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LogMeIn To Establish LastPass as Standalone Company
LastPass is used by more than 30 million users and 85,000 businesses worldwide and is set for strong and sustained growth as consumers and businesses continue prioritizing password security.
LogMeIn, Inc., cloud-based solutions provider such as LastPass, GoToConnect, GoToMeeting, and Rescue, announced the intent to establish LastPass as a standalone company.
The category leader in zero-knowledge password management, LastPass is used by more than 30 million users and 85,000 businesses worldwide and is set for strong and sustained growth as consumers and businesses continue prioritizing password security.
By establishing LastPass as a standalone business, the company plans to increase investment in the customer experience, go- to-market functions and engineering to accelerate its organic growth in password management, Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-factor Authentication (MFA). Customers will experience planned enhancements on an accelerated timeline in 2022, with the benefit of additional dedicated LastPass resources.
"The substantial scale of LastPass, its tremendous growth, and its market leading position and brand makes it a perfect candidate to seize new opportunities as its own standalone company," said Bill Wagner, President and Chief Executive Officer of LogMeIn.
Today, the significant majority of LastPass' business is represented by corporate customers, illustrating the business imperative that password management has become to organizations of all sizes. The importance of securing identity verification among consumers and businesses is rising given the rapid proliferation of passwords and the prevalence of unauthorized access by hackers.
"The success we've seen across the entire LogMeIn portfolio over the last 18 months proves there is a vast growth opportunity ahead for both LastPass and LogMeIn," said Andrew Kowal, Partner, Francisco Partners. "We assessed our portfolio with a laser focus on unlocking the full potential of our business and identifying how we could best serve customers and accelerate growth across very different markets."
The global shift to remote working has also fueled the adoption of new accounts and applications; 50 percent of people in the 2021 Psychology of Passwords research reported twice the number of accounts today, compared to pre-pandemic levels.
"Organizations of all sizes across all verticals have applications that lack a SAML or OpenID interface for single sign-on access, and their management is acutely aware of the financial costs and productivity burdens that come with repeated credentials resets," said Jay Bretzmann, Program Director, Cybersecurity Products, IDC. "LastPass clearly sees the opportunity in today's market, and with today's announcement, is poised to deliver increased strategic value to customers."
Using a zero-knowledge security model, LastPass empowers end users to generate, secure, and share credentials seamlessly, and to monitor personal information on the dark web, while providing valuable insight and effortless control to IT teams with the most comprehensive, yet actionable admin console and policy configurations. By reducing credentials through simplified access with SSO and passwordless MFA to cloud and legacy applications, VPNs, and workstations, LastPass further improves security for businesses.
"Today's announcement also reflects our strategic priority to strengthen and invest in our flexible work enablement portfolio across unified communications and collaboration and IT management and support," Wagner added. "We believe that LogMeIn is well positioned to continue to deliver strong results and capitalize on the tremendous opportunity in today's virtual environment."
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New Delhi: Even as Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a slight decline in incidents of terrorist violence as well as infiltration from across the border in the past one year, the threat continues to loom large with the presence of as many as 1,200 terrorists including foreign militants in the state. The estimated figure of terrorists in the state was disclosed by the government in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Minister of state for home affairs Sriprakash Jaiswal, in a written reply to a question, said, 'Available reports indicate that there are an estimated 1,200 terrorists, including foreign terrorists, active in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.' He said the nationality of foreign militants was confirmed by the possession of identity cards, marking of shoes, clothes, cigarettes and other items on killed militants.


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Casting Call — Same-Sex Actors in Queer Love Stories
by Frank J. Avella
EDGE Media Network Contributor
Daniel Craig, Luke Evans, Gal Gadot and Scarlett Johansson
What same-sex actors would you most like to see in a gay love story?
We've wondered about this question often since throughout the decades, in film and TV, we've had to watch way too many straight couples engage in heterosexual love scenes over and over ad nauseam. No offense to the het community. Well, maybe a little offense.
But how cool would it have been to have experienced Paul Newman and Robert Redford throw down on that "Sting" poker table in Panavision? Or Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave take that next sapphic step in "Julia?" Or Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn kick Warren Beatty in the balls and do each other at that party at the end of "Shampoo?"
OK, I'm stuck in the '70s, but you get the idea. Imagine young Gary Cooper sucking face with young Tyrone Power or Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton needing to confess something more cardinal in "Becket" or Bette Davis nuzzling Joan Crawford — did that last one make you throw up a little in your mouth or did it turn you on? Be honest.
So, we offer up some potential pairings for today's audiences.
Regé-Jean Page & Paul Mescal
Now that smoldering Regé-Jean Page has left "Bridgerton" in the lurch, we think he should pair with sweet and yummy Paul Mescal from "Normal People" — especially since the two seem to love to get naked — a lot! Imagine the longing lustful looks, the intertwined limbs, and the morning glow butt shots. Perhaps Mescal can be the Princely one this time and Page can be his Cinderello?
Scarlett Johansson & Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot & Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson caused quite a kerfuffle over at Disney with her "Black Widow" lawsuit (which settled) fighting for her rights. "Wonder Woman"'s Gal Gadot has had her share of Warner controversies including reporting the abusive behavior of Joss Whedon. How about we bring these two super-heroic gals together in a simple story about two people who discover they have superpowers but only when they are together-together. Let's see just how out-of-the-stratosphere things can get when ScarGal unites as one.
Daniel Craig & Luke Evans
Daniel Craig recently said he enjoys hanging out at gay bars and that he's even made out with men. We'd like to take that one shaken-not-stirred step closer and have him get it on with the person we think should be the next James Bond, Luke Evans, Craig's younger gay doppelgänger. Bet Luke could teach 007 a thing or two. Or vice versa? The action in this film can be set on land, sea, and air, but it's ALL sexual.
Will Smith & Denzel Washington
Almost three decades ago, Will Smith was cast as the bisexual con-artist Paul in the screen adaptation of John Guare's "Six Degrees of Separation." Wary of the same-sex kissing scene, he turned to mentor Denzel Washington who told him not to do it as he might be marked as gay. Well, we at EDGE put forth, as atonement for such crap advice, Smith and Washington in a very macho action-adventure film where, midway, they stop the pyrotechnics and start making out — yes, they must share a torrid, explicit, full-on tongue kissing scene for at least 30 seconds. Pucker up, dudes!
Archie Panjabi & Julianna Margulies
What better way to prove that there's no feud between these two brilliant Emmy-winning actors than to get tawdry with one another on the small screen — especially now that Julianna Margulies is killing it as a lesbian on "The Morning Show?" Have them re-team for a 3-hour Paramount+ Event, "Good Riddance to the Good Wife," where Alicia plots to finally break free from her husband with the help of bisexual Kalinda (the amazing Archie Panjabi). And in the final 15 minutes, they go at it in the master bedroom. No green screen. Just red-hot heat. Bring in the fabulous Christine Baranski to interrupt. And join in.
Tyler Posey & Nico Tortorella
Where do the tats end and the hot guys begin? "Teen Wolf" hunk Tyler Posey and "Younger" yum Nico Tortorella are both bi and they both love to show off their tattoo-covered bods on Insta, so why not cast them in something where they can fully show off their inked-skin and also fall in love. Let's make it a comedy, no plot necessary, and toss in Pete Davidson for a surprise threesome before he gets all his tats removed. The moving parts and nudity might make our eyes bleed, but in a good way.
Lady Gaga & Barbra Streisand
Who played the better singer-on-the-rise in "A Star is Born?" That's been a hotly debated topic with Streisand recently walking back her praise for the Gaga film and criticizing it for "not being as original as she thought it could be," among other critiques. No retaliation from Gaga. Yet. Why not remake this saga one FINAL time with Gaga reprising her role with Streisand in the Kristofferson/Cooper part? They fall in love. And this time both have the ability to co-exist together and be happy for one another. Imagine. The final scene is a mind-blowing duet — a true battle of the divas.
Timothée Chalamet & Timothée Chalamet
We can do wonders with technology nowadays and there seems to be so much gay love out there for Timothée Chalamet, especially after his impressive performance in "Call Me By Your Name" opposite the wooden Armie Hammer (raise your hand if his strange, cannibalistic behavior did not surprise you?). We were originally going to suggest teaming Chalamet with Harry Styles just to have a metrosexual sextravaganza but then realized Timmy fans just want Timmy. So, riff on "Dead Ringer(s)" but give it a psycho-sexual spin. They're ID twins who are just so attracted to one another they can't resist themselves. He can phone it in. Call it, "Beautiful Boys."
Emma Stone and Andra Day
We don't have a reason for this one, except it just feels right. That and we adore them both. Stone for going from her Oscar-winning turn in "La La Land" to playing lesbian Billie Jean King in the underrated "Battle of the Sexes" with perfect ease. Oh, and following it up with a genius performance as Olivia Colman's lover in "The Favourite." And Andra Day was fantastic as the titular bisexual chanteuse in "The United States vs. Billie Holiday." They're two of the most sensual actors alive and they sing. So how about an original romantic musical written just for them?
The Not Queer Quintet
Darren Criss, Eddie Redmayne, Taron Egerton, Jeremy Irvine and Andrew Garfield
Finally...The "We're-Not-Gay-But-We-Play-Them-For-Money-And-Fame-And-Awards-Quintet": Andrew, Jeremy, Eddie, Taron & Darren
These five actors profess to be straight but keep playing queer roles and playing them a little too well — earning ridiculous amounts of praise and awards. Andrew Garfield, Jeremy Irvine, Eddie Redmayne, Taron Egerton, and Darren Criss, must agree to do a "Shortbus" type film where they have real sex with each other, so they can officially prove they know what it's like to BE with a dude — in THAT way. It's the new price you pay to "play gay." Let's see just how daring and bold and audacious and fearless and intrepid these thesps really are. You want another Oscar, Redmayne? You'll have to earn it. The hard way!
Frank J. Avella is a film journalist and is thrilled to be writing for EDGE. He also contributes to Awards Daily and is the GALECA East Coast Rep and a Member of the New York Film Critics Online. Frank is a recipient of the International Writers Residency in Assisi, Italy, a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, and a NJ State Arts Council Fellowship. His short film, FIG JAM, has shown in Festivals worldwide (figjamfilm.com) and won awards. His screenplays (CONSENT, LURED, SCREW THE COW) have also won numerous awards in 16 countries. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. https://filmfreeway.com/FrankAvella https://muckrack.com/fjaklute
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Adult Swim does April Fools' Day | 41MilesToFreedom.
A little after 1:15 am, I turned on [adult swim], seeing that Eureka 7 was on. I don't watch anime, but I was just checking [as] because I do that every so often. Much to my surprise, I did not see anime, but instead Perfect Hair Forever. I noticed that it looked like the tracking was slightly off, and there were subtitles. I quickly recognized the subtitles as those of the Aqua Teen episode "Revenge of the Mooninites." So, instead of anime, they were showing Perfect Hair Forever with Aqua Teen captions. [as] can be weird, but I didn't think they were that weird—so I went to their forums to check out what was up.
After a moment, I remembered it was April Fools' Day. If anyone would do April Fools', it would be [as], they do something every year. So now I just had to figure out exactly what they were doing. From Perfect Hair Forever's Wikpedia, "This joke spanned the entire block… [they aired] all of season 1 in reverse order and in the style of old VHS fansubs, complete with Engrish subtitles. It replaced scheduled premieres of Bleach, Blood Plus, and Eureka 7." To make a long story short, it seems that [adult swim] replaced their action block that usually runs on Saturday with a Perfect Hair Forever marathon with fake subtitles. The subtitles range from Engrish-eqsue misquotes to captions from other sources. On the [as] forums, to combat the whining, the moderators had it so any instance of the string "anime" had been turned into "Pineapple Beach," and all "perfect hair" became "永久に完全な毛" (hope you can see those Japanese characters). Those [adult swim] guys are crazy, and this is just more reason to love them. Thank god I turned on anime with no plan to watch it, or else I'd have never seen this.
By the way, if you are planning on watching the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters tomorrow night at 10 pm on [as] like they've been advertising all week, don't forget that it will still be April Fools' Day at that time, so don't get your hopes too high.
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Станиште
Станишта врсте су травна вегетација, речни екосистеми и пустиње.

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Врста се коти до три пута годишње. Врста -{Dipodomys nitratoides}- прави подземне пролазе.

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HomeNewsMotorsport
Female DTM driver Stoddart wants F1 test
Susie Stoddart has revealed she would like a formula one team to give her the opportunity of a proper track test.
Oct 19, 2010 at 6:25pm ET
By: Motor1.com Team
The 27-year-old Scottish driver, whose partner is the Williams co-owner Christian 'Toto' Wolff, currently races a Mercedes in the German touring car series DTM.
"I dream about formula one," Stoddart, no relation to the former Minardi owner Paul Stoddart, told the Austrian magazine SportWoche.
"I would at least like my first test. That's what I really want to do. But I don't want it to just be a PR stunt.
"I want to show them what I can do," added Stoddart, who has also raced in Formula Renault and British F3.
She is currently 12th in the 2010 DTM standings, ahead of former F1 drivers Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard and Markus Winkelhock, with two races to go.


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package main

import (
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"time"

	"github.com/leafo/selfwatch/selfwatch"
)

var (
	configFname string
	debugOutput bool
)

func init() {
	flag.StringVar(&configFname, "config", selfwatch.DefaultConfigFname, "Path to json config file")
	flag.BoolVar(&debugOutput, "dump", false, "Print extra debug information")
}

func main() {
	flag.Parse()
	config := selfwatch.LoadConfig(configFname)

	storage, err := selfwatch.NewWatchStorage(config.DbName)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err.Error())
	}

	if !storage.SchemaExists() {
		storage.CreateSchema()
	}

	command := flag.Arg(0)
	if command == "" {
		command = "start"
	}

	switch command {
	case "summary":
		out, err := storage.DailyCounts(7, config.NewDayHour)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err.Error())
		}

		for _, row := range out {
			fmt.Println(row.Day, "\t", row.Count)
		}

	case "status":
		out, err := storage.DailyCounts(7, config.NewDayHour)
		if err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err.Error())
		}

		dateKey := func(t time.Time) string {
			return fmt.Sprintf("%v-%v-%v",
				t.Year(),
				fmt.Sprintf("%02d", t.Month()),
				fmt.Sprintf("%02d", t.Day()))
		}

		byDay := map[string]int64{}
		for _, row := range out {
			byDay[row.Day] = row.Count
		}

		today := time.Now().Add(time.Hour * time.Duration(-config.NewDayHour))
		yesterday := today.Add(time.Hour * -24)

		todaysCount := byDay[dateKey(today)]
		yesterdaysCount := byDay[dateKey(yesterday)]

		delta := todaysCount - yesterdaysCount

		p := ""
		if delta >= 0 {
			p = "+"
		}

		fmt.Print(todaysCount, " (", p, delta, ")\n")

	case "start":
		recorder := selfwatch.NewRecorder()
		storage.BindRecorder(recorder, config.SyncDelay)

		if config.RemoteUrl != "" {
			remote := selfwatch.RemoteSync{
				Url:     config.RemoteUrl,
				Storage: storage,
			}

			if config.RemoteFlushDelay > 0 {
				remote.FlushEvery(config.RemoteFlushDelay)
			}
		}

		recorder.Bind()
	default:
		log.Fatal("Unknown command:", command)
	}

}

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Brown spots on the face, neck, chest, arms, hands, etc. are essentially from sun damage. You may have had them as freckles when you were younger, but they get larger and often darker as you get older. It is a good idea to have your skin checked every year or so to make sure nothing is medically suspicious. Continued sun exposure will stimulate the growth of brown spots.
The first thing to do about brown spots and age spots on the face or hands is to prevent more of them by applying sunscreen. This can help to keep them from getting darker too. Make sure you use a sunscreen that protects you from UVA radiation by having at least 5-10% zinc or titanium. Wearing a hat is also a good idea!
Micro needling is a wonderful treatment for both women and men in removing those obvious brown spots on the face, neck, décolletage, hands, arms or legs. The skin in prepped and numbed before the procedure begins. A micro-needling treatment will remove the brown spots and will leave a reddened area that will calm down within a couple of days. The client can wash, moisturize and wear foundation over the area for concealing immediately.
Most often the spots can be removed with one treatment but sometimes it does take another treatment. Without proper sun screen, new brown spots can occur with exposure to sunlight. The procedure can take years off your age appearance for little cost and very short downtime!
A product containing hyaluronic acid and vitamin C is recommended for after a micro-needling procedures to continue to rehabilitate the skin and the underlying tissue.
I have now had my brows and eyeliner done. Can't wait to go back and do my lips. Beautiful is what I felt when I left each time. Sheila was meticulous in making sure I was happy with my results and made sure I had NO PAIN. I didn't feel rushed through nor did I feel I had to settle. My brows look so real I've had people request to touch them when I tell them it's permanent make-up. I only wish I'd done it sooner. If you're thinking about it you owe it to yourself to at least check it out.


Sun and warmer weather has finally reached the Pacific Northwest. I can see the change in myself, I'm smiling more, I'm happier. I can see the change in others as well. People also seem to be happier, smiling more, are friendlier, and most are making comments along the same lines. Isn't it beautiful outside? Aren't you so happy about the sun?
I grew up in the southeast, where sun, warm weather, thunderstorms in the summer and bugs year-round was pretty much guaranteed. I took it for granted when I relocated to the northwest. I wanted to experience all four seasons, meet new people, see new places and do new things. I've fallen in love with the northwest, but miss the southeast during long stretches of gray skies, rain, and cooler weather.
I think about my children growing up here and wonder where they will want to live when they are older. Will they want to stay in the northwest or go to a place with a similar climate? Or will they want a change and go somewhere where sun is plentiful?
I'm grateful my boys are several years away from leaving home, and want to make the most of the weather we are experiencing by sharing it with them. Blooming flowers, beautiful colors all around, clear skies, majestic mountains and people, lots of people, with smiles on their faces. I'm often caught off guard by all the beauty going on around me at once. I continue to think I'll never get used to this. It feels a little like seeing what's possible for humankind—beauty for all of us to share in and enjoy together.
The reality is this stretch of beautiful weather will likely be short lived. It will last a week or so if we are lucky. Temperatures will cool and the gray skies will return. Our beautiful weather doesn't seem to start and stay until around July 4th each year. I'm okay with that though. Stretches like this give me energy and remind me of what's important, and life's possibilities.


I want to Remove "Energy Community" Toolbar ? It has took over all my browsers and still sit here on my homepage, please help em to uninstall it completely.
Energy Community Toolbar is an adware program which appears in front of you lots of advertisement on your computer screen unexpectedly, It would took over all the browsers homepage and default search engine as well. Anyway finally you have to immediately uninstall it from your computer because that type of adwares is not good for your computer privacy. In order to remove it you have to follow all our below listed steps in a right way. You'll definitely remove it.
Remove Energy Community Toolbar from Firefox configuration file.
6. To remove Energy Community Toolbar with Malwarebytes.
Remove Energy Community Toolbar is classified as a dangerous browser hijacker that can be install your all popular web browsers including Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox etc. It comes into your computer via free software packages and also without your approval.
Once it is installed, you may be found lots of unwanted changes into your browser and internet settings including your browser homepage and default search engine. It will change your browser homepage into search.conduit.com and convert your default search engine into Energy Community Customized Web Search and also installed a Download Energy Toolbar. This happens because the Energy Community Toolbar malware control your browser. You may be found lots of unwanted advertisements & sponsored links are appearance on your computer screen and some strange website are automatically opened on your computer after a frequent interval. Your computer perform slower than before and browser may crash over and over.
Remove Energy Community toolbar comes into your computer via free software packages from internet and when you click on some suspicious links. You must not download files from sources that you do not trust. You should download from their official website. Be very careful what you agree to install.
Generally, this is not a virus. However, it is categorized as a browser hijacker or potentially unwanted programs, 'PUP'. Because it comes into your computer without your approval and change your important settings. Anyone never wants to install Energy toolbar directly, usually it installs additionally with another software packages.
Remove Energy Community toolbar is very harmful program for your web browsers. To secure your web browser you have to immediately uninstall Remove Energy toolbar from your computer. In order to Remove Energy Community toolbar you have to follow article mentioned steps very carefully.


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Tag: Monetary Policy
How effective is unconventional monetary policy in Canada?
September 13, 2016 October 24, 2016 John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy (JDI)
By Michal Ksawery Popiel, JDI Student Fellow, Queen's University
In normal times, the Bank of Canada stimulates the economy by lowering the target for the overnight interest rate, encouraging borrowing and spending. However, interest rate movements are restricted below by an effective lower bound (ELB) — a point at which investors would withdraw their money from banks because they prefer to hold cash for a return of 0 percent. Once it is reached, central banks must turn to other, unconventional measures to influence economic conditions.Read More »
Search, Monetary Theory, Policy and Housing Economics
June 1, 2015 September 8, 2016 John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy (JDI)
Amy Sun, the 2014 Queen's Economics Department Faculty Research Prize recipient, uses Search Theory to give insight into economic policy. The following article was originally published in the QED alumni newsletter.
By Amy Sun, Queen's University
Classical economic theory treats the transaction process as an instantaneous step. Experience from the real world, however, suggests that in many contexts this simplification is too much of an abstraction from reality.Read More »


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PhD Fellow in Computer Science - Cyber Security
University of Tromsø
PhD Fellow in Computer Science - Cyber Security The position
A PhD position in Cyber Security is available at the Department of Computer Science and the Cyber Security Research Group (CSG), at UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
The position is for a period of four years. The nominal length of the PhD programme is three years. The fourth year is distributed as 25 % each year and will consist of teaching and other duties. The PhD student is expected to write research papers publishable in reputable international venues, present results at international conferences, write progress reports on the ongoing thesis project, and work constructively towards collectively defined research goals.
The objective of the position is to complete research training to the level of a doctoral degree. Admission to the PhD programme is a prerequisite for employment, and the programme period starts on commencement of the position.
The workplace is at UiT in Tromsø. You must be able to start in the position on the 1st of August, 2023.
The position's field of research
The PhD student will work in the research area of computer security and data privacy. Specifically, the PhD student will contribute to the development of a service that reasons about the lifecycle of personal data (e.g., measurements of personal IoT devices): what happens when data leave the IoT sensors; where they are being stored, how they are being used during their lifetime, what digital products have been computed based on these data.
Such a service will transverse different systems at different locations, and it will ultimately improve the compliance of privacy regulations on data. It will improve the transparency and explainability of systems.
For further information about the position, contact Associate Professor Elisavet Kozyri:
email: elisavet.kozyri@uit.no
For administrative questions, please contact the Department's administration:
email: svein.tore.jensen@uit.no
This position requires a Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Mathematics. A successful candidate can demonstrate:
Strong programming skills
Experience in one or more of the following fields: privacy-enhancing technologies, computer security, programming languages, computer networks, operating systems, distributed systems
Ability to be self-motivated, take initiatives, and work in a team
Fluency in written and verbal communication in English. Working knowledge of Norwegian or a Scandinavian language is desirable.
Candidates in the final phase of their Master study may apply. A preliminary version of the dissertation can be included if the final version is not ready before the application deadline. Information about the delivery deadline for the dissertation must be given. A completed degree must be documented before an acceptable date for commencement.
During the assessment, emphasis will be put on your potential for research in the described field, motivation and personal suitability for the position.
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Football: Mourinho plans to banish memory of Euro misery
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho drinks from a water bottle during their English Premier League football  match against Everton at Goodison Park in Liverpool, northern England Sept 14, 2013. Mourinho is ready to erase one of the worst memories of his career as the Chelsea manager returns to the Champions League against Swiss champions FC Basel on Wednesday. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
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LONDON (AFP) - Jose Mourinho is ready to erase one of the worst memories of his career as the Chelsea manager returns to the Champions League against Swiss champions FC Basel on Wednesday.
Mourinho's last Champions League match in charge of Chelsea turned out to be the final fixture of his three-year reign in west London as a 1-1 draw against Norwegian minnows Rosenborg proved the final straw for owner Roman Abramovich.
A power struggle between Abramovich and Mourinho came to a head following that lacklustre performance at a half-empty Stamford Bridge and the Portuguese coach was dismissed just 48 hours later.
It was a most unfitting epitaph for Mourinho's glorious spell at Chelsea, which yielded two Premier League titles, two League Cups and an FA Cup.
Mourinho, who has since won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010, also suffered two agonising semi-final defeats against Liverpool in Europe's elite competition during his time at Chelsea.
But, following his return to the club from Real Madrid in pre-season, the 50-year-old has an opportunity to ensure thoughts of Chelsea and Europe conjure up happier memories in future.
Chelsea, of course, won the Champions League in 2012 and lifted the Europa League last season, so the pressure is on Mourinho to deliver more continental glory.
To do so, he will have to balance his desire to fight for the Premier League title with the demands of European action.
That means prioritising who should play in each competition, with his three attacking midfield positions especially hard to juggle given he can choose from Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Oscar, Andre Schurrle and Willian.
"I don't know if I keep them happy," Mourinho said. "I'm happy because I have so many good players and I'm happy because doing well or wrong, I do it in an honest way.
"I will judge on the pitch. I will not judge on words or interviews, not on agents or parents or friends or comments or the press or twitters or something like that.
"I will let football speak and I will let football decide.
"So if one guy is the man of the match he has to play the next match." Basel have giant-killing pedigree in the Champions League after a stunning 2-1 win over Manchester United in 2011-12 allowed the Swiss team to progress to the knockout phase at their opponents' expense.
But Chelsea, then managed by Rafael Benitez, proved too strong for Basel when they met in the Europa League semi-finals in May, winning 5-2 on aggregate before claiming the trophy with a final triumph against Benfica.
Chelsea are favourites to progress in top spot from a group also featuring Schalke 04 and Steaua Bucharest, but there is little margin for error against Murat Yakin's side.
Saturday's 1-0 loss at Everton gave Mourinho his first taste of Premier League defeat since his second coming at the Bridge.
And Belgian midfielder Hazard, who started in both legs against Basel, admits it would be unthinkable for a club of Chelsea's stature to lose two games in a row.
"We have another game on Wednesday in the Champions League and we need to win because Chelsea is a big club," Hazard said.
"If we lose two games it's very bad for us. We need to work in training to help us win that game."


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Q: Using Toggle repeatedly I'm using toggle on each div section to show an image. It works fine but now the code is repeating. How can I make this DRY?
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A: Add a data-target attribute on each button (or anchor or div or whatever the element you are clicking on is):
<button class="secblue" data-target="mgmap">...</button>
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and then just subscribe to the click event of all elements that have this data-target attribute, grab the corresponding target element and toggle it:
$('button[data-target]').click(function() {
    var target = $(this).data('target');
    $('#' + target).toggle('slow');
});

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hartzell, paul (9)
shneour, elie, 1915-2015 (4)
gibson photo (1)
1946?-1947? (1)
portraits, group (40)
st. stephen's college (annandale-on-hudson, n.y.) (38)
photograph albums (18)
community & events (12)
annandale-on-hudson (n.y.) -- bard college (8)
: Portraits, group
Tivoli Men
Portraits, group
Ten men posing together on bridge over sign saying "Return to Sup'r. of Bridges and Buildings." Smiling man second from right on the top row is identified as "Happy" McAuliffe.
F.S. Ormsbee Steamer Co.
Fire departments; Portraits, group
Twenty-one men of the F.S. Ormsbee Steamer Co. pose in full dress for this photograph.
J.L. DePeyster Hose Co. No. 1
Portraits, group; Fire stations
Hose Co. #1, Tivoli's Volunteer Firemen in full dress. They are standing in front of the De Peyster fire station which formerly stood across from St. Sylvia's Church on Broadway.
Tivoli Men Posing for Photo
Nine men posing for a photograph identified as follows: Top Row: James Outwater, Palmetier, Emory Cole, Andrew Rockefeller. Bottom Row: George Minkler, George Cole, Wallace Moore, Henry Miller, Montgomery Marshall.
Hook and Ladder Co. in front of New Firehouse
Thirty men of the J.W. de Peyster Hook and Ladder Co. in 1898 pose in front of their new firehouse.
Hartzell Album, Page 2
Photograph albums; Portraits, group; St. Stephen's College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.)
This portrait of a campus fraternity is dated 1913. Paul Hartzell is seated in the first row, wearing a bow tie and holding an end of the fraternity banner.
Hartzell Album, Page 9, a
Hartzell Album, Page 9, b
Photograph albums; Portraits, group;St. Stephen's College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.)
This page contains an undated, unidentified sports team on the St. Stephen's campus.
Hartzell Album, Page 10
This page contains a photograph of a sports team--probably football--posing on St. Stephen's campus. Stone Row and a water tower then in use are visible in the background.
Photograph albums; Portraits, group; St. Stephen's College (Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.); College buildings--New York (State); Annandale-on-Hudson (N.Y.)
This page contains five photographs. From top left and moving clockwise, the first is a team portrait identified as "S.S.C., 1914 squad". A student seated in the front row can be seen holding a football. The second photograph is labelled "the...
The two images on this page are cut from a book, perhaps a brochure advertising St. Stephen's College. One depicts what appears to be the conclusion of the annual 'Tug of War,' with the losing team being dragged across the waist deep Sawkill...
DePeyster Baseball Team
Portraits, group; Baseball; Village communities; Photographs;
Caption reads:" DePeyster baseball team which won the Hudson Valley League and Dutchess County championships in 1932. John T. Hoffman was the owner and Oakley Cunningham was the manager."
"Council 2"
Annandale-on-Hudson (N.Y.)--Bard College; College students--New York (State); Portraits, group;
The title of this image was taken from the envelope containing the negative. There is no other identifying information about the subjects or circumstances of this portrait.
Men in front of Fireplace
Annandale-on-Hudson (N.Y.)--Bard College; Portraits, group;
This group appears to be a mixture of students and administrators. The occasion is unknown at this time.
Bard Quartet
Annandale-on-Hudson (N.Y.)--Bard College; Musical instruments; Portraits, group;
Men play in a string quartet on stage in Steinway Hall, New York City. Behind the two men on the right is an ornate floor lamp, and the background wall is partially covered by a curtain.
The title of this image comes from the envelope containing the negative. Nothing else is known about the subjects or circumstance of this portrait.
Eulexian Society Members 1904
College students--New York (State); Greek letter societies; Portraits, group;
The twelve members of the Bard College Eulexian Society of 1904 sit on the grass in front of The Church of the Holy Innocents displaying the Eulexian banner. The Eulexian Society was a non-ritualistic literary fraternity established in 1860. The...


I enjoy doing book reviews for fellow authors because it's fun to see what others are up to and it helps spark my own imagination as well. I like comparing the different ways I write with how others write and so on.
When I saw that fellow Prism Book Group author Gay Lewis had a new book out and wanted reviews on it, I jumped at the chance. I had just finished what I was reading and was ready for something new. What I got was "Sarah and the Internet Dating Service." And boy was it something new!
I had never read anything like this novella before. It was a light-hearted, adorable, short little read. When I saw the cover I assumed it would be about two people falling in love through the internet somehow. What I got was an angel orchestrating the whole thing. However, the angel did so very poorly and that's where the laughs come in.
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Often, the idea of emailing a publisher to ask for an ARC, or even a finished copy, can seem really daunting or intimidating. I've been blogging for a year and a half, and successfully receiving review copies for about a year now, and even still I'm sometimes nervous to request a book. Seeing as I do have quite a bit of experience requesting ARCs, today I've got some tips and general advice for doing so.
Quick note – the advice I give is generally how I structure my emails, and obviously you might think this structure would work perfectly for you, but equally, you might want to go for something else. Feel free to use this structure in its entirety or mix and match the advice!
Next up, you need to gather the right information so that you look professional in your email. For me, this is usually checking that I'm emailing the right publisher (and, if possible, the right branch – this isn't always possible, but if you can, go for publicity or marketing), and checking that I have the right publication date. Goodreads often displays the US and UK publication date, so I need to ensure that I refer to the UK date to match the publishers I'm emailing.
Next up, you need to explain why you want the book. For me, this is usually why the description appeals to me, and what it is about the book that really makes want to read it enough to request an ARC. It's particularly useful if you've already read a book by the same author, and especially if you've written other positive reviews of that author's books which you can link to.
This is when you move on to stats and numbers. I tend to share my most important statistics, which for WordPress are blog followers and blog views, and for Twitter are followers and tweet impressions. Obviously, this is different for everyone, as it depends on what social media you have, and what your strongest platforms are. This is also a good time to add a USP if you have one – for example, I am a Youth Reviewer for a local independent bookshop, so I share all my ARC reviews with them.
And that's that! All you can really do from there is wait for a reason or for an ARC in the post. Another word of advice – if you're applying to be on a blogger database, I would advise doing something similar, but instead of mentioning books and thoughts around a specific author, instead, mention books published by that specific publisher which you've loved or are hyped to read. Best of luck with future emailing!
Thank you so much Jess for writing this great post! I hope you found it interesting to read and don't forget to check out Jess' blog!
Do you often request ARCs? Do you have any tips or tricks when it comes to requesting ARCs? Do you want to see an entire series on the different aspects of ARCs? Anything in particular you'd like to see?
Thanks Jackie! I will definitely put some time into writing a post about internationals and maybe ask some people for experiences etc. That was the initial goal of this series, to help out internationals!
Thank you for this post! I've been getting digital arcs for a couple years, but haven't been brave enough yet to e-mail publishers for physical copies. This will help me a lot when I start trying.
I hope it will! Requesting physical copies can be really daunting!
I have anxiety, so it makes it much harder. I'm hoping to get up the nerve in 2018 though.
Thank you, Marie! I'm glad you found them helpful!
Id love to see a post on eArcs and if there are other ways to get them other than netgalley.
Yeah that was something I was planning on including in this series as well! There are a lot of ways to get eARCs without using Netgalley but they're not well-known!
Thanks for the info. I've been wanting to request ARCs from publishers, but didn't really know how to go about doing it. This is really helpful.
This is some really great advice, especially the order in which to write your email segments, which is something I'd considered but wasn't really certain about. I also think you make a great point about finding out the details of the right department to contact – you don't want to sent your enquiry to sales when it's for PR! Awesome post!
I'm glad you found it helpful! There are definitely some tips in here I'll be using myself too!
No, thank you for writing this amazing post!
Ahh, I never request physical arcs, mostly because I have only been blogging for a year and I didn't think that was long enough. This post definitely gave me a whole lot more confidence though!
It's really interesting to read, since I never requested any kind of physical ARCs. For sure I want to amplify my public and followers on WordPress before trying to requeste physical ARCs. And when I do I want to be sure of the book I'm going to chose, a noel that can convince the publisher that I'm the right one for this novel.
Sure the most important thing is to write to the right person. I learned it while trying to colloborate with the italian publisher. Sometimes isn't even a general email adress but a specific person.
Yes that is definitely important! Contacting specific people can be very helpful, but publishers don't just share those email addresses with everyone, so a general one can be a good start!
Thank you so much for this information!! I saved this for later on and the advice in both the post and the comments are AWESOME!!
I appreciate this post a lot, I might try the format soon!
It's quite hard to get accepted as a newbie I think, but you can always try!
This was great! I've only been using netgalley, but maybe this is the year to request physical ARCs!
If you end up trying it, good luck!


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Actor And Singer Mandy Patinkin On His New Album 'Children And Art'
When the actor and singer Mandy Patinkin recently came into our studio to talk about his new album, he was preoccupied with subjects that go beyond music - questions like, what am I going to do with the rest of my life?
MANDY PATINKIN: Now I'm really free because I finished the final scenes of "Homeland" and...
SHAPIRO: Of the final season.
PATINKIN: Final season, season eight. I literally just came here from the final photo shoot with Claire.
SHAPIRO: Claire Danes, who stars with Mandy Patinkin in the Showtime drama about terrorism. Patinkin has been in the public eye for decades. In 1979, his breakout role came opposite Patti LuPone in the musical "Evita."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HIGH FLYING, ADORED")
PATINKIN: (As Che Guevara, singing) High flying, adored. Did you believe in your wildest moments all this would be yours?
SHAPIRO: He won a Tony for that role. In the 1980s, the movie, "The Princess Bride," gave him a line that people still quote today.
(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE PRINCESS BRIDE")
PATINKIN: (As Inigo Montoya) Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
SHAPIRO: His career has been a nonstop string of plays, films, TV shows, albums, concert tours. And so on this day, having just finished "Homeland" after an eight-year run, Mandy Patinkin's new album, "Children And Art," took a back seat to those bigger ideas.
PATINKIN: Now I'll have all my time and all my mind and all my being to be free of that world, that fictional world that "Homeland" lived in, to be able to live more in a world that I feel is far more hopeful and optimistic and less frightening.
SHAPIRO: I get the sense that at this point in your life, you have a kind of freedom, an ability to take risks and do what you want that maybe you didn't have 20 or 30 years ago when you still had something to prove.
PATINKIN: I don't plan to put anything on my calendar. I want to keep it open. I want to be lost. I want to see what I bump into. I realized that when I was 14 or 15 at the Young Men's Jewish Council Youth Center in the South Side of Chicago, because I hated school, my mother said, why don't you go be in the plays over there? I did a play. Something happened in rehearsal one day. And I thought, this sounds good. If this is what plays are, I'm going to hang here. And I did that for more than 40 years. And there's all the things I didn't choose to do...
SHAPIRO: Yeah.
PATINKIN: ...Which is infinite. And what might I bump into? Now I'm a workaholic. My kids called me the project man. I'm addicted to projects. Whether I'll make it and not take a familiar job in the craft that I've practiced in for my whole life - I may well crumble and go do that. I hope I don't.
SHAPIRO: (Laughter) Only you would call, like, starring in a Broadway show or a movie or a marquee television series crumbling.
PATINKIN: Because I'd like to see what else there is out there and what I might find. I'm well aware that any difficulties Mandy has is just getting through the day. If Mandy opens an ice cream shop, you know, like, anxiety - like all of us, I, you know, I deal with anxiety. Who doesn't? But Mandy's going to go with me if I open an ice cream shop. I'm going to worry about the ice cream melting. I'm going to be...
SHAPIRO: (Laughter).
PATINKIN: ...Worry about the cones cracking. I'm going to worry about there not being enough chocolate chips in the chocolate chip - I mean, so I'm aware of all of that.
PATINKIN: But I'm also really curious as to - you know, I don't know how much time I have left on this planet. I don't want to miss something that might be right in front of my face.
SHAPIRO: I got to ask. You - you've been known for so many roles over so many years - "Homeland," "Sunday In The Park With George," "Chicago Hope," I mean, "The Princess Bride." Is there something you most like when people relate you to?
PATINKIN: I would say the two were working with James Lapine and Steve Sondheim in "Sunday In The Park With George," James having written the words connect, George, connect.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FINISHING THE HAT")
PATINKIN: (As George, singing) And when the woman that you wanted goes, you can say to yourself, well, I give what I give. But the woman who won't wait for you knows that however you live there's a part of you always standing by.
And connect is the word of my life. It's what I long to be able to do every minute that I'm awake. And the other one being the Yiddish album. And when I learned this Yiddish repertoire, it just hit me in the kishkes, as they say. And I didn't grow up speaking Yiddish. I didn't - it wasn't really used as a secret language in my - it just hit me in my soul. What I learned from it is whatever culture you come from, let the sounds and the music wash over you. You don't even need to know the words.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SONG OF THE TITANIC")
PATINKIN: (Singing in Yiddish).
It will take you somewhere you can't even understand, but it will guide you and calm you and make you feel not alone.
SHAPIRO: You talk about the act of making music as a joyful act in contrast to the dark show, "Homeland," you've been making. But between the song about refugees with bodies on the water and the Laurie Anderson track, "From The Air," which describes the plane going down, there is a lot of darkness on this album, too.
PATINKIN: There is. But, you know, I love Stephen Sondheim.
PATINKIN: People have asked me, why Steve Sondheim? And what I feel Sondheim and Shakespeare are about is turning that darkness into light. So even the refugee song, the effort is to shine the light through the darkness because that's our way to tomorrow, to change narratives that are literally unacceptable that we're living with because they affect human lives as we are witnessing minute by minute while we're talking.
SHAPIRO: There is one song from Broadway on this album. It's the title track, "Children And Art," which is written by Sondheim for the show that you starred in the original Broadway production of, "Sunday In The Park With George." And this was sung by Bernadette Peters in that production.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHILDREN AND ART")
PATINKIN: (Singing) Just as you said from the start. Children and art. Children and art.
It was a song I've always loved from the minute I heard Bernadette hear it for the first time and the minute I heard her sing it for the first time. It was universal and genderless.
Art, never more than these moments were living these days, is the avenue toward expression of existence. The whole system is falling apart, and you need to turn to the fire department to put out the flames. And in this case, I appeal to artists of every nature to guide us and lead us back to humanity and caring for our fellow human beings and doing what is morally and ethically appropriate, and not forgetting what my grandpa Max used to say in Yiddish, (speaking Yiddish), which means the wheel is always turning. So if you're on top, know that one day you'll be on the bottom. And if somebody is knocking on your door, open it and welcome them, or no one will be there when you need help.
SHAPIRO: Mandy Patinkin, it's been a joy talking to you. Thank you so much.
PATINKIN: Same here. Thank you.
SHAPIRO: His new album is called "Children And Art," and he will be on a 30-city concert tour performing songs from the album in the months ahead.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "TO BE OF USE")
PATINKIN: (Singing) Now I just want to be of use and be there for the ones I love. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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But we're not gonna let that happen are we?
So hope remains……while company is true.
All we have to do is bring the Ring into the land of Mordor and cast it back into the fires of Mount Doom. Only there can it be destroyed.
Hmmm. That probably is going to be a little tougher than it sounds. Almost as tough as waking up at 3:50 in the morning for thirty years and driving into Manhattan.
Nobody said it would be easy did they?
Ah. Welcome friends from distant lands and strangers not yet versed in the ways of Hobbit House building and the like. Salutations!?????????!
I'm having trouble with my i-phone again. I can't download my pictures from this week. There wasn't much to show you anyway. I did finish up the skylight roofs for the most part. I have about a 1/2 hours work to finish the last one off. It went pretty well. They look good.
I have to meet another well guy this coming weekend. The first well guy I got a price from gave me what I think is a crazy price. At least I thought it was crazy. Hopefully this guy will be a little more reasonable. I'm also going to try and set up a blower door test within the next two weeks. Once that is done I can begin finishing the outside walls of the house. That will be great.
I got a late start on this blog for a variety of reasons and I'm going to have to end it here. I hope all is well!
The Great Eye is ever watchful……….


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After the usual boatload of expectation, rumour-mongering and whispers, the iPhone 4S was announced to a somewhat muted applause. It's an amazing phone for sure; we can't wait to play with it again. But there's no shaking the feeling that the big reveal was (just) a little underwhelming.
There's no doubting that the Android competition to the iPhone crown has been stronger than ever and the 4S, despite its niceties, isn't the revolutionary leap everyone was hoping for.
A number of you have got in contact with us over the last few days (either in the comments or via DM) saying that you won't be upgrading to the iPhone 4S and you're thinking of joining the Android side. Somewhere on Coruscant, Emperor Palpatine steeples his fingers and cackles loudly.
Star Wars allusions aside, here's a quick list of our current Android favourites, wild cards and things in the pipeline that you should perhaps consider if you're due for an upgrade and don't want a 4S.
What else can we say about the Galaxy S2? It's currently our favourite Android smartphone to date. It's a powerhouse that blazes through apps, games and multiple tasks like nothing.
It's also got a huge 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen that compared favourably with the screen of the iPhone 4 in our screen test. Remember that the screen of the iPhone 4S is identical to that of the iPhone 4 spec-wise.
You get a healthy 16GB of internal storage with the Galaxy S2, plus the ability to expand this further with a microSD card, up to 32GB. Memory cards are a lot cheaper now than they were this time last year, making this a cost-effective solution if you want more storage for music, apps and pictures.
Aside from these beefy specs and the S2's raw power, it's also got a ton of hidden features and easter eggs tucked away in its slender frame.
This is basically a beefed up version of the HTC Sensation, an already powerful and stylish smartphone that's been made more powerful.
It prominently features Beats Audio technology and comes with a nice pair of in-ear headphones. But if you ask us, the the key points about the Sensation XE is that it comes with a faster processor and a bigger battery.
Though we've not posted our full review on this one, we've had enough hands-on time with the XE to note that it doesn't suffer from the occasional lags that the original Sensation had, something that's most apparent when you're thumbing through the rotating 3D Sense widgets. We're chalking this up to the faster processor inside – a 1.5GHz dual-core chip up from the 1.2GHz one of the HTC Sensation.
Sadly internal memory is still pegged at a rather paltry 1.5GB, but there's always the microSD slot for expandage.
The XE's bigger battery too ought to allow for more hours of music listening and movie playing via HTC Watch on-demand films. Definitely one to (ahem) watch.
Like the HTC Sensation XE, the Xperia Arc S is to all intents and purposes a sexed-up version of a phone from earlier in the year, in this case, it's Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc.
Though you don't get any fancy headgear with the Arc S, its main overhaul has been in the processing speed department which if you ask us really makes a difference here. Browsing the web, swishing through menus and dropping app icons on to homescreens from the launcher feels slick and effortless on the Arc S, whereas we felt the original Arc struggled occasionally here.
Sony Ericsson has of course kept everything that made the original Arc great; namely the incredible 8.1-megapixel camera with the back-lit Exmor R sensor, the 4.2-inch touchscreen and that distinctive curved body.
The back-lit sensor of the camera basically allows for greater light capture in dimly lit areas (like pubs, clubs and gigs venues) and works incredibly well on the Arc S.
Eagle-eyed spec sheet readers might have noticed that the iPhone 4S too has an 8-megapixel camera with a back-lit sensor. So if you were after a phone with a powerful camera, here's one that pretty much equals that of the 4S but for a fraction of the price.
That said, there's one area where the 4S's camera will have an advantage and that's on video capture. Top resolution of the Arc S for video recording is 720p; the iPhone 4S can handle Full 1080p HD.
As we've said before, you'll be hard pressed to tell between 720p and 1080p on a circa four-inch screen. And we do laugh when we read comments along the lines of 'this phone only records in 720p!' as if it's a rubbish 1-megapixel VGA camera from five years ago.
The Sensation XL is a recent arrival from HTC that's basically a redesigned HTC Titan that runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread instead of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. The specifications for both of these phones are virtually like for like, the same 4.7-inch screen with a 800 x 480 res, the same 16GB internal memory and the same 8-megapixel camera with a panoramic shot mode.
One difference is that, like the HTC Sensation XE before it, the XL comes with Beats Audio technology grafted on. So you were the type of person who bought an iPhone mainly to use as a replacement iPod, then the Sensation XL could be the phone for you.
You get a hefty 16GB of storage built in, the Beats Audio enhancements plus Spotify and Last.fm apps from the Market plus a load of other music players.
That said, the memory can't be expanded beyond this, as there's no microSD slot. But there's no microSD slot on the iPhone 4S either.
Nothing official has been revealed about this greatly hyped phone, thought to be the flagship smartphone for Google's Ice Cream Sandwich, aka Android 4.0.
Nexus phones have a kind if pedigree about them, as they're developed by manufacturers in tandem with Google, the idea being that Nexus sets the bar somewhat.
We've seen this with the HTC-made Nexus One (which ushered in a new age of high-resolution Android smartphones) and the Samsung-made Nexus S (which came with an NFC chip, paving the way for Google Wallet).
There's due to be a big 'Google Episode' at some point soon, originally thought to be the 11th of October (tomorrow) but cancelled, allegedly out of respect for Steve Jobs who passed away recently.
Rumoured specs for this mystery device include a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and a 5-megapixel camera.
Though these specs are not official at all, it'd be sensible to assume that the first Ice Cream Sandwich phone will feature the new Google Music and Google Books services baked in and Google+ integration.
The Grid 4 is something of a wild card. It's not an Android phone per se, but you'll be able to use Android apps on it, and it runs on the Grid OS which is apparently 'Android based'.
Revealed to the world after a bizarre and lengthy promotional campaign, the Grid 4 is made by Fusion Garage, a start-up company (in)famous for making the JooJoo tablet which was, by all accounts, terrible.
Still, there is such a thing as a second chance. The Grid OS system, laying everything out in a unique periodic table-style grid, is a brave move that doesn't look like anything else out there.
The Grid 4's spec sheet is a bit more standard fare, respectable but not revolutionary; 16GB internal storage, 5-megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video recording, a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, 512MB of RAM and a 4-inch LCD screen with an 800×480 resolution.
Pre-orders for the Fusion Garage Grid 10 tablet have already begun, with shipping beginning on the 24th of October, starting at £259. No UK price or release dates for the Grid 4 have been announced just yet, but if you're interested you can sign up here.


This collection of essays locates, investigates and challenges the manner in which the Balkans and the West have constructed each other since 1945. Scholars from the two sections of the continent explore a wide range of fiction, film, journalism, travel writing and diplomatic records both to analyse Western European balkanism and to study Balkan representations of the West over the last fifty years. The first section looks back to the Cold War, examining the divergent, often favourable images of the Balkans that existed in Western culture, as well as the variety of responses that appeared in South-East European writings on the West. The second section analyses the transitions that took place in representation during the 1990s. Here, contributors explore both the harsh denigration of the Balkans which came to dominate western discourse after the initial euphoria of 1989, and the emerging tradition of contesting Western balkanism in South-East European cultural production. Through this dual emphasis, the volume exposes the representational practices that help to maintain a deeply divided Europe, and challenges the economic and political injustices that result. Despite the rise to prominence of postcolonial theory, with its awareness of global inequality, the current crises in many parts of South-East Europe have received scant attention in literary and cultural studies. The Balkans and the West addresses this deficiency. Ranging in focus from Serbian cinema to Romanian travel literature, from Western economic writings to Yugoslav fiction, and from public discourse in Albania to NATO's vast propaganda machine, the essays offer wide insight into representation and power in the contemporary European context.


With six weeks to go in MLB's regular season, WTOP Digital Sports Editor Noah Frank checks in on where the races for the best pitcher and player in each league stand.
WASHINGTON — It's August, the pennant races are heating up, and it's time to start debating who should win baseball's biggest awards.
Well, not debating, exactly. The aim here is to use a weighted model to try to predict how the voters will act when the time comes and predict who will win the Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards in each league.
We've done this in years past, but this year, we tweaked the model a bit to make it a little more dynamic and to normalize everything to a 100-point scale.
This means the leader in each award category at any given moment will be given a score of 100, with everyone else's raw scores put in relation to the leader. It makes things a little cleaner on the data entry end, and hopefully also for the reader.
As always, the model is derived using a combination of statistics that voters value when assessing the field. The idea isn't to tell you who should win, but rather who will win.
With that, find the current standings in the gallery and read through the explanations below.
Note: All stats have been updated through the games played Monday, Sept. 24. We'll make updates periodically as the season continues.
With Chris Sale's injury and Blake Snell's 20+ wins and sub-2.00 ERA, the Rays' ace has slipped in front in what has become an incredibly tight, four-horse race. Sale has posted such dominant numbers that it was hard to see him losing this award just a few weeks ago, but with only 12.1 innings since Aug. 1, he's come back to the field.
Mookie Betts is definitely the favorite right now, but it's hard to say just how close J.D. Martinez is to his teammate. Martinez suffers from serving primarily as Boston's designated hitter (70 of his 114 games). Francisco Lindor and the injured Mike Trout aren't too far behind, and there's the possibility of some vote splitting between teammates, but Betts is on track to win both a batting title and lead the league in WAR, satisfying both the old and new school voting contingent. Jose Ramirez presents an interesting threat from a smaller market, though he could also suffer from a vote split with Lindor.
Jacob deGrom's brilliant year for the dreadful New York Mets will create the most interesting awards debate, as he may finish with half the win total of some of his peers. Max Scherzer's been better in nearly every major statistical category, but deGrom's sub-2.00 ERA trips one of the escalators in the model and currently has him out in front. It doesn't hurt that both WAR models also currently prefer deGrom (looking specifically at pitching WAR), giving him a push for both new and old school voters.
No race has changed as much in the last month as this one, and it is nowhere close to settled. There's still a chance a pitcher could factor in, though there's no mechanism in the model to account for that, so only position players are listed here. Christian Yelich's second cycle of the season (and second against the Reds) has propped him into the lead for the first time, though Javy Baez is essentially in a statistical dead heat. The final few games of the season will decide this one, with as many as six position players (Nolan Arenado is just outside the top five) in the hunt, not to mention the possibility that either deGrom or Scherzer win it.


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Theatre Organ History - End of an Era
In 1927, an amazing event occurred, which would forever change the face of American theatre and the future of the theatre pipe organ: In a film called "The Jazz Singer," Al Jolson spoke and sang! Soon, theatres from coast to coast and beyond would be rushing to install speakers and equipment to show "talking pictures." With a soundtrack accompanying the movie, there was no longer a need for musical accompaniment. With the arrival of the Great Depression two years later, the second death-blow was delivered to the theatre pipe organ. Theatres could no longer afford to retain legions of performers for live stage shows, much less thousands of dollars for pipe organs which would see little use. The handwriting was on the wall, and the market for these instruments quickly dried up. Just a few short years later, with most of their competitors either out of business or manufacturing other things, the Wurlitzer staff would be installing their last theatre pipe organ.
As theatre organ jobs dwindled, many organists were able to continue careers in an entirely different arena: radio (and later, television). At the same time, Laurens Hammond was developing and producing the new electronic marvel, the Hammond organ. This pipeless "organ" was infinitely smaller and more portable than a pipe organ, and many were purchased for homes, churches, and broadcasting facilities. That it did not begin to approach the variety of tones and breadth of expression of a pipe organ was of little consequence to its many admirers. So, while theatres were covering up, tearing out, or otherwise destroying or making inaccessible thousands of pipe organs which they housed, many former theatre organists were able to continue making music in the broadcast booth, the sports arena, and the night club.


Kindly be informed that My Telephone keep on restarting and don't know how to fix it, i try several solutions, but it didn't work until now.
i try to work on PC compinion, but it can't detect the mobile, becasue it restart.
i try flash tool ( EMma) but it can't detect the mobile too.
i try to use hard reset & safe mood ( Power button + Volume down) & ( Power button + Home & Menue) but nothing happened.
Note: i don't need the data on the mobile, i need the mobile to work.
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Poznań Voivodeship 14th century to 1793 (, ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the Second Partition of Poland in 1793. It was part of the Greater Polish prowincja.

Geography
The voivodeship comprised the western part of the former Duchy of Greater Poland with its historic capital Poznań. As the westernmost part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it bordered on the Neumark region of the Imperial Margraviate of Brandenburg in the west, the Bohemian crown land of Silesia in the south and the Duchy of Pomerania in the north. The adjacent Greater Polish area in the east belonged to the Kalisz Voivodeship.

The Northern outpost of Drahim was pawned to Brandenburg-Prussia according to the 1657 Treaty of Bromberg. In the course of the First Partition of Poland in 1772, the voivodeship lost the northern area around Wałcz to the Prussian Netze District, the remains were annexed in 1793 and incorporated into the province of South Prussia.

Zygmunt Gloger in his monumental book Historical Geography of the Lands of Old Poland provides this description of Poznań Voivodeship:"Poznań Voivodeship, together with Kalisz and Kujawy, was in the ancient times inhabited by the Polans. As early as the times of Bolesław Chrobry, the Land of Poznań had its own voivodes, while the city of Poznań itself was main gord of the ancient Lechia (...) When, following the Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty Poland was divided among his sons, for more than 150 years Greater Poland was a separate duchy. In 1305 it was united with the Kingdom of Poland, by Wladyslaw Lokietek, who turned it into a voivodeship (...) In 1346, King Kazimierz Wielki took control of the Land of Wschowa, uniting it with Poznań Voivodeship.

The voivodeship, split by the Warta river into two almost equal halves, made western part of Greater Poland. Its area was 294 sq. miles, divided into Poznań County (162 sq. miles), Kościan County (92 sq. miles), Wałcz County behind the Noteć river (30 sq. miles), and the Land of Wschowa (9 sq. miles). In the mid-16th century, it had 259 Roman-Catholic parishes. Most densely populated was the Land of Wschowa, while Wałcz County was covered by vast forests.

Poznań Voivodeship had nine senators. These were: the Bishop of Poznań, the Voivode of Poznań and the Castellan of Poznań, as well as six minor castellans – those of Miedzyrzecz, Rogoźno, Srem, Przemecz, Krzywin and Santok. The Land of Wschowa had its own starosta, as well as its separate civil servants (...) The sejmiks for both Poznań and Kalisz Voivodeships took place in Środa Wielkopolska, where the two voivodeships elected 12 deputies to the Sejm, and 4 deputies to the Greater Poland Tribunal at Piotrków Trybunalski."

Major towns
(in alphabetical order):

Administration
Greater Poland general governor (Starosta Generalny) seat:
 Poznań

Voivodeship governor (Wojewoda) seat:
 Poznań

Voivodes:
 Jan Opaliński, 1628–1637
 Krzysztof Opaliński, 1637–1655
 Józef Potocki, 1743–1751
 Stanisław Potocki, 1756–1760

General council (Sejmik Generalny) for Greater Poland seat:
 Koło

Regional council (Sejmik) seat:
 Środa Wielkopolska

Administrative division:
 Poznań County (Powiat Poznański), Poznań
 Kościan County (Powiat Kościański), Kościan
 Wałcz County (Powiat Walecki), Wałcz
 Wschowa Land (Ziemia Wschowska), Wschowa

Sources
 Poznań Voivodeship, description by Zygmunt Gloger

Voivodeships of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
1793 disestablishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
14th-century establishments in Poland

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Terrängen på Bray Island är mycket platt. Öns högsta punkt är  meter över havet. Den sträcker sig 36,3 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning, och 29,2 kilometer i öst-västlig riktning.

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FLIR Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of Scientific Materials Corporation, a supplier of laser assemblies, laser components and materials, for $13 million.
FLIR Systems has entered into an agreement to acquire the stock of Scientific Materials Corporation, a supplier of laser assemblies, laser components and materials, for $13 million cash. The transaction is expected to close within the next thirty days.
Based in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Bozeman, MT, Scientific Materials was founded in 1989 as a producer of specialty crystals for use in high-end laser manufacturing. The company has expanded into the production of military grade laser assemblies and high quality laser components used by a variety of industrial, medical, scientific and military laser manufacturers.
"We are seeing increasing demand for laser payloads in many of our systems, and the acquisition of SMC will give us greater control over the development, manufacturing, and cost of this important subassembly," commented Earl R. Lewis, President and CEO of FLIR Systems.


Long time no review! Let's link up with What We're Reading Wednesday over at Jessica's Housewifespice Place.
I've had it for months, now, but I finally got around to Chasing Liberty by Theresa Linden.
Once I got started, it didn't take me long to finish it, either. If you're looking for characters you can love, love to hate, or hate to pity… you'll find them in Chasing Liberty.
Liberty 554-062466-84 of Aldonia lives in a responsible society that cares for the earth and everyone on it. They have learned to balance resource consumption with replacement initiatives, unavoidable pollution with clean-environment efforts. Science ensures that every baby born is healthy. The government ensures that every baby born is needed. All are cared for, taught, and given a specific duty to perform, their unique contribution to society. Why is Liberty so unsatisfied? In less than two weeks, Liberty must begin her vocation. Every girl in Aldonia wishes she had Liberty's vocation. Liberty would rather flee from Aldonia and live on her own, independent of the all-controlling government, the Regimen Custodia Terra. The high electrical Boundary Fence crushes any thought of escape. The ID implant imbedded in her hand makes it impossible to hide. She has no choice but to submit. Liberty is slated to be a Breeder. As vocation day draws near, a man with an obsession for Liberty attacks her and injects her with a drug. She's about to lose consciousness when someone comes to her rescue, a man in a mottled cape and dark glasses. She wakes in an underground facility where people watch over Aldonia with an array of monitors and surveillance equipment. These people are full of secrets, but she discovers one thing: they rescue a man scheduled for re-education. They rescued him. They can rescue her.
I love how Linden handles the suspense in this one. She knows how to end a chapter, that's for sure. She also has a good hand with the dramatic irony, which uses the two points of view (first-person Liberty vs. 3rd person subjective with the bad guy) to play off of each other, one cranking up the tension on the other in one scene, and then vice-versa in the next. Another thing the author handled well was the Liberty's motivation for putting into action the final sequences, hurtling the characters into their point-of-no-return. I was not left wanting for why things were happening, but neither were things ever dragged out. The conflicts were clear and engaging. The numerous characters were so clearly drawn that I never felt there were too many, which is a hard thing to manage. Kudos to Theresa Linden for Chasing Liberty. I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel!
I've asked Theresa for an interview here, so check back for that. In the meantime, go buy her book and you'll be in for a rip-roaring thrill ride that will rip out your heart and stomp on it!
Today's second book is The Virtuous Jane Austen: Short Reflections on Character by Rhonda Ortiz.
What a charming little book! Yet it's still a bargain at 99 cents. Why? Because it offers something sweet but new. I've seen Austen often discussed as a writer of manners, but when seen as a writer illuminating virtue, Austen's work takes on greater life, depth, and import. Well done! Come back next week when author Rhonda Ortiz shares her own story about character building… through NFP? It'll make sense next week.
Join me and the rest of the optimists, the hopers of far-flung hopes and the dreamers of improbable dreams over at CatholicMom.com for Small Success Thursday.
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Make with the clicky to read more than you ever wanted to know about me. Thank you, CatholicFiction.net, for this opportunity!
I don't have time to post a real review, but we'll just say I LOVED it. The plot was solid, the acting was spot-on, and… this might sound weird, but it was one of the best scores I've heard in a while (that may not be saying much–I don't get to many movies these days). Anyway, it was the perfect end to the perfect day for a nerdy mom like myself.
I took my kids to the pool yesterday and didn't lose my mind with boredom chasing Second Shift around. Oh, and nobody drowned.
I let the older member of First Shift fix Second Shift's toothbrush. It's a kiddie spin brush, and fixing it involved using a jeweler's screwdriver, so this is a big accomplishment for someone with low muscle tone, poor coordination, and resulting generalized anxiety. It's not my success (well, I guess it is if you count me not doing it for her), but it's so awesome it's worth sharing.
I was blessed and lucky to meet Arthur Powers at the Catholic Writers Guild Live this past August, and I was very happy to pick up a copy of his award-winning The Book of Jotham. I finally snagged a bit of time to read it, and it made for perfect sabbath-day reading.
This was a moving book that drew me into an illustration of a concept that is either mocked or championed in our current culture: the value of the "incapable." With language that manages to be simultaneously both deep and light-handed, Powers paints a picture of both why and how God creates all His children in love, even if we can't see that same loveability with which He sees us at every moment. If you're looking for a brief vision to warm your heart towards those you might find yourself holding in any kind of contempt, I recommend you take a look at The Book of Jotham.
Attention Web-mart shoppers! Today is commonly called "Cyber Monday," the sequel to Black Friday. In other words, people are shopping–today, mostly online. If you're looking to get the reader in your life a little sumpin-sumpin, take a look at the following recommendations below. If they're helpful, go on over to author Declan Finn's page, because sharing this kind of list was totally his very brilliant idea.
Forgive me for getting myself out of the way first, but for the mystery lover in your life, there's always Don't You Forget About Me. Then there's Jane_E, Friendless Orphan: A Memoir for the science fiction adventurer on your list.
Dear God, I Don't Get It by Patti Maguire Armstrong. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
The King's Gambit by John McNichol. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
The Shubert the Firefly series by Dr. Becky A. Bailey, illustrated by James Hrkach. My review is here. Buy the books on Amazon here.
Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits: A Patria Novel by Daniel McInerney. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Strange Gods by Elizabeth Scalia. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Fleeting Glimpses of the Silly, Sentimental and Sublime by Michael Seagriff. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
God's Bucket List by Teresa Tomeo. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Cultivating God's Garden Through Lent by Margaret Rose Realy. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Race with the Devil by Joseph Pearce. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Classroom Management for Catechists by Jennifer Fitz. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Dog in the Gap by Lisa Delay and Doug Jackson. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Death Panels by Michelle Buckman. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Bleeder and Viper by John Desjarlais. My reviews are here (Bleeder, Viper). Buy the books on Amazon here.
Treason by Dena Hunt. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Murder in the Vatican: The Church Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Ann Margaret Lewis. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Sons of Cain by Val Bianco. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Stealing Jenny by Ellen Gable. My review is here. Buy the book on Amazon here.
Angela's Song by AnnMarie Creedon. Buy the book (and find my review) on Amazon here.
Happy shopping, my Advent-agious peoples!
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Sarah Reinhardt is too good to us. No sooner is the CatholicMom.com giveaway done when everyone's favorite Snoring Scholar goes and does it again. This week's giveaway is a double-trouble Full Quiver Publishing prize pack, including one paper copy of Stealing Jenny by Ellen Gable paired with a copy of Don't You Forget About Me by YT.
What, you're still here? You see the banner! Get over there and enter by Novmeber 22!
It's been a busy week here on the Don't You Forget About Me blog tour.
Tuesday I visited Therese Heckenkamp over at her blog, nattering on and on about the Catholic mystery writer.
I had a mention over at Catholic Creativity in Fr. Jim Tucker's post on "Yes, we need Catholic fiction!" Wish Father well as he and so many others are slogging their way through National Novel Writing Month! Go check out Karina Fabian's work as well, who also got some much-deserved kudos on that post by Fr. Jim.
Tomorrow is the last day of the DYFAM Goodreads giveaway contest.
Tomorrow is also the last day of the CatholicMom.com DYFAM & Angela's Song giveaway drawing.
Speaking of Angela's Song, when is the last day to get that book free on Kindle? That would be today. Get to clicking!
More posts to come next week!
I've taken the approach to all this that whenever another discomfort, inconvenience, annoyance, or (in the case of the asthma) threat to my life or ability to sleep comes my way, it's because someone reading the book needs some kind of intercession. So, if that's been you, please rest assured that I've been offering it up for you, whoever you are. I do hope it's paid off for you! I don't suffer as gracefully as I wish I did.