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How to Cancel Your ExpressVPN Account and Get a Refund Fast
January 20, 2022 By Jade Nazareth No Comments
ExpressVPN is one of the best VPN services in the industry right now. However, if you're not happy with the service, there's always a 30-day refund that you can look into. Learn how to cancel your ExpressVPN account and ask for a refund.
How to cancel your ExpressVPN Account and Get a Refund
Whenever you sign up for the ExpressVPN service, you get to access a wide variety of superlative features. Yes, the service is a little pricey, but that's why you should go for the discounted price instead of the ExpressVPN monthly plan.
Also, apart from the ExpressVPN discount coupon, it has a 7-day free trial for smartphones and a reliable 30-day refund policy. This means anyone willing to try the VPN out now has a whole month of premium access. All you have to do is download and install the app to get started.
The refund period is not included for those who use the ExpressVPN app for more than a month. However, if all you're planning to do is cancel your account, take a look at the tutorial below.
How to cancel your ExpressVPN account
First, head over to the ExpressVPN website and sign in to your account.
Now, once you've signed in, go into your Dashboard and click on "Manage subscription settings."
Click on "Turn off automatic renewal" in the settings.
You'll be redirected to another page, provided with three options. Click on the one that says, "I have an issue and don't want to keep using ExpressVPN." And then click on "Skip."
You'll be redirected to a warning page, providing you with two options. Click on the one that says, "Stop my service on the expiration date."
Now, you'll be redirected back to your Dashboard. Click on the option that says "Turn On Automatic Renewal."
Now, if you've just got yourself an ExpressVPN subscription, and are less than a month into the service, you can still get a refund. Take a look below at how you can get a full ExpressVPN refund.
How to get a full ExpressVPN refund
Once you've re-confirmed the cancellation of the automatic renewal, contact the ExpressVPN support chat asking them for a refund. On your account page, you'll see a little blue box at the lower-left corner of the screen that says "Need help? Contact us". Click on it.
Once you click the chatbox, fill out a form with your email ID, and ask them for the cancellation of your account and a refund. Hit the "Send" button.
That's about it. You'll now receive an email, letting you that your request for a refund and cancellation has been processed. It'll take a few business days for the process and then an additional week or less to receive a full ExpressVPN refund.
Quick guide to cancel your ExpressVPN account and get a refund
Sign in to your ExpressVPN account.
Contact the ExpressVPN customer support
Ask for a refund before 30-days ends and wait as little as 7 days to get your money back.
ExpressVPN is great. It managed to unblock multiple streaming services with the best speeds, some of which include Netflix and Amazon Prime. You can catch all of its test and performance results in my ExpressVPN review.
However, since it's on the pricier side, and in case you wish to cancel your ExpressVPN account, there are other cheap vpn services to look out for. Surfshark is top on the list for the best and cheapest VPN. Either way, you can always opt for a free trial VPN to test it out before settling.
Just in case you're not happy with ExpressVPN, take a look at our VPN list for the best discounts and deals, offering the most affordable packages!


Hi! My name is Georganne Bell and I make a ridiculous amount of decorated sugar cookies simply because I want to.
Just kidding. It was only the beginning. Actually...if we're being super honest, the beginning was a long time before that. It actually started with cakes. **gasp** I know. My husband deployed for 15 months. I had a 9 month old child and NOTHING but time. Someone sent me a link to a YouTube video of someone making a 3D baby cake. You know the one where it looks like an ACTUAL child? It was horrifying. And I couldn't stop watching. I watched the entire video. And then just kept clicking on the "next video" button. I couldn't pull myself away. Three days later, I was pretty certain that I was an expert at making cakes.
I made some crazy cakes. 3D cakes were my favorite. Some of them were colossal failures...but for the most part, I was weirdly good at putting sugar and butter together in ways that were completely recognizable and mildly impressive. My husband returned from his deployment and we moved around a bunch.
We eventually ended up in South Korea for a time. It is not an understatement to say that baked goods aren't very big in South Korea. In fact, most apartments didn't even have ovens. My husband was (rightfully) very pleased with himself that he managed find an apartment with an actual oven.
Except that...this oven turned out to be roughly the size of an Easy-Bake oven. My 9X13 pan couldn't even fit inside it. So I gave up on cakes and turned to cookies to solve all my problems.
And THAT, my friends, was the real beginning of this crazy cookie decorating journey.
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Mets sign free agent outfielder Michael Cuddyer
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NEW YORK - Ready to go on a long-overdue playoff run, the New York Mets realized they owed their pitching staff - and fans - a proven hitter.
On Monday, they got one.
The Mets made baseball's first splash of the offseason, reaching agreement with two-time All-Star outfielder Michael Cuddyer on a two-year deal worth $21 million.
"Michael is a tremendous addition to the middle of our lineup," Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said in a statement.
The 2013 NL batting champion became the first top free agent to switch teams since the World Series. Cuddyer, who turns 36 in March, had until later in the day to decide whether to accept a $15.3 million qualifying offer from Colorado.
"Sandy has talked about we're looking to turn the corner here and start to compete in 2015," Mets assistant general manager John Ricco told reporters at the general managers' meetings in Arizona.
"I think this is a message that we're going to be aggressive. Right out of the box we had a guy we liked, and we went and got him," he said.
When he's healthy, Cuddyer hits. Even when he's hurt, he still swings a serious bat.
Cuddyer hit .332 with 10 home runs and 31 RBIs this year in a season interrupted by injuries.
He was limited to 49 games and was on the disabled list three times because of a strained left shoulder and a strained left hamstring. From mid-April to early September, he spent of a part of each month on the DL.
"He took a physical today. We've looked at all the injuries and there was nothing there that we were too concerned about," Ricco said. "And the age is the age. Certainly there's risk associated with any signing."
The Mets went 79-83 last season, their sixth straight losing year. They are hoping to contend for their first playoff spot since 2006, boosted by a strong rotation helped by the return of ace Matt Harvey from Tommy John surgery.
New York hit .239 as a team last year, 28th in the majors, and wanted to add a hitter or two this offseason. Their fans pointed to another stat - playing in a major market, they finished the regular season 21st in payroll at under $93 million - and hoped the team would spend what it took to improve.
Cuddyer made 35 starts in right field last year, along with 11 at first base and two at third base.
Cuddyer joins a lineup where Daniel Murphy was the leading hitter at .289. All-Star third baseman David Wright had a down season and finished with an injured shoulder, while first baseman Lucas Duda provided pop with 30 home runs.
Wright and Cuddyer are friends from the same region of Virginia, and have spent offseasons working out together and playing racquetball.
In the Mets' outfield, Juan Lagares won a Gold Glove last week in center. Curtis Granderson hit .227 with 20 homers while mostly playing right and Chris Young, Eric Young Jr. and several others shared left.
Cuddyer hit .331 with the Rockies in 2013, along with 20 home runs and 84 RBIs. He was the NL's starting designated hitter in the All-Star game that year at Citi Field.
The Mets are moving in the fences in right field at Citi Field for next season. A right-hander hitter, Cuddyer has sprayed the ball around over the years.
Cuddyer is a .279 hitter with a .347 on-base percentage in 14 seasons with Colorado and Minnesota, and hit a career-high 32 homers in 2009 with the Twins.
In his three years with the Rockies, he batted .329 at hitter-friendly Coors Field and .286 on the road.
"This is a guy who is a professional hitter," Ricco said. "He's been in both leagues and had success everywhere."
Cuddyer played in the postseason in six years with Minnesota, hitting .338 in 22 playoff games.
Cuddyer will get $8.5 million next season and $12.5 million in 2016.
By signing Cuddyer, the Mets lose their first-round draft pick in June, the 15th choice overall.
Colorado gets an extra pick between the first and second round.
The Rockies lost 96 games last season, second-most in the majors to Arizona's 98, with Carlos Gonzalez, Charlie Blackmon and Corey Dickerson in the outfield with Cuddyer.

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Ralph DeMas at one time was a feared member of the New England underworld, with a lengthy résumé of truck hijackings, home invasions, robberies, and other violent crimes. In his 80s, DeMas lived in a shared, moderately sized rental home located in Salisbury, Massachusetts. DeMas was born in 1936. His birth mother was a teenager living in a Connecticut home for unmarried mothers. He was abandoned at a young age. Thus beginning his unsettled life as a problematic foster child. DeMas recalls his time in foster care to be a not so great experience, but he doesn't blame anyone for it. When foster parents weren't 'happy with him' they would call up, and he would soon be on to the next home, bounced around from foster home to foster home. No one know the true story of young Ralph DeMas. However, one story states that at age 11, DeMas eventually found a loving foster mother whom he grew fond of. Mrs. Bowman of Bridgeport, Connecticut. With an abusive husband, the young DeMas felt he needed to stand and protect his foster mother. During one of many altercations involving the husband hitting Mrs. Bowman, DeMas grabbed a shotgun belonging to the man and threatened he would shoot him, then ran away. After this encounter, DeMas slept beside the gun in a graveyard. The next day robbed a card game by ordering everyone with the gun he had acquired, to strip naked. At a young age Mr. DeMasi spent time in a reformatory school, time in the Army as well as time behind bars. His activity is documented in the newspaper's police logs:	Ralph DeMasi was arrested after breaking into the Kingsway bowling alley in Fairfield and rifling a pinball machine … was remanded to the custody of the New York State Police after being charged with burglarizing a sporting-goods store in Brewster, N.Y. … was arrested at gunpoint behind a Boston furrier's, his car filled with $80,000 worth of furs, his pocket allegedly concealing a loaded gun. In 1970, shortly after his release from prison for a fur-theft conviction, DeMasi would soon meet his wife. He was working with one of her brothers and one day stopped at her mother's home in South Boston. The brother was working on a con known as "short change". Short changing included a person confusingly babbling to distract a sales clerk who would be exchanging and distributing money. DeMasi explained "You'd give them a 20 and say: 'Oh, wait a minute, I didn't mean to give that to you, take this dollar, oh, I need my change for the 20…It's just fast-talking." The couple was married within four short months. About the same period of time, DeMasi was suspected of burglarizing a Boston home in the suburbs. Upon searching DeMasi's apartment, a selection of assorted valuables were taken from him (items that were stolen from the burglary). The items included a mink coat, select jewelry in addition to a saxophone. During the apartment raid a note to his now ex-wife was discovered. The note read:"Hi Honey! Went out with the cat & got nothing! Am going over to give Millie the money & then shall be taking a fast ride to Providence & try to get some money for the diamonds & the fur. Take care. Should be back by 3 p.m. Get ready & I will take you downtown. Took $19 out of your pocketbook? Love, Ralph." Their first child was born on Christmas day. During the birth DeMasi was sitting in prison. At some point during her second pregnancy, DeMasi showed up at their home in Rhode Island driving a rental truck informing his wife that they had to move "right now… to California". DeMasi was arrested there soon after. DeMasi's wife of the time was able to post his bail just before giving birth, with assistance of some connections she had in Rhode Island. Ms. DeMasi would often anxiously wait for her husband's return following a hit. She said the feeling of uneasiness felt "Like an eternity". Some of the waiting would last years. The only existence with his family came in the form of his emotionless voice on mailed audio-cassettes via prison. Inmates' chatter and prison ambiance could be heard while DeMasi would convey his love and vow to improve for the better for his family. One tape DeMasi could heard pleading: "I want to get out of here, and I want to be with you and the children," this was in 1977. He was also quoted on these tapes claiming "Never again going through all them crazy runarounds. No way, boy. We just gotta put it all behind us, baby, and get away from it." However, none of this ever happened. During these times, Mr. DeMasi was a respected affiliate of Mr. Patriarca; a Mafia boss that organized and operated crime in the New England area. Mr. Patriarca owned a vending-machine business that was located on Federal Hill, Providence. The front of the store had a lackluster look to it sporting broken cigarette machines next to dated arcade games. Located in the back was a cluttered desk belonging to Mr. Patriarca. He accumulated tributes, appointed elected officials and arranged for the deaths of many. The bond between Mr. DeMasi and Mr. Patriarca came to life while the two were serving time in an Adult Correctional Institution located in Rhode Island. The men enjoyed taking walks together in the prison yard. Mr. Patriarca had similarly grown up without a father. Patriarca displayed qualities of toughness, avoiding the spotlight, and keeping tight lipped, all qualities he would find in his new rugged friend, DeMasi. Patriarca saw this as a connection between the two that created their relationship. Despite gunshot wounds during a drive by shooting, DeMasi remained silent and declined to ever give anyone up, this included Whitey Bulger. The connection he made with this crime family eventually paid off. Amongst his recurrent prison visits, Mr. DeMasi was comforted knowing that his family would have food delivered, cars to drive, and a Christmas tree during the holidays. Every week, Ms. DeMasi claimed that she would be able to arrive at Mr. Patriarca's store "and there'd be an envelope with $200. All 20s". Mr. DeMasi recognized himself as a devoted family man who viewed criminal activity as a "9-to-5 job with the occasional late night". Law enforcement would watch him drive off in the morning to plan robberies, upon returning home later those evenings, leaving the dirty work to others. Mr. Andrews, previously a Rhode Island law enforcement official, stated "Ralph was all about work". Mr. DeMasi was so devoted to his criminal lifestyle that at one time he could be in prison for one crime, facing trial from another in addition to being under indictment from a third. He was almost as commonly known in the courts as those who worked in them. During one of his many stays in prison DeMasi composed an emotional letter on almost 8 feet of prison toilet paper, to a Rhode Island judge. It described the lack of fairness in being denied bail. In the letter he invites the judge to make use of the toilet paper for its original purpose. His obscene, passionate appeal lives on through court files and archives. At one time DeMasi chose to represent himself in a trial where he was being tried for the conspiracy to murder another judge via assassin's by bombing the judge's house. The trial lasted two weeks, and Mr. DeMasi sported fairly casual outfits including buttoned shirts, simple slacks and brown Hush Puppy style shoes along with white socks. Not once did he wear a jacket or even a tie. According to The Providence Journal, his case was presented without even opening a law book. DeMasi relied heavily on a paperback mail-ordered book laying out the secrets to winning a criminal trial. Mr. DeMasi's highest level of education was middle school. Despite this, he still ended up beating the case and exonerating himself. He immediately accused the prosecutor of going back on a $10 bet regarding the outcome of the trial. He then invited the whole jury to accompany him for a drink. In spite of this, he drank alone that night. In the late '80s, a large quantity of gangsters in New England were specializing in burglarizing armored trucks. Distinguished among the group was Ralph DeMasi. DeMasi explained to the "Crimetown" podcast: "There were two objectives, get the money and don't get caught getting the money.". Before these gangsters would rob the trucks, a lot of thought and plan would go into the process. A crew had to be assembled: "a gunman, wheelman, lookout". Weeks of surveillance was then done. Surveillance would include watching the routines of the police, understand the flow of traffic, study the trucks' schedules concerning when they would come and go, and finally learn the routines of guards that would work on those trucks. Most importantly, one had to organized the escape plan. "Everything had to be planned out… It couldn't be just spur of the moment" DeMasi explained. The heists could contain upwards of hundreds of thousands and even some millions of dollars. At this point, police would be able narrow down the probable suspects to the same group. "There weren't that many guys doing these jobs. You always knew. That's Fiore. That's DeMasi." Mr. Andrews explained. In the August of '91, Mr. DeMasi was residing in the Pines camping area, settled in the 'woods and marshes of Salisbury'. Many years divorced at this point in his life, his at the time campsite home, furnished and tarp-covered was conveniently located near his children and ex-wife. Ms. DeMasi had a brief episode of unfaithfulness to her husband during his time in prison. He forgave her however she would not forgive herself. Some time later, DeMasi was bragging of a time he had robbed an armored truck to an undercover state police officer in Massachusetts who was undergoing a drug investigation at the time. DeMasi was recorded saying things like: "That's always been my thing, always been my thing… Like I say, I love to go and get the cash." As he continued he explained "We put our thing together. We clock it, we clock it, we clock it, we clock it, we clock it, right? The guard's taking the money in the bank, or he's bringing it out or whatever. Then boom, we catch him. Boom, boom, quick — it's over. Although DeMasi was known to be a tough guy in prison that would pull his own teeth, he also had many other sides to him. His now ex-wife explains that he spent a large quantity of time locked away in solitary confinement instead of simply obeying orders. He was also however, excessively giving, DeMasi was known for passing on a great deal of his stolen money. Mr. Fiore, his former comrade recollected a time they had robbed a car in Taunton, MA. He explained that a short time after the robbery, DeMasi would have no more money because "Ah, this guy's in jail, and his wife don't have this; his kids don't have that." Mr. DeMasi also found joy in boasting about himself. Almost like he was trying to prove that he was the head of the crew. But by the summer of '91 his crew did include a mix of some corrupt gamblers, a 'hanger-on' not to trusted by other gangsters and a haphazard younger man from the Pine campground. At that point, the F.B.I. was watching the DeMasi crew begin their plans for their next attack. They had been monitoring deliveries at a bank located in a strip-mall, in Newburyport. Fairly close in distance to the campground. One day the group was pictured having a picnic overseeing surveillance in the parking lot. Many weeks of planning later, Mr. DeMasi and his crew decided to take action. It was a warm morning and the crew was suited up with the necessary equipment. But just before they could move in on the armored truck, F.B.I. vehicles arose from all angles. Quickly, the five men were placed under arrest. This included a conquered DeMasi. James Mullen, a detective for the Rhode Island State Police recalled "He was cold…No emotion. Nothing." DeMasi was later given a more than two decade sentence in prison by the federal court. The judge asked if anyone else had any motions, in which DeMasi answers "Kiss my ass." the judge responded "Motion denied". 2013, Mr. DeMasi was finally released. He was given some "walking-around money" approximately $5,000, from an ambassador of Raymond Patriarca Jr., who was the son of the original mob boss, who was dead now 30 years and counting. The gift was a mob tradition, to recognize a man's lengthy and loyal service, but the younger Mr. Patriarca claimed that didn't happen. DeMasi had since fell back into a New England life that mostly didn't remember him. He continued a structured life in his home in Salisbury. He exercised, followed a vegetarian diet, and had kept his small bedroom neat. He continued to dream about the possibility of robbing trucks and other violent crimes one day. Though he had a shaky recollection of his past he did hold a strong connection with his ex-wife. She claimed "If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing…I still tell people today: Nobody on this earth — past, present or future – will ever love the way me and Ralph loved." On a Tuesday in December 2016, Ralph DeMasi was arrested for the murder of an armored guard, Edward Morlock Sr., during an armored truck heist. He now sits in the Worcester County Jail awaiting trial that is expected to begin in 2018.
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Police have confirmed a body found at Mt Macedon is that of missing Melbourne mum Karen Ristevski who disappeared from her Avondale Heights home back on June 29, 2016.
The discovery was reportedly made by a bushwalker in the dense Victorian bushland 65km north of Melbourne and 52km from where Mrs Ristevski was last seen.
"Police can confirm the human remains found at Mount Macedon yesterday are that of missing Avondale Heights woman Karen Ristevski," Victoria Police said on Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Ristevski's cousin Lisa Gray told Fairfax that the family were devastated over the news and described her as a "generous and loving person".
"Karen was such a beautiful, kind, generous and loving person. I would like to thank the police, the SES and everyone else who has helped us through this time," she added.
Her aunt Patricia Gray added that they are "happy we found her. Devastated that's how she was discarded".
"How a person such as Karen, so full of love, life and laughter, could be left, abandoned, discarded with no thought or emotion shown is unforgivable," she said.
Mrs Ristevski was last seen on June 29 as she walked out of her home in Melbourne's northwest at around 10am after an argument with her husband over money.
The last thing Ristevski reportedly told her husband, 52-year-old Borse Ristevski, was "I'm going to go and clear my head."
Investigations are still ongoing as to what happened to the 47-year-old, and police are now expected to step up their search to find the person responsible.
Police are yet to identify any suspects in her death.


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Q: How to validate Windows Credentials in a UWP app This scenario is for a UWP app for which Windows domain authentication needs to be used.
When creating Windows Forms applications, I can use the code below to have the user input their domain credentials to verify the user and then provide permission to perform tasks within the application.
The code below works perfectly in Windows Forms applications as in if the user is connected to the network, it authenticates with the server and otherwise validates with the cached credentials.
How can I validate active directory credentials both on the server and locally cached in a UWP app?
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        bool valid = false;
        try
        {
            using (PrincipalContext context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain))
            {
                valid = context.ValidateCredentials(textBox1.Text, textBox2.Text);
                if (valid)
                {
                    // Login with server credentials successful
                    MessageBox.Show("Successfully Logged In");
                }
                else
                {
                    // Login with server credentials failed
                    MessageBox.Show("Invalid UserName/Password");
                }
            }
        }
        catch (PrincipalServerDownException exPSD)
        {
            //server is down; check local cache
            MessageBox.Show("server is down; check local cache");
            valid = false;
            using (PrincipalContext checkpass = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Machine)) //checks local machine first
            {

                valid = checkpass.ValidateCredentials(textBox1.Text, textBox2.Text);

                if (valid)
                {
                    // Login with cached credentials successful
                    MessageBox.Show("Successfully Logged In");
                }
                else
                {
                    // Login with cached credentials failed
                    MessageBox.Show("Invalid UserName/Password");
                }

            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            //some other exception; show general message
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        }
    }

A: The Web Account Management sample shows how to validate credentials against AD.

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Do you use Whatspp? Ofcourse! Can you name 10 people who don't use WhatsApp on their smartphone? We doubt you can. There is no doubt that WhatsApp has emerged as the most frequently used message application today. Not only chatting, but it has become an amazing platform to fetch more sales. But like any other platform, you should also know the effective way to sell on WhatsApp. So, here we have come up with easy yet extremely useful tricks.
It is recommended to get a separate number only for your business purposes. You can use this number only for product sharing and communicating with your potential customers. Reason? Well, you might have to share this number with many of your buyers. So, it will allow you to separate your personal and professional activities.
You might be aware of the "Groups" feature of WhatsApp and be part of many groups as well. Use this to your advantage by creating a group for your store online.
However, do not simply fill the group with the link to your store or its products. Create interactions among users by asking for their feedback on your store and products. Make the users involved in your group. Once that is achieved, it will be easier for you to sell your products.
The key trick to selling your products through WhatsApp is limiting yourself. Do not keep on sending links to your contacts or groups. Overuse of WhatsApp will irritate everyone who keeps on receiving the message. Do not share products of 50 links in a day. For groups, only 5-10 links in a day are sufficient and only if you have an active group with lots of conversation. Limited messages will get attention instead of annoying frequent messages.
Started only a month back, WhatsApp Business App allows companies to directly interact with customers. It has the same look as WhatsApp, but is much more business-centric in nature. Here you can create a profile with information like business description, email and store address. You can send customized messages as well as quick replies to frequently asked questions. This gives an effective professional touch.
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Q: When .ical is generated by Wordpress plugin download it as .ics I've a plugin installed in Wordpress which came with a theme we've purchased and it is working great. There is only one thing that needs to be changed. The downloadable calendar files have a .ical extension and I need it to be an .ics extension. I can change the extension manually after download and it works fine.
However I tried changing the plugin itself, and altering some code gave the desired result, however I can't auto-update the plugin any longer. My idea was to change every .ical to .ics using .htaccess, because if I could make this work, it would be the best solution. However I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. (By the way the .ical are generated by accessing the /calendar/feed/ical url, then generated and instantly downloaded, so no actual files, just virtual ones).
I got this right now but it's not working (it just downloads the .ical)
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A: Rewrite would not be better solution.Change it while its generating on server.
That is too convenient way to handle the file extension.


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This has seen him working with countless musicians, singers and groups that include Herb Alpert, Ashford & Simpson, Philip Bailey, George Benson, George Bohannon, Paulinho Da Costa, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Emotions, Steve Gadd, The Gap Band, Marvin Gaye, Gene Harris, Phyllis Hyman, Quincy Jones, Patti LaBelle, Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Don Myrick, Chuck Rainey, Lee Ritenour, Pharoah Sanders, Louis Satterfield, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Tedesco, Stanley Turrentine, Deniece Williams and Snooky Young.
Albums he has appeared on include Herb Alpert & Hugh Masakela, Spirit of Love by Con Funk Shun, Romantic Journey by Norman Connors, Bittersweet by Lamont Dozier, I Am by Earth, Wind & Fire, Sunbeam by The Emotions, The Gap Band, In Our Lifetime by Marvin Gaye, Shine On by L.T.D., L.A. Is My Lady by Frank Sinatra, Tender Togetherness by Stanley Turrentine and This is Niecy by Deniece Williams.


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The Mad Wolf is Billy's racing machine since F-Zero X. Built in the same lab that raised Billy, it was designed specifically for Billy to operate. Since Billy has limited recognition for the written language, the machine instead emits various things to stimulate Billy's senses based on the Mad Wolf's surroundings, such as pictures, colors, sounds, and smells. The Mad Wolf has above-average body and boost with an average girp.
The Mad Wolf is available to use in four colors: Yellow (default), pink, teal, and blue.
The concept for this project was to design a machine a monkey could operate. Because Billy has limited written-language recognition, the design lab implemented a navigation system that operates with the assistance of pictures, colors, sounds and smells. For instance, in track locations where it is suitable to accelerate quickly, the smell of bananas (Billy's absolute favorite thing) is emitted into the cockpit, thereby exciting him and making him press the accelerator.
The wings of the Mad Wolf are shaped like bananas.
In Nintendo Power's F-Zero comic, on the sixth page, a machine can be seen at the starting line can be seen behind Captain Falcon, numbered 11. The machine however is blue, not the yellow of the Mad Wolf, suggesting that this one may have 'retired', allowing Billy a spot in the race for F-Zero X.
AI Mad Wolf is the only machine that Spin Attacks after hitting a Jump Plate, in F-Zero X.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis calls for special session to counter Biden's vaccine mandates
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Gov. Ron DeSantis called a special legislative session on Thursday to prohibit local vaccine mandates in Florida.
The decision follows a series of coronavirus vaccine mandates imposed by President Joe Biden's administration. This does not sit well with Florida's governor, who has "had enough" of federal meddling in state affairs.
The announcement was made at a press conference in Clearwater with new Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Attorney General Ashley Moody, where staff passed out signs saying "Don't Tread on Florida" and "Freedom Has a Home Here."
"We're here to announce that we need to take action to protect Florida jobs," DeSantis said. Biden's government is making use of a "heavy hand … to force these injections (on) a lot of folks who believe that decision should be theirs."
The Republican governor also stated that the state government is taking aggressive legal action to end mandatory vaccinations, but that legislative action is also required, hence the call for a separate, special session.
Following DeSantis' announcement that he would call a special session of the Legislature, Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls' office released a memo he sent to members:
"This morning, Gov. DeSantis announced that he plans to call the Legislature into aSpecial Session. At this time, we have not received the dates or details regarding any proposed call. We are in communication with the Governor's Office and our partners in the Senate, and we will share details with you as they emerge."
DeSantis signed an executive order in April prohibiting the use of vaccine passports in the Sunshine State. In May, he signed legislation enacting the ban into law. Businesses are not allowed to require customers to prove their vaccination status under the law (pdf). It also prohibits Florida government entities from issuing such documents.
"In Florida, your personal vaccination choice will be protected, and no business or government entity will be able to deny you services based on your decision," DeSantis said before signing the bill into law in May.
Republicans in Texas, Wyoming, and Nebraska are considering enacting statewide legislation opposing vaccine mandates.
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Brendan Taylor was a TV news producer for 5 and a half years. He is an experienced writer. Brendan covers Breaking News at Insider Paper.


Mitel has purchased Toshiba's Telecommunication Systems Division (TSD), which was set to shut down.
TSD is a manufacturer of IP business telephone systems designed for small-to medium-size businesses and larger enterprises with multiple locations. Toshiba planned to shut down sales of new systems in its business phone division as part of its continuing global restructuring.
A memorandum of understanding was signed by Mitel and Toshiba on May 11. Effective immediately, Toshiba customers and partners have a "clear path forward with Mitel, including ongoing access to existing Toshiba products and services," Mitel said.
In addition, to ensure business continuity, a key group of Toshiba sales, support and R&D employees will join Mitel and will continue to provide support to existing Toshiba customers and partners. The transaction also includes a transition services agreement to provide product and service continuity.
Snaptech IT is one of about 250 authorized TSD dealers in the United States. Back in March, Ben Stiegler, its vice president of business development for Northern California, said dealers in the U.S., Canada and Latin America were all "blindsided" by the news of the closure.
Mitel's purchase is a "relief, but who knows how much of one as we have not really had any detailed information from Mitel yet," he said.
Mitel said the acquisition reflects its strategy to focus on expanding its position in the UCC market as digital transformation accelerates demand for cloud-based business communications services, and business productivity applications are reshaping organizations globally.


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"Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents"
"Women"
Beauty salons (Beauty shops) 7
Domestic slave trade 7
Slave hire system 3
Classical (Music) 1
Financial records 13
Receipts 5
Price lists 3
Sales records 3
Diplomas 2
Lists (document genres) 2
Business letters 1
Certificates 1
Checks (bank checks) 1
Judicial records 1
Essex County 10
Andrew County 1
Carroll Parish 1
Charleston 1
Charleston County 1
Marion County 1
New York County 1
Rouzee Family 10
Poro College 7
Brown, Lucille 6
Brown, Elder 2
Kennedy, Ida Miller 2
Malone, Annie 2
Abrams, Virginia J. 1
American Fletcher National Bank 1
Ball, Annie R. 1
Ball, Elias Nonus 1
Carson Pirie Scott & Co. 1
Cheatham, Fleming C. 1
Davis, George 1
Douglass, Joseph Henry 1
Draughon, James W. 1
Lelia College 1
Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company 1
Madame C.J. Walker School of Beauty Culture 1
Mae's Millinery Shop 1
McCarthey, Mary 1
North Sixtieth Street Association membership certificate issued to Mae Reeves
Issued by
North Sixtieth Street Residents' and Merchants' Association, American
Mae's Millinery Shop, American, 1941 - 1994
ink on paper.
H x W: 7 3/16 x 9 11/16 in. (18.3 x 24.6 cm)
A certificate of membership for the North Sixtieth Street Residents' and Merchants' Association, dated April 1st, 1987. The certificate is black ink printed on light blue paper, with both preprinted text and typewritten text. It is signed by Robert H. Coleman, president, and Maggie Carter, secretary. The reverse is blank.
2010.6.211
Letter to Mary Church Terrell from Joseph Douglass
Douglass, Joseph Henry, American, 1871 - 1935
Terrell, Mary Church, American, 1863 - 1954
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, American, 1811 - 1896
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, American, founded 1896
ink on paper (fiber product)
H x W: 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Letter to Mrs. Terrell from Joseph H. Douglass, grandson of Frederick Douglass, dated May 31, 1911. Single page written on Douglass' personal stationary. Black ink on tan paper. Letter head at the top reads [JOSEPH H. DOUGLASS / Solo Violinist / ENGAGEMENTS ACCEPTED / FOR RECITALS / CONCERTS AND CHURCH / SERVICES / NOW TOURING AMERICA]. Along the left side of the page is a text box containing five quotes from newspapers titled [PRESS COMMENTS]. The handwritten letter reads [1644 Fla. ave N. W. / Wash. D.C. May 31st 1911 / My dear Mrs Terrell: / Replying to your esteemed / favor just received, will say / that it is my pleasure to / accept the invitation to the present / and render a violin selection / on the occasion of the one hun- / dredth anniversary of Harriet / Beecher Stowe. / I thank you for the oppor- / tunity and honor which enables / me to add my little mite / in the celebration of that noble / woman's birth as well as to appear / before such a body of honored women. / I am proud of the fact that / among those mentioned in your / letter, none will be more represen- / tative or distinguished among the / speakers of the meeting than your / honored self. / Yours most sincerely / Joseph H. Douglass / (P.S. / I have carefully / noted the date June 14")]
Classical (Music)
Agreement regarding hiring of enslaved woman Nelly and her children
Rouzee Family, American
L x W: 4 3/4 x 8 in. (12.1 x 20.3 cm)
Essex County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
This document is from a collection of financial papers related to the plantation operations of several generations of the Rouzee Family in Essex County, Virginia. The papers date from the 1790s through 1860.
This document is an agreement between John Rouzee and John Hirshaw regarding the hire of the enslaved woman Nelly and her children. One side contains Rouzee's letter to Hirshaw requesting they be returned well clothed and stating that Hirshaw will be paid four (4) dollars, which is the balance he is owed for moving the enslaved persons to Culpeper. Rouzee's message is dated December 22, 1810 from Epping Forest. The reverse side contains Hirshaw's written response to Rouzee, dated December 26, 1810, in which he asks for five (5) instead of four (4) dollars from Rouzee. Both sides are handwritten in black ink.
Slave hire system
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Liljenquist Family
Portfolio/Series
Rouzee Family Papers
Payment receipt to Eliza Noel for "attendance on a negro woman named Janet"
This single page document is a receipt of payment made by Edward Rouzee to Eliza Noel for "attendance on negro woman named Janette belonging to the estate of the late John Rouzee." The document is signed in the bottom right by William Noel on behalf of Eliza Noel. On the reverse is written "Noel Eliza, Rec'd $2, 18 March 1824." Both sides are written by hand in black ink. The paper is torn unevenly on the right and bottom sides. It has been folded vertically multiple times.
Payment receipt for loan of Milly and her children, owned by Apphia Rouzee
L x W: 3 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (9.5 x 19.7 cm)
This document is a payment receipt for bonds of loan made by Evan Brown in the amount of seven (7) pounds ten (10) shillings, for six (6) bonds of loan, delivered to Mrs. Eleanor Lane for "support of a negro woman named Milly and her children, who are the property of Mrs. Apphia Rouzee." The amount of payment is written at the bottom left and circled. Just below the amount is the signature of witness Thomas Brown. At the bottom right is the signature of Joseph Sanford. On the reverse is written "1807" and "Sanford's Rec'd." Both sides are handwritten in black ink. The paper is uneven at the top and has been folded once horizontally and multiple times vertically.
List of enslaved persons to be brought to Rouzee plantation from North Carolina
L x W: 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (31.1 x 19.7 cm)
Richmond, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
This handwritten, one page, single-sided document is titled "Hands to be brought from N. Ca." at the top. The document consists of a list of men in the lefthand column, totaled "8 males" at the bottom, and a list of women and children in the righthand column, totaled "9 females + 4 children" at the bottom. In the middle is the note "From Richmond / 2 children" above some numerical notations, possibly monetary amounts.
The names in the list of males are as follows: John Ray, Henry, Davy Sr., Buck, Wm Rsand, Davy Jr, Harry, Robert.
The names in the list of women and children are as follows: Marin + child, Mary Jane, Dilcy+ Baby, Amy + child + Lizzie Nurse, Judy Marins daughter, Eliza Walker, Sally, Agnes + baby to be notified immediately, Fenton.
The two children noted in the middle are not named.
Domestic slave trade
List of men, women and children owned by E. Westmore in 1860
L x W: 12 1/2 x 8 in. (31.8 x 20.3 cm)
This handwritten one page, double-sided document is titled "Slaves Belonging to E. Westmore / for June 1860." On one side of the document is a list men's first names and their ages, with dark diagonal slash marks crossing out last names and birthdates. A few names have additional notes of "Mulatto" or "Indian." There are 25 men total. The other side of the document is titled "Women + female Children" and lists 32 names and ages, with dark diagonal slash marks crossing out last names and birth dates. A few names have additional notes of "Mulatto" or "Indian."
Deed of transfer of enslaved persons from the estate of Richard Rouzee
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
A deed of transfer for enslaved persons named Alexander, Billy, Judah and children Peter and Lucinda, Winney, Nanny and "old man Phil" from Mrs. Apphia Rouzee, executrix of the late Richard Rouzee, to William Webb. The document is signed in the bottom right corner by William Webb and signed in the bottom left corner by witness Robert Hill. The document is handwritten in black ink, with multiple ink drips, smudges, and bleeds.
L x W: 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. (14 x 19.7 cm)
judicial records
A deed of transfer for enslaved persons named Richmond, Frederick, Sukey and child Henrietta, Simon, WIlliam, Ursula, Junior, Phoebe, Mortimer, Horace and Joe from the estate of Richard Rouzee to William Webb. The document is handwritten in black ink. In the bottom right corner is the signature of William Webb; the ink has bled at the beginning and end of the signature. In the bottom left corner is the signature of witness Robert Hill. The document has been folded once vertically and once horizontally.
Payment receipt for the hire of a woman enslaved and owned by Edward Rouzee
L x W: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
A payment receipt for Mr. Edward Rouzee from Mrs. Mary Smith regarding the amount of twenty (20) dollars paid by Mrs. Smith for "services rendered to a negro woman belonging to said Rouzee." The document is signed in the bottom left corner by an agent for Mary Smith. The document is handwritten in brown ink. The paper has been folded once vertically and once horizontally.
Payment receipt to Elizabeth Noel for "attendance on negro woman Amy"
L x W: 4 x 7 in. (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
A receipt for payment from Edward Rouzee to Eliza A. Noel for "attendance on negro woman Amy." Below the text to the right is the signature [her / Eliza Noel / x / mark]. Below the text to the left is the signature of witness William Noel. The document is dated December 23, 1823. The document is handwritten in black ink. The paper is torn above, to right, and at the bottom. It has been folded vertically multiple times.
Check signed by Madam C. J. Walker
American Fletcher National Bank, American, founded 1839
Walker, Madam C.J. Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1906
Walker, Madam C.J., American, 1867 - 1919
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., American, founded 1854
H x W: 3 x 7 13/16 in. (7.6 x 19.8 cm)
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
July 13, 1912 check signed by Madam C. J. Walker payable to Carson Pirie Scott & Co. in the amount of $115.00. The check is a rectangular piece of cream colored paper with printed, handwritten, and stamped text on the front. The date, payable party, numerical dollar amount, and signature are handwritten. The check number is stamped in red, the letters "P.W." are stamped in purple, and the written amount is stamped in red. At the top left is a logo featuring a black shield with white text that reads "THE / FLETCHER / AMERICAN / NATIONAL / BANK / OF / INDIANAPOLIS." Letterhead centered at the top reads "The Mme. C. J. Walker Mfg. Co. / INCORPORATED / 640 N. WEST STREET." At the top left is a pattern of punched-out holes. The back contains multiple colored stamps and pencil notations.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of A'Lelia Bundles / Madam Walker Family Archives
Deed of sale for an enslaved woman named Cassey
Draughon, James W., American, born 1831
McCarthey, Mary
Cheatham, Fleming C., American, 1835 - 1872
H x W: 12 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (30.8 × 20 cm)
Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
This deed of sale records the sale of an enslaved woman named Cassey (born 1819) by Mary McCarthey to Fleming C. Cheatham, both of Carroll Parish, Louisiana, on March 3, 1859. Cassey was 40 years old and was sold for $1,000.00. The deed was recorded by James W. Draughon, also of Carroll Parish. The paper is folded along the top edge of the first page, with text being on the front and reverse of one page and the second page having one blank side and the reverse of this second page containing the names of the involved parties and the date of the sale. Embossed into the final page of the deed is a seal depicting a Pelican with the words "RECORDER'S OFFICE" in the center and the words "STATE OF LOUISIANA / PARISH OF CARROLL" around the outer band.
Notice of an impending sheriff's sale of 7 enslaved persons
Rupell, Edward
Schultz, George
H x W: 8 x 8 1/2 in. (20.3 x 21.6 cm)
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
A legal notice of judgment against George W. Davis in favor of George Schultz for $2,434.20 where Andrew County, Missouri sheriff Edward Rupell announces that he will sell enslaved persons belonging to Davis to settle his debt. The document consists of a pre-printed form with [SHERIFF'S SALE.] at the top and the names, amounts, date and other details completed by hand. the list of enslaved persons is handwritten on a second sheet of blue paper adhered to the bottom of the first. The list reads:
[One negro man named Martin aged 33 years
one negro woman named Walker aged 23 years
one negro woman named Rachel aged 37 years
one negro girl named Amanda aged 10 years
one negro girl named Alice aged 6 years
one negro girl named Polly aged 6 years
and one negro girl named Addie aged 3 years]
The document is signed [Edward Rupell Sheriff of Andrew County Missouri].
Diploma from The Leila College
Lelia College, American, founded 1908
Madame C.J. Walker School of Beauty Culture, American, 1910 - 1985
Abrams, Virginia J., American
Certificate: L x W: 10 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (27.8 x 25.7 cm)
Frame: L x W: 17 x 16 3/16 in. (43.2 x 41.1 cm)
New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
This diploma from The Lelia College reads "The Lelia College" in large black ornate letters in a curve across the top. Beneath it reads "Indianapolis, Indiana/ For teaching Mme. C.J. Walker's Method of Growing Hair." For full text please see Notes Text Entries Transcription. The diploma is decorated with scrolling swirls around the college name and a stylized border around the edge. The paper is yellowed and creased and torn along some of the creases. The diploma is surrounded by a white matting and dark brown wooden frame with a glassed front. On the back of the frame is a white sticker with red and black text. It reads "Enterprising Women: / 250 Years of American Business / National Heritage Museum / BU 3.4-WF Wall Frame No. 3.5.22 / Walker, Madam C. J. (1867-1919) / Lelia College Diploma / A'Lelia Bundles/Walker Family Collection / All venues."
Price list for dealers of Poro beauty products
Poro College, American, 1918 - 1950s
Brown, Lucille, American, 1892 - 1960
H x W: 8 1/2 x 7 in. (21.6 x 17.8 cm)
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
This is a sheet of paper with a price list for Poro dealers of Poro Products. Along the top is the title for the price list "NEW SCHEDULE OF REDUCED PRICES WITH TAX/ For Poro Dealers only." The pricing list is split into six columns. The column titles read from left to right "HAIR PREPARATIONS / Dealer's/ Price/ Gov. / Tax/ Total/ Charge/ Customers'/ Price/ Total/ With Tax." Along the lower third of the sheet include instructions for pricing as well as a price schedule for soap with tax. It contains a new schedule of reduced prices with tax. There are several creases from folding throughout the sheet; these are reinforced by clear tape.
Beauty salons (Beauty shops)
Price list for dealers of Poro products
H x W (opened): 6 x 9 5/8 in. (15.2 x 24.4 cm)
H x W (folded closed): 6 x 3 5/16 in. (15.2 x 8.4 cm)
This is a confidential Poro Price List pamphlet for Poro dealers. The pamphlet is black type on cream colored paper, folded in thirds. The front cover has the text contained within a rectangle over the whole of the front. At the top is underlined text that reads "CONFIDENTIAL." In the upper third is the title of the pamphlet "PORO/ PRICE LIST/ (WHOLESALE)." In the lower half are two lines of text contained within two dashes "FOR PORO DEALERS/ ONLY." Along the bottom is the company information that reads "PORO COLLEGE, INC. / Anna M. Malone, Pres. / 4415 South Parkway/ CHICAGO, ILL."
H x W (opened): 6 x 9 7/16 in. (15.2 x 24 cm)
Receipt for ten dollars from Lucille Brown
Malone, Annie, American, 1869 - 1957
Kennedy, Ida Miller, American
H x W: 3 7/16 x 7 1/8 in. (8.7 x 18.1 cm)
Receipt for ten dollars from Lucille Brown, signed by Annie Malone for a diploma for Ida Miller Kennedy. In the upper right corner is the number "51" printed in blue. In the upper left corner is a blank for the amount listed, which is filled in with ink "$10/00." The receipt reads "2-28-1919/ Received from Mrs. Lucile Brown/ Ten Dollars./ For Diploma for Mrs. Ida Miller C. Kennedy/ Annie M. Malone,/ (illegible)." Stamped across the lower left quadrant diagonally are the words "Department (illegible)."
Diploma issued to Lucille Brown from Poro College
ink on paper with foil and cloth
16 1/8 × 20 1/4 × 1/2 in. (41 × 51.4 × 1.3 cm)
This is a Poro College diploma received by Lucille Brown. On the diploma in the lower left corner is a gold, embossed, seal with a purple ribbon. The diploma is printed in black text with blanks provided throughout for filling in information about the recipient, the date, and the person conferring the degree. Under the blanks are lines of red ink. From the top of the page text reads "Poro College/ &/ Scalp Treatment and Hair Culture/ St. Louis, Mo./ Established in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred/ Know all Parties by these Presents, That/ Lucille Brown/has completed a full course of instruction in the treatment of the scalp and the culture of the/ hair, as prescribed by the Poro System./ And has passed such examinations as to satisfactorily demonstrate her ability to properly apply the intricate methods thereto./ Now, therefore, by virtue of the power vested in us, we have granted this/ DIPLOMA/ with all of the privileges attendant thereupon./ In Witness Whereof, We, the President and Secretary, have subscribed our names and caused this seal/ of the College to be affixed hereunto, this Nineteenth day of March 1915./ Annie M. Pope Turnbo President/ Maudelle McMurray Secretary/ Territory Weir and McCool, Miss."
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Toyama Prefecture, located in Japan's northern Hokuriku region, established and started operation of a Toyama Eco-Store System on October 20, 2013, to further promote eco-conscious lifestyles among prefectural residents. Retailers that actively work with consumers to promote eco-friendly behavior are registered under the system.
In 2008, Toyama became the first prefecture in Japan to launch a prefecture-wide effort to discontinue the free distribution of plastic shopping bags. With residents' help, the prefecture maintains the highest level of shoppers who bring their own bags to stores, at 94 percent, and the number of stores discontinuing the free distribution of plastic shopping bags has more than doubled since the program's start.
Intended to build on this initiative, the new eco-store system is aimed at not only discontinuing the free distribution of plastic shopping bags, but also registering stores engaged with residents in eco-conscious activities, including the collection of reusable and recyclable materials at stores and moderate temperature setting of air-conditioners. As of October 25, 2013, the number of registered stores counted 511 locations owned by 53 companies.
The prefectural government hopes that the system will gain traction and lead to region-wide efforts to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags and increase resource collection at stores. It has thus expressed its full commitment to helping residents' live eco-conscious lifestyles.


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Congrats on your annivesary …!!
i think you could've wore a dress that cover your shoulders…for your age and your body…otherwise you look beautiful.
Maybe you should have posted more pics. Speachless.
May God with you on your marriage and may He and more 15 years in your marriage. Its only few who managed to survive the 15 years in marriages.
Thank the Lord because all things are possible through Him.
Girls like you and me look more stunning in halternecks and short sleeves my dear, you know we have more flesh so let's just show a little. Your dresss is pretty and did you eat all your make up? I ate mine and cried all my mascara off. You motivated me to re-do my wedding by celebrating my 10th annivesary your way… many more happy years in your marriage. you looked content.
your wedding was simple and nice.
then its over,it seemed that you take your time with God & you respect each other.May the Lord expand those years into life time Good luck for the future.GOD BLESS YOU.
you look nice my Sister may the good Lord bless you with many many yrs to come with ur Hubby.
I think you look stunning in your boobtube dress babe……..as Big as you are, you are just HOT…………..May the good Lord Bless you guys more than he already has!
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Warning: NEVER shoot steel from closer than 15 yards. Shooters and spectators MUST ALWAYS wear eye and ear protection.
Gun Link Reviews Shot-Force Pro Targets
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ShotForceTargets_8402Several members of the GunLink team have spent at least some portion of their lives in southern Ohio, so the area has a place in our hearts. Although most of us have since spread throughout the country, we were happy to discover Nelsonville-based Shot-Force Pro while wandering the SHOT Show dungeon this past January. It is always nice to run in to someone from "back home" when travelling.
In addition to catching up on Ohio news and being introduced to company founder Steve Davis and his team while visiting their booth in Las Vegas, we were also introduced to some of their innovative targets. On a recent trip back to our old AO, we had the opportunity to stop by and visit the Shot Force facility and see where the magic happens. While there, we also got to put rounds on just about every kind of target that they currently produce as well as getting a behind the scenes look at some of the new target systems that are still in the R&D phase.
After a lively discussion on guns and politics, we got to take a look at the Shot Force production area, including stacks upon stacks of hardened steel plates, the plasma cutting table that transforms them from generic plates into their various shapes, and finished products – clad in brightly colored powder coating – waiting to be shipped out.
ShotForceTargets_8399We got to see standard gongs, knock-down targets and their stands, the "walking" Grasshopper and Praying Mantis targets that resemble over-sized jacks, and the huge rimfire spinner tree dubbed The Metro. We also got to check out their resetting models which include The Huckleberry and The Vagabond in rifle rated AR500 and the Coyote and Bowling Pin models in AR400 in various phases of completion. And then… we got to shoot them on the Shot-Force test range!
Before going any further, we should insert a note about these oft-used terms that get thrown about, most commonly: AR500. What is it and what makes it so special? The moniker refers to the properties of the hardened steel that is frequently used for ballistic plates and steel targets. The AR stands for abrasion resistant, a property which begins with a high carbon content. 500 refers to the Brinell hardness value that is achieved through the heat treating process which the steel undergoes. For reference, pine wood typically has a Brinell value under two while Oak would be doing well to reach a value of five. Copper comes in at 35 while stainless steel has a value around 200. AR500 steel has a yield strength of 110 tons per square inch. It's pretty tough, and that toughness is key in the construction of steel targets to ensure that they do not deform from bullet impacts, which could cause them to become unsafe due to the possibility of ricochets.
On the Shot-Force test range, we started off by ringing some of the AR500 steel with the suppressed GDFR. There is something incredibly satisfying about the pfft-thwack-CLANG sound of suppressed rounds hitting steel – almost as satisfying as the pinging and swinging of the 8-inch gong at the far end of the range telling us that we were on target in without having to walk back and forth in the humid triple-digit heat index of the mid-summer Ohio Valley.
ShotForceTargets_8396Chopping out circular and square shapes is not rocket science and, although they are as good or better as any you will find, it is true that Shot Force is not the only source of steel plates and gongs. However, Steve's innovation takes the company's targets above and beyond the standard fare that you see at many ranges. Steve, who comes from a family of avid shooters and law enforcement officers, started Shot-Force six years ago when he saw the opportunity to improve upon existing targets that were on the market at the time. Since then, he has been applying his skills and expertise to create new fun and reliable steel targets for a variety of applications.
Most notable among the Shot-Force lineup are probably the resetting models, like the Zip Code model that we peppered with the AR. The basic design of the Zip Code is a standard silhouette with a hole in the center of the head and chest. Behind the silhouette is a pair of smaller AR500 plates mounted on each end of an angled swivel mechanism so that they show, one at a time, through the holes in the silhouette. The see-saw-type arm is balanced perfectly so that hitting one small plate causes it to disappear and the other plate to appear with no bouncing back around.
The resetting mechanism of the Zip Code target is similar to that of the Huckleberry target that we moved to next with the suppressed 9mm pistol and carbine. The swiveling plates of the Huckleberry are a bit more generous in size than those of the Zip Code, which is geared more for precision shooting. But just because we were shooting the Huckleberry at more typical self-defense distances with pistol caliber rounds doesn't mean that this is all it is good for. With a quick adjustment – accomplished by simply moving a pin to alter the angle of the swivel arm – the target can be changed to reliably reset with full-house centerfire rifle rounds instead of pistol rounds.
ShotForceTargets_8401Mechanically, the self-resetting targets are interesting and function exactly as advertised and it is fun to pop the paddles back and forth between the target apertures. However the targets also have the practical benefit of allowing the shooter to hone skills such as target acquisition and transitioning between multiple targets. The resetting mechanism is not the only bit of well thought out engineering that has gone into the targets either. On a number of the resetting models, moving pins that transform them from pistol targets to rifle targets to a third position allow the target to fold flat – including the base – for easy, one-handed transport and smaller storage space.
Without divulging any top secret classified information (despite the precedent set by a certain presidential candidate), I think we can spill the beans that one of the new targets in the R&D phase is a multi-row plate rack that resets each plate by shooting another plate. For simply practicing drills on plate racks, the reset mechanism definitely beats tugging a hundred pound of steel back into position with a rope or relying on powered motors to reset them. However, I can see the real benefit of this system, once it hits the market, to come in the form of practice for 3-gunners, shooting ranges, and competing with your shooting buddies – similar to a dueling tree but in plate rack form.
Serious shooting enthusiasts would probably agree that any day spent at the range beats a day spent doing… well, most other stuff. But the real fun came when Steve brought out his tack-driver 10/22 with the graphite bull barrel and we started nailing the AR400 targets.
ShotForceTargets_8389The lighter steel isn't capable of handling hot centerfire rounds, but blasting away with the .22 brought back great memories of spending weekends at a nearby range burning through a brick or so (each!) of the, then, readily available rimfire rounds. We got to shoot Shot-Force's bowling pin target, which has a similar resetting mechanism to the others that has been tuned to function with the lighter .22 rounds, and kept the Metro plates and Praying Mantis spinning. Steve sent us home with part of his shelf full of Grasshoppers and both walking and spinning Praying Mantis targets (something that we are even more grateful for since our recent score of .22LR ammo at 5.5¢/round at Walmart – when was the last time you saw a shelf full of that stuff?).
ShotForceTargets_8426As a final comment about the targets, they are built to last. You may have noticed the bright colors on a number of the targets. That is the same type of durable powder coating that you would find on heavy machinery like bulldozers and is part of the reason why Shot-Force targets stand up so well to not only bullet impacts, but also to the elements. The Zip Code target that we were shooting was one of the first ones that Steve built and it hasn't moved from its spot in the woods behind the production building since he put it there 5+ years ago and does not look any worse for wear aside from a few rusty spots and the flaking layers of spray paint from half a decade of frequent shooting and touching up.
To learn more about about Shot-Force Pro targets, visit their website at shot-force.com or visit their Facebook page. If you are attending SHOT Show 2017 or next year's NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits, be sure to find them on the exhibit floor and stop by. Hopefully we will see some of the new targets that are currently under development.
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Disney World is opening their newest resort soon, the Treehouse Villas. And I am super lucky enough that one of my best friends works for Disney and that I get to share in some of her amazing perks. This weekend, some lucky Disney employees got to "test" out the new treehouse villas. And my husband and I were brought along for the test.
Our villa had a master bedroom, a queen bedroom, and a bunk bed room. This villa also had a pull out sofa and chair, sleeping 9 max.
Each villa also has this awesome deck area with a grill at the bottom of the stairs.


Short for Universal Serial Bus. It's the most commonly used connection to connect a computer to devices.
I am sure that by now most of you know what a USB is, mainly USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. It has become an essential part in the technology world as well as your life too. From your household compliances to your gaming devices, USB is literally present in them in the form of ports that acts as a secondary power source or a port for you to play a content in your flash drive. In the speed department, you may know how both USB 2.0 and 3.0 fare and are similar to each other. But little do you know, both technology are actually far from similarity in performance wise. So in order for a clearer understanding, we created a comparison table for both technologies.
The Universal Serial Bus or as known as the USB to you, is developed and standardized in the 1990s. It is developed as a mean for communication protocols which includes connectors and cables; between computers and electronic devices. From your household electronics to your gaming consoles as well as your mobile devices, the USB is used to connect them to computers through USB ports which allows recharging and file transfer between devices thereby minimizing the need of adapters and power charges. Since its beginning, there were actually 5 versions of USB released until the year 2014. Since the released of USB 2.0 in 2000, USB 3.0 was released in November 2008, approximately eight years after which provides significant improvement over its predecessor, although USB 2.0 is still in the market. The table below highlights the differences between both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0.
Price For a similar product, the USB 2.0 version is generally less expensive than it's USB 3.0 version. For a similar product, the USB 3.0 version is generally more expensive than it's USB 2.0 version.
Power Usage Up to 500 mA Up to 900 mA. Allows better power efficiency with less power for idle states. Multiple devices can be powered with one hub.
Where can I find USB 3.0 products?
As you can see in the table above, there are a few highlights that is implemented in the USB 3.0 which gives significant improvement compared to USB 2.0.
Transfer rates: Clocking a transfer rate at only 480Mpbs for USB 2.0, USB 3.0 clocks a whopping rate at 4.8Gbps which is 10 times faster.
Additional physical bus: From 4 to 10, the amount of wires was more than doubled, therefore providing an increase in speed of transfer rate.
Power consumption: USB 2.0 provides only up 500mA compared to 900 mA on the USB 3.0. The increase in consumption is needed to accommodate the higher transfer speed. It provides more power when needed and minimizes consumption when not in use but connected.
Increase bandwidth: USB 3.0 is created in order to support two unidirectional data paths, both in receiving and transmitting at a same time whereas USB 2.0 can only handle either one direction at a time.
Although the significant differences in performance, USB 3.0 is surprisingly very easy to be identified. USB 3.0 is usually colored in blue on the inside to distinguish it from USB 2.0.
So the next time you go shopping for electronic devices, make sure you identify the version of USB it has. If you are not sure about the version, do ask for assistance from the worker or promoter of the shop as they are your best bet OR you can do your research before opting for one though.
Now from the image above, this clearly differentiates cheap USB products from pricier ones. Today, you can an 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive for less than RM20, whereas the price normally doubles up or increases depending on brands for USB 3.0 products.
Both USB versions are compatible but with changes in performance of course. If plugged into a USB 2.0 port, the USB 3.0 product will only perform at the same level as a USB 2.0 product, therefore not reaching the full potential of the USB 3.0.
Usually, USB 3.0 receptacles are electrically compatible with standard USB 2.0 plugs if they match physically. Given that the USB 3.0 product is a type-A plug receptacle, it should be backward compatible with USB 2.0, and USB 3.0 type-B receptacles as well, will accept USB 2.0 and earlier versions of receptacle. However, USB 3.0 type-B plugs will not be compatible with USB 2.0 and earlier receptacles. So do not misunderstand between USB 3.0 type-B plugs and receptacles.
This means that the products currently exist in the market or owned by you should be compatible with either a USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 product providing that the plugs and receptacles are matched.
And just for the record, for you curios readers, the USB 2.0 is not obsolete YET whereas its predecessor, USB 1.0 is obsolete. Although reports and rumors regarding this topic is circulating already.
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"PRTAD: A Database for Protein Residue Torsion Angle Distributions" by Xiaoyong Sun, Di Wu et al.
PRTAD is a dedicated database and structural bioinformatics system for protein analysis and modelling. The database is developed to host and analyse the statistical data for protein residue level 'virtual' bond and torsion angles obtained from their distributions in databases of known protein structures such as in the PDB Data Bank. PRTAD is capable of generating, caching, and displaying the statistical distributions of the angles of various types. The collected information can be used to extract geometric restraints or define statistical potentials for protein structure determination. PRTAD is supported with a friendly designed web interface so that users can easily specify the angle types, and retrieve, visualise, or download the distributions of the angles as they desire.
This is the accepted manuscript of an article from International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics 3 (2009): 469–482, doi:10.1504/IJDMB.2009.029207. Posted with permission.
Sun, Xiaoyong; Wu, Di; Jernigan, Robert L.; and Wu, Zhijun, "PRTAD: A Database for Protein Residue Torsion Angle Distributions" (2009). Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology Publications. 47.


The Barneys – or at least Barney (with the black beak) and his three friends – came to the sanctuary after spending most of their life on the farm of a man who loved them very much. But when he died, his kids wanted to sell the place, and wanted the geese gone.
Luckily a kind-hearted person found the sanctuary, so that these geese would have a safe and happy place to live. Only one of them came with a name – Barney. He's the only one who is easily distinguished from his friends, with his black beak.
They're pretty friendly and curious about people. They're clearly used to people-as-treat-dispensers, but mostly they just go off and do their own thing, always the four of them together.
I've been taking "meta" pictures lately, purely for my own amusement. Jonathan is fun and interesting to volunteer with – not only does he know a lot about animals, he thinks a lot about animals, and in ways that are often a bit different than the rest of us. It's the scientist in him, gathering information and impressions, and doing mini tests on hypothesis percolating in his brain. He's fascinated by things that I tend to take for granted.
Last week one of the things that caught his attention was the dust rising from Charlene's back as he patted her. He was trying to get a picture of it. I'm not sure if he succeeded, but I got a picture of him taking a picture!
The cows were all hanging around, so I gave Mini Moo a chin scratch. He loves to have his chin scratched! I was thinking to myself that it was too bad that it was impossible to get a picture while scratching his chin, but just a few minutes later Amy gave him a chin scratch, and I took advantage of the opportunity to take a few pictures.
I love this because it is so clear how much Mini Moo is enjoying himself. I posted it on Facebook, and (as expected) there was at least one comment about how their cat does the same thing. Taking pleasure in life is not limited to humans. Anyone who has ever lived with an animal will be thinking "duh", but oddly enough the scientific community is only recently coming around to agreeing that this is a valid viewpoint.
Luckily there are scientists like Jonathan Balcombe, who pursue that line of study despite the scientific community's disdain for the topic. Hopefully things have progressed by now. From the outside, at least, it seems to have.
If you haven't read any of Jonathan's books, and are interested in the topic, definitely check them out. If you like pictures (and since you are "reading" this blog, you probably do), you'll want to pick up a copy of Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure, which actually has a lot of great words in it, not just pictures. I need to go back and read the book; I am guilty of focusing on the pictures and skipping over most of the words.
Tomorrow (Saturday 4/28) is the 2nd annual Baltimore Veg Fest. I'll be tabling there for Poplar Spring from 1-3. Two other people – volunteers who became employees – will be covering from 11-1.
Sunday (4/29) is a benefit day at Great Sage, benefitting Poplar Spring. My favorite vegan restaurant in the area!
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary leaves "Farmed" out of their title because they are a wildlife sanctuary in addition to a farmed animal sanctuary. They've taken in orphaned baby squirrels, wild birds (geese, ducks, and a mute swan) who can't fly and thus are permanent residents. Of course there are many wild birds who can fly who come and go, and some who come and seem to figure there is no reason to go.
After we were done with our chores today, we sat at the picnic tables in the chilly drizzle, ate some snacks and chatted.
He was at one of the barns and saw an eagle (there is an eagle nest on the sanctuary land) swoop through. Terry and Dave always pay attention to this, because the sanctuary residents need protection from the eagles and other predators, as best as can be managed. The eagle was swooping through the area near the pond, and did a u-turn. Dave was too far away to be able to help, but he realized that the eagle was going for one of the geese who can't fly. The goose was waddling as quick as she could to the pond, where they are safe, but there's no way she would have been able to reach it in time.
And out of nowhere came a very angry crow, who landed on the eagle and started pecking his back while they were in flight. The eagle flew off, the goose was saved by the crow.
The crow was protecting a nearby nest, and couldn't have known whether the eagle was going for the nest or the goose, of course. Or maybe he did know. How can we tell?
The story gives me shivers. I know that the eagle has to kill to survive, but these injured birds who find sanctuary at Poplar Spring, well, it is somehow more tragic to think of them being targeted. And I know, logically, that they are exactly the ones who would be targeted "in the wild" – the weak and injured and infirm are the ones who don't survive, for many reasons.
They are lucky to have the sanctuary, lucky that they made it to the sanctuary. They all have different stories. Some of them came from within a few miles of the sanctuary and were rescued from the Park Service (who wanted to euthanize them), some of them came from as far away as New Jersey. The geese who can't fly tend to stick together and have formed very distinct friendships, though none of them arrived at the sanctuary together.
And so Peaches the goose survived that day, thanks to the Crow. We fed the Crow bagels and cookies and watched him fly away with as much as he could carry. Dave watched him bury one bagel piece under a divot of grass. Maybe his crow babies will stick around the sanctuary and be unofficial guardians of the geese as well.
One of the sessions I went to at AR07 was "Relating to Urban Wildlife (dealing with rodents, feral cats, deer, squirrels, other wildlife)" with Share Bond, Peter Muller, and Kath Rogers speaking. I went to this one because it seemed such a practical topic, which I figured I'd be able to put into immediate use with feral cats or whatever other wildlife issues might crop up in my area.
Kath Rogers, of Animal Protection and Rescue League, spoke first with a story about squirrels in San Diego who were being poisoned. When their group first got involved in this issue, they didn't know much about wildlife issues. They quickly learned that part of the reason the squirrels had become a "problem" was that they were being fed by park visitors. This naturally increased the squirrel population well beyond what the natural resources of the park would have limited them to, and the squirrels then became a "nuisance". They worked with the public, the media, and were persistent, and in the end the poisoning was stopped, and in its place was a campaign to educate the public, including numerous signs in the park asking people to not feed the squirrels.
They have used these same basic tactics (Public, Media, and Persistence) in a variety of campaigns, including using polling to show that, for example, the majority of the people do not want the seals at Childrens Beach Park killed, and want a ban on foie gras.
Whether or not people agree with their overall stance (a focus on legislative reform to eliminate cruelty; they do also advocate veganism), I think that there are several things that can be learned from their experience, not the least of which we are doing no one any favors, least of all the animals, when we feed the wildlife.
What's really going on is often the obvious to us, but is not welcome news to the people who feel that the wildlife is a nuisance. For example, with geese, what's really going on would be something like "geese can fly!" It is obvious, and it is obvious why shooting out a geese population wouldn't work to "deal with" a nuisance geese problem. Since they can fly, if you remove one population, the next group to fly over will see the same bounty of food that the first group saw, and settle in s well. A bit more tact than the blunt obvious would be needed in approaching the town boards and mayors with this ground breaking information.
The funny thing is that I grew in the migration path for Canadian geese. My dad would get annoyed every year, as they landed on our lawn and would spend a week or so eating the grass, and then depositing the result of digesting that grass. "Don't feed the geese!" he would yell at us. It was obvious to my dad, who never cared two figs for animals, that the "nuisance" geese would leave soon enough, and the less we fed them, the less mess they'd make.
Lethal control doesn't work for deer because their reproductive cycles are influenced by the amount of food they have available. This can be controlled either by overall availability of food, or the size of the population, which influences the competition for the total resources. In other words, if you kill deer, using the excuse of overpopulation, you create what is known as "compensatory rebound" in the deer population and generally end up with more deer than you started with.
Similarly, if you feed the local deer population, you'll enable a growth in deer population that exceeds what the habitat would naturally support. This has a couple main consequences: the deer become dependent on the food you provide, and you will possibly help create what others will see as a "nuisance" population, leading to calls for lethal control.
The point to keep in mind is that while our motivation for protecting populations from exploitation and lethal control is our belief in the rights of those animals to live their own lives, it will require more practical arguments to convince the town boards and mayors and maybe even animal control that lethal control should not be used. The truth is that lethal control simply doesn't work. We need to understand that, and understand why, in order to best protect the wildlife in these cases. We can certainly discuss animal rights as part of the reason to not use lethal control, but the practical arguments for why lethal control doesn't work shouldn't be neglected.
Sometimes we inadvertently create problems when we are trying to do good. Share Bond, of Protect R Wildlife and SKUNKS, discussed this as related to feral cat TNR programs. She agreed with Peter and Kath that the source of "nuisance" populations is always people leaving food. This can be from bird feeders, where populations of birds that would not normally coexist are brought together in tight quarters, transmitting diseases more easily, and making themselves vulnerable to cat populations which will move in, drawn by the abundance of birds. This could very well be part of the reason bird enthusiasts feel that feral cat populations are such a danger to birds, not realizing that they are making the birds vulnerable by the feeders they provide to help sustain those same birds.
The feral cat feeding stations can cause a similar problem, in attracting possums and raccoons. Share thus advocates what she calls TNR+, which is essentially a TNR program where you leave no food unattended.
This is more imporant than it might seem at first – if the possum and skunk population feed from the feral cat food, their populations will grow, and they'll be seen more and more in daylight hours, which tends to freak out the humans using the same spaces. This can result in the feral cat feeding stations being banned as well as lethal control used on the "nuisance" populations, which will likely result in the deaths of some of the feral cats that were meant to be taken care of.
Share did a six day study for a large feral cat project to record the impact on the wildlife, and the results seem solid. She also includes a diagram for a simple feeding platform.
I haven't done any direct work with feral cats at this point, so I can't claim to be speaking from personal experience, but based on what Share explained, combined with what Peter and Kath talked about, my overall feeling is that we should not feed the wildlife. Not feeding the wildlife and educating people are two of the best ways we can protect these wildlife populations. For feral cat colonies, this means following Share's advice in not leaving any food unattended. For wildlife in general, take pictures, but keep your breadcrumbs to yourself.


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The Aints!
The Laughing Clowns
5-6-7-8-9 - EP 2019
Red Aces
The Church of Simultaneous Existence 2018
You'll Always Walk Alone
The Church of Simultaneous Existence
Hang Jean Lee
S-O-S '75
About The Aints!
The name would seem to indicate that the Aints were a Saints tribute band -- or that they were driven more by negative than positive energy -- but that isn't quite right. Nor is it completely wrong. Unlike most "tribute" bands, the Aints included an original member -- Ed Kuepper -- who was part of the project from the start. In fact, he instigated it. Although Saints songs were definitely part of the program (especially during its inception), so were Kuepper originals. He has claimed that the Aints were basically an attempt to reclaim the excitement of the Saints back when they were based in Brisbane, Australia, in the early '70s. The name came from a bass drum head that belonged to former drummer Ivor Hay. The "S" in Saints had worn off, thus leaving the word aints. After guitarist/songwriter Kuepper left the now Sydney based band in 1978, singer/songwriter Chris Bailey kept the Saints going with a variety of different lineups (he has also recorded a number of solo albums). This didn't sit well with Kuepper, who went on to form his own band, the Laughing Clowns, which would raise a jazzy ruckus of their own until 1985. Kuepper proceeded to issue several well-received solo recordings before forming the Aints, which sounded a little like the early (punk) Saints mated with some of the Clowns more avant-garde tendencies. They had little in common with latter period Saints or even Kuepper's solo work, both of which were more pop-oriented. The band debuted in 1991 when Kuepper took the stage at the Harold Park Hotel on April 13, with Kent Steedman (from the Celibate Rifles) on bass and Tim Reeves (from T. Rex) on drums. The resulting limited-edition live recording, the grungy S.L.S.Q. ("Slightly Limited Sound Quality"), featured eight tracks -- mostly Saints material -- including cover songs such as "River Deep, Mountain High" (Ike and Tina Turner), a staple of Saints set lists, and Del Shannon's "Runaway." The original LP also included a limited-edition 7" single, featuring the Saints' classic "(I'm) Stranded," recorded on the same date. S.L.S.Q. was subsequently issued on CD (despite its status as an "official bootleg"). Released later the same year, Ascension took its title from the John Coltrane recording of the same name and cover art from the Stooges' Funhouse. The band's first studio effort was laid down in two days, just as the Saints debut, (I'm) Stranded, had been. While the songs on S.L.S.Q. were mostly Kuepper/Bailey compositions, those on Ascension were new Kuepper originals. The lineup had also changed, with Steedman and Reeves replaced by Artie Sledge on bass, Mark Dawson on drums, and Tim Hopkins on saxophone. Of Kuepper, Melody Maker noted in their review of the blistering disc, "The man is a God." Clearly the Aints were perceived -- in Australia and the U.K. at least -- as more substantial than a mere tribute band or side project. The same lineup recorded 1992's similar follow-up effort, Autocannibalism. The title implied that the band were now "cannibalizing" themselves rather than the work of the Saints or the Laughing Clowns (Kuepper's fiery guitar work also bore comparison to Neil Young and Television's Tom Verlaine). As with its predecessor, Autocannibalism featured only six songs, but wasn't an EP -- three of the tracks topped eight minutes (just as Ascension's sprawling title-track clocked in at 11 minutes). 1993 saw the release of Cheap Erotica, a CD-only EP featuring tracks from all three Aints recordings, including "(I'm) Stranded," and 1995 brought forth Shelf-life Unlimited!! Hotter Than Blazing Pistols!!!, a remastered full-length collection, also drawing from the first three releases. While Kuepper has since pulled the plug on the Aints, his solo career continues unabated. But it isn't as if he ever stopped -- the entire time he was in the Aints, he was recording solo material, including some of his more highly regarded efforts, most notably Honey Steel's Gold. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Q: cd can't find anything in MacOS shell script The script (edited down):
#!/bin/bash
echo Pausify
cd /Users/Ken
echo Pausify finished

The result:
kens-mbp:TerraTouchNate Ken$ tools/pausify.sh tablet.gcode tab3.gcode
Pausify
: No such file or directoryd: /Users/Ken
Pausify finished
kens-mbp:TerraTouchNate Ken$ pwd
/Users/Ken/Dropbox/TerraTouchNate

So how can cd be saying there's no /Users/Ken?  I've tried with
/bin/sh and /bin/bash, and with other very real directories, selfsame result.  Is there some deep magic here?