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'Foiled Murder Plot' Raises Eyebrows Among Putin Critics
Russian Channel 1 shows a man identified as Adam Osmayev, one of those suspected of conspiring to kill Vladimir Putin.
Russian media are abuzz with reports that secret services have foiled a plan to murder Vladimir Putin. The timing, however, is raising eyebrows.
News of the plot, reported on February 27 by Russia's Channel 1 state television, comes just six days before a presidential election that's expected to sweep Putin back into the Kremlin after a four-year stint as prime minister.
Many Russians have reacted with suspicion, suggesting on social media that the thwarted plot was fabricated and timed to attract sympathy for Putin before the election.
"A good PR move for the country's main thief. Now all the grandmothers will react, they love victims," writes one poster on the Russian blogging platform LiveJournal.
"Strange that the attack wasn't plotted in London, jointly by [North Caucasus insurgent commander Doku] Umarov, the resuscitated [Al-Qaeda head Osama] bin Laden, and Martians," quips another. "The ratings must be really low."
Analysts say the revelations of the alleged plot could be aimed at deflecting attention from the growing street protests against Putin in recent weeks.
Fuelling suspicion about the timing is the fact that authorities say the two suspects shown on Russian television were arrested weeks ago.
"Although nothing can be ruled out nowadays, it's perfectly clear that this thwarted plot comes at a crucial time in Putin's election campaign," says defense analyst Aleksandr Golts.
Adam Osmayev walks under escort of masked agents of the Ukrainian Security Service in Odesa.
"Before this news was announced, many analysts said his campaign must receive new impetus in order to show how important Putin is for the country and how much Russia's enemies hate him."
The Channel 1 report said Ukrainian and Russian security services detained the first plotter in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa after he was wounded in a January 4 explosion at an apartment in the city that also killed another alleged plotter.
Ukrainian Security Service's counterintelligence agency, confirming the report, said the second man was arrested on February 4 after initially escaping.
The men were reportedly working for a group seeking to establish an Islamic state in Russia's North Caucasus.
Chechen Allegations
This is not the first reported attempt on Putin's life during an election period -- a similar assassination attempt was allegedly foiled on the day of Russia's last presidential poll in March 2008.
In fact, the Odesa plot is the latest in a string of alleged attempts to assassinate Putin since he became president 12 years ago.
Authorities blamed nearly all of them on Chechen separatists, which Russia has fought in two brutal wars following the Soviet collapse -- the second of which launched in 1999 by Putin, who was then serving as Boris Yeltsin's prime minister in 1999.
Putin's critics also accuse the Russian authorities of orchestrating a series of apartment-building bombings on the eve of the 2000 presidential election that propelled Putin to power.
The Kremlin accuses Chechen rebels of blowing up the buildings.
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A few days before Christmas I stumbled across a chrome Pentax SL body on eBay for $ 8.40 plus $15.00 shipping from Japan total of $23.40 (eBay item # 123540212897). Even though I already have two SL bodies I bought it.
The finder was filthy, had some fungus in it and a murky black horizontal line through it when you looked through it. Otherwise it was clean. I figured if the finder couldn't be fixed I'd still have a cheap parts body.
The body arrived promptly and I was happy with it. Re-packed it and sent it to Eric for a CLA. Eric replaced the prism, replaced the seals, and serviced the shutter. Total cost including shiping shipping was $107. It cost me $12 to mail it to Eric so total cost came to $142.40. Not bad at all.
That may seem high but it is in like new shape & will last me for at least 10 years so I'm happy and I save one from the trash bin. The SL has no light meter and is a pure mechanical camera.
I now have 3 SL bodies.
The black one I bought out of a pawn shop in Texas way back in 1978. Its had hundreds of rolls of film through it. It sports a Nikon P Apollo screen, Leica screw-over cable release, Pentax LX lower strap lugs, and Ritz Camera "Ruggedized" skin covering. While I was on active duty it took a 200 foot fall in a rucksack that broke free during a parachute jump. Didn't bother it in the least.
The Pentax SL is my favorite m42 body. I am planning on putting another Nikon P screen in it.
What does that Nikon screen look like and is it easy to swap?
The Nikon P screen was designed for the Nikon F that was supposed to have been used on the Apollo space missions. When the F2 came out, Nikon updated the F with a plastic tip advance lever. The P screen was introduced at this time so it's been known as the Apollo screen. Space use or not, it's a nice screen to use here on Earth .
The P screen has a central 45 degree split image rangefinder, surrounded by a micro-prism spot, surrounded by a larger matte field, with vertical and horizontal cross hairs through the center from edge to edge. I used them a lot back in the day with my Nikon F & F2 cameras. Kinda hard to find now a days & $$$.
When Pentax started offering service-center only replacement screens for the Spotmatics they used (drum roll................... !) Nikon screens! The repairman who installed the P screen into my SL around 1987ish had worked for Honeywell for 20 years servicing Pentax cameras then went out on his own. He told me he had installed hundreds of them over the years. He said that they dropped right in. At that time I had around 12 Spotmatics, two with motor drives that he fixed. He install an all matt Type D and a grid Type E in two other Spotmactics of mine when I had him CLA the bodies. I'm sorry I sold off those bodies - should have kept them.
The E grid screen is easier to find and I'm thinking of doing one the chrome SL bodies with one.
I've never tried to swap ot the screen although I have pulled a couple of Spotmatic tops. I'd leave it to a pro.
I bought a F2 ~6 months ago, and it had the P screen installed, and it's my favorite screen on any of my cameras. F2 screens have a frame around the outside, so I wonder if that's removed?
Yes, it comes out of the frame.


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W jej skład wchodzą dwie części gminy: Stüdenitz i Schönermark.

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Q: WooCommerce Cart Quantity Base Discount In WooCommerce, how do I set a cart discount based on the total number of items in the cart?
For example:

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*1 to 4 items - no discount

*5 to 10 items - 5%

*11 to 15 items - 10%

*16 to 20 items - 15%

*21 to 25 items - 20%

*26 to 30 items - 25%

I've search internet but not found any solution or plugins available.
Thanks.

A: You can use a negative cart fee to get a discount. Then you will add your conditions & calculations to a acustom function hooked in woocommerce_cart_calculate_fees action hook, this way:
## Tested and works on WooCommerce 2.6.x and 3.0+
add_action( 'woocommerce_cart_calculate_fees','wc_cart_quantity_discount', 10, 1 );
function wc_cart_quantity_discount( $cart_object ) {
    if ( is_admin() && ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) )
        return;

    ## -------------- DEFINIG VARIABLES ------------- ##
    $discount = 0;
    $cart_item_count = $cart_object->get_cart_contents_count();
    $cart_total_excl_tax = $cart_object->subtotal_ex_tax;

    ## ----------- CONDITIONAL PERCENTAGE ----------- ##
    if( $cart_item_count <= 4 )
        $percent = 0;
    elseif( $cart_item_count >= 5 && $cart_item_count <= 10 )
        $percent = 5;
    elseif( $cart_item_count > 10 && $cart_item_count <= 15 )
        $percent = 10;
    elseif( $cart_item_count > 15 && $cart_item_count <= 20 )
        $percent = 15;
    elseif( $cart_item_count > 20 && $cart_item_count <= 25 )
        $percent = 20;
    elseif( $cart_item_count > 25 )
        $percent = 25;

    ## ------------------ CALCULATION ---------------- ##
    $discount -= ($cart_total_excl_tax / 100) * $percent;

    ## ----  APPLYING CALCULATED DISCOUNT TAXABLE ---- ##
    if( $percent > 0 )
        $cart_object->add_fee( __( "Quantity discount $percent%", "woocommerce" ), $discount, true);
}

Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or theme) or also in any plugin file.
Tested and works on WooCommerce 2.6.x and 3.0+

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My friend Julie and I are addicted to granola. Too bad all the store brands are made with crap. I set off to create a better-for-us-granola. I concocted this from the combo of several other granola recipes before me, the result was delish. Now that I have the hang of it…I have lots of flavor combos in mind. Stay tuned.
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Now prepare yourself…this next part is very complicated…combine all items in a bowl and stir.
Pour out granola onto a baking sheet with sides and bake for about an hour, stirring every 10 minutes, checking that the granola is crisping, not burning. Remove, let cool totally and enjoy.
This recipe makes 3 1/2 C of granola with each 1/2 C serving costing you 337 well-worth-it calories.
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Download the Lyrics and Chords
Rock and Roll (E7)(WORD) (36.7 KB)
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YOU CAN PLAY IN THE SAME KEY AS THE RECORDING IN GCEA TUNING USING THE (A7) SONGSHEET! For BUG night, we'll likely use the (E7) songsheet. Instrumentals have been shortened
"Rock and Roll" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track from the band's fourth album in 1971. The song includes a guest appearance by the Rolling Stones pianist Ian Stewart. In 1972 Robert Christgau called it "simply the most dynamic hard-rock song in the music." "Rock and Roll" was a key component of the band's setlist at Led Zeppelin concerts from 1971 on. Initially, Plant referred to it on stage as "It's Been A Long Time", which is the first line of the song. In 1972 it was elevated to the opening number of all concert performances and it retained this status until 1975. For the band's 1977 North American tour, it became part of a medley encore with "Whole Lotta Love", and during 1979 and 1980 it became an encore in its own right.
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Luke Parsnow is a senior at the State University of New York at Oswego with a dual major in Journalism and Creative Writing and minor in History, with a concentration in American History. He is the news editor of his campus newspaper, web editor of his campus television station, a web content writer for the Office of Public Affairs, and has interned at a newspaper and magazine. He is also a traveling multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter who plays with two bluegrass bands at venues throughout the Eastern Seaboard. Besides writing and music, Luke enjoys reading, politics, watching documentaries, camping, hiking, traveling, 1960s TV shows, and keeping up on the latest news on politics, business, and environmental and social issues.
When you walk into a college classroom on the first day of any given semester, there's going to be one thing you're thinking about more than where to sit, the books you had to buy, or how much work you'll have to do. You'll be thinking about the professor—how they will teach, how hard they will grade assignments, and what kind of character they will be.
Half way through my final year of college, I've had quite the armada of professors. Some were tough graders, some weren't, some were extremely interesting, and some were awkward. But whoever they were, one thing was always certain—I learned something from every one of them.
Professors make the class. From the number of classes I've taken, I can honestly say that even if the class is a subject I don't particularly care for, if the professor is clear, active, and passionate, it will make me be too.
My first semester, I was taking a class called "Introduction to Information Sciences," a class about the construction and evolution of computers and growth of the Internet. The details of a computer's interior like its memory capacity, circuit patterns, and how it displays objects on a screen might be riveting to a computer or information science student. To me, a creative writing major straight out of high school, it's not the first thing I would be running to class for.
The professor turned out to be lively and helpful to anyone who needed it. She taught well, and that meant the material was interesting to me. I remembered this concept and it carried into every other professor I've had since then.
I've figured out that if you walk out of a class on the last day unchanged from the first day, you're not only wasting your time and money, but you're also not seeing the bigger picture. A professor's job is not solely to teach you the material, but to make that material mean something, to apply it to your real life. That is what I have been able to do.
I've gone beyond that though. I've let my professors know that they have done their job adequately. When a certain professor has moved me in any given way, I will usually send them an email or write them a letter when the class is complete, reflecting on what I've gained from them and what they did that made a difference.
Once you realize what a professor does, you will go back to them. I still go see and visit with past professors, even though I've been out of their class for two years. I talk about college, life after college, or just what's going on in my life that particular day. And they listen each time.
Despite that you may think they are out to get you, they truly care about your work and want you to do well. They aren't just standing in front of you, babbling on about Ancient Mesopotamia or warm and cold fronts just for the heck of it. They will be your biggest assets in college and in some cases, may seem more like a professional friend, then merely an educator. They can help determine your future. They make a living teaching you what you need to know to make a living, after all.


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What do I do now?
A young ESPN employee sent me this essay earlier today, a few hours after he learned of Grantland's demise. He asked that I run it without using his name …
At the risk of exposing my own naiveté, the last few weeks as a low-level ESPN employee have been eye-opening. Some of that opening has been done willingly; some of it has been like wrenching my lids apart with a floor jack.
Last week I saw the news of the layoffs. Four percent of the company's workforce in one fell swoop is gone. 60 days' notice and a severance package, that's what you get for years of service at a giant news agency, it's a cold world but it is the world we chose. The pep talk from my boss about the fact that ESPN will be fine despite the tough week in Bristol is what I expected. What I worry about is the future of this company which so often sets the trend for the future of this industry. Specifically, I worry about how it directly impacts my own road. ESPN's going to be here for eons; of this I have no doubt. Where is my place in this company, and what may that look like next year? If there is no linear plan of progression for me professionally, what will I do?
Grantland, the Undefeated and FiveThirtyEight are outlets that give me hope. One is dead, the other reverted from a troubled toddler-like state to the embryonic stage. The third is waiting for next year's election to prove it's even worth a damn. I didn't have the specific goal of working for one of the affinity sites when I started here, but they do create space to do special things under the big tent of ESPN whether it be .com, the magazine or even TV. They create this space by just playing by their own rules and doing things this industry and this company don't often do. Grantland specifically "gave [this] place more of a soul" as Toronto Star sports columnist Bruce Arthur so perfectly put it.
I think the devil is in this detail: I just don't know what room nuance, thought-provoking analysis and everything else Grantland excelled at has in the sports media landscape in 2015.
The tweets about "ESPN saves First Take but shutters Grantland" strike me as missing the point. At face value, Grantland's demise was more unfortunate fallout from the Bill Simmons fiasco. It came partly because of mismanagement in the time between Simmons' departure and now and partly because there wasn't a clear direction for the site without its founder. So instead of dangling its employees of a career lava pit the higher-ups made a move. It wasn't like they sat in a boardroom and had to pick one over the other.
The careers Grantland incubated are incredible and thanks to the platform I hope, pray and believe those folks will get work elsewhere whether that's in Bristol or not. I don't write that to be dismissive, in fact I hope one day I'm thanking some of them in person for continuing to create a margin for me to step in and grow both personally and professionally. As for Bristol, this is a move that sucks but this is a move that is par for the course for this industry. It is an industry that takes its cues from what people want. Your Twitter feed, the one you culled carefully with people you wanted to listen to create a stream of likeminded individuals that appeal to you loved Grantland. My friend who I was at lunch with when I read about the news had no earthly idea the site even existed.
Disney is telling ESPN to make budget cuts and they are. But First Take pays the bills because First Take panders to the majority that does not value nuance as much as it values piping hot takes. I hope that there is room at ESPN's table for both hot takes and nuance. Hot takes make the money and should create the space for things like Grantland to flourish. But today Grantland effectively ended, so what do I do? What does this mean for me?
I want to cover a certain sport in this country in a way that isn't like the mainstream. Most of the way sports are covered are banal, over reactionary and played out. When you try to be out of the box it doesn't sell, so what do I do with the path I want to take leads to a dead end?
What I should do: Stay the course, enjoy that I have an incredibly well-paying job for someone at my age and worry about tomorrow when it comes and to focus on my job at hand.
What I will do: Who knows?
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Chapter 2185: Forefather Evilshadow
Everyone from the Ninesuns Sky Sect departed as per Jiang Chen's orders, except for the sect head. They didn't stop until they were at least three thousand miles away from the northern territory.
No one dared disobey Jiang Chen. This was no game. They were up against a demon, and not any regular demon, if the young lord's solemn expression was anything to go by.
"Stay hidden, Brother Xia. The four sacred beasts will take one of each cardinal direction. I'll search for our target."
There was almost universal curiosity on just how Jiang Chen would do that.
Xia Tianze, though, knew that the Great Veluriyam Torch in Jiang Chen's possession could lock in on any demon with its radiance.
More importantly, the light could cover a large area - more than a thousand miles of radius at its full potential. Although Jiang Chen hadn't completely refined the torch, he could still reach about a hundred miles of radius.
In other words, he'd be able to search through the region thrice in half a month.
Jiang Chen hid the torch within his forehead, blending it with his God's Eye and Evil Golden Eye.
On the outside, it seemed as if he was using an eye technique. What technique was so powerful that it could reach such a distance? And the light was so stunning and magnificent to boot!
A day went by with no results.
Then another day. Still nothing.
"Are you enjoying your fruitless search?" mocked Jadeface. "When you return, Jiang Chen, you'll be lucky if there are any bodies left for you to bury. If my forefather was in a bad mood, there will be nothing left of your loved ones after he's done with them."
Unfazed, Jiang Chen abruptly opened his eyes and stared at Jadeface, chuckling darkly.
"I hear that wood demons have a method of torture named the 'Myriad Heart-Devouring Fiends'. Have you experienced it before? I know a technique that's very similar. Since you're so bored, why don't I try it on you?"
Jadeface's face fell. That was one of the top three painful demonic tortures. His expression crumbled when Jiang Chen rose to his feet.
Jiang Chen laughed heartily, then suddenly dashed out the door as if he'd sensed something. "Everyone, ready yourselves for combat!"
His order filled everyone with anticipation. Had Jiang Chen finally located Forefather Evilshadow?
Above a valley near the Heavenly Dragon Sect, Jiang Chen spoke to the eight Primordial Stone Golem brothers. "Alright you all, level the mountains on each side of the valley."
After joining Jiang Chen, the eight stone golems had made substantial progress. They'd long considered him their master. They sprung to action as soon as the young lord gave the order.
The eight of them combined made quick work of the mountains. The valley gradually and steadily opened up to them.
Jiang Chen smiled lazily. "Tell Jadeface to come over and enjoy the view."
Jadeface watched from a distance, his expression desperate. He didn't know how Jiang Chen had been able to find so obscure a hideout.
Seeing the stones roll away from the valley, he knew the seal would be exposed sooner or later.
"Forefather, Forefather, I didn't betray you!" he exclaimed. "The human leader is too powerful. This subordinate..."
The four sacred beasts took to the sky and circled the entire area.
From under the valley came a wave of tremendous tremendously. The lands around seemed to shake as well.
A hoarse voice carried forth, "What is going on, Jadeface?"
It sounded oblivious to the happenings in the outside world.
There was nothing Jadeface could do but to call out warnings. "You must be careful, Forefather. The leader of the human race has come to attack you with a large group of divine cultivators and sacred beasts."
"How did they find this place?" raged the hoarse voice. "Did you sell this seat out?!"
"No, Forefather, this subordinate didn't sell you out. The human leader isn't like a human at all. He… he..." Jadeface fell into despair when he realized he had no words to defend himself.
"Useless! You're all useless! Where are Serratewind and the other imbeciles?"
He couldn't be more furious knowing that human cultivators had arrived on his doorstep. He was so close to breaking free of the seal, yet trouble had come knocking at this critical time.
Like Forefather Stonefiend, Evilshadow didn't think much of the humans either. His pride was equally unfounded. He might've been entitled to such arrogance once he returned to his peak after regaining his freedom, but not when he was trapped in the seal like a sitting duck.
"Haha, I took them out long ago, Forefather Evilshadow. Your one surviving subordinate very kindly led us to your location. I really should thank him. Ah, but the gods are merciful. We humans have always been kind. We'll allow you two shadow demons a final meeting before your deaths."
With a wave of his hand, Jiang Chen threw Jadeface right into Evilshadow's seal.
"Please let me explain, Forefather," begged the lesser demon. "The humans are trying to drive a wedge between us."
Evilshadow snorted. "Oh? The fact that you're still alive proves to me you're not loyal enough. Otherwise, why have you survived while Serratewind and the others are all dead?"
Demons couldn't be reasoned with. They had their own logic, and they never listened.
Evilshadow didn't even hesitate before absorbing Jadeface.
He was so close to breaking the seal. Jadeface's energy could be of some help. He cast his consciousness outside and glanced at Jiang Chen, who was hovering in the sky.
"How low has the human race fallen? Why is a boy yet to be weaned off his mother's milk issuing orders? Has your race completely run out of talent?" Evilshadow hadn't realized how serious a situation he was in.
Jiang Chen smirked. He so loved being underestimated.
As he'd said to Serratewind last time, the more his enemy underestimated him, the better. That made them reckless. He wasn't used to being treated as a serious threat by demons.
"This seat is about to break free, boy. Fate has brought you appetizers here for me to consume!" Evilshadow growled and tapped into all of his demonic energy. He was going to rip through the last restraints of the seal!
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Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 888: Mistake


Welcome to the Northern Territory. This is home to the iconic landscapes people imagine when they refer to Australia as a Sunburnt Country. Vast areas of red outback that stretch forever, refreshing plunge pools fed by thundering waterfalls and the palpable presence of the oldest continuing culture in the world. For visitors to this part of Australia, there is an array of things to do and places to visit to experience some of the most spectacular scenery the country has to offer.
There are two places to visit on everyone's list when they come to the Northern Territory – Uluru and Kakadu. Uluru is an icon of Australia, and up there with the Great Barrier Reef and Sydney Opera House on the list of must do's while in the country. Uluru, along with nearby Kata Tjuta, have huge cultural significance to local indigenous population. When you visit, the two most popular things to do are enjoy a walk around the base, and watch in awe as the colours change at sunset.
Further north, Darwin is your gateway to World Heritage Listed Kakadu National Park. We have day tours to the area that will give you a taste of what is on offer in this spectacular environment, rich with native flora and fauna. But with so many places to visit, to truly appreciate the wonder and beauty of Kakadu you need to join one of the multiday tours. Our multi-day tours will take you to explore some of the Northern Territory's most famous attractions, including Twin Falls, Nourlangie Rock Art and Gunlom Falls. Another place to visit in the Northern Territory is Litchfield National Park, a lesser known, but equally impressive area of waterfalls and picturesque scenery.
For nature lovers there is a plethora of things to do in the Northern Territory. Crocodiles are one of the Northern Territory's most famous residents, and if you want to see them in the wild, a Jumping Crocodile Cruise from Darwin will take you to see this popular attraction. One of the best things to do in the Northern Territory is take a refreshing dip in one of the many plunge pools of the area, and splash about as the waters cascade over you from above. There are also plenty of walks to go on, allowing you to immerse yourself in the unique environment of the Top End.
Those who spend some time in the Red Centre will find heaps of things to do beyond the famous Uluru. A walk through Kata Tjuta will leave you in awe of this fascinating attraction, while a visit to the Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre will give you a deeper understanding of the cultural importance of the region to the local indigenous population. If you take the tour from Darwin – Alice Springs (or the other way round), the best thing to do is stop off at the Mataranka Hot Springs.


Wow! Thats amazing congratulations! How long youve waited for NOA2?thanks! Great help!
On section 38a to 38h ,Just wondering if its necessary to fill up that one, because its says there "if youre fiance is currently in the u.s. before filing the k1 visa"? But in the uscis.gov website their intruction there is stating "provide the date of your beneficiarys most recent entry in the U.S." What do u think guys its really confusing. Hope you can yelp me with this. Thanks.
Anyone out there know if on the I29F form 38a-38h is it necessary to fill out this section if my fiance was in the US before I file the I29F.


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Eigenratios of Self-Interpreters
A place for me to publish the results of some experiments with self-interpreters (aka meta-circular interpreters). A self-interpreter is a computer program expressed in a particular programming language, which is able to interpret other programs in the same language. In particular a self-interpreter can (usually) interpret another instance of itself, and that instance can interpret another, ad infinitum! It is precisely this kind of "stack of self-interpreters" that this blog is about!
The Mark II OISC Self-Interpreter
It's been a while since my first post about a self-interpreter for a "subtract-and-branch-unless-positive" based OISC, and my early attempts to work out the corresponding matrix for that interpreter.
Back then I had manually generated a 2 X 2 matrix for that self-interpreter, although I knew this was only an approximation. For one thing I'd ignored the fact that the number of instructions executed by the interpreter when interpreting a "halt" (i.e. when jumping to a negative address) was different from the other cases.
When I finished my last post I thought that an 8 x 8 version matrix instead would produce "exact" results. So I tried to find that matrix, going through my usual pattern of taking shortcuts, making mistakes, repeating those mistakes, confusing myself, and generally doing everything the hard way, but still slowly making progress! Along the way I also realised that there were some straightforward improvements that could be made to that first version interpreter, and so I made those changes. Therefore this post is based on the improved version and its corresponding matrix rather than the original. After all, this whole thing started with me wondering about the lowest possible eigenratios, and as the updated OISC self-interpreter turns out to have an eigenratio of 34.159614... rather than 39.06.... it seemed more appropriate to use that. Hmmm... for just a moment there I thought the new eigenratio was exactly 10 times pi!
Here's my source code for the improved self-interpreter:
# Self interpreter for OISC ("One Instruction Set Computer") using "subleq".
# This uses "subleq" as the "one instruction" where A, B and C are memory
# addresses, and in the explanations and comments [A] means the integer value
# stored at address A. Memory is a zero based array of integers of some
# suitable "width". Signed 32 bit values are perfectly adequate.
# A single "subleq" instruction written like this
#    subleq A B C
# and is stored in memory as three addresses A B and C in consecutive
# locations. The following pseudocode describes what happens when one
# instruction is executed.
#    [B] = [B] - [A]
#    if [B] <= 0 goto C
# Note that value of C is taken to be the value before the subtraction.
# Omitting the C operand (i.e. writing just "subleq A B") is understood to be
# shorthand for specifying C as the address of the next instruction. When the
# program starts running, the program counter is 0. It halts when a branch
# to a negative address happens.
# This self-interpreter expects the program that it should run to appear
# directly after its own code/data in memory.
# Written by Clive Gifford, 29/30 August 2006 based on the Wikipedia
# description of a OISC using the "subleq" instruction.
# 3 Sep 2006: did some "constant folding", removing a few instructions.
# 8 Sep 2006, a few more changes resulting in smaller memory footprint.
# [A1] = [PC]
subleq A1   A1
subleq PC   ZERO
subleq ZERO A1
subleq ZERO ZERO
# Code below (after modification from above) is equivalent to [A] = [[PC]]
subleq A    A
A1:    data   0
data   ZERO
data   A2
A2:    subleq ZERO A
# [A] = [A] + [LEN]
subleq NEGL A
# [PC] = [PC] + 1
subleq NEG1 PC
# [B1] = [PC]
subleq B1   B1
subleq ZERO B1
# Code below (after modification from above) is equivalent to [B] = [[PC] + 1]
subleq B    B
B1:    data   0
data   B2
B2:    subleq ZERO B
# [B] = [B] + [LEN]
subleq NEGL B
# We have to copy [C] now, just in case the emulated subtraction modifies [[PC] + 2].
subleq NEG1  PC
# [C1] = [PC]
subleq C1    C1
subleq PC    ZERO
subleq ZERO  C1
subleq ZERO  ZERO
# Code below (after modification from above) is equivalent to [C] = [[PC] + 2]
subleq C    C
C1:    data   0
data   C2
C2:    subleq ZERO C
# [[B]] = [[B]] - [[A]];
# if [[B]] <= 0 goto LEQZ
# Earlier code referring to addresses A and B has modified the next
# couple of words to create the equivalent of "subleq [A] [B] LEQZ"
# This is where we're "emulating" the subtraction...
A:     data   0
B:     data   0
data   LEQZ
# [PC] += 1
subleq ZERO  ZERO START
# We come to address LEQZ when the emulated subleq is going to take
# the branch to the emulated address C.
LEQZ:
# First save the "raw" new PC
# [PC] = [C]
subleq PC    PC
subleq C     ZERO
subleq ZERO  PC
# Check if [C] is less than zero. Halt if it is.
# We don't care about changing [C] as we've already copied the value to [PC] above.
subleq NEG1  C     -1
# [PC] = [PC] + [LEN]
subleq NEGL  PC
# Go back to the start of the loop ready for the next instruction
subleq ZERO  ZERO  START
NEGL:  data  -119   # make this == -PROG (my assembler is too primitive!)
NEG1:  data  -1
ZERO:  data   0
C:     data   0
PC:    data   PROG
# Code for the program to be interpreted must start at the PROG address...
PROG:
That is "assembled" into the following values in memory:
15  15   3
118 116   6
116  15   9
116 116  12
0 116  18
116  84  21
0   0  93
115 117  -1
Here's the full matrix for this self-interpreter:
|  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 |
|  8 10  9  8 10  9 10 11 11  9 11 10 10 11 11  9 11 10 11 12 12 10 12 11 |
| 26 24 24 26 24 24 20 19 19 25 23 23 20 19 19 25 23 23 19 18 18 24 22 22 |
This is a 24 x 24 matrix. The first 18 rows are all zeroes because those rows correspond to "variations" of the subleq "instruction" that aren't used at all in the interpreter itself. Therefore you can get the correct eigneratio by considering only the lower right 6 x 6 sub-matrix. In fact this smaller matrix was the first one that I found that also had a dominant eigenvalue matching the observed eigenration for the interpreter. It was only afterwards that I realised further variations had to be included in order to be able to use the matrix to calculate the exact number of instructions executed for arbitrarily tall towers of this self-interpreter.
Consider a single "subleq" instruction, "subleq A B C", where A B and C are addresses, and [A] represents the value stored in the memory at address A, etc. Then the rows and columns in the above matrix correspond to combinations of the following variations:
A == 0 versus A > 0
B == 0 versus B > 0
[A] < [B] versus [A] >= [B]
C == 0 versus C > 0 versus C < 0
The first 12 rows/columns for for variations where 'A == 0'. The second 12 are for when 'A > 0'. Within each of these blocks the first six are for when 'B == 0' and the second six are for when 'B > 0'. Within each of the six by six blocks, the first three rows/columns cover cases where '[A] < [B]' (meaning the branch is not taken) and the second three cover cases where '[A] >= [B]' (the branch will be taken). And finally, within each three by three block that have drilled down to, the first is for when 'C == 0', the second for when 'C > 0', and the third for when 'C < 0' (execution will stop if the branch is taken).
Within each pass through the main loop of the interpreter, each instruction executed can itself branch (even if only to the next instruction) or not (just fall through). To fill in the matrix we need to be able to predict which "variation" applies to each instruction in the interpreter. Doing this manually is tedious and error prone (as I discovered!) so I eventually ended up writing some Python tools to help me. These first helped identify which "variations" in the "input" instruction - the one being emulated - actually affected whether each individual instruction in the interpreter would branch or not, and then once those had been identified I used another tool to generate the matrix by emulating a single pass through the self-interpreter's main loop (it is just one big loop) for each such "variation" that could be emulated, counting the number of times each "variation" was executed, and thus populating the matrix.
Okay. I think I've just about had enough of OISC machines for a while. But while playing with OISC I've had some thoughts about how these "variations" can be generalised and how we might also be able to apply the idea of eigeratios to high level languages. Might try to describe that next time. Although I'd also like to see what kind of eigenratio a Universal Turing Machine might have...
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Much like the main documentation, we'll start with an introduction of
web routing as a fundamental concept and a brief practical
history. Then we'll cover Clastic's approach, highlighting its
simplicity and calling attention to a couple subtleties and powerful
features.

## What is web routing?

In short, an application's routing is the process by which an HTTP
request reaches the logic necessary to fulfill that request. Web
routing is designing predictable systems for configuring and
controlling that process. In this way, web routing is the field of
designing the APIs of web sites, as seen by users and programmatic
clients alike.

## Web routing: A brief history

Routing may seem a small component of a web site or framework, but the
degree of variation between approaches demonstrates just how critical
and confusing a topic it can be. The biggest reason for the diversity
of routing approaches is the power of HTTP. Theoretically speaking, a
framework can route based on any of several dozen HTTP parameters,
including:

* URL path - the first and most common
* Method - GET/HEAD/POST/etc., for the well-RESTed
* Headers - some commonly routed headers include:
  * Accept - based on the mimetype of the requested resource
  * Accept-Language - based on the language of the client
  * Host - the address part of the URL, used for subdomain routing
  * Cookies - and other client-identifying session information
  * User-Agent - trudging through the ever-changing thicket of browsers and clients
  * X-Forwarded-For - de-facto way to handle proxies
* Scheme - such as HTTP or HTTPS

And among these there are subvariations, as well. An important one is
the difference in basic URL routing. One might notice that URL paths,
the part after the address, from the first slash to the end (or first
"?" or "#"), look a lot like directories. Traditionally, URL paths
were treated as directory trees, with leaf nodes being HTML files or
other resources, and the containing directories displaying an index
listing the contents of the directory.

In the last decade or so, however, with the rise of web frameworks,
more and more routing has been done with pattern matching. Regular
expressions on the path and other predicate logic created the "Route"
as a new primitive in web programming, along with the disjoint and
discontinuous site tree. Now, "/item/123" could return a 200 and a
page, while "/item/" returned a 404. By traditional methods, one would
see a landing page, an index of items, or at least a 403 Forbidden on
viewing the index.

## Clastic Web Routing

Clastic's routing system falls under the more modern, predicate-based
routing, and is notable for its simplicity, semantics, and
power. Here's a rundown of Clastic routing features:

1. By default, supports routing based on URL path and HTTP method
2. Route patterns defined with a regex-like syntax to minimize errors
3. Configurable "trailing-slash" behavior (see section below)
4. No automatic reordering of routes (unlike werkzeug)
5. Pluggable error system
6. Middlewares and endpoint functions can participate in routing
7. Deterministic SubApplication embedding

### Route ordering

Web routing in some web frameworks, such as Flask/werkzeug, involves
automatic reordering of an application's routes. Because frequently
this cannot be done unambigiously, reordering is the cause of many
unexpected issues for application developers. In the interest of
predictability and developer control, Clastic keeps Routes in exactly
the order they are passed in.

### Route pattern syntax and definitions

The Route pattern is some string-matching predicate, matched against
the URL Path (the part from the first slash to the end of the URL, or
the first "?" or "#"). Some modern web frameworks, such as Django,
allow patterns to be defined with raw regexes, but this invites errors
to the party. URL paths are not your average strings, and certain
invariants can be enforced to ensure smooth development.

In Clastic, Route patterns are defined with a regex-like syntax that
embraces the semantics of the URL path. Route patterns must begin with
a "/", just like URL paths. Trailing slashes in the pattern denote
whether a route is a branch or leaf (see section on trailing slashes
below). Within the pattern, slashes also have semantic meaning,
delimiting the "segments" of the URL. Segments can be static, such as
"/api/", or dynamically parsed into a value, such as "/<operation>/".

Dynamic segments can be single or multi, and a limited degree of
builtin type matching/parsing is also available. Here are some example
patterns to demonstrate:

1. "/api/<operation>/<args*>"
2. "/add/<numbers*int>"
3. "/delete/<entries+unicode>"
4. "/location/update/<lat:float>/<long:float>"

Some notes:

1. `unicode` is the default type for dynamic path arguments. When type
   is not specified, as with `operation` in example #1, that argument
   will be parsed and injected as unicode.

2. With multisegment arguments, `+` means "one or more" and `*` means
   "zero or more", much like with regular expressions.

3. Multisegment arguments such as `args`, `numbers`, and `entries`, in
   #1, #2, and #3, respectively, will all get those arguments injected as
   lists, with items in the list preparsed into the specified type. If an
   argument fails to parse into the specified type, the route is simply
   not matched.

### HTTP method routing

Clastic also supports routing based on HTTP method. This is done by
either setting the accepted methods on a route or using one of the
convenience classes. This example adds two functionally equivalent
routes to the same application:

  from clastic import Application, Route, GET

  first = GET("/api/find_record", find_record)
  second = Route("/api/find_record", find_record, methods=["GET"])

  app = Application([first, second])

If the path for a given request matches one or more routes' patterns,
but not the accepted HTTP methods, Clastic automatically returns a 405
"Method Not Allowed" HTTP response. This behavior is configurable by
setting an application's RoutingErrorHandler.

### The trailing slash

A single character makes all the difference in a URL. Historically, in
traditional, directory-tree style routing, a trailing slash was often
ignored; a directory is a directory and regardless of slashes, an
index page would be displayed.

Two patterns:

  * "/this/leaf"
  * "/that/branch/"

Based on the presence or absence of the trailing slash, the first
looks like a leaf resource, and the second looks like a branch. Now,
there are four possibilities for clients:

  * "/this/leaf"
  * "/that/branch/"
  * "/this/leaf/"
  * "/that/branch"

The first two exactly match a pattern, and provided everything goes
well in the endpoint, automatically get a 200 response. The second two
access a leaf like a branch and a branch like a leaf,
respectively. Based on the configured slash behavior, the following
can happen:

  * `S_STRICT`, strict slash behavior, returns a 404
  * `S_REWRITE`, internal rewrite behavior, disregards trailing slashes
  * `S_REDIRECT`, redirect response behavior, returns a 30x to the
    correct URL, and is the default

When writing new web applications, `S_REDIRECT` is really the only
option to consider, as it greatly eases writing HTML and manual entry
of addresses. `S_STRICT` may be useful for web APIs and `S_REWRITE` is
probably the least useful, mostly applying to backwards-compatibility
uses.

Route behavior is usually left to the default, `S_REDIRECT`, but
otherwise can be configured at both the Application and Route
level. That is, individual routes can have settings separate from the
application.

### Pluggable exception and edge behavior with RoutingErrorHandler

The RoutingErrorHandler is currently under development so this section
is forthcoming.

### Endpoint and middleware routing participation

By far the most advanced aspect of Clastic routing is the distinction
between "breaking" and "non-breaking" routing exceptions. Imagine a
route matches on the basis of path and method as described above. The
request reaches the endpoint function (aka "controller" in other
frameworks), and determines that for other reasons the route cannot
actually supply an affirmative response to fulfill the request.

At this point the endpoint can raise any number of exceptions, 403
Forbidden and 404 Not Found are common, but in Clastic, it has the
further option of specifying this exception as "non-breaking". A
"non-breaking" exception simply means that this Route cannot fulfill
the request, but it's possible that a Route further down the routing
in the routing priority could.

An example usage of this mechanism is to virtually join two static
directories. A slightly-longer and much more complete version of this
is available under clastic/static.py

  def file_getter(base_dir):
      def get_file(file_path):
          try:
              return FileResponse('/'.join(file_path))
          except FileNotFoundError:
              raise NotFound(is_breaking=False)

   app = Application([('/static/<file_path+>', file_getter('/home/web/static')),
                      ('/static/<file_path+>', file_getter('/home/web/static_old'))])

In the simplified example above, if a client requests
`http://yoursite.com/static/img/friendship.jpg`, and `friendship.jpg`
is not present in `/home/web/static`, the request will fall to the
next matching route, which will search in `/home/web/static_old`. If
`friendship.jpg` is still not found, then the most recent exception, a
404 Not Found, will be returned.

For a very select few, it may be a fun technical aside to think of
web routing as a parsing problem, with Clastic taking a PEG-like
approach, with nonbreaking exceptions enabling restarts.

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We also wrote several bills, requested by a Ward 1 Constituents. One actually saves lives.
We were told that this had been attempted every year, and no one could bring it through the Legislature to the Governor's desk. But this one billt made it clear to the Transportation Committee that NH was ready for the Hands Free Law.
Our new law is being copied around the country as sensible, reasonable, and smart.


As of the end of the second quarter of 2015, CoreLogic reports an 8.9% year-over-year decrease in fraud risk, as measured by the Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index.
For the twelve months ending the second quarter 2015, the report estimates the total value of applications with fraud or serious misrepresentations at $17.3 billion, as compared with $19.8 billion a year ago.
The analysis found that during the second quarter of 2015, approximately 12,814 mortgage applications, or 0.67% of all mortgage applications, contained indications of fraud, as compared with the reported 11,100 or 0.69% in the second quarter of 2014.
The CoreLogic Mortgage Fraud Report analyzes the collective level of loan application fraud risk throughout the mortgage industry. The CoreLogic Mortgage Application Fraud Risk Index is based on residential mortgage loan applications processed by CoreLogic LoanSafe Fraud Manager, a predictive fraud scoring technology. The national index is composed of six sub-indices that measure different types of mortgage application fraud: employment, identity, income, occupancy, property and undisclosed mortgage debt.
The 10-highest risk states in terms of mortgage fraud as measured by CoreLogic remained mostly stable.
Florida maintained its position as the nation's highest-risk state.
New York moved up to No. 2 from No. 3 in 2014.
Rhode Island fell out of the top 10, being replaced by the District of Columbia.
The state with the highest year-over-year growth in mortgage application fraud risk was Louisiana at 17%; Kansas had the largest decline at 35.2%.
Of the six components in the CoreLogic Mortgage Application Fraud Type Indexes, undisclosed mortgage debt risk showed the only increase at 1.7%; identity risk had the largest year-over-year decline at 22.7%.


Chimp Spanner is a solo instrumental progressive metal project created by multi instrumentalist and producer, Paul Antonio Ortiz. Combining low tuned tech metal and dark seedy fusion with warbly 80's cheesy electro and feel-good euphoria, his latest CD 'At the Dream's Edge' (Basick Records) brings all of this together to create a sound that's new, yet familiar. Angular and jarring, yet ambient and evocative. It's soundtrack metal, progressive retro-futurism, a polymetric space opera, music for hover-boarding championships...but most people just say it's kinda 'chimpy'. Chimp Spanner is a solo progressive/ambient metal project from Essex, UK. All composition, instrumentation, recording and production is done by Paul Ortiz, a 25 year old multi-instrumentalist (but primarily a 7 and 8 string guitarist).


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Fuck Marriage
This is a very important and very special MenAreBetterThanWomen because it's a treatise on my favourite topic: marriage. The conclusion is this:
Do not get married!
Do not do it now. Do not do it later. Do not do it for looks. Do not do it for money. Do not do it for sex. Do not do it because people want you to. Do not do it because a woman wants you to. Do not do it because The Bible says to do it. Do not do it to have children. Do not do it for tax purposes. And especially — the most important reason of all reasons every thrown into a reason oven and baked on Man degrees for a day and a half — do not get fucking married for love!
There're three reasons why you shouldn't get married, and when I say three I mean there are about a fucking billion reasons why not to get married. That's one for every skin cell of the woman you're dating that's going to turn into a wrinkled mess inside of 20 years.
There are three big reasons though.
1. It's against your manstincts.
When in the whole universe of fuck has a man's manstincts ever been wrong about anything. I've seen a man punch through a wall twice in a row using his manstincts and not hit a single fucking stud. I've seen a man win 30,000 American Dollars at a Black Jack table using his manstincts. My cousin had a dog who wandered over 100 miles home from a stranger's house in the course of two weeks. Guess what gender that dog was. I'll give you a hint. It had a fucking dick.
Men's manstincts are never wrong. That's because men's brains are super-charged with experience, a special lubricating coating I call Think Juice, and about 60 times the processing power of women. Women don't have the brains to have instincts. They barely have the fucking brain power to walk upright. That's probably why women used to wear gloves.
2. You don't have to.
Have you ever seen one of those tags on the bottom of a mattress that says "Fuck Off. Don't Remove This Tag"? I've never seen one, but I've seen plenty of comedians talk about them so they might as well be real for the purposes here. You know what happens when you remove one of those tags? Not a fucking thing.
How about this. Have you ever walked on grass where a sign said "Do Not Fuck Around on the Grass" or had a fourth pint when woman said you shouldn't have a fourth pint?
Fucking of course! That's called being a goddamn man. And what happened after you perpetrated that shit? Absolutely nothing. That is exactly what happens when a women threatens you with anything in exchange for marriage.
I've seen the fucking The Rock. I've seen every movie starring Nicholas Cage like six times because he's the most mantastic actor of the day. I remember the part where his hot girlfriend threatened him with a break-up if they didn't get married.
Scary huh? She was awfully hot.
The I also remember the part in The Rock when Sean Connery had hair and the US President didn't sound like a fucking hillbilly. The Rock was a piece of fucking fiction. Real women never follow through on anything in their goddamn lives. Only women who are written by men do that. If a woman ever threatens you over a missing ring, tell her to go fuck herself. She won't. Women are too sex crazed to stop coming back for it over some fucking ring. Please. We're talking about the gender who'd fuck Lionel Ritchie because he can sing. You think they can cut off sex on tap over a dowry. Fuck you.
3. Plausible Deniability
If you go into a bank with a ski mask on a gun in your pocket, you're probably going to get stopped at the door — or sent into some kind of fucking man trap, I don't know. I don't run a bank. Better yet, if you see someone in the middle of the street crack a beer, unbelt, and then drop their pants to the ground; guess what. They're about to do something fucking stupid.
That's what getting married is. You're signing a fucking binding — a Fuck You binding contract in an imaginary, somehow non-sexist world where women have no earning power past 30, that says you will support their ass out of pure benevolence and with no expectation other than getting harangued by a raging fucking bitch about 6 years passed her prime.
Do not go into a bank with fucking ski mask on and a sack of potatoes in your pocket. Do not pull down your pants in public if you aren't about to do something funny. Do not get married unless you can look in the mirror and say this:
"Hello, <your name said derisively>. Five years from now, I want to indefinitely support an adult woman long after she has stopped fucking me, started fucking as many other guys as possible, and always, always acts like a raging bitch."
Trick question. You can't say that because you're a fucking man.
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Sanchez set for United return and tipped to flourish under Solskjaer
The manager will be able to call upon the Chilean for the first time when Manchester United travel to Newcastle United
By The42 Team Tuesday 1 Jan 2019, 9:07 AM
Jan 1st 2019, 9:07 AM 11,772 Views 21 Comments
Comeback: Manchester United's Alexis Sanchez.
ALEXIS SANCHEZ IS in line to make his Manchester United return at Newcastle United tomorrow and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident of getting the best out of him.
The Chile international has been sidelined since sustaining a hamstring injury in November, the latest setback in a faltering start to life at Old Trafford since his move from Arsenal in January 2018.
There were fears at the time from Jose Mourinho that Sanchez was set to be out "for a long time", but fortunately for the 30-year-old he has made a swift recovery and is in contention for the club's first game of 2019.
Mourinho departed in the wake of defeat at Liverpool and successor Solskjaer has overseen an upturn in fortunes that he thinks Sanchez can benefit from, with United scoring 12 goals in his first three games in caretaker charge.
"He is champing at the bit," said the Norwegian.
"He wants to play all the time, he's one of those characters. Alexis has had some great training sessions over the last few days and wanted to be [involved in Sunday's 4-1 win over Bournemouth] as well but we've had to manage him. He's been out for a month. He will be involved [at Newcastle]."
On the prospect of Sanchez slotting into Solskjaer's style of play, he added: "I think Alexis is a player that would benefit from the interchanging, rotation and movements and more chances. If we create more chances and get the ball in the final third, he will be an asset for us."
Sanchez made just five Premier League starts this season under Mourinho, scoring his only goal off the bench in the 3-2 home win over Newcastle back in October.
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Trendy Furniture LLC is the sole agent for Istikbal (A leading brand from Turkey) in the UAE. Istikbal's presence in 75 countries with well over 5000 sales points is the testimony to its commitment in the field of innovation and customer service. Trendy Furnitures's presence in UAE is providing consumers with additional choice to choose from among upholstered and panel furniture, home textiles, carpeting and accessory items.
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Material type: BookCopyright date: ©2016Publisher: North Sydney, New South Wales : Penguin Random House, 2016Description: 276 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781925324976 (paperback).Subject(s): Young adult fiction DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Ebony Marshall is in her final year of high school. Five months, two weeks and four days ...She can't wait to leave the town where she's known only as Black'. Because of her name, of course. But for another reason, too. Everyone says Black Marshall is cursed. Three of her best friends have died in tragic accidents. After Oscar, the whispers started. Now she's used to being on her own. It's easier that way. But when her date for the formal ends up in intensive care, something in quiet little Dainsfield starts to stir. Old secrets are revealed and terrifying new dangers emerge. If only Black could put all the pieces together, she could work out who her real enemies are. Should she run for her life, or stay and fight?
"Shut the windows. Lock the doors. You don't know who's coming" -- Cover.
Ebony Marshall is in her final year of high school. Five months, two weeks and four days ...She can't wait to leave the town where she's known only as Black'. Because of her name, of course. But for another reason, too. Everyone says Black Marshall is cursed. Three of her best friends have died in tragic accidents. After Oscar, the whispers started. Now she's used to being on her own. It's easier that way. But when her date for the formal ends up in intensive care, something in quiet little Dainsfield starts to stir. Old secrets are revealed and terrifying new dangers emerge. If only Black could put all the pieces together, she could work out who her real enemies are. Should she run for her life, or stay and fight?


The Hotel Villa Emilia is a modern property situated in a prime location in the heart of Barcelona, perfect for business travelers and holidays trips. Its 53 double guestrooms are fully equipped and decorated with exquisite taste. Guests can enjoy Mediterranean food in the Zinc-Bar, lounge on our famous Terrace, enjoying live DJ/music and cocktails, or organize special events and meetings in the Salon Rojo and El Privat.
Passing through the glorious Plaça Catalunya, you enter the newer city district of Eixample, literally translated as "extension," which immediately becomes recognizable by its more spacious streets and elegant atmosphere. The main artery of this sizable district, Passeig de Gracia, is lined with high-end international designer stores. Not to be outdone, the glitz and glamour of this zone is perhaps best exemplified by the comfortable and lavish five-star hotels that flank the divine and modernistic buildings from some of the world's most recognized architects such as Gaudi and Montaner.
Very nice location, very friendly staff. The only thing I did not like was the air-freshener, it was so strong, at least for me. The room and bathroom very clean. Not so far away from Plaça d'Espanya.
Are you still putting perfumed air throughout hotel? There are many reviews from guests who find this very irritating and debilitating. Also many who like it. However as it can cause physical issues you should stop and just have natural non-chemical smell or light eucalyptus or very light citrus smell. Otherwise sounds like great hotel and I'd consider it without strong smell as long as no cigarette smoke smell either?
Can a visitor use the terrace for having a drink if they are not a guest at the hotel?
If we book through the hotels website, it offers free mini bar. Does this include alcohol?
Sorry but I don't know about a walker but the hotel staff will be able to assist you. Yes, they will hold your luggage.
"worst customer service I have ever had"
"I liked the 6th floor. High and quiet."
"Ask for a 6th floor room with a view of the street. It was fantastic! Lots of light, great views, strong A/C, and no street noise."
"Small hotel, all rooms are nice, no matter which one you get!"
"Definitely make sure that your room offers cooling and ask for room on a higher floor"


Or maybe just delightedly fangirling.
Warren Ellis promoted my book on his site.
I got a whole post, all to myself.
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