diet as well as engages in regular exercise.
Esther was naturally asked to be the spokesperson for Nestle Carnation's enriched milk powder, which reduces cholesterol levels and provides additional calcium and heart protection.
While Esther's family does not have a history of heart conditions, the females in her family tend to suffer from calcium inadequacy. For instance, Esther's mother once fell and broke a bone, and one of Esther's sisters suffers from osteoporosis, a condition that renders the bones fragile and brittle.
Esther admitted that she was a lover of good food, and used to frequently indulge in food that was high in cholesterol, such as foie gras, crab roe, dark meat, and egg yolk. Currently, apart from watching her diet and engaging in regular exercise, Esther also enhances her diet with the milk powder that she endorses.
Gosh! For a moment i thought that was Lin Xia Wei!
that's a great idea to mix milk powder into foods through mixing it into dishes. got to start trying that too. Not sure how it'd taste, dishes w/ milk powder. anyone tried it?
Esther is beautiful ! Hope she can come back on small screen soon.
She never ages. She looks better now than 2 decades before.
How is mixing milk into food a good idea? And enriched milk at that. Basically they strip the milk of everything, then add stuff back. Nothing needs to be enriched if it was good to begin with.
She's better off just eating loads of veggies and whole foods. There's a lot of protein & calcium in veggies, depending on what she eats.
Esther is nearly the definition of perfection. I miss her on screen so much.