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The best thing about 2018 for me so far is... the whole year! I feel like I've been given the whole year trussed up in gift-wrapping and served on a silver platter. I also feel like I've been given a magical cosmic job description. And I couldn't be happier.
On the last Friday of 2017, just a couple days before the end of the year, it hit me. The Calm & Confident Holiday Wellness program I'd started before Thanksgiving and was still running - it was only the beginning! I had started it without knowing exactly how it would end or what would follow. I just work intuitively that way anymore. I get an inspirational download that sparks my interest and I go with it, see what happens, and then see what's next. Well, it's a good thing I like irony, because ironically, what I got this time was a plan! In fact, it's the whole year ahead all planned out for me. Ha ha.
I realized on that day in late December that I can do a program like Holiday Wellness for every season of the year - and for me there are eight of them, each with its own holiday. Roll them all together, from Winter Solstice around through Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumn Equinox and you come back to Yule. The other four seasons are called cross-quarter days as they fall directly in between the previous four. They are Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh and Samhain. Together, these eight holiday seasons comprise the Wheel of the Year, based on ancient Celtic and Norse traditions, which I have studied and celebrated for many years in various ways.
I love holidays, love the seasons, love the Wheel of the Year. I love living close to the land in rural Vermont where it's hard to be out of touch with the seasons - usually they conk us on the head every time we step out the door! Even now, in the deepest winter when the nights are still long and we've just recovered from a week and a half of below zero weather to be greeted with a few snow-sleet-and-freezing-rain storms, I love this time of year. It's a real season, not just after-Christmas and before-Spring. When I discovered long ago that the ancient Irish celebrated Imbolc at this time as a very magical moment in the turning of the year, it really resonated with me as what I had already been sensing for many years, decades before moving to the country permanently.
I love Imbolc, with its simple candle flame illuminating the hope and comfort of hearth and home; the celebration of Brigid who was and is a woman of legend, goddess and saint; the handcrafts that honor her and fill our home with beauty and love made visible. I love the gathering energy of the year just waiting to be unleashed, all the possibility that lies ahead, the anticipation, the long breathless moment before launching into Spring. It's a wonderful time to dive deep into sleep, dreams, journaling, reading, crafting, meditating, walking in the snow, warming by the wood stove, cuddling under a blanket. Imbolc feels like a whole season to me, just like Christmas, Easter or Hallowe'en, also known as Yule, Ostara and Samhain, which are more than just one day to celebrate.
So I realized I could just go on to the next season with a similar program. I was enjoying Calm & Confident Holiday Wellness and people in my community seemed to appreciate it as well. We were posting daily in the Facebook group, meeting at local programs, deepening into Reiki work together, and connecting through many conversations about wellness in the hustle and bustle of that festive season. It suddenly made perfect sense to continue in a similar vein, and, of course, to build on it and add more to it - write books! Teach workshops! Create rituals! And if I could do it for Imbolc, then why not the rest of the seasons? While each has its own theme, they all share a common framework that can seamlessly flow from one season to the next. From tables of correspondences to archetypes in the life cycle of the year to signs of change on the land, crafts, rituals and more, we'll weave a web of colorful threads throughout the tapestry of the year!
And so this is how we find ourselves here in the middle of January just embarking on a journey around the sun that we can share in deep wellness, celebration and growing community. We're already one week into Opening Your Gifts, the title and theme of which seemed fitting to follow those December holidays that can sometimes be so materialistic and focused on giving and getting presents tied to confusing relationships, economic struggle and status.
Now we turn inward and appreciate our own innate gifts, which is hard sometimes if we've been taught not to toot our own horns or we are concerned about becoming too egotistical. If you're concerned about it, you probably have nothing to worry about! It's the people who are not at all worried about bragging and showing off who really need a helping of humble pie. The key is all about balance. We're all equal, which means we need to care for ourselves just as much as we serve others, and vice versa. There, isn't that simple? At least in principle it is, but I know it's sometimes harder to put into action regularly.
This is a moment in history when we need all hands and hearts on deck, so I'm seriously encouraging you and everyone you know to level up with me and reach deep into the wellspring of our creativity, healing, intuition, courage, passion and compassion to bring forth the miracles that the world needs now. No more business as usual - and that means it's time to celebrate!
And so the Seasonal Celebrations Cycle is born! We'll follow the Wheel of the Year through the seasons celebrating total wellness and conscious evolution together as a mutually supportive community and in harmony with Nature. All eight seasonal programs will include an online circle in the form of a Facebook group, free local programs in Vermont and New Hampshire, and a free Open Circle you can join, which will give you the new Seasonal Celebrations: a Basic Guide and other additional materials to help you enjoy and benefit from each season. There are also packages available with each season's unique Guidebook and customized Reiki and personal wellness support sessions. Just visit essentialarts.net for details and enrollment options.
Meanwhile, we're just finishing Week 1 of Opening Your Gifts, in which we have gifted ourselves with a word each day, to be saved and opened at the end of this session, in a few weeks. I posted my word each day in the Facebook group, then I wrote it on the back of a post-it, rolled it up and tied it with a piece of handspun yarn. Now all seven are safe in a lovely little box and I feel like I carry those gifts with me inside every day.
Our next adventure will be a 7-day Passion Challenge, starting tomorrow. I'll post suggestions for celebrating our passions each day in the Opening Your Gifts Facebook group, and you are welcome to post as well, about this or anything related to your experience of the season or exploring the gifts within you. Yes, there's even a video of silly dogs playing in the snow. Why not.
So, welcome to 2018! I guess I know what I'll be doing this year, for a change - and I'm so excited. I am in absolute heaven-and-Avalon all at once ensconced in my cozy nest of books and papers and candles and magical things, looking out at the most gorgeous winter wonderland like I'm living in a snow globe. And I'm looking forward to teaching crafts and giving Reiki and celebrating this season in so many wonderful ways in our community, in person and online. I thank you for the fabulous gift of your glorious presence, and I eagerly anticipate opening our many miraculous gifts together.
#Holidays #Reiki #Selfcare #Wellness
Holiday Wellness


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Cyware Daily Threat Intelligence, September 15, 2020
Federal authorities have issued an alert about an ongoing attack campaign that exploits the vulnerabilities in F5 BIG-IP devices, Citrix VPNs, Pulse Secure VPNs, and Microsoft Exchange servers. A CISA advisory on the matter reveals that China-based threat actors have successfully exploited these vulnerable software to target public and private organizations in the U.S.
Furthermore, the agencies have also warned about vulnerabilities in Philips' patient monitoring software. These flaws could result in unauthorized access, interrupted monitoring, and collection of patient data.
In the past 24 hours, a new attack technique that abuses Windows 'finger.exe' command to exfiltrate files has also come to light. The method can allow attackers to get past firewall rules and communicate with servers over the unrestricted ports for HTTP(S).
Privacy bug exposes data
A privacy bug in Vote Joe app allowed anyone to view sensitive voter information of millions of Americans. The exposed data included voter's home address, date of birth, gender, ethnicity, and political party affiliation. The flaw was fixed and an updated version of the app was pushed later.
Wales patients data leaked
Personal data related to 18,105 Wales residents who tested positive for COVID-19 was uploaded by mistake to a public server. The data was viewed 56 times before it was taken offline. The exposed data included dates of birth, geographical area, and gender of individuals.
Staples discloses data breach
The American office retail company, Staples, has revealed that order data related to some of its customers have been accessed by malicious actors. The retailer is yet to determine what exactly was accessed in the breach but order details could contain names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, last four credit card digits, and detail about the orders.
Magento stores attacked
Attackers compromised almost 2,000 Adobe Magento-based online stores to steal credit card details of customers. This is one of the largest waves of automated Magento attacks since 2015. Of the hacked stores, the majority were found using Magento version 1, which no longer receives security updates since June 2020.
FSC app hacked
Hackers accessed the Veteran Affairs' Financial Services Center (FSC) online app and diverted payments intended for healthcare providers. The incident also affected the personal information of around 46,000 U.S. veterans.
Abuse of Windows command
A PoC on how attackers can abuse a Windows command, 'finger.exe,' to exfiltrate or download files from target systems has been released by a researcher. The method can allow attackers to get past firewall rules and communicate with servers over the unrestricted ports for HTTP(S). According to the researcher, C2 commands can be masked as finger queries that fetch files and exfiltrate data, without Windows Defender detecting the anomalous activity.
Vulnerable WS-Trust protocol
Critical vulnerabilities in mMulti-factor authentication protocols based on the WS-Trust security standards can allow hackers to access cloud applications, including Microsoft 365. The flaws, that have existed for years, arise due to faulty implementation of the WS-Trust specification. By exploiting these flaws, attackers can gain access to complete details of the target's account, including mail, files, contacts, and data.
Mass exploitation of vulnerabilities
The U.S. government has issued a warning about ongoing mass exploitation of flaws in F5 BIG-IP devices, Citrix VPNs, Pulse Secure VPNs, and Microsoft Exchange servers. As per a CISA alert, Chinese threat actors have successfully compromised different government and private sectors in recent months, by exploiting these vulnerable servers and VPNs.
Vulnerable Philips devices
Federal authorities and Philips have issued security alerts about vulnerabilities in the company's patient monitoring software. The flaws are found in certain versions of the Philips IntelliVue Patient Monitor system, the Patient Information Center iX, or PIC iX, software, and PerformanceBridge Focal Point. They are related to improper authentication, cross-site scripting, improper input validation, and improper check for certificate revocation.
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In 1935 Richmond Football Club were renegotiating their agreement with the Richmond Cricket Club for use of the Punt Road Oval.
As an alternative to Punt Road Oval, Olympic Park was modern, next door to Punt Road Oval and was not affected by the cricket season. Management at Olympic Park were also offering a larger percentage of the gate.than Richmond received at Punt Road. (The Age 30Mar1930 p24) In this climate and before the start of the VFL season, Richmond organised a night time game at Olympic Park.
This would be the first Australian Rules game involving a major teams under artificial light since 1879. As such the match was highly reported in the Australian Rules States and it's success would be noted and remembered. Richmond and South Melbourne had both been Grand Finalists in 1934, so even without the novelty value, a big crowd would be expected.
It must be remembered that the lights had been used since 1925 and there had been at least once instance where soccer had been played on the ground at night. (Argus 9Oct1934 p8) This would be a new for the football community, but the lights had been in use at the ground for a long time and their quality and reliability were well known.
The VFL gave permission for the match and Richmond would play on 30 March with a white ball especially prepared by Syd Sherrin (Argus 22-Mar-1935 p14).
Players marked with * are mentioned in the Argus or Age Newspaper Match reports.
Joe Garbutt, the Port Melbourne Player, trained with South Melbourne in the 1935 pre season but eventually played the 1935 season with St Kilda.
The Age newspaper report on the Monday after the game listed that South Melbourne were missing a number of key players including Bill Faul, Jack Bissett, Austin Robertson, Laurie Nash and Bob Pratt.
Pratt and Bissett were listed on the Friday night list and therefore although listed, they did not play.
Syd Dineen a centreman for Preston played on the night for South Melbourne.
For the winners none was more conspicuous than Basil McCormack – (Argus 1-Apr-1935 p7).
25,000 people crowded Olympic Park to watch Richmond and South Melbourne.
When they last met in the 1934 Grand Final, Bob Pratt had kicked his 150th goal for the season, but South Melbourne lost by 39 points.
The night was a booming success for Richmond and the club profited by 200 pounds. On the night a match for the next week was announced over the loud speakers to cheers from the crowd.


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The group will encourage discussion on hardware and software advances and application in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Data Capture and Visualisation. Encouraging those working in the field of visualisation and VR to share their expertise and good practices, this community will help to promote the use of advanced visualisation tools and techniques, in order to remain at the leading edge of this important and growing field.
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"For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest, that holds human associations together." H.L. Mencken This newly revised training program tells the story of a team leader who realizes that he cannot lead his team without first gaining their trust. Learn how to rebuild trust and gain employee involvement in your organization.


Our Rosé Brut is made with Grenache from coastal vineyards in the Languedoc region. The grapes were harvested in the coolest hours of the night to preserve fruit quality.
The base wine undergoes a natural secondary fermentation in the Charmat method followed by 3 months of aging on fine lees with daily stirring.
Vibrant red fruit and wild herb aromas.
Light on the palate with uplifting citrus and strawberry flavors, followed by a refreshingly dry finish.


We started filming at Olympic Park while it was being constructed so often had to wear safety clothing over my filming clothes.
The safety gear was near quite the right size for me!
This was a traumatic filming day. It was so cold I couldn't say the word 'swimming' and had to keep doing retakes which only made the problem worse!
I never get tired of filming near the best looking bridge in London - Tower Bridge.
This episode of British Olympic Dreams had a water theme so we filmed all of our links while on a boat.
This catwalk was set up inside the Tower of London so Team GB could show off their new Stella McCartney-designed kit.
London first hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, here in White City.
This is the view from three-day eventer William Fox-Pitt's offices - this is where his horses are exercised.
We spent a day filming the Olympic torch passing through the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock. The London 2012 mascot Wenlock was named after the town the first Olympian Games were held. They are regarded as an inspiration for the modern Olympic Games.
The production team found this rooftop in the City of London which had a great view of the capital's skyline.
Everytime we see the Shard, Ore insists we take a photo of me with it.


At the end of this month, Santa Monica City Manager Rod Gould will retire, rounding out five years of service in the bayside city and a three decade career in city management. Santa Monica Next sat down with Gould to talk about the last five years, his plans for the future, and the challenges facing Santa Monica. This is part one of Next's two-part interview with Gould.
Santa Monica Next: How does it feel to be leaving after five years?
Rod Gould: I gave the Council six month's notice of my decision and for the first three or four months, it was unreal because it was so far in the future… In the last week or so, it is coming home to me that something is finishing and that I start something very new. Just as with any transition, you have some things that you leave behind that you will miss terribly and are very much a part of who you are. On the other hand, I like change and I'm terribly excited about what comes next.
My advice to the incoming city manager and to this Council is, you need to find some dedicated revenue sources to continue to allow Santa Monica to lead in the area of affordable housing.
[/pullquote]SMN: What do you think your legacy in Santa Monica will be?
RG: Very few things of importance are done singly in government. Government is a team sport, so I can't lay claim to anything that I did personally.
The thing that I am most proud of, which I think will be my legacy, is the strength of the management team that I leave. It's not the buildings that we've built. It's not the parks. It's not the number of balanced budgets. It's not the size of our reserves.
It's the quality of the people that lead the organization that provide the services and activities and projects that this community counts on. They are strong, they are cohesive, and they are people of character with non-negotiable ethics. They are privileged to work in this city and they know it. They enjoy one another. They support each other in the ups and downs of the daily fray.
I will miss most working with each of them individually and in groups on a myriad of issues and projects. They are why I am very bullish about the city of Santa Monica… This management team is really something.
Santa Monica lost 15 percent of its revenues during this period. Having come from other cities and being engaged with professional organizations, I thought I was coming into cut-back management situation.
[/pullquote]SMN: You came to Santa Monica during the national recession. What were your thoughts and concerns when you started here as city manager?
RG: It was January of 2010, the recession was two years old and because many municipal revenues modulate with the economy slowly, the effects [of the recession] were just becoming known across California and the nation.
Santa Monica lost 15 percent of its revenues during this period. Having come from other cities and being engaged with professional organizations, I thought I was coming into cut-back management situation. I thought I was going to have to preside over the first series of layoffs since 1992. I thought I was going to have to have the [City] Council decide to do less of a lot of important things, stop doing things that were dear to them, and to hunker down to get through a recession that I didn't know how long it was going to last.
I underestimated the strength of the local economy. Santa Monica went in [to the recession] later than most cities and came out sooner.
I was also fortunate to be here as the tech boom occurred. I'd like to say that was part of some long-range plan that the city had. It was not. This happened organically and part of the reason is how attractive Santa Monica is as a place to live, work, and play.
We also made some good decisions along the way. We worked on both sides of the ledger. We stripped out some of the unnecessary expenses. We cut the budget by about $25 million in the early years, but we did it so surgically that no one could tell the difference.
We also went to the voters for a tax measure in fall of 2010 to shore up the city's side, but also to help out the schools, which had suffered a terrible defeat over a parcel tax that lost by two-tenths of one percent or something ridiculous like that.
Most cities would kill for the opportunities that Santa Monica fights over daily. Many of the opportunities in development or finance that have been quite controversial here would have been approved overnight in most cities because they brought jobs, they brought opportunity, they brought revenue, they brought stability.
[/pullquote]SMN: What was the measure that passed?
Both passed handily. That funding source has allowed the schools to strengthen at a time when they were hurting. It also helped stabilize the city.
We were able to, whenever we saved money, to build back our reserves… and to get the Council in the habit of paying down future liabilities, such as our pension liabilities for our large workforce.
I also convinced the Council that, despite the fact that the employees were used to four and five percent [salary] increases every year, to give them what inflation was going to take and a little bit more, that we could no longer afford this, that we were already very well paid and that maybe we should just hold the line and keep up with inflation.
While that looked meager to some, it ended up turning out to be quite good for everybody because most cities didn't even provide cost-of-living increases. So, Santa Monica floated to the top of the chart. That allowed us to attract some really good talent during this period and that meant that very few people left us. That strengthened the organization as well.
In the last 30 years, 38 percent of the housing that's been built in town is considered affordable by one definition or another. That's pretty darn good. That helps keep Santa Monica different than some of the elitist communities along the shores in California.
[/pullquote]SMN: Santa Monica has long been committed to keeping the city economically diverse, but it no longer has a revenue stream to help fund affordable housing construction and preservation. What advice would you give to the incoming city manager about this?
RG: My advice to the incoming city manager and to this Council is, you need to find some dedicated revenue sources to continue to allow Santa Monica to lead in the area of affordable housing.
The economic forces at play here will overwhelm almost any attempt to provide even a modicum of affordable housing in this city unless you have a robust program. And even at that point, it will be very hard to find land and existing buildings that you can buy and use for that purpose.
But, you must do this if you want to keep the essence of Santa Monica… At the Council meeting next Tuesday, we're recommending that the Council begin to put some of those streams in place, but it's a pittance compared to what [Santa Monica's Redevelopment Agency] used to yield.
SMN: Something like $15 million a year.
RG: Yes. Fifteen million plus a year. The Redevelopment Housing Trust Fund, which is the main source of the monies to buy… the land and partner with nonprofits to build quality affordable housing. We think we've got about two years of money left in it.
That gives the city and the community a couple years to figure out what else is there. We have some thoughts about that I'm not ready to put out in your paper, but the community needs to figure this out.
Measures H and HH failed at this last election. Maybe it was the wrong tax; maybe it was the wrong time; maybe the campaign wasn't quite right. I don't know, but I do think it's really important that Santa Monica keep after this and I have every expectation that it will.
Unless you're self-sufficient, unless you have the dedicated revenue sources, unless you've got people who are working it day-to-day, unless you have strong partnerships with the private sector and nonprofits, unless you are constantly looking for every opportunity, you can't make a dent.
Santa Monica has done more than make a dent. In the last 30 years, 38 percent of the housing that's been built in town is considered affordable by one definition or another. That's pretty darn good. That helps keep Santa Monica different than some of the elitist communities along the shores in California.
SMN: Outside of the affordable housing issue, what do you think will be the most pressing issue facing your successor?
RG: I think the biggest issue facing my successor is the politics of abundance. There is an abundance of resources in this city. There is an abundance of financial as well as human assets in town. There is an abundance of opportunities, so choosing amongst them and making the best choices for the long-term health of the city is probably the biggest challenge.
Santa Monica has the opportunity to be the choosiest of cities, to pick only the best of the best. I'm just hoping that it will.


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Q: How to configure authentication interceptor on Nginx I have Node.js microservices run behind Nginx server
I've created a new Node.js service to authenticate and authorize access to all other services
I want nginx to allow access to the requested services based on authentication service response
for instance:
If user request "/user/id/edit"
I want Nginx to direct the request first to "/auth"
then base on "/auth" response Nginx decide to continue with "/user/id/edit"
or return an error as a response
I can't find any tutorial or documentation about this case

A: Below is a sample code taken from Spotify-Web-Auth-API-Example:
app.get('/login', function(req, res) {

  var state = generateRandomString(16);
  res.cookie(stateKey, state);

  // your application requests authorization
  var scope = 'user-read-private user-read-email';
  res.redirect('https://accounts.spotify.com/authorize?' +
    querystring.stringify({
      response_type: 'code',
      client_id: client_id,
      scope: scope,
      redirect_uri: redirect_uri,
      state: state
    }));
});

As you can see from above code, within your node.js code itself, you could perform redirection (redirection of request to login endpoint) to authorization service and then control the access.
You do not need a nginx configuration explicitly.
Moreover, please read this related query - Authorization approaches and design patterns for Node.js applications

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Juvenile Crime Reasons for Juvenile Crime One of the biggest problems, which the United States is faced with, is juvenile crime. The reason experts feel juvenile's commit crimes is because of risk factors when they were younger but experts still have not found the main reason why juvenile's commit crimes. Some risk factors associated with juvenile crime are poverty, repeated exposure to violence, drugs, easy access to firearms, unstable family life and family violence, delinquent peer groups, and media violence. Especially the demise of family life, the effect of the media on the juveniles today, and the increase of firearms available today have played a big role in the increase of juveniles crimes. The most common risk factor is the demise of the family life and the increase in family violence. Between 1976 and 1992 the number of juveniles living in poverty grew 42% and this caused an increase in crimes by juveniles.
Many of these juvenile criminals have been abused or neglected and they also grew up in a single-parent household. Research has found that 53% of these children are more likely to be arrested, and 38% more likely to commit a violent crime as an adult, then their counterparts who did not suffer such abuse. The symptoms of child abuse are "high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior" and these children are twice as likely to become juvenile offenders. Also improper parental care has been linked to delinquency such as mothers who drink alcohol or take drugs during pregnancy cause their babies to grow up with learning disorders, a problem which leads them to be juvenile criminals. Another risk factor is the effect of the media on the juveniles of today. Before the time a child has reached seventh grade, the average child has witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on the television.
There is no doubt that heavy exposure to televised violence is one of the causes of aggressive behavior, crime and violence in society. Television violence affects youngsters of all ages, of both genders, at all economic levels, and all levels of intelligence. Long-term childhood exposure to television is a casual factor behind one half of the homicides committed by juveniles in the United States. The increased availability of guns has played a big part in escalating the number of crimes committed by juveniles.
In Los Angeles juvenile delinquency cases involving weapon violation grew by 86% from 1988 to 1992, which was more then any other type of juvenile offense. According to a University of Michigan study found that 270,000 guns accompany secondary school students to class daily. This is startling because it shows how many more juveniles are carrying guns and the juvenile use of guns in homicides has increased from 65 to 80 percent from 1987 to 1991. The possession of firearms plays a big cause in the delinquency of children and is playing a bigger role in the crimes which juveniles commit.
Another cause of the increase of juvenile crimes has been the effect of children seeing multiple murders and other acts of violence on the television. Finally the demise of the family life and the increase in family violence has been the biggest factor in the increase of juvenile crime. Legal Issues.
Juvenile Crime. (2019, Jan 30). Retrieved from https://sunnypapers.com/juvenile-crime-5295/
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Lunar Datebook
Still Trophies and "Measuring Wall"
Episode 73—October 15, 2016
We are all hunters at heart, tracking desires and dreams. Today host Jennifer Ellsworth explores the trophies of that hunt through the history of taxidermy and its ability to transport us through time and space. She also compares hardcore hunters to yogis, and reads a short story where a woman harvests a piece of her home. It's called "Measuring Wall."
"...Madge hadn't expected the house to sell so quickly. The realtor said it would take at least a year, and when she had blanched at that, he'd comforted her by saying, 'more likely three,' explaining that the market bubbled on the coast, but inland, in these rural towns, homes still sold the old fashioned way—with time and a new price every six months...."
Moon Astrology: Full Hunters Moon in Aries: we are wildfire.
The origin of "stuffed animal," Action with a capital A, and hailing a chainsaw operator.
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Family and friends can't fathom how the quiet, mild-mannered 22-year-old could have killed his mother, grandparents and a health care worker.
ROCKPORT — Orion Krause appeared to have a bright future.
He lived a comfortable childhood, first on Monhegan Island, a tight-knit fishing enclave and artist colony 12 miles off the mainland, and then in the midcoast town of Rockport in a beautiful shingle-sided home with views of the Camden Hills and Penobscot Bay.
His father was a tuna fisherman and lobsterman-turned-ferry boat captain. His mother came from a wealthy family and was involved in various community and charitable endeavors.
Krause, who has a twin brother, Cooper, was gifted musically and always practiced, sometimes obsessively, and usually inside a barn on his family's property. He was an all-state jazz drummer as a high school senior and attended the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio to learn from, among others, Jamey Haddad, a renowned percussionist and one of the top drum instructors in the country.
He graduated just a few months ago, ready to begin life as a professional musician.
Instead, he could face a life incarcerated.
On Sept. 8, in the quiet northern Massachusetts town of Groton, Krause allegedly beat to death with a baseball bat four people: his mother, Elizabeth "Buffy" Krause, 60; her parents, Frank Danby Lackey III, 89, and Elizabeth Lackey, 85; and their home health worker, Bertha Mae Parker, 68.
Krause then walked to a neighbor's home, naked and covered in mud and blood, and confessed to the killings. Police arrested him a short time later. He made a brief appearance in court in Massachusetts last week and now is awaiting a psychiatric evaluation at Bridgewater State Hospital. Documents associated with the case have been impounded.
The violent act was completely out of character for the quiet musician from a wealthy coastal Maine family, according to several people who knew Krause. The absence of any tangible warning signs that he might become violent has made it even harder to fathom.
Wolfgang Boegel, a lifelong friend who last saw Krause about two weeks before the killings, said nothing suggested he was struggling.
"Nobody saw this coming," he said.
Kristina Murdock, who knows the Krause family well and worked as a nanny to both boys for many years, agreed and said any signs of trouble were hidden.
As a young boy, Krause was gentle and sweet, if a little shy, Murdock said. As a teenager and young adult, he was quiet and kind.
"Everyone is utterly devastated by this tragedy," Murdock said. "Something went seriously wrong, and this horrible thing happened, but he's still that talented young musician, a son, a brother, a best friend and (he's) still loved, which is probably why so many of us are struggling with this.
Krause's father, Alexander "Lexi" Krause, spoke briefly to a Maine Sunday Telegram reporter outside his home Friday. He said he and his other son, Cooper, are exhausted from all the attention and still trying to make sense of what happened. Before he took a telephone call and disappeared inside the house, Krause made a point of highlighting a pair of flower gardens on the property that he said were a constant reminder of his wife.
Earlier in the week, the father told a Boston Globe reporter that the deaths of his wife, in-laws and their home health worker highlight the need "to pay more attention to mental health," but he didn't address whether his son suffered from any mental illness.
Orion Krause's mother, Elizabeth, was born into a wealthy and philanthropic Massachusetts family.
Her parents were known to most as Dan and Esu. Dan Lackey was an investment adviser who served as president of Spinnaker Capital in Boston. Esu Lackey had a master's degree from the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge but devoted her energies mostly to advocating for various social justice causes.
They were involved for many years with the Chewonki Foundation, the Maine-based environmental nonprofit, among other community organizations, including their own charitable organization, the Naduse Foundation.
Elizabeth Krause went to the Dana Hall School, a private boarding school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1975. She excelled at tennis and inherited her mother's passion for community service. Everyone called her Buffy.
Orion's father was introduced to Maine when his family summered on Monhegan Island. He later attended Maine Maritime Academy and spent several years as a merchant mariner and then as a tuna fisherman on the West Coast before returning to Monhegan Island.
He and Elizabeth didn't meet until 1992, when they both were well into their 30s. Their twin sons were born three years later.
Murdock, the former nanny, said she has known Lexi her whole life and has known the Krause boys since they were infants.
Before the twins were of school age, the family moved from the isolated island to the mainland. They lived briefly in Lincolnville, just north of Camden, while building a house in Rockport.
Lexi continued working but had stopped fishing, at least professionally, to work as a ferry boat captain. Buffy didn't have a career outside the home but was active in the community at the Rockport Boat Club. She got to know Doris Buffett, the sister of Warren Buffett, who had started a charity called the Sunshine Lady Foundation, which supports programs that provide opportunities to low-income and disadvantaged people. Buffy assisted her for many years.
They still went out to Monhegan often as a family and kept many friends there.
The Krause boys attended public schools in Camden-Rockport. They played sports in middle school but gravitated to music by high school, especially Orion.
Boegel said the Krause brothers were close, as most twins are.
"They definitely had different interests and friend groups, but there was no sibling rivalry or anything," he said.
Krause was goofy and shy in middle school and high school, former classmates said, but found his identity through music. He played clarinet at first but later settled on the drums.
By the time he was a senior, he was among the best drummers in the state. At his high school concert, he played a solo made famous by legendary big-band drummer Gene Krupa.
When it came time to choose colleges, the Krause twins went their own ways. Cooper chose Ithaca College in New York and later transferred to the University of Southern Maine. Orion went to Oberlin Conservatory of Music, a small but prestigious school associated with Oberlin College in Ohio.
Krause came home every summer from college, Boegel said. Friends from high school would often get together and play poker, and sometimes music, in the barn at the Krause home.
By 2014, Krause had joined a local band, Mostly Brothers & Company, with four other Camden Hills classmates, including one who also attended Oberlin, and they played small venues throughout central Maine and the midcoast.
That didn't last, though. By the following year, he was no longer playing with them. None of those bandmates responded to requests for interviews.
Some classmates said his music tastes had shifted, away from jazz and more toward harder-edged music. He would play day and night but more frequently alone, rather than with others.
But his personality never changed.
"He was the same," Boegel said.
Oberlin classmates also saw in Krause a mild-mannered and quiet person who was focused on becoming a musician. He held a senior recital at Oberlin in April and graduated in May.
He returned home to Rockport and, like other recent graduates, was trying to decide what to do next, Boegel said.
"I know he wanted to pursue music, and I think he was trying to figure out the best way to do that," he said.
A statement from Oberlin College to students acknowledged that it might be difficult for them to make sense of what Krause is alleged to have done.
"The nature of this crime is horrific, and the grief of family and friends immeasurable. And yet Orion is one of our own," it read.
Police have said little about what might have motivated his violent outburst that resulted in the deaths of Buffy Krause, her parents and their home health care worker.
Wagner Alcocer told The Associated Press that the young man's eyes were "very red" and he had cuts on his body and blood above his eye and knee, but seemed vulnerable.
Friends were unaware that Krause used sleeping pills.
Based on information released by police, it appears that Krause was in some sort of crisis. He left the Rockport home suddenly, prompting his mother to call police.
The next morning, he called home and said he was OK but called back a short time later and asked his mother if she could come pick him up in Boston. It wasn't clear where he left the car he had been driving.
Buffy Krause went to pick up her son, and they planned to return home to Maine, police have said. However, they stopped at her parents' home in Groton first.
Sometime after that, the killings occurred.
Around the same time, police said Krause called a professor at Oberlin and made troubling statements. That professor then contacted Krause's family members, who called local police.
It's not clear who the Oberlin professor was. A college spokesman declined to provide any additional details. Haddad, the renowned percussion expert who was one of Krause's professors, did not respond to requests for comment.
The Krause family last week released a statement to the media, through an attorney, offering condolences to the family of Parker, the nurse for the Lackeys who also was killed. The family also asked for privacy.
Lexi Krause has since spoken to reporters, albeit briefly. He said his son got a great education and came from a loving home. He raised the issue of mental health but did not elaborate other than to say that his son's violent rage and the target of that rage – his mother, the person who loved him most – makes little sense.
Boegel said he, too, can't reconcile the events that took place the week before last.
"It's weird to think that I'm not going to be up there playing hoops in his driveway," he said.
Murdock, who admittedly hadn't seen the family as often in recent years, is similarly stuck in disbelief.


VIT University, Vellore, is set to conduct VIT Masters Entrance Examination (VITMEE-2014) in June 2014.
VITMEE 2014 entrance exam is conducted for admission to Master of Computer Application (MCA) and Master of Technology (M.Tech) programme in Chennai and Vellore campus, commencing in the session 2014-15.
The computer based test (CBT) question paper consists of 110 questions, with a maximum of 100 marks.
Candidates should have a bachelor degree in any branch with at least one of the following subjects at the under graduate level: Computer Science, Computer Technology, Information Technology, Mathematics, Statistics and Business Mathematics.
Candidates must have 60% of marks from any of the recognised university.
Candidates should have an B.E / B.Tech degree in Engineering / Technology discipline with 50% of marks from any of the recognised university.
Candidates will be selected based on VITMEE Score and interview conducted by the university.
Application for MCA / M.TECH programme will be available in online at vit.ac.in from the First week of February. VITMEE-2014 will be held in the First week of June 2014.


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Ever heard of the movie, 'Modern Girls'?
It was a silly, girlie flick from the 80's starring a pre-Melrose Place, Daphne Zuniga and pre-botox Virginia Madsen, along with Cynthia Gibb (whatever happened to...?) - where they embark on an L.A. night out that ends up being anything but typical. With the likes of 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Ferris Bueller', 'Modern Girls' easily got lost in the shuffle of yet another crazy 80's 'teen' movie. Shame, really. The underlying current of the movie was of a romance that grew when two mismatched people get foisted together during an evening adventure when everything seemingly goes wrong.
When I saw the write-up for Michael Cera's next feature, 'Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist', it made me yearn for 'Modern Girls.' The story is similar...boy meets girl. Boy and girl get lumbered with each other on a misadventure. Boy and girl, over the night's festivities realize that they're hot for each other all the while their exploits are framed by a trendy soundtrack. A few of the nuances between the films are different but the main frame is the same. I, for one, can't wait!
And if the bloom of an unexpected romance isn't enough to pull you in, 'Nick & Norah' is also drawing comparisons to the lovely 'Before Sunrise' for obvious reasons -- another good reason for viewing in my books! The flick opens in early October -- watch for it!


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Q: Problem creating a new data Type in Haskell I'm trying to create a new data type in Haskell that has basically the same elements has the Int type with some more. I made it like this:
data Novo = -2147483648|-2147483647|...|-1|0|1|2|...|2147483647|(|+|)|(|*|) deriving (Show)

I know this is pseudocode but how do i write it then?
And when I try to compilate this the gchi gives me this error:
parse error on input '-'

refering to the 13 character in this line which is the first - can you help me here? Why is it giving me this error? How do i solve this?

A: A data constructor must be either a valid identifier starting with a capital letter, or a sequence of symbols starting with a : .
Your attempt has the following problems:

*

*Numeric literals like -2147483648 are not valid constructors.

*You cannot specify a range of constructors with .... An example like data Fourbit = -16 | ... | -1 | 0 | 1 | ... 15, is  pseudocode for an explicit listing of every intended literal:
data Fourbit = -16 | -15 | -14 | -13 | -12 | -11 | -10 | -9 |
                -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 |
                 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
                 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15

which is also pseudocode, because the literals are not valid data constructors.

*Your strings (|+|) and (|*|) are also invalid names for data constructors. They don't begin with a :, and they contain parentheses.

If you really wanted to pursue this route, you need to be prepared to list ~4 billion constructors, using names like NovoNeg2147483648, Novo2147483648, NovoPlus, and NovoMult, for example.

A: Constructor names must start with a capital letter or :. Digits or other symbols are not allowed. Some numeric predefined types like Int behave "as if" they were defined as you show above, but that's pseudo-syntax, not actual valid Haskell.
Try instead some variant of
data Novo = PlainInt Int | Additional1 | Additional2 deriving Show


If you take a look at the following thread, you will see that bin files that use the MCE protocol show up as RC6-6-32 if the bin file is imported into RM.
MCE is a form of RC6-6-32 The correspondence between fields of MCE and fields of RC6-M-32 is: . The RC6 M value is 6 because the protocol is RC6-6-32 . The RC6 Toggle bit is always zero in MCE . The RC6 Device is the OEM1 field of MCE, which always has the value 128 . The RC6 Subdevice is the MCE Device plus 256 times the OEM2 plus 128 times the MCE toggle bit for example in Microsoft MCE, device is 4 and OEM2 is 15, so the RC6-6-32 device is 128 and subdevice is 4+256*15+(either 128 or 0) = either 3844 or 3972 The MCE toggle bit actively toggles when this protocol is used, so you do not need the Windows registry change that disables debounce (to work with learned signals in which the toggle bit isn't active). The RC6 toggle bit is a different bit than the MCE toggle bit. The RC6 toggle bit is always zero in MCE signals.
Rob, I don't see a solution to this. The info that RM has is just the PID and the fixed data. Both MCE and RC6-6-32 have the same PID, and indeed the same executor. Not all RC6-6-32 fixed data values are also possible MCE fixed data values, so where this is not so, the protocol is definitely RC6-6-32. But in the Slingbox in question the fixed data values are possible for both protocols. In protocols.ini, the default device parameters for both protocols correspond to the same set of fixed data, so it isn't even possible to distinguish the two when the upgrade uses default fixed values, and in this case it does not.
RMIR has code that tries to identify the intended protocol where two protocols have the same PID and executor and the upgrade has fixed values that are possible for both. However, it relies on the default device parameters corresponding to different sets of fixed data. It works in the cases for which it was originally devised, in the early days of RMIR. For the MCE versus RC6-6-32 situation it will identify MCE only if the device parameters are precisely the default values given in protocols.ini. In this case they are not - the defaults are 4, 15 while in this upgrade they are the very different values 38, 80.
If all cases where the fixed data is compatible with both protocols were actually MCE, I could incorporate that into RM as a special case. I don't like special cases, but it would be possible. This is when the 2nd fixed data byte is 0x80, or equivalently the RC6-6-32 Device parameter is 128. But since protocols.ini says that is the default value for the Device parameter, even that seems to be ruled out.
Rob, here is a work-around for the user concerned. Copy the file MCE38-80.prot to the AddOns subfolder of the RMIR installation folder. That subfolder should already exist - if it doesn't then RMIR needs upgrading to the latest version. This file effectively changes the default device parameters for MCE in protocols.ini without actually changing protocols.ini itself. As the new defaults are the values used in the bin file, the protocol will be recognised as MCE.
I will look into it closer, I thought the file was using the MCE values.
If you select MCE as your protocol, are there any values that are hard coded behind the scenes, which might be variable if you select the RC6 version?
I know that I experimented by creating a bin file using MCE and then, when I tried re-importing it, it switched back to RC6.
The more I look at this, the more it seems to be a non-issue. The PID is the same, the executors are the same, the code translators are the same. Both have four fixed bytes. The first is invariable at 0xE2. The third and fourth are freely variable except that the top bit of the fourth is 0. The difference lies in the second one. For MCE this is fixed at 0x80, for RC-6-6-32 it is freely variable and given by the Device parameter whose default it 128, i.e. 0x80 again.
Both protocols have two device parameters. For MCE they are Device (=4th fixed byte) and OEM2 (=3rd fixed byte). For RC6-6-32 they are Device (=2nd fixed byte) and Sub-Device (=4th fixed byte + 256*3rd fixed byte). So the only difference the user will see, when an MCE protocol is represented as RC6-6-32, is the value of the two device parameters. To force RM to show the protocol as MCE when the device parameters are other than their default values (Device=4, OEM2=15), copy the .prot file I posted yesterday into the AddOns folder after editing the MCE default values for the device parameters to be those of the upgrade concerned. Or, of course, edit protocols.ini in this way but the whole point of the recently introduced .prot files is to allow customisation of protocols.ini without actually editing it. When upgrading to a new version of RMIR, just copy the AddOns folder from old to new version.
BTW I have no idea where the RC6-6-32 and similar protocols come from, nor the mapping between the fixed bytes and device parameters or the default values for those parameters. It just seems weird to me that there are two protocols in protocols.ini which are identical in all respects when their device parameters take their default values (the RC6-6-32 defaults of Device=128, Sub-Device=3844 (=4 + 256*15) correspond exactly to the MCE defaults). It cannot be a surprise that RM gets confused in such circumstances.
If they're so similar, is there a way to prioritize MCE over RC6 so that RM picks that one?
I can write it in as a special case, in the code that attempts to resolve such ambiguities. A device upgrade that specifies RC6-6-32 and uses the device parameters specified as defaults in protocols.ini will then show as MCE, which is weird, but I can do it. It suggests to me, though, that the default values for RC6-6-32 should be changed to something that is not also interpretable as MCE and I have no idea what that should be. I am not a protocol expert and as I said before, I have no idea what RC6-6-32 is used for when it is not MCE. Perhaps nothing at all? Is it a legacy entry in protocols.ini that was really superseded by MCE? Do you want me to make this prioritization in the next build?
I don't think it's something that you should put too much effort into, as it's not that important. I don't think it warrants special code, but it might be worth a tweak to protocols.ini.
There's a couple of issues here, and neither involve changing RM or RMIR.
2. Protocols.ini has incomplete entries for both MCE and RC6-M-32. Both versions of PID 012A can send either MCE or RC6-M-32 signals by specifying the correct bit(s) in the fixed data. This has been done correctly for 012A:2 RC6-M-32 but only for HCS08 processors. That entry allows one to specify whether the T bit is toggled, or always set to 0 or 1; it also allows one to specify if the toggle bit is in the MCE or RC6 location. We need to add the executor code for S3C80, MAXQ and 2541 processors to this entry. The 012A:2 MCE entry sets the fixed data automatically to shoot MCE, so it should be simpler for the user. Except--it is missing the S3C80 executor code.
The 012A executor (4 bytes of fixed data) is less flexible, but it can select between MCE and RC6 by fixed data. The protocols.ini entry does have S3C80 code, so in the linked thread the RV bin file has the plain 012A executor code, while the PL file refers to the built-in 012A:2 executor.
I'll try to work on editing protocols.ini this weekend. I expect to add executor code to the 012A:2 entries, and to remove the S3C80 code from 012A, so that in future the shorter executor is built into RV bin files. The 012A entry for RC6-M-32 also needs a way to select RC6 versus MCE.


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Heritage Oaks Tequesta is a small community of 3-4 bedroom single-family custom homes lined by streets shaded by mature oak trees.
Situated in south Martin County, Heritage Oaks Tequesta borders the northeast fork of the Loxahatchee River on the east, Turtle Creek Golf Club on the south and west and Jonathan Dickson State Park to the north. This community features lakefront and riverfront homes some with their own docks, a 24-hour man-gated security and a private tennis club, Heritage Oaks Racquet Club.
Homes are currently priced from the high- $400,000s to over $1,200,000s.


Book 3 of the Tour Director Extraordinaire Series will be released in January, 2018. The title, Destruction Of The Great Wall, gives you a clue where it's set, although it is about an metaphorical emotional wall as well. I'm thrilled because this will be in print for the first time. Before, the publications were as e-books. I just can't give up print books.
China is such a vast country with an incredibly long and colorful history, there are too many wonderful things to even list. You'll be seeing a lot of blogs about China in the coming months. Thank you for bearing with me.
Unearthing the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China, is one of the most significant archeological discoveries of the 20th century. The buried mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of China, was discovered in 1974 in the Linton District of Xi'an by local farmers digging a well.
This photo shows, more or less, how the terrain looked when the discovery was made, even though, in some articles, it is described as a piece of barren wasteland.
I thought the presence of a mound like this in such flat terrain would have sparked someone's interest, but surprisingly, this mausoleum was lost to the collective memory at some point in history, in spite of its vast size. In recent centuries, no one knew of its existence.
The discovery quickly drew the attention of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and soon a full scale excavation began. Qin Shi Huang's burial complex is very large – an estimated 21 square miles -- making it hard to believe the monumental construction lay forgotten for nearly two thousand years. While it is true archeologists continually find artifacts, structures, and cities from humanity's ancient past, they usually have an idea what they are looking for. No one was even looking for this one.
Ying Zheng [259 BC – 210 BC] was prince of the State of Qin. At thirteen-years-old, Ying became a boy king and began the construction of his tomb. At the age of thirty-eight he conquered all the warring kingdoms and states of China in 221 B.C. and became Qin Shi Huang, First Emperor of China. He is remembered for his military acumen and interest in object of beauty and sophistication. He is also remembered for his brutality and his suppression of Confucianism.
His tomb was completed in 208 BCE, shortly before he died or maybe because he died, and is comprised of more than just a burial chamber but a large complex including everything that a king might need in the afterlife – army, servants, chariots, household implements and decorations – everything to help him rule his empire. All full sized.
His armies, the Terracotta Warriors [sometimes called Terracotta Army] are life-sized statues made of terracotta clay. Their purpose was to defend the emperor in his afterlife.
This practice is similar to the Egyptian burial of their pharaohs, although the pyramids at Giza predate the Terracotta army by about 2,000 years. The armies, servants, etc. buried with the pharaohs were miniature figures.
 from an 18th-century album of Chinese emperors' portraits.
The entire burial site, including the warriors, was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987. Although the discovery was made nearly fifty years ago, archeologists still are not sure of the ultimate size of the complex. While the map below is too small to read in detail, notice the center right markings indicating vaults [pits] 1, 2, and 3. That is the extension of the excavation so far.
Four major "pits" had been excavated and restored when I was there in the early 2000s. Many more years of excavation are required to unearth the parts they know about. While it seems a long time, imagine the initial uncovering, digging out, matching the ruins, and rebuilding them.
The life-sized warriors vary in height [according to role and rank] and facial features. The tallest were the generals and height descends by rank, but the facial features are believed to represent actual individuals. Each of the warriors has a unique face. Originally, the figures were painted, but only a small number have been found with the original brilliant colors.
The warriors wear the kind of dress probably worn during fights. The military ranks can be differentiated by the uniforms, hair, and hats.
The buried army also includes full-scale chariots and horses, as well as other non-military statues necessary to the emperor's afterlife, including acrobats, officials, and musicians. These were found in separate pits from the army itself.
Estimates from 2007 indicate pits 1, 2, and 3 hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remained buried in the pits nearby Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen, musicians, and servants [with probably slaves thrown in for good measure]. Everyone and everything needed to serve the Emperor in the afterlife.
Scholars theorize, based on clues left by Sima Qian, a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty, that some of the craftsmen who had worked on mechanical devices designed to prevent entry into the burial chamber met unfortunate deaths. They had observed the treasures in the Qin Shi Huang tomb and could not be trusted with those secrets. Once they placed the emperor inside the tomb, the passage was blocked. Possibly the craftsmen who knew the secrets remained inside and died beside their leader.
Geological finds prove the theory that the tomb was looted in ancient times and the weapons and figures broken and burned. Another Military leader, Xiang Yu, is suspected of the arson and looting, so it must have occurred not long after the demise of the emperor.
The size and relationship of the pits is shown in the diagram below. Remember, the four pits excavated so far are represented by the small indications to the middle left of the of the complex drawing above.
● Pit 1 covers more than 17,000 square yards and 16 feet deep, containing over 6,000 soldiers and fifty chariots with four horses each. It has been covered by building a structure around it to protect the excavation.
● Pit 2 comprises 7,176 square yards and contains more complex combat formations of over eighty war chariots and 1,300 warriors and horses, and thousands of bronze weapons. It describes a scene consisting of cavalries, chariots armies, infantries, and archer units. Based on the postures, two is thought to be a special troops pit.
Apparently, this is where most of the painted warriors have been found. The excavation has been very slow because at present there are no efficient techniques for preserving and maintaining colored terracotta. Once unearthed, the color fades within minutes.
● Pit 3 contains only 68 warriors, 1 chariot drawn by 4 horses, and 30 mace heads. Although Pit 3 is smaller than the others, excavations were completed there because it had not been burned, as had Pits 1 and 2 so the contents are in better shape.
Pit 4 is empty. Archeologists and historians believe it is empty because the complex was not complete at the time of the Emperor's death. Though excavations have been slowly uncovering the area over the last 30 years, the underground palace, the central part of the mausoleum has not been excavated. Archaeologists predict that might take 200 years to unearth it all.
When one of our tour group asked the guide why the others hadn't been excavated, he replied that they would not be touched until the work underway was completed. That way, future archeologists would have something to do.
There is an ongoing debate in China that has delayed the complete excavation of the Qin Shi Huang tomb. Some people maintain that an excavation is immediately necessary due to the potential for seismic activity in the region. But others argue that China does not yet possess the technology or ability to carry out the exploration properly. There is also trepidation, as stories tell of entryways that have booby traps to prevent access to the tomb, and high levels of mercury could pose a health risk.
While these arguments continue, deep within the magnificent mausoleum of the First Emperor of China the remains of Qin Shi Huang still await the promise of immortality. Perhaps he has attained it after all. True immortality rests in the minds of men and in the preservation of history.
When I was there in 2001, one of the original farmers who made the discovery was in the gift shop signing books. At least, that's what we were told. I've learned to take everything guides tell tourists with a large grain of salt. I seriously doubt it was the man wrote the book, but he smiled up a storm and signed his name to every one. Agewise, he looked like he might have been a farmer in 1974, but it's just as likely he was a member of the family or maybe even a complete stranger.
I didn't buy the book, which I regret, but I did purchase terra cotta replicas of some of the figures (each about 8 inches tall) and hauled them back to California. We had strick weight limits flying on the Chinese airline, so they were a real pain. I nearly had a stroke when I got home and found the very same figurines in Pier 1 Imports for less than I paid in China. What a bummer!
I'm Harriet Ruby, Tour Director Extraordinaire. At last, one of my fondest wishes has come true! Will Talbot, my favorite Super Spy and the love of my life, wants to include me in his covert mission to recover a list of double agents for the US government.
Wow! Usually, I want to know everything, and he can't tell me anything. Now, I'll be part of the action. I am so-o going to love this!
Not that I have a big role. I only have to pretend we're husband and wife when he accompanies me on my China tour. The tour group members are strangers we'll never see again, and we can spend three intimate weeks together. I mean, how hard can that be?
Surprise, surprise! My parents show up on the tour as replacements for some cancellations. Now, we have to lie and tell them we're married to protect Will's cover. And then, other problems erupt when terrorists kidnap me and my mother to lure Will into a trap. Not to mention the damage my assault rifle does to the Great Wall... Oh, man. It wasn't my fault. Really!
Will fired off a six-shot burst. "Get down!" he shouted and dropped prone into the tall grass and out of sight. There was no other cover here — nowhere else to go.
I dove onto my stomach after him, but not before I took a heavy painful blow to the chest.
"Aii!" My body slammed into the ground hard enough to knock the wind out of me. The soft wet earth sent splatters of mud across my goggles. With all the air whooshed out of my lungs, I couldn't breathe and lay there gasping for oxygen. I couldn't think.
Three projectiles whizzed past my head in rapid succession.
Ohmigod! Time to get out of here. Vision impaired, I scrambled in the direction I thought Will had gone. My elbows and knees dug into the ground, dragging my body on my stomach through the wet grass, my automatic weapon clutched in both hands in front of me.
Zing. This was no fun at all. Where was he? My heart pounded against my ribcage. Sharp pain stabbed through me with each breath. My aching hands knotted around my rifle. Black dots cavorted in front of my eyes and everything had fuzzy edges. I sucked in a big gulp of air ― along with it a small bug.
"Aah-ugh!" I tried to spit it out but already the critter fluttered its wings in my throat. Coughing, I buried my face against my arm to muffle the sound. Before I could stop hacking, a hand grasped my ankle and pulled me into a pit behind a bunker.
"Shh." Will waited long enough for both of us to relish our position, then rolled me off onto my rear end.
I pulled away and sat up, then collapsed with my back against the dirt wall of the ditch. He studied me for a long moment ― although I couldn't see his expression through the protective gear ― then pulled some sort of spy instrument out of his backpack and fiddled.
Will crouched behind the bunker, peering into the periscope-like tool. He whipped around. "You've been hit." His tight voice conveyed alarm.
Jeez, did he need to lighten up, or what? I threw down my automatic Spyder MR2, pulled off my facemask and helmet, sent them rattling to the ground beside the weapon, and then stared down at the damp red stain on the front of my shirt.


Time and again, financial crimes come to light too late in the day. A multiplicity of regulators results in firms and issues falling through their intersections. Globally, there are several instances of moving towards a unified regulator, which can be a solution for India too.


I recently came across a blackjack game called Spanish 21. I didn't play but the rules looked very similar to regular 21. Any differences before I give it a try? Seth G.
There are two notable exceptions when comparing Spanish 21 to a regular blackjack game. In Spanish 21, all the 10s (not the Jacks, Queens, Kings) are removed from the deck.
So, Seth, even without the 10s in the deck, is Spanish 21 a good play? Yes, if you utilize perfect basic strategy. By employing Spanish 21 basic strategy-which obviously differs from normal blackjack strategy-you reduce the house edge down to .8 percent. Deviate and the house advantage can be up to three percent.
I am a keno writer who works in Las Vegas. One of our regular customers asked if I knew how many different number combinations are possible in keno. I told him "in the thousands" but I wasn't sure. How many possibilities are there? Diane S.
You were off, Diane, a few quintillion. To be exact, there are 3, 535, 316, 142, 212, 174, 320 numerical combinations using 20 balls with 80 numbers to choose from.
In Las Vegas a few casinos now offer 100X odds on a crap game. What is the house advantage on this bet? Tim T.
The house edge is 0.09%. As minuscule as this is, Tim, you better be capitalized to the hilt before you embrace this wager. Two or three seven-out, line away calls and you're in the poorhouse.
If my playing style in blackjack does not give me a positive result in computer simulations, will it still help me win in actual casino gambling? Felix S.
The only playing method that will give you a positive expectation in blackjack is card counting. Period.
What I like best about craps, besides winning, is how much fun it is. Why don't more players enjoy playing the game? Ernie M.
You are correct, Ernie, craps is fun, craps is social, craps is exciting, but except for an odds wager, all craps bets come at a cost. Craps is a negative expectation game, meaning that no matter how you bet, the odds are against you.
I recommend all players treating craps like a bag of M&Ms. Eat (bet) only the colors (pass line, place bets) you like (a wager with a low house edge).
I heard it is a felony to cheat in a casino in Nevada, even at a $5 blackjack game. True? Kenneth K.
Be it $5 or $5,000, cheating in a casino is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in a rudimentary Nevada hostel-prison. Cheating is one mistake that a misinformed player who romantically envisions himself as a cagey cat should avoid. Most, if not all, casinos will prosecute to the full extent of the law.


In a tale as nearly as old as time, cider has been aged in a barrel. In New England and Québec where North American cider was born, all cider ever knew was the inside of a barrel for fermentation, aging and transportation, before bottles, kegs and anything other than a mug were available vessels of consumption. Today, makers across the Pacific Northwest are embracing the traditional and historical aging method of barrel use with gusto.
Apple Outlaw Thompson Creek Heritage Barrel-Aged | 9.4% ABV | $17/750ml | Heritage, estate-grown, organic apples are featured in this ripe, golden blend that takes shelter in rye whiskey barrels for up to six months. White pepper, spice, vanilla and toffee mingle with the fruit and linger in the rich, tannic finish.
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Sea Cider Rumrunner Prohibition | 12.5% ABV | $14/750ml | Traditional apples are juiced by hand in a customary rack and cloth press, then fermented and aged in rum-glazed bourbon barrels for a minimum of six months. Molasses, rum and apple butter rim the glass while wood spices fill out the palate, with earth, acid and tannin.
Liberty Ciderworks Porter's Perfection | 8.6% ABV | $17/750ml | Built around a cider apple heralded for its sharp juice and low astringency, this still, single varietal rendition sits in used Dry Fly whiskey barrels and delivers. Aromas of dry apple, toasted brioche and earth rise to the occasion and are met with crisp acid and structural tannin.
Blue Mountain Cider Oregonian | 6.4% ABV | $12/750ml | Gravenstein, Grimes Golden, Golden Russet, Jonagold and Winesap apples are pressed onsite at this estate and aged in Viognier barrels from the maker's sister winery. Off-dry and apple-forward, pops of charred oak mix with the crack of acid and warmth of overripe apple.
Lockhorn Hard Cider Wine Barrel Reserve | 6.9% ABV | $7/16oz draft | This draft-only selection from the young Bozeman, Montana, cidery is a bone-dry cider aged in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon barrels. The time in oak brings forward body from both the barrel and the fruit, with ripe apple, vanillin and notes of brambly fruit and herbs.


But how will you know when you've succeeded?
Success doesn't happen overnight; it takes a journey. Every journey it has a starting and ending point. The road to success starts with you but it ends with people. It is not measured by how many valuable things you possess but by how much value you add to the world (people). No one knows your value better than you. No one will appreciate your value more than you. If you want to be successful you have to believe that you already are.


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A movie for every day of the year – a good one
George Clooney born, 1961
On this day in 1961, George Timothy Clooney was born in Lexington, Kentucky. Raised a Catholic in a showbiz family (father a news anchor, aunt singer Rosemary Clooney, mother a beauty queen), George was a bright student. He was also adept at sport and at one point wanted to become a professional baseball player. Instead he studied broadcast journalism, taking small roles as an extra on TV to make a bit of money on the side, turning up in shows such as Centennial and The Golden Girls before getting a semi-regular gig on the sitcom Roseanne. In 1994 he got his break playing Dr Doug Ross in the TV series ER. By the time he left the show in 1999 he was world famous. Clooney's film career has been eclectic – gonzo grindhouse (From Dusk till Dawn), romcom (One Fine Day), comicbook adaptations (Batman & Robin), satire (Three Kings), musical (O Brother Where Art Thou?), caper (Ocean's 11). He went into movie production with Steven Soderbergh, founding the Section Eight company, who have Insomnia, Far From Heaven and A Scanner Darkly on their credits, as well as a string of Soderbergh/Clooney films. After that he formed Smokehouse Pictures with Grant Heslov. Smokehouse films include The American, Argo and August: Osage County.
The American (2010, dir: Anton Corbijn)
Photographer-turned-director Anton Corbijn's follow-up to Control, his film about British band Joy Division, wasn't that well received. Perhaps it's too stylish for some people. Too muted.
It's a "one last job" spy thriller in the glossy Euro tradition of the 1970s, all procedure, terse conversations, deadpan features, pregnant pauses, with The Day of the Jackal an obvious reference, a notion that's reinforced the first time we see George Clooney's Jack rapidly assembling a high velocity rifle from unlikely parts. Clooney is not only the star of the film but almost its entire point. As The American, a hitman of dubious honour possibly a little past his peak, Clooney's gum-chewing, impassive features have to be searched for evidence of what's going on below the surface. Is he a total cool professional? Have the years taken their toll? Is he about to snap and give it all up? It seems like an odd thing to say, but it's Clooney's lack of expression that drives up the tension in the film – Corbijn knows that, as seasoned viewers of films like this, we'll make assumptions about the psychological state of the main protagonist. And he forces us to focus hard on Clooney's face, yet witholds final evidence to prove or disprove those assumptions, as does Clooney.
And then we actually get a plot point. It seems that someone close to this cool pro is a stool pigeon. Someone has sold him out. Who is it? Is the hitman about to get hit? That's all there is to The American, until the final scenes set in a small Italian village, which feature a female assassin in a cat suit. Of course they do.
This is a beautifully conceived and made film, it's hitman arthouse, with stylistic homages to films of yore – the sex scene with lots of nudity is a clear throwback, but then so is Clooney's early meeting with a mystery woman, a newspaper beneath her arm to indicate she's his contact. Somewhere in the mix is a bit of Antonioni – the bleak existential despair, the beautiful empty vistas – such as we got in The Passenger. Then it was Jack Nicholson as an American drowning in empty European exotica; here it's Clooney. Playing a character called Jack. Coincidence? Probably not.
Why Watch?
A great existential hitman thriller
Martin Ruhe's shallow-focus cinematography
Craggy Johan Leysen as the American's control
A beautifully stylish movie
The American – at Amazon
The American (2010) Crime, Drama, Thriller | 105min | 1 September 2010 (USA) 6.3
Director: Anton CorbijnWriter: Rowan Joffe, Martin BoothStars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante PlacidoSummary: Alone among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate. Written by Anonymous


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This was a big weekend for me. It was the first weekend where Chris was out of town and I was home alone with the two kids. I just finished reading the book, The Magnolia Story (the story of Chip and Joanna Gaines), and JoJo (we are on a nickname basis now) talked about living life where you are thriving and not just surviving.


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UK Brexit Youth
Youth could be key to whether UK remains in EU
Story No.: 4037214
Source: AP TELEVISION
Dateline: Reading - 24 May 2016
Reading - 24 May 2016
1. Various of comedian Eddie Izzard, a prominent campaigner for Britain remaining in the European Union, talking on stage at a debate on the subject at the University of Reading (Izzard is touring 31 UK cities in 31 days in a bid to encourage young people to vote to remain in the EU)
2. Various of students in audience
3. Daniel Hannan, Conservative Member of the European Parliament and pro-Brexit campaigner, talking on stage
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eddie Izzard, comedian and campaigner to remain in the European Union:
"If they want a vision for the future - and I think young people do want a positive vision for the future, not a negative putting up boundaries, Brexit, let's go away - let's stand there, let's stand and fight for our place in Europe, rather than run and hide from Europe."
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Hannan, Conservative Member of the European Parliament and pro Brexit campaigner:
"It's not that they have weighed and then discarded the case for leave, it's not even that they have despised and disdained it, it's that they have never heard it, they weren't aware there was one. And so I hope that I can introduce at least some people to the very strong democratic and economic arguments for independence."
6. Izzard talking to students
7. Students
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Becky Page, student:
"I'd like to vote but I just need to inform myself more of which way I want to go. Initially I was thinking of staying but now I'm hearing reasons for leaving."
9. Various of students in student bar
10. Student Ramsay Amin playing snooker
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramsay Amin, student:
"I personally don't have enough knowledge to actually vote for either stay in or stay out. But judging by past experience it is probably better to stay in."
12. Various of Oli Ratcliffe, student union president at the University of Reading, sticking up flyers about the the referendum in a bid to encourage people to vote
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Oli Ratcliffe, student union president at the University of Reading:
"They are quite disillusioned with politics, a lot of students, unfortunately, so when referendums and elections come about they often see it as something which they can't relate to and they might not see it as important."
14. Various of Daniel Masters, editor of the student newspaper 'The Spark', looking at the latest edition
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Daniel Masters, student and editor of the student newspaper 'The Spark':
"We're run by the (European) Commission, we're run by the (European) Council, which are not elected and they essentially run our policy without asking us, so we don't have control over our agricultural policy and we don't have control of our fisheries policy or anything."
16. Set-up of student Ben Cooper (left)
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Cooper, student:
"So, I want to vote 'in'. Firstly, I think it's better for our country as a whole. Me personally, I come from a farming background, so I have quite a lot of interest in EU subsidies."
18. Various of people walking along high street
19. Set-up of sales assistant Rachel Stannett (wearing black and white striped dress)
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Rachel Stannett, sales assistant:
"No, to be fair I haven't (thought about the EU referendum). I don't know really that much about it. And I don't know who to vote for."
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Dev Sabharwal, student:
"Frankly, I'm just not that bothered by it. I mean I think I should be a bit bothered by it because it probably does affect me quite a lot but I don't really know a lot about it to be fair."
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Katie Dowset, college of further education student:
"I've heard that like the EU want to make us have the euro and I don't really want the euro."
23. Various of people walking along street, drinking at table
With less than a month to go before the United Kingdom's referendum on whether to remain in or leave the European Union, campaigners are desperately trying to encourage young people to register to vote.
The outcome of the referendum could depend on whether young people shake off their apathy and vote in sufficient numbers on 23 June, according to a recent opinion poll conducted for the Observer newspaper.
At last year's UK general election, only 43 per cent of those aged 18-24 voted, compared with 78 per cent of over-65s.
A similar turnout would see British youngsters' future in Europe determined by Eurosceptic older voters, who are much more likely to cast their ballots on the day.
The Electoral Reform Society has warned of a "worrying generation gap", with its survey showing that 21 per cent of 18- to 24-year-olds say they are very interested in the referendum, compared with 47 per cent of those over 65.
Comedian Eddie Izzard is one of many campaigners trying to encourage young people to vote to remain in the EU.
He has launched a campaign to visit 31 cities in 31 days to stir up the youth vote.
This week he visited the University of Reading for a debate with Daniel Hannan, a Conservative Member of the European Parliament and pro-Brexit campaigner.
Brexit referendum , Referendums , Higher education , Voting , Government and politics , Legislature , Generational differences , General elections , Events , Elections , Education , Social affairs , Generations , Demographics
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United Kingdom government, European Union, European Parliament
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