Iterated attacks are comprised of iterating adversaries who can make d plaintext queries, in each iteration to compute a bit, and are trying to distinguish between a random cipher C and the ideal random cipher \(C^*\) based on all bits. In EUROCRYPT '99, Vaudenay showed that a 2d-decorrelated cipher resists to iterated attacks of order d when iterations make almost no common queries. Then, he first asked what the necessary conditions are for a cipher to resist a non-adaptive iterated attack of order d. Secondly, he speculated that repeating a plaintext query in different iterations does not provide any advantage to a non-adaptive distinguisher. We close here these two long-standing open problems.
We show that, in order to resist non-adaptive iterated attacks of order d, decorrelation of order \(2d-1\) is not sufficient. We do this by providing a counterexample consisting of a cipher decorrelated to the order \(2d-1\) and a successful non-adaptive iterated attack of order d against it.
Moreover, we prove that the aforementioned claim is wrong by showing that a higher probability of having a common query between different iterations can translate to a high advantage of the adversary in distinguishing C from \(C^*\). We provide a counterintuitive example consisting of a cipher decorrelated to the order 2d which can be broken by an iterated attack of order 1 having a high probability of common queries.
This work was supported in part by the European Commission through the ICT program under contract ICT-2007-216646 ECRYPT II.
This work was supported by the National Competence Center in Research on Mobile Information and Communication Systems (NCCR-MICS), a center of the SNF under grant number 5005-67322.


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A title-pawn company with offices in Macon and Dublin will pay more than $200,000 to settle complaints that it misled and intimidated customers.
The state attorney general's office says First American Title Lending of Georgia agreed to pay back more than $196,000 to customers and return titles.
They also agreed to stop deceptive practices, like threatening customers with arrest warrants, according to the state.
Title-pawn companies offer short-term high interest loans, in which the borrower offers their car title as collateral.
If the customer defaults on their loan, the company requires them to turn their car over or repossess it.
That includes threatening customers with arrest warrants, according to the attorney general's office. The company has no authority to issue warrants, the state says.
First American also sued some of its defaulting customers for outstanding principal, interest and fees. That's not allowed in pawn transactions, the state says.
The company also violated state law by not using the words "pawn" or "pawn transactions" in its advertisements.
— Dismiss any illegal lawsuits against customers and set aside any judgments already entered in those cases.
— Pay $25,000 in penalties and fees.
— Stop any deceptive practices, like threatening customers with arrest warrants.
"Intimidation is not something that consumers have to accept and there are laws that protect them and they just have to report them," says Collins.
If the company violates its agreement before January 2020, the state says, it will have to pay an additional $65,000.
According to its website, First American was founded in Chattanooga in 2007 and has 30 locations in Georgia. They include offices on Mercer University Drive in Macon and Veterans Boulevard in Dublin.
13WMAZ called First American's headquarters in Chattanooga and left a message. The company did not return our call.


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"The essential whale-watching manual" for use by individual operators, communities, tourism departments, conservation groups and researchers.
Whale Watching Blueprint – I. Setting up a marine ecotourism operation (2012) is published by Nature Editions, and available through Erich Hoyt Books.
Available in .mobi and .epub versions in a bundled download.
Categories: Marine Life, Nature Book, Travel and Tourism Resource Guide.
Whale Watching Blueprint I – Setting up a marine ecotourism operation has been completed as the first in a series of marine ecotourism and protected area e-handbooks from Nature Editions. The core of the material for the first blueprint was developed through collaboration with the Humane Society International as part of its program to promote sustainable marine ecotourism as an alternative to dolphin hunting and capture. The original blueprint was workshopped and received detailed input from international marine mammal and ecotourism experts as well as operators on the ground in Peru. Since the first English and Spanish editions were published in hard copy in 2007, author Erich Hoyt has worked with translators to prepare print editions in Indonesian, French and, most recently in December 2010, in Japanese. This revised, updated and expanded English edition is the first digital version to be published. Other titles planned in the series will cover additional aspects of marine ecotourism in depth.
Author Erich Hoyt provides seasoned advice on key aspects of whale watching based on his work with whales and dolphins in more than 50 countries. Whale Watching Blueprint I is designed for use by individual operators, communities, tourism departments, conservation groups and researchers, and presents two case studies for successful whale and dolphin watching in Kaikoura, New Zealand and Baja Mexico.
"This new book's small size should not be mistaken for a paucity of information because wrapped up in its 37 pages are years of study distilled into a key 'how-to-do' text; a text which is going to be the standard for many currently involved in whale watching — as well as those that may wish to set up this potentially eco-friendly form of tourism. Erich as usual eloquently and seemingly effortlessly distils in fine prose his vision. He sets appropriately high hurdles for the industry to leap for it to truly claim both that it is sustainable and that it is whale- and dolphin-friendly. We have been waiting for this blueprint, and the animals in many parts of the world need it." — MP Simmonds
"Erich Hoyt's Whale Watching Blueprint I is an invaluable tool, an easy to read 'how-to' for all stakeholders, both national and community-based. It not only sets the stage for new operations, but through detailed examples illustrates ways forward for established ones to achieve high-quality whale watching…The potential impacts of this rapidly growing industry and the need for high quality whale watching have been the topic of numerous publications, workshops and seminars worldwide. Blueprint is a careful synthesis of these discussions, highlighted by Hoyt's incomparable expertise and clear, concise writing. Long overdue…I would highly recommend it to all those interested in achieving a higher standard of wildlife viewing." — Carole Carlson
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Sergey Azaryan, director of rescue service, Lieutenant-General
1955 – born in July 31 in Kirovabad city.
1973-1977 – admitted to and left the college of military engineering, chemical defence in Saratov and in the same year went to the military service in the system of USSR Ministry of Defence
1977 - appointed as the head of the analytical calculation group N 983 of the Republican headquarter of Civil Defence of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
1979 - moved to Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic and was appointed as anti-chemical and anti-radiation protection platoon commander of a separate regiment
1981 - appointed as senior officer of the Civil defence headquarter of Leningrad
1985 - lecturer at the headquarter of Civil Defence of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
1986 – 1988 admitted to and left the Military Engineering Academy after Kuybishev in Moscow
1988 - Deputy head of civil defence of the Ecexutive Committee of Shahumyan Region in Yerevan , head of the headquarter
1990 - Deputy head of the civil defence of Yerevan, head of the headquarter
1992 - First deputy head of the republican headquarter of civil defence
1993 - By the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia appointed as the Deputy head of civil defence of the Republic of Armenia , head of the republican headquarter
1993 – 1997 From the formation of the department of emergency situations of RA the head of the state department of the emergency situations, deputy minister, head of the republican headquarter of civil defence of the republic of Armenia
3.09.2010, by order №189A of the President of RA, he was awarded the rank of Major- General of rescue service, RA.
30.08.2014, by order №212-A of the President of RA, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant-General of rescue service, RA.


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I need to create this in to a .html file. Till now I have tried
writeLines(text=
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tf <- tempfile(fileext = ".html"))

But this creates a .html in the tempdir() but I need to this created at setwd(). How do I do this ?

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Poll: Strong Majority of Calgarians Support Building the Green Line Now
Ahead of key vote, Calgarians endorse building the Green Line North and South to create jobs and improve transit service
CALGARY, AB | Monday, June 15, 2020: Project Calgary and Calgarians for Transit commissioned* a telephone poll of 1,617 Calgarians, which was conducted on June 11, 2020. The poll confirmed the majority of Calgarians support building the Green Line north and south based on jobs and committed funding. Here are the results:
67.8% of Calgarians support building the Green Line based on the estimate that the project will create 20,000 new jobs.
70.5% of Calgarians support building the Green Line while the project is supported by a $3 Billion dollar commitment from the Federal and Provincial governments.
63.5% of Calgarians support building the Green Line to North Central and Southeast communities, as planned by the City.
"Now is the time to build the Green Line"
"The poll demonstrates that a strong majority of Calgarians want the Green Line built now, from north to south. Calgarians overwhelmingly reject half-baked ideas to cut the north portion of the Green Line and only build south. Not only is it necessary to get LRT to 16th Avenue North now, it is critical to lay the foundation for lower cost future expansions to North Central communities whose BRT buses are already over capacity. Calgarians don't want Council to delay much-needed jobs and investment in our economy. Now is the time to build the Green Line."
-Peter Oliver, Project Calgary Organizer
Both this poll and a previous May 19 poll by Green Line opponents show +67% support for the Green Line.
projectcalgary.org
1) 67.8% Support for the Green Line Based on Jobs
The City of Calgary estimates construction of the Green Line LRT project will create 20,000 new jobs. Do you support the building of the Green Line?
2) 70.5% Support the Green Line Based on Committed Funding
Stage 1 of the Green Line LRT project is fully funded and supported by a $3 Billion dollar commitment from the Federal and Provincial governments. Do you support the building of the Green Line now, while this funding is available?
3) 63.5% Support Building the Green Line North and South
Opponents of the Green Line have proposed cancelling the LRT expansion to North Central communities that have very high ridership and building only to southeast communities with much lower ridership, for the same cost. Do you support building the Green Line LRT to North Central and Southeast communities, as planned?
*This survey was created and fielded by Project Calgary using IVR technology from Converso. The survey was sent to 25,053 Calgarians and 1,617 individuals completed it. Phone numbers were a random mix of cell and landlines. The survey was conducted in the evening on June 11, 2020. The poll has a 3.0% margin of error (95% confidence).
For more info on the Green Line visit the City of Calgary's Green Line engagement page>>.


For one thing, it's so easy.
I just love the faux acorns.
And for another, I think this may be one of my most favorite photographs that I've taken … ever.
Yes. This is my project. First shared on my other blog, It All Started With Paint.
And that's where you'll find all the details on how to make one – or more – of your own.
I have acorns. Under the leaves in the yard.


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Our first post of the new academic year once again puts the focus on nonviolent forms of resistance, and the need for activists (and indeed educators) to create opportunities that can disrupt people's pre-existing ideas and values. For this, people must be moved emotionally, and artist and activist Rebecca Bray argues that this can best be achieved through an integration of the creative power of art with the strategic planning of activism. While successful social movements have often intuitively understood this and sought to combine traditional tactics of political disruption with more theatrical and symbolic ones that can unexpectedly shift understanding, artistic activism is particularly well suited for an age of cell phone cameras and social networks.
Rebecca Bray oversees the inner workings of Centre for Artistic Activism (C4AA). She's also an artist and interactive designer. She was instrumental in the creation of The Meatrix, a viral animation about factory farming from 2003, and lots of her work since is about engaging people in interesting ways with environmental and social questions.
This article was published on the Centre for Artistic Activism's website. You can find the original article by clicking here. C4AA is a New York-based organization operating internationally that is seeking to explore, analyze, and strengthen connections between social activism and artistic practice. We invite you to take a look at the many resources on the website, from webinars to interviews with politically-engaged artists. All materials are published under Creative Commons licensing.


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Online Scammers Prey on the Jobless
RIVA RICHMOND
When Claude Vera responded to the customer-service job opening he saw on the online-classified site Geebo.com back in February, it seemed like one of a hundred small acts that might get him back to work. Most of his e-mail messages to prospective employers were going unanswered, so he was relieved when Penguin Express Inc. replied the next day with a work-from-home job.
To help him get a home office started, Penguin sent him money orders so he could buy, via money wire, the requisite laptop and other equipment from several different people. Mr. Vera, of Jamaica, New York, deposited nine United States Postal Service money orders into his Chase bank account and wired a total of nearly $8,000 to the various vendors. But he never received a laptop or anything else, and the money orders turned out to be already cashed or counterfeit. The scam consumed Mr. Vera's tax refund and put him in the red by $6,700 to Chase, which sent his case to a collection agent.
"Looking back at the whole thing I was very, very naïve, but I needed a job so bad," he says. "I'm behind in everything. I'm behind in my rent. I'm behind in all the bills I'm responsible for. It has wiped me out financially."
With unemployment high and rising, more people are streaming onto the Web in search of jobs — but running into costly scams. Like job seekers, criminals are after moneymaking opportunities online. And they're setting increasingly sophisticated traps to prey on the desperation of the jobless, whose guards are down amid eroding savings, swelling debts and calamities like foreclosure and bankruptcy. Victims can ill afford another financial setback. "If you are a con artist, having more people out of work to deal with increases your odds of finding a victim," says Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum. "They are thriving right now. If business weren't good for the scammers, we wouldn't be getting so many complaints."
Spam filters provide some protection, and job boards work hard to remove bogus offers from large pools of legitimate offers. But none of the technology is foolproof. Job seekers have to keep their wits about them, no matter how much they need a job.
"The bottom line is if anything seems weird, just don't apply," says Tabatha Marshall, founder of PhishBucket.org, a non-profit that tracks online job scams and estimates they're up a third from a year ago. "You're going to take yourself down a road where you could lose money or time."
Here are some of the more common scams and tips for avoiding them:
Common Frauds
HELP FOR A FEE Watch out for fake recruiters and charlatans who promise to train you for a lucrative new career. A well-known scam of the latter type is Google Treasure Chest, which offers people a cheap DVD that will teach them how to prosper placing Google ads.
But in the small print of the buyer's agreement is notice of a $72.21 monthly charge. Stopping the charges proves difficult; some people claim to have gotten relief only by changing their credit card numbers. Google Treasure Chest did not reply to requests for comment.
FISHING FOR IDENTITY DATA Ads for attractive white-collar jobs can be, in fact, sophisticated fraud schemes.
Applicants may be steered to an authentic-looking corporate Web site, where they are asked to type personal information into a fake human-resources department Web form. Sometimes scammers go to great lengths, staging phone interviews or sometimes even conference calls with multiple people in an effort to appear legitimate. The goal? To talk people into handing over Social Security and bank-account numbers.
WORK FROM HOME Proliferating recently are fake "Mystery Shopper" positions evaluating the services of companies, especially money-wiring services. Victims are typically asked to deposit a check for several thousand dollars into their bank account, immediately use a bit of the money to shop at big-box stores and wire the rest via a service like Western Union or MoneyGram. Of course, the check is counterfeit, leaving victims out any money they wired and opening them to criminal prosecution for passing a bad check.
MONEY-MULE AND RESHIPPER These are some of the most dangerous schemes, since they can turn people, often unwittingly, into accomplices of international crime rings. More sophisticated than the now-familiar Nigerian e-mail messages, money mules are recruited by purported international companies looking for "receiving payment agents" who will accept payments into their bank account from "customers" (identity fraud victims) and wire the money to their "employer" (criminals). Some are told to keep 10 percent, but many are promised payment by direct deposit, which, of course, never comes.
Reshipper scams start with international shipping companies looking for "logistics managers" to receive packages of laptops, iPods and cameras, bought with stolen credit cards, and send them on to a foreign country. Again, direct-deposit payment never comes.
BE SKEPTICAL. Red flags include offers using poor grammar and spelling and that come from e-mail addresses that don't match the name of the company. Real companies use polished language, emphasize a job's duties and use corporate e-mail addresses, not Yahoo or Gmail accounts.
DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Research the company. Do they have a professional Web site with lots of content, a list of executives' names and a phone number where you can reach a human being?
Often a simple Google search will be enough to spot trouble; there are scads of warnings from people who believe they were cheated by Google Treasure Chest, for instance. You can also check companies' reputations with the Better Business Bureau and look for complaints on Web sites like Complaintsboard.com and PhishBucket.org.
KEEP IT PRIVATE. Limit the personal information you give online. This starts with your résumé: Don't include any information you wouldn't want broadcast to the world, which is exactly what you're doing. Avoid providing your home address, a key bit of information for perpetrators of identity fraud; most real employers are happy with a general geographic location, like Greater New York City region. Unless you're signing an employment agreement, keep your Social Security number to yourself.
SPECIALIZE YOUR SEARCH. "If you are in a particular sector or profession, go to the niche site first," Ms. Dixon says. Scammers want the volume provided by big sites. Moreover, niche sites often filter job posts by hand and tend to be intimately familiar with the companies posting them, making it easier for them to spot fakes. Look for industry-specific job boards or professional groups with online listings.
GET TO KNOW THE COMPANY. During the hiring process, both parties should be looking for a good fit. Craigslist's chief executive, Jim Buckmaster, says job seekers on his site should, as general rule, "deal with only local businesses you can meet face to face." Mr. Buckmaster says Craigslist's system captures the large majority of scams before they reach the site, but "it's virtually impossible to keep every scam from traversing an Internet site that 50 million people are using each month."
GO LOW TECH. Most people get jobs through local want ads, professional associations, job-search agencies, temp agencies and their personal networks of colleagues, friends and family. "The old-fashioned way is still sometimes the best way," says Linda Foley, a founder of the consumer advocacy Identity Theft Resource Center.


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package com.google.common.collect.testing;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.NavigableMap;
import java.util.NavigableSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.SortedMap;
import java.util.TreeMap;

/**
 * A wrapper around {@code TreeMap} that aggressively checks to see if keys are
 * mutually comparable. This implementation passes the navigable map test
 * suites.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
public final class SafeTreeMap<K, V>
    implements Serializable, NavigableMap<K, V> {
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator NATURAL_ORDER = new Comparator<Comparable>() {
    @Override public int compare(Comparable o1, Comparable o2) {
      return o1.compareTo(o2);
    }
  };
  private final NavigableMap<K, V> delegate;

  public SafeTreeMap() {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>());
  }

  public SafeTreeMap(Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>(comparator));
  }

  public SafeTreeMap(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>(map));
  }

  public SafeTreeMap(SortedMap<K, ? extends V> map) {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>(map));
  }

  private SafeTreeMap(NavigableMap<K, V> delegate) {
    this.delegate = delegate;
    if (delegate == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException();
    }
    for (K k : keySet()) {
      checkValid(k);
    }
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> ceilingEntry(K key) {
    return delegate.ceilingEntry(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public K ceilingKey(K key) {
    return delegate.ceilingKey(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public void clear() {
    delegate.clear();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override public Comparator<? super K> comparator() {
    Comparator<? super K> comparator = delegate.comparator();
    if (comparator == null) {
      comparator = NATURAL_ORDER;
    }
    return comparator;
  }

  @Override public boolean containsKey(Object key) {
    try {
      return delegate.containsKey(checkValid(key));
    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
      return false;
    } catch (ClassCastException e) {
      return false;
    }
  }

  @Override public boolean containsValue(Object value) {
    return delegate.containsValue(value);
  }

  @Override public NavigableSet<K> descendingKeySet() {
    return delegate.descendingKeySet();
  }

  @Override public NavigableMap<K, V> descendingMap() {
    return new SafeTreeMap<K, V>(delegate.descendingMap());
  }

  @Override public Set<Entry<K, V>> entrySet() {
    return delegate.entrySet();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> firstEntry() {
    return delegate.firstEntry();
  }

  @Override public K firstKey() {
    return delegate.firstKey();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> floorEntry(K key) {
    return delegate.floorEntry(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public K floorKey(K key) {
    return delegate.floorKey(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public V get(Object key) {
    return delegate.get(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public SortedMap<K, V> headMap(K toKey) {
    return headMap(toKey, false);
  }

  @Override public NavigableMap<K, V> headMap(K toKey, boolean inclusive) {
    return new SafeTreeMap<K, V>(
        delegate.headMap(checkValid(toKey), inclusive));
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> higherEntry(K key) {
    return delegate.higherEntry(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public K higherKey(K key) {
    return delegate.higherKey(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public boolean isEmpty() {
    return delegate.isEmpty();
  }

  @Override public NavigableSet<K> keySet() {
    return navigableKeySet();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> lastEntry() {
    return delegate.lastEntry();
  }

  @Override public K lastKey() {
    return delegate.lastKey();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> lowerEntry(K key) {
    return delegate.lowerEntry(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public K lowerKey(K key) {
    return delegate.lowerKey(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public NavigableSet<K> navigableKeySet() {
    return delegate.navigableKeySet();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> pollFirstEntry() {
    return delegate.pollFirstEntry();
  }

  @Override public Entry<K, V> pollLastEntry() {
    return delegate.pollLastEntry();
  }

  @Override public V put(K key, V value) {
    return delegate.put(checkValid(key), value);
  }

  @Override public void putAll(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    for (K key : map.keySet()) {
      checkValid(key);
    }
    delegate.putAll(map);
  }

  @Override public V remove(Object key) {
    return delegate.remove(checkValid(key));
  }

  @Override public int size() {
    return delegate.size();
  }

  @Override public NavigableMap<K, V> subMap(
      K fromKey, boolean fromInclusive, K toKey, boolean toInclusive) {
    return new SafeTreeMap<K, V>(delegate.subMap(
        checkValid(fromKey), fromInclusive, checkValid(toKey), toInclusive));
  }

  @Override public SortedMap<K, V> subMap(K fromKey, K toKey) {
    return subMap(fromKey, true, toKey, false);
  }

  @Override public SortedMap<K, V> tailMap(K fromKey) {
    return tailMap(fromKey, true);
  }

  @Override public NavigableMap<K, V> tailMap(K fromKey, boolean inclusive) {
    return new SafeTreeMap<K, V>(
        delegate.tailMap(checkValid(fromKey), inclusive));
  }

  @Override public Collection<V> values() {
    return delegate.values();
  }

  private <T> T checkValid(T t) {
    // a ClassCastException is what's supposed to happen!
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    K k = (K) t;
    comparator().compare(k, k);
    return t;
  }

  @Override public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    return delegate.equals(obj);
  }

  @Override public int hashCode() {
    return delegate.hashCode();
  }

  @Override public String toString() {
    return delegate.toString();
  }

  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
}

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Editors' Pick| Dec 8, 2020, 09:00am EST |
Digital Health Startup Ro Enters Home-Based Care With First Acquisition
Katie JenningsForbes Staff
I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com.
Ro is acquiring Workpath, a software platform that sends providers to draw blood at patients' homes
Digital health startup Ro, which offers telehealth visits and includes an online pharmacy, is now venturing into home-based care delivery with its first acquisition. The three-year-old, New York-based company announced Tuesday it was acquiring Richmond, Virginia-based Workpath, a software platform that sends providers to draw blood at patients' homes instead of in a doctor's office.
"The seamless integration of offline and online healthcare is what will allow Ro to really bring more of our vision into reality and to strengthen and expand our vertically integrated primary care platform," says Zachariah Reitano, 29, cofounder and CEO of Ro and an alum of the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Healthcare list. The end result? "Far fewer patients slip through the cracks," he adds, meaning they'll be more likely to get a needed prescription refill or do a follow-up laboratory test. (Disclosure: Forbes Media has a small investment in Ro.)
Ro, which began by offering discrete telehealth services aimed at men for treating issues like erectile dysfunction and hair loss through its subsidiary Roman, now has multiple business lines, including Rory for women, Zero for smoking cessation, Plenity for weight loss and a subscription-based generic pharmacy offering. The company, which has raised $376 million to date, was valued at $1.5 billion following a $200 million funding round in July.
While the Covid-19 pandemic has greatly accelerated the adoption of telemedicine, it has also underscored the limitations of virtual care, argues Reitano. "You can't draw blood via telemedicine, you can't administer a vaccine via telemedicine, you can't physically examine patients via telemedicine," says Reitano. On the flip side, many of these services don't necessarily need to be performed at a doctor's office or pharmacy.
That's where Workpath comes in. Eddie Peloke, 48, was CTO of the first iteration of the company, known as Iggbo, in 2016, which was essentially a fleet of mobile phlebotomists (the technical term for the people who draw patients' blood). His eureka moment came when he had the flu and had to drive 45 minutes away to pick up a prescription. "I can order a pizza and have it come to me," he recalls thinking. "Why in healthcare are we not doing it?"
Peloke and the team soon realized that what its clients really wanted wasn't the army of phlebotomists, but rather the scheduling and dispatch platform the company used to manage them. In 2018, the company rebranded as Workpath with Peloke as CEO and pivoted to focus on the software that would match a patient with a nearby phlebotomist, who could then make a house call. This year, Workpath, which has 16 employees, has facilitated more than 100,000 in-person visits, and will expand its offering to include nurses in 2021. The companies declined to disclose the terms of the deal.
Even though it is becoming part of Ro, Workpath will continue to offer its software platform to other clients, such as clinical trial and digital health companies. "It's exciting to know the impact it will have," says Peloke. "The ability to continue to build our platform, continue to grow, continue to add services and help Ro become the patient's first call and really change the healthcare landscape."
Workpath's software matches a patient with a nearby phlebotomist.
Ro clinched the largest telehealth funding round so far this year at $200 million, according to an analysis by private capital market data company PitchBook. Amwell, which went public in September and had a market cap of $6.8 billion at Monday's close, came in a close second with a $194 million funding round in May. There have been a total of 24 telehealth deals so far this year valued at nearly $1.5 billion, according to PitchBook. In 2019, there were only 12 deals valued at $384 million.
"With healthcare spending accounting for 17% of U.S. GDP and the virtual health space system currently representing $35 billion in market cap, we believe there is ample room for numerous players and continual industry growth," Kaia Colban, an emerging technology analyst at PitchBook said in an email. "Though recent acquisition count has been minimal, the surge in demand for telehealth coupled with the large amount of recent later stage VC deals has left the market ripe for consolidation."
Teladoc, which had long reigned supreme as one of the only publicly traded virtual health companies, merged with Livongo in an $18.8 billion deal over the summer, and was trading at a $28.6 billion market cap at Monday's close. Both Teladoc and Amwell have each made several acquisitions, including behavioral healthcare startups.
Reitano said the Ro's acquisition strategy going forward is to identify companies "who have built specific capabilities that can expand the complexity of the conditions that we can treat our patients for." In the case of Workpath, its software gives Ro's clinicians one more tool to help patients. "Providers are really only limited by diagnostic data," says Reitano. "The more diagnostic data they have, the more they can treat."
Ro has also entered into a partnership with the clinical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics (2019 Revenues: $7.7 billion) to process lab tests. "We recognize that healthcare is becoming more and more consumer-driven," Cathy Doherty, senior vice president at Quest said in a statement. "Ro has created a virtual care model that does what any good healthcare provider does but few health technology companies do well: foster intimacy and trust with each patient."
One of the main differentiators between Ro and other telehealth players is that the company is "cash pay," meaning it does not accept insurance. It's closest competitor in the cash pay business, Hims & Hers, has announced plans to go public via a blank check company, known as a SPAC, at a valuation of $1.6 billion.
Our ultimate goal is to build the largest, most impactful independent company.
Zachariah Reitano, Ro
Hims, which launched in 2017, estimated $138 million in gross revenue in 2020, a 66% increase over 2019 revenue of $83 million in its investor presentation. Reitano told Forbes that Ro estimates $230 million in gross revenue in 2020, a 55% increase over its 2019 gross revenue of $148 million. Reitano says there have been 5 million digital visits to Ro's businesses since 2017, while Hims has reported 2 million visits.
"They are different ways to put capital into the company and so we will constantly look at what the best way to fund the business is. But our ultimate goal is to build the largest, most impactful independent company," Reitano says, when asked if an IPO or SPAC is in the cards. "So it is definitely on our roadmap, the exact timing will depend on, obviously, the circumstances and the environment."
Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that Eddie Peloke was CTO of Iggbo.
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A facial recognition machine is being used at a public toilet on Xikang Road in Shanghai's Jing'an District to cut down on the wastage of toilet paper
It was first rolled out in China at the public restrooms of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing
The artificial intelligence is reaching the most unusual place in China — the public toilet.
A facial recognition toilet paper dispenser is installed and is being used at a public toilet on Xikang Road in Shanghai's Jing'an District to cut down on the wastage of toilet paper.
This system is aimed at reducing waste and preventing toilet paper theft, which is actually a thing that happens. It was first rolled out in China at the public restrooms of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing after reports emerged that locals were visiting the bathrooms and making off with as much free toilet paper as they could carry.
"For most people, 80cm paper should be enough," said Li Bei, an employee of Shoulian Science and Technology Co, the supplier of the machine.
"The face scan machine can save about 70 percent of toilet paper."
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However, if toilet users need more paper, they can request it from the cleaning staff, who do not charge for the extra bit of roll, but the facial scanning machine cannot be used again for nine minutes.
The machine was reportedly installed nearly two months ago at the entrance of the toilet. Initially, people missed it but more people are using it now.
"We are considering making some adjustments because the facial recognition area is 1.8 meters high, which is not convenient for children and even some seniors," said Li.
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Under such circumstances self-respect, forethought, all the high and noble virtues soon die out, and sullen indifference and despair or disorder, intemperance and utter degradation reign supreme. Adult Irish lived on average just six years after stepping off the boat onto American soil.
Those who were not ill were driven to despair. Rowdy behavior fueled by alcohol and boredom spilled out into the streets of Boston and the city witnessed a staggering increase in crime, up to percent for such crimes as aggravated assault. Men and boys cooped up in tiny rooms and without employment or schooling got into serious trouble.
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Portugal to approve first surplus budget since return to democracy
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For the first time since the country's return to democracy in 1974, the Portuguese parliament will have the chance to approve a state budget with a surplus today (10 January). [EPA/ CHRISTIAN HARTMANN]
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LISBON. For the first time since the country's return to democracy in 1974, the Portuguese parliament will have the chance to approve a state budget with a surplus today (10 January).
Although it has only 108 MPs in the 230-seat parliament, the socialist government is counting on the announced abstentions of other left-wing parties and the People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) to push through the budget proposal in the first of three votes.
After four years of governing with the left – the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), the Left Bloc (BE) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (ENP) – the government headed by Prime Minister António Costa was forced to negotiate with former parliamentary partners to ensure the viability of the budget proposal.
For now, although very critical of the government's proposal and particularly its planned 0.2% budget surplus, the left, Greens and PAN say they will abstain in today's vote, calling on the socialists to step up their game during the discussion phase of the budget. Meanwhile, Portugal's conservative and far-right parties (PSD (centre-right), the CDS, the Liberal Initiative (right) and Chega (extreme-right)) criticised the budget proposal, saying it would increase the tax burden.
Read the full article of José Pedro Santos from Lusa.pt (in English and Portuguese)
French corruption criticised by the Council of Europe. "Grey areas" in the fight against corruption persist in France, the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (Greco) warned on Thursday (8 January), calling on the government to increase transparency around the presidency and give more power and money to the newly created national financial prosecutor office.
EURACTIV France has more detail.
AfD fined for accepting illegal campaign donations. The far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) could pay a total of almost €270,000 for accepting illegal campaign donations, a Berlin administrative court ruled on Thursday evening (9 January). It was found that a Swiss PR agency provided free campaign advertising to party chair Jörg Meuthen for his election campaign in the 2016 state parliament elections in Baden-Württemberg. The value of the services totalled 90,000 euros. Although it didn't convince the court, Meuthen pointed to his inexperience, as well as his belief that the managing director of the agency, who was one of his acquaintances, had simply made some posters.
But was this the first time the far-right party faced the courts for accepting illegal campaign donations? Elsewhere Chancellor Angela Merkel is heading to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin.
EURACTIV Germany's Sarah Lawton digs deeper.
New Europe minister flatters France. After the Austrian Greens joined Chancellor Kurz's ÖVP to form his second coalition, the new Europe Minister, Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP), visited her French counterpart Amélie de Montchalin in Paris on Thursday (9 January).
EURACTIV Germany's Philipp Grüll explores why Austria appears to be developing closer-ties with France (hint: enlargement).
End of the exchange. Academics reacted angrily after MPs confirmed that the UK will not seek to retain access to the Erasmus student-exchange programme after it leaves the EU on 31 January.
As they finalised the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement Bill on Thursday (9 January) that is expected to pass into law next week, MPs rejected a clause would have required the government to seek to negotiate continuing full membership of Erasmus in the post-Brexit partnership talks with the EU. "Choosing to limit the future of young people; choosing to rob them of opportunities is one of the worst outcomes of Brexit," tweeted Northumbria university Professor Tanja Bueltmann. (Benjamin Fox, EURACTIV.com)
Leaked note. 229 days into the Belgian government coalition negotiations, informers Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR) and Joachim Coens (CD&V) are dealing with the fallout from the leak of the 20-page-strong confidential note of the talks' progress between the 10 parties. The leaks revealed that left-leaning policies, such as a minimum pension of €1,500 and the closing of old nuclear power stations, had been removed, which was greeted with some concern among progressives. On Monday, the informants are due to deliver their final report to the King. (Alexandra Brzozowski | EURACTIV.com)
Modernising air defence. By 26 February the skies over Finland will be occupied by the crème de la crème of fighter planes. The country has decided to modernise its air defence capability and replace its long-serving sixty-four Hornets with a new generation fighter.
EURACTIV's Pekka Vanttinen has the lowdown on the new hardware.
Party discussions. Further "constructive" talks took place between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin last night, amid speculation as to when the forthcoming Irish general election will be.
More on a possible date for the elections, courtesy of EURACTIV's Samuel Stolton.
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Jailed Catalan MEP barred from sitting in Strasbourg hemicycle. Spain's Supreme Court has refused to release jailed Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras, meaning he will be unable to sit at the European Parliament session next week. The decision, which will be "taken note of" according to a Parliament source, is at odds with the EU Court of Justice recognising his rights to immunity as an elected MEP. (Beatriz Rios | EURACTIV.com)
5G is not just a technology issue. Greece will wait for the relevant European Commission report before making its decisions on technology issues in the development of 5G networks, Digital Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis told EURACTIV Greece. And that's because the issue of 5G is not purely a technological one. "It is also a matter of national security and protection of the country's critical infrastructure," he noted.
Pierrakakis spoke to EURACTIV Greece's Theodore Karaoulanis following the visit of Greek PM in Washington. Read more here.
No country for researchers. In a scathing article for the Corriere della Sera daily, an Italian university professor attacked the the European Research Council (ERC) grants, the main EU funding programme supporting excellence and frontier research. The opinion has sparked controversy among researchers, fuelling an intense debate over the current poor state of research funding in Italy. Gerardo Fortuna reports.
Lajčák rumoured to become EU envoy for Western Balkans. According to rumours, Slovak outgoing foreign minister and career diplomat Miroslav Lajčák is a candidate to become the first EU special envoy for the Western Balkans, a post which would have to be set up by the European Commission in coordination with the European External Action Service (EEAS). As a two-term-foreign-minister, Lajčák served as special representative of the EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2006-2009 and briefly worked in the hierarchy of the EEAS. (Zuzana Gabrižová | EURACTIV.sk)
Orbán will leave the EPP if it doesn't change. "We are interested in the future EPP" but will leave the political family if it "is unable to change," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told an international press conference.
But what did he say about Donald Trump? Vlagyiszlav Makszimov (EURACTIV.com) and Željko Trkanjec( EURACTIV.hr) have the story.
EU Commission wants agriculture subsidies back. Based on an audit conducted in 2017, the European Commission wants the Czech Republic to pay back €46 million worth of agricultural subsidies because farmers had not been obtaining their dues after the 'active farmer' concept had been introduced, server iROZHLAS.cz reported.
The country's agriculture ministry did not agree with the decision or the final sum and has announced it would request a conciliation procedure. (Ondřej Plevák | EURACTIV.cz)
Out of Iraq? With events in Iraq following the US strike that killed Iranian top general Soleimani prompting calls for 'restraint and de-escalation', Poland appears undecided on whether to withdraw its troops from the country.
EURACTIV Poland's Łukasz Gadzała has the story.
NEWS FROM THE BALKANS
Jobless rate drops sharply. With a decrease from 4.8% to 3.7% between November 2018 and November 2019, Bulgaria experienced one of the greatest drops in unemployment among EU member states. But the 'Land of Roses' tallied behind Greece, which saw the largest decrease (from 18.8% to 16.8% between September 2018 and September 2019). But what about youth unemployment?
Youth unemployment rates recorded in Czechia (5.2%), Germany (5.9%) and Bulgaria (7.0%) were the lowest across Europe for the month of November, according to Eurostat. (Dnevnik.bg)
Declining trade with EU member states. Although Slovenian exports saw a 4% increase in November 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, trade with EU member states declined in June, August and October of 2019, the country's statistical office announced. (Željko Trkanjec | EURACTIV.hr)
A small, yet resilient nation. "I want us to respect diversity, to be unique in diversity, a small but a resilient, powerful and serene nation and in that way, breath by breath, smile by smile, event by event, slowly but constantly going towards better results and towards greater satisfaction for the people who live in Croatia," elected president Zoran Milanović (S&D) said in a Facebook post. (Željko Trkanjec | EURACTIV.hr)
95 UN members do not recognise Kosovo. Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić said on Thursday (9 Thursday) that with 95 states not recognising Kosovo and five remaining "fluid", meaning only 93 states recognise it as a state, any UN General Assembly decision on the matter would fail. (EURACTIV.rs)
Dismantling the largest human trafficking ring. Montenegrin police announced that they had, with the help of Interpol and Europol, cracked down on the largest human trafficking ring to have operated in the Balkans. The police arrested eight people suspected of organising a criminal group that held more than 90 Taiwanese citizens in slavery in Montenegro for cyber-fraud. (Željko Trkanjec | EURACTIV.hr)
Dodik again on RS-Serbia integration. Milorad Dodik, a Serbian member of BiH's presidency, said the future of BiH's Serb entity of Republika Srpska (RS) was in "integration with Serbia" and that nothing would stop this process.
EURACTIV Croatia's Željko Trkanjec has more.
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Charleston Hughes back in the fray for Stampeders rematch with Eskimos
It's sort of astonishing that Charleston Hughes still has a shot at finishing the season with the most sacks in the CFL.
It's even more hard to believe that despite missing four of the Calgary Stampeders' (8-1-1) 10 games this season, he's got the second-most sacks in the league.
Back in the lineup for Saturday's game (7 p.m., TSN) against the Edmonton Eskimos (7-3-0) after spending two weeks on the one-game injured list, Hughes sounds like a man who fully believes he can overtake the Toronto Argonauts duo of Victor Butler and Shawn Lemon and finish the weekend as the CFL's leader in taking down quarterbacks.
The Eskimos employ Mike Reilly at QB, after all, and Hughes sounds like he's chomping at the bit to start chasing down a guy who takes his fair share of hits.
"I like it, it's like hitting practice dummies," Hughes said Friday from Commonwealth Stadium. "You can hit them as many times as you want and they're gonna bounce back up.
"As long as he keeps bouncing up, I'm going to keep hitting him."
In Monday's Labour Day Classic, the Stamps defence did a solid job of pressuring Reilly, with Alex Singleton, James Vaughters and Derek Wiggan all tallying sacks of the Eskimos QB.
Overall as a team, the Stamps have the second-most sacks of any group in the CFL with 26, and only the Toronto Argonauts have more, with 33.
That they've managed to keep up such a frenetic pace without the services of both Cordarro Law and Hughes – who led the league in sacks in 2016 – is a testament to the depth of the defensive line and linebacking corps, but the return of Hughes should make them even more terrifying.
Stamps Charleston Hughes celebrates a qb sack by "swimming" on the turf during a July game against the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Jim Wells/Postmedia
Hughes already has six sacks this season, only one behind Butler and Lemon.
"I'm kind of happy it's like that because there's two guys with seven and a few of us with six. When it lines up like that I feel like I'm still in the race," Hughes said. "I haven't played a lot this season, and it's lucky for them I haven't played a lot this season because I would have put a big separation between myself and the rest of the defensive ends in this league, or just d-linemen, period.
"But for me to have six and the lead be seven? I'm going to surpass that very fast."
With Hughes, offensive lineman Shane Bergman and fellow d-lineman Michael Klassen back in the Stampeders lineup this weekend, the Stamps moved defensive linemen Reuben Frank and Randy Colling to the one-game injured list, as well as linebacker Dexter Janke.
It wouldn't be accurate to say that Hughes and Bergman are bringing 'fresh legs' to the roster, given that they're coming off injuries, but they're both experienced veterans who should provide a boost to a Stampeders team that smashed the Eskimos 39-18 in Monday's Labour Day Classic.
"It's good to get one of your best players back," Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said about Hughes. "He's obviously been doing it year-in, year-out for us. I think he's ready."
Hughes certainly sounds ready, even if he acknowledged that it's not always easy to come off an injury and get inserted back into the lineup after a short week.
"It's kinda hard, man, because I was on somewhat of a nice little streak there and I was playing good at the time," Hughes said. "When you go into an injury, you go into a halt of all kind of physical activity and playing football, so you have to knock off the rust as soon as possible."
How does Hughes intend on knocking off the rust? He has a pretty simple solution, it turns out.
"The first hit is me hitting Reilly, so when that happens I'm back into my mode," Hughes said.
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Maybe now that CFL teams have some tape on Nick Arbuckle and can start studying his tendencies, the Calgary Stampeders quarterback will come back down to earth a little bit.
STAMPEDERS NOTES: To run or not to run
Don't expect the Calgary Stampeders to just run the ball relentlessly. When they take on the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday night (5 p.
Stamps Notes: Ticats QB Masoli needs to be pressured
The secret to stopping Jeremiah Masoli doesn't sound like much of a secret, really. It's no different from what the Calgary Stampeders aim to do against any opposing quarterback, it's just a little harder against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats pivot.
Stamps receiver Rogers happy, healthy for season
There were few people outside the Calgary Stampeders lockerroom last year who knew what Eric Rogers was going through.


Clean, long-scrolling One Pager for Cape Town based design studio, LAIR. The Single Page portfolio features good whitespace, quality imagery and a fun touch with hammer emojis alongside under construction links in the footer.
The new LAIR website is live and we are feeling pumped! 👏 It's been in the pipeline for a little while, but we wanted to put out a website that is representative of who we are, what we value, and what we do.


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using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin;
using Microsoft.Owin.Security;
using Adxstudio.Xrm.Core.Flighting;
using System.Web;
using Adxstudio.Xrm.Diagnostics.Trace;
using Adxstudio.Xrm.Web;

namespace Adxstudio.Xrm.AspNet.Identity
{
	public class CrmSignInManager<TUser> : SignInManager<TUser, string>
		where TUser : CrmUser
	{
		public CrmSignInManager(UserManager<TUser, string> userManager, IAuthenticationManager authenticationManager)
			: base(userManager, authenticationManager)
		{
		}

		public virtual async Task<SignInStatus> PasswordSignInByEmailAsync(string email, string password, bool isPersistent, bool shouldLockout)
		{
			if (UserManager == null)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			var user = await UserManager.FindByEmailAsync(email).WithCurrentCulture();

			if (user == null)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(user.UserName))
			{
				if (!await AutoAssignUsernameAsync(user))
				{
					ADXTrace.Instance.TraceInfo(TraceCategory.Application, "Not able to auto assign username based on email");

					return SignInStatus.Failure;
				}

				ADXTrace.Instance.TraceInfo(TraceCategory.Application, "Username was auto assigned based on email");
			}

			LogAuthentication(user, "internal");

			return await PasswordSignInAsync(user.UserName, password, isPersistent, shouldLockout).WithCurrentCulture();
		}

		public override async Task<SignInStatus> PasswordSignInAsync(string userName, string password, bool isPersistent, bool shouldLockout)
		{
			if (UserManager == null)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			var user = await UserManager.FindByNameAsync(userName).WithCurrentCulture();

			if (user == null || !user.LogonEnabled)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			LogAuthentication(user, "internal");

			return await base.PasswordSignInAsync(userName, password, isPersistent, shouldLockout).WithCurrentCulture();
		}

		public virtual async Task<SignInStatus> ExternalSignInAsync(ExternalLoginInfo loginInfo, bool isPersistent, bool shouldLockout)
		{
			if (UserManager == null)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			var user = await UserManager.FindAsync(loginInfo.Login).WithCurrentCulture();

			if (user == null || !user.LogonEnabled)
			{
				return SignInStatus.Failure;
			}

			if (Configuration.PortalSettings.Instance.Ess.IsEss && user.Email == null && loginInfo.Email != null)
			{
				await UserManager.SetEmailAsync(user.Id, loginInfo.Email);
			}

			LogAuthentication(user, "external");

			return await ExternalSignInAsync(loginInfo, isPersistent).WithCurrentCulture();
		}

		private async Task<bool> AutoAssignUsernameAsync(TUser user)
		{
			user.UserName = user.Email;

			var validateResult = await UserManager.UserValidator.ValidateAsync(user);

			if (!validateResult.Succeeded)
			{
				return false;
			}

			return UserManager.Update(user).Succeeded;
		}

		private static void LogAuthentication(TUser user, string authenticationType)
		{
			try
			{
				if (FeatureCheckHelper.IsFeatureEnabled(FeatureNames.TelemetryFeatureUsage))
				{
					var userId = HashPii.ComputeHashPiiSha256(user.Id);

					PortalFeatureTrace.TraceInstance.LogAuthentication(FeatureTraceCategory.Authentication, userId, HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID, "logIn", "authentication", authenticationType);
				}
			}
			catch (Exception e)
			{
				WebEventSource.Log.GenericErrorException(e);
			}
		}
	}
}


Be Cool in June at the Studio!
Phase II Design Studio is a creative oasis dedicated to you and the ones who inspire you.
We have a variety of exciting projects begging for your personal touch. Search our calendar and register to join the fun.
Have a group of friends who are looking for a unique party experience or just want some time with the ones you love? Let us help you personalize the details.
Welcome fellow craftists (see what I did there?)!! 4th grade teacher by day and lover of all hobbies by night. In the late 90's I had a scrapbook store for a few years and realized selling merchandise and managing a store was NOT my calling. It was the gatherings and camaraderie I loved. Opening this space has been a dream many years in the making. If you love creating as much as I do OR if you love hanging out and fiddling with yummy art supplies; THIS IS THE SPACE FOR YOU!
Copyright © 2018 Phase II Design Studio - All Rights Reserved.


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Gaumont (France)
30, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
92200	Neuilly-sur-Seine
Tel.: +33 1- 4643 2080 (int. sales)au
Tel. 2: +33 1- 4643 2000 (reception)
Tel. 3: +33 1- 4643 2242
Fax: +33 1- 4643 2033
e-mail: moc.tnomuag@lanoitanretni
Homepage: www.gaumont.com
Category: feature / family
It happens up there, in the Alps.
It happens up where the snow is immaculate, where chamois chase after marmots, where the summits brush the clouds.
It happens in a little village that was peaceful until the Germans showed up.
It's the encounter between a lonely child and a wild dog.
It's the story of Sebastian who tames Belle. It's the adventure of an unshakeable friendship.
It's the extraordinary story of a resourceful and touching child caught up in the Second World War.
It's the odyssey of a little boy looking for his mother, an old man looking for his past, a resister looking for love, a young woman looking for adventure, a German lieutenant looking for forgiveness.
It's the life of Belle & Sebastian...


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Clippers sign forward Turiaf to 1-year contract
2546dArash Markazi
Clippers sign Ronny Turiaf
Arash MarkaziESPN Senior Writer
Former columnist and writer after five years with Sports Illustrated
Markazi has also written for Slam, King, Vibe and Playboy
On board of directors for Jim Murray Memorial Foundation.
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers signed free-agent forward Ronny Turiaf, the team announced Friday.
Turiaf, who played for the Miami Heat and Washington Wizards last season, signed a one-year contract for the veteran's minimum.
A seven-year NBA veteran, Turiaf is currently playing in the 2012 London Olympics for the French National Team. Turiaf, 29, played in 12 playoff games for the Heat last season during their championship run.
The 6-foot-10 inch Turiaf was originally drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft after a stand-out career at Gonzaga. He has appeared in 375 career NBA games, averaging 5.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 blocks while shooting 53 percent from the field in 17.9 minutes.
Turiaf's signing rounds out an offseason where the Clippers completely revamped their bench after acquiring Lamar Odom, Jamal Crawford, Grant Hill and Ryan Hollins.


This Halloween we're celebrating all things 80s and all things weird with a Stranger Things dance party. The day after the new season hits Netflix, we'll be donning our blood soaked sweat bands and limbering up on the dance floor. Yes. DJ Ben's spinning 80s electro early doors, then the best 80s party hits 'til close.
Prizes for best costumes. I'm thinking anything 80s and anything gory, but all costumes welcome - it is Halloween after all.


text:
PYTHON=${PYTHON:-python}

usage()
{
    echo "Usage: $0 [BuildArch] [BuildType] [clean] [verbose] [coverage] [cross] [clangx.y] [ninja] [configureonly] [skipconfigure] [skipnative] [skipmscorlib] [skiptests] [cmakeargs]"
    echo "BuildArch can be: x64, x86, arm, arm-softfp, arm64"
    echo "BuildType can be: debug, checked, release"
    echo "clean - optional argument to force a clean build."
    echo "verbose - optional argument to enable verbose build output."
    echo "coverage - optional argument to enable code coverage build (currently supported only for Linux and OSX)."
    echo "ninja - target ninja instead of GNU make"
    echo "clangx.y - optional argument to build using clang version x.y."
    echo "cross - optional argument to signify cross compilation,"
    echo "      - will use ROOTFS_DIR environment variable if set."
    echo "configureonly - do not perform any builds; just configure the build."
    echo "skipconfigure - skip build configuration."
    echo "skipnative - do not build native components."
    echo "skipmscorlib - do not build mscorlib.dll."
    echo "skiptests - skip the tests in the 'tests' subdirectory."
    echo "disableoss - Disable Open Source Signing for mscorlib."
    echo "cmakeargs - user-settable additional arguments passed to CMake."

    exit 1
}

initDistroName()
{
    if [ "$__BuildOS" == "Linux" ]; then
        # Detect Distro
        if [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 ubuntu)" -eq 1 ]; then
            export __DistroName=ubuntu
        elif [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 centos)" -eq 1 ]; then
            export __DistroName=rhel
        elif [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 rhel)" -eq 1 ]; then
            export __DistroName=rhel
        elif [ "$(cat /etc/*-release | grep -cim1 debian)" -eq 1 ]; then
            export __DistroName=debian
        else
            export __DistroName=""
        fi
    fi
}

setup_dirs()
{
    echo Setting up directories for build

    mkdir -p "$__RootBinDir"
    mkdir -p "$__BinDir"
    mkdir -p "$__LogsDir"
    mkdir -p "$__IntermediatesDir"
}

# Performs "clean build" type actions (deleting and remaking directories)

clean()
{
    echo Cleaning previous output for the selected configuration
    rm -rf "$__BinDir"
    rm -rf "$__IntermediatesDir"

    rm -rf "$__TestWorkingDir"
    rm -rf "$__TestIntermediatesDir"

    rm -rf "$__LogsDir/*_$__BuildOS__$__BuildArch__$__BuildType.*"
    rm -rf "$__ProjectRoot/Tools"
}

# Check the system to ensure the right prereqs are in place

check_prereqs()
{
    echo "Checking prerequisites..."

    # Check presence of CMake on the path
    hash cmake 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "Please install cmake before running this script"; exit 1; }

    # Check for clang
    hash clang-$__ClangMajorVersion.$__ClangMinorVersion 2>/dev/null ||  hash clang$__ClangMajorVersion$__ClangMinorVersion 2>/dev/null ||  hash clang 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "Please install clang before running this script"; exit 1; }

}

build_coreclr()
{

# Event Logging Infrastructure
   __GeneratedIntermediate="$__IntermediatesDir/Generated"
   __GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider="$__GeneratedIntermediate/eventprovider_new"
    if [[ -d "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider" ]]; then
        rm -rf  "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider"
    fi

    if [[ ! -d "$__GeneratedIntermediate/eventprovider" ]]; then
        mkdir -p "$__GeneratedIntermediate/eventprovider"
    fi

    mkdir -p "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider"
    if [[ $__SkipCoreCLR == 0 || $__ConfigureOnly == 1 ]]; then
        echo "Laying out dynamically generated files consumed by the build system "
        echo "Laying out dynamically generated Event Logging Test files"
        $PYTHON -B -Wall -Werror "$__ProjectRoot/src/scripts/genXplatEventing.py" --man "$__ProjectRoot/src/vm/ClrEtwAll.man" --exc "$__ProjectRoot/src/vm/ClrEtwAllMeta.lst" --testdir "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider/tests"

        if  [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
            exit
        fi

        #determine the logging system
        case $__BuildOS in
            Linux)
                echo "Laying out dynamically generated Event Logging Implementation of Lttng"
                $PYTHON -B -Wall -Werror "$__ProjectRoot/src/scripts/genXplatLttng.py" --man "$__ProjectRoot/src/vm/ClrEtwAll.man" --intermediate "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider"
                if  [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
                    exit
                fi
                ;;
            *)
                ;;
        esac
    fi

    echo "Cleaning the temp folder of dynamically generated Event Logging files"
    $PYTHON -B -Wall -Werror -c "import sys;sys.path.insert(0,\"$__ProjectRoot/src/scripts\"); from Utilities import *;UpdateDirectory(\"$__GeneratedIntermediate/eventprovider\",\"$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider\")"
    if  [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
        exit
    fi

    rm -rf "$__GeneratedIntermediateEventProvider"

    # All set to commence the build

    echo "Commencing build of native components for $__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType in $__IntermediatesDir"

    cd "$__IntermediatesDir"

    generator=""
    buildFile="Makefile"
    buildTool="make"
    if [ $__UseNinja == 1 ]; then
        generator="ninja"
        buildFile="build.ninja"
        buildTool="ninja"
    fi

    if [ $__SkipConfigure == 0 ]; then
        # Regenerate the CMake solution
        echo "Invoking \"$__ProjectRoot/src/pal/tools/gen-buildsys-clang.sh\" \"$__ProjectRoot\" $__ClangMajorVersion $__ClangMinorVersion $__BuildArch $__BuildType $__CodeCoverage $__IncludeTests $generator $__cmakeargs"
        "$__ProjectRoot/src/pal/tools/gen-buildsys-clang.sh" "$__ProjectRoot" $__ClangMajorVersion $__ClangMinorVersion $__BuildArch $__BuildType $__CodeCoverage $__IncludeTests $generator "$__cmakeargs"
    fi

    if [ $__SkipCoreCLR == 1 ]; then
        echo "Skipping CoreCLR build."
        return
    fi

    # Check that the makefiles were created.

    if [ ! -f "$__IntermediatesDir/$buildFile" ]; then
        echo "Failed to generate native component build project!"
        exit 1
    fi

    # Get the number of processors available to the scheduler
    # Other techniques such as `nproc` only get the number of
    # processors available to a single process.
    if [ `uname` = "FreeBSD" ]; then
        NumProc=`sysctl hw.ncpu | awk '{ print $2+1 }'`
    elif [ `uname` = "NetBSD" ]; then
        NumProc=$(($(getconf NPROCESSORS_ONLN)+1))
    else
        NumProc=$(($(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN)+1))
    fi

    # Build CoreCLR

    echo "Executing $buildTool install -j $NumProc $__UnprocessedBuildArgs"

    $buildTool install -j $NumProc $__UnprocessedBuildArgs
    if [ $? != 0 ]; then
        echo "Failed to build coreclr components."
        exit 1
    fi
}

restoreBuildTools()
{
    echo "Restoring BuildTools..."
    $__ProjectRoot/init-tools.sh
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Failed to restore BuildTools."
        exit 1
    fi
}

isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported()
{
    # This needs to be updated alongwith corresponding changes to netci.groovy.
    __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=0

    if [ "$__BuildArch" == "x64" ]; then
        if [ "$__BuildOS" == "Linux" ]; then
            if [ "$__DistroName" == "ubuntu" ]; then
                __OSVersion=$(lsb_release -rs)
                if [ "$__OSVersion" == "14.04" ]; then
                    __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=1
                fi
            elif [ "$__DistroName" == "rhel" ]; then
                __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=1
            elif [ "$__DistroName" == "debian" ]; then
                __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=1
            fi
        elif [ "$__BuildOS" == "OSX" ]; then
            __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=1
        fi
    elif [ "$__BuildArch" == "arm" ] || [ "$__BuildArch" == "arm64" ] ; then
        if [ "$__BuildOS" == "Linux" ]; then
            if [ "$__DistroName" == "ubuntu" ]; then
                __isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=1
            fi
        fi

    fi
}

build_mscorlib_ni()
{
    if [ $__SkipCoreCLR == 0 -a -e $__BinDir/crossgen ]; then
        echo "Generating native image for mscorlib."
        $__BinDir/crossgen $__BinDir/mscorlib.dll
        if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
            echo "Failed to generate native image for mscorlib."
            exit 1
        fi
    fi
}

build_mscorlib()
{

    if [ $__isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported == 0 ]; then
        echo "Mscorlib.dll build unsupported."
        return
    fi

    if [ $__SkipMSCorLib == 1 ]; then
       echo "Skipping building mscorlib."
       return
    fi

    # Restore buildTools

    restoreBuildTools

    echo "Commencing build of mscorlib components for $__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType"

    # Invoke MSBuild
    $__ProjectRoot/Tools/corerun "$__MSBuildPath" /nologo "$__ProjectRoot/build.proj" /verbosity:minimal "/fileloggerparameters:Verbosity=normal;LogFile=$__LogsDir/MSCorLib_$__BuildOS__$__BuildArch__$__BuildType.log" /t:Build /p:__BuildOS=$__BuildOS /p:__BuildArch=$__BuildArch /p:__BuildType=$__BuildType /p:__IntermediatesDir=$__IntermediatesDir /p:BuildNugetPackage=false /p:UseSharedCompilation=false ${__SignTypeReal}

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Failed to build mscorlib."
        exit 1
    fi

    # The cross build generates a crossgen with the target architecture.
    if [ $__CrossBuild != 1 ]; then
       # The architecture of host pc must be same architecture with target.
       if [[ ( "$__HostArch" == "$__BuildArch" ) ]]; then
           build_mscorlib_ni
       elif [[ ( "$__HostArch" == "x64" ) && ( "$__BuildArch" == "x86" ) ]]; then
           build_mscorlib_ni
       elif [[ ( "$__HostArch" == "arm64" ) && ( "$__BuildArch" == "arm" ) ]]; then
           build_mscorlib_ni
       else
	   exit 1
       fi
    fi
}

generate_NugetPackages()
{
    # We can only generate nuget package if we also support building mscorlib as part of this build.
    if [ $__isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported == 0 ]; then
        echo "Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR nuget package generation unsupported."
        return
    fi

    # Since we can build mscorlib for this OS, did we build the native components as well?
    if [ $__SkipCoreCLR == 1 ]; then
        echo "Unable to generate Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR nuget package since native components were not built."
        return
    fi

    if [ $__SkipMSCorLib == 1 ]; then
       echo "Unable to generate Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR nuget package since mscorlib was not built."
       return
    fi

    echo "Generating nuget packages for "$__BuildOS

    # Invoke MSBuild
    $__ProjectRoot/Tools/corerun "$__MSBuildPath" /nologo "$__ProjectRoot/src/.nuget/Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR/Microsoft.NETCore.Runtime.CoreCLR.builds" /verbosity:minimal "/fileloggerparameters:Verbosity=normal;LogFile=$__LogsDir/Nuget_$__BuildOS__$__BuildArch__$__BuildType.log" /t:Build /p:__BuildOS=$__BuildOS /p:__BuildArch=$__BuildArch /p:__BuildType=$__BuildType /p:__IntermediatesDir=$__IntermediatesDir /p:BuildNugetPackage=false /p:UseSharedCompilation=false

    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
        echo "Failed to generate Nuget packages."
        exit 1
    fi
}

echo "Commencing CoreCLR Repo build"

# Argument types supported by this script:
#
# Build architecture - valid values are: x64, ARM.
# Build Type         - valid values are: Debug, Checked, Release
#
# Set the default arguments for build

# Obtain the location of the bash script to figure out where the root of the repo is.
__ProjectRoot="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"

# Use uname to determine what the CPU is.
CPUName=$(uname -p)
# Some Linux platforms report unknown for platform, but the arch for machine.
if [ $CPUName == "unknown" ]; then
    CPUName=$(uname -m)
fi

case $CPUName in
    i686)
        echo "Unsupported CPU $CPUName detected, build might not succeed!"
        __BuildArch=x86
        __HostArch=x86
        ;;

    x86_64)
        __BuildArch=x64
        __HostArch=x64
        ;;

    armv7l)
        echo "Unsupported CPU $CPUName detected, build might not succeed!"
        __BuildArch=arm
        __HostArch=arm
        ;;

    aarch64)
        echo "Unsupported CPU $CPUName detected, build might not succeed!"
        __BuildArch=arm64
        __HostArch=arm64
        ;;

    *)
        echo "Unknown CPU $CPUName detected, configuring as if for x64"
        __BuildArch=x64
        __HostArch=x64
        ;;
esac

# Use uname to determine what the OS is.
OSName=$(uname -s)
case $OSName in
    Linux)
        __BuildOS=Linux
        ;;

    Darwin)
        __BuildOS=OSX
        ;;

    FreeBSD)
        __BuildOS=FreeBSD
        ;;

    OpenBSD)
        __BuildOS=OpenBSD
        ;;

    NetBSD)
        __BuildOS=NetBSD
        ;;

    SunOS)
        __BuildOS=SunOS
        ;;

    *)
        echo "Unsupported OS $OSName detected, configuring as if for Linux"
        __BuildOS=Linux
        ;;
esac

__BuildType=Debug
__CodeCoverage=
__IncludeTests=Include_Tests

# Set the various build properties here so that CMake and MSBuild can pick them up
__ProjectDir="$__ProjectRoot"
__SourceDir="$__ProjectDir/src"
__PackagesDir="$__ProjectDir/packages"
__RootBinDir="$__ProjectDir/bin"
__LogsDir="$__RootBinDir/Logs"
__UnprocessedBuildArgs=
__MSBCleanBuildArgs=
__UseNinja=0
__ConfigureOnly=0
__SkipConfigure=0
__SkipCoreCLR=0
__SkipMSCorLib=0
__CleanBuild=0
__VerboseBuild=0
__SignTypeReal=""
__CrossBuild=0
__ClangMajorVersion=3
__ClangMinorVersion=5
__MSBuildPath=$__ProjectRoot/Tools/MSBuild.exe
__NuGetPath="$__PackagesDir/NuGet.exe"
__DistroName=""
__cmakeargs=""

while :; do
    if [ $# -le 0 ]; then
        break
    fi

    lowerI="$(echo $1 | awk '{print tolower($0)}')"
    case $lowerI in
        -\?|-h|--help)
            usage
            exit 1
            ;;

        x86)
            __BuildArch=x86
            ;;

        x64)
            __BuildArch=x64
            ;;

        arm)
            __BuildArch=arm
            ;;

        arm-softfp)
            __BuildArch=arm-softfp
            ;;

        arm64)
            __BuildArch=arm64
            ;;

        debug)
            __BuildType=Debug
            ;;

        checked)
            __BuildType=Checked
            ;;

        release)
            __BuildType=Release
            ;;

        coverage)
            __CodeCoverage=Coverage
            ;;

        clean)
            __CleanBuild=1
            ;;

        verbose)
            __VerboseBuild=1
            ;;

        cross)
            __CrossBuild=1
            ;;

        clang3.5)
            __ClangMajorVersion=3
            __ClangMinorVersion=5
            ;;

        clang3.6)
            __ClangMajorVersion=3
            __ClangMinorVersion=6
            ;;

        clang3.7)
            __ClangMajorVersion=3
            __ClangMinorVersion=7
            ;;

        clang3.8)
            __ClangMajorVersion=3
            __ClangMinorVersion=8
            ;;

        ninja)
            __UseNinja=1
            ;;

        configureonly)
            __ConfigureOnly=1
            __SkipCoreCLR=1
            __SkipMSCorLib=1
            __IncludeTests=
            ;;

        skipconfigure)
            __SkipConfigure=1
            ;;

        skipnative)
            # Use "skipnative" to use the same option name as build.cmd.
            __SkipCoreCLR=1
            ;;

        skipcoreclr)
            # Accept "skipcoreclr" for backwards-compatibility.
            __SkipCoreCLR=1
            ;;

        skipmscorlib)
            __SkipMSCorLib=1
            ;;

        includetests)
            ;;

        skiptests)
            __IncludeTests=
            ;;

        disableoss)
            __SignTypeReal="/p:SignType=real"
            ;;

        cmakeargs)
            if [ -n "$2" ]; then
                __cmakeargs="$2"
                shift
            else
                echo "ERROR: 'cmakeargs' requires a non-empty option argument"
                exit 1
            fi
            ;;

        *)
            __UnprocessedBuildArgs="$__UnprocessedBuildArgs $1"
            ;;
    esac

    shift
done

if [[ $__ConfigureOnly == 1 && $__SkipConfigure == 1 ]]; then
    echo "configureonly and skipconfigure are mutually exclusive!"
    exit 1
fi

# init the distro name
initDistroName

# Set the remaining variables based upon the determined build configuration
__BinDir="$__RootBinDir/Product/$__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType"
__PackagesBinDir="$__BinDir/.nuget"
__ToolsDir="$__RootBinDir/tools"
__TestWorkingDir="$__RootBinDir/tests/$__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType"
export __IntermediatesDir="$__RootBinDir/obj/$__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType"
__TestIntermediatesDir="$__RootBinDir/tests/obj/$__BuildOS.$__BuildArch.$__BuildType"
__isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported=0

# Init if MSBuild for .NET Core is supported for this platform
isMSBuildOnNETCoreSupported

# CI_SPECIFIC - On CI machines, $HOME may not be set. In such a case, create a subfolder and set the variable to set.
# This is needed by CLI to function.
if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
    if [ ! -d "$__ProjectDir/temp_home" ]; then
        mkdir temp_home
    fi
    export HOME=$__ProjectDir/temp_home
    echo "HOME not defined; setting it to $HOME"
fi

# Specify path to be set for CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
# This is where all built CoreClr libraries will copied to.
export __CMakeBinDir="$__BinDir"

# Configure environment if we are doing a clean build.
if [ $__CleanBuild == 1 ]; then
    clean
fi

# Configure environment if we are doing a verbose build
if [ $__VerboseBuild == 1 ]; then
    export VERBOSE=1
fi

# Configure environment if we are doing a cross compile.
if [ $__CrossBuild == 1 ]; then
    export CROSSCOMPILE=1
    if ! [[ -n "$ROOTFS_DIR" ]]; then
        export ROOTFS_DIR="$__ProjectRoot/cross/rootfs/$__BuildArch"
    fi
fi

# Make the directories necessary for build if they don't exist

setup_dirs

# Check prereqs.

check_prereqs

# Build the coreclr (native) components.

build_coreclr

# Build mscorlib.

build_mscorlib

# Generate nuget packages

generate_NugetPackages

# Build complete

echo "Repo successfully built."
echo "Product binaries are available at $__BinDir"
exit 0


will melt away! You won't want to get off the massage table!!" Julie K.
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"Thai massages with Meg are fantastic! It really helps to loosen me up from sitting down for the vast majority of my job. My legs and hips especially feel better after a Thai massage. The relaxed and limber feeling really helps me get through the week and I always feel reenergized after a session." Jeff T.
"I just got off of the table after another hour of phenomenal bodywork from Ellen Winick, and I've got to say, if something on you hurts–go see Ellen. Seriously, the woman should be declared a National Treasure. I've got one of the touchiest, most finicky bodies in the world, and within an hour she can have me purring like a cat in a puddle of sunshine. She's amazing. Easily THE most talented, most intuitive massage therapist I've ever known. Splurge. Treat yourself. It's way worth it." Judi H.
"I have received massages from 3 different therapists at Release Massage Therapy. I have been getting massages anywhere from twice a week to once a month for over 30 years. There have never been better therapists who are able to attend to my needs. Whether it is relaxation or a remedy from a serious injury I know they will have the experience to bring in many modalities/approaches at the necessary pressure for the best result.My entire family uses Release Massage. They each bring the best of the art and the science of massage therapy to the table every time!" Connie H.
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"The pain I was in, due to a damaged muscle, was the reason I went online to look for therapeutic massage to help me recover. Because I am a large person, and was mortified about the possibility that no one could help. I went to Release Massage Therapy with both anticipation and dread, and to my relief, realized that I'd found a uniquely welcoming and holistic environment that was perfect for me. Ellen helped me to identify that my problem was Piriformis Syndrome, which involves both severe muscle strain and sciatic nerve inflammation.
"Visiting Release Massage Therapy is much more than receiving the BEST massage. It also feels like time spent with a caring friend, who just happens to be an excellent massage therapist. It truly is the best of both worlds. I have been fortunate to benefit from many massages over the years, but Release is my all-time favorite and I feel so blessed to have this excellent care in my neighborhood. I can't wait to visit again." Wendy H.
"There was a time after my husband had a complicated surgery where my mind and body were just one big "hot mess". I made an appointment, and when Ellen asked how I was feeling, well, she got an earful! I will never forget how Ellen used her skills to heal (really the only word) both that evening. I left that session with a renewed spirit–thank you!
I have worked with Ellen for several years; her skills and intuition are second to none! As a runner, full-time professional, wife, and mother of 3 active boys, my massage needs have varied– sometimes I need to work out a tricky hip, other times to soothe a weary mind. Ellen is sensitive to those needs and can adjust her therapy accordingly." Michelle S.
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"Release Massage Therapy is like a mini vacation for my body and mind. When the busy days of family and work build up and become stressful, it really is a moment to "release". The massages I have had,have helped me to reduce and manage the stress levels that my muscles hold, and also have been a retreat for my mind. Going to the studio allows me to take an important moment away from everything and just breath…so I can be energized once again to do all that I want to do!" Michelle C.


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U.S. Policy in Iraq
Michael E. O'Hanlon Tuesday, September 28, 2004
President Bush's assessment of the situation in Iraq is too optimistic. Things are not going well. The insurgency, in combination with an increasing rate of crime is making it hard for regular Iraqis to feel secure in their daily lives. The good news is that Iraqis, despite the security situation, remain on balance optimistic about the future. One evidence of that optimism can be seen in the recruitment of Iraqi security forces. The American training program of Iraqi security forces, which suffered from mistakes made early on in the occupation, is now largely on track under the leadership of Lt. General David Petraeus and is showing signs of real progress.
In this interview, Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon gave his views on the security situation and U.S. strategy in Iraq. O'Hanlon was joined by Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Listen to the complete interview at wamu.org
A Glass Half Full?
By Michael E. O'Hanlon and James Steinberg
The European Union and North Africa
Edited by Adel Abdel Ghafar
By Khaled Elgindy