Episode 84: Google Chrome Plans to Implement Insecure Form Warnings
The Google Chrome web browser has a high-severity vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code, which has been fixed in Chrome version 85. Google also announced that Chrome 86 will alert users if a form submission is using the insecure HTTP protocol, making it a good time to audit older sites that may have migrated to HTTPS, but still have forms submitting via HTTP.
A security researcher found a flaw in Apple’s Safari browser that could allow an attacker to access files on a Mac or iOS device.
The FBI and CISA have issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from vishing attacks targeting companies.
Here are timestamps and links in case you’d like to jump around, and a transcript is below.
0:12 Chrome patches vulnerability that could be used to execute arbitrary code
1:20 Google announces Chrome 86 will alert users to insecure form submissions
2:55 Safari browser zero-day vulnerability could lead to leaking files to an attacker
4:40 FBI-CISA joint alert about growing vishing threat
Episode 84 Transcript
Hello everyone. It’s Scott from Wordfence. This is Think Like a Hacker, the weekly podcast about WordPress security and innovation. Let’s get right into this week’s stories.
First up a couple of stories relating to the Google Chrome browser. A patch was released for Google Chrome this week, which fixed a vulnerability that could potentially allow code execution. The flaw, which is called a use-after-free vulnerability was in the graphics library component of Chrome. This was part of the functionality that lets users render 2D and 3D graphics. The issue came about from improperly handling memory. If the memory layout of the browser were manipulated by an attacker, they could gain control and ultimately it could lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker could execute code via one of the vulnerable functions, which was used to sync data. When that was done, it then creates the use-after-free condition mentioned earlier. This can occur from attempts to access memory after it’s been freed up, which can then result in a program crashing or potentially result in execution of arbitrary code. So currently the thing to do here is check your current browser version and make sure that you’ve updated to Chrome 85, which should be available for you now.
In another story regarding the popular web browser, Google said in an upcoming release of Chrome, that they will be restricting forms that are sent via HTTP protocol. This is a push to have site owners review their site and be sure that forms are transmitting data via the secure HTTPS protocol. It’s important to be sure that all of the data on your site is being transmitted securely. And if you’ve recently migrated to HTTPS, double check to be sure that your forms are transmitting data securely to reduce any chance of being alerted or warned by Google of the issue, which could potentially end up resulting in a loss of revenue, depending on what your forms are used for.
If your forms are not transmitting data securely, you’ll see a message alerting you that the form is not secure. And you’ll also see an alert that autofill has been disabled for the form. Your visitors will also see these messages as well. An additional warning will be then shown to the site visitor when they attempt to submit data via that form and the warning will give the visitor an opportunity to continue with the data submission or cancel the submission at that point. One thing to consider as a site owner is checking your browser console for warnings that mention mixed content being loaded on the site. If you’re seeing that message, you can then find some tools with a Google search or via the WordPress plugins area to help automatically fix insecure and mixed content being loaded. Chrome 86 will feature these changes and it’s due to be released on October 6th, 2020.
Sticking with browser related news, Safari has a zero day vulnerability affecting the Mac OS and iOS browsers. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access files that are stored on the user’s local hard drive. This bug was discovered by the polar security firm REDTEAM.PL. The vulnerability resides in the Safari web share API, which introduces the ability to share text, links, files, and other things cross-browser. Visiting a malicious site set up for this vulnerability could open your device to this issue and result in leaking out the private stored local files from your device. After repeatedly chasing Apple about this vulnerability, the researcher who discovered the zero day was notified by Apple, that it would not be patched until the April 2021 security update and then he took it upon himself to disclose the issue in advance. Now, the researcher who disclosed the bug has described it as not very serious due to the fact that the user would need to be tricked into a situation to leak out the files.
However, the attack itself can be hidden well. The vulnerability is not easy to carry out, and it does require some user interaction, as I mentioned, which draws comparison to a social engineering attack. But the founder of the issue mentions that barriers for the bug are far from insurmountable and demonstrates the bug and a proof of concept video, which you can check out on YouTube. So as this has not yet been patched and may not be for some time, it’s always a good rule of thumb to double check where you’re browsing at any given time and always be aware on what you’re clicking and who you’re giving information to.
In our last story for this week, the FBI and CISA, which is the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency, issued an alert warning about the growing threat of voice phishing, or vishing, attacks. Now you might be wondering what is vishing? Vishing is a form of fishing where during a voice call, a scammer will attempt social engineering to get you to share personal information or company information, to help them with their attack. This can result in an attacker gaining access to employee tools with the end goal of monetizing the access. KrebsOnSecurity took a look at a crime group, which is offering to steal VPN credentials and other data from employees working remotely during the pandemic. In their article they mentioned in the joint FBI-CISA alert that the vishers are said to be compiling information on the employees using public profiles on social media sites and other readily available services, such as background checks.
In the alert it’s noted that in some cases, unsuspecting employees granted access to these vishers, even helping them bypass 2FA and/or one-time passwords (OTP). In other cases, attackers were able to gain access to the necessary one-time codes by targeting the employee with SIM swapping, which is a technique that involves social engineering an employee at a mobile phone company, which would then result in the employee giving them control of the target’s phone number, allowing them to access the 2FA code. One way around this for companies that are working remotely is the approach that Google took in requiring all employees to use physical security keys in place of one-time codes. You can check out USB and USBC versions of these physical security keys from the company Yubico who offers the YubiKey.
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[CP 213 CD] Mesias Maiguashca; Oeldorf 8
Issued by the Dutch "Nea Mousa Promotion Centre for Contemporary Music", the initial 1976 issue of this music documents the 8th meeting of "The Oeldorf Group" of Composer-Performers Pëter Eótvös (whose "Cricket Music" graces Creelpolation 1), Joachim Krist, Dietrich Frische, Gabriele Schumacher, and Mesias Maiguashca, who met annually at the barn pictured on the cover to workshop & perform each other's pieces from 1971 on.
The two-part "Oeldorf 8" suite, composed in 1975, is a thing of wonder; from the outset, Maiguashca's spoken introduction of the players & concept gets slowly eroded by errant, pointillist electronic sound - composed that year at the storied WDR - which then lets loose for a good 10 minutes before a swarm of slowly rising held tones c/o the players acoustic arsenal slowly comes to the fore.
On the second side, the acoustic sounds - patiently, elegantly state their cases across a good half of the segment until a rising pulse-wave drone essentially annihilates the more nuanced phrasing & slowly builds to an almost Roland Kayn-esque climax of raw oscillator gristle. Such polarizing music from such an unassuming cover!


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Call for Jim Chalmers to OVERRULE the Reserve Bank and stop rate hike even though inflation is still too high: ‘Getting out of control’
- Greens Senator Nick McKim outraged by rate hike
- Said tenants and mortgagees are being crushed
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been urged by the Greens to halt the latest ‘out of control’ rate hike by overriding the Reserve Bank’s decision.
The RBA surprised most pundits on Tuesday afternoon by raising interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, pushing cash rates to an 11-year high of 3.85 percent.
“Inflation in Australia has peaked but is still too high at 7 percent and will take some time to get back into target range,” said RBA Governor Philip Lowe.
But Greens Treasury spokesman Senator Nick McKim was outraged by the announcement, saying it “beyond belief and will crush tenants and mortgagees even harder than they were already crushed.”
“The RBA is out of control. Treasurer Jim Chalmers must use the powers he has and step in and override this decision.”
Treasurer Jim Chalmers (pictured right, with his wife Laura) has been urged by the Greens to halt the latest ‘out of control’ rate hike by reversing the Reserve Bank’s decision
Mr McKim said section 11 of the RBA Act allowed Mr Chalmers if he wanted to.
“If Grim Jim Chalmers refuses to act, it will be tacit approval from the RBA crushing tenants and mortgagees,” he said.
How loan repayments have increased in a year
$500,000: Monthly, $1,041; $12,492 annually
$600,000: Monthly, $1,249; $14,988 annually
$700,000: Monthly, $1,457; $17,484 annually
$800,000: Monthly, $1,665; $19,980 annually
$900,000: Monthly, $1,874; $22,488 annually
$1,000,000: Monthly, $2,082; $24,984 annually
The Greens have drafted a private member bill in federal parliament that, it claims, will strengthen the existing safeguard that gives the treasurer the power to override the RBA.
“Next week’s budget should now be the frontline for tackling high inflation and the cost-of-living crisis,” McKim said.
“But instead Jim Chalmers seems poised to shift responsibility back to the RBA and give a budget that tinkers with margins to avoid upsetting Labour’s big business partners.”
The Reserve Bank Act of 1959 gives the government the power to reverse interest rate decisions, but it has never been used.
An RBA review recommended deletion of this provision, which Dr. Chalmers agreed to.
“We don’t want any element of politicization when it comes to the Reserve Bank,” the treasurer said last month.
And the changes recommended by the review panel are about making the Reserve Bank more independent, not less, but also where there are areas where that’s unclear, to clarify that.
“We intend to introduce legislation to strengthen the independence of the Reserve Bank by removing the government’s veto power over its decisions.”
Dr. Chalmers said on Tuesday that the latest rate hike is “a very difficult decision for many Australians under the pump”.
“This reminds us that inflation remains the main challenge in our economy.”
However, Senator McKim called on Mr. Chalmers to turn the budget into one “that taxes the super-profits of companies that drive inflation and that taxes the wealthy who benefit from high interest rates and low rental vacancy rates.”
He added that “the past 12 months have only shown that we need more oversight and accountability from the Reserve Bank, not less.”
Dr. Lowe explained the reason behind the rate hike saying, “High inflation makes people’s lives difficult and harms the functioning of the economy.
Greens Treasury spokesman, Senator Nick McKim (pictured), said the rate hike “is shaking faith and will crush tenants and mortgage holders even harder than they were already crushed”
And if high inflation were to take root in people’s expectations, it would be very expensive to reduce later, with even higher interest rates and a bigger rise in unemployment.
“Today’s further interest rate adjustment will help with that.”
What the latest interest rate hike means for mortgage repayments
$500,000: $79 up to $2,963 from $2,884
$600,000: $95 up to $3,555 from $3,460
$700,000: $111 up to $4,148 from $4,037
$800,000: $127 up to $4,740 from $4,613
$900,000: $143 up to $5,333 from $5,190
$1,000,000: $158 up to $5,925 from $5,767


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As the artistic and cultural scene flourishes, Tasmania has also become the perfect place to be a student.
The arrival of MONA in 2011 started an artistic and cultural revolution.
The island state has since become a hub for contemporary, boundary pushing festivals and created a cultural scene unlike anywhere on the mainland.
But it's the natural world which embeds itself into the university experience that makes it truly unique.
Gemma Rushton, a Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies student, moved interstate for the natural beauty that's found in Tasmania.
"I love Tasmania for its wild, rugged coastlines and impressive National Parks," she said.
"On weekends and holidays, there's hiking, diving, surfing, camping all around the state."
Economics Honours graduate Peter Legg agreed that the richness of the natural world made for an amazing university experience.
"What I loved about living and studying in Tasmania was the people that I got to meet and the natural beauty of the place," he said.
"Even though I lived there my entire life, I was always awestruck by the amazing views it had - the Derwent River or kunanyi/Mount Wellington looming overhead."
"Often I would go on bushwalks with family or friends to explore the natural landscape.
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What makes Tasmania truly special isn't just it's natural beauty, cultural revival or rich student life.
It's that it gives students the chance to think differently.
When applying to the University of Tasmania, you can apply directly through the website.
You don't need to change your preferences. You can just give yourself another option, one that's a little different from the rest.
So why not pop in an application? You only have the world to gain.
For details, visit utas.edu.au/undergraduate-study.

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Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins
Over the course of human history, the sciences, and biology in particular, have often been manipulated to cause immense human suffering. For example, biology has been used to justify eugenic programs, forced sterilization, human experimentation, and death camps—all in an attempt to support notions of racial superiority. By investigating the past, the contributors to Biology and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins hope to better prepare us to discern ideological abuse of science when it occurs in the future.
Denis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers bring together fourteen experts to examine the varied ways science has been used and abused for nonscientific purposes from the fifteenth century to the present day. Featuring an essay on eugenics from Edward J. Larson and an examination of the progress of evolution by Michael J. Ruse, Biology and Ideology examines uses both benign and sinister, ultimately reminding us that ideological extrapolation continues today. An accessible survey, this collection will enlighten historians of science, their students, practicing scientists, and anyone interested in the relationship between science and culture.
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2 Biology atheism and politics in eighteenthcentury France Shirley A Roe
3 Eighteenthcentury uses of vitalism in constructing the human sciences Peter Hanns Reill
Paley Darwin and the Bridgewater Treatises Jonathan R Topham
5 Race empire and biology before Darwinism Sujit Sivasundaram
6 Darwins choice Nicolaas Rupke
7 Biology and the emergence of the AngloAmerican eugenics movement Edward J Larson
10 Evolution and the idea of social Progress Michael Ruse
11 Beauty and the beast? Conceptualizing sex in evolutionary narratives Erika Lorraine Milam
12 Creationism intelligent design and modern biology Ronald L Numbers
13 The ideological uses of evolutionary biology in recent atheist apologetics Alister E McGrath
8 Genetics eugenics and the Holocaust Paul Weindling
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Photograph by Felipe Buitrago
MONEY TALKS: Los Gatos Town Manager Greg Larson (pictured) says a petition being funded by former Town Councilman Steve Glickman could delay a popular library project and cost the town $500,000.
Attack of the Gadfly
Former Los Gatos Town Council member launches a last fight against Town Hall
By Jessica Fromm
WITH a public career on the Los Gatos Town Council marked by controversy and open hostility toward his fellow councilmembers, Steve Glickman now seems to want to retire from politics with as much tumult as possible.
As the main financial backer of two initiatives currently being floated, Glickman has caused tempers to flare around the idyllic community. Citizens are picketing at the Farmers Market, and shouting at Town Council meetings about him and his initiatives.
Glickman says he's "kind of cleaning up some unfinished business" with his initiatives, each of which seem custom made to provoke a ruckus. One would institute term limits on his former council colleagues, and the other would force a delay in the building of a long-awaited and widely supported new library.
Glickman is taking it quite personally, insisting that he is being targeted. "There are people in the town do not think well of me, and some of this is a visceral dislike of me," he says. "It's just an excuse to attack me, because they truly, deeply hate me."
Glickman officially retired from public life last December with a surprise announcement that he was giving up the council seat he'd held for eight years. Still, he sees it as his duty to follow up on the two scourges he'd railed against on the dais: "monument building" and the "insurmountable power of council incumbency."
While he is backing both ballot initiatives financially, he says that only the one that purposes term limits was his idea. He says the other, much more controversial initiative, which proposes limits on capital spending on projects that cost more than $7 million without voter approval, was brought to his attention by supporters in the community.
According to Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman, the only project that could ever be impacted by that ballot measure is the new library project, because the town has no plans to ever engage in a project of that size. However, the library is not mentioned in the initiative that Glickman wrote.
"What is irritating and angering people," Wasserman says, "is that when they wrote up the initiative, it didn't say that this will apply to the new library, and that project has been in the works for several years." Glickman, however, believes the library is the tip of an iceberg—a plan to build a massive civic center.
The fight has been taken to the streets with a series of public clashes between library supporters and the paid signature-gathers Glickman has hired to collect the 1,871 registered voter signatures needed to place the measure on the ballot. Steve Pinney, manager of Lunardi's Supermarket, was involved in an incident involving the petitioners three weeks ago. Pinney says they misrepresented themselves when they asked for permission to collect signatures in front of his store.
"The gentlemen came into the store and asked me if I minded if he set up a table to register voters, and I told him that would be fine, knowing that he has a constitutional right to do that anyway," Pinney says.
"Then about an hour later ... this gentleman is asking people to sign petitions. I had no idea that there were petitions involved."
Evidence on YouTube
Library supporters say the petition gatherers are lying to citizens as well. To prove it, one videotaped a conversation he had with a man collecting signatures at the downtown Farmers Market. The video, which has been posted on YouTube, shows one of the petitioners, who knew he was being filmed, making statements that go from vague to flat-out false.
When asked if the initiative will affect the library, the man dances over the question, saying yes, then no, mumbles something about term limits, then says the petition only deals with shopping centers.
"That's a whole bunch of politics; ... propaganda," the man says, adding that the petition has nothing to do with the library."
"So I can sign this, and our library still gets built?" says the video taker. "Yes, yes," says the signature gatherer, looking away nervously. A library supporter named Donn Waters brought the You Tube video to the June 15 Town Council meeting. Showing the video live, he called on the council to stop "renegades of malcontent [that want] to derail the building of our new library." Waters went on to ask for Glickman's petition permit to be withdrawn for "illegal activities" and for him to be punished.
After Waters spoke, Los Gatos Town Manager Greg Larson said that inappropriate campaign behavior and misinformation can be criminally investigated by the district attorney's office, and he asked for any evidence of such activity to be reported to the Police Department.
Glickman, who has seen the YouTube video, said that he has fired that particular paid signature gatherer.
Furthermore, he alleges that his paid petition gathers have been physically assaulted and robbed. According to a police report, one of Glickman's paid petitioners was collecting signatures at the Los Gatos Safeway on Pollard Road. She was asked to leave by the manager after a costumer complained she was harassing patrons. As the woman was walking back to her car, she says, the customer who had complained came up behind her and grabbed the clipboard from her hand, which contained signed petition papers.
Sgt. Kerry Harris says the police are investigating the robbery, but, without any other witnesses and no surveillance video, there is not a lot they can do to find the suspect unless more information comes forward.
The Los Gatos community has been discussing the possibility of a new library since the 1980s. The current location was built in 1964, when the population of Los Gatos was 9,000, and currently serves a population of 30,000 and has fallen into disrepair.
Surprisingly, Glickman says that he supports the building of a new public library, insisting that it's the principle of the thing that matters. "If we put it to a vote, I encourage people to vote for a new library, but they are the ones who have to make the choice," he says.
Since 2002 there have been six focus groups, two community forums, a design charrette and seven council meetings, as well as five specific public meetings, a community forum and three neighborhood meetings where the new library was the only focus.
"Well, come on, the only people who came to the meetings were the Friends of the Library," Glickman says. "Of course, the Friends of the Library have gone bananas. They are a group of sweet little old ladies who have been dreaming of a new library for decades. Now it's sort of within their grasp. And along comes this initiative. And they are good-hearted ladies that want a new library, and they want to build it with public money. But, you've got to ask."
Wasserman says that there has already been extensive polling and public meeting to establish that the vast majority of people in Los Gatos want a new library, which will be funded by the town's redevelopment agency.
"I have no idea why Glickman is doing this when he knows it's not the truth," says Wasserman. "He says, Well, I just want the people to vote on it. They already voted on it 10 times. It's a waste of energy, it's a waste of money."
If Glickman manages to collect enough signatures to get his initiative on the ballot, it could delay the library project up to 12 months and cost the city $500,000, Larson says. With the possibility of $500,000 less available to build the new library, the council would have to either downscale the project to reduce the cost, or to supplement the costs with other resources, be it public money or private money.
Glickman makes no apologies for adding significant costs to the project. "People say, Oh, what about the election, that's expensive. I say, I'm sorry, I think that is called democracy."
Pressed, he also seems to back-pedal from his avowed support of the project, offering his opinion that the council is building the library for the wrong reasons.
"This is not just the library," he says, "it's their first phase of the civic center master plan. It's monument building."
Mayor Wasserman, however, sees everything surrounding Glickman's initiatives as ludicrous.
"You write the ballot initiative. The only thing it applies to is the library, and yet you don't put 'library' in there? Why didn't he have the guts to say 'Please sign the initiative if you want to put the building of a new library to the people?' Because he would lose that," Wasserman says. "People are signing the petition to put the initiative on the ballot under false pretenses. ... I don't know about you, but that's not right."
Only time will tell if Glickman will keep his promise not to stir up the pot anymore around Los Gatos after these initiatives pass or fail, but to Wasserman, that time can't come soon enough.
"I would have liked to see him, when he got off council, volunteer to be on a service club, a Lions or a Rotary, or maybe volunteer to be a Little League umpire." Wasserman says. "Instead he is causing negative vibes out there, and what does he have to gain?"
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The health secretary has said he hopes the opportunity to lead improvements to patient care will overcome cynicism from the profession about the new nursing and care quality forum.
Andrew Lansley was speaking to Nursing Times following the inaugural meeting of the forum, at which its full membership and details of its workstreams were announced.
Mr Lansley said nurse leadership was critical to improving quality and he wanted the forum to be “owned by nurses across the service”.
“I hope that the issue is not really about nurses applying cynicism to another government initiative; it’s about nurse leaders saying to their colleagues, ‘we’ve been given the opportunity to do this’,” he said. “The message we want to put across was that nursing is absolutely critical to the quality of patient care.”
Mr Lansley said he wanted “get beyond…. a lot of reports and good principles about nursing”.
“What we need to do now is see that translated into mechanisms by which best practice is achieved across the service and that’s what people [on the forum] will be focused on,” he told Nursing Times.
He acknowledged that the work of the forum could overlap with some of the recommendations of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, which is due to report in the autumn – around six months later than originally thought.
For example, Mr Lansley highlighted the use of staff feedback, such as the “friends and family test” in the annual staff survey – under which staff are asked if they would recommend their hospital or service.
“It’s no secret that if you were to look back, that was one of the indicators at Stafford that was in a bad place at quite an early stage,” he said.
He acknowledged many nursing directors had already implemented intentional ward rounding and productive ward – two of the initiatives championed by the prime minister when he announced the creation of the forum in January.
He said it should act as “positive reassurance” to nurses engaged in either programme that they were carrying out best practice. “But there are many places where, with some of these things, I think we’ve got a way to go,” he said.
Mr Lansley also confirmed that the forum would have a wider scope than just registered nurses working in acute care, despite much attention so far focusing on nursing in hospitals.
He said members had discussed “ensuring that it was not only concerned with the acute sector and very much focused how we go about improving overall care in the community and in primary care”.
“It was also said [in the forum meeting] that across health and care services that the majority of care maybe delivered not by nurses but by care assistants,” he said.
Many in the profession have drawn similarities between the forum and Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, which was set up under Gordon Brown.
Asked how he would ensure the forum’s recommendations would be taken forward, unlike many of the former commissions, Mr Lansley said “everything that the forum is doing will be operational immediately”.
He said he expected the forum’s workstreams would produce a series of best practice proposals that could “be fed directly into the service”, rather than a report being published.
“The point is not to produce something and then wonder if it just gets put on a shelf,” he said. “Certainly their [the forum’s] intention and ours is to have a real time relationship with nurses across the service.”


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The Environmental Protection Agency's oral hearing into its licensing of the Corrib gas terminal has been set for April 16th.
The hearing will be held by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff in the Broadhaven Bay Hotel, Belmullet, following 12 submissions in relation to its preliminary licensing of the project.
Corrib's lead developer, Shell E&P Ireland, An Taisce, local priest Fr Michael Nallen, the Erris Inshore Fishermen's Association and individual members of the Shell to Sea campaign were among the 12 appellants, following the Environment Protection Agency's issuing of preliminary integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) approval in January this year.
The IPPC licence for the refinery is one of a number of consents and procedures handled by different State agencies in relation to the €900 million project. It addresses emissions and the environmental management of the facility.
The EPA's preliminary approval states it is "satisfied that emissions from the refinery, when operated in accordance with the conditions of the proposed licence, will not adversely affect human health or the environment and will meet all relevant national and EU standards". To date, the EPA has not overturned an interim decision of this nature.
In a related development, the North-Western Regional Fisheries Board expects that it will be a fortnight before it has results back from tests taken near the Bellanaboy terminal on Thursday last.
A "tar-like" run-off into a stream feeding the Bellanaboy river - which in turn runs into Carrowmore lake - was reported to Mayo County Council by residents late last week, and up to 30 people occupied the terminal site for an hour on Thursday to protest over continuing concerns about water quality.
Although Shell E&P Ireland has described the report as "spurious", the fisheries board has said it is investigating the situation as the affected stream runs into Bellanaboy river and Carrowmore lake.
Carrowmore lake supplies drinking water to 10,000 people, and the proximity of the terminal to it is the basis for An Taisce's objection to the EPA's integrated pollution prevention and control licence. Mayo County Council was unavailable for comment on the report.
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I am going to SF from March 5-7 and on the 6th my best friend and I are going around SF and want to know what are the best places to CHOW DOWN in SF while we are out and about SF.
Please Please give the 411, the Low down, The skinny(or should I say fat) on SF eatting sceen. It can be from Americana to Asian to Fusion...ya get the drift.
I know alot to ask but hey you are the CHOWHOUNDs of SF so please give your knowledge to this SF novice.
I am staying at the Palomar so suggest away.

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text: Close to Mendoza check out Rafting Argentina, they have a web page. They have all kinds of gear and good people working for them. We floated the Rio Mendoza with them last year in November. It was killer, also that is the low water season but still incredible scenery and plenty of water. Those Andes are pretty impressive. I would love to see some of those drainages kickin'. The flood plain is very impressive and straight up on both sides. They actually did all the shuttles and everything else for way cheap. We got picked up at our little villa in Chacras de Coria and brought us back down the mountains in the eve. If in that area check out Pulmary Wines, it's a small family owned vineyard that has fantastic wine and food. Side note- Rafting Argentina has a zipline system that is alot more "hairy" than anything in America de Norte. Worth a look for sure.


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Historic Route 66 - where you can get your 'kicks' according to an old pop song, is commonly known for the major points along its route from Chicago to Los Angeles. Usually those points are known because of that popular song and just as it says, Oklahoma City is very pretty and in the days of the major use of Route 66 (pre Interstate) travelers would have passed by Wesley United Methodist Church. The light shining through its stained glass windows in the evening just might have been what was in mind when the city was declared to be pretty. This small loop in and around the area of NW 23rd and Classen Blvd. is a largely overlooked source of history in relation to the "Mother Road." (A previous entry looked at some of the other interesting sights at http://mystorical.blogspot.com/2013/06/historic-route-66-in-oklahoma-city.html )
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in the home of Mrs. A.H. Tyler, 1220 NW 29th, on November 10, 1910. In the meeting were the first 28 charter members of the nascent church. The first pastor was the Rev. F.A. Colwell appointed by Bishop Quayle of the Oklahoma Methodist Episcopal Conference.
The first church location was a simple structure with a sawdust covered floor. The "Tabernacle", as it was then called, was located at 32nd and Military (32′ x 70′ ). The 1910 Journal of Methodist Episcopal Church, newspapers, and other documents indicate the Conference held at Alva, Oklahoma assigned the first pastor. In October of 1910, Frank A. Colwell as appointed pastor and D. G. Murray was District Superintendent of this district.
In 1911, the congregation moved to NW 25th and Classen and in 1928 dedicated the lovely Gothic sanctuary with its large organ and many stained glass windows. A triangle of land in front of the church was deeded and developed by early Oklahoma pioneer business leader, Anton H. Classen and his wife. In 1939, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal, South and the Methodist Protest Church formed a union to become the Methodist Church. In 1968, the Methodist Church allied with the Evangelical and United Brethern churches to form the new United Methodist Church.
Today, the church is nestled in an area poised to experience a rennaissance in business, residences, and community. A newly identified "Asian District" highlights the presence and contributions of Asians in Oklahoma City and the Paseo Art District. Nearby are several historic residential areas: Edgemere and Crown Heights, Gatewood, Military Park, Mesta Park, Heritage Hills.
Just a block west of Wesley is Oklahoma City University and the two have enjoyed a close relationship since the school relocated to Oklahoma City in 1919 from Guthrie. The music department at OCU and the music program at Wesley have enjoined a special relationship as Deans of that department and faculty there have frequently served as Music director for Wesley. The worship arts of music, choir, organ, drama, and speech have been enriched by this tie and Wesley was often viewed as a 'university church.'
Anyone traveling the old road in the heyday of the route would have passed this church, seen it's windows, and probably heard its organ or choir singing. Yes, Oklahoma City was indeed very pretty....on Route 66.


Event: The Summit League Men's Golf Championship
Location: Sand Creek Station GC / Newton, Kan.
Full Results: The Summit League Championship – Round 1 Results
NEWTON, Kan. – The Oral Roberts men's golf team shot 290 (+2) in the opening round of The Summit League Men's Golf Championship, and is tied with South Dakota State for the team lead after day one.
News and Notes
- All five ORU golfers shot 76 or better in the first round, and rank inside the top 25 individually.
- ORU was led in the first round by four-time All-Summit League selection Cody Burrows, who is tied for second at 70.
- As a team, the Golden Eagles played the par 4 holes to a 4.08 average (+4), the best in the field, while also carding a tournament best 21 birdies in the opening round.
- Burrows (seven) and Grayson Jones (five) lead the field in total birdies in the opening round.
- Burrows holds a 3.80 (-2) average on the par 4 holes to tie with Zach Schroeder from Purdue Fort Wayne for the best average in the field.
T1 – ORU – 290
T1 – South Dakota State -290
3 – Denver – 292
4 – South Dakota – 298
5 – Purdue Fort Wayne – 299
6 – North Dakota State – 300
7 – Omaha – 304
8 – Western Illinois – 312
9 – North Dakota – 318
ORU will be paired with South Dakota State and Denver for Monday's action. Due to forcasted storms on Tuesday, the teams will play 36 holes on Monday to finish the tournament. Live results are available at GolfStat.com.
For the latest information on ORU athletics, follow @ORUAthletics on Twitter or Instagram or go to www.ORUAthletics.com. Fans can also receive updates on the Golden Eagles by downloading the ORU Athletics Front Row App at ORUAthletics.com/frontrow or the ORU Golden Eagles Live App in iTunes or the Google Play Store.
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In amongst all the grand glitz and glamour of The Oscars there was a little short film hailing from the UK, drawing your attention to life in a silent world. The film explores a deaf child’s difficulty of understanding and communicating whilst not being able to hear the sounds of the world around her. ‘The Silent Child’ shone bright winning the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. Written by Rachel Shenton, and directed by Chris Overton.
The Silent Child centres around a profoundly deaf four year old girl named Libby (played by Maisie Sly). Libby is born into a middle class family and lives in a world of silence. Her world changes when a caring social worker teaches her the gift of communication through sign language.
Profoundly deaf Maisie Sly, aged six, is from Swindon and has never acted before. The filmmakers conducted a national wide search interviewing over 100 children until Maisie walked through the door when they immediately knew that they had their Libby. Rachel Shenton who plays Libby’s social worker and communication catalyst also wrote the screenplay. Shenton, from Stoke-on-Trent, was inspired to write the film by her father, who went deaf after receiving treatment for chemotherapy when she was 12. In order to communicate with her father she learnt sign language and became a qualified British Sign Language interpreter and ambassador for the National Deaf Children’s Society. The film is directed by Chris Overton (Shenton’s partner), they both met whilst acting in a british soap.
Giving her acceptance speech complete with sign language, Shenton said:
“Our movie is about a deaf child being born into a world of silence. It’s not exaggerated or sensationalised for the movie”
“This is happening. Millions of children all over the world live in silence and face communication barriers, and particularly access to education.”
“Deafness is a silent disability. You can’t see it and it’s not life threatening so I want to say the biggest of thank yous to the Academy for allowing us to put this in front of a mainstream audience.”
Shenton in an interview said it had been over 30 years since an Oscar acceptance speech was made with sign language.
Behind the Scenes
The Silent Child
2017, 20 mins
WINNER Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Directed by Chris Overton
Written by Rachel Shenton


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Encirclement of Donetsk is postponed.
Today in the morning an operational crisis emerged, an armor group of the 24-th separate mechanized brigade during the night between August 7 and 8 slipped to Miusinsk and by the morning of August 9 after being pushed away from Miusinsk they broke into Krasnyi Luch, from which a part of unstable militia detachments retreated. Simultaneously with this through Fashevka and Vakhrushevo from the side of Debaltsevo an unblocking attack with a reinforced armor group followed. In the end, by the dinner of August 9 considering the units that were retreating from the cauldron and the unblocking group the enemy had up to 30 tanks and about the same number of IFV/APCs and up to 700 people of infantry.
But the remains of the garrison of Krasnyi Luch exhibited genuine heroism by winning several crucial hours, which allowed to operatively pull-in reinforcements from the LPR and the DPR and to break the crisis situation to the benefit of the militia, they started to push the enemy out of the city, which was aided by the low amount of fuel and ammunition in the breaking remains of the 24-th SMBr. At this moment the crisis in the process of overcoming. Currently, a part of breaking group is pushed to the South-West of Krasnyi Luch. Fighting continues.
The situation was indeed close to critical and the threat of encirclement was indeed looming over Donetsk, but at this moment is seems like it has passed. Nevertheless, it is not advised to lose concentration, the crisis is not overcome yet and the risk for Donetsk communications still exists.
Original article: http://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/1721836.html (in Russian)


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Should you experience a disabling injury or illness that prevents you from working, long term disability insurance can be a big help, to say the least. Long term disability insurance benefits will work as a type of income replacement while you are unable to work. Will, however, the benefits replace the full amount of your salary while you are out of work due to your disability? Exactly how much of your salary will you receive should you need to go on long term disability leave?
How Much of Your Salary Do You Get On Long Term Disability?
Like so many questions, the answer to how much of your salary will you get on long term disability is “it depends.” It really depends on your long term disability policy. Let us take a moment to review how long term disability insurance works to better understand this answer. For every month that you are unable to work due to your disability, as defined in your long term disability insurance policy, the policy will pay out a benefit in an amount that is prescribed by your policy.
You will receive a payment of benefits in the amount specified by your policy for as long as you remain disabled or until the benefit period stated in the policy runs out. When you are looking around for a long term disability policy that suits your needs, it is important that you are aware of what you want or need your benefit amount to be if you need to access your benefits. This means that, when you are looking for a long term disability policy, you need to know whether or not you will require an amount equal to your full take-home pay you were receiving before your disability, or whether you may need more or less.
On average, long term disability insurance benefits should pay out around 60-80% of your after-tax salary. This is a pretty significant range, however, and it is not a one size fits all situation. Keep in mind that you will likely need benefits that pay for more than just the bare essentials. You may also need additional funds to cover medical bills that your health insurance does not cover. This means that you may need more than just coverage for your mortgage, electric and utilities, food, and health insurance, among other things. The 60-80% mark is generally close to the equivalent of your take-home pay because the benefits are not taxed as income like your salary usually is.
So, when you are evaluating your coverage options, find out how much you have in fixed expenses every month. This number will be your baseline requirement for what your long term disability insurance should cover. Add in a bit for discretionary expenses for things like movies and other entertainment options. Then, add in for possible costs related to disability. This includes, as stated above, things that are not covered by your health insurance.
There are so many details to uncover and address when considering long term disability insurance. For help and guidance with all of your choices, please feel free to reach out to Disability Advocates Group. Contact us today.

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China is making steady progress to improve toilet sanitation nationwide since the "toilet revolution" began in 2015, a tourism official said on Saturday.
A total of 50,916 toilets have been installed or upgraded so far, 89.33 percent of the official target the government announced for the three years through to 2017, according to Li Jinzao, head of the China National Tourism Administration.
China wants to add 33,000 restrooms and renovate 24,000 over the 2015-2017 period.
The ongoing project has seen sanitation conditions improve significantly, Li said.
Toilets in the countryside and at tourist sites have long had a nasty reputation. In rural areas, some toilets are just little more than ramshackle shelters surrounded by bunches of cornstalk and others just open pits next to pigsties.
And at tourist sites, complaints of insufficient toilets, unhygienic conditions, and lack of sanitation workers has angered visitors.
The current "toilet revolution" is establishing new standards for toilets.


text: Dendritic cells (DC) excel at presenting antigen to T cells and thus make a key contribution to the induction of primary and secondary immune responses. DC matured in vitro and pulsed with antigen show promise for the immunotherapy of cancer and infectious diseases. Synthetic oligonucleotides (ODN) expressing immunomodulatory "CpG motifs" were found to boost APC function in mice. Current results demonstrate that the recently identified "D" type of CpG ODN stimulate human peripheral blood monocytes to mature into functionally active DC over 2-4 days. The transition from monocyte to DC is characterized by the up-regulation of CD83, CD86, CD80, CD40 and the down-regulation of CD14. These DC support antigen-specific humoral and cellular responses in vitro and in vivo. The differentiation of these monocytes is mediated by plasmacytoid DC, which respond to D type ODN by secreting IFN-alpha. Since D type CpG motifs are present in bacterial and viral DNA, the maturation of monocytes into functional DC may reflect a physiologic response that can be harnessed therapeutically through the use of CpG ODN.

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on Human gene therapy
by Manfredi A, Marrocco E, Puppo A, Cesi G, Sommella A, Della Corte M, Rossi S, Giunti M, Craft CM, Bacci ML, Simonelli F, Surace EM, Auricchio A
Gene transfer to both cone and rod photoreceptors (PRs) is essential for gene therapy of inherited retinal degenerations that are caused by mutations in genes expressed in both PR types. Vectors based on the adeno-associated virus (AAV) efficiently transduce PRs of different species. However, these are predominantly rods and little is known about the ability of the AAV to transduce cones in combination with rods. Here we show that AAV2/8 transduces pig cones to levels that are similar to AAV2/9, and the outer nuclear layer (mainly rods) to levels that are on average higher, although not statistically significant, than both AAV2/5 and AAV2/9. We additionally found that the ubiquitous cytomegalovirus (CMV), but not the PR-specific GRK1 promoter, transduced pig cones efficiently, presumably because GRK1 is not expressed in pig cones as observed in mice and humans. Indeed, the GRK1 and CMV promoters transduce a similar percentage of murine cones with the CMV reaching the highest expression levels. Consistent with this, the AAV2/8 vectors with either the CMV or the GRK1 promoter restore cone function in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis type 1 (LCA1), supporting the use of AAV2/8 for gene therapy of LCA1 as well as of other retinal diseases requiring gene transfer to both PR types.
by Testa F, Maguire AM, Rossi S, Pierce EA, Melillo P, Marshall K, Banfi S, Surace EM, Sun J, Acerra C, Wright JF, Wellman J, High KA, Auricchio A, Bennett J, Simonelli F
The aim of this study was to show the clinical data of long-term (3-year) follow-up of 5 patients affected by Leber congenital amaurosis type 2 (LCA2) treated with a single unilateral injection of adeno-associated virus AAV2-hRPE65v2.
on The British journal of ophthalmology
by Rossi S, Testa F, Li A, Yaylacioğlu F, Gesualdo C, Hejtmancik JF, Simonelli F
The aim of the study was to describe the clinical and genetic features of 15 Italian patients with Bietti crystalline dystrophy (BCD).
on Orphanet journal of rare diseases
by Peluso I, Conte I, Testa F, Dharmalingam G, Pizzo M, Collin RW, Meola N, Barbato S, Mutarelli M, Ziviello C, Barbarulo AM, Nigro V, Melone MA, , Simonelli F, Banfi S
Inherited retinal dystrophies, including Retinitis Pigmentosa and Leber Congenital Amaurosis among others, are a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders that lead to variable degrees of visual deficits. They can be caused by mutations in over 100 genes and there is evidence for the presence of as yet unidentified genes in a significant proportion of patients. We aimed at identifying a novel gene for an autosomal recessive form of early onset severe retinal dystrophy in a patient carrying no previously described mutations in known genes.
on Mediators of inflammation
by Azzolini C, Pagani IS, Pirrone C, Borroni D, Donati S, Al Oum M, Pigni D, Chiaravalli AM, Vinciguerra R, Simonelli F, Porta G
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a severe inflammatory complication of retinal detachment. Pathological epiretinal membranes grow on the retina surface leading to contraction, and surgery fails in 5% to 10% of the cases. We evaluated the expression of VEGF-A, Otx1, Otx2, Otx3, and p53 family members from PVR specimens to correlate their role in inducing or preventing the pathology.
on PloS one
by Puppo A, Bello A, Manfredi A, Cesi G, Marrocco E, Della Corte M, Rossi S, Giunti M, Bacci ML, Simonelli F, Surace EM, Kobinger GP, Auricchio A
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are known to safely and efficiently transduce the retina. Among the various AAV serotypes available, AAV2/5 and 2/8 are the most effective for gene transfer to photoreceptors (PR), which are the most relevant targets for gene therapy of inherited retinal degenerations. However, the search for novel AAV serotypes with improved PR transduction is ongoing. In this work we tested vectors derived from five AAV serotypes isolated from porcine tissues (referred to as porcine AAVs, four of which are newly identified) for their ability to transduce both the murine and the cone-enriched pig retina. Porcine AAV vectors expressing EGFP under the control of the CMV promoter were injected subretinally either in C57BL/6 mice or Large White pigs. The resulting retinal tropism was analyzed one month later on histological sections, while levels of PR transduction were assessed by Western blot. Our results show that all porcine AAV transduce murine and porcine retinal pigment epithelium and PR upon subretinal administration. AAV2/po1 and 2/po5 are the most efficient porcine AAVs for murine PR transduction and exhibit the strongest tropism for pig cone PR. The levels of PR transduction obtained with AAV2/po1 and 2/po5 are similar, albeit not superior, to those obtained with AAV2/5 and AAV2/8, which evinces AAV2/po1 and 2/po5 to be promising vectors for retinal gene therapy.
on Case reports in ophthalmology
by Rossi S, Testa F, Attanasio M, Orrico A, de Benedictis A, Corte MD, Simonelli F
To report on 4 patients affected by Stargardt's disease (STGD) with fundus flavimaculatus (FFM) and ABCA4 gene mutation associated with subretinal fibrosis.
on Biomedical engineering online
by Melillo P, Pecchia L, Testa F, Rossi S, Bennett J, Simonelli F
Objective techniques to assess the amelioration of vision in patients with impaired visual function are needed to standardize efficacy assessment in gene therapy trials for ocular diseases. Pupillometry has been investigated in several diseases in order to provide objective information about the visual reflex pathway and has been adopted to quantify visual impairment in patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). In this paper, we describe detailed methods of pupillometric analysis and a case study on three Italian patients affected by Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) involved in a gene therapy clinical trial at two follow-up time-points: 1 year and 3 years after therapy administration.
on Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
by Testa F, Rossi S, Sodi A, Passerini I, Di Iorio V, Della Corte M, Banfi S, Surace EM, Menchini U, Auricchio A, Simonelli F
To perform a clinical characterization of Stargardt patients with ABCA4 gene mutation, and to investigate the correlation between the inner and outer segment (IS/OS) junction morphology and visual acuity, fundus lesions, electroretinogram abnormalities, and macular sensitivity.
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by Bennett J, Ashtari M, Wellman J, Marshall KA, Cyckowski LL, Chung DC, McCague S, Pierce EA, Chen Y, Bennicelli JL, Zhu X, Ying GS, Sun J, Wright JF, Auricchio A, Simonelli F, Shindler KS, Mingozzi F, High KA, Maguire AM
Demonstration of safe and stable reversal of blindness after a single unilateral subretinal injection of a recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) carrying the RPE65 gene (AAV2-hRPE65v2) prompted us to determine whether it was possible to obtain additional benefit through a second administration of the AAV vector to the contralateral eye. Readministration of vector to the second eye was carried out in three adults with Leber congenital amaurosis due to mutations in the RPE65 gene 1.7 to 3.3 years after they had received their initial subretinal injection of AAV2-hRPE65v2. Results (through 6 months) including evaluations of immune response, retinal and visual function testing, and functional magnetic resonance imaging indicate that readministration is both safe and efficacious after previous exposure to AAV2-hRPE65v2.


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It has been a long time in coming, but the first Android device I will keep is in my hands. It was November 2007 when I first heard about, and became excited about the prospects of Android. Despite my investment in learning how to program Android while competing in the first Android Developers Challenge, it has taken me this long to actually end up with one that I wanted to actually have.
In October 2008, I briefly had a T-mobile G1, and I would have gotten a Nexus one but I found T-mobiles network to be unusable compared to Sprint. I was not willing to go from the capability of streaming audio and video indoors over Edge, to having to go outdoors or frantically try to find some point which was exposed to enough of the very weak signal. The prospect of paying $1800 over the next 2 years for T-mobile’s impotent network made me cringe. So I sent it back.
I picked up my first device running the Android operating system yesterday: the Archos 7 home tablet.
It does have some redeeming qualities: Continue reading Archos 7 – Not all Androids are created equal
Here is a computing hobby project I am considering putting together. The objective is to clamp the device to the top of a tree somewhere with good exposure to sunlight, and to establish a line of sight network connection to the device to view and/or control its camera. Think of it as a mini ground-mounted spy satellite. Continue reading Wireless tree-mounted solar powered remotely operated camera
I’m no fan of Apple’s exclusion of Flash content from the iPhone OS. But I acknowledge and accept that it exists, and that Apple customers represent an important and growing market share. There are some valid technical merits to the exclusion of Flash. You do use up more CPU power to play a video that is being resized from one resolution to another. The video controls of most flash video players are designed with mice in mind, not fingertips.
At the same time I’m amazed by the entirely broken state of the internet at this moment when using an Apple iPhone OS device:
Continue reading Flash sites: You’ve been beaten by the anticompetitive stick


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pounded the ball 25 times on the for 83 yards, including a soaring touchdown on fourth-and-goal, while catching a career-high nine passes for 67 yards and another touchdown.The fifth-year signal-caller’s status with the team likely hinges on whether or not the Chiefs keep a third quarterback.I told http://www.officialraiderslockerroom.com/elite-ryan-switzer-jersey them at halftime I thought we were settling.The first two plays above aren’t arm strength throws by any means, but they were critical mistakes from Manning.
I could have come here and we could have lost by two points and we could have played guys, 40 or 45 minutes and be dead tired, he said.The Cowboys insisted all that Ratliff would be ready for the start of the , but he’s been held back by hamstring and groin injuries.Who had the best draft?His 24 TD receptions three years is the most by any Green Bay receiver a three-year span.Miami was outscored 19 the first two before limiting the Nationals to one run on seven hits the final two .
And he’s just made a lot of plays.I thought that line started slow and got going as the night went on and Leon was a big part of it.As such, the team could use some insurance at the position.There were two bright spots on the however, one was Saad who was acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks and lived up to the hype.Rarely fooled by play-action and screens.Attacking intent.
One-hundred percent, Hoskins said.Fulham were buckling as they struggled to contain the speed and movement of their opponent’s Brazilian contingent.While the 26-year-old caught a career-high five touchdowns during the regular , he actually saw one fewer red-zone target 2017 than he did the prior.
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EA Sports said that its partnership with the brand is the first a series of initiatives this year which allow fans to help shape the future of the franchise.Foles has only one year left on Aaron Lynch Jersey his deal anyway, reap the benefits while his value is at all-time high.I make people strong and this is what I like about it and it makes me happy.Tayshaun led with 26 points and 8 rebounds, Iverson tallied 14 points and 7 assists, and Stuckey turned 13 points and 6 dimes defeat.9 led, pressed 2f out, joined, http://www.49ersofficialonlineprostores.com/49ers+aaron+lynch+jersey led and stayed on best final furlong, won at Gowran Park 7f mdn gf Jun beating Christmas by nk, 13 ran.
You’ve got to want it.For what it’s worth Cohen has replied to Nation Dan for all the backlash he received, and is prepared for the barbs.The loss made for a short homecoming for coach Green, who grew up the greater Knoxville area.NFL Media’s Steve Wyche was at Raiders minicamp Tuesday and reported that Carr was a full participant, working through all individual and team drills with the first-team offense.
On , the cold, biting winds, the occasional snow squalls and the Dawg Pound did their best to thwart the Floridians, but they couldn’t.That’s why sport was great for me.


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Alright, I gotta be real, this game is actually dope as fuck. They have a co-op mode called Outbreak where you’re dropped in a small open world with vehicles, loot, structures and such, and there’s a series of random side missions and objectives to complete before they allow you to jump to another map with progressively harder and more enemies. You can upgrade your weapons and armor, get random weapons from the box just like regular zombies, and best of all, it’s RANKED, that’s right, you LEVEL UP PLAYING THIS COOP VS ZOMBIES and you level up extremely quick.
If I fly solo in multiplayer and have a good night, I might gain 3-4 levels. In Outbreak, I’m getting 7-10 levels per session, unlocking tons of weapons and parts and it’s generally a massive blast. Last night they added a little buggy with a .50 Caliber Browning heavy machine gun and I gotta tell you people, I haven’t had that much fun in a game in years. I was laughing my ass off whirling around in that buggy listening to Billy Idol while @Jmtc1223 and @NightFox we’re ripping up a horde of zombies and a big bastard with said .50 cal, check it out;
Anybody else play Cold War Zombies?
What this man says is true, sit back with your crew and just have tons of fun. Seriously if any of you guys want to do some zombies with us you should give us a shout. I mean @Hessikin @Jmtc1223 arent really “COD” guys but zombies is a whole other experience, im sure if you play with randos or folks without mics you get another type of experience but darn is it fun when everyone is bullshittng
LOL at the final clip, that zombie got smashed in the best way!
This looks like fun. I’ve honestly never played many zombie games bar L4D2 but I loved that so I have no idea why I haven’t delved into the genre more. I guess a lot of it is to do with having people to play with but I might see if I get a chance to give this a try sometime.
I think we got it on sale, like $30. I’d say it’s worth about that much so maybe keep an eye on PSN sales.
This game is kinda 1 part Warzone and 1 part L4D2, it’s very fun just looting and shooting and it’s even got ambush moments (looting a house and zombies come out from under the bed, burst through closets, etc). Even though you’re pretty powerful if you don’t invest your points efficiently by the time you get to even level 2 you’re playing on hard mode.
It’s very easy to get surrounded and cut off from your team.
If you skip any level beside 1, level 4 and 5 are practically hell mode. we’r always 1 man short though so who knows if 4p changes the difficulty.
Probably the best Zombies experience since Black Ops 3. The gameplay has just taken a step up and it ticks every single box for a wave survival FPS. The maps thus far are great too, but I’m yet to see a map like Zetsuobo no Shima in 3 with it’s mix up in areas, choke points and design/style.
IDK if you’ve played the new maps but they are top tier. One is that huge radar installation in (what I assume to be) Pripyat. Outbreak is easily the best thing that’s ever been in a COD.
Also you gotta get on with us sometime my dude!
I definitely gotta get on. I’ll be down again as of next week. Brilliant game.
Word, we’ve been having so much fun. I do wish that Outbreak was maybe more players. Would probably be unbalanced though. I can only imagine how fun it would be if you have say two teams of three that could either work together or do their own thing.
Nobody else out there got this? For shame on all of you.
I think this might be the next new game I will buy. I think I would have fun with it, but I never did play Black Ops 2, 3, or 4 more than a couple minutes. I just want to be able to fight bots or do special ops missions, if they are in this one too.
Bots for sure. That’s actually where this game shines tbh, the co-op.
If I were you, I’d wait for a sale.
Yeah to be fair we’re in may already, this is coming down to the end of Coldwars lifecycle so i wouldn’t pay full price for it. Although zombbies have been getting great updates so far.
True, I’m surprised by how much they’ve added to that one mode we like. We gotta play some soon, if anyone is down you should join @NightFox and @Jmtc1223 and I.
just watch these cheap butts are gonna message us 2 years from now when the game is on psplus for free, asking to play then!
GET THOSE BUTTS IN GEAR LADIES!
New map soon, right? When’s that dropping? Been playing loads of Outbreak recently and there’s honestly little more satisfying than taking on Orda solo. Feels like a genuine classic FPS boss. I really hope we get something similar soon, Treyarch have always been brilliant at boss rounds/modes IMO.
Oh shit, a new Outbreak map? Or the regular Zombies map?
And word,fighting Orda is actually a TON of fun. What’s your solo strategy for going after him?
I like getting chopper gunner, if you’re really accurate with minigun you can nearly half Orda’s health. Aside from that I load up with a large bore precision rifle and an LMG (usually the Stoner). Also, flash grenades and molotovs for crowd control if the horde gets too close, power up is always healing aura.
I’d like to play this still but I’m too broke. lol, maybe one day I’ll get this game. You guys remember playing Aliens: Colonial Marines together? I wonder if there’s something else I could play with you guys that would be a little cheaper or easier to get
It goes on sale quite frequently. I think I paid…$20 for it last December?
Also don’t remind me off Colonial Marines, that game broke my heart. Still waiting for a proper ALIENS universe game.
Good news, there is a New Aliens, colonial marine game being amde right now and so far it looks mucchhh better than that last POS .
As for zombies, i hope to play more soon but everyone been busy , havent even tried the new map yet. the other night Me Hessikin and Jmtc did the old nazi zombie map, that was alot of fun.

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During the park closures at Walt Disney World, the team at the Magic Kingdom have been hard at work in bringing the new vision for Cinderella Castle to life in time for the 50th anniversary next year.
Though the concept art (pictured below) showcased a new era for the park with the Cinderella Castle makeover, many fans have taken to Twitter to convey that the new style has taken things a bit too far. We’ve also included a few opinions from fellow writers here at ITM!
And here’s a recent aerial view:
Aerial view of Cinderella Castle today. It's been trimmed in gold for the 50th anniversary. Roofs at the hub are being painted matching richer blue. pic.twitter.com/0GyCUG1FQI
— bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct) June 20, 2020
Firstly, let’s look at a few people who aren’t the biggest fans of the new color scheme:
What the hell have they done to Cinderella Castle?! ???
— Rachael (@Rachet88) June 23, 2020
This is the EXACT same color scheme of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.
This is NOT Cinderella’s Castle anymore… ☹ https://t.co/mIX0G47HKs
— Patrick Dougall (@PatrickADougall) June 22, 2020
Cinderella Castle looks sunburnt.
— ??. ????ℂ?? (@MrEPCOT) June 22, 2020
While the initial feedback seems pretty negative, there are a few people that genuinely seem to like the new change:
I think the new paint job on Cinderella castle looks pretty, don’t worry y’all , the sun will fade it ✨
— Cassidy ✨ (@CWood5678) June 23, 2020
I love the new color scheme on Cinderella Castle, change isn’t bad.
— Jose Castillo (@Kryptonlogic) June 22, 2020
the cinderella castle’s makeover at disney world is PRETTY y’all are just mean ?
— sam ✿ ᵇˡᵐ (@captnamericass) June 22, 2020
Now, let’s hear from some of the team here at ITM:
I just think the new paint colors completely wiped the uniqueness from Cinderella Castle. It now resembles most of the other castles and that almost makes it feel overly corporate and no longer nostalgic. It honestly makes me so sad seeing pictures of it. We definitely need to “keep moving forward” in the parks, as per Walts vision. But if we erase and paint over all of the original things, the parks will lose their appeal to a percentage of the audience who love it for nostalgic reasons.
My main issue with the castle is that the colors look WAY more vibrant than the concept art! the concept art showed the super soft pink with the gold, but looking at photos it looks a lot brighter.
But also, I’m a Disneyland girl, and as amazing as I know MK’s castle is in person, I am partial to the DLP and DLR castles, so the pink doesn’t bug me. I just think the concept art should have reflected that more!
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As for my opinion, I am indifferent on the changes. It is a bit of a shame to see the castle lose a bit of personality, but I am also of the opinion that you can see a castle at each of Disney’s resorts. I consider Spaceship Earth to be the shining park icon of Walt Disney World!
If you want to hear more ITM opinions then go and check out what our favorite Disney Park attractions are!
At this stage, we are just looking forward to getting back into a theme park at Disney again and can’t wait to see the castle at Disney’s Magic Kingdom in person to analyze the magical makeover in more detail.
What do you think of the changes to Cinderella Castle? Let us know in the comments below!


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Orbital Marine Power places O2 tidal turbine anchor fabrication contract with FAUN Trackway Limited
Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), the world’s leading developers of floating tidal stream turbines, have selected FAUN Trackway® to manufacture the anchors for their new O2 tidal turbine at FAUN Trackway®’s facilities in Llangefni, North Wales.
As pace gathers around the manufacture of the O2 turbine FAUN Trackway® have been engaged to manufacture four steel anchor structures, along with bespoke mooring connectors, that will be installed in the Fall of Warness, Orkney where Orbital have an existing berth and grid connection with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC).
The O2 is an optimised version of Orbital’s hugely successful SR2000 turbine and with an ability to generate in excess of 2MW the O2, like the SR2000 before it, will become the world’s most powerful tidal turbine when it enters operation later in 2020 at EMEC.
Commenting on the contract award Orbital CEO, Andrew Scott, said: “This is a transformational project for Orbital, and for the tidal sector, and these anchors will have the important job of holding the O2 on station so it can generate gigawatt hours of clean, predictable power from the strong tides we have around Orkney – so we are delighted to be engaging the experience and precision of FAUN Trackway® for this critical supply.”
Gareth Williams, Engineering Manager for FAUN Trackway®, said: “We’re excited to get involved and provide value to this great project. The manufacture of the anchor structures and bespoke mooring connections will fully utilise our design for manufacture (DFM), engineering and production methodologies to provide a cost effective solution for Orbital. Components will be manufactured, tested, inspected and coated to stringent DNV standards to ensure the high integrity components stand the test of time”.
David Jones, Director for Marine Energy Wales, said: “This is another example of how the marine energy sector is providing supply chain companies across the UK with diversification opportunities. It is really positive to see FAUN moving into this innovative low carbon sector successfully and for Welsh companies to be supporting world leading UK tidal developers.”
Whilst these anchors are destined for Scottish waters Orbital are also berth holders at the Morlais tidal energy project venture off Anglesey in North Wales which is seeking to provide a route to larger arrays of tidal turbines. Speaking of the future opportunity Scott said: “This first O2 build is demonstrating the industrial opportunities that can be captured and grown by a UK supply chain if commercial projects like Morlais come to fruition, and we look forward to working with UK Government to help realise that.”
Media contacts at Orbital Marine Power:
James Murray, Business Development Manager: 01856 851641 / email@example.com
Paul Taylor, Taylor Keogh Communications: 020 8392 8250 / firstname.lastname@example.org
For Scottish media enquiries, David Budge: 0141 249 0396 / email@example.com
Media contacts at FAUN Trackway®
Rachel Roberts, Head of Marketing, 01248 725 311 / firstname.lastname@example.org
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About Orbital Marine Power Ltd.
- Orbital Marine Power Ltd is an innovative Scottish engineering company focused on the development of a tidal energy turbine technology capable of producing a step-change reduction in the cost of energy from tidal currents. The company’s novel floating technology offers a low-cost solution for simplified and safe manufacture, installation, access and maintenance along with the ability to use low cost, small workboats for all offshore operations. The company currently employs 30 staff with offices in Orkney and Edinburgh.
- The Orbital technology has been under continuous engineering development, including rigorous testing of scaled systems in both tank conditions and open ocean environments, since the company was founded in Orkney in 2002. Orbital were the first company in the world to successfully grid connect a floating tidal turbine in 2011 with their 250kW scale system which was operated at EMEC.
- In 2016 the company launched the SR2000, the world’s most powerful tidal stream turbine. The SR2000 produced in excess of 3GWh of electricity over its initial 12 month continuous test programme. At the time this represented more power from a single turbine than had been generated cumulatively by the wave and tidal sector in Scotland over the 12 years prior to the launch of the O2.
- The Orbital O2 will comprise of a 73m long floating superstructure, supporting two 1 MW turbines at either side for a nameplate power output of 2MW, at a tidal current speed of 2.5 m/s. With rotor diameters of 20m, it will have a 600sq metre rotor area, the largest ever on a single tidal generating platform to date.
- In October 2018 Orbital opened a £7m crowd funding debenture on the London-based Abundance Investment platform to support the build of the O2 turbine with the target being met inside 10 weeks.
- The O2 project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the FloTEC project (grant agreement No. 691916) and the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg North West Europe Programme under the ITEG project.
- This project has also received support under the framework of the OCEANERA-NET COFUND project, with funding provided by national / regional sources and co-funding by the European Union's Horizon2020 research and innovation programme.
- Orbital Marine Power Limited (formerly called Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited) is a privately held company, main shareholders are the McGrath Group headed by Scottish entrepreneur Matt McGrath and Scottish Enterprise via the Energy Investment Fund.
About FAUN Trackway.
FAUN Trackway Limited (FAUN Trackway®), is a division of the KIRCHHOFF Group. Originally Lairds (Anglesey) Ltd, the company boasts a unique heritage in bespoke manufacturing projects. Providing premium products and tailored solutions across an array of industries, FAUN Trackway® specialises in design engineering, bespoke fabrications, painting, and welding through their three sectors Trackway® Defence, Trackway® Access and Trackway® Engineering.
About Morlais Tidal Project.
The Morlais Tidal Energy Project is being developed with part funding by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government, to facilitate commercial deployments of a range of tidal energy technologies and has the potential to create one of the largest tidal stream energy sites in the world. Menter Môn was first awarded rights to develop the site from the Crown Estate in 2014. The Morlais project has secured a grid connection offer and following completion of environmental assessments, a consent application is due to be submitted in Autumn 2019.


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