iPage was founded in 1998 as a full web-service provider. However, in the next ten years, the company evolved into a web hosting provider. In 2009, they were bought out by the Endurance International Group, which owns a few other well-known web hosts. Environmental responsibility is a hallmark of iPage. They are 100-percent wind powered and websites or blogs they host are eligible to display an iPage Green Certificate on their sites. Being eco-friendly is always a plus. So are they really good, or do their promises add up to a lot of hot air?
At first glance, it appears that iPage only has two kinds of hosting, but if you scroll down, you'll see the standard types of hosting plans.
Shared hosting, called the iPage Essential Plan, is the only shared-hosting plan offered. However, with this plan, you get unlimited domains, disk space, and bandwidth. But beware of the unlimited bandwidth claim. The company states that 99.5 percent of their customers are fine with this plan and bandwidth. However, iPage also says, "some customers become so successful that their traffic and data transfer outgrow our shared architecture." In this case, the customer will be offered other solutions, such as VPS hosting.
VPS hosting is available in three plans.
Basic: 1 core CPU, 1GB RAM, 40GB of storage, 1TB of bandwidth and one IP address.
Business: 2 core CPU, 4GB RAM, 90 GB of storage, 3TB of bandwidth and two IP addresses.
Optimum: 4 core CPU, 8GB RAM, 1200GB of storage, 4TB of bandwidth and two IP addresses.
WordPress hosting is becoming more widely available. iPage offers two WP plans.
WP Starter: unlimited disk space, bandwidth and email accounts, standard support.
WP Essential: unlimited disk space, bandwidth and email accounts. Also gives you WP Experts support, greater speed, enhanced security, and more plugins to choose from.
Dedicated hosting offers three plans.
Startup: 2 cores CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB of disk space and 5TB of bandwidth.
Professional: 4 cores CPU, 8GB RAM, 1000GB of disk space and 10TB of bandwidth.
Enterprise: 4 cores CPU, 16GB RAM, 1000GB of disk space and 15TB of bandwidth.
Creating your account is a matter of providing your basic information plus your preferred way of payment—and you're set to go. You will receive your username and choose a password, which will enable you to log in into your account.
The customer portal and control panel are one and the same. On one hand, this is great because you need one less username/password combination. On the other hand, sometimes it's handy to have your account and website separate. In this case, we don't have much to complain about.
You can access and edit your account information from the drop-down menu titled Account in the upper right corner of the screen. It contains details about account management activities, such as billing, subscriptions and site profile. On the left, you can access Support and Marketplace, a.k.a. MOJO Marketplace. Above that, you will have short black bar where you will access Settings, Help (which takes you to the same place as Support, so a bit redundant) and Logout. However, you will not find security features, such as safety or SSH. They're not included in the packages and you will have to pay an additional sum for them.
The control panel and customer portal are fully integrated. However, control panel options take up most of your screen. You'll have the standard set of tools, minus some like chron jobs and auto responders. Sure, you have MOJO marketplace for that, but some tools should be the part of the standard set of tools.
Tabs are in a standard format, one below the other, but you'll also have a drop-down menu for each of them up on the green menu bar. They are as follows: Home (in a form of a house icon), Website, Email, Domain, Google, Marketing and Additional Tools. It's handy to have them in this layout, instead of having to scroll up and down all the time. Look for Favorites at the top of the screen. On the right, you'll find a few windows with shortcuts and some ads. Below that are your website statistics.
If you are a DIY type, you will have FTM and file manager to work with. If you want to start from scratch online, you can choose from Website Creator and Weebly website builders, and goMobi mobile site builder. If you just want to log in and choose a template, you can always rely on WordPress. However, there are many more options and scripts if you use MOJO marketplace. It's not an unfamiliar or complicated place, but it would be nice if we had more options with fewer steps as a default setup.
When creating your email, you'll be asked for a username and password. Oddly enough, you won't be asked to select the size of your mailbox. That's because you'll be limited to 500 MB of mailbox space. Although this can be enough for many small businesses, we think that each customer should be able to decide how they will use their storage space.
One nifty thing during creation of the inbox is that you can choose to have standard email, or you can set it up to forward to the email you use most frequently. If a lot of people are opting to forward their email, this could explain the mailbox space limitations. If you choose webmail, you'll be stuck with default option, Open-Xchange software. Not that it doesn't do the job well, but it surely isn't the prettiest belle of the ball. There are also SquirrelMail and AtMail, but you will have to dig for them in the control panel settings.
During our uptime test, we only had one downtime that lasted for 14 minutes. Ok, that may not be the best thing to happen, but that only reduced the uptime to 99.89 percent. Arguably, that is still pretty darn good uptime, it just isn't perfect. We know that servers and operating systems sometimes need downtime and repairs, but we also like when things go smoothly. Although iPage is owned by Endurance International Group, their servers aren't located at the same place as some other well-known hosts. Because of that, iPage didn't experience the problems with downtime that other Endurance International hosts have had in the past.
Our servers were stationed in Burlington, Massachusetts, so we primarily focused on response times in the western part of the U.S. Portland had a wibbly-wobbly response time that fluctuated mostly between 2 and 4 seconds. Palo Alto had a better response, though it, too, ping ponged between 1 and 2 seconds. Ashburn, Virginia tested similarly, with load times fluctuating between a half-second and one second, but it primarily stayed around 600 ms.
The worst-case scenario was with Sydney, Australia. Once, it took around 35 seconds for a response. Not great, but we found that to be more the exception than the rule, with an average response between 3 and 4 seconds. As you can see, it's typical that response time isn't really a straight line, but more of a squiggly line. As long as it fluctuates under a second or two, we don't mind (much). The most static response times, around 2.5 seconds, came from Tokyo. Sao Paulo fluctuated between 2 and 3 seconds.
All iPage support options are located under the Support tab in your cPanel. There you'll be able to access their knowledge base, chat support and ticketing system.The only thing missing are community support/forums. There's always a reassuring feeling of camaraderie when you can communicate with people in the forums. However, considering that iPage covers the other support methods well, we didn't feel we were missing something crucial. Ticketing response was standard and chat support is available 24/7.
Chat support was quite helpful. Although the response time wasn't the fastest, it wasn't that bad—usually under 10 minutes. However, while other hosts may try to upsell you different products and services via email, iPage occasionally pitches services during chat support. Ok, we know hosts must sell to get paid, but we don't think that trying to sell you something when you're getting help with a problem is good form. Is it a serious offense? No, not really, but we think they could tone it down a notch and keep upselling out of chat support.
iPage often has discounts and introductory rates that are cheaper than the renewal prices, so check their website for current offers.
Renewal prices increase from $6.99 to $8.99.
These are first-term prices, showing a 20-percent discount. "Term" represents a contract. Contract lengths vary.
Renewal rates can go up from $8.49 to $12.49 depending on the length of your contract period.
These are first-term prices, showing a 20-percent discount.
If you're on a tight budget, iPage offers some of the lowest introductory rates around or you can use ipage coupon for saving up to 81% when you buy hosting at iPage. It's great for small businesses and personal websites. However, low rates do not mean that you'll get poor service. You'll have plenty of basic features to cover the bases. If you want more, you will have to pay it. And iPage is eco-friendly, to boot.You can read 10 reasons you should buy iPage Hosting then confirm buying iPage.
We do take issue with the paid security package. In some basic form, it should be included with all plans. Upselling, too, is a constant—even with chat support. Although we didn't have many complaints when we tested iPage, there were enough missing pieces that we felt like we were assembling IKEA furniture with a screw missing. In the end, we saw iPage like that nice guy or girl you take on a date. There's nothing particularly wrong with them, but the spark is missing. They may not be our first choice, but they may be perfect for someone else!


WARNING! Don't plan your move based on a "GUESS-TIMATE!"
Don't Trust "Instant Valuations" that are merely computer-generated "Guess-timates" based on unreliable tax records, public info that is notoriously inaccurate, and unfiltered sales data that is often not even comparable to your home at all.
Find out the TRUE MARKET VALUE of your property by letting me provide you with a FREE, Accurate Home Valuation based on the actual current market sales data.
Simply provide the information below and I'll get to work for you!
THANK YOU for requesting your Complimentary Home Valuation!
Because this is an actual Professional Market Analysis on your property, it takes real time for me to do my "homework" for you.
Please give me up to 72 hours to send the Report to you.
If you have any questions or need to reach me, please contact me today.
If you are thinking about selling your property, you want to get an Accurate Market Evaluation based on current market information and actual sales data completed by an Experienced Professional with no pressure and no B.S.
Many homeowners are not aware that the computer-generated "Instant Valuations" provided on most real estate websites (such as Zillow Zestimates®) are often off by 10 to 20% or more. This is because these valuations are computer algorithms based on public data such as tax records, which can be notoriously inaccurate, and unfiltered sales data that is often not comparable to your home at all. Plus, these computer-generated estimates can not make adjustments based on the condition, location, and features of YOUR PROPERTY.
When it comes to planning your next move, don't base such a major decision on an unreliable, computer-generated guess-timate.
It is also important to keep in mind that in today's market, property values are constantly changing. In fact, every time a property that is comparable to yours sells, the actual market value of your home can be affected instantly! Good to know, right?
Let me provide you with a FREE, No-Obligation Market Valuation based on the same actual current market sales data and process that is used by a licensed appraiser.


text:
Pakistan: Islamists Join the Global Protest Fray
Pakistan, long viewed as an incubator of religious militancy, is gearing up for a battle over the future of the country's notorious Madrassas.
By James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and an award-winning journalist.
geopoliticsImran KhanPakistanpopulismreligion
Islamist-led protests also threaten to be a fight for the future of the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
The country's Islamists are preparing to march on Islamabad that is scheduled to converge on the Pakistani capital on October 31.
The stakes for both the government and multiple Islamist and opposition parties and groups are high.
Targeting money laundering and terrorism finance
Earlier this month, Pakistan had evaded blacklisting by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international anti-money laundering and terrorism finance watchdog, but only by the skin of its teeth.
Maintaining Pakistan on its grey list since June of last year, FATF warned the South Asian nation that it would be blacklisted if it failed to fully implement an agreed plan to halt the flow of funds to militant groups by February of next year when the watchdog holds its next meeting.
China weighs in on the battle
The warning was reinforced by a statement by FATF's Chinese president, Xiangmin Liu. China has long shielded Pakistan from blacklisting.
"Pakistan needs to do more and faster. Pakistan's failure to fulfil FATF global standards is an issue that we take very seriously. If by February 2020, Pakistan doesn't make significant progress, it will be put on the blacklist." Mr. Xiangmin said.
Pakistani officials acknowledged that Mr. Xiangmin's comment underlined the seriousness of their country's predicament but said it would serve as an incentive to push forward.
That is likely to energize Islamist opposition to Pakistani efforts to comply with FATF demands that would impose strict oversight on their funding and financing of social and cultural activities, including the operation of tens of thousands of religious seminaries.
Pakistan's reactionaries seek to strike back
A five-party Islamist coalition that demands "true Islamization" and the establishment of Sharia Law, led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the 66-year old head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and a former member of parliament, who is organizing the countrywide march.
Mr. Rehman said the march of up to one million people was a declaration of "war" against Mr. Khan's government. He demanded the government's resignation.
His protest is likely to secure a degree of support from other major opposition parties like the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
With government efforts to engage the opposition in talks to fend off the march on Islamabad going nowhere, both Pakistani security forces and stick-wielding Islamist volunteers clad in yellow uniform-like garb have been preparing for the march.
Security forces have virtually sealed off Islamabad's government district. The government is also considering closing roads leading to the capital and banning media coverage.
Pakistani media reported that authorities were also contemplating digging ditches along footpaths leading to Islamabad to prevent protesters from circumventing roadblocks by foot.
The Soros factor
The Islamists were further energized by a controversial meeting last month on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly between Mr. Khan and George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist behind the Open Society Foundation. The foundation was banned in Pakistan in late 2017 as part of a crackdown on non-governmental organizations.
Mr. Soros, a Hungarian-born Jew who survived the Holocaust, and the foundation are globally in the bull's eye of populist, ultra-nationalist and militant religious opposition to what they term "globalists" and "cosmopolitans."
The attacks, like in the case of the Islamist coalition in Pakistan as well as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and other nationalist and far-right forces, often take on anti-Semitic connotations.
Mr. Orban, who studied on a scholarship provided by Mr. Soros' philanthropy, has charged the billionaire with secretly plotting to flood Hungary with migrants and destroy it as a nation.
Pakistan and modernity
Mr. Rehman, accusing Mr. Khan of being a "Jewish agent," was particularly irked by the fact that the prime minister was believed to have asked Mr. Soros to assist in reforming Pakistani Madrassas in a bid to counter radicalization and ensure that the seminaries adopt curricula approved by the ministry of education.
Greater government control of the seminaries would substantially weaken the significant street power of Islamist parties that often fare poorly in elections.
The emerging power struggle between Mr. Khan and the Islamists is in many ways an effort by the Islamists to force the military that long supported them to choose between them and the prime minister.
The prime minister and the military
Mr. Khan is believed to have had military support in the electoral campaign that brought the former cricket player to office on a promise to end corruption and improve living standards.
Instead, a persistent economic crisis has forced Mr. Khan to agree to a $6 billion bailout by the IMF that involves stark austerity measures.
The Islamist's ability to march on Islamabad has some analysts suggesting that they would not be able to do so without at least a military nod.
An awkward moment for Mr. Khan
Whatever the case, the march could not come at a more awkward moment for Mr. Khan.
Mr. Rehman hopes to capitalize on popular discontent as Pakistan struggles to overcome the economic crisis and seems unable to garner substantial international and Muslim support in condemning India's withdrawal of the disputed area of Kashmir's autonomy.
Earlier this week, police in Islamabad employed water cannons to disperse teachers protesting the fact that they had not been paid for months.
Complicating affairs is the fact that solving the economic crisis, confronting India in the dispute about Kashmir and meeting FATF's demands are all intertwined.
Militants in Pakistan enjoy a high degree of financial maneuverability because much of the Pakistani economy remains unrecorded. In addition, despite crackdowns, various militant groups like Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Jaish-e-Mohammed remain useful proxies in battles over Kashmir.
All of which makes it that much harder for the government to fully comply with FATF's demands.
That is the murky playground in which Mr. Rehman and his Islamist alliance is seeking to stir the pot.
Xi Jinping's Contradictory Choices for China's Future
Comparing Textbooks: Even Afghanistan Scores Better Than Pakistan
Islamist-led protests threaten to be a fight for the future of the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Greater government control of the seminaries would weaken the street power of Pakistan's Islamist parties that often fare poorly in elections.
Militants in Pakistan enjoy a high degree of financial maneuverability because much of the Pakistani economy remains unrecorded.
Pakistan evaded blacklisting by the FATF -- an international anti-money laundering and terrorism finance watchdog -- but only by the skin of its teeth.
Testing Zelensky: New Hopes for Ukraine

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


The day you move house is likely to be a busy one, but you can make the process less stressful with good preparation. If you have grown attached to your home over many years, the move can also be quite emotional, but following our advice will help you plan and manage the day.
Find out more about the TDS in our guide to tenants' rights and responsibilities in our guide.
For further information about preparing for your moving day, talk to a Moreland letting agent.


This is a placeholder page for Devon Kroeger, which means this person is not currently on this site. We do suggest using the tools below to find Devon Kroeger.
You are visiting the placeholder page for Devon Kroeger. This page is here because someone used our placeholder utility to look for Devon Kroeger. We created this page automatically in hopes Devon Kroeger would find it. If you are not Devon Kroeger, but are an alumni of Palo Duro High School, register on this site for free now.


I love that I have become awakened to my truth and can now live in it fully. I now know that I don't owe anyone an explanation for being who I am. I own who I am unapologetically.
I feel the most beautiful when I am flowing and not forcing in life.
My mother who is my matriarch. She is solid, observant, patient and loving. My aunt Connie who is another matriarch of mine. I have been fortunate enough to be raised by strong Anishnabe women.
The queens of Soul. From Eryka Badu, Sade to Lauryn Hill. These women remained true to who they are in an industry that over sexualizes black women in the media. I salute you!
I would have to say Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I love reading, and she made reading and loving books elegant!
Love. Compassion. Truth & Healing.
Writing my book Be Unapologetically You: A Self-Love Guide for Women, releasing August 2016. As well as starting and co-producing the Podcast Soul Unexpected that airs on iTunes and Stitcher Radio every Wednesday.
I would tell myself, you are going places, you are built for greatness!
Embracing my authentic self by using my voice to motivate and inspire my community through what I call scared activism.


Good day! I'm Azima Rajabova from Uzbekistan. I opened an account with Arotrade and made a deposit. My account manager Miroslav did his best to increase my margin so that I kept depositing my trading account.
Last time my deposit accounted for $1,540 with a 12% margin. Along with my manager, we opened a trading position for $800 in one direction. As a result, I immediately lost up to $780, while the margin keeps surging. At the moment I'm heavily in debt. Please, help me to get back my money. I have an audio record of our conversation as well as his phone number. He should answer for what he did to my trading account.
Miroslav's number is +7 (499) 971-62-28.


NEW EVIDENCE NEVER SEEN!! Did Massachusetts State Trooper Thiago Miranda MURDER a 23 YEAR OLD?
Corrupt Federal Judge Christopher Panos Says, "Stuff Happens". That It Does.
Editorial: Was a four year old framed for murder?
Massachusetts State Trooper Thiago Miranda Says To Beat People FIRST!!


If your a long time reader, you'll know that our garden has been a huge work in progress since we moved in. Over the last two years it has had a massive over haul. It was so grown over to begin with that you couldn't even see the garage at the end. It's been stripped back, levelled out, built back up and transformed in to the beauty it is today. It is Brad and my passion to be creative, we're do-ers and we enjoy creating something unique for ourselves.
I am so happy with the space now (I may or may not have mentioned that a few times already) there's still some finishing touches and evolving to do. But it's brand new and I love it, and I can't wait to watch all my new plants grow. We have a selection of herbs too and I'd like to try building a raised bed for some growing some vegetables.
My shed is the best place ever to sit, write and work. I could stay in here forever ( you can probably imagine that most of the posts you will read over summer will have been written from here, unless otherwise stated!) it's a peaceful and tranquil (and kitch) space for my creativity to flow.
Watch the video to get a few tips on how you could add some colour to your summer garden.


text:
Articles in need of images, Devices, Elimination,
Laser Powered Teleportation Devices
Laser Powered Teleportation Device
The appearance of the machine.
Used on:
All season 1 eliminated contestants except for Needle
"Half a Loaf Is Better Than None"
Last appearance:
"Insectophobe's Nightmare 2"
Transports eliminated contestants to the TLC
The Laser Powered Teleportation Device is a machine used to transfer eliminated contestants to the inside of the TLC, replacing the Sender Scoop Thrower.
The first Laser Powered Teleportation Device was introduced in "Half a Loaf Is Better Than None". Match was the first ever to be teleported using a laser.
The only contestant to be eliminated without the device when it was introduced is Tennis Ball.
Flower is the last person in BFDI to get teleported to the TLC by the Laser Powered Teleportation Device.
In BFDIA, it was replaced by the Sender Scoop Thrower.
Blocky getting eliminated by the LPTD.
The single version was introduced in Episode 14. It starts at the foot of the contestant, then goes upward to teleport them into the chamber. It was first used on Match and last used on Pencil.
David getting eliminated by the DLPTD.
The "Double Laser Powered Teleportation Device" was introduced and only used in "Gardening Hero". David was the first and only contestant to be teleported by it, as it was never used again. There are 2 lasers: one that goes up, and one that goes down. They eventually meet in the center, causing the character to be fully teleported.
Spongy getting eliminated by the QLPTD.
The "Quadruple Laser Powered Teleportation Device" was introduced in "The Glistening" when it was used on Ice Cube. It was later used again in "Don't Pierce My Flesh". It functions similar to the Double Laser Powered Teleportation Device, but it has two more lasers moving horizontally. The last contestant it was used on successfully was Spongy. Flower was able to deflect three of the beams, but got hit by the last one that was reflected around the earth and back to her.
It is unknown where the Laser Powered Teleportation Device came from, or where the machine shooting it is.
It has also eliminated a bush, the sun, and even the Tiny Loser Chamber, but due to the TLC eliminating itself, it went right back to where it was.
Both Pencil and Match have been eliminated via Single Laser Powered Teleportation Device, and they were the last and first contestants to do so respectively.
In BFDI, Needle is the only eliminated contestant who never got teleported since she left before the method was introduced and caused herself to fly into the TLC in "The Glistening".
This page needs more images.
"Laser Powered Teleportation Devices, can you draw?" — Tree
The page has enough words to provide what the topic is about, but not enough images to actually show what the page is about. Please help Battle for Dream Island Wiki by adding pictures to the galleries listed in the page.
Being used on Pen
Being used on Pencil
Being used on Golf Ball
Being used on Pin
Being used on Blocky (again) and Woody
Being used on Rocky
Flower deflecting it
Being used on the sun
Going around the world
Retrieved from "https://battlefordreamisland.fandom.com/wiki/Laser_Powered_Teleportation_Devices?oldid=2550237"


The arrows (←) point to the home team.
See also the aggregate league statistics.
At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, the captains of the teams in the London League agreed a set of rules to clarify expectations and help pre-emptively resolve disputes. Click here for the current London League rules.


The raid of 793 had been the first recorded Viking raid on Britain, and Alcuin's words show the scary of his Christian world at the ferocity of pagan raiders, whoever assault ended up being abrupt, unanticipated and damaging.
It was impossible that such a holy spot should endure assault from foreign heathens, that its monks is slaughtered and its particular treasures taken. Yet this was to take place over and over repeatedly to other monasteries throughout The united kingdomt, Wales, Scotland and Ireland.
Alcuin's letters are simply one piece of historic proof for Viking assaults. Various other raids had been taped in the annals held in monasteries at Iona and in Ireland - an entry for 794 when you look at the 'Annals of Ulster' tells of '... devastation of all of the countries of Britain' - while Columba's famous monastery on the Scottish island of Iona had been pillaged listed here year, and again in 802, in 806 plus in 825. Nowhere ended up being safe through the Vikings.


Disclaimer: While Maury County Public Schools does not endorse any agency or service, the resources on this list may be helpful to students and families of Maury County.
For tutoring in TN in Spanish, Arabic, Kurdish, Somalian, Swahili, and English.
Available Mon - Thurs from 4 - 8 p.m.
Aunt Bertha makes it easy to find food, health, housing and employment programs.
Intensive Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment program for adults and adolescents.
For males 13 - 17 with TennCare Select (not UHCP) or Blue Care.
Provides a variety of services to grandparents, aunts/uncles raising child without parent in home. Cannot serve foster children.


Newsletters: they're all about the money…eventually. At Health Care for the Homeless (Baltimore), director of development Keiren Havens makes a practice of regularly trolling the front-line staff for true-life stories. I'm a huge fan of Tom Ahern.
Plan out the project timeline, who will do what, how all of the money will be raised, budget for the project, etc. Give yourself enough time to find potential grant donors who may really give to your organization - don't waste your organization's time and resources on sending requests to foundations who do not give to your cause, or do not give to organizations serving the geographic location that yours' does, or does not fund the kind of program/project/item that you need money for.
The story in Go Fund Yourself follows a young bartender and her friend who create a page for her to get money while she's receiving chemotherapy treatments and can't work. "Support quality journalism," encourages The Baltimore Sun. What will their money do?
We are pleased to welcome back Susan Emfinger of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. was, "We don't believe that people should come to every event and be asked for money." For her previous posts on institutional fundraising, please click here.
Any expense a charity doesn't incur is money that can be put toward the mission. It provided fencing to separate participants and spectators during the race held in Hunt Valley, Maryland, a northern suburb of Baltimore.
On Wednesday, March 16th, New York Nonprofit Media will host Nonprofit FundCon bringing together fundraising and development executives from nonprofits across New York to discuss how to create a campaign and raise money.
According to Andrew Gossen , Senior Director for Social Media Strategy at Cornell, "Crowdfunding is far more than just a tool for raising money online.
Marin Alsop, Music Director for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra "If everybody just loves you, you're probably not doing a very good job.&#. And then, go to her website, and give her money.
Live from Baltimore. Money. Yesterday we did a workshop defining our individual core values, which were defined as "values you would go to the mat for.". Some core values included: Family. Affection. Recognition. Spirituality. Meaningful work. It was really helpful to figure out what matters and what doesn't. So take some today and write down three values that really matter to you. It will be hard to limit it to just 3.
The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) opened its 47th annual conference in Baltimore MD last night with an agenda chock full of educational programs, and an exhibition hall packed with helpful tools and techniques—all aimed at aiding the process of "getting&#. million Nobel Peace Prize award money.
Luckily for organizations around the Washington-Baltimore area, she lives and works around here. "I Too often, the fundraising think of something a little too interesting for raising money and don't bother to check it out with finance. From a discussion on Charity Channel's development office list. Christine Manor, the poster, is a national leader specializing in nonprofit accounting. A practical, thoughtful person.
For those of you unfamiliar with The Wire, it is a police drama set in modern day Baltimore, Maryland. Burrell (played by Frankie Faison ) turns to a colleague, amid an administrative meeting, and mentions he has no money in the budget to afford a needed but just out of reach police program. Need Seed Money?


text:
Water Entity
Tomarezu of the Tsuchinoko
Tragic, Leader, Shadow Hearts Villains,
Doctors and Scientists
Lord Leslie
Leslie (last name unknown)
Koudelka
Head of the Royal Medical Society
Advanced medical training
Extreme wealth
High intellect
Visiting his daughter's grave.
Resurrect his daughter.
Obtain a method to undo death.
Accessory to murder
Grand-larceny
Tragic Kidnapper
" If there was but one chance for you to bring back the one you loved...what would you be willing to do? "
~ Lord Leslie
Lord Leslie is the head director of the Royal Medical Society in Shadow Hearts. Along with his right-hand man, Dogol, he spearheads the Society's experiments into raising the dead by having the Émigré Manuscript stolen and using its forbidden knowledge to revive his daughter, Violet "Mary" Vermont.
Leslie troubles started when his daughter, Violet, ran away with an artist when she was just 17. Though Leslie, his wife and the rest of his family tried to trace her down they didn't hear from her for two years. Leslie didn't see his daughter again until after his wife's wake, when Violet showed up she was holding a baby, her daughter Joshua. Leslie could tell his daughter had been through a great deal of emotional pain and when he heard she didn't know who the father was he knew what had happened, that the man she had run off with had forced her into prostitution and mistreated her. But Leslie's anger was greater than his sympathies and when she tried to reach out to him he hit her. Leslie's pride was hurt that his daughter had become a whore but the main reason for his anger was that his wife had died worrying about Violet and she had never contacted either of them. Solemnly Violet left the wake with her daughter and Leslie suspected he would never see her again.
Leslie would come to regret he greeted his daughter again with anger instead of love and life lost meaning for him. One day however he met one "Mary Vermont" at a ball, who he recognized as Violet and attempted to make contact. However "Mary" as Violet was going by then, had sewn a reputations as a high-class prostitute. Mary's experience with her father had apparently inspired her to achieve some level dignity in her new life as a prostitute and had gained her a noble reputation in the business. Despite her clout she was still a well known prostitute and Leslie could not be seen associating with her because of his own family pride. Shortly after Leslie heard about her new life though Violet died from an unnamed STD. Leslie regretted he never got the chance to reconcile with his daughter and considered himself to be incompetent as a doctor for not being able to recognize her condition.
The Manuscript of Exiles
It was Leslie's right-hand man Dogol who brought the research of a man called Patrick Heyworth to his attention. Patrick Heyworth was a man who's wife Elaine had been killed by bandits and he had heard from a traveler about the Émigré Manuscript. The Émigré Manuscript was written by the great sage Roger Bacon, who was purported to have achieved immortality with the knowledge recorded in the book. The book itself was a copy Bacon had made for the Vatican of a much older druidic text that was so old it was feared to be close to disintegration at the time. After the translation Roger achieved a Revelation into the nature of the universe. The traveler knew this because he was a student of Bacon's a student that was alive and well over 300 years after Roger Bacon was last recorded in history. Patrick was considerably rich and an accomplished doctor and alchemist and begged the man to get the Émigré Manuscript for him, offering to pay him well. The man had his own plans for the Émigré Manuscript and intended to use Patrick's experiments as a test for his own schemes and so he happily stole the book for Patrick.
Dogol had kept in contact with Patrick as well once his research began. Once Dogol had confirmed what he had heard was true and that Patrick really did have the means to undo death he reported he whole situation to Leslie. Dogol told Leslie that if the experiment worked it was their responsibility as men of science to reproduce the results and strongly urged him to have the Royal Medical Society sponsor Patrick. Leslie quickly got behind the idea and though he used Dogol's justification that it was their responsibility as men of science, in truth he had no greater desire than to use the Émigré Manuscript to revive his daughter. Leslie put many of the Royal Medical Society's resources at Patrick's deposal including helping fund top-grade equipment, keeping his more illicit experiments above the notice of the police and making arrangements with a slave trade to bring in more people to be used as sacrifices for the ritual.
Ultimately Patrick did achieve some level of success or so the Royal Medical Society had thought but they never heard from Patrick again; In truth Patrick had only brought Elaine's body back as an undead monster and when he realized he had brutally murdered over 200 people only to defile his wife's corpse the combination of guilt and despair forced him to willingly feed himself to the monster. Leslie became concerned about his investment and though he had the Royal Medical Society search Patrick's home for it they never found it. Roger Bacon's copy of the Émigré Manuscript had already been retrieved by the student who had stolen it for Patrick in the first place. Dogol told Leslie that the research notes and his firsthand experience assisting with some of the experiments would still put them considerably close to following in Patrick's footsteps.
Leslie opted to have the original Manuscript stolen from the Vatican and acquired it through a series of well placed bribes. Thanks to Leslie the Royal Medical Society acquired the original book but it was 300 years older than it was when the Vatican had first started to notice it was on its way to being unusable and sure enough the restraints around the book were the only things keeping it from completely disintegrating, ensuring that the book could not be opened, to say nothing of it being in an ancient Druid dialect that only Roger Bacon could have translated. Leslie and Dogol form a backup plan though and while their researchers worked off Patrick's notes Leslie turned his attention to a witch named Koudelka.
Koudelka and the Author
When the Royal Medical Society found out that Koudelka had the power to channel spirits they became invested in acquiring her for their experiments with the Manuscript of Exiles. Throughout the manga Koudelka is harassed by the Royal Medical Society. Things finally come to a head when Leslie has Koudelka's friends kidnapped and brings in Koudelka herself. Koudelka met Roger Bacon in the Royal Medical Society lockup and together the two escaped captivity and broke into the lower levels of the Royal Medical Society's headquarters where the Koudelka's friends were being held; at the time Leslie was getting acquainted with Joshua. Leslie brought Joshua with him to see the final stages of the experiment to bring his daughter and Joshua's mother back to life shortly after they arrived in the lab Koudelka and Roger had broken in, however far from being worried Leslie had counted on Koudelka being there. While Dogol restrained Roger Leslie made it clear that if Koudelka wanted her friends back alive she would help him with the experiment. Dogol had revealed his hand in encouraging Patrick along and that he had seen enough of the Émigré Manuscript himself to make himself immortal just as Roger had. Though Leslie told Koudelka he was unsure what had happened to Patrick or the Émigré Manuscript he was close to replicating the experiment on his daughter's corpse which he had dug up.
Leslie remained unaware of his daughter's wish not to be brought back.
Koudelka, having been there top kill Elaine's body and seeing the grizzly research result's first hand revealed to Leslie what had happened, that raising the dead had only made Elaine a prisoner in her own body and manifested the malice of all those Patrick used as sacrifices as undead and demonic monster and ultimately the reason they had not heard from Patrick was because Elaine had eaten him. While Joshua, and most of the others were horrified at the prospect of what they realized Leslie's experiment would do, Leslie and Dogol were oddly unfazed. Leslie was convinced the only reason Patrick had failed was because of his unwillingness to pay the price of reviving the dead and were sure they could succeed we he had failed. Leslie and Dogol had used far more people for sacrifices than Patrick had. Leslie was willing to take the chance regardless of the possible consequences meanwhile Koudelka and Roger were able to clearly see "Mary's" spirit trapped in the apparatus with her body dragged back from her eternal rest and tethered to it. Dogol told Koudelka there was only that Roger had edited out a section of the Manuscript of Exiles from his Émigré Manuscript which is why they had acquired the original Manuscript. Leslie told Koudelka that she would use her powers to summon the spirit of the Author of the Manuscript using the Manuscript as a conduit. Roger warned Koudelka that the Author was a eldritch pagan spirit that had given the Former Druids the knowledge of the Émigré and that if Koudelka channeled it she would not be able to sever the connection effectively becoming completely possessed, but Koudelka was still left with little choice with Leslie threatening to kill all her friends if she did not comply. Even with the knowledge of what Leslie would be dealing with he ordered the experiment to proceed. Koudelka channeled the Author and become host to the pagan horror.
Leslie's resolve.
Once invoked the Author asked Leslie and Dogol why they had dared to bring it forth, Leslie said he wanted the full power the Émigré to power his ritual and bring his daughter back to life. Hearing the request the Author obliged and made the proper alterations to the ritual and began gathering the proper amount of energy. As rats began to fall over dead and bird dropped out of the sky Roger tried to make Leslie aware of what he had asked for. Roger asked Leslie why he thought a society that could undo death was no longer around; The answer was that the unrestricted power of the Manuscript of Exiles drew upon the life force of the Formors themselves until they had unwittingly caused their own genocide through continued use of the rituals and that was probably not even the ultimate form of the ritual. The Author was not restricted by ignorance, lack of power or morality and was about to drain the life force of everything on the planet. That was why Roger had made the minor alteration in the instructions of the Émigré.
Leslie finally realized what was about to happen and became unnerved, Dogol on the other hand had suspected the nature the ritual might take at full power and was actually enthusiastic. Dogol said since he was now immortal he would remain unharmed by the ritual and when it was complete he would have access to magic generated from the death of an entire planet and become like unto a god. Dogol also broke open the apparatus containing Mary's body for he hadn't cared bout reviving her at all. Leslie realized Dogol had been manipulating him from the beginning. Joshua however used a pendant Koudelka had given her and told her that it would bring good luck if the worst were to happen. Dogol laughed at the concept of Joshua's naivety but was interrupted by Koudelka who was again in control of her own body. Koudelka had hypnotized herself so that the sight of her pendant would subconsciously reboot her mind no matter how deep in a trance she might have been. Since the Author was still in her body though Koudelka effectively had its power at her disposal and quickly turnesd it directly on Dogol. Even with what Dogol had learned from the Émigré the Author's power made short work of him and he was killed.
After Dogol was killed a light appeared from around Mary's remains and Violet's spirit manifested for all to see. Leslie did not have time to apologize to Violet before her spirit departed into ethereal light. Koudelka asked Roger if her spirit's brief appearance was a result of the ritual or something else, Roger himself was unsure. Leslie was left disheartened but unwilling to even attempt the ritual again, not that he could with most of his research and Dogol destroyed. Leslie is never heard from again but presumably made peace with his regrets after the events with the Author.
Shadow Hearts Villains
The Author | Bessy Hartman | Charlotte D'Lota | Dogol | Elaine Heyworth | Lord Leslie | Ogden Hartman | Patrick Heyworth
Albert Simon | Amon | Arcane Olga | Dehuai | Fox Face | Four Masks | Jack |Kato | Lt. Colonel Kawashima | Li Li | Meta-God | Seraphic Radiance | Viscount Rausan | Wugui
Asmodeus | Astaroth |Dr. Hojo | Ernest |Garan | Hien | Lenny Curtis | Minister Ishimura | Nicolai Conrad |Ouka | Raiden | Rasputin |Sapientes Gladio | Veronica Vera
Shadow Hearts: From the New World
Edna Capone | Killer | Lady | Marlow Brown | Professor Gilbert | Roy McManus
Retrieved from "https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Lord_Leslie?oldid=2680010"
3 Jeff the Killer


That's me 2nd from left, and my sisters and my cousin and aunty in Detroit a long time ago!
I was born in Detroit and lived there until I was aged 8. In 1970 my family migrated to Australia and in 2018 I'll be returning for a month's residency. Despite decades of separation, I've maintained an on-going relationship with Detroit. It remains on one level, 'home' in that it's the place where my earliest memories are located and one fundamental part of my identity was formed. It is where my accent comes from. Of course I'm aware that this place I hold in my memory no longer exists. Detroit isn't the same, indeed the world isn't the same, as it was half a century ago. I have a 'relationship' with a phantom Detroit that exists only in my mind. I wonder whether that makes it any less real?
In the residency, I plan to research a play for children concerning the nature of 'home'. What do we mean by 'home'.
I've been working on an idea for a play but I don't know about it anymore. I see the structure and think it would technically create a strong three act structure, but I don't know what I'm trying to say by it.
I imagined a tree with many animals living in it when it suddenly begins to drop its leaves in summer. At first the animals don't know what to do or whether the situation is temporary however as the leaves keep dropping, it becomes clear that there's a big problem. Some birds/animals move away but others stay either because they can't or won't leave. One family of Cardinals is determined to stay - this is their home. The tree continues to die, food is becoming scarce, snow is beginning to fall and the predators are out. On the tree everyone is struggling to get by and thinking only about themselves and their families - except for the youngest Cardinal. He/she figures out that the only way to save themselves is to save the tree. But can he/she get them all to cooperate? And how can they save the tree?
This allegorical story stems from my memory of the Dutch elm disease that killed the tree in front of our house in Detroit just before my family left in 1969. I've changed the tree to a Shagbark Hickory mostly because I like the look of them and their name is fun to say.
"Journey to the Centre of the Earth"
"The Labyrinth in the Library"


Wright Medical Group, Inc. (WMGI) - Product Pipeline Analysis, 2015 Update | Market Research Reports® Inc.
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (WMGI) - Product Pipeline Analysis, 2015 Update report is published on May 26, 2015 and has 40 pages in it. This market research report provides information about Company Reports (Pharma & Healthcare), Pharma & Healthcare industry. It covers USA regional market data and forecasts. It is priced starting at USD 750.00 for Single User License (PDF) which allows one person to use this report.
Wright Medical Group, Inc. (Wright) is an international orthopedic medical device company with focus on extremity and biologic solutions. The company designs, manufactures and markets reconstructive joint devices including extremity implants for the shoulder, elbow, foot, ankle and handfoot and ankle productsand tissue-based and synthetic bone graft substitute materials. The company's manufacturing facility in Arlington is ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified. Along with its subsidiaries, the company operates in more than 60 countries of the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Wright is headquartered in Arlington, Tennessee, the US.The company focuses on thoughtfully designed innovations, based on extensive consumer insight, to meet the needs of patientsand orthopaedic, trauma, and podiatric surgeons. Wright envisages expanding geographically through the development of innovative products and services and enhancement of existing ones, internal development, strong partner relationships and strategic acquisitions and divestiture.
- The report analyzes all pipeline products in development for the company Wright Medical Group, Inc.


As a kid, I did not bother much with the peculiar nature of the Liberia-Firestone relationship. I was mostly concerned with helping my dad meet his quota because I knew failure to do so would mean starving for days and potential loss of his job. Out of everything, what I feared most was not having a place to lay my head, but this took a toll on my dad who was forced to drag his 12-year-old daughter to work although she had school.


It's inevitable: challenges and hard times will come. But those with a resilient heart, mind, and body will bend or adapt under the pressure, and not break.
To live well, to succeed, to excel in any meaningful endeavor, we must learn to be adaptable and resilient. Increase your resilience by upgrading your mindset through conscious, purposeful acceptance of your hard, annoying, daily challenges as a means to a higher level life; it all starts in the mind.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how high is your resilience quotient today?
Level-up with our Mind page and our selection of Sports Nutrition aids and Healthier Choices.


text:
L'Oreal releases H1 figures overshadowed by slower Q2 growth
29-Aug-2011 - Last updated on 01-Sep-2011 at 14:51 GMT
Related tags Eastern europe Europe
Although L'Oreal posted strong overall growth for the first six months of the year, analysts believe the outlook should be cautious
Sales for the first six months of the year grew by 5.0 per cent to reach €10.15bn, while on a like-for-like basis the figure was 5.2 per cent and excluding the negative impact of currency translation the growth was 5.9 per cent.
"L'Oreal's H1 Organic growth was dragged down by a fairly disappointing Q2, coming in well below the consensus of 5.9 per cent and Q1 of 5.8 per cent and despite easier prior year compares," said senior research analyst Andrew Wood, from Sanford C. Bernstein.
Latin America and Asia Pacific lead the drive
The company underlined the fact that sales were driven by strong growth in the developing markets of Latin America and Asia Pacific, combined with sustained growth in North America.
However, the company's weakness lay in the European markets, which have failed to sparkle in recent quarters. In particular the second quarter showed a big drop in Eastern European sales, with Ukraine and Russian markets being the worst performers.
Overall reported sales in Western Europe grew by just 1.4 per cent in the first half, to reach €3.76bn, while reported sales in Eastern Europe fell by 3.8 per cent to reach €680m.
Eastern Europe 'very disappointing'
In analyst notes filed yesterday, Wood referred to the problems in Eastern Europe as being 'largely L'Oreal specific', and went on to describe the performance in the region as 'very disappointing'.
With respect to the company's four business divisions, the luxury division has continued to recover after the marked decline seen in 2008 and 2009, with the company attributing the performance to the Lancôme, Giorgio Armani and Kiehl's brands, which it said were 'remarkably robust'.
Reported sales for the luxury business grew by 6.9 per in the first half of the year to reach €2.25bn, while the mainstay cosmetics products division recorded reported sales growth of 4.5 per cent to €5.04bn.
First half shows underlined market contrasts
"Performance in the first half of 2011 confirms the group's good growth dynamics, in a market that reflects contrasts across distribution channels and geographic zones," said Jean-Paul Agon, chairman and CEO of L'Oreal.
Wood believes that L'Oreal will have a better second half of 2011, citing easy comparisons for 2010, together with continued pricing improvements.
In the notes, Sandford Bernstein predicts that second half sales should rise by approximately 5.6 per cent, which will put the H2 sales 'marginally' ahead of the H1 performance.
L'Oreal says US business is up and will remain a focus, on top of emerging market push
L'Oreal CEO honoured by Jewish Committee in New York
L'Oreal chief says he is committed to making further acquisitions
Nivea rapped for its racially 'inappropriate' ad by public
Latest OLAY product features potent niacinamide + amino peptide moisturizer combo


Select a specific ministry from the menu above for more information.
B. Dean Brenton was elected Executive Director of Church Ministries of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador at the 50th General Conference in 2006. As of 2014 the department changed to the Department of Ministry Development and Strategic Initiatives, of which Dean is the Executive Director. Dean began his ministry at Bishop's Falls in 1990. He was ordained in 1993. He also served in various pastoral ministry positions at Windsor Pentecostal Church, Grand Falls-Windsor; Jubilee Pentecostal Temple, Botwood; Bethesda Pentecostal Church, St. John's; Pentecostal Tabernacle, Corner Brook; and Elim Pentecostal Tabernacle, St. John's. He was Youth Director of the former Eastern District. Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director of Church Ministries, he was Provincial Youth Director. In addition, he has served as Adjunct Faculty with Master's College & Seminary, Toronto, ON. He is a member of the General Executive Committee and is often involved in various other committees. Dean also serves as the Director for YC Newfoundland & Labrador. Dean and his wife, Kelly, live in Conception Bay South, and are the parents of four daughters. Dean can be reached at (709) 753-6314 or at mdsi@paonl.ca.
Owen serves as the Assistant Director of MDSI, focusing on the Church Ministries Department. He works alongside and supports the seven church ministry teams. He can be reached through the front desk of our head office at (709) 753-6314 or at oroberts@paonl.ca.
Jeremy serves as the Director of Formission, focusing on the discipleship initiatives and strategy of the PAONL. Jeremy is supported by and directs the Formission Commission. He can be reached through the front desk of our head office at (709) 753-6314 or at jnippard@paonl.ca.
Mary serves as the Administrative Assistant to the Department of Ministry Development and Strategic Initiatives and works alongside Women's, Men's, Family, 50+ and the Discipleship Ministries. Mary works as the office support for the growth of our investment in initiatives across our province and the systems that keep our department going. Mary is a contact at the PAONL regarding the Plan to Protect policy. She can be reached at (709) 778-6501 or at mbowers@paonl.ca.
Our Provincial Ministries Department is comprised of 7 ministry teams. Each Ministry has a Ministry Director and most operate with a respective Lead Team.


If blue is your favorite color than this tie is just for you.
The blue skinny tie with peach black eel and nebula green paisley pattern is one of a kind tie with such variety and is made with cotton fabric. The perfect match for all your summer outfits.


text:
Rise 70 feet into the air before plunging down a beyond vertical drop on Adventure Island's largest rollercoaster...
10 February 2007 (replaced Raging River)
Gerstlauer
Euro-Fighter
1½ minutes
Rage is Adventure Island's headline rollercoaster, towering 70ft tall on the coastline and featuring a vertical lift hill and beyond-vertical first drop.
The coaster, a Gerstlauer Eurofighter, is painted in the park's signature yellow and pink colour scheme. Given its coastal location and the general Eurofighter reputation, the ride is remarkably smooth.
The layout works really well showcasing some of the best in Gerstlauer's repertoire of Eurofighter elements, including the powerful 97° beyond vertical first drop, which immediately gives way to a circular vertical loop. Further on is a (fairly) graceful overbanked turn and a heartline roll. Amazingly, this is all packed into just 1184 feet of track to fit within the ride's compact footprint.
When it opened, Rage was only the second Gerstlauer Eurofighter in the UK (after Speed at Oakwood) and the fourth in the world. Arguably, it is still one of the best examples of the standard designs. Staff from Thorpe Park even visited Adventure Island to learn how to operate a Euro-Fighter prior to the opening of their version, Saw: The Ride, in 2009.
Rage has its own mascot: Captain Rageman, named in typical Adventure Island style. He's a superhero character and his picture is seen on signs around the ride. When the rollercoaster was launched in 2007, there was even a Captain Rageman costumed character who would tour the park and pose for photos to help advertise the new coaster.
Years after it was built, Rage remains one of the top attractions at Adventure Island. It was a massive investment and gamble for the park, but it has paid off and Southend seafront has ended up with a world-class rollercoaster far removed from the usual big apples and spinning wild mouse coasters so often seen at seaside amusement parks.
Rage is a pink and yellow Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter
Rage station
The ride begins
Engaging with the vertical lift hill
Beginning the vertical climb
The 70ft vertical lift hill
Dropping 97°
Vertical loop
In a Rage
Heartline roll
Rage features eight seater cars
Final brakes
Captain Rageman
The Captain in serious discussions
Rage on the Southend seafront
Saw: The Ride, Thorpe Park


I had a realization the other day about what exactly haejin is doing on Steem. I think most people understand that he is milking Steem for all it is worth, but I didn't understand exactly how he was doing it until now.
Haejin is gaming the upvote system.
If you have been on Steemit much you may have realized that you only get 10 full upvotes a day. Each time you use one it slightly decreases the power of your vote. So to maximize your vote you should vote at full exactly every 2.4 hours. Ok, so if you want to use that vote on yourself, that means you need to post 10 times everyday spaced by about 2.4 hours. Now if you go to haejin's page you will see that indeed there are exactly 10 posts everyday going back many months. Many of these have little content, but that doesn't matter if your goal is to game Steem. They aren't always spaced by 2.4 hours, but they aren't bunched up either.
So, how much is he squeezing out of Steem? This is where things get dicey. He needs to have a huge stake in Steem in order to reap rewards from it. He needed to invest a lot of money into Steem to get money out. Many people come on Steem with no investment at all and could be said to be mooching off the system even more because they have an effectively infinite return on invested capital. However, using his method what would someone see as a return?
Using @penguinpablo 's upvote calculator, 10,000 steem power gives you a $0.85 upvote. Today's price of steem is $1.42 which means you need $14,200 powered up to reap that reward. This places every self vote as a 0.006% return on your investment. Doesn't seem like much, but what if we apply the voting scheme mentioned above? Since you can get rewards exactly one week after earning them, we will assume the reward compounds daily.
Ok, so ten posts a day means .06% daily return. Seven days a week means 0.42% weekly return. At a month, the compounding starts to have an effect giving you 1.82% monthly return. But nobody measures return in weeks or months. What's the yearly return?
That's right. By making ten posts a day and upvoting yourself everytime, this is the return on invested capital. Now, there is also inflation which sits around 10% currently, but the amount of steem power increases by the above amount without taking into account the changing price.
This isn't actually a terrible thing. This is the incentive to post content, but the quality of the content is important and haejin's content is of a debatable quality which is why each of his posts is a small flag war.


The Transportation Security Administration has installed the new "backscatter" screening machines in many airports, but a good number of them aren't actually used yet. One helpful site is compiling reports on which airports are still using X-ray/metal detector combinations.
Ari Ofsevit went through an "enhanced pat-down," and reported on it, but came to notice that some airports weren't requiring either the new scanners or pat-downs—they were keeping with what now seems like old-fashioned, post-9/11 security measures. To share those airports without new machines, or with idled installations, he's created a page listing airport codes and color-coded status reports of their use of newer measures.
This entry was posted on January 3, 2011 at 9:37 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.


text:
Q: Can you use CSS to select and style a string inside a paragraph(s)? is it possible to pick out and style a particular word in a paragraph using just css? So for example in the sentence "hello my name is nick, hello to you all", would it be possible to target the word "hello" wherever it appears and to add a rule, such as changing the color of hello anytime it appears? I don't want to have to add a span tag around every hello that appears.
I would like to do this in only css if possible. css3 is fine to use.

A: CSS has 2* Pseudo-Elements:
::first-line and ::first-letter. These are the only possibilities to target only a part of  the innerhtml of a Tag.
(*ofc it has more, i mean for the purpose of selecting only a part of the innerhtml.)

A: No, you'd need to use javascript for that.  Or, if you're using PHP/ASP...etc, you could add spans around any designated word(s) automatically before the page renders.

A: If you know the contents of the para and have patience you can wrap each of those words that you need to highlight in a span tag. Assign them the same class and then style it.

A: For fine control over any particular word, or fragment, you'd have to wrap it into a span and style the span, as others said.
However, there are also the :first-line and :first-letter pseudo-elements, available since CSS2. So, for example, you can have the first letter have a different font-size, and the whole first line have a different color, like this:
p:first-letter {font-size: 30px;}
p:first-line {color: #FF0000;}

A: What I know its not possible to target textnode, you can do it by using Javascript. Wrap the Hello word with a span tag and set the properties to the SPAN tag

A: CSS selectors work on tags or pseudo clases, not querying your text. Check the reference http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors/, maybe you can find something useful here.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Before submitting a complaint, please attempt to resolve issues with the facility administrator or facility staff first. They cannot address a concern without knowing there is a concern in the first place. For assisted living facilities, long term care facilities (nursing homes), and swing beds residents, a local ombudsman may also be able to help with resolution of issues for these provider types only.
If you have tried these other avenues with no avail, a complaint can be filed. While anonymous complaints are accepted, having an email or telephone number may assist department staff in ensuring a thorough review of allegations. Regardless of complainants wishing to remain anonymous or not, at no time would department staff provide the name of the complainant to a facility. When submitted anonymously, results of the complaint review are not sent back to the complainant.


No Pain – No Blisters – No Calluses! Ready to Spin right out of the package – with minimal practice! Look like a card shark without years of practice!
Spin and levitate a playing card on your finger tips and hands just like on the video! Show off your dexterity and skill just like a "Flashy Card Magician!" Tornado Force makes it easy !
Mesmerize your audience by levitating a playing card on your hand while spinning it!
Pass a folded dollar-bill or pen under the spinning playing card and watch the reaction on your spectators!
The precisely balanced playing card and gimmicks make it all possible.
Attach your own favorite playing card if desired with the enclosed magnets and mimic one of those very sensational and very popular Fidget Spinners!
Spin and levitate your own Fidget spinner! Awe your audience by using your own LED lighted spinner!
Totally visual magic for everyone regardless of skill level.
Robert Frederico's new Tornado Force Card is a unique visual effect that Magicians will carry with them.
It's easy to set-up and perform with very little practice. Its one of those effects that you just perform without introducing it. The length of time the card spins is incredible considering there are no metal gears etc. The Playing Card's balance and specific combination of materials makes this a really unique close-up or parlour illusion. It mimics someone having a lot of skill without months or years of practice or skill. There are two effects where you can levitate and spin the Playing Card on the palm of your hand and pass a pen or any thin object underneath. The bonus effect allows for the same Levitation with your own lighted LED Fidget Spinner. The novelty and strength of the concept is definitely worth the very reasonable price. It's one of those effects that appeals to a wide range of ages and audience.
If you truly wanted to spin your card like a pro you are in the right place. The instructions are easy to follow and it includes everything needed to get you started. I had a bunch of fun when I opened this. Not only can you spin cards but he shows how you can even do this with a fidget spinner!!!


text:
Today's Leading Minds Talk AI with Host Byron Reese
Episode 85: A Conversation with Ilya Sutskever
In this episode, Byron and Ilya Sutskever of Open AI talk about the future of general intelligence and the ramifications of building a computer smarter than us.
Subscribe to Voices in AI
Ilya Sutskever is a computer scientist working in machine learning and currently serving as the Chief scientist of OpenAI. Sutskever obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc, and Ph.D in Computer Science from University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science under the supervision of Geoffrey Hinton.
After graduation in 2012, Sutskever spent two months as a postdoc with Andrew Ng at Stanford University. He then returned to University of Toronto and joined Hinton's new research company DNNResearch, a spinoff of Hinton's research group. Four months later, in March 2013, Google acquired DNNResearch and hired Sutskever as a research scientist at Google Brain. At Google Brain, Sutskever worked with Oriol Vinyals and Quoc Le to create the sequence to sequence learning algorithm. In 2015, Sutskever was named in MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35. At the end of 2015 he left Google to become the director of newly founded OpenAI institute. Sutskever was the keynote speaker at NVIDIA NTECH 2018 and AI Frontiers Conference 2018.
Byron Reese: This is Voices in AI brought to you by GigaOm and I'm Byron Reese. Today my guest is Ilya Sutskever. He is the co-founder and the chief scientist at OpenAI, one of the most fascinating institutions on the face of this planet. Welcome to the show Ilya.
Ilya Sutskever: Great to be here.
Just to bring the listeners up to speed, talk a little bit about what OpenAI is, what its mission is, and kind of where it's at. Set the scene for us of what OpenAI does.
Great, for sure. The best way to describe OpenAI is this: so at OpenAI we take the long term view that eventually computers will become as smart or smarter than humans in every single way. We don't know when it's going to happen, some number of years, something [like] tens of years, it's unknown. And the goal of OpenAI is to make sure that when this does happen, when computers which are smarter than humans are built, when AGI is built, then its benefits will be widely distributed. We want it to be a beneficial event, and that's the goal of OpenAI.
And so we were founded three years ago, and since then we've been doing a lot of work in three different areas. We've done a lot of work in AI capabilities and over the past three years we've done a lot of work we are very proud of. Some of the notable highlights are: our Dota results where we had the first and very convincing demonstration of an agent playing a real time strategy game, trained the reinforcement learning with no human data. We've trained robots to record, robot hands to re-orientate the block. This was really cool, it was cool to see it transfer.
And recently we've released the GPT-2 a very large language model which can generate very realistic text as well as solve lots of different energy problems [with] a very high level of accuracy. And so this has been our working capabilities.
Another thrust to the work that we are doing is AI safety, which at [its] core is the problem of finding ways of communicating a very complicated reward function to an agent so that the agent that we build, can achieve goals and great competence. It will do so while taking human values and preferences into account. And so we've done some significant amount of work there as well.
And the third line of work we're doing is AI policy, where we basically have a number of really good people thinking hard about what kind of policies should be designed and how should governments and other institutions respond to the fact that AI is improving pretty rapidly. But overall our goal, eventually the end game of the field, is that AGI will be built. The goal of OpenAI is to make sure that the development of AGI will be a positive event and that its benefits are widely distributed.
So 99.9% of all the money that goes into AI is working on specific narrow AI projects. I tried to get an idea of how many people are actually working on AGI and I find that to be an incredibly tiny number. There's you guys, maybe you would say Carnegie Mellon, maybe Google, there's a handful, but is my sense of that wrong? Or do you think there are lots of groups of people who are actually explicitly trying to build a general intelligence?
So explicitly. OK, a great question. So it's an explicitly... most people, most research labs are indeed not having this as their goal, but I think that many people, the work of many people indirectly contributes to this. Where for example the fact is that much better learning algorithms, better network architecture, better optimization methods, all tools which are classically categorized as conventional machine learning, they also are likely to be directly contributing to those...
Well let's stop there for a second, because I noticed you changed your word there to "likely." Do you still think it's an open question whether narrow AI, whatever technologies we have that do that, is it an open question whether that has anything to do with general intelligence, or is it still the case that a general intelligence might have absolutely nothing to do with that propagation, neural nets and machine learning?
So I think it's very highly unlikely. Sorry. I want to make it clear, I think that the tools, that is the field of machine learning that is developing today, such as deep networks, backpropagation, I think those are immensely powerful tools, and I think that it is likely that they will stay with us, with the field, for a long time all the way until we build very true general intelligence. At the same time I also believe, I want to emphasize that, important missing pieces exist and we haven't figured out everything. But I think that the deep learning has proven itself to be so versatile and so powerful and it's basically been exceeding our expectations in every turn. And so for these reasons I feel that deep learning is going to stay with us.
Well let's talk about that though, because one could summarize the techniques we have right now as: let's take a lot of data about the past, let's look for patterns in that data and let's make predictions about the future, which isn't all that exciting when you say it like that. It's just that we've gotten very good at it.
But why do you believe that method is the solution to things like creativity, intuition, emotion and all of these kind of human abilities? It seems to be at an intuitive level that if you want to teach a machine to play Dota or Go or whatever, yeah that works great. But really when you come down to human level intelligence with its versatility, with transferred learning with all the things we do effortlessly, it's not even... it doesn't seem at first glance to be a match. So why do you suspect that it is?
Well I mean I can tell you how I look at it. So for example you mentioned intuition is one thing which - so you used the certain phrase to describe the current tools where you kind of look for patterns in the past data and you use that to make predictions about the future and therefore it sounds not exciting. But I don't know if I'd agree with that statement. And on the question of intuition, I can tell you a story about about AlphaGo. So... if you look at how AlphaGo works, there is a convolutional neural network.
OK actually let me give you a better analogy - so I believe there is a book by Malcolm Gladwell where he talks about experts, and one of the things that he has to say about experts is that an expert as a result of all their practice. They can look at a very complicated situation and then they can instantly tell like the three most important things in this situation. And then they think really hard about which of those things is really important. And apparently the same thing happens with Go players, where a Go player might look at the board and then instantly see the most important moves and then do a little bit of thinking about those moves. And like I said, instantly seeing what those moves are, this is their intuition. And so I think that it's basically unquestionable with the neural network that's inside AlphaGo calculates a solution very well. So I think I think it's not correct to say that intuition cannot be captured... and so actually I'll let you speak a bit more.
So when I think of like Harry Potter or Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton and I want you to imagine the day a computer could write something like that, I wouldn't immediately say, "Well why don't I just study everything that's ever been written before and use that to somehow make projections of what might be good in the future?" If I think of Banksy, the graffiti artist or something, I don't know that I would make a digital Banksy with machine learning.
Well I do agree with you that today, at least right now, we don't know how to do super amazing creativity like the one you describe, although it's also important to keep some of the good examples you have in mind, if you like, the ability of computers to generate images and text, these are GPT-2 and cartoon images and it is getting better.
You are right that right now it looks like we are not generating anything close to real truly amazing art. But it's also true that real artists must study the work of past masters very carefully and really internalize all the tools and techniques before they get to a point where they can really add their innovative twist. It's not like they just go from zero to 60, but I also agree with you that there is an important capability that humans have that our [AI] systems still do not, that we haven't discovered. Well what I do believe quite strongly is that the deep learning tools that we have are truly deeply powerful. And I think it is likely that these tools or some form of these tools are basically going to stay in the field until the end, until general Intelligence is built.
Fair enough. So in 1956 when a group of people convened at Dartmouth to solve AI, they thought they could do it in a summer. And that assumption was based on the idea that intelligence might have just a few very simple laws like Newton's laws or Maxwell's laws, that it might be very simple.
Also if you look at DNA you know the amount of DNA you have that you share with a chimp: 98.9%. So if DNA has 600 mbps of data and the amount that you're different than a chimp may just be a few hundred K, and yet it's that difference which... that isn't general intelligence, but that small difference is what can produce general intelligence.
So I'm wondering: is there any chance that general intelligence is actually quite a bit simpler than the complexity of the ever more complex systems that we're building? Is it impossible it's just a really simple thing?
So I think the answer is yes. I also want to say two things: first of all I think the answer is yes, it is possibly that simple. I want to object to the statement that we are building ever more complex systems. I think that in theory that in some settings, in some situations the engineering and infrastructure around the system can be quite complex. For example when I think about all the engineering that went into our Dotabot, or into our robot hand, the engineering there was quite complex, even though the machine learning core was simple.
When you want to solve a really hard problem of great complexity and a huge number of details and special cases, it's not possible to program all that. We're not that good programmers. We have to use a fairly simple machine learning system and then point it very correctly at the problem. So I if I were to look at many of the most interesting systems that exist today, they're all very simple.
I also want to comment about that Dartmouth conference where people were very optimistic about AI. I actually had a cool realization about it recently. One interesting question is how come that in the old days the symbolic AI completely overshadowed the machine learning stuff, even though if you look at the ideas that people were discussing in Dartmouth, they were talking about machine learning, and apparently Marvin Minsky himself who later became a big symbolic AI researcher, started from learning neural networks.
I think what happened is that in the '50s, their computers were really tiny and they were so tiny that you couldn't learn anything interesting at all. But you could do cool demos of symbolic AI like you could build a program that could prove little theorems about the geometry and to solve some calculus problems. And people looked at that, they said "Wow we can do this after like a year of work! For sure we could do everything."
The only thing that changed now is that eventually our computers are faster and so the same slight variance of old learning ideas are starting to work really well. But broadly speaking, I think that it is likely that once we understand how general intelligence works, we can find the solution to be simple and it's almost always like this in science. It's always easy in hindsight. It's always very difficult to understand how could people ever not see it? Like for example, today we understand deep learning really well and we understand that if we train a big neural network on a big data set, of course it's going to solve the problem. Of course it can achieve very high performance. Of course it can solve very deep problems that are even very difficult, and it's very hard to understand how we ever thought otherwise.
So I agree that it's simple. I think that many of the cool systems that exist today are simple and I think that also includes our Dotabot for example or the GPT-2 language model which we released. They're both very simple systems conceptually.
So humans are our sole example of a general intelligence. We have these brains that we don't really understand, like thoughts aren't stored in your brain the way that they're stored on a hard drive. And the brain gives rise to a mind, which are all of these things that seem a little mysterious, like a sense of humor. You don't think your liver has a sense of humor but your brain does.
So we have this mind we don't really understand, and we have consciousness which is that we can experience the world. We can sense warmth, we don't just measure temperature. And so we have these capabilities [of] this mysterious brain, this is emergent mind and this odd consciousness. And I think the sole reason that people say we can definitely build an AGI, I think the only reason is that they say "Look we don't know how we do it, but we know it's got to be mechanistic, it's got to be mechanistic. We're just machines... we are simply machines and therefore someday we'll build a mechanical human or mechanical mind.
So my question to you is - and that's why I think there's so much disagreement on when we'll get it, why Elon Musk says five years and Andrew Ng says five hundred years, it's because nobody knows how to build it. We just assume that if we're machines we can build it, so I want to ask you: are there any data points that suggest we can build an AGI, other than that philosophical assumption that if we are machines we can build a machine to duplicate what we have? Do we have any data that suggests we can build one?
So I think this is a very good question also. This is an excellent question. I feel like for sure no one knows how long it's going to take to build AGI because we don't know what are the nature of the problems [we're] going to face. On the question of why we think we can build it at all, I agree with you it fundamentally boils down to the human brain is made of matter, matter obeys certain rules. You got particles jumping around; you can study how these particles are arranged, and you can try to understand how that system works; and people did that and the result was neuroscience.
They discovered the neurons and the discovery of the neurons led to the idea that maybe we could have artificial neurons which could also do learning. And then these ideas... you know there was a chain of research all the way from the late 19th century to today: first the neuron was discovered by I believe Ramon y Cajal and then McCulloch and Pitts, they thought that this is a really cool idea and we can create an artificial model of neurons and then Rosenblatt came up with the perception, that he said OK not all the neurons are equal but we can have a learning room and the problem, the way I see it, is that you can't have a mathematical proof like a proof where you say, like in the same way that two plus two is four, I know that we could build AGI at some point, but I think we could make good arguments.
The argument which you presented is good. That's number one and number two is the fact that you have computers and the success that we have with neural networks so far. I think this is an additional point that you can build AGI if you think about deep learning back propagation is the same learning algorithm, but it's used in so many different domains. It's used to do vision, it's used to do speech, it's used to play games and it's used to do language, used to generate texts and images. So this suggests some very deep generality. So this is an additional data point.
I think a third data point which suggests that AGI should actually be buildable, is the fact that the human brain has very clear computational properties. So for example, if a person damages their brain in a particular brain region, they lose a certain capability. There are examples there are known brain regions where if a person damages that brain region, they'll lose their ability to generate coherent language. There's a different brain region where if a person damages the brain there, they lose their ability to understand language but they don't lose their ability to generate language, so they can say what they want and they can say how they feel and they can say what they think, but if you talk to them, they won't be able to understand it.
So I think this class of evidence, the mechanistic nature of the brain, the direct evidence for that in terms of brain damage is a philosophical notion that the brain is made of particles, we can study how the particles are arranged and the progress we've had with AI so far, and in particular with deep learning and the fact that it's all driven by one essentially like a very very small set of ideas.
But of course even if all of that were true, none of that suggests that we can duplicate it in silicone. I mean none of it suggests that our computer paradigm that we have now can achieve it. Is that correct or not?
No. I think this evidence does suggest that you could replicate it in silicon because the fact that the brain is made out of particles suggests that... if let's say we give up on everything; we give up on any innovation and talk fully philosophically in the limit, you could imagine a very very large computer a data center of the size of the country let's say, which simulates all the molecules in the brain of a human. And that should be indistinguishable from a human in terms of information processing. So this is an existence proof that computers can build general intelligence.
Then I think the progress that we make with deep learning, it's very clearly done on computers. And it suggests further that you have this one very narrow class of methods, very simple small set of tools which can solve a very broad range of problems, which is constantly expanding. I think those two arguments suggest that in fact it should be replicable in silicon.
But the minute you do make a machine that can experience the world, and consciousness may be a requisite for intelligence, if it can experience the world, i.e can feel pain, then it kind of instantly has rights and then all of a sudden you can't in good conscience program it to clean your house. Is that right?
So I think this is an excellent question. This is an excellent question. And as computers get smarter we will need to grapple with those questions a lot So I feel like our thinking on these questions is still very preliminary. I believe there will be a way around the particular problem that you're describing, where we will be... One of the advantages of building those intelligence systems is that we will have control on their deepest drives, you have some control for sure. And so it is conceivable that you could build a system which is fully intelligent, fully aware, very smart, but its deepest drive is to clean your house and basically make sure that all your needs are met, and it wants to do that. And it becomes unhappy if you don't like it. So you could build a system of this nature and then there would be a question do we want to build those systems. But at least technically there is no reason why such systems couldn't be built.
But that would be akin, wouldn't it be, to brainwashing a human to want to clean your house and then saying, "Well he wants to clean my house. I have to let him."
I don't think it's the same. It's more like I think instead of calling it "brainwashing," I would say a lot of our drives are given to us by evolution. So the reason we want to eat certain foods and the reason we want to do certain things, some of them are coming from culture and some of them come from evolution. But it is undeniable that evolution has given us a lot of drives, and evolution could have given us a different set of drives and different and other animals a very different set of drives.
So for example there are animals who have drives to dig a burrow in the ground and to hide there, and they really want to do that. So do we feel that it's wrong that those animals do that? Do you see what I mean? And what I'm talking about, it would be more similar to hard coding a drive the way evolution hard codes an animal.
So our goal is to build a generalized unsupervised learner. Is that correct? Something we can just point at the Web and it can learn everything and understand how everything interacts with everything else. (A) Is that a goal? and (B) How likely is it we'll do that and will that be some huge breakthrough? I mean when they programmed Ultron and plugged them into the internet, 15 minutes later he decided to kill the world. So you have to think 'well, what do we want to build? Is that what we want: an unsupervised learner?'
So I feel like your question has several parts, and I want to touch on the different parts. On the question of 'Do we want to build a general unsupervised learner?' I mean my response here is that unsupervised learning is clearly important, it's clearly useful as our work on them, as our recent language model work shows, it's starting to work and show signs of life. For sure, future intelligence systems and AGI in particular will make heavy use of unsupervised learning.
And then as to your comment of deciding to... you program a powerful system and then it decides to do something very harmful 15 minutes later, well that, this is why OpenAI invests so heavily in AI safety today to make sure that such a thing will not happen in however many years or decades when we do get to systems with this level of intelligence.
So I guess we're coming up on the end of our time. I'll ask one more question which is: there is an idea that there's something called a super intelligence, so the idea is you build a machine that has an IQ of 100, and then it has an IQ of a thousand, then it has an IQ ten thousand that it has an IQ of 10 million. And what in the world would something with an IQ of 10 million want, need, care about or whatever? Do you believe in the notion of the super intelligence, or is that just like one of those science fiction/thought experiments.
So my take, my view is that there is nothing special about the level of intelligence of humans and in fact I think not only... I think that the notion of super intelligence is plausible. Super intelligent entities, entities which are much smarter than humans, already exist today, and these entities are called corporations. If you think of Google as a single entity, and in some sense it is a single entity, it's intelligence and it's capabilities are far greater than the capabilities of any single human.
And so, there is no reason why in the far future, many years or decades away, when computers become smarter than humans, there is no reason why a big network of computers would not be much smarter than humans also. I think it's a pretty uncontroversial statement just like the corporation is already a super intelligence, then in the far future when computers are smarter than humans, a network of computers would be a super intelligence in every sense of the word.
All right, well let's leave it there. How can people keep up with you and how can they keep up with what OpenAI is doing? Rattle us off some Twitter handles and URLs and all that.
For sure. So basically if you go to Google and type "OpenAI," you'll find our website and we have a blog and Twitter handle also called "OpenAI," and so all our work is... all the cool work we do can be found on Twitter and on our blog and in fact we work really hard to make our blog as successful as possible, so that you can just read the first paragraph and you can get 80% of what's going on.
All right, thank you for being on the show.
Thank you very much. It's been a pleasure.
Episode 84: A Conversation with David Cox
Episode 86: A Conversation with Amir Husain


text:
Q: Rail Devise creat own sign_in and sign_out actions I have the following problems with dives in rails.
All requests and response are JSON
After I sign in /partners/sign_in I get the following response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  {"success":true}

And after i signed out /partners/sign_out I get thie following response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  {"success":true}

Now my Question:
How can I create my own RegisterController and HOW it looks like, are there any examples? I have searched at github/devise but not find any examples.
I want to response something other, and if the authentication fails I want to response HTTP 404 ERROR
routes.rb
devise_for :partners, :controllers => { :sessions => "sessions" }

session_controller.rb
  class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController

  def create
    resource = warden.authenticate!(:scope => resource_name, :recall => :failure)
    return sign_in_and_redirect(resource_name, resource)
  end

  def destroy
    redirect_path = after_sign_out_path_for(resource_name)
    signed_out = (Devise.sign_out_all_scopes ? sign_out : sign_out(resource_name))
    set_flash_message :notice, :signed_out if signed_out

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to redirect_path }
      format.json { render :json => {:success => true} }
    end
  end

  private

  def sign_in_and_redirect(resource_or_scope, resource=nil)
    scope = Devise::Mapping.find_scope!(resource_or_scope)
    resource ||= resource_or_scope
    sign_in(scope, resource) unless warden.user(scope) == resource
    return render :json => {:success => true}
  end

  def failure
    return render:json => {:success => false, :errors => ["Login failed."]}
  end
end

A: The ActionController's render method takes hash with :status as the key. Here you can specify the HTTP error status code or the symbol for that status code:
render json: {success: false, errors: ["Login Failed"]}, status: 404
# or the following is a preferred way
render json: {success: false, errors: ["Login Failed"]}, status: :not_found

Here the documentation for render method.
And here is an excellent documentation by Cody Fauser of rails status code to symbol mapping
One Observation:
It is not idiomatic in Ruby to use return statements at the end of a function because the last expression's return value is the return value of the function.


A lovely newborn gift idea, this set consisting of a bodysuit, bib and hat is made of 100% cotton.
The iconic symbols of the racing world are the leitmotif of this baby set: here they are printed on the fabric with a special water printing technique, especially suitable for baby and children's clothing. The short-sleeve baby bodysuit has a classic snap crotch closure. The neckline, the cuffs of the two-colored sleeves and the lower edges of the bodysuit are all in red, as are those of the bib featuring a practical side fastening. The two-tone cap also features a Shield. The skillful color play of the print reproduces the effect of the typical Scuderia Ferrari cap with visor. The yellow of the Shield stands out on the bodysuit and bib.


I first met Danica and Milic over 13 years ago. They were already affectionately known as "the grandparents on the mountain," because the name of the small village where they live, Suhodol, means "dry hill." To reach it, you have to drive on a steep trail, and during harsh winters, there's no way to get there by vehicle. They don't have running water or indoor plumbing, and like many people in the area of Croatia bordering Bosnia, they have a sad story of fleeing from war and destruction, living in refugee camps, and finally returning home to their village and their burned-down house and having to start building a life again at an age when people usually retire.
I recently had the opportunity to be around a couple who had 35+ years of marriage under their belt. Watching the way they interacted with each other raised the marriage bar for me.
As we gathered to enjoy a meal outside, Jen came to the serving table to get a plate for Greg. "Greg loves asparagus!" she said, excited to be serving him something he enjoyed.
I was born in the hometown of Romeo and Juliet. Every day on my way to school, I used to walk past the famous balcony where Shakespeare has the pair exchange passionate vows after a party. I recently returned to Verona, in the north of Italy, and passed by again—but the thick crowd of tourists made it almost impossible to get near the famous balcony. I noticed the walls around were covered with signatures and it seems that the city has to periodically repaint them, so as to allow more starstruck tourists to write their names. The street hosts a number of shops that sell love-related souvenirs.
In the romantic movies I watched while growing up, the whole universe seemed to pause when Mr. Right met Miss Right. From then on, apparently the only things they required for survival were doses of staring into each other's eyes and embracing, preferably in some dreamy exotic locale.
Like many others, I believed this was a true picture of falling in love. But real life doesn't work like that. I never found that perfect "Mr. Right"—at least not the Hollywood variety—but I did meet my own movie star.
"Mari-i-i-i-ie!" My husband Ivo's stressed voice rings through the house. "Where did you say my green shirt was again?"
I recently watched the movie Love and Other Drugs, a romantic comedy based on Jamie Reidy's memoir, Hard Sell: The Evolution of a Viagra Salesman.
While I thought the film was a mixed bag, it did have a down-to-earth kind of love story that wasn't your typical movie romance or a common Hollywood storyline: young and beautiful Maggie Murdock (Anne Hathaway) has an incurable degenerative illness—Parkinson's disease. That sort of made up for the parts that I didn't enjoy, because in real life, in the real world, in real relationships, things like that happen.
I'm on my third marriage--a fact that I don't normally mention in the presence of newly married couples. I'm grateful for my first two marriages because they resulted in several beautiful children, my most precious treasures, but for me the third time has been charmed.
When my second marriage ended, I thought that was it, that I was now a single mother and would have to just do the best I could from then on. I was soured on the marriage experience and didn't expect there to ever be another man in my life, but I was wrong.