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If you blinked during the past ten days you might have missed four significant security sector acquisitions that all had one thing in common -- major cybersecurity vendors splashed some cash on enhancing their machine learning capabilities.
Radware announced today that it acquired cloud-based security company Seculert to enhance its attack mitigation system. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Many people are sitting ducks for ransomware. Two security firms recently published the results of surveys that showed people may worry about cybercrime, but they don’t do much to for protection, leaving themselves vulnerable. A study by U.K.-based Sophos, and another survey by Radware asked different questions about cybercrime and ransomware, but in each case found that, unlike businesses, individuals are all over the place when it comes to actually preparing for and preventing cyberattacks.
Radware’s Global Application and Network Security Report 2016-2017 has revealed that 49% of businesses confirmed being the subject of a cyber-ransom campaign in 2016.
A new report from cyber security and application delivery company Radware reveals that almost half of businesses (49 percent) say they’ve been the subject of a cyber-ransom campaign in 2016.
Ransom is the top motivation behind cyber attacks, according to a report from Radware, and IT professionals are most concerned about data loss. Here's what you need to know.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Police Department (JCPD) on Tuesday dropped off 35 caps and gowns for Science Hill High School students set to walk the stage.
Johnson City Schools (JCS) announced officers also provided 15 gift baskets full of supplies and resources to help students succeed after their high school careers conclude.
“We really appreciate the Police Department looking after our students,” JCS officials stated in a release. “Whether it is Shop with a Cop around Christmas or kind acts like this, our JCPD is there for students in our community.”
Hilltoppers will graduate on Saturday, May 28 at 10 a.m. Weather permitting, the ceremony will take place at Kermit Tipton Stadium. Rain would move commencement to the Freedom Hall Civic Center on the same date and time.
A decision regarding the location will be finalized on Wednesday, May 25 by 3 p.m.

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Map of Haa District in Bhutan
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Haa District (Dzongkha: ཧཱ་; Wylie: Haa; alternative spellings include "Ha") is one of the 20 dzongkhag or districts comprising Bhutan. Per the 2017 census, the population of Haa dzongkhag was 13,655 in 2,952 households making it the second least populated dzongkhag in Bhutan after Gasa. The dominant language of the district is Dzongkha, the national language.
Haa's major feature is the Haa Valley, a steep north-south valley with a narrow floor. The name Haa (pronounced "hah"), as well as the more ancient name Has (Dzongkha: ཧས་; Wylie: Has; pronounced "hay"), connotes esoteric hiddenness. An alternative name for the district is "Hidden-Land Rice Valley."
The Haa chhu (river) flows through the valley. The river is stemmed from Mount Jomolhari.
The main crops grown in the valley are wheat, barley bitter and sweet buckwheat, although some rice is grown in the lower reaches of the valley. Potatoes, chilis, apples and other cash crops are grown by farmers on the valley floor, along terraced hillsides, and in some of the more accessible side valleys. Per the census, almost every household owns livestock of some type, most commonly yaks and cattle, but also chickens, pig, and horses. 78% of Haa is covered with forest, and forestry plays an important part in local economy.
Haa District lies along the western border of Bhutan. To the northwest it is bounded by the Tibet. To the southwest it is bounded by Samtse District, to the southeast by Chukha District, and to the northeast by Paro District.
Haa contains Torsa Strict Nature Reserve, one of the environmentally protected areas of Bhutan. Torsa contains no human inhabitants other than military patrols and posts, occupying substantial portions of the gewogs of Bji and Sangbay. Torsa is connected to Jigme Dorji National Park via biological corridor, cutting across the northeastern half of Haa District.
The Indian Army maintains a military base in the valley to maintain security against incursions from China. The Chinese military has built roads into the Torsa Strict Nature Reserve and Haa District over the past dozen years clearly visible on Google Earth/Maps and other viewing platforms.
Mystical history of Haa
Black, White, and Haa Gonpa temples
Local historians maintain that two important temples in Haa District, the Black Temple ( lhakhang Narpo ) and the White Temple ( lhakhang karpo ), were built at the same time as Kichu Temple in Paro in the 7th century AD. The two temples can be found near each other at the sacred site known as Miri Punsum, or "The Three Brother Hills". A third temple, Haa Gonpa, was built further up the valley at the site where a lame pigeon, actually a bodhisattva in disguised form, was found by a local farmer who was drawn to the spot by a mysterious fire seen on several successive nights and by the unexplained sounds of oboes and trumpets (musical instruments closely associated with Bhutanese and Tibetan monasteries).
Sacred oak and the upper house
Near the Black Temple there are two houses near a sacred oak tree where the local deity once appeared as a winged creature, scaring the local people (the valley is divided into a number of areas, each under the influence of a particular local deity predating the arrival of Buddhism — see Bön religion). The residents of the two houses gave offerings to the local deity. The local deity, now appeased, visited the upper house while neglecting the lower. The jealous owner of the lower house began an inter-house feud in which a man of the upper house was killed. Every year 11th lunar month a series of special mystical practices are performed in the upper house for a week.
The local deity Chungdue
The famous Lam Pema Lingpa also documented the activities of another local deity known as Aup Chungdue. Chungdue was responsible for meteor storms, cyclones, wildfires, rocks splitting apart, earthquakes, and a number of other mystical disasters. The Guru Padmasambhava arrived in the late 8th century and subdued the deity. However the deity's force is not to be taken lightly. In the 15th century aup Chungdue decreed that the people of Ha Shogona village where not to come in contact with any followers of a certain monk in nearby Paro dzongkhag. When a young Haa man married a girl from Paro they believed no harm would come to them. However, as they crossed a river between the two districts the knots tying her infant to her back suddenly came loose and the baby fell into the river and drown.
Also near the Black and White temples is a special stupa chorten marking the site where an imprint of Guru Padmasambhava's body and hat may be found in a large rock.
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- http://www.haa.gov.bt/downloads?Type=12&Sector=All Bhutan Census website Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- Tshewang 2001 p.55-56
- Haa Five Year Plan[permanent dead link]
- "Chiwogs in Haa" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
- Tshewang, Lam Pema (2001) History of the Has (Ha) Valley in Journal of Bhutan Studies Volume 5, Winter 2001 p. 50-56. Thimphu: Center for Bhutan Studies.
- Seeds of Faith: A Comprehensive Guide to the Sacred Places of Bhutan. Vol 1. 2008 KMT Publishers, Thimphu, Bhutan.

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Apple has used liquidmetal sparingly so far - just for the SIM ejector tool for iPhones and iPads - but the company behind the material announced that the exclusive deal between them and Apple has been extended for two more years.
The deal gives Apple exclusive rights to use liquidmetal for consumer electronic products (the material is also used in various sport equipment). The original deal ended on February 5 2012, but it has been extended until February 5, 2014.
With many leaks pointing to a metal back on the upcoming iPhone 5, the extended deal might mean that Apple will be using the tough alloy for the back of its new smartphone. There has been speculation that using the liquidmetal for the SIM ejector tool is a low-risk way to test both the material and the manufacturing process.
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Analysis by UPLC-TOFMS of 24-h urine samples collected immediately after exposure of mice to 3 and 8 Gy γ radiation produced data matrices of m/z compared to retention time compared to normalized ion intensity that, when subjected to multivariate data analysis by OPLS, revealed distinct metabolomic phenotypes for each dose and for sham-irradiated animals (). From the top 22 ions contributing to this clustering and inter-phenotype separation, a number of urinary biomarkers were unequivocally identified using tandem mass spectrometric comparison with authentic standards. A novel biological molecule, 3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 3-O-sulfate was a biomarker of 3 Gy but not 8 Gy. N-Hexanoylglycine and β-thymidine were biomarkers of exposure to both 3 and 8 Gy ( and ). Taurine was a biomarker of 8 Gy only. In general, the increase in biomarker excretion in urine of exposed over sham-irradiated animals was 1.2- to 2.5-fold. The one exception was β-thymidine, in which case the presence in urine was elevated six- to seven-fold after γ irradiation. In addition, several in-source fragment and isotope ions were identified. Finally, we demonstrate a clear dose–response relationship in the global view of the urine metabolite profile visualized using GEDI.
The chemical identities of four markers have been elucidated, of which two, β-thymidine and N-hexanoylglycine, are validated and quantified across the two experiments. Because these ions are elevated in urine from exposed animals at both doses, we conclude that these are specific biomarkers of radiation exposure. In addition, we found 3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid O-sulfate statistically significantly elevated in the urine of animals exposed to 3 Gy but not 8 Gy compared with controls. We also observed that taurine is statistically significantly elevated in the urine of mice exposed to 8 Gy but not 3 Gy compared with controls. The point estimate of mean taurine level in the urine from mice exposed to 3 Gy is elevated over that of the controls, albeit not significantly. This is suggestive of a dose–response relationship that needs to be examined further at doses intermediate between 3 and 8 Gy. In addition, there are several other ions among the 22 ions highlighted in each experiment that are not common to both experiments.
Although it was not possible to identify unambiguously all urinary constituents that were elevated after γ irradiation of mice, a bioinformatic technique was used that demonstrated that a large number of urinary constituents co-varied across the sample set with the aforementioned biomarkers. In other words, the phenotypes for 3 Gy and 8 Gy that were seen as distinct clusters in the plots of OPLS scores (, respectively) arose due to numerous differences in urinary constituents between the irradiated and sham-irradiated animals. This can be seen from the GEDI self-organizing maps, where groups of nine interconnected tiles, which represented hundreds of both negative () and positive () ions, increased () in intensity in a dose-dependent manner, while others decreased (), also in a clear dose-dependent fashion. This is an important proof of principle of radiation metabolomics and is also the first time that GEDI self-organizing maps have been used to analyze and display global in vivo metabolomic data. We take these observations to be a sign of the existence of a rich source of additional biomarkers of radiation exposure.
Using pairs of biomarkers (), it may ultimately be possible to predict whether a mouse has been exposed to γ radiation and perhaps also the general dose range. This approach, refined by the future addition of biomarkers, is expected to lead to a metabolomics-based protocol for non-invasive radiation biodosimetry in humans. Considerably more work needs to be done, and a re-evaluation of the published literature appears to be in order. To this end, lists the small molecule biomarkers of ionizing radiation exposure reported for both laboratory animals and humans, together with the calculated m/z values of their protonated and deprotonated molecular ions. It is of note that none of the validated radiation biomarkers that are reported here have been reported previously. The published biomarkers fall into the classes of neurotransmitter metabolites, excised DNA adducts, reactive oxygen products, and general metabolic intermediates. A search for these positive and negative ions in our data set established that none of these published biomarkers were statistically significantly elevated within 1 day after exposure of mice to 3 and 8 Gy γ radiation except for 192.027, citric acid. In this case, we attempted to but could not determine whether citric acid or isocitric acid or both were detected. Thus the identity of the [M-H]− ion of m/z 191.0192 elevated in urine from radiation-exposed mice remains to be elucidated. Future research will determine whether any of the ions listed in are elevated at later times.
Historical Biomarkers of Radiation Exposure
The question arises as to the metabolic origins of the novel radiation biomarkers reported here. The most dramatic change after irradiation was in β-thymidine (), which may reflect increased synthesis, decreased use or elevated renal tubular outward transport. It is also possible that the products of oxidative DNA damage, thymine glycol and thymidine glycol (19
), might be metabolically reconverted to thymidine, although this is known not to occur in E. coli
) and is therefore unlikely. Interestingly, when [3
H]thymidine was administered intravenously to patients, the radioactivity found in urine was approximately 100 times that in plasma (42
), suggesting that extracellular thymidine is rapidly excreted into urine. The elevated thymidine excretion reported here is therefore a potential marker of increased DNA breakdown and cell turnover due to γ radiation.
Elevated urinary excretion of N
-hexanoylglycine is usually interpreted as a sign of impaired medium-chain fatty acid metabolism, that is, medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency, although this is usually accompanied by the excretion of dicarboxylic acids and free fatty acids (43
). These additional metabolic signs did not appear in our metabolomic analysis, suggesting that the elevated appearance of N
-hexanoylglycine in urine may not be a result of an effect of γ radiation on hepatic mitochondrial MCAD. We have recently reported that urinary excretion of N
-hexanoylglycine is reduced 20-fold after activation of the nuclear receptor PPARα in mice (44
) and it has been reported that PPARα appears to play a role in the response of mice to 10 Gy γ radiation (45
). How these two lines of evidence are related is currently unknown.
Elevated taurine excretion in urine was first reported to be associated with carbon tetrachloride liver damage (46
), but metabolomic studies have since characterized it as a general urinary marker of hepatotoxicity (47
). Since taurine is an end product of cysteine catabolism, it has been proposed that urinary excretion of taurine represents evidence of increased cysteine use in the liver in response to toxic injury (48
). The elevation in urinary excretion of taurine reported here is modest and occurred only after the 8-Gy dose (). Increased hepatic or renal cysteine/glutathione turnover is one possible explanation.
The elevation of urinary 3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid 3-O-sulfate after 3 Gy but not 8 Gy is without precedent. All possible isomers of this compound were synthesized in situ and evaluated by tandem mass spectrometry, and this organic acid sulfate gave a perfect match to the urinary peak by both retention time and mass fragmentography (). To our knowledge, the parent 3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoic acid has not been described before in biological systems. Isomeric hydroxymethylbenzoic acids, however, are known bacterial metabolites and may arise from the gut flora. Further characterization of this biomarker falls beyond the scope of this report.
In summary, we report here a metabolomic investigation of mice after γ irradiation with 3 and 8 Gy. OPLS analysis of mass spectrometric data matrices revealed novel biomarkers that were statistically significantly elevated in urine. GEDI self-organizing maps demonstrate the existence of dose-dependent excretion of a subset of global urinary biomarkers. These data will be useful to help design strategies for noninvasive radiation biodosimetry through metabolomics in human populations.

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The magician Julien Proskauer revealed that the levitating trumpet of Jack Webber was a trick. Close examination of photographs reveal Webber to be holding a telescopic reaching rod attached to the trumpet, and sitters in his séances only believed it to have levitated because the room was so dark they could not see the rod. Webber would cover the rod with crepe paper to disguise its real construction.
There are now thousands of types of tarot decks to choose from, Hello Kitty to zombies. A traditional deck has 22 Major Arcana (or trumps) which are the archetypal images. There are 56 Minor Arcana cards, sixteen Court or Personality cards; the Kings, Queens, Princes and Pages, just like modern playing cards. There are four elements or suits: Fire, Earth, Air and Water, with 10 cards in each. There are no inherently negative cards.
In 1966 the son of Bishop Pike committed suicide. After his death, Pike contacted the British medium Ena Twigg for a series of séances and she claimed to have communicated with his son. Although Twigg denied formerly knowing anything about Pike and his son, the magician John Booth discovered that Twigg had already known information about the Pike family before the séances. Twigg had belonged to the same denomination of Bishop Pike, he had preached at a cathedral in Kent and she had known information about him and his deceased son from newspapers.
Now that you have grounded yourself, please select the cards we will use for your Tarot card reading. Remember, I shuffle my deck and draw new cards for the Tarot spreads every day, and these cards represent each one as it was laid out in front of me. Please take a moment to pause between drawing your cards, and when you are done selecting your cards for your Tarot reading you will be whisked away to a detailed interpretation of each card and what it means in its position in the Celtic Cross Spread.

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One of the best books you will read this year..Outstanding!
A powerful and emotional read. The Journey is THE must-read thriller of 2019.
The gripping story of a young boy and his family, driven from their home by war and indiscriminate violence. Like millions of others, they attempt the treacherous journey across their war-torn continent, trying to reach the safety of Europe.
The truth is, Europe doesn’t want them and thousands die every month at the hands of thieves and profiteering men to whom life is cheap.
The story is fast-paced, at times funny, at times heart-breaking but it will pull you along at 100 miles an hour. It will make you think and it will make you question your perceptions.
Most of all it will make you ask if your family was in peril, what would you do?
Conrad Jones a 52-year-old Author, living in Holyhead, Anglesey, which I class as my home, before starting a career as a trainee manger with McDonalds Restaurants in 1989. I worked in management at McDonalds Restaurants Ltd from 1989-2002, working my way up to Business Consultant (area manager) working in the corporate and franchised departments.
In March 1993 I was managing the Restaurant in Warrington`s Bridge St when two Irish Republican Army bombs exploded directly outside the store, resulting in the death of two young boys and many casualties. Along with hundreds of other people there that day I was deeply affected by the attack, which led to a long-term interest in the motivation and mind set of criminal gangs. I began to read anything crime related that I could get my hands on.
I link this experience with the desire to write books on the subject, which came much later due to an unusual set of circumstances. Because of that experience my early novels follow the adventures of an elite counter terrorist unit, The Terrorist Task Force, and their leader, John Tankersley, or `Tank`and they are the Soft Target Series, which have been described by a reviewer as ‘Reacher on steroids’.
I had no intentions of writing until 2007, when I set off on an 11-week tour of the USA. The Day before I boarded the plane, Madeleine Mcann disappeared and all through the holiday I followed the American news reports which had little or no information about her. I didn’t realise it at the time, but the terrible kidnap would inspire my book, The Child Taker years later. During that trip, I received news that my house had been burgled and my work van and equipment were stolen. That summer was the year when York and Tewksbury were flooded by a deluge and insurance companies were swamped with claims. They informed me that they couldn’t do anything for weeks and that returning home would be a wasted journey. Rendered unemployed on a beach in Clearwater, Florida, I decided to begin my first book, Soft Target. I have never stopped writing since. I have recently completed my 20th novel, The Journey, something that never would have happened but for that burglary and my experiences in Warrington.
As far as my favourite series ever, it has to be James Herbert’s, The Rats trilogy. The first book did for me what school books couldn’t. It fascinated me, triggered my imagination and gave me the hunger to want to read more. I waited years for the second book, The Lair, and Domain, the third book to come out and they were amazing. Domain is one of the best books I have ever read. In later years, Lee Child, especially the early books, has kept me hypnotised on my sunbed on holiday as has Michael Connelley and his Harry Bosch Series.
My Review; The Journey follows Kalu and his family trying to escape Boko Harmon extremists by trying to get to Europe to survive! Boko Harmon want to take over and will kill easily without a thought or a second. It can be a very dark read in places throughout this story.
However, the sad truth is this is still happening in this day and age so it will make the reader open their eyes and appreciate their life a little more, god knows what I woulf do if I was Kalu and other civilians. Once I got into this story I could not put it down, different from those everyday thrillers. Unique.
I previously enjoyed Brick by Conrad Jones so had expectations for this story, I loved them both but enjoyed this one more. Very impressed. I awarded four stars and would highly recommend to you all. It had me captivated until the end. An easy, fast paced read!
One thought on “*BLOG TOUR* The Journey – Conrad Jones ★★★★”
Thanks so much for being part of the blog tour today Gemma x

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What a great book! A little female rabbit wants to be an Easter bunny helper, but she can't. She's a female, and must stay home and take care of her many children. But will the Grandfather Easter Bunny feel the same way?
Very cute story about finding a replacement for one of the Easter Bunnies (there are five total Easter Bunnies) who has grown too slow. Easter Bunnies must be kind, swift, and wise. A mama bunny takes all 21 of her children to see the fun. Good drawings, nice writing, sweet story.
A classic children's story. One of my own favorites as a child and one of the favorites of my students now. A mother bunny is told she cannot become one of the Easter Bunnies because she is a mom and has so many children. She shows 'em and has a happy household as well.
V. N. (verrby) reviewed The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes on
A charming children's gift book... beautiful 1930s illustrations and an engrossing story. Mother rabbit aspires to be the new Easter Bunny despite the fact that she comes from difficult circumstances. A treasure that teaches wonderful values: believe in yourself, take pride in doing what you can to help your family, do your best, and never give up.


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All of you who have stayed with me over the years will notice that I recently have been more consistent in my writing. I think anyone would go through a slump when the constant barrage of CD’s gets overwhelming. Well … I’m over it! Be sure and check out my interview with Oystein G. Brun of Borknagar this time as well.
AGE OF SILENCE “Acceleration” (10 tracks). THE END RECORDS.
This CD is not going to be a hard sell. Just knowing that the band is composed of Andy Winter (Winds) on keys, Hellhammer on drums (need I list his resume?), Lazare (Borknagar, Solefald) doing vocals, and Eikind (Khold) on guitars is enough for most of us. There is also a guitarist named Kobbergaard whose picture looks hauntingly familiar … Anyway, the term “supergroup” seems appropriate here. Anyone who enjoys listening to the other bands these guys are in will want to purchase it as soon as it comes out.
For the most part Age of Silence sounds a bit like their respective bands, as if they have taken the best parts of Arcturus and Borknagar in particular, with some occasional high speed runs reminiscent of Blasphemer era Mayhem, all balanced out with Andy Winter’s versatile keyboard work and Lazare’s smooth (Vintersorg-like) vocals. The result is that they sound to me like a sort of intense Norwegian metal version of the Moody Blues (remember Long Distance Travelor?). These guys know how to make ethereal metal that has a real bite. In my opinion, this CD is destined to be one of this year’s favorites among metal’s elitists everywhere.
GUEST REVIEW by a friend of mine named evans, one of the two “Metal Twins”!
Well ladies and gentleman, here we have another progressive rock outfit with enough musicianship to form at least a dozen run-of-the-mill rock bands. These guys are at the top of their game and certainly rank in the upper echelons of the genre. Quite simply, each musician (ranging from band members of none other than Flower Kings, Transatlantic and Time Requiem) is stunning in his own right. That being said, should Karmakanic – Wheel of Life be placed at the top of your wish list? It depends entirely on what you are looking for. The songwriting is catchy, technical, and features an amazing list of 11 guest musicians! This album is littered with the sounds of bands past that likely influenced the core members. Names that come to mind upon listening: Yes, King Crimson and ELP amongst others. Now, I’m a big fan of each of these Prog patriarchs, but in a genre that seems to have trouble producing cutting edge original sounds as of late, and instead picks and chooses the sounds of yesteryear coupled with modern rock elements, I’d prefer to keep an ear out for something a bit more original. Don’t get me wrong, if you are looking for another 70’s/contemporary Prog Rock album that will literally rattle your brain with it’s odd timing and extended song lengths then pick this up now! But if you are on the hunt for the latest, greatest and freshest thing currently going down on the scene, I don’t feel you will find it in Karmakanic’s – Wheel of Life.
Score - 8/10
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LILITU “The Delores Lesion” (8 tracks). THE END RECORDS.
By the time a band makes their big label debut, as Lilitu has with “The Delores Lesion”, they have already spent a considerable amount of time busting their chops in the local club scene, as well as cutting demos. Lilitu has been doing just this here in the Southeastern United States for some time. Over the years their sound has morphed quite a bit from earthy progressive death metal, to something of a nearly Gothenburg sound, kind of like In Flames, but with a darker sound like Dark Tranquility. So, what appears on this disc is quite different from what one might have expected from their earlier material. What seems constant in all these years of evolution is the bands air of intensity and emotion. But they have really tightened up and focused their energy on this album, and now the time is right for The End Records to sign them. I expect that The Delores Lesion will be well-received here in the U.S. because of the rather straight-forward style; that is, intense death metal with recognizable song structures, melody, and variety like the Gothenburg scene is so well known for. On the other hand, I liked the old Lilitu better.
As an FYI, the form of their name, Lilitu, is Assyrian, not Hebrew. People who are familiar with stories of Lilith from Rabbinic Judaism may have wondered at the spelling. In Assyrian lore Lilitu is a wind spirit that no doubt was assimilated into Rabbinic mythology and confused or amalgamated with the Hebrew word for night, layla. Thus we get the night creature of popular stories. Interested persons should consult Jewish Magic and Superstition by Joshua Trachtenberg.
ORPHANED LAND “Mabool” with Bonus Disc. CENTURY MEDIA.
I reviewed Mabool a few updates back, so there is no need to redo that. If you have not heard this album, you have cheated yourself out of a wonderful experience. Anyhoo, the reason I am writing this here is because I bought the jeweled version because it comes with a bonus disc with an acoustic concert recorded live in Israel. It contains songs from their previous albums, one of which is a medley. It also has a cover of Paradise Lost’s “Mercy”. Later I bought another copy of it for a professor of mine who happens to be a Rabbi. Hopefully the acoustic parts on the album and the “unplugged” concert will give him some joy, even if the heavy parts may be a bit much for him to take. Needless to say, I believe in the band this much and I hope they do really well with this album.
Apparently I don’t come out of the cave often enough. Here is a doom band with a second album that has already split-up and I am only now learning of them. Doom is such a broad term these days as that category has been stretched quite far by various bands. Shepherd are, in my view, doom rock, not metal, with lots of 1960’s/1970’s influence. There’s a little Zepplin and Hendrix in them, and a bow here and there to Black Sabbath. But mostly they remind me of Meteorcity bands like Blind Dog, Solarized, Eternal Elysium and such. You can also tell that these guys hang out with Sunn 0))). Tracks 1-7 are named “Monday”, “Tuesday,” etc. with song number 8 being called “Doomsday”. Track 6, Saturday, sounds like a grungy, doomy “Louie, Louie” if that gives you an idea of what to expect.
STEEL ATTACK “Enslaved” (9 tracks). ARISE RECORDS.
Steel Attack’s “Enslaved” is quite possibly the most exciting album to be released yet by Arise Records. The band has a new vocalist and a renewed sense of purpose. It is like they went into the studio, set their amps on “11” and said, “let’s kick some booty!” The guitar heroics of Johan Jalonen and John Allan are breathtaking. The rhythm section of Mike Steel on drums and Anden Andersson on bass are solid. And Ronny Hemlin, whose vocal style could be described as Dio-esque, compliments the band really well. Beyond the fact that this CD is quite a stirring disc musically, the lyrics give us plenty of philosophical and theological material to think about, rather than lyrics about fantasy battles and mythological creatures. Fans ranging from Nocturnal Rites to Into Eternity will dig this band.
TIME MACHINE “Reviviscence: Liber Secundus” (12 tracks). LAZER’S EDGE.
This is high class prog.-metal. It has a real bite too. These guys have a whole back catalog of albums, some of which are a series as this one is. Reviviscence is part two (“Liber Secundus”, or, Book Two) of an epic detailing good versus evil. Book One, or rather, “Liber Primus” was appropriately entitled, “Evil”. As expected, the members of this band play a full range of instruments (including sitar) and play them well. My opinion is that they possess similarities to Stratovarius, Savatage, and maybe Dream Theatre. Fans of this type of prog-rock/metal will love this album and say that it is one of the greatest. I personally respect the music, but am not as into it as much as the whole Dream Theatre/Fates Warning crowd.
1. Gary Lenaire (former Tourniquet guitarist) has formed a new band: CRIPPLE NEED CANE www.crippleneedcane.info CNC has a heavy, progressive sound that grooves. The debut release is scheduled for February, 2005. Music samples can be heard at: http://www.crippleneedcane.info/music.html


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Kasargod: Kasargod police have arrested two drug peddler and seized 10kg of ganja at Shribagi in Madoor on Friday, January 22.
Mohammad Badshah and Rafeeq from Dharmathadka are the arrested.
Another peddler managed to escape the police.
Police have also seized a bike used by the peddlers. It is learnt that they were carrying ganja towards Kasargod.
Further investigation is on.


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Community groups are encouraged to follow basic principles in farming:
- Conservation agriculture: use of no-till practices and cover crops to conserve water and increase fertility of soil.
- Drought-resistant crops: plant a variety of crops to increase the amount of food available under drought conditions. These include finger millet, sorghum, pearl millet, cowpeas, green grams, dolichos lablab and pegion peas.
- Intercropping: plant different species of crop and trees to increase yield, and protect against crop failure.
- Zero-grazing: take the fodder crops to the animals, collect the manure, and benefit animal and soil.
- Cover cropping: use nitrogen fixing cover crops and mulch.

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ASW eighth grade math students received an assignment to make three proposals for the improvement of the drinking water distribution system in ASW. The aim of the assignment is to figure out which system is the most efficient, sustainable and fits the needs of the school community.
The students have had to calculate the annual costs of the current drinking water distribution systems at ASW, the current market price of various coolers and fountains (in case they were considering a replacement option), the volume of water that is being consumed at the whole school level, and compare these costs.
Some of the basic data was provided to them by ASW's Facilities Management Division (FMD). The students worked individually under close supervision of their teacher, Mr. Patrick Kearnan, and later shared their results with their class.
Interestingly, many of the resulting proposals focused on similar improvements: reducing the number of water coolers to a minimum; replacing the current water fountains with new ones; modifying the current fountains by adding longer spouts that would allow users to easily refill their water bottles.
To account for the different age groups that use the fountains, additional issues were taken into consideration besides cost, water quality, environmental impact etc. For instance, would the younger children be able to reach a proposed fountain that was 1.27 meters tall? Some students suggested providing wooden or plastic stepping stools; they concluded that the wooden steps would come with a small additional cost, while the plastic ones, although cheaper, would create more waste in the long run.
The general direction of thought was that the amount of PET bottles, and the plastic cups used in the water coolers, will decrease as more people would switch to the more eco-friendly and cheaper water fountains. The best projects were presented to the school's Director and FMD for future consideration.
And that is not all. The FMD department decided to initiate a pilot project by modifying one of the existing water fountains. Now everyone who is willing to test the upgraded water fountains is welcome to do so by checking out the fountain in the Hall of Flags, near the entrance to the cafeteria.
An information campaign about the possible changes may be on the way as well.

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If a series оf political attack ads оn Long Island аnd in the Hudson Valley аre tо be believed, a madman is currently running New York City.
The ads — paid fоr bу a “super PAC” set up bу a pro-charter school group — depict Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, аs a tax-happy, commuter-hating tyrant, shouting frоm a dystopian netherworld marked bу the sound оf smashing windows аnd the flash оf electric sparks.
“The last thing we need is another big-spending, tax-loving liberal controlling our money,” one ad concluded, ominously, before showing аn image оf the mayor crashing tо the ground.
It is hardly the only assault оn Mr. de Blasio, who has emerged аs аn аll-purpose boogeyman fоr Republican strategists trying tо maintain the party’s filament-thin hold оn the New York Senate. Again аnd again, comments frоm Republican leaders аnd officials in Albany hаve cited perceived shortcomings оf the mayor during this election cycle, аnd bу extension, the city’s Democrats who theу fear will set a left-wing agenda fоr the state.
Senate Republicans seem tо be banking оn future outcomes frоm past results: In 2014, when Mr. de Blasio took аn active role in trying tо turn the Senate intо Democratic hands, Republicans won seats аnd took a majority in the 63-seat chamber. Those efforts аlso led tо investigations аnd damaging reports about the mayor’s fund-raising activities.
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently endorsed a pair оf Democrats оn Long Island, Scott Reif, a spokesman fоr Senate Republicans, lumped the governor — a centrist Democrat — in with “radical New York City Democrats” аnd suggested thаt one оf the endorsed candidates wаs “bought аnd paid fоr bу Bill de Blasio.”
Thаt sort оf language has аlso informed individual campaigns, including in the 41st Senate District in the Hudson Valley, where the incumbent, Senator Sue Serino, a first-term Republican, has accused her opponent, Terry Gipson, оf advocating “the extreme New York City de Blasio agenda.” The Democratic challenger in the 39th District, Chris Eachus, has been labeled “a Bill de Blasio Democrat.” Senator George Latimer, a vulnerable Democrat in the 37th District, wаs criticized fоr “imposing a New York City-style campaign finance system оn the entire state.”
Аnd sо оn.
Part оf the calculation оf using Mr. de Blasio аs a punching bag is based оn his unpopularity in the suburbs аs well аs suburbanites’ historical mistrust оf the city’s mоre liberal policies.
Оn numbers alone, the whack-a-Bill strategy seems tо be sound: A poll in May bу Siena College showed the mayor wаs deeply disliked in counties like Nassau аnd Suffolk tо the east, аnd Orange, Putnam, Rockland аnd Westchester tо the north. Fifty-six percent оf such suburban voters hаd аn unfavorable opinion оf the mayor — the highest оf аnу region in the state — while only one in three hаd a favorable view.
State Senator John J. Flanagan, a Long Island Republican аnd majority leader, has called Democratic senators “аn appendage оf Bill de Blasio аnd City Hall.”
Mike Murphy, a spokesman fоr the Senate Democrats, said the Republicans’ assertions about the mayor’s influence оn its slate оf candidates were simply untrue.
“Senate Republicans clearly took their roles аs Donald Trump’s top cheerleaders seriously, lying about their opponents аnd spewing divisive аnd hateful rhetoric,” Mr. Murphy said. “When you hаve a record оf corruption аnd blocking women’s rights, I guess lying is the only option.”
The level оf agita over the mayor’s role in campaigns outside the city underscores the uncertainty over the Senate: The Republicans, who hаve ruled the chamber fоr most оf past 50 years, аre clinging tо power only bу dint оf аn alliance with a Democrat, Simcha Felder оf Brooklyn.
But with Mr. Trump’s presidential candidacy potentially alienating some moderates, the Democrats hаd hopes оf picking up seats in perhaps аs many аs eight districts. (Republicans liked their chances оf filling аn open seat in Buffalo аnd defeating incumbent Democrats in several upstate аnd suburban districts.)
Eric F. Phillips, a spokesman fоr the mayor, said the attacks оn Mr. de Blasio were “three decades in the past.”
“This anti-city strategy existed long before Mayor de Blasio,” Mr. Phillips said, “but it’s especially misguided now, given the incomparable economic аnd public safety success оf the city over the last few years.”


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The Twitch streamer Kano specializes in speedruns in Diablo 2 and Diablo 4. In total, he has spent over 3,000 hours playing these games on Twitch. After all this time, he has now been rewarded with an ultra-rare drop.
What kind of record attempt was that? The speedrunner “Kano” and his assassin tried to set a world record in Diablo 2: Resurrected on February 7, 2024. The Australian is one of the game’s leading speedrunners (via speedrun.com).
Streamer finds rare item after more than 3,000 hours
What did he find there? In the middle of a dungeon and surrounded by enemies, the streamer discovered something glittering among all the loot: a Zod rune. This ultra-rare item drops in Diablo 2 at best with a chance of 1:2.9 million (via d2runewizard).
The Zod Rune is widely accepted as the rarest item in the game, although some see the unique armor Tyrael’s Might ahead. For Kano, it wasn’t just the rarest rune he’s ever received in a speedrun. He says it was his first Zod rune ever – with over 3,000 hours in Diablo 2 on Twitch alone (via TwitchTracker).
What did the streamer do with his sweetheart? Ever the speedrunner, Kano didn’t pause for long to enjoy the moment and his rare loot. Rather, he quickly fled and immediately sold the rare piece to the nearest dealer for 35,000 gold.
Despite its incredible rarity, the Zod rune is only of limited use and can only be used for 2 rune words: “Breath of the Dying” and “Possession”. So for Kano at that moment it was probably just more valuable to be liquid. Unfortunately, despite this financial injection, it wasn’t enough to set a new world record.
Such rare items also play a role in the D2 grandchild, Diablo 4. The probability of receiving one of the coveted “uniques” is devilishly low. It’s all the more annoying when you hold the good piece in your hands and realize that it’s not that great after all:
Diablo 4: Player has crazy luck and finds ultra-rare sword, but somehow it’s a dud

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10" Airless "Never-Go-Flat" all-terrain tires perform smoothly over soft sand and hard rock. It also breaks down in seconds, folding up to fit nearly all kayak hatches for easy transport. Other features include oversize foam padding, a 13' two-piece cam buckle-style load strap, integrated full-length kick-stand for stable loading, in instruction manual, and a lifetime manufacturer's warranty.
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• Weight Capacity: 150 lbs.
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Prepare peppers: place each pepper, stem side down, on top of a board. Cut in half through the top, remove the seeds and cut out the thick part near the stem inside each half being careful not to cut right through the pepper (see photo below).
Precook peppers: Preheat the oven to 375 F/ 190 C/ 180 fan/ gas mark 5. Place each pepper half (cut side up) on a large sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush the edges of each pepper with a little oil then bake in the centre of the oven for 20 minutes.Remove from the oven (but do not switch it off!) and reserve the juices for later.
Cook rice: do this while the peppers are in the oven. Rinse and place in a saucepan, add water (1 portion of rice to 1.5 portions of water), cover, bring to the boil then simmer until the water has been absorbed (about 10 minutes). Remove from the heat.
Cook onion, garlic: in a large pan heat the remaining oil (1 tbsp), add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
Cook ground turkey: add the meat, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, passata, paprika, salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes until the meat is no longer pink, stirring often. Cover and cook gently for 5 minutes.
Finish off: remove from the heat and combine the mixture with the rice, herbs and pepper juice. Adjust the seasoning as necessary.
Stuff peppers: season the inside of each pepper lightly and fill with a generous amount of the turkey mixture pressing in gently.
Bake: using the same baking sheet place the peppers on top and bake in the centre of the oven for 25 minutes. After 15 minutes remove from the oven, scatter the cheese over each pepper then return to the oven and bake for 10 more minutes.Serve!
Ensure your ground turkey has approx. 7% fat content (anything less might make the filling mixture a little dry). Substitute beef, pork or chicken if preferred.
Start making the filling mixture while the peppers are in the oven and the rice is cooking.
You can assemble the recipe while the ingredients are still hot.
You can cook the rice ahead and once cooled completely, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Best served hot.
Refrigerate leftovers, covered, for up to 3 days. Reheat individual portions in the microwave.
Freeze the peppers arranged in a single layer inside an airtight container for up to 3 months.


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Large Language models (LLMs) are quickly entering all aspects of life, from financial news to global policy. The most famous of these, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is stirring conversations over social networks from awe of how it is already substituting journalists to fears it is a threat to news and politics. Taking a step backwards, one might…
Imagine building a language model that can write a fluent text in English about a topic of your choice. In this article we’ll describe our attempts to test the paraphrasing ability of large pretrained language models designed for text generation.


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Throughout my research in a string of beach towns and rural inland communities along a stretch west and south of Tallahassee known as the Forgotten Coast, I directly observed nonprofits relying upon donated funds, supplies and labor to meet housing and other needs not being met by flood insurance or government funding.
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People cluster and cities grow because of what are broadly known as agglomeration economies. Agglomeration economies include things like knowledge spillovers that make workers and firms more productive, as well as the benefits that come from a thicker labor market, such as better employer-employee matches. Agglomeration economies are the forces that pull people together.


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Washington, DC, United States (4E) – Psychologists warned that teenagers and young adults who frequently smoke marijuana risk developing cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, and decreased intelligence quotient (IQ).
Krista Lisdahl, PhD, director of the brain imaging and neuropsychology lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, raised the alarm the American Psychological Association’s 122nd Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Her discussion titled “Neurocognitive Consequences of Chronic Marijuana Use: Preventing Early Onset Is Critical” cited a 2012 study showing that 6.5 percent of high school seniors reported smoking marijuana daily, up from 2.4 percent in 1993.
“It needs to be emphasized that regular cannabis use, which we consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth,” said Lisdahl during the discussion on the public health implications of marijuana legalization at the convention.
People who have become addicted to marijuana can lose an average of six IQ points by adulthood, Lisdahl said citing a 2012 longitudinal study of 1,037 participants who were followed from birth to age 38.
Brain imaging studies of regular marijuana users have shown significant changes in their brain structure, particularly among adolescents, Lisdahl said. Abnormalities in the brain’s gray matter, which is associated with intelligence, have been found in 16- to 19-year-olds who increased their marijuana use in the past year, she said. These findings remained even after researchers controlled for major medical conditions, prenatal drug exposure, developmental delays and learning disabilities, she added.
“When considering legalization, policymakers need to address ways to prevent easy access to marijuana and provide additional treatment funding for adolescent and young adult users,” she adivsed.
Lisdahl also recommended that legislators consider regulating levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the major psychoactive chemical in marijuana, in order to reduce potential neurocognitive effects.
Current treatments for marijuana addiction among adolescents, such as brief school interventions and outpatient counseling, can be helpful, said Alan Budney, PhD, of Dartmouth College.
Start Fresh Program (www.startfreshprogram.com), an alcohol and opioid addiction therapy licensed to rehab clinics by BioCorRx Inc. (OTCQB: BICX), can be considered in treating marijuana addiction. The program has two components, medication through biodegradable Naltrexone implant and life coaching.
The implant, which is embedded under the patient’s skin through a medically-supervised outpatient procedure, successfully curbs the patient’s physical cravings to alcohol and opioids. The implant prevents addicts from experiencing a euphoric high during a relapse, discouraging them from taking alcohol or prescription opioids in the future.

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BTB shoot @ Levis Workshop
Sooo BTB (beyond the basement) had their first shoot at the Levis Workshop recently. If I know Jade I would say that this shoot represents some kinda gathering of NYC artist coming together to take pics and sing songs of joy and overall gleeful shxt. Me personally I think it was an excuse to get a bunch of dope people in Levis workshop and take awesome pics from the likes of @DirtySoufyankee, @Emaphotography & yours truly @kidzrevil ^_^ *does bankhead bounce*. Oh ! @Wordspit's energetic self was there for the shoot as well as @DremurMusic, @PotentialNY, @jintrovert & @ayeroamano the founder of #ROAM clothing. Wow I haven't dropped so many names since I became a registered government informant. *crickets*....anyway MOVING ON.
Its good to see some of our generations most influential coming together to support each other, even if its just for a photo shoot.
Next time we all come together its probably gonna be for some big illuminati esque knights of the round table meeting. Who know's...all I know is good things are on the horizon for us all...


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Fantasy Lover (Paperback)
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Short Description for Fantasy Lover For 2,000 years, Julian of Macedon has lived a curse of being a love-slave. When he is summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander's sexual fantasies, Grace is the first woman to see him as a man with a tormented past. Taking him out into the world, Grace teaches Julian to love again, but can that alone break the curse he is under? Reissue.
- Published: 01 December 2006
- Format: Paperback 307 pages
- ISBN 13: 9780312979973 ISBN 10: 0312979975
- Sales rank: 10,510
Reviews for Fantasy Lover
Whoa! This one is a hot one...
Grace is a therapist, a sex therapist to be exact, her best friend a tarot reading gypsy-blooded Selena has decided Grace needs to heal from her first disastrous time with a total tool and she tricks Grace to summon a Greek Love-Slave from an old book.
Julian of Macedon, a Spartan general, has spent near two thousand years in the book, cursed there by his half-brother, and summoned out only by women who want him for his body - and what a body! Being a demigod he's a sight aphrodisiac to human women, so much so that he is irresistible. As Grace summons him he figures out something is different this time, first Grace doesn't want to sleep with him, and second her treating him like a man awakens weird feelings in him.
As more of who Julian is revealed feelings blossom between the couple but neither one wants to admit them, better yet acknowledge them - but as it comes out that there might be a way for Julian to be free from the book things take turn to worse. It's not easy to choose life after over 2000 years of emotional torture.
I loved this book! It sure is a hot read! I can't help but love books where the hero sets out to seduce the heroine, especially when the hero is rugged gorgeous Spartan Warrior! *SWOON* Alright let me get it together... there we go... no wait, okay, I got it.
I loved the plot, sure it was simple but with great twists! It was easy flowing to read and Kenyon writes in a way that you feel close connected to the characters, which helps so much to see the world and get immersed in it.
Fantasy Lover was deliciously sexy, dark and tempting and a surprise very funny quick read! Julian's out-of-place-ness, if one can use that as a word is hilarious, but at times heartbreaking, and this book is a perfect mix of both.
I loved Julian, he was so dark and conflicted, but sexy as hell. I loved that he didn't like public places where women swooned over him, it gave him just what the doctor ordered to be a great male lead.
Could not help but to love Grace as well, she saw Julian as a human being and not as a mystical creature, a love-slave. She wanted to help him adjust to where he was, and this is bit heartbreaking; she was the first women in 2000 years who wanted to give him the dignity to wear clothes, which he didn't know how to handle...
I did not expect this book to be so good! I was very pleasantly surprised! This book works well for you if you want a break from vampires and werewolves, but still want your Paranormal Romance kick! by Niina C


Villages plan to go ahead with elections
Village elections in Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties were still scheduled to be held Wednesday, as of Friday afternoon, with a few extra precautions due to the coronavirus threat.
Warwick Village Clerk Raina Abramson said the village is following advice from the state and county Boards of Elections in advance of the election. That includes encouraging use of the sanitizers that will be available to all who vote between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. at Goodwill Hook & Ladder, 25 Church St. Extension, Abramson said. In addition, separate pens will be used by election inspectors and voters, and staff will regularly wipe down tables and other surfaces, as well as the pens.
Other Orange County village elections planned for Wednesday:
- Florida: noon-9 p.m., Senior Center behind Village Hall
- South Blooming Grove: noon-9 p.m., firehouse next to Village Hall
- Goshen: 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Village Hall
- Otisville: noon-9 p.m., Village Hall
- Greenwood Lake: noon-9 p.m., Senior Center
- Cornwall-on-Hudson: noon-9 p.m., Village Hall
- Walden: 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Village Hall
In Ulster County, only the Village of Saugerties is holding an election on Wednesday. Polls will be open from noon-9 p.m. at Village Hall, and staff will regularly wipe down surfaces and encourage the use of hand sanitizer, Clerk Lisa Mayone said. The Village Board, in addition, plans to appoint several alternate election inspectors at its next board meeting on Monday in case any of the current election inspectors are unable to appear or are apprehensive about participating, Mayone added.
In Sullivan County, the Village of Monticello changed the polling place for voters in Districts 7 & 8. Now, voters in all of the districts in the village – Districts 6 through 10 – will vote at the same place: the Ted Stroebele Recreation Center, located at 10 Jefferson St. Polls will be open from noon-9 p.m.
Wurtsboro village elections will go on as planned from noon-9 p.m. at Village Hall. Information on other Sullivan County villages’ elections was incomplete at press time Friday.
Village elections are usually held the third Tuesday in March, but were moved to Wednesday because Tuesday is St. Patrick’s Day.


Disney's new animated film Frozen enjoyed a robust wide release this week, but the Thanksgiving weekend box office still belonged to Katniss.
Frozen's expansion earned an estimated $66.7 million domestically for the three-day weekend; its current domestic total is $93.4 million. The film's current global cume stands at $110.1 million.
The top spot at the domestic box office remained occupied by The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which hauled in an estimated $74.5 million for the weekend. The sequel's current worldwide total is $573 million after only two weeks in release.
The Jason Statham-James Franco action drama Homefront, penned by Sylvester Stallone, opened in fifth place with just under $7 million. The weekend's other new wide release, Black Nativity, debuted in eighth place with $3.9 million.
Spike Lee's remake of Oldboy bombed in just 583 screens for a weekend haul of $850,000 and a domestic total of $1.3 million. The film reportedly cost $30 million to produce. Meanwhile, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom fared well in its limited release debut with $100,300 from just four screens.
Here are the weekend estimates via Rentrak:
1. Catching Fire $74.5 million
2. Frozen $66.7 million
3. Thor: The Dark World $11.1 million
4. The Best Man Holiday $8.5 million
5. Homefront $7 million
6. Delivery Man $6.9 million
7. The Book Thief $4.9 million
8. Black Nativity $3.9 million
9. Philomena $3.8 million
10. Last Vegas $2.8 million


Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes have a huge following across all social media outlets. Now, loyal fans can catch a glimpse of what your practice would be like as an incoming freshman.
Tony Gerdeman of thezone.net recorded Meyer’s brief interaction with the 17 highly talented players before preseason camp began on Monday. Check the video out below.
Up until this point, most of Meyers conversations with these kids involved getting them to come play for Ohio State. Today, the recruits will finally have the opportunity to put on the pads, lace up the cleats, and showcase some of their ability that got them to Columbus.
The Buckeyes first game of the season is now less than 30 days away as they look to defend their national championship.
*Featured Photo (above) credit to USA TODAY Sports


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AVSI Project AFE 76s2 measured the response of commercial radar altimeters to out-of-band interference representative of new 5G cell phone signals.
AVSI is supporting efforts to preserve the safe operation of radio altimeters through research conducted under AFE 76s2 – Out-of-band Interference with Radio Altimeters. Radio altimeters are safety-critical equipment that have been used for decades in all types of aircraft, providing accurate indication of height above ground level for applications such as cockpit display, terrain avoidance warning systems, and auto-landing systems. Most altimeters used in commercial transport aircraft are frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) with a typical chirp bandwidth of ~100-180 MHz centered at 4300 MHz.
The FCC issued a Report and Order (R&O) in March 2020 that authorized the sale of spectrum for flexible use in the 3700 – 3980 MHz frequency band. AVSI AFE 76s2 had provided information  to the Commission informing them of potential interference issues prior to the release of the R&O, but the Commission chose not to address those issues at that time. AVSI then supported a more comprehensive analysis performed by a multi-stakeholder group under RTCA SC-239  by providing empirical measurements (in the form of Interference Tolerance Masks or “ITMs”) of the effects of out-of-band interference on a set of commercial radar altimeters. The RTCA MSG Report established the credible risk for harmful interference to radar altimeters from new 5G emissions under the rules established in the R&O.
The FCC proceeded with the auction of spectrum in the C-band between 3700 MHz – 3980 MHz in December 2020 and initial operations in the 3700 – 3800 MHz portion are scheduled to begin in January 2022. There has been significant concern in the aviation community, based on the findings of the RTCA MSG Report, that the rules governing these C-band operations will lead to harmful levels of interference to existing radar altimeters. The FAA issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) requesting information from radar altimeter equipment manufacturers, aircraft OEMs, and aircraft operators to help them determine what, if any, operational mitigations will be necessary to avoid interference incidents.
The AFE 76s2 Project Participants agreed that it was in the best interest of aviation safety to work with the wireless industry and regulators to resolve these outstanding concerns in order to minimize impact to aviation operations while supporting the least restrictive rollout of 5G. To this end, AFE 76s2 has published a comprehensive report that provides all the data that was used to generate the ITMs in the RTCA MSG Report. The report provides experimental details and anonymized raw data suitable for third party analysis and corroboration of the findings.
This report is structured in three volumes:
- Volume I contains the introduction, test procedures, and test results from out-of-band interference representative of 5G fundamental signals. Volume I can be downloaded here: AVSI AFE 76s2 Project Report – Volume I
- Volume II contains the test results from in-band interference representative of 5G spurious signals and identifies changes to the test conditions and analysis for spurious tests. Volume II can be downloaded here: AVSI AFE 76s2 Project Report – Volume II
- Volume III contains additional manufacturer-provided test results.
These will be released sequentially, upon completion and release approval of each individual volume.
Based at Texas A&M University, AVSI is an aerospace industry research cooperative that facilitates collaborative research and technology projects for its members. This project (AFE 76s2) included representatives from Airbus, Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc. (ASRI), Collins Aerospace, Embraer, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Garmin, Honeywell, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Lufthansa Technik, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Texas A&M University, Safran, and Thales. Project Participants contributed the subject matter expertise necessary to complete this project, including radar altimeter design engineers, aircraft systems integration experts, and aviation spectrum regulators.
1. An AFE 76s2 project member has produced a detailed overview of radar altimeter operating principles and parameters that can be downloaded here: Radar Altimeter Overview
2. See AVSI “Preliminary Report: Behavior of Radio Altimeters Subject to Out-Of-Band Interference” (Oct. 22, 2019), appended to Letter of Dr. David Redman, AVSI, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, filed in GN Docket No. 18-122 (Oct. 22, 2019). See also AVSI “Supplemental Report: Effect of Out-of-Band Interference Signals on Radio Altimeters” (Feb. 4, 2020), appended to Letter of Dr. David Redman, AVSI, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, filed in GN Docket No. 18-122 (Feb 4, 2020).
3. See “Assessment of C-Band Mobile Telecommunications Interference on Low Range Radar Altimeter Operations,” RTCA Paper No. 274-20/PMC-2073 (rel. Oct. 7, 2020), attachment to Letter of Terry McVenes, President & CEO, RTCA, Inc. (“RTCA”), to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, FCC, GN Docket No. 18-122 (filed Oct. 8, 2020). The report is available from RTCA at https://www.rtca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SC-239-5G-Interference-Assessment-Report_274-20-PMC-2073_accepted_changes.pdf.


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Graham Nash has his own gigs to do in between CSN’s Europe and United Kingdom excursions. Taking place in September, Nash’s tour is an East Coast run and includes stops in Boston, New York City, Atlantic City and Wilmington, Del.
Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, Los Angeles, Calif.
October 3, 2012
Nash’s “Evening With” dates will feature the singer/songwriter/author/photographer performing with two of the musicians backing Crosby, Stills & Nash – keyboardist James Raymond and guitarist Shane Fontayne.
But there’s more on Nash’s September calendar than tour dates. His autobiography, “Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life” hits stores Sept. 24 but you can pre-order the hardcopy version now via his website for only $24.80 and it will ship on release day.
Coming up a bit sooner will be Nash’s photo exhibition. Opening at Ocean Galleries in Stone Harbor, N.J., July 25 “Graham Nash: The Art Of Visual Harmony” includes 100 paintings, pastels and hand-embellished photographs. The gallery will also have the handmade fine press book, “Love, Graham Nash,” that will be limited to 70 signed copies. Nash will attend an artist’s reception at Ocean Galleries July 27.
Here’s the schedule for “An Evening With Graham Nash.”
Sept. 11 – Burlington, Vt., Flynn Center For The Performing Arts
Sept. 12 – Concord, N.H., Capitol Center For The Arts
Sept. 14 – Homestead, Pa., Carnegie Library Music Hall
Sept. 15 – Alexandria, Va., Birchmere
Sept. 18 – Boston, Mass., Wilbur Theatre
Sept. 19 – New Haven, Conn., Shubert Theater
Sept. 21 – Atlantic City, N.J., Golden Nugget
Sept. 22 – Westbury, N.Y., NYCB Theatre At Westbury
Sept. 24 – New York, N.Y., City Winery
Sept. 25 – New York, N.Y., City Winery
Sept. 28 – Wilmington, Del., Grand Opera House
Sept. 29 – Tarrytown, N.Y., The Tarrytown Music Hall
Pre-sales begin June 12 and public onsales for some shows launch this weekend. Check out GrahamNash.com for more information.


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7 Things You Must Do This Month: September
1. Rock Out in Forest Park
Get a front row seat (or picnic blanket) at LouFest, the most anticipated music festival in St. Louis. The weekend of Sept. 12-13 will have concertgoers flooding Forest Park to hear The Avett Brothers, Hozier, Ludacris, Young the Giant, Brandon Flowers and St. Louis’ own Pokey LaFarge. Between shows, be sure to grab grub from the Nosh Pit and check out merch from local makers and beyond. And, if you prefer your festival experience luxe, there’s the VIP package, featuring gourmet happy hours, free drinks and food and air-conditioned restrooms. For tickets, visit loufest.com.
2. Laugh ’Til You Cry
STAGES St. Louis presents a heart-warming musical famous for its witty script and energetic score Sept. 4-Oct.4. “The Full Monty” follows six recently unemployed steelworkers who find a new way to bring home the bacon after witnessing their wives’ enthusiasm for Chippendales dancers. Overcoming their anxieties and going “the full monty” in the final scene, these men will have you laughing like you never have before. For more info, visit stagesstlouis.org.
3. Refine Your Palate
Experience the best St. Louis makers have to offer at ALIVE’s second Well Crafted, a carefully curated experience for the refined St. Louisan. The event, taking place on Sept. 22, will feature local shopping opportunities, a bourbon tasting and the premiere of the latest Spotlight Series film. For more info, visit alivemag.com/wellcraftedstl.
4. Ignite Your Spark
COCAbiz, the business-meets-arts branch of COCA, presents its fourth creativity conference, SPARK, on Sept. 2. The event features keynote speakers, breakout sessions and pre-consultations with COCA strategists. New this year are labs where teams can discover their creative process, break through communication issues using theater techniques and work with scriptwriting to enhance collaborative and storytelling approaches. For more info, visit cocabiz.com.
5. Dance Like It’s 1989
Seven-time Grammy Award winner Taylor Swift is bringing her infectious brand of pop to town Sept. 28-29 at Scottrade Center. Sing along to her newest single, “Bad Blood,” until your voice is hoarse, or dance the night away while she performs her other chart-topping hits such as “Style,” “Welcome to New York” and “Blank Space.” For tickets, visit scottradecenter.com.
6. Cruise by Cart
The name says it all when it comes to Carts + Cocktails, Laumeier Sculpture Park’s hit progressive party and fundraiser on Sept. 26. Explore the grounds by golf cart, stopping along the way for refreshing drinks, delicious bites and live entertainment. For more info, visit laumeier.org.
7. Celebrate Strong Design
Presented by AIGA St. Louis, this year’s event-packed St. Louis Design Week, Sept. 19-25, promises to be the best one yet. Every type of design media—including graphic, visual, product and fine art—will be represented, showcased and celebrated in this extravaganza. For more info, visit stldesignweek.com.
This was written by Lauren Sharp and Cara Wegener and appeared in the September 2015 issue.


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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Crispy Paleo Pumpkin Seed and Almond Honey Cookies (Dairy free and egg free too)
I've had a bag of salted pumpkin seeds in the pantry for awhile. I snacked on them for a week or so and then got tired of them. I'm more of a cashew kind of girl to be honest. So into the food processor they went. I've seen cookies made before with sunflower seeds, so why not pumpkin seeds?
They came out great. Thin and crispy, salty and sweet, the perfect snack or treat.
Try them! Pumpkin seeds are much cheaper than nuts, and quite nutritive.
Crispy Paleo Pumpkin Seed and Almond Honey Cookies (Dairy and Egg Free)
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup sliced and blanched almonds
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
3 1/2 tbsp raw honey
1 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
3 1/2 tbsp walnut or coconut oil
Process your pumpkin seeds and almonds until you have a fine flour. While the motor is running, pour in your honey, oil, vanilla, and pinch of salt. Once the "dough" starts to form a ball, it's ready to be spooned onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. This will take a minute or two, perhaps longer, depending on the speed of your machine.
Use a tbsp to form little balls, and flatten well with your fingertips. These cookies will not spread, so flatten them out pretty good. Bake at 350 for about 5 minutes, until the edges brown. These will cook super fast! Watch them carefully!
I am baking more with honey, since I don't eat baked goods anyways, may as well spare S and MKG all my sugar free concoctions and just feed them, whole, real foods, like molasses and raw honey, and dates. I am quite sure you could sub dates for the honey in this recipe, 5 should do it. Did you know that per tbsp, molasses has about 60 calories, and is a great source of potassium, B6, and magnesium? It also has 15 grams of carbs, which may make a not so great choice for diabetics, but if you don't have any problems with sugar, this is certainly a better choice.
Were I to make these for myself, I would probably opt for about 20-30 drops of NuNaturals Alcohol Free Liquid Stevia, a wonderful, non-bitter, non-aftertaste giving sweetener that I just adore. It has such a clean flavor.
Hope you're all having a pleasant week. Believe it or not, it got into the mid 70's here in KC yesterday, breaking all kinds of records. I spent the day inside the office so don't have any fun outdoorsy stories to tell, but the weather sure is nutty right now. I love spring as much as the next guy, but I can't say it isn't a little disconcerting.


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Teledyne Test Services' QUICKLOOK II is a self-contained system used to test both air-operated and motor-operated valves. It captures data from Teledyne QSS and SMARTSTEM sensors provide continuous direct torque and thrust data from the stems of valves undergoing diagnostic testing.
QUICKLOOK II collects data at rates up to 10K samples/sec and allows the user to view up to 16 channels of valve test data simultaneously on a 15" active matrix color display.
QUICKLOOK II system has 10 input ranges, from +/- 20 mv to +/- 10.24 V. The software has enhanced triggering functions; setup, test, and replay options; trace marking and annotation capability, real-time viewing of channel data and automated report generation.
The QUICKLOOK II software is integrated with Microsoft Access for full database manipulation of marker data and full trending capabilities. Data from different tests can be synchronized to a common marker.
QUICKLOOK II also has a sentry mode for unattended valve monitoring.


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These issues can appear because of these causes : - Inappropriate computer shutdown - A power outage which can lead to inappropriate computer shutdown - Driver Install or Uninstall installation of incorrect drivers - Programs Install or Uninstall installation of programs that aren't compatible with the system - Virus infection After a virus infection in most cases the system is heavy affected and system files are corrupt or even deleted. Mini Rant: Why couldn't Microsoft simply display the last attempted driver on screen, like where safe mode shows what has been 'loaded'. Autoruns - Free - See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. I installed new version of winamp, after that this problem starting if my guess is right. Results: The machine stops at the Starting Windows logo.
You will now be at the main Windows Vista setup screen where you would normally install Vista on to a computer. This will give the console admin rights and you should no longer get your error. If this was by design it would not be intermittant - accessing safe mode would be blocked each and every time without fail. Manufacturers also submit drivers to Microsoft for testing and signing, and you can get many drivers from Microsoft through Windows Update. It's a Windows startup option that uses the most recent system settings that worked correctly.
So if you want to boot Windows 7 in another Safe Mode with Command Prompt or you cannot access Winodws 7 computer, please follow another two methods below to get in safe mode, which will make all of safe mode options available. Use Bit Che tool to search for different torrents and download them with utorrent. Who knows you may get lucky and fix it easy enough. Log off and log on the Administrator account. If you brought your computer from a major retailer you most likely did not get these disks. To be honest each and every time you launch Computer Management from within D7's Windows menu, it now performs this fix, so I don't even know why I have it elsewhere in D7 anymore.
You can use those settings to start your computer if a problem occurs. If problems are found it will attempt to fix these problems automatically. The entire activation process will take about 5 minutes. It was purchased in April, 2010. When you finish this step, hopefully, Chrome runs properly now.
Posters complaining about lack of admin access: Windows 7 does not natively start up command prompt in admin mode no matter what account you are logged into. Unfortunately, that's not the problem. I wanted to put my computer into safe mode so I can install the second disc of Fallout 3 Game of the year Edition. Safe Mode is a great way to remove problem-causing software—like malware—without that software getting in the way. You will get into Windows Advanced Boot Options Menu.
This resulted in the computer showing two options. I cannot even login and it keep restarting. Manually Installing Windows 7 Drivers Installed Software Other Installed Software. I ran it and it at it kicked the snot out of the polymorph, fixed my files, washed my dishes and tidied up on the way out. Repeat this process for each individual hardware component.
Ten of these say something failed to start or was not running and the last is a list of 19 boot-start or system-start driver s that have failed to load. Restart Windows 7, and keep pressing F8 key as you see Windows 7 logo. Pressed F8, selected Safe Mode with Networking. Step 3: Get in Windows 7 safe mode with command prompt. The more hype the worse it seems they are.
. Pressed F8, selected Boot loggin and restarted. While they are tempting, we recommend that you. I refuse to believe that my only solution is to give up and re-install as this is simply a driver issue - I just don't know which driver; If I could load Safe Mode it would be fixed within minutes. Problems with overall system speed and performance Performance and Maintenance tips Windows Explorer has stopped working Hope this helps.


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Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangements
President Obama signed the “21st Century Cures Act” on December 13, 2016, which included a critical change to the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) affecting certain small employers. Specifically, employers that are exempt from the “pay-or-play” rules of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) may now offer employees a “qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangement” (“QSEHRA”) for plan years beginning after December 31, 2016.
By way of background, the ACA imposed many mandates on non-excepted group health plans covered by the Code and ERISA. Two of those mandates included a prohibition on annual limits and a requirement to provide certain preventive services without cost-sharing. A health reimbursement arrangement (“HRA”) which is not integrated with a group health plan (i.e., the HRA stands alone) does not, and cannot, satisfy these two mandates. As a result, while HRAs integrated with self-funded or insured group health coverage satisfy these mandates and therefore may be offered by employers, federal governmental agencies (specifically the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Labor) took the position that stand-alone HRAs are not ACA compliant.
In response to this position, Congress and the President adopted an exception permitting stand-alone QSEHRAs upon satisfaction of the following criteria:
- The employer offering the QSEHRA must: (i) not be an “applicable large employer” under the ACA (in other words, the employer must generally have fewer than 50 full-time employees in its controlled group of businesses during the preceding calendar year); and (ii) not offer a group health plan to any of its employees.
- The QSEHRA must be funded solely by the employer (no employee may make salary reduction contributions to the QSEHRA).
- The QSEHRA pays or reimburses medical care expenses (including health insurance) incurred by the employee or employee’s family members, provided the employee demonstrates proof of coverage.
- The annual payments and reimbursements from the QSEHRA may not exceed $4,950 (or $10,000 in the case of a QSEHRA that provides for payment or reimbursement for family members). This amount must be prorated for employees covered during a partial year and may be increased annually for cost-of-living adjustments.
- The QSEHRA must be provided on the same terms to all employees (although the employer may exclude: employees who have not completed 90 days of service; employees who have not attained age 25; part-time or seasonal employees; collectively bargained employees; and nonresident alien employees with no US-source income). Importantly, this criteria does not prohibit a QSEHRA from paying or reimbursing the cost of individual health insurance which varies in accordance with the variation in the price of an insurance policy in the individual health insurance market based on the age of the employee or family members or the number of family members covered under the arrangement.
Reimbursements from the QSEHRA will be taxable to an employee if the employee does not have minimum essential coverage. In addition, the amount of payments and reimbursements under the QSEHRA will reduce the amount of the premium assistance tax credit the employee can receive.
The employer must provide a written notice no later than 90 days before the beginning of a year (or 90 days after the enactment of the “21st Century Cures Act”) including:
- A statement of the amount of payments and reimbursements that the employee may receive for the coming year from the QSEHRA;
- A statement that the employee should provide the amount of payments and reimbursements he or she may receive for the coming year to any health insurance exchange to which the employee applies for advance payment of the premium assistance tax credit; and
- A statement that if the employee is not covered under minimum essential coverage for any month, the employee may be subject to the individual mandate tax under the ACA and that reimbursements may be includible in gross income.
Failure to provide the notice will subject the employer to a $50 per employee per incident, up to $2,500 per calendar year.
In conclusion, if you have fewer than 50 full-time employees and are interested in potential health care alternatives for your staff, please contact the author of this bulletin or any other member of the Employee Benefits team at Butzel to discuss your options.

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