I love meeting teachers who are using YA literature in their classrooms. This week's guest contributor is Katie Sluiter. She teaches middle school in Wyoming, Michigan. Katie is wonderful. Her classroom is an inspiration and a model for others who want to surround their students with books. A colleague, Gretchen Rumoht-Voskuil, introduced us when I was looking for participants in another study. Katie has been a great addition to that project. I look forward to chatting with her in person at the NCTE conference this November. I am sure you will enjoy Katie's discussion of her transition from high school to middle school.
Teaching middle school is a YA Lit lover's dream. When I made the transition from high school to middle school three years ago, I traded The Great Gastby and The Scarlet Letter for a curriculum of exclusively YA Literature: Hero by S.L Rottman, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and a stack of historical YA fiction for literature circles. All middle school students were also required to read at least one independent reading book per quarter.
My move to the middle school had impeccable timing. During my final year at the high school, I discovered Penny Kittle and her ideas for Reading Workshops. The seed of an idea had been planted: how could I provide my students with choice rather than dictate everything they read? When the idea first hit me, I thought I would be dealing with a curriculum for high school seniors. As the fates would have it, as I began to amass books for a classroom library, I was re-assigned to the middle school--eighth grade English--the perfect environment for growing readers.
I teach in a Title 1 district which means there isn't exactly a surplus of funds for things like stocking teachers' classroom libraries. If I wanted to grow my collection of books, I had to take matters into my own hands.
First I shared my dream of a classroom library on my blog and social media channels. Someone suggested making a wishlist on Amazon, so that is where I started. What I learned about people is that they want to help kids read; they want to give the gift of the written word. Boxes started arriving to my house daily. Most were Amazon boxes, but some people shipped me all their gently used books because they loved the idea of a new generation of readers getting their hands on them. My sorry excuse of a 104-title library quickly grew to over three hundred.
A close friend and colleague strongly urged me to apply for Penny Kittle's Book Love Foundation Grant. Ten applicants received 500 books for their classroom library, and while I was not one of those ten, I was a runner-up. I received $500 to purchase books for my already started library. Since then I have hit up thrift stores, garage sales, bookstore sales, and hustled to get some donorschoose.org projects for books funded.
If you walk in my classroom today, you will see a large 800+ title library along the back wall. Those books have been very thoughtfully and intentionally chosen. Books range in topic and difficulty level, but all of them are there because they are high interest for teen readers. I want students to find books they truly want to read since each is expected to read four books during the school year. While it's not the ten-book goal that Donalyn Miller set for her middle schoolers, four is a far cry from the zero many of my students have read in their life. Some of my students stick to the required four, but many read far above and beyond.
Additionally, we read three YA books together as a class each school year. These are pre-chosen for me and required of all the 8th grade English teachers' curricula, but I try to make it a positive experience for my students; I use books as read alouds. Studies show that students need not only to have time to read on their own, but also to hear what good reading sounds like. I also use these books as a way to model and teach reading, thinking, and response strategies that students can use with their own independently chosen books.
My favorite thing about teaching middle school is that every day I am surrounded by books and reading. My students silently read books of their choice, I read aloud our required texts, and we talk and write about books. In the fourteen years that I have been teaching, I have never seen such an enthusiasm for reading as I do here in middle school. While I still have students who are self-proclaimed non-readers, they are few and far between. The majority of my students are eager and excited to read and talk about their books. I believe centering our junior high curriculum around YA literature has gone a long way to making this happen.
Katie Sluiter currently teaches at Wyoming Junior High School in Wyoming, Michigan. She has taught middle school, high school, and community college English and Composition classes and has her Masters Degree in Teaching English from Western Michigan University. She advocates for best practices in the ELA classroom as a contributing writer to The Educator's Room. She has presented at multiple MCTE conferences and will be on two panels at the upcoming NCTE conference in Atlanta. Her blog, Sluiter Nation, chronicles her life as a mother and teacher. She lives in Zeeland, Michigan with her family. You can contact her at katiesluiter@gmail.com.
When I taught middle and high school English in an alternative school, I used mostly YA Literature. It was amazing to see kids who were struggling and reluctant readers making connections with books and stories! I created a classroom library largely from attending the ALAN Conference for several consecutive years. Keep up the great work!!! You have some lucky students!!
Time and choice: the perfect recipe for creating a reader. I love the flexibility and freedom I have as a middle school English teacher! Wouldn't trade it for any of my grad school era dreams of leading high school students to love Whitman or parse Shakespeare.


ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – As reported by the Press of Atlantic City: "Politicians, gaming executives and regulators defused an explosive change to the Casino Control Act late Wednesday afternoon, removing language that would have let casinos act first and receive permission second on matters involving money-handling, accounting and gaming security.
"The amendment is one of 31 in a sweeping casino-deregulation bill introduced by state Sen. William Gormley, R-Atlantic, in concert with gaming regulators and casino executives.
"…Initially, the bill would have allowed casinos to change any of their `internal controls' immediately after filing paperwork with the Casino Control Commission. The commission would then have had 30 days to approve or reject the casino's procedures.
"`This is the one that gave us pause. Our immediate thought was that we would not have the right to know what they were doing before they were doing it, and that could have implications on the gross revenue and everything else down the line,' said James Hurley, casino commission chairman.
"…Internal controls govern such practices as collecting money from gaming tables, transferring money to and from slot machines, storing dice and cards and counting revenue.
"…Elsewhere in the Gormley bill, anyone under age 21 caught gambling or drinking would face a fine of $500 to $1,000 and a six-month suspension of his or her driver's license. An adult who knowingly allows a minor in his or her care to gamble or drink would be subject to a disorderly persons offense.
"As it stands now, minors caught gambling are rarely punished while the host casino pays a big fine. Loretta Pickus, Trump Taj Mahal vice president of legal affairs and a critic of the current rules, said some minors have flaunted the situation.
"…Gamblers would be able to cash personal checks for up to $5,000 instead of $1,500, for gambling or nongambling purposes.
"…Other changes would clarify that 24-hour gambling is the norm and that casinos can advertise odds.


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Table 12.25 shows the offset value, register number, mnemonic, and description that are associated with each Process ID Register.


1. Stop feeding your brother like he's a dog!
3. Caroline, stop crying about your dinosaurs being dead. They are plastic, they cannot be dead!
4. NO you cannot use the potty in the basement because there IS NO potty in the basement!
5. Neither of you is a horse!
6. Evan, YOU are upside down! Stop telling your sister she is upside down, you're making her cry!
7. Falling down is GRAVITY's fault, not your sister's!
8. No you cannot look in the toilet leave it alone!
9. Don't eat candy you found under the couch!
10. No, you can't eat candy you found under the couch EITHER!
Bonus thing I yelled as I was about I hit publish: Guys, I'm serious! I don't want your boogers on me!
1. They have crazy sleep schedules and are often awake at 3 am.
2. They throw totally epic tantrums over minor things.
3. People are always shoving cameras in their faces and bossing them around.
4. They wear tiny clothes.
5. They can exist all day on a couple of crackers and one slice of cheese.
6. It's pretty funny when they fall down.
7. They can be best friends with someone after knowing them for 5 minutes, but lose interest almost as fast.
8. Their outfits would be totally ridiculous on a regular person but are fabulous on them.
9. They have no real concept of money, like how much a gallon of milk or a flight to New York City costs.
10. They've been know to put stuff up their nose.


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Extraction, Development Indigenous Community Sustainability Symposium
Over four days in May 2018, Indigenous community thinkers, researchers and academics from Chile and Australia got together in Brisbane and Stradbroke Island to critically discuss the problematics of extraction, development and Indigenous community sustainability. The symposium was centered on how legislation recognising Indigenous peoples' rights to consultation prior to development impacts such as mining projects, forestry projects or other forms of extraction have brought enormous pressure and potential threats, as well as opportunities, for communities in Australia and Chile. We discussed the ways that Indigenous peoples in these nations seek to manage consultation and negotiation with powerful interests, gain development advantages, or to resist extraction processes.
Symposium Leaders and University of Queensland Academics: Sally Babidge, Anthropologist, School of Social Science, UQ; Paul Memmott, AERC and IDP; Deanna Kemp, Director. Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, UQ
Invited but unable to attend included: Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation Delegation, Brian Coghill (GoorieMooka Tours)
Kate Connell (UQ Cultural and Heritage Unit) & Alec Doomadgee (Waanyi Cultural Heritage Project) were unable to attend to present their paper - The legal and the possible. Waanyi cultural heritage projects.
Other specially invited participants included: Patricia Dallachy (Gudjal elder and Board member of the North Queensland Land Council, Charters Towers
Symposium Presentations
The Comparative Context of Extraction Across Indigenous Landscapes: Chile and Australia
Sally Babidge, Anthropologist School of Social Science, UQ
Extraction sustainability and the way Indigenous Peoples deal with extraction in their territories is a global problem. Chile and Australia have contemporary histories of extraction, political economies of extractivism and engage in the cultural politics of the recognition of Indigenous peoples and rights in comparable ways. This short presentation contemplates some of the ways in which we might learn from that comparison.
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Opportunities and Potential for Development in Context of Extraction
Chair: Charles Passi, Meriam Traditional Owner, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
In this panel discussion different speakers emphasised the limitations of recognition of native title in Australia, and the Chilean speakers emphasised the problems with legal recognition of indigenous rights in Chile (Indigenous Law). Stronger recognition of indigenous rights to manage resources in the contemporary world would be a step toward beginning to address social and environmental injustices. In the case of both Australia and Chile, speakers asserted that a range of new approaches is sorely needed and new responses to the realities of Indigenous peoples lives must be found.
Advances and Goals of the Peoples Council and the Agreement with Rockwood Lithium Mine
Ana Ramos, President of the Council of Atacameño Peoples, Chile
Outline of the ways in which the Atacamanian Peoples Council seeks to support the Indigenous Communities of the Salar de Atacama area. Discussion of the important aspects of the legal agreement between the Peoples Council and the Lithium Company, Rockwood, for equity in the mine, environmental monitoring, capacity building workshops and professional services. The presentation considered the challenges for the Peoples Council in the coming years.
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Myuma: From Roadworks to Rangers and Spinifex
Colin Saltmere, Managing Director, Myuma Group, Dugalunji Aboriginal Corporation
The Myuma Group, owned by Indjalandji and Dhidhanu traditional owners, integrates four areas of social enterprise. The discussion examined the ways in which social enterprise is facilitated through partnerships between indigenous business and extractive industries, and some of the limitations on indigenous business for indigenous businesses.
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CSRM (UQ) and Working with CODELCO in Chile Sara MacKenzie Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
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Territory, Cultural Heritage and Extractive Landscapes
Historical Background to Stradbroke Island and a Detailed Description of the Brutal Imposition of Colonial Rule
Dale and Pekeri Ruska (Goorumpul Goorie owner and One Mile Residents Aboriginal Corporation, Stradbroke Island)
This presentation outlined the history of colonial rule and its impacts on original peoples of Stradbroke Island, leading up to a discussion of the way in which the authors understood mining and other extractive developments on country.
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The Beginning of the Transition to a Fully Commoditised End: Indigenous People and Mining Projects in the Northern Borderland of Chile
Dante Choque-Cáseres (PhD, University of Sydney & Centre for Intercultural and Indigenous Research, Chile)
In the far north of Chile, there are moves to further privatise scarce water resources and allow mining in National Parks. Given low human and infrastructural development in the region, the pressure on indigenous and other community groups to allow these processes means that people are convinced by the need for employment.
Balancing Cultural Law for Managing Graves and the Pressures of Development for Housing, Mining and Tourism in Mapoon
Mary Jean Sutton (Virtus Heritage), Dianne Nicholls Pitt (Tjungundji elder and member of the Old Mapoon Aboriginal Corporation) & Simon Pearce (GHD Consultants)
Traditional Owners from Mapoon and Cultural heritage researchers and consultants outlined the ways in which the landscape in Cape York Peninsula may be understood to hold cultural and human remains, and the project to look after the landscape. How these materials are found is a complex process that must rely on non-invasive archaeological methods. The threats to the remains include pressure from mining interests.
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Environmental Knowledge, Connections and Research Collaborations
Collaboration and the Will for Refusal: the Problems of Participation in Development and Academic Knowledge Production
Piergiorgio Di Giminiani (Pontifica Universidad Catolica & CIIR, Chile)
A key question of the symposium was the question of collaboration between academic scholars and indigenous thinkers, and this presentation raised key questions about collaborations. A case study of Mapuche farmers refusing land claims processes was used as an example of how collaborations with indigenous groups initiated by academic researchers must be flexible, critical and inclusive.
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Cultural Heritage Protection as Means of Territorial Defence: between Private Interests and the Chilean State
Fernanda Kalazich (Universidad Catolica del Norte, Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology & CIIR)
The presentation explores the ways in which the protection of Cultural Heritage under the National Monuments Act in Chile may also safeguard indigenous territories by registering sites, declaring 'typical zones' and identifying historical monuments. It also identifies a range of limitations of heritage processes for territorial protection.
"Picking Sides": Social Research Amidst Community Conflict: the Case of Pascua Lama
Nigel Wight PhD candidate Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, UQ
There has been increasing environmental activism in Chile in response to large-scale projects. HydroAysen, Agrosuper in Freirina, Pascua Lama and Dominga are the rallying points of Chilean environmental protest, as diverse local, national and international organisations form networks and sustain environmental awareness campaigns. For social researchers, divisions between environmentalists and Indigenous groups can present challenges when conducting fieldwork. Establishing connections with one key actor group may exclude the researcher from accessing other actor groups holding opposing positions. In searching for a deeper understanding of social complexity, the researcher may limit the possibility of broadening knowledge in the process. Based on fieldwork in Huasco Valley (Pascua Lama) this presentation explores the dilemmas for academics when social research requires 'choosing sides'.
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'Invisible Irrigation and Social Production: Braiding Science with Indigenous Knowledge
Bofedal, Andean high altitude wetlands, Manuel Prieto, Geographer, Universidad Catolica del Norte and CIIR and Karina Yager Anthropologist, Stony Brook University, New York.
Through a mixed methods approach of ecological survey, community participatory mapping and discussions with Indigenous groups, the researchers are able to show that long term indigenous management of wetlands show they are creators of pasture in the Andean highlands, and not simply "users" of the landscape. The authors argued that the ways in which Andean highland pasture had been understood previously needed to be rethought. The implication is that the histories of indigenous management are impacted by extraction industries but also conservation plans that might limit the ability of people to manage territory and water.
Extraction, Development and Their Outcomes for Indigenous Communities: Collaboration for Improving Community Futures
Chair: Prof. Paul Memmott Director of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre, University of Queensland
'Double Problem of Participation' in Mining Impact Social Consultations: The Ancestral Community of Piene
Judith Cruz & Oriana Mora (Atacameño Indigenous Community of Peine)
The final discussion session was opened by Judith Cruz and Oriana Mora from the Indigenous Community of Peine. Judith spoke about Peine as ancestral town and the current situation where there are seven different mining operations thirsty for water, creating a range of impacts on their daily lives. Oriana spoke about the 'double problem of participation' in mining impact consultations; that limited the way in which they might participate in consultation and if they participated, tied them to particular development outcomes.
Extractive Industries in Central Australia
Sarah Holcombe & Roger Barnes Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining
To finish, Sarah Holcombe and Rodger Barnes, both from CSRM, with long experience of the context of extractive industries in Central Australia, spoke about the ways in which communities were responding to the context of extraction within the confines of the land rights and native title legal frameworks and processes.
Charles Passi Meriam Traditional Owner, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland
Charles Passi spoke about 'country' in the Torres Strait Islands, urged us to think about the ways that the indigenous concept of land is always interrelated with people, responsibility and compromise.
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Further Resources regarding Extraction Development and Indigenous Community Sustainability
Babidge, S. 2015 The problem with 'transparency': Moral contests and ethical possibilities in mining impact reporting. Focaal- Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 73, pp. 70-83. (Download)
Beltrán, J. 2000. "Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: Principles, Guidelines and Case Studies." Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines (4). Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. (Download)
Brereton, D., Memmott, P., Reser, J., Buultjens, J., Thomson, L., Barker, T., O'Rourke, T and Chambers, C. 2007 Mining and Indigenous Tourism in Northern Australia. Gold Coast: Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism Pty Ltd. (Download)
Buultjens, J., Brereton, D., Memmott, P., Reser, J., Thomson, L. and O'Rourke, T. 2010. "The Mining Sector and Indigenous Tourism Development in Weipa, Queensland." Tourism Management 31, pp. 597-606. (Download)
Conyers L.B., St Pierre E.J., Sutton M.J., Walker C., 2018. Integration of GPR and magnetics to study the interior features and history of earth mounds, Mapoon, Queensland, Australia. Archaeological Prospection 2018, pp. 1–10 (Download)
Doyle, C.M. 2014. Indigenous Peoples, Title to Territory, Rights and Resources: The Transformative Role of Free Prior and Informed Consent. London: Routledge
Howitt, R., Connell, J. and Hirsch, P. 1996. Resources, nations and Indigenous peoples: case studies from Australia, Melanesia ad Southeast Asia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Howlett, C. 2010 "Flogging a Dead Horse? Neo-Marxism and Indigenous Mining Negotiations." Australian Journal of Political Science 45 (3), pp. 457-474. (Download)
Jenkins, H. 2004. "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mining Industry: Conflicts and Constructions." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 11, pp. 23–34. (Download)
Kitula, A.G.N. 2006. "The Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Mining on Local Livelihoods in Tanzania: A Case Study of Geita District." Journal of Cleaner Production 14, pp. 405-414. (Download)
Lertzman, D.A. and Vredenburg, H. 2005. "Indigenous Peoples, Resource Extraction and Sustainable Development: An Ethical Approach." Journal of Business Ethics 56, pp. 239-254. (Download)
Maxi L. 2004. "A Case Study in Multinational Corporate Accountability: Ecuador's Indigenous Peoples Struggle for Redress." Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 32, pp. 701-732. (Download)
Memmott, P. 2012. "On Generating Culturally Sustainable Enterprises and Demand-Response Services in Remote Aboriginal Settings: A Case Study from North-West Queensland." In Fijn, N., Keen, I., Lloyd, C and Pickering, M. (eds.), Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies II: Historical Engagements and Current Enterprises. Australian National University E-press and National Museum of Australia, Chapter 14. (Download)
Rawashdeh, R.A., Campbell, G. and Titi, A. 2016. "The Socio-Economic Impacts on Local Communities: The Case of Jordan." The Extractive Industries and Society 3, pp. 494-507. (Download)
Tsosie, R. 2009. "Climate Change, Sustainability and Globalization: Charting the Future of Indigenous Environmental Self-Determination." Environment & Energy Law & Policy Journal 4 (2), pp.188-255 (Download)
Virtual Heritage. 2017 "Mapoon Unmarked Graves, Cemeteries and Mounds: Ground Penetrating Investigations." Stage 3, Community Report. Report to Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council and the Western Cape Communities Trust. Weipa, Australia: Western Cape Communities Trust. (Download)
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Your phone buzzes… one of your English speaking friends has sent you a message asking if you'd like to get dinner this weekend. You frantically Google Translate your responses. And I can assure you that, as usual, Google Translate is never as accurate as we'd like it to be. Fortunately, the vocabulary for making (and breaking) plans is relatively clear. If you avoid directly translating from Spanish and stay away from Google Translate, you can quickly and confidently master this skill.
In this post, we'll practice the vocabulary for making plans, changing plans, and cancelling plans. We'll also review vocab for some of the most common plans we make! Next time you friend messages you about plans, you'll be ready.
Example: Are you interested in going to the beach on Saturday?
Example: Would you like to go out to eat on Friday night?
Example: Can you hang out on Sunday?
Example: Are you free to go biking Monday afternoon?
Example: Are you able to join us for brunch on Sunday morning?
Example: Do you want to grab a drink this weekend?
Example: Let's get ice cream after work!
Yes! I'd like to go!
Let me check my schedule and get back to you.
It depends on_____. I'll confirm as soon as I can!
Maybe! I'll let you know as soon as possible.
There's a chance I can make it. I'll let you know.
Unfortunately, I can't make it.
I'm busy, but let's meet up another time!
I'm not able to go this time. So sorry!
That time doesn't work for me.
Can we change our plan?
Is it possible to reschedule?
I'm really sorry for the trouble, but can we reschedule?
Our original plan actually won't work for me. Any chance you're available another time?
Unfortunately, I have to cancel.
My schedule is complicated today. I have to cancel.
It's been a hectic day/week, and I'm not going to be able to make it today.
So sorry for the trouble, but I need to cancel! Thanks so much for understanding.
Something came up, and I can't make it.
I'm really looking forward to it OR Looking forward to it!
"Look forward to" is a phrasal verb that means to have positive feelings in anticipation of something.
I'm so glad we can meet up! See you then.
Example: Do you want to meet up sometime this week?
Example: Let's all hang out this weekend! Maybe we can go to the beach. The weather is supposed to be beautiful.
Example: We should find a time to get together! It's been a while since we hung out.
Spend time - in English, we say spend time with other people, NOT share or pass time. It directly translates to gastar tiempo. For many English language learners, this is a strange direct translation, but I promise it's accurate!
Example: Do you want to spend time with my family this weekend? I think we're having a picnic.
Example: Would you like to get dinner next Wednesday?
Example: Do you want to grab a drink sometime?
Example: Let's go out on Saturday night! We can get drinks and sing karaoke.
Air travel can be chaotic, confusing, and stressful - especially if you don't understand the language! Memorizing some simple vocabulary can help you to feel comfortable and confident when you're travelling.
A goal is something that you are trying to achieve. Are you hoping to earn your master's degree? Advance in your company? Do you intend to travel to a new country? Try a new hobby? We're constantly setting personal and professional goals. Today, we'll cover the most useful vocabulary and phrases for talking about professional development goals.
I'm sure you've seen a post in English on Facebook or Instagram with an abbreviation like lol, tgif, or ttyl, but did you know what those abbreviations meant? Well, we've put together a list of the most common abbreviations in English used on social media posts or text messages.
Solo te puedes expresar con adjetivos como happy, sad, angry, sick. Déjanos ayudarte a aumentar tu vocabulario para sonar más nativo cuando quieres decir cómo te sientes en inglés.
Vas a pasar tiempo con norteamericanos pronto o quieres entender un poco mejor las películas en inglés? Aquí te damos una lista de 22 expresiones informales en el inglés norteamericano que se usa diariamente. Intenta usar unas de estas en tu próxima conversación cotidiana con un gringo!
Are you still using words like good, bad, fine and interesting? Take your English to the next level with words such as fascinating, impressive and compelling! See more examples here!
It's that time of year again! Summer has come and gone and for better or worse the beginning of the school year is upon us. Here are 10 fun back-to-school phrases to learn in English.


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Admiral voices support for much-delayed EDS work for Navy
The Navy official in charge of a much-delayed Intranet network being built by Electronic Data Systems Corp. says the project will save money for the Navy and improve the security of its desktop computers.
Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns said he was encouraged that the new system was unaffected by a large attack in October against the 13 computer servers that manage global Internet traffic.
While most Internet users did not notice the attacks because of the Internet's diffuse architecture, Munns said the event underscored "a real urgency" to improve security of military networks.
Munns also said that despite the Intranet contract's cost _ now up to $8.8 billion through 2010 _ it would save at least 10 percent of the roughly $1 billion that the Navy spends every year to maintain roughly 1,000 computer networks.
The admiral, who is director of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, made his comments to a meeting of technology-industry analysts at EDS headquarters in Plano.
EDS has connected about 41,000 Navy desktops to the new Intranet but is 18 months behind schedule on finishing the job, which calls for 360,000 new desktops.
The program has been delayed by demands from Congress for additional testing and because engineers have struggled to bring old hardware and software up to security standards in the new system.
The delay means EDS is still spending far more than it is taking in on the contract, which was signed in 2000. EDS spent $640 million on the project in the first half of this year and expects it to be a net cash drain until sometime next year.
This fall, Congress and President Bush agreed to a request by EDS and the Navy to extend the contract from five years to seven and pay EDS another $1.9 billion to reimburse the company for its early investment in the deal, which was larger than EDS expected.
The Navy has an option to renew the deal for an additional three years, through late 2010. The extension raised the potential cost of the contract from $6.9 billion to $8.8 billion.
Munns said the Navy would not ask Congress for more money for the project.
The ranking EDS official on the project, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds, said the company would overcome the delays and make the deal a success.
"We think we have five years here … and three more years if we do well," Edmonds said.
In trading Tuesday, EDS shares rose 71 cents, or 4.4 percent, to $17.03.


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All Aboard Eurostar!
Eurostar will inaugurate twice-daily direct service to Amsterdam in Spring 2018.
Car Rental & Rail Harvey Chipkin
PHOTO: Eurostar train (Photo via Flickr / Rob Dammers)
Next stop, Amsterdam.
Eurostar, the train service that travels through the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) between England and France, will offer direct service to Amsterdam beginning in spring of 2018.
That is only part of a systemwide enhancement for Eurostar, which has been in service since 1994 and under its current name since 1996.
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The only high-speed train service linking the U.K. to France and Belgium—and soon The Netherlands—Eurostar is the largest Channel Tunnel customer. The train whisks passengers from one city center to another, with the trip from London to Paris taking 2 hours, 15 minutes; London to Brussels 2 hours; and London to Lille 1 hour, 20 minutes. With a change in Paris, Brussels or Lille, travelers can connect to over 100 European destinations.
For agents, the potential for sales is strong as demand from the U.S. is booming, according to Nicolas Petrovic, Eurostar's CEO.
"The increase in sales is really extraordinary," he said, "and we will be building on it with new routes and a product that improves on an already excellent one."
Amsterdam service will start with two trips daily each way, with plans to build from there. The company is constructing its own small station in Amsterdam, which will be connected to the main station in that city.
The train will run along a route that travels to Brussels as an extension from the Belgian capital with no need to change. Passengers will be able to travel anywhere else in The Netherlands free of charge within 24 hours of arrival in Amsterdam. (That is also true for Brussels arrivals and rail travel within Belgium.)
"With this addition," Petrovic said, "we will be linking Europe's four most exciting capitals within a four-hour radius."
In addition to the new Amsterdam route, the company's new fleet is 75 percent deployed, with "very modern, wider and higher cars – giving a real impression of space," he said.
Passengers are on Eurostar trains when they travel from London to Paris, Brussels, Lille, Calais, Lyon, Avignon, Marseille, Bourg-Saint-Maurice—and in 2018, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Other destinations, such as Bruges or Bordeaux, require connections to other European railways.
There are many ways to book Eurostar, including directly through the company's website, its partner Rail Europe, tour operators and third parties. Jane Ashman, head of sales for Eurostar, said the company has a strong partnership with Rail Europe and that "they are our basic distribution system. We are bookable through them on the GDS, so they are really an extension of us."
The Rail Europe website includes an agent section with online training, educational resources, discounts and more. It also has its own in-house system for agents.
"We help agents to sell our product through Rail Europe, including webinars, sales teams, etc.," said Ashman. "There is a lot of support for agents. When I speak to agents they tell me Americans are used to flying everywhere because of the size of their country. We find that after their customers try [rail travel] once, it sells itself."
Commissions are at "Rail Europe's discretion," she said, adding that agents earn most of their pay on other elements of a Eurostar package, such as hotels and tours. Fares on Eurostar are designed to be competitive with those of airlines so that a London-Paris trip will start at 29 British pounds (about $38).
The beauty of the Eurostar product is that "we appeal to every sector," Ashman said. "We have filled a train with 750 children. And then we might have more mature customers who rode trains in Europe in their early 20s and now want to do it in a more luxurious fashion."
Petrovic said the typical pattern for North American travelers is to fly to London because intense competition makes those transatlantic fares very low. They stay for a few days, then go to Paris or elsewhere on the Continent for four or five days before flying back to the U.S. Ashman said Rail Europe can put any trip like that together.
"The major thing for us is that we are connecting four major cities in Europe," she said. "A lot of North Americans will include London, Paris or Amsterdam in any European trip, and we offer a very nice selection of options for them."
The important thing for the travel agent community to know "is that travel by train is very appealing." Ashman said. "You go from city center to city center. If you look at a schedule it might seem quicker to fly, but it is actually a lot longer. Also, travelers go through security before they get on a train, so they come out in their destination and head directly into the city."
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Q: error ejecucion IIS Buenas Dias.
quisiera que me ayuden estoy subiendo mi pagina web en un IIS mi web config es este codigo:
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  <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />

  <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />

</system.web>

<add name="CnxUsu" connectionString="wZhyFoK5oBXaBFXNVySITwTMhFY7C3j/x6DJIUs0jQRLy585tK7zEDBzFT+2hDlPDMf0iRvNU3cHbt8ZmcBxZVL19Rc5+nKXUvX1Fzn6cpeqxEkfr3XPilRKZCu1Ctg1B/2i0Q5wWaI133mgd9HkWQ==">

A: En el web.config(no confundir con el web.config que esta dentro de la carpeta Views), debajo de configuration>system.web agrega la siguiente etiqueta:
<customErrors mode="Off" />

Esto lo que hara sera mostrarte con claridad el error. Si te preguntas porque hay que configurar esto, es por seguridad. No es bueno que el stacktrace todo el mundo lo este viendo ya que en los ojos equivocados puede hacerte muchos daño.
Te aconsejo que le cambies el valor a On cuando termines. Si prefieres no cambiar la configuracion, entonces prueba la aplicacion en tu IIS local ya que localmente siempre estara Off.
En la pagina oficial da mas informacion.

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Sometime on Monday night the number of mobile applications at Apple's App Store broke the 1000 mark with 1001 mobile applications available according to reports from fortune.cnn.com.
1001 available app is roughly double that of what was originally available when the App Store went live just two weeks ago.
Applications such as mobile games like Crash bandicoot, Monkey Ball and Texas Hold'em and popular, as are business tools such as Salesforce Mobile, and Bloomberg News. Then there is the social networking apps like MySpace, AIM and FaceBook.
Approximately twenty percent of the App Store applications are free at present with ninety percent costing around $10.00 or under.
Only Research In Motion BlackBerry has created a comparable platform for 3rd party apps, but with the BalckBerry lacking a touch-screen and accelerometer it applications simply can't measure up to iPhone application.
On the 13th July, Apple release a press release announcing 10 million apps has been downloaded from their App Store in the first 3 days and by July 21st it had grown to 25 million.


Vipra was created to share stories, experiences, and develop relationships. It was developed as a sweet wine category to often mixed with fruit and fruit juices, I'll brand that best reflects it's personality, and keeping it simple.
With cocktails in mind, The VIPRA Hiss, VIPRA Spritz, and VIPRA Bite were created for the pure enjoyment of taste.
Part of the largest wine group in Italy, Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV), this Sweet Red is for all age groups who enjoy wine, cocktails, and partying. Created in Emilia Romagna, the heart of Lambrusco, Vipra has tradition behind it from this region, and high quality fruit which is not the case in most Sweet wine; in particular, Sweet reds.


His name is Hacker. He breaks into computer networks. He trades information for profit and popularity. Like a graffiti artist, his fame comes from his targets.
How did you meet Hacker?
Through a lab experiment, while working on a case study about the patterns and lifestyles of hackers. The best way to get inside the mind of a hacker is to find one at work. I established a network test environment on a DSL line and purposely left several openings for an attack.
What do you mean an attack?
Contrary to what people think, hackers do not break into systems for malicious intent. The majority of hacking is conducted out of curiosity and for trade. An attack, simply put, is a breach in a network from an uninvited source. Hackers look for systems that are easily compromised, systems that have something interesting to offer or systems that are left open to use for trading. The latter is what I had to offer.
Did Hacker break into your network?
Yes. I installed a basic Windows 2000 server and left port 21, 23 and 80 open. Network engineers or techies know that leaving those open is taboo. It is like leaving your keys in your car and the door open. It is only a matter of time before your car gets stolen.
I watched the system everyday for activity. On the 10th day I was discovered by a simple port scan. Port scanners are free and easily obtainable. Once Hacker found the open ports my system was his playground. He then uploaded a remote access program and took control of my system.
What did he do once he had control?
With remote access control, he then browsed my directories, looking for any interesting information. He didn't anything; he didn't maliciously try to damage the system. Instead, he tightened up the security by closing the open ports that he came through, created some hidden directories and then began to upload information to my system.
For 18 hours, files of all kinds were uploaded to my server. I discovered 30 of my 36 free gigabytes of hard drive space were filled up. There were mp3 files, games, movies, software applications and even some adult content. I discovered his name by a few files that he left. Hackers like to be recognized for their handiwork.
Why would he upload information to your system?
His business is trade. A day and a half after the uploading session, I watched my system intently. All of a sudden, a foreign IP address logged into my server. But this person was downloading. Then another logged in, and another, and another, and another. Within ten minutes, there were 23 people logged into my server downloading all the goodies that Hacker left behind. My system was being used as a conduit.
So what did you do to stop it?
I terminated the file transfer services, uninstalled the remote access program and installed a firewall. I then conducted an IP trace on Hacker. I traced him all the way to Lyon, France.
What can be learned from your experience?
Proper network setup can save you lots of trouble, time and money. Firewalls, experienced engineers and network management are all very important when setting up a secure environment. There are many ways to circumnavigate security.
Greg Richburg a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and the owner of Netricks, Inc. a network consulting, web design and hosting company located in Fresno. Visit Netricks at www.netricks.com.
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Darren, from the Livingston United Parish Church, came in to work with us this afternoon. We learned all about Labyrinths. A labyrinth is like a maze but it only has one path, there are no dead ends or choices and you always get to the centre. There are lots of different types of labyrinth and we looked at lots of examples. A labyrinth is a great way to think about your feelings. Lots of people walk labyrinths to think, reflect or pray. Some churches have a labyrinth on the floor for people to walk. They can spend time sitting in the centre if they wish.
There are four parts to a labyrinth – the mouth, the goal, the walls and the path. A labyrinth is grown from a seed. We used a four pointed seed to grow a labyrinth. We then tried a trickier version too!
We made finger labyrinths out of clay so that we each have our own to keep. We then made a labyrinth on our classroom floor. When we walked our labyrinth we felt a wide range of emotions – quiet, relaxed, happy, peaceful, calm, tired, weird, alone and strange! We talked about how we can use a labyrinth to slow down when life is very busy. We had a wonderful afternoon.


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I have always been a writer; I think all writers will tell you that. In elementary school, I wrote books — two of which ended up in the local branch of my county library. In middle school, I wrote plays for my local community theater. In college, I wrote dissertations to fulfill my history major and stories to fulfill my creativity. And after college, I realized that I have a powerful tool to move my career forward in the entertainment industry: I write, I act, and I produce. So I started writing sketch comedy which gave way to a mammoth set of productions to create two feature-film-length seasons of Amazon's Classic Alice, after which I returned to my sketch roots to create Not a Plan, also streaming on Amazon, and followed that up with a traditional sitcom pilot. Not content with so much comedy, I co-write The Long Dig, a scifi dramatic short film, which I subsequently produced. I'm excited to continue to build worlds, shape characters, and create stories with a voice that is underrepresented in the industry.
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Dog Park is a half-hour dramedy/sitcom about a type A planner bride-to-be who is dumped just a few weeks away from the wedding. …And he leaves her with his puppy; now she has to learn to adapt to being a "single dog mom", and what better place to do that than in the company of some real neurotic weirdos at the dog park.
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Not a Plan is a produced half hour digital mini-series. If Ann and Ben don't stop accidentally ruining each others' birthdays, they're not going to be best friends much longer. A joint party sounds like the natural solution, but that requires planning, and that brings up a whole host of issues and insecurities as Ann and Ben confront the fact that their lives aren't exactly what they expected as they hurtle toward 30.
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Wednesday Wishlist- 11/21/18
Happy Pre-Turkey Day! We're heading off to Pittsburgh for the holiday, but I wanted to make sure I shared a few of my picks for the week. I'm most excited about the green, faux fur sweater from Zara. Another blogger has been wearing it, and I loved the way it looks. I'm also loving the velvet bow scrunchies. Talk about a blast from the past! I'm excited to use them to liven up my ponytail this winter. Finally, I'm sharing my favorite ChappyWrap pattern. (Seriously, I love them all, but this beige herringbone is my #1).
Herringbone Beige Chappywrap $129 (and worth every penny)
Faux Fur Sweater
Niceish Sweatshirt ($25 ON SALE) 2. OTK Boots ($39.99)
3. Faux Fur Sweater (49.90) 4. Midi Bow Skirt (Less than $40)
5. Velvet Scrunchie Pack ($18 ON SALE)
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My maternal grandfather was a pretty big deal. He was a 6'3″ "Dennis-the-Menace" turned football star turned businessman. In the 1950's, he had a successful football career that began as a player at Bucknell University. But to everyone who knew him, he was so much more than his resume. He was witty, charismatic, intelligent, and quick-on-his-feet. Yes, he could be rather intimidating with his unique sense-of-humor. Above all, he was a loyal husband to his teenage-sweetheart, my grandmother, for over sixty-years. He was a proud father who worked his butt off for his family. To all of us grandkids, he was just our 'Pa.' I remember bringing the Wall Street Journal into my first grade class for "Show and Tell." There was Pa, on the front page. We were always so proud of him and his biggest fans. He had such unique relationships with all 8 of his grandkids.
I visited Pa one of the last days he was awake. He was in the ICU at Yale fighting an infection that his body simply couldn't fight anymore. After years of battling dementia, he was no longer the same "Pa" we all knew. Somehow, there was one thing that remained constant- his humor and charisma. Even as he was unable to drink through a straw anymore, he was still cracking jokes with the nurses.
During our last visit, he tried to sell me to several cardiac residents while they did their rounds. Like, literally sell me. "I will even pay you to marry her," he teased as I sat in the corner laughing. You never could take Pa too seriously or be offended by his humor. He truly was hilarious.
I remember my mom urging me, "Tell Pa what you're doing tomorrow!" I rolled my eyes in an attempt to hush my mother. Daughters always have a subtle way of doing that. I finally told Pa, "I have a date on Friday with a Bucknell-guy."
"A Bucknell football player," he insisted.
"Well, no. He was a Bucknell tennis player."
He nodded, smiled, and said, "I'd prefer a football player, but that's good enough."
It was so ridiculous that I was telling my grandfather about my upcoming Match.com date. (Insane, right?) Pa passed away one week after my date with Ben.
I forget sometimes that Pa and Ben never actually met. I know they would have bonded over so much more than their shared Bucknell pride. Visiting Bucknell a few weeks ago for homecoming was such a special experience.
In front of the chapel where my grandparents were married in the 1950's
Grabbing beers at the Bull Run
Pa's favorite golf hat


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Butterfly Foundation Helps Family Find Apartment, Beds
Filed Under:American Furniture Warehouse, Deborah Givray
By Kelly Werthmann
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– A flooded apartment and drained bank account nearly put an Englewood family of seven on the streets this holiday season.
"It flooded a lot," 11-year-old Mateos Mosley said with a sigh, describing his former home. "I hate when water is in the house."
Mateos Mosley (credit: CBS)
The flooding eventually forced the Mosley family out of the apartment and into a hotel. With little money to make ends meet, Mateos' mother was not sure what they would do next.
"We lost 90 percent of our stuff," Unna Marie Mosley told CBS4's Kelly Werthmann. "It was difficult. We were in a hotel for a long time."
Unna Marie Mosley (credit: CBS)
When non-profit organization The Butterfly Foundation learned of the Mosley family's struggles, they immediately stepped in to help.
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"We help people that have had tragic loss, illness or other hardships by basically empowering them either financially, emotionally, spiritually or physically," Deborah Givray, Executive Director of The Butterfly Foundation, said. "[The Mosley] kids have been sleeping in no beds. They've been sleeping on the floor for days and days. That story really spoke to us."
To help with the Mosley's financial struggles, The Butterfly Foundation paid the deposit on a new apartment for the family in Denver. They also organized a very special delivery for the five children.
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"We chose beds at American Furniture and they were delivered today," Givray said smiling.
As the new beds were delivered and assembled Thursday, Mateos never lost his smile.
"It means a lot to me," he said. "I'm really grateful for it because I could still be sleeping on the floor right now."
Mateos' older sister helped their younger siblings put new bedding on their new furniture, also provided by The Butterfly Foundation.
"We were able to partner with Walmart to get bedding, shoes, and all kinds of things they need," Givray explained. "Precious Child also gave us toys for all the kids."
Mateos' parents held back tears as they expressed their gratitude for the organization's generosity.
"Making sure that our kids are happy, that means the world to us," Carlos Mosley said. "To see the smiles on our kids' faces, that they have beds, that's amazing."
"It's really a blessing," Unna Marie added. "It's overwhelming, but at the same time I feel a relief. I am so thankful."
Givray said the non-profit was thrilled to help a family like the Mosleys and is grateful to see some of their stress relieved.
"A lot of us have struggles in our lives and to be able to know we're helping a family actually have a Christmas and have groceries," she said, "to see that we can give them hope is really what we want to do."
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Kelly Werthmann joined the CBS4 team as the morning reporter in 2012. After serving as weekend morning anchor, Kelly is now Covering Colorado First for CBS4 News at 10. Connect with Kelly on Facebook or follow her on Twitter @KellyCBS4.


I was never one for watching sports on TV–as you know, you never would have married me otherwise–but the older I get, the more I enjoy it. OK, I admit, my main purpose in watching baseball is I find it an extremely effective way of falling asleep–far better than, say, golf, which at least provides interesting scenery from time to time. But football, there's a spectator sport that I really enjoy (though this year, with the Jets flailing so miserably, it has been painful, tragic, and somewhat dull).
However, in my most unflinchingly honest moments, I believe there is something else that draws me so inexorably to sports TV: The commercials. Especially, as I've said to you more times than you care to remember, the ads for online stuff. Is there anything funnier than that online brokerage ad that shows the kid with the purple hair teaching his boss to make his first trade? No, not even the Budweiser beer lizards. (Oh come on, you love them, too.) And what about those over-the-top ads for Outback.com, which showed wolverines being turned loose on a marching band? Or those great IBM e-business ads–I love those! The new one with the guy sitting on a bench terrifying pigeons because he's shrieking into his cell phone while peering through a Brazil-esque, crystalline eyeglass-mounted monitor … I need one of those! I have to have one!
Now comes the story in this morning's Times about how online retailers are going nuts this holiday season, spending an unprecedented amount of dough buying TV ads. Millions and millions of dollars, a Saganesque amount of money. It's a great story. My favorite example: eToys, which brought in a meager $2 million in sales during its first year of business, sold more than $24 million worth of toys during last year's fourth quarter alone. Why? The Times says a TV ad showing parents clicking their way down their kids list to Santa made the difference. Indeed, there's been a growing sense among online e-tailers (and everyone else who advertises online) that banner ads simply don't drive traffic. When I used to run the Netly News and used to watch our ad traffic (and every other number) with daily horror, I had a theory: That the vast majority of people who hit ad buttons … do so accidentally.
I'm not alone, apparently. Last year, more than 80 percent of the money online sites spent in advertising was spent online; this year that money is being spent on TV and traditional advertising, the Times says. Amazon is spending more than $100 million in old-style advertising this holiday season alone. This is a bad trend, needless to say, for content sites like Slate. If people won't pay for subscriptions and advertisers won't pay for banner ads, where does that leave us?


The World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) serves as a forum to negotiate, review, and revise the Radio Regulations (RR), an international treaty and one of the most difficult regulations for radiocommunication services. RR is complex since it includes intergovernmental issues in relation to regulation covering technical, legal and societal aspects. A large number of parties are interested and involved in revising RR and creating supranational instruments for optimal management of the spectrum. As a consequence, it can be difficult for one involved stakeholder to see its own position and other relevant issues directly influencing them in relation to the whole work of WRC and its sub-processes. A systematic analysis of the main decision-making process would contribute to better understanding of the role of WRC and positions of the involved parties. The aim of the paper is to contribute to better understanding of the role of the WRC with a focus on the current agenda items. Agenda items are specified issues from RR that need to be handled at an actual conference. The point of departure is using the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework [see Ostrom (2011)] to gain a suitable institutional overview of the main decision-making process and its sub-processes. The IAD framework has the capacity to explain jointly produced outcomes, such as negotiating an international treaty depending on multiple inputs and different priority levels. Also, it can be used to enhance the understanding of WRC matters in order to improve the decision-making process by focusing on the main interactions and involved parties in relation to the possible outcomes of the WRC. The paper is based on data obtained from historical documents, content analysis, literature review, observations, and interviews. The results of this paper illustrate the benefits of the IAD framework in the context of the WRC, especially for the process of agenda setting and study cycles. The practical implications are important for policy makers, for example, since it highlights critical actors, events, and interactions aligned with the main activities of WRC. A stakeholder will better understand its own position and its possibility for control, both in relation to the overall process and the sub-processes important for agenda items in which it has an interest. It will gain understanding not only of the overall role of WRC, but also of its own possibilities to intervene during the process of revision of RR so that it could protect its interests – e.g., with more proper contribution in the suitable forums with the expected outcome.


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Pierced from Within
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Piercing the ears and stimulating the mind. - 89%
hells_unicorn, September 8th, 2010
By the time 1995 had rolled around, the borders between the various manifestations of that decrepit yet lovable marriage of horror and sonic punishment known as death metal had pretty well taken shape. A few years prior one might refer to Cannibal Corpse's "Butchered At Birth" as the end all, be all of brutality; but within the New York scene and its even viler bastard Canadian son Cryptopsy, a different flock were pushing the envelope. Suffocation's 3rd offering "Pierced From Within" might seem a tame beast compared to what was offered up by said Canadian outfit just a year later, as it tends to be a bit more conservative in its approach to song creation, but compared to most prior to '95, outside of the band's own previous offerings, it was definitely a beast to be reckoned with.
In terms of sound character, this listens like a steroid injected, more technical answer to Deicide. Several references are made back to the dissonant, chromatic sound of Slayer's "Reign In Blood", which is naturally to be expected at this point in death metal's history. But the guitar work isn't content to sit on 4 or 5 riffs, nor does it frontload all of the interesting changes at the intro section of a given song, but wanders around in a typical fashion to the technical pursuits of later 80s thrash albums. There is cohesion, but it's varied enough to throw the listener for a loop in manner comparable to a suspended rollercoaster. The term technical may seem a bit misleading if one is going by the model as applied to the likes of Cryptopsy, as this does not really dabble in the overt jazz influences, super dissonant chord combinations and genre bending tricks of said band, but it does take a few steps out of the death/thrash box.
Of course, the technical side of this album is only half the story, the other half being the pissed off, fist pounding aggression displayed in the overall sound. The vocal delivery is equally as guttural as Chris Barnes, but has about twice as much punch to it and draws a picture of a justifiably pissed off soldier reveling in the carnage of his enemies rather than the mindless ramblings of a homicidal lunatic. But Mullen's demonic barks are not the only display in this display of rational berserker mayhem, as the guitar tone on here is dense enough to stop an 18 wheeler dead in its tracks. It has the sheer crispness and clarity in the attack of early Cannibal Corpse, but also the thickness that those albums lacked. One could almost assert that this album is the album that "Tomb Of The Mutilated" could have been had Barnes and company elected to take a few more risks within their creative paradigm.
There aren't really any out and out losers to speak of on here, though perhaps a single flaw in a few of these songs could be seen in that they throw one too many ideas into the mix occasionally. What this results in is something that is worthy of the same band that gave us the amazing "Effigy Of The Forgotten", but isn't quite at the same level. Nonetheless, longer winded, lyrically intellectual songs such as "Thrones Of Blood", "Suspended In Tribulation" and "Breeding The Spawn" are packed to capacity with neck wrecking riffs, spastically riveting lead breaks, fancy yet precise drumming, and a few rather impressive bass sections that manage to avoid the quirky, out of place slap bass work inspired by "None So Vile". Like most death metal albums, let alone technically oriented ones, you won't be humming any of the tunes found on here, but instant familiarity and distinctiveness is clearly displayed throughout this album's duration.
Pretty much any self-respecting fan of death metal, particularly the older guard, should have all 3 of Suffocation's full length's before their split and reformation. Of the bunch, "Pierced From Within" is the weakest, though only in the sense that it only builds a tiny bit on already established practices and doesn't quite reach the same level of intensity. It could maybe function as a gateway to older conventions to newer tech. heads who are obsessed with the likes of Decrepit Birth, though it bears almost no resemblance to the progressive conventions that said band inherited from Cynic. But for the most part, this is pure brutality that differs from the rest only in that it is done with intelligence.


Ethnic Supplies is the brain child of Ugandan born Ida Horner.
Having visited the South West part of her native Uganda in December 2006, the Poverty that she witnessed prompted Ida to quit her job as a Housing Manager for a London council to set up Ethnic Supplies Ltd. – a social enterprise specialising in African handicrafts and textile, art and crafts from East Africa.
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Most likeable celebrities?
Thread starter theparsonski
mitchell271
Wil Wheton is up there for me. Met him at a local con a couple weeks back. Despite officially charging for pictures and signatures, he had no problems taking a quick picture. Also, the guy was complementing someone's Halo Grunt cosplay. That was pretty cool.
And in no particular order:
Yes, I know she gets a lot of hate for being flamboyant and over-the-top but I respect that because she wears her opinions proudly and she just does not give a fuck. Also, her acoustic songs are absolutely beautiful.
Matt Heafy (Trivium)
From all the interviews and all of the videos I've seen about him, he seems like a great guy. Funny, a bit of a foodie and pretty chill. Plus, I've got a bit of a man-crush on him...
Like the OP said, she seems really down to Earth and a genuinely nice person.
I don't watch her show because she interviews people I don't care about but from the occasional times I have, she was consistently funny, adorable and nice. Gotta like her for that.
I mean, it's Mr. Bean! Plus, his interviews are great and again, seems like he'd be fun to have a coffee or a beer with.
Shinsei-J
Prunus Girl is best girl!
Snippy~
How did you not say the man himself,
Spoiler: Stephen Fry!
I'd just like to have a conversation with him and if he had the time he'd probably be quite delighted to just chat as well.
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Dagda Mor
NPH, Stephen Fry, Stephen Colbert...
KoudelkaMorgan
John Stewart
Jason Seagal
and Ellen Degeneres
lunavixen
I'd have to say Tony Todd and Barbara Eden, I've met both and they are utterly fantastic people, Tony Todd in particular is very chill and easy to talk to.
I think Stephen Fry is really cool, he seems very down to earth and the type you could have a chat with, I'd like to meet him some day
There are a few more celebrities i'd like to meet
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mitchell271 said:
She seems to do a lot of stuff for charity and people in need. But I've been hearing lately, at least on like a professional level and a boss. She's kind of a *****. But that could be any Boss to Employee relationship I suppose.
Cause so many other people have good examples, I just post one. George Takei is supposed to be a really nice guy and is really good with the fans that come out to see him. Spending just that extra little effort to interact with the people he's signing autographs for.
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Ben Affleck. He strikes me as someone who's a hair away from chaining himself to a redwood tree and now he's a director. I forsee nothing but good things from him in the future.
theparsonski said:
For me, I'd have to go with Jennifer Lawrence.
She just seems like the kind of girl who would share her weed with you, right?
(a cookie to anyone who gets that extremely obscure reference)
I dunno, I hear Bryan Cranston is an extremely nice guy.
BloatedGuppy
Kenbo Slice said:
Keanu Reeves from what I understand is an insanely nice guy. He just comes off as a guy you can kick back with.
Ridiculously tragic life story. It's hard not to feel for/admire the guy given all he's been through, and the fact he keeps truckin' along in spite of it.
OT: I'll go with JGL, who seems like a genuinely likable guy. I must admit though, I'm getting a little tired of his talent and good looks. Leave some for the rest of us, Levitt!
Casual Shinji
Should've gone before we left.
Stephen Fry is extremely hugable. And it's impossible to dislike Patrick Stewart. Unless he like killed your pets or something. Even then though...
NightmareExpress
Keanu Reeves.
Not because of what he's been through (tragedies), but what he does.
Very nice person. He gave a set builder who was having troubles at home $20,000 to give him a good holiday season, donated several million dollars to Leukemia research, gave the Special Effects/Costume team behind the Matrix a whopping $75 million as thanks, requested and received a 90% paycut to get Gene Hackman onto The Replacements, routinely hangs out with fans and has no bodyguard, acts kindly to homeless people, turned down a role in Heat to star as Hamlet in a Canadian stage production and is supposedly very pleasant to hang out with.
He has also stated that money is among the last things he thinks about and that what he has already made could sustain him for centuries, that all he wants is happiness not only for himself but also for those that he interacts with and just everybody in general.
What a cool guy.
captcha: Milk was a bad choice
(I just finished drinking a glass of milk, creepy)
The Last Albino
Ron Pearlman always seems like a stand-up dude.
-He got major points when He went though 8+hours of make-up just pose for some kid for the 'make-a-wish' foundation.
theparsonski
I heard she got caught smoking weed a few days after the Oscars or something? Was that it? Do I win?
To be fair, it didn't tarnish her reputation, and rightly so.
Nope, much more obscure. To be honest, I don't expect anyone to get it. It's from one of those small groups of fan-dom that most people have never even heard of.
WELL YOU HAVE TO TELL ME NOW!
The Morning Stream podcast. A running joke a couple months back was that one of the contributors liked Jennifer Lawrence because she seemed like a normal girl, like the kind of girl that would share her weed with you. It was twist on the "I like her because she seems like the girl next door" sentiment. I told you it was obscure.
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mrhappy1489 said:
I'm going to say Sean Bean. I'm not sure why, but going by the fact that he plays"The Guy that Always Dies," I can't imagine him being a prick. Or maybe he's such a prick that's why he always dies. It's probably one or the other, but I'm going to go with he's just so nice that he's like "No worries guys, I'll die right now, you guys go on to rake in the success from whatever it is, I'm cool with that".
Nah, he seems like a decent guy. There was a quote:
"A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point."
Seems like a decent chap.
Wolf In A Bear Suit
Yeah I ditto Jennifer Lawrence. She does a lot for her public image by simply not being a complete idiot. She seems really nice and hot. Just down to earth, and a good actress too.
KR4U55
I'd say Stephen Amell, I've seen some of his interviews and he's like a nice guy. Other than that I don't know.


Things began to turn around for good after Immortalhd abandoned his college studies to fully pursue a career online. Though it took the twitch streamer a lot to grow his game and amass loyal fans, his hard work and effort eventually paid off after some of his interesting contents went viral.
Over the course of his career, Immortalhd has met a lot of notable online personalities. On several occasions, he has collaborated with some of them and it's been nothing short of stunning. Besides having an amazing personality, there are other interesting things people don't really know about the twitch streamer. You'll get to know them all in this article.
Bio, Age – Who is Immortalhd?
If you think Immortalhd was originally born in the United States of America, you are not alone. Being a fluent English speaker, most of his fans don't really know that the internet sensation is originally from Vladivostok, a city in Primorsky Krai, Russia. He was born in the town on 1st September 1992.
Popularly known by his channel's name Immortalhd, the twitch streamer's real' name is Aleksandr Vitalyevich Tchernev-Marchant. He was raised in his home town until the age of eight when he left the region to the United States of America, where he was adopted and raised in Colorado.
Upon completing his high school studies, the twitch streamer was enrolled at a university to study graphics but Immortalhd dropped out after some time to start up an online career.
The online sensation's love for gaming dates back to his younger age when he started playing games such as Call of Duty and Hallo. He was inspired to start putting together his personal video contents after watching elite gamers such as Coutra and DigitalFear.
He eventually launched his professional career by playing Team Fortress 2 in the year 2007 on his Xbox, after which he partnered with the U.S-based online network Machinima and created Halo content for the company. Sadly, Immortalhd lost his account to hackers and in the process lost many of his contents.
On December 2008, the twitch streamer came up with another channel titled: Immortalhd, where he kept uploading his videos. It was during this period that he became close to SlyFoxHound and eventually created several series with him.
Immortalhd was inducted into a gaming group called The Creatures at the 2013 RTX panel. The group, which has Jordan Mathewson (more commonly known as Kootra), Joe, and Aron as its members, basically produces comedy and gaming contents. However, Aleks and the rest announced on April 28, 2016, that they have left The Creatures to join a Let's Play and comedy channel known as Cow Chop.
Though Immortalhd's are generally entertaining, however, THE RUSSIAN- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends In 30 Seconds, and Nobs 4 Lyf – Music Video ft. Brother Blake are some of his most captivating videos. While his main channel has more than one million subscribers, his collaborative channel, Cow Chop, has amassed more than nine hundred subscribers as of September 2018.
The Russian native has a cat named Celia and a pet dog named Mishka.
Currently, Immortalhd is not dating any girl but he has previously had some flings with some ladies in the past. His first known relationship was with a dental assistant and YouTuber Tiffany Kudrikow. The pair reportedly called off their relationship in the year 2013, after which the twitch streamer found love again in the arms of Dominica Baczek.
After dating for a couple of months, Dominica and Immortalhd called it quits for reasons yet to be disclosed. Unfazed with his two failed relationships, the YouTuber kept pushing through until he met another girl called SJ (known as Vindictive on Twitter), who became his girlfriend. However, their relationship only survived for a few months.
Following the heartbreak, Immortalhd published several videos on his past relationship with his girlfriends. He later announced that he was moving to Los Angeles, California. Since then, he has not been in the news for dating any girl.
Immortalhd basically makes his money online, especially from adverts on YouTube. According to sources, he receives 200 thousand dollars as salary while his net worth, which is bound to grow in the near future, is pegged at $600,000.
The Russian-born online influencer hasn't really publicized information about his height, weight, and body measurements. What we know, from his pictures, is that he is of average height. However, a website dedicated to him reported that he is 5 feet 10 inches tall.


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(3300) McGlasson – planetoida z pasa głównego asteroid okrążająca Słońce w ciągu 5 lat i 228 dni w średniej odległości 3,16 j.a. Została odkryta 10 lipca 1928 roku przez Harry'ego Edwina Wooda w Union Observatory w Johannesburgu. Nazwa planetoidy pochodzi od Vana McGlassona, szefa centrum obliczeń na Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Nazwa zaproponowana przez Briana Marsdena, który zidentyfikował tą planetoidę. Przed nadaniem nazwy planetoida nosiła oznaczenie tymczasowe (3300) 1928 NA.

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I'm writing you this letter with the desire to help you as you walk through this uncertain life. If you will receive guidance from one who has gone before you and walked in your shoes, you will not be disappointed. Believe me when I tell you, life is too short to learn everything the hard way. Yes, pain is a wonderful teacher, but it shows no grace. With that being said, I pray you have a willingness to receive my words of advice, believing that I am for you.
I promise your greatest accomplishments in life will happen outside of your comfort zone, usually way outside of your comfort zone! This is where faith comes in. Don't wait until you feel ready to try something new because that day may never come. Instead, do it scared. You will find that engagement brings clarity and that fear is a liar. Preparation is important and I encourage it, but there needs to come a time when you quit thinking and start doing, when "ready, set, go" must change to "go, set, ready!" You will be amazed by all that you will accomplish when you believe it before you see it.
You have a tendency to be very hard on yourself. Think about it, you would never talk to another person the way you speak to yourself. It will become a habit for you to look in the mirror and critique every flaw and perceived imperfection. Your initial response to any mistake you make will be a harsh thought or a condemning word. You will think it's okay because you're not saying it to another person, but it's not. Stop it! Give yourself the grace you would give others. In order to do this, you have to change your thought patterns. You will struggle with insecurity until you understand who you are in God's eyes. You belong to Jesus and that means you are loved, chosen, royalty, redeemed, needed, wanted, forgiven, and so important that He died for you. When you truly believe this, you will be able to be nice to yourself and to others. You will be able to freely give grace because you have received it. This is where you need to make a choice. You will either believe the Word or you will believe the world. The world will lie to you. God never will. When you put your trust in Him, your life will be filled with an inner peace, regardless of your circumstances, that no amount of fame or fortune can provide.
The world that you live in believes that being busy is a virtue and to be successful you have to join the rat race. Don't believe it! This is an exhausting way to live. Always remember that you can't manage time but you can manage your choices. My advice to you is to never let the urgent get in the way of the important. Urgent, pressing matters will always be there, loved ones won't. Choose to spend your time by putting people first. Who do you need to call? Who do you need to forgive? Who do you need to spend time with? Who do you need to encourage? In the end, the only thing that matters are relationships.
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This is so true Jennifer. We can be our own worst enemies at times, but when we stop and think about who we are in God's eyes and what we mean to him the love we feel over powers negative self talk. It took me a while to fully understand that validation only comes through God. I love what you wrote when you said "You will either believe the Word or you will believe the world." I agree completely. God bless you sister!


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A young man from Gaza invents the "Corona Smart Medal" to maintain distance in public places
Mohammed Mohsen Saidam, a 26-year-old resident of The Nusseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, invented the "Corona Smart Medal" to maintain social spacing, an alarm that hangs in the neck and triggers an alert signal if the wearer approaches less than one meter.
It took a young pharmacist, a graduate of "Mechatronx Engineering", about a month to manufacture the medal of electronic pieces and wireless sensors he kept in his own workshop to come up with this innovation, which he hopes will get a patent, as it offers a scientific device with additional features, namely the advantage of wireless charging of smartphones and an automated hand sanitation device.
"Due to the Corona crisis and the increase in casualties due to heavy traffic, especially what I see in the Nusseirat camp where I live, I felt the danger of people not committing themselves to social spacing to prevent the new Corona epidemic, and I wanted to contribute to the awareness of something practical that contributes to the achievement of separation in order to preserve people's health," said Cheb Saidam.
He added: "I invented a medallion attached to the neck to enshrine the principle of spacing a meter between the person and the other, through an alarm (sensor) that triggers an alarm signal, if someone approaches you less than a meter, and added a feature that enables you to charge your smartphone, in addition to a container of sterile liquid operated by a sensitive system if your hands approach it."
Saidam explained that he chose to design the medallion among several designs, for easy carrying on the neck, in addition to its aesthetic look, pointing out that it consists of a space separation sensor, a sterilizer, a programming piece, a key with a battery, and a wireless charging, covered with a plastic cover.
He pointed out that the cost of making the medal amounted to 80 shekels, and that if the entity adopted this project and produced quantities of it, the cost will be reduced, pointing out that he is now working to register it as a patent as well as to adopt it from a technological company to manufacture quantities of them and start marketing them in the Gaza Strip.
He pointed out that since graduating from university, he did not stop trying to invent as needed, as a hobby and great pleasure for him, before the "medal" he invented the "Car Corona Smart", a device controlled by computer or mobile, carrying sterile materials that run inside facilities that need to be sterilized without the need for human intervention, which will reduce the chances of workers infecting the corona virus.
He pointed out that this hobby he had since he was young, where he was able in the preparatory stage to prepare an educational legend about earthquakes, which received a lot of encouragement from his teachers, and that he was using the school leave to go to a workshop for his uncles to practice his hobby in the manufacture of technological technologies, he made in his 16th year a juice machine, a machine to generate electricity.
He explained that after his success in high school and achieving a 91% approval rating, he chose to specialize in mecronix engineering, so that he could combine the innate hobby with the best scientific knowledge in this vast world.
He expressed his pride in the invention of 25 devices and tools to facilitate life and achieve multiple goals, through his own operator cut it from his family's small house, pointing to his invention of a computer-based wood drilling printer, then a 3D printer that won first place in a local competition, a smart blind stick device that includes a driver alert light, an electric charging unit, gps location system and a welding machine.
Engineer Saidam said that he is currently working on a special device for manufacturing, expressing the hope that it will mark a turning point in his career and a major benefit to institutions and society, refusing to disclose more details about his new invention.
The young saedem stressed that he is on his way, despite the scarcity of possibilities and conditions of the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, which hinder the access of some possibilities and materials, as well as the lack of financial support, as these inventions have a high financial cost that can barely cover their expenses, and called on his peers not to give in to reality and continue to try and experiment and pursue their hobbies and dreams in pursuit of them in the hope of a better future.