What makes Utah attractive to residents and tourists is how it beams with myriad natural wonders and the promise of escapades around every corner. Wild Utah has the convenient advantage of being just a few hours away from whichever part of Utah you travel. Always a great companion to any new experience is a perfectly paired beer to awaken your palate the way the natural beauty will awaken your senses. Luckily, each brewery below is located near various natural wonders. Read up on these breweries' tips and tricks on how to optimize your Utah adventure the next time you travel.
SLUG: What are some popular hikes nearby?
Ridgel: The Boulder Loop (pairs with a the pale ale), the Navajo Lake Loop (pairs with the stout), the Virgin River Rim (pairs with the Midnight IPA) and the C-Trail (pairs with the Saison). The Practice Loop and Race Course Loop [pair well] with our New England IPA—its bitterness with a perfect citrus, pineapple flavor and color—nothing better to drink on a nice hot day hiking than this beer.
SLUG: Which is your favorite?
Ridgel: The C-trail is a classic, and one that gives you a view of the city. Our Saison would go perfectly with this hike. With the fresh spice of ginger, lemon and coriander, it is a perfect nature beer.
SLUG: Which of your beers are popular among local patrons?
Ridgel: Our most popular beers have been our Saison and Midnight IPA on draft, and our New England IPA in bottles.
SLUG: What characteristics about your brewery do tourists notice the most?
Ridgel: The décor, games, beer and the overall "beer café" atmosphere.
SLUG: How do your surroundings/the environment of your Utah locale influence your brand/creativity?
Ridgel: We continue to evolve our brand to incorporate more of our Utah locale. Right now, we are working on a new and improved logo that will showcase the unique nature and surroundings.
SLUG: How do people get to your brewery?
Giammalva: The Brewery is located 2400 Zion Park Blvd., Springdale, Utah, but our Brewpub, where you can find our new tasting room and full restaurant, is 95 Zion Park Blvd., Springdale, Utah.
SLUG: Which natural wonders are near your brewery?
Giammalva: The Watchman is most recognizable off our beer garden. This towering cliff runs along the base of the Virgin River.
SLUG: What are some popular hikes nearby? Which is your favorite?
Giammalva: With so many great hikes, it's hard to choose a favorite. My favorite hike and probably most popular is Angel's Landing. The Narrows is very popular and probably my second-favorite.
SLUG: Which of your beers would you pair with your favorite hike and why?
Giammalva: Our Echo Canyon session IPA pairs well with Observation Point. A section of this trail is the Echo Canyon.
SLUG: Why do you love having a brewery where you live?
Giammalva: I love having a brewery in Zion because I live up here, first of all, and it's very convenient for me. But Zion Brewery is exposed to literally millions of worldwide travelers, and sharing our beer with people from all over the world is pretty great. It gives us great feedback from lots of different beer drinkers and beer cultures.
Van Horn: We are lucky to have two National Parks, Arches and Canyonlands, and one State park, Dead Horse Point. So, plenty of wonders abound.
SLUG: Which are hidden gems you don't mind sharing?
Van Horn: It seems like there is always another hidden treasure around the corner here. I like to hike Courthouse Wash for the solitude and ancient art.
Van Horn: Dead Horse Amber Ale or a Johnny's IPA are exactly the kind of beer we like after a hike to Delicate Arch.
Van Horn: I think they notice the outdoors theme in the restaurant with bikes, boats and even a Jeep. They would also tell you the menu and portions are large.
Van Horn: We use landmarks and local iconic names for our products all the time. The distillery is now a year old, and we use both topographical and river terms to name some of those products. The environment in Moab and the surrounding desert is rugged and well-defined. So are our beers. Our company is deeply rooted in our community—we employ over 120 employees between the restaurant and the brewery. Last year, we were awarded Utah Rural Business of the Year by the Governor.
Moody: Luckily for us, there's great hiking all throughout St. George. Our Brewmaster, Michael Key, loves hiking the Chuckwalla and Turtle Ledge area with his daughters and dogs, as well as the whole Snow Canyon Trail system.
Moody: Agua Del Diablo because it's light and refreshing, but all three beers we're brewing right now (the Agua, our Fresh and Juicy IPA and Red Country Ale), are great for hiking and the outdoors because they are so crisp and easy to drink.
SLUG: Which of your beers are popular among local patrons? What about with tourists?
Moody: The Fresh and Juicy is most popular among locals, and the Agua del Diablo is most popular among tourists.
Moody: Living in St. George and getting to talk every day with the people we're brewing beer for is amazing. When we launched the brand, we knew that we wanted to focus on brewing beers for the community first and foremost. The community seems open to being adventurous and trying the unique beers we have lined up for the future, and their reception to the brewery, as well as St. George being such an untapped (pun intended) market, have us feeling very creative and excited to try new things!
Bowden: Dinosaur National Monument and Ashley National Forest, hosting Flaming George and the Green River.
Bowden: I love the hiking in the Uintah Basin, so it's hard to narrow it down. If I had to choose, it would be Harpers Corner. My beer of choice would be the Mama's Milk Imperial Stout or the seasonal summer ale with a picnic on the point.
Bowden: Little Hole Lager, She's a Peach Wheat Ale and .50 CALIBER IPA are very popular with the locals.
Bowden: The attention to detail, from the beer and food to the architecture of the building and the onsite garden.
Bowden: Our local surroundings play a major roll in our branding. From the Allosaurus Amber Ale that honors the local raptor (mini-T-Rex), our Ms. Beehiven made with local Yacks honey and the Directional Smoked Porter featuring a pump jack supporting our oil and gas industry. Little Hole Lager has inspired by historic explorers.


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In this episode of the Archive Project, Richard Russo, Karen Russell, and Kevin Young discuss inequality and its influence on their work. In Everybody's Fool, Richard Russo revisits the town of North Bath, NY and its colorful citizens a decade after the events of Nobody's Fool. Karen Russell takes us to the edge of reality with Swamplandia!, the story of an alligator wrestling family, the Bigtrees, and their struggle to maintain their way of life in the Florida Everglades. Kevin Young's Blue Laws takes us on tour through the poet's prolific career and blurs the already thin line between the personal and the political. This panel is moderated by literary critic John Freeman.
Richard Russo is the author of eight novels, two collections of stories, and Elsewhere, a memoir. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like his earlier novel Nobody's Fool, was adapted for the screen in a multiple-award-winning HBO miniseries. In 2016 he published Everybody's Fool, a sequel to his 1993 book Nobody's Fool.
Karen Russell, a native of Miami, won the 2012 National Magazine Award for fiction, and her first novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2011. She is a graduate of the Columbia MFA program, a 2011 Guggenheim Fellow, and a MacArthur "Genius" grant recipient. Russell is also the author of St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories, and Sleep Donation: A Novella. She lives in Philadelphia.
Kevin Young is the author of eleven books of poetry, prose, and nonfiction including Blue Laws: Selected & Uncollected Poems 1995-2015, longlisted for the National Book Award; Jelly Roll: a blues, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and The Grey Album: On the Blackness of Blackness, winner of the PEN Open Book Award and finalist for the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. He is the editor of eight other collections, most recently The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010. He is currently the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and is set to become the Poetry Editor of the New Yorker.
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I am thankful that my mind and body are capable of emotional catharsis; when words fail me I have pencils and paint as tools. When those fail as well I have movement. And most importantly, I have the most basic of them all – laughter and tears.
#NakedHuman cheers to @boozeforthought for creating this and hanging it up in her home! Much love my friends.


Firstly, we would like to thank all parents and carers who work hard in partnership with us to ensure that their children attend school regularly and punctually. We would like to thank our parents/carers in particular for responding so effectively to the changes in law related to leave of absence from school being for exceptional circumstances only.
Similarly to the world of work, pupils should only be absent or late to school when they are ill or for medical or dental appointments (where these cannot be scheduled outside school hours). Any other absence needs to be requested and in all cases the decision is the headteacher's. In law, parents/carers are committing an offence if they fail to ensure the regular and punctual attendance of their child at the school. If your child is absent and the school have not authorised this then this is subject to legal action through a fine or prosecution.
In response to the changes in school attendance law Hampshire County Council has reviewed its 'Code of Conduct'. This code sets out for all schools what actions must be taken for any child with 10 or more sessions (5 days) of unauthorised absence from September 2015. We are clear in our code of conduct that where a child or family requires support to achieve attendance rates above 90% that this is the first priority for schools. We are also clear that where parent/carers choose to ignore the law and are complicit in their child's absence then all schools with the Local Authority must take legal action through a penalty notice fine or prosecution in court.
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The Beermen and the Kings are the league's best two teams at least in the last four years, and they could really figure in a fight for the ages.
Theirs is a championship duel rich in subplots and replete in side battles.
"It's San Miguel versus Ginebra, As usual matinding laban yan. I won't be surprised if it goes down to a Game Seven. It's a great finals for sure," said San Miguel Beer governor Robert Non during the pre-finals press conference at Sambokijin Restaurant in Eastwood City, Libis, Quezon City.
"Dalawang SMC teams yan pero parehong palaban yan. Ang hinihingi namin sa kanila ibigay ang lahat for the fans," said Alfrancis Chua, sports director of San Miguel Corp. and governor of the Ginebra ball club.
On one side is the SMB team which has been six-of-six in the finals in the last 10 conferences and on course for a possible grand slam, and on the other side is the Ginebra team which is the reigning back-to-back Governors Cup champ.
Both overcame a scrambling start in the midseason tourney to arrange a rematch of their 2016-17 PBA Philippine Cup title duel.
The Beermen beat the Kings in five games in the best-of-seven series, but Ginebra was then without 7-foot-1 giant Greg Slaughter.
The Kings are now in full force and reinforced by two-time champion Justin Brownlee as they challenge the Beermen's reign.
Slaughter and June Mar Fajardo are facing in each other for the first time in the pros, rekindling their rivalry in their college days in Cebu.
Brownlee, meanwhile, is pitted against Renaldo Balkman in a curious duel between two players who fought side by side in their title run with Alab Pilipinas in the ABL.
There's Christian Standhardinger who's chasing a PBA crown right in his first PBA tournament. There's also Mark Caguioa who's looking for a golden run while also in chase of the 10,000-point milestone.
"Two great teams. Great matchup. Two best imports. Greg and June Mar finally meeting in PBA finals. This is really a very exciting series," said SMB team manager Gee Abanilla.
Ginebra coach Tim Cone concedes San Miguel is the superior team but he's hopeful they would give them a good fight.
"It's a real honor to be playing San Miguel Beer in the finals. It's such a great challenge. You can't pick a bigger challenge. I hope our guys embrace it and go for it," said Cone.


The first thing that caught my eye when I entered that carpet store was the separation between the colorful, expensive carpets lined up vertically on the right wall and, by contrast, the mundane remnants stacked in horizontal piles on the left. Oddly, those images got me thinking about the signs of and reasons why human separation exists in society. It also reminded me of something Oprah Winfrey wrote recently.
Now with the exception of a billion dollars – like she got it, I don't – Ms. Winfrey and I have something in common; we both know, as millions do, that the truth is that our nation has reached a tipping point, a fraying at dangerous levels where, in the words of Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Leonard Pitts, we're dropping verbal litter into the public square. And it seems that there's no end in sight. As Winfrey's puts it, hatred and division have ruptured our national soul. Without naming the names (she didn't have to) of those fostering the vitriol, in her magazine's year-end commentary she rattles off a few examples of hate crimes that have become so routine in the divided nation of America.
More examples? Omigod, where do we start?
If it's not calling the police on an African-American guest in a hotel lobby, shooting up a synagogue, vilifying immigrants as killers and rapists, polluting social media with poisonous language, it's one thing or another. Hard to believe that we've reached a point in our national discourse, if we can call it that, where the "MF" word is thrown about so callously as a cudgel.
But back now to the carpet story.
At one time – and to someone – these remnants were valued. But at some point, they may have been deemed unable to fit in because they may not have looked or behaved the part. Or maybe they were replaced over time by an infusion of "new blood" and put out to pasture on the other side of the room with other remnants.
Now if we were to take a closer look at the "culture" of those carpets on the right, an honest assessment may yield some evidence of exclusion, some explicit and implicit biases weaved into the fabric; those that favor some and marginalize others; biases that diminish the long-term durability and value of those carpets.
Oh, by the way. Several of those remnants are now in my home (and they "all don't look alike to me" either).


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A warm welcome to all the cyclists, spectators as well as guests from Hong Kong and from around the world. And welcome to the 2016 Hong Kong Cyclothon – the biggest and most exciting cycling event in our city.
Cycling is clearly becoming more and more popular in Hong Kong. It is now common to see kitted-up cyclists and families enjoying the expanding network of cycling tracks around the city.
This is the second year the Hong Kong Tourism Board organises this mega event. The Government has provided funding to expand the scale of this year's event, with a nice mix of activities designed for both amateurs and professionals.
One of our home-grown athletes, Cheung King-lok, who also took part in the Rio Olympics last month, will be joining the competition today.
The 50-kilometre Challenge Ride, the big race, has been extended to span three bridges and three tunnels. The routes should give cyclists the chance to enjoy our stunning harbour view and skyline. Certainly, an added bonus.
This Cyclothon marks the beginning of the Hong Kong Sports Month. We are delighted to host a number of exciting sports events in October – the Tennis Open, Boxing, Triathlon, Harbour Race as well as the Formula E.
I wish you all joining the race today a thrilling ride, and the spectators an exciting day.


'SURF-ROCK' creators, Beach Skulls offer us a way out of modern day life, reflecting on raspy rock'n'roll days of the late 50's and early 60's, channelling their inner gloom to add a rawer, more fierce balance to the arguably innocent teenage sound.
Recently made available for download, 'Meet Me At The Beach House' is a grunge-pop mash-up of marvellous chunky-knit drum beats and chimerical guitar thumps. Complete with ooh and ahh harmonies, the sluring vocals are gold-tipped whispers of ice-cream honey, grasping onto the edge of each note, heavily embedding the summertime ambience of relaxation and island blues. Cheery cool blasts of idilic sunshine and lagoon antics attack the audience, actively prompting all to get credit cards out in order to book next years extravagant excursion.
This fanciful Liverpool duo are definitely ones to watch, avoiding being swallowed up by surrounding bodies of modern day chart-show music and driving the local music scene fancifully forward. Also becoming one of my favourite upcoming bands in the meantime. I grabbed a quick interview with the lads behind the scenes to find out more about their infectious beachy sound!
How did the current Beach Skulls line-up come to be?
It's always just been us both, haven't ever felt the need to change it.
Have you all been involved in music before Beach Skulls?
Yes, we were both in terrible bands beforehand.
What do you think has been the hardest challenge so far?
Recording with an awful £8 microphone has been minging and travelling without a car has been an arse, other than that plain sailing.
When you listen back and you just think to yourself yeaaaa I like the sound of this, you can normally tell straight away.
Favourite track to play live?
A new track we've been doing live called In The Dark, it isn't released yet but yeah we love playing that.
What's so special about when you play live?
People vibing of our music is always lovely to see, and getting heckled to play slater is sound too. And people shouting Torres in the voice of Gary Neville.
Who else are you liking the sound of right now?
Fuzz, Night Beats, Mac Demarco, Tame Impala, Grimes, BadBadNotGood, Pink Teens, Death Grips, Shanon and the Clams, Doom, Curtis Mayfield, The Wytches, Holydrug Couple, The Growlers, Ty Segall.
Do you ever get fed up of each other?
Nahh, because we're both dead sound wools.
What are we going to hear from Beach Skulls in the next year?
Yes, we've been recording over summer and are still doing so now, there should be lots of new music and videos over the next few months.
Any gossip you'd like to get off your chests?
It is true that Jord is indeed the father of Miley Cyrus' unborn child. It is also strongly rumoured that Craig Charles is Ry's uncle.


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Meet 23-year-old Jyoti Amge, the Smallest Living Woman in the World Who is Now Married
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Jyoti Amge, the smallest woman ever, according to Guinness World Book of Records, who has finally gotten married to the love of her life at the age of 23.
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23-year old Indian woman identified as Jyoti Amge, has been awarded by Guinness World Records as the smallest living woman, a title which has been holding since 2012.
Born in December 16, 1993, Jyoti, has a height of 62.8 centimetres (2 ft 0.6 in) and from medical records, her restricted height is due to a growth abnormality called achondroplasia – which means she will never grow any taller than 2 ft 1 in (0.64 m).
As the smallest woman in the world, it's not all negative for Jyoti Amge; her status has also taken her to greater heights. She ended up living her dream of becoming a Hollywood actress when she was cast in the fourth season of American Horror Story: Freak Show as Ma Petite.
While speaking of her life growing up in an interview, Jyoti said her new found fame has made her feel better and more important in the society.
"I'm very happy to be the world's smallest woman. Getting this record has made me feel better about myself. I feel popular, special and important. It was always my dream to come to London, to see Tower Bridge, the London Eye, and Madame Tussauds."
Getting the attention of people is something Jyoti Amge has gotten used to all her life. Although it made uncomfortable at first, she said she finally learn to live and enjoy it.
"In India, when I go around I hate the feeling of having a crowd around me, just standing there staring at me. They just come to look. It makes me feel uncomfortable. So sometimes I cover up my face with a scarf so people don't recognise me.
"I am proud of being small. I have the same thoughts and the same dreams as you. I would like to be an actress in Hollywood and win an Oscar. The only difference is my height.
"The worst part about being so small is that I always have to rely on someone. I can't go anywhere on my own, so I'm always dependent. I can't run or walk too fast. If I was taller for a day, I'd just go off on my own independently."
At 12lb, Jyoti Amge is only nine pounds heavier than when she was born. She talked about when she first realized she was smaller than other people early in life.
"I was very young – just three years old. My mum and dad took me to the hospital to find out why I was not growing properly like the others. At the beginning, I used to be very upset about the fact that I was not growing. I didn't like how people stared at me."
Speaking of her attire, Jyoti said all clothes and jewellery are custom-made. "There's a mall in India where I always go — the only place I can find clothes in my size. I go to a special shop for my rings. They measure my fingers and order the rings in specially."
Jyoti and her husband
Other than chatting on social media, playing video games and watching TV during her spare time, Jyoti Amge said she loves to hang out with her friends; who usually carry her since they're much taller.
As for romance, Jyoti insists that's not an option for her. "I'm not looking for a boyfriend — but if I was, he'd have to be prepared to carry me around everywhere," she said.
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Police have detained two Communist Party officials in charge of the Dongfeng coal mine in northeast China where a recent disaster claimed 164 lives.
Ma Jinguang and Chen Zhiqiang, the chief and secretary of the party at the state-owned coal mine in Heilongjiang province, were detained (on Thursday) for alleged "dereliction of duty," the China Daily has said.
Local police and the region's coal mine safety bureau have taken documents, meeting minutes and account records from the mine as part of their investigations, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Reports of the detention came after the national work safety watchdog publicly and angrily rebuked the mine management on Wednesday for ignoring vital danger signs in the week leading up to Sunday night's explosion.
Relatives of the victims have also charged that management had no regard for safety standards at the site and had systematically exploited the miners.
Meanwhile, the death toll from the blast at the mine, which is in the bleak coal mining city of Qitaihe close to the Siberian border, continued to climb.
A total of 164 workers have been confirmed dead with another seven miners still unaccounted for, Xinhua said on Thursday, citing rescue officials.
The death toll had not been expected to rise above 151, but the owners of the mine, the state-run conglomerate Heilongjiang Longmei Group, reported on Wednesday that 20 more miners than previously reported were missing.
Investigators have said the ignition of coal dust caused the explosion.
"Your (operations) are no better than a small privately operated mine pit"
The ministry-level State Administration of Work Safety said on its website on Wednesday that the mine chiefs had held a meeting five days before the blast to discuss a dangerous build-up of coal dust in the pit.
The head of the administration, Li Yizhong, personally interrogated and lambasted the mine's bosses, demanding to know why they did not take quick action after the danger signs were detected.
"Your (operations) are no better than a small privately operated mine pit," the website quoted Li as telling the mine chiefs.
The managers' failure to halt production after they discovered safety problems "fully shows that the mine was not up to standards in inspecting for hidden dangers," Li said.
The Longmei group is one of the biggest coal producers in China with an output of 27 million tonnes in the first half of this year.
The Dongfeng mine, built in 1956, is one of Longmei's middle-sized operations with an annual output of 500,000 tonnes.


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Ralph Werner's syndicated fairaudio.de review of WLM's La Scala hit the nail on the head. I'll cheekily assume he'd feel the same about my reviews of Red Wine Audio's Signature 30.2 and Isabella. Done. It means no further words are necessary on these components. Instead, we can segue straight into today's short characterization of how all this performs as a system. That's relevant because WLM's Hannes Frick became Red Wine Audio's Austrian importer and Vinnie Rossi picked up the WLM importation tab for the US. At least two markets now package this very system as a one-stop shop solution. It's particularly apt for the music listener who has no access to (or patience for) endless piecemeal auditions and who'd much rather entrust system synergy to two professionals who've joined forces on both sides of the Atlantic and put their reputations on this line of guaranteed satisfaction.
The only new item about the La Scala since Werner's review are clever donut slivers. With these port inserts, the owner can tweak the relative bass balance to room and liking. Because the downfiring plastic port tube slightly narrows inwards, the perfectly contoured inserts (there are two different hole diameters) create a compression fitting. It's easily undone without screws, marks or curses. One can thus experiment with three different port diameters from large to medium to small. Ingeniously simple and effective. The included stainless M8-thread spikes are unusually long. It allows additional fine-tuning of the gap height between floor and port. And because WLM has always championed adjustability, the half-height rear terminal plate offers a +/-3dB tweeter contour for the unusual 64mm/2.5" Visaton paper cone tweeter. That seemingly old-fashioned unit, surprise, appears to be the same which flash light suggests lives behind the perf grill of my WLM Grand Viola Monitor's Super PAC treble module. The PAC simply runs two tightly matched paper domes per side in a splayed and horn-loaded array. Spotting the apparently same tweeter from WLM's dearest models on its least expensive model is a nice boost for the cash-conservative shopper. You should feel smart already!
Much about the system sound can be predicted if you've read the above or other reviews. The Red Wine Audio gear has almost universally been described as gutsy, dense and dynamic, with unbelievable bass for its power rating if not the most extended airy treble but a complete absence of grain instead. The WLM La Scala shares those values to near perfection. With that large tweeter cone from apparently yesteryear, it also mirrors the grainless but not ultimately sparkly high-frequency handling. When these components meet, those qualities reinforce one another for a vintage presentation that's fleshy, massive and with "who-needs-more?" solidly grounded low frequencies. It is capable of high SPLs without a hint of nasties and sufficiently resolved to be hi if not modern fi. With a proviso that is. Do not swallow the red pill. Er, cables.
My first go-around ran my best one-box source (APL Hifi/Esoteric NWO 3.0GO/UX-1) via a 4-meter run of ASI Liveline into the Isabella. The low-level link to the 30.2 was Red Wine Audio's own as were the speaker cables. For those attuned to modern fi and thus desirous of more air, the +3dB tweeter boost (possibly in conjunction with a port insert to cut a bit of output on the other end) might shift the relative balance. Some. But knowing these components individually, I rather suspected the cabling of the pervasive sense of opaqueness that overlaid the initial presentation. I wasn't so much faced by too much bass or too little treble. Rather, the sense was one of distance and 'buffering', as though mufflers had gotten inserted between piano strings and ears. Separation was challenged, harmonic development squashed and the spark of life extinguished. I needed blood thinner and a charge of cobweb-clearing adrenaline.
Out with the red speaker cables, in with my customary Crystal Ultras for a small but insufficient step in the right direction. Out with the red interconnects next and in with the Crystals. Better but still no lit cigar. So out with the Crystals and in with a second set of (unnecessarily long but I had no shorter) Livelines. Bingo. In inverted directionality from tube preamp to battery-T amp, this substitution, I kid you not, radically opened up transient speed. More importantly, overtone halos around struck and plucked strings reappeared and with it, also the reediness in woodwinds and the pepper in Latin brass. Now I was hearing what I thought I ought to given my high acclaim for the individual pieces.
I'm not one to question another man's tastes. I know that Vinnie Rossi and Ken Ball of ALO Audio collaborated hard on voicing RWA's red cables. Yet to these ears, the gold-plated silver lC simply lacks the extension, speed and harmonic recovery essential to lift the live vibe off the grooves. Your own ears will be the judge. With the Frank Tchang / Gabi van der Kley cable combo, my ears pronounced the resultant sound a major success. What I didn't get in even that best-case-chez-Ebaen scenario was the kind of filigreed-out, micro-obsessed separation other review systems offer.
You could call those close-miked or nearfield effects. Or benefits of holography and heightened overtone visibility. Whatever has you relate to this performance aspect, it's one this system regards as quite secondary. The emphasis instead is on fleshy, dense, very dynamic 'analogue' mass, not the teasing out of inter-performer spacing, fully developed harmonic specters surrounding individual tones nor the checker-board sorting of localization by sharpened image outlines.
However, if by digital sound we mean lean, thin, hyped to paint in broad strokes; and by analog massive and dimensional; then this system driven from a digital source is analogue-ish with an exclamation mark. Such sonic priorities include dynamics not of the sting-like-bee but real weight kind that at first might have you rush for the remote because peaks seem unusually loud. Tympani and other hard-hitting transient bass exciters get ferocious. Fans of trip, hip and all other kinds of 'hop' will appreciate this system's ability to rock hard without frazzling at the seams. Ditto for lovers of large-scale symphonies which during playback live and die on the believability of scale and impact. As Ralph Werner explained and I will confirm without hesitation, the LF moxy of these boxes is surprising, particularly when in the grip of the SLA batteries' current delivery. Unlike hyper-accelerated horn dynamics, the RWA/WLM system dynamics major on impact, not blister.
boxes. Vinyl devotees particularly in the upper entry-level -- say $3,000 tables -- know exactly what the strengths are over even rather more expensive digital. To get more 'resolution' then requires spending more on a cartridge or phono stage. This particular system already lives in the kind of vinyl-sound neighborhood that's got all the major analogue virtues in place. For higher resolving power particularly above 2000Hz, you'd want a more expensive pickup or here, a WLM Super PAC tweeter module or a FirstWatt F3 or F5. But monkeying around with subjective resolution often tampers with the fundamental basics. This system with copasetic cabling is built upon warm full tone with mass and sock-em if not speed-freak dynamics, true bass grounding and the right amount of musically relevant magnification power to never get wearing, thin, edgy and hence, frustrating. It's a meat 'n' potatoes sound of substance. It has gratifying scaling power both in soundstaging and loudness. It's heavy on integration and far lighter on analytical separation. It's for 'feeling' rather than 'seeing' listeners.
To wrap, the RWA + WLM collaboration is a like meets like rather than opposites attract and complement each other thing. Whether you start with the electronics or speakers, you're pretty much guaranteed more of what attracted you in the first place when you make the next move. From owner feedback, this even includes corporate ethos or rather, the without-my-customers-I'm-nothing attitude of two very pleasant and like-minded small entrepreneurs who refuse offshore labor and major on support and service. You not only acquire reliable, solidly engineered hifi. You're supporting players with old-fashioned standards of conduct. That's doubly important when you go the mail-order route. And that's a very big reason for this, our first but not last system review. Many readers can't piecemeal a system with personal auditions. They need a solid recommendation for a turnkey solution. They don't want all-in-one jukebox deals or one-brand offerings where either the electronics or the speakers would be the weaker link. For such shoppers whose priorities overlap with the above sonic sketch, today's system is a very solid, warm and feisty recommendation.


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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discusses Middle East peace with Quartet Representative Tony Blair at the Villa Taverna, the U.S. ambassador's residence in Rome, Italy, on May 9, 2013.
The recent World Economic Forum in Amman, Jordan, was billed as the Obama administration's milestone moment for reviving the comatose US-led peace process. Announced days before in a nationally televised address by the President, Secretary of State John Kerry appeared at the forum to lift sinking hopes about the possibility of a two state solution.
Upon arriving, Kerry took in speeches by two billionaires who sought to claim leading roles in the cause of peace: the Israeli high tech baron Yossi Vardi, and Munib Al-Masri, the Palestinian oligarch known as the "Duke of Nablus" for his Italian revival style mansion, which sits on a hill above the poverty stricken Balata Refugee Camp.
Next, Kerry arranged a handshake between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres, bringing two unelected figures together for a symbolic photo-op intended to summon fond memories of the halcyon days of Oslo. And finally, the Secretary stood at the lectern to tell his rapt audience about "a plan for the Palestinian economy that is bigger, bolder and more ambitious than anything proposed" in the last two decades.
In a speech brimming with optimism, Kerry introduced an ambitious initiative that promised to turn the whole situation around. Calling it, "Breaking The Impasse," Kerry claimed the plan would triple tourism to the occupied Palestinian territories, double or triple Palestinian agriculture production, increase the Palestinian GDP by 50 percent, and foster the construction of a whopping 100,000 new, energy efficient Palestinian homes in the West Bank.
The word "occupation" was not uttered once in Kerry's address.
As soon as he left the stage, Kerry hustled off to a meeting with Timothy Collins, a philanthropist and top Democratic donor who operates a leveraged buyout firm called Ripplewood Holdings. Ripplewood was most recently credited with overseeing the wholesale liquidation of Hostess, losing all of the $130 million it invested in the firm and terminating 18,000 union jobs. "What's happening with Hostess Brands is a microcosm of what's wrong with America, as Bain-style Wall Street vultures make themselves rich by making America poor," said Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO union federation.
Also on Kerry's agenda were meetings with the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. He was a busy man – too busy, apparently, to discuss his big, bold plan with the media.
Days later, little is known about "Breaking The Impasse." How the plan is any different from the economic bailout George W. Bush proposed for the Palestinian Authority at the World Economic Forum in 2008 is anybody's guess. The names of the economic dream team Kerry promoted have not been publicly revealed, nor has any reporter been able to obtain a single specific detail of the plan.
Nearly all that is known is that Tony Blair, the Special Envoy of the Quartet, had been placed in charge of the initiative.
My email and telephone queries to Ruti Winterstein, Blair's Political and Media Advisor at the Quartet offices in Jerusalem, have not been answered. The few Jerusalem and Ramallah based reporters who requested particulars about the initiative were unable to get any answers either, with one correspondent telling me they were being stonewalled by Blair and Kerry's people.
If the situation is so urgent, why has Blair's office been unable to offer anything more than vague promises to get down to business "in due course?" And why was Kerry unwilling to discuss details of a plan he touted as a potential game-changer?
It may be that Kerry's announcement was a trial balloon the authors of the initiative floated before deciding to roll out a formal blueprint. There is also the strong possibility that the big, bold, plan was just a fantasy, after all.
Whether the plan is a non-starter or simply non-existent, it is now in the hands of Blair, an ultra-connected man on the make.
Failing upwards with Tony Blair Inc.
But Blair's gig as Quartet envoy has allowed him to remain in the international spotlight, where he cultivates an image as a tireless dealmaker wading into a seemingly intractable conflict with the best of intentions. While claiming credit for breakthroughs that few on the ground in Palestine seemed to notice, Blair established a vast business empire, advising banks, corporations, and governments – including the dictatorship of Kazakhstan — while tapping a vast web of advisors to help him ink deals around the globe. Since 2007, Blair and his network of firms have earned over $90 million, a vivid demonstration of how Tony Blair the special envoy propels Tony Blair Inc.
In 2008, Blair took up a consulting position at JP Morgan worth around $2 million a year, and perhaps more. Back in occupied Palestine, Blair took credit for persuading Israeli administrators to open up radio frequencies to allow the Palestinian telecom company, Wataniya, to provide service in the West Bank. The deal reaped a major windfall profit for Blair's employer, JP Morgan, which happened to have provided the $2 billion loan that brought Wataniya into existence. Indeed, Wataniya was owned by the Qatari telecom giant QTEL, which was one of JP Morgan's top clients. Detailed in the UK Channel 4 documentary, "The Wonderful World of Tony Blair," the lucrative deal represented crony capitalism at its crudest.
In Gaza, meanwhile, Blair has pushed to allow the development of a huge natural gas field located inside Gaza's territorial waters. Discovered by the British Gas, another client of JP Morgan, Blair stands to generate another huge profit for his employer if the field is fully developed. Already, he has blocked British Gas from selling Gaza's gas to Egypt, which would have provided it directly to Gaza, requiring the company to sell it to Israel instead.
Blair reportedly intended to funnel Gaza's gas profits into an international account controlled by Abbas, circumventing Gaza's Hamas authorities in a bid to promote economic collaboration between Israel and the PA. Given Israel's long record of withholding revenue in from the PA, and doing so in bad faith, it appears unlikely that much of the gas profits will ever make into Palestinian hands. If any of it does, it may only wind up enriching the small circle of oligarchs who dominate the increasingly stratified Palestinian economy.
Blair's record of questionable wheeling and dealing raises serious questions about the "Breaking The Impasse" plan – to the extent that it is a plan at all. Is this initiative just another slush fund for Blair and his business partners? Will executives from JP Morgan clients like Wataniya be involved? What about Qatar's ruling Al-Thani family, who own Wataniya and are major investors in PADICO, the private investment holding firm chaired by Blair's billionaire friend, Munib Al-Masri? And what role, if any, will Tim Collins, the Bain-style "vulture capitalist," play?
Though details are impossible to come by, it is hard to imagine that any plan overseen by Blair and his associates will bring much relief to ordinary Palestinians subjected to the toxic blend of military occupation and neoliberal experimentation.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the two attend the World Economic Forum in Dead Sea, Jordan, on May 26, 2013.
I 'despise' and distrust the Poodle, too. I have hope for peace, otherwise I would go entirely mad, but I think this is "crony capitalism", indeed.
Blair seems not to be the right man for the job, in Jerusalem.
I applaud measures intended to enhance economy of West Bank without hurting the environment.
John Kerry should take every chance he gets to make clear, off-the-record, that the "1967" borders will have to be accepted by Israel.
No such thing … yet.
Israel has never legally annexed any territory to its internationally recognized sovereign extent of 1948 ".. the state of Israel has been proclaimed as an independent republic within frontiers approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its Resolution of November 29, 1947" Thus Israel was recognized and accepted into the UN.
"talknik recites, unsourced: : .. the state of Israel has been proclaimed as an independent republic within frontiers approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its Resolution of November 29, 1947″.
Oh how I hate such formulations, by whomever and whenever made. "Within frontiers" suggests "bounded by frontiers and consisting of all territory within frontiers" but it also permits the reading that it means "not outside (but possibly quite a bit smaller than)" the land bounded by the frontiers.
At any rate, the 1947 proposed boundaries were far smaller than 1950-1966 Israel. As to legal annexation, I don't know what would be "legal" or "illegal" about annexation, but the UNSC has gone on and on (and on and on) (always without sanctions for enforcement) stating that Israel's efforts to extend its boundaries (Golan, East Jerusalem, etc.) are without legal force, so perhaps it is these pronouncements that create the legal rules for "legal" annexation in this case.
@Pabelmont – – All Arab countries have agreed to accept 1966 border as Israel's border. This, with UN usage, would seem to be significant.
The 1949 Armistice Agreements specifically did not change any territorial boundaries.
Legal annexation embraces the right to self determination. E.g., by 1854 US had adopted the legal custom of annexing via an agreement with the party whose territory was to be annexed, either through a referendum of the legitimate citizens of the territory to be annexed (the Mexican citizens of Texas http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/voters.html ), or by some other agreement mechanism, as with Hawaii & Alaska. Although the US bought Alaska, it was not sovereign to the US until annexation, which was by agreement.
Re – the territories acquired by war by Israel by May 11th 1949 and the signing of the 1949 Armistice Agreements. The UN can only tell UN Members how they may or may not act towards non-members, it cannot directly censure non-members. Thus there are no UNSC resolutions directly censuring Israel for acquiring territory by war prior to becoming a UN Member, even though the acquisition of territory by war was inadmissible under the 1933 Montevideo Convention.
Israel must, but has not yet attempted to, annex any of the territories it acquired by war before becoming a UN Member. If Israel now attempts to annex unilaterally, it will be condemned by the UNSC.
Contrary to popular belief, it is Israel who MUST negotiate an agreement with the Palestinians in order to circumvent the legal consequences of 65 years of illegal activities. The Palestinians meanwhile are under no legal obligation to forgo any of their rights, even in negotiations. Their incredibly generous offer of 2011 and 2012 were ignored by Israel.
Apparently the Saudi and Qataris have put a few billion dollars into supporting the insurgents in Syria. Perhaps putting that money into the West Bank would have been wiser?
Kerry's just got to find the right Indian wanting to sell Manhattan – whoops – there he is!
I love that photo of Kerry (with his back to the camera) greeting former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as the two attended the World Economic Forum. Just look at the expression on Tony Toady Blair's face as Kerry greets him. Would you buy a used car from that man (Blair)? I sure as hell wouldn't! ! !
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No-wonder scumbag Blair has built nearly impenetrable walls around the sources of his sudden, post-office fortunes. How does one go from a big mortgage on a fairly average London house on becoming PM, to multi-millions in the bank? As much as possible protected from the tax-man of course. I always swear I could see the £ signs in his eyes, could see him setting his ducks in a row, in the run up to Iraq. He'll do nothing of any substance whatsoever for Palestine.
Au contraire, he's already done much of substance — for himself at least and therefore for whomever is paying him. But against, not for, Palestine. Colonialism is not dead. Blair is one of its most effective prophets.
Blair has indeed grown quite rich, since leaving No. 10.
Blair needs 24 hour protection whenever he enters the UK. He will never get over Iraq, no matter how much money he makes.
Someone described him as the equivalent of a loose horse at the Grand National.
He has all the PR credibility of a rat.
@Seafoid – – One of Blair's clients pays him $2,500,000 per year for advice. Meaning, apparently, connections to rich and powerful people. Blair is a fixer, essentially.
kind of always assumed "neo-liberal hell-hole" was going to be the price paid for "independence" – it's the same everywhere.
It wouldn't even be independence, Dan, The bots have always thought there is a perfect balance of money and violence to deal with the neighbours but they are so full of sh#t.
It's not Britain or Blair, but US taxpayers that pay bag lady Abbas his salary for work as a longstanding loyal employee.
@Les – – Tell us what you think Abbas should have done, that he has failed to do. In a nutshell.
Anything BUT require Israel to adhere to the law. Kerry, Netanyahu, Blair, are quite insane.
This reminds me of the Obama administration's ever-eager willingness to overlook (and presumably to continue) (war) crimes committed by the Bush administration. And crime-like acts by big banks. But, of course, a conspiracy requires an agreement, and perhaps Obama — without any agreement — is merely hoping that whoever follows him will excuse the crimes of his administration as he has forgiven those of the Bushies.
blair is such a lapdog.
Annie, that short video was both enlightening and nauseating. Anyone who has the slightest confidence in this lapdog's potential to make a positive contribution is self-delusional.
Blair is truly one of the most despicable individuals on the world stage. It's good to be reminded of that, lest we forget. The fact that he could become leader of anything with the words 'Middle East' and 'peace' in it is beyond a joke. As George Galloway memorably said, it's a bit like putting Count Vlad Dracul in charge of the blood bank.
Blair is making many millions of pounds per year, partly by pleasing rich powerful people.
Thanks, Max for this well-researched report.
Interesting to see Kerry adopt classic liberal Zionist imagery: the almost closed window/door and the 90th minute/the 11th hour.
As you show, Blair is depraved. My take on Kerry is that he feels he first has to put in some hard work and enthusiasm on Israel/Palestine. After his inevitable failure (prophesied in the soon to be closed window), he can drop I/P with dignity and move on to being a successful Secretary of State elsewhere.
Max, that's a great report. How long will it be before Palestinians are blamed for spurning this generous opportunity to improve their condition, for focusing more on "destroying" Israel than building their own country, or society, or whatever minuscule scrap of political independence they might be thrown?
@Tidings – – Any opinion on the aesthetics of the Rand proposals for the West Bank?
Surely it is a good idea for better public transport to be built in the WB.
oh gawd, oh gawd, oh gawd, oh gawd……another 4 billion rip off, that if it ever gets off the ground will end up in the pockets of Israelis and Blair…and the current Israeli settlers and the ones Isr will move in to take advantage of Palestine economic package.
Please…someone just bomb DC so we can save the rest of the country.
It is not that bad. Based on the Oslo process we can also break down that $4 billion into these categories: at least 3 to 5 hundred million will go PA officials for their own use and perhaps a billion will go to PA security forces to pay salaries for those whose job it is to suppress Palestinian uprisings. The Israelis will of course take the biggest cut, as they always do, but I would be surprised to see Blair clear more than a few tens of millions of dollars.
It doesn't help to exaggerate. After all Blair has only made about $90 million since leaving office.
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Even though Blair's chicanery is well known (and well deserved), keep in mind that there are many in Israel who are hoping that this will never come to fruition (as one commenter said-paraphrasing "What a relief Abbas didn't take the bait"). There is a pervasive attitude that as long as false fronts are put up in the form of pre-conditions (the truly transparent and the not-quite-opaque) that are inherently odious to Palestinians, Israel can continue to claim that it is the Palestinians who are obstructurists because, "See? They refuse to even come to the table to negotiate!" This is becoming increasingly clear to Europeans (citizens and governments), and to Americans/Canadians (citizens) and the rest of the world who are not in the thrall of the brainwashing box. That number is rising daily, thank goodness.
Kerry has now protested twice in the last two weeks that settlement expansion is "not productive." Pretty hilarious, if it was not so damn important. It's hard to believe Kerry is unaware he's carraying out a charade for Obama, so the latter can say he tried on his post-POTUS resume.
@Citizen – – What do you think John Kerry can do, to stop the growth of the illegal colonies in the West Bank? Or, to help stop the growth of those colonies?


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Mike Hudson, Republican .......... 21,234 votes 31.7%
Jim Frazier, Democratic .......... 18,846 votes 28.1%
Patricia Hernández, Democratic .......... 11,844 votes 17.7%
Len Augustine .......... 10,048 votes 15.0%
Gene Gantt, Democratic .......... 3,827 votes 5.7%
Charles Kingeter, Democratic .......... 1,159 votes 1.7%
Susan A. Bonilla, Democratic .......... 54,832 votes 100.0%
Nancy Skinner, Democratic .......... 68,479 votes 99.8%
Eugene Ruyle, Peace and Freedom (Write-in)
Joan Buchanan, Democratic .......... 54,368 votes 56.7%
Al Phillips, Republican .......... 41,444 votes 43.3%


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ADP Risers and Fallers, July 23
A close look at ADP trends
by Clayton Gray, July 23
Photo: Denny Medley, US Presswire
As the summer rolls on, there will be a number of players who move up and down the ADP list. This movement can be caused by a variety of factors -- injuries, news, etc. This article will highlight some of the players who have seen significant movement over the last week and place them into one of three categories.
Players on the Rise
Players on the Decline
Players to Note
Note: In the last week, Footballguys has changed its method for compiling ADP. That means a few of the numbers won't match up to what was reported last week. Still, we can track ADP changes, so let's take a closer look at some of the players on the move.
These players have moved up the ADP list in the last week. And there's a pretty good reason for that.
WR Tyreek Hill, Kansas City -- up 18 spots to 31 overall
We're still seeing the effect of the news of no suspension for Hill. Look for more of the same next week.
RB Jordan Howard, Philadelphia -- up 3 spots to 80 overall
Howard's rise is likely due to the lack of good news surrounding Miles Sanders. Support for Sanders doesn't seem to be waning, but people are beginning to understand that Howard will have a role.


Ethan Bregman is a world class Race Engineer and has worked with some of the biggest names in the business He's been a vital part of 2 24 Hours of Le Mans winning teams, 2 24 Hours of Daytona winners, and 2 American Le Mans Series GT2 Champions.
He's also a heckuva nice guy.
So when Ethan saw that I was heading to NYC for work, he quickly got in touch and asked if I had time to do some work with him. Needless to say, I wasn't going to turn down this incredible opportunity.
Thinking about a suitable location, I knew Ethan's been working on a workshop/living space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and wanted to capture a bit of the industrial feel of his project. While there are a number of images in this series, (some even include a metal grinder!) I'll save them for Ethan Bregman, Race Engineer, to release to the public. You might find some of them over at Ayton Performance.
From my point of view, this was "the" killer shot from the session. As Ethan's job requires him to maintain razor sharp focus over some tremendously long periods of time, my keyword here was focus. Eschewing the normal soft lighting for a portrait session, I did the complete opposite for this shot. I removed the softbox and slapped a snoot on my flash.
With this focused light I was able to pull the eye to the main focus, and gain a dramatic shadow cast on the other side of Ethan's face. I'm also captivated by Ethan's expression. Timeless. Classic. Masculine.


When you forgot WordPress admin password, you could change it from the login page.
Have you ever thought to turn off password recovery option from your WordPress login page? It can be another plus point for WordPress security.
It's possible that someone can hack your email ID and it would be easy to recover the password of your website using that.
Wouldn't it be great if you totally disable password change option from WordPress login panel?
Follow The Guide To Remove The Password recovery option.
As you all know, there are many files and folders present in your WordPress directory from which you have to open functions.php file from your theme.
All the functions are controlled by this file.
Whether you use the cPanel or you can directly open this file from WordPress admin panel.
In most of the WordPress themes, the functions.php file consists every code from adding a new sidebar to the footer.
But here you just have to add the code below in the file.
This simple code will disable the password recovery option. When someone tries to reset the password, a notification will appear that password change is not possible.
After adding this code, you can check on your own website.
Just open the login page and try to reset the password. After filling the email ID, you won't be approved to change the password.
It's another way to more secure your WordPress login panel.
Did It Work For You? Do You Have Anything To Say About It?
Most of the people fret when they think about the WordPress codes.
But as you can see the code is simple. If you have a little bit of knowledge about WordPress functions then you can change the name of the function shown above.
In your WordPress theme, you would find the similar kind of codes. The above-shown code will help you to disable password change option from WordPress.
If you still have anything to say, feel free to share your ideas.
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Wonderful post as always, buddy!
I believe that is the good tactic to stop changing the password for the users, and mainly in the event of the hacking attempt trying to gain the access of the users.


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Forensic Discovery
Posted on Feb 16, 2010 by Ben Rothke
When most people think of forensics, television shows like Quincy and CSI come to mind. Where such shows deviate from reality is the unrealistic speed at which the actors are able to identify, apprehend and prosecute the perpetrators. In the real world, (unlike television, where the crime must be solved by the end of the family hour), crimes are solved with slow, deliberate and methodical steps. The prodigious incidence of digital crime has elevated computer forensics to a critical role within the field of information security. The focus of computer forensics is twofold: first is the attempt to determine whether a breach has occurred and to stop the perpetrator; second is prosecution of the offender, if the breach was a criminal activity.
Security luminaries Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema wrote one of the first vulnerability scanners (SATAN) almost 15 years ago; SATAN was the precursor to ISS Scanner, Retina and nmap. Venema wrote such well-known security applications as the TCP Wrapper program and the Postfix mail server. Farmer and Venema's new book Forensic Discovery is a valuable book that grounds a computer-savvy reader in the world of digital forensics.
An image of a pipe by artist René Magritte is on the cover with the caption Ceci nest pas une pipe. ("This is not a Pipe.") The picture demonstrates that an object exists on many planes; the simple recognition of the picture initiates the belief that we are seeing something, but it is only known in representation. Surrealist painting and digital forensics coalesce in that the digital forensic investigator must think broadly and unconventionally in order to reconstruct an incident, all the time keeping in mind that often what initially seems obvious is neither real nor correct.
The material in the book is an outgrowth of a one-time seminar the authors gave in 1999 on digital forensics and analysis. At the seminar, Farmer and Venema rolled out The Coroner's Toolkit (TCT), a collection of tools for gathering and analyzing forensic data on a Unix system. TCT is heavily referenced throughout the book.
The book initially seems thin, at just 198 pages, but there is no filler and the information is presented in a fast and furious manner. Part one of the book comprises 35 pages and is an introduction to the foundations of digital forensics and what to look for in an digital investigation.
Part two (chapters 3-6) is the nucleus of the book, which quickly gets into low-level details about file systems and operating system environments. While other forensics books focus exclusively on the discovery and gathering of data; Forensic Discovery adds needed insight on how to judge the trustworthiness of the observation and the data itself. Again, the idea is that not everything is as obvious as it may initially seem. An effective investigation often requires intense analysis, where meaningful conclusions take time.
Chapter 4, "File System Analysis," notes that while computers have significantly evolved since their inception, little has changed in last 30 years in the way that file systems actually handle data.
Chapter 5, "Systems and Subversion," is particularly interesting as it deals with system startup and shutdown, from a forensics perspective. The chapter shows that there are thousands of possible opportunities to subvert the integrity of a system without directly changing a file during startup and shutdown. A crucial decision that must be made during an incident is whether to shut down the system or let it remain on-line. There are advantages and disadvantages to each approach, and the book details them.
Part three (chapters 7-8) is about the persistence of deleted file information. The authors' research reveals that data can be quite resistant to destruction. The book shows that a huge amount of data and metadata can survive intended deletion as well as accidental damage.
Forensic Discovery is unusual in that other books on forensics are often nothing more than checklists and step-by-step instructions on what to do during an incident. Forensic Discovery provides a broad framework on the nature of data and how it can be recovered for forensic purposes. By understanding the underlying operating system, the act of analyzing and dealing with a security breach becomes much easier.
The book's target reader is anyone who wants to deepen his understanding of how computer systems work, as well as anyone who is likely to become involved with the technical aspects of computer intrusion or system analysis. The topics are too advanced, to make it the right book for the novice system administrator. For the technical reader, though, Forensic Discovery is one of the best computer security books published in the last year. The value of the information is immense, and the extensive experience that the authors bring is unmatched.


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Poshmark's shares soar in debut to public markets
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIOAP Retail Writer
Shares of Poshmark Inc. more than doubled in their debut trading in the public markets Thursday, a testament to the strength of the online marketplace for second-hand goods even during a pandemic.
The company, which opened at $97..50 Thursday on the Nasdaq Stock Market, soared 140% to $101.98 in afternoon trading. That valued the company at $7.5 billion.
Late Wednesday, the initial public offering of 6.6 million shares was priced at $42 a share, above an expected range of $35 to $39 a share. The company raised proceeds of about $277.2 million before underwriting fees. The ticker symbol is "POSH."
Poshmark, founded in 2011 by Manish Chandra, joins a growing number of e-commerce sites like Doordash and Airbnb that have gone public during the pandemic. Online pet supplies retailer Petco returned to the public market Thursday.
"It's a great validation," said Chandra during a phone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "We are excited about where we are, but even more excited about the future."
Poshmark plans to use the proceeds from the public offering to expand into more international markets beyond Canada and add more merchandise categories beyond clothing, home and beauty. It also plans to invest in more technology.
Poshmark, based in Redwood City, California, is hitting the public markets as the coronavirus keeps battering traditional physical retailers, particularly those operating at malls. But the popularity that many online second-hand sellers like Poshmark enjoyed before the virus has continued.
Poshmark has benefitted from shoppers' accelerated shift to online and customers' steadfast focus on second-hand goods as they become more conscious about the environment. Poshmark is also a social marketplace where users buy and sell directly with each other and interact, something that has resonated with many people in isolation. Another bright spot: customers are increasingly using sites like Poshmark to earn extra income as they clean out their closets in an uncertain economy.
Still, Chandra said that the pandemic has dampened the demand for dressier items as shoppers are staying close to home and not going to parties and other events. However, he said that Poshmark has been quick to reconfigure the clothing offerings to focus more on casual items. And Chandra is optimistic that demand for dressier items will come back once the pandemic resides.
Poshmark, which has 70 million total users, achieved profitability for the first time during the quarter ended June 30, according to its prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For the nine-month period ended Sept. 30, revenue rose 28% to $192.76 million from $150.49 million in the year-ago period, according to its prospectus.
While shoppers for years have been buying and selling used discounted designer items at thrift shops and on eBay, this latest generation of secondhand online retailers like Poshmark make the shopping experience easier, with new technology and services.
In fact, the total resale market reached $28 billion in 2019 and should increase to $64 billion by 2024, according to research from GlobalData commissioned by thredUP, a rival secondhand site.
ThredUP has been expanding into home decor with items including bedding and bath. It also opened several stores. The RealReal, an online seller of authenticated, consigned luxury goods, went public in 2019. The RealReal offers a "white glove" service where consignors, those who are selling their used designer goods, make an appointment with one of its luxury managers and receives a complimentary consultation at their home.
Poshmark holds a vast array of goods, from a $20 casual dress to a $1,000 luxury handbag. But it's a marketplace that's similar to eBay, which allows sellers to sell and send their merchandise directly to buyers. Poshmark charges a flat 20% fee of the final price for sales $15 and more or a flat fee of $2.95 for sales under that price.
Poshmark also can rein in costs because it doesn't hold the inventory. For items that are priced at $500 or more, goods need to be sent to Poshmark for authentication.
Poshmark has seen financial benefits from being a social marketplace. In 2019, its active users spent an average of 27 minutes a day on Poshmark's marketplace, browsing, shopping, buying, selling and connecting with each other via 20.5 billion social interactions, according to the filing.
In 2019, 87% of items purchased on Poshmark were preceded by a like, comment, or offer on its marketplace, according to a company filing.
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California's state epidemiologist is urging a halt to more than 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations using a Moderna version because some people who got it needed medical treatment for possible severe allergic reactions
A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for three months
Exhausted nurses in rural Yuma, Arizona, are regularly sending COVID-19 patients on a long helicopter ride to hospitals in Phoenix when they don't have enough staff
1 dead in crash after motorcycles go wrong way on Bay Bridge
California Highway Patrol says a passenger on a motorcycle died Sunday night after a collision involving multiple vehicles
Kamala Harris will make history on Wednesday when she becomes the nation's first female vice president — and the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to hold that office
California closes in on 3 million coronavirus cases
California is closing in on 3 million coronavirus cases as the state tries to smooth the rocky rollout of vaccines during a continuing spike in COVID-19 deaths
San Diego County reaches 2,000 COVID-19 deaths; vaccine trickles out to those 65 and up
UCSD and the San Diego VA have begun immunizing older patients most vulnerable to the coronavirus
They're the most likely to die from COVID-19, but hardly any have been vaccinated
U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham says he plans to resign with the change in presidential administrations
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Horowitz, Michael K.
Attorney Michael K. Horowitz is a partner at Matheson & Horowitz where he provides aggressive legal representation and compassionate counsel to people who have suffered work related injuries, occupational diseases, or repetitive trauma at work, as well as representing individuals in Social Security matters and claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Born in Miami, Florida, Michael is a native Floridian who has resided on the Treasure Coast since 1989. The Matheson & Horowitz law firm only represents injured and sick individuals and does not represent employers or insurance companies. Assisting injured citizens is Michael's passion. What I love about the work that I do is we have an opportunity to help injured people who don't know about the legal system, and who truly need our assistance," Attorney Horowitz says. The insurance companies will not protect the injured worker's interests. It is essential that an injured worker have someone behind them who knows these insurance companies and their tactics. Michael has been handling these cases for over 26 years now on the Treasure Coast and throughout Florida, and knows every trick in the book.
Michael became interested in the law and justice at an early age. He attended Florida State University where he obtained a degree in political science with minor degrees in philosophy and theater, all essential ingredients to create the attorney Michael is today. Michael then attended Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan, where he was very active in Moot Court and won several awards and scholarships for his litigation skills.
Michael takes an aggressive approach to dealing with insurance companies and is never afraid to take a case to trial. Having tried hundreds of cases to their conclusion in his 30 years of practice, and handled many appeals, Michael believes that you have to be willing to go to Court to get the best results for your client. Any lawyer can "settle" a case. But is the attorney willing to do what is necessary to get full value on the claim? Most are not.
Michael also believes that the attorney must handle the case personally to get the best results for any client. Many lawyers never even meet their client until deposition or mediation or see the light on the courthouse steps. Horowitz handles every aspect of the case personally, and is always willing to meet with a client personally to discuss their case. Injured workers are frequently in the darkest time of their life dealing with their injury, medical treatment, loss of income, etc. Having an attorney to answer their questions, or simply talk about their problems, is essential to the attorney-client relationship.
"We fight for our clients to receive the best results possible, whether by trial or settlement, to secure lost wages and medical care. At the end of the case we can see how we have helped people and made a positive impact in their lives. That's what's most gratifying for us."
Michael also represents individuals before the Social Security Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs representing members of our armed services. "Our servicemen and women have protected and served for us. Unfortunately, when they become disabled due to their service, the government is often not there for them." Michael is certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs to represent servicemembers in their claims before the VA.
Michael and his partner, Ted Matheson, formed their current law firm in 2000 with a very specific philosophy. "Large enough to meet your needs, but small enough to know we care." The office was never formed to be a case mill. We believe that representation must be personal and each case must receive the full attention it deserves to secure the best possible result.
Further, the law office of Matheson & Horowitz has an exceptional staff to assist you when you need help. "We have high standards in terms of our staff and how they communicate with our clients. We want our clients to get the information that they need in a professional manner. When the case is over, we want our clients to tell their friends and family about their positive experience at Matheson, Horowitz & Devonmille and that they received the best possible representation. We fight for our clients like they are our own family."
"Our names are on the door of our law office. It is very important that everything about our firm represents our commitment to our clients."
Michael is also very active in the community. "It is important to serve the community which has supported us." Michael has been active on the Sunrise Theatre Board of Directors, Foundation Board and Advisory Board since the theater's inception, and remains passionate about it. Michael also sits on the Board of Directors for Florida Workers Advocates, an organization whose sole focus is to improve the existence of injured workers, and is the Board's current Treasurer, and is President of the Robert D. McAliley Inns of Court an ethics and professionalism Bar, which mentors your lawyers. He and his wife, Rhonda, along with their two daughters, live locally and work to give back to the community where they live. Michael is also and avid golfer and amateur chef.
Contact Michael today to discuss your claim at 772-569-2667 or click here to email Michael.
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
B.S. Bachelor of Science
Minor: Philosophy and Theater
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Żarów – dawna gromada, czyli najmniejsza jednostka podziału terytorialnego Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej w latach 1954–1972.

Gromady, z gromadzkimi radami narodowymi (GRN) jako organami władzy najniższego stopnia na wsi, funkcjonowały od reformy reorganizującej administrację wiejską przeprowadzonej jesienią 1954 do momentu ich zniesienia z dniem 1 stycznia 1973, tym samym wypierając organizację gminną w latach 1954–1972.

Gromadę Żarów z siedzibą GRN w Żarowie (wówczas wsi, nie wchodzącej w skład gromady) utworzono – jako jedną z 8759 gromad na obszarze Polski – w powiecie świdnickim w woj. wrocławskim, na mocy uchwały nr 28/54 WRN we Wrocławiu z dnia 2 października 1954. W skład jednostki weszły obszary dotychczasowych gromad Tarnawa, Kruków, Łażany, Kalno, Bożanów i Mrowiny ze zniesionej gminy Żarów w tymże powiecie. Dla gromady ustalono 24 członków gromadzkiej rady narodowej.

31 grudnia 1959 do gromady Żarów włączono wsie Mielęcin, Zastróże i Pyszczyn ze znoszonej gromady Osiek w powiecie średzkim w tymże województwie.

31 grudnia 1961 do gromady Żarów włączono wieś Wierzbna ze zniesionej gromady Bolesławice oraz wieś Przyłęgów ze zniesionej gromady Pastuchów w tymże powiecie.

Gromada przetrwała do końca 1972 roku, czyli do kolejnej reformy gminnej. 1 stycznia 1973 powiecie świdnickim reaktywowano gminę Żarów.

Uwaga: W 1954 roku w powiecie świdnickim funkcjonowały dwie gromady o nazwie Żarów – drugą była gromada Żarów.

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The first genuine marquee event of 2014 awaits us this afternoon as everyone sits patiently waiting for the random number generator that is the NFP. Market consensus broadly is in the +197k vicinity while most (via Twitter as well as some of the larger banks) are calling 220k+. We'll all be a little wiser in just a matter of hours. For what it's worth my personal call is for +207k on the print and subsequently look for inherent volatility with a general lean on USD buying. Anything remotely strong or at the very least better than expectations will see the bulk of the market have their continued taper view reinforced and thus this will further serve to support the USD.
Overnight action was muted as all sat waiting for this afternoon. In the wake of an ECB meeting that gave us nothing other than more determined language from Mario with regard to forward guidance, after all was said and done the headline pair returned to levels vaguely seen in the 24 hours preceding the event.
UK Manufacturing data was flat this morning in the wake of +0.4% increase, with a plethora of trailing stops sub the 1.6450 area in the Cable the tumble was quick and one way. However bids joined the party into 1.6400 and it's roughly around there that we've held ever since.
As far as levels on the day, similar guidelines as the last few days still hold validity. As we all know it's safe to expect volatility into the print and at best you're guessing which way the cookie will crumble, so perhaps trade after if you must, but certainly not before.
EURUSD: The bid at 1.3550 held steadfast yesterday all throughout the press conference and there are more buyers still seen into 1.3530. Below 1.3520 however, well that's stop city. For what it's worth should we see the pair sub the 1.3500 handle I become a more than willing buyer. On the topside offers still remain into 1.3625/30 and 1.3650.
GBPUSD: 1.6380 is the nearest line in the sand with stops residing sub bids into that level. On the topside sellers only join the party once again into 1.6480/90.
USDJPY: Outside of another mammoth 105 option expiry today, many are now calling for a 3 big figure retracement in the pair. I'm not ready to disagree at this stage. Note this is (for now) is not an endorsement of getting short the pair.