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Mirai Is the Official Name of Toyota's FCV
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Published: 17 Nov 2014, 09:36 UTC • By:
Gabriel Brindusescu
At the beginning of this year we found out Toyota registered the "Mirai" trademark and we all believed that's how the next Supra will be called. But then we thought it's a more suitable name for the company's upcoming fuel cell vehicle. And we were right, because boss Toyoda just announced that in a new video.
For those who missed our previous articles on the matter, the word "Mirai" means "future" in Japanese and that's why it has been chosen for Toyota's new FCV. The company strongly believes hydrogen is the fuel of choice for future transportation.
"We believe that behind the wheel of the Mirai, we can go places we have never been, to a world that is better, in a car that is better," said Toyota president Akio Toyoda. "For us, this isn't just another car. This is an opportunity – an opportunity to really make a difference. And making a difference is what Toyota is all about. The future has arrived. And it's called Mirai."
What makes it so great?
You should know that the Mirai is after all an electric vehicle, but unlike its close relatives, you don't have to plug it in to recharge the batteries. The Mirai makes its electricity on board while on the go using a fuel cell.
The fuel cell combines hydrogen stored in two bullet-proof tanks with the oxygen collected from the surrounding air in order to create water and electricity. And because of this, the Mirai will "fell" more like a normal car.
Instead of waiting for hours to recharge the battery, you will simply have to fill up the tanks with hydrogen, which takes about 3 minutes. Then you can go about 300 miles (483 km), just like with your average gasoline powered car.
Toyota promised the Mirai won't be a Hindenburg disaster on wheels. The fuel tanks hold up to 70 MPa (10,150 psi / 691 atm) and only a .50 cal bullet can perforate their thick walls. Even so, the gas is said to just flush out without much of a drama.
The company conducted extensive tests with the Mirai, putting it through its paces even in sub-arctic cold weather where it proved to still do its job properly. Toyota said the FCV was tested on track and public roads for 10 years and also passed all crash tests so far.
Add in the fact that whatever the market it is destined for, the Mirai will come with the state-of-the-art Star Safety System and you can say it will be a pretty safe car.
The only things missing from the picture are the hydrogen refueling stations on which the Mirai relies to become a viable option. The car will be introduced on the US market in 2016 and the automaker is currently collaborating with Air Liquide to develop and supply a phased network of 12 stations for New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Balurghat: Tortoise fats worth Rs Lakhs were rescued from BOP area in Balurghat on Wednesday, BSF officials said. The fats used to make medicines, was smuggled to China through Bangladesh. The BSF has handed over the tortoise fats to the forest department.
Commander Jyotinder Singh Minji said, smugglers were carrying full bags of tortoise fats and was passing through Balurghat's Kumargram's BOP area. The smugglers left the bags and ran when the Jawans chased them. Investigations are being carried out about who are connected in the smuggling case and from where the tortoise fats have been brought.
Police launched an investigation to nab the main culprit.


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One can scarcely discuss nowadays the merits of pianos in our homes without mentioning in connection with them the latest development of modern musical invention, the mechanical piano players. Some musicians affect contempt for the mechanical piano players and ridicule their value, but I do not agree with this view, for, though, no doubt, they cannot be said to contribute to the highest realms of musical expression, still I think they possess a very real value in that they educate the public taste, and enable people who would otherwise have no inclination or impulse to hear good music to become familiar with it.
Therefore, let us not disparage the mechanical piano-players, even though they are trying neighbors in the next house when one is working or sleeping. Of course, it is not quite the same thing, choosing a piano for one's private use, or selecting the Concert Grand from a professional point of view for a performance in a big hall. For instance, when I give a recital my piano is selected by me and my piano-maker some weeks before the concert from several special ones which I am in the habit of playing. It is tested as to its power of tone and resonance with reference to the acoustical properties of the hall.
It is tuned, the action regulated, the pedals adjusted in fact, it is prepared and brought into perfect condition, like a well-trained racehorse before it starts its race, so that it may be equal to all the demands imposed upon it. If I were going to buy a piano for my own house, what should I look for? I should first of all search for one with a good even tone throughout, as well in the treble and bass registers as in the middle. Next, I should try the action by ascertaining if the keys repeat perfectly and whether the touch is easy and pliable under the fingers, and also whether the pedals act promptly But, as I have said before, it takes real knowledge to judge such things oneself. If one has not had the opportunity of experience, the next best thing is to go to a first-class firm where only first-class instruments are kept and are looked after by experts. And now, as a fitting finale, let me once more myself eulogize my beloved instrument and let me emphasize again what a wonderful work of human ingenuity it is.
Who can but marvel when he hears the variety of its effects, the power and wealth of sound it possesses, its wonderful mechanical soul, the pedal, how it is able to produce such great emotions, tears, laughter, excitement, enthusiasm. It can give at the same time complete satisfaction to those of its unambitious devotees who seek only to pass away a few pleasant moments in evoking charming sounds and yet prove its stimulation as an instrument of superhuman difficulty and interest to those who desire to master it, and make it disclose all the richness and extent of its possibilities. And for such as are not easily tired or discouraged, the piano can be a glorious friend and companion, only they must have the will and perseverance, and above all talent and temperament, to inspire the instrument with life and master its secrets.


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Dan consults with, represents, and defends insurers directly against claims for bad-faith and extra contractual liability. Dan's practice includes both first-party and third-party insurance coverage, with a focus on arson, fraud and collusion. Dan's clients also consult with him on the proper management of fire loss investigations and the preservation of evidence.
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Recommended Reading List August 2009
Posted: September 27, 2009/Under: Recommended Reading/By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
With this, I officially catch up from the computer meltdown in June. Next month, I'll post September's list. Here's August.
August was the longest month on record. I have no idea why. It just seemed to last forever. I'm rather startled that it's over.
I started a lot of books in August, and am still reading most of them. Because of all of our commitments, I lost reading time—or I was too tired to focus on words when my day ended. I can only see more lost reading time ahead. What I did read, I enjoyed, as you can tell from the recommendations below.
Buzbee, Lewis, Steinbeck's Ghost, Feiwel and Friends, 2008. Last year, well-known mystery bookseller, Sheldon McArthur, who retired to our little town in Lincoln City, read this book and loved it. He brought a copy to the weekly lunch to give it away to all of us, and no one wanted it. Finally, he pushed it into my hands. "You have to read this," he said.
So I set it on my to-read shelf, and one particularly stressful night when I was out of YA novels to read, I picked up Steinbeck's Ghost. The cover said middle grade to me. In fact, it said skews young, but I remembered Shelly's rec and decided to give the book a chapter or two.
I finished it in one reading. Shelly was right; the book was excellent. It's about libraries and Steinbeck and losing friends and pursuing money instead of family and California and all kinds of things, but mostly it's about the importance of books. Good books. (It also has a great lesson for writers tucked in the book's yummy ending—although that lesson isn't want the book is about. You'll know it when you read it.)
The book doesn't skew young. It doesn't skew too old either. It's just right, and it made me want to go back and reread Steinbeck—not just the school stuff, but the haunting stories as well. (It amazes me how much of Steinbeck I remember, even after thirty-mumble years. I can even tell you where I was when I read The Pearl.)
A neat added feature of the book is that it has a bibliography at the end, so if the book inspires you to read about California or Steinbeck, you have a handy-dandy guide. Highly recommended—and I'm sorry, Shelly, that I waited so long to read it.
Gopnik, Adam, "The Last of the Great Metrizoids," Through the Children's Gate, Vintage, 2007. Gopnik is probably the only writer I know who can combine football, the Met, and dying into one heartwarming essay. The title refers to a friend of his, an art historian who used to play football, who is dying of cancer. In his last year, he coaches a football team for eight-year-olds. I don't want to say much more, because that will spoil the essay for you, but let me just add that the part about the Hail Mary pass is priceless in and of itself.
Gopnik, Adam, Through the Children's Gate, Vintage, 2007. A fascinating book, particularly after reading Paris to the Moon, which ends in 2000. That year, Gopnik and his family move back to New York City. The following year, on his daughter Olivia's birthday, the terrorists strike the Twin Towers, and everything changes.
But the book isn't about 9/11. Instead, it's about raising a family in the most complicated city in the United States. The mood shifts from happy to destroyed to hopeful. Each essay does stand alone. (I've pointed out two, but there are others that I liked as well.) This book and Paris to the Moon should be read together. They're marvelous.
King, Stephen, "My Screen Addiction," Entertainment Weekly, July 31, 2009. Oh, I resemble this column. I identified with it, perhaps too much. King read that the average American spends 8.5 hours per day in front of various screens, and then he decided to see if he fit into that category. Courageous man, he did the math. I'm afraid to. Because I loves my screens. And I have even more of them now than I did when the column came out. Check out the column and see if you recognize someone—maybe even yourself.
Larsson, Steig, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Knopf, 2008. I've had this book since last summer. I meant to read it when I got the ARC (from Shelly, natch, after he finished and reviewed it), but I didn't get around to it. Then the book started racking up award nominations and stellar reviews—and, honestly, that sort of thing intrigues me but also turns me off. You see, it activates my inner critic, the one who is determined to make sure I argue with conventional wisdom.
So I gave the book that proverbial single chapter, and I couldn't put the damn thing down. The story's structure is odd—more like the structure of a fantasy trilogy (over-arching story, with a lot of little conflicts and resolutions [which in a fantasy trilogy make up the individual books])—and the ending even odder. It shouldn't work, and yet it does.
In fact, nothing about this book should work. The girl in the title has Asperger's Syndrome and should be utterly unsympathetic, yet she's marvelous. Reviews mention her all the time. But they ignore the other balancing point: the crusading journalist who decides to hire her. The journalist has to be based on Larsson himself, who was a crusading journalist before he had a heart attack and died much too young. Fortunately, he finished three of these books. I plan to read the next one as soon as I pick up a copy, and the third when it gets released.
Rayner, Richard, A Bright and Guilty Place, Doubleday, 2009. I bought this book on its topic alone which is, as the dust jacket says, "Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age." Then I saw reviews, which were none too kind. They called the book a poorly written mess, disorganized, and hard to follow.
And, yes, they have a point. The organization isn't a standard non-fiction history organization. Rayner's writing style is odd to say the least. (Occasionally I actually had to stop to parse a sentence.) Yet the book is extremely compelling. It reads like a novel and sent me on a long-overdue quest to read all my other books on L.A. My office is now stacked high with them.
In addition to all the scandal, there are some nice bits on Raymond Chandler and Earle Stanley Gardner. Fun and dishy about people long dead. Read and enjoy.
Spinrad, Norman, "On Books: What Killed Tom Disch?" Asimov's April/May, 2009. Norman and I don't always agree on things, so when I saw the title of his book review column, written shortly after Thomas Disch died, I put off reading it. I figured I knew what it said—that science fiction killed Tom Disch or publishing killed Tom Disch. And in some ways, Norman makes that point. But to say that's what this compassionate and heart-felt essay is about is to cheapen what he has does here. He writes an excellent memorial to a friend who committed suicide and explored what led up to that death, with clarity and insight. And I can't agree more with his point of view. Read this. You'll be moved even if you never met Tom Disch (or even if you have).
Stabenow, Dana, "Wreck Rights," Wild Crimes, edited by Dana Stabenow, Signet 2004. A story about car accidents in which nothing is as it seems. Set in Alaska and featuring her detective Kate Shugak, the story doesn't feel like part of a larger piece. It has power and an intriguing mystery at its core.
Stabenow, Dana, editor,Wild Crimes, Signet 2004. Aside from the two stories I mentioned this month and last, there are no real stand-outs in this volume, but there are no duds either. Not a one. Every story has power and every story is worth the time it takes to read it. All are set in "the wild," usually meaning the west or Alaska or a little explored part of the United States. Worth picking up if you can find it.
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American Land Rights Association: A grassroots, non-profit private property rights/multiple-use advocacy organization.
Coalition for Property Rights (CPR): A grassroots organization made up of citizens concerned about the erosion of property rights in the US. Has a particular emphasis on Florida.
Countryside Rights Association (CRA): UK organisation defending the property rights of rural people and promoting a fair, independent adjudication of public rights of way without government and user groups interference and pressure.
Defenders of Property Rights: US national public interest legal foundation devoted to helping private property owners who have been deprived of their property by government actions.
General Theory of the State and Social Evolution: Online book about property relations, social evolution, monopolization and the State. Introduces conception of the State as a production factor monopoly.
International Union of Property Owners (UIPI): The International Union defending private real estate property rights worldwide, with members from more than 20 European countries, established in 1923.
Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners: A property owners `group` in Kitsap County, Washington, opposing unreasonable government regulation of private property.
Liberty Matters: Established by three regional property rights organizations to advance the grassroots property rights movement in America; works closely with conservative and libertarian think tanks.
Pinnochio in Germany: A site criticising the so called democratic land reform in East Germany. Calls for compensation to the original land owners.
Property Rights Congress of America (PRC): A coalition of advocacy and educational groups and individuals formed to educate the public about and defend proeprty rights. Mailing list, news updates, horror stories.
Property Rights Foundation of America: An advocacy `group` for private property rights. Political research, action alerts and analysis.
Property Rights Research: A coalition of US land and natural `resource` owners. Tracks coverage of the property rights issue.
Solano County Citizen Land Alliance: Organization working to protect individual property rights in a Northern California county.
The National Association of Reversionary Property Owners (NARPO): Opposes rail to trail conversions, with emphasis on cases in Kansas.
United Property Owners: Nonpartisan coalition which defends US land owners' rights. Research key issues, local topics, litigation efforts, and membership information.


I have only one kid and I know he loves all activities we put him to participate in from arts and music classes to soccer, basketball and hockey. Being a mom to an active kid requires not only physical but significant financial involvement too. All older than Teddy boys in our family play hockey and these days at AAA level, it is obvious that Teddy has big chances to join hockey adventures. Last year my boy was taking Kids on Ice classes, and then went watching how his elder cousins show their hockey skills at the games. This year Teddy joined combination sports program including soccer, basketball and hockey. I look at all those activities and I am sure I want to give the best experience to my little one, probably sometimes it comes like we follow family traditions or trying to keep up with the flow or "trend". Anyway, do all those extracurricular activities benefit my boy's development, definitely they are. If a kid sees his close friends play hockey he becomes curious and wants asks to join them too, it is like a follow by example.
Now I see all the passion and dedication my boy has for all the activities he participates. And I know that I will do my best to find finances to pay for his activities. We are happy to have older kids in the family playing hockey helping from the expensive gear - skates, helmets, sticks and other items to valuable tips.
It was our relatives who convinced us to open RESP for our little one; I think this advice came from their own experience of balancing kid's hockey activities costs and saving for future education. I understand why according to Canadian Scholarship Trust plan survey, 36% of Canadian parents believe paying for extracurricular activities like hockey is more important before saving for post-secondary education. When kids are young and do not even go to school like mine, the post-secondary education seems so far away and we think there is still time for that, about 12 – 15 years ahead. However, hockey is right here waiting for you - the sparkling ice, skates, training and wins. Nevertheless, about 89% (of parents, surveyed by CST) believe it is important for parents in Canada to help their child pay for their post-secondary education.
I realized how important to save for future education, Teddy said he wants to be a designer when he grows up; design new cars, planes and toys. We will be very disappointed if in 10 years we come to the point when our boy having all the talents, skills, creativity and experience will not be able to get his post-secondary education because of finances. That's why it is important to start contributing as early as possible. It does not need to be a huge amount, even $20 a month adds up plus the Government matches 20% of the first $2,500 you contribute to your child's RESP each year, up to a lifetime maximum of $7,200 per child.
With love to hockey and true belief in importance of savings for future education, Canadian Scholarship Trust plan is launching Beyond the Blue Line, a new community education initiative inviting teams and associations to tell what they're doing to encourage community involvement and academic success. As a result, hockey team or organization can win $10,000 to help make hockey less-expensive. Entries must be received by December 31, 2013.
You are also invited to take part in Twitter Chat hosted by Canadian Scholarship Trust plan. Come join @CSTConsultants, @beyondtheblueline and @THNKenCampbell on December 17th at 9pm EST where they will be discussing the cost of hockey vs. Education and RESPs. Follow hashtag #hockeyvseducation – there will be nice prizes to win 5 - $50 VISA gift cards.
I have a couple of friends with kids in hockey. It's not necessarily the cost, because it doesn't really cost any more than other sports, but it's the absurdly early rink times. I am not getting the kids up at 4 am for something like that.
We were just having a nice discussion this week about activities our kids want to do. My oldest two want to do science clubs, and our daughter wants to start dance classes. But the costs add up, when you have THREE all wanting to do something at the same time. It's a hard choice when you have to choose between fun now and education later. At present while husband is a full time college student; we can't sacrifice what we put into the kid's education fund for them to take the fun activities now. But we are hoping in another semester when the husband graduates that will all change.
That's something my husband and I talk about a lot. Not hockey specifically, but sport and activities in general. How much do we let them do? When do we say no? I think every family has to find their own balance.
Your boys are adorable in their hockey gear!
There is a fine balance between sports and everything else. I think whatever one's family can handle is the best decision.
When my Daughter was young, she was into many things and each sport required a uniform and who knows what all just to be in it. So expensive for those with more than one child.
Our daughter is grown but we are helping to contribute to our Grandkids education.
Ouch. I can totally relate to the expenses. I have girls in art, ballet and gymnastics. Not only do we keep having to buy new supplies and costumes to keep up, but the classes are so costly. It looks like you son is a real hockey champ. Maybe he can get his secondary education on a hock scholarship.
All these extra curricular can add up but what parent doesn't want to see thei little one excell in something they love?
It is not just the gear that costs so much, it is getting to and from games, especially away games. I know that involvement in some things is good for the children's development but it is hard to find a balance.
My kids have always wanted to be involved in a ton of (costly) activities. We always tried to limit it to no more than 2 activities per child at a time.
I hear you on cost, my oldest son played hockey for a while and it is quite costly. I wish I had known there was help available, I had to make him quit because I was a single parent and I just could not afford to keep doing it.
I live in Canada, so every kid wants to go into hockey.
I can totally relate. My son wants to get involved in Basketball and everything else under the sun. Sure I want to encourage him but I'm thinking I need to now put a limit on how many things he does. Saving for his college education is something that we've been doing since birth but every little penny does help and counts.
All the extracurriculars does add up, but totally worth it seeing the smile on their faces, right? Plus it helps keep them more rounded as well!
I love sports and I think they really enhance a child's school experience and or social life. That is something we always made sure that we had the time and money set aside for with our kids and they have always told us how much they appreciated it.
I have two athletes who dream of cheering/playing golf for a college. They are both very good students, top of their class. I still need to be thinking about college finances. Luckily my oldest will be out of college when the next one is starting.
I actually had this conversation last night with some other Moms... Children's activities are EXPENSIVE!!! My children are 5 and 2.. I am dreading when they start doing things. I know some kids are starting around age 4, but we just dont have the extra finances.
I agree that if you start early it can really provide a HUGE help to them when they hit those college years. Like you said, even $20 is something and anything is better than nothing. It's important!
Activities are important and help form your children's character, as well as involve them in social and athletic situations. My mom always gave us the opportunity to be in whatever we wanted so we were in ballet, gymnastics and painting classes. I'm sure it was a formative part of our childhood! HOWEVER.. big however... when I went to college, I got no assistance from my family so I had to fight for scholarships and pay the rest myself, which made things very difficult. I would have preferred if they had put thought into it before..
Sometimes it is hard to save money for college but putting a little money aside each week adds right up. Sport programs can be very expensive but it is good if one can afford it.
We spend a lot of money for our boys to participate in organized sports and I think that it is worth every penny. These activities prepare them for later in life and are totally worth the investment.


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Therapeutic Human Gene Editing with Dr. David Liu
By: Alexandra Urman
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As an Analyst for ARK's Genomic Revolution strategy, Ali focuses on all therapeutics, including gene editing, stem cell and novel immunotherapy technologies.
Over the past five to 10 years, development in the field of human gene editing has advanced at an unprecedented speed. We are now living in an age where therapeutic human gene editing is already a reality for some of us. Today we are joined by Dr. David Liu to discuss these exciting developments. Dr. Liu is a Richard Merkin Professor, Director of the Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies and Healthcare, Vice-Chair of the Faculty at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, and the Co-founder or Founder of nine biotech or therapeutics companies. He's published over 195 scientific papers and is the inventor of over 75 issued patents. Today he introduces us to the three main forms of modern genome editing, how they work, their benefits, and their limitations. He explains how the development of CRISPR had an enormous impact on the reach and scope of this field and describes some of the massive developments achieved by his labs in base editing and prime editing. Tune in today to hear how these different types of modalities might be best suited for different types of therapeutic interventions and Dr. Liu's thoughts on whether or not one method will replace another. Find out if either of these technologies is more amenable to addressing polygenic diseases, the roles and complications of viral and non-viral delivery vectors, and how Dr. Liu believes these technologies will extend in the future. For all this and more, tune in today!
"The development of the field in the past five to 10 years has really been at an unprecedented speed, something unlike anything I've seen in the life sciences." @davidrliu
Dr. David Liu's background and some of his impressive credentials.
An introduction to gene editing and how Dr. Liu became interested in it.
Dr. Liu's Unifactor 2000 project to develop a series of RNA molecules that could target any site in the genome and why it failed.
An introduction to the three main forms of modern genome editing.
What zinc fingers are and how they can be used to bind a DNA sequence.
What tail nucleases are and how tail proteins can bind a DNA sequence.
The breakthrough that came with the CRISPR system and how it initiated this modern gene-editing renaissance.
How the ease and accessibility of CRISPR has had an enormous impact on the reach and the scope of these developments.
What base editing and prime editing are and how they work together.
Some of the outcomes that can occur when you cut the DNA in a chromosome.
Dr. Liu explains in detail how base editors and prime editors change DNA.
How Dr. Liu and his lab took the development of the CRISPR approach to develop these new techniques and how this was influenced by Homology Directed Repair.
What different types of modalities may be best suited for different types of therapeutic interventions.
Why one would pursue a CRISPR double-stranded break-based method versus doing base editing or prime editing.
How the companies Prime Medicine and Beam that have licensed these methods work together in the best interests of the patient.
Dr. Liu's thoughts on whether or not prime editing is going to replace base editing.
Insight into the need for PAM sequences in Cas9 and the advantage of prime editing as it does not need a specific PAM sequence.
How Dr. Liu believes these technologies will extend in the future.
Thoughts on whether or not one flavor of these technologies is more amenable to addressing polygenic diseases.
What a delivery vehicle is, the differences between viral and non-viral vehicles, and the complications of using viral delivery vectors.
Concerns with regard to immunogenicity and immune reaction from an LNP and how this relates to the COVID vaccine.
CRISPR Targeted Therapeutics
By Manisha Samy
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Tags: CRISPR, Genomics, Health, Molecular Medicine
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The Mask of Sanity
The Mask of Sanity: Jacob M. Appel
Fear is an emotion that at one time or another we all experience. It's the feeling of an impending danger, evil, pain or whether a threat is real or imagined. Sometimes people snap and their minds drift in other directions and someone that has been revered, admired and looked up too can change in a heartbeat. Dr. Jeremy Balint is a cardiologist and the youngest head of any medical division at Laurendale Methodist Hospital. But, Dr. Balint is not what his veneer or persona exuded when you look or speak to him. Look deeply into his eyes and realize that what lies beneath the irises and the pupils lurks a demonic, sadistic and horrific man whose personality will remind you of the Son of Sam, Dr. Jekyll vs. Mr. Hyde or any serial killer with a specific MO. Thinking about killing keeps him…
Knife Creek: Paul Doiron
What happens when game warden Mike Bowditch comes in contact with feral swine, and has to go on the lookout for pigs that are dangerous to humans and the environment? Living with his girlfriend biologist Stacy, getting a call that there are black bear sized pigs afoot, he and Stacy go after them hoping to take them out before anyone or anything gets hurt. Finding the pigs was the first thing they discovered. Making sure they were dead and searching the area for any more pigs and remnants that needed to be taken back, the shock of what they see next will send them on a difficult hunt for a killer. An infant girl wrapped in a pink tee shirt and buried in a grave that is shallow is found a hundred yards from the Knife Creek trailhead. But what is really horrific and more startling is that the child…
Before the Fall: Accident or Murder?
Before the Fall: Noah Hawley
The destination was supposed to be Martha's Vineyard and the transportation taking these rich passengers traveling on it a private plane. The weather did not help as there was fog and the end result was tragic for all but two passengers on the plane. David Bateman is the head of a huge television network and along with his wife Maggie and son JJ and daughter Rachel they are about to embark on this journey with another couple invited to join them. Ben Kipling, a rich and powerful Wall Street player and his wife Sarah, who is anything but thrilled about going to Martha's Vineyard, not like Maggie who relishes in the scenery and rustic atmosphere. Sarah hates the beach and the sunsets do not interest her at all. Personally shopping at an expensive department store is how she would rather spend her time. But, at…
TO FLY AGAIN: A MUST READ
To Fly Again: Portrait of a BIPOLAR Life: Rachelle Hasnas LCSW
Mental health professionals do not always realize the gravity of their illnesses that many of their patients exhibit. Some understand the red flags and ignore them while others prescribe treatments that are short term and are not long lasting. Bipolar is a mental illness that can be controlled with medication if the right follow up and the right precautions are taken. Even explaining it to the patient and making the person aware of their problem and helping he/she to cope with this syndrome. But, within the pages of To Fly Again you will hear the voice of Joshua through his words and his poetry as you take this journey with him and the author hoping that it will help others who read this book, parents, teachers, health care providers and therapists to work with people in a positive way…
Dreama Little Death
Dreama A Little Death: Susan Kandel
Dreama Black is quirky, odd, outspoken and definitely impulsive yet loyal to those she feels are part of her group or groupies. She is cute, 28 and definitely hated being dumped by a rock god whose music and face is world-renowned. Imagine a song after you titled Dreama, Little Dreama making her name and her famous too. But, Dreama has her own business to run. She runs custom-designed, themed tours of her hometown L.A. Here is where the story gets wild and downright different. Miles McCoy hired her. He is a rap producer who creates a L.A. noir tour as a present for his soon bride to be. But, Dreamer winds up getting into the middle of more than she can handle when the bodies turn up and the guns start shooting in her direction. Meet Miles McCoy the reason for her wild and…
FOR WOMEN TO BECOME AWESOME
Oola: Find Balance in an unbalanced World: David Braun. Troy Amdahl with Janet Switzer
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to live in a perfect world with no financial woes, friends, faith, fitness, focus, family, field and fun? Wouldn't it be nice never to have to worry about weight gain or even where the money for your next charge card payment or mortgage payment is coming from? Within the pages of this resource the authors share many different ways for you the reader to learn about the Oola Life and Oola celebrations but first you need to put Oola in Action, starting living the Oola Life today. Take a step back and decide where you are today in your life. There are three simple questions that these authors ask in the 7 key areas of life, which will be our starting point as we all take the…
Cradle Crow: S.L. Schultz
Someone decided to end the life of Jeanine Becker 21 year ago. The killer is still out there and will not rest until this person is behind bars for good. But, the police have closed the investigation but will the person in charge revisit the evidence, the crime scene and open the case to give Jeanine the justice she deserves? Many people would rather be their own judge and jury and take matters into their own hands regardless of the consequences. The book opens with Jeff Tillman's return to Willis and reconnecting with Jack the brother of James. Returning with a purpose to take matters into his own hands and confront the person he believes to be the killer. But, as you get to know him you will realize that there is much more he plans. Brenda and Billy have been married on and off for…


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/ Cory Doctorow / 9:48 am Mon Jun 25, 2018
Which windowless American buildings are secret AT&T/NSA listening posts?
In 2016, Ryan Gallagher and Henrik Moltke published a long, Snowden-derived investigation into AT&T's secret NSA listening station in New York City, and AT&T's extensive complicity in mass, warrantless surveillance on Americans and foreigners.
In a new, detailed followup, Moltke and Gallagher reveal the details of eight more NSA spy centers in AT&T's interchange points, where other telcom providers (both domestic and foreign) cross-link their networks with AT&T's backbone. These centers, in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., are all well-situated for intercepting and monitoring traffic from AT&T and its competitors.
Some of those partners told Gallagher and Moltke that they suspect that this is going (others refused to comment), and AT&T engineers past and present confirmed the details of the program for them.
Also in the story is the NSA's own frank admission that they routinely overcollect from these taps, grabbing information at an incredible scale (for example, if they find a single email that matches a keyword, they will grab all the email stored by that user and then warn analysts not to read it); their internal controls that are supposed to mitigate this and keep NSA surveillance within the bounds of the law are (again, according to the NSA) inadequate and routinely fail.
"One example of this is when a user of a webmail service accesses her inbox; if the inbox contains one email message that contains an NSA tasked selector, NSA will acquire a copy of the entire inbox, not just the individual email message that contains the tasked selector," the memo stated.
The court's ruling left the agency with two options: shut down the spying based on mentions of targets completely, or ensure that protections were put in place to stop the unlawfully collected communications from being reviewed. The NSA chose the latter option, and created a "cautionary banner" that warned its analysts not to read particular messages unless they could confirm that they had been lawfully obtained.
But the cautionary banner did not solve the problem. The NSA's analysts continued to access the same data repositories to search, unlawfully, for information on Americans. In April 2017, the agency publicly acknowledged these violations, which it described as "inadvertent compliance incidents." It said that it would no longer use surveillance programs authorized under Section 702 of FISA to harvest messages that mentioned its targets, citing "technological constraints, United States person privacy interests, and certain difficulties in implementation."
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Learning from Baltimore's disaster, Florida city will pay criminals $600,000 to get free of ransomware attack
The city council of Riviera Beach, Florida has voted unanimously to pay $600,000 to criminals who seized control of the city's computers through a ransomware attack, after three weeks of being locked out of the city systems (the city has also voted to spend $1m replacing its computers).
How China grabbed NSA hacking tools and used them to attack U.S. allies
Chinese spies got a hold of NSA hacking tools, and "repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia," reports the NYT. How'd they get those cyberweapons? Symantec researchers "believe the Chinese did not steal the code but captured it from an N.S.A. attack on their own computers — […]
Former NSA contractor Harold Martin pleads guilty to 'willful retention of national defense information'
Former NSA contractor Harold Martin today changed his plea to guilty, on charges of willful retention of national defense information.


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Grant to help fight gambling addiction
By Margarita Raycheva |
PUBLISHED: August 20, 2005 at 5:49 a.m. | UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 7:31 a.m.
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga County Prevention Council has been approved for a grant that will allow the center to tackle underage problem gambling. The center was approved for a grant of $77,623. The funds will be used to hire a specialist to develop gambling prevention programs, said Timothy Moon, program director at the council. "Gambling is everywhere, especially in Saratoga, with the track," he said. "We want to ensure people have the information they need." The council, which specializes in alcohol and drug abuse prevention, has never had any prevention programs directed toward problem gambling, he said. Filling that gap was important because losing money by gambling could lead to serious financial problems and, in the most extreme cases, to suicide, Moon said. "We are not against the people who gamble," he said. Preventive programs would educate about the potential dangers of gambling, which pervades everyday life, from lottery tickets to poker on TV, he said. The grant came from the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, which funds addiction prevention programs. The agency approved the Prevention Council's application a couple of weeks ago. After the approval, the council started collecting resumes and applications for the new position. The deadline for resumes is Sept. 2, he said. Moon said council officials are hoping to appoint someone for the position by the end of September.
New York State Police Department blotter
Charlton School hoping to 'lead by example' with social emotional learning
Charlton School hoping to 'lead by example' with social emotional learning
Saratoga Springs Police Department blotter
HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Snider picks up first career shut out in Shen's 3-0 win over Saratoga
Updates to West Mountain aimed at goal of becoming ski resort town
ENGINEERED FOR GREATNESS: Owen Sherman commits to play football at RPI
Five Questions with Dottie Pepper
FLAG Saratoga relaunches to support front line workers during next surge of COVID
New Clifton Park grant program to help non-profits
Hochul presents 2023 NYS executive budget
Margarita Raycheva
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: Saratoga drops hard-fought game to CBA, 53-48
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The Fighting McCooks (issue 5525)
Joe Lonergan outlines the story of an Irish-American family that had fifteen members serving the Union during the American Civil War
There was 'the tribe of Dan', Daniel McCook and his eight sons, and 'the tribe of John', brother to Dan and father of five sons – fifteen men of Ohio, all of whom served in the Civil War. Their tremendous commitment and courage brought fame to their family, and those who survived the war added to that fame in civilian life, with prominent careers as doctors and lawyers, ministers and scholars.
Daniel and John were sons of an Irish revolutionary, George McCook, who had fled from Ulster to the United States about 1780. George's wife was Mary McCormack of Glasgow. Following their arduous voyage from Ireland, the couple eventually settled in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania.
In time Daniel, an attorney, moved to eastern Ohio, settling in Carrollton. His younger brother John also moved to the 'Buckeye State'. Daniel was married to Martha Latimer, a daughter of Abraham and Mary Greer Latimer. Abraham's family was originally from Leicestershire and Mary was of Scotch-Irish descent.
Daniel was sixty-three years old when he responded to Lincoln's call by volunteering as a nurse, and thus it happened that he was present, on July 21, 1861, at the first battle of Bull Run. One of his older sons, Alexander McDowell McCook, a West Point graduate and soldier of some experience, commanded the 1st Ohio regiment on that battlefield.
Alexander did not attract the rebels' attention that day, but younger brother Charles was not so fortunate. Near the end of the day, he left his regiment to join his father Dan, who was tending the wounded at a field hospital. This unremarkable meeting of father and son set off a chain of events which culminated in Charles's transfiguration into a Union hero.
As father and son chatted at the field hospital, rebel cavalry suddenly advanced on the Union men gathered there. A Southern trooper advanced on young Charles to make him a prisoner. Charles, with true eye and steady nerve, shot the rebel through the head.
This deadly shot drew upon Charles the wrath of the leader of the attacking force, who rushed at him with drawn pistol, demanding his surrender. But the brave boy, with undaunted heart, exclaimed, "I will never surrender to a traitor!"
At this critical juncture Charles' father Dan, seeing his son surrounded by the enemy, called upon him to surrender; but the brave boy again replied, "Father, I never can surrender to a rebel!" At this moment, the trooper circled around and shot Charles in the back.
A report of young McCook's heroism reached Washington D.C. before his remains did, where a guard of honor waited to escort them.
Not surprisingly the tale of Charles's bravery was told and retold for decades to come.
Another son of Dan, General Robert McCook, was severely wounded in the battle of Mills Spring, in Kentucky. Yet he returned to his command before the wound healed, and that summer was issuing orders while lying in an ambulance. However during a march in August, while his escort was reconnoitring, a band of rebels attacked the ambulance wagon and killed the defenceless man. The news of this brutal act inflamed emotions throughout the Union states.
A month later when the Confederate General John Morgan brought his raiders across the river into Ohio, Dan McCook Sr. joined the troops who went in pursuit. He led an advance party that intended to intercept Morgan as he re-crossed the river. Wounded in the skirmish that followed, Dan died the next day.
In June of 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered his old friend and former law partner, Colonel Dan McCook Jr., to lead one of the opening drives during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia.
Before the attack, McCook stood before his men and calmly recited lines from the English historian Thomas Babington Macaulay: "And how can man die better/Than facing fearful odds,/For the ashes of his fathers/And the temples of his gods?"
Leading the charge up the thickly timbered mountain McCook was mortally wounded.
Another brother, John James McCook, while not killed, was wounded at Shady Grove. Unable to serve any longer, he resumed his law studies and became a leading layman of the Presbyterian Church.
The 'tribe of John' had fared better during the war than the 'tribe of Dan', with father and five sons all living to see war's end.
Sadly, tragedy continued to shadow Dan's tribe. Edwin Stanton McCook, though severely wounded three times, survived the war; but eight years later, while serving as acting governor of the Dakota Territory, he was assassinated.
In the story of the 'Fighting McCooks', the story of Martha, the mother of the 'tribe of Dan' is completely overlooked, which is wrong as it was she who would suffer the most. During the war she saw her husband and eight of her nine sons step forward to serve. Her husband and three of her sons never came home.
Today, in Carrollton, Ohio, the home of Martha, Dan Sr., and their 'Fighting McCooks' is a museum, celebrating this Irish-American family for whom the words 'ultimate sacrifice' held repeated meaning.


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This is Flat Chat's submission to the NSW government's position paper on short-term holiday letting.
It is concerned only with strata schemes – people in houses can look after themselves.
Allow owners and tenants to rent one bedroom in their apartment (of two or more bedrooms) as short-term lets, provided the host is in residence and occupancy limits are not exceeded.
Allow a "Family, friends and pets" exclusion permitting flat-sitting while the owners or tenants are on holiday for a maximum of four weeks per year (except where a longer term is established in a by-law) .
Permit an initial simple majority vote by all owners to decide if they want to abide by their residential only zoning or allow short-term letting – and under what terms.
Permit subsequent changes to that by-law only to be made by special resolution, as with all other by-laws.
Establish strong penalties for owners and tenants who breach the established terms set down for short-term letting.
There are clear and serious implications for affordability and availability of accommodation in areas where Airbnb (and other holiday letting platforms) are most active, just as there are implications for tourism and the economy.
However, the issue of short-term lets should not be viewed purely through a financial prism. There are other less obvious, more profound considerations that need to be given at least as much weight, if not more.
In very basic terms, questions about the spread of STLs extend to what constitutes a home, what kind of society we want to have and how much we want to allow those matters to be compromised by the influence of global corporations seeking to harness popular movements for financial gain.
Then there is the change in attitudes to property investment which many agree has shifted too far towards the desire for profits and away from the need to house the residents of this city, leading to our grossly over-heated housing market.
And there are the rapid changes in our society. The more obvious is the spread and influence of the internet and the ability for ordinary people to use platforms like Airbnb and others of its ilk to put their properties up for rent to a global tourist market.
More significant in societal terms is the acceptance of apartment or strata living as a viable long-term option for families and first-time home owners. We are told that half the population of Sydney will be living in strata by 2030. Time is running out if we are to make that the new normal.
Also increasing is the acceptance, especially by younger residents, of the belief that their incomes may never catch up with rising property prices and they should therefore accept that they may be renting for the rest of their lives, or for as long as they choose to live in our major cities (a concept that is alien only to Australians, it seems). Half of apartment residents are tenants and that proportion is likely to increase.
However, the current system encourages landlords to evict tenants at the end of their leases as it's the easiest way to raise rents. This is something that will have to be addressed soon and tenants really don't need to be also competing with tourists for living space.
The counter-intuitive message from tenants that they support STLs is easily explained. They want to be able to share in the sharing economy. They want to supplement their income and offset their often-excessive rents by letting rooms to tourists and their whole homes to visitors when they are away on holiday.
But do they really want a system the takes properties out of the private rental market and pushes up rents for those that are left. Do they want to be squeezed out of areas that also happen to have the best transport links and social facilities like cafes, shops and bars?
Put all that together and it's clear that this is a complicated problem that requires a sophisticated solution. A one-size-fits-all answer, especially one tailored to accommodate the distorting views of profit-driven global corporations, is a recipe for social disaster.
It's an exciting and exotic notion – that someone from New York (or New Zealand) might rent your apartment – and you can make a bit more money than you would from a permanent rental.
It's a no-brainer, but that doesn't make it right. Should dwellings that were approved for housing be allowed to be used exclusively or predominantly for the greater profits to be gained from tourism?
Unless we want to create an under-class of renters and owner-occupiers who are denied the opportunity to live in the best parts of our cities and coastal towns, while driving owner-residents into exclusive enclaves of privilege and self-protection, we need to make the right decisions now.
Our politicians need to look at the whole picture and not just the highly seductive advertising that portrays the profit-driven demands of a global internet platform as some kind of social service.
Short-term letting has been described as a cancer in apartment living and while that view may seem a little extreme, those of us who lived through the long debates over smoking will recall how the tobacco lobby, while pouring money into advertising, sport and, indeed, political party coffers, was allowed to take a fundamental health issue and reposition it as a matter of personal freedom.
The right to do as you wish with your home has always been qualified. You can't build an extension on to your home without council approval and you can't behave badly within the confines of your house if it affects your neighbours.
The right of apartment owners to decide how and when to sell their apartment, and to whom, has been seriously compromised by the collective sales provisions incorporated in the Strata Schemes Management Act of 2015.
That law allows a significant majority of owners to decide when other owners' apartments can be sold and under what terms. That establishes in law that a strata community can make decisions where the greater good of all owners supersedes right of individuals.
Whether you agree with that or not, it seriously undermines the provisions of section 139 (2) which blocks by-laws that interfere with "dealing" with a lot. The concept of inviolable property rights for lot owners is all-but dead.
These are just three of the more obvious examples of limitations on the "my home is my castle" attitude. Without needing to dig too deeply, we can see that the rights of home owners are already qualified and restricted, as they must be in a civilised society.
And in any case, isn't this all about a global company that wants to "disrupt" the staus quo. OK, fine – but that cuts both ways and they can't cherry pick the laws that should be ignored while claiming others are sacrosanct, just because it suits their business model.
I must admit I am less concerned about the effects of STLs on free-standing homes. My area of interest and some expertise is apartments specifically and strata in general.
And one of the things I know very well is that just because there are by-laws and rules governing residents' behaviour, and penalties for breaking them, that is no deterrent for those who don't care. It can take months to get a satisfactoru result from the NSW Civil Administration Tribunal (NCAT), regardless of how clear the evidence of by-law breaches is.
In strata, that means months of continued disturbance, now exacerbated by resentment and often abuse from the owners or tenants who have been the subject of the complaints.
Being able to deal with a problem only after the slow and unpredictable wheels of Fair Trading and NCAT have ground out a verdict, as we do in strata, is very different from having taken reasonable steps to prevent the problem in the first place.
And all of this goes to the sense of "home" which should lie at the heart of any legislation now and in the future. Even the shelved Coure report into STL legislation conceded that holiday lets had a more immediate and profound effect on apartment residents than on house dwellers.
The fact is, every unit block is different and for the growing numbers of long-term residents of apartments, there is a period of learning how to co-exist with your neighbours. Holiday makers have neither the time nor the inclination to learn how to be good neighbours.
They have no idea how loud their TV can be before it disturbs the neighbours. Slamming doors, noisy chatter in lift lobbies, where to put their garbage, why they can't take glassware to the swimming pool, why they can't use visitor parking, loud music late at night – these are all insignificant issues for people in holiday mode but which soon become major irritants and sources of stress and disturbance for permanent residents.
But it's the loss of a sense of home when you open your front door to find yourself face to face with a complete stranger every other weekend that's most disturbing. If you can't feel safe and secure in your own home, where can you?
Nothing will more effiently or quickly destroy the fragile communities only now starting to take hold in our inner-city apartment blocks than turning them into de facto hotels so that a minority of opportunists can make a lot of money.
Government can't be expected to come up with a policy that is absolutely right for every different strata community. That's why it's vital to pass laws that allow strata schemes to enforce their existing "residential only" status through by-laws that reflect their community needs.
Let councils zone residential buildings as they do and, if necessary, bring in zones that specifically exclude or allow holiday letting. But otherwise, let a majority of owners in a building decide whether or not they want short-term letting and, if so, on what terms.
It only takes one apartment in a large unit block to take short-term lets and change the nature of the whole building. The selfish interests of a minority of owners and tenants should not be allowed to destroy communities – especially when the majority of owners purchased in the belief that they were buying a home, not a hotel room.
Taking away the rights of hundreds of owners to live in the residential buildings they bought into (or rented) to pander to a minority of selfish investors, would undermine everything that the recent changes in strata laws sought to achieve and would take us back to the dark ages of strata living.
Airbnb would have us believe that their holiday letting service has little or no effect on rentals or the availability of rental properties. Yet, they boast the Australia is the "most penetrated market" in the world.
Well, in other less penetrated markets, such as London, it has been proven beyond doubt that Airbnb and other online letting services affect housing rents and availability. As a result, Airbnb has conceded that they will de-list any London properties that exceed a set limit on the number of days they are available per year.
From Barcelona to New York and Amsterdam to Paris, the easy access to a global market of potential tourists is creating housing shortages for local people and forcing them out to the fringes of the cities. The advertising catchphrase "live like a local" has a hollow ring when the locals have been forced by soaring rents to live elsewhere.
Airbnb claims that every study in Sydney that shows they have a detrimental effect on rents and availability is based on flawed data. This includes three peer-reviewed university studies, the most recent of which showed they had effectively taken 6000 properties out of the Sydney market.
At the same time, Airbnb refuses to reveal its actual figures on the income it generates from whole-home lets, partly on the dubious grounds of "privacy".
Meanwhile, a curious Tenants Union study based on the same data that Airbnb disparages, but claiming STLs had little effect on rentals, was hailed by them as fair and accurate. It's called having your cake and eating it.
Airbnb also claims that the majority of people in Sydney like Airbnb. That is probably true – but the vast majority of people in Sydney are unlikely to suffer any impact from Airbnb because most tourists don't want to visit where the majority of people live.
It is this constant misinformation and massaging of statistics that should raise concerns in our MPs' minds. How much can we trust or believe? And why does Airbnb have to do such a hard sell for a product it says doesn't harm anyone?
Airbnb consistently claims that all it wants is for "ordinary people" to be able to let a room in their homes to holidaymakers. If only that were so. Very few people, even in strata, have any argument with that concept. But give Airbnb exactly what their advertising says they want and everyone will be happy – except Airbnb and their self-interested hosts.
It's obvious that what Airbnb really wants is for owners and tenants to be able to let their whole homes – especially apartments – in areas popular with tourists.
Airbnb says whole apartment rentals are a tiny part of their business. If so, why are they determined that this should not be restricted in any way, especially when, according to a recent City of Sydney survey, the majority of owners are against it?
How noble! How archaic! People who live in strata accept that there are restriction that allow everyone to get along. It's not about personal freedom – it's about living in a civilised manner and your freedoms stem from that.
The only people who truly understand the effect of holiday lets on apartment blocks are the people who live in them. Every block is different and some communities will cope with STLs while others will be destroyed.
So, let's separate the clear, proven, peer-reviewed facts from the expensively and professionally promulgated fictions.
Let's allow residents to invite tourists into their homes but, in the case of apartments, only while the residents are there.
Otherwise, let apartment owners choose whether or not whole-home STLs should be allowed in their buildings – after all, it is they who'll have to live with the consequences.
I urge the government to amend strata regulations to allow apartment owners to decide by a simple majority whether or not to allow short-term letting (subject to local zoning, their own rules and any further restrictions imposed by their local councils).
Subsequently, changes would only be permitted by special resolution, as with all other by-laws.


This may be the last post for a week unless we have Internet access in Belize so I wanted to just check in with a few tidbits.
First, I forgot to tell you about the woodpeckers. In 2 consecutive days this week, I saw all of the common woodpeckers possible in our area: Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied, Pileated, Flicker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Second, the frost bitten Pelicans are ready to be released back to Chesapeake Bay this week according to Heidi at Tri-State Bird Rescue. She told me that the water is warming up enough for the fish to come to the surface. This is important for Pelicans as you know if you have ever seen them diving for food. The Pelicans will be transported from Newark DE to the Chesapeake in a van, then transferred to a boat and taken out to some little island. Pretty cool.
Third, we are off to Belize for a week. We will start in Ambergris Caye for snorkel/scuba/beach then off to Crystal Paradise Resort near San Ignacio. We have been to Crystal Paradise a few years ago and loved it.
Anyway, I'll post if I get Internet access. Stay tuned.


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Petite Impact: Fit Review Friday! Resolution Wrap, Coast Wrap, Take Ten Hoodie!
Fit Review Friday! Resolution Wrap, Coast Wrap, Take Ten Hoodie!
Yesterday I managed to go to the flagship store on 17th and 5th. First thing I spotted was the new Run All Day Backpack in neon pink. Super cute. I have to remind myself that I already have one and do not need another.
Hoodies and wraps to try on.
For this week's session I grabbed cozy looking sweaters and wraps to try. First up the Resolution Wrap. I grabbed it because of how soft it felt in my hands and the deep purple color works well with my skin tone.
For reference I'm 4 feet 11 and typically a size 4 in tops and bottoms. For sweaters and hoodies I can sometimes get away with a size 2, but for the Resolution Wrap the store only had the 4 in stock. I might have been able to get away with a 2 but I have no issues with the size 4. It felt very cozy, comfortable and luxurious. I was THIS close to buying this. I'm sitting on it since it's still available online.
The length is a little long on my petite frame, but I think I could still make it work. It would be a nice fall transitional piece.
The drape is super lovely. It looks so soft and huggable doesn't it? The front hits my knees and the back of the wrap definitely covers the bum. It's not as long in the back as it is in the front.
It has a giant pocket. This pocket falls kind of low for me. It's a little awkward trying to get into a pocket that's down by your knees. So for that reason I don't think I would ever use the pocket. Maybe to hold some tissues or something.
Next up I tried on the Coast Wrap in heathered alberta lake. I also grabbed this in the size 4.
First thing I noticed is the fabric is not as soft as the original version of this. The cut is also different. It looks almost very straight and does not flatter the body at all. It just makes me look stiff when it's buttoned up. I would never wear it like this if I bought it.
It looks much better unbuttoned, but still not flattering. I really think it's the fabric. The drape does not work in this version.
The side view kinda looks cute. Almost like a swing coat. If it weren't for the color, I don't think I would be interested in this at all. For $128- I say pass. Maybe if it comes up on WMTM with a decent mark down, at $78 or so!
Next up I tried on the Take Ten Hoodie. The only reason I grabbed this to try is again, the color! I don't think there's anything very special about this hoodie. If I saw this being sold at say Target, I probably wouldn't even look twice.
That said I tried this on in both size 4 and size 2. The 4 definitely fit more comfortably. If I picked this up, I would get the 4. The color reminds me a little too much like the Little Red Riding Hood. The fabric is similar to the Coast Wrap. Not that soft. The weight is light to medium. It's not as thick as the Scuba Hoodies.
I would say it's an average looking hoodie. Just kind of plain I think. I did however really like the fit. For a petite person, this hoodie works really well. The back seam does not hit too low on my body.
Here you can see the fit is more slim and form fitting. However the shoulders were ever so slightly tight. Nothing that would really bother me, but noticeable at first.
Overall, I think if it were to end up on WMTM for $78, I might reconsider. But that Resolution Wrap is really calling out my name!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Happy Friday!!!
Oh that's so annoying. Sorry to hear the new crops are even flimsier! Maybe you can return those for something else? Totally unacceptable for the price.
I love my resolution wrap,) First I got a black one. It is a heavier fabric, and that's why it looks and feels so good. Then I bought the deepZ. But be aware, this wrap is pilling a lot, especially on the inner side, where the pockets are. It is very prominent, when I wear black luon pants, and a lot of pilling will stay attached to them in the thigh area. It's not an issue with the black version, maybe because black cannot be seen on a black,) Or maybe the black version is not pilling?
Oh interesting. Good to know about the pilling. Thanks so much for that. Maybe I'll see if I can wait until WMTM. I wonder if you took it back to Lulu if they would do anything for you?


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San Fran Could Spent $50B On Reparations; Americans Overall Not Keen On Reparations
January 17, 2023 4:09PM PST
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A San Francisco task force is recommending the City of San Francisco make a one-time payment of five million dollars to each eligible black resident in the City.
The San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee says the lump sum payment would compensate for "decades of harm experienced as a result of both intentional decisions and unintended harms perpetuated by City policy."
The total cost of giving every black resident in San Francisco 5 million dollars would be 50 billion dollars.
The City's entire budget for 2023 is 14 billion dollars.
Nationally, a majority of Americans oppose reparations for descendants of slaves.
That's according to a new survey conducted by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. It found 63-percent of Americans don't support a federal policy that would provide descendants of slaves with financial compensation.
It's estimated that a reparations program would cost American taxpayers 12-trillion dollars.
Younger Americans were found to be in favor of reparations, with 57-percent of those between 18 and 29 years old voicing their support.
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After his defeat of Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter thought the danger had finally come to an end. But for the Backstreet Boys, it's only just beginning. One of them is guarding a secret, and if it gets out, it could put the lives of the whole group in jeopardy. Can Harry and his friends unite with the Boys to save this band of Muggles from the wrath of wizards?
Summary: The lives of Harry Potter and those whom he befriended through his years at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have never been neatly packaged. Since that first year it seems that everyone has lived under the effects of a powerful confundus charm that effect the seemingly orderly conduction of life. Whether it be trolls attacking the grounds or the infamous Weasley twins reeking havoc with their disastrously powerful treats in the Skiving Snackboxes or some other nonsense… And after The Boy Who Lived defeated Lord Voldermort and became The Man Who Conquered Death, life has yet to settle into a peaceful tale of sequential events. Nineteen years have instead provided an abundant source of disarray. But they truly wouldn't have it any other way.
Summary: Harry and Ginny Potter's daughter, Kristin Lillian Potter, meets Joshua Andrew Malfoy, Draco's son, on the train to Hogwarts.
Summary: Things are changing. The war is over. Voldemort has fallen. Why then do his followers still prowl the wizarding world? Why haven't they, too, ceased to exist and what happens when a certain Death Eater's son chooses to go against his father? Who pays the price? What happens? Only time can tell and only time can share what will become of a sudden unlikely couple.
Summary: Satiana and Ebony are transferred to Hogwarts from a magic school in Salem. Satiana is placed in Gryffindor and Ebony is placed in Slytherin. Can their friendship remain intact or will the Slytherin and Gryffindor feud be too much.
Summary: Hermione has been kidnapped and the only one who knows who took her can not remember. Can Ron's love for Hermione bring back his memory and save her?
Summary: Takes place after graduation, on the Hogwarts Express. Ron and Hermione are getting married and Harry is going after Lord Voldemort. Will the trio ever be the same? Please read and review. Please.
Summary: harry's last year has to be interesting right? especially with a new auror following him around school as a body guard. not olnly that the new auror is the defense against the dark arts teacher. this year should be really interesting.
Summary: this is a short collection of short stories im trying to decide to enter in a luna fanfiction contest.


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module Stellae
  # Register a new Product Order via this service
  #
  # "Advance ship notice"
  # This message provides the needed information to receive goods into inventory.
  # This should be sent instead of a purchase order.
  #
  class AdvanceShipNoticeRequest < Requests::Base
    endpoint_name :new_asn_entry
    root_name :ahn

    # Line Items for the incoming Product Order
    #
    collection :asn_lines

    # Invoice Date
    #
    datetime :invoice_date

    # Ship Date
    #
    datetime :ship_date

    # 'normally invoice number'
    #
    string :poref1

    # 'normally purchase order number'
    #
    string :poref2

    # Not mentioned in the documentation.
    #
    string :poref3

    # Not mentioned in the documentation
    #
    string :season

    # None of these are mentioned in the documentation!!! Yay
    #
    string :vendoraddress1
    string :vendoraddress2
    string :vendoraddress3
    string :vendorcity
    string :vendorcode
    string :vendorcountry
    string :vendorname
    string :vendorstate
    string :vendorzip
    string :warehouse
  end
end

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When reopening projects we've noticed the line width value is always reset to 2pt, even though another value may have previously been set. This appears a bug in the latest version of the software.
Thanks Paul, I found the same too. I will pass that on to the list.
I was facing a problem in the configuration of the camera as I was not getting the ultimate and required focus. Then I read an article on essay website which helped me to adjust the angles. Now everything is looking fine and I recommend you to check it.


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Richard Socarides of The New Yorker writes best practices for Olympic sponsors' advertising
By Alexandra Bolles, Associate Director, Campaigns & External Engagement |
In a piece entitled, "Advertisers' Gay-Rights Choice," Richard Socarides applauded several corporations that have been willing to stand up for the worldwide LGBT community by condeming Russia's anti-gay "propaganda" law. Within the same article, The New Yorker also named companies that have remained silent and recommended ways in which they could speak out against discriminatory laws and the violence they inspire:
There's a notable group of companies that hasn't spoken out against the law: the international brands that are serving as top sponsors of the Olympics. They include Coca-Cola, Atos, Dow, General Electric, McDonald's, Omega, Panasonic, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, and Visa. (Chris Geidner just posted a rundown on BuzzFeed of some of their plans for feel-good advertising.) Last Friday, forty human-rights organizations issued a joint statement calling on sponsors to "act now to urge Russia to halt the rising tide of discrimination, harassment and threats against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (L.G.B.T.) people." On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch released a devastating four-minute video containing graphic scenes of harassment and violence in Russia. On Wednesday, the international gay-rights group All Out held demonstrations against the Olympic sponsors in nineteen cities to urge the sponsors to speak more forcefully against the law.
Recently, GLAAD was among the 40 major advocacy organizations that reached out to the Olympic sponsors, calling on them to react against Russia's anti-gay law and uphold Principle 6 of the Olympic Charter.
The article continues,
There are other ways that sponsors could hint at their displeasure with the law. When I interviewed the Russian activist and author Masha Gessen last October, she suggested that corporate sponsors use their marketing clout to demonstrate support for gay rights. "It will be a lot more effective to put a rainbow on every Olympic Coke can than for an American athlete to say something that won't get broadcast or translated on Russian TV," she told me. Hilary Rosen, a Washington-based media consultant who advises corporate clients in crisis (and who has long been active in the gay-rights movement), believes sponsors should have developed a plan supporting equal rights globally and used gay athletes and notable gay allies in advertising or social media.
"Advertisers' Gay-Rights Choice" also features a quote from GLAAD's Vice President of Communications, Rich Ferraro, who is working with GLAAD to push stories of LGBT Russians and their families into mainstream press.
Still, the selection of Sochi for the Games may prove indirectly helpful to the international gay-rights movement by allowing activists to bring global attention to the issue—and condemnation of the law from some companies, if not the most visible ones. Rich Ferraro, a spokesman for the gay-rights group GLAAD, told me that he "expects huge press coverage" of gay-rights issues during the Olympics.
You can read the fully story here. GLAAD has released a Sochi Playbook for media planning to cover the Olympics. To learn more about what's happening in Russia, visit glaad.org/russia.
2014 Winter Olympics,
anti-gay propaganda law,
Sochi,
The New Yorker,
FDA Lifts Discriminatory Blood Donation Ban For Gay and Bisexual Men
GLAAD Media Guide: State Legislation About LGBTQ People
Davos Lights up in Rainbow for the Global LGBTQ Community


Washington State Patrol is investigating an accident that shut down 240 this morning.
The driver of a vehicle crossed over into the Eastbound lanes and hit a car head on.
One person is listed in critical condition, and alcohol does seem to be a factor.