This list will include a handful of players at each skill position that has either a very favorable matchup or a matchup to avoid. Not every player at every skill position will be listed every week. Instead of a watered-down version of predicting each player's performance, this list will focus on a select group of players whose chances to succeed or fail are increased based on their opponent of the week.
1) Studs – Always play your studs. You won't find Marshall Faulk or Randy Moss on this list. This list is to help choose between the middle-of-the-road players.
2) Depth – Every fantasy team is different and some have more depth than others. Only follow the recommended moves if your team depth allows you to make such a move.
Enough of the chit-chat, onto the list!!
BEWARE!! The BYE weeks have begun. Those players on a BYE will be listed at each of the skill positions.
Jon Kitna, Cincinnati (vs. Arizona): The Bengals have won their last three out of four games and in those games, Kitna has thrown 8 TDs and 0 INTs. Coincidence? I think not. Expect Kitna's success to continue this week on the road as the Bengals are only one game out of first place in the AFC North (gasp!).
Donovan McNabb, Philadelphia (vs. Atlanta): Say what? I know McNabb has been one of this year's biggest disappointments, but the Eagles have won two in a row and head into Atlanta who have benched their entire secondary for this week's game. If you're feeling lucky, roll the dice on McNabb.
Byron Leftwich, Jacksonville (vs. Baltimore): Leftwich faces his third tough defense in a row as he goes from facing Miami and Tennessee, to Baltimore this week. Leftwich has thrown three INTs each of the past two games and you can bet Ray Lewis and company will make things difficult once again this week.
Patrick Ramsey, Washington (vs. Dallas): Although Ramsey did not throw an INT in his last game (a loss to Buffalo 24-7 two weeks ago), he posted his worst numbers of the season completing only eight passes for 112 yards. To add icing to the cake, Ramsey left the Buffalo game with a bruised throwing hand. This week he faces the Cowboys in Big D who are still stinging from being shut out last week. Don't expect Ramsey to light it up.
Tiki Barber, N.Y. Giants (vs. N.Y. Jets): Rejoice Barber owners! For those of you that e-mailed me when Barber found his way on the bench side two weeks ago, he has redeemed himself! The fact that the Giants face a Jets defense this week that ranks 31st in the NFL in rushing yards allowed doesn't hurt either.
Marcel Shipp, Arizona (vs. Cincinnati): Apparently Mr. Shipp is not a reader of Fantasysharks.com because if he was, he would have known to hold off his 165-yard rushing performance until this week! You can't expect Shipp to break the 150-yard mark again (can you?), but he will be a solid play this week and from here on.
Charlie Garner, Oakland (vs. Detroit): Just seeing a Raider on the Start list even gives me the creeps. But with Marques Tuiasosopo (say that name three times fast) likely to start at QB, the Raiders may actually hand the ball off to Garner more than 15 times which hasn't happened all season.
Duce Staley, Philadelphia (vs. Atlanta): The Falcons are ranked 30th in the NFL in rushing yards allowed, so why is Staley on this list? The simple fact is he's no longer the #1 option in Philly. Even with Brian Westbrook out this week with a high ankle sprain, Correll Buckhalter is likely to see the majority of the carries. Do you still think holding out was your best course of action, Duce?
T.J. Duckett, Atlanta (vs. Philadelphia): Despite getting the majority of the carries lately, look for Duckett to once again start to lose some carries to Warrick Dunn this week. The Eagles are solid against the run and Atlanta won't have much success with the passing game. Dan Reeves will need to creative in the running attack which should translate into more Dunn and less Duckett.
Ladell Betts/Trung Canidate, Washington (vs. Dallas): With Betts out this week with a broken forearm and Canidate doubtful with a high ankle sprain, head coach Steve Spurrier may be forced to use Chad Morton to start at RB this week. Obviously, no Skins running backs come recommended under these circumstances.
Donald Driver, Green Bay (vs. Minnesota): You can bet the Packers will be fired up for this one as the Vikes were exposed last week by the Giants as a team than can be passed on. With Green Bay coming off a bye and Driver finally healthy, look for him to post strong numbers as the Pack try to get back into the NFC North race.
Darrell Jackson, Seattle (vs. Pittsburgh): The Seahawks head back home after a tough loss to the Bengals and the Steelers come to town after being torched by the Rams in the air last week. Look for Jackson to make amends for his performance last week after dropping three passes and losing a fumble with a big game this week.
Andre Johnson, Houston (vs. Carolina): Despite David Carr's status being up in the air for this week's game against the Panthers, the Texans should have success throwing the ball this week. Johnson has had more than 70 yards receiving in five of their first seven games and should be the main target once again this week.
Plaxico Burress, Pittsburgh (vs. Seattle): I don't know if Burress is hurt and not revealing it, but he's only caught one pass in two of the Steelers last three games. If he is going to get back on track, it should start this week against the Seahawks who allowed the Bengals to throw for 240 yards and two TDs last week.
Rod Smith, Denver (vs. New England): Seeing Danny Kanell at QB for the Broncos has got to be giving Smith night sweats. You know Pats head coach Bill Belichick will throw several different looks at the young QB causing confusion which means low numbers from the Broncos passing game and Smith will suffer because of it.
Peerless Price, Atlanta (vs. Philadelphia): With Mike Vick still not ready for Prime-Time, Kurt Kittner looks to get the nod this week against Philly. You've probably been used to seeing Price on your bench, so this week shouldn't come as much of a surprise.
Ike Hilliard, N.Y. Giants (vs. N.Y. Jets): Hopefully you started Hilliard last week and his two TDs and nine catches for 100 yards. Combine the fact that Hilliard had a badly swollen knee after last week's game and the Giants should have success moving the ball on the ground should translate to much lower numbers for Hilliard this week.
Marty Booker, Chicago (vs. Detroit): A high ankle sprain is likely to keep Booker on the bench once again this week. Too bad, as Chandler has been able to put up decent passing numbers.
Alge Crumpler, Atlanta (vs. Philadelphia): While I don't expect the Falcons passing game to post huge numbers, I do think Kittner will find Crumpler enough to warrant a start.
Daniel Graham, New England (vs. Denver): Was last week's 7-catch 110-yard performance the start of big things for Graham? He's worth a start this week to find out.
Justin Peelle, San Diego (vs. Chicago): Peelle sprained his left ankle in last week's game against the Dolphins. His status for this week's game is uncertain and that's not what you need out of your fantasy TE.
Kris Mangum, Carolina (vs. Houston): Mangum suffered a bruised chest last week. I saw the hit he took and I lost my breath just watching it. Don't expect big things from Mangum this week as he's still catching his breath.
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Politics U.S.ELECTION 2014
Ted Cruz seeks voter-fraud probe in Mississippi
Senator slams 'D.C. machine' for courting Democrats in runoff
Published July 8, 2014 at 10:55am
(WASHINGTON POST) Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) on Monday sharply criticized allies of Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for courting Democrats in last month's Republican runoff election and called for a thorough investigation into allegations of voter fraud, marking his most direct comments yet on the outcome of one of the most contentious and divisive campaigns in recent memory.
"What happened in Mississippi was appalling," Cruz said on the Mark Levin Show. "Primaries are always rough and tumble. But the conduct of the Washington D.C. machine in the Mississippi runoff was incredibly disappointing."
Cochran defeated McDaniel by some 6,700 votes in the June 24 runoff election. The senator and his allies courted Democratic voters, including many African Americans, a strategy that apparently worked. A Washington Post analysis showed that in 24 counties with a majority black population, turnout increased an average of 40 percent over the primary. In the state's 58 other counties, the increase was 16 percent.
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A parade of purple at Biden inauguration
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Here is the first batch of videos from the Louis Den Beat Cypher, a little teaser for the actual beat cypher rounds. Here, the 4 beatmakers had been given a sample to flip and they had to bring along their beat on the night. Since it is the holiday season, the sample was Paul McCartney/Wings – Wonderful Christmastime.


The TWU Institute of Health Sciences – Houston Center is a top university located in the heart of the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center, and offers advanced degrees in several health science programs. TWU Houston is one of three campuses of Texas Woman's University in Denton, the largest public university in the nation primarily for women, and has had a presence in Houston since 1960.
With a primary focus on advanced degrees, TWU Houston houses six schools and programs including the Nelda C. Stark School of Nursing, School of Occupational Therapy, School of Physical Therapy, the nutrition and food sciences, health care administration and executive business programs.
Many of these programs have been identified as among the best in the country by third party rankings including the occupational therapy program ranked 25th by U.S. News and World Report, the physical therapy program ranked 28th by U.S. News and World Report as well as number 2 by graduateprograms.com which also recognized the health care administration program as number 32 in the nation.
TWU Houston alum have a long legacy of leadership in healthcare related industries. Many have gone on to become CEOs, CNOs, CFOs, hospital presidents and successful business owners.
The TWU Houston campus is a state-of-the-art, 10-story, 202,000 square-foot "campus in one building." The campus is considered a "Green Building" with passive sun-shading louvers with e-glazed double-paned gas filled windows, north-south building orientation with very limited exposure to the afternoon sun, open atriums, and high efficiency lighting and air-conditioning systems. Built in 2006 to replace the former campus that was constructed in 1960, utility costs are approximately 40% less than the previous campus. (Information credited to Bill Bussman, Manager of Facilities).
Considered the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center (TMC) includes 21 renowned hospitals with seven acute care, six pediatric care, and eight specialty care facilities; three public health organizations; two universities; three medical schools; six nursing programs; two pharmacy schools; a dental school; eight academic and research institutions; and 13 support organizations.
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USMNT's Matt Besler squats on the pitch after losing 2-1 against Trinidad and Tobago during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Couva, Trinidad, on Oct. 10, 2017.
The nightmare scenario has played out for the U.S. men's national team.
A roller coaster of a qualifying campaign ended in shambles, with a stunning 2-1 loss to Trinidad & Tobago, coupled with wins by Panama and Honduras over Costa Rica and Mexico, respectively, has eliminated the USA from the World Cup. The Americans will not be playing in Russia next summer.
Trinidad and Tobago, which hadn't won in its last nine matches (0-8-1), exacted revenge for the 1989 elimination at the hands of the United States, doing so in stunning fashion. An own goal from Omar Gonzalez and a rocket from Alvin Jones provided the offense, while Christian Pulisic's second-half goal wasn't enough to save the Americans.
Trinidad & Tobago conceded much of the early possession to the USA but still carved out an early chance, only for it to be spoiled by an offside call. Shahdon Winchester snuck behind the U.S. back line too soon and beat Tim Howard, but the goal was waved off in the fifth minute.
The USA answered immediately with a great chance of its own. Paul Arriola found DeAndre Yedlin on the right wing, and he carried forward before cutting back a cross for Jozy Altidore in the center of the box. The two-goal hero from Friday had a clear look but fired over the bar, letting T&T off in the seventh minute.
Trinidad & Tobago came up with a stunning opener in the 17th minute after a Gonzalez own goal. In trying to clear a cross to Winchester, Gonzalez had the ball loop off his shin and over Howard, sneaking in just under the crossbar. Moments after the goal, Gonzalez was nearly at fault for a penalty, though nothing was called. The T&T goal also came moments after Oribe Peralta scored for Mexico vs. Honduras, which was helpful at the time.
Honduras pulled even with Mexico on a free kick soon after, though, shrinking the margin for error.
Things then somehow got worse for the USA, with Alvin Jones scoring his first international goal in stunning fashion, ripping a rocket that left Howard with no chance.
All that did was make the USA more reliant on Mexico and Costa Rica, and the two rivals obliged. Johan Venegas scored a go-ahead goal for Costa Rica vs. Panama, while Carlos Vela restored Mexico's lead over Honduras.
The USA started the second half on fire through 19-year-old Christian Pulisic. His laser from the edge of the box sliced the deficit in half, bringing the USA within 2-1.
That goal proved to be vital given what happened elsewhere in CONCACAF. Honduras and Panama both scored equalizers, making things quite interesting. Panama's in particular, was controversial, as it never appeared to cross the line in full but was given to Blas Perez.
At that point, one more goal from each would eliminate the USA altogether, but in the live standings, the USA was still in position to go through–temporarily.
That reprieve was short-lived. Honduras tallied again, provisionally bumping the USA down to fourth place.
Clint Dempsey came off the bench again for the USA and nearly delivered the equalizer that would have saved the USA on a pair of occasions. First was off a set piece designed play, with his chance from the top of the box tipped over the bar. In the 78th minute, his 18-yard, bounding effort clanged off the post, missing by inches.
The USA would be made to rue those close calls. Panama's Roman Torres scored a late stunner vs. Costa Rica to send the USA to fifth and out of the World Cup altogether.
It's the first World Cup the USA has missed since 1986.


Whilst Mercedes Benz is a famous household name and still produces beautiful cars, they have a legacy that goes back generations, bringing the world's first petrol powered automobile that changed the world of transport and motoring forever.
The company has been operating under the Mercedes Benz brand since 1926 and has continued to pave the way with technological innovation in performance and safety.
At Footman James we admire cars and manufacturers of all creeds, especially when their contributions to motoring span over 100 years. So what is it that we love so much about Mercedes Benz?
Mercedes Benz vehicles have always pushed the boundaries of performance and efficiency. For example, the company unveiled the world's first seven speed automatic transmission car in 2003, known as the "7g-tronic". This meant that gear changes could be made with speed and smoothness, reducing fuels consumption and increasing overall efficiency. Mercedes Benz can also hold the claim to the world's most powerful and naturally aspirated eight cylinder engine, whilst their 3.0 v6 diesel engine has also set three world records for endurance.
Of course, one of the most important aspect of any vehicle is their safety. Although some classic cars may not have the same safety technology as their modern descendants, Mercedes Benz have had their part in creating some industry-standard mechanisms. Crumple Zones on automobile safety cages can be traced back to Mercedes Benz and are instrumental in protecting drivers if they are in a collision. Another feature of modern day cars attributed to Mercedes Benz are anti-lock brakes which have also likely saved countless lives.
The above are a testament to Mercedes Benz's constant drive for innovation and we have no doubt they will continue to push boundaries in the future. They have been developing and testing driverless cars since 1980 and most likely have other tricks up their sleeve in the coming years. Driverless technology is still one possible future for motoring and you can be sure the Mercedes Benz will be right up there with the first producers.
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One thing we know for a fact is that when one mom hurts, we all hurt. Our mama bear instinct to protect and comfort means we collectively feel a guttural loss as a result of the senseless violence we witnessed yesterday. As an organization, we offer our love and prayers to the parents, educators, students and first responders in Parkland Florida. In addition to that, we commit to be a community of moms who are dedicated to mental health awareness and support. We commit to educate our kids about speaking up when they feel unsafe. We will get involved in local government on behalf of our collective children, and we will spread love so radically that no child falls through the cracks; because we are in this together and it is becoming apparent that it is up to us. Rise up warrior mamas, may we be a gutsy generation of women who say "enough is enough." This is our moment to join hands and use our influence as never before.


People are good at detecting human personalities accurately, even from expressionless mug shots. A study last year showed that we can reliably tell who is extroverted, emotionally stable, agreeable or imaginative - just from their blank and expressionless faces.
A new study shows that we can also predict personality traits accurately from expressionless photos of chimps! In the new study from Bangor University of Wales, 139 college students looked at pairs of chimpanzee mug shots. In the photos, the chimps looked straight ahead or at a slight angle with no teeth showing and no shadowing over the eyes which could make them look threatening. Sixty to 70% of the students accurately identified which chimps were dominant and which were not. Accuracy was better with male chimps than females.
The researchers, led by Robert Ward, say they don't know exactly what characterizes the face of a dominant chimp or an extroverted person. Ward suspects that chimps can detect the difference too. He plans to test that next.
What's the significance of these studies? The researchers conclude that the ability to detect important personality traits from facial structure (not expressions) evolved 7 million years ago in a common ancestor of both chimps and humans. The fact that humans can read chimp facial expressions suggests that this ability is "part of an evolved system."
Chimps are our closest relatives, sharing 98% of the our DNA. It's not too surprising that we should able to read their faces in the same way we read human faces.
I'm always glad when I see a study like this. I have this fantasy that once we realize how smart and how like us chimpanzees and other great apes are, the tide will turn on protecting our ape relatives from impending extinction.


I don't know when to stop the tweaking.
I thought I had finished the bulletin board yesterday. The project was then handed off to Joe to add his expertise.
He is doing some purging in his office. He has decided to part with some of his stuff and sell it on eBay. This frame is quite large and he had to make room for it on the kitchen table.
"Glazier Points" are going to be inserted into the back of the frame. These will help hold the bulletin board inside the frame and keep it there when Carissa pushes the pins in to hold her important notes.
Here is an "artistic" shot of the works. Setting the glazier points. It takes skill and someone that is not as ham fisted as I am. I bend these things pretty bad when I do it so it has become Joe's job because he has the right touch.
Joe's job complete, this puppy isn't coming out of the frame at all. Nice and secure!
This morning I went into my room to see how the Beacon's 3 in 1 glue did with the push pins. Some are holding well with this glue….
However, some are not. Just pulling the pin from the foam core by the attached decorative piece resulted in the pin remaining in the foam core.
Time to get the "big guns" out and use the heavy duty E-6000.
This morning I added some pink ribbon with pearls to the frame. I used hot glue to attach it.
There is something missing……looks like there is too much open space. After attaching the ribbon it seems that the "art piece" is an after thought.
Time to fill up the empty space with more Graphic 45 Le' Romantique images.
I had to cover the back of the frame with brown paper. Hide the glazier points, rough cut wood, and anything else. Make it look a bit more professionally put together.
All that remains to do is attach a hanger piece so it can be mounted on a wall. This will be handed off to Joe once again for the final touch.
I will restrain myself from any further tweaking of the piece.
How often do you look at something you have made and decide that it is not quite finished, after you have finished it?
Enjoy your crafting time. My crafting time is near an end for a while 😦 Time to get back to my day job.


When you're not a designer or working with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator on a daily basis, it can be difficult to differentiate between various file formats. Which ones are best for print or digital platforms? Which ones have a higher resolution and which ones tend to be lower? In what format should your logo be formatted?
Today, I'm giving you a quick and simple breakdown of the best practices and applications for four major and popular file types. I took these as an excerpt from a guest blog post that I wrote a few months ago, which you can find here. There are several other formats to consider as well, but these are the ones that I tend to come across and work with the most. Comment below if you find my tips helpful or if you need any information regarding a different one!
You've probably heard the word vector thrown around quite a bit. A designer loves to work with vector files because they're scalable. You can literally enlarge them to fit any size or format in the world and they won't lose quality. It's the perfect file format for logos and illustrations. (Word of advice—when sending your logo to a designer, send them a vector file.) An EPS can contain both graphics and text.
This file can be printed (think photos) but should be used primarily for the web. It will be pixelated when you try to enlarge it too much, and it will always print with a white box background behind it if placed against anything other than white. Some quality is lost when it's saved because it's compressed.
This file type can be printed, but it should also be used more for web purposes. I prefer to use these over JPEGs, as they tend to have a little higher quality and transparent background (meaning you can place them against any background and they'll translate clearly against it). It's now the most popular lossless image compression format used.
This is a universal file type that everyone knows and uses. High-res PDF files are standard for printing, but they can also be viewed digitally. They, too, will have a transparent background, when you're using the PDF format of a logo.


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FOOD MATCHES: A great match to creamy chicken dishes or vintage cheddar cheese.


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Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is an upcoming spin-off of the Borderlands series. Nevertheless, the title will be pretty unusual for common Borderlands games. According to the developers, the title will have features from old-school RPG board games as well as feature a full world map, the first time for the Borderlands franchise.
Players will experience an epic adventure full of fun, miracle happenings, and large-caliber barrels! All the best features of Borderlands are going to be combined with fantasy stuff as everything is mixed in this eccentric magic world, invented by the Little Tina.
A player will be able to create a unique multiclass hero and go to rob, shoot, hack and conjure. They will have to defeat outlandish monsters, cleanse dungeons filled with loot and stop the tyrannical Dragon Lord!
According to the recent interview with Play Magazine, Gearbox revealed that this time a player won't move from one location to another one like in all the previous games of this franchise. Besides, the game process will be reminding a board game, but a player could set it up in the way they want to play it.
The outside world map is for the most part built like a high-end miniature terrain map, but since Tiny Tina manages things, the detailed models are also accompanied by a layer of cheese here and some spilled soda there. A player will control a miniature version of their character as they move from one mission to the next, and they can be rewarded for wandering the beaten path.
Developers said that a player will be able to discover their own story maps in a personal way and make some additional research. The exploration will open up side maps that have their own main quests and storylines that are self-contained, that are partly related to the main story but are kind of a small piece world. However, there are also wandering monsters to encounter, so you never have to wait long without a first-person fight.
Several weeks before, the developers released a trailer of the game showing several available hero classes. As it can be seen, the game indeed references some RPG settings as there are characters using magic swells, war hammers, swords, and other fantasy stuff. Perhaps it's pretty weird for the common space Western science-fantasy setting of Borderlands, the title may become a breath of fresh air for the series and significantly expand the boundaries of the franchise. The release date of the game is set at March 25.
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Growing and caring for anthurium at home
Greening 2023
Botanical description
Interesting flower names
Varieties of "flamingo flower"
Purchasing and planting a "male flower"
Creating climate conditions
Water and spraying
Propagation of anthurium by cuttings
Seed propagation
Problems in growing "tailflower"
How to achieve flowering?
This beautiful tropical flower, enigmatically called "fiery tongue" for its bright scarlet color and shape, has gained great popularity in recent years. Spectacular flowering can only be achieved with proper care of the anthurium at home and creating a favorable climate for it in the apartment.
Anthurium flower (lat. Anthurium) in the wild can be found in countries of the American continent with a tropical climate: in the southern and central regions. According to the classification, it belongs to the perennials of the aroid family, which has more than 500 species. Among them there are herbaceous plants growing among the rocks or right on the trees.
Anthurium when caring for at home (photo below) requires the creation of a favorable indoor climate close to natural.
All the various types of anthuriums are united by the same structure of flowers. The official name Anthurium is translated from Greek as anthos (flower) andoura (tail), which is given for the shape of small flowers collected in a narrow dense cob, surrounded by a bright "veil" - bract. It is this that is the bright decoration of anthurium, which, after flowering, turns into an ordinary green leaf.
The color of the bedspread varies from white, yellow to shades of red and even black. The shape of the leaves is petiolate, however, there are species that are distinguished by a variety of sizes and colors: solid, openwork or carved.
All aroid plants are poisonous. The flowers contain the substance oxalate, which, if ingested by the human body, can cause swelling of the larynx. Therefore, all manipulations during transplantation or care must be performed with gloves.
According to Feng Shui, Anthurium, located in the house, increases family we alth and career success, it is also considered a home esoteric, which feels the biofield of the owners and increases their susceptibility to positive emotions and happiness.
Anthurium has many names:
romantic - "flamingo flower" - for the grace of inflorescences, shaped like graceful beautiful birds;
"tailflower" - for the original shape of leaves and flowers;
"flower of passion" - for maintaining love and harmony between spouses in the house;
he received the popular name "male happiness" for the tradition of giving it to representatives of the strong half of humanity, which gives them courage, success in work and in their personal lives, and also increases their sexual capabilities.
All varieties of anthuriums are divided into 3 main varieties:
beautifully blooming, decorated with bright exotic flowers;
green-leaved and variegated, which are valued precisely for the beauty of the leaves.
Many types of anthuriums can only be grown in greenhouses, and keeping them indoors is difficult.
Among the variety of anthurium varieties for growing and caring for at home, only a few are suitable:
Andre (Andreanum) - the most popular because of the long flowering period (almost all year round). On long peduncles are spectacular, amazingly beautiful flowers. Their shades are different: snow-white, lilac, scarlet, pink, burgundy. In recent years, breeders have also developed varieties with green and almost black bracts.
Scherzera (Scherzerianum) - differs in the rounded shape of the bedspread, colors: orange, red shades and white, plants with a speckled bract are also bred.
Crystal and magnificent - representatives of variegated species, undersized plants with velvety large dark green leaves, decorated with white veins. These 2 varieties differ in the cross-section of petioles: the first one is rounded in the shape of a heart with veins resembling patterns on crystal, the second one is tetrahedral up to 40 cm in size, the color varies from green to purple.
Multisected anthurium has dark green leaves in the formfingers, liana-like plant.
After buying an anthurium, you should wait 3 days for acclimatization, and then you need to transplant it, which some flower growers do not know about. Many are afraid to touch the purchased plant, strewn with bright flowers, so as not to interfere with the flowering process. However, for anthurium, this rule does not apply. In order for the plant to continue to bloom profusely after purchase, the anthurium must be transplanted correctly for home care.
The main attention should be paid to the choice of capacity and soil mixture, adhering to 3 basic rules:
The size of the pot is selected based on: the root system and spare 3 cm in diameter. You need to know that anthurium grows better in narrow and small containers, which has a positive effect on flowering. Ideal for a pot: plastic or glass flowerpots, but not clay ones, in which the roots are very cool during the cold season, which can lead to the death of the flower.
The soil is best suited for special, purchased at a flower shop for aroid plants or a mixture for orchids. Drainage must be placed below. It is possible to prepare the soil yourself from soddy soil, peat, marsh moss in proportions of 1: 2: 1, foam plastic or coarse sand is added to improve air flow.
The best way to transplant is transshipment, however, you should inspect the root system and remove rotten or damaged areas.
In the future, young plants should be transplanted annually, each time slightly increasing the pot. For adult anthuriums, home care transplantation should be done every 3 years, best during the period of active growth (February-March).
In the first 2 weeks after planting, watering should be minimal, and spraying should be carried out regularly. The first fertilizer can only be applied after 2 months.
When caring for an anthurium flower at home, its tropical origin should be taken into account, which is why creating favorable indoor conditions for a capricious plant can be accompanied by some difficulties. However, all of them are surmountable and quite affordable for experienced and even beginner growers.
Basic care rules:
anthurium loves sunlight, but not direct, but diffused, it is best to put it on windows facing west or east; in the cold season, with a lack of lighting, the plant must be highlighted;
the flower loves high humidity, so 80% is considered ideal for it: to achieve it, it is recommended to use air humidifiers, as well as regular wiping the leaves with a damp cloth (do not touch the inflorescences!), spraying from a spray bottle, installing a container near the pot with water;
favorable temperature for anthurium: from 20 to 28 ° C, and in the autumn-winter period - 18 ° C, which can affect flowering; when lowered to 16 ° C, the plant may die;
Anthurium cannot stand drafts,temperature fluctuations and proximity to hot batteries.
Since this is a truly tropical plant, when caring for anthurium at home, rare and abundant watering is necessary: in summer - once every 4 days, in winter - once a week, for which water is defended in advance for 2 days. It can only be used warm. The ideal option is to use melt water.
Irrigation is carried out by immersion, i.e. a flower pot is placed in a container of water so that its edges are above the liquid level. After the soil is completely saturated with moisture, the pot is removed. Be sure to wait until the excess water drains, because. when stagnant, excessive moisture will provoke rotting of the roots.
When caring for anthurium in winter at home, when the temperature in the apartment drops to 18 ° C, the number of waterings is reduced, but a warm shower is added. For it, you can use a plastic bag in which a pot with a plant is placed and tied so that the soil remains dry during the procedure. The flower is sprayed from the shower using the "water mist" method, and then it is necessary to do a little watering of the soil, not forgetting to drain the excess liquid from the pan. When spraying a flowering plant in the summer, do not spray water on the flowers themselves, so as not to spoil them.
Regular flower fertilizer is carried out every 2 weeks in the spring and summer months, it is especially important to do this during the period of increased growth of flower andleaf shoots. It is best to use ready-made mineral complex mixtures intended for orchids or aroid plants for top dressing. It is recommended to use only half the dose indicated in the instructions, so as not to burn.
The most common method is vegetative, which can be done by dividing the bush during transplantation, separating "children" or apical cuttings. Some flower growers use the method of growing a stem with one leaf. With optimal care at home, Anthurium breeding is carried out in the warmer months, preferably from May to July, which contributes to better plant survival.
Procedure for the vegetative method:
during transplantation, shoots should be separated from an adult plant by cutting off the top of the stems or separating the lower parts (roots);
seat them in special containers and cover with glass or polyethylene to create a greenhouse;
rooting usually occurs in 2 weeks, while 2 leaves begin to form on the sprout, then each young plant is planted in a separate pot.
Some flower growers root the cuttings in water, but weak young roots often rot with this method.
In order to get the seeds of indoor Anthurium flowers when caring for at home, the plant must first be pollinated, for which, with the help of a brush, pollen is transferred from one flower to another. After fruit ripeningin the form of berries, the seeds are taken out and washed in a running stream of water.
Many experts also recommend soaking the resulting seeds in a weak solution of potassium permanganate for 2 hours, which helps protect them from mold.
Sowing is carried out in a shallow container on wet foam rubber, which is then covered with film or glass. After germination, the seeds are planted in the soil. The picking of small anthurium seedlings when caring for at home (see photo of the process below) is done three times, as they grow. Finished seedlings 7 cm long are settled in separate containers using special soil for aroid plants.
When growing indoor anthurium, home care often causes unforeseen difficulties that are associated with non-compliance with the rules for its optimal growth and flowering.
Main problems, causes and treatment:
Yellowing of the leaves is usually due to waterlogging the soil, watering with unsettled chlorinated water, over-fertilizing, lack of lighting or too tight a pot.
The leaves turn black on the plant for the following reasons: the presence of drafts, lack of moisture in the air; incorrect temperature conditions (hot or cold); direct sunlight; there is excess potassium in the soil.
Brown spots are due to waterlogging, damage or hypothermia to the roots, poor soil; watering with hard or cold water.
If Anthurium dries when cared for at homeleaves or their tips, then this happens due to lack of light and moisture in the air, lack of water when watering, or when a weakened plant becomes ill with anthracosis.
Light spots on the green parts of the plant signal its freezing, which means that the pot with anthurium should be moved to a warmer place;
Withering of the foliage occurs when the root system rots from excessive watering, and it should be quickly transplanted, cutting off the affected roots and drying for 30 minutes. the rest.
To cure a diseased plant, it is necessary to optimize its care, observing the correct watering, temperature and humidity.
When an anthurium flower looks sick or has lost its beauty when leaving at home, then pests may be to blame, the fight against which must be started immediately after their identification.
The most common parasites:
Aphids (green or black) - usually visible on the leaves of the plant themselves, because its size reaches 2 mm. It feeds on plant juices and secretes a liquid that prevents the leaves from consuming oxygen, they curl up and dry out. To destroy the pest, it is necessary to spray with an insecticide ("Akarin" and others) or tobacco dust.
Thrips are small invisible flies that secrete their excrement onto the leaves, attracting fungi. When infected, the color of the leaves changes: yellow-white or brown spots appear. To combat thrips, sticky traps and spraying with the drug are used.Actellik daily for a week.
The spider mite leaves thin threads and punctures on the plant, after which it begins to wither and dry. For treatment, the leaves must be wiped with a cloth dipped in a solution of water and laundry soap, then treated with acaricides.
The scale insect is a parasite that sucks the juices from the green parts, which can be seen by the appearance of brown tubercles on the leaves and stem. Insects should be collected manually, then treated with Actellik, repeated after 10 days. To maintain the plant, spray with mineral oil.
When caring for anthurium at home, some lovers can not wait for it to bloom. There can be many reasons for this, among which the main one is non-compliance with all the rules for creating a favorable climate, humidity, light and heat in the apartment, as well as improper selection of soil, a pot or top dressing. The plant loses strength, gets sick and is unable to form flower stalks.
It is also important to consider that already faded anthurium buds should be removed immediately. They can be left only in the case when the plans are to collect seeds from the plant. One more piece of advice: to stimulate flowering, experienced gardeners advise to give the plant a "temperature shock" in early spring, i.e. pour water with a temperature of 40-50 ° C, which will perfectly "cheer him up".
If you follow all the rules for caring for anthurium at home and create favorable conditions for it, the "flamingo flower" will delight for a long timeits owner with beautiful bright colors.


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Switzerland issues 1000-franc note, bucks world trend
By Arthur L. Friedberg
Published: Mar 18, 2019, 4 AM
The Swiss National Bank began issuing a new 1,000-franc note on March 13.
Original images courtesy of Swiss National Bank.
The release of the 1,000-franc notes is unusual in that many nations are eliminating their high-denomination notes, not introducing new ones.
Images courtesy of Swiss National Bank.
The Swiss National Bank began issuing a new 1,000-franc note on March 13. Worth about $995, it is one of the highest value bank notes in the world, and with the European Central Bank no longer printing the €500 note, an attractive vehicle for those wishing to hold a large amount of cash in as small a volume as possible.
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It is the fifth of six denominations in the bank's new, ninth, note series. The 10-, 20-, 50-, and 200-franc notes are already in circulation. The notes from the eighth series remain legal tender until further notice.
The theme of the series is "the many facets of Switzerland." The bank describes this as a concept in which each denomination depicts a typically Swiss characteristic, which is then graphically illustrated using a range of elements.
The theme of the 1,000-franc note is Switzerland's communicative flair, expressed by the note's key motif, language. The core design elements of a hand and a shimmering globe appear on every denomination in the series. The globe is meant to reflect that Switzerland sees itself as part of an interconnected world. In the sequence of notes from 1,000-franc to 10-franc notes, the Earth rotates once on its axis, passing through a full day.
The handshake on the face symbolizes interpersonal communication. The symbols over the globe are from the phonetic alphabet, which facilitates correct pronunciation of words in different languages. The key motif is also on the security strip, which has a map showing the language regions of Switzerland and its neighbors. In addition, the names of all Swiss cantons are listed.
On the back, Switzerland's communicative side is represented by depictions of the seats in parliament — a forum for public debate, and an open network.
The colors of the new series are unchanged from the eighth, so the 1,000-franc note is purple. However, the format has been modified — the new notes are smaller to make them easier to handle.
The bank says the combination of complex security features and sophisticated design provides state-of-the-art anti-counterfeiting protection. The note is printed on a three-layer substrate by Landqart known as Durasafe. Security features include holographic foil, SPARK optically variable ink and Landqart's Thrusafe and Viewsafe clear windows. It also has a tactile feature to aid those with visual impairments in identifying the denomination. The notes were printed in Switzerland by Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd.
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I'm so very behind on blog posts so I'm playing a bit of catch up. I shared this card over on Instagram on Saturday for day 3 of The Daily Marker's 30-Day Coloring Challenge. It was a long week at work and about all I had energy for was coloring these pretty intricate die cuts from Pinkfresh Studio.
I started by die cutting some of the Dainty Florals dies out of Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock. Then I colored them using Copics. I used V22, V25, V28, and BV08 for the purple flowers, RV42, R32, R14, and R29 for the red flowers, and G21, G24, and G28 for the leaves and stems.
Then I trimmed an A2-sized piece of Neenah down to 4″ x 5.25″ and used one of the dies from the Noteworth Frames die set which partically cuts out a frame. Using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink, I stamped a sentiment from the My Favorite Things To Say stamp set and then tucked the flowers through the partially die cut frame. I used a bit of paper tape on the back side to hold the flowers in place and also used a few drops of glue behinds some of the flowers to secure them.
I used the G21 marker to color in the borders of an A2-sized piece of Neenah and then adhered the card front to it before adhering the whole thing to an A2-sized card base to finish.


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Published On: Tue, Mar 19th, 2013
Politics / US Headlines / US News | By Butter Bracco
Adam Lanza kept huge list of murderers, body counts, pointed to gaming as motivation and saw Sandy Hook kids as 'easy points'
Three months after the tragic shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, shocking and horrifying new details have to come to light regarding Adam Lanza's motive for killing 26 people.
According to a law enforcement officer, detailed in a March 19 article, Adam was a "glory killer" who kept a large hit list, and that he chose the elementary school because he knew he could rack up a large amount of "kills".
Lanza kept a chilling 7-by-4-foot spreadsheet with 500 names as part of research into mass killings in the past. A source, who requested anonymity, said Lanza kept tabs on the number of casualties each killer racked up and the precise make and model of the weapons used.
"Names and the number of people killed and the weapons that were used, even the precise make and model of the weapons. It had to have taken years. It sounded like a doctoral thesis, that was the quality of the research."
"We keep calling them mass murderers," the veteran cop said. "But there should be a new way of referring to them: Glory killers."
"They don't believe this was just a spreadsheet. They believe it was a score sheet," he continued. "This was the work of a video gamer, and that it was his intent to put his own name at the very top of that list. They believe that he picked an elementary school because he felt it was a point of least resistance, where he could rack up the greatest number of kills. That's what (the Connecticut police) believe."
Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old shooter of Sandy Hook Elementary
Adam was a deranged adolescent who was obsessed with violent video games such as Call of Duty, and it is believed that his reason for shooting at the school was because he wanted live out a video game in real life. He had an extensive hit list, according to a law officer.
"They believe that (Adam) believed that it was the way to pick up the easiest points. It's why he didn't want to be killed by law enforcement. In the code of a gamer, even a deranged gamer like this little b**tard, if somebody else kills you, they get your points. They believe that's why he killed himself."
The issue of video game violence has been a topic on Capitol Hill, noting that mass murderer Anders Breivik used the popular first-person shooter game Call of Duty to hone his shooting skills before killing 77 people in Norway in 2011.
"There are too many video games that celebrate the mass killing of innocent people — games that despite attempts at industry self-regulation find their way into the hands of children," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said.
"Scientific research and international and domestic crime data all point toward the same conclusion: Entertainment does not cause violent behavior in the real world," the Entertainment Software Association said in January.
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CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON says:
NOW, THE "PSYCHO-BABBLE" STARTS.
AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, I WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE Adam Lanza WAS A "LONER" WHO MERELY "GOT TIRED" OF THE FEELINGS FROM ISOLATION/DESPAIR AND BEING SURROUNDED BY "FAKE" PEOPLE WHO CLAIMED THEY "LOVED" HIM. Mr. Lanza ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS MOTHER – THAT IS A "BIG DEAL" TO BE ABLE TO "PULL
T-H-A-T OFF."
WHETHER OR NOT THIS "HIT LIST" EXISTS, WHO CARES? THE PSYCHOLOGY COMMUNITY IS DETERMINED TO MANUFACTURE ANSWERS ON WHY PEOPLE KILL.
CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HORTON


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PDT has supported the design and construction of the multiphase renovation of The University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium, including the renovation of sky box areas, new club levels, press areas, new concourses, lettermen's lounge, and locker rooms. The engineering support included evaluation of structural fire resistance and protection needs, fire alarm system design, automatic sprinkler system design (including freeze protection), and egress analysis.
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Earlier this year I braved the wintery cold of Romania and headed out to Brasov, the base of Oyster Worldwide's activities in Eastern Europe and the home of our volunteering with kids projects.
Despite having lived in Romania for 3 months during my gap year, I had never really delved into the world of volunteering with kids there. I needed to see for myself the hard work that our Oyster volunteers have been doing for the past 10 years.
It is estimated that 60,000 children are in care in Romania at the moment. About 1000 more are abandoned each year due to rising financial pressures. The childcare system in Romania has improved dramatically over the past 20 years with international funding and charities helping to make sure that the kids in the system are properly cared for. However, there is a severe shortage of staff, and so the interaction, attention and affection that kids so need is often overlooked. Oyster volunteers' roles are to fill this need, and to be a role model, help and friend to these kids.
It was a really inspiring visit to see all of the childcare institutions that Oyster sends volunteers to. The kids were very happy, very eager to play, and even more keen to show off their English skills to me! Despite the hardships that they have gone through, the kids were very bright, sociable and above all, fun. It was great to get involved in their games and to simply teach them new ones. The fact that I spoke a bit of Romanian seemed to go a long way too, even though they found my accent hilarious.
Oyster volunteers have been working in various orphanages, family homes, hospices, schools and nurseries over the last decade to bring love and affection into these children's lives. The full time workers are stretched with time and resources, and so are working hard to provide for the kids' practical well being. The volunteers can provide these kids with games, English help, laughter and the figure of a role model. Without volunteers, many of the kids wouldn't be overly active, and volunteers are a great way to motivate these kids on.
The range of childcare institutions that Oyster volunteers go to is really varied. Volunteers help out with orphans and kids with mental and physical disabilities, working with them to give them hope and a brighter future.
I loved to visit all of these inspiring places, my only wish being that I could have stayed for longer!
Why are there so many orphans in Romania?
After WWII, Romania fell under the Iron Curtain of communism. As with many communist countries in this time, Romania started to run into economic problems in the 1970s. The dictator Nicolai Ceasescu was in charge of the country, and he decided that the answer to the economic problem was to create a larger workforce. A larger workforce would mean that more people would be able to work in the factories and on the fields, thus creating more food and wealth for the country.
This decision meant that women were encouraged to have more and more children. Married couples under the age of 40 were penalised if they did not have more than 4 children, often receiving punishment, fewer rations and interrogations from the Securitate, the secret police. This policy became more extreme later on, when mothers under 45 were expected to have at least 5 children.
Life was very hard in Romania at the time. There was not enough food to feed the current population, let alone all of the children that were being born. This meant that many mothers had to abandon their children to the state, and the number of children in orphanages sky rocketed in the 1980s. Many people will remember tragic footage on the news in the 1990s of the state of children in care in Romania when the dictatorship had fallen.
Sadly, whilst these policies no longer exist, the effects can still be felt. The huge number of children that were abandoned to the state in the 1980s were not educated, and had no idea how to survive in the world. Many fell pregnant early on, and fed into the same circle of desolation. More children were left to the state to care for, and it is only now in the early 2000s that Romania is starting to recover from these disastrous policies.


It's not difficult to find a donut joint here in Chicago, but some are a cut above the rest. In honor of National Donut Day we're sharing a list of the Top 10 Donuts in Chicagoland according to you, our fans!* No chains. No frills. No nonsense. Just good, old-fashioned donuts.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are now arriving at our final destination: the perfect product. In the last part of our series "The customer as a compass of product development" we explain how to create the best possible user experience by conducting usability tests.
Nobody makes bad products on purpose. Often, however, the wrong goals are in the focus. If business goals are the only drivers in product development, the probability is that the most important factor is overlooked: the customer.
At the Service Design Days in sunny Barcelona a rather small and cold country surprised us: Estonia.
Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) are the talk of the town right now – from small Facebook bots that order flowers, to Siri, Alexa or Google Home. For me as a UX designer focusing on strategy and storytelling, the creation of a CUI is perfectly situated on the junction of user needs, business goals and yes, the exciting story developing on the way to both.
Nobody makes bad products on purpose. Often, however, the wrong goals are in the foreground. If business goals are the only drivers in product development, the probability is that the most important factor is overlooked: the customer.
International rollouts involve the implementation of websites and applications across multiple distribution levels and national boundaries – and they are a key business area for NOLTE&LAUTH. That is why we have developed a process that allows us to define, plan and carry out any rollout project. Our project description Around the world in 700 days: the global rollout for smart discusses our method for the successful global rollout of the platform for smart, both on the company's market and dealer levels: the NOLTE&LAUTH 4+12 step approach.
Why can I simply not get this scene out of my head? Why does this old joke still make me laugh every time? And why can I hardly wait to watch the next episode of Homeland? This and many other questions have a common answer: a successful story!


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After Laughter: The Return of Paramore
by	Keah Brown Monday, May 15, 2017
Paramore is back. The trio, Taylor York, Hayley Williams, and Zac Farro returned with After Laughter, their fifth studio album. Zac Farro, who rejoined the band after Jeremy Davis' 2015 exit, was a welcome surprise to longtime fans. The 12-track album comes after the group almost disbanded, according to Williams, but York is the reason they are still a band and we couldn't be more grateful.
The album begins with lead single "Hard Times," which is one of the faster songs on the album. The track is all about the difficult moments in our life when you want to give up because they seem never-ending but comfortable because you've lived with them for so long. In many ways, "Hard Times" feels like a song that is asking the listener to join them on a journey of their highest highs and lowest lows as they try to figure out how they survived it all. "Rose-Colored Boy" is the track that follows and appears to be about a person who is optimistic but doesn't understand that not everyone has optimism left in them regarding the way the world currently is. The track is great in that it doesn't ask the optimist to change themselves but only asks the optimist to allow pessimists to be upset and feel what they need to feel. I think too, in many ways, they are asking their fans both old and new to do the same.
"Told You So," the second single off the album, takes a bit of a turn and focuses in on the people who jump at the chance to say "I told you so" the minute that something goes wrong. These people are the kind of people that feign concern but delight in being right much more. "Fake Happy" is exactly what the title suggests, faking happiness in public places so that people don't see how much you're hurting. The track opens with a single guitar for the first two verses, slow and steady before the third verse brings in a drum as the song insists that everyone is a little fake happy and that they don't want to pretend anymore that things are okay. This ties in with the earlier request in "Rose-Colored Boy" to let them feel what they need to feel.
"26" is simply heartbreaking. It's about the moment when you stop the façade and let the tears fall as you recount the memories you made and the person you used to be as if you're mourning them with the understanding that you can't ever be that person again. "Pool" is the closest to a love song Paramore has gotten to a love song, but there's a catch. The song isn't about a love being perfect or beautiful but a love that hurts and is hard but worth the effort. "Grudges," Williams admits in part two of a beats 1 interview, is a song about Farro and the rebuilding of their friendship after a long time and how they let go of grudges and are enjoying what their friendship is now and who they are now. "Caught In the Middle" is about being stuck between nostalgia and the urgency to move forward and keep living.
"Idle Worship" and "Tell Me How" are our favorite tracks on the album. "Idle Worship" addresses the way in which some fans of the band put the band and Williams herself on a pedestal, believing as though they can do no wrong when everything is going well, just to cut them down when something goes awry or they make a mistake. The song explains that Williams herself is just a human being who is not perfect while explaining that she nor the other band members are not worthy of blind worship and that, if someone decides to do so, they will surely be let down. "Tell Me How" is the gut-wrenching closer of the album all about being unsure of where you stand with someone all the while being unsure of how you're supposed to feel about them.
"No Friend," which falls just between "Idle Worship" and "Tell Me How" is the only song on the album that doesn't quite seem to fit. The song is not in fact a song at all nor does it feature any of the members of Paramore and maybe that's why it seems so out of place on the album. The track feels like a better fit for 2005's All We Know Is Falling or 2007's Riot!
We love the new album, and as longtime fans of the band, we can't wait to hear them perform live. How do you feel about the new After Laughter era? Let us know in the comments!
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Congratulations Bangladesh on their first Test victory.
As I write this, Bangladesh are four wickets away from their first-ever Test win. It might be tempting to think that a win over a youthful Zimbabwean eleven cheapens the honour a bit, but I for one am not going to scoff at that. Cricket should be expanding its constituency, not clinging on to an exclusive post-imperial elite club. As with the inauguration of the ICC Intercontinental Cup last year, a Bangladesh Test win can only be a positive in expanding the game's horizons.
JH visited Darwin on Monday August 5, where he attended the Darwin Cup (and failed to pick the winner). On Tuesday and Wednesday August 6 and 7 he headed east to northern Queensland to visit aboriginal communities in Weipa. Australia played Bangladesh in a one-day international at Marrara Oval, Darwin, on Wednesday the 7th – the first ODI ever held in Darwin (which had staged the First Test between Australia and Bangladesh almost three weeks earlier). JH wasn't there.
Maybe if Australia was playing England, or South Africa, or New Zealand….? Of course, Bradman never played against Bangladesh, nor did Menzies ever watch them play.
Okay. And lastly Prime Minister, you've enjoyed our Darwin Cup. We've got the cricket against Bangladesh, again a one-day match, here tomorrow. You're not tempted to stay an extra day?
Much and all as I like cricket, I can't get into a situation where I see every cricket match that takes place. I'd like to, but I have some very important commitments in the Cape York area. I want to meet the people in the Cape York Land Council, I want to learn something of the programs they have there involving restrictions on the consumption of alcohol and the very big link between alcohol consumption and violence against women. And I'll have to give this one a miss.
JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, when you are dealing on very serious matters, and that's not to put our topic of sport down, but more serious matters with the heads of State of other cricketing playing nations. Is it used as an icebreaker?
We come to expect the ABC sports department to mangle, ignore, or totally re-invent sporting ground titles when there are naming rights sponsorships involved.


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Author: Tara Seals
A set of address-spoofing bugs affect users of six different types of mobile browsers, with some remaining unpatched.
A set of address-bar spoofing vulnerabilities that affect a number of mobile browsers open the door for malware delivery, phishing and disinformation campaigns.
The bugs, reported by Rapid7 and independent researcher Rafay Baloch, affect six browsers, ranging from the common (Apple Safari, Opera Touch/Mini and Yandex), to the less common (Bolt Browser, RITS Browser and UC Browser). They allow an attacker to present a fake address for a web page – which is a problem in the mobile world, where a URL is often the only verification of legitimacy that users have before navigating to a website.
"Mobile browsers are a pretty special sort of software that end up acting as a user's multipass for all types of critical applications in their day-to-day life," explained Rapid7 research director Tod Beardsley, in a blog post on Tuesday. "Essentially, if your browser tells you that a pop-up notification or a page is 'from' your bank, your healthcare provider or some other critical service you depend on, you really should have some mechanism of validating that source. In mobile browsers, that source begins and ends with the URL as shown in the address bar. The fact of the matter is, we really don't have much else to rely on."
Because of the lack of real estate for security indicators on the mobile screen, browsers usually block developers from altering anything in the address bar. What's shown on the screen must correspond with where the page is actually hosted, making it almost impossible to convincingly spoof the location of text or images. However, this group of bugs allows attackers to get around such protections.
"The bugs allow attackers to interfere with the timing between page loads and when the browser gets a chance to refresh the address bar," said Baloch, in a technical paper also posted on Tuesday. "They can cause either a pop-up to appear to come from an arbitrary website or can render content in the browser window that falsely appears to come from an arbitrary website."
Baloch released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit demonstrating the browser-based spoofing vulnerability in Safari for both iOS and Mac (CVE-2020-9987).
"The vulnerability occurs due to Safari preserving address bar of the URL when requested over an arbitrary port, the set interval function reloads bing.com:8080 every 2 milliseconds," he explained. "Hence, the user is unable to recognize the redirection from the original URL to spoofed URL. What makes this vulnerability more effective in Safari by default does not reveal port number in URL unless and until focus is set via cursor."
Essentially, all of this means that an attacker could set up a website for phishing, spreading malware or spoofing news sources for disinformation purposes, and then send the URL to a target via email, SMS or messaging app, or social media.
"Imagine a text message from a spoofed phone number that says, 'There is an important message from your payment processor, click here,' and then you click without really looking, and end up on a web page that clearly (but falsely) says it's PayPal, and hey, can you give up your password real quick?" Beardsley noted. "This seems like a pretty effective attack, given that the address bar is really the only signal you have to tell 'where' your browser 'is.'"
Here's a list of affected browsers and assigned CVEs:
The bugs could affect a wide range of users, even for the lesser-used browsers. Bolt for instance has more than 210,000 reviews and ranks No. 47 in the App Store, and UC Browser has 500 million downloads from Google Play.
Users of the affected browsers should update where possible and otherwise remain wary.
"With the ever-growing sophistication of spear-phishing attacks, exploitation of browser-based vulnerabilities such as address-bar spoofing for conducting targeted phishing attacks may exacerbate the success of targeted attacks and hence prove to be very lethal," Baloch concluded. "First and foremost, it is easy to persuade the victim into stealing credentials or distributing malware when the address bar points to a trusted website and giving no indicators forgery, secondly since the vulnerability exploits a specific feature in a browser, it can evade several anti-phishing schemes and solutions."
The research also exposed similar bugs in some desktop browsers, according to the researchers, who said that those will be disclosed in a later writeup.
"It should be mentioned that MacOS Safari was also affected by the same issue (and fixed in the Big Sur MacOS release from a couple days ago)," Beardsley said.
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A bowl of Oh's cereal takes me back to wonderful memories eating a late night snack with my Great Grandfather. I loved that cereal and still do. It kept its crunch long after it had been soaking in milk and then of course you got to drink the cereal milk at the end. Who doesn't love cereal milk?
I would spend my Summer vacation with him in Florida and we would sit together and watch TV while snacking on our bowls of cereal. Until this very day, when I'm stressed out, I seek out that same box of cereal, and even though he's not here with us anymore it makes me feel like he is. I'm not sure if my kids will have the same experience I had with cereal, but I do know that they like it. What's important to me is that they enjoy their favorite food in the most healthy way possible. Even if it's only cereal.
If you follow me on Facebook, Instagram or have had a conversation that's more than 2 minutes long, you'll know that I'm the sugar police. I hate processed sugar, but I have a huge sweet tooth. So I'm always on the lookout for healthy alternatives to my favorite sweet treats.
I'm not a huge cereal eater, but I do like to enjoy a nice bowl here and there. Since my kids love cereal, my mission has always been finding a healthy breakfast cereal for them. That's a hard hunt even for the Healthy Chef Lady!
Today, I'm walking you down the cereal aisle to help you find a healthy breakfast cereal your family will enjoy. Thankfully, we've come a long way when it comes to cereal over the last few years. Even national brands have upped their game thanks to people speaking out about what they want. Your bowl of cereal doesn't have to be a sugar bomb in the morning anymore! I have some personal favorites I'm going to share with you.
I want to be straightforward and clarify I do not get paid to endorse these products at all. I just love to share the good products I find.
There are 4 things to look for when choosing a healthy cereal.
How much sugar is in the cereal and what kind of sugar are they using? Some people say sugar is sugar, but I disagree. White sugar is the most processed sugar out there! I always try to look for cereals that are sweetened with honey, brown rice syrup, cane syrup or maple syrup which are hard to find. I also look for the amount of sugar in each serving. Because at the end of the day no matter how healthy of a sweetener it is, it should always be in moderation. I choose cereals that have 9 grams or less of sugar per serving. Great brands that I love and use natural sweeteners and healthy Ingredients are Erewhon, Love Grown Foods, Barbara's, Ezekiel & Nature's Path.My friend Maria lives on Nature's Path Flax Plus Pumpkin Raisin Crunch!
Fiber & protein are extremely important to have in your diet. Protein stabilizes your blood sugar levels and your body uses protein to make enzymes, hormones & other body chemicals. Fiber is so important for colon & gut health. Fiber keeps your food flowing in the body. This is important because you don't want to keep waste in the body any longer than it has to be. You want your food to come in, soak up all the vitamins & minerals and leave. My favorite cereal has a great source of fiber and protein from beans. Yes, I said beans & cereal in the same sentence. Look for Love Grown Foods in your cereal aisle. Their cereal is made out of beans and if you ate it you wouldn't even know. Try and find cereals that offer a good amount of protein, at least 5 grams or more per serving. The same applies to fiber, the cereal you choose should have at least 4 grams of fiber.
If you don't read the label you'd never know the amount of sodium you are consuming. Take a look at a can of tomatoes the next time you are shopping. If you opened the can and tasted a tomato you'd have no idea that there was a ton of salt in it because it doesn't taste like it, but it has an enormous amount of added salt. So do a lot of cereals. Be sure to check out the sodium amount. "Your sodium amount should be no more than 170 mg per serving" says Rebecca Meyerson, MS Certified Nutrition Counselor at Simply Healthy Living.
Last but certainly not least, I check out the actual ingredients listed. My number one rule is, "if I can't pronounce it, I am not eating it!" It's just that simple. If I have to sound it out, I am definitely not eating that bad boy. I look for easy to read words and words I recognize. And I choose the shortest ingredient list I see with the most recognizable words. With that being said most people can pronounce high fructose corn syrup but, it's not good for you. Choose cereals whose labels look like this. Simple and minimum amounts of ingredients listed.
It may take a few weeks of trial and error but eventually you'll find a great tasting and healthy cereal that your kid, and you, will love.
Have you found a great cereal that is made with great ingredients and your family loves it?
Share with us below in the comments. I would love to hear about everyone's favorite, and your recommendations will help other parents. Here are a few more articles on choosing healthy breakfast cereals I thought you would love.
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Palo Alto High grad Jeremy Lin drew a lot of attention during the Golden State Warriors' Media Day on Monday. Photo by Kyle Terada.
If and when Palo Alto High grad Jeremy Lin takes the floor for the Golden State Warriors in his first NBA game, he may face less pressure than what he did Monday when the team hosted its annual Media Day. Lin, who has yet to play in his first pro game, took part in the activities that included interviews and a photo shoot.
Lin is one of 19 players on the Warriors' roster for training camp, which opened on Tuesday at the team's practice facility in downtown Oakland.
The recently signed forwards Jeff Adrien, Vernon Goodridge and James Mays, as well as guards Cheyne Gadson and Aaron Miles, to contracts, the team announced Monday.
The Warriors will open their preseason schedule at Oracle Arena in Oakland against the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, October 8. Golden State's season opener will be Oct. 27 at home against the Houston Rockets.
Photos by Kyle Terada, a Paly grad and photographer for US Presswire.


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The Water Cooler: What Decision Makers In Your Industry Are Reading on LinkedIn
Spencer Davison
LinkedIn is becoming the digital water cooler for businesses around the world. There are 610 million members on LinkedIn, and they are reading and engaging with articles on the platform.
Each of those 610 million members experiences a different LinkedIn. Your feed is different from your neighbor who is in a different industry, because you have different connections and divergent business interests. You see different content in your feed than anyone else on the platform.
That fact, however, doesn't mean that there aren't similarities in the content you and others engage with on LinkedIn — especially if they work in the same industry as you. In this month's Water Cooler, we take a deep dive into six separate industries to examine the different content that decision makers in those industries were consuming compared to other sectors of the economy.
Read on, and you'll find the top five articles professionals were engaging with in March in six distinct industries: financial services, government/education, manufacturing/industrial, oil & energy, professional services, and staffing.
The top two articles in this sector for the month of March are about the habits of successful people — perhaps not a surprising development for such competitive industries as financial services and insurance. The top article that professionals in this arena engaged with, "Stop Asking 'How Are You?' Harvard Researcher Say This is How Successful People Make Small Talk," offers advice on how to be more successful in starting conversations, which can be a valuable skill in sales-driven industries such as these. The second article, "13 Things Ridiculously Successful People Do Every Day," offers surprising and actionable tips on how executives such as Andy Grove and Warren Buffet have approached their day-to-day work lives.
Stop Asking 'How Are You?' Harvard Researchers Say This is How Successful People Make Small Talk By Gary Burnison, CNBC
13 Things Ridiculously Successful People Do Every Day By Dr. Travis Bradberry
Nightmare for the JPMorgan Bankers who Spent All Their Bonuses By Sarah Butcher, eFinancialCareers
Boeing 737 Max: What You Should Know if You're Booked on a Flight By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA Today
4 Reasons to Not Renew Your Costco Membership By Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool
The top five articles that government and education professionals were engaging with in March revealed an economic sector dealing with transformation. The top article, "UK Govt Announces New International Education Strategy," exists at the nexus of government and education: It's a story about how the United Kingdom is attempting to continue to attract international college students as Brexit looms. Another article, "Meet the English Professor Creating the Billion-Dollar College Of The Future," showed how a small non-profit college in New Hampshire was borrowing the techniques of for-profit universities to attract students. Additionally, two other articles in the top five examined the impact of diversity.
UK Govt Announces New International Education Strategy The Pie News
Women of Color Get Less Support at Work. Here's How Managers Can Change That. By Zuhairah Washington and Laura Morgan Roberts, Harvard Business Review
Strategies to Help Maximize Giving and Reduce Taxes in 2019 Schwab Charitable
Black Entrepreneur Launches the Most Diverse and Inclusive Luxury Skintone Line of Women's Shoes BlackNews.com
Meet the English Professor Creating the Billion-Dollar College Of The Future By Susan Adams, Forbes
Manufacturing/Industrial
While many of the articles on LinkedIn could be classified as thought leadership, news also plays a big role on the platform. All five articles that decision makers in the manufacturing/industrial sector were engaging with last month explored stories in the news, such as the break-up of DowDuPont, a Saudi Aramco acquisition, and a new leadership team at Newmont, a mining company.
DowDuPont Is About to Break Up. Here's What the Parts Are Worth. By Al Root, Barron's
Newmont Announces Executive Leadership Team for Combination with Goldcorp Businesswire
Saudi Aramco to Buy SABIC in $69 Billion Chemicals Megadeal By Marwa Rashad, Rania El Gamal, and Hadeel Al Sayegh, Reuters
Commodity Prospects Of Rio Tinto Versus BHP Billiton Seeking Alpha
DowDuPont Approves Creation of New Dow By Rob Lenihan, The Street
In March professionals in the oil and energy section were engaging with articles that contained actionable information that could potentially give them an edge over the competition. For instance, the article featured an interactive map of oil reserves around the globe. Other articles in the top five, such as Shell Aims to Become World's Largest Electricity Company or A Closer Look at Schlumberger's Deal With Rockwell Automation, gave oil and energy professionals insight into a competitor's strategy.
Visualizing the Countries With the Most Oil Reserves By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist
Shell Aims to Become World's Largest Electricity Company By Ed Crooks and Anjli Raval, Financial Review
EOG Resources Inc. Expresses Concern about Eagle Ford's Longtime Future By Jessica Corso, San Antonio Business Journal
Shale on the Brink of M&A as Oil Majors Flex Muscles in Permian By Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg
A Closer Look at Schlumberger's Deal With Rockwell Automation Forbes
LinkedIn members in the professional services sector predominantly engaged with articles about leadership and business culture. In fact, the top three articles were about these subjects. The other two articles in the top five, one which discussed the potential impact of Google on the travel industry and the reaction to the impact of Brexit, explored disruption.
Great Leadership Isn't about Control. It's about Empowering People. By Brigette Hyacinth
Work for Someone who Appreciates your Ideas, Loyalty and Hard Work. By Brigette Hyacinth
Do You Have a 'Work Wife?' These Founders Think You Should By Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur, Fortune
Google's New Hotel Booking Site Threatens Expedia, Airbnb and Others By Raini Hamdi, Skift
Petition: Revoke Article 50 and Remain in the EU. Parliament.UK
The top five articles engaging professionals in the staffing industry showed a sector laser focused on their responsibilities, i.e., finding people jobs. Two articles ("Would You be Happy Being Interviewed by a Robot?" and "Recruiters Are Struggling to Source Candidates – This is Why…") examined changes in the industry. The final article in the top five, "The Recruitment Equivalent of Ole Gunnar Solskjær," used the hook of the world's most popular sports team, soccer club Manchester United, to show that staffing professionals aren't all business, all the time.
UK Unemployment Falls Again BBC News
America's Best Recruiting Firms 2019 By Vicky Valet, Forbes
Would You be Happy Being Interviewed by a Robot? By Maddy Savage, BBC News
Recruiters Are Struggling to Source Candidates – This is Why… By Plamen Ivanoff
The Recruitment Equivalent of Ole Gunnar Solskjær By Plamen Ivanoff
Decision makers want personalized content on LinkedIn, where the number of sessions on the platform has grown 30% year-over-year, fueled by record levels of engagement in the feed. LinkedIn's State of Sales report found that decision makers are more likely to consider a brand if a sales professional understands their business needs (96%) and provides personalized communications (93%). The point is decision makers, no matter what their industry, want content that speaks to them and their particular needs.
The lesson for salespeople is to share and to create content on LinkedIn that is tailored to their prospects' interests and needs. You wouldn't give a presentation that isn't customized to your audience's desires. You should look at LinkedIn the same way: Share content your target audience craves.
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