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Roweb regularly attends the most important software development events in Romania and we're proud to announce that next month one of our co-founders and project managers, Gabriel Rosu, will be giving a presentation on Node.JS at DevFest 2015 in Cluj Napoca!
GDG DevFests are large, community-run events that include speaker sessions covering various development topics, all-day hack-a-thons or code labs. The official 2015 DevFest Season runs from September 01st through November 30th and includes a series of events all over the world.
Each of these events are meant to address the specific needs of the developer community that hosts it, but what they all have in common is the shared belief that "when developers come together to exchange ideas, amazing things can happen".
DevFest Romania 2015 will take place in Cluj-Napoca, on Nov. 12th-13th and it will bring together professional developers, tech enthusiasts and students – around 300 participants from Cluj, Bucharest, Brasov, Pitesti and Timisoara.This edition is organized by GDG Pitesti, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca and it will feature 12 Keynote speakers, who will discuss Android, UXD, Cloud and Web development topics.
Our colleague Gabriel will give a presentation about Node.JS, a technology we've adopted for a social commerce project that needed higher performance and scalability. Gabriel has over 10 years' experience in custom software solutions, SOA Arhitecture and complex system integration for enterprise applications, especially in the Travel, Financial and Real Estate industries. If you'll be attending DevFest, make sure not to miss his presentation if you'd like to learn more about how you can leverage Node's advantages to build more powerful solutions!


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Detta är en lista över politiska affärer.

En affär omnämns ibland som en skandal eller karusell.

Finland
2003 – Irakskandalen ledde till att Finlands dåvarande statsminister Anneli Jäätteenmäki måste avgå.

Frankrike
1894 – Dreyfusaffären

Israel
1954 – Lavonaffären

Libyen
1988 – Lockerbieaffären

Storbritannien
1963 – Profumoaffären

Sverige
1881 – Hamiltonaffären
1948 – Kejneaffären
1952 – Haijbyaffären
1952 – Catalinaaffären
1959 – Hjalmarsonaffären
1961 – Vårbyaffären
1961 – Sätraaffären
1968 – Wedénaffären
1973 – IB-affären
1975 – Sjukhusspionaffären
1976 – Bordellhärvan
1977 – Geijeraffären
1981 – Telubaffären
1983 – Raineraffären
1985 – Harvardaffären
1986 – Boforsaffären
1988 – Ebbe Carlsson-affären
1995 – Tobleroneaffären
1995 –  Motalaskandalen
1996 – Sigvard Marjasins avklippta representationskvitton
2000 – Freivaldsaffären
2003 – Gudrun Schymans skattefusk
2005 – Egyptenavvisningarna
2006 – Tsunamiaffären – regeringens hantering av jordbävningen i Indiska oceanen 2004
2006 – Stängningen av Sverigedemokraternas webbplatser
2006 – Dataintrångsaffären
2006 – Ministeraffären vid tillsättandet av regeringen Reinfeldt
2007 – Schenströmaffären
2010 – Littorinaffären
2010 – Primeaffären
2011 – Juholtaffären
2012 – Järnrörsskandalen
2016 – Kaplanskandalen
2017 – Transportstyrelsens IT-skandal

Tyskland
1962 – Spiegelaffären
1974 – Guillaume-affären
1982 – Flickaffären
1983 – Hitlers dagböcker
1987 – Barschel-affären

USA
1972 – Watergateskandalen
1987 – Iran-contras-affären
1998 – Lewinskyaffären
2004 – Abu Ghurayb-skandalen

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The Toy (1982), starring Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty
The Toy is a comedy starring Richard Pryor — Jackie Gleason isn't as much a co-star as a secondary character, but very important — he's the antagonist. He plays U.S. Bates, a veritable living caricature of the wealthy millionaire. Some people consider U.S. Bates to be racist because he treats Richard Pryor like his personal property, but that's not correct. U.S. Bates treats everyone that way — his employees (Ned Beatty shines as a yes-man employee, who will do whatever his boss says — but hates himself for doing so), his butler (Wilfrid Hyde-White, who performs wonderfully as the butler that Bates won in a card game), his third wife (Teresa Ganzel as Fancy), etc. Absolutely everyone — except his young son, Eric, whom he truly loves — but has no relationship with.
Jack Brown
The movie begins with Jack Brown (Richard Pryor) as an unemployed writer, on the verge of losing his house. He's $10,000 behind on his mortgage. He tries to get a job at 'The Bugle' (owned by Bates), but they're not hiring. Jack finally swallows his pride and works as the janitor at Bates' department store. Young Eric Bates is home from his military school for 1 week, and goes to his father's department store to pick out something for his birthday. He goes to the toy department, where Brown is cleaning; he picks Brown. Brown, of course, doesn't want to go, but after enough money is placed in his hands, he agrees to 'lease' himself to the young man. Before he realizes what a spoiled brat that the boy is.
Along the way, Jack actually begins to bond with the spoiled young man, helping him to grow up. He also tries to help repair the relationship between father and son. Along the way, there are various slapstick escapades. These include unintentionally setting off U.S. Bates' expansive domino set up multiple times, driving a car down the steps of the mansion, and breaking up a fundraiser for a senator at the mansion. The fundraiser is where U.S. Bates plans to have the senator accept a donation from a Klansman to put the senator under Bates' thumb. The fundraiser ends with a wild cart ride and a pie fight.
In short, The Toy is a relatively funny movie, but definitely not a children's movie. Oddly, that's what it was supposed to be. There's too much bad language for it to succeed in that genre.
Editorial review of The Toy courtesy of Amazon.com
For the first time in motion picture history, the outrageous talent of Richard Pryor and the ingenious comedic sense of Jackie Gleason are combined in the same film. Gleason is U.S. Bates, a megalomaniac millionaire who owns most of south central Louisiana. Pryor is Jack Brown, a former journalist who has worked his way down the vocational ladder to the position of janitor in Bates' department store. Among Bates' other vast holdings is a young son Eric (Scott Schwartz), who visits his father for one week a year. Typically, Eric is chauffeured to the department store after-hours to pick out anything he wants. This time, Eric has a more elaborate toy in mind — €"Jack Brown. So begins the unique relationship that teaches Eric more about life than fun and games.
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Q: How to Overload Get Operator in C#? I have a class which stores value.
public class Entry<T>
{
    private T _value;

    public Entry() { }

    public Entry(T value)
    {
        _value = value;
    }

    public T Value
    {
        get { return _value; }
        set { _value = value; }
    }

    // overload set operator.
    public static implicit operator Entry<T>(T value)
    {
        return new Entry<T>(value);
    }
}

To utilize this class:
public class Exam
{
    public Exam()
    {
        ID = new Entry<int>();
        Result = new Entry<int>();

        // notice here I can assign T type value, because I overload set operator.
        ID = 1;
        Result = "Good Result.";

        // this will throw error, how to overload the get operator here?
        int tempID = ID;
        string tempResult = Result;

        // else I will need to write longer code like this.
       int tempID = ID.Value;
       string tempResult = Result.Value;
    }

    public Entry<int> ID { get; set; }
    public Entry<string> Result { get; set; }
}

I'm able to overload the set operator which I can straightaway do "ID = 1".
But when I do "int tempID = ID;", it will throw error.
How to overload the get operator so I can do "int tempID = ID;" instead of "int tempID = ID.Value;"?

A: Simple, add another implicit operator but for the other direction!
public class Entry<T>
{
    private T _value;

    public Entry() { }

    public Entry(T value)
    {
        _value = value;
    }

    public T Value
    {
        get { return _value; }
        set { _value = value; }
    }

    public static implicit operator Entry<T>(T value)
    {
        return new Entry<T>(value);
    }

    public static implicit operator T(Entry<T> entry)
    {
        return entry.Value;
    }
}

And usage is a breeze:
void Main()
{
    Entry<int> intEntry = 10;
    int val = intEntry;
}

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One of the most war-torn countries in the world is Lebanon. The citizens of this country have endured a major civil war that pitted primarily Christian militias against Muslim militias during the 1980's. Since the advent of Hezbollah as the leading Muslim militia and the de facto military and political power in the country, the nation has fought de facto and declared wars with Israel, the small, embattled nation to the south. And yet, as poor as the country is, and as much as it would benefit from an influx of money, inertia has prevented the government from collecting much-needed, and available, revenues through regulation of gambling.
The irony in all these geopolitical and military machinations is that even when the specter of war is ever-present, people want to gamble. The illegal online casino market is thriving in Lebanon. The citizens clamor to take advantage of casino bonuses which are super-useful to extend the enjoyment they get from online casino gambling. Reports have come out recently that illegal online gambling eclipses all legal forms of gambling in the country by a wide margin.
In other words, if a country chooses to ignore the attraction of online casino gambling by not regulating it or by making it illegal altogether, it will not eliminate it; it will send it underground and the money that could have been generated through legal, regulated online gambling is lost.
Concerned citizens raised the matter once again recently. There has been a draft resolution that has been before legislators since 2012 but which has not been dealt with in the intervening six years. This lack of consideration has three possible causes.
It may be because the necessary political leadership was lacking; because the state was more concerned with security and other political and military concerns; or because the politicians whose cooperation among themselves would be necessary to move the matter forward have been too busy jockeying for power and position to deal with the manifestly popular gambling business in the country.
Will Governments in Other Countries Learn the Lesson from Lebanon?
The success of the illegal online gambling operations indicates that people everywhere, even in countries that have suffered political and military upheavals, enjoy gambling and the state can reap financial benefits from making gambling legal and by regulating it.
In Lebanon, there is one legal land based casino called Casino du Liban. This casino, and the many bingo centers in Lebanon, is regulated under the auspices of the Ministry of Finance which has been trying to get legislators interested in regulating online casinos for many years.
The Ministry of Finance estimates that many millions of dollars in tax revenue are lost every year because online gambling is considered illegal and is therefore not regulated by the ministry. Despite being illegal, online gambling is thriving in Lebanon with a regular customer base in the thousands. In a small country like Lebanon, gambling that is frequently done by thousands of people is quite widespread.
It is very simple for a Lebanese citizen to bet online. He or she must have a foreign bank account and, despite the religious and political traumas of the last several decades, Lebanon remains a very cosmopolitan country. After securing a foreign bank account, it is simple to transfer money to an online casino. There are any number of online casinos that are based outside of the jurisdiction of the Lebanese government that are happy to accept deposits from non-Lebanese bank accounts.
The only difficulty some illegal online casino gamblers from Lebanon have is that they cannot bring winnings into the country. Thus, they can use any winnings that may accrue in their foreign bank accounts to pay for travel or to send to needy family members in other countries. Even in this area, where the government and the banks make it next to impossible to bring casino winnings back to Lebanon, some gamblers have found ways to circumvent the technical difficulties and do bring money back home. In either case, the players are not paying taxes on their winnings.
One such way is to cash winnings through a money launderer. This is the least desirable way to turn casino winnings into cash but it is one used often by people who cannot wait for a vacation to use their winnings. These money launderers take a large commission for providing their service.
Who Will Regulate Online Casinos?
The owners of the land based Casino du Liban feel that all online gambling in Lebanon should go through the land based casino. They claim that many people gamble through bookmakers who do not always pay out winnings. The citizens who have been cheated in this way have no legal recourse because bookmaking and betting with a bookie is illegal.
They also say that the lessons being learned from the American experience with sports betting can be transferred to the Lebanese gambling market. In the United States, sports betting was illegal in all but four states because of a law passed in the American Congress over twenty years ago.
The American High Court voided that law earlier this year after a fight that lasted many years in the US court system. The result is that now any of the fifty states in the US can legalize sports betting. Most states that are seriously considering doing so are setting up a system where sports betting is done through land based casinos.
Some states are also in the process of legalizing online sports betting through arrangements between established sports betting sites and land based casinos.
Psychologists have long wondered what it is in the makeup of most people that they like gambling to the extent we see in country after country. Certainly the get rich quick element plays a major role when people "invest" large sums in lottery tickets hoping to become instant millionaires.
But many people simply like playing for small sums. Gambling games are available for free online but people like to place small bets on the outcomes of these games anyway. It is certainly a curious phenomenon that a country in political and military turmoil still bets enough at illegal online casinos that some people are concerned about the massive amounts of tax revenue lost through a lack of governmental oversight.


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But once he arrived on campus, Prentiss found psychology. One of his professors, Dr. Senn, asked for a student to keep statistics on a computer (very new technology in the late 1960s), and Prentiss volunteered. Combining psychology, computers and math at F&M prepared him for grad school—also recommended by an F&M professor— in an interdisciplinary program in the emerging field of "information science." It was the beginning of his lifelong career in the computer industry.
"I would've worked harder to be a doctor, but the psychology and the computer stuff was just more interesting," he says with a laugh.
Prentiss remembers many more things about his four years at F&M, including a summer spent researching the difference between short and long-term memory, painting and cleaning up the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, and meeting and marrying his wife, Marsha (they were married in Nevin Chapel and held their reception at the president's house).
Prentiss worked as a programmer before moving into the analytical and design fields, and then into sales engineering—demonstrating and selling software products. He and his wife have retired to the top of a mountain in the northern California wine country.
life works and how to get along in this life... how could I not want other students to be able to experience that kind of awakening?" Prentiss asks. Because of the liberal arts experience he cherishes, he and Marsha have arranged to support scholarship at F&M; a portion of their estate will go to the Brookshire Research Fellowship Fund.
To learn how to craft your own legacy gift to F&M, contact Mary Ann M. Cooke, J.D., '90, Director of Gift Planning, at 717-358-4821 or mcooke@fandm.edu.


90' - Thats all. Game finished - Tottenham Hotspur 5, Stoke City 1.
90'+3' - Second Half ended - Tottenham Hotspur 5, Stoke City 1.
90'+2' - Shot blocked. Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from outside the box is blocked. Assist - Ben Davies.
90' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Kevin Wimmer.
90'+1' - Fernando Llorente - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in attack.
90'+1' - Missed chance. Ben Davies - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Christian Eriksen with a cross after corner.
90' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jack Butland.
90' - New attacking attempt. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Erik Lamela with a through ball.
89' - Geoff Cameron - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
88' - Missed chance. Erik Lamela - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box goes high. Assist - Kieran Trippier with a cross.
86' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Geoff Cameron.
86' - Substitution - Tottenham Hotspur. Fernando Llorente for Son Heung-Min.
85' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Christian Eriksen with a pass, however Harry Kane is in offside.
84' - Jan Vertonghen - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
83' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Christian Eriksen with a pass, however Harry Kane is in offside.
83' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jack Butland.
83' - New attacking attempt. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Son Heung-Min.
80' - GOAL!!! Tottenham Hotspur 5, Stoke City 1. Ryan Shawcross - Stoke City - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Darren Fletcher with a cross after corner.
80' - Substitution - Stoke City. Ibrahim Afellay for Joe Allen.
78' - Substitution - Tottenham Hotspur. Moussa Sissoko for Harry Winks.
77' - Mame Biram Diouf - Stoke City - won a free kick on the right wing.
75' - Substitution - Stoke City. Geoff Cameron for Xherdan Shaqiri.
74' - GOAL!!! Tottenham Hotspur 5, Stoke City 0. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Son Heung-Min with a through ball following a fast break.
74' - Corner - Stoke City. Conceded by Ben Davies.
73' - New attacking attempt. Erik Lamela - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from few metres is saved in the right corner. Assist - Son Heung-Min.
70' - Substitution - Stoke City. Peter Crouch for Thomas Edwards.
70' - Son Heung-Min - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in attack.
69' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jack Butland.
68' - Shot blocked. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Erik Lamela.
67' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Christian Eriksen with a pass, however Harry Kane is in offside.
67' - Substitution - Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela for Dele Alli.
66' - Mousa Dembélé - Tottenham Hotspur - receive yellow card for a foul.
65' - GOAL!!! Tottenham Hotspur 4, Stoke City 0. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box to the left corner.
61' - Corner - Stoke City. Conceded by Kieran Trippier.
61' - Corner - Stoke City. Conceded by Eric Dier.
61' - New attacking attempt. Xherdan Shaqiri - Stoke City - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is saved in the left corner. Assist - Mame Biram Diouf.
60' - Missed chance. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from outside the box missed. Assist - Son Heung-Min.
58' - Missed chance. Mousa Dembélé - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box missed to the left. Assist - Son Heung-Min.
54' - GOAL!!! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Stoke City 0. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with the head from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assist - Ben Davies with a cross after corner.
54' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jack Butland.
53' - GOAL!!! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Stoke City 0. Son Heung-Min - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box to the right corner. Assist - Dele Alli with a through ball.
52' - Mame Biram Diouf - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
50' - New attacking attempt. Ryan Shawcross - Stoke City - shot with left foot from the right side of the box is saved in the right corner.
50' - Joe Allen - Stoke City - won a free kick in attack.
49' - Darren Fletcher - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
47' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Dele Alli with a pass, however Harry Kane is in offside.
47' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
45' - Second Half starts Tottenham Hotspur 1, Stoke City 0.
45'+2' - First Half ended - Tottenham Hotspur 1, Stoke City 0.
45' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
44' - Shot blocked. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assist - Kieran Trippier with a cross.
41' - Missed chance. Son Heung-Min - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
37' - Missed chance. Harry Kane - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the centre of the box is close, but missed to the left. Assist - Son Heung-Min with a through ball.
34' - Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
34' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Son Heung-Min with a pass, however Harry Kane is in offside.
33' - Kurt Zouma - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
32' - New attacking attempt. Mousa Dembélé - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with left foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Harry Winks.
32' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
31' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
31' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
28' - New attacking attempt. Christian Eriksen - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved in the left corner.
27' - Dele Alli - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in attack.
25' - New attacking attempt. Son Heung-Min - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from the right side of the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal.
24' - Corner - Stoke City. Conceded by Jan Vertonghen.
22' - Missed chance. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting - Stoke City - shot with left foot from the left side of the box missed. Assist - Erik Pieters.
21' - OWN GOAL! by Ryan Shawcross, Stoke City. Tottenham Hotspur 1, Stoke City 0.
19' - Eric Dier - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in defence.
17' - Corner - Stoke City. Conceded by Eric Dier.
16' - Offside - Stoke City. Mame Biram Diouf with a pass, however Xherdan Shaqiri is in offside.
14' - Darren Fletcher - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
13' - Harry Winks - Tottenham Hotspur - won a free kick in attack.
12' - New attacking attempt. Son Heung-Min - Tottenham Hotspur - shot with right foot from outside the box is saved by goalkeeper in the centre of the goal. Assist - Ben Davies.
11' - Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
9' - Xherdan Shaqiri - Stoke City - won a free kick on the right wing.
6' - Corner - Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Thomas Edwards.
5' - Kurt Zouma - Stoke City - won a free kick in defence.
3' - Offside - Stoke City. Erik Pieters with a pass, however Xherdan Shaqiri is in offside.
1' - Offside - Tottenham Hotspur. Ben Davies with a pass, however Son Heung-Min is in offside.


Unfortunately, at the same time brakes are being tapped on caloric intake at lunch, the Obama administration is championing a vast expansion of the school breakfast program. At the same time some kids are getting smaller lunches, others are having multiple breakfasts.
Twelve million kids currently eat school breakfasts, but that number will soar. Under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, all schools with 40% low-income students will be allowed to offer free breakfasts and lunch to all students. That will lead to expanding waistlines. New York City recently suspended expansion of its Breakfast in the Classrooms after discovering that 20% of pupils were eating two breakfasts -- one at home and another at school. An Agriculture Department (USDA) pilot program produced similar findings.


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Bramble Berry opened in December, 1998 with the goal of providing the highest quality soap making ingredients and best customer support possible to soap makers around the country. As a soap maker herself, company founder Anne-Marie Faiola believes strongly in the importance of quality tested products and helpful customer service. She and her employees have a policy of returning all phone or email inquiries within 24 hours. "We want our customers to be successful," explains Faiola, "and it is part of our job to make sure they will be." From humble beginnings in Faiola's living room, the company has grown rapidly and now serves thousands of customers from coast to coast from a 16,000 square foot warehouse in Bellingham, Washington.
Bramble Berry offers more than 2,500 soap making products, including fragrance oils, soap molds, packaging, soap making kits, as well as supplies to make essential oils, lip butter flavorings, herbs and botanicals, cosmetics and much more. Watching industry trends carefully, Faiola stays ahead of her customers' needs by frequently adding new products. If you have a suggestion, please let us know and we'll do our best to find it for you. She also tests all existing products herself to make sure that she's offering her customers the highest quality in crafting supplies.
"A good business," according to Anne-Marie Faiola, "comes from finding something that works and capitalizing on it." For Anne-Marie, that something came from making soap, a business concept she started as a hobby and then turned into a multi-million dollar enterprise.
As a teenager, Anne-Marie learned how to be business savvy from her father, a doctor who also ran a network of clinics and who encouraged her to find her own business opportunities. Taking her father's advice, Anne-Marie started making personalized soaps to sell to friends and family. Years later, after pursuing a career as a correctional officer and about to apply to the FBI, Anne-Marie realized that her true passion was business and decided to become an entrepreneur. Determined to start her own company that would provide the highest quality of products and ingredients for soap making, Anne-Marie left the criminal justice system and founded Bramble Berry Inc. in her living room. Desiring formal business training, she went back to school and received her MBA in 2007 while running her rapidly growing company.
For those looking to expand their skill sets, Anne-Marie launched www.SoapQueen.tv in 2009, a free Do-It-Yourself soapmaking series on YouTube where amateur and seasoned crafters alike can learn all the basics including picking your fragrances, mixing your colors and pouring your soap, all the way to more advanced techniques like swirling, embedding and layering.
With new products and DIY videos added frequently, Bramble Berry looks forward to meeting the needs of crafters for a long time. In 2010 Bramble Berry founded Soapmolds.com to offer soapers customized soap molds and wholesale accounts for large soap mold orders.


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Saturday, 08 August 2015 19:36 Last Updated on Saturday, 08 August 2015 20:37 Written by Karim Amini
Clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents in Almar district of northern Faryab province have displaced hundreds of families, leaving them homeless and despairing.
TOLOnews reporter, Karim Amini, visited the area and reports that local communities have suffered the brunt of the damage brought on by the fighting. Hundred of households have lost all of their belongings and property.
According to Amini, the Dara-e-Qaraee area in Alamar district, which has been embattled in conflict between Afghan security forces and rebels for the past month, is like a ghost town, with no inhabitants in sight.
Although there are a few families who have dared to stay in their houses, they might not last much longer. They're situation is prison-like, and they cannot farm their lands, which is an essential source of income.
"There will be no fighting if there are no Taliban militants. People escaped and were displaced when the fighting started," Dara-e-Qaraee resident Mohammad Qurban said. "Women have gone to one side and men to the other side. Every night, we are afraid and concerned that maybe our house will be hit by a mortar or rocket; no one can work on their lands."
Some local families have left their houses and are living near the mountains in Maimana city – the capital of Faryab. But these families have no access to critical services.
A member of a displaced family and resident of Almar district, Sher Mohammad, told TOLOnews that he had witnessed fighting every day. "We have been fed up with war. We can't tolerate anymore. We left everything and came here to save our lives," he said.
Sher Mohammad's son, Farhad, said his uncle and cousins were killed in the violence. "Please stop the war. We are tired of it," he said.
On August 3, First Vice-President General Abdul Rashid Dostum visited Maimana city, and called on residents to support the security forces, who he said would soon clear the province of anti-government militants. He later visited the insecure Qaisar district under heavy protection from land and air.
Faryab province has witnessed several heavy battles over the past few weeks and insurgent activity has reached a peak in the area.
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Ebola Denialism: Conspiracy Theories, Quackery and Terrorism
August 31, 2014 October 27, 2017 Emil Karlsson bats, ebola, homeopathy
Ebola is a viral hemorrhagic disease with a high mortality rate. The natural reservoir for the virus appears to be fruit bats and it spreads via human-to-human transmission by body fluids, but it is not airborne. According to the recent information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the total number of suspected and confirmed cases is almost 3100 and it has spread to four countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
It did not take long for conspiracy theories, quackery and even terrorism to spread in the wake of this Ebola epidemic. People have accused the government of inventing the epidemic, claimed that Ebola does not even exists, armed terrorists have attacked Ebola clinics and "freed" patients and popular American quack websites have promoted homeopathy for Ebola.
Conspiracy theories about the origin of Ebola
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the natural reservoir for the Ebola virus is fruit bats:
Natural host of Ebola virus
In Africa, fruit bats, particularly species of the genera Hypsignathus monstrosus, Epomops franqueti and Myonycteris torquata, are considered possible natural hosts for Ebola virus. As a result, the geographic distribution of Ebolaviruses may overlap with the range of the fruit bats.
However, some of the locals in Sierra Leon are suspicious, even going so far to claim that the virus does not even exist. An NPR article describes an interview with one of the Ebola denialists:
Opinions are mixed, but there's a strong dose of Ebola deniers — those who don't believe the virus exists at all. Zainab Koroma, a street hawker, is adamant it isn't real.
"I do not believe Ebola exists because none of my family members has been affected by it," she says. "When you get sick of cholera, they say it is Ebola. When your body temperature rises, they say it is Ebola. So I honestly don't believe Ebola exists. There could be a lot of other diseases killing people."
That's one of the challenges facing Sierra Leone — trying to convince the nation that "Ebola is real, Ebola is here, and Ebola kills," as one poster reads.
It is common for people to go into denial when horrible events occur. However, this can quickly develop into maladaptive behaviors and outright science denialism and so must steadfastly be resisted. The motivation for denialism differs, but most focus on a conspiracy created by the local government. A Guardian story explains:
The disease has also revealed alarming mistrust between citizens and public office holders in a region with shocking corruption levels.
Ebola was initially viewed as a government conspiracy to depopulate Sierra Leone's Kailahun district, and fierce resistance to the arrival of health workers culminated in the stoning of a Doctors Without Borders vehicle. In Liberia, many remain adamant the outbreak is a hoax from government officials seeking to distract from a series of recent scandals, or for health officials to rake in public funds.
Some even go so far as to organize armed raids against hospitals caring for Ebola patients and allegedly "freeing" them.
Armed raids against hospitals
As if the epidemic itself and the Ebola denialists were not bad enough, there was recently an armed attack against an Ebola clinic by an angry mob. PBS has the story:
More than a dozen Ebola patients are still unaccounted for after a violent attack on a Liberian Ebola treatment center Saturday, authorities say, raising fears that the virus will find a new stronghold in the country's largest slum.
Conflicting reports suggested that anywhere from 29 to 37 patients fled an isolation unit in the Liberian capital of Monrovia Saturday night when an angry mob descended upon the facility. But George Williams, the head of the Health Workers Association of Liberia, has confirmed that, however many had initially escaped, authorities are still looking for 17.
The health center was in West Point, a Monrovia township of 50,000. The BBC reports that the attackers might have been angry that the patients came from other parts of the city. Witnesses claim that the mob then looted the facility, stealing medical equipment, food and blood-stained mattresses and sheets.
Apparently, CBS News mentions that some of them were armed, but CNN clarifies that the weapons were not guns.
Even some American commentators have contributed to Ebola denialism by suggesting that it can be successfully treated by homeopathy.
Natural News Promotes Homeopathy for Ebola
The largest website devoted to promoting ineffective quack treatments and attacking science-based medicine is called Natural News. They reject everything from vaccines and GMOs to the connection between HIV and AIDS and even the germ theory of disease. Just when you thought that they could not get any more dangerous and deranged, they published an article about using homeopathy for treating Ebola. Yes, they actually promoted the treatment of a deadly hemorrhagic disease with a high mortality rate with nothing but water.
The article was written by Ken Oftedal, who according to the Natural News biography page, is a Norwegian physicist and homeopath. The article starts by the bare assertion that homeopathy has successfully treated epidemics of polio, scarlet fever, cholera and even the 1918 influenza pandemic. Needless to say, no evidence was provided for these outrageous claims. Oftedal apparently thinks that the symptoms of Ebola resembles the symptoms of snake bites and recommends homeopaths to use dilutions of snake venom or phosphorus to treat Ebola. Again, he does not provide any published scientific evidence for this "treatment". Even more disturbingly, he recommends that if no improvement is seen in Ebola patients treated with extremely diluted snake venom within 24 hours, they should move on to other homeopathic remedies instead of seeking actual medical treatment. As with any deadly disease, the sooner you get medical treatment, they better are your chances to survive.
In an effort to disable the critical thinking of the reader, he prefaces his most absurd treatment suggestion with emotional manipulation:
You may think the following procedure—developed by the English homeopath Peter Chappell—is a crazy thing to do. But, if you or a loved one is sick with Ebola with the prospect of having one week to live, and no other help is available, you might consider it.
In reality, it would probably be better to use that time to attempt to find actual medical treatment instead of treating someone with a deadly disease with homeopathy. It has a success rate of 0% for Ebola, whereas you stand at least some chance with actual medical treatment.
The procedure for preparing the homeopathic "treatment" given by Oftedal is based on the serial dilution of the disease agent in water. However, some aspects of the procedure constitutes a public health emergency. This is because he is actually recommending that people pour out Ebola samples into the sink, thus contaminating the system. It is also very weird that the stock solution that Oftedal suggests that people make should contain 10% Whiskey or brandy as "a preservative". What exactly is being preserved? There are no viruses in such a diluted sample, unless something has clinged to the top part of the inside of the bottle. Does 10% drinking alcohol preserve the alleged memory of the water? By what mechanism? A more likely reason is that Ebola patients who drink a lot of 10% alcohol may experience a subjective feeling of relief (or pass out), but of course there is no actual improvement.
There are also a lot of arbitrary steps in the preparation and usage of this homeopathy remedy against Ebola: why stir five times instead of four and so on. Strikingly, there is also a direct admission that the dose of homeopathic remedies does not matter: "Taking all the pills would have the same effect as taking one pill, so you might as well save the rest for another occasion". If there is no difference between taking 1 or 1000 pills, then there are no difference between taking 1 pill or none at all. The dose is a strong influence on the effect. Trying to defend this by saying that homeopathic pills are cheap does not work: of course sugar pills and water is cheap. But it is also completely ineffective.
It turns out that this article was even to preposterous for Natural News as they retracted it a few days after it was posted. However, the fact that it was even posted goes to show how large the disconnect between Natural News and mainstream medical science really is.
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Next time I read somehwere "Why don't we see evolution in action?" I am going to reply "we see de-evolution frequently enough."
I don't know if these kinds of people are uneducated, just plain stupid, or have been eating paint chips…however you dice it, it is a sad fact that many people are just impervious to any sort of education. Homeopathy and gov't conspiricies ranking right up there with Bigfoot and Chem Trails.
How the heck does one combat this kind of lunacy? Even when you show them their facts are wrong or distorted, they see it as how it IS a conspiracy and they were right all along!
To a large extent, I think the existence and spread of this kind of denialism is due to lack of educational and health care infrastructure as well as the influence of religion and superstition. While it is certainly true that a lot of people are impervious to education, a lot of them never get access to any knowledge outside their elders.
I am sure that in the Ebola case, yes education or lack of it is a primary cause. Religion and the faulty ways of thinking it tends to enhance obviously have to be a large part as well. I often don't mean to paint with such a wide brush, but there are just days when the nonsense is so overwhelming. I mean c'mon, a mob invades a hospital to free the people with Ebola? Truth is indeed stranger than fiction and far too often good sense is in short supply.
Diluted snake venom in your water? Cures Ebola? Where exactly do you go with that? Who exactly believes that AND pays good money to a con man for it?
I feel a liitle more every day, like building a bunker to hide from the stupid. It is good to see your stuff though, shining the light of common sense into the dark pit that that is the world we live in today. So, thanks for that.
The struggle against pseudoscience often seems overwhelming, but we have to learn to cherish the small victories: those who decides not to pay money to psychics, those who go for chemotherapy over apricot seeds and so on after reading skeptical content.
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The 13th Annual Homeless Holiday Party – The Dallas Do Good Endeavor invites you to celebrate with the vulnerable population in our community this holiday season.
The mission of City House is to provide for, serve, and empower children and young adults experiencing abuse, neglect or homelessness. City House truly could not function without the support of hundreds of volunteers.
Please note that due to our commitment to protect the children, volunteer opportunities for children under the age of 18 are limited, and no court-ordered community service is allowed.
Click HERE to volunteer at City House.
Qualified volunteers serve as a Life Coach to mentor the young adult through the program. This will include group presentations and individual support in basic financial skills, including finding and maintaining stable employment, improving earning power, personal budgeting, banking, saving, and credit repair.
The clients really appreciate a home cooked meal. Dinner can be made at home and dropped off or cooked in our kitchen.
Lead a one hour group instruction on a basic life skill.
Provide support to child specialists working with babies. This involves rocking, reading, and singing to them and taking them outside on a stroll. Provide our youngest children with much needed social interaction to help in the development of trust, and build the necessary framework for positive brain development.
Provide support to child specialists working with toddlers and pre-schooler. This involves positive interaction with individuals as well as working in small groups. Volunteers will assist in implementing developmentally appropriate activities designed to build a child's self-esteem and help them feel loved and supported through the use of play.
Rock-N-Rollers and Play Dates during this time will participate in the evening meal and act as Dinner Dates. Adults will model appropriate meal behavior and encourage social time at dinner. They will also assist with family style meals and encouraging children to eat and try new things.
Involves basic housekeeping duties such as dusting, vacuuming, mopping, and tidying common areas.
Support staff by washing, drying, folding, and putting away mounds of laundry.
Organize and inventory types and quantities of stored clothing and other resources being collected for residents. May be asked to pick up donations or exchange items.
Duties include greeting guests, answering phones, copying, filing, organizing, and general support for the staff.
Run errands for the staff. It could include grocery shopping, getting clothes or gifts for the children, or exchanging or returning items.
Must have your teaching certification. Provide tutoring or help during homework time. Ideally we would like to have two tutors, one for elementary and one for secondary.
Volunteers provide two movies (G/PG and PG/PG13) for two different age groups to be shown in different rooms. The volunteer also provides appropriate snacks. Please see our additional guidelines.
Birthdays are celebrated once a month for all the children who have a birthday that month. Volunteers provide decorations, a healthy snack (the cake is provided monthly by a local church), and plan an activity. Please see our additional guidelines.
You may offer to bring in a meal, but it must be from a restaurant or cooked in a commercial kitchen. It could be donuts on a Sunday morning, sub sandwiches on a Saturday, or anything else you can think of. You could even offer to sponsor a meal at a local restaurant and meet the children there.
We need help copying, filing, typing, creating spreadsheets, organizing and general support for our administrative staff.
Work as needed at the facilities to paint, decorate, make minor repairs, mow the yard, rake the leaves, etc.
We participate in many events that require extra manpower for the planning and execution of the event.
Sponsor an outing such as bowling, playing whirly ball, going to a movie, or visiting a museum. If you have an idea, let us know so you can get approval.
After discussing agency needs with the Community Relations Manager, organize a drive for items off our wish list at your place of worship, business, school, or neighborhood.
We produce a number of fundraising events throughout the year and we always need a great volunteer to help us with flawless execution.
The North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) is a hunger relief organization with a proven record of accomplishment, earning a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. We focus on providing our hungry neighbors with access to nutritious foods. Each day, the NTFB and our feeding network provide access to more than 190,000 meals for hungry children, seniors and families across the 13 counties we serve.
Working with homeless children requires highly-skilled staff with specialized training in trauma-informed care. But Vogel Alcove still has a variety of ongoing opportunities for both individuals and groups to volunteer.
Tony - the Movie - RSVP Today!
MDHA, First United Methodist Church Dallas, and United Methodist Women present Tony - the Movie, a groundbreaking film about homelessness, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Dennis Stein, and its eponymous hero, Tony Rodriguez.
2018 Homeless Count - 1,500 Volunteers Needed!
January 25, 2018 - Sign up your group through Jan. 23!
The 12th Annual Homeless Holiday Party – The Dallas Do Good Endeavor invites you to celebrate with the vulnerable population in our community this holiday season.
The Promise House Sleep Out – A Night Under the Stars invites Dallas' top business and community leaders to sleep outside to raise awareness and funds for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth. Participants pledge to raise a minimum of $5,000.
Participants will spend the night in the Promise House parking lot learning about the issues that homeless youth face and what the community can do to help youth in crisis. Promise House provides sleeping bags, cardboard and beanies, but unlike those experiencing real homelessness, sleepers will have access to restrooms, on-site security, food and beverages.
In conjunction with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and National Runaway Prevention Month, A Night Under the Stars aims to educate the community about youth experiencing homelessness, inspire change and shine a light on youth homelessness!
(2) Premium drink tickets, The 2017 City House Gala will transport guests back to the early 60's and the exciting atmosphere of the Rat Pack era with music, comedy, and the camaraderie of three legendary friends that made history on the stage of the Las Vegas Sands Hotel, Copa showroom.
The formal attire evening will include complimentary valet-parking, "welcome CopaCocktail," full Vegas-style Casino, (2) premium drink tickets, cash bars open throughout the evening. Passed hors d'oeuvres, amazing silent auction, and a seated chef's Dinner with wine pairing. When the unrivaled City House Live Auction ends it will be followed by America's three most sought-after Rat Pack Impersonators performing in the industry today, including a special appearance by Susan Griffith (Pulp Fiction and Marilyn and Me), the top Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the world.
If that's not enough this incredible show will be backed by Texas-native band leader and trumpet player extraordinaire Rodney Booth and his 14-piece Big Band. Rodney has performed with many major recording artists such as Lou Rawls, Nancy Wilson, Wayne Newton, Michael Feinstein, Dionne Warwick, Ella Fitzgerald, Marvin Hamlisch, Ray Charles and Natalie Cole to name a few. And when the "Pack" retires from the stage, Rodney's band will light up the dance floor making this one of the most memorable nights of your life.
So, whether you're of the era and young-at-heart, or young with a big heart, join us for a wonderful night of fundraising for our City House mission to: Protect Youth, Empower Change, and Transform Lives.
Click here to download the Sponsorship Contract and return it by mail or email.
If you would like to serve on the Host Committee, please complete the online or downloadable Sponsorship Contract. As a Host Committee member, we ask that you purchase a sponsorship or do a "Dutch treat" table at the luncheon, lend us your name for print and digital materials, and promote the event to your network of friends.
Family Gateway provides housing, social, and educational services to homeless children and their families. Proceeds from the Gateway to Opportunity Luncheon will support Family Gateway's work to empower children and families affected by homelessness.
of Twist and Shout, Classical Mystery Tour, All You Need Is Love, Legends in Concert, and now brings what is hands-down his best concert performance yet with Live and Let Die: A Tribute to the Music of Paul McCartney, featuring hit songs from the Beatles catalog and Paul McCartney's solo works. All proceeds benefit City House of North Texas.
Click here for a video clip of the show.
If you have any questions, please contact Chey Reynolds, Marketing & Development Director, City House, 972-424-4626, or at: creynolds@cityhouse.org.
When and Where: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 12.00-1.30pm, Auditorium (1st Floor) of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75201. Follow signs to underground parking on Wood St. Coffee and water provided. Attendees may bring brown-bag lunches.
Please mark you calendar to join us, June 24th, 1:00-3:00, for an Ice Cream Social benefitting the Homeless. Details to follow.
If you can't make it and want to donate, we need the following items.
Grapevine Relief And Community Exchange (GRACE) is a Grapevine, Texas based non-profit relief agency which provides food, clothing, financial assistance and other vital necessities to people who are struggling with a limited income or recent emergency.
Your church, business or organization can make a difference by volunteering to help our community's children through Feed Our Kids. GRACE started this program in 2005 with the mission to provide lunches for area children during the summer weeks when they may otherwise not receive one. Feed Our Kids fills these "hungry" weeks with sack lunches, milk, smiles and a loving atmosphere. Please consider being a part of this exciting program: we believe it will be as rewarding for you as it is for the children you will help. Contact Seasonal Programs Coordinator Lori Stevens to sponsor a day, week or volunteer to serve food during the summer.
What are the Feed Our Kids Dates?
This program sounds interesting, but how much is it going to cost?
Typically, groups spend between $300 and $500 during their week. Each summer, GRACE is usually able to procure chips, fruit snacks, cookies and other snacks to add to the lunches. GRACE also buys enough milk for one day at each location each week, so participating groups need to provide bread, peanut butter and jelly, lunch meat, cheese, juice or lemonade (if desired, the children can also drink water) and fruit - basically the perishables. Many groups had additional cookies or chips, as well as juice boxes, donated by their members.
How many lunches are you talking about? We ask that you provide around 50-120 lunches each day that you serve, depending on the complex you are serving. (The number of participating children at a particular complex varies each week and many more children are served at some complexes compared to others, so it is hard to give an exact number.) We will keep track of numbers as the summer progresses and provide updates so everyone has the most current, accurate information. Your week's total will be between 250 and 600 lunches.
That sounds like a lot of lunches! How many volunteers do I need?
We have found that most groups only need 10-15 volunteers each day. The volunteer duty can be divided in a number of ways. You can have a preparation team and delivery team or you can have a combination. You would be surprised at how quickly the lunches can be put together.
What time are the lunches needed?
Serving at each site is from 11:45 to 12:45.
Do we just serve lunches?
Some groups only serve lunches, while others bring along games, crafts, books, music, etc. to interact with the kids. This decision is completely up to you and your volunteers.
If we choose to play games or have music, can it be religious?
YES! You are encouraged to share your faith with the children.
Can we provide something other than sandwiches?
Of course! We have had many creative lunches in the past, including hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken fingers, pizza, tacos and BBQ. If you prefer to stick with sandwiches, that's okay too!
I don't know if I'm comfortable going to a strange place and setting up.
One of our volunteers can meet your group at the complex on your first day to serve. They'll show you where to set up and make sure you're comfortable before they leave.
This seems like a lot to do. I don't know if I can handle it.
You are not alone! We will hold a kick-off meeting in May to provide further explanation and advice; GRACE will provide some of the less-perishable foods; you will receive updates as the summer progresses and you will have the cell phone numbers of the administrative team, if anything comes up while you are serving.
What: MDHA, Invisible People, and the Dallas Public Library present Invisible People: Changing the Way We Think About People Experiencing Homelessness.
Who: Mark Horvath, renowned activist and homeless advocate, and founder of the Invisible People vlog. Mark has leveraged the power of video and the massive reach of social media to share compelling, gritty, and unfiltered stories of homeless people across the country, since 2008.
When and Where: Wednesday, May 31, 2017, 12.00-1.30pm, Auditorium (1st Floor) of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young St., Dallas, Texas 75201. Follow signs to underground parking on Wood St. Coffee and water provided. Attendees may bring brown-bag lunches.
An exclusive charity screening of Lost In America (benefiting City House), a documentary that will be taking the film festivals by storm in 2017. Presented by City House, in partnership with the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, Lost in America is a feature-length documentary from Director Rotimi Rainwater which shines a light on homeless youth in the U.S. This film is not for the faint of heart.
Lost in America is an all-encompassing look at this pandemic, highlighting issues like human trafficking, the foster care system, youth rejected because of their sexuality, domestic violence, abuse and more. It also examines what many organizations, politicians, and other public figures are doing (or not doing) to help these young people. Moving beyond politics, society, funding and bureaucracy, Lost in America tells the stories of our youth.
Lost in America also features Jon Bon Jovi, founder of JBJ Soul Foundation. Bon Jovi's foundation has helped provide support for over 500 units of affordable and supportive housing in 10 states for thousands of people, including youth and military veterans.
Through Director Rotimi's personal connection with the individuals in the film, get an inside look at who they are and what their lives are truly like. Explore the reasons why they ended up on the streets, the issues they face, and the things they have to do to survive. By illuminating their stories, Lost in America hopes to improve their lives and serve as a catalyst for change.
The film's producer/director, Rotimi Rainwater will be in attendance, and there will be post-screening meet and greet and photo opportunities. Each ticket purchase is fully tax deductible and will support homeless youth in the DFW area.
On Thursday night, January 26, 2017, 8:00pm–1:00am, the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance (MDHA) will be conducting its annual Point-In-Time (PIT) Homeless Count. The Count, a requirement under federal law, helps communities and the nation as a whole, identify and understand the extent and nature of homelessness, changing trends in this area, and the measure of our success in ending homelessness. Results of the Count will be shared with the community during the "State of the Homeless Address"in March 2017.
MDHA and the Dallas Public Library invite the public to take part in the next installment of Hard Conversations, this time on Racism and Homelessness. Persistent racial inequality stands out in the area of homelessness, particularly in Dallas.
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is held each year the week before Thanksgiving. This is a time for us all to start to think about what we are thankful for, a perfect time to share our compassion with our neighbors who are experiencing homelessness, and work toward a world where no one has to experience Hunger and Homelessness.
Do you, your organization or your faith community want to help youth experiencing homelessness in the Dallas area? On Saturday, November 12, 2016, we are hosting a Kickback Party in order to gather information on youth (18-24) who are experiencing homelessness. We are seeking donations of gift cards, food, nonperishable snacks, hygiene kits and winter accoutrements (hats/gloves, etc).


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Eucithara moraria is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description
The shell length attains 9 mm; its diameter 3.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small and subcylindrical. Its colour is blackish brown, the apex and bands on the lip  are buff. The shell contains  7 whorls, the upper short, well rounded, the last flatter, half the length of the shell. Sculpture:— Riblets are set at the rate of about eighteen to a whorl, more than the breadth of each apart, incurved at the suture, those above more prominent, on the body whorl decreasing in height, and gradually vanishing on the base. Both riblets and intercostal spaces are closely encircled by alternately larger and smaller threads, which are in turn grained by finer radial lines. The aperture is narrow. It has a well developed external varix, slightly incised by a posterior notch. Within the outer lip are a few small denticules, and on
the inner lip fourteen short entering ridges.

Distribution
This marine genus is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

  Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

moraria
Gastropods described in 1922


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Anyone Else Driving an Electric Car?
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Else Driving an Electric Car?
You may or may not be following, but the new Leaf isn't going to be available in the US until next year.
I really wish that topics one posted to would reappear in "View Your Posts" if they're resurrected.
I had read that, too. Engineering scuttlebutt is that 40kWh was a practical limit for Nissan's passive cooling design. The 60kWh version is rumored to have active cooling (pump circulated coolant) and thus is a larger departure from their existing battery pack design. It's also rumored to support 100kW DC fast charging, which keeps it in the same "charge from 20% to 80% in half an hour" realm as the pre-2018 models.
Road noise at freeway speeds was noticeably reduced.
Somewhat annoying coupling to bumps in the road was dramatically reduced. The Nissan rep told me that the suspension had been a major area of focus, that they had even brought in outside talent to tune it.
The 110kW inverter (vs 80kW on the previous version) gives a modest boost in acceleration.
The styling is less "out there" than the previous version.
Otherwise, it felt like a Leaf.
EDIT: The damage being in form of polluting the planet.
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:26 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone Else Driving an Electric Car?
Unless I'm missing something, it looks like 40kWh is still the only option. I'm curious how much more the 60kWh will cost. I think the styling change to unobtrusively mediocre was a big improvement :). Visually it appears to be a larger vehicle, which may help it compete against the "original" Prius (they've got way too many models -- something like five with a dozen or so combined variations).
There aren't many options differentiating the S/SV/SL. But the S with Charge Pack ($1,590) comes to $32,465. I just have this mental block with sending away more than $20k for a car. I didn't like it when I used credit, but deciding to not use credit makes car buying an extremely different experience.
Yes; should've said the "upcoming" 60kWh (might be 64kWh) version. It's rumored to come at an approximately $5k premium which, incidentally, is about what it costs to replace my Leaf's 24kWh pack.
The SV is fairly well differentiated from the S, adding alloy wheels, heat pump, better stereo, touch screen, and navigation. The SL, not so much.
I'm personally allergic to new cars. I paid $11k for my then two-year-old 2013 Leaf SV, which looked and drove (and smelled) like new.
I want an electric car.
I don't want big brother with the electric car.
Autonomous driving equipment uses non-zero power. Shocker there.
The equipment more than makes up for that additional power by driving more efficiently than humans do, resulting in a net reduction of power use.
In the grand scheme of things, I suppose $5k isn't horrible. But I doubt it would be an option for the S, and the SV starts at $32.5k. On your list of S vs. SV differences, the heat pump would be the only option I'd want. And the touchscreen a huge negative, but those are now virtually unavoidable.
I really want to go with a used car, but the prices are shockingly high IMO. And certified barely budge from new prices. I suppose it just depends what you're after and what you can find. For a like new 2y/o Leaf, I'd pay $11k.
At this point I'd settle for the incremental improvement of the automotive industry seeking treatment for its touchscreen fetish.
I can't figure out who thinks a lack of tactile feedback (of using a physical knob or button) while driving is a good interface. Witness luxury Lexus that disables features while driving. Brilliant.
I just want all non Tesla electric cars out of the fast lane on the freeway.
I'm too lazy to search, but I want one of those cars that Richard Hammond wrecked on The Grand Tour. Muso, it can stay in the fast lane.
There's also the BMW i8 or something like that. And I saw something about an eHog. I wonder if they're going to take a page out of the auto industry and broadcast the obnoxiousness. Which is the only reason 99% of them were bought by obnoxholes in the first place.
But anyone removing the baffles because they think they're / it is cool. Or think that it saves lives.
It's a Rimac. Now it's gotten another version I think.
Just what the world needs: a Croatian sports car.
Interesting (and somewhat surprising) news: the Tesla Model 3 uses permanent magnet motors.
Chevy uses them in the Volt & Bolt (according wikipedia).
It will be interesting to see how the ecoterrorists respond.
Touchscreenification is pushing me toward antiques.
Sure it is a bit of a hassle in bad weather, but at least crank-to-start is a physical interface and doesn't use a <colorful metaphor> touchscreen!
Bad choice, since most rare earth comes from bucket-head land (China).
EPA calculates something they call MPGe (Equivalent Miles Per Gallon) which is based on the cost of electricity and cost of gas and how good the mileage of a gas car would have to be to achieve equivalent cost.
What is it with the govt types and their constant inventing of obfuscatory units to measure things in? Why?? The price of electricity varies *widely* across the country. And so does the price of gas. Why not use the actual units that matter, those being meters per joule or miles per KWh. Or better yet, their reciprocals: joules per meter or the related KWh per mile or metric equivalent. Then one can easily calculate what the cost will be based on how far they drive and the local cost of electricity, no obscure guesswork necessary.
I have been meaning to correct a misunderstanding that I had of the definition of MPGe resulting in a misstatement above. In fact, the EPA was more analytical about the definition. They based it on the amount of energy that is in a gallon of gasoline, which is 33.7kWh, and the number of miles an electric vehicle will go on that much energy. I think my misunderstanding caused Akkara to waste a perfectly good rant.
I now have 68k miles on my 2013 Leaf. Remaining battery capacity (of the original 24kWh) is now 19.2kWh, which means it will apparently easily meet its minimum guaranteed capacity throughout the 8 year / 100k mile warranty period. Since my understanding is that degradation is more related to the number of cycles rather than the amount of energy moved in and out of the battery, I try to deep cycle the pack. I can do two days' worth of commuting on a single charge if I don't run very many errands.
In fact, the EPA was more analytical about the definition. They based it on the amount of energy that is in a gallon of gasoline, which is 33.7kWh, and the number of miles an electric vehicle will go on that much energy.
That's pretty cool. Thanks for the update.
Does that degradation from 24kWh reduce how far you can go on a single charge? I'm wondering about the practical implications later in its life. Unless prices of batteries have dropped drastically, that would seem to be equivalent of an engine replacement.
I've read that, but naturally I'm skeptical. It has often seemed like industry marketing or cult recruiting :). Obviously no engine maintenance. But honestly, that should be low anyway. For now, maybe it is cheaper to charge vs. fill with gas (is that sustainable, or an early adopter benefit?). Brakes would be about the same. Yes, I know the engine breaking, but I wouldn't expect there to be a big difference except for hyper-milers. Otherwise, tires, shocks/struts, alignments. What about fluids or air filters in an EV (are there any)? I'm guessing there is still a transmission of some sort to transfer power to he wheels? For AWD, I've also had differential maintenance performed. Most of that I would expect to have some comparable item on an EV. Obviously engine oil and once and a while, coolant/anti-freeze. That's about all the maintenance I can recall.
For now, maybe it is cheaper to charge vs. fill with gas (is that sustainable, or an early adopter benefit?).
Right now my "fuel" costs, when I pay at all, are about half of what I paid with the 50MPG Prius. I don't see any trends that would cause my electricity costs to double, but gas prices are on the rise. In fact, I have available to me special "off peak" electricity pricing which would further reduce my charging costs by about another 25%. Have to install another electric meter to get that rate, so there are start-up costs. Right now the payback for the installation costs isn't that compelling, but it would be if, for instance, we acquired a 2nd electric car.
Obviously no engine maintenance. But honestly, that should be low anyway.
Main engine maintenance items these days (as tune-ups are a thing of the past with modern engines) are oil changes (engine and transmission) and air filter changes. These are gone with a pure electric. In addition, there's a non-obvious one. The engine vibration takes a toll on the whole car. Also there's the grit that is attracted to the light coat of oil that even new internal combustion engines out-gas: it gets on and in everything.
Brakes would be about the same. Yes, I know the engine breaking, but I wouldn't expect there to be a big difference except for hyper-milers.
Actually, not true. Even my Prius essentially didn't use brake pads. We went nearly 300k miles on the original set. I expect a pure electric with its larger motor to exhibit this characteristic even more so.
I'm guessing there is still a transmission of some sort to transfer power to he wheels?
For some reason, it's called a gearbox when there's only a single speed. Lack of clutch / torque converter, shifters / bands, and multiple gear ratios means it's very simple and maintenance free. It's sealed: there's no gear oil change. Also, Tesla has recently completed a 1 million mile life test on the Model 3 propulsion unit (power electronics, motor, and gearbox). When they tore it down, it looked new inside.
Tires, alignments, shocks, brake fluid flush, wiper blades, cabin air filter are all a wash when comparing electric vs. internal combustion. Except...that vibration thing. My expectation is that all moving parts will last considerably longer in the lower vibration environment. There's some precedent for expecting this to be true. In my other hobby, a Hartzell controllable pitch propeller is rated for much lower hours TBO (Time Before Overhaul) in piston engine applications vs. turbine engine applications.
That's 33.3km/L. Converting to imperial units, that's 78mi/gal. The Leaf has that beat at 115MPGe.
My main thinking is when there's enough load on the grid to cause a problem, something like A/C during summer. I'm also thinking of artificial increases. Early when the Prius came out, one of the "selling points" was spending less on fuel. Not long after that, some places brought up the idea of charging per mile rather than per gallon. I think we're quite a way off from that. I also suspect that there won't be much preparation to handle the initial transition.
I've personally never considered fuel cost or maintenance to be a significant cost for maintaining a combustion vehicle. So that the cost is reduced now seems to make that less of a deciding factor, when everything else is more or less equal. I know some manufacturers were including regular maintenance in the initial cost, so that becomes somewhat hidden.
Even my Prius essentially didn't use brake pads. We went nearly 300k miles on the original set. I expect a pure electric with its larger motor to exhibit this characteristic even more so.
Wow, that is definitely a surprise. I expected it to be like a manual transmission. I've used the engine to slow down in those, but I found it more annoying than just using brakes to slow down when I wanted. I guess the main difference is that the hybrid and electric vehicle motors still engage for breaking. I could be wrong, but it seems that items which are less frequently replaced become more expensive.
Nice. I didn't realize they were single speed. Transmissions seem to rarely need work, so I'd expect even less from something with fewer moving parts that can break.
Based on current trends, I'd expect a subscription service for maintenance, if it isn't outright included in the purchase price.
The main benefit to less vibration would seem to be increased lifespan of a vehicle. I think that was somewhere around 20 years (according to Musk IIRC). If that become 30 or 40 years, then I think some rough times are ahead. There would appear to be less need for mechanics. If fewer new cars are produced due to demand, the initial cost may increase significantly. That will likely mean increased cost of used vehicles. Or maybe people will continue to buy cars they can't afford and the market for 20+ y/o cars will be small.
it'll be interesting to see when the first major mass market vehicle becomes available. Cost still seems prohibitively high.


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December 22, 2022 | Kaduu AG
Company Reports Unauthorized Access to GitHub Repositories
On Wednesday, Okta, a company that offers identity and access management services, announced that some of its source code repositories had been accessed without authorisation earlier in the month.
Okta shared in a public statement that "there is no impact to any customers, including any HIPAA, FedRAMP or DoD customers" and that "no action is required by customers."
The security incident, first reported by Bleeping Computer, involved unknown threat actors gaining access to Okta's Workforce Identity Cloud code repositories hosted on GitHub. The hackers allegedly copied the service's source code.
While for many people this might look like a minor breach, the Kaduu Team would like to emphasise the importance of this incident. We believe that once the threat actors obtain product's source code, they proceed to penetration testing, from vectors, that haven't been available to them before. This way threat actors will try to find all possible vulnerabilities to eventually gain access to client's data or find another way of a financial gain.
Okta, a cloud-based identity management platform, was alerted to the incident by Microsoft-owned GitHub in early December 2022, and emphasized that the breach did not result in unauthorized access to customer data or the Okta service.
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Upon discovering the unauthorised access, Okta announced that it had placed temporary restrictions on repository access and suspended all GitHub integrations with other third-party applications.
The San Francisco based company also stated that it had reviewed the repositories accessed by the intruders and checked recent code commits for any improper changes, rotated GitHub credentials, and informed law enforcement of the incident. Okta emphasised that the security of its services does not rely on the confidentiality of its source code.
Was it the first security incident?
No, this alert follows another incident that occurred nearly three months ago, in which Okta's acquisition, Auth0, disclosed that some of its code repository archives from 2020 and earlier had been compromised.
Okta has been a frequent target for attacks this year. In January 2022, the LAPSUS$ data extortion group hacked into the company's internal systems after gaining remote access to a support engineer's workstation. Then in August 2022, cybersecurity firm Group-IB uncovered a campaign, dubbed 0ktapus, targeting several companies, including Twilio and Cloudflare, which aimed to steal Okta users' identity credentials and two-factor authentication codes.
We will closely monitor the situation around Okta security incidents and keep our readers informed. Meanwhile, we advise you to read our previous article about latest Adidas data breach.
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