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Few national-security threats are as potent—or as nebulous—as cyber attacks. Ben Buchanan reveals how hackers are transforming spycraft and statecraft, catching us all in the crossfire, whether we know it or not.The Hacker and the State: Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics Read More
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I am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I’ve been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998. I’m a Special Advisor to IBM Security, a fellow and lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and a board member of EFF. This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.Schneier on Security – “Crypto-Gram” Newsletter Read More
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“The Lawfare Podcast: John Carlin on ‘Dawn of the Code War’“ by Jen Patja Howell. Saturday, November 24, 2018.
A discussion on responses to national security threats in cyberspace from the Department of Justice, featuring John P. Carlin, Former Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division; and John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
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Rotary Park progress slow thanks to wet, soggy construction season
If you've been chomping at the bit for the city of Sioux Falls to finish its work at Rotary Park, you'll have to wait a bit longer. And you can blame a soggy summer construction season for the delay.
When work began this spring to relocate and reconstruct Rotary Park near East 26th Street and Southeastern Avenue to the west side of the Big Sioux River, the Parks Office estimated substantial completion of the project by Oct. 5.
That's not going to happen.
"It’s no mystery, especially with the river flooding that we had last week ... we're not going to make that," said Dena Knutson, a civil engineer for the city.
To her point, 2018 has been one of the wettest years on record in Sioux Falls. As of Wednesday, more than 34 inches of rain has fallen here.
But even with that, City Hall is still optimistic the work at Rotary Park will get done this year, barring several more rain days or an early winter arrival. Knutson estimated construction could finish as early as November.
The Rotary Park relocation, budgeted at $2.4 million, is a part of the 26th Street and Interstate 229 reconstruction project slated to start next year, and has numerous trees being removed to create space for new park features like new trees and landscaping, a picnic shelter, restroom, playground, and parking lot.
As a part of that work, portions of the original Rotary Park need to be shut down to compensate for the necessary grading work on 26th Street to raise the road of the railroad lines that cross near Southeastern Avenue.
"People can still use the east side of Rotary Park through the winter," Knutson said. "We will not close access off to that park until the new park is completely functioning."


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Gov. Chris Christie said today that his "inclination" is to let the state's red light camera pilot program expire in December, but he wouldn't commit one way or the other
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TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie said he is leaning against renewing the state's controversial red-light camera program, which is set to expire in less than four months.
"I have concerns about it, and my inclination is not to continue it, but I haven't made any final decisions," Christie said today at a news conference in Sea Bright.
Red-light cameras will go dark at New Jersey's 73-equipped intersections in 24 towns in mid-December if the Legislature and Christie don't act to renew the five-year-old pilot program — one that has drawn the ire of many drivers.
"I'll take a look at it," he said, "talk to the DOT as the time comes closer to make a decision," Christie said. "I've said over time that I have concerns about the system ... I'm not predisposed to continue it. But I have to keep an open mind and listen to people of both sides."
Renewing the program would require the Assembly and Senate to pass a bill and for Christie to sign it. While no lawmakers have introduced such a bill, Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), the transportation committee chairman, told The Star-Ledger he was considering introducing a measure that would renew the program but expand it to include speed cameras at school zones and construction sites.
Xerox State and Local Solutions, the company that operates the camera program, has also been meeting with lawmakers.
Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-Monmouth) has railed against all types of traffic cameras, and has been vocal about the state not renewing the red light camera program.
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Rotorcraft Services Group (Booth No. N4235) recently completed the design, manufacture and installation of advanced mission equipment on a newly acquired Eurocopter EC135 for the police department in Japan’s Fukui prefecture. The modular package included dual multi-spectral electro-optical systems, digital datalink capability, a stabilized high-intensity searchlight system and a high-powered external public address system.
Columbia Helicopters (Booth No. C811) is purchasing 10 Vertol 107-II heavy-lift tandem-rotor helicopters from the Swedish Department of Defense. The purchase will bring Columbia’s total Vertol fleet to 27.
Six of the Vertols being purchased were manufactured by Boeing while the other four were made by Kawasaki. Columbia spokesman Dan Sweet said that the company intends to deploy the helicopters worldwide as it obtains contracts for their use.
Law enforcement helicopters are well represented at Heli-Expo ‘13, and American Eurocopter machines, with several different helicopter models well suited to EMS operations (AS350 B2/B3 and EC130T2, EC135, EC145 and AS332 Super Puma) are easy to spot in the exhibit hall.
The FAA has issued a policy statement about the installation of non-required safety-enhancing equipment (NORSEE) into rotorcraft and is accepting comments until March 25.
March 6 will be a big day for helicopter OEMs and could shape the future of the industry for decades to come. Phase One proposals are due into the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate by tomorrow that likely will lead to the construction of Joint Multi-Role demonstration aircraft (JMR TD) that could fly as early as 2017 and lead to the start of production aircraft between 2025 and 2030.
The Coanda effect, which is central to the performance of the MD Helicopters Notar (no tail rotor) and the tail-boom strakes on many other helicopters, inspired 16-year-old Ethan Chu’s design for a helicopter that won him the Igor Sikorsky Youth Innovator Award in the second annual Helicopter 2050 Challenge (http://www.helicopter2050.com).
“I was fascinated with the Coanda effect,” Chu said, “and I decided to use it to make my helicopter design more efficient.”
Pratt & Whitney Canada has a number of engines in development for the medium-twin helicopter category. The latest version of the PT6C family, the PT6C-67E, powers the Eurocopter EC175. Meanwhile, the PW210S is about to enter into service on the now-certified Sikorsky S-76D. Two more PW210 variants will power the AgustaWestland AW169 and the Eurocopter X4. Last year, the Longueuil, Quebec-based engine manufacturer (Booth No. N3718) produced more than 850 turboshaft engines.
Cobham Aerospace Communication’s Digital Audio Control System (DACS) has been selected for Life Flight Network’s 15 new AgustaWestland AW119Kx helicopters. The Aurora, Ore.-based aeromedical transport provider is the launch customer for the AW119Kx and will be taking delivery of its first aircraft this year. According to Cobham, the DACS is a compact and lightweight unit that “distributes and controls aircraft audio to/from all transceivers, receivers and audio warning systems.” Software in the DACS allows customization of the system to fit customer needs.
Bristow Helicopters, the largest global helicopter provider, is set to become the U.S. launch customer for the not-yet-certified Eurocopter EC175. Representatives of the operator and manufacturer are expected to sign the purchase agreement at Eurocopter’s Heli-Expo booth (No. C2922) at 3 p.m. this afternoon, here in Las Vegas.
Global demand for helicopters is expected to increase over the next five years, according to the results of Honeywell’s Turbine-Powered Civil Helicopter Purchase Outlook survey, released here at Heli-Expo ‘13. Deliveries of new civilian-use helicopters will total between 4,900 and 5,600 units during 2013-2017 according to the survey, with strong demand focused in the first three years of the period and reflected in every region of the world. This is 35 percent higher for this three-year period than was recorded in last year’s survey.


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A motorcyclist attempting to pass a Chevrolet Astro van on Illinois Highway 60 just east of Bacon Road near Round Lake Park was struck and killed by the van at 1:20 p.m. Sunday, according to a Lake County Sheriff's spokesman.
The driver of the motorcyle, Arturo Guzman, 23, was struck by the van that had slowed to make a left turn into a private driveway at 23459 Illinois Highway 60, said Lake County Coroner Barbara Richardson.
Guzman, who was not wearing a helmet, was a resident of Round Lake Beach, Richardson said.
Both vehicles were traveling west on Illinois 60 when the driver of the van, who was looking for Schroeder's Nursery, tried to pull into the driveway to turn around, according to sheriff's police.
Guzman was trying to pass on the left in a no-passing zone, according to the sheriff's office. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the van was taken to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville and treated for minor injuries. No citations were issued.

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Honor killings are justified under Islam in some Muslim countries such as Saudi Arabia. For example, tenth-grade textbooks teach Saudi children that it is permissible to kill adulterers. In April 2008, a girl was killed by her father for talking to a boy on Facebook, an online social networking website. A leading Saudi cleric, Sheikh Ali al-Maliki, was outraged that girls had access to such websites where they could post pictures of themselves and otherwise "behave badly," but showed no concern over the girl actually killed.
Honor killings are justified as a necessary part of culture in other Muslim countries such as Jordan, which is technically a secular kingdom with a representative parliament. In 2001 King Abdallah presented a bill outlining stiff penalties for honor killings, but parliament rejected it, stating, "it [punishing honor killings] would encourage adultery and create new social problems." Four years later, honor killings accounted for one-third of all violent deaths in Jordan in 2005, where perpetrators received as little as six months in prison under the penal code.
Secular Iraq offers no punishment. Consider the following anecdotal evidence. This year, a 17-year-old named Rand Abdel-Qader was killed by her father because she had a crush on a British soldier. The arresting Iraqi sergeant stated that "not much can be done when we have an 'honor killing' case. You are in a Muslim society and women should live under religious laws." The father also killed his wife, who left him after the murder of their daughter. He will not be prosecuted for either murder in Iraq.
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On 28 June, the lower house of the Dutch parliament passed a bill to help former Dutch citizens living abroad who lost their Dutch citizenship on 1 April 2013 by neglecting to have a passport issued to them in 10 years. If this bill also passes the upper house of Parliament, then after the bill is signed into law and takes effect, these former Dutch citizens will have one year to file an option request at a Dutch embassy or consulate to get their Dutch citizenship back.
It is important to note that this bill IS NOT YET LAW. But it seems likely that it will be passed by the upper chamber.
It is also important to note that this bill would not benefit former Dutch citizens abroad who lost their Dutch citizenship for other reasons, such as voluntarily obtaining a foreign nationality, or who lost it by the passage of time prior to 1 April 2013.
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Perfectly restored mill, housing an interesting museum. In 866, it was already listed amongst the mills of the Abbey of Lobbes and in 1850 it was fitted with cast-iron gears and iron shafts. Over the last years, the owner, Albert Declercq, and the miller, Emile Paquet, have renovated the inside mechanism of the mill and the spillway of the headrace to keep this witness of the past alive. It is a mill with a paddle wheel, with superior supply (rare in the region). It presents a beautiful neoclassic architectural whole with regular spans.
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Ansel Elgort is back on the market!
Despite looking lovey dovey during Paris Fashion Week in June, a long-term relationship wasn't written in the stars for the Divergent dude and his ballerina girlfriend Violetta Komyshan.
We thought it was weird she was MIA from his sister's wedding this weekend and now we know why. The twosome is officially over, according to UsWeekly.
So what went wrong? It seems like there was no major drama or fallout, but the 20-year-old actor and deejay's schedule was just too hectic to handle.
"They tried to navigate his commitments, but between filming and press for the movies [it got difficult]," a source close to Ansel explains, adding that they ended on good terms.
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With a breathtaking sunset over the Indian Ocean as our backdrop, we decided to keep the colours pure and simple. Four large porcelain flowered urn arrangements were placed atop pedestals, framing the aisle. Fresh white flower petals formed a paisley pattern on the green lawn. The lush foliage of the grounds provided the finishing touches, enveloping the ceremony site in a shroud of privacy.
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Since the concept of the new Buick Avista was introduced at the 2016 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the sports car fans have been eagerly waiting to see its production model. However, according to some recent information, it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet whether the Avista is actually going to hit the market as a 2019 Buick Avista model.
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When it comes to exterior of the 2019 Buick Avista, this model is going to make its appearance as an attractive two-door sports coupe. It will share the GM’s rear-wheel platform with the Camaro, which definitely promises some excellent performance. The new Avista will keep most of those recognizable features, but it will also receive some serious updates and refreshments. Although it has been looked upon as a sports car, the Avista will also combine some very luxurious and unique details. Such a perfect mix of sporty and elegant features will be very attractive, especially to younger population. The front fascia of the new Avista will definitely seem more aggressive and race-inspired. You will notice its longer hood which will help this model improve its aerodynamics as well as the overall performance. The fans will find its recognizable chrome-framed mesh grille and trapezoidal LED headlights. The rear part of the vehicle gets much softer design thanks to its sloping glass roof. We have noticed its large modern LED taillights and twin-exhaust system in the back. The new Avista will stand on 20-inch aluminum wheels.
The 2019 Buick Avista should also show some serious changes and improvements inside its cabin as well. Although little has been known about its interior, we know that this coupe is going to offer a 2+2 seating configuration. When it comes to improvements, the company will use the advanced noise cancellation technology, known as the Quiet Tuning system, which will largely help this model reduce the outside noise and vibrations. It means that you will get a quieter cabin and enjoy the ride even more. The blue ambient light will also add up to the overall comfort and sense of luxury. The seats and other parts of the cabin will be covered in high-quality materials such as leather and aluminum. You should also expect some significant updates in terms of technology and safety.
As we have already mentioned, the 2019 Buick Avista will get a rear-wheel drive system since it will share the platform with the Camaro model. The Avista should come with a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 under its hood. It is expected to provide the output of about 400 horsepower and to be mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. A rumor has it that the Avista might actually get a new ten-speed transmission.
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If the Buick Avista actually hits the market as a 2019 model, this might happen by the end of 2018. Its price has been estimated to start around $28,000.
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Alex “A Rod” Rodriguez has lined up his second career. The recently retired baseball player will now serve as a full-time analyst, inking a multiyear deal with Fox Sports.
The analyst gig, which follows Rodriguez’s pinch-hitter status for the network during the 2016 post-season, will includes game commentary for Fox MLB Saturday telecasts and feature reporter status for pre-game coverage as well as Fox Sports 1 studio show MLB Whiparound.
“Bringing Alex back was a priority of ours and we are fortunate to have him as a key contributor to our baseball coverage,” Fox Sports president of production and executive producer John Entz said Tuesday in a statement. “His potential is off the charts and he’s been an incredibly quick learner in the world of television. He even understands the complexities of sales units. We are especially grateful to coordinating producer Bardia Shah-Rais, pregame producer Jonathan Kaplan, producer Royce Dickerson and all the Fox Sports staff who not only welcomed Alex but continue to strive to deliver the best pre- and post-game baseball shows on television.”
First working as a broadcaster during the 2015 World Series, Rodriguez returned to Fox Sports in 2016 for the post-season and the Chicago Cubs’ stunning win over the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. He retired from the New York Yankees, where he spent the bulk of his two-decade career, in 2016. The later years were marred with controversy, particularly the suspension (and lengthy appeal process) for reportedly receiving human growth hormone — a transgression he denied but was eventually learned to have admitted to the Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014.
“I’m excited to continue working with the Fox Sports family,” said Rodriguez. “It’ll be great to get back on set with the guys for the regular season and postseason, especially the All-Star Game in my hometown of Miami.”
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Wisconsin senior center Frank Kaminsky was named the winner of the Wooden Award today (Friday) in Los Angeles.
Kaminsky scored 21 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in Wisconsin’s championship game loss to Duke (68-63) last week. He finished the season averaging 18.8 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.5 blocks per game, all team highs.
Kaminsky captured Big Ten Player of the Year award and won three national Player of the Year honors at the Final Four in Indianapolis.
He beat out Duke’s Jahlil Okafor, Kentuckyh’s Willie Cauley-Stein, Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell and Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant for the honor.
Kaminsky leaves Wisconsin as the most decorated player in program history and expects to be a first round pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.

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Barco is committed to helping improve healthcare in underserved areas of our world, recently donating more than 50 diagnostic medical displays to two hospitals in support of providing quality medical imaging to partner institutions.
The Global Healthcare & Education Initiative is a New York-based NGO that supports several educational and healthcare projects in the East Africa region and beyond. Barco has partnered with the organization to supply much-needed healthcare imaging systems to help improve accurate and timely clinical care to the medical centers in the field. The health and well-being of people living in poverty-stricken areas can only be improved with better medical services, and this effort is one that both organizations are proud to support.
“Barco is happy to partner with the Global Healthcare and Education Initiative to bring better clinical solutions and thus better care to people in these remote regions of the world,” commented Lynda Domogalla, VP Product Marketing for Barco Healthcare.
Aga Khan Hospital in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania (East Africa)
Barco recently contributed 2MP grayscale displays for clinical use and 3MP color displays for the radiology department, replacing previously donated displays at the site with newer, more advanced imaging solutions. The new donation gives the medical center a larger footprint of clinical displays across additional points of service.
Aga Khan Hospital at Khorog, Tajikistan (Central Asia)
Khorog Diagnostic Unit, partner to the public referral hospital, is now benefitting from a new deployment of Barco medical display systems as part of the PACS workstations rolled out at the clinical units as well as in the emergency department. A combination of 2MP grayscale displays with 3MP diagnostic quality displays were provided to the centers for.
“Barco generously donated the graphics cards as well as medical displays to deliver a complete turnkey imaging solutions for the NGO,” comments Tarek El-Shayal, founder & principal partner of the Global Healthcare & Education Initiative / volunteer for Aga Khan Health Service. “This makes hardware deployment so much easier so we can immediately begin reaping the benefits of these new systems. We are very grateful for their support!”


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Brexit fears drag on world stocks, boost yen
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Global stock markets eased while the yen firmed on Monday amid concerns Britain may be on the verge of leaving the European Union following a June 23 referendum on its membership, an outcome that could adversely impact the world economy.
A vote to leave the 28-member bloc, dubbed "Brexit," could tip Europe back into recession and has surged to the forefront of investor concerns.
Uncertainty over the outcome of this week's U.S. Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting contributed to market worries, though the U.S. central bank is expected to leave rates unchanged. A much weaker-than-expected U.S. employment report for May has drastically reduced the chances of the Fed hiking rates either in June or July.
Boris Schlossberg, managing director of FX strategy at BK Asset Management in New York, said Brexit has kept the market on edge. He cited the unknown impact on the British economy, as well as the fact that the exit would "present the first formal challenge to the current global economic order and could spark a much wider and more dangerous fracture of the European Union."
The euro dropped to its lowest against the yen, 119.01 , since February 2013. It was last at 119.88, down 0.4 percent. Sterling, which was down broadly, also fell, to a three-year low of 149.50 yen. The pound last traded down 0.7 percent at 151.79 yen.
Wall Street fell slightly in late morning trading in New York.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 49.68 points, or 0.28 percent, to 17,815.66, the S&P 500 lost 6.73 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,089.34 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 24.75 points, or 0.51 percent, to 4,869.80.
European shares fell to their lowest in more than two months amid unease over a possible British exit from the European Union.
MSCI's all-country world stock index was down 1 percent, while the FTSEurofirst 300 closed down 1.6 percent.
Data out of China, showing fixed-asset investment slipped below 10 percent for the first time since 2000, added to day's weaker tone in equities.
U.S. Treasury yields fell to a four-month low as increased fears about Britain exiting the EU weighed on investor risk appetite.
Benchmark 10-year notes rose 2/32 in price to yield 1.63 percent, after earlier falling to 1.61 percent, the lowest since Feb. 11. Ten-year yields in Germany remained near zero, close to record lows.
Oil prices were down in volatile trading. Brent dipped 0.57 percent to $50.25, while U.S. crude futures fell 0.61 percent to $48.77. (Additional reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss in New York, and Patrick Graham and Alistair Smout in London; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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Brickworks Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30318 - Retail Space
Brickworks Atlanta is located at 1000 Marietta Street NW in the Marietta Street Artery neighborhood, GA, Atlanta, 30318. The Retail building was completed in 2007 and features a total of 182,124 Sqft.
The retail space availability for the 30318 zip code is 33,129 Sqft, in 18 retail spaces.
In 2007, the same year Brickworks Atlanta was built, 145 more commercial properties (office, industrial, retail) over 50,000 square feet were built in Atlanta, featuring 5,213,046 square feet of commercial space. At zip code level, there are 109 commercial properties, of which 15 are retail buildings over 50,000 square feet.


Indian television has given us some wonderful actors who have won accolades by their remarkable performance in shows. As this year comes to an end and we are going to make a fresh start and so TellyBuzz has thought of featuring some top senior actresses who have contributed a lot being part of the industry for more than a decade for now.
Sarita Joshi has been doing a fabulous job in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi or we would say no one can take their eyes off when she enacts the role of Baa in the show. It was a different experience to see her in a positive role in Baa Bahu Aur Baby, she has also been part of Bollywood by doing a critically acclaimed movie Guru.
Who can forget Savita Tai (Usha Nadkarni) of Pavitra Rishta? Her funny actions and naughtiness has grabbed eyeballs of many to the show. Also she has entertained us by doing show like Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Sa Aasmaan, Kuchh Iss Tara, Virrudh, Mrs. Pammi Pyarelal and more. She stands out differently in the industry with the kind of acting.
The South Indian Amma, Neena Kulkarni cannot be excluded from this list. The way she speaks in a South Indian accent in Ye Hai Mohabattein is quite noticable. She has a list of movies in her kitty along with shows like Kayamath ,Baa Bahu Aur Baby, Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai.
You all must be waiting for the veteran actress to make a comeback on television and recently we all came to know that she is coming back with Rashmi Sharma's show on Zee & yes we are talking about Aroona Irani. She has always been the sweetest Saas or Maa of television, her role and acting skills in Colors show Sanskaar- Dharohar Apnon Ki is commendable.
Well here comes your favorite Dadisa Surekha Sikri, she gives a very good example of a strong lady in Balika Vadhu. In Balika Vadhu itself she has shown us different shades earlier she was strict dadi and now she is seen as a cute dadi.
Apara Mehta has always played loving and caring saas of television and we feel that she has never failed in her job. Recently she is seen in Jamai Raja and its always entertaining to watch her. She is still remembered for her roles in Khichdi and Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.
Lastly we feature veteran actress Farida Jalal who is currently seen in Satrangi Sasural, apart from her fantastic Bollywood career she has also given a bang on performance on small screen with shows like Shararat, Ammaji Ki Galli, Dekh Bhai Dekh and more.


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Learn how to make your own soaps with our instruction card and materials.
In this craft box, you have:
1x Soap mould (Given randomly)
500gmixture of White and Transparent soap base
2 packets of Tumeric
2 packets of Green Tea
2 packets of Activated Charcoal
2 packets of Himalayan Pink Salt
1x 10ml Lavender Essential Oil
2 soap nets
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We have some new protocols for keeping our spaces and high-touch surfaces clean and for promoting health and safety in accordance with university guidelines. Access to some spaces is limited or restricted, and some services are being offered primarily or only online.
University Libraries provides resources, services, and expertise to support and enhance teaching, learning, and research.
Help with your courses:
New Equipment is available to assist with online instruction: we have added eight USB mics, and six Intuos Graphics Drawing Tablets. These items circulate only to faculty. In addition, 15 Webcams can circulate to any student, staff or faculty.
Put Materials on Library Reserve for Students - we can reserve physical and electronic materials for courses.
Affordable Learning Initiative connects Faculty interested in exploring additional free and open alternatives to traditional course materials.
Expanded access with contactless services:
Research support via online chat, text or email staffed approximately 70 hours per week.
Get Materials with Inter-Library Loan - If we don't have it, we will try to get it.
Library pickup and curbside service makes books and laptops available through the lobby, curbside, and mail.
You can renew most items online by logging into your library account.
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Bruna Infinity Sports Bra - Black
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To celebrate the launch of the 2018 Pacifica Hybrid.
The ‘PacifiKids’ were first launched in May to promote the 2017 Pacifica minivan.
$77,639 was raised.
The Pacifica will compete for the SUV of the Year.
Appropriate for the family car to end all family cars.
Thanks to its in-car entertainment offerings, comfort and convenience and driver assistance technologies.
Sanz joins Gaffigan in peddling the Pacifica.
The suit claimed the engine mounts could rust so severely the engine would fall out.
The ad campaign will be for digital circulation only.
Instead, Chrysler went with family friendly comic Jim Gaffigan.
NACTOY finalists will be announced on December 6.
Chrysler had previously indicated it was open to the idea of an AWD Pacifica.


A stroller is a great invention, but sometimes it can be difficult to move around without wheels. How frustrating! But don’t worry – this blog post will teach you how to put wheels on a stroller in just four steps. All you need are some tools that any handy person should have and an afternoon of spare time.
Steps on Putting Wheels On A Stroller
Step One. Check the diameter of your wheel’s axle and measure it against the width of your frame, then pick up two pipe clamps that fit snugly around both ends of your metal tubing with an inch or so in between them. Loosen one clamp while tightening down on the other until they match.”
Step Two. Measure how far apart you want your front legs from each other by holding onto one leg and measuring its distance from the centre point that connects both sides at shoulder height (see image). Hold this measurement up next to where you will be attaching the first wheel.
Step Three. Cut your pipe clamps about three inches long and attach them to the outside of both legs by drilling a hole for each side in the appropriate spot, then tightening with an Allen wrench. When you tighten one clamp down on top of another, they should form a circle around where you’re attaching it to the frame.”
Step Four: Take your metal tubing and measure out two pieces that are six feet in length apiece For these steps, please refer to our video tutorial here. These pipes will act as prongs or axles connecting from one wheel assembly to the other so be sure not to cut off any excess material after measuring!
How to Fold a Three Wheel Stroller
Step One: Nearly all three-wheelers will allow you to flip down and release the backrest so it lays flat. If you cannot find a button or lever to release the backrest, look on the underside of the seat and there will be either an opening or hole that can give you access
Step Two: Unclip any straps holding down your baby
Step Three: On most models, this is as simple as pressing in two plastic clips on the back of the seat at either end
Step Four: Now you can lift on the handlebar and slowly fold it down
How to Fold a Cosco Flash Stroller
Step One: Push the release button on your stroller and pull up
Step Two: Grab both sides of the handlebar near to where it meets at one end, then fold it down as far as possible. The front-wheel will now be in a bent position with its axle out behind you
Step Three: Reach around for the seat bar that is nearest to you from either side (left or right) and gently pushes it towards each other until they meet in the middle. If done correctly, this should lock into place without any levers required
Step Four: To keep your Cosco Flash Stroller folded, simply tuck away anything sticking out below by folding them nicely against themselves before lifting off any handles that are in the way
Step Five: Once again, make sure no handles or wheels are sticking out and your stroller is nice and compact. Now you can simply lift it by grabbing hold of any handlebar that’s not being used
How to Unlock the Front-wheel on a Nuna stroller
To unlock the front wheel on a Nuna stroller, you are going to need to have your key in hand. You can find this under any of the handles; it has been designed so that it is easy for parents with one free hand and their child wrapped around them
Step One: Remove cover from keyhole by pressing down firmly on the top edge of plastic tab until completely detached. The inside will now be exposed as well as an opening at the bottom where you can insert your key
Step Two: Place the end of your car’s key into a hole, turn counterclockwise (to unlock) approximately five degrees while pulling up slightly
Step Three: Test out the locking mechanism before continuing- if done correctly, your key will not be able to turn and you’ll hear a clicking sound. If this does not happen, continue turning the key until it does
Step Four: Hold the handle of the stroller up with one hand while inserting your other arm through loops on the end of the canopy. You want to make sure that you have enough room in between your body and the front wheel so that there is less chance for injury should your child react suddenly after being put into position.
How to Unlock the Wheels on a Stroller
Step One: Fold your stroller up and lock the wheels into place (left or right) by pushing them together until they click. This should happen with no levers needed!
Step Two: To keep your Cosco Flash Stroller folded, simply tuck away anything sticking out below by folding them nicely against themselves before lifting off any handles that are in the way
Step Three: Once again, make sure no handles or wheels are sticking out and your stroller is nice and compact. Now you can simply lift it by grabbing hold of any handlebar that’s not being used.


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A few weeks ago, the CEOs of Ford and GM offered to work for a salary of $1 a year if they had to take federal bailout funds and I immediately wondered if that included all compensation, like stock options and bonuses, or whether it was just salary. When Obama announced the new rules on executive compensation for companies receiving bailout funds, limiting it to $500,000 a year, I wondered the same thing. Here’s the answer: Apparently not.
The plan, announced Wednesday, includes a $500,000 cap on annual compensation for senior executives of companies that receive future “exceptional” government aid. Additional compensation would have to be paid in restricted stock or similar long-term incentive arrangements, which the executives could cash in only after the government is repaid, with interest.
Here are a few of the loopholes:
Many applauded the moves as a useful step to curb Wall Street compensation practices that may have led to excessive risk-taking. But some critics identified weaknesses, suggesting the restrictions be retroactively applied to companies that already have received federal bailout cash. They noted that the most stringent restrictions likely would affect only a few firms; others could avoid some of the curbs by putting extra pay to a shareholder vote.
Some said the plan doesn’t limit total compensation, because it allows companies to boost awards of restricted stock.
“I am fearful that companies will look at this as an opportunity to grant more restricted shares and stock options to executives who already have an abundant amount of equity,” said Jesse Brill, a securities and compensation lawyer who is chairman of CompensationStandards.com, an advisory Web site. He would prefer barring executives from cashing in stock until age 65 or two years past retirement to encourage long-term decision making.
Michael Kesner, head of compensation consulting at Deloitte Consulting LLP, worries the plan allows executives to claim restricted-stock awards once the company pays back the government, and doesn’t require companies to tie those awards to operating results or share-price gains, as many companies now do.
That last criticism strikes me as invalid. Do companies really tie stock award to operating results? A lot of them clearly don’t. Nor do they tie overall compensation to results very often. For example, last year Alan Mulally of Ford made $22 million in total compensation. Only $2 million of that was salary, the rest was bonuses, stock options and other forms of compensation. And that was while Ford was losing money like crazy. If a company ties executive compensation to performance now, I doubt they would stop doing that after these restrictions are put in place.
Others said the preliminary restrictions released by the Treasury Department are overly vague. For example, the $500,000 annual pay limit applies only to “senior executives.” James F. Reda, a New York compensation consultant, said companies could give certain executives lower titles or assign them to head subsidiaries.
“Now you’re going to have executives ask not to be called a senior executive,” said Steven Hall, a New York pay consultant…
There also isn’t a clear definition of what constitutes a luxury perk. Companies could grant executives benefits such as medical exams, tax gross-ups and personal tax advice, said Sarah Anderson, an executive-pay analyst at the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal think tank in Washington. Gross-up payments from companies reimburse senior executives for taxes the executives owe on company-provided perks and other benefits…
David Yermack, a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, said the initial guidelines don’t address many aspects of executive pay, such as deferred compensation and pension arrangements.
Mr. Yermack also said it isn’t clear if companies would be allowed to boost executives’ pay by repricing existing stock options. Such a repricing could be worth millions of dollars in potential compensation.
Now the good news:
The Treasury official said the department plans to issue more detailed regulations, likely in a few weeks. He said each company’s perk guidelines will be vetted and posted publicly.
This will certainly be worth watching. It also provides opportunities for enterprising investigative reporters to look into the details of executive pay and any changes made at companies receiving federal funds over the next few months. These rules are certainly better than no rules at all, but I hope the implementation rules from Treasury have some teeth in them and have a real impact.
Hopefully these companies will be motivated by wanting to avoid the bad press and perhaps more draconian measures that might result if they try to game the system and those games are exposed, motivated enough to avoid doing so. Time will tell.
Update: After I wrote the above, much of this changed. The stimulus package included much stricter executive pay restrictions. But Obama was apparently opposed to those stricter limits:
President Barack Obama objects to some executive compensation limits in the $787 billion stimulus package he plans to sign Tuesday, but his chances of wiggling out of the rules Congress passed don’t look very good.
The White House opposed language authored by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) requiring that the top earners in companies receiving federal bailout funds collect no more than one-third of their compensation in the form of bonuses. At firms taking a half-billion dollars or more in federal aid, the limits apply to the top 25 earners. Fewer employees are covered at smaller banks taking part in the so-called Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP.
White House officials have cited concerns that the new compensation limits, some of which are to be applied retroactively, could scare small banks out of participating in the program. And privately, officials said the limits could cause executives to leave troubled firms when they are most needed. The administration is also worried that the limits could encourage banks to pay back TARP funds when they should be using that money to make loans.
Two silly arguments. First, the banks aren’t loaning out that money anyway. Second, the notion that we should be worried about losing the very executives that drove their companies into the ground doesn’t strike me as terribly convincing.

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Motovun Film Festival will be the host of the national premiere of the film 'Srbenka' by Nebojša Slijepčević. The film is competing for the main award of the festival, Propeller of Motovun. The film will be presented by the director and cinematographer Slijepčević, producer Vanja Jambrović, executive producer Rea Rajčić, cinematographer Bojan Mrđenović, editor Tomislav Stojanović and sound designers Tihomir Vrbanec and Ivan Zelić. The film will have another Croatian festival screening at the Liburnia Film Festival in August and will come to the big theatrical screens in the end of September, starting in Art kino Croatia in Rijeka.
From 24th until 28th of July, the hill of Motovun will proudly present more than a 100 films, out of that, 20 in the competition, selected by Jurica Pavičić and Milena Zajović.
This year, the partner city of the festival is Berlin and the special guest is the famed Swedish director Ruben Ostlund.

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If the FALLA de Saint-Michel had to be canceled due to COVID-19, out of the question not to keep its spirit alive! For the occasion, we want to create an extraordinary collective work: the Tree of Hope.
It needs you to come to life! Get a kit containing all the materials you need to create a paper fruit and its lush foliage. Take the opportunity to put a personal message on it!
Once completed, return your artwork to one of our drop-off points so that we can hang it on the Tree of Hope, which will be assembled at TOHU by artist Geneviève Lebel.
Please don't hesitate to send us your suggestions!
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The Baltimore Ravens once had unquestionably the greatest running game in the NFL. And it really wasn’t that long ago, at all. It was basically from the time that Lamar Jackson took over at running back until the start of the 2021 season, just prior to which basically their entire running back room succumbed to season-long injuries.
Their running game hasn’t been the same since then, as you would expect, primarily being propped up by Jackson’s own heroic efforts. Recent signing Kenyan Drake has been the primary ball carrier through two games with all of 17 carries thus far for 39 yards. Mike Davis, another veteran addition this offseason, has 15 yards on seven attempts.
But they could be in for a big boost today, as J.K. Dobbins is expected to make his 2022 debut today, marking his first game since the end of the 2020 season, having torn his ACL in the preseason finale last year. He was able to escape the Reserve/Injured List to start the season, but team doctors didn’t feel he was quite ready to go, until now.
A second-round draft pick in 2020, Dobbins had an impressive rookie season despite lacking a featured role. He managed to rush for 805 yards on all of 134 carries, averaging a solid six yards per carry, while also scoring nine rushing touchdowns. He also added another 120 receiving yards on 18 catches.
He was thought then destined to be the next great running back in Baltimore, and perhaps he still can be, but first he has to get his legs back under him and knock off some rust. Considering they didn’t feel he was quite ready even a week ago, it’s reasonable to believe that he will need some time before he regains his form.
But having Jackson at quarterback as a running threat will benefit him significantly—even if it hasn’t really seemed to work out that way for the other running backs thus far, although they have surprisingly not run the ball as they have historically in recent years.
They take on the New England Patriots today, who just beat the Pittsburgh Steelers last week. Their run defense ranks in the top 10, if not the top 5, in every major statistical category, though bearing in mind that two games is an infinitesimal sample size.
It will be interesting to see how well and how quickly Dobbins re-establishes himself as the lead runner in the Ravens’ backfield. Mind you, they also anticipate soon getting their second runner, Gus Edwards, back before long.
Unlike Dobbins, he did not escape beginning the year on the Reserve/Injured List, but he was not believed to be far away, so they could have their complete backfield together by week five, plus left tackle Ronnie Stanley should be good to go by then as well, and then we’ll really see what this offense looks like.

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If hearing Bad-era demos and live material aren't enough of a Michael Jackson fix for you next month, the fine vaultkeepers at Motown have a set for you: 32 previously-unreleased tunes by The Jackson 5 are coming from Hip-O Select.
Come and Get It: Rare Pearls champions Michael, Jermaine, Tito, Jackie and Marlon throughout their seven-year tenure on the Motown label; arguably, the last of the great pure pop groups to be signed by the Detroit label (which, within several years of The Jackson 5's initial success, would move westward to Los Angeles). Though the group's image and style may have been carefully cultivated, there was little mistaking the raw vocal talent within Michael and his brothers, and countless gems have been dug up for fans to pore over, most recently on the 2009 single-disc compilation I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters.
What Come and Get It has that sets it apart from that set isn't just more music, but a dazzling array of songs - some of which will be very familiar to fans of rock music in the late '60s and early '70s - as well as at least one major gem that stands as one of the true J5 holy grails.
What grooves await you after the jump? Just click to find out!
While Motown founder Berry Gordy and his "Corporation" - a songwriting unit consisting of Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell - were writing hit after hit for The Jackson 5, including "I Want You Back," "ABC," "The Love You Save," "Mama's Pearl" and "Sugar Daddy," the boys were recording dozens more tunes in those golden years at Motown. Some of them were covers of Motown standards (The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love," The Temptations' "Since I Lost My Baby"), while others were soulful takes on new rock singles, including "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (written by Randy Newman and performed by Eric Burdon & The Animals and Three Dog Night) and Traffic's "Feelin' Alright" (first heard performed by the group on Hip-O Select's double-disc J5 Live at The Forum set released in 2010).
But there were plenty more original near-hits that never made the cut, including the bouncy "I'm Your Sunny One," the funky "Iddinit" and "If the Shoe Don't Fit," currently streaming on NPR in anticipation of the new set. And then there are alternate versions of familiar tunes; Come and Get It has three: an extended version of "If I Have to Move a Mountain" off the Lookin' Through the Windows album in 1972; an extended version of "That's How Love Is," first heard on I Want You Back!; and, perhaps most famously, the premiere release of "Guess Who's Makin' Whoopee with Your Girlfriend." This groovy cut was rejected for its racy chorus and, with a new vocal on top of the original track, became the No. 2 hit "Mama's Pearl."
Come and Get It: Rare Pearls is expected to ship from Hip-O Select on August 31 and will be available at general retail September 18, and will feature a very special deluxe package with individual sleeves for both discs, an oversize liner notes booklet with essays by Mark Anthony Neal and Deke Richards, and a 7" single of "If the Shoe Don't Fit" b/w "Feelin' Alright" - all in a 7" square box. Only 4,000 of these will be made, view the track list below and place your orders now!
The Jackson 5, Come and Get It: The Rare Pearls (Hip-O Select/Motown/UMe, 2012)
- (We're the) Music Makers
- If the Shoe Don't Fit
- Come and Get It (Love's on the Fire)
- I Got a Sure Thing
- After You Leave Girl
- Mama Told Me Not to Come
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Keep An Eye
- Feelin' Alright
- You Better Watch Out
- I'm Your Sunny One (He's My Sunny Boy)
- Someone's Standing in My Love Light
- If You Want Heaven
- You Can't Hurry Love
- Keep Off the Grass
- Going My Way
- Makin' Life a Little Easier for You
- Up on the Roof
- If I Can't, Nobody Can
- Our Love
- I Can't Get Enough of You
- Let's Go Back to Day One
- Would Ya Would Ya Baby
- Love Trip
- Label Me Love
- Jumbo Sam
- That's How Love Is (Alternate)
- If I Have to Move a Mountain (Alternate)
- Mama's Pearl (Alternate)


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|Short story by H. P. Lovecraft|
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|Publication date||February 1924|
"The Hound" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the Necronomicon.
The story opens with the unnamed narrator preparing to commit suicide. Lamenting his fate, he reflects upon the events which led him to this moment.
The narrator and his friend, St. John, are a pair of loners who both have a deranged interest in robbing graves. They constantly defile crypts and often keep souvenirs of their nocturnal expeditions. Since they reside in the same house, they have the opportunity to set up a sort of morbid museum in their basement. Using the objects collected from the various graves they have robbed, the two men organize a private exhibition. The collection consists of headstones, preserved bodies, skulls, and several heads in different phases of decomposition. It also includes statues, frightful paintings, and a locked portfolio bound in tanned human skin.
One day, the two learn of a particular grave, which sparks a profound interest in them: an old grave in a Holland cemetery which holds a legendary tomb raider within, one who is said to have stolen, many years ago, a "potent thing from a mighty sepulchre." They travel to the old cemetery where the man was buried. The thought of exhuming the final resting place of a former grave robber is irresistibly appealing to them. That, and the fact that the body had been buried several centuries before, drives them to travel such long distances to reach the site. Upon reaching the old cemetery, they notice the distant baying of a giant hound. They ignore it and begin their excavation. After some time, they hit a solid object in the ground. Clearing the last of the dirt from it, the two men unearth a strange and elaborately-made casket. Upon opening the casket, they see that several places on the skeletal remains appear torn and shattered, as if attacked by a wild animal, yet the whole of the skeleton is still completely distinguishable. At that moment, they notice a jade amulet hanging from the skeleton's neck. They examine it and, after some observation, they recognize the amulet as one mentioned in "the forbidden Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred." They immediately know they must have the amulet at all costs. They remove it from the skeleton and flee into the night. As they do, they notice once again the continuous sound of a baying hound in the distance.
After they return home to England, strange events begin to occur. Odd sounds can be heard within and around their house, including the distant howling they heard in the cemetery. One night, St. John is violently attacked and killed by a mysterious creature, which the narrator claims the amulet had brought unto him. He destroys the macabre museum he and his friend made before fleeing from the house and traveling to London. Still plagued by bizarre occurrences, he decides that he must return the amulet to its rightful owner. He travels to Holland, but the amulet is stolen from him before he can return it. The next day, he reads in the newspaper about a band of thieves savagely killed by an unknown creature. Slowly going insane, he returns to the churchyard and exhumes the coffin once more, only to find the skeleton within covered in caked blood and bits of flesh and hair, holding the lost amulet in its hand. Suddenly, the skeleton begins howling, the same howl that had tormented him since he first stole the amulet. The narrator flees the graveyard, succumbing to madness and despair. He states that he intends to kill himself with a revolver, believing death to be his only refuge from the crawling horror which grows within him.
"The Hound" contains several references to the body of lore known as the Cthulhu Mythos that Lovecraft shared with other horror writers. Most notably, it marks the first appearance of one of Lovecraft's most famous literary creations—the forbidden book known as the Necronomicon. Lovecraft had mentioned its author a year earlier, in "The Nameless City", but here for the first time named the book. Referring to an amulet found on a grave-robbing expedition, the narrator relates:
- Alien it indeed was to all art and literature which sane and balanced readers know, but we recognized it as the thing hinted of in the forbidden Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred; the ghastly soul-symbol of the corpse-eating cult of inaccessible Leng, in Central Asia. All too well did we trace the sinister lineaments described by the old Arab daemonologist; lineaments, he wrote, drawn from some obscure supernatural manifestation of the souls of those who vexed and gnawed at the dead.
The reference to "Leng" is one of the first mentions of Lovecraft's imaginary plateau, having only appeared before in 1920s "Celephais". Here placed in Central Asia, Leng is also associated in Lovecraft's writings with Antarctica and his imaginary Dreamlands.
Lovecraftian scholar Will Murray, pointing to the "semi-canine face" on the amulet as well as the "corpse-eating cult" of Leng, suggests that the titular creature of "The Hound" "probably represents an early form of the ghoul as Lovecraft would develop it."
On September 16, 1922, Lovecraft toured the Flatbush Reformed Church in Brooklyn with his friend Rheinhart Kleiner, writing about the visit in a letter:
- Around the old pile is a hoary churchyard, with internments [sic?] dating from around 1730 to the middle of the nineteenth century.... From one of the crumbling gravestones--dated 1747--I chipped a small piece to carry away. It lies before me as I write--and ought to suggest some sort of horror-story. I must place it beneath my pillow as I sleep... who can say what thing might not come out of the centuried earth to exact vengeance for his desecrated tomb? And should it come, who can say what it might not resemble?
Lovecraft wrote "The Hound" shortly afterwards, using as the name of one of the main characters his nickname for his companion Kleinhart, "St. John". The grave that is fatefully robbed in the story is in a "terrible Holland churchyard"—perhaps a reference to Flatbush church being part of the Dutch Reformed Church (although the story is actually set in the Netherlands, as well as in England).
Critic Steven J. Mariconda suggests that the story is a tribute to the Decadent literary movement in general and in particular Joris-Karl Huysmans' A rebours, an 1884 novel that Lovecraft greatly admired. (Huysmans is mentioned by name in the story, along with Baudelaire.) Like "The Hound"'s protagonists, victims of a "devastating ennui", the main character of A rebours suffers from an "overpowering tedium" that leads him to "imagine and then indulge in unnatural love-affairs and perverse pleasures." Mariconda also points to the heavy debt the story owes to Edgar Allan Poe, an influence acknowledged by several borrowed phrases:
- The "oblong box" exumed, the mysterious "knock on my chamber door", and the "red death" brought by the Hound all echo Poe's phraseology.
Some critics have shared Lovecraft's deprecation; Lin Carter called it "a minor little tale" that is "slavishly Poe-esque in style". But the story has its defenders; Steven J. Mariconda says it is "written in a zestful, almost baroque style which is very entertaining", while Peter Cannon, saying that it must have been written "with tongue at least partly in cheek", credits it with a certain "naive charm".
- Roddy McDowall was the narrator of the story on a 1966 LP release (Lively Arts 30003) that also included the Lovecraft story "The Outsider".
- The story was produced as a 1930s-style radio drama on November 7, 2019 in episode 5 of the Tales from Beyond the Pale podcast.
- Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (2004). An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia. Hippocampus Press. pp. 117–118. ISBN 978-0974878911.
- Will Murray, "Lovecraft's Ghouls", in The Horror of It All, Robert M. Price, ed., p. 41.
- Lovecraft, Selected Letters, Vol. I p. 98; quoted in Steven J. Mariconda, "'The Hound'--a Dead Dog?" in The Horror of It All, Robert M. Price, ed., p. 49.
- Mariconda, p. 49.
- Mariconda, p. 50.
- Mariconda, p. 51.
- Mariconda, p. 53.
- H. P. Lovecraft, Selected Letters Vol. 3, p. 192; cited in Peter Cannon, "Introduction", More Annotated Lovecraft, p. 4.
- Lin Carter, Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos, p. 24.
- Cannon, p. 4.
- Lovecraft, Howard P. (1999) . "The Hound". In S. T. Joshi; Peter Cannon (eds.). More Annotated Lovecraft (1st ed.). New York City, NY: Dell. ISBN 0-440-50875-4. With explanatory footnotes.
- The full text of The Hound at Wikisource
- A collection of public domain H. P. Lovecraft short fiction at Standard Ebooks
- The Hound title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database


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Once more #PulisAngTerorista is trending on Twitter because of the most recent incident of road rage, assault and even cocking a gun involving a retired police officer who was driving on the bike lane.
Last night, the Quezon City PNP had a press conference to ‘address the matter’ where a couple of things smack of further impunity by authorities and their former members – only the retired police officer who pulled out a gun was present, the bike rider was not present, out of fear for his safety and that of his family, and the QC PNP once more acting like a spokesperson for their erring comrade.
From the posts of lawyer Raymond Fortun, who is now taking on a crusade to make the retired police officer accountable, it’s clear that the victim had already been silenced by fear as he has refused to file charges and pursue the matter altogether. Adding insult to injury, the police officials at the press conference had the audacity to declare that “anyone is free to file charges” like a veiled threat to anyone who would go up against their authority.
All this after 17-year-old Jherod Jemboy Baltazar was gunned down by incompetent and trigger-happy policemen. Another minor, a 15-year-old kid ended up with bruises and injuries after being beaten up by the Navotas Maritime Police.
Remember all these when you consider that the public is paying for the pension fund of police officers with no contribution from them when they were still on active duty. You’d think that abusive and corrupt police are only present in the US hence the outcry “ACAB”, in the Philippines, #PulisAngTerorista

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Strategy Analytics new Report “IoT 2016 Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Activity Accelerates” finds that there were nearly two dozen major mergers and acquisitions in the Internet of Things (IoT) and related market segments including Big Data Analytics, connectivity and wireless markets in the first four months of 2016.
Strategy Analytics research indicates the 2016 M&A activity may eclipse the pace set in 2015, which was a record breaking year both in terms of the number and value of acquisitions. “At the end of 2010, there were a scant one dozen acquisitions in the then fledgling IoT market. By the end of 2015, SA estimates there were 81 mergers and acquisitions; that is a nearly seven-fold increase in five years,” noted Laura DiDio, SA’s Director of Internet of Things Research and author of the Report.
“Also notable is the increase in the worth of the companies being acquired,” said Andrew Brown, Executive Director of the IoT Strategies Service. While vendors are still acquiring companies for $50, $100 and $200 million (US dollars), billion dollar acquisitions, such as Cisco’s $1.4 billion purchase of Jasper Technologies IoT services’ platform in February and even multi-billion deals – are no longer rarities.
Strategy Analytics M&A Report indicates the most desirable acquisition targets are companies whose core competencies revolve around analytics, security, connectivity platform capabilities and services. And within those product categories Internet of Things vendors are especially eager to acquire companies in hot vertical segments including: Automotive, Consumer wearables, Healthcare, Industrial IoT (IIoT), Manufacturing, Retail, Smart Home, Transportation and Weather.
The Strategy Analytics M&A Report concludes that well targeted and executed IoT M&As will provide vendors with immediate tactical and strategic opportunities to gain market share, increase their customer base, boost revenues and advance Internet of Things goals and increase influence. A focused M&A has the added benefit of consolidating the industry and reducing the number of competitors.
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Reform UK, the rebranded Brexit party, plans to focus less on cultural war issues and instead try to lure disillusioned Tories with heavier policy offers based on cost of living and healthcare, said his boss.
Richard Tice, a real estate developer and Brexit activist who took over as Nigel Farage in March, has pledged to field at least 600 candidates in the next general election, saying half had already been chosen.
In the 2019 election, the then Brexit party withdrew to hundreds of seats held by the Tories, but under Tice it will very clearly target what it now calls “the high taxes and high tax party. high regulation “.
Speaking to the Guardian ahead of the party’s conference on Sunday, Tice said it wouldn’t even be unfair to claim he has more in common with Keir Starmer than with Boris Johnson. âI don’t think that’s the case, actually. I’ve never met Keir, but I think you can tell we both care about people. Boris only cares about Boris.
The Reform UK conference, while low-key, has potentially important political resonance for a number of reasons, including shaping the future of a party that won the 2019 European elections but then fell into virtual obscurity.
In this year’s municipal elections, the party won two seats. âBy knocking on doors the majority of people hadn’t heard of us,â Tice admitted, but polls now put Reform UK at 5%.
The conference will hear political announcements in areas such as healthcare, taxation and the environment, plus one that Tice says has “a significant and unexpected wow factor.”
He said it would mark the end of a period in which his party has often drawn attention by focusing on culture wars and associated issues, including opposition to the lockdown and a semi-alliance with Laurence Fox. , the outspoken actor who became a candidate for mayor of London.
âYeah, we’re irritated by what we call the waking stuff, and I think it irritates millions of people,â Tice said. âBut what affects people’s daily lives are the policies that I talked about, and the election will be run on those things. We are extremely serious about this.
Reform UK’s staunch opposition to Johnson’s Tories is also significant, to the point of holding his conference in Manchester on the same day the Tories conference opens in the same city. âIt was my idea, to really wind them up, which I think was successful,â Tice said. âWe are starting to be abused by the Conservatives, which is always a good sign. “
Another notable element of British post-Farage reform is that although it criticizes Johnsonism, it mimics its selective approach to left and right politics. So while Tice would propose significant income and corporate tax cuts, these would only target the lowest paid people and small businesses. Any income gap, which Tice said would be temporary, would be closed not by spending cuts but by increasing borrowing.
âEveryone’s got their panties in a twist about the national debt,â he said. “There is no reason to be concerned about this.”
Likewise, while Tice criticizes the government’s net zero plans, he is not openly denying climate science and would like the government to offer 100% loans for people to install solar home panels.
While Tice is careful not to dismiss Farage, who he still speaks to regularly, it’s clear that this is a change in approach from a leader now best known for making videos on the refugees disembarking at Dover. âRight,â Tice said when asked if this was a new era for the party. âIt’s Reform UK under my leadership, and these policies are driven by my purpose. “


A submarine explored the Cayman Rise (aka Trench) last week – and the Department of Environment’s own Sabrina Douglas was fortunate to be a crew member.
Douglas was inside the 20-ton Alvin, seated next to veteran Alvin diver Tim Shank. She screamed with excitement when it dived. “That’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone scream when we hit the water,” Shank laughed.
It’s not the only first - Douglas made history as the first Caymanian to dive in Alvin, and she was about to become the first Caymanian into the depths of the Cayman Trench.
Atlantis Captain Derek Bergeron was in command along with expedition leader Randy Holt. Growing up in Savannah, Grand Cayman, Douglas spent much of her childhood in the ocean. She learned to swim as a toddler and started scuba diving aged 10.
“The first time I ever went diving, I felt so calm,” she said. “It was exactly where I wanted to be, watching the marine life and the whole ecosystem - seeing how every little part does something. From then on, it was marine biology all the way.”
Two decades later, Douglas works for the DoE as a geographic information system and field support specialist. While her education took her abroad - she studied biology at the University of Guelph in Canada, then earned a master’s in Marine Resource Development and Protection at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland - Douglas returned home to be close to family.
As a lover of ocean science, she has always been aware of research vessels and the unique studies they facilitate. It was inevitable she would eventually work in one.
“She seemed like a total natural when she started taking imagery and logging observations,” Shank said. “She had exceptional situational awareness that you don’t often see in first-time divers.”
During their dive, the crew traversed an other-worldly landscape of sulphide mounds teeming with shrimp, large anemones, and squat lobsters.
While she stays focused on her tasks, Douglas also appreciates the sheer beauty of the bizarre landscape and the plentiful animal life. She listened closely as Shank described the distinctive biology found there.
“This species of shrimp only lives here in Cayman waters - we haven’t found them anywhere else,” Shank said. “It’s one of the things that makes this place so special - a different evolutionary lineage exists here.”
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Douglas said of Shank: “Tim is great because you ask him any question and he’s happy to answer it. It’s just easy to talk to him. And when you’re spending eight hours in a small sub together that’s important.”
While her dive in Alvin was certainly a highlight, Douglas enjoyed every day of work on Atlantis. After each dive was completed, she created a GIS track to show exactly where Alvin went.
Her interest in ship operations and navigation stems from her seafaring lineage. Her father spent his early career working his way up from able-bodied seaman to chief mate on various cargo vessels and has been involved in the leadership of the Cayman Islands Seafarers Association for years.
“My dad is really proud of me since he’s a seafarer,” she said. “Both of my parents are thrilled, but I think my brother might be the most excited. When I told him about the dive, he said, ‘it’s like you’re going to the moon!’”
She added: “This seems like a really nice mark to make in the world. For such a small nation, it’s a big point of pride to say I was the first Caymanian to do this.”


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Although countryside Médoc eateries are few, the city of Bordeaux is jammed with restaurants, especially around Place du Parlement, and many cafés—notably in the Quartier St-Pierre—and bars (Place de la Victoire and Cours de la Somme). Not surprisingly, the wines of the region are often used as a base for regional food specialties. Lamprey, a good local fish, is often served in a red wine sauce as lamproie à la Bordelaise, and sturgeon cooked in a white wine sauce, as esturgeon à la Libournaise (Libourne-style). As for meat, the lamb from Pauillac and the beef from Bazas and Aquitaine are rightly famous, as is the wood pigeon (palombe). And Bordeaux has spectacular desserts, such as fanchonnette bordelaise (puff pastry in custard covered with meringue), the cannelé de Bordeaux (small cakes, made in fluted molds, that can only be found here), and the famed macaroons from Saint-Émilion, invented there by the town's Ursuline nuns in the 17th century.
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Almost all the protesters arrested on Wednesday during a march in downtown Cairo to commemorate the Mohamed Mahmoud Street clashes in 2011 have been released by police, activists told Ahram Online.
Baho Bakhash, a member of the Freedom for the Brave, a campaign to release political detainees in Egypt, said that 29 persons have been released, while three remain in detention and will be referred to the prosecutor-general on Thursday.
The three detained protesters are Mohamed El-Sherif, from the Bread and Freedom Party, along with Mohamed Ashraf and Marwan Hussein.
On Wednesday police forcibly dispersed a limited rally held to mark the third anniversary of clashes on the iconic downtown street that left 47 persons dead and 3,000 injured, as part of a violent stand-off between protesters and police near Tahrir Square.
The commemoration included a number of political groups like the April 6 Youth Movement and the Constitution Party, who called for marches and silent vigils on the steps of the nearby Journalists Syndicate.
However, the marches were dispersed from the start, with police firing tear gas and warning shots into the air, according to activists, and the day's events were cancelled.
Egypt passed a controversial protest law in late 2013 that bans all but police-sanctioned demonstrations. Hundreds have since been imprisoned under the law, as leading activists launch a series of hunger strikes in protest.


by Daniel Hathaway
One local and one remote event to mention today.
The final Tuesdays at the Covenant noontime concert of the season features organist Jonathon Moyer in music by Nicolaus Bruhns, Jean Langlais, and two of his original works: Chaconne, Oculi mei semper ad Dominum, and A Meditation on “Herzliebster Jesu,” using both the gallery and chancel organs. It’s free.
And this week we’ll be listing a series of online performances emanating from the Biennial Boston Early Music Festival (which alternates with its West Coast counterpart held in Berkeley, California). This evening’s program features the five male singers of Cinquecento and a guest in the Requiem that Josquin des Prez’ student Jean Richafort wrote in memory of his mentor, plus some of Josquin’s works that Richafort quotes. There’s a fee for the program. Details in our Concert Listings.
QUIRE ANNOUNCES SEASON
After being exiled for fourteen months, as were all singing groups during the pandemic, Quire Cleveland (above) has announced three concert programs for 2021-2022, each to be presented in three different venues. All programs are free next season, including Carols for Quire XI (December 2-4), Bohemian Treasure: Demantius’ St. John Passion (March 4-6), and Resonant Glory: Music for Grand Spaces (May 13-15). Click here for more details.
CREATIVE FUSION VIDEO RELEASES BEGIN TODAY
The Cleveland Classical Guitar Society and El Comité Mexicano de Cleveland announce the release of a series of videos funded by the Cleveland Foundation’s Creative Fusion Program. With works composed and arranged by three virtual artists-in-residence, and with the collaboration of more than twenty professional artists, one hundred amateur and student musicians from Cleveland and Mexico, and a partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra, the series is designed to increase cultural awareness of important social issues. Videos will be released twice weekly over five weeks beginning today June 8, on the CCGS YouTube Channel. Watch the first video here.
Notable births on June 8 in music history include German composer Robert Schumann in Zwickau (1810), Czech composer Ervin Schulhoff in Prague (1894), and Polish-American pianist Emanuel Ax (1949).
Obsequies followed the demise of American composer Frederick Shepherd Converse (1940, in Westwood, Massachusetts) and English composer Gordon Jacob (1984, in Saffron Walden).
One of Schumann’s extended works, Scenes from Goethe’s Faust, remains relatively unknown. It’s a magnificently flawed creation, over which the composer obsessed for a decade and wrote in pieces from back to front, beginning with the finale, “Chorus Mysticus,” in 1844 and concluding with the Overture in 1853.
Widely regarded as Schumann’s magnum opus, the Scenes have been performed here and there since they were exhumed in the 1970s. I had the good fortune of singing in one of the earlier revivals — Boston Symphony performances with the Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, and New England Conservatory Chorus in 1966 led by Erich Leinsdorf with an all-star cast of soloists that included Hermann Prey, Beverly Sills, Charles Bressler, Thomas Paul, Veronica Tyler, Tatiana Troyanos, Florence Kopleff, and Batyah Godfrey. You can listen to a live recording here.
As a composer, Schulhoff was fortunate to have lived through the anything-goes years between the World Wars, which allowed him to dabble in a range of musical styles. As a Jew who espoused Communist sentiments, he was unlucky to have been active during the Nazi regime. He died of tuberculosis in the Wultzburg concentration camp on August 18, 1942.
Enjoy Schulhoff’s Duo for Violin and Cello, played here by Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, and his Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin, performed here by Alexi Kenney at the Robert Miller Gallery in New York in 2016. And ChamberFest Cleveland gave its patrons a taste of Schulhoff’s Dada-inspired works with Marjorie Maltais’ performance of his Sonata Erotica in June of 2016.
One of 20th century England’s most prolific composers and resourceful arrangers, Gordon Jacob became well-known for works like his William Byrd Suite, arrangements of Elizabethan-era pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. That inspired Gerard Hoffnung’s challenge to Jacob to write variations on a Scottish folk song for a bizarre collection of instruments to be performed at one of the Hoffnung Musical Festival concerts in London in November, 1966. Listen here to the composer leading his Variations on Annie Laurie with an ensemble that includes heckelphone, contrabassoon, serpent, harmonium, hurdy gurdy, bass tuba, and a pair of piccolos.


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I make no secret of the fact that I’m tired of the outdated Liberal vs Conservative paradigm. I considered myself a Liberal back before the political left became constrictive and totalitarian and adopted the insane attitude of “Islam: Right or Wrong!”
I periodically post about fellow former leftists who have also recognized that Liberals throughout the Western World have become everything they pretend to oppose. They’re just better at P.R. than right-wingers are.
England’s Nick Cohen – an atheist like I am – made plenty of remarks I can relate to:
“(A Liberal) cannot break with the pressures that enforce conformity in his left-wing world and accept the real reason why many leave the left. It ought to be obvious. The left is why they leave the left. Never more so than today.
” The shift of left-wing thought towards movements it would once have denounced as racist, imperialist and fascistic has been building for years. I come from a left-wing family … and I don’t regret any of it. But slowly, too slowly I am ashamed to say, I began to notice that left-wing politics had turned rancid.
” … If they were true to their professed principles modern leftists would search out secular forces in the Muslim world — Iranian and Arab feminists, say, Kurdish socialists or Muslim liberals struggling against reactionary clerics here in Britain — and embrace them as comrades.
” Instead, they preferred to excuse half the anti-western theocrats and dictators on the planet. As, in their quiet way, did many in the liberal mainstream.”
” I realise now what I should have known years ago. The causes I most care about — secularism, freedom of speech, universal human rights — are not their (Liberals’) causes. Whatever they pretend, when the crunch comes, they will always put sectarian unity first, and find reasons to be elsewhere.”
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Long time lurker first time poster. I have been into RC for quite a while but recently became interested in quads and uav's in particular. I just ordered an ht-hpv frame and hope to build up my new quad piece by piece as my budget allows. I am a long time mac user and have been fiddling with MP using mono however I think I not only want to use windows for MP but to actually have a designated machine for my UAV's. My question to all of you is, what type of machines do you use? and what are the recommended specs? Having not used windows in over a decade, all I know to look for now is portable, and windows lol. Looking forward to everyone's input!
I am using a Mac Book Pro with Parallels with Windows 7 and I am able to run the Mission Planner in a VM without any problems. With boot camp you can boot directly into same the partition and run it natively as well. Also, looks like Colorado is well represented in this thread (Colorado Springs here).
I just finished building my first Quad down in Colorado Springs - good to see another CO person getting into it :-)
I will likely be in the market for a new laptop in the near future as well. The only laptops I have at the moment are my work system (running linux) and a chromebook. I've been doing most of my setup from my gaming desktop, which is Windows based. I did commander my girlfriend's EEE PC the other day for doing some config in the field, and it worked quite well. If you're looking for ultra-portable and inexpensive, that might be the route to go. The screen is a bit small, but APM worked fine on it. I imagine the long battery life on the netbooks would also come in handy. When I start looking for one, I will probably look in the ultrabook category - something like an Asus Zenbook Prime or Lenovo X1 Carbon (if I decide to splurge). Those should give the ultra-portability, and good battery life with a bit larger screen and more power for other things. As I mentioned, though - a netbook will be less expensive and will get the job done just fine.
What I'd REALLY like to see is an interface to my Android devices (tablet or phone). When I get time, I may look at trying to get the 3DR radio to work through the USB Host dongle and see if I can port the mavlink bits to Android.

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Purpose: Small-molecule growth factor receptor inhibitors block cell growth in vitro and downstream signaling in vivo, but controlled trials in patients with advanced solid tumors have yielded disappointing response rates. To clarify this discrepancy, we compared the patterns of tyrosine phosphoprotein expression in human cancer cells and primary tumors. Experimental Design: Immunoaffinity chromatography, two-dimensional electrophoresis, and antiphosphotyrosine immunoblotting were combined with mass spectrometry to determine the phosphoproteomic signatures of 40 matched normal and malignant tissues from patients with breast or liver cancer. The identities and abundance of the detected tyrosine phosphoproteins were compared with those of ligand-responsive A431 cells. Results: Patterns of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins are similar among normal tissues of the same origin but vary markedly between different tissues. Primary breast tumors exihibit a strikingly homogeneous tyrosine phosphorylation profile, whereas liver cancers display greater phosphoproteomic diversity. The main breast-tumor-specific tyrosine phosphoproteins are cytoskeletal molecules (actin, tubulin, and vimentin) and molecular chaperones (Hsp70, Hsc71, and Grp75). In contrast, control studies in ligand-stimulated A431 human cancer cells revealed an additional phosphorylated subset of promitogenic phosphoproteins (Grb2, Shc, Jnk2, phospholipase C-γ, and phosphatidylinositol 3′-kinase). Conclusions: Identification of cytoskeletal and stress proteins as the most abundant tyrosine phosphoproteins in breast tumors implicates these molecules, rather than promitogenic effectors, as the prime stoichiometric substrates for kinase-inhibitory anticancer drugs in vivo. Because phosphorylated cytoskeletal proteins and chaperones mediate cell motility and apoptotic resistance, respectively, these data raise the intriguing possibility that small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors may be of greatest value either as adjuvant antimetastatic/-invasive drugs or as chemo-/radiosensitizers.
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