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Meet Year Of The Fangirl Contributor: Victoria Schmidt
Hello there! Victoria here, known as Scruffy Rebel to some. I am absolutely thrilled and honored to be involved in the Year of the Fangirl campaign. It's going to be incredible! I've had the joy of getting to know Ashley through being her! Well, not her of course, but through dressing up as Ahsoka Tano! I think our first interaction was at Wondercon a few years ago after the Clone Wars panel. I had just finished making Ahsoka's Season 3 outfit, eager to see what Dave Filoni thought of it, and there was Ashley! It's seldom that cosplayers ever meet the actors/voice actors of the characters they're dressing up as, but that hasn't been the case with Ashley. It's been really wonderful to see how accessible Ashley makes herself, how much she interacts with everyone who loves Star Wars and Ahsoka, and encouraging fangirls to be proud of, and flaunt, their geekiness. It is really something special to dress up as a character voiced by such a remarkable geek, and a fellow Disney and Star Wars fan to boot!
I've always been attracted to the geek side of life, and it pretty much consumes every facet of my adult life. As a kid, I was obsessed with Disney, Batman and cartoons. So growing up, I spent most of my time daydreaming of the love of my life, Dick Grayson, trying to turn into a Sailor Scout, and dressing up like Belle and reenacting the opening song of Beauty and the Beast in my bedroom. I come from a loving and supportive family. My parents knew early on that I marched to the beat of my own drum, and always encouraged my passions, no matter how non-mainstream they were. My Mom appreciates the skill and artistry in making costumes, and my little nieces love seeing pics of me cosplaying Tinker Bell (or rather, they love seeing pictures of Tinker Bell, they don't realize it's me, shh!). I loved watching anime with my Dad, and we shared the love of Star Wars – my Mom told me it was the only movie he stood in line for! He always reminded me of Han Solo, and after his death, our mutual love of Star Wars is one of my most treasured connections. I am very much the Jaina to his Han.
I'm intensely passionate for my fandoms, but what geek isn't? Geeks are probably the most passionate community of individuals there is. I mainly express my geekiness and fandom appreciation through cosplaying and geek fashion. I've been cosplaying for, yikes, almost 14 years! Bringing a character to life through research and hard work is a great feeling and incredibly fulfilling. While a lot of people just enjoy cosplaying for the simple pleasure of dressing up, creating accurate representations of characters is what really drives me. I literally want to look like Ahsoka Tano just walked out of your TV, or Supergirl burst from the pages of a comic book. Cosplaying is not only a wonderfully creative outlet, it's also a fantastic way to socialize, interact, and connect with like-minded individuals who love what you love. As I mentioned earlier, it was cosplay that connected me with Dave Filoni and Ashley at first, how cool is that! I really love seeing how popular cosplay has become over the years, as there are far more people that partake in the hobby now than when I started back in high school.
Geek chic fashion has always been a love of mine, but I really started to focus on it when Her Universe launched! Her Universe has changed everything in the geek fashion industry by boldly making it clear that there IS a market for stylish female geek clothing and accessories. Since the launch of Her Universe, I've seen a noticeable uptick in the amount of geek girl fashion being released by other companies. My friend Lindz and I realized there was a gap in the geek blogs out there, noting that while some might post about stylish geek items on occasion, none of them purely focused on female geek style and fashion. So, we created Set To Stunning, and launched it on May 4, of course 😉 We post about geek chic fashion and accessories, and provide DIYs and even Style Looks for different ways you can put together your own geek ensemble! I LOVE working on this blog, and the last year has been a great period for geek fashion, and this year is proving to be even greater! I believe that it has, quite literally, never been a better time to be a geek than now. Especially for girls! I believe we're at the start of, not just the year of the fangirl, but the decade!
I know it's not outside the realm of possibility that the divide of "what boys should like" and "what girls should like" will not be so archaic or sexist in the near future. That a girl loving Star Wars or reading comics wont raise eyebrows or provoke teasing from boys. We are in the midst of change, and for fangirls it's only change for the better. The fangirl community is overwhelming in its variety and its volume. We are here, we are everywhere. United through our differences because underneath it all, we're all the same – we are fangirls! And we are awesome. I am so excited and looking forward to sharing, supporting, and promoting all kinds of fangirls this year, thanks to Her Universe's Year of the Fangirl.
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Amaranthine March 5, 2013 at 4:21 pm
I enjoyed reading your post! Your cosplays are amazing. I'm a huge Jaina Solo fan
Rose February 9, 2016 at 3:51 am
Hey that is awesome how did you do the costume?
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Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister of Women and Child Development felicitated twenty children who were the recipients of National Bravery Award 2013 and parents and guardians of five children who have given the award posthumously, here today.
Speaking at the occasion, Smt. Tirath said that the children are the future of the country and the recipients of the Bravery Award have demonstrated exemplary courage and valour in their lives.
She praised the children and said that their acts inspire children in various other parts of the country as most of these children come from remote, rural and hilly areas where life is not easy.
The Minister for Women and Child Development said that 90% of the Ministry's budget is spent towards the development and welfare of the children. The caring of the children begins even before they are born, by schemes for pregnant and lactating women.
She also said that through Sabla, ICDS and many other schemes, the Ministry is continuously working towards development of children.
· Mahika Gupta from Delhi has been given Bharat Award for displaying exemplary valour and sense of duty in saving her brother's life.
· Malieka Singh Tak from Rajasthan has been given Geeta Chopra Award for displaying rare grit and determination in fighting off her molesters.
· Shubham Santosh Chaudhari from Maharashtra has been given Sanjay Chopra Award for his exemplary courage. He saved two lives.
· Mausmi Kashyap from Uttar Pradesh is awarded with Bapu Gaidhani Award for sacrificing her life in trying to save a girl from drowning. She has been given the award posthumously.
· Aryan Raj Shukla from Uttar Pradesh is awarded with Bapu Gaidhani Award for sacrificing his life in saving five lives by his sense of duty and heroic action. He has been given award posthumously.
· Sanjay Navasu Satur and Akshay Jairam Roj from Maharashtra are awarded with Bapu Gaidhani Award for displaying outstanding bravery in fighting a wild animal.
· Tanvi Nandkumar Ovhal from Maharashtra has been awarded for saving her sister's life by her act of courage.
· Kharibam Gunichand Devi from Manipur for saving her cousin's life from drowning.
· Remlalhruaitluangi's from Manipur displayed extraordinary courage by saving a precious life.
· M. Khayngthei from Manipur displayed exemplary courage in rescuing his friend. He has been given award posthumously.
· Vanlalhriaia from Manipur for saving the life of his friend from drowning.
· Kangleinganba Kshetrimayum's daring act saved two lives. He is from Manipur.
· Sagar Kashyap from Delhi for displaying extraordinary courage in saving three lives.
· Malsawmtluangi and Hani Ngurdinthari from Mizoram displayed rare courage in saving several lives from drowning. Malsawmtluangi jumped into the water despite knowing swimming and lost her life in the process. She has been given award posthumously.
· S. S. Manoj a 12 year old boy from Karnataka showed extraordinary courage by saving the life of a 42 yeard old physically disabled lady.
· Subin Mathew, Akhil Biju and Yadhukrishnan V.S. from Kerala for saving a life with their brave act.
· Shilpa Sharma from Himachal Pradesh displayed indomitable courage saved her brother's life from the attack of the Leopard.
· Saurabh Chandel's from Madhya Pradesh gallant act saved two lives.
· Abhishek Ekka's brave act saved his friends life from drowning in a 40 feet deep well. He is from Chattisgarh.
· Rohit Ravi Janmanchi's courageous and prompt action thus saved a girl's life from 6 feet deep and 12 feet wide drain. He is from Maharashtra.
· L. Manio Chachei from Nagaland for displaying exemplary valour and sacrificing his life in trying to save his friends. He has been given award posthumously.
The National Bravery Awards were instated 1957 and in 1958 two children, a boy and a girl, were first rewarded for their presence of mind and courage. Since then, the Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) confers the National Awards on children every year.
In 1987-88, ICCW instituted the Bharat Award for an exceptionally outstanding, meritorious and gallant deed. The other special awards include the Geeta Chopra and Sanjay Chopra (instituted by ICCW in 1978) and the Bapu Gaidhani Awards (instituted in 1988-89). Since the inception of the scheme in 1957, the Indian Council for Child Welfare has given awards to 871 brave children, 618 boys and 253 girls.
Present at the occasion were the recipients of the National Bravery award and the parents and guardians of the posthumous awardees. Also present at the function were Shri A. K. Jain, Secretary, Ministry of Women and child Development, Smt. Geeta Siddharth, President ICCW and other senior officers from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, ICCW, NCPCR and NIPCCD.


Another good one for The Vault series: 4 by 4 as Shin Lim calls it and 4 for 4 as Murphy's calls it. This 7 minute magic video teaches you how to turn four fanned Aces into four fanned kings (or any 4 for 4, for that matter).
The video starts out with a live performance by Shin to a sole spectator. The remainder of the video is an excellent quality instructional video taught by Shin Lim. The camera work and angles are excellent.
Lim cautions that the move needed to perform this trick is difficult and will require practice. It is a move and trick he invented when he was 19. The time needed to get this down is worth it because this can be performed anywhere and anytime there is a deck with the needed cards. There are no gaffs and no gimmicks needed.
This is a cool little quickie!


Comment on Town council grapples with Falconio poster: Author hits out at Mayor Ryan by Eli Melky.
Dear Erwin, regarding your article posted: May 15, 2012 at 7:21 am Town council grapples with Falconio poster.
You referred to my careful address of the issue as ("This was an odd tack for Cr Melky who likes to be known as the champion of transparent government").
You are right to suggest I support discussion in the open section, which by raising the matter in open only further cements my strong stand on supporting open discussion.
However I think this was a matter that did require a delicate approach as clearly I did not want to present any parties mentioned in open with an opportunity of possible litigation against me or anyone else who was to discuss the matter in open.
I asked the CEO to investigate if the promoters of the wanted poster could be in breach of any false and misleading advertising given they have promoted a cash reward and if so to refer it to the relative authority. Doing this without mentioning names, even though they are already in the public domain, was an attempt to reduce the potential of litigation for slander or defamation against me and others.
I do not support any type of propaganda marketing at the expense of our town and will act to discourage any further outbreak of this kind of marketing.
As to your claim of my interrupting Cr Douglas as he talked about rubbish and Charles Creek, "with a warning not to say too much". I can assure you that you cannot be further from the truth, I do support open discussion. However as Councillors are not afforded the protection against litigation for slander and defamation, I felt the need to speak up to avoid any further naming of third parties in the discussion.
I did not hide in confidential and was prepared to discuss these matters in open at all times.
Louise, my family and I are just glad you and your family ended up safe and OK.
I agree traveling the highway can be hazardous.
This is why I always stop and will continue to stop and assist with what we can.
Further more following this story being updated: I will start by saying netball certainly deserves a stadium.
However I grow increasingly alarmed at this candidate's proximity to Council funds. Brown in the update says council could find the extra money needed from council funds to finish the stadium.
Where exactly are you going to find the money Brown?
For every $175,000 approximately needed that equates to a 1% rate rise. Are you planning to raise the rates this year so you can fund your mates' political promise? After all as you say it would be political suicide for any politician to stop this project.
Including your recent ABC radio interview, this is the second time you have publicly committed council to paying a shortfall of who knows how many hundreds of thousands of rate payers dollars. Are you planning on ram raiding council funds using the support of your CLP colleagues within council?
There is DeBrenie (Vice Pres of CLP), Price, Douglas, Heenan, all CLP members, and you the CLP candidate, makes up the majority of five needed to pass the motion. But you have obviously worked that out.
And you thought that last bit of exchange in council was heated. Mate you haven't seen nothing yet.
It has been highlighted by Brown that the term of Council has been extended by one and a half years, a decision made by the NT Government and forced upon us all, rate payers included.
It must be also noted that when Council was asked by the NT Government whether we support this extention, the record will show that Brown voted in favour at that council meeting.
To date only Brown and Paech have nominated for the upcoming NT elections.
My personal view is good on those who step up, however there is a right way and the conflicted way.
In his position, I would have stood down from the positions of Deputy Mayor, Chair of Technical services, Council rep on DCA, Water Advisory Committee and most certainly the sole Councillor rep on the Committee dealing with NT Government representatives on the development of the netball stadium. In my view Brown has chosen the conflicted way.
A new 'Made in Prison' row?
@ Steve Brown Posted February 10, 2016 at 7:30am: What happens when the leadership does another mongrel act? Will you attack the CLP again? You are not fooling anyone with your selective loyalties. The CLP of today you speak of is the same CLP of yesterday, no one is fooled by that either.
You were not loyal then but expect hard working members of the CLP to believe you now.
Right you are, I was there and as the then Deputy Treasurer of the CLP (not local branch), I asked the questions about the party finances and Foundation 51.
I resigned from the party following a long and unfortunate abusive campaign directed at me by senior CLP members who refused to provide information about the party finances and Foundation 51.
How can anyone trust a political party like the CLP who would not be upfront and honest with its own deputy treasurer?
Today we read front page of the NT News another amazing story about your Deputy Chief Minister.
You want to make us believe that the CLP are the best people to run this Territory? You have got to be kidding me.


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CLASS II.-continued.
VOTE 40-VALUATION AND BOUNDARY SURVEY, IRELAND-continued.
EXPLANATION of the Causes of Variation between Expenditure and Grant.
A.-Salaries.-The saving on this Sub-Head is chiefly due to the transfer of Officers temporarily to Belfast Re-valuation work (Sub-Head G.) and to savings in the Allowance for Temporary Draughtsmen in connection. with the work under the Irish Land Purchase Act, 1903.
B.-Travelling and Subsistence Allowances.-The excess on this Sub-Head is chiefly due to increased Boundary Survey work in order to keep pace with the requirements of the Ordnance Survey Department. C.-Labour.-There is a saving on this Sub-Head, the Expenditure on which is of a fluctuating character, as it depends on the number and class of cases sent in each year in July for revision.
D.-Legal Expenses.-The Expenditure on this Sub-Head is practically beyond the control of this Department, depending upon the number and gravity of appeals lodged against the Valuations.
E-Incidental Expenses.-Practically the whole amount of the Estimate was expended.
F.-Valuation Lists.-In the Estimates for 1905-1906 a sum of 400l. was included under this Sub-Head for special work thrown on this Department by Section 56 (1) of the Irish Land Act, 1903. It was found impossible to complete this work in 1905-1906, and in consequence there is an apparent saving of about 120.; but an equivalent allowance has been made in the Estimates for 1906-1907 in order to complete the work.
G.-Belfast Re-valuation.-There is a small saving on this Sub-Head. This service has now been completed. H.-Dublin Re-valuation.-This service was not commenced until 1906-7.
1.-Appropriations in Aid.
Repayments by Counties, &c.-The deficiency of 877. 10s. represents a payment by County Wicklow in March, 1905, which was not due till April, 1905. This caused a surplus in 1904-5 and a corresponding deficiency in 1905-6.
Receipts from Fees.-The receipts from this source fluctuate so much that it is impossible to make an Estimate with any degree of accuracy.
Repayments by Belfast Corporation. These payments were deferred with the consent of the
Treasury, but application has since been made for the repayment of the balance due.
Receipts from Belfast Water Commissioners.-A sum of 1521. 9s. 9d. was received from the Belfast
Water Commissioners for supplying a copy of the Belfast Re-valuation Lists. Part of this
work was done in 1901 by the Belfast Re-valuation Staff, and the cost (1207. 28. 9d.) charged
to Sub-Head G. This sum is therefore credited to Appropriations in Aid, but ear-marked as a
credit to the Belfast Re-valuation Service; and the balance (321. 7s.), which represents work
done in 1905-6 by the ordinary Office Staff in Dublin in bringing the Lists up to date, has
been credited to Sub-Head A. (Salaries) 1905-6.
EXTRA REMUNERATION.
A.-Copying Valuation Lists (Sub-Head F.)
B-Paid out of the Irish Land Commission Vote to Officers of this Department
for furnishing "Standard Year" certificates of valuation, extracts from
Valuation Lists, and marking boundaries, etc.
C.-Paid out of the Inland Revenue Vote to Officers of this Department for
making extracts from Valuation Lists of particulars of new valuations and
increases in existing valuations in Ireland for the purpose of assessments
to Income Tax (Treasury Letter 9047/05, dated 6th June 1905)
D.-Gratuities (Treasury Letters 19227/05, dated 10th November 1905, and
3660/06, dated 30th March 1906)
E. Personal Assistance to the Commissioner of Valuation
CLASS II. continued.
VOTE 40.-VALUATION AND BOUNDARY SURVEY, IRELAND-continued.
Officers who have received 251. and upwards as Extra Remuneration during the Year 1905-6.
The Surplus of 1,8717. 10s. 5d., shown on the Account of the Vote "Valuation and Boundary Survey, Ireland," for the year ended 31 March 1905, has been surrendered.
I certify that this Account has been examined under my directions, and is correct.
Examined,
W. M. Martin.
VOTE 40.
John A. Kempe, Comptroller and Auditor General.
REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL.
1. Expenditure in excess of the Estimate has taken place under Sub-Head B.
Excess.
2. The delay in the repayment by the Corporation of Belfast of the balance due Appropria in respect of the cost of Re-valuation was noticed by the Committee of Public tions in Accounts, 1906, [Questions 4106 and 4107]. No receipts in connection with this Aid. Service have been recorded in the Cash Accounts for the year 1906-7, so far as they have been rendered to my Department.
3. The Amount to be Surrendered is, as shown by the Account, 746l. 18s. 10d.
Surplus.
John A. Kempe,
Comptroller and Auditor General.
PP 2
THE subjoined Summary compares the Gross Expenditure for the Services in Class II. with the Gross Grants for the Year 1905-6; and also shows the variation between the Sums Estimated and Realised as Appropriations in Aid, together with other Extra Receipts, payable to the Exchequer.

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We are spoiled for choice on the SA coastline with lots of rocks, bays, rivers and other interesting items to photograph.
Having now been to Bali I now understand why the local photographers tend to only have one lonely boat or other item in their seascape photos.
During our recent trip I only got to shoot one sunrise on the beach near Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa, Bali (we were on the sunset side of the island).
Canon 6D, F10, 0.8 sec. ISO 125.
Thank you Nicole. My only sunrise shoot of the trip.. that's a BIG change!
I like the colors of the sky.
Mostly the local photographers shoot the sunrise with the lonely boat in Karang beach, a few meters walk from Sanur beach, Bali.


In a webinar regarding cloud computing implementation in different companies, Gartner gave a few examples of organizations which had successfully implemented this method of computing. The proportion of companies using cloud computing solutions is continuously increasing and it is being predicted that it will grow to the level of 20% in 2012.
As a provider of on demand services and systems developed according to the criteria specified by the Client, Intratel has made a Price Management System solution for one of their clients.


Suppose I've opened a cash ISA this tax year, and I top it up every month. It's not yet reached the yearly maximum of £15,240.
As I understand it, I can't open a second cash ISA this tax year, but I can open a stocks and shares ISA, so long as I don't invest more than £15,240 between the two.
Can I open a Help To Buy aka First Time Buyer's ISA? (obviously assuming I meet the first time buyer's criteria) I'm not sure if they count as Cash, or a third type, or if some are Cash and some are Stocks & Shares.
As per user568458's answer the Help To Buy ISA does count as a cash ISA.
However, it's worth noting that some providers count all of your "cash ISAs" with them as one ISA for the purposes of the one-per-year limit. This means you may be able to pay into both a Help To Buy ISA and a standard cash ISA in the same year with the same provider, depending of course on your provider.
3.9 As is currently the case, it will only be possible for a saver to subscribe to one cash ISA per year. It will therefore not be possible for an account holder to subscribe to a Help to Buy: ISA with one provider, and another cash ISA with a different provider.
It's consistently talked about as if it's a sub-type of cash ISA.
You can have a HTB ISA and Cash ISA with certain providers - restrictions are that HTB and Cash ISA must be with the same provider.


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Andrei Henadsewitsch Krasilnikau (; * 25. April 1989) ist ein belarussischer Straßenradrennfahrer.

Andrei Krasilnikau gewann 2008 bei der Universitäts-Weltmeisterschaft in Nijmegen die Silbermedaille im Einzelzeitfahren hinter dem Niederländer Malaya van Ruitenbeek und er wurde belarussischer Vizemeister im Einzelzeitfahren der U23-Klasse. Bei der Straßenrad-Weltmeisterschaft in Varese startete er gemeinsam mit seinem Landsmann Sjarhej Papok im Einzelzeitfahren der U23-Klasse, wo er den 35. Platz belegte. In der Saison 2009 gewann Krasilnikau die vierte Etappe beim Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay und wurde belarussischer Vizemeister im Zeitfahren. Außerdem belegte er in der Gesamtwertung des Grand Prix Tell den achten Platz. Seit 2011 fährt er für das US-amerikanische Chipotle Development Team.

Erfolge
2009
 eine Etappe Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay

2013
  Belarussischer Meister – Straßenrennen

2015
  Belarussischer Meister – Straßenrennen

Teams
 2011
 2012
 2013 AVC Aix-en-Provence
 2014 AVC Aix-en-Provence
 2015

Fußnoten

Weblinks

Radsportler (Belarus)
Belarussischer Meister (Radsport)
Belarusse
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Basketball Systems – Which Type Is Best For You?


During 22 years, the Company has established itself as a reliable employer who commanded loyalty of its employees. We went through a lot: the difficulties that arise with economic crisis, the rapid growth that accompanies the development of new product lines. In each of these periods, the value of the company and its main asset were always the people. The company cares about its employees, providing them with equipped workplaces, sustainable salaries, opportunities for professional development and career growth. Even in the most difficult times, the company is doing everything to prevent mass layoffs, because we understand that we are responsible for our employees.
In the relation to staff the Company as objective as possible. Career growth and each employee salary depends solely on his relationship to the work, professionalism, experience, knowledge and skills. A career in EFKO can make anyone who is willing to relate their success to the company's success.
– Production's support and work creation in Kazakhstan.


GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Police say there was a stabbing on the 2000 block of Van Dueren Street.
Police say the suspect a 51-year-old Green Bay resident, stabbed a 56-year-old last night around 7 p.m.
The suspect has been arrested with a charge of second-degree reckless injury.


A broken key in a lock can be nerve-racking, and the first instinct most people have is to call the locksmith. Although hiring a locksmith will get the job done for you, it will cost you some huge bucks, particularly if the locksmith is dubious and he knows you are in dire need. A broken key in a lock shouldn't be much of a problem if you know what to do. With the right knowledge and tools, you can get the key out without much fuss.
Firstly, flush the lock with a silicone spray. You can attach a straw to the nozzle of your silicone spray so the spray can penetrate the lock properly. The silicone spray will act as a lubricant, allowing the key to slide out without much qualms. Silicone is also water resistant, so there is no worry of rust.
A lock cylinder should either be in a locked or unlocked position in order to be able to remove the key. If it is in between the key won't come out. You can use a needle nose pliers to align the cylinder into one of these positions.
In order to confirm that the cylinder in a good position and to act as a guide for the extractor tool, you can insert the handle portion of the broken key into the lock until it touches the broken key part. The location of the large groove on the side of the key is the best spot to put the extractor tool.
Extractor tools come in a set with different hook shape. These tools have long thin rods. Although any of these tools can work for a number of key fragments, you may still have to do some trial and error to find the one that would fit your lock best and bring out the key fragment.
It is advisable you start with the small hook tool as the hook on this tool is able to grab a majority of key fragments.
Slide the tool into the lock, allowing the hook to face upwards so it can hook the teeth of the key. The tool should be directed such that it slides in along the groove by the side of the key.
Once the tool is in the lock, turn it toward the key fragment. While pressing the tool against the key try pulling the fragment out. You may miss at first but keep trying. Soon the hook will attach to one of the teeth of the key allowing you to pull the key out.
If the key comes out partially, you can use your pliers to grab the exposed portion and pull it out completely.
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Medicine in an Ebola outbreak is not rocket science. Management is kept as low-tech as possible to avoid unnecessary procedures that could expose health workers to risk of infection, for example inserting intravenous lines using a needle. As there is no current curative treatment for Ebola the focus is on "supportive treatment" only (see last post).
I would like to introduce you to a few of the isolated patients, to see what I saw and to understand some of the challenges. Whilst the cases are real, all names and identifying details are changed for the maintenance of patient confidentiality and dignity.
Most of the patients in "Suspect" look well, there is just one man who is lying on his bed inside the hot and humid tent. I saw him on admission the day before, when he walked to the unit himself to declare his concerning symptoms. He has begun to have bouts of watery diarrhoea and his appetite has almost gone completely. He's still alert and able to hold a coherent conversation. We talk a bit about basic care when suffering diarrhoea, a quick assessment shows he is not clinically dehydrated so I encourage him on oral intake and make a note "not for IV".
Some patients arrive to the unit in small convoys, whole families or chunks of a single village where there has been the tell-tale stories of mysterious deaths and traditional funerals. In the tent next door are the "Probable" cases, still waiting for test confirmation but with a solid contact and symptom history. The day before six members of one family came from a village known to have an uncontrolled outbreak, they all tested positive and moved along the conveyer to the "Confirmed" area, filling the beds of recently deceased or discharged patients.
The patients in the "Probable" tent look to be in significantly worse condition than those from "Suspect". Most are lying in fetal position, one hand resting on their stomachs (a common symptom of Ebola is stomach ache), they look weak and apathetic.
There is one small boy quietly curled up on his bed. He arrived late in yesterday's shift, reportedly he is nine years old, he is visibly malnourished and could easily pass for much younger. He was brought by the same ambulance as his mother. The roads around Kailahun are in appalling condition, the rainy season does not help either. I can only imagine being thrown around in the back of the ambulance as it navigates each muddy bump and pot-hole, when already feeling sick and frightened on ones way to a strange unit.
When the ambulance doors were opened the mother was found to have already died during transit, her child lying next to her. To be a rural Sierra Leonian, nine years old, sick and away from home, recently bereaved and alone. Now faced with strangers in fully covering bright yellow suits. Terrifying.
He was lying in a pool of watery diarrhoea, and though awake, not able to show any sign of recognition or eye contact. He was literally frozen with fear. We take the small blood test (a swab as his veins were too challenging), and make a note for him to be cleaned and fed.
We pass through the red plastic gates that separate "Suspect"/"Probable" from "Confirmed". Walk through a chlorine foot-bath and move on to see the patients of concern. It is not possible to see all patients during the ward round. It is too hot in the PPE and there are too many. So, before entering we, the medics, sat together and discussed who we needed to see and who we could observe from outside the high risk area. I have a piece of paper with their names and pen to make my notes. Once I'm done I will go to the inner perimeter fence and shout my findings across to another medic who writes it all down on another piece of paper. Whatever I have taken inside can not come back out.
There are many patients milling about outside, some are listening to a radio others are chatting in small circles. A community has developed inside the isolation unit, brought together by their similar predicament.
I begin to call for the first patient on my list, lying in one of the tents I find a very unwell looking woman. I check her wrist band and find she is not on my list, but she is definitely of concern. Her breathing is rapid and shallow, and her eyes open but glazed over looking far away beyond me. There is no sense of recognition or interaction. Her arms are tensely flexed and rigid, hands in fists like she is ready to begin a boxing match. She is incontinent of all waste products. It is clear that she is in the end stages, I make a note, wash my gloves in chlorine and move on. We discuss her deterioration in the medical meeting and decide to try and place an IV line, when the next team go inside they find she has passed away.
I eventually find the first patient on my list, Fatmata, she is a middle-aged woman who had been doing reasonably well but is now having diarrhoea. She is lying on the floor outside, strong enough to get out of the hot tents but looks weak and listless. I kneel down next to her to feel the pulse, check temperature and count her breathing. "Fatmata, how de'body?" I ask in my poor attempt at Creole. She looks to me, responding to her name is reassuring. She tells me and the nurse she has no complaints, no more diarrhoea and is managing to eat. The description she gives is a million miles away from how she looks.
Most of Fatmata's family have already died, in the last days her husband passed away too. An expert in Ebola recently told me "this disease kills those you love the most, the people closest to you and those that you are most likely to care for". Wise and poignant words, true to the cruel nature of transmission in this disease.
I ask again how she is feeling, "sad". An understandable and natural reaction. She is emotionally exhausted, and literally giving-up her own fight now to go join those she has loved and lost. I make my notes and arrange for the psychologist to see her, despite his best efforts she would not come to speak with him. On my rounds the following morning I find Fatmata lying in her bed, in the same boxing posture as the other woman. Eyes open and body fixed in rigor mortis.
As the only gynaecologist I have been given a special assignment, a 30 year old woman had painfully swollen breasts that needed attention. Mariama was admitted to the isolation ward with her four year old son. She had recently given birth and was still breastfeeding her baby when people in the village began dying from fever. Mariama's mother was the first in the family to die, then one by one Mariama's children died from the same illness, till the only one left living was the four year old who she was now isolated with.
Mariama was tall and skinny, her skin slightly sagging. She looked generally well, able to walk about the isolation unit freely and talking normally. Her left breast was large and heavy with milk, that had no mouth to feed. We went over the technique to empty it out, explaining that the pain would resolve with repeating the procedure. Breast milk also carries Ebola virus (as do all body fluids) so she needed to understand how to safely dispose of the infected milk.
Together we moved on to see her son, Augustine, lying on the floor looking like he had arrived from a famine zone. Flies flew around his head, eyes sunken and dull, his skin was loose with signs of severe dehydration. His gums were bleeding leaving dried scabs over his lips and tongue, his liver was large and clearly tender. During the examination he only made an occasional whimper, otherwise he remained floppy, focusing only on working hard to get air into his young lungs. Mariama confirmed that Augustine had profuse diarrhoea. He desperately needed hydrating. As a team we discussed little Augustine, where were we going with his treatment? What was a reasonable measure between assisting him and unduly distressing him? We decided to get a line in and at least try and replace the fluids.
The following day I reviewed Augustine, whilst he was still clearly a very sick child, the improvement was clear. His skin had regained turgor, and he was more aware of what was happening even fighting off my examination a little. We were cautiously optimistic. Another lengthy discussion as we debated attempts to build up his nutrition. Decisions that would normally be easy become contentious in an Ebola context, the line of what to treat and how is ethically and emotionally challenging. Together we decided his improvement was a sign to give him extra support. We agreed on placing a nasogastric tube (a tube inserted through the nose into the stomach) to feed him nutritional supplements, but also agreed that this was going to be our maximum intervention. When the other doctor entered isolation to place the nasogastric tube he found little Augustine lying still next to Mariama. Her last remaining child, now she had lost them all to this pointless epidemic.
It is hard to convey humanity in an Ebola isolation unit. There are sad stories, people suffering physically and looking into uncertain futures.
As a health worker I am used to reaching out and touching my patients. Letting them know they are not alone, that even if I can not know their fears and pain I can at least support them on their journey. In the unit contact is between double gloves, and full triple layered protective clothing. The only part of me that can be seen is my eyes, behind their misted goggles and the small slit in my head-dress. Compounded by the distance of linguistic and cultural differences, and a lack of understanding of what this shadow is that has been cast over them and their loved ones. I have never felt at once so far and so intimately close to a stranger as when I rested my hand on Mariama's and with only my eyes and subtle movement of my head conveyed my deepest sympathies.
It was something I regretfully learnt to do several times whilst working in Kailahun.
There is a small group of children who are doing surprisingly well inside the unit. Together they have come together to create a pseudo-family, the older kids caring loyally for the younger. It is a pleasure to see these children, a true sign of hope during this dark time.
Each day a couple of patients will be discharged, an incredibly joyous moment. When a child leaves, it is often with some trepidation, returning to a world forever changed. The isolation unit had become a safe haven, and for some of these children they return as orphans. As a team everyone is focused on these positive moments, supporting the patients and assisting their reintegration back into society.
Together, the emergency team work long hours to try and find the way to guide as many patients as they can through the one way system and back out of the front door. Of course, we all know that success lies with the patients alone, but the efforts to support and maintain hope are of vital importance. The epidemic persists to slowly burn, and till there is sufficient coordination and resources to extinguish the fire these needlessly sad stories will continue to be all too common.


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Kit Harington's Hair May Have Dropped a Big Game of Thrones Clue
For a guy who says he's not returning to Game of Thrones, Kit Harington is sure dropping some hints to the contrary.
Over the weekend, Harington, who was killed off of the Season 5 finale, was at Wimbledon sporting his very Jon Snow-like hair. While this might not normally be cause for concern -- or in our case, hope -- he did recently tell Vulture he was planning to shave the beard now that he's done with the role, but might keep the hair for other roles. But look at the photos and there's still very much a beard paired with his long, luscious locks.
To further add to the speculation, just last week,Emilia Clarke, who plays Jon's rumored auntDaenerys Targaryen, told MTV News that there's hope that the Lord Command will return in Season 6, which is scheduled to start production later this month.
Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke shares good news for Jon Snow fans
"If I had to bet, I'd say there's a 50-50 chance," Clarke said in this video interview. "I mean, there's some helpful people there who could bring him back to life," Clarke said.
Check out the side-by-side photos below and share your theories!
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Alternating square cut rubies and princess cut diamonds set in 18k yellow gold.
I cannot say enough good things about my experience working with Andrew. I worked remotely with him to have my family's heirloom center stone reset into a modern double edged halo design.


In Patang village a fresh set of bed nets are distributed and soaked with insecticide in plastic bags. About 80% of confirmed malaria cases in Cambodia are caused by P. falciprium with multi-drug resistance recorded since the 1980's.
The demand for insecticide-impregnated bed nets is far greater than the supply, says Dr. Chheang, " We need more nets, this small quantity cannot satisfy all the needs of Cambodians for protection from malaria. But we must be realistic."
Before an early morning departure for their farm plots, Champkas, Phak Nam villagers bring their bed nets to be re-treated with insecticide by the team of doctors Yeang Chheang and Vannara.


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namespace Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Management.Utilities.Websites.Services
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.ServiceModel;
    using System.ServiceModel.Web;
    using System.Xml.Serialization;
    using GeoEntities;
    using WebEntities;

    [XmlRoot(ElementName = "Error", Namespace = UriElements.ServiceNamespace)]
    public class ServiceError
    {
        public string Code { get; set; }
        public string Message { get; set; }
        public string ExtendedCode { get; set; }
        public string MessageTemplate { get; set; }

        [XmlArray("Parameters")]
        [XmlArrayItem(typeof(string), Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays")]
        public List<string> Parameters { get; set; }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides the Windows Azure Service Management Api for Windows Azure Websites.
    /// </summary>
    [ServiceContract(Namespace = UriElements.ServiceNamespace)]
    [ServiceKnownType(typeof(SiteWithWebSpace))]
    public interface IWebsitesServiceManagement
    {
        [Description("Gets all webspaces for subscription")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSpacesRoot + "/")]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetWebSpaces(string subscriptionName, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        WebSpaces EndGetWebSpaces(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Gets all webspaces for subscription")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSpacesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetWebSpace(string subscriptionName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        WebSpace EndGetWebSpace(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Creates a new webspace")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSpacesRoot + UriElements.AllowPendingStateParameter, Method = "POST")]
        IAsyncResult BeginCreateWebSpace(string subscriptionName, bool allowPendingState, WebSpace webSpace, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        WebSpace EndCreateWebSpace(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Updates an existing webspace")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSpacesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter + UriElements.AllowPendingStateParameter, Method = "PUT")]
        IAsyncResult BeginUpdateWebSpace(string subscriptionName, string name, bool allowPendingState, WebSpace webSpace, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        WebSpace EndUpdateWebSpace(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Deletes a webspace")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSpacesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter, Method = "DELETE")]
        IAsyncResult BeginDeleteWebSpace(string subscriptionName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndDeleteWebSpace(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Gets all publishing users for subscription")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.SubscriptionPublishingUsers)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetSubscriptionPublishingUsers(string subscriptionName,  AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        string[] EndGetSubscriptionPublishingUsers(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        #region Site CRUD

        [Description("Returns all the sites for a given subscription and webspace.")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSitesRoot + UriElements.PropertiesToIncludeParameter)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetSites(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string propertiesToInclude, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        Sites EndGetSites(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Returns the details of a particular site.")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSitesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter + UriElements.PropertiesToIncludeParameter)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, string propertiesToInclude, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        Site EndGetSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Adds a new site")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSitesRoot, Method = "POST")]
        IAsyncResult BeginCreateSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, Site site, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        Site EndCreateSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Updates an existing site")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSitesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter, Method = "PUT")]
        IAsyncResult BeginUpdateSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, Site site, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndUpdateSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Deletes an existing site.")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSitesRoot + UriElements.NameTemplateParameter + UriElements.DeleteMetricsParameter, Method = "DELETE")]
        IAsyncResult BeginDeleteSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, string deleteMetrics, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndDeleteSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        #endregion

        #region Site configuration settings

        [Description("Gets site's configuration settings")]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteConfig)]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetSiteConfig(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        SiteConfig EndGetSiteConfig(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Updates site's configuration settings")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteConfig, Method = "PUT")]
        IAsyncResult BeginUpdateSiteConfig(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, SiteConfig siteConfig, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndUpdateSiteConfig(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        #endregion

        #region Repository methods

        [Description("Creates a repository for a site")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepository, Method = "POST")]
        IAsyncResult BeginCreateSiteRepository(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndCreateSiteRepository(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Gets a site's repository URI")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepository)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetSiteRepositoryUri(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        Uri EndGetSiteRepositoryUri(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Deletes a site's repository")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepository, Method = "DELETE")]
        IAsyncResult BeginDeleteSiteRepository(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndDeleteSiteRepository(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Creates a development site in a site's repository")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepositoryDev, Method = "POST")]
        IAsyncResult BeginCreateDevSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndCreateDevSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Gets a development site in a site's repository")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(Method = "GET", UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepositoryDev)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetDevSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        SiteRepositoryDev EndGetDevSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Updates a development site in a site's repository")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepositoryDev, Method = "PUT")]
        IAsyncResult BeginUpdateDevSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, SiteRepositoryDev repositoryDevSite, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndUpdateDevSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Deletes a development site in a site's repository")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebInvoke(UriTemplate = UriElements.WebSiteRepositoryDev, Method = "DELETE")]
        IAsyncResult BeginDeleteDevSite(string subscriptionName, string webspaceName, string name, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        void EndDeleteDevSite(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        #endregion

        #region Region methods

        [Description("Returns all the geo regions.")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebGet(UriTemplate = UriElements.GeoRegionsRoot + UriElements.ListOnlyOnlineStampsParameter)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetRegions(bool listOnlyOnline, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        GeoRegions EndGetRegions(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        [Description("Returns all the geo locations.")]
        [OperationContract(AsyncPattern = true)]
        [WebGet(UriTemplate = UriElements.GeoLocationsRoot)]
        IAsyncResult BeginGetLocations(string regionName, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
        GeoLocations EndGetLocations(IAsyncResult asyncResult);

        #endregion
    }
}

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Difference between Quartz, Jasper, Agate and Chalcedony?
Many people wonder what the difference is between quartz, jasper, agate and chalcedony.
If you read about the gem materials used for working in mines and rock tumbling, you will encounter three names over and over again. These are "agate," "jasper" and "chalcedony." These names are often misunderstood and often used incorrectly.
With a little knowledge you can use these names correctly for most specimens. However, some specimens can be difficult or impossible to name correctly with these terms if you must rely only on visual inspection of the material.
Comprised of silica (SiO2), there are two major types of quartz: macrocrystalline, meaning the "large crystal", and cryptocrystalline, meaning the crystals are too small to be seen, even through a microscope. Varieties of quartz include chalcedony, agate, jasper, clear quartz, rose quartz, smokey quartz, amethyst, citrine, plus many others.
Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the earth's crust. It absorbs, stores, releases, and regulates energy. Quartz also cleanses, raises energies, aids in concentration, and unlocks memory.
One major variety of cryptocrystalline quartz is chalcedony, a generic term for cryptocrystalline quartz. Chalcedony includes any cryptocrystalline quartz, although it is only generally used for white or lightly colored material.
Chalcedony is a generic name given to any material that is composed of microcrystalline quartz. Agate and jasper are both varieties of chalcedony.
Chalcedony promotes brotherhood and good will by bringing the mind, body, emotions, and spirit into harmony.
Chalcedony also absorbs and dissipates negative energy. Having a glossy to waxy luster, chalcedony is a transparent to translucent or opaque mineral.
The various colors of chalcedony contain additional healing benefits. Chalcedony includes carnelian (sard), chrysoprase, agate, bloodstone, jasper, petrified wood, and many others. When chalcedony is concentrically banded, it is called by the sub-variety name agate.
Agate is a translucent banded chalcedony. Agate is a translucent to semitransparent chalcedony. If you have a piece that is semitransparent you will be able to hold a very thin piece up and see distorted or foggy images through it. If you hold a translucent piece up to a source of light you will see a small amount of light passing through the thin edges. If you hold it up to the light and pass your hand between the material and the source of light, your hand will block the light passing through the material.
Agates are excellent grounding stones, promoting emotional, physical, and intellectual balance. Agates often have a banded or irregular, variegated appearance. The bands may be wavy or parallel, depending on the differences in mineral formation. Sometimes the banding is larger than the crystal and the banding lines are not visible as with carnelian where although it is an agate, the banding is not visible.
Another sub-variety of chalcedony is opaque quartz termed jasper. Jasper is an opaque variety of chalcedony. Neither light nor images pass through.
Microcrystalline quartz in its pure form is semitransparent. When a small amount of impurities or other mixtures of materials are added, the color of the microcrystalline quartz changes and its ability to transmit light decreases. Jasper contains enough impurities and other mixtures of material to render it opaque.
Jaspers can also be banded or striated, depending on the formation, and are usually red, yellow, green, brown, or a mixture of these colors. Jasper sustains and supports during stressful times, all the while bringing a sense of tranquility and wholeness. Various colors of jasper contain additional metaphysical properties.
The real difference between jasper and agate is the amount of impurities and other mixtures of material contained with a specimen.
Some examples of macrocrystalline quartz are clear quartz, smokey quartz, amethyst and citrine points. These crystals sometimes form in cryptocrystalline or "massive" formations where the crystals are too small to be seen, however when they occur as singular crystal points or are found in clusters, these are examples of macrocrystalline quartz.
Clear Quartz is the stone of power and can help to amplify any energy or intention. The Sacred Geometry of a naturally formed 6-sided clear quartz point contributes the the ability of clear quartz to amplify any vibration or intention.


An apparent upkeep has been lacking for a grave amount of time for Freedom From Rain. Publications uploading, project baring, and then some.
Funny tidbit you might find most intriguing as I enjoyed. Obviously, my novel world has grown diligently, excellently. Speaking of which, this year's count has been completed.
The year of 2014 produced 405 novel ideas. Most may have been additions to previously already formed novels. Another portion were meant to stand strongly on their own accord. While others, half lifed, are meant to be imbued into another creation altogether. If not devoured, molded appropriately till a smoothing forming. (((405/3) = 135/10) = 13) There were basically 13 actual new novels, besides the other 20+ novels that were crafted off the story idea table. SInce they were alreayd full fledge novels before the blink of an eye.
Mainly a mega ton of additions to other tales overall, as usual, that's what these story ideas become. Nothing more. Then again, I felt this year had been a lazy filthy disappointing glob. Glad it was instead a rather impressive productive season.
Now onto the hilarious portion. Found out, after looking through a few notes on a particular novel's tale. In regards to the number of events, characters, appearances. I've been focusing on a global series in events. Detailed 19, turns out, I need 57. Hahahahahaha! Isn't that marvelous?! Surprising myself, even in the amidst of calibrating the story's facts before the actual writing even begins.
I mean! It's beyond anything I had thought should or could be done for the tale. Thinking through the mindset of our present 2014 Entertainment Industry rules in engagement. Only truly anticipating 16 being elusive enough, puny in fact, only to learn I'd missed the point.
Trapped in a mindset which has only assisted in increases profits on recycled over used/explored/dried up/dehydrated/left barren/dead/drained into a powder yet still reused without end. Thieving from the many who cling to hope in becoming immersed within another's adventurous world, forgetting reality, enjoying the splendorous satisfaction which could only be found in creations that bare the foundations found in theater acts on the stage. Harboring mystery, freshness, unexplored, unattended perspective, philosophy.
As I'm sure you already know. The meaning behind explaining all of this should be obvious. The only novel ideas I attend and play with are those of greatness. If they're unable to fulfill my needs, excite my lusts, bring about fear, arousal too further venture. If it isn't good enough in my neutral unbiased mind. Then it'll remain in the dark, passed over, left where such had been found.
Another example would conspire from having a fantastic tearful crying. Looking through several characters during another novel tale's ventures, I found myself overwhelmed by helplessness, unknowing what to do, and the responsible loss that accompanies death. Caught me off guard. Though living through my character's lives, scene by scene before or during their recorded writing. Isn't new, I've always ensured a heavy genuine experience amidst writing my creations. Going through the exact same motions, events, feelings, they obtain or are forced to undertake. It merely caught me off guard, absolutely marvelous sensations, living through another, and so on.
Onto the finale for the year.
Overall, for the year of 2014, 405 (135) novel ideas were founded by yours truly.
*keep in mind that for the year of 2014, Subject WILL was stuck in the Creator rut. Spending very little time actually writing, editing, publishing, etc. More ideas were crafted as a result, evidently.
How many ideas for the year of 2014: (405/3) 135 ideas (135/10) = 13 novels (20+).
- F.F.R.'s (non-weebly) official website is nearly finished in it's reconstruction. It's taken time due to the desire of crafting a visually appealing and ultimately memorable personality infused interface.
- Research & Development Branch: The animation videos are taking much longer than anticipated. Notes have reached nearly over 40-50 written pages filled both front to back. Diversified with everything. My voice, train of thought, continuously irritates me. As further attempts shall be made till reaching my expectations. Though articles will most likely appear long before that. Including further additions to the, "Pondering Thoughts", book series editions. As much progress as been made. When it comes to unraveling reality at it's cores, solving the puzzle of life, solving the questions without answers, and such.
- Reviews: No doubt you've already been aware that I've explored, 'The Entertainment Industry' , both past and present. Perhaps not thoroughly enough, though plenty too provide nearly 200 reviews in movies, games, comics, even erotica. As for books and theater plays, sadly my time has been short and too few have been tasted to give a proper opinion in regards to the creations themselves compared to others.
There's a draw back, however. A more complex chart system has been accepted to display these reviews for your delightful needs. Which again, will take some time before they are all finished. Don't despair, the highest scored creations, from my neutral opinion, shall be shown when the official Freedom From Rain website launches.
By the way. Realize that the directors, actors, writers, and then some who are apart of these creations mean nothing to me. When I review a creation, it's by itself, on it's own. Isolated, no outside interference. Assisting me to gage what the human world's presently majority has done so far and where my potential value could easily climb into influential recognition.
-Two failed projects and a learning curve, obtained.
Both compensation for compiling, "Pondering Thoughts", and writing for free public publication, "Jehanne's Righteousness", were shot down. A few of my girls, one in particular, noted the reason why. Then again, books? In this day and age….. Yeah, as if the majority, least in the USA of 2014, actually read and would be willing to invest into modern day word crafted arts from someone unknown. What a cute worthless dream. Most importantly my girl noted that I didn't have much of a draw, anything to provide reassure of my results. Besides the online published, "Pondering Thoughts", book itself. Beyond that, nothing for, "Jehanne's Righteousness".
I had honestly hoped my 200+ novel covers on display (representing my novel worlds of ISK and HAC), though admittedly most are absolute visual trash, they'd prove sincere and quality filled unlike anything they'd ever tasted, experienced, read, nor seen in a very long time if ever before. Know what's like to be lost in anticipation, suspense, and wondrous adventure once more. Also, they apparently don't possess much foresight to see that my books have the utmost intention of sprouting into movies, games, comics, and theater plays. That'll soon change, I'm quite certain.
Especially considering my time has most recently been taken up by, "Jehanne's Righteousness", has found itself in an uproar. Least for the characters who lived through the first tale.
Plus the other six tales that have been toying with me, as of late. Splash, VHEEK, Grimful Heart, Miles Away, Gathering Hunters, A Forgotten Vice, and calibrating other various story ideas with those already enrooted.
- Calculating segmented global economic statues spanning nearly 50 years and every business/demand of humanity. Introducing realism without doubt in society powers, leadership, groups, influence, methods to obtain such ability above the rest. Erasing all doubt, possibility of gaps, storyline inconsistencies, etc.
(Would have done more, it's just boredom hit be a bit too strongly. Crunching numbers for nearly four hours straight isn't a delight. Torture describes it much more accurately. Using my own developed a custom system of coming up with randomized percentage numbers and then splicing them into the already known dominantly in the timeline already felt/marked).
Obviously, my personal expectations have made me rather disappointed, unfulfilled, and even disgraced. Since no publication has been made, only remarks about a few things happening without any actual physical evidence to back them up.
*Obviously this, one time, donation link will not automatically grant Membership into Freedom From Rain. Especially if one don't send a separate email suggesting the desire to obtain a Membership / Grooves. In which case your name provided on the bank note will be linked to appropriate name you provided in the email. After which I'll personally prompt your username and password creation. Yes, I prefer to handle these matter personally then setting up a membership automated managing system.
Freedom From Rain will be retiring the former yellow FFR:Blossoms site and shall be uploading the official F.F.R. site in the coming months.


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Q: Django - (OperationalError) FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "username" I've written a simple sqlalchemy-django model, according to this manual: http://lethain.com/replacing-django-s-orm-with-sqlalchemy/, which worked for me pretty well.
My Django is connected to a remote postgresql database, with this settings:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
    'NAME': 'wetlab_dev',                               # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
    'USER': 'limlim',                                 # Not used with sqlite3.
    'PASSWORD': '',                                     # Not used with sqlite3.
    'HOST': 'cab-27',                                   # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
    'PORT': '',                                         # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
    }
}

It worked for me a few days ago, but now when I try to load the 'homepage' again, it shows me the following error message:
(OperationalError) FATAL:  Ident authentication failed for user "limlim"

The sqlalchemy engine-configuration is:
CONNECTION_STR = 'postgresql://limlim:@cab-27/wetlab_dev'

engine = sqlalchemy.create_engine(CONNECTION_STR)

It seems like I haven't changed anything that is related to the database configurations, but still I get this error message.
Also, when I try to connect to the database on the remote server with my username, I succeed doing it, so I guess it's not a problem of permissions for my username to get to this database.
What can be done to overcome this error?

A: @Craig is right, have to update the authentication method of the database user in the file pg_hba.conf, here what I've done:
sudo nano /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
Go to the bottom of the file, then change the method from ident to md5 on the IPv4 and IPv6 rows:
# TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD

# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     peer
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            md5  # <- here
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 md5  # <- and here
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
#local   replication     postgres                                peer
#host    replication     postgres        127.0.0.1/32            ident
#host    replication     postgres        ::1/128                 ident

Happy Coding :)

A: Your pg_hba.conf is configured to use 'ident' authentication for connections from localhost (127.0.0.1). You need it to be changed to md5 for your database and user combination.

A:   local   all             all                                     peer

# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            trust < from ident to trust
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 trust < i changed this from ident to trust
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local   replication     all                                     peer
host    replication     all             127.0.0.1/32            ident
host    replication     all             ::1/128                 ident

Don't forget to restart postgresql:
sudo systemctl restart postgresql

A: Had the same Error, only to resolve in my case instead of md5 I used trust. This is because 1) Django needs SELECT, INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE permissions and 2) using the postgres user does not require a password.

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Q: Image Background not showing (Xamarin C#) I have been trying to implement a background image to my front- / sign in -page.
I've navigated to Resources -- Right-Clicked 'drawable' -- Add -- Add Existing -- BKR4.png
Afterwards I got in 'main' and did this:
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:minWidth="25px"
android:minHeight="25px"
android:background="@drawable/BKR3" />

All I want is the picture to become the background. Nothing more. When I see my designer the picture is there, but as soon as I start emulating it only shows the default grey screen.
I havent coded in anything else in the project except that I showed u
I tried rescaling in all sorts of different sizes. 300 x 300, 450 x 854 and so on :(


I posted my response in the form of a quote.
I believe that consciousness exists in every action. That we are all aware of the capacity of our deeds.
I'm sure you've all been given an "I told you so," at some time in your life. And I'm quite sure you didn't really need to hear it from someone else. That little voice in our heads called a conscience plays over and over again like a broken record, and still we choose to do whatever it is that we do. In this crazy rollercoaster of life, there are so many opportunities to jump ship. To take stock of what we've done and to get off the crazy train. Most of the time, we don't want to. Most of the time, we purposely lead ourselves astray. Most of the time, we do the wrong thing at the wrong time, and all of the time, we only think of about ourselves. When you know what we want and where we want to go, nothing stands in our way. We justify our actions because we tell ourselves that things can't be helped. That they would've happened anyway. Often, we grasp at straws to make it last, convince ourselves that ultimately we'll stop. That eventually, things will end. That we'll move on after a seizing a few more moments. That things will work themselves out.
The beauty of life is that it is full of choices. We spend each and every day choosing between one thing or another, knowing full well that every action leads to a reaction. Cause and effect. Nothing we ever do happens in a vacuum – every single occurrence is connected to something else.
The beauty of being human is being able to admit that sometimes, we've made the wrong choice. That we have the hearts and the souls to make it right. That our fallibility is a gift. And that once we accept responsibility for our actions, we will be able to hear the end of every song.
Love this post. It really speaks to me today.


SHANGHAI, Jun. 29 (SMM) -- According to data from SMM, China's NPI physical output in May was 376.9kt, or 18.8kt of metal output after conversion. China's NPI physical output was up 51% YoY and down 3.8% MoM. China's metal nickel output, after conversion, was up 103% YoY and down 6% MoM.
Some NPI producers with blast furnaces halted production in May due to environmental crackdown, exerting negative impact on NPI production. It is expected that output in June will continue to fall slightly along with production cuts from producers with blast furnaces. However, operating rates at producers with electronic arc furnaces were stable, and current orders received by them lasted to mid-July.
With regard to the newly-built projects, only Fu'an project under Shanghai Tsingshan Mineral Co has been under operation, but it is revealed that the project doesn't operate smoothly with some technical problems still need improving. Guangxi project under Jinchuan Group has already been under construction, and the project is expected to produce 110kt of nickel products in the future.


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Microscopic wasps might have "clockwork" brains
The neural pathways that make up the brain arguably represents the most fiendishly complex electrical system in the cosmos, but what if not every brain is actually electrical? One pint-sized wasp might have a mechanical brain that runs like clockwork.
The greenhouse whitefly parasite measures in at about half a millimeter, but that tininess is nothing compared to that of its neurons. According to researchers at Germany's University of Göttingen, about a third of the axon fibers that connect together the wasp's neurons measure in at less than 0.1 micrometer in diamater. That's significant because, well, it's impossible for axons to be that thin.
The problem is that an axon that thin would be vulnerable to spontaneously firing, even when it's received no chemical signals. Such axons would continually relay inaccurate information to and from the brain, meaning the wasp wouldn't be able to trust the sensory data it received and likely unable to properly act on it anyway. The wasp should be effectively paralyzed by the neural noise inside its own brain.
New Scientist reports on a possible explanation for how the wasps manage to circumvent this rather elementary problem with their brains. If the electrical system can't be trusted in the wasps' axons, then it could substitute a mechanical system, in which axons would need to be physically touched in order to trigger the release of chemicals to the relevant neurons.
This mechanical approach would be a natural biological equivalent of a clockwork brain. It would greatly limit the flexibility of the wasp's mind and slow down reaction times considerably, but it's a simple enough creature that these problems would be relatively minor. Humans, on the other hand, would likely find such a clockwork mind unbearably slow-moving.
Via New Scientist. Top image of the clockwork robots from the Doctor Who episode "The Girl In The Fireplace."


Kingsnake.com - Herpforum - RE: Eastern Mud Eggs: need quick advice!
RE: Eastern Mud Eggs: need quick advice!
No, there is no parental care once the eggs are laid. I would get some vermiculite from Walmart or a plant store. It holds alot of water and is great for hatching eggs. Get a plastic shoe box and soak the vermiculite in another container and hand squeeze as much water out of it as possible and put it in the shoe box until you have a depth of about 2.5 inches . Place the eggs in there with the tops showing but DON'T TURN them. Try to keep them about 80 to 82 degrees and they should hatch in around 65 to 70 days.
Let me know how it goes with them. I've done it lots of times and it works fine. If you have any extra when they hatch let me know. I found a hatchling near Charleston, SC on April 9, 1980 and she's still going strong.


A hearing loop has been installed in the ground floor of the sanctuary. You can identify these areas by the blue ear with a T symbol.
A hearing loop sends clear, pure sound to your hearing aid without background noise. Even with the most up-to-date technology, hearing aids and CI's cannot completely separate important sounds from background noises; nor do they pick up all sounds from a distance such as those in a performance hall, a place of worship, auditorium, or a home TV viewed from across the room. In such listening settings, induction hearing loops can offer a solution. A hearing loop wirelessly transmits sound to an antennae called a telecoil in a hearing aid or CI.
If you have a hearing aid with a t-coil that you already know how to access, all you need to do is activate the T-coil in a room that is "looped" and you will hear anything coming through the speakers with more clarity. If you are unsure about whether you have a T-coil, it is best to check with your hearing healthcare provider. It is important to remember that this system does not work automatically; you must enable the t-coil to receive the benefits in a looped environment. Your hearing healthcare provider can explain if you have the ability to connect, will be able to make necessary adjustments, and can properly explain how and when to connect.
I do not have a hearing aid and or T-coil, can I use the system?
Yes, anyone can use the system however someone without a t-coil enabled hearing aid must use the system with the help of a "Loop Listener". This loop listener is a small device that is worn around the neck and comes with headphones. You put the headphones on, turn the volume up, and you can pick up the loop signal just like anyone else.
A loop system is only installed in select venues. You can identify which venues have been "looped" by the blue symbol on the first page.
This seems like a hassle, why should I bother?
Hearing Loops have become the standard of assistive listening devices in Europe and are becoming so in the US. Once you are aware of the benefits and how to connect, you can use the hearing loop system to hear in environments where normally you were unable to hear. Once you learn how to utilize hearing loops for your benefit, you can use it in the ever expanding list of venues that have been or will be looped in the future. So, if you want another avenue to hear better then yes, it is worth the hassle.
You need to know how to utilize your t-coil if you have one. If you do not enable the t-coil in a looped environment you will not receive any help. The best way to get help with this is to ask your hearing healthcare provider for assistance.
If you do not have a t-coil in your hearing aid, it is OK. You can still use the system with a loop listener as described above. Additionally, when it is time to upgrade your hearing aid(s) or get them for the first time, be sure to get a model with a t-coil or the ability to utilize a t-coil through a remote.
The loop system only works when someone is speaking into a microphone connected to the sound system. Only sounds that come out of the room's speakers will go through the loop system. If someone is using a microphone and not speaking clearly or directly into the microphone, that will affect how clearly you hear as well.
Contact your hearing healthcare provider for more assistance with using the loop!


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Home>News
Announcement on the reopening of NCPA with limited number of visitors
NCPA July/20/2020
According to The People's Government of Beijing Municipality's unified regulations on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, NCPA will implement an orderly reopening with limited number of visitors from July 21st, 2020, with visitors required to make a reservation in advance. The details are as follows:
I. Opening hours
From Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. -17:00 p.m. (last admission 30 min before closing) from July 21st, 2020. Monday is closed (festivals and holidays excepted).
II. Reservation information
1. NCPA is open to visitors who have made a real-name reservation. From now on, visitors can make a reservation with a valid identity document, such as the 2nd-generation ID card (or a passport, Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao or Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Taiwan, etc.) on NCPA's official website (www.chncpa.org) or "NCPA Smart Butler" on WeChat before 23:00 p.m. on the day before the visiting day.
2. Tickets won't be sold or offered to visitors without online reservation.
III. Ticket price
1. Adult ticket: 40 yuan per ticket; Half-price ticket: 20 yuan per ticket
2. Conditions applicable to the purchase of half-price tickets include:
Senior citizens aged 60 or above with their original ID card or Senior Citizens' Card, current students (undergraduates at public universities or students with a Bachelor's degree or below) with their original ID card, military personnel on active duty with their original Military Officer's Card or Non-commissioned Officer's Card and disabled people with their original Disability Card.
3. Conditions applicable to the free tickets include:
Children under six years old (with their guardians present), disabled military personnel with their original certificate of military disability, and members of the NCPA Friends and NCPA Art Enthusiasts with personal visiting reward points.
Doctors and nurses can apply for a free ticket with their original practising certificate during the reopening of the NCPA with limited number of visitors.
IV. Visitor information:
1. Each ID card can be used to make an online reservation once a day.
2. For a successful reservation, the system will send an SMS appointment confirmation to visitors automatically. Please be sure to keep it at hand.
3. For those who cannot visit the NCPA for any reason, please call the customer service hotline (010-66550000) to cancel the reservation as soon as possible.
4. If visitors drive to the NCPA, please enter the building from the Northwest parking lot; if visitors come by mass transit, please enter the building through the north gate.
5. Please prepare ID card or other original identity documents, the half-price ticket or free ticket exchange certificate in advance and enter the NCPA with the SMS appointment confirmation and the real-time "health code" (Beijing Jiankangbao mini programme). Only those whose with verified health code can enter the building. Please show the identity document at Box Office to get the reserved ticket. For the NCPA Friends and NCPA Art Enthusiasts, equivalent reward points will be deducted for a ticket.
6. Please cooperate with the temperature measurement. Those whose body temperature are above 37.3℃ will be persuaded to leave and get a refund for the ticket at Box Office.
7. Please wear a mask during the visit. Do not gather. Keep a distance of 1m or more from others. Please contact the staff immediately if you feel unwell at the NCPA.
8. Tour guide services are temporarily suspended. Please go to the free tour guide service counter and scan the QR code for self-service tour.
Customer Service Hotline: 010-66550000 (09:00 a.m.—17:00 p.m., Monday-Sunday).
The NCPA will adjust the visitor reception work and release information immediately in accordance with The People's Government of Beijing Municipality's unified regulations on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Please visit the NCPA's official website, Weibo or WeChat account for the latest information.
Thank you for your support. May you have a good time at the NCPA!


Mark Marriott and I had a bit of fun shooting this video in the Strange Occurrences office in Courtenay Place yesterday.
Story is: I bid on this 'ectoplasmic residue' on TradeMe, just for a laugh. There were other bids and the auction still had four days to run, so I was in no danger of actually winning it. Or so I thought. I was surprised to receive the email saying the ectoplasm was mine.
The guy selling it seemed a good sort, a Dr Who fanatic with his sense of humour well in place. I was happy to pay up and eagerly awaited the packet's arrival. It came with Ghostbusters-style authentication and a bit of back story. Cool!
The obvious thing to do, then, was to subject the ectoplasmic residue to some serious and rigorous scientific testing in the Strange Occurrences Laboratory.


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When will apprenticeships get championed through careers advice?
Charlie Mullins - Founder, Pimlico Plumbers
I may run the risk of sounding like a broken record, but when it comes to careers advice, apprenticeships can boost the economy, improve productivity and train people with excellent skills.
It's all well and good me shouting over and over again about the worth of apprenticeships, or about the lack of careers advice and information available for kids leaving school, but of course, actions speak louder than words. That's why I'm again taking my apprentice views to the heart of government, by exhibiting at the Conservative Party Conference.
However, it's not just my views I'll be championing. I'll be publishing a report I've commissioned that features the opinions and experience of apprentices. I'll also have a team of Pimlico Plumbers apprentices with me who'll talk to Conservative Party Conference delegates about the report.
Since March, we've been asking a number of past and present apprentices, about the consistency of careers advice that young people are given surrounding opportunities provided through an apprenticeship.
It might be a few years since I left school, but it seems not much has changed in terms of the lack of careers advice given to showcase the benefits of an apprenticeship.
Our report, which has been supported by former secretary of state for education, Rt Hon Lord Baker of Dorking, who has also written a foreword for the study, shows that only 33 per cent of the apprentices asked, felt that careers advisers explained to them about apprenticeships when they were at school.
Following that, only a quarter said they were encouraged to think about an apprenticeship and just 15 per cent met an apprentice as part of their careers advice.
For me, that's proof that kids aren't getting a fair representation of what's out there. Don't get me wrong, the government has taken steps in the right direction.
For example, I think that the commitment to create three million apprenticeships by 2020 is great, but it's a big target and we need better-quality intervention at school level if we're going to get there.
To do this, the government needs to commit to seeing it through by listening to apprentices, getting feedback straight from the horse's mouth and taking my research and others like it, into serious consideration.
We need to get apprentices into schools, talking to young people and getting them to complete work experience in skills-based jobs.
If you're in school and you see a former apprentice turn up with a nice car, financial security and a good quality of life, it's going to be a great advert.
There's no logical explanation as to why kids should feel like an academic route and going to university is the only option.
If they want to embark on a degree then that's fine, but they shouldn't be discouraged for weighing up their options.
I hope that the government will take notice of this report and take the time to work with employers on careers advice and services.
Much has been done, but as these stories of active apprentices show, too many schools careers advisers are pushing the academic route and it needs to change.
There is a different way to success – I should know.
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Q: WPF Binding ValidationRules on TextBox This is my first attempt at using Binding.ValidationRules. They are working as expected with the exception of:
When I enter a TextBox value, for example: "abc" it's fine. When I backspace over letters "c", "b", then "a" the rule fires as it should and warns me the TextBox is empty. The strange behavior is that the string property, to which CompanyName is bound, still retains the "a". Therefore the string is not empty and I can't use the string.Empty comparison in my business logic.
It seems that the ValidationRule is preventing that last edit/character deletion to the string property.
I hope that makes sense, but I have included some images. The green "abc" Label in the image is bound to the same property as the TextBox.
What I want to do is control the visibility of a "Save" Button based on a valid TextBox. Pretty standard I would imagine, so I must be approaching this wrong or I a missing something simple.

<TextBox x:Name="CompanyNameTextBox" Grid.Row="1" TabIndex="1"
                     Style="{StaticResource TextBoxStyleWithError}"
                     Validation.ErrorTemplate="{StaticResource validationErrorTemplate}">
                <TextBox.Text>
                    <Binding Path="objCompanyClass.CompanyName" UpdateSourceTrigger="PropertyChanged" >
                        <Binding.ValidationRules>
                            <HelperClass:CompanyNameValidator Max="50"/>
                        </Binding.ValidationRules>
                    </Binding>
                </TextBox.Text>
            </TextBox>

<Style x:Key="TextBoxStyleWithError"  TargetType="TextBox">

        <Style.Triggers>
            <Trigger Property="Validation.HasError" Value="true">
                <Setter Property="ToolTip" Value="{Binding RelativeSource={x:Static RelativeSource.Self}, Path=(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent}"/>
                <Setter Property="Background" Value="DarkRed"/>
                <Setter Property="Margin" Value="3 15 3 3"/>
            </Trigger>
        </Style.Triggers>

    </Style>

<ControlTemplate x:Key="validationErrorTemplate">
        <DockPanel>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" DockPanel.Dock="Top" VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0 0 0 3">
                <TextBlock Foreground="Red" FontSize="12" Margin="2,0,0,0"
                           Text="{Binding ElementName=ErrorAdorner, Path=AdornedElement.(Validation.Errors)[0].ErrorContent}">

                </TextBlock>
            </StackPanel>
            <AdornedElementPlaceholder x:Name="ErrorAdorner" ></AdornedElementPlaceholder>
        </DockPanel>
    </ControlTemplate>

C#
public class CompanyNameValidator : ValidationRule
{
    public static bool TextEntryValid = false;

    private int _max;
    public int Max
    {
        get { return _max; }
        set { _max = value; }
    }

    public override ValidationResult Validate (object value, System.Globalization.CultureInfo cultureInfo)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value.ToString()))
        {
            TextEntryValid = false;
            return new ValidationResult(false, "Company Name cannot be empty.");
        }

        else
        {
            if (value.ToString().Length > Max)
            {
                TextEntryValid = false;
                return new ValidationResult(false, $"Cannot be more than {Max} characters long.");
            }
        }

        TextEntryValid = true;
        return ValidationResult.ValidResult;
    }
}