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Archives: Routes
Aberlour – Alice Littler Park
This circular walk round Alice Littler Park is flat and on good paths, making it suitable for wheelchairs and buggies. The path follows the course of the River Spey as it speeds through Aberlour, under the amazing Victoria Bridge. The park itself is full of flower beds and shrubs making this a lovely walk throughout the year. The Speyside Way Visitor Centre is open from March to October and is worth a look in to discover the history and wildlife of the area.
Near: Aberlour
Signage: Unsigned
Aberlour – Glenallachie Circular Route
The village of Aberlour is situated in the scenic valley of the Spey. Aberlour has an extensive path network in the surrounding area and is the home of the Speyside Way visitor centre
Aberlour – River Spey North Bank
This circular route crosses the River Spey at the Victoria Bridge and follows tracks through beautiful wooded countryside. There are some long moderate inclines. There is a flight of cast iron steps to negotiate getting on to the bridge from the car park, making it unsuitable for wheelchairs and buggies.
Accessibility: Accessible for all with care
May be suitable for wheelchairs and buggies with care if joined from the highest point near 'Bridge of Lodges'
Estate tracks, short tarred section.
Long moderately steep incline / decline.
Steps onto the bridge.
Archiestown – Accessible Village Walk
Archiestown is very picturesque and this short, circular walk takes you round the village along tarmac surfaces, suitable for wheelchairs and buggies.
Near: Archiestown
Archiestown – Cairn Cattoch
Cairn Cattoch Walk is one of several waymarked walks within the forest to the north of Archiestown.
Distance: 5 miles (8 km)
Ascent: 130 meters (426 ft)
The route is suitable for a wide range of users, although cyclists may require to dismount on the short section to the viewpoint
Terrain: Forest tracks
Mainly on forest track. There is a short section of rough earth path through heather to reach the summit viewpoint. Stout footwear is advised
Long gentle climb along most of route, with a steeper section leading to the viewpoint. A total climb of 130 metres (390ft) with the summit sitting at 369 metres (1120ft) above sea level
Archiestown – Forest Circular
This circular walk takes you deep into woodland along tracks which are not suitable for wheelchairs and buggies.
Distance: 1.65 miles (2.64 km)
A mixture of bare earth and gravel paths. Surfaces can be muddy in places.
Some steady inclines and declines.
Several narrow bridges/ platform bridges. Tree roots in places.
Archiestown – Village Walk
This circular walk round Archiestown includes some dirt tracks and fairly exposed sections which make it unsuitable for wheelchairs and buggies. It gives outstanding views of the surrounding countryside but some parts will be very muddy in wet weather and there are sections with no pavements, so care is needed along the roads.
Mixture of Tarmac paths and gravel tracks. Can be muddy in wet weather. Can also be quite exposed.
Some gentle inclines and declines.
Archiestown Woods
This is a circular route of about twelve miles through forestry and on quiet public roads. It connects with the Speyside Way and the Drum Wood circular route. The Mannoch Road is an ancient right of way that runs from Elgin to Knockando; the name comes from the Gaelic work for monk.
Type: Horse Ride
Auchindachy and Mill of Towie Walks
Both of these walks are part of a network of waymarked and signed paths around Keith. Straddling both sides of the valley of the River Isla, the routes venture from the town into the delightful open countryside to the south of the town. Ramble along the country lanes and take in the rich scenery and extensive views to the hills and mountains.
Distance: 7.75 miles (12.4 km)
Near: Auchindachy, Keith, Mill of Towie
Both routes are mainly on tarred minor roads with some sections on farm tracks and grass/earth paths. Some sections can be muddy and overgrown at times, so sturdy footwear is advised.
Generally undulating with a few steady gradients in places.
Several field gates along both routes and a narrow bridge with a step at Braehead (there is a ford along side which may be used by horses).
Balloch Wood and Hill
The Balloch forest covers about 2,500 acres and has a network of forest roads so a variety of routes are possible. At the southwest end you can follow part of Governor Caulfeild's military road, built about 1750, which ran from Stonehaven to Fochabers.
Near: Keith
Ben Aigan
Ben Aigan lies to the east of Rothes, the north east of Craigellachie and to the east of the River Spey which flows along the foot of its western and northern slopes. Rising to a height of 471m (1546 feet) and extensively forested apart from the summit cone, the top of Ben Aigan provides magnificent views over Speyside, south to Ben Rinnes, and away to the north over the Moray Firth to the hills of Sutherland
Type: Hill Walk
Near: Aberlour, Craigellachie, Mulben, Rothes
Terrain: Defined hill path
Gradient: Slopes throughout
Ben Aigan and Knockmore
This ride takes you to the transmitter on Knockmore, the summit of Ben Aigan and stunning views of Speyside. The route described is not way-marked by the Forestry Commission as a horse-riding trail.
Near: Rothes
Mostly forest roads, some open moorland and one steep grassy track. The climb to the summit is very stony.
Ben Avon from Tomintoul
Ben Avon is the most easterly mountain of the main Cairngorm range. It occupies a vast area to the north-east of Glen Quoich stretching towards Inchrory and the River Gairn, and it is recognisable from many viewpoints across Moray by the granite tors on the skyline of its long flat plateau.
Ascent: 1630 meters (5348 ft)
Near: Tomintoul
Ben Rinnes
Ben Rinnes is the highest freestanding mountain in Moray at 2733ft (841 metres), and is classified as a 'Corbett' – a summit lying between 2500ft and 2999ft.
Ascent: 548 meters (1797 ft)
Near: Aberlour, Ballindalloch, Dufftown, Edinvillie
Brodie – Castle Path
Brodie Castle has a variety of paths offering a wide choice of scenic and historic features along the routes.
Distance: 2.5 miles (4 km)
Near: Brodie
The path around the pond and the woodland paths are suitable for wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
There is a gated single track road crossing between the Castle and the pond walk
Buckie – Barhill Circular
This is a circular walk along level roads and pavements and is suitable for wheelchairs and buggies. It includes great views from Seafield Hospital and Seaview Road, where there are benches to enjoy the panorama.
Near: Buckie
Buckie – Circular Town Walk
Although this circular walk is in town, there are excellent views of countryside and over the Moray Firth, making it an enjoyable walk any time of year. The route is along level paved surfaces and it is suitable for wheelchairs and buggies. There are benches and seats along the route.
Slight hill at Douglas Crescent.
Buckie – Gollachy Circular
This route explores the coast west of Buckie as far as the village of Portgordon, returning at a higher level with extensive views over the Moray Firth.
Type: Accessible Walk, Low Level Walk
Near: Buckie, Portgordon
Tarred pavements and gravel paths. A short section of earth path at Gollachy Burn can be muddy.
Short steep section climbing up to the golf course near the Gollachy Burn
Buckie – Laird's Way to Drybridge
The peaceful village of Drybridge sits above Buckie surrrounded by woods and farmland. Follow the way from Buckie over the Buckie Burn and past the distillery. On the way to Drybridge you will be rewarded with fine views over farmland and beyond to the Firth.
Near: Buckie, Drybridge
Buckie – Mill of Buckie Circular
This circular walk is along country lanes, tracks and paved streets and is not suitable for wheelchairs or buggies. Parts of the route can be muddy in wet weather.
Tarmac pavements and farm track which can be muddy.
Narrow bridge with steps at Mains of Buckie.

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The Board discussed each item on the agenda for the Regular Meeting and made no changes or additions. County Attorney Ledbetter explained the two re-zoning applications and the item for the Agreement with the Public Defender. Administrator King explained the items for License Application for beer, the re-appointment to the Airport Authority, the bid award for the Plaza building and the property and liability insurance proposal.
Division Chief Nathan Saylors from the Fire Department came before the Board to request the Board's approval for a fund raiser in conjunction with the National Fire Safety Council to raise money for giveaway items for kids visiting the fire departments and for fire safety presentations at schools for students. There was a consensus of the Board to approve the request for the Fire Department to raise these funds with the National Fire Safety Council.
County Attorney Ledbetter handed out copies of ordinance amendments that he is recommending the Board consider approving concerning backyard chickens, grass height, and indoor shooting ranges. Attorney Ledbetter advised that he would like the Board to read the amendments and make any changes or additions; and to plan to discuss those at the next Board meeting. After that, any changes will be incorporated and the announcement of a public hearing will be advertised. After the required public hearing the amendments can then be brought before the Board for consider of approval.


Become a domestic goddess and throw a fabulous party with snacks to match.
1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6. Separate the sausages if they are linked and arrange them in a large, shallow-sided roasting tin.
2) Whisk together the oil, honey and soy sauce and pour over the sausages, then use your hands, or a couple of spatulas, to move everything about in the pan so that all the sausages are slicked.
3) Roast for 25 to 30 mins; give them a shuffle about halfway through cooking if you happen to be near the oven. Remove from oven, place on a serving platter and serve.


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"An Opinion As Is An Opinion"
Bernhard Gillam
Business, Industrial Pollution; New York City, Public Health; Public Health; Symbols, New York City;
Old Obelisk. "This is the worst state of affairs I can remember since I was young, and then we had the plague; and if they don't have it here, it won't be the Commissioners' fault--that's all."
This Harper's Weekly cartoon by Bernhard Gillam caricatures Manhattan as an ancient Egyptian obelisk who gripes about the foul-smelling and supposedly disease-causing vapors emanating from the factories' smokestacks across the East River at Hunter's Point in Long Island City, Queens, New York.
As late as 1858, there were only a few streets in Hunter's Point, and for years its relatively rural setting attracted thousands of picnickers every Sunday. It soon began to expand around the railroad and ferry depots, and to attract businessmen and real-estate developers, so that in the early 1870s, Hunter's Point became a boom town. More rail lines connected to its terminus; businesses, banks, and warehouses relocated from Brooklyn; and new hotels and saloons opened. It also became a center for numerous oil refineries (including Standard Oil), kerosene refineries, coal yards, varnish manufactures, fertilizer plants, ammonia works, and other factories. Consequently, Hunter's Point became a Mecca for blue-collar workers, further stimulating the construction of family houses, boarding houses, schools, and churches. In 1870, it was incorporated with the more affluent Ravenswood and Astoria into Long Island City, which became the county seat in 1876.
By the early 1880s, however, the pollution from the factories at Hunter's Point, as well as other industrial spots in the metropolitan area, had become a contentious issue. A March 19, 1881, editorial, entitled "The Plague of Smells," announced the findings of a special committee of the newly-established (May 1880) New York State Board of Health. The report detailed how the banks of the East River "were covered with liquid filth, manure dumps, etc.," and how "these useful but unpleasant industries … had been established … within rifle-shot of the upper half of New York," which receives its offensive stench. Editor George William Curtis deems Hunter's Point a "nuisance and pest" which may "make the upper part of the city of New York uninhabitable" if no action is taken.
In August and September 1881, Harper's Weekly published three editorials on the pollution from Hunter's Point. In the August 6 issue, editor Curtis decries that the factories "generate impure gases and foul and dangerous effluvia of every kind, smearing the banks … with vile mud and slime, and pouring the stench of the whole in poisonous vapors over densely populated parts of the city." The cartoon above depicts not only "Sickening Smells" from the factories' smokestacks, but also "Diphtheria," "Cholera," "Diseases," and "Fever." Although the germ theory of the transmission of human diseases was understood in Europe and accepted by the better physicians in the United States, most American physicians still attributed contagious disease to poisonous vapors or other atmospheric factors. Germ theory was not even mentioned in the leading medical textbook in the United States until the 1881 edition, and then, it was linked only to the spread of anthrax and relapsing fever.
In these late-summer editorials, Curtis again returns to the findings of the Board of Health's investigation, which "showed that many of the worst nuisances are absolutely preventable, and are the result of the most wanton and criminal negligence; … and that at least nine-tenths of all the matters complained of were controllable by perfectly simple and practicable means." In response to the study, Governor Alonzo Cornell issued a proclamation on April 22 for the factories to control and abate the source of the pollution by June 1.
After two months, the editor despairs, the corporations "have not taken even the trouble to snap their fingers at the Governor's warning. They have continued without intermission to poison the air which a large part of the city breathes." Curtis, whose editorials helped topple the Tweed Ring in 1871, was so upset that he not only compared the companies' attitude to "Tweed's famous sneer, 'What are you going to do about it?'"; but believed they were worse. "Tweed at least did plant flowers about the City Hall Park." As late as 1889, however, Curtis was still writing about "the pestiferous nuisance of … Hunter's Point .. [which] was now greater than ever."
The cartoonist's choice of an Egyptian obelisk to represent Manhattan was prompted by a gift from Egypt to the United States in commemoration of the Suez Canal's opening in 1869. The 70-foot, 193-ton obelisk and its 50-ton pedestal arrived in New York in July 1880. After installation of the pedestal, the obelisk was dragged slowly—97 feet per day for 112 days—by teams of horses to Central Park. In January 1881, the shaft was elevated onto its base before a cheering crowd of 10,000. The use of such an ancient symbol may also be meant to suggest the older age of Manhattan (compared to Hunter's Point) or the older and discredited theory of disease transmission through vapors (since the complainant is treated somewhat lightly by the artist).


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Q: Can gzip compress application/octet-stream Particularly in web, is it possible to compress application/octet-steam, I am serving video files from AWS to a web app and data transfer is very expensive at high scale

A: gzip will attempt to compress anything it's given, regardless of the MIME type; so you can feed it application/octet-stream-identified data. However video files are already compressed, and gzip won't be able to compress them further.
The only way to reduce the size of video files is to re-encode them in a lower resolution and/or lower bitrate and/or with a more efficient codec.

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Book Review: Seduced By Fire (Submissive #4) by: Tara Sue Me
Release Date: March 4, 2014 from NAL Trade
Source: I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
"Tara Sue Me became a worldwide phenomenon with the Submissive Trilogy. Now she presents a scorching tale about a risky passion too hot to ignore.…
Julie Masterson craves a taste of danger.
Despite being familiar with the different games people play in the bedroom, she's never given in to her curiosity about putting her body in someone else's power—until a chance meeting with Daniel Covington, the seductive Senior VP of Weston Bank, draws her into a titillating new world of sexual experience, one that she never knew she desperately needed.
Daniel is highly respected within his community, but he hasn't had an exclusive relationship for over two years. Yet Julie's eager innocence is driving him to the brink of ecstasy, making him rethink his feelings about commitment.
As their sizzling connection heats up, Daniel is ready to take Julie fully under his command. But when the dangerous side of their play rears its ugly head, Julie will have to decide if she trusts him enough to surrender completely—or if she should escape before she gets burned..."
This was a really quick and really fun read. I can honestly say that I could not put it down. It had a very addictive quality to it. One where from the moment I began, I just needed to know where the story was going and where the characters would end up. The characters are likable and they have great chemistry.
Julie and Daniel are great together and the connection is instantaneous. I really liked them together and I liked their relationship. Julie is looking to explore her submissive tendencies and Daniel is an experienced Domm. However, they meet each other without either one of them knowing those things and I liked that they gravitated toward each other naturally. Julie is a great character; she is strong and spunky and is finally giving in to something that she has always been curious about. Daniel is also a great guy. He is of course a dominant alpha male but he never crosses the line into cruel. He is a great guy and always has Julie's best needs at heart.
I think what I really enjoyed about this novel is that it was more than just Julie and Daniel's relationship and the exploration of that. That is of course a huge part of the story and what it is centered on, but it's also about Julie coming to terms with who she is as a person. Just as Julie is beginning to accept herself and her nature, she comes face to face with the dangerous side of this lifestyle. Her best friend is seriously injured in a scene gone wrong and it shakes Julie. It makes her question everything and she can't seem to separate Daniel from what happened with her friend. It was interesting to see the flip side of things and see how it made Julie doubt everything. At the same time though, I felt like it enabled Julie to know exactly what she was doing and getting into and if she can trust trust Daniel knowing all that it may just make their relationship stronger.
I also really liked the secondary characters, especially Dena and Cole. Dena becomes a great friend for Julie, and Cole just seems fun. I'm hoping they each get their own books because I'd love to see more of them.
Seduced By Fire was a really steamy and really engaging read. I loved how it was so easy to read and get lost in. It was a great escape for a few hours.
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Sloppy Seconds: Pushing The Limits (Pushing The Limits #1) by: Katie McGarry
Welcome to Sloppy Seconds which is monthly feature hosted by myself and Michele of A Belle's Tales. Sloppy Seconds is a feature in which Michele and I buddy re-read some of our very favorite books and then post our thoughts and feels. So sit back, relax, grab a glass of wine, and re-live some great reads with us!
from Harlequin Teen
"No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal.
But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible.
Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can push the limits and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again."
OUR DISCUSSION
**spoilers ahead**
Teresa Mary Rose
So first I just want to start off by saying that I loved this book even more the second time around. I don't know what it was, but I somehow loved it even more. I had forgotten how much I truly loved Noah and Echo.
Agreed! This was a great story to revisit! Noah and Echo are such an amazing couple, and their stories hit me square in the FEELS! I was surprised by how many little things I had forgotten, though! I wonder if it's just a lot to take in that first time around combined with reading at a super speedy pace because you're dying to find out what happens. This time we knew what was coming and were able to take our time and really absorb every detail the author gave us.
Exactly! There was so much I had forgotten about this book. Even the second time around, I read it in one sitting because it was so addictive. Prime example of forgetting, though, is Grace. I forgot how much I HATE her. The more I think on it, the more I realize she is the worst of them all. She is so fake.
I could write a novel on Grace, but I'm going to try to restrain myself. I think we've all been unfortunate to have had Graces in our lives... well, maybe not quite to that extent, but I'm at the point in my life where I could easily walk away from a fair-weather friend like her. It wasn't that easy in school, and Echo wasn't strong enough to put her in her place. That really broke my heart. As much as I love Lila, I was disappointed in her for not letting Grace have it. They allowed her to carry on for way too long. That is not a friend... not by a longshot.
And that is what I think is the best thing about Grace because everyone has had someone like her in their life, so you could relate to Echo's position. It was easy to feel for her and see how much it hurt. And really, Echo had enough going on -- she shouldn't have had to deal with Grace and her nonsense as well. And I love Lila, too; but I hated that she put up with Grace as well and, to an extent, even agreed with her. But other than that, I thought Lila was a wonderful friend; and Echo needed her.
That's a good point -- and not only relate to but also hopefully learn a valuable lesson through Echo's experience with Grace. Lila didn't always react the way I wanted her to, but she truly loves Echo and has her best interest at heart. I don't know what Echo would have done without her. And since we're talking about how lucky Echo is to have Grace, can we talk about how lucky Noah is to have Isaiah? Those two. I absolutely adore them and their friendship -- which really is a brotherhood. Bromances are the best, but those two guys really look out for one another. They prove you don't have to share the same DNA to be family.
Yes, there is definitely a lesson to be learned there with Grace and Lila. It's a true contrast in what a friend is and what a friend is not. Oh, I love Noah and Isaiah's friendship because it is a true friendship. They have each other's backs no matter what, and I think their friendship is really special. Those two really needed someone to care about, and I love that they found that in each other. Now you can't mention Noah and Isaiah without talking about Beth. I know we have unpopular opinions on Beth; but really I have such a hard time liking her, even though she comes around.
Hahaha -- I didn't think you'd let me get away with not mentioning Beth. Beth is a tough character for me in that she's just that -- tough. Too tough. I admire a strong person, and I have tons of compassion for what Beth has been through; but sometimes she's cruel, and I can't get on board with that. She's not the only one who has had a rough life, and it bothers me that she couldn't be sympathetic to anyone else's plight. So many readers love Beth, but I'm just not one of them. I admit I grew to like Beth, and it was things she said toward the end of this book that made me warm up to her enough to read her book; but Beth and I will never be besties.
Yeah, I am completely on board with you about Beth. I do feel for her, and I understand that her life has been tough; but I can't fully agree with the way she handles things. She is horrible to Echo when it is abundantly clear that something horrid has happened to her. As someone who has had it tough, you think she would be able to sympathize. I find her very selfish in that regard. Like you, I do come to like her at the end when she starts to come around, but she isn't my favorite. Even in her own book, I had a tough time. Ryan was the one I truly loved there, but that is completely off-topic haha.
I do think once she became aware of what exactly happened to Echo, she felt differently; but it was almost too little, too late. I struggled with her in her book also, but Ryan was wonderful... and you know how much I adored Crash Into You and Isaiah's story, so yeah... we'd better steer clear of that, or you might not get me back on topic. LOL. Let's talk about Mrs. Collins. I love that woman for so many reasons. I wonder if she could have helped Beth? I seriously admire a person who works with teenagers labeled as "problem kids." It takes a very special kind of person to do that job, and I hope and pray that there are lots of people like Mrs. Collins in our world because I know there are lots of Noahs, Isaiahs, and Echos.
Yeah, it was way too little, too late. I'm not even gonna touch Crash Into You because we will never get back on topic haha. I adore Mrs. Collins, and I love that Noah and Echo found her. She is a wonderful person who truly had their best interests at heart and didn't let outside interests interfere. I think she would have worked wonders for Beth. I love how Mrs. Collins didn't let Echo's idiotic parents interfere because of how it looked, and I also loved that she worked with Carrie and Joe. Because while I liked that Carrie and Joe came to their senses, I thought they were incredibly selfish when it came to Noah's brothers. They were his brothers, and he had every right to see them!
She is so amazing! I love how she handled Echo's dad. He would probably make me cower, but Mrs. Collins never batted an eye at his nonsense. Her working with Carrie and Joe was one of my favorite aspects of the story. I think a lot of readers share your assessment of that situation, but I never had a bad feeling about those two. I always thought there was more to it; and once we got to the bottom of what that was, my heart really hurt for what they'd been through. I agree he had every right to see them, but at times Noah did not help his cause. As hard as they made it on Noah, those are exactly the kind of people you'd want to love your children. I felt Noah's pain over his brothers in my soul. I cried so hard over those pages. My poor daughter just had to let me hold her and bawl over her. LOL. That was probably the hardest portion for me to read about. Speaking of bawling... the fountain. There are two pivotal scenes that take place at the fountain, and I have so much love for both. I love that one scene is such a romantic moment, while the other is so incredibly endearing and such a turning point for Noah. I want that fountain BRONZED.
There aren't many people who could have handled Echo's dad, and Mrs. Collins did it wonderfully! He made me so mad -- and ugh, his wife. She makes me want to punch things. Self-centered pain in the ass. See, I never had a bad feeling about Carrie and Joe, and I thought they really cared for his brothers-- I just didn't like that they fought him every step of the way instead of trying to work with him. Because even though he may have been a "bad case," he was still their brother and deserved a chance to see them. I cried so much over that situation. Oh, my. The fountain. Such pivotal moments for both aspects of the story, and both are so well done.
That was something else that came full circle, too. I still think Ashley is a ditz and Echo's dad handled everything wrong; but when it all came out, at least I could understand his thought pattern a bit better. Still, Echo's parents were a piece of work. But her mom takes the CAKE. I want to get a hold of that lady. I have no doubt you could put her dad in his place just as well as Mrs. Collins did – so you take him, and I'll handle the mother. Lol.
Yes, but we knew Noah... they didn't. I kept trying to put myself in Carrie's shoes and think about how I would handle this big-ass, scary teenager who had been accused of all these things and was threatening to take away my chance of happiness... and yeah... I got it. I'm just so happy they learned to see Noah for who he really was. It was heart-wrenching to hear the horror stories of the system. Noah went through things he never should have gone through.
Agreed. Ashley is a pain, and that situation was horrible; but I did understand it much better at the end. It still hurt, though, that after everything -- Echo was still second to her dad, and she shouldn't have been. Oh, gosh, her mom is the worst. Not only is she crazy, but she is just horrid. I just don't have the right words to explain her. Haha I'll take her dad, and you take her mom. I know, I know -- and I tried to look at it from Carrie's perspective. I really did. But it was hard because Noah loved his brothers so much. I'm so glad it worked out the way it did. And I also understood, though, why Noah worried about them in foster care because he had a horrible experience and he didn't want his brothers to deal with that. Personally I think the system separating them in the first place was just wrong.
You're right -- even after everything was in the open, she was still second place and always will be to them. It breaks my heart! But Noah is healing her, and I wish we were flies on the walls of wherever they are right now. Some of the things we read in CIY has me worried, though.
Hahaha! Deal. We got this.
But I love how we feel differently about this because it's exactly how we should feel given our own current situations. You have siblings who you love and would go to the ends of the earth for. I absolutely love your relationship with your sisters -- I completely get how that part of the story made you feel. Meanwhile, I'm sibling-free but looking at my kiddo while I'm reading and seeing it from a totally different perspective. I love that this book can span the ages and each reader gets a little something different out of it. Katie is brilliant!
I definitely got his worry – it's what makes him such a wonderful brother and just a genuinely stand-up guy. I agree, they should not have been separated; but it happens so much with foster care. I honestly can't imagine how horrific that would be for siblings.
Noah did one of the most unselfish things I've ever read about. If a reader didn't get the depth of his love for his little brothers at the beginning, they were left with no doubts at the end. It was painful to read, but it was beautiful.
It's so heartbreaking that she always comes second. And even though her Dad did a lot to help her and her brother, he still doesn't treat her the way she deserves to be treated. And that fact that he helped hide her memories because he didn't want her to know his part in it appalled me. I'm so glad she found Noah, but you are right. Some of the events in CIY made me nervous.
You know, I didn't realize that until you just pointed it out, and you are so right. Of course we would think differently about this just because of where we are. I don't have kids, but I have my sisters -- and God forbid, but if something happened and I had to take care of them, I would and I wouldn't want anyone to take them away from me. And of course, you would see it from the mom perspective 'cause you are one.
I know it happens, but it still makes me mad. And really no way to deny that Noah loves his brothers because he puts their needs before his own.
I can't imagine a parent doing that -- the whole thing was handled so poorly. I wasn't sure if it was his part he was so afraid for her to know or just the overwhelming fear of her mind breaking for good once she knew the truth. Still, no excuse for her to be second place. I did enjoy his interactions with Noah -- those were awesome!
Yeah, a little something for everybody in this one. Definitely one of those YA books that will appeal to all ages. I love when we can bring different perspectives to the table, too.
He does -- a truly selfless act and one that gives me so much hope for a future family for him, too.
I've got quotes burning a hole in my quote book. Are we ready to share our faves or is there a character we missed... Oh wait... Yeah, there is. How could we not mention Luke!!!! I HATE LUKE!!
I don't care what his reasons were because they were all wrong haha. I have no sympathy for him. But I did like his interactions with Noah. The scar-touching and the shaking of hands. Perfect. And I have so much hope for Noah and his brothers now. I think they will all be truly happy now.
I have quotes, too -- but OMG how could I forget to rant about Luke? Gosh, I hate him so much. He is such an ass and treats Echo like dirt. He is really just with her because it "makes sense" and just -- really, ugh, I dislike him so much.
Bahaha! And you are entitled to those feelings, Wifey! Oh, the scar touching... that was one of those le sigh moments.
Right? He's such a prick! There's just no other word for him!! Arggggggg!! I think one of the worst things he did was taking her to see that particular movie. What. An. Idiot. How self-absorbed are you that you don't see how hurtful that would be? Oh, I get mad just thinking about it!! Of course, it was while he was enjoying his stupid movie that a lot of progress was made in the Noah and Echo department... soooo I guess I'm glad he's a self-absorbed prick.
That movie was so stupid of him! I mean how, just how could you be so dumb! But you are once again right -- him being dumb allowed Noah and Echo to get closer, and I am a-okay with that. But still so stupid... just so, so stupid. Self-centered pain in the ass!
Okay, now I think we have fully ranted about everyone... I'm ready... hit me with those quotes!
Okay, here we go! So many to choose from. Have I mentioned how much I love Noah and Echo?
"What an odd combination of romantic gesture and horribly crude wording." <--soooo Noah!
"She took a deep breath after finishing her explanation of a derivative. I'd understood a derivative five minutes ago, but I loved the sound of her sweet voice. Part angel, part music."
"Touching Echo felt like home."
"'I wrote about the person I love the most, my older brother, Noah. We don't live together so I wrote what I imagine he does when we're not together…
He's a superhero who saves people in danger… Noah is better than Batman.'
'I love you, too, lil' bro.'"
"My siren had sung to me for way too long, capturing my heart, tempting me with her body, driving me slowly insane."
"'I love you enough to never make you choose.'"
"The worst type of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see—the wailing on street corners, the tearing at clothes. No, the worst kind happened when your soul wept and no matter what you did, there was no way to comfort it. A section withered and became a scar on the part of your soul that survived. For people like me and Echo, our souls contained more scar tissue than life."
"'I want my mom and dad... I just want my family back.'"
"'I may not always understand, but damn, baby, I'll try.'"
*sobs my face off*
Ohh, Wifey... those quotes make my heart hurt... the brother one is just too perfect. Okay, here we go:
"We'd read about sirens in English this fall; Greek mythology bullshit about women so beautiful, their voices so enchanting, that men did anything for them. Turned out that mythology crap was real because every time I saw her, I lost my mind."
"Luke used to give me butterflies. Noah spawned mutant pterodactyls."
"'Echo, I can't tell you what's going to happen because I don't know. I don't hold hands in the hallway or sit at anyone else's lunch table. But I swear... on my brothers that you'll never be a joke to me and you'll be much more than a girl in the backseat of my car.'"
"I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit."
Those are SO good! The last one... I just had to laugh out loud... again.
This was such a great buddy-read. I enjoyed sharing our thoughts and feels so much!!
Haha that last one just speaks to me...
Yes, this was fantastic! Let's start the next one ASAP, lol.
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Book Blast: Flawed by: JL Spelbring
In a world where Hitler won the The War, and perfection is constantly sought, Ellyssa has broken free from her austere life and has found another meaning for her existence.
Family, friendship, and love.
But her happiness is short lived. Ellyssa finds herself on the run, again. Her father's work didn't die with him, but lives on in her siblings, Aalexis and Xaver, and they are determined to complete his unfinished dream.
FLAWED BY J.L. Spelbring
Book Two in the PERFECTION series.
Expected publication: August 12th 2014 by Spencer Hill Press
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Swoon Thursday #86: Death Sworn by: Leah Cypess
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"That did it. Ileni launched herself forward, with more determination than grace, and kissed him. After a startled moment, he responded, his hands coming up hesitantly to her face, then fumbling to her shoulders. After another moment - or several - Ileni leaned back and stared at him in disbelief. Sorin flushed to the roots of his hair and dropped his hands, a bit unsteadily, the first movement she had ever seen him make that was less than completely graceful. "I told you. You're the first girl I ever - um-" Ileni started to laugh. "You're one of the assassins, famed for their allure and irresistibility to women. And you've never kissed a girl?" "Who would I have kissed?" "I guess I assumed that would be part of your training. You know, how to seduce women to make it easier to kill their husbands. Or something like that." "Maybe it's an advanced class," Sorin said. The terseness in his voice didn't bother Ileni, but there was embarrassment there, too, so she made an effort to look less amused. Sorin leaned toward her, his cheeks still tinged red, and said, "Either way, I've had no prior training. You'll have to start from scratch" Upon consideration, that didn't seem like a bad idea at all."
This one was light on the swoons, but I really enjoyed this moment. This was a good read.
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Book Blitz: Fifty First Times
"You always remember your first time...
Whether it's the couple who decides not to go through with it, the two boys who finally aren't ashamed, the newlyweds whose wedding night could very well be their last night together, the deaf pair who have no choice but to take body language to a new level--or, of course, the two young lovers fumbling and laughing, getting everything wrong. These are the memories that will never fade.
Join nineteen fantastic authors as they pull back the curtain and give you a peek inside that one intense moment in their characters' lives when everything changes and nothing will ever be the same again.
Featuring stories from some of the hottest names in New Adult, Young Adult, and Romance including New York Times Bestselling authors J.Lynn/Jennifer Armentrout, Molly McAdams, Sophie Jordan, and Carrie Ryan.
NOTE: These stories are works of fiction. If you want to know about our first times, you'll have to buy us a pet monkey first."
Fifty First Times: A New Adult Anthology
Published by: Avon Impulse
Genres: New Adult
My First Book Signing:
As part of this blitz we were encouraged to share one of our firsts in the spirit of the anthology. I decided to talk about my first book signing. My first signing was actually long before I started blogging and it was Stephenie Meyer. I went to the pre-launch concert in NYC for Breaking Dawn and it was amazing. Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October performed a few songs and then Stephenie Meyer answered some Q&A. It was a huge event and it was packed but I had a great time. I got to meet Stephenie Meyer, which was probably the highlight of my life up until that point. Twilight is a series that will always hold a special place in my heart and I love having a signed copy of Breaking Dawn on my shelf.
Tell us about your story's main character(s)
Andrew Shaffer: The unnamed narrator is a booksmart English major who spends too much time studying and not enough time partying—at least according to his best friend Allen.
Julie Cross: Audrey appears quiet and timid on the outside, but inside she has gifted intuition when it comes to reading people and a fierce loyalty to those she loves.
Lisa Desrochers: Rene Vargas' army unit was blown up by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and she's scarred in more ways than one. She's kickass is so many ways, but her whole life has changed, and now she's left to discover who she is...with some help from Rick Hamilton (Lexie's dirtbag ex from A LITTLE TOO FAR).
Mark Perini: Luke comes off a bit nerdy, but he's got an inner Juno cool that he's just now figuring out about himself. He wants that movie romance but doesn't think it's in the cards for him. Well not yet anyway.
Melissa West: Summer is strong and opinionated, and Blake is a classic guy's guy with a huge heart.
Myra McEntire: Ben is not your typical jock, but he is an amazing athlete. Liza is a go getter with a crunchy shell and a smooth center.
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Waiting On Wednesday #89: Gilded Ashes by: Rosamund Hodge
Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, it spotlilghts upcoming releases that we are dying to read.
"A romantic and fantastical reimagining of the classic Cinderella tale,Gilded Ashes is a novella by Rosamund Hodge set in the same world as the author's debut novel, Cruel Beauty.
Orphan Maia doesn't see the point of love when it only brings pain: Her dying mother made a bargain with the evil, all-powerful ruler of their world that anyone who hurt her beloved daughter would be punished; her new stepmother went mad with grief when Maia's father died; and her stepsisters are desperate for their mother's approval, yet she always spurns them. And though her family has turned her into a despised servant, Maia must always pretend to be happy, or else they'll all be struck dead by the curse.
Anax, heir to the Duke of Sardis, doesn't believe in love either—not since he discovered that his childhood sweetheart was only using him for his noble title. What's the point of pretending to fall in love with a girl just so she'll pretend to fall in love with him back? But when his father invites all the suitable girls in the kingdom to a masked ball, Anax must finally give in and select a wife.
As fate would have it, the preparations for the masquerade bring him Maia, who was asked by her eldest stepsister to deliver letters to Anax. Despite a prickly first encounter, he is charmed and intrigued by this mysterious girl who doesn't believe in love. Anax can't help wishing to see her again—and when he does, he can't help falling in love with her. Against her will, Maia starts to fall in love with him too. But how can she be with him when every moment his life is in danger from her mother's deadly bargain?"
It is not a sequel to Cruel Beauty, but it takes place in the same world and I will take what I can get. I adored Cruel Beauty and cannot wait to see what we get with this novella.
Gilded Ashes will be released on April 1, 2014.
What are you waiting on?
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Release Day Blast: White Hot Kiss by: Jennifer L. Armentrout
We are beyond excited to participate in the Release Day Launch for Jennifer L. Armentrout's WHITE HOT KISS! WHITE HOT KISS is a young adult paranormal romance being published by Harlequin Teen TODAY! This is the first full-length novel in The Dark Elements Series and one you'll want to grab as soon as you finish reading this post.
"One kiss could be the last. Seventeen-year-old Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has abilities no one else possesses. Raised among the Wardens—a race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy, incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on since forever. Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul. But when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising, trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne…it could brand her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way ticket to the end of the world."
"I don't think of Zayne that way!" She laughed. "What man-parts-loving female in this world doesn't think of Zayne that way? I can barely keep myself breathing when I see him. All the guys in school have squishy waists. I can tell Zayne doesn't. He's the awesome sauce with extra sauce." That he was and he so didn't have a squishy waist, but I tuned Stacey out at that point. I really did need to cram for this test and I also didn't want my fantasies involving Zayne to occupy my mind right now. Especially after I'd woken up this morning, carefully tucked under the covers. The bed had smelled like him: sandalwood and crisp linen. "Oh, sweet baby Jesus in a manger," Stacey murmured. I clenched my jaw, cupping my hands over my ears. She jabbed me in the side with her elbow. At this rate I'd be covered in bruises before lunchtime. "Our bio class just got a billion times more interesting. And hotter, lots and lots hotter. Holy mother, I want to have his babies. Not now of course, but definitely later. But I'd like to start practicing soon." The cell wall is a thick and rigid layer covering the plasma something, something plant cells… Stacey stiffened all of a sudden. "Oh my God, he's coming—" Composed of fat and sugar— Something slender and shiny fell from who knew where, landing in the middle of Sam's notes. Blinking tightly, it took me a couple of seconds to recognize the faded and half peeled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sticker covering the back of the silver cell phone. My heart slammed against my ribs. Gripping the edges of the notebook, I slowly lifted my gaze. Unnaturally beautiful golden eyes met mine. "You forgot this last night."
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Now that you have a taste for this fabulous new series, here are the details for the AMAZING international giveaway!!!
Harlequin Teen is giving away a large Harlequin Teen Tote.
Tote Includes: • Harlequin TEEN branded tote
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About Jennifer L. Armentrout:
# 1 NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestselling author Jennifer lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia. All the rumors you've heard about her state aren't true. When she's not hard at work writing. she spends her time reading, working out, watching really bad zombie movies, pretending to write, and hanging out with her husband and her Jack Russell Loki. Her dreams of becoming an author started in algebra class, where she spent most of her time writing short stories….which explains her dismal grades in math. Jennifer writes young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She is published with Spencer Hill Press, Entangled Teen and Brazen, Disney/Hyperion and Harlequin Teen. Her book Obsidian has been optioned for a major motion picture and her Covenant Series has been optioned for TV. She also writes adult and New Adult romance under the name J. Lynn. She is published by Entangled Brazen and HarperCollins. Series Website | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads
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Cover Reveal: Desire by: P.T. Michelle
Desire (Brightest Kind of Darkness #4)
by P.T. Michelle
Now that Nara and Ethan are working together to uncover the Corvus' secrets, they're confident nothing can stop them.
But while they've learned to anticipate dark, outside forces gunning for them, neither is prepared for the insidious evil that slithers its way into their lives, nor the new challenges that surface so close to home.
Despite all the chaos and turmoil around them, the one constant they can depend on is their devotion and loyalty to each other. But as their relationship moves into deeper territory, sometimes the toughest battles are the ones waged within.
While the hunt for answers unravels more layers in the Corvus world, Ethan and Nara uncover new truths about themselves and their intricate connection to the powerful raven spirit.
When boundaries are suddenly redrawn and control shifts, Ethan and Nara will be forced to make choices that could bring them closer together or rip them apart forever.
Books in this series:
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P.T. Michelle is the young adult and new adult pseudonym of Patrice Michelle, author of fifteen romance novels and novellas. When P.T. isn't writing, she can usually be found reading or taking pictures
of landscapes, sunsets and anything beautiful or odd in nature.
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Top Ten Tuesday: Rewind: Good Beach Reads
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke And The Bookish.
This week is a rewind week where we can go back and choose any previously done topic. I decided to do Beach Reads because there is so much snow here and I really wish I was on a beach!
1. Waterfell by: Amalie Howard- This is such a quick and fun read. It also has sea creatures and the characters spend a good amount of time on the beach.
2.Don't Bite The Bridesmaid by: Tiffany Allee- This is a great beach read because it is light, quick, and fun. Also it takes place on a cruise.
3. My Life Next Door by: Huntley Fitzpatrick- This is such a sweet contemporary read and one that should be enjoyed while sitting in the sun.
4. Touch by: Jus Accardo- This one goes on the list because of personal reasons. I actually read this book in one sitting at the beach and got a really bad sunburn because I was so distracted by the book.
5. The Lightning Thief by: Rick Riordan- Percy is the son of Poseidon, therefore it should be read near water.
6. Castle Hill by: Samantha Young- Not sure why I feel like this is a beach read, I just do... probably me looking for an excuse to bring Braden everywhere.
7. Trust In Me by: J. Lynn- Cam belongs in all locations... beaches included.
8. Lost & Found by: Nicole Williams- This was such an addictive read and perfect for lounging on the beach with.
9. Madly by: M. Leighton- mermaids... beach... just makes sense.
10. Slammed by: Colleen Hoover- Because Will Cooper is amazing no matter where you read it.
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The workshop investigated complementary themes: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG6 on Water and Sanitation, and Water Security and the Water, Energy and Food Nexus (WEF). Over 20 participants from CSOs and other interested civil society actors participated in the event, which aimed to raise awareness in understanding and approaching the SDGs and the water security concept as well as to support cooperation and dialogue between civil society and other actors active in the water sector.
A stage-setting presentation introduced the centrality of water within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and provided crucial information about the sustainable development process post-2015. Specific attention was granted to SDG 6 (Ensure access to water and sanitation for all) and its cross-cutting nature, along with its inclusiveness. This session also allowed participants to better understand the collaborative nature of the SDGs and the importance of multi-level, inter-institutional and inter-institutional stakeholder engagement and dialogue to achieve the set SDG targets. Moreover, a number of lessons learned, tools and case studies in promoting education for sustainable development (ESD) and SDG implementation – stemming from REC and other partners' experience – was introduced.
The second session discussed the role and engagement of civil society in Tunisia towards the challenge of pushing for inclusive civil society participation at all levels to help achieving water-related development and SDG 6 targets, in the context of promoting a transformational approach to SDG implementation that accelerates collaborative knowledge creation and collective action and shifts the political-economic-environmental vision of our future.
The participants stressed the need to increasingly raise awareness in the public, who is mostly unaware of the huge transformational contribution and impact that these overarching programs can have on the Tunisian society, economy and environment as a whole. They also urged all CSOs to invest more time and capacity to ensure better coordination among themselves to avoid overlapping efforts, to nurture synergism, to share know-how and lessons learned, and to work together to bridge common capacity gaps. The planned decentralization process for Tunisia was also mentioned as a means to foster the engagement of CSOs in SDG planning and implementation schemes. Furthermore, the decentralization process should encourage the inclusion of SDG6 and other SDGs within local and regional plans. This would benefit the "localizing the SDGs" approach and help translating the global goals concrete and measurable actions at different levels.
Foster a bottom-up approach through which the SDG concept is spread across all groups - including women and marginalized communities - through tailored activities, e.g. specific website, capacity-building actions and the inclusion of children as advocates that can transfer the benefits of the SDG to different groups.
Address the challenge of lack of information and access to it by working together with the other stakeholder to ensure that up-to-date and adequate information is shared among all relevant players.
Highlight the contribution that civil society can make towards designing a strategic vision for water policy that enshrines SDG6 goals and targets.
Support integration of regional and local communities could support pooling resources and attaining a harmonized local-level approach towards SDG implementation.
CSOs should of evaluate and monitor their SDG-related actions to ensure that they have maximum impact and sustainability.
The following session on Water Security and the Water Agenda presented an integrated approach to water security that contributes to efforts to combat water scarcity, reduce the threat of conflict, halt environmental degradation and increase human wellbeing. Moreover, it helped discussing the role and engagement of civil society in Tunisia in contributing to reaching water security on the national level.
After the Working Groups Session, the REC team introduced the WATER POrT E-Practicum – a data-base-like online tool, including a collection of good practices on water scarcity and drought management that can offer valuable lessons and prospects of repeatability.
The workshop ended on the note that the SDG process can be a pivotal instrument to advance Tunisia's democratic transition and to strengthen the inclusiveness of policy-and-decision-making schemes. Societal, economic and environmental progress should go hand in hand, taking advantage of the inter-linkage between the SDGs and other sustainable development mechanisms and initiatives.


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Q: Windows batch file : PID of last process? I am launching a browser from batch file.
START "www.google.com"

I would like to know the PID of this browser window launched.
There can be many browser windows launched on a single machine. I need to find the PID of the process which was launched by my batch file only. I tried with WINDOWTITLE filter. But its not a good idea as titles may change in future. I am using Windows XP/7
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

A: For what it worth (question is more than 2 years old) this code do the trick, just change variable according to default browser exe
set "browser=palemoon.exe"

tasklist /FI "imagename eq %browser%" /NH /FO csv > task-before.txt
start www.google.com
tasklist /FI "imagename eq %browser%" /NH /FO csv > task-after.txt

:: fc /L /LB1  test4-Before.txt test4-After.txt | find /I "%browser%"
for /f "delims=, tokens=2,*" %%A in ('"fc /L /LB1  task-before.txt task-after.txt | find /I "%browser%""') do set pid=%%A

SETLOCAL enabledelayedexpansion
pid=!pid:"=!
ENDLOCAL
echo pid is %pid%

A: This is just an idea, to get you maybe on the way
there is a command called  Tasklist
there is a switch called filter /FI with lets you decide what filter parameters you want to output, f.e PID. Output this to a   > 1.TXT
start your proces
recheck the watchlist and output to 2.TXT
Then you would have to get creative. COmpare 1 to 2,
maybe remove the processes in 1 from the 2.TXT
The remainig PID is what you wanted?

A: If you have some programming experience, you could create your own console application that accepts command-line parameters and passes them to the Win32 API CreateProcess() function. One of its output values is the spawned process ID, which your app could then return.  Then just update your batch file to call your app instead of using START directly.

A: I'm trying to do the same thing. Though there must be some way of doing it, but all my Googling suggests not.
Check out robvanderwoude.com to see a list of 3rd party tools and examples. Also check out the full list of Sysinternal's process utilities here.

A: I've been looking at this for about 2 hours now and I think that there is a way to do this, but it requires some more insight on how windows handles iexplore.exe for PID...
I have a working version of a batch file I wrote that will get you what you want, BUT only if its the FIRST AND ONLY Internet Explorer Window open.
For some reason I can't get the PID to change when I open new browsers, but I can get results if there is no window open (obviously because there is no PID)
Anyhow, this is what I have... you should be able to run this on your system and it will tell you that there are no differences and it might actually produce results if your default browser is Firefox or Chrome or something... just need to make the changes to what I'm providing.
@echo off
IF EXIST c:\temp\pshell.txt del c:\temp\pshell.txt
IF EXIST C:\temp\PID1.txt del C:\temp\PID1.txt
IF EXIST C:\temp\PID2.txt del C:\temp\PID2.txt
IF EXIST C:\temp\PowerFormat.txt del C:\temp\PowerFormat.txt
powershell.exe Get-Process iexplore>C:\temp\pshell.txt
FOR /F "skip=3 tokens=7 delims= " %%1 IN ( c:\temp\pshell.txt ) DO @echo %%1>> C:\temp\PID1.txt
start "title" "www.google.com"
powershell.exe Get-Process iexplore>C:\temp\pshell.txt
FOR /F "skip=3 tokens=7 delims= " %%2 IN ( c:\temp\pshell.txt ) DO @echo %%2>> C:\temp\PID2.txt

FC /L c:\temp\pid1.txt c:\temp\pid2.txt> C:\temp\FileComparison.txt
FOR /F "tokens=7 delims=" %%3 IN (c:\temp\FileComparison.txt) DO @echo %%3>C:\temp\DiffPID.txt

FINDSTR "FC: no differences encountered" c:\temp\FileComparison.txt
IF '%ERRORLEVEL%'=='0' del C:\temp\FileComparison.txt & echo.No PID Found
IF NOT '%ERRORLEVEL%'=='0'  type c:\temp\FileComparison.txt

pause
exit

Let me know if this helps...


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TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Knowing that you worry too much about your health doesn't mean there aren't problems. Focus on real pains and risks and get them checked out. Find the sensible middle ground between worry and neglect.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Dreams for the future may be vastly excessive of the talents and materials you actually have to invest for them now. Ideals should be beyond reach; goals just within. Don't build castles in the air, but on strong, solid foundations.
CANCER (June 21 - July 22): Your brilliant ideas at work may feel unappreciated at home. Perhaps the lack of enthusiasm is because your talents are no surprise and they expect great things of you. Their support matters, but you may have to explain specifics to get it.
LEO (July 23 - August 22): Your brain's afire with grand ideas, but they need grounding in practical principles and experience. Find an Aquarius who knows the field. If he or she says, 'That won't work,' ask how to make it work!
LIBRA (September 23 - October 22): Trying to hold down your partnership could be a big mistake. It needs room to breathe and grow. That can mean allowing room to let your love do things you don't like. Mutually agreeable limits may require compromise.
SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You'll reach your goals one step at a time. An obsessive rush to push ahead can make you miss important details, cause foolish mistakes and make simple things more long and complicated. Breathe, focus, and relax!
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): Those powerful creative impulses are sure to hit a wall, but so what? Take the challenge to improve upon your original idea, to make it more practical and effective. If it was that good an idea to start with, it's worth the effort.
CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Domestic drama seems a distraction from work you need to be doing. Find a way to harness that energy and get the folks at home to support you. That won't be easy, but the effort can pay off big time!
AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Examine new subjects from the ground up and review the basics on familiar topics. If you want higher purpose and inspiration find a Leo to help you develop your basic ideas into a grand vision.
PISCES (February 19 - March 19): A sexual dry spell can be a gift encouraging you to focus on practical matters. Keeping your priorities clear is challenging, not impossible. Money can come and go very easily now. Work hard to keep it coming and not going!


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The Scallywags
David Melling
B.E.S. Publishing
Level L
Hardcover (B.E.S. Publishing Oct. 1, 2006)
The Scallywags are a pack of wolves. When they aren't being lazy and shiftless, they spend the day jumping around and clowning around and getting into all kinds of mischief. They make a lot of noise and throw their food around and make general nuisances of themselves. They annoy all the other animals and show the entire world that they simply don't know how to behave. But after one particularly rowdy episode, the Scallywags learn that if being rowdy means losing your friends, maybe it's time to start practicing some manners. Very funny color illustrations on every page.
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Might the latest data on car loans – to be specific, delinquencies on those car loans – offer flashing warning signs on credit and the consumer in general?
As has been reported, there are more Americans who are at least three months delinquent on auto loans than has been seen across several decades – in fact, ever since the Federal Reserve Bank has been recording such data.
The tally now stands at more than seven million, a number that stands as the highest figure estimated by the Fed. Separately, and expressed as a percentage of total debt taken out, the delinquency is the highest seen in roughly seven years, and about one million more than had been seen in 2010.
The delinquency rate has seemingly been concentrated among borrowers with poor credit, as it stood at 8.2 percent for those with credit scores below 620 at the origination of the loan, up from 5.5 percent at the end of 2012. At the peak of the financial crisis, that percentage stood at 9.4 percent. For borrowers at origination who had subprime scores between 620-659, the latest reading was 2.9 percent, where the peak was 3.6 percent.
The deterioration among those with weaker credit stands in stark contrast to the upper echelons of debt holders as measured by credit scored – and where delinquency rates are only a few tens of basis points.
Much has been made about the more than $1 trillion in credit card debt that is held by U.S. consumers. But auto loans also have a place among the liabilities – and seemingly, increasingly heavy burdens – shouldered by households when it comes to vehicle loans, at $1.2 trillion.
Originations last year were $584 billion, up 2.6 percent from 2017. This, of course, signals an appetite for debt that has remained unabated, and an appetite by banks and other lenders to extend those loans.
"With growth in auto loan participation, there are now more subprime auto loan borrowers than ever, and thus a larger group of borrowers at high risk of delinquency," the Fed said. All in all, 2.4 percent of auto loans are in "seriously" delinquent status, up from 1.5 percent in 2012.
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If the employment picture is about as tight as it can be, inflation is set to rise (albeit slowly) – and the flashing signs indicate that this stage is as good as it gets (and it kind of doesn't look all that good).


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Don George: nuclear visionary who worked for peace
February 6, 2014 — 3.00am
Don George was an 18-year-old engineering student at the University of Sydney in 1945 when the United States ended World War II with a couple of atomic bombs. The implications for mankind were obvious but for the young George, who aspired to become an electrical engineer, it foretold potentially limitless opportunities.
''As physics students, we sought explanations from our lecturers, but because of wartime censorship, the whole story of the Manhattan Project was yet to be revealed,'' he said last year. ''By the time I graduated in 1949, with a BSc and a BE in mechanical engineering [with First Class Honours in the latter], the fearful applications of nuclear energy were well understood worldwide and many of those involved in the Manhattan Project regretted that their first application of the new energy source was for war purposes, even though it brought the Pacific War to a sudden end. There was an urge to 'beat swords into ploughshares' and to demonstrate the peaceful application of power generation.''
Persistent: Don George with Sir Anthony Eden, who he met while working at the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
That sent George on a long journey, which included work with the UK Atomic Energy Authority and helping to build and commission a nuclear reactor and other facilities at Lucas Heights. There was disinclination within Australia to go down the nuclear path, reinforced as it was by opposition to the harnessing of nuclear power, but there was not much that could keep a good man, or his cause, down forever. He went on to hold the positions of chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sydney, chair of the university's Professorial Board, vice-chancellor of Newcastle University, chairman of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee and eventually chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC).
Donald William George was born in Adelaide on November 22, 1926, son of Horace George and his wife, Claudia (nee Cole). He went to Canberra High School then enrolled at the University of Sydney in 1944. He had a scholarship from the Canberra University College, and opted to break his engineering studies to do a science degree, after which he returned to engineering.
George in the late 1970s.
As a resident of Wesley College in Sydney, George met a fellow student, Lorna Davey, at a Student Christian Movement meeting and maintained contact. He graduated in 1950 and they were married. George applied for a part-time lectureship in Electrical Engineering for diploma students at the Sydney Technical College, Ultimo. He was then offered a full-time lectureship and then a position at the Newcastle Technical College, which was at the time part of the Sydney Technical College. At that point, he started looking again at nuclear power. The outlook was not encouraging. Australia, with its ample reserves of uranium, was in a position to build power stations. But there were no moves in that direction.
George continued lecturing diploma students for two years at Newcastle and three at Broken Hill, where the technical college was also linked with the Sydney Technical College. The Sydney college became the University of Technology and Professor Sir Philip Baxter, who had been involved in nuclear developments during World War II, became its head. That was an encouraging sign for George. ''I made an appointment to see him during a vacation at Broken Hill and asked if I could have some years of leave of absence so I could go to England and work in that field, without losing my permanent academic position,'' George said. ''His answer was 'no', but he said that if I resigned, he would give me letters of introduction to Sir John Cockroft [head of the Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment in Britain] and others of his friends in the nuclear industry.''
The Georges went to Britain in 1954 and George started at Harwell as an employee of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He spoke to the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, during Sir Anthony's visit to the First International Reactor School in Harwell and a picture of them was published in The Times on September 28, 1955.
The Australian government finally took an interest in nuclear technology and sent Australians to Britain for training, and offered George a job with the AAEC. George accepted. ''Our gamble paid off and I became part of the team which built and commissioned the High-Flux Australian Reactor [HIFAR] and other facilities at Lucas Heights,'' he said.
With nuclear power came controversy, over the problems of disposing of nuclear waste, and the military applications. ''I became convinced that the future for nuclear power stations in Australia was some time away, and as it turned out, it was not a bad prediction,'' he said. He resigned from the AAEC and returned to the University of Sydney, as a senior lecturer, and did a PhD in ''electrical conduction and breakdown in high-temperature gases''. He was promoted to associate professor and in 1969 took up the recently vacated Chair of Mechanical Engineering, weathering as he did so a storm of academic protest that he was a specialist in electrical rather than mechanical engineering. His answer was that he had graduated in mechanical engineering and nuclear science involved overlapping disciplines.
In 1974, George was elected chairman of the university's Professorial Board, which made him a member of the University Senate. That year, he was also invited to apply for the vice-chancellorship of Newcastle University. He took it up and two years later was invited to become chairman of the AAEC. When he said he was too busy with vice-chancellor duties, he was offered the AAEC job part-time and took it up.
In 1978, he joined the board of the Asian Institute of Technology, based in Thailand, and was to begin a long association with the institute, which entailed making five trips a year to Bangkok. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1979, then spent 12 years at Newcastle University. When the university decided to found a medical school, George called on a friend, David Maddison, the dean of medicine at the University of Sydney, to take up a position at Newcastle and start a medical school from scratch. Maddison obliged, and the new medical school's curriculum became a model for other universities in Australia and New Zealand.
In 1981, George led a delegation of Australian Universities and colleges of advanced education to China to help the Chinese Government re-establish its tertiary education system after the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. In his capacity as chairman of the AAEC, he led Australian delegations to annual meetings of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna for important discussions on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. George never lost his belief that nuclear power had a place in the world's future.
George retired as vice-chancellor of Newcastle University in 1986. That year he was awarded an honorary doctorate of engineering by the university and was made professor emeritus. In 1999 he was also awarded an honorary doctorate of technology by the Asian Institute of Technology.
After leaving Newcastle, George moved to the central coast, where, in 1988, he became a board member of Central Coast Area Health, rising to the chairmanship, which he occupied for 10 years.
The Georges later moved to a retirement village at Wyoming, and even there George took a leading role, becoming chairman of the residents' committee. ''My dear wife says I never served on any board without rapidly becoming its chairman, and she might just be right,'' George said.
Don George is survived by Lorna, children Christopher and Lynden, six grandchildren and one great-grandson.
Malcolm Brown


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Q: specifying multiple key value pairs in 1 cookie string I am trying to create a cookie for my webpage as follows:
document.cookie = "Name="+escape(name)+"; Value="+escape(value)+expires+";";

name,value being passed to the function and expires is being calculated on the days parameter - which is also passed to this function.
The cookie is being set as a result but the problem is that only one of the parameters are getting set in the cookie. When I try to retrieve the value of document.cookie
console.log(document.cookie)

I'm only getting the 1st of the key value pairs
    Name = escape(name);
Why am I not getting Value="+escape(value) - Can I not set multiple key value pairs in a single statement:
document.cookie = "key1 ="+value1+"key2="+value2 and so on.

A: You can only write/update one cookie (a single name-value pair) in one statement.
From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/cookie#Syntax :

document.cookie = newCookie;
In the code above newCookie is a string of form key=value. Note that
  you can only set/update a single cookie at a time using this method.

To add multiple pairs, try this:
var pairs = [
  {"name" : "foo", "value" : "foobar", "expires" : "Tue, 23 Jun 2015 19:00:00 GMT"},
  {"name" : "baz", "value" : 1198, "expires" : "Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:00:00 GMT"}
];
pairs.forEach(function(pair) {
  document.cookie = encodeURIComponent(pair.name) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(pair.value) + "; expires=" + pair.expires;
});


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Report: NASCAR memo: France family 'dedicated to the long term growth' of sport
By Daniel McFadinMay 8, 2018, 12:19 PM EDT
NASCAR President Brent Dewar told employees that the France family "remains dedicated to the long term growth of our sport" in an internal memo obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday.
The memo was issued a day after a report by Reuters, citing unnamed sources, that the France family was in the exploratory stages of possibly selling their majority stake in the sanctioning body.
Dewar said in the memo that NASCAR does not comment on "industry rumors," but did not mention a potential sale by the France family, which owns the sanctioning body founded by Bill France Sr. in 1948.
Bill France Jr. replaced his father as NASCAR President in 1972, a position he held until 2000. He was NASCAR's Chairman and CEO until 2003 when Brian France took over from his father and has held the position since.
A NASCAR spokesperson told NBC Sports on Monday that "we do not have a comment on this.''
In a February 2017 story, The Wall Street Journal reported the Brian France had sold his stake to other family members more than a decade earlier.
The WSJ story said Jim France, Brian's uncle, and Lesa France Kennedy, Brian's sister, still hold stakes in the privately held company, and that they must approve any "major changes" in NASCAR.
Jim France also is chairman of the board of publicly traded International Speedway Corp., which has Lesa France Kennedy as its CEO. ISC owns 12 tracks which play host to races on NASCAR's premier circuit.


When you are happy, you make your happiness, and you accept it. I am speaking of a gentle stream of happiness, not a rollicking tidal wave. Too much happiness all the time could wear you out. Yes, gentle happiness is good, a gentle stream of loving yourself.
Unhappiness may seem to be visited upon you, yet you have often accepted unhappiness as a guest as well. Sure, unhappiness comes and goes, yet a steady current of feeling deep unhappiness is not a total stranger to you.
We are not speaking of dramatic love. We are speaking of simple love streaming. The love does not have to have a name. Love flowing is all you require in order to name yourself happy. Just these little simple moments, for instance, as when you feel the computer keys under your fingers as they trot your words right along, or when you are sleepy and rub your eyes, or when you anything are at all that you are aware of.
Right now you could be pulling up a shade and looking out a window. Right now you could be watching the Sun rise, or you could be watching the Sun set and Stars come out and a perfect circle of the Moon and the Glory of God sparkling in the Sky.
These little moments multiplied all over the Universe can be your happiness because you like these moments.
Even as noises of the night may annoy you, noises of the night also provide joy. Just to think about it - horns honking or insects chirping - doesn't matter. Something is precious to you.
What sounds and sights are not precious to you when all is said or done?
Someone's coughing could annoy you, yet, in the midst of coughing, a human being is sharing the world with you as he coughs, and this moment, this moment of a time and only a time is fast-passing and precious in its essence and not to be thrown out.
Even the couple next door could be arguing. The sounds of arguing are not precious, yet even arguing is life, and life is stirring, and if today were the last day you would ever hear even arguing, suddenly you might gasp at its preciousness, for this tone has also been part of life. This tone is saying someone cares a lot about something.
Think of it. You live in a world, and you share this world. You share life. You are beholden to life. Confess, what a miracle.
Once you did not exist as you know yourself to exist. Once you were not a twinkle in your father's eye. Once you were a baby. Once you were happy with a wooden spool to play with. Now you are an adult, and somehow you may have put your merriment away and trade it in for somber seriousness. Whatever price you pay for seriousness is costly.
You can be serious and have joy at the same time. Why not? All it takes is engaging in life as it comes up. Just as how you can dance a fox trot or a mambo and be happy with either or both, just so can you be unhappy with either or both. Whose choice is it? Life is for you to chose. You are life, and life is always yours for the taking.
If you knew that the Grim Reaper would pick you up tomorrow at 3 o'clock, how precious might tomorrow be? It could be a rainy dark day, and it would be utterly precious to you. All these little moments that make up a day are enough for happiness.
Is it too much that I ask you to be happy?
Wipe away your tears, and be happy anyway. What do you have to lose but unhappiness?
ones who say we choose our own death, he went willingly. It would be something to look forward to and not dread.