At some point, you want to add a new set of furniture to make the ambiance of your living area more interesting. This is the central area of the house where the family gets the chance to gather together and spend good time with each other. Not knowing your needs and requirements can make the task more hard since there are plenty of choices on how to redecorate the area. In this article, you will find out some helpful tips to make your redecoration and furniture buying perfect for the room.
The space you have in your living room plays a very important role in choosing the right new furniture to purchase. The size will determine if you need a large sofa or an armchair. It is good to think about the space needed for the whole family. This would mean that you have to match the chair or sofa you buy to the number of family members. Aside from determine the space inside, be sure also to check the doorways.
Your home is supposed to give you the highest level of comfort. This is the reason why you have to carefully find a furniture that encourages you to relax. Be sure to find a sofa that prioritizes comfort in their types and designs. This is something you should not overlook especially if you have issues with your muscles or back. Do a research online so you will be guided when shopping.
The budget you have should be determined. One of the easiest ways to know the possible prices is through checking them online. If you have no problems with your budget, then you can go for hardwood frame and genuine leather cushions. Do not attempt to buy something that you can't afford. It is very essential that you stick within your budget.
Whether you like it or not, your furniture can make a huge difference. So, it is important for you to compliment your furniture with your present theme. If the room needs to be brighten up, you can have accessories such as cushions, throw pillows and rugs. Always make the room well lighted if you have chosen dark colored items. You can add up lights or lamps.
The duty of the furniture should also be determined. Washable covers are very important especially when you have children. In order to have less problems with stains and smells, help yourself by choosing tougher upholstery.


The Magic Cape and Cane of Byrna are two very important items for the player to get and they can be acquired one after the other. The Magic Cape has to be picked up first as it's required for navigating through the Cave of Byrna dungeon. Since these items are best gotten back to back I have them on the same page.
In order to get the Magic Cape you'll need both the Pegasus Boots and the Magic Mirror. The easiest way to reach the location we're going is to take the Kakariko Village Dark World portal and go east. Once you are in the Dark World you'll want to head over to this world's version of the Hyrule Cemetery.
In the upper right hand corner of the cemetery you'll find a large boulder (one that you can destroy by dashing into with your Pegasus Boots). In this same location you'll want to use the Magic Mirror to switch back to the Light World. If you're standing in the right location you'll appear at the same spot I am standing in my screenshot below.
Now that we are back in the Light World - in order to reach the dungeon that the Magic Cape is in you'll want to dash into the gravestone to reveal a staircase. Follow it down into a small dungeon where you can find the Magic Cape.
The Magic Cape turns Link invisible when he wears it which allows him to sneak past enemies and over hostile terrain without being damaged. It consumes your Magic pretty quick so you can't abuse it - but it is required for some parts of the game!
In order to get the Cane of Byrna you'll first need to have acquired the Magic Cape. If you have the Flute use it to travel to Death Mountain - otherwise run there yourself. Climb the mountain as you normally do to reach the top where you can find the Tower of Hera portal to the Dark World. If you forget where this one is - use my guide!
Once you take the portal to the Dark World jump off the south of the mountain to land on the little ledge. There is only one spot on the mountain you can jump off immediately after taking the portal. There'll be a cave here that you can enter and inside you'll find the weird mole things you can smash with your hammer and a ton of spikes shooting up from the ground.
You can equip your Magic Cape and quickly run across all of the spikes to avoid taking any damage. At the very end of the maze you'll have to lift a huge boulder before you finally reach the treasure chest with the Cane of Byrna inside.


Other notable moments from the evening included an appearance from former First Lady Michelle Obama, a Dolly Parton tribute and K-Pop sensation BTS's Grammys debut.
The 61st Grammys aired Sunday evening, handing out awards to the best of the best in the music industry. Seattle-area based artists Brandi Carlile, Chris Cornell and the Seattle Symphony all went home with awards at the end of the night. Naturally this was one of the most talked about events online, so here are some of the best Twitter reactions to the Grammys.
Brandi Carlile got hometown shout outs from King County Executive Director Dow Constantine and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.
That @brandicarlile performance was epic.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama made an appearance at the beginning of the show, bringing the crowd to their feet, as she spoke about the power of music and women.
Artists including Miley Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris performed together to honor country superstar Dolly Parton.
Global phenomenon BTS made history as the first K-Pop band to present an award at the Grammys.
Diana Ross brought the house down with a powerful performance in honor of her 75th birthday this year.
Cardi B became the first solo woman to win Best Rap Album.


Provides a critical analysis of the salient aspects of community nursing, including a move towards more holistic care, assessment of needs, management issues, research, client relationships and values. This text is designed to enable students and educationalists to explore key issues.
Addresses the issues that are of concern in community nursing and acts as a text to support specialist education for community nurses. Based on the framework of the UKCC 1994 Standards Report, this book focuses on practice, leadership and management strategies and developments in community nursing. It is useful for both students and practitioners.
Presents important topics in clinical medicine and related areas as they experienced in the primary care/general practice setting.
Takes the reader through the important basics of practice nursing. This work groups together articles from the "Practice Nurse" series in the "Practice Nurse" journal into related sections.
Focuses on the issues, responsibilities, and roles important for providing contemporary community health nursing care. The upstream thinking approach emphasizes health promotion efforts within a community to address the precursors of poor health. Detailed case studies provide a community component for each step of the nursing process.
Offers coverage of the clinical management in primary care. This title is based on the curriculum of "Update" (a primary care journal), in which topics are approached on a structured, modular basis.
Provides GPs with a case-based approach to women's health issues with examples and examines issues as they present in general practice. This book includes tips and examples of useful approaches when undertaking histories, examining and managing women's health problems and looks at controversies in women's health.
Provides an overview of the practice nurse role in primary health care and the factors which influence that role and its development including the context of, and challenges for, practice nursing.
Edited by two nurses, this book focuses on clinical care. There are 26 chapters, which are grouped together into four sections, each relating to an area of the general practice nurse role like, health promotion and health education; disease management; health maintenance and clinical procedures; and management and professional issues.
Describes what is meant by practice development, the theories underpinning practice development and brings together accounts of community nurses involved in practice development for those embarking on similar work. This title offers examples of the process or practice development and also illustrates how it works with examples from practitioners.
Review of previous edition: "An extremely popular and valuable resource to students, practitioners and managers in community health care nursing. " Journal of Advanced Nursing Community Health Care Nursing has become established as an essential source of reference for all those working in the primary care and community health care domain.
Aimed at medical students and junior doctors, this book incorporates the information that a student needs to know and understand about general practice and being a general practitioner. It addresses changes in the curriculum and provides guidance on practical skills and the theory of providing good medicine.
Process evaluation is an essential component of any program evaluation or intervention research effort. This important resource offers an overview of the history, purpose, strengths, and limitations of process evaluation and includes illustrative case material of the current state of the art in process evaluation.
Offers information for implementing the requirements of the children's National Service Framework that will support the expansion of Community Children's Nursing and enable it to move forward and away from fragmented service delivery. This book is suitable for a wide audience of providers and facilitators of care and treatment through childhood.
This book will introduce the skills required to work with the challenges of community nurse activities, from working in people's homes, organizing yourself, working with carers, assessment skills and working with other professions.
The application of a variety of quality approaches to commissioning, management and practice in community health care nursing is illustrated in this work. It provides a critical appraisal of quality models before considering quality issues relating to consumer feedback and the contracting process.
This volume combines an analysis of policies which have shaped community nursing from the 19th century with an exploration of trends and developments. It is illustrated throughout with examples of responses to contemporary policies.
Written to meet the need for concise explanation of the key legal issues in community care, this comprehensive A to Z gives the reader immediate access to the definitions they are seeking, and is the first book to summarise systematically many of the recent legal cases.
Contains important information for staff, enabling them to work efficiently and effectively both within the NHS and private medical sectors. This book encourages an understanding of the importance of administrative staff in providing high standards of patient care and promotes teamwork in the healthcare environment.
Intended for health visiting students, this text brings together the elements of theory and practice which are essential to health visiting practice. It is research based and uses relevant evidence to support discussions and uses case studies and practice examples to illustrate the theoretical discussions.
The importance of the community practice teacher is increasing with the expansion in primary care. Universities around the country have developed courses for practice educators to provide definitive training for that role -- there are currently few texts that support these courses directly.
This timely and relevant new edition of an established and well-regarded text is essential reading for those training to become health visitors and those who are practitioners working with and in the community.
This updated and expanded second edition of a bestselling text develops critiques of the changing context and identifies challenges faced by community development.
Based on the latest international research, this book considers how and why arts in community health has come about, the characteristics of its practice and the challenges it poses for evaluation.
This book provides a challenging approach to understanding community practice.It offers a much-needed theoretical perspective, setting out an analysis of power and empowerment and exploring new ways of understanding active citizenship.
"The search for health needs" was first identified in the 1970s as a key principle that informs and underpins the practice of health visiting. This book draws together pertinent research in this area, and presents the practical implications.
Aimed at professionals and students in community health care nursing, this textbook provides coverage of a range of issues, such as personal safety and the environment, in addition to public health, health promotion and family health nursing. It contains guidelines on how to transfer skills from the hospital/acute setting to the community.


If you are looking for more space then you have to see this one! We have this two bedroom unit now available. A great find, call one of our friendly staff members to hear more about this space.
When you move into Lakewood Village Apartments you will have everything at your fingertips. You'll have 5 separate floorplans to choose from to fit your needs. Enjoy your new lifestyle today. Call today for pricing and availability.


A crowd of 25 to 30 people turned out for the Faith and Public Policy forum Tuesday night in Hays, giving organizers an encouraging sign for future events here.
The event at Sternberg Museum of Natural History was sponsored by advocacy group Kansas Interfaith Action and brought a panel of experts on several policy issues to speak and take questions from the audience.
Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of KIFA, moderated the panel.
In his remarks to the audience, Rieber said the current election is changing the dynamic that those with progressive beliefs cannot be religious.
"I've been doing faith-based advocacy in Kansas for five years. Every time I get interviewed, people express surprise that a progressive could be religious," he said.
"Over the past 30 years there's been a tendency, a decided effort, to make religion into the provenance of the most conservative elements of society.
Rieber said society is now at a turning point, where a more progressive voice can be heard in faith discussions.
"I think taking that language or moral basis on these policy positions is a thing whose time has come, particularly in a place like Kansas. We need to take that back," he said.
Each of the panelists spoke for approximately 15 minutes. After all the presentations were given, the panel took questions.
Heidi Holliday of the Kansas Center for Economic Growth spoke on the state budget and tax issues. Amanda Gress of Kansas Action for Children spoke on the effects of welfare reform on Kansas children, especially early childhood programs. David Jordan, Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, talked about the economic and health effects on the state declining to expand Medicare. Rieber spoke about concealed carry of firearms on campus, and Dorothy Barnett of the Climate and Energy Project spoke about clean energy and climate issues.
The Hays presentation was the last of the public policy forums the group has conducted. Others were in Wichita, Salina and Pittsburg.
Rieber said he was pleased with the turnout and discussion, and sees Hays as a potential growth area for KIFA.
One of those friends includes Janis Lee, former Democratic state senator who now resides in Hays. Lee helped organize Wednesday's event.
"It's important to have a discussion for the community to understand, first of all, what's happening with the budget and the effect of the services that are provided in our community," she said.
Lee asked several questions regarding the effects of the state declining Medicaid expansion on medical, mental health and disability services.
Adam Kober, a Fort Hays State University student, said he attended because he was curious to know what is going on in Kansas. He said he is agnostic, but was glad to hear people from different religions shared his beliefs.
"I learned that as a Democrat personally that I'm not alone, and it's good to know people who are from religious paths are kind of agreeing with where we're at," he said.
The concealed carry on campus issue was important to him as a student, he said, but the other issues also interested him.
"I really also enjoyed hearing about clean energy and the different steps we're taking to help kids who are poor. It's good to know these kinds of efforts are in existence," he said.


Uplands is located at 15152 62a ave, Surrey B.C, and is one of the beautiful townhome buildings in Panorama Place. It consists of 123 townhomes with 5 different floor plans available. Look below to see all the currently active townhomes for sale in Uplands and contact Frank with any questions or showing requests.


We are told in the gospel of Mark that Jesus was sent into the wilderness for forty days. Mark's sparse narrative doesn't give us much of a picture of what happened there. This time is left to our imagination. Perhaps in not being told, we are given space and place for our wilderness stories to walk with his. Perhaps in not knowing for sure, we are not limited to one particular story. Perhaps in the openness of this telling, we are given freedom to walk with him and he with us when our days feel desolate and empty.
We are centuries away from this story now. In our days of social media and endless news cycles it is nearly impossible to imagine the emptiness of his wilderness. It is not easy to try to feel what he felt, to hear and see and sense what he might have experienced. For these next days we are invited to let go of our busyness. We are invited to let go of our intense over-stimulated, constant global connections. In our unknowing, we are given the possibility of living into Jesus' wilderness as we make our way through this Lenten season.
Many of us have known our own wilderness time. Many of us can point to past days when we, too have experienced our time of feeling lost. We can remember times when we have felt sent out, sent away. We can remember feeling out and away from familiar people and places, far away from the comfort of our routines. Left foot, right foot. Taking those steps were all we knew to do, all we could do. Left foot, right foot.
As I make my way through these February into March days of 2018, I am leaning into Newell's words about essential connections. Here in these days we are invited to let go of what is no longer life-bringing. Giving up our burdens is at the heart of giving in to the wilderness. Left foot, right foot. And perhaps the gift can come with that next step. Perhaps there or there, or on up there grace will find us. Perhaps we will step into what may be - to experience the interconnection of what is around me and what is within me - perhaps we will step into "some deliverance, a revelation, a knowing, a joy." To be held in just that moment that holds all time - what was, is and will be - ah...that would be worth the stepping out into what appears to be so barren and empty. Left foot, right foot.
"To be letting go of hose things that are no life-giving." Ohhh this beautiful post.


text:
F O R T R E S S
Home > Movies > James Bond Shortlist Includes Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston & Michael Fassbender?
James Bond Shortlist Includes Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston & Michael Fassbender?
byStaff Writer
Tags: James Bond
Wait… Scar Ate Mufasa In The Lion King?
Upcoming Video Game Movies To Look Forward To
Despite the mixed reactions to Spectre, many fans are still keen for Daniel Craig to return as James Bond. However, that seems less and less likely. Now UK Celebrity gossip site The Sun is reporting that Sony and MGM have narrowed their search to six potential names for the next James Bond movie.
The landmark 25th installment of the franchise might get a new Bond. The rumoured list of potential actors who could take over the role includes Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender, Charlie Hunnam, Luke Evans, Aiden Turner (huh?) and Tom Hiddleston. The report also mentions that Jamie Bell and James Norton have met with producers.
"To get anyone to take over from Daniel will be a tough job. There will be a lot of trepidation about a new Bond, but Idris' talent and proven appeal gives executives a lot of heart. Idris may be a little older than the other candidates but he looks like he is still in his 30s. MGM are confident that they are in a pretty strong place with a raft of talent available." – a source from MGM.
Of course, Elba has been very coy about his involvement and denies being approached to play the character. In a recent interview with Good Morning America, he suggested that he might be "too old" to play the international spy.
"It is the wildest rumor in the world. I keep saying if it were to happen it would be the will of a nation because there hasn't been any talks between me and the studio about any of that. But everywhere I go, people have been wanting that to happen. But if I'm really honest man, I think I'm too old for that. Running around in cars and ladies and martinis, who wants to do that? Sounds terrible."
Of course, at this point, all of this is just speculation and guesses. If Daniel Craig returns, and he might considering the money he is being offered, none of this will really matter. However, our vote is for Idris Elba (first choice) or Tom Hiddleston to take over.
James Bond Movies Are Now Streaming For Free On YouTube
Project 007: New James Bond Video Game In Development
Who Will Succeed Daniel Craig as the New 007?
What Happens Next to Baby Yoda on The Mandalorian?
PUMA x Peanuts Collection Drop: Puma Future Rider & Puma Ralph Sampson
Mortal Kombat 12: Will It Feature Cole Young?
Mortal Kombat Movie: Synopsis Introduces Lewis Tan's Cole Young
Fortress of Solitude
Fortress of Solitude has become one of the most popular geek entertainment interest websites in South Africa and covers news and reviews on movies, games, comic books, gadgets, TV series, toys, sneakers and more.
The articles on Fortress of Solitude are written by a group of talented, professional and experienced freelance writers, all experts and leaders in their various fields.
Sign up for news in your inbox.
For more information on COVID-19
About Fortress of Solitude South Africa
Contact Fortress of Solitude
Privacy & Site Disclaimer
© 2020 Fortress of Solitude, a division of Fortress Entertainment. Registered in South Africa. All Rights Reserved.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This is a piece of kit that every kayaker should have!
Keep your mid-section warm and protected when out in the kayak, these Neoskin shorts are ideal for canoe polo, canoe slalom or any other competitive event.
The shorts are made from two thicknesses of neoprene. The high wear areas (hips and rear) have 2.5mm neoprene, whereas the rest of the garment is 2.5mm.
Comfort is ensured via flat lock stitching throughout, with the rear panel being seam free but provided with a grippy silicone print to stop you sliding about on the seat.
Which neatly leads us to the slightly higher cut for greater comfort against the back of the kayak seat.


text:
By	Eric J. Morley, MD, MS, department of emergency medicine, Stony Brook School of Medicine, New York | on November 14, 2016 | 0 Comment
FDA Requires Boxed Warning, Medication Guides for Opioids, Benzodiazepines
The prescription of opioids and benzodiazepines in combination has increased 41 percent between 2002 and 2014. The FDA will now be mandating "boxed warnings" on 389 separate products in an effort to decrease this dangerous combination.
FDA Launches Mobile App to Alert Public About Drug Shortages
FDA Asks Drugmakers to Limit Amount of Opioid Drug in Packaging
FDA Seeks Suspension of 4,402 Illegal Prescription Drug Websites
ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 11 – November 2016
"A Hopeful Sign": Experimental Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise
A monoclonal antibody that targets amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer's shows promise in slowing the typical decline observed with this disease. Hopefully, phase III studies will prove this drug to be beneficial.
Researchers Find Association Between Zika and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
The Zika virus has largely been considered a fairly benign viral illness for men and non-pregnant females. However, a recent case series published in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that the incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome is 2.0–9.8 times higher than baseline in seven Latin American and Caribbean countries, and this appears to correlate with Zika infections.
Massachusetts Sees Consultant Availability Decrease Between 2005 and 2014
A recent study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found a decrease in the availability of many specialty consultants in emergency departments across Massachusetts between 2005 and 2014 despite steadily increasing patient visits. General surgery, neurology, ob-gyn, orthopedics, pediatrics, plastic surgery, and psychiatry were the specialties that saw a decrease.
Illinois Sees Increase in ED Visits After Rollout of Affordable Care Act
A study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine shows emergency department visits have increased since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act despite no increased rate of hospitalization. It is unclear if these visits were unnecessary and better suited for the primary care setting.
Topics: AddictionAffordable Care ActAlzheimerbenzodiazepineEmergency DepartmentEmergency MedicineFDAOpioidOpioid CrisisPublic HealthResearchSafetyWarningZika
Are the Benefits of Metal Detectors Worth the Costs?
December 2, 2020 - 0 Comment
Time to Put Negative Perceptions of Metal Detectors to Rest
By the Numbers: Firearms in the Emergency Department
ACEP Now: Vol 39 – No 12 – December 2020
No Responses to "FDA Warning for Opioids, Benzodiazepines, Experimental Drug for Alzheimer's Is Promising, and More"


text:
Lifeforms
Intelligent Species
Forest/ Jungle
February 4, 2017, 8:18 am
The Son's of The Panther (A Tale of Mysantia)
The powerful barbaric spawn of The Panther God
Freetext Friday barbarian (but mostly because I can't sleep)
Long ago, it is said, The Panther God invested in a small group of mortals, a bit of his essence, to combat the forces of the Elder Gods. That power lingers on today.
At the height of his power, the god-king Jotan marshaled his forces, crushing the combined might of the Serpent Men and the Deep Ones. But alas, it was a Pyrrhic victory , that left Jotan's army nearly as depleted as his foes.The god king cast about for a way out of this and appealed to the fickle Panther God for aid.Instead of directly giving troops or magical aid, The Panther God created a race , based on man , that would battle the common foes and give him the worship he felt he deserved.
Deep in the jungle of Skull Island, (once the main fortress of the Serpent Men) The Panther God breathed life into a man and 3 women. Imbibed with both his savagery and his magic, these became the first Son's of the Panther. The first Son's were a mix of barbarian and spontaneously spellcasting sorcerers( The only arcane spellcasters that need not rely on spellbooks and memorization). Once creating them, the fickle Panther left them to their own devices, forgetting the necessity of having a priesthood.
Within only 10 generations , veneration of the Panther was forgotten and his barbarians forgot their mission to combat the Old Ones and their minions. The Son's had become soft and enjoyed the fine living associated with mercantile pursuits. The Panther God became enraged and stripped his children of the ability of spellcasting, forbade the wearing of armor, and destroyed the cities that they had built, casting them once more into the jungle. In order to survive they rediscovered their barbaric roots,never again failed to venerate their creator and their women developed miraculous healing powers.
APPERANCE
The Son's are tall, strong, fair skinned and long black Hair. What sets them apart are their cats eyes and formidable canine teeth.
The males have unperelled skill with greatswords and the females get by with daggers and clubs.
THE SON'S TODAY
Only one village remains on Skull Island, surrounded by a thick forest of giant spiders and their webs. But such is the power of the Son's, that their ability in battle and berserk fury is known the world over. Several notable Son's gained fame during Dragon Mating Season and the more recent Deep One incursion. The Panther God has rewarded his now faithful followers, with a select few of them regaining their sorcerous power. But a seemly harmless act has endangered them once again.
Keltos Friend Slayer, the archwizard of the plane, has started growing magical healing gangi at the village. Smoking the herb is already starting to make the village fat and lazy, comfortably surrounded by their spider protectors. Unless the herb fields are destroyed, the Son's may yet again feel the wrath of the Panther God.
February 4, 2017, 10:30
Dragonlordmax
I think that there's something here, but it could still use some work. I think I'd like to see them either distilled down a bit more, or else expanded a bit further. As is, I feel like there's just enough there for them to seem kind of generic.
Just for the record, Scras shammed me into not deleting this, try this instead , promise it will not disappoint
Freetext
Associated ideas.
By: DaWergyling
When you sleep, your soul briefly returns to the place where it was created/goes to when it dies, and seeks nourishment. Everybody's soul is created with a little link (or you could say a greater entity calls it back) to that place so that it can return easily, but upon death, the soul returns via that and annihilates the link as if returns.
Also, as an added thingy, you could say the entity supplying the link, or residue of the links themselves, (whichever) is the source of all arcane power.
Ideas ( Society/ Organization ) | February 20, 2003 | View | UpVote 3xp


Fantastic location Barkley area, a short walk to restaurants, shopping, entertainment, & I-5. Updated 3 bd. 2.5 ba. on a large, corner lot near the Barkley area trail system. Great floor plan to maximize the space. Large landing makes a great office, cozy living area w/ gas fireplace, large master suite. Updates include: newer carpet, laminate flooring, hot water tank, back splash in the kitchen, back deck & more. Fully fenced, amazing private back yard, raised garden beds. NO HOA must see!
I was searching for a Property and found this listing (MLS® #1433616). Please send me more information regarding 1806 E Illinois St, Bellingham, WA, 98226. Thank you!
I'd like to request a showing of 1806 E Illinois St, Bellingham, WA, 98226 (MLS® #1433616). Thank you!


text:
Pegylis werneri är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Marc Lacroix 2008. Pegylis werneri ingår i släktet Pegylis och familjen Melolonthidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Skalbaggar
werneri

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Stay protected on the job with the Wolverine Cannonsburg 8-Inch ST EH Internal Metatarsal Guard boot. This men's pull-on work boot features a full grain leather upper with a removable insole and a nylon shank. The rubber and polyurethane outsole of the Wolverine Cannonsburg 8-Inch Steel Toe Electrical Hazard Internal Metatarsal Guard boot provides abrasion-, water- and oil-resistant protection.


We heard you loud and clear. We heard it after Update 14 when you mobbed Tarlang's Crown and we heard it over the Roving Threats and in responses to the full-fellowship Retaking Pelargir. There's a hunger among you guys for hard. And after thinking things over, we knew just what kind we wanted to build for you next: a little love letter to Lord of the Rings Online past.
The mere word "Osgiliath" conjures a host of images. Grandeur crumbled nearly into dust. The halfway point between light and darkness, between sun and moon... between victory and defeat where the frozen moment of pitched battle rages eternal. And this last thought reminded us of the favorite hero from this frozen moment: Faramir, son of Denethor, brother of Boromir. Where is he at the moment we arrive in Osgiliath? Few know where he is and whether he yet lives. Certainly not the few Rangers of Ithilien left in Osgiliath. And with that thought, the seed was planted.
There was so much to weave in, and we had fun doing it. Aragorn sailing secretly from Pelargir, an army poised and ready to assault Minas Tirith, Nazgul flying overhead, the Dawnless Day. And although I don't want to give anything away, maybe some old faces from our online version if Middle-earth in particular.
But enough about backdrop. Let's talk instances. Here's what I mean, specifically, by a love letter to our past: a cluster of two three-player and one full fellowship instances that climb from the depths to the heights of Osgiliath. Scaling from level 50 to 100, two tiers and a cap-level challenge in each. We've wrapped them (lovingly) in a quest chain and hope that everyone will get through the Tier 1 version. Tier 2 and the Challenge, though--that is where we're bringing the hard. We've labored to keep it interesting, fair, and fun... but merciful Tier 2 is not. You have been warned.
There will, of course, be rewards. The first thing you should know is that for these instances, we're returning to group loot mode. We like the sense of, well, group it gives us. We like seeing what everyone's got on their plate. Here's what we're serving up: Tier 1 chests hold a pile of armour, necklaces, and off-handers that should keep you in business in this region of the world. In Tier 2 chests you'll find "picker boxes" of set-bonus equipment. We've given you options for a large number of slots in these so that there will be plenty of ways to shuffle things around to maximum effect. The brass ring, of course, lies in the Challenge chests, where you'll acquire Morgul Crests that can be traded for blank items with five essence slots. We think you'll want some of those--for the next good challenge coming up the road.
The first three-player instance, the Sunken Labyrinth, begins in the culverts beneath Osgiliath, where some Rangers have fled to escape the eyes and swords of the invading force. Of course, the Morgulduin's fouled currents wash in here, and who knows what you'll find deeper down there. Next, in the Ruined City, a mysterious stranger dressed in Faramir's tattered cloak will stay just steps ahead of you at every turn. Finally, a full fellowship can ascend to the Dome of Stars and encounter one particular Nazgul in the full heart of his army's power. Some secrets will be revealed, others must be kept from the Lidless Eye.
So to all of you who like a challenge, here's one for you. Bring your Guardians, Champions, Rune-Keepers, Minstrels, Beornings... you'll need them all. Gear up, tune your build: the Osgiliath instance cluster is on its way.


This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 8th, 2012 at 12:18 am and is filed under Success Puzzle.	You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


KingstonMemoryShop stocks the full Kingston range of 2666Mhz DDR4 Non ECC RAM Memory for your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server to help give your system a new lease of life, whether this be with an SSD upgrade or RAM upgrade. Adding Kingston 2666Mhz DDR4 Non ECC RAM Memory to your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server will give you a serious performance boost.
KingstonMemoryShop stocks a range of compatible Upgrades for your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server including 2666Mhz DDR4 Non ECC RAM Memory upgrades.
Your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server accepts SSDs with capacities of and DDR4 Non-ECC DIMMs available in 16GB capacities.
Your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server accepts SSDs and DDR4 Non-ECC DIMMs.
KingstonMemoryShop offers a range of delivery methods on 2666Mhz DDR4 Non ECC RAM Memory upgrades for your SuperMicro A+ Server 5019D-FTN4 (M11SDV-8C-LN4F) Server. Click here to see all our delivery options.


The NCART Lab represented Ryerson's innovative learning with a showcase and talk of USAR research to various organizations, educators and publishers across Canada. This professional development and networking event examines digital learning and addresses the transformational changes occurring in academia and the workplace. Speakers include Jeremy Friedberg (founder of Spongelab game-based learning), Philipp Schmidt (director's fellow at MIT Media Lab) and more.
An informational link can be found here.


text:
UK Internet Group: Surveillance Program in Works
Every email to your child. Every status update for your friends. Every message to your mistress.
An official with Britain's Internet Service Providers' Association says the government is preparing proposals for a nationwide electronic surveillance network that could potentially keep track of every message sent by any Brit to anyone at any time.
Similar plans were abandoned in 2008 following a public outcry. But the Service Providers' Association's James Blessing says the government appears to be "reintroducing it on a slightly different format."
Britain's Home Office declined to comment on the particulars of any such move, but a spokesman said Sunday that it would not involve prying into the content of emails or voice conversations.
Categories: International NewsTopics: Britain Internet Service Providers' Association, nationwide electronic surveillance network proposal, track every email sent


I'm glad you enjoyed the poem! Genderqueer is an umbrella term for anyone who has a non-cis gender identity, inlcuding trans, non-binary, genderfluid, bigender, etc. The term "Genderqueer" has actually been around for over 20 years, so its not new. In fact, it's a great term to use next time you're frustrated by human diversity and can't keep track of people's identities.


text:
Q: Can't figure out what kind of web payload request I am writing a python script that automate payment.
So I am currently trying to figure out how this payment processor is sending it payload to external sites.
I monitored POST request with chrome and it sent POST with this following payload
(xxxx are my credit numbers, verification value, and expiration date
{"credit_card":{"number":"xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx","name":"ad adf","month":'xx',"year":'xxxx',"verification_value":"xxx"}}

At first I thought it was json, so I tried sending with following:
data = {"credit_card":{"number":"xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx","name":"ad adf","month":'xx',"year":'xxxx',"verification_value":"xxxx"}}

session.post(paymentURL, data=json.dumps(data), headers = cHeaders)

I got 200 response code but it seem like payment didn't go through.
Next, I tried
session.post(paymentURL, data=data, headers = cHeaders)

but same problem, payment not going through. Any idea what I am doing right?

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
In Need of a Vision
Posted on October 18, 2007 by Mike
Nearly 20 years ago, a group of North America PCB manufacturers and suppliers came together to develop a game plan to counter the accelerating technological threat that was Japan's electronics manufacturers. What that collective of industry soothsayers ultimately came up with was the National Technology Roadmap for Electronic Interconnections.
IPC, the organization under whose auspices the Roadmap was created, would be wise to look at its origins as the industry faces yet another turning point in its storied and stormy life.
The Roadmap was developed during a low point in industry history. In 1991-93, PWB fabrication was steadily moving from merchant OEMs to contractors, and then offshore. The EMS industry was in its infancy, and SMT was just poking its head out. Many industry veterans questioned the future of bare board manufacturing, and wondered aloud whether the U.S. was compromising its future by letting that critical technology slip away.
Many conferences of the day failed to turn the tide, offering little more than venues to articulate the problems. The IPC Roadmap, as it came be known, brought a sense of strategy and cohesiveness to the fray. What the roadmap did – perhaps better than anyone ever realized – was to create a process for focusing the industry on possible solutions.
That process is more relevant today than ever. Information on designing and building ever-more-sophisticated electronics is ubiquitous, and, with the Web, often free.
The backbone of the Roadmap was input from the key OEMs of the age: AT&T, IBM, Hughes Aircraft, Texas Instruments, and many others contributed the heart of the game plan: the long-term technology needs, from which the path to supply those products could be drawn.
Today, IPC looks confused. It is a U.S. trade group trying hard to be global, yet the manufacturing communities of Europe and Asia do not perceive it as one of their own. As manufacturing escapes overseas, it is even more critical that standards reflect the needs of U.S. OEMs. However, the technical committees charged with writing those standards activities are often overlooked inside the organization, and it shows. The committees are aging, yet the organization has done little to mobilize the next generation, who will someday be asked to take the reins.
Perhaps sensing this, IPC this week announced the hiring of Dave Torp as vice president of standards and technology, responsible for certification, professional development, multimedia programs and oversight for all standards development and technical activities.
We strongly applaud this move. Torp is a highly respected engineer and business development manager, and with experience on the supplier side (Kester, where he was VP of marketing and business development) and the OEM side (Rockwell-Collins, at which he was two-time engineer of the year). He will bring a much-needed focus to IPC's standards activities and speak with the authority earned from years of actually building product.
When I spoke with Torp Thursday, he expressed surprise at the gaudy number of programs IPC has underway, and explained some ideas for developing what he termed litmus tests for separating what is vital from what are resource sappers. His seat's not even warm yet, but he's on the right track.
It would behoove Torp – and the rest of the organization – to take a page from the Roadmap founders (dare we call them the industry framers?), and identify and consult with the key OEMs from each major segment – on their turf and terms, if need be – so that those critical constituents are ensured a means to share their knowledge and needs with the North American manufacturing and supply base: for standards, for training, for information. While bare board fabrication is almost completely outsourced at this point, OEMs still conduct the vast majority of design and assembly work. That could change, and action is needed before it does.
A focused IPC is needed now more than ever. To fail that task could have devastating consequences for domestic companies, and even the nation.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Viewpoint by Mike. Bookmark the permalink.
Mike Buetow is editor-in-chief of Circuits Assembly magazine, the leading publication for electronics manufacturing, and PCD&F, the leading publication for printed circuit design and fabrication. He is also vice president and editorial director of UP Media Group, for which he oversees all editorial and production aspects. He has more than 20 years' experience in the electronics industry, including six years at IPC, an electronics trade association, at which he was a technical projects manager and communications director. He has also held editorial positions at SMT Magazine, community newspapers and in book publishing. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois. Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikebuetow
View all posts by Mike →
1 thought on "In Need of a Vision"
Dynamic Engineering Services on October 19, 2007 at 3:39 pm said:
I am a IPC Designers Council President of the LA Chapter and a PCB Designer CID, I do see this need for an awakening within the industry. I think IPC has seen the need as well, but doesnt quite know how to approach it and that is why we see so many different attempts to address many issues and is perceived to be headed in many different directions. It will help to have one person take the reigns with an open mind and keep it on course and there are alot of people who are willing to help make it succesful, lets stay focused.
Javier Jimenez CID
Dynamic Engineering Services


The device automatically starts feeder machine and the water inlet-electric magnetic valve to dissolve polymer and stops automatically until the solution reaches high liquid level, the mixer runs all the time.
The device is equipped with magnetic valve, liquid level meter, flowmeter, polymer flocculant feeder machine, mixer, polymer flocculant infiltrating device, dosing pump, etc. The flow rate can be adjusted according to the technological needs and has a wide adjustment range.
The pipeline line adopts high strength plastic pipe, neat, regular, smooth, no leakage, good corrosion resistance. Mixer, polymer flocculant feeder device are made of stainless steel , high strength plastic and stainless steel.
When the polymer liquid reaches low level in the storage tank, water inlet -magnetic valvestartautomatically. The pre-infiltration system begins to add water to the solvent tank. 2min later, the polymer flocculant dosing machine starts working, and the mixer works at the same time. Time can be set through the control cabinet. When the water inlet system, the pre-infiltrating system and dosing system run 45min, stop the pre-infiltrating system and the dosing systemwhile keep water inlet system and the mixer working. When the liquid reaches the high level, the water inlet system stops. After running 2min, stop the feeding system, then stop the mixing system after 11min, and then complete the dispensing process. Mixer, dosing pump's operating, stop condition can be controled by the control cabinet or remote control.


text:
Palo Alto, CA USA
Data Simply Selected by Major Financial Firms to Participate in Plug and Play FinTech Innovation Platform
March 01, 2016 / Data Simply Team
At Plug And Play Financial Technology Platform of Innovation Kickoff Day in Silicon Valley. Founder and Director of Plug and Play FinTech Scott Robinson is on the top left; Founding Member Omeed Mehrinfar is on the top right.
Data Simply has been accepted into the Plug and Play Financial Technology Platform of Innovation. Less than 3% of companies that applied to the program were selected to participate. The companies were selected by Plug and Play's venture team, VC partners, and corporate partners. Current corporate partners of the program include Assurant, Banco Original, Bank of the West, BNP Paribas, Capital One, Credit Suisse, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, Finstar Labs, Intuit, JCB, MUFG, Santander, Sumitomo, TD Bank, USAA, and U.S. Bank.
These corporate partners will work side by side with the startups for three months through mentor sessions, structured deal review, pilots, investments and even acquisitions.
"We see Data Simply changing the game in financial services. They identified a problem and are revolutionizing the way people reduce investment risk," says Saeed Amidi, Founder & CEO of Plug and Play. "We're looking forward to being a part of their continued success as they flourish in our FinTech platform."
Data Simply is thrilled to be part of this program!
See the full Plug and Play press release here.
About Plug And Play Tech Center
Plug and Play Tech Center is the world's largest global technology accelerator and venture fund. Since inception in 2006, our program has expanded worldwide to include entrepreneurs from 24 countries, providing necessary resources to succeed in Silicon Valley. With over 350 startups and 300 corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem. Plug and Play provides active investments with 180 leading Silicon Valley VCs, and more than 365 networking events per year. Companies in our community have raised over $3.5 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Danger, Dropbox, Lending Club, PayPal, SoundHound, and Zoosk. For more information, visit: http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com
Want to see what all the excitement is about? Try some of our interpreted SEC filings data for free at https://app.datasimply.com
Comment 11 Likes
tags / PlugAndPlay
Hello Boston! We demoed (Again) at the FinTechSandbox/Fidelity Showcase.
At the FinDevr conference ... THIS CREDIT CARD WALKS INTO A BAR
© Data Simply, except for Licensor's Intellectual Property which is © 2019 SASB Foundation. All Rights Reserved.


I became aware of The Wedge foot pedal when I first saw a number of pictures of its Star Wars incarnations popping up in my news feed on the internet. It looked interesting enough, but a foot pedal's a foot pedal, isn't it? Needless to say, I never really gave it much more thought. Then, in one of those chance meetings that seems to come out of nowhere sometimes, I was playing skittles in my local Rugby club, when a member of the opposite side introduced himself to me and told me that his son was making custom foot pedals for tattoo artists…and the penny dropped. We swapped info and shortly afterwards I got a message from Steve Miler, offering to make me my very own bespoke version of his new foot pedal, The Wedge. Of course, I was delighted to take him up on his offer.
During the next few weeks, I spent more time looking into the development of 'The Wedge' and hearing excellent reports coming back from various conventions, where other artists had met Steve and his business partner Jay Petty, and had had an opportunity to try out The Wedge for themselves. I was intrigued and also looking forward to eventually getting my own pedal.
When my foot pedal was finally finished, it was personally dropped off at the studio by Steve's father (not a service every customer can expect) and the first thing I noticed, as I removed the object from the box, was just how solid and heavy it was. Most foot pedals are very light and sometimes a bit flimsy. The Wedge, however, is a heavy duty piece of hardware, solid as a rock and capable of doing some serious damage should it ever be dropped onto unsuspecting toes. Resplendent with my own logo, which you can see from the images on this page, Steve had also put in a couple of spare front plates for me; one with the Skin Deep logo on it and one with the Tattoo Master logo, so I could see how easy it was to change them should I ever want to.
Upon actually using the pedal, I found it to be surprisingly sensitive and therefore very comfortable to use. The weight took a little getting used to, as I usually push my pedal about with my foot as I change position during tattooing, but this was a small price to pay for such a solid piece of equipment.
Shortly afterwards I caught up with Steve and Jay and we talked some more about their creation.
Jay: I began working as a professional tattoo artist in May 2011, after spending 12 years in the building trade since leaving school. I'm still very new to the tattoo world and with lots more to learn still;, But I feel its my destiny now.
Steve: Since leaving school in 1998 I have worked in various jobs using AutoCAD, drawing a range of things from buildings to engineering components. I started my own little venture called Sit CutsAlot with a work colleague of mine, Matt Makins. We make any custom metal artwork ranging from tea coasters to wall signs. You can have a look at www.sircutsalot.com. It was from this that Jay and I met and developed The Wedge.
So tell me more about how the concept of The Wedge first came about?
Jay: I was working at the studio one day when my run of the mill foot switch stopped working…again. Being a sci-fi geek I had recently bought a storm trooper arm rest built by Greg Holmes (designed by Steve) and a set of storm trooper tea coasters, also made by Steve. As the coasters were made from steel, I thought it might be cool to make a foot switch out of one of them to match my arm rest. From there the product went through stages as cardboard, hand sawn wood and milled wood. During this time I sold a few to other tattoo artists, after putting a picture up on Facebook of my prototype. Deep down, though, I thought I needed to make them from metal somehow, so decided to visit various engineering firms, all of which turned me away. I then contacted Greg Holmes to see if he could help but he told me that Steve Miller might be better suited to the job, so I contacted Steve about helping me to design one made from steel. I was pondering over the name, coming up with suggestions like 'The Big Foot' and 'Next Step Foot Switches' both of which my other half, Clare, thought were stupid. She said, "Just call it The Wedge, that is what is is". So Steve and I got together over some ink to discuss options…and the rest is history.
How does the division of labor break down between you both? Who designs, creates, and assembles them?
Jay: To start with I would ask Steve if he could make a certain design on request from a customer. He'd send them through and I would assemble them and dispatch them.
Steve: Now we both get ideas for the pedals from customers. I would raw them up using AutoCAD and convert them into a cutting code for a CNC laser. The main base of 'The Wedge' was designed using Solidworks sheetmetal feature, which allows you to draw in 3D then convert to a flat pattern for the laser to cut. A 270 ton press break then bends flat meta parts back into 3D shape. These are all manufactured at my place of work, EMS Mansfield Ltd. Once all components have been produced, I will take them over to Jay who installs the wiring, RCA connections and tests them to ensure they work.
They look great too. I love that you were able to make one for me using my personal logo. Is every pedal a custom build, or do you have standard models as well?
Jay: There will be 2 versions of The Wedge foot switch. The first will be cut from 2mm 304 grade stainless steel, powder coated in some cases, with stainless steel ID tags, union jacks, The Wedge floor plate, top quality RCA connector and a stainless mounting plate to enable interchangeable (customizable) top pedals The second will be cut from 2mm 304 grade stainless steel, powder coated, plain floor plate, top quality RCA connector, and a geneeric 2-3mm top plate. And will be non customizable.
Apart from how great it looks, the other thing I noticed immediately about the wedge was just how bloody heavy it is. How much does each one weigh?
Jay: It's the heavy weight champion of footswitches. Each one weighs approximately 1.5kg. I was worried about postage costs when I first weighed it at the local post office but the weight is a sign of the quality of the product. Plus it looks awesome.
Well it certainly feels like it's built to last. Every pedal comes with a lifetime guarantee, doesn't it?
Steve: Yes each pedal comes with a lifetime guarantee, but only on the workings of it. Cosmetic damage is down to the artist to look after. To preserve the look we advise using a softer soled shoe.
Have you thought of maybe producing a lighter travel edition for artists traveling to guest spots or conventions? Or maybe even including a non pedal switch device that you could package with the main pedal as an optional travel extra?
Steve: We have considered making a wedge from aluminum, rather than steel. My concerns with that, though, are that aluminum is softer and more prone to bending, resulting in the possible failure of The Wedge. We are also looking into making a Wedge on-off switch that plugs straight into the power supply. This would be lighter and better for travelling with.
I've noticed also that the pedal works by the top plate pushing down onto a metal bump below it to complete the electrical circuit. No button as such. How have you got around the possibility that metal will eventually bend over time to complete the circuit permanently?
Jay: The top plate of the pedal moves such a small amount, I think about 1-2mm to be precise, and it's the hardened rubber bushes tat flex slightly to allow movement. The last 4/5 months I've been testing different methods and ideas with several tattoo artists around the country and found using two plates is the way to go. The lower the point of contact, the better. It's nearly impossible to bend two pieces of steel with only a 1/2mm gap, it will always spring back because of the rubber bushes. If the worst was to happen and a constant circuit was made, thanks to simple mechanics, we are able to chop and change each individual component, replacing any defective part. All of which are covered by your guarantee.
How do you recommend artists keep the top plate clean? Is there any danger of rust from moisture or spillage?
Steve: We advise artists to use a non alcohol based cleaner to clean their top plates, even though the colors are powder coated they can still be susceptible to thinning. If you were to chip the paint there are no fears of rust as all Wedge components are made from stainless steel.
So overall, what do you feel that the wedge offers artists that other pedals don't?
Jay: Peace of mind. After getting through over £300 worth of 'run of the mill' foot switches in 3 years i realized something had to be done. There's no other pedal out there doing what we are doing. If you get bored of your current design, as long as you own the premium Wedge, you can take off your top plate and order a new design from us without having to order the entire pedal again.
And how much do you charge for each pedal?
Steve: Premium Wedges range from £180 – £220 depending on the intricacy of the design of the one included top plate with extra top plates starting at £40. The basic Wedge will be £130, available in a range of colors and the same lifetime guarantee.
And where can artists order them from?
Jay: Currently you are able to buy The Wedge direct from ourselves by sending an email to [email protected] We will ask you to send an image of your design, we will then look at it to see if it is feasible and then send you a price and PayPal invoice. These are made to order so please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery. Killer Ink and Star tattoo will also be stocking The Wedge in the UK, along with a State side investor interested in bringing the Wedge to the US. But we are awaiting confirmation on this final deal.
Sounds promising. So what do you see as the future of The Wedge?
Got to love a slogan like that!


text:
A Equipe Indonésia da Copa Davis representa a Indonésia na Copa Davis, principal competição entre seleções do tênis no mundo. É organizado pela Associação Indonésia de Tênis.

Ver também
 Copa Davis
 Fed Cup

Ligações externas

  DavisCup.com (equipe indonésia)

Indonesia


text:
Tag Archives: feeble
Pakistani Muslims Severely Beat, Sodomize Christian Barber
Posted on May 2, 2010 by particularkev
Brother of Muslim who insisted on having beard cut, seven others, break hair-cutter's bones.
SARGODHA, Pakistan, April 28 (CDN) — A Christian barber in this Punjab Province city is still recovering from broken bones and other injuries sustained earlier this month after eight Muslims allegedly beat and sodomized him for cutting the beard of a Muslim.
Marwat Masih, 29, initially refused the request of 19-year-old Qandeel Cheema to cut his beard in Sargodha's Gulshan-e-Bashir town on April 13, knowing that area Sunni Muslims believe the Quran prohibits it. But Cheema, a high school student, told Masih that he had lived and studied in Lahore and therefore wanted a more modern look, the bed-ridden and feeble Masih told Compass.
"I refused to shave his beard, but he showed me his packed bags and said that he would leave the town straight after the shave, and so no one would ever know that I had shaved his beard," Masih said.
Eyewitnesses told Compass that as Masih was cutting Cheema's beard, the client's older brother – local radical Muslim land owner Shakeel Cheema – was returning by tractor from his fields and, noting the family Jeep in front of the Marwat Hair Stylist shop, stopped in.
"When Shakeel Cheema saw me shaving his younger brother's beard, he became angry and started vandalizing mirrors, the sound system and chairs, and he desecrated a wooden cross perched on the top of the front mirrors," Masih said. "He also started beating my head with his shoes."
Eyewitnesses told Compass that Shakeel Cheema shouted orders to his companions to tie Masih up and throw him into the wagon attached to his tractor, and that he ordered his younger brother to leave for Lahore at once.
Masih said that he was blindfolded with a black cloth and taken to an unknown place where he was locked in a room. An hour later, Shakeel Cheema and seven others arrived and began striking him with clubs, breaking his ribs, a wrist and leg bones.
"Shakeel Cheema said, 'Now we are going to teach you a real lesson for shaving the beard of a Muslim man," Masih said, and after a long, pained pause he related how Cheema and the seven others sodomized him. "I started bleeding and fell unconscious."
His father, Laal Masih, older brother Hassrat Masih and other relatives had begun searching for him, and after midnight that night they found him lying half-naked and unconscious off the main street of Gulshan-e-Bashir town, his father told Compass. They immediately took him to Rural Health Centre, where doctors kept him under observation for two days and treated him for internal bleeding and the broken ribs, leg bones and wrist.
"We submitted an application to the Saddr police twice, but they took no action against Shakeel Cheema and his accomplices," Laal Masih said. The family is appealing to Christian ministers and parliamentarians for assistance.
Still receiving threats of harm if they do not leave the area, family members also said they cannot afford the fees of a standard physician and have resorted to help from lesser trained doctors.
Police have refused to file a First Information Report against Cheema and his accomplices, who all remained at large at press time.
A shopkeeper next to Masih's barbershop told Compass that the barber deserved the abuse.
"He deserves such punishment, as he did something that is forbidden according to the teaching of the Quran and the sunna [arabic word for the sayings or habits of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam]," said Muhammad Maqsood, who has a long, white beard. "Marwat Masih paid for his crime."
Masih's 36-year-old brother Hassrat Masih emphasized that Gulshan-e-Bashir town is inhabited mainly by radical Muslims.
"Therefore, almost all of them are against shaving, especially the beard," Hassrat Masih said. "Having a beard is seen as holy practice because it is a standard prescribed for all Muslims in the sunna, or teachings or actions of the prophet of Islam."
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Pakistan	| Tagged ;province, abuse, accomplices, action, actions, afford, against, allegedly, appealing, application, Arabic, area, arrived, assistance, attached, bags, barber, barbershop, beard, beat, beating, bed-ridden, believe, black, bleeding, blindfolded, bones, break, breaking, broken, brother, cannot, Christian, Christianity, Christians, city, client, cloth, clubs, companions, crime, cut, cutting, deserved, deserves, doctors, earlier, eyewitnesses, family, Father, feeble, fees, fields, file, FIR, First Information Report, forbidden, found, front, Gulshan-e-Bashir, habits, hair-cutter, half-naked, harm, Hassrat Masih, head, help, high school, Holy, immediately, inhabited, initially, injuries, insisted, internal, Islam, jeep, kept, knowing, Laal Masih, Lahore, land, large, leave, leg, lesser, lesson, lived, local, locked, long, look, lying, main, mainly, Marwat Masih, ministers, mirrors, modern, Muhammad, Muhammad Maqsood, Muslim, muslims, noting, observation, older, orders, owner, packed, paid, pained, Pakistan, Pakistani, parliamentarians, pause, Persecution, physician, place, police, practice, prescribed, press time, prohibits, prophet, punishment, Punjab, Qandeel Cheema, Quran, radical, real, receiving, recovering, refused, related, relatives, remained, request, resorted, returning, ribs, room, Rural Health Centre, Saddr, Sargodha, sayings, searching, seen, severely, Shakeel Cheema, shave, shoes, shopkeeper, shouted, showed, sodomize, standard, started, straight, street, striking, student, studied, submitted, Sunna, Sunni, sustained, teach, teaching, threats, throw, tie, took, town, tractor, trained, treated, unconscious, under, unknown, wagon, white, Word, wrist, younger | Leave a comment
FAITH AND ASSURANCE: Bishop J. C. Ryle
Posted on October 9, 2008 by particularkev
READER,
If you are a thoughtless, careless man about your soul, you will take no interest in the subject of this tract. Faith and assurance are mere names and words to you: they are neither land, nor money, nor horses, nor dress, nor meat, nor drink: like Gallio, you care not for them. Alas, poor soul! I mourn over you. The day will come when you will think differently.
Reader, if you really desire to go to heaven, and to go there in the Bible way you will find the subject of this tract of the deepest importance. Believe me, your own comfort in religion, and your peace of conscience, depend exceedingly on understanding the matter about which I am going to speak. I say then, that faith in Christ, and a full assurance of being saved by Christ, are two distinct things.
A man may have saving faith in Christ, and yet never enjoy an assured hope, like the Apostle Paul. To believe, and have a glimmering hope of acceptance, is one thing; to have joy and peace in our believing, and abound in hope, is quite another. All God's children have faith: not all have assurance. I think this ought never to be forgotten.
I know some great and good men have held a different opinion: I believe that many excellent ministers do not allow the distinction I have stated; but I desire to call no man master. I dread as much as anyone the idea of healing the wounds of conscience slightly; but I should think any other view than that I have given a most uncomfortable gospel to preach, and one very likely to keep souls back a long time from the gate of life.
I would not desire to make one contrite heart sad that God has not made sad, or to discourage one fainting child of God, or to give a soul the impression that you have no part or lot in Christ, except you feel assurance. I do not shrink from saying, that by grace a man may have sufficient faith to flee to Christ, really to lay hold on Him, really to trust in Him, really to be a child of God, really to be saved; and yet to his last day be never free from much anxiety, doubt, and fear.
"A letter," says an old writer, "may be written which is not sealed; so grace may be written in the heart, yet the Spirit may not set the seal of assurance to it."
A child may be born heir to a great fortune, and yet never be aware of his riches, live childish, die childish, and never know the greatness of his possessions.
And so also a man may be a babe in Christ's family; think as a babe, speak as a babe, and, though saved, never enjoy a lively hope, or know the full privileges of his inheritance.
Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ a man must have, beyond all question, if he is to be saved. I know no other way of access to the Father: I see no intimation of mercy excepting through Christ. A man must feel his sins and lost estate, must come to Jesus for pardon and salvation, must rest his hope on Him and on Him alone. But if he only have faith to do this, however weak and feeble that faith may be, I will engage, from Scripture warrants, he shall not miss heaven. Never, never let us curtail the freeness of the glorious gospel, or clip its fair proportions. Never let us make the gate more strait, and the way more narrow, than pride or love of sin have made it already. The Lord Jesus is very pitiful and of tender mercy. He does not regard the quantity of faith, but the quality He does not measure its degree, but its truth. He will not break any bruised reed, nor quench any smoking flax. He will never let it be said that any perished at the foot of the cross. "Him that cometh unto Me," He says, "I will in no wise cast out" (John vi. 37). 1
Yes, reader! though a man's faith be no bigger than a grain of mustard seed, if it only brings him to Christ, and enables him to touch the hem of His garment, he shall be saved: saved as surely as the oldest saint in paradise; saved as completely and eternally as Peter, or John, or Paul. There are degrees in our sanctification: in our justification there are none. What is written is written, and shall never fail: "Whosoever believeth on Him," not whosoever has a strong and mighty faith, "Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed" (Rom. x. 11).
But all this time, I would have you take notice, the poor soul may have no full assurance of his pardon and acceptance with God. He may be troubled with fear upon fear, and doubt upon doubt. He may have many a question and many an anxiety, many a struggle, and many a misgiving, clouds and darkness, storm and tempest to the very end.
I will engage, I repeat, that bare simple faith in Christ shall save a man, though he may never attain to assurance; but I will not engage it shall bring him to heaven, with strong and abounding consolations. I will engage it shall land him safe in harbour, but I will not engage he shall enter that harbour under full sail, confident and rejoicing. I shall not be surprised if he reaches his desired haven weather-beaten and tempest-tossed, scarcely realising his own safety till he opens his eyes in glory.
Reader, I believe it is of great importance to keep in view this distinction between faith and assurance. It explains things which an inquirer in religion some times finds it hard to understand.
Faith, let us remember, is the root, and assurance is the flower. Doubtless you can never have the flower without the root; but it is no less certain you may have the root and not the flower.
Faith is that poor trembling woman who came behind Jesus in the press and touched the hem of His garment (Mark v. 25). Assurance is Stephen standing calmly in the midst of his murderers, and saying, "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God" (Acts vii. 56). Faith is the penitent thief crying, "Lord, remember me" (Luke xxiii. 42). Assurance is Job sitting in the dust, covered with sores, and saying, "I know that my Redeemer liveth" (Job xix. 25). "Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him" (Job xiii. 13).
Faith is Peter's drowning cry as he began to sink: "Lord, save me!" (Matt. xiv. 30). Assurance is the same Peter declaring before the Council, in after times, "This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts iv. 11,12).
Faith is the anxious, trembling voice: "Lord, I believe; help my unbelief" (Mark ix. 24). Assurance is the confident challenge: "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? Who is he that condemneth?" (Rom. viii. 33, 34).
Faith is Saul praying in the house of Judas at Damascus, sorrowful, blind, and alone (Acts ix. 11). Assurance is Paul, the aged prisoner, looking calmly into the grave, and saying, "I know Whom I have believed," "There is laid up for me a crown" (2 Tim. i. 12; iv. 8).
Faith is life. How great the blessing! Who can tell the gulf between life and death? And yet life may be weak, sickly, unhealthy, painful, trying, anxious, worn, burdensome, joyless, and smileless to the very end.
Assurance is more than life. It is health, strength, power, vigour, activity, energy, manliness, and beauty.
Reader, it is not a question of saved or not saved that lies before us, but of privilege or no privilege, it is not a question of peace or no peace, but of great peace or little peace, it is not a question between the wanderers of this world and the school of Christ, it is one that belongs only to the school, it is between the first form and the last.
He that has faith does well. Happy should I be if I thought all readers of this tract had it. Blessed, thrice blessed are they that believe: they are safe; they are washed; they are justified. They are beyond the power of hell. Satan, with all his malice, shall never pluck them out of Christ's hands. But he that has assurance does far better, sees more, feels more, knows more, enjoys more, has more days like those spoken of in Deuteronomy, even "the days of heaven upon the earth" (Deut. xi. 21). 2
Reader, whoever you may be, I exhort you never to be satisfied with anything short of a full assurance of your own salvation. With faith, no doubt, you must begin, with simple, child-like faith: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." But from faith go on to assurance. Rest not till you can say, "I know Whom I have believed."
Believe me, believe me, assurance is worth the seeking. You forsake your own mercies when you rest content without it. The things I speak are for your peace. It is good to be sure in earthly things; how much better is it to be sure in heavenly things!
Make it then your daily prayer that you may have an increase of faith. According to your faith will be your peace. Cultivate that blessed root more, and sooner or later, by God's blessing, you may hope to have the flower. You may not perhaps attain to full assurance at once: it is good sometimes to be kept waiting; we do not value things that we get without trouble. But though it tarry, wait for it. Seek on, and expect to find.
1 "He that believeth on Jesus shall never be confounded. Never was any; neither shall you, if you believe. It was a great word of faith spoken by a dying man, who had been converted in a singular way, betwixt his condemnation and execution: his last words were these, spoken with a mighty shout 'Never man perished with his face towards Jesus Christ.'" Traill.
2 "The greatest thing that we can desire, next to the glory of God, is our own salvation; and the sweetest thing we can desire is the assurance of our salvation. In this life we cannot get higher than to be assured of that which in the next life is to be enjoyed. All saints shall enjoy a heaven when they leave this earth: some saints enjoy a heaven while they are here on earth." Joseph Carlyle. 1658.
Posted in Christianity, gospel, J. C. Ryle, Theology	| Tagged abound, acceptance, access, activity, aged, allow, alone, anxiety, anxious, apostle, ashamed, assurance, assured, attain, aware, babe, bare, beauty, behind, believe, believed, believing, better, betwixt, beyond, Bible, bigger, bishop, blessed, blessing, blind, born, break, bruised, builders, burdensome, call, calmly, care, careless, certain, challenge, charge, child of God, childish, children, Christ, clouds, comfort, completely, condemnation, confident, confounded, conscience, consolations, content, contrite, converted, council, covered, cross, crown, cry, crying, cultivate, curtail, daily, Damascus, darkness, death, declaring, deepest, degree, degrees, depend, desire, Deuteronomy, differently, discourage, distinct, distinction, doubt, doubtless, dread, dress, drink, drowning, dust, dying, earth, earthly, elect, enables, energy, engage, enjoy, enjoyed, estate, eternally, excellent, excepting, execution, exhort, eyes, fainting, fair, faith, family, Father, fear, feeble, feel, flax, flee, flower, foot, forgotten, form, forsake, fortune, free, freeness, full, Gallio, garment, gate, glimmering, glorious, glory, God, good, gospel, grace, grain, grave, great, greatness, gulf, hand, happy, harbour, haven, healing, health, heart, heaven, heavenly, heavens, heir, hell, hem, higher, hold, hope, horses, house, idea, importance, impression, increase, inheritance, inquirer, interest, intimation, J. C. Ryle, Jesus, job, John, Joseph Carlyle, joy, joyless, Judas, justification, justified, land, last day, lay, letter, life, looking, Lord, lost, love, malice, man, manliness, master, measure, meat, mercies, mercy, midst, mighty, ministers, misgiving, money, mourn, murderers, mustard, names, narrow, never, notice, nought, old, oldest, opened, opinion, painful, paradise, pardon, Paul, peace, penitent, perished, Peter, pitiful, pluck, poor, possessions, power, prayer, preach, press, pride, prisoner, privilege, privileges, proportions, quality, quantity, quench, question, reader, realising, Redeemer, reed, regard, rejoicing, religion, remember, repeat, rest, riches, right, root, sad, safe, sail, saint, saints, salvation, sanctification, Satan, satisfied, Saul, save, saved, saving, school, Scripture, seal, sealed, seed, seeking, shout, shrink, sickly, simple, singular, sink, sins, sitting, slay, slightly, smileless, smoking, Son of Man, sores, soul, speak, spirit, standing, stated, Stephen, stone, storm, strait, strength, strong, struggle, subject, sufficient, surprised, sweetest, tarry, tempest, tempest-tossed, tender, thief, think, thoughtless, touch, touched, tract, Traill, trembling, troubled, trust, truth, trying, unbelief, uncomfortable, understand, understanding, unhealthy, view, vigour, voice, waiting, wanderers, warrants, washed, way, weak, weather-beaten, woman, words, world, worn, worth, wounds, writer, written | Leave a comment


For anyone considering a stint or career in the military and worried about life insurance, worry no more. Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) is a life insurance program designed for U.S. service members who are on active duty or reserve members.
When an individual enters the service, they are automatically enrolled in SGLI and begin paying $28 per month for the maximum amount of coverage. If the service member decides to purchase a lesser amount of coverage or opt-out completely, they are required to electronically file their election of the SOES (online enrollment system).
Who is Eligible for SGLI?
What Kind of Coverage does SGLI Offer?
The Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program offers term life insurance coverage in $50,000 increments up to a maximum amount $400,000 in coverage. Servicemembers are automatically enrolled with $400,000 of coverage but may reduce that amount or opt-out by filing the appropriate form.
The coverage is provided until you leave the military and for an additional 120 days thereafter. There is no charge for the 120 days of post-military coverage. Since your policy is term insurance and doesn't build cash value, you will receive nothing from the policy after upon its termination.
This group life insurance program is similar the the FEGLI plan but is only offered to servicemembers.
There is no medical underwriting for getting coverage. All eligible servicemembers can be covered up to the maximum amount of $400,000.
To apply for the disability extension, you must complete the SGLI Disability Extension Application and forward it to the OSGLI address on the extension application.
What is the Conversion Option?
A conversion option allows the policyholder to convert their SGLI plan to a Veteran's Group Life Insurance plan or to a policy offered by various insurance companies in the private market. The benefit of converting coverage rather than purchasing a new policy is that the insured service member is not required to provide proof of insurability (proof of good health) to the company that will accept the conversion.
If you prefer to convert your SGLI coverage rather than purchase a new policy in the private marketplace, you have the option of converting it to a policy provided by the Veteran's Group Life Insurance program as long as you do so within one year and 120 days. You will have the option of converting a portion of your coverage or all of your coverage without having to prove insurability (you are healthy).
As was mentioned earlier, converting your SGLI coverage to an individual life insurance company offers the benefit of not having to go through medical underwriting but there are some health questions on the individual insurance application that you can choose to answer or not answer. The benefit of answering the question if you're in good health is that you may qualify for a reduced rate for the new policy. The most important thing to remember is that you must start the conversion process within 120 days of leaving the service so that you will not experience a lapse in coverage.
To get the conversion process started, you will need to contact one of the insurance companies listed below to make certain they offer the SGLI or FSGLI conversion in the state you reside in or you can contact your local insurance agent for help with the conversion process.
Most of the insurance companies that will allow you to convert your SGLI or FSGLI policy to an individual life insurance policy will request the following documents to process the conversion. You should have these documents ready in advance, especially if you are close to the 120 day cut-off.
To obtain your conversion notice, you can call the OSGL at 800-419-1473.
Are there Other Benefits with SGLI?
There are a couple of other benefits provided with the SGLI program that can be very beneficial.
Traumatic Injury Protection – This protection is not life insurance but rather disability insurance that pays a benefit to servicemembers in the event of a serious injury or loss of limb. The benefit available is up to $100,000 for an additional premium of only $1.00 each month.
Family Coverage (FSGLI) – Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance is available to servicemembers who are covered full-time under the SGLI program. The FSGLI allows the service member to cover his or her spouse for up to $100,000 for an additional premium and $10,000 for dependent children at no additional charge. The additional premium for spouse coverage is based on the spouse's age and amount of insurance you select.
This chart shows the rates by age group for spousal coverage.
A service member can elect to convert the spouse coverage under FSGLI with no insurability requirement but dependent child coverage cannot be converted.
Can I Buy Individual Life Insurance instead of Converting?
Since you will have free SGLI coverage for 120 days after leaving the service, you can take some time to decide which method would work best for you; Convert to VGLI, convert to an individual life policy, or start a new policy with a private life insurance company. In either case, you should consider shopping all three options to find out which will work best for you and your family. In many cases, you will likely discover that purchasing a new insurance policy will save you money, especially if you are in good health after leaving the service.
To find out more about the SGLI plan or to get a free and confidential quote if you are leaving the service, please call InsuranceQuotes 2Day at (800) 712-8519 during normal business hours or contact us through our website at your convenience.


Gastroflex Molds Made in France- BOURGEAT have created a range of patisserie products in response to the needs of catering professionals.
257921Gastroflex - pyramid: Pyramid - Sheet of 6 - 2 3/4 in. x w 2 3/4 in. x h 1 1/2 in.
257915Gastroflex - muffin: Muffin - Sheet of 6 - diameter 2 3/4 in. x h 1 1/2 in.
257914Gastroflex - mini muffin: Mini Muffin - Sheet of 15 diameter - 1 3/4 in. x h 1 3/16 in.
257901Gastroflex - mini half sphere: Mini Half Sphere - Sheet of 15 - diameter 1 3/4 in. x h 3/4 in.


Start planning your visit to air cargo Europe and transport logistic. Our trade fair catalog and the online exhibitor directory from air cargo Europe and transport logistic will give you a great overview of the trade fair.
Here you will find all information about travel and accommodations.


text:
Signal App Review
It may not come as a surprise to most of our readers but cell phone calls are in no way secure. If there's one thing that the NSA domestic spying has brought to light, it's that too many of our personal private calls can be easily intercepted. If the NSA is not spying on you, it could be your local police, or even an ingenious hacker with a portable cell tower. It matters not whether you need to share company secrets, do not want to part of the police surveillance state, or just want to talk privately to family and friends. This illustrates how important it is for you to have a way to communicate securely, both with text and voice. This is exactly why Whisper Systems was founded to provide secure text and voice communications for the masses.
Founded in 2010, Whisper Systems was a small security startup started by Moxie Marlinspike (not his real name) and Stuart Anderson. In May 2010 they released their first two mobile apps for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure. After they released these apps, Twitter took an interest in the new start-up and its two talented founders and in November 2011 they acquired both. Our review found that Twitter initially took the Whisper System apps offline but by July 2012 Twitter had re-released both apps under general public license version 3 (GPLv3).
After working for the Twitter security team for some time, Marlinspike left the company and in early 2013 founded the Open Whisper Systems project to create an open-source collaborative environment to work on providing private and secure communications for mobile users. The RedPhone and TextSecure apps for Android were its initial focus but in July 2013 Moxie announced that they were working on an app to make secure calls using the iPhone.
Open Whisper Systems is coming to iPhone!
Our review found that the first official release of Signal for iPhone was in late July of 2014. For the first time, iPhone users could enjoy the privacy and security that RedPhone users had when making phone calls. Additionally, calls made from RedPhone for Android were compatible with those sent from Signal for iPhone. This meant that RedPhone users could make secure, encrypted calls to Signal Users and vice-versa without incurring any long distance charges. At the same time, he also announced some other projects that Open Whisper Systems was also working on including integration of TextSecure into the newly released iPhone app. In his own words:
Signal will be a unified private voice and text communication platform for iPhone, Android, and the browser. Later this summer, Signal for iPhone will be expanded to support text communication compatible with TextSecure for Android. Shortly after, both TextSecure and RedPhone for Android will be combined into a unified Signal app on Android as well. Simultaneously, browser extension development is already under way.
In June 2014, Secure Messaging Scorecard, a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) gave the Signal for iPhone app from Open Whisper Systems 7 out of 7 checks. They received checks for being encrypted in transit, being encrypted so that the provider could not read it, providing a way to authenticate contacts' identities, having forward secrecy of past communications if the keys are stolen, having the code independently reviewed, documenting the security used by the Signal app, and being recently audited. The Signal for iOS app is free and fully open source under GPLv3. This means anyone is free to use, modify, and make improvements to the code.
Secure Communication with Signal for iOS
In March of 2015, Signal 2.0 was released with integrated support for TextSecure. At this time, Signal became an encrypted voice calling and instant messaging application for iOS with support for iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Finally iOS users could take full advantage of the features of both TextSecure and RedPhone in one application. Signal 2.0 is compatible with both RedPhone and TextSecure for Android. Not only can Signal for iOS users make secure, encrypted calls with RedPhone users, but also send end-to-end encrypted text, picture, group, and video messages to TextSecure users. This lets Signal users avoid long distance rates, as well as, SMS and MMS (Small Message Service) and (Multimedia Message Service) fees from their carrier. Our review of Signal 2.0 found that it blends private phone calls and private messaging into a single, frictionless interface on your iPhone or iPad. This lets you quickly organize all of your conversations using your inbox while at the same time archiving all of your communications (voice, text, pictures, and video).
Signal is easy to use because it uses your existing phone number and address book and requires no other passwords or PINs. It allows you to make private phone calls over the Internet to your friends and family anywhere in the world without long-distance charges. Phone calls between those with either Signal for IOS or RedPhone for Android are encrypted end-to-end with the keys being kept on the local devices. Consequently, the call cannot be seen even by the Open Whisper servers. Calls use push technology so you will always know when they arrive and they are always waiting for you even if your battery dies or you temporarily lose your connection.
Installing and registering the Signal app on your iOS device:
Step 1 – Download the Signal app from the iTunes app store and install it
Click to download and accept the Terms of Service by selecting "Accept."
The app will download and install automatically.
Step 2 – Configuration and initial setup
Register your phone – enter your phone number and click "verify this device"
You will receive an SMS message with 6 digit code to verify your registration
If no SMS is received, you can select to hear an automated 6 digit voice code.
To make a call using the application select the phone icon in the contact you want to call. Once the connection is made, both parties will see two words on the screen. You can use these to verify that the call is secured as they should be the same on both. That is all there is to making an end-to-end privately encrypted call using the Signal app as long as both parties run either RedPhone or Signal. Sending a text message is just as easy using the app, simply click on the contact you want to send the message to. If the recipient does not run the previously mentioned TextSecure, Android alternative OS CyanogenMod, or Signal, you will be asked if you would like to invite them via SMS, but you will not be allowed to complete your call or send a message to them from inside Signal. The below image illustrates a couple of screenshots for the Signal messenger app.
Our review found that Signal is optimized for speed. Open Whisper Systems has set up dozens of servers to handle the encrypted calls in more than 10 countries around the world to minimize call latency. Signal for iOS uses the state-of-the-art Axolotl protocol for its text messaging. Also, Signal uses the ZRTP protocol to setup an encrypted VoIP channel for voice calls and SRTP for call encryption using AES-128 in CBC mode. The ZRTP protocol was developed by Silent Circle co-founder Phil Zimmermann. Furthermore, since the keys are racheted and regenerated for each session, the messages benefit from both forward secrecy and future secrecy. This allows the app to maintain excellent performance without compromising its encryption strength while providing you with a seamless way to communicate, be it by voice or text.
Signal Review: Conclusion
Open Whisper Systems is a community volunteer and privately funded project that has grown out of the need for secure, encrypted, easy to use privacy apps for mobile devices. One of its current projects is Signal Private Messenger for iOS, a mobile app which allows its users to make secure, encrypted VoIP phone calls, send text messages, pictures, videos, or audio files using Wi-Fi or data over the Internet to other Signal users. It also gives them a secure, cross-platform tool that allows them to communicate with Android users who have either RedPhone or TextSecure installed, as well as, Android users of the alternative Android OS CyanogenMod. Using Signal on your iOS device will allow you to make secure, private calls to your friends or family, as well as, send encrypted messages to your business colleagues.
Both the phone calls you make and the multimedia messages you send will be end-to-end encrypted with keys only found on the local devices. This means that no one, not even the team at Open Whisper Systems can see your text or listen to your call. Once these app(s) are installed, they are integrated seamlessly with the device's (Android or iOS) regular dialer and contact list so that anyone can easily use them to take back their privacy when making phone calls or texting with friends and family. The security they present also makes them ideal for business users. All three apps are free and open-source under the general public license version 3 (GPLv3). Open Whisper Systems is currently working to develop a TextSecure browser extension. We recommend that you try the app(s) for yourself and recover the privacy you once had when texting or making a phone call.


University of Washington freshman Markelle Fultz did the expected, saying he is making himself eligible for the NBA draft, where he is expected to be among the top picks, perhaps No. 1 overall.
University of Washington freshman Markelle Fultz confirmed a foregone conclusion Friday when he announced he would enter the NBA draft. Fultz made first-team All-Pac-12 this season and led the conference in scoring at 23.3 points per game, the highest average for a single season in more than 20 years.
"The last three years of Markelle Fultz's basketball career have been nothing short of amazing," said Romar. "He has made one of the quickest improvements of any athlete I've seen in a long time. Markelle has decided to enter the draft and we totally support his decision.
In addition to his scoring average, Fultz averaged 5.9 assists and 5.7 rebounds while setting the UW freshman scoring record with 579 points. He is the first guard in 25 years to average 20-5-5 and is on the watch lists for numerous national awards ,including the Bob Cousy Award, Naismith Trophy, John R. Wooden Award and the Waymon Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award.
According to many mock drafts, Fultz is a strong candidate to be selected No. 1 overall by the Boston Celtics.
Duh, this is news? What would be news is to find out he knows where Red Square is….
What? Whoah, nobody saw that coming!
You didn't think he wanted another year with Kingma?
First the NBA swipes our team, then they ruin the local men's college BB program. And we are supposed to grovel for the return of their Pro Wrestling-like product…. Why?