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Left 4 Dead 2, assim como seu antecessor, é um jogo multiplayer de survival horror e cooperação de tiro em primeira pessoa. É a sequência do jogo ganhador de prêmios da Valve Corporation, Left 4 Dead. O jogo foca a jogabilidade cooperativa do original e usa a engine Source da Valve, a mesma engine usada em Left 4 Dead. O jogo fez a sua estreia na E3 2009 em um trailer durante o evento de imprensa da Microsoft.

Como o original, Left 4 Dead 2 se passa durante um apocalipse zumbi, e foca em quatro sobreviventes lutando contra hordas dos Infectados. Os sobreviventes devem abrir seu caminho através dos níveis, parando nos abrigos que servem como checkpoints, com a chegada sendo um veículo de resgate no final da campanha. A jogabilidade é alterada por uma inteligência artificial chamada de "Director", que monitora a performance dos jogadores e altera o cenário para produzir um desafio dinâmico para os jogadores conforme eles progridem. Novidades serão introduzidas, como novos tipos de Infectados, armas de combate corpo-a-corpo, e uma história que conecta as cinco campanha dos jogos.

Enredo

Como Left 4 Dead, a sequência envolve uma pandemia apocalíptica. Um misterioso patógeno começou a se espalhar pelo sul dos Estados Unidos levando os humanos infectados a se tornarem  zumbis. Os quatro sobreviventes devem lutar contra a horda de infectados. Left 4 Dead 2 se passa no sul dos Estados Unidos, começando em Savannah, Geórgia e acabando em Nova Orleans, Louisiana. Os personagens do jogo original foram substituídos por novos quatro sobreviventes, cujas histórias são reveladas através dos diálogos. Ao contrário do primeiro jogo onde não houve desenvolvimento significativo da história, Left 4 Dead 2 possui uma história de fundo.

O enredo é similar ao de Left 4 Dead, ele envolve as consequências da infecção uma semana após os eventos do jogo anterior, se passando cerca de três semanas após a primeira infecção.

A história começa por volta do meio-dia em Savannah, na Geórgia. Com os helicópteros de resgate começando a deixar os edifícios, quatro sobreviventes (Ellis, Coach, Rochelle, e Nick) tiveram que subir um hotel para pedir ajuda, porém tiveram o azar de serem deixados para trás por apenas alguns segundos de atraso. Com a situação recente, o grupo decide ir para um shopping depois de ouvirem que lá existe outro Centro de Evacuação ainda em operação. Quando o grupo chega ao shopping, eles descobrem que ele está totalmente aberto e cheio de infectados. Num ato de desespero, eles decidem avançar pelo prédio, na esperança de que o Centro de Evacuação esteja simplesmente nos níveis mais profundos do shopping. Acontece que o centro foi dizimado e todos os agentes da CEDA estão mortos ou infectados. Em desespero, o grupo corre pelo átrio do shopping e encontra um stock car em funcionamento, porém sem gasolina. Uma nova ideia surge na cabeça deles: sair pelo do átrio em busca de latões de gasolina, com a finalidade de encher o tanque do carro. Depois de uma desesperada busca o grupo consegue abastecer o carro e fugir de Savannah, pretendendo viajar até Nova Orleans.

Durante a fuga, o grupo para em uma ponte levantada por três dos sobreviventes do jogo anterior. Um deles atende os sobreviventes e lhes informa que eles não podem baixar a ponte para o grupo porque o gerador utilizado está sem combustível, e que um deles está ferido. Depois de batalharem com uma Noiva Witch através das ruas, e de um "esgoto histórico", os sobreviventes se encontram com os outros três novamente do outro lado. Após os três sobreviventes originais concordarem em ajudar a defendê-los do terreno alto, o grupo de Savannah é capaz de afastar a maioria dos infectados, encontram latas de gasolina, enchem o gerador, atravessam a ponte e a abaixam, conseguindo partir no carro, enquanto trocam despedidas, dando finalmente continuidade a viagem à Nova Orleans.

O carro de fuga continua funcionando bem até que os sobreviventes descobrem que a estrada está bloqueada por vários veículos abandonados, e esse engarrafamento parece se estender por quilômetros. Não encontrando outra maneira de passar, os sobreviventes decidem deixar o carro e continuar a pé. Quando eles estão abaixo de um viaduto, veem holofotes a uma linha considerável de distância. Na esperança de encontrarem algumas pessoas não infectadas, o grupo então decide seguir na direção de onde vem a luz. Chegando lá eles descobrem que os holofotes estavam vindo da feira e do parque de diversões Whispering Oaks, que agora é um terreno de caça para um grande número de pessoas infectadas. Os sobreviventes vagam pelo parque por bastante tempo até que, por fim, eles veem um helicóptero sobrevoando a área. Recém-inspirados, eles decidem ativar os componentes eletrônicos do show de rock criado para a banda The Midnight Riders na esperança de que a música alta e a grande pirotecnia irá atrair a atenção do piloto do helicóptero. Quando eles finalmente entram no anfiteatro, eles ativam os controles e o som acaba conseguindo atrair o piloto do helicóptero e, junto dele, uma enorme quantidade de infectados. Após muita luta, o helicóptero finalmente chega e os resgata, e os sobreviventes escapam do parque abandonado.

Mas mais uma vez, a sorte não está do lado deles, e o helicóptero faz um pouso forçado após o piloto tornar-se um infectado e ser morto por Nick. Os sobreviventes saem do helicóptero destruído e descobrem que eles desembarcaram em um pântano. Eles passam por uma pequena aldeia e presumem que o povo decidiu agir por conta própria, tomaram medidas preventivas e barricarem-se em suas casas contra os infectados. Sem qualquer outra opção, os sobreviventes decidem tentar encontrar as áreas barricadas. Eles viajam pelo pântano, lutando contra numerosos infectados, e encontram um avião que acabou caindo a caminho de uma área segura. Quando chegam lá, eles descobrem que os habitantes da cidade foram dizimados pela infecção, mas a sorte acaba por estar do lado deles no momento em que encontram o que alguém escreveu em um muro sobre uma antiga casa de fazenda e um cais próximo. Os sobreviventes vão em direção da fazenda e, lá, acabam encontrando um rádio e o usam para entrar em contato com um homem chamado Virgil, que tem um barco mais abaixo no rio. Virgil e o grupo têm uma pequena discussão via rádio e os sobreviventes lhe dizem que eles estão em uma antiga fazenda abandonada. Virgil decide ir ao local e começa a navegar até lá. Depois dos sobreviventes combaterem algumas hordas de infectados, Virgil finalmente chega e destrói as portas que bloqueavam o caminho dos sobreviventes para o rio, os sobreviventes correm e conseguem embarcar no barco em segurança.

No entanto, ao longo do caminho, o barco de Virgil começa a ficar com pouco combustível, por isso ele deixa os sobreviventes na pequena cidade de Ducatel, na costa do rio Mississippi, com instruções para que eles peguem diesel para o barco em um posto de gasolina que fica logo depois de um milharal do outro lado da cidade. Infelizmente, os sobreviventes esquecem as suas armas, e tem que viajar duas milhas a leste, passando através de uma usina de açúcar abandonada e infestada de Witches para pegar a gasolina. E pior ainda, eles, infelizmente, vão ter de voltar todo o caminho de volta no meio de uma chuva torrencial. A mala esquecida de armas também continha os sinalizadores que seriam usados para chamar Virgil. Então, eles decidem usar como sinal o Burger Tank perto da doca. Eles, mais uma vez, precisam se defender contra hordas de infectados até que Virgil finalmente chega para resgatá-los.

Enfim, Virgil chega e resgata os sobreviventes, deixando-os, horas depois, em um cais de Nova Orleans (onde parece que os militares ainda estão evacuando sobreviventes). Ele então sai, dizendo que ele está a caminho para encontrar outros sobreviventes. O grupo de sobreviventes, em seguida, luta contra mais infectados traçando seu caminho perto do mar, em um parque, um cemitério, e de um bairro francês, chegando a uma ponte levadiça a poucos minutos de ser bombardeada pelos militares. Do outro lado da ponte há um helicóptero militar prestes a sair. Os sobreviventes conseguem manter contato com os militares por meio de um rádio e, em seguida, atravessam a ponte para o piloto do helicóptero que os transporta para um cruzeiro militar.

O que acontece com os sobreviventes após isso fica inexplicado. Chet Faliszek, o escritor do jogo, falou que os militares estão levando os sobreviventes para navios tentando escapar da infecção.

Jogabilidade

Como seu predecessor, Left 4 Dead 2 é primariamente um jogo de tiro em primeira pessoa com ênfase em jogabilidade cooperativa, com algumas cenas apresentadas em terceira pessoa ou usando filmes pré-renderizados. O jogo apresenta cinco novas campanhas, maiores em tamanho do que as do primeiro jogo. Cada uma pode ser jogada nos modos Campanha, Versus, Survival ou o novo "Scavenge".

No modo Campanha, quatro jogadores lutam contra infectados controlados pelo computador, sendo também que existe um modo single player, em que a Inteligência Artificial assume os outros três personagens, parando em abrigos e eventualmente no resgate. No modo Versus, outros quatro jogadores tomam controle de Infectados Especiais que tentam impedir os sobreviventes de chegar a seu destino. Os jogadores são trocados de equipe e a cada capítulo ganham pontos de acordo com sua saúde, distância percorrida e número de sobreviventes vivos no final. O modo Survival (Sobrevivência) é um desafio cronometrado onde os sobreviventes estão presos em uma seção dos mapas da campanha, e tentam sobreviver o máximo possível contra uma horda infinita de Infectados. O quarto modo, novidade no jogo, se chama Scavenge. Os jogadores sobreviventes precisam coletar e usar o quanto puderem de dezesseis latas de gás espalhadas pelo nível para continuar até os geradores de força, estendendo o tempo da rodada, enquanto os jogadores Infectados precisam pará-los, ou de vez em quando detonar as latas por si próprios. Por último, o modo de jogo que tem sido um verdadeiro desafio para os jogadores mais experientes. É o modo "Realism" (ou Realismo, em português-PT) Neste modo de jogo, os sobreviventes têm que mirar na cabeça dos infectados para matar com eficácia, do contrário, os infectados demorarão muito mais para morrer. (O nome do modo foi tirado da teoria original dos zumbis, de que só tiro na cabeça poderia matar um morto-vivo)

Sobreviventes

Left 4 Dead 2 apresenta um novo elenco de sobreviventes, que incluem Coach, um treinador de 44 anos de um time de futebol americano em um colégio em Savannah, Geórgia; Rochelle, uma repórter de 29 anos de uma rede de televisão local em Cleveland, Ohio; Ellis, um mecânico de 23 anos em Savannah, Geórgia; e Nick, um jogador e trapaceiro de 35 anos. Originalmente o jogo seria uma continuação direta do original, ocorrendo algumas semanas após o começo do primeiro jogo, a Valve decidiu criar um novo grupo de sobreviventes devido a mudança na localização. Em adição aos quatro personagens jogáveis, Left 4 Dead 2 também apresenta um personagem de suporte de nome Virgil, que aparece em três capítulos do jogo, diferentemente do original na qual os personagens não-jogáveis faziam uma única aparição.

Jogadores têm acesso a mais armas, incluindo armas de combate corpo-a-corpo como frigideiras e motosserras, assim como armas de longa distância como rifles de assalto e metralhadoras silenciosas.

Infectados

Os Infectados em Left 4 Dead 2 estão indiferentes aos de Left 4 Dead. São referidos como zumbis, porém os Infectados são humanos que sofreram mutação por um vírus de origem desconhecida conhecido apenas como Green Flu. O maior número de Infectados encontrados pelos sobreviventes são "Comuns", individualmente fracos, mas podem ser um problema para os sobreviventes quando em maior escala. Em Left 4 Dead 2, os danos feitos aos infectados estão representados mais realisticamente, com balas arrancando pedaços de carne ou em alguns casos, membros. Uma nova adição a Left 4 Dead 2 são os infectados "Incomuns", únicos por campanha. Por virtude do equipamento usado durante infecção ou mutação, possuem habilidades únicas. Por exemplo, em The Parish, os sobreviventes encontram um infectado usando uma roupas a prova de gás e colete policial, tornando-o imune a fogo e a balas na parte da frente, respectivamente.

Como no primeiro jogo, existem Infectados Especiais ou "chefes" em adição aos normais, que possuem mutações diferenciadas que lhes fornecem ataques especiais e os fazem mais poderosos. Os cinco Infectados especiais do primeiro jogo retornam, com algumas partes do comportamento modificado: o Boomer, um Infectado que solta vômito e bile, cegando o jogador por um período e atraindo uma horda de infectados; O Hunter, um Infectado ágil que pode atacar jogadores de uma longa distância; o Smoker, um que pode alcançar de longe sobreviventes com sua enorme língua, estrangulando-os até a morte, e lançando uma nuvem de fumaça que obscurece a visão (no momento em que é eliminado); o Tank, um gigantesco Infectado poderoso e difícil de matar. Ele ataca jogadores, causando um dano massivo; a Witch (agora também, do contrário da primeira versão do jogo, a Witch pode estar vagando pelo mapa, ao invés de estar sentada), uma Infectada fêmea  Alfa  passiva, que quando provocada solta altos gritos e luz, e ataca seu provocador, podendo matá-lo em um golpe (dependendo da dificuldade do jogo).

 Os novos Infectados Especiais
Além dos Infectados Especiais já presente no primeiro jogo (Smoker, Boomer , Hunter, Witch, Tank), quatro novos infectados especiais foram introduzidos em Left 4 Dead 2.. Eles são:

 Charger: O Charger é um dos novos Infectados Especiais que aparecem em Left 4 Dead 2. Seu principal ataque é uma violenta carga que arrasta o sobrevivente. Com uma carga bem sucedida e mesmo que acerte todos os quatro sobreviventes, ele vai pegar e levar apenas um único sobrevivente, derrubando todos os outros. Uma vez que o Charger tenha acertado uma superfície dura como uma parede ou um carro, ou após ter percorrido uma certa distância, ele vai começar a socar sua vítima no chão até um outro aliado liberta-lo. Caso ele erre a carga e acerte a parede, ele vai tropeçar, deixando-o vulnerável ao ataque. O Charger pode ser detectado pelos sobreviventes com o barulho que ele faz rosnando pelo nariz deformado. Ele vai anunciar sua carga com um alto urro. O Charger parece ter uma superfície rochosa ou calejada em seu braço direito maior, que pode ser o que ele usa para infligir a maior parte de sua força ao carregar, enquanto o outro braço, no entanto, parece não ter ossos ou músculos. Por causa de seu grande tamanho, o Charger não pode ser afastado com ataques corpo a corpo, e deve ser morto a fim de libertar a vítima. Se um sobrevivente tiver e atirar com munição explosiva no charger, ele vai empurrar o Charger do sobrevivente atacado. Qualquer sobrevivente que não estiver fora do caminho durante a sua carga e for atingido vai voar a uma distância considerável e, lentamente, levantar-se, fazendo o Charger um inimigo mortal em corredores apertados ou perto de passagens altas. Ele também é o mais forte e mais duradouro dos Infectados Especiais (exceto o Tank e a Witch), além disso, seus ataques corpo a corpo são muito fortes e podem facilmente neutralizar um sobrevivente enfraquecido.
 Spitter: A Spitter é um dos novos Infectados Especiais presentes em Left 4 Dead 2. Ela possui a habilidade de cuspir uma bola verde de ácido de longas distâncias, que, ao bater no chão, vai se expandir em uma grande poça de água e causar grandes danos sobreviventes que fazerem contato com ela. Depois de cuspir, porém, a Spitter fica temporariamente paralisada por um segundo, dando aos sobreviventes a chance de matá-la. Quanto mais tempo o sobrevivente ficar nessa poça, mais danos do sobrevivente ira levar da gosma. Essa habilidade permite que a Spitter, com o auxílio de outro Infectado Especial, cause ainda mais danos, por exemplo, se um Hunter ataca um sobrevivente, uma Spitter pode cuspir em cima desse sobrevivente, causando mais danos ainda. No entanto, apesar de uma habilidade tão útil, a Spitter é muito fraca em termos de saúde, sendo uma tarefa fácil abater uma Spitter. Após a morte, a Spitter deixa uma quantidade menor de gosma verde ao seu redor, a gosma é semelhante a poça original que cospe, porém, com o mesmo efeito sobre os sobreviventes. Ela é um dos mais poderosos Infectados Especiais. se os sobreviventes permanecerem em pé em sua saliva, e são distraídos demais para mover-se rapidamente devido a outros infectado ou a falta de conscientização do dano que está sendo causado rapidamente ficarão incapacitados. No modo Scavange ou em qualquer final que exige latas de gás, quando as latas de gás são descartadas, a gosma da Spitter pode incendiar as latas de gás se forem deixadas no gosma por tempo suficiente.
 Jockey: O Jockey também é um dos novos Infectados Especiais que aparecem em Left 4 Dead 2. Ele é um pequeno Infectado que ataca os sobreviventes se agarrando a eles por trás e, literalmente, montando o sobrevivente enquanto o ataca. Ele pode regular seu peso inclinando o corpo fazendo com que o sobrevivente vá na direção em que ele quiser, dando a este Infectado Especial um tipo de controle sobre o sobrevivente. O sobrevivente que está a ser montado pelo Jockey pode tentar "resistir" ao Jockey, o que permitirá a outros jogadores a oportunidade de alcançar e arrancar o Jockey fora. Jockeys pode colocar sobreviventes em situações perigosas, como em perigos naturais, perto de uma Witch, ou de outros infectados. Um Jockey também pode puxar um sobrevivente até uma borda de um local alto, fazendo com que fique incapacitado, ou montá-lo até a morte se o sobrevivente em questão não estiver resistindo. O do Jockey parece ter uma doença espinhal, semelhantes a cifose, dando-lhe uma aparência encurvada. Ele também tem uma risada maníaca e está constantemente a contrair-se, dando-lhe uma espécie de natureza hiperativa.
 A Witch Errante: A Witch Errante aparece em Left 4 Dead 2. Ela é vista apenas em horários diurnos, vagando sem rumo e soluçando alto com as mãos na cabeça ou no rosto. Estão sempre em constante movimento o que faz com que elas sejam ainda mais difíceis de evitar. Mas elas são também muito mais introvertidas e só reagem aos ataques diretos ou em caso de contato físico. Surpreendente se pode até mesmo danificá-la levemente, sem que ela reaja. Ao contrário das Witchies sentadas, ela não parece mais ser alertada tão facilmente por lanternas. A Witch Errante continua tão vulnerável quanto nunca a uma espingarda crowning, e sua natureza mais calma faz dela muito mais fácil de ser atingida por uma crowning. Em Left 4 Dead 2, na campanha do Hard Rain, um grande número de Witches Errantes têm infestado uma usina de açúcar abandonada, a mesma que os sobreviventes devem percorrer para obter combustível para o barco de salvamento. Um achievement, Sob Story, é ganho se passar pela usina de açúcar sem matar nenhuma delas. Ela tem sido observada em ocasiões de paz seguindo os sobreviventes, sem qualquer provocação, embora possa estar apenas caminhando ao longo de sua trajetória programada. Se ela for provocada pelo algum sobrevivente,ela pode mata-lo com apenas um golpe,dependendo da quantidade de vida.

Campanha adicional

Uma campanha, chamada "The Sacrifice", foi disponibilizada para download em 5 de Outubro de 2010. Ela foi adicionada em Left 4 Dead 2 e também esta disponível para o primeiro Left 4 Dead. Ela conta a história em que o personagem Bill de Left 4 Dead se sacrifica para que seus companheiros consigam escapar. Apos essa campanha segue um encontro entre os sobreviventes de Left 4 Dead 1 e Left 4 Dead 2.

Desenvolvimento

O desenvolvimento de Left 4 Dead 2 começou logo após o lançamento do primeiro jogo, e foi construído em ideias do time de desenvolvimento de fazer o próximo jogo "maior e melhor". Para o jogo foi dado o nome de código "Carnation", para evitar revelar seus detalhes antes do anúncio oficial.

Chet Faliszek depõe que a história do novo jogo explorará melhor o seu mundo, e que a Valve criou uma história completa de causas e efeitos de uma infecção pandêmica, incluindo termos que eles usaram para o Director. Faliszek quis incluir uma mulher de um Departamento de Veículos a Motor, mas a personagem não vingou.

Doug Lombardi, vice-presidente do marketing para a Valve, notou que o kit de desenvolvimento Source lançado para Left 4 Dead também será compatível com Left 4 Dead 2.

Jogadores que compraram o jogo na pré-venda através do Steam ou algum outro meio ganharam acesso à demo no dia 27 de Outubro de 2009 e um exclusivo taco de beisebol para ser usado no jogo.

Em 5 de Outubro a Valve anunciou que Left 4 Dead 2 seria promovido por uma campanha de vinte e cinco milhões de dólares, excedendo os dez milhões usados em Left 4 Dead. A campanha inclui anúncios televisivos durante eventos de esportes, revistas e outdoors, e uma campanha mais agressiva para a Europa.

Recepção

Left 4 Dead 2 recebeu aclamação crítica dos jornalistas de games, que elogiaram as mudanças feitas com as novas armas de fogo e corpo-a-corpo, as novas estratégias introduzidas através dos novos infectados especiais, e os detalhes da localização sulista e as campanhas individuais comparadas com as campanhas do primeiro jogo.  Ars Technica louvou a longevidade do jogo e a atenção com os mínimos detalhes. O Libération também elogiou Left 4 Dead 2, comentando que a Valve era um dos últimos estúdios fazendo jogos voltados para os jogadores de PC hardcore. O IGN considerou que o game melhorou em todos os sentidos, e  que qualquer um que não gostasse dos conceitos introduzidos  pelo primeiro game deveria comprar o segundo. O Eurogamer também enalteceu o jogo, e afirmou que ele "esbanjava personalidade". Left 4 Dead 2 recebeu o prêmio de Melhor Jogo de Xbox 360 na Spike Video Game Awards de 2009. O jogo foi nomeado por "Conquista Excepcional na Engenharia de Jogo", "Conquista Excepcional em Jogabilidade Online",  e "Jogo de Ação do Ano" pela Interactive Achievement Award da Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.

Vendas
Em fevereiro de 2010, a Electronic Arts, distribuidora de varejo do Left 4 Dead 2, revelou que o jogo já tinha vendido 2.9 milhões de cópias, enquanto a Forbes escreveu que havia vendido mais de 4 milhões de cópias nas lojas em 2009.

Em 10 de maio de 2011, Doug Lombardi mencionou que cada um dos Left 4 Dead tinham 3 milhões de cópias vendidas para Xbox 360.

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This Mala is hand made with gorgeous Blue African Turquoise. Given the name "African Turquoise" but is really a type of Jasper found in Africa. These semi precious stones are known as the "Stone of Evolution", as they bring encouragement for growth, development and positive change within one's self. Said to open the mind to new ideas, new possibilities and new existence, awakening the soul to its intended purpose.


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module Geotab
  module Concerns
    module Findable
      module ClassMethods
        include Geotab::Concerns::Conditionable
        include Geotab::Concerns::Connectable

        GROUP_ENTITIES = %w[ Defect ].freeze

        # Format of conditions should match that of geotab's sdk, as the
        # conditions are passed pretty much as is to the API.
        def where(params={})
          conditions.merge!(params)

          self
        end

        # If the id of the resource is known, query it using a simple where
        # clause. Note that most geotab resources do not allow other conditions
        # if the id is specified.
        def find(id)
          where({'id' => "#{id}"}).first
        end

        # Each query should include this method at the end to perform the
        # actual call to the API.
        def all
          params = {
            method: "Get",
            params: { typeName: geotab_reference_name,
                      credentials: connection.credentials,
                      search: conditions }
          }

          response = make_request("https://#{connection.path}/apiv1/", params)

          attributes = response.result
          result = []

          push_results(result, attributes)

          result
        ensure
          reset
        end

        def get_feed(from_version)
          params = {
            method: "GetFeed",
            params: { typeName: geotab_reference_name,
                      credentials: connection.credentials,
                      search: conditions,
                      fromVersion: from_version }
          }

          response = make_request("https://#{connection.path}/apiv1/", params)
          result = { results: [] }

          attributes = response.result.data
          result[:to_version] = response.result.toVersion
          push_results(result[:results], attributes)

          result
        ensure
          reset
        end

        def make_request(path, params)
          res = Net::HTTP.post(URI(path), params.to_json, "Content-Type" => "application/json", "Accept" => "application/json")
          body = convert_to_ostruct_recursive(JSON.parse(res.body))

          if body.error
            if body.error.errors.first.message.start_with?("Incorrect MyGeotab login credentials")
              raise IncorrectCredentialsError, body.error.errors.first.message
            else
              raise ApiError, body.error.errors.first.message
            end
          end

          body
        end

        def first
          all[0]
        end

        def push_results(results, attributes)
          if attributes && attributes.any?
            attributes.each do |result|
              results.push(new(result, connection))
            end
          end
        end

        # This value is passed to geotab as the typeName param. This method
        # substitutes "Group" for the typeName when the type of object is a
        # Group object.
        #
        # See: https://my.geotab.com/sdk/api/apiReference.html (Look up Group in the Search box)
        # See: https://helpdesk.geotab.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115019270503-Trouble-Making-Certain-API-Calls
        # See: https://helpdesk.geotab.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115009238926-defects
        #
        # It also translates class names that don't exactly match Geotab
        # reference names when their naming doesn't make sense (Data/Datum).
        #
        # Returns a String.
        def geotab_reference_name
          class_name = self.to_s.split("::").last
          if GROUP_ENTITIES.include?(class_name)
            "Group"
          else
            class_name.gsub("Datum", "Data")
          end
        end

        # Should run this after each query to avoid stale data
        def reset
          # Conditions are now stale, so clear them
          clear_conditions

          # Connection is also stale
          clear_connection
        end

        def convert_to_ostruct_recursive(obj)
          result = obj
          if result.is_a? Hash
            result = with_sym_keys(result.dup)
            result.each  do |key, val|
              result[key] = convert_to_ostruct_recursive(val)
            end
            result = OpenStruct.new result
          elsif result.is_a? Array
             result = result.map { |r| convert_to_ostruct_recursive(r) }
          end
          return result
        end

        def with_sym_keys(hash)
          hash.inject({}) { |memo, (k,v)| memo[k.to_sym] = v; memo }
        end
      end

      def self.included(base)
        base.extend(ClassMethods)
      end

    end
  end
end


This is a wonderful example of a rare 1977 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 Sport. It is believed that just 1064 right-hand drive examples were built over two years, and very few of those reached the UK; and of those, not many remain. This has to be one of the best Carrera 3.0s around and looks stunning with its striking Ice Green Metallic paintwork, plus the front and rear spoilers of the Sport package.
The interior is finished in black pinstripe and, again, is in superb condition.
The Porsche has just had a full restoration, including a £12,000 full-body respray, plus a full engine and gearbox rebuild with a new clutch, at a cost of an additional £8000. Before this, the car has an astonishing history record, with no less than four folders of paperwork detailing the huge amount of work that has been done over the years, plus MoT certificates back to 1984, and a fully stamped service book. The engine has covered just 1000 miles since its rebuild, so we shall service it before sale to ensure that it is ready for its new owner.
Please click here to see photos of the Porsche's restoration.
The Carrera 3.0 is a very interesting Porsche in that it has essentially a normally aspirated version of the contemporary 911 Turbo engine; a free-revving and torquey unit. Its combination of 200bhp in a car that weighs just 1093kg (substantially less than the SC and 3.2 that followed), ensures sparkling performance. 0-62mph takes just 6.5 seconds and the top speed is 143mph. In short, it was a fast car in its day, and remains so today. More importantly, perhaps, it's much rarer than the 911s that followed, which makes it a true collectors' item, albeit one you can use and enjoy. And you are unlikely to find a better example than this one; its condition and history are quite exemplary, while its Ice Green paintwork is eye-catching and unique.


Ireland is once again making international headlines, though, this time, it's for the most despicable of reasons – a giant Minion causing traffic mayhem in Santry, north county Dublin.
The inflatable 40-foot Minion, which was being used to promote a nearby temporary fairground, slipped its moorings in the high winds that swept the country on Monday evening.
No one was injured in the incident, and the situation was dealt with quickly by Gardaí.


Bynoskia Sams showed his Resort Collection as a part of a fundraiser for the "A Love Beyond Me" Foundation which was created to uplift, encourage and inspire young children battling life threatening illnesses.
The event started with the celebrated, multi-talented Jazz vocalist & songwriter Lisa McGlown followed by singer, writer, producer and actor Tony Grant and lastly, dance group, Miracles in Motion. Stage manager, Anthony Killibrew worked the runway the day of the show which featured some of the hottest fashions from Bynoskia Sams.
The Bynoskia Resort Collection was inspired by the 60's and 70's, Bynoskia's Resort Collection "Fruit of the Spirit" brings bright hues and vivid colors to weightless constructions evoking reactions. Chiffons, beaded Lace are pleated and draped to compliment the female silhouette. Formal to that everyday sophistication, Bynoskia's unique crop tops, palazzo pants, evening gowns, and let's not forget about that swimsuit for poolside will surely uplift your spirit. My collection is "cutting edge, yet timeless all at once" stated Bynoskia.
Trendy celebrity hairstylist DaRico Jackson and his Glam team created the big hair for the show that was inspired by the 60's. His glam team boasts of LA's top glamologists that included makeup artists Rhonda Bean, Ashley Gomilla, Valerie Page and hairstylists Jasmine Brod, Feana Smith, Andrea Pezillon and Michelle McFadden.
Coordinating PR for the event was Terry Akins PR who is one of Hollywood's premiere event companies that is known for the glamorous, high end events they create, helping to launch brands with some of the most press worthy people. She can be reached at 818 415 6922 terryakins@earthlinknet.
Jadora designs offers a line of beautifully handmade fashionable women's and children accessories including hair accessories, brooches, necklaces, shoe clips, and totes for women and children (and even a matching set for their doll!) for everyday styles to formal occasions. Each unique piece is an artistic, handmade creation that is a one of a kind design.
I recently tried shaving my legs with the Verbena Lime shaving collection from eshave. It came in this cute little green drawstring pouch.
I read the instructions but here is my discovery and how I personally use this collection.
I start with the eshave shave crème on my legs. This gives enough razor glide so that my legs are smoother after I shave and I have no nicks.
After I shower, I use the oil on my heels, knees and elbows because it helps soften the roughest parts of my skin.
Then I use the aftershave soother as an all-over moisturizer for my skin. I use this on my face as well as my body. The smell is refreshing; it soaks into my skin and works as a primer under my makeup. I like the versatility of this collection.
P.S. it is not just for men.
Luzern Labs has redefined skin care as we know it by combining state of the art clinical technology and organic ingredients. Although the two seem at odds with one another, Luzern products are grown organically without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. The cosmeceuticals are grown in a pristine alpine environment and subject to the highest purity standards. Each product in he Luzern line contain vital nutrients to combat the environmental damage while reducing skin inflammation and keeping the skin in its most pristine condition.
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does not begin to describe how much I love this Paradise Potion sugar scrub. I picked up the Vanilla-Raspberry scrub at the ISSE show and Wow! What a revelation in skin care. I've tried every salt known to the beauty industry but this is the first time I've tried a sugar scrub. If salt scrubs make your skin dry and break out then try these sugar potions. They are handmade by Melba with all natural ingredients. The scents are amazing. My skin felt soft and smooth but not oily.


Do you have a big chest and do you think the filling will make you more volume? This is a common mistake that we encounter every day,but everything changes when they bras like this one. Light cups and hoops that enhance the bust in the most natural way, stylizing the silhouette. Knit sueve and with a small pink lace, know the Idol collection. From his brand Freya.


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SQewing social welfare law: The SQE and the future of social welfare law
Rehal-Wilde, E. (2022). SQewing social welfare law: The SQE and the future of social welfare law. European Network for Clinical Legal Education. Brescia, Italy 13 - 15 Jul 2022
Rehal-Wilde, E.
What's the point of diversifying the legal sector, if it means fewer people can get jobs and fewer clients can get legal advice?
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) introduced the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) in 2021 to create a new route to qualifying as a solicitor in England & Wales . The SQE was a way to standardise the qualification routes for solicitors, and deal with several barriers to entry, including cost and the difficulty of getting training contracts.
I argue that, whilst a more diverse legal sector is of course an important objective, the SQE will damage the social welfare sector, the potential solicitors who want to work in it, and the clients who need it. Whilst we may see a healthier mix of people qualifying, we will see the breadth of work being undertaken, and the number of people helped, shrink.
The SQE means that time spent undertaking pro bono work in student advice clinics, law centres or advice agencies can count towards candidates' 2-year period of qualifying work experience. This has the potential to bolster the pro bono and CLE sectors, and possibly help further develop the pipeline from law school into social welfare law.
However, there are several potential drawback. Firstly, these students will require supervision from a sector that is already stretched to capacity. Solicitors with full caseloads of chargeable work will not be able to supervise effectively the candidates undertaking the qualifying work experience. As a result, the demand will not be able to meet the supply and an enormous opportunity to bolster the social welfare advice sector, in so doing strengthening the pipeline, may be lost.
SQE1 is a multiple choice exam. This could have a stifling effect on the ability of academics to do anything other than "teach to the test". The message that the SQE sends to students is that social welfare law is not valuable nor valued. That it is not a viable career option, and that students should be steered away from it to careers in commercial practices.
So what is the role of the law school? Is it to prepare students for life in commercial practice? Is it to ensure the legal sector meets the needs of the society at large? Or is it to provide a space for students to learn, experiment, question, reflect and challenge?
SQE, Solicitors Qualifying Exam, Social Welfare Law, Legal Aid, Social Justice, Pro Bono, Clinical Legal Education
SQEwing justice slide for ENCLE.pdf
Web address (URL) of conference proceedings
https://www.encle.org/
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/91340

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How are Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch's ancestors represented in his DNA?
How does Embark know which breeds are in Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch?
We can use the length of segments Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch shares with our reference dogs to see how many generations it has been since they last shared an ancestor. Long segments of DNA that are identical to known purebred dogs tell Embark's scientists that Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch has, without a doubt, a relative from that breed. By testing over 200,000 genetic markers, we build up his genes one DNA segment at a time, to learn the ancestry with great certainty. Other dog DNA tests look at many fewer genetic markers and have to take a guess at breed ancestry based on that.
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Look closely and you'll probably find Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch has some physical and/or behavioral resemblance with his ancestor's breeds. The exact similarity depends on which parts of DNA Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch shares with each breed. Some traits associated with each breed are listed in the Breed & Ancestry section of our website. Embark will tell you even more about Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch's traits soon!
Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch has two normal alleles at ALT.
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Through Prince Silver of Tender Oak Ranch's mitochondrial DNA we can trace his mother's ancestry back to where dogs and people first became friends. This map helps you visualize the routes that his ancestors took to your home. Their story is described below the map.
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Leaving an abusive situation to start over from scratch can be daunting to say the least. Providing for your family on an income far below the poverty line is impossible.
Thanks to CRIO's Bear Necessities Thrift Store, families and children in need can have one less worry!
Created primarily as a resource for families and children served directly by CRIO's programs, the Bear Necessities Thrift Store also provides clothing, household items, personal care items and toys to the general public at a nominal cost. There is no charge to clients.
Bear Necessities is proud to serve approximately 4,389 Lakota people each year.
New and gently used items are welcome and appreciated! Remember, anything you can use in your house, families in need can also use.
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by Kaj_Sotala kajsotala.fi2 min read23rd Sep 20176 comments
I feel like one of the most important lessons I've had about How the World Works, which has taken quite a bit of time to sink in, is:
In general, neither organizations nor individual people do the thing that their supposed role says they should do. Rather they tend to do the things that align with their incentives (which may sometimes be economic, but even more often they are social and psychological). If you want to really change things, you have to change people's incentives.
But I feel like I've had to gradually piece this together from a variety of places, over a long time; I've never read anything that would have laid down the whole picture. I remember that Freakonomics had a few chapters about how incentives cause unexpected behavior, but that was mostly about economic incentives, which are just a small part of the whole picture. And it didn't really focus on the "nothing in the world works the way you'd naively expect" thing; as I recall, it was presented more as a curiosity.
On the other hand, Robin Hanson has had a lot of stuff about "X is not about Y", but that has mostly been framed in terms of prestige and signaling, which is the kind of stuff that's certainly an important part of the whole picture (the psychological kind of incentives), but again just a part of the picture. (However, his upcoming book goes into a lot more detail on why and how the publicly-stated motives for human or organizational behavior aren't actually the true motives.)
And then in social/evolutionary/moral psychology there's a bunch of stuff about social-psychological incentives, of how we're motivated to denounce outgroups and form bonds with our ingroups; and how it can be socially costly to have accurate beliefs about outgroups and defend them to your ingroup, whereas it would be much more rewarding to just spread inaccuracies or outright lies about how terrible the outgroups are, and thus increase your own social standing. And how even well-meaning ideologies will by default get hijacked by these kinds of dynamics and become something quite different from what they claimed to be.
But again, that's just one piece of the whole story. And you can find more isolated pieces of the whole story scattered around in a variety of articles and books, also stuff like the iron law of oligarchy, rational irrationality, public choice theory, etc etc. But no grand synthesis.
There's also a relevant strand of this in the psychology of motivation/procrastination/habit-formation, on why people keep putting off various things that they claim they want to do, but then don't. And how small things can reshape people's behavior, like if somebody ends up as a much more healthy eater just because they don't happen to have a fast food restaurant conveniently near their route home from work. Which isn't necessarily so much about incentives themselves, but an important building block in understanding why our behavior tends to be so strongly shaped by things that are entirely separate from consciously-set goals.
Additionally, the things that do drive human behavior are often things like maintaining a self-concept, seeking feelings of connection, autonomy and competence, maintaining status, enforcing various moral intuitions, etc., things that only loosely align one's behavior with one's stated goals. Often people may not even realize what exactly it is that they are trying to achieve with their behavior.
"Experiental pica" is a misdirected craving for something that doesn't actually fulfill the need behind the craving. The term originally comes from a condition where people with a mineral deficiency start eating things like ice, which don't actually help with the deficiency. Recently I've been shifting towards the perspective that, to a first approximation, roughly everything that people do is pica for some deeper desire, with that deeper desire being something like social connection, feeling safe and accepted, or having a feeling of autonomy or competence. That is, most of the things that people will give as reasons for why they are doing something will actually miss the mark, and also that many people are engaging in things that are actually relatively inefficient ways of achieving their true desires, such as pursuing career success when the real goal is social connection. (This doesn't mean that the underlying desire would never be fulfilled, just that it gets fulfilled less often than it would if people were aware of their true desires.)


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Maria Duenas, 60, has kidney failure and is on the kidney transplant list. But until she finds a match, she will administer her own dialysis treatment at home. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
NIPOMO, CALIFORNIA — After Maria Duenas was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes about a decade ago, she managed the disease with diet and medication. But Duenas' kidneys started to fail just as the novel coronavirus established it's lethal foothold in the U.S.
On March 19, three days after Duenas, 60, was rushed to the emergency room with dangerously high blood pressure and blood sugar, Gov. Gavin Newsom implemented the nation's first statewide stay-at-home order.
Less than one week later, Duenas was hooked up to a dialysis machine in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles, 160 miles from her Central Coast home, where tubes, pumps and tiny filters cleansed her blood of waste for 3½ hours, doing the work her kidneys could no longer do.
In the beginning, Duenas said she didn't understand the severity of COVID-19, or her increased vulnerability to it. "It's not going to happen to me," she thought. "We're in a small little town."
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But she was unable to find a spot in a dialysis clinic in, or near, Nipomo. So, with her husband, Jose, at her side, Duenas made long road trips to Century City for more than two months.
In May, Duenas' doctor told her she was a good candidate for home dialysis, which would save her drive time and stress — and reduce her exposure to the virus.
The closet in Duenas' grandchildren's playroom is crammed with peritoneal dialysis solution, a mixture of dextrose, calcium and magnesium. She uses two bags for every treatment. Cabinets and drawers in her bedroom are filled with disinfectant wipes, gauze, masks and gloves. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
Now, Duenas assiduously sterilizes herself and her surroundings five nights a week so she can administer dialysis to herself at home while she sleeps.
"There's always a chance going in that somebody's going to have COVID and still need dialysis" in a clinic, Duenas said. "I'm very grateful to have this option."
The increase in home dialysis has accelerated recently, spurred by social-distancing requirements, increased use of telehealth and remote monitoring technologies — and fear of the virus.
Duenas starts her home dialysis routine around 8 p.m. She must maintain a sterile environment and uses masks and gloves. Her husband, Jose, installed an automatic paper towel dispenser in their bathroom to help ensure proper hygiene. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
While recent, comprehensive data is hard to come by, experts confirm the trend based on what they're seeing in their own practices. Fresenius Medical Care North America, one of the country's two dominant dialysis providers, said it conducted 25% more home dialysis training sessions in the first quarter of 2020 than in the same period last year, according to Renal & Urology News.
"People recognized it would be better if they did it at home," said Dr. Susan Quaggin, president-elect of the American Society of Nephrology. "And certainly from a health provider's perspective, we feel it's a great option."
Duenas vigorously washes her hands before she cleans the area around the catheter in her abdomen. She also sterilizes the dialysis equipment before hooking herself up for the night. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
Nearly half a million people in the United States are on dialysis, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Roughly 85% of them travel to a clinic for their treatments.
Dialysis patients are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and getting seriously ill with it, said Dr. Anjay Rastogi, director of the UCLA CORE Kidney Program, where Duenas is a patient.
In an analysis of more than 10,000 deaths in 15 states and New York City, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found about 40% of people killed by COVID-19 had diabetes. That percentage rose to half among people under 65.
But people on dialysis are also vulnerable to COVID-19 because they usually visit dialysis clinics two to three times a week for an average of four hours at a time, exposing themselves to other patients and, potentially, the virus, Rastogi said.
"Now even more so, we are strongly urging our patients to consider home dialysis," he said.
Although patients on home dialysis reduce their exposure to COVID-19 by avoiding clinics, they face other challenges. Home dialysis requires supplies such as dialysis fluid, drain bags, tubing, disinfectant and personal protective equipment. According to a recent study, patients may have problems obtaining dialysis supplies because supply chains are strained. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
Duenas uses her bedroom mirror to make sure her catheter is properly covered with gauze before she goes to bed. She will be tethered to the machine overnight. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
There are two kinds of dialysis: hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In hemodialysis, which is administered in a hospital or clinic, or sometimes at home, a dialysis machine pumps blood out of the body and through a special filter called a dialyzer, which clears waste and extra fluid from the blood before it is returned to the body.
Dialysis treatment centers that offer hemodialysis have intensified their infection-control procedures in response to COVID-19, said Dr. Kevin Stiles, a nephrologist at Kaiser Permanente in Bakersfield. Visitors are no longer allowed to accompany patients, and patients get temperature checks and must wear masks during treatment, he said. (KHN, which produces California Healthline, is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.)
In peritoneal dialysis, which is the more popular home option because it is less cumbersome and restrictive, the inside lining of the stomach acts as a natural filter. Dialysis solution cleanses waste from the body as it is washed into and out of the stomach through a catheter in the abdomen.
It takes Duenas about 45 minutes to prepare her overnight treatment. Her tubing allows her to get as far as her bathroom, but she sometimes gets tangled in it at night. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
Not everyone is eligible for home dialysis, which comes with it's own challenges.
Home dialysis requires patients or their caregivers to lift bags of dialysis solution that weigh 5 to 10 pounds, Stiles said. Good eyesight and hand dexterity are also critical because patients must be able to maintain sterile environments.
Home patients need dialysis equipment and regular deliveries of supplies such as dialysis fluid, drain bags, tubing, disinfectant and personal protective equipment. In response to COVID-19, some clinics have arranged courier services and contracted with labs to deliver supplies to patients.
The Trump administration has encouraged greater use of home dialysis and in July proposed increasing Medicare reimbursement rates for home dialysis machines, citing "the importance that this population stay at home during the public health emergency to reduce risk of exposure to the virus."
The morning after her treatment, Duenas disinfects the dialysis machine and then disconnects her catheter tube from the machine so that she can move around freely. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
Medicare covers almost all patients who receive dialysis treatment, including home dialysis, and patients typically pay 20% as coinsurance.
Medicare, which spends an average of $90,000 per hemodialysis patient annually, spent more than $35 billion on patients with end-stage renal disease in 2016.
Duenas is awaiting a kidney transplant. Until she finds a match, she'll be administering her own peritoneal dialysis at home.
Duenas inspects her drain bag in the morning for fibrin, a protein that can clog her catheter. She must alert her doctor if she finds any floating in the fluid. Photo credit: Heidi De Marco for KHN.
"To be honest, I didn't want to do it," she said of home dialysis. "It was scary having to think about taking care of my own treatment."
Now, three months later, guided by training and the prompts on the dialysis machine, Duenas feels comfortable, capable and safe.
Looking back, she said, "it was a blessing in disguise."
This KHN story first published on California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation. It also ran on Los Angeles Times. KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a nonprofit news service covering health issues. It is an editorially independent program of KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation), which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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Most women have several perfume bottles on their dresser top, some because they pick the latest scent as recommended by a friend, others simply cannot throw away used up bottles and a good majority try to sample everything and end up dissatisfied after several attempts. On inquiry, many will complain that it is difficult to get the right perfume one whose smell is a fragrance of oneself. Getting this perfume is not a hard task, nonetheless is it not a piece of cake. The first step in the pursuit of fragrance is to have some background information about perfumes.
We all know that perfumes are a unique mixture of different aromas and oils. Each person reacts differently to each of the constituent oils and the whole mix as a whole. As a person without a perfume, you have a unique body scent maybe not perceptible to us but animals such as dogs get this scent easily. When you add another scent, it reacts to your natural one creating an entirely new fragrance. This is the main reason why you can purchase the same scent with a friend all other factors similar yet get different results.
Perfumes have an alcohol base in them and we know that alcohol is volatile. Therefore, the same perfume can have different reaction according to temperature due to the differing evaporation rates. A perfume will smell differently during the day from the night and some are manufactured for specific times of the day.
Aldehydic – the perfumes have a fresh and pure scent. The main constituents are from the aldehyde group of chemicals.
Fruity – the scent is fresh and has a fruity smell similar to the main fruit extract. Most of the perfumes are extracted from citrus fruits.
Aquatic – the smell evokes memories of the sea, fresh linen or clean mountain air. The constituents are synthetics designed to evoke aquatic scents.
Gourmand – extracted from chocolate, vanilla or caramel the scent is simply edible and delicious.
Oriental – also known as the warm perfumes, the scent is sensual and extracted from musks and exotic plants.
Knowing all the above factors, the main question is how to choose the fragrance for you. Take a sample bottle; spray it once on the pulse areas (the wrist or the neck). Do not touch the area but cover it up with a sleeve or collar. After three minutes, smell the perfume and let the fragrance linger. Do not apply another perfume immediately if not pleased but allow that one to evaporate completely and you olfactory sense to clear of the previous smell.
Do not try more than three in one trial, as the scents will be mixed up. If you are looking for a night scent, look for it at night. The same goes for a day scent. The worst place to try out scents is in the shop as they are all in the air. After squirting, cover up then go outside to get the scent. A pointer to remember is that our perfume tastes change as we age and scents are affected by our monthly cycle. It is all about body chemistry so have fun in the pursuit of fragrance!
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What a great title for a cabaret: I Can't Trace Time. It's intriguing. There's a fascination there that sparks curious interest. It also happens to be a line in the third song of the set, David Bowie's "Changes" (sung as a quiet duet with piano man Jude Obermüller) – itself an enigmatic contemplation of an individual's relationship to self and time. Less mystifying but equally compelling were Andrea Wolff's own reflections on her life from young adulthood to the threshold of becoming a grandmother (beautifully acknowledged in song with Mavina Reynolds' "Turn Around/Jenny Rebecca"). Wolff doesn't disappoint. Her new show is smart, modern and terrifically engaging. And wisely, she lets the music tell the story, with a modicum of connective narrative that's warm and true.
Youth is certainly announced from the outset, with Wolff flying onto the stage to a big brash arrangement of Stephan Schwartz's "Spark of Creation." The mics were hot and the five-piece band was pumping. Wolff herself can't help but project youth. She's pixie-sized, small and delicate, with a power-packed energy level and robust vocal range. With her second number, "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Sherman Kelly) the mood was innocently sweet. But the arc of life, as we well know, brings hard times too. And here is Wolff's strong suit – the ability to curate a show with emotional precision. Her material can come from any genre, be it popular, classic, rock or musical theater. What the choices have in common is the specific stories they tell and Wolff's skill in interpreting those lyrics; she gets to the core and tells the story with creative musical choices. Wolff's comedic turn on "Don't Bring Me Down" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King/Jeff Lynne), for example, was a raucus fearless girl statement about negativity.
Wolff has been performing at a high level since her mid teens (she was in the original Broadway production of Hello Dolly! with Carol Channing). She's show-biz in the best possible way. Her shows are polished and set out to shine. In I Can't Trace Time, though, the sheen was perhaps too bright at times, specifically relating to over-produced sound – possibly great for a stadium, but not for a cabaret room. The terrific band, Georgia Weber on bass, Doug Hinrichs on percussion and Megan Talay on guitar were enhanced by the mellow sounds of strings: Rob Thomas on violin and Maureen Kelly on cello. What a great combination. But with music director and pianist Jude Obermüller rounding out the quintet, the sound balance often interfered with the intimacy of Wolff's delivery – a shame considering the often unique arrangements created by Obermüller. Fortunately, not all numbers were over-teched, such as Wolff's tender rendition of "Up" (John Carney/Gary Clark/Graham Henderson/Carl Papenfus/Ken Papenfus/Zamo Riffman), sung to her husband of 34 years, who sat at a ringside table.
But problematic sound mixing did no favors for the two numbers performed with virtuoso guitarist, Sean Harkness. Stevie Nicks' delicate "Landslide" with the lovely lyric "can I handle the seasons of my life?" was robbed of proper finesse. The finale, with Harkness, of Edie Brickell's "The Wheel" fared better, with the guitarist's remarkable artistry better served. In any case, this joyous ending tied the ribbon on a beautifully wrapped package.
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Jim F — September 24, 2020
San Francisco singer-songwriter John McLucas is back with a new track, Play It Out, and we're delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. After starting out as a songwriter/producer for other artists such as Krimetz, George Brandt and Tamara Bubble, he moved to LA to pursue his dream of being an artist in his own right. After a year living out of his car, he's emerged with new music to put him firmly on the right track.
Of the new song, John says "This song dives into my struggle with being unlovable, which stemmed from previous toxic relationships. I was [wrongly] programmed to believe that there's no way someone like me could be worthy of a romantic partner… and I f*cking believed them. But that's the power of finding new love. It can challenge deeply instilled self-beliefs, everything you've thought was true is up for debate, it's amazing and horrifying."
Play it out is smart electro-pop music, with synths the shimmer and sweep, with drums and pads that pop and scatter at times, and draw together at others. Over the top McLucas' warm vocal pulls the emotion and melancholy out of the melodies, whist ending it on this hopeful note.
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Hailing from San Franciso, CA, John McLucas is showing the Bay Area's got some serious talent with "Play It Out". "Play It Out" is an audio journey, that looks back on past loves and moves forward with a new one. John takes the production skills that he learned over the past 8 years to a new level introducing elements of synthpop/electro-pop, dark pop, and mainstream commercial.
John started out as a producer/songwriter for other artists (Krimetz, George Brandt, and Tamara Bubble) and companies such as (URM, JST, Musora, and Oculus VR). He has also had a placement with one of his bands on Showtimes' hit TV show – "Shameless".
Moving to LA to pursue his dream of being an artist/producer/songwriter left John homeless at first. Being forced to sleep at the studio he worked at for over a year and living out of his car in efforts to create music. Living and breathing his studio work was his way out, which you can clearly hear on his new single with its unconventional ending and the interesting play between rhythm and melody.
Coming off of his last track "Sanity" (which hit just over 1,000 views on YouTube) John McLucas continues to broaden the scope of what pop music can and will sound lik
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Unincorporated communities in Pemiscot County, Missouri
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A GRIEVING dad was left stunned as his fundraiser smashed its target when Jake Humphrey spotted an advert for it on a hoodie in the crowd of the FA Cup Semi-Final.
Ross Coniam, 36, and his partner Naomi were left heartbroken when they lost their daughter Norah last May just hours after she was born.
The young tot didn't breathe for the first 19 minutes of her life and was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, but died after just nine hours.
Ross, from Watford, still visits her grave every week to read her children's stories like the Hungry Caterpillar as he grieves.
But he's also been raising money for four charities who supported him and Naomi in the weeks after Norah's death, and has been playing for a football team made up of dads who've lost kids.
And incredibly, BT Sport presenter Jake Humphrey spotted Ross' jumper promoting his fundraiser during Watford's win over Wolves at Wembley at the weekend.
Tweeting an image of Ross' hoodie to his 909,000 followers, Jake wrote: "Today, whilst watching the game from our presenting position, I was drawn to a spectator with a message on his back.
"I did a bit of research and unexpectedly found myself shedding a little tear in the middle of the FA Cup Semi-Final!
"I've worked out who the gentleman was, and why he was wearing this top.
He included a link to the fundraiser titled "Nine4Norah" — in which Ross details his plans to complete nine gruelling physical challenges to raise money for charities.
Speaking to The Sun Online, Ross described the moment he started getting a flood of notifications on his phone about donations while he was in his local boozer after the match in Watford.
Then he noticed the total had jumped from £3,000 in the morning to £10,000 just a few hours later.
A friend then excitedly showed him Jake's tweets, about which Ross says: "I was literally in bits at that point.
Ross added: "It's something magical that happened on Sunday.
He went to bed that night worrying the astonishing jump in donations might not be real — but woke up yesterday morning to find the cash still flowing in.
Ross added: "I can't thank Jake Humphrey enough – he just noticed a jumper out of nothing.
He says he wants to get mums and dads talking about those difficult issues in 2019 as he still grieves for his daughter Norah.
"We never expected what happened to happen. But we always expected Norah to change lives, especially ours, and now she's hopefully going to change lots of lives and help for the better.
Ross's Go Fund Me page has reached more than £31,000 at the time of writing – shattering his original target of £6,000.
You can donate to Nine4Norah here.


A Mighty Heart, like the other post-9/11 Hollywood movies (United 93 and World Trade Center), is a would-be documentary subject inflated with promotion in its incarnation as a narrative feature. The turgid emphasis on sentiment and emotion is intended to overpower the viewer into believing and agreeing with everything on the screen, lest he or she be thought of as callous or insensitive. All of the oh-so-sincere earnestness seems to say, you are either with us or you are a bad person. "Hokey" is a word that springs to the lips when I think of these films, but not hokey in a cool Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca way. No, these movies are meant to be perceived as "important" and "serious" because they ostensibly reveal "heroes" that we the audience should aspire to, but could never be, since we were not in the enviable position of the suffering person onscreen.
The "mighty heart" of the film's title refers more to the long suffering wife of the deceased Wall Street Journalist reporter Daniel Pearl than it does to the man himself. We know this because the climax of the piece arrives when the protagonist, a pregnant Mariane Pearl, goes into an extended primal scream session after hearing news of her husband's long foreshadowed death. Never more has the Shakespeare quote from Hamlet, "the lady doth protest too much" applied so obviously to a crisis decision in a movie. Daniel Pearl and his wife were acutely aware of the dangers of his job. He was in Karachi trying to get interviews with known terrorists. That Mariane Pearl chose to improperly apply for the 9/11 victim's relief fund, even though her husband did not perish in that event, informs her unflinching sense of opportunism that carried over to writing a book and participating in making a film about her husband's death.
Somehow, all of this obvious motivation escaped director Michael Winterbottom, the film's producer Brad Pitt and his wife Angelina Jolie, because they bought into Mariane Pearl's money grab pity party hook, line and sinker. Never mind that the linear story isn't capable of maintaining a three-act structure merely because actress, star and supermom Angelina Jolie plays the rather homely-looking Mariane Pearl with every curly hair flawlessly in place. If only Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" played on the soundtrack, then we'd know for certain that her "hair was perfect."
Michael Winterbottom takes on the story of Daniel Pearl.
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Michael Winterbottom's thriller about murdered journalist Daniel Pearl raises some valuable questions.
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Today I'm going to talk mascara. I bought this essence mascara a couple months ago and have been using it a lot this past month, it retails for $4.99 CAD.
What first drew me to the mascara was obviously the price but also the bight orange packaging and because orange is my favourite colour I couldn't really pass it up. You get some bonus dog in the background of this picture because he decided he needed to sit right where I was taking my pictures.
It has a plastic brush with a flexible end that wiggles back and forth a little (not a crazy amount or anything though) and very short bristles (are they still called that if they're plastic?) which makes it easier to get to the lashes in the inner corner of your eye.
Initially I hated this mascara. It was way too wet and I prefer dryer mascaras, so if you like a wetter formula you might like this one right off the bat, but I found it difficult to work with and it made my lashes clump together. However, after I let it dry out a bit it found it much easier to work with and it gave my lashes a lot of volume and definition without any clumping.
By the end of the day it does flake off a little bit (if you look really closely at the ends of my lashes in the above pictures you can sort of see where little flake clumps are hanging on) but it's nothing too bad and nothing that bothered me.
I also like that this mascara comes off very easily with water. That being said it is probably not a good one to use in very humid climates or for a night out if you're planning on going out to a club and getting all sweaty. But for a day time mascara I think it holds up really well (pictures above are after 7 hour work day) and it's hard to beat that $5 price tag.


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by: Samantha Boyd
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Christmas inches closer and Santa's helpers at the United States Postal Service are hard at work to deliver the holidays to everyone.
Mike Hart, Manager of Processing and Distribution at USPS in Central Arkansas, said Wednesday night is one of the busiest nights for USPS other than the week leading up to Christmas.
"We're ready," he said. "We're ready to make sure we deliver the holidays."
Hart said his team at USPS has been preparing since January of this year.
Central Arkansas volunteers ready Salvation Army Angel Tree gifts
Hart said it's his 40th Christmas at USPS and he will spend the night at the processing center until about 3 AM, working alongside about 250 other employees to make sure letters and packages get out on time.
"We will put out about 1.2 million letters tomorrow… a lot of those are Christmas cards," he said. "We're going do about 113-120,000 packages."
Hart said that, while it takes a lot of hands to make it all happen, they really rely on machines.
"I think people would be surprised at how automated the system is," he said. "There's very few human hands that touch it once it's delivered."
He said the machines are encoding about 22,000 pieces of mail per hour, dividing it all up to determine where it will go.
Hart said every letter and package has a specific place, and everyone knows exactly where everything goes.
"We get a lot of kids that mail to Santa Claus," Hart said.
USPS sponsors an 'Operation Santa' program that also gets letters in response to kids from the 'North Pole.'
United States Postal Service launching Operation Santa to help make Christmas wishes come true
Hart said while you wait to get your Christmas cards and gifts, rest assured that those at the processing center are working on your behalf.
Many people will utilize express shipping before the holidays to get their packages and letters home in time. Hart said you have until December 23 to send through priority mail for it to get to the right place by Christmas day.
"We have a lot of dedicated employees – about 600 dedicated employees – excited to deliver the holidays," Hart said.
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Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by Air freight
The quickest way to get from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by plane will take about 1 day 12h and departs from Auckland International Airport (AKL) and arrives into Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL). There are flights departing daily on this route. Malaysia Airlines is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with flights departing 1-2 times a week.
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The quickest way to get from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by ship will take about 27 days and departs from Auckland (NZAKL) and arrives into Tanjung Pelepas (MYTPP). There are ships departing 1-2 times a week on this route. Maersk is one of the carriers that operates regular services on this route with ships departing every 1-2 weeks.
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Every 2-4 weeks CONTI CORDOBA+1 others
Every 1-2 weeks MSC Express III
Auckland to Port Klang
MYPKG
Every 2-4 weeks Mate+2 others
Every 2-4 weeks ANTWERP BRIDGE
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More about shipping cargo and freight from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by Air, Ocean and Road
How long does it take to ship a container from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by sea?
The shortest shipping time by sea between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur is 27 days. Ships depart from Auckland (NZAKL) and arrive at Tanjung Pelepas (MYTPP) with scheduled departures 1-2 times a week.
How regularly do container ships travel between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur?
There are scheduled container ships that depart 1-2 times a week from Auckland (NZAKL) and arrive into Tanjung Pelepas (MYTPP) around 27 days later. These services are operated by Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and MSC.
How long does it take to send cargo from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by air freight?
The quickest flight from Auckland to Kuala Lumpur takes around 1 day 12h. Flights depart from Auckland International Airport (AKL) and arrive at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL).
How often do planes fly between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur?
Scheduled flights between Auckland International Airport (AKL) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) depart daily. These flights are serviced by Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, AirAsia X, China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Korean Air and Emirates and the typical transit time is around 1 day 12h.
Do dedicated cargo planes (freighters) fly between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur?
No, it doesn't look like there are dedicated Cargo planes flying between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur. There are regular passenger aircraft however and they might be able to accommodate your cargo depending on its dimensions and weight.
What is the distance between Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by ship?
The distance between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur by cargo ship is 5,731 Nautical Miles (10,614 Kilometres / 6,595 Miles). This distance is measured by sea between Auckland (NZAKL) and Port Klang (MYPKG).
What is the distance between Auckland to Kuala Lumpur by air?
The distance between Auckland and Kuala Lumpur by air is around 8,788 Kilometres (5,461 Miles). This distance is measured following typical flight paths between Auckland International Airport (AKL) and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL).
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