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Q: Help with 68k assembly - jump tables? I'm working on reverse engineering a large Amiga program in IDA, and I've made a ton of progress. However, there is some stuff I can't quite figure out. Namely, I have found several subroutines which use what I believe to be "jump tables" - but I can't quite figure out how they work. Does anyone have any advice?
        moveq   #0,d0
        move.b  d7,d0       ; set D0 to a byte from CTRL
        subq.w  #1,d0       ; subtract 1 from it
        blt.w   finish_29ABA    ; if D0 is less than 1, branch
        cmpi.w  #$16,d0
        bge.w   finish_29ABA    ; if D0 is greater than or equal to 16, branch
        add.w   d0,d0       ; otherwise, double D0
        move.w  dword_29918(pc,d0.w),d0
        jmp dword_29918+2(pc,d0.w)
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
dword_29918:    dc.l $400036        ; CODE XREF: serialCtrlCmd+E0j
        dc.l $360036
        dc.l $3601A0
        dc.l $3601A0
        dc.l $1A001A0
        dc.l $360040
        dc.l $2A01A0
        dc.l $400036
        dc.l $3601A0
        dc.l $1A00036
        dc.l $1A00036
        dc.l $33FC0003
        dc.l HEAP_3B897+$41A7   ; CTRLRead3
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
        bra.w   finish_29ABA
; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
        tst.w   (CTRL_36494).l
        bne.w   return_29AF6
        moveq   #1,d0
        lea ((HEAP_3B897+$2665)).l,a0
        adda.w  (CTRLRead1).l,a0
        move.b  d7,(a0)
        moveq   #0,d1
        move.b  d7,d1
        move.w  d1,(CTRLRead2).l
        move.w  (CTRLCmds).l,d1
        addq.w  #1,d1
        move.w  d1,(CTRLCmds).l ; Increment CTRL Cmds by 1
        move.w  d0,(CTRLRead3).l
        bra.w   finish_29ABA

A:     blt.w   finish_29ABA    ; \
    cmpi.w  #$16,d0         ; > These insns check that the index is in range
    bge.w   finish_29ABA    ; /

    add.w   d0,d0           ; since the jump table contains words,
                            ; multiply the index by 2, to get a word index

    move.w  dword_29918(pc,d0.w),d0 ; get a word from the jump table, indexed by d0

    jmp dword_29918+2(pc,d0.w)      ; perform an indirect jump to (PC,d0)

    dword_29918:            ; the following are offsets encoded as words
      ; 0040 0036 0036 0036...

This is usually the result of a C switch statement.


When Thursday dawned in Washington, some things seemed certain: The fiscal cliff fight would continue; the National Christmas Tree would be aglow by evening, and Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina would continue to be the Senate's most important Tea Party voice.
So much for Washington certainties.
With his surprise announcement that he was exiting the Senate to head the Heritage Foundation think tank, a job that paid his predecessor $1 million annually, DeMint brought to an end his role as the Tea Party's godfather in the Senate.
As Syrian fighting intensifies in Syria, diplomatic efforts are also heating up.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the main international envoy to Syria were all in Dublin for an international gathering Thursday. The meeting came as Syria's opposition tries to get better organized to offer a real alternative to President Bashar Assad's regime.
We all know that nobody's perfect. But now scientists have documented that fact on a genetic level.
Researchers discovered that normal, healthy people are walking around with a surprisingly large number of mutations in their genes.
It's been well known that everyone has flaws in their DNA, though, for the most part, the defects are harmless. It's been less clear, however, just how many mistakes are lurking in someone's genes.
The Nigerian government has been slow to fulfill a promise it made last spring. And, its sluggishness is putting kids at risk for lead poisoning, the advocacy group Humans Rights Watch says.
Last May, the Nigerian government pledged roughly $5 million to clean up lead contamination around illegal gold mines in northwest Nigeria. But so far, that money hasn't been released.
Editor's Note: Throughout the Syrian uprising, the government has allowed few foreign journalists and other outsiders into the country. In this report, a Syrian citizen describes life in the capital, Damascus. For security reasons, NPR is not identifying the author.
As the Syrian military struggles against rebel fighters, it seems the army has not been paying a lot of attention to winning the hearts and minds of civilians.
Police arrested several protesters and they sprayed irritants at a crowd gathered at the Michigan State House today.
As the Detroit Free Press reports, State Police used "chemical munitions" when the crowd tried to rush the Senate floor.
History was made at midnight in Washington on two fronts last night: Bans on both gay marriage and recreational marijuana use were lifted.
As you might expect, as the sun set and the clock struck 12, there were scenes of celebration across the state's biggest city. The pictures tell the story, so with that here are five photographs from Seattle.
The earthy smell of a fresh beet may spark delicious thoughts for us, but for a fruit fly, that smell screams danger.
Geosmin, a naturally occurring chemical that gives beets, fresh soil and corked wine their distinctive smell, is also cranked out by bacteria deadly to fruit flies. And it turns out that the tiny flies have a direct pathway from nose to brain made just to detect that smell — and avoid the toxic microbes that produce it.


Occasionally Funny Podcast! The Incident At Night Moves and the TransContinetnal Tour!
Liss and I sat down with Jorge Machean for his podcast "Ocassionally Funny"! We talk about the TransContinental Tour, growth in comedy and the incident at Night Moves Cocktail Bar on August 3, 2018! There was post, but it got taken down. There's a good chance I'll do a Road Reflection about this and bounce off this podcast. Give it a listen and share!
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ZIZ News…Nov. 5, 2012 — Two persons will have to fork up thirty five thousand dollars for cocaine possession or serve time in jail.
Debbie Kaplan of St. Christopher Club, Frigate Bay was convicted for the offence of Possession of Cocaine, which was committed on 24th September 2012, and fined $5000.00 forthwith or in default spend six months in prison.
Leon "Big Dread" Henry of Upper College Street was convicted for the offences of Possession of Crack Cocaine, which was committed on 24th September 2012. For Possession of Crack Cocaine, he was fined $15,000.00 to be paid in one week or in default will be confined in prison for eighteen months with hard labour. For Possession of Cocaine, he was fined $15,000.00 to be paid in one week or in default spend eighteen months in prison. Sentence to run consecutively.
According to a police press release, the $420.00 in cash that was seized from him is forfeited to the Crown and paid into Treasury.
Meanwhile, at the Sandy Point Magistrate Court Kimwell Matthew of Saddlers was convicted for the offence of Disorderly Conduct by Making Noise, which committed on 1st May 2012 at Sandy Point and was ordered to pay a fine of $600.00 by 30th November 2012 or in default spend thirty days in prison with hard labour.
Clivorn "Kashman" Desuza of Cleverly Hill, Sandy Point was convicted for the offence of Possession of Cannabis at G spot which was committed on 20th November 2011 and was sentenced to serve two months in prison with hard labour.
And at the Charlestown Magistrate's Court Mickell Bourne and Vince Ferlance of Bath Village were convicted for the offence of Building Breaking and Larceny, which was committed between 5th and 6th February 2012. Both men were ordered to pay compensation of $5000.00 each to the victim in three months or in default spend eighteen months in prison with hard labour.
Patrick Hendrickson of Butlers Village was convicted for the offence of Larceny of Cattle to Wit One Black and White Sheep, which was committed on 21st May 2012 at Butler, and was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour.


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Being Alice - Ver. 2.0 was semi-premiered by The Opportunity Music Project Orchestra in December 2014. Liam Burke, conductor, with members of the orchestra. Congratulations to Jessica Garand and The Opportunity Music Project, and all their good work that makes this all possible.
A computer rendered version of the score can be heard below. The full score can be viewed by clicking on the PDF document link. The narration can be seen on the Being Alice Ver. 2.1 page.
"I was asked by Jessica Garand in the Spring of 2014 to write a piece for children's string orchestra (primarily 6 to 8 year olds) with soloist. The interesting limitation was that the students could only play in 3 keys, C, G, and F major – meaning I had a limited number of notes I could use (at least in the children's parts). However, since I had Julliard trained faculty to draw from as soloists, I chose to write a triple concerto for violin, viola and cello - working within the note limitations of the orchestra while giving the soloists the larger harmonic palette. Quite fun to work out the puzzle. In addition, I chose to use the opening theme of the Being Alice Suite and add a narration that describes the different compositional techniques used in each variation."


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using Antlr4.Runtime;
using GillSoft.ExpressionEvaluator.Internals;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace GillSoft.ExpressionEvaluator
{
    public class JsonPath
    {

        #region Public Events

        public event EventHandler<JsonArrayItemArgs> OnArrayItem;

        public event EventHandler<JsonPropertyArgs> OnProperty;

        public event EventHandler<JsonRootItemArgs> OnRootElement;

        #endregion Public Events

        #region Public Methods

        public JsonPathParsedResult CreateJson(string jsonPath)
        {
            var res = JsonPathVisitor.CreateJson(jsonPath);
            return res;
        }

        public void Parse(string jsonPath)
        {
            var visitor = new JsonPathVisitor(
                (e) => this.InvokeHandler(this.OnRootElement, e),
                (e) => this.InvokeHandler(this.OnProperty, e),
                (e) => this.InvokeHandler(this.OnArrayItem, e));
            visitor.Parse(jsonPath);
        }

        #endregion Public Methods

    }
}

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Washington, Dec 28 : Scientists have developed nanodiscs that deliver a customised therapeutic vaccine and kill colon and melanoma cancer tumours in mice within 10 days, as well as prevent future recurrence.
"We are basically educating the immune system with these nanodiscs so that immune cells can attack cancer cells in a personalised manner," said James Moon, assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the US.
Personalised immunotherapy is a fast-growing field of research in the fight against cancer, researchers said.
The therapeutic cancer vaccine employs nanodiscs loaded with tumour neoantigens, which are unique mutations found in tumour cells.
By generating T-cells that recognise these specific neoantigens, the technology targets cancer mutations and fights to eliminate cancer cells and prevent tumour growth.
"The idea is that these vaccine nanodiscs will trigger the immune system to fight the existing cancer cells in a personalised manner," Moon said.
The nanodisc technology was tested in mice with established melanoma and colon cancer tumours.
After the vaccination, 27 per cent of T-cells in the blood of the mice in the study targeted the tumours.
When combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors, an existing technology that amplifies T-cell tumour-fighting responses, the nanodisc technology killed tumours within 10 days of treatment in the majority of the mice.
After waiting 70 days, researchers then injected the same mice with the same tumour cells, and the tumours were rejected by the immune system and did not grow.
"This suggests the immune system 'remembered' the cancer cells for long-term immunity," said doctoral student Rui Kuai.
"The holy grail in cancer immunotherapy is to eradicate tumours and prevent future recurrence without systemic toxicity, and our studies have produced very promising results in mice," Moon said.
The technology is made of extremely small, synthetic high density lipoproteins measuring roughly 10 nanometres. By comparison, a human hair is 80,000 to 100,000 nanometres wide.
"It's a powerful vaccine technology that efficiently delivers vaccine components to the right cells in the right tissues. Better delivery translates to better T-cell responses and better efficacy," said Anna Schwendeman, assistant professor at the university.


The story related by Laughing Bear of an amobic encephalitis death at Deep Creek is incorrect. In 1976 a family visited hot springs all over the western United States; their daughter contracted ameobic encephalitis at one of the many hot springs they soaked in. Deep Creek Hot Springs was one of the locations the family visited. The girl surivived the disease.
It was never determined where the ameobic encephalitis was actually contracted, but the histeria caused some hot springs to be shut down. Almost 20 years later, it is said that there are still signs at some hot springs warning of the deadly danger.
The disease organism lives in damp earth anywhere, such as the swamp above the rocks at DCHS. The pathogen could be dislodged by water flowing over the damp earth, then washed into one of the hot pools where the ameoba would invade the victim's body through the nose. There have been no reported cases of ameobic encephalitis contracted at Deep Creek Hot Springs.


Dungeons & Dragons 5th. edition group seeking 1-2 more players for an ongoing campaign. We have played several adventures already and are currently level 4 and have room for 1-2 more. Feel free to join even if you have no experience with the new system or with previous editions of D&D or RPG's in general.
We currently have a good DM and 3 players that are present for every game, 1 player that can make it most of the time and 1 additional player that will be joining back up with us in November. We would like to open up things to invite 1-2 more players.


"For the fourth year in a row we are faced with another very dry growing season in the Cape Winelands, and this year it is starting to show.
Although some vineyards are back on par this year, mainly due to fuller dams and more boreholes, this is not a sustainable way to farm. The dryland vineyards are really struggling, especially the old vineyards, contrary to popular belief. In the Paarl and Swartland regions it is a particularly light Cinsaut crop, with little to no answers as to why, with odd climate patterns as the only answer. Varieties that still thrive in this climate, although things are quite tough, is Chenin blanc, Pinotage, Grenache noir and Grenache blanc.
Stellenbosch seems to have a medium to good crop, with the younger, leafroll virus free vineyards really coming through in yield and quality. The older, leafroll ridden vineyards are suffering, maybe a hint that their era is over, and the drive to "clean" vineyards and the economic sustainability of these vineyards, becoming more evident.
The cooler regions like Elgin really seem to enjoy these rather "drier" summers, with less vigour in these vineyards leaning them to even greater quality. The Pinot Noirs are really good, with the Sauvignon blancs and Chardonnays also showing great potential.
The only thing that really hit home this year, is soil health and organic matter in the soils. Vineyards, where a drive towards healthier soils, with composting and better microbe management, are at the forefront of the battle and really performed well in these difficult years.


"Can't Buy Love" has a bluesy sound mixed with something more. It's indie music genius. Cat Dail has a glorious voice that offers such a pleasing sound as you listen to the fabulous lyrics of her songs. This track is extremely creative, and the creativity and experimentation don't stop with this first track. When "Player" starts it sounds like a blend of jazz and disco. As the lyrics begin it stays with that jazzy feel, but it moves into something reminiscent of Lorde's music, minus the dance beat. Dail's music may defy categorizing, but it's worth every minute of music. From the fresh instrumentation in each track, all of them sounding a bit different, to her beautiful vocals, these songs are divinity. "Wonder Love" is the stand out track. It starts with a 70s guitar solo, moving into a creative and experimental tune that quickly turns into an earworm. It's a catchy track with guitars that carry the beat. It almost has a stoner rock sound to it.


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5 things to know about the Daytona 500
By MARK LONG - Associated Press - Monday, February 24, 2014
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Five things to know about the rain-delayed Daytona 500, NASCAR's signature event that finished under the lights Sunday at Daytona International Speedway:
HENDRICK DOMINATION: Richard Childress Racing garnered attention last week. Joe Gibbs Racing grabbed headlines this week. Hendrick Motorsports left Daytona International Speedway with the only prize that really mattered.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his second Daytona 500 and first in more than a decade Sunday night, overcoming rain and wrecks to end a 55-race drought with a victory under the lights at the famed speedway where his father died in a last-lap crash at the 2001 race.
"It's obviously very significant (when) any Earnhardt wins at Daytona," second-place finisher Denny Hamlin said. "It's a significant day for their family and great for the race team."
Earnhardt celebrated by giving team owner Rick Hendrick a ride to Victory Lane and then climbed out of his car and hugged every crewmember. Teammates Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon stopped by to join in the festivities.
Gordon finished fourth, one spot ahead of six-time and defending Sprint Cup Series champion Johnson. No one should have been surprised to see those guys up front. After all, Johnson won his second Daytona 500 last year, Gordon has three victories in "The Great American Race," and Junior had three second-place finishes in NASCAR's premier event the previous four years.
But they were mostly overlooked during Speedweeks, especially after rookie Austin Dillon gave RCR the pole in the return of the famed No. 3 car associated with Earnhardt's father and Gibbs drivers Hamlin and Matt Kenseth combined to sweep the first three Cup races.
SHR STRUGGLES: Tony Stewart's stretched his Daytona 500 winless streak to 0 for 16.
He had another failed effort in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 14 Chevrolet as he battled engine and fuel-cell issues. Stewart was never a factor and finished 35th, 26 laps behind Earnhardt. The three-time Cup champion was driving in his first Sprint Cup points race since he broke two bones in his right leg in an August sprint-car crash.
Daytona was a tough day, and deep into the night, all around for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Danica Patrick, who led Daytona 500 laps for the second straight year, slammed nose first into the concrete in a 13-car accident late in the race and finished 40th.
"It was the best car that I had all Speedweeks," she said.
Up next, Kurt Busch, whose spin down the stretch sent him to pit road and knocked him out of contention for a solid debut with SHR. He was 21st. Kevin Harvick was 13th after getting caught up in an accident with seven laps left.
DENNY'S DISAPPOINTMENT: Hamlin wasn't sure how to feel after he fell just shy of a Daytona sweep. Hamlin tried to become the first driver to win the exhibition Sprint Unlimited, his 150-mile qualifying race and the Daytona 500 in the same Speedweeks. He settled for second in the 500 behind Earnhardt.
Hamlin is off to a great start after he sat out five races last season with a fractured vertebra. His runner-up finish was his best in the 500, topping his fourth-place finish in 2012. He did it all after losing radio communication after the long rain delay.
"There's a lot to be disappointed about, but there's a lot to be happy about," Hamlin said. "I had to wing it those last 150 laps on my own. With not having a spotter there on that last green-white-checkered, I didn't know whether to back up more."
RCR WOES: Rookie Dillon slumped in his chair, staring across the room at a television screen that was showing highlights of the Daytona 500. He was in a bunch of them - and they were mostly negative.
Dillon started on the pole in the famed No. 3, taking the late Dale Earnhardt's number out of mothballs and back to the top of the scoring tower. He got significant attention leading into the season opener, but it faded along with his position on the track. Dillon dropped as low as 39th before working his way back through the field and finishing ninth. In between, he started two wrecks that knocked out several cars and was involved in another.
"I think the yellow stripes on the bumper showed a little bit tonight," said Dillon, who made contact with teammate Ryan Newman and fellow rookie Kyle Larson in separate incidents.
Dillon's teammates didn't fare much better, making it a long night for RCR. Newman was in two accidents and came home 22nd. Brian Scott was in three accidents and finished 25th. Paul Menard also wrecked and crossed the line 32nd.
REPLAY REACTION: Jimmie Johnson was hailed as the Daytona 500 champion all over the place Sunday - he was trending on Twitter and even had friends congratulating him via text message - despite the race being in a rain delay.
Showers halted the race after 38 laps and it resumed more than six hours later. Johnson eventually finished fifth, but someone probably believes he won.
Fox Sports showed a replay of last year's season opener, the one in which Johnson won his second 500. Fox ran an intermittent crawl across the bottom of the screen, saying the 2013 race was being shown while Sunday's race was being delayed because of rain. But thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of people failed to get the message. Johnson's phone started blowing up with congratulatory texts while he was hanging out in his motorhome.
Fox News, for one, erroneously reported Johnson's victory. And several Fox affiliates relayed the bad information.

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Chart Attack!
CHART ATTACK!: 2/1/86
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Chart Attack! is back for episode 2, covering the Top 10 from March 19, 1983.
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Chris Holmes February 15, 2013
The first edition of the new Chart Attack! podcast kicks off with the Top 10 singles from the week ending February 15, 1986.
Infinite Play: Richard Thompson, "From Galway to Graceland"
Dave Lifton January 8, 2010
On Elvis Presley's 75th birthday, Dave Lifton's latest Infinite Play column pays tribute to the King by talking about Richard Thompson's "From Galway to Graceland."
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A duck, a muskrat, and Rod Stewart in a bowtie — the only thing that could save this Billboard Top 10 is a four-minute talkbox solo. It's all in Jason Hare's latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
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Mariah Carey shatters a 21-year record (and probably a few crystal glasses), Color Me Badd continues to suck, and Bryan Adams is told his album isn't Canadian enough. It's all part of Jason Hare's CHART ATTACK! from 10/19/91!
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Diana Ross smacks Chic around, Kenny Loggins starts his soundtrack reign, and Olivia welcomes us to Xanadu — all in Jason Hare's latest edition of CHART ATTACK!
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What artist is currently being credited on the Internet as winning five Grammy Awards when, in fact, she's won zero? What song supposedly includes satanic messages at the end? Which popular '80s artists had their final Top 10 hits this week? These answers and more in Jason Hare's latest CHART ATTACK!
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Jason Hare July 31, 2009
Before he heads off to become a part of the live Jack Wagner experience, Jason Hare brings us unnecessary ad-libs, vulgar stories, and the appearance of a Canadian God — all part of this week's CHART ATTACK!
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CHART ATTACK!: Michael Jackson Edition
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Mellow Gold tracks, country crossovers, and uncomfortable backing vocals — join Jason Hare (and his childhood haircut) as he takes us back to June 7, 1975 for this edition of CHART ATTACK!
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Is your child having a birthday party. Are you tasked in making sure that your nephew or niece has the best birthday party ever? You may want to consider hiring a bounce house rentals houston. Bouncy houses are a fun way for a child to play within their toys. Hiring a bouncy house rental isn't actually a waste of money. It is actually an investment you can make.
In this article, you will learn four benefits of hiring a bouncy castle that will ensure that you won't regret ever doling out the money needed for it.
Bouncy castles have many designs but most of all it is safe. Bouncy castles or houses are made out of a special inflatable material that will ensure that you wouldn't have to worry of your child getting broken bones from playing a certain kind of game. Bouncy castle comes with inflatable walls and those that haven't. Depending on the ones that make you feel safer with your child you can choose which ones you can hire one.
Themed birthday party? No problem. Bouncy houses or castles have many available castles that have their own theme. This will ensure that you are able to have one cohesive party without losing the image you are going for. Now that, isn't a problem anymore you can relax sit back and enjoy the party while your child is preoccupied with playing and games.
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Bouncy castles aren't exactly a bad way to spend your money. There is a lot you can get out of a simple thing. There are also deals that is even a good deal of fee and will feel like it is a steal that you should pay attention too when you have the time. So, why not look at what you can afford and make an investment in hiring a bouncy house or castle rentals.
How Much Does it Cost to Get Skip Hire?
If you have a lot of trash to dispose of, then don't haul them in your car to be taken to the landfill or recycling facility by yourself. There's a proper way of handling trash removal and it usually involves hiring a skip hire company to do it everything for you. Keep in mind that there are certain laws around proper rubbish disposal and you don't want to be caught with any infraction.
Skips come on various sizes, which suggest that they can haul small to big trash. Homeowners that need to dispose of some things inside their home normally need skips that can carry around 2 cubic yards of waste. If it's construction debris from a home improvement project, then go for the one that can carry 6 cubic yards. The biggest skip can haul up to 40 cubic yards of rubbish, which is highly recommended for commercial and industrial applications.
Where you need the skip and where the skip is located play a crucial role in computing actual charges. The distance that the truck or lorry traveled from its original location to your home or office and to the place where the trash will be disposed of will all be aptly computed.
Sometimes, you don't need the skip for just a day because trash is produced on a daily basis. This is true in cases of construction where there's little area in the property where the trash can be stored. If this is the case, then you have to book several days at once to possibly get a discount.
Certain types of rubbish require a special permit to carry and dispose. To know more about this, it is best that you consult with a skip hire near you. They should be able to give you insights as to what permits may be needed.
"Where are the skip hire near me?" This is a common question among home and business owners who may be getting a skip hire service for the first time. If you have no idea as to which company to deal with, make a quick search online. Be sure to type your city or location after the term "skip hire" to know which companies offer the service your area.
Once you have a list of skip hire companies, you have to perform due diligence in checking out each of them. You surely don't want to hire a company that isn't competitive in the field. Talk to each provider and request for guidance if this is the first time you're using such a service. The one that accommodates all of your questions may be the one you're looking for.
One-year old kid would have a different approach from the babies that ranges from one month old to 11 months old. They have a different learning activity that you should introduce and keep on letting them to learn it. For those toddlers that is in the age of more than one year old. They should be learning more words to talk and practice and of course the ability to understand and read more words than before. You could introduce more activities that they could be able to start practicing and can understand a little. Int this way, the learning of new language and acquiring good speech habit would develop more. Here are some of the best ways that you could teach toy our one-year old son or daughter without sending them to a speech therapist.
It is common that you are talking to your kids even they are less than one-year old of age. Even when they are not talking to you back. That would be fine but for those kids who are aged more than 12 months. They should try to speak a bit longer words and sentences. You can try to have a good yet simple conversation to them like the simple greetings. For example, "Good morning", "Good evening", or even a basic way of saying good night and goodbye. Letting them to hear it every day and use it whenever you talk to them. It would be very easy for them to understand and repeat the words and phrases again and again every day.
You could teach him or her a simple song to sing with every day. Use the simple and basic nursery songs that would be very easy for them to remember and speak. Like for example, twinkle, twinkle little star or rain, rain go away. It would easier for them to remove those simple words as they don't need to think more and more. You could always start singing and let them to follow you.
Practice reading a story book with them. Let them to try reading those words one by one. Teach them how to read them properly and guide about the correct pronunciation. You may use the pictures in the book to describe what is happening in the story. Don't let him or her to read longer sentences and stories. Keep in mind that they would be easily get bored when they are reading too long sentences.
You could let them repeat now that different body parts that they have. You could sing it in a song or even let them guess the name of the body parts. Doing this every day would retain to their mind this simple way of learning the body parts.
You could try to introduce a new way by pointing out things in the place. It could be about the shape, the name of the thing or the color. This will help them to engage more to the environment and be able to apply whatever they have learned from you.


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Thoughts on Hayek
Ever since the election, I, like many of my fellow Democrats, have been trying to make sense of just what the hell happened. It's clear to me that I, like many of my fellow Democrats, have been completely asleep at the wheel. So I've taken it upon myself to embark on a crash course in political science. I'm starting with Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom. For no particular reason except that, of all the books I requested from the library, it arrived first. And, of course, it's clear (to me, anyway) that I need to understand Neoliberalism better.
I'm not yet done with the book. But my initial reaction is that The Road to Serfdom just doesn't hold up very well. First of all, Hayek equates Socialism with a planned economy. That may be partially true. But I would argue that what he means is actually Soviet-style Communism, not Socialism. Perhaps that's merely a semantic shift that's happened in the 60 years since the book was written.
Second, the way Hayek discusses a planned economy is absurdly all-or-nothing: the entire economy is planned or none of it is. Which is patently ridiculous, both practically and theoretically. Look at, for example, Sweden and France: these are what I've seen called "mixed economies," where some areas of the economy are planned and some are not. Indeed, Hayek himself even discusses some areas in which market competition breaks down, such as, "certain harmful effects of deforestation, of some methods of farming, or of the smoke and noise of factories," and government regulation is necessary. He would perhaps say unfortunately necessary, but he is quite clear that central control is necessary in some cases. Now, Hayek was no dummy, he clearly understood that mixed economies are possible. And yet in the rest of the book he treats a planned economy as some sort of monolithic thing. Like I said, I'm not done with the book yet. So I'm not sure what's going on here. Is this just sloppy thinking on Hayek's part? I kind of doubt it. Or is he engaging in some sort of rhetorical sleight-of-hand, and I simply haven't gotten to the part where the other shoe drops?
Finally, Hayek's use of the word "freedom" is troublesome. He draws a distinction between "freedom from coercion, freedom from the arbitrary power of other men" and "freedom from necessity, release from the compulsion of the circumstances which inevitably limit the range of choice of all of us." In other words, freedom from authority vs. freedom from want. Hayek sets these definitions of freedom in opposition, the former being what he calls liberalism, the latter socialism. Now, I'll grant you, the Founders probably meant the former when they were drafting up the foundational documents of the United States. But they were breaking away from a king, pretty much the ultimate in human authority. I would argue that in the early 21st century, that notion of freedom is not tenable, and maybe it never was. Yes, certainly, everyone should be free of duress. But let's face it, anyone who has a boss is subject to the arbitrary power of other men. Anyone who interacts with another person in a position of authority is subject to the arbitrary power of other men. Anyone who interacts with another person, period, is subject to the arbitrary power of other men. I would even go so far as to argue that Hayek's version of freedom from authority is not even possible in a world that has, you know, other people in it.
Not to mention the fact that there's coercion and there's coercion. I mean, there's coercion by force, or duress. But there's also the softer coercion of social structures. If you didn't have to go to work every day to put food on the table and a roof over your head, would you? You could make a pretty fair argument that social structures are coercive by their very nature. So, given that other people exist, and we all live in society, Hayek's freedom from authority is really a pipe dream. It may be that Hayek's freedom from want is also a pipe dream: living in society creates "the compulsion of the circumstances which inevitably limit the range of choice of all of us". But at least that's a tractable problem. We may never be able to entirely eliminate poverty and want, but there's certainly no shortage of empirically solid mechanisms for moving in that direction. And again, Hayek was no dummy, he surely understood this, even if efforts in poverty reduction were not as well-developed in his time. So again, I have to wonder, is Hayek just being sloppy, or is he leading his reader down the garden path?


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Q: How to solve an electrostatic second order differential equation I have this second order differential equation:
$\frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}(r\frac{dv}{dr}) =0 $, it's solution is $v=c_1\ln(r)+c_2$ . Please someone help me to derive this solution.

A: You can work with the equation one step at a time, integrating along the way.
$$\frac{1}{r}\frac{d}{dr}(r\frac{dv}{dr}) = 0$$
$$\frac{d}{dr}(r\frac{dv}{dr}) = 0$$
$$r\frac{dv}{dr} = c_1$$
$$v'(r) = \frac{c_1}{r}.$$
Can you complete the derivation from here?


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SOPHIE dies suddenly at age 34
Peyton Finnegan , Courier Staff
Sophie Xeon, professionally known as SOPHIE, was a producer, musician, singer and DJ who died suddenly on Jan. 30, 2021. She was 34.
The avant-garde, Grammy-nominated pop star's death was co-announced by the Scottish artist's record labels, Transgressive and Future Classic. Transgressive published the following statement on its website, revealing that SOPHIE's death stemmed from a "terrible accident."
The statement said, "Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell. She will always be here with us. The family thanks everyone for their love and support and requests privacy at this devastating time."
SOPHIE was living in Athens, Greece, at the time of her death, as reported by The Guardian. Her management told the outlet that SOPHIE died at 4 a.m. local time on Saturday following a "sudden accident."
The statement added that the artist was "a pioneer of a new sound" and "one of the most influential artists in the last decade. Not only for ingenious production and creativity but also for the message and visibility that was achieved. An icon of liberation."
SOPHIE's debut album, Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides, was released in 2018, which earned her a 2019 Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronic Album.
For the first years of SOPHIE's career, she kept her true identity a secret. Born with the name Samuel Long, in 2017, she came out as a trans woman with the single, "It's Okay to Cry." The official music video on YouTube racked up more than two million views.
The futuristic pop star opened up about being transgender to Paper magazine in 2018. She said, "Transness is taking control to bring your body more in line with your soul and spirit so the two aren't fighting against each other and struggling to survive. … It means you're not a mother or a father — you're an individual who's looking at the world and feeling the world."
SOPHIE, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, started releasing music at the age of 13. At 14, she gained a popular following after the release of the single, "Lemonade."
"I think all pop music should be about who can make the loudest, brightest thing," SOPHIE said in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone. "That, to me, is an interesting challenge, musically and artistically. And I think it's a very valid challenge — just as valid as who can be the most raw emotionally. I don't know why that is prioritized by a lot of people as something that's more valuable. The challenge I'm interested in being part of is who can use current technology, current images and people, to make the brightest, most intense, engaging thing."
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Exploring by getting lost since 2013
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Curry sweats, candid photos and Kareena Kapoor – Delhi
The ensuing journey was one of terrifying turbulence, many nerves, a few tears and a long time in transit. From Queenstown to Auckland, on to Gold Coast, overnight for KL for a day, on to New Delhi and then a few hours kip in the airport waiting for the family to arrive through customs a few hours later, it was 48 hours of transit. After a wave of hellos, we were picked up to be taken to our airport. Now 3am, but feeling like the 10.30am it was in New Zealand, it was still a scorching 26 degrees. The time sits on a half time zone, 4.5 hours ahead of the U.K. The currency Rupees, 80 of them to the pound.
After a few hours rest we made for the pool, the heat of the day already building around us. We were then collected to be taken into the city. The traffic was bustling, slow moving but fluid as horns were used instead of indicators, every opportunity seized and the idea of lanes, a foreign concept. Tuk tuks fought with pedestrians, rickshaws, monkeys, cows, dogs, buses and private cars (like ours which has 'tourist' blazoned across the front.) There is 25 million people in Delhi, 25,000,000 parallel lives, and said to be around 1500 car sales made in a day.
With our guide Jimmy, a slow, deliberate man, India's David Attenborough, we made our way to Old Delhi to look at Ghandis grave, Rajghat. Ghandi was significant for being a well loved revolutionary who gained India independence from the British in 1947. We approached his simple grave from above to look down on the square structure burning with an eternal flame.
Jimmy had unusual ways of capturing our attention, demanding we all gather round. He compared Bex to Indias Bollywood superstar, Karina Kapoor and directed all historical facts toward me, his fellow historian.
We were booted from our comfort zone to get a rickshaw ride at Chandni chowk, a network of markets and lanes with shop fronts spilling into the street. In our pairs, our hot driver peddling at some speed, we weaved down this network of narrow alleys, each one with entwined cables running amok over our heads. One street sold mostly silk, another, wedding street, sold saris. The noise was palpable as drivers whistled in place of a horn, swerving by millimetres the oncoming carts and people who appeared unperturbed. There is a complete lack of aggression in every near miss and crazy move, maybe a telling hand wobble to signify it's okay, an incredible move away from road rage.
At the end of the road we stepped out at the spice market where the street ran on for four miles of colourful hubbub. The architecture if you cared to look above the level of shopfront was a mix of architecture with pieces added on over the years so wonky compartments barely connected. We were taken into a spice market to sample. The smells of spices, seeds and teas were pungent, amplified from anything you have smelt before. Teas in mango, blueberry, rose and chai refreshed our thirst, cinnamon bark broke sweetly on your tongue and the variety of curry powders in each shade was overwhelming.
Our drivers escorted us back up the street to be dropped outside the red fort. Its imposing sandstone structure first built by the Mughul emperors, the same who commissioned the Taj Mahal, but before he could take up residence his son imprisoned him in Agra Fort. It was home to the last Mughul emperor before he was flushed out by the British in 1911. They subsequently turned it into military barracks.
Just 15 minutes drive from old Delhi is New Delhi and on our second day we set out to explore the more regal part of the city. In this area, the regal British structures of Parliament House, once the house of the Viceroy. In alignment with this beautiful building is India Gate, an arc de triumphe like structure memorialising 90,000 Indian and British troops lost in World War One. We walked up to the vast memorial, having our photos taken so candidly by Jimmy, where an eternal flame burnt in the middle protected by both armed and ceremonial guards. Jimmy told us that this is where misbehaving or lazy police were sent for punishment duty.
We visited Himayuns tomb, pre dating and strongly influencing the Taj Mahal. It's red sandstone perfectly symmetrical to honour those buried within. We climbed up to explore inside the decorated mausoleum, the cool marble inside a perfect contrast to the warm sandstone. Another impressive structure we visited was the Qutab minar, a tower stretching high over the area, looking like the folded pages of books made up the outside. Each layer, there is now seven, was added by each subsequent Mughul emperor.
Despite the beauty of this city, I asked Jimmy where was the heart, the centre of the city. Maybe just the way in which we explored it, ferried between monuments, but I felt I had not begun to understand the city or find a place within it yet. It had been a mere taster of a diverse and exciting country we had yet to explore.
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So colourful and so crowded. How did it feel to be in a Rickshaw I wonder. The electric (?) cables above the rickshaw look like spilt spaghetti. Love all the photos.
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Olivier Guilmot (12 juli 1979) is een voormalig Belgisch voetballer. Hij kwam in eerste klasse uit voor RAA Louviéroise en RAEC Mons.

Carrière
RAA Louviéroise plukte Guilmot in 2002 weg bij derdeklasser R. Francs Borains. Guilmot, commercieel ingenieur van opleiding, groeide langzaam maar zeker uit tot een certitude in de verdediging van de Henegouwse club. In zijn eerste seizoen viel hij tijdens de bekerfinale in de slotfase in voor Manasseh Ishiaku, die met twee doelpunten een aanzienlijk aandeel had in de bekerzege van La Louvière. Guilmot werd uiteindelijk zelfs kapitein bij La Louvière, maar na de zaak-Ye ruilde hij de club samen met Fadel Brahami in voor RAEC Mons.

Guilmot kwam echter geblesseerd toe bij Bergen, waardoor hij nooit echt veel aan spelen toekwam bij de club. Na amper één seizoen trok hij naar tweedeklasser RFC Tournai. Na een korte passage bij Géants Athois, de opvolger van zijn jeugdclub RFC Athois, kwam hij drie seizoenen uit voor Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz. Met de fusieclub werd hij kampioen in Vierde en Derde klasse. In 2013 keerde hij terug naar RFC Tournai, waar hij in 2015 zijn spelerscarrière afsloot.

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"""
Methods for managing configuration and web-server processes.

An alternative web-server can be selected by settings the:

``deploy_web_server`` env variable.

Options:
- nginx (default)
- apache

"""
from fabric.api import abort

from denim.environment import Proxy

__proxy = Proxy('deploy_web_server', globals(), 'nginx')

## Config Management ##################

upload_config = __proxy.method('upload_config', doc="""
Upload configuration file.

Configuration is loaded from:

  PROJECT_ROOT/conf/%(deploy_web_server)s/%(deploy_env)s.conf

and uploaded to correct configuration location for your particular web-server.

Often configuration is then required to be enabled.

""")

enable_config = __proxy.method('enable_config', doc="""
Enable web-server configuration.

""")

disable_config = __proxy.method('disable_config', doc="""
Disable web-server configuration.

""")

test_config = __proxy.method('test_config', doc="""
Test web-server configuration

""")

## Process Management #################

start = __proxy.method('start', task=True, doc="""
Start web-server

""")

stop = __proxy.method('stop', task=True, doc="""
Stop web-server

""")

restart = __proxy.method('restart', task=True, doc="""
Restart web-server

:check_config: check that web-servers configuration is correct before restarting.

""")

reload = __proxy.method('reload', doc="""
Reload web-server

:check_config: check that web-servers configuration is correct before restarting.

""")

@__proxy.local_method
def install_config(name_prefix=None, disable_on_fail=True, abort_on_fail=True, use_reload=True):
    """
    Install/enable and test configuration.

    :param name_prefix: name prefix for configuration.
    :param disable_on_fail: disable the configuration file on failure.
    :param abort_on_fail: abort script on failure.
    """
    upload_config(name_prefix)
    enable_config(name_prefix)
    result = test_config()
    if result:
        if use_reload:
            reload(check_config=False)
        else:
            restart(check_config=False)
    else:
        if disable_on_fail:
            disable_config(name_prefix)
        if abort_on_fail:
            abort('Web server configuration test failed.')

__all__ = __proxy.methods


4 Sensor rear parking assist system with bumper mount colour camera and 3'' TFT monitor. Reverse with vision, the 3'' monitor not only displays the image produced by the bumper mounted colour camera it also shows you the precise distance in meters to obstacles in the detection zone. The visible external diameter of the sensor head is 22.9mm with a depth of 20.1mm and they have detachable cables and a 4 and 10 degree angle of tilt in the box.


All youth participating in the 4-H Program must be enrolled as Cloverbuds or 4-H Members through Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County for the current 4-H project year.
Cloverbuds must be 5 years old before January 1st of the current year and enrolled in Kindergarten. 4-H members must be 8 years old, but not have reached their 19th birthday before January 1st of the current year.
Once a club has met all of the above club criteria they may submit the "Application For A Club Charter" that is printed in the front of the Club Secretary's Handbook to the 4-H Office.
Once a club has received a Charter, it is not necessary to ever apply for one again.


Musique Royale proudly presents the Chester Brass Band on Sunday, October 14 at 3 pm in St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg). Founded in 1873, and made up of a 25 piece brass ensemble, this renowned Nova Scotia group is based in Chester, Nova Scotia, and is made up of talented, volunteer musicians. The Band's repertoire includes arrangements of classical works, original works written for brass bands, marches, hymns, and arrangements of modern and popular melodies. They have performed with guest choirs, and vocal and instrumental soloists of distinction. Chester Brass is directed by Commander (Retired) George Morrison a graduate of the Canadian Navy School of Music and Dalhousie University.
The concert will feature mezzo soprano Paula Rockwell.
Since returning to Nova Scotia, after completing her graduate studies at University of Toronto, Paula Rockwell has been steeped in musical projects, performances and music festivals in her home province, Canada and the US. She teaches Applied Voice, Diction for Singers, Scene Studies and the Singing Actor at her alma mater Acadia University and creates productions for Acadia's Singing Theatre Ensemble where she is the artistic director. She has been featured on several recordings and co-produced her debut CD entitled Fleeting Melodies, a collection of 20th century art songs and arias.
Paula has taken on several operatic roles since graduating from University of Toronto working with the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto's Opera in Concert, Vancouver Opera, Tidal Opera, Orchestre Baroque de Montreal, Opera Nova Scotia and Maritime Concert Opera. She has performed with Symphony Nova Scotia, Chorus of Westerly, RI, North York Philharmonic, ON, Symphony New Brunswick, Peterborough Singers, ON, The Music Room Chamber Series in Halifax as well as for many fundraisers, including Music for Haiti, Women Only at Pier 21 and the annual Opera Nova Scotia's Opera Valentine. Paula is heard every summer giving masterclasses, vocal warm-up morning sessions and a recital in Lyman, New Hampshire at The Ogontz Choral Symposium.
Don't miss the Chester Brass Band featuring Paula Rockwell at Lunenburg's starry St. John's Anglican Church on Sunday, October 14.


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Food Reviews: THE PATIO
Restaurant Reviews richard jay scholem | August 25, 2011
Freeport (516) 623-9100
Misfires are few and far between at The Patio, a waterfront, shorts, sneakers and t-shirt kind of place at the canal end of the Freeport Inn and Marina, a 1960's throwback. Its outdoor 145-seat patio (or deck) overlooking the marina and water beyond it offers a casual, relaxing vibe, some refreshing cold drinks and contemporary American dishes that taste and look better than they do at most laid-back places of this ilk.
Colin McKaharay, (formerly of Louie's Oyster Bar and Grill and Dockers Waterside Café), the Executive Chef, doesn't seem to feel the need to overdo. His seafood-centered menu lists understandable, up-front choices like tuna, salmon, lobster, seafood stew, mussels and clams with just enough imaginative twists to make them a bit more interesting than the same ingredients offered elsewhere.
In short, The Patio, with its bare tables, slate floors, thirty-foot bar, dockside nautical views and ten boat slips for the dock and dine crowd, knows it isn't the Waldorf and doesn't try to be anything beyond a mellow, modest restaurant. Yet, the sophisticated, upscale presentations apparent in every dish far exceed expectations for an eating place that looks like a blue-collar hangout. Even the first taste here, a loaf of bread, isn't the usual mass-produced, cottony disaster often encountered, but a crusty, dense treat accompanied by noteworthy olive oil for dipping or butter if requested. All requests, by the way, were quickly responded to by a pleasant, well-informed waitress and an affable, ever-present manager who seemed to be genuinely concerned about his customers.
A smooth (not gloppy) taste-packed potato leek soup ($8), enthusiastically endorsed even by those who ordinarily shun it, was the undisputed starter star. Three tall South Main Street Sliders ($14) layered with American cheese and chimichurri and staked with a fried pickle are also a recommended pick, though a request to cook them other than well done will result in moist, rather than dryish meat. A generous portion of tender calamari ($12) with corn meal crust that fell away before it reached the mouth came with an aioli dip rather than the Asian soy sauce listed on the menu, while the Caesar salad ($10) was slightly underdressed and pallid.
Main events sampled included: a rich, filling, appropriately named Uptown Mac N'Cheese ($23) infused with lobster, shrimp, scallops and baked with gouda and gruyere cheeses; a good, fresh, 1½ pound lobster ($36) with hard, tasteless (non local) corn on the cob; a first-class lobster roll ($21) on a nice soft roll with excellent crisp French fries that's manageable in one hand; and a wild Scottish filet of orange and dill salmon ($23) marinated in citrus Dijon mustard with an orange and dill glaze and more flavor than the farm raised specimens. Wash down all those appetizers and entrées with a refreshing half-gallon Mason jar of low-alcohol, summer white peach sangria ($38).
There are just four desserts here and they are worth ordering. The good key lime pie ($7) with a commendable pastry crust is more creamy than tangy; the ripe strawberries ($9) with just a dash of whipped cream are nevertheless an appropriate pick for calorie counters; the Moose Tracks pie ($9) is a tasty turret of vanilla ice cream, peanut butter and chocolate syrup; and Junior's titanic, towering chocolate layer cake ($10), easily enough for two or more diners, might well make you, at least briefly, forget their famous cheesecake.
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Mindy McCready Sex Tape Video Leaked
You wouldn't expect to see this kind of a sex tape from country singer Mindy McCready but here it is – The Mindy McCready Sex Tape!
The country singer and former Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew star has a sex tape out. The video features her with an ex-boyfriend and was released through Vivid Entertainment.
Mindy McCready has been involved in other scandals in the past. Among them include her having an affair with MLB star pitcher Roger Clemens. She was also accused of stealing a sex tape of Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart from her Celebrity Rehab roommate Kari Ann Peniche. We find it pretty ironic and hilarious that she would possibly steal a sex tape and then complain that her own sex tape found its way to the public.
The singer has also gotten into numerous legal troubles for things like driving under the influence, bettery and using a fake perscription to buy OxyContin. She also was arrested in Tennessee for violating probation and was sent to 60 days in jail although she only had to serve half of that time.
Mindy claims that the tape was stolen from her personal possession. We think otherwise. Perhaps she released the sex tape herself to get some needed publicity for her career. It wouldn't be a shock if that was the case.
If you are curious to watch Mindy McCready's sex tape, you can find the whole video among other celebrity sex tapes exclusively.
American country music singer Mindy McCready Sex Tape Video Leaked
Malinda Gayle "Mindy" McCready (November 30, 1975 – February 17, 2013) was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums. Her debut album, 1996's Ten Thousand Angels, was released on BNA Records and was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA, while 1997's If I Don't Stay the Night was certified Gold. 1999's I'm Not So Tough, her final album for BNA, was less successful, and she left the label. A self-titled fourth album followed in 2002 on Capitol Records. McCready's fifth and final studio album, I'm Still Here, was released in March 2010 on Iconic Records.
McCready's first four studio albums yielded twelve singles on the Billboard country singles charts. This figure includes the Number One hit "Guys Do It All the Time," as well as the Top Ten hits "Ten Thousand Angels" and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)."
Although she had not charted a single since 2002, McCready received significant media coverage regarding her troubled personal life and suicide attempts and her eventual death by suicide.
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Insurance firm loses Shs700m tax appeal case against URA
Tuesday, July 26, 2016 — updated on January 02, 2021
Tax Appeals Tribunal chairman Dr Asa Mugenyi
Observation. The respondent properly assessed the income tax.
Kampala. Insurance firm, Goldstar Insurance Company Limited (GICL) has lost a case challenging a Shs699, 319,467 tax assessment by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in 2013.
The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) ruled that URA was entitled to impose income tax assessments totalling to Shs699, 319,467 on GICL.
"The application is hereby dismissed with costs to the respondent. The respondent properly assessed the income tax and the applicant was obliged to pay Shs699,319,467 as income tax for the years of income 2008 to 2012," the TAT panel comprising Dr Asa Mugenyi, Dr Stepehn Akabway and Mr Siraj Ali, said on Friday at the Tax Appeals Tribunal.
However, GICL fully paid the tax on the disputed assessments and thereafter applied to TAT for a review of the decision by URA in order to be refunded.
The tribunal ruled that the insurance firm failed to present sufficient evidence that the assessment was an addition and hence time barred.
"On the second thoughts, if the applicant (GICL) had raised the issue of time limit during the trial and evidence had been adduced to that effect, the tribunal would have been in a better position to make a non-conclusive decision," held the tribunal while dismissing the objection on time limit.
The decision resulted from a disputed audit carried out by URA on GICL in regard to corporation tax for the period 2008-2012.
The audit revealed that contingency reserves for that period amounting to Shs1,815,897,000 had been claimed as deductions by GICL.
Through its lawyers, Mr Cephas Birungyi and Ms Belinda Nakiganda, the insurance company argued that contingency reserves are allowable deductions under the 4th schedule of the Income Tax Act and that they are statutory requirements under S.47 of the Insurance Act.
The insurance firm had also argued that under section 95 of the Income Tax Act, the assessment made by URA was outside the five year period permitted under the law.
GICL had asked the tribunal to declare that it is a statutory requirement in the Insurance Act for reserves to be deducted as a business expense and that contingency reserves are business expenses and are thus allowable deductions under the Income Tax Act. But the three member panel found that contingency reserves are different from unexpired risks.
"Therefore, Goldstar Insurance Company's expenses to the contingency reserve fund did not fall under the 4th Schedule of the Income Tax Act that makes unexpired risks deductible expenses," the panel said in the ruling.
Goldstar Insurance Company Limited had also argued that under section 95 of the Income Tax Act, the assessment made by URA was outside the five year period permitted under the law.


PRIMARK is selling a pair of Mickey Mouse socks – and Disney fans are going mad for them.
The budget high-street chain unveiled the fashion footwear on Instagram yesterday.
The pink socks are adorned in motifs of the famous cartoon character and are priced at just £2.
A photograph of the retailer's new product attracted more than 36,000 likes, and dozens of comments from excited shoppers.
"Another item for my shopping list," wrote one Primark lover.
But these aren't the first pair of Primark socks to send shoppers into a frenzy.
On Friday, we revealed the brand is selling pink ballet-style socks with ribbons that tie around the ankles.
A picture of the store's new product attracted more than 37,000 likes online, but divided opinion.
On Thursday, we revealed that the store is selling a range of ripped jeans that cost just £15.
The distressed-look trousers comes in dark blue, black and stonewash.
In related news, a pair of bizarre Reformation jeans with a zip which goes all the way up your bum are on sale… so would YOU pay £113 for them?
And these are the most ridiculous jeans trends of 2017 – from mud-coated denim to bum bearing trousers.


A special tip: Show mom how beautiful Okinawa is with a copy of The Best of Okinawa Living, signed by the people who created it. Writer, Managing Editor and Photographer Mike Daley, Art Director and Photographer Henry Ortega, and Photographer John Burgreen will be at the Foster PX to sign copies of The Best of Okinawa Living, and Postcards of The Best of Okinawa Living, on Saturday, May 2nd, from 1 ~ 4 p. Read More!
To call the Ichigobatake Maid Café in Naha City a new type of coffee shop is overstating the obvious. There's coffee, and food, and even service massages and reflexology healing time. Read More!
Well over one-half million people are booked to leave Japan during Golden Week, which begins April 26th, an increase of more than 10% over last year. With the traditional Golden Week travel period slated for April 25th through May 5th, the Japan Association of Travel Agents, H. Read More!
The eight-meter-long fish-shaped streamers are showing up all over Okinawa this week as the clock ticks down to Kodomo no hi, Children's day. There are more than 600 of the carp-shaped streamers in the greater Kadena area, with 40 swimming above the Hija River, site of the Hija River Festival that begins on Sunday. Read More!


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I've discussed before about how important it is for the home cook to have a well-stocked spice cabinet. By having an array of seasonings on hand, any dish can become tastier, which allows you to rely less on prepackaged food and encourages you to cook a variety of dishes. With a few choice herbs and spices, inexpensive cuts of meat become delicious roasts, vegetables become the star of a dish and cultural cuisines become a shake away.
Stocking a selection of seasonings, however, doesn't happen overnight. While you can always purchase unique, exotic and lesser-used spices in bulk when you need them for specific dishes and while you can find many fresh herbs year-round in your grocery store, having a spice cabinet that you can turn to at any given moment is important for all home cooks. However, since containers of high quality herbs and spices can be relatively expensive, I don't suggest buying a couple dozen when you're first starting out.
Instead, beginning with ten essential herbs and spices allows you to grow your collection depending on what flavors and cuisines you enjoy the most while still maintaining a store of commonly used seasonings for any occasion. For instance, if you love Chinese food, then you may want to invest in five-spice and star anise in addition to ground ginger. Or, if Latin American fare is more your style, then cumin, dried cilantro and cayenne pepper would be a good investment. In any case, it doesn't make sense to purchase a huge quantity of seasonings at first because if you don't use them on a regular basis, they will likely go bad – which wastes money – or they'll simply take up unnecessary space in your cupboard.
Below is a list of what I consider to be the ten most essential herbs and spices that all home cooks should have in their kitchen. Salt and pepper, by the way, aren't on the list as I expect that everyone – even those of you who've never cooked before – have these lying around. Instead, you will find quintessential seasonings that can help you build a variety of flavors and explore numerous cuisines as a cook.
Like most Americans, I love Italian food, and oregano is a foundational herb in many Italian dishes. Whether sprinkled on pizza or mixed into pasta, oregano adds a fresh, herbal depth to any dish, and it's great for balancing out strong flavors like garlic, roasted tomatoes or seared meat. When using dried oregano, make sure that you don't use too much, though, as it can overpower subtler flavors. Also, I recommend rubbing it between your hands before use to help release the oils and bring out its aroma. Despite its prevalence in Italian cooking, oregano has a host of other applications as well. Oregano plays an important role in many other Mediterranean cuisines, and it is a great herb to have on hand when making Greek, Moroccan and Middle Eastern dishes. Kabobs, tagines and roasted eggplant for baba ghanoush all use oregano as a main ingredient. Finally, oregano makes a great seasoning for most roasted vegetables, and I always reach for it when cooking potatoes, carrots and bell peppers.
Heat is an important component of many dishes, and red pepper flakes provide a versatile punch that goes great with virtually any cuisine. Although many people like to simply sprinkle red pepper flakes on top of a dish for an added zing, incorporating them into your cooking allows the spice to impart a richer and deeper flavor. When they are lightly toasted or cooked in oil first, red pepper flakes take on a bolder and sweeter taste, allowing them to spice up an entire dish and not just a single bite. One application for this vibrant spice that I particularly enjoy is to use them with greens. Any time I make a side of wilted kale or collards, I always add some red pepper flakes to my garlic and olive oil before I add in the chopped greens. This way, the flavors infuse into the oil – allowing it to coat the greens – imparting a bright note to a usually earthy and one-dimensional dish.
While basil, like oregano, might be synonymous with Italian cuisine for most Americans, this herb is a staple in numerous cultures. Although there are different varieties meant specifically for various cuisines, having a stock of dried basil – which is usually Italian basil – allows you to add an aromatic and herbaceous element to Thai, Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian dishes. Basil is an incredibly pungent and floral herb, but in its dried form it lacks much of its potency. Therefore, if you're planning on adding dried basil to lasagna or pad Thai, make sure that you rub it between your hands first and always cook it into a dish for a significant amount of time. While fresh basil is always best, having a jar of this herb in its dried form allows you to enjoy its bright, sweet taste year-round, albeit in a much milder form.
Rosemary is the best friend to any roasted meat, and it is foundational for American, European and Mediterranean cuisines. While this herb often pops up in recipes in its fresh form – especially for roasted lamb and chicken dishes – dried rosemary has a variety of culinary uses as well. Like oregano and basil, one way to get the most out of your dried rosemary is to rub it between your hands or give it a rough chop before adding it to a dish. Additionally, if you're putting dried rosemary in a marinade, allow it to sit in some olive oil for an hour or two before using it, as this will help the flavor infuse deeper into the food. Cooking your dried rosemary in oil before adding other ingredients to the pan is another great way to get the maximum flavor out of this aromatic herb. Due to its woody, evergreen taste and fragrance, rosemary is best used to balance out stronger flavors or add depth to an otherwise lackluster dish. Therefore, rosemary is a perfect accompaniment to mashed potatoes, infused butter, vinaigrettes and marinades, sautéed onions and quiches.
Turmeric often goes unrecognized in most pantries, although the yellow spice from this humble root has countless applications in the kitchen. While turmeric makes an excellent and inexpensive alternative to saffron in paellas, risottos and other dishes, it has a variety of uses in its own regard. Turmeric has a uniquely smoky and earthy taste reminiscent of roast chicken. As a result, it makes an excellent addition to most chicken dishes, and it helps to heighten the flavor intensity of stocks, soups, stews and roasts. Turmeric can also be a secret weapon in scrambles and omelets, as it adds a nice richness and robustness to unexciting eggs. Finally, as a cornerstone of Indian cuisine, turmeric plays an important role in various curry spice blends. Therefore, turmeric can be used in a variety of dishes that are often curried – like chicken salad, roasted cauliflower and lentils – even if you don't have curry powder on hand.
Paprika is a must for any kitchen pantry as it features in numerous cuisines and is a staple of many American favorites, especially barbeque. Although its culinary roots are strongest in Eastern Europe – most famously in Hungary – paprika has become a mainstay of classic American cooking because of its smokiness and subtle spiciness, as well as its deep red color. Paprika is one of the most common ingredients in barbeque rubs, and it features heavily in other roasting and grilling spice blends such as blackening spice, seasoned salt and adobo seasoning. Furthermore, due to its prevalence in Spanish cuisine and the fact that capsaicin – the plant from which paprika is made – originates from the New World, paprika is an integral ingredient in many Latin American dishes. I always rub a generous amount of it onto pork shoulder when making carnitas, and I use it heavily when seasoning shrimp for tacos. While there are many different types of paprika that one can choose from – including sweet, hot and even smoked varieties – keeping a jar of the common form of this hearty red spice is absolutely essential for any home cook.
Although dried thyme might not be the most exciting herb in your pantry, chances are it will get used more than almost any other seasoning. Not only is thyme one of the most common herbs in Mediterranean cooking and the herbal backbone of za'atar seasoning, but it also has deep roots in English and French cuisine and is a foundational ingredient in herbes de Provence. As a result, it features prominently in many American favorites like roasted chicken, mashed potatoes and beef stew. However, thyme's versatile and subtle flavor – with a taste reminiscent of both mint and pine – means that it can add aromatics and a hint of herbaceous freshness to almost any dish. I particularly like to use thyme in conjunction with meat, incorporating it into seasoned breading, sprinkling it over roasted lamb and adding it to the mix for meatballs, shepherd's pie and meatloaf. However, thyme also goes exceptionally well with strong vegetables like mushrooms and asparagus, and it helps to balance out the acidity of lemon in marinades and vinaigrettes.
Most people associate cinnamon with baking and sweets: cinnamon rolls, cinnamon apple oatmeal, cinnamon and sugar; the list goes on and on. For this reason alone, cinnamon would make a great staple to keep in your spice collection. However, cinnamon has a host of other applications that make it a key seasoning in a variety of dishes. Although usually all you need is a pinch or two, cinnamon makes a great addition to strongly flavored meat dishes like chili, barbeque and pasta bolognese. In fact, Skyline Chili – the defining flavor of the Queen City's favorite food – uses cinnamon in its historic recipe to the delight of every local chili lover. When storing ground cinnamon, it is important to keep in mind that it has a relatively short shelf life of around six months. Therefore, while it is an important part of any cook's pantry, I recommend only investing in a small container of ground cinnamon unless you use it frequently.
Sage stands as one of the cornerstone herbs of European cooking writ large, and it can be found in recipes spanning dozens of cultures. Since it has a strong aromatic quality and a grassy taste, sage is often used to bolster the flavor of cooked vegetables and to balance out the heaviness of roasted meats, which is why it's used frequently in stuffing. However, much like thyme, sage goes well in many different dishes, and is therefore a must-have staple in any pantry. One of my favorite uses for sage is to add it to ground Italian sausage to accentuate the fennel flavor and bridge the gap between the sausage's flavor and that of the pasta sauce. Also, sage has a variety of applications in the kitchen as a way to balance sweet and savory flavors. As a result, it is an important ingredient in dishes like roasted apple and fennel or pork chops with pears. When looking for sage at the grocery store, you will likely see it in two forms: rubbed and ground. While either is fine to invest in, ground sage has a stronger flavor yet rubbed sage has a longer shelf life.
The final essential spice for any home cook's pantry is ground ginger. Without ginger, most Asian and Indian recipes are incomplete, and therefore it is a necessity for the spice rack. Pungent and spicy ground ginger is often used to balance out sweet and savory flavors, and it is one of the key ingredients in Chinese five-spice. In American cuisine, ginger often accompanies soy in glazes for chicken and salmon, and it features in a few notable sweets like carrot cake, ginger ale and ginger snap cookies. Ginger is also an incredibly healthy spice – high in iron, magnesium, potassium, selenium, vitamin B6, vitamin E and manganese – giving it many medicinal properties. In addition to using it in recipes, I recommend adding it to green tea to ward off nausea and help fight colds.
As with any top ten list, a few notable contenders had to be left out. For instance, I didn't include cilantro – although it is one of my favorite herbs – since I don't expect the average person to do too much Hispanic and Vietnamese cooking, and I didn't include parsley because its dried form lacks virtually all of its original flavor. Additionally, I avoided spice blends – especially my personal favorites: curry powder and Chinese five-spice – because I believe that individual spices should be invested in first. Finally, I hope that you will pay attention to what seasonings and cuisines you enjoy the most, as this will help guide you towards expanding your spice rack and growing your individual flavor palate.