This week, Amazon in the spotlight again—and not in a good way, how your smartphone may soon be obsolete, a Cicada-finder app, and toilets—for cows.
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This week, risky behavior on social media, from dangerous and sometimes fatal selfies, to losing your job because of what you post online. Also: why not all home security software is actually secure, and how you can safely—and securely—recycle your old electronics.
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This week, we’re celebrating 420 Day a week late, but still rolling a weed-infused theme with stories about medical marijuana, CBD products, and a new high-tech testing device being developed here in Akron that police can use to see if drivers are under the influence of marijuana. (**Please note: This program is also available as a podcast for Apple and Android devices, and you can find it on Stitcher, Spotify, and Podbean as well.)
This week, how Amazon Alexa may be spying on you, and how companies like Facebook and a big, well-known government contractor, are using artificial intelligence. (**Please note: You can subscribe to this program as a podcast on your Apple or Android device. In addition, you can find it through apps including Stitcher, Podbean, and Spotify.)
Everybody knows you should be running some kind of anti-virus security software on your computers. But, what you might not know, is that's not the only--or even the best--way to keep hackers, criminals, and spies out of your network. So, this week, we're focused on cybersecurity in general, and in particular, on what you can do to make your router more resistant to attacks. (*Please note: You can subscribe to this program as a podcast on Apple and Android devices, through their app stores. It's also available on Spotify, Stitcher, and Podbean.)
Wind power is making headlines this week, from the White House, to a small rural community Ohio where they're providing power for General Motors and Microsoft. Google is also getting in on the act, with new technology that can actually predict when the wind will blow.
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This week, it’s all about cars—from students actually building and racing their own Formula cars, to tires for autonomous fleets, and car companies gearing up for a time when more computers than people do the driving.
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This week, The FBI hunts crypto criminals, something fishy with blockchain, flip-phones making a comeback, and rear view mirrors that actually look back at you!
This week, using big data to fight opiod addiction, big data breaches—and what the government can do to stop them, the latest on efforts to restore net neutrality, and the race in space to provide internet access.
This week, more details on how Facebook is becoming an internet service provider, where to look for new tech jobs, our greatest cyber threat, and a new app that’s sure to be a hit with pet lovers.
This week, eBay celebrates the one year anniversary of it’s “Retail Revival” program in Akron, Facebook is becoming an internet service provider in Canton, tiny tech that’s big, big fun, and why selfies really do make your nose look bigger.
This week, more big cyber attacks, new life-saving chemical sensors, Ford recalling more than a million vehicles, and a new dating app---for cows!
This week, we’re looking at all kinds of technology—from race car tires, to satellites. We’ll also hear about how Jeff Bezos’ racy texts and selfies sparked a national scandal, the economic impact of fracking, and how technology is helping us find love—in the refrigerator.
This week, recovering from a cyber attack, electronic surveillance, and digital license plates. We'll also hear about how cryptocurrency investors may have just lost millions of dollars, and a hedgehog inspired football helmet.
This week, a new program to support software development in Akron, Microsoft trying make Seattle a more affordable place to live, big changes in automotive technology, and some exciting new medical tech that could save lives. We’ll also hear about a soundproof dog kennel, and a solar-powered classic rock song that goes on, and on, and on…..
This week, fighting crime with technology—both on the streets of the inner city, and in cyberspace. We’ll also take a look at why Apple sales are dropping worldwide, a robot with the magic touch, and a guy that gets paid thousands of dollars a month, to live his life—live—on social media.
This week, we're taking a look back at a few of the most interesting stories we covered over the past year.
They include an invention that can help protect first responders from opiod overdoses, a "food computer" at the library, a new way to train IT pros, revolutionary clean drinking water tech, and a new kind of helmet for astronauts.
This week we're taking a look back at an interview we did last March with tech author and entrepreneur, Andrew Keen.
I first became acquainted with the author, who's been called "The Antichrist of Silicon Valley", when I reviewed his book "Digital Vertigo" for USA Today a few years ago. Now, his latest book, "How to Fix the Future", explores how people all over the world are trying to come up with ways we can both survive and thrive in a future where livelihoods are threatened by automation, privacy is a relic of the past, social media has been subverted, and surveillance is omnipresent.
This Week, social media in the spotlight, with another big Facebook data sharing scandal, new information on just how much the Russians are influencing Americans by using social media, and a local woman actually sentenced to jail for inducing panic, after posting false information on Facebook.
We'll also find out about efforts to to bring more software companies to Akron, a giant leap ahead in computing power, and how you can take a ride on a space ship, even if you're not an astronaut.
This week, the link between internet access and your health, how China is scoring and penalizing citizens for what they do online, why your phone's fingerprint reader isn't so safe after all, and how flying cars may one day help you sail high above traffic jams.
This week, new software designed to help local retailers compete against Amazon, the FCC taking aim at Robocalls, and smartphones you can fold up and put in your pocket. We'll also hear about weatherizing your home for the winter, technology to help infants learn, and a guy who wants to legally change his age--so he can get more dates online.
This week, advances in medical technology that could improve surgery, let you know whether you're at risk for a heart attack, and and give people who are paralyzed, the ability to walk again. We'll also hear why people in Sweden are getting microchips implanted under their skin, how highway speed signs are spying on you, and a new truck that actually makes and delivers pizza.
This week, we’re going green with energy efficient buildings, recycled windshields, and charging stations for electric cars on the turnpike. We’ve also got news about how you might be in line for some money from the Yahoo class action lawsuit, vastly improved mobile phone cameras, and artificial intelligence-generated artwork.
This week, Chinese spies hacking US networks, laser weapons that can actually vaporize your skin, energy saving paint, smaller cell phones, and how smart speakers are getting even smarter.
More breakthroughs in medical technology, a sophisticated cyber attack, what Facebook is doing to safeguard against voter suppression, and how digital technology is bringing a beloved US President, back to life.
This week, the new Presidential Alert hits cell phones nationwide, pay raises at Amazon, a huge Google data breach, another Facebook hoax, cutting edge medical technology, and scientists actually talking about directing asteroids toward the earth.
This week, both Facebook and Uber in the hotseat for data breaches, California faces off against the feds on net neutrality, Verizon launches the nation's first 5-G network, and how a new invention could keep you from having to scrape ice off your windshield in the winter.
This week: EBAY launches a big new national customer service program in Akron, Amazon expands its chain of cashier-less convenience stores, a possible cure for baldness, and an out-of-this world clean energy supply.
This week, a life-saving smart-watch, civilian cyber-warriors, scandal at Amazon, and a new invention for first responders dealing with the opiod epidemic.
This week, double agents, chemical weapons, and spy versus spy in cyberspace. We’ll also hear how Twitter is taking a stand against hate speech, how schools are keeping a watchful eye on social media, and whether or not that shiny, new, super-high-resolution 8K TV, is really worth it, after all.
This week, the federal government looking into ways to tame big tech and social media companies, cybersecurity advice for manufacturers, new technology that can help bring water to even the driest parts of the globe, and your dinner delivered by drones.
This week solar-powered electric cars, a brand new type of wearable electronics, taking cues from Mother Nature to create high tech products, and a fitness tracker—for your dog!
This week: Can the blue light from your mobile devices cause you to get fat, have insomnia, and go blind? We'll find out.
Also....how much does social media really influence our decisions, will Google will enable censorship in China, and driverless cars that deliver groceries to right your home.
This week, how mobile devices are both a danger—and an opportunity—for the US military, a new Facebook scam that could cost you big money, how hundreds of people lost their homes because of a computer algorithm, and new health concerns about how much time you spend staring at your screens.
This week, high tech agriculture—at the library, more Facebook controversy, new cyber threats, and smart phone applications that can help you stay healthy.
This week, high tech tires that can tell you when they need air, how the technology that’s supposed to make your home more safe and comfortable is being weaponized for domestic violence, how and why your supposedly private emails really aren’t private at all, and how one day, we may be able to quite literally, conjure up energy out of thin air.
UPDATE: A brand new Supreme Court ruling has just reversed much of the case law we discussed in this show. We'll have a follow up, with a whole new look at the issue in light of it, next week.
This week, we're focusing on privacy, including news about an upcoming iPhone security update, a conversation with an attorney about privacy rights as they relate to electronic devices, and observations from a well-known author about how privacy issues are being handled by governments in other parts of the world.
This week, we're looking at new and innovative uses for drones, including home package delivery, robot battleships, and even flying umbrellas! We'll also catch up on the latest about net neutrality, learn how facial recognition technology may---or may not--keep your kids safer in school, and how a summer heat wave can be used to actually power your air conditioning.
This week, we’ll hear about a major automaker using wind power to produce cars and trucks, high tech highways, a new way to train IT pros, and how online consumers are closing both their minds—and their wallets—to in-home delivery.
This week, we're talking Russian cyberattacks, smart power grids, GPS security, a new class action lawsuit against Facebook, and a music app that can help you get more information and enjoyment from your car radio.
This week, we'll learn about an innovative Virtual Reality tech startup in Akron, celebrate a cell phone milestone, learn about smartwatch that can diagnose heart problems, get the latest on Facebook privacy issues, find out what NASA is doing to get students ready for jobs of the future, and hear what Amazon is doing to bring more than 1,000 new jobs to Northeast Ohio next year.
This week, we're taking a look at what is possibly THE most significant Cybersecurity issue--ever--and what's being done about it, some cutting edge medical technology out of the University of Akron, what social media providers are doing to protect users from horrible, graphic videos, and new guidelines for using drones to fight crime.


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Proxima signs procurement services contract with CSM for management of third-party expenditure
Sep 4, 2012 7:39:00 AM
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - 4 September 2012. Proxima, a leading provider of end-to-end procurement services to global, blue-chip corporations, today announced that it has signed a strategic procurement services contract for third-party expenditure with CSM.
The contract marks the beginning of a strategic relationship that will see Proxima manage CSM's third-party (indirect) expenditure across the company's European operations.
CSM selected Proxima for its depth and breadth of capability in Europe, drawing upon Proxima's extensive track record in the FMCG sector. Proxima will provide CSM with a full suite of procurement services for third-party expenditure.
This new contract provides further evidence of the changing role that procurement plays in executive decision making and increasing attention business leaders are giving organisational-wide procurement behaviours. Leading companies, such as CSM, are increasing their emphasis on procurement's ability to go beyond its traditional supply base focus, to influencing internal behaviours and working practices. Proxima has long advocated the potential benefits that can be unlocked through changing attitudes towards procurement, positioning it as a means by which return on investment and enhanced shareholder value can be generated.
Matthew Eatough, CEO of Proxima, commented:
"We are very excited to be embarking on this new partnership with CSM, through which we will work together to deliver significant benefits to its business and its shareholders. Proxima has a strong portfolio of blue-chip and highly respected, international clients and the signing of this contract illustrates how the procurement function has evolved into an integral management discipline for global businesses. It's a strong endorsement of the results we have delivered across our client portfolio and we look forward to delivering similarly strong ongoing benefits for CSM."
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I was excited when I was asked to be a part of BlogHer's Getting Noticed This Holiday editorial series. I wasn't sure what I wanted to write about. Then, I realized that what gets me noticed are my outside-the-box Christmas touches, ideas that require very little money, but make me smile, and inspire others.
I started reviewing some of my Christmas ideas, past and present. Here is a small selection that I hope will spark your imagination, and some holiday decorating of your own.
Do not run through life
so fast that you forget
not only where you have been,
but also where you are going.
from "Peace", author unknown
This is one of my favorite quotes. I used it in a post at the beginning of the year, and as this year winds down, I've found myself reading it over and over again. Peace is what we should have this season. Some stressful situations can't be avoided, but Christmas decorating shouldn't be a source of stress. Take time to enjoy the season.
Because I buy and sell for a living, my decor usually changes constantly. Seriously, the only thing in my house that's sacred are my husband and kids. Things come and go. Using my imagination, I decorate with whatever I have on hand.
I created the vignette you see above recently. A galvanized pot, filled with silver beads, and a plastic rose sprayed with silver paint add a festive touch, that is also simple and economical. The beads were from a garage sale. I bought a huge bag full for $1.00.
In the background is the large glass vase I've used in multiple ways. Right now, it holds white Christmas lights.
Last year, I used it in a different vignette.
The glass vase was from an estate sale. It was originally in a metal base. Here, I placed it inside a stone base. There was a little space left over. So, I filled in the gap with jingle bells, and inserted a pillar candle. Three white frames, and a silver leaf frame provide the backdrop. To add a touch of color, I hung an ornament from the center frame. I considered it my wreath. I placed some jingles bells on my cherubs as well.
One of my favorite, and very simple, ideas is a gift-wrapped footstool. I painted the legs silver, and criss-crossed green burlap over the top.
A sprig of greenery lightly touched with gesso. That's right, I just brushed the gesso on. It's like a kiss of snow. If you don't have gesso, slightly watered down white paint will work as well.
I filled a pot I painted white with gauze, and inserted the evergreen. I kept it simple, but you could add ornaments, glitter, garland, etc.
Do you have clingers? You can see I didn't pay much for these at the local thrift store. They're used to decorate windows,
but I used them to decorate a hurricane,
Crystal knobs are one of my favorite things to decorate with. They make a great base for mini trees. Because I redesign furniture, I always have some around.
Last year, I added sprigs of pine. Sitting on a sheet of gauze, they look like chunks of ice.
They were a part of this vignette I put together on top of a cabinet. I don't have a mantel. If you don't either, this is a good alternative. White gauze, and various painted metal pieces made for a nice little winter wonderland.
This year, I placed bottle brush trees in the knobs. The silver tray adds a little reflection.
Some of my silver beads are draped around my little tree. Instead of a star, my tree has been crowned.
My Christmas decor is somewhat monochromatic this year. Actually, is has been that way the last couple years. After my sons grew up, I was able to narrow my color choices. When they were young, I had to decorate with all the traditional Christmas colors, and feature every ornament they ever made. EVER. It was whimsical and fun, but I'm going for simplicity now. I find simplicity peaceful.
I created this vignette last year. Very serene. It says Christmas, but it didn't require many elements. A vintage mirror reflects my tree.
I used one of my photos of this nativity to create a Christmas card. It was very personal, and everyone loved it.
I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Christmas decor doesn't have to be stressful. Make it fun, and used your imagination. Think outside-the-box, and get noticed for your awesome creativity.
This post is part of BlogHer's Get Noticed For the Holidays editorial series, made possible by Cover Girl.
Beautiful creative ideas!ReplyDelete
You had me at "frugal" Rosemary! I love how you put the window clingers on something other than windows...very creative!ReplyDelete
Just absolutely lovely images.ReplyDelete
There is no doubt in my mind Rosemary that you have the "touch"! You know that woman who no matter how she displays things, photographs things, etc., they all come out absolutely stunning! You are her!ReplyDelete
As usual my head is spinning with all of your ideas! I love the hurricane with the white lights in it and that's a great way to use those window clings! I love the door knobs with the greenery in them -- adorable!!ReplyDelete
Love the ideas for the angel clingers as well as the glass doorknobs. Rosemary, you are the best at everything you do, and I love your blog.ReplyDelete
Great inspiration, thanks for the post! Love the vase with the window clings.ReplyDelete
Great ideas and vignettes, Rosemary! I love how you used different things in different ways, like the glass knobs.ReplyDelete
it's beautiful, Rosemary! i'm loving simplicity, too...it's easy to live with but still beautiful. have a blessed holy-day! EstherReplyDelete
totally CRAZY for those doorknobs and sprigs!! wow. genius!! ;)ReplyDelete
Beautiful post, Rosemary. I really liked the clinger idea and how you used them.ReplyDelete
Everything looks so pretty. I love the knobs. Your nativity is so nice too.ReplyDelete
Beautiful and creative at its finest Rosemary! I love all that you shared abput peace. Wonderful words to live by. Gorgeous ideas my dear.ReplyDelete
There's a lot to be said for thinking outside of the box, put together with creativity and determination the possibilities are endless. Thanks for the inspiration Rosemary!ReplyDelete
Petite white lights in a glass container - going to do it. I am in a rental now as I await the re-model of my cottage just around the corner and all Christmas decorations and creative accessories are in storage. The white lights I can easily do. I intend to wrap them up a tree in my soon to be new front yard because I love the simplicity of that look. Thank you, as always, for the inspiration.
Rosemary, I'm in love with EVERYTHING. You've definitley got the touch. I would have never have thought to use those clings in that way. You inspire me. Love your ideas, you hit hte nail onthe head every time. So romantic.ReplyDelete
frugal? yes. creative? yes. beautiful? absolutely.ReplyDelete
I think you catch my notice every time.ReplyDelete
What awesome ideas, Rosemary! I love your nativity card, and also those pretty glass crystal knows. One of my favorite ideas I see here are those clings you put on a glass hurricane. It's all so beautiful!ReplyDelete
How do I choose a favorite? I love everything. What a great idea to wrap up the stool to look like a present, and those glass knobs are so sweet and simple with just a touch of greenery.ReplyDelete
Rosemary, Your always have such amazing decorating idea! Every photo was a favorite. Have a wonderful holiday season, LauraReplyDelete
Oh, I just love it all...especially those adorable tree holders!ReplyDelete
so inspiring...love each and every one! thank you for sharing. xoox, tracieReplyDelete
Just lovely, Rosemary. My fav is the glass vase with all the frames over laid. So very chic! Thanks for all the ideas.ReplyDelete
Hugs and happy holidays,
All so fabulous Rosemary! With your name being Rosemary you should have a rosemary tree in your kitchen for Christmas:) Love your ideas especially the one about the window clings. I was looking at them the other day in Big Lots (a dollar store) and wondering how to use them other than on windows. Now I know. Thank you so much for the inspiration and happy happy holidays.ReplyDelete
Rosemary, your creativity never ceases to amaze me! Love the gesso on the greenery and the simple wrapping of your footstool. All of it is lovely.ReplyDelete

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Precious Roy here with big sequel news: Edgar Wright is apparently already working on the script for BABY DRIVER 2! Dark Horizons reports that the sequel is being fast-tracked and that Wright is currently writing it.
Wright told Entertainment Weekly, “Those talks are already in the works. The deal is being hammered out as we speak. So, hopefully, I’m going to at least write a second one. I’ve definitely got lots of ideas. Whether it’s the next movie, I don’t know. I’m just working that out at the moment, actually. I have a couple of things that I’ve been developing, and also a couple of new ideas that I had, and all the nice things that I’ve been offered since [the release of Baby Driver. I would like to get back (in) the saddle very shortly, because – slightly beyond my control – but there (were) four years between The World’s End and Baby Driver. I don’t want it to be that long again. I would love to have a film out in the next two years.”
BABY DRIVER was filmed in Atlanta and parts of Northern Georgia, which was likely a part of how the film was financed. With Baby now free and leaving Atlanta for parts unknown, it’s unclear what will come next… perhaps a long drive through parts of Alabama that look suspiciously like the set of THE WALKING DEAD.
Wright’s quote seems reluctant to confirm that the script he is writing is, in fact, the one TriStar Pictures will definitely shoot as BABY DRIVER 2. Given his experience on ANT-MAN, this is understandable (and sage), as Wright may be waiting to see if they will hire him to direct, and give him the control necessary to do his script justice. Here’s hoping TriStar does the smart thing and lets him run with it all the way to the bank.
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It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering in a wave of anti-plastic legislation from coast to coast.
According to a report by the consumer advocacy group CALPIRG, 157,385 tons of plastic bag waste was discarded in California the year the law was passed. By 2022, however, the tonnage of discarded plastic bags had skyrocketed to 231,072 — a 47% jump. Even accounting for an increase in population, the number rose from 4.08 tons per 1,000 people in 2014 to 5.89 tons per 1,000 people in 2022.
The problem, it turns out, was a section of the law that allowed grocery stores and large retailers to provide thicker, heavier-weight plastic bags to customers for the price of a dime.
“It was a conscious decision to create a pathway for a type of reusable bag that barely existed,” said Mark Murray, director of Californians Against Waste, an environmental organization. “It was just emerging in the marketplace, but it happened to be made by a couple of California companies … which the manufacturers claimed they could certify as being reusable.”
He said the bags were made of 20% recyclable material and the manufacturers said they could be recycled at the end of their “useful life. … So we said, all right, fine. We’re gonna put that specific criteria into the law.”
“That experiment failed,” Murray said.
“It was a gaping hole,” said Mark Gold, director of Water Scarcity Solutions, Environmental Health at the Natural Resources Defense Council who worked on the original legislation — SB 270 — while he was with the organization Heal the Bay.
These “reusable” bags are made from a material known as HDPE, which is thicker and heavier than the LDPE plastic bags of yore. And although both materials can be recycled — and in commercial and agricultural settings often are recycled — they are generally not in residential and consumer settings, Murray said.
“Basically what happened is that plastic bag companies invented these thicker plastic bags that technically meet that definition of reusable but are clearly not being reused and don’t look like reusable bags and which just circumvent the law’s intent,” said Jenn Engstrom, CALPIRG’S state director.
Now, California legislators are hoping to correct that error by passing a law that closes that loophole and bans those thick plastic bags offered at the checkout line.
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UFC welterweight Ricardo Almeida walked away unscathed from an ugly car crash in New Jersey on Thursday. "Cachorrão" was driving alone on his way to the airport when he rear-ended a FedEx delivery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike, totaling his Land Cruiser (shown above in a picture from Almeida's Twitter account). "Thank you for the well wishes," Almeida wrote on Twitter yesterday shortly after the accident. "Amazingly not a single scratch. Felt like something just push me out of harm's way."
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Jon Fitch (19-3) vs. Ricardo Almeida (11-3) possible for UFC 106 according to MMAMania.com Jon Fitch Win Paulo Thiago Unanimous Decision UFC 100 Win Akihiro Gono Unanimous Decision UFC 94 Loss Georges St-Pierre Unanimous Decision UFC 87 Win Chris Wilson Unanimous Decision UFC 82 Win Diego Sanchez Split Decision UFC 76 Ricardo Almeida Win Kendall Grove Unanimous Decision UFC 101 Win Matt Horwich Unanimous Decision UFC Fight Night Loss Patrick Cote Split Decision UFC 86 Win Rob Yundt Submission (Choke) UFC 81
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At long last, Splinterlands gives us an official release date for the 1.5 release of their Land-based gameplay! While this first launch is only a small subset of the larger plans, land owners will be able to stake cards to their plots and begin harvesting Grain, SPS tokens, and research points!
Get your Dark Energy Crystals and Splinterlands cards ready, because Phase 1.5 of the land gameplay is set to land on November 14th! This release will allow players to begin staking Dark Energy Crystals and cards to their land plots as workers in order to harvest Grain (to feed the workers), SPS (replacing the current SPS airdrop to land holders), and Research (for some future secret reveal).
What’s in the 1.5 Release?
But there will be a number of features missing from this initial release that will be added over the coming months. This includes an internal market for Grain trading, using Soulbound cards on Land, combining Totem fragments, Prefix Titles, the DEC rental market, using rented cards on Land, and Land “surfing”. That last point is a big one, IMO, as Land surfing would allow players who don’t own land to work on unused plots. This feature would open up the Land game to everyone, not just land owners. Hopefully they will prioritize getting land surfing implemented soon.
Phase 2 of the Land expansion will bring even more changes, featuring 30 different building types and 50 different resources. All of which will tie into a complicated crafting system to create Spell and Item cards in Phase 3. The Splinterlands team says that they expect to have a whitepaper released in the near future outlining in detail their plans for Phase 2.
In the meantime, launch day For the Land 1.5 release is set for Tuesday, November 14th. If you own any Splinterlands land plots, I highly suggest you read their Land 1.5 Pre-Flight Checklist to make sure you’re ready to put your cards to work!
Land Gameplay Basics
Land plots produce resources. In this first phase of implementation, land plots can produce Grain (used to feed the workers), SPS tokens (this will replace the current airdrop for land holders), and research for the Secrets of Praetoria. The research points contribute to a global project that fully unlock until some point in the future. When completed, players will receive benefits based on how much they contributed to the research. They also have the opportunity to earn special titles by contributing the most research points in their Territory.
Players work their land plots by staking Splinterlands cards. Each card staked (up to 5 per plot) generates production points. The amount of Production Points (PP) generated are based on the card’s rarity, level, and set. This ranges from 2.5 PP for a level 1 common card from a recent set, up to 100k PP for a max level gold, alpha, legendary card. There are also additional bonuses or penalties based on the terrain type and card affinity. For example, a Fire card staked to a Lake or River plot receives a 50% penalty to production points.
In addition, players can also stake Totems and Titles to plots for further bonuses.
Assigning a card to work a plot is instantaneous, though removing a card from a plot takes three days. Workers require Grain to function, which can be produced or purchased. Plots also need a Power Source, purchased with DEC, though a Runi can also function as a Power Source when assigned to a plot.
More About Splinterlands
Splinterlands is a browser-based, play-to-earn, trading card game running on the Hive blockchain. The game features two tokens. Dark Energy Crystals (DEC), the primary game currency, and Splintershards (SPS), a governance token.
To learn more about Splinterlands, read our game guide. You can also visit their website, follow them on Twitter, and join their Discord server.


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Explore the boundaries of physical reality and enter new virtual worlds with this selection of VR films & experiences, live VR performances, and full dome projections across festival locations in Amsterdam. If you have a VR headset, you can experience the VR films & experiences on VIVEPORT at home from the 20th of November. They have been made available worldwide.
IDFA DocLab is supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of the Netherlands, CLICKNL, Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Netherlands Film Fund, Flanders Audiovisual Fund, VIVE, VIVEPORT, and Special Friends+.
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Yesterday I noticed that El Racó Del Sikkim, somewhere I’ve revisted quite a few times, is no more. In its place is a generic-looking “barbecue” bar whose main selling point seems to be that the food comes on heated stone plates. I’ll check it out but it’s sad that we’ve lost one of the few interesting places to eat in this part of town. I don’t know if it has closed as a result of the economic crisis or the personal circumstances of the couple who owned and ran it but I’ll miss El Racó Del Sikkim.
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Safra Square (Hebrew: כיכר ספרא, Kikar Safra) is a city square in Jerusalem. It is the site of the Jerusalem Municipality complex, which houses the municipal administration. Safra Square is located in a central part of the city, near the former seam line between West and East Jerusalem (though falling entirely west of it), a site chosen to symbolize its goal of serving all residents of Jerusalem. The administrative compound including the square was inaugurated in 1993.
The square was named for the Syrian-Lebanese Jewish banker Jacob Safra (1891–1963) and his wife Esther, parents of Edmond J. Safra. Edmond Safra (1932–1999), a Lebanese Brazilian philanthropist, has been one of the leading contributors to the fund which re-built the area of downtown Jerusalem.
The Municipality buildings around Safra Square create a triangular compound, facing the north-west/south-east running Jaffa Road and bordered on the east by the Shivtei Yisrael ("Tribes of Israel") Street. The wedge-shaped compound is located at the eastern end of Jaffa Road and is pointing towards Tzahal Square and the walls of the Old City. Some of the historic buildings of the Russian Compound were restored and incorporated into the municipal complex, while the others, grouped around the Holy Trinity Cathedral, are closing the triangle from the north-west.
The British Mandate-period Town Hall was built in 1930. Today it forms the eastern tip of the compound. As the city grew, along with the need to provide more modern and diverse services to an expanding and equally diverse population, the city government's offices expanded as well, and were spread throughout the city. The decentralized municipal government decreased in efficiency, and it was decided that a single building was needed to house Jerusalem's local government. After lengthy deliberations, the current location was selected, despite the challenge of preserving the large number of historic and culturally significant 19th-century buildings.
The Canadian Jewish architect Jack Diamond and the Israeli architectural firm of Kolker, Kolker, and Epstein were selected to design a project for a unified Jerusalem Municipality complex, consisting of three new buildings, to be integrated with an existing ten buildings to form a cohesive, unified site. The ten existing buildings would be preserved and rehabilitated in order to retain a sense of the historic character of the city. Construction began in 1988 and the complex was inaugurated in 1993.
Buildings and plaza
The complex was planned in the 1980s to contain three new buildings and to integrate ten older ones.
- No. 1. Main new, six-story building. Mayor's office, city council hall, and model of old/new Jerusalem. The 1900s plan included city management and treasury's public reception halls, city engineer offices, department for city improvement, and an automation company. Resident services are now offered on the first floor. An observation point offering a great view of Jerusalem extends from the sixth floor.
- No. 2. Former Russian consulate (1860), later an obstetrics hospital, in the 1990s housing the Jerusalem Development Authority and Moriah Jerusalem Development Corporation.
- No. 3. New secondary building, housing the Education Department.
- No. 4. The Zoology Building (built end of 19th century), the former Zoology Department of the Hebrew University, repurposed to house the enforcement department and the department for municipal and strategic planning, planned to be used by the elected "house of representatives".
- No. 5-6. The Bergheim and Darouti Buildings. Both small, current No. 5 (at the back) was the home of a converted German Jew, Peter Melville Bergheim, who established the first bank in Jerusalem. During the British Mandate it became the rear wing of the Darouti Hotel (now No. 6, at the front), owned by a Christian Arab. No. 5 houses the offices of the coalition parties and the mayor's consultants; building No. 6 is used by the plaza management and for commercial uses.
- No. 7-9. Building No. 7, the "Bagel Building", named after a bagel bakery which used its southern part in the 1960s. The western facade was preserved, with the rest being rebuilt as one unit. It houses the Welfare Department.
- No. 10. The Old Town Hall (1930s–1993) & Barclays Bank. In 1932 the mayor's office and the council hall moved in. It was emptied in March 1995 and renovated while preserving its historical elements. Houses the Departments of Public Health, Sports, and Culture since March 1997.
- No. 11-12. The Armenian Buildings on 17 and 19 Jaffa Street (built at the beginning of the 20th century), property of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, partially leased to the municipality, were planned in the 1990s to be renovated.
- No. 13. The former Russian Hospital (1863) was used during the 1948 War for wounded Israeli soldiers, which led to the Hebrew nickname of Avi-Hayil or Avichail, 'father of the soldiers'. Used in the 1990s as a laboratory for the Ministry of Health and for Hadassah Medical Center, with the city council parties using the top floor. The pre-1998 plan was to renovate it, tear down the adjoining building, and build a new office building to be used by the municipal Gihon company (Jerusalem area's water and wastewater operator). It now houses municipal offices.
The plaza is used for gatherings and shows. It includes:
- The Stage Building at the eastern side of the plaza, with an elevated platform and dressing rooms underneath.
- The pergola at the southern part of the plaza, functioning as a "transparent passage" to the Triangular Garden and towards IDF Square (Hebrew: ככר צה"ל, Kikar Tzahal), built over concrete pillars bearing stone flowerpots.
- The Triangular Garden between buildings No. 3, 4 and the pergola, paved with red bricks. Restaurants and coffeehouses were planned for the site.
- The Daniel Garden, named after former mayor Daniel Auster.
Decoration and public art
The steps leading up to the complex from Jaffa Road are lined with 48 palm trees, hence the name Palm Plaza (Hebrew: רחבת דקלים).[dubious ] Several statues of lions, the symbol of Jerusalem, also adorn the square.[dubious ]
At the entrance of the complex stands the Daniel Garden, named for Jerusalem mayor Daniel Auster (in office 1937–38). The garden contains several works of art: a sculpture based on a large, working Archimedes' screw that carries water up from a small pool, titled "Modern Head"; a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein donated in memory of assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin; and "The Binding of Isaac" by Jerusalem sculptor Avraham Ofek.
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I think it’s hilarious that I’m posting a reflection about my first book after the publication of my second book. My enneagram is Type 4, and one of the descriptions tells me that I tend to linger in “preparing” mode because I never feel ready. Anyway, as I was planning for the release of my book MOON: Letters, Maps, Poems earlier this summer, I spent time reflecting back on HOUSE A. I tend to get lost in various anxieties, so I want to carve out at a space to appreciate the brighter moments.
I was uncertain about putting together readings, but I ended up visiting six cities, because others reached out, because my own efforts. At my book launch, I read while projections of the ocean and geometric images shifted behind me. Other memorable events included Poets House in NYC with Omnidawn poets, Open Books in Seattle with Kaveh Ackbar and Paige Lewis, and California Institute for Integral Studies (I enjoyed discussing my book with the moderator for the “in conversation” portion of this event). Most of all I loved visiting classes, skyping with classes, wandering together with students into the mysterious terrain of poetry and writing. The students were particularly thoughtful, curious readers, wrestling with the same questions I do.
An accumulation of book reviews for House A: Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, PEN HK, DIAGRAM and others… So many of these are in themselves beautiful essays that are pleasurable to read, but even beyond that, I did not anticipate what a gift it would be to feel so seen by strangers. I did not know what it would feel like to have a person read my words with such care and thought, making their own connections and bringing their experiences and methods of navigating into its light.
The reviews describe and analyze my book: in light of the impossibility, infinity, and intimacy of lyric address (LARB); as a triptych of lyric essays comprising smaller lyric essays, an immigrant’s decentering of boundaries in both home and literary form (DIAGRAM); in terms of my own critical work into refractive poetics (Massachusetts Review); with the words “trembling” and “oscillating” and “tidal tongue” (Columbia Poetry Review). And it was particularly special to be featured in the May/June 2017 issue of the Brown Alumni Magazine.
I loved engaging in interviews, being in conversation, mulling over questions and my own writing process. I spent the most time on this one in The Conversant. This one in the Rumpus felt vulnerable, discussing the current political context and its implications for poetry. And this one with Vi Khi Nao in the Los Angeles Review of Books blog was adventurous because it was conducted textually in real time in a Google doc.

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Students of Chicago history will be fully familiar with the scholarship of Christopher Robert Reed, the foremost chronicler of the Windy City’s black community. In a series of books and journal articles, he has described the growth and development of African American institutions during roughly the city’s first hundred years (1833–1933) with just one notable omission—the first two decades of the twentieth century. He has now closed that gap with the publication of Knock at the Door of Opportunity: Black Migration to Chicago, 1900–1919, an exhaustive examination of black Chicago immediately preceding and during the years of the so-called Great Migration. His discussion seemingly covers familiar ground, discussing a topic already explored in detail by such books as Allan H. Spear’s Black Chicago: The Making of a Negro Ghetto, 1890–1920, James R. Grossman’s Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration, and Rayford W. Logan’s The Negro in American Life and Thought, among others. Reed’s volume offers an interpretation starkly at odds in many ways with the prevailing wisdom, however, and his understanding of how African Americans accommodated to life in Chicago during a time of rapid urban change challenges us to reconsider assumptions and beliefs about black communities in northern cities during the Jim Crow era.
Reed devotes the first seven of the book’s ten chapters to the years 1900–15, during which residents laid a firm foundation for a vital black community on Chicago’s South Side, and the remaining three chapters to the years 1916–19 when World War I triggered a movement of approximately fifty thousand black southerners to the city. Taking aim at the traditional view of black settlement in Chicago during the early years of the twentieth century, Reed challenges the popular motif of “ghetto formation” and questions the continuing scholarly emphasis on the dysfunctional aspects of day-to-day [End Page 111] life in the rigidly segregated community. In his reading of the evidence, blacks in Chicago took advantage of plentiful opportunities, overcame obstacles, and constructed a resilient community that sustained its members through the operation of vital religious and secular institutions. Refusing to succumb to victimization, they exhibited a robust entrepreneurialism and achieved economic success. Poverty existed, but able strivers worked hard and became members of a comfortable middle class. The creation of an underground economy aided many people in the struggle to get ahead. The quality of the housing stock varied, but by no means could the entirety of the Black Belt be termed a slum. In short, so many African Americans relocated to the city widely known throughout the South as the “promised land” because chances for upward social mobility existed and many ambitious migrants took advantage of the real opportunity to create new lives in a fluid society.
While retelling the well-known narrative of the Great Migration, Reed again offers an interpretation that is somewhat at odds with the customary view. Without doubt, he acknowledges, the doubling of Chicago’s African American population in such a remarkably short period of time yielded important consequences–but not by generating conflict between longtime residents and new arrivals, as previously posited. The two groups shared much in common, the author asserts, resulting in a quick and relatively painless transition for newcomers and established families alike. Rather than living in a bifurcated community riven by cultural, economic, and political differences, the city’s African Americans became members of a collective that found strength in unity, developed a hardy racial consciousness, transcended discrimination in its many forms, and prepared the South Side for the Black Metropolis that arose in the 1920s. At the same time, Reed notes, the maturation of the African American community aided in the city’s development. The watershed Chicago Race Riot of 1919 disrupted a period of relative equanimity and showed African Americans that the struggle for attainment of the American Dream would be prolonged and arduous.
Christopher Robert Reed’s Knock at the Door of Opportunity...


Precise atomic clock may redefine time : Nature News: First, like trapped-ion clocks, they measure the frequency of visible light, with a frequency tens of thousands of times higher than that of microwaves. Second, they measure the average emission frequency from several thousand trapped atoms rather than just one, and so the measurement statistics are better. The atoms are trapped in an optical lattice, rather like an electromagnetic egg box for holding atoms.
If OLCs are to succeed, however, researchers must show that one such clock ticks at exactly the same rate as another prepared in an identical way. This is what Lodewyck and colleagues have shown. They prepared optical lattices that each held about 10,000 atoms of the isotope strontium-87, and have shown that the two clocks stay in synchrony to within a precision of at least 1.5 × 10−16, which is as accurately as the experiment could measure.


STOCKTON — Supervisor Tom Patti’s short-lived suggestion that a former school campus in the Delta be used as the site for a large-scale, full-service homeless shelter drew its final breath Thursday morning at the monthly meeting of the county’s Continuum of Care for the homeless.
“Holt School is not suitable,” Patti said to the applause of residents from the Delta who attended the meeting at the Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium. “We know that.”
But the concept Patti was pitching — emergency homeless housing that would provide onsite social services — is very much alive. The big questions are where it would be located and where funding would come from, not only for construction but for ongoing services.
"We’re going to have to make a commitment not just at the state level, but as a community, to fund these types of efforts," Jon Mendelson, the Continuum’s board chairman, told the audience of about 100.
Mendelson said the construction cost for a facility would approach $4 million. The bigger challenge, Mendelson said, would be paying the ongoing costs once the facility opened. Mendelson estimated the operating costs would be $6.3 million for the first two years.
There are models elsewhere for the type of facility that is being envisioned for San Joaquin County. The one mentioned most frequently at meetings has been Haven for Hope in San Antonio, a 22-acre campus that opened nine years ago.
According to Haven for Hope’s website, the organization serves 1,700 people a day, 700 of whom utilize a “low barrier, emergency shelter program” dubbed “The Courtyard.”
Residents get a safe place to sleep, are served hot meals and have a place to do their laundry. They also have access to services that include substance-abuse and mental-health treatment, employment and education services, and child care.
If funding was there, where could such a facility be placed in the San Joaquin County? Mendelson and others say it’s crucial that it be easily accessible to those it would serve. The majority of the county’s homeless are in Stockton.
In recent days, locations ranging from a long-closed women’s prison on Arch Road, Sharpe Army Depot and empty warehouses near Stockton Metropolitan Airport have come up in conversation.
On Thursday, an empty plot of land across the street from south Stockton’s St. Mary’s Dining Room also was mentioned during the Continuum meeting. Asked about it later, Mendelson said its accessibility for the homeless would be “great” but acknowledged the owner of the land would have to be onboard with the idea.
The piece of land is owned by St. Mary’s and currently is used as a parking lot, the dining room’s chief executive officer, Edward Figueroa, said Thursday afternoon.
“We are currently looking at how to best utilize the property to achieve the mission of the organization,” Figueroa said. “We have no definitive plans on what we’re going to do.”
Obtaining ongoing funding for operations, he said, would be the big challenge, and he said he did not believe the type of local facility being discussed could be fully sustained by local philanthropic dollars.
“The moneys coming in are about building physical structures,” Figueroa said. “It’s going to take a significant government investment (to pay ongoing costs). To just build something without a plan for sustainability is not a wise investment of anyone’s money.”
Mendelson said Thursday morning he believes the Continuum of Care could begin identifying possible locations for the much-discussed shelter over the next 100 days.
Making the project a reality will take much longer.
“It would be irresponsible to build a new emergency shelter if we don’t have any funds to operate it,” Mendelson said. “You can’t operate a shelter for free."
Contact reporter Roger Phillips at (209) 546-8299 or firstname.lastname@example.org. Follow him at recordnet.com/rphillipsblog and on Twitter @rphillipsblog.


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text: Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de (君が主で執事が俺で, Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de? lit. You are the Master and the Servant is Me), often abbreviated "Kimiaru" (きみある, "Kimiaru"?), and also known as They Are My Noble Masters, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Minato Soft and released on May 25, 2007 for the PC as a DVD. A PlayStation 2 version with adult-content removed was released under the title Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de: Otsukae Nikki on March 27, 2008. Two separate novel versions have been written, the first by Haruka Fuse, and the second by Fūichirō Noyama. A manga version started serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Comp Ace on October 26, 2007 written by Hamao Kō, and illustrated by Sanbō Shironeko. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on January 6, 2008 on TV Kanagawa. A set of three drama CDs have been produced, along with a radio drama CD.


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PERSONAL BUBBLE - Hot Pink Bubblegum Pop Fun Whimsical Circles Abstract Acrylic Painting Giftby EbiEmporium
Set of folded stationery cards printed on bright white, smooth card stock to bring your personal artistic style to everyday correspondence. Each card is blank on the inside and includes a soft white, European fold envelope for mailing.
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Bubblegum, Girly, Feminine, Pink, Bubbles, Circles, Whimsical, Abstract Painting, Acrylic Painting, Fun, Baubles, Planets, Orbs
Title: "Personal Bubble" Abstract Acrylic Painting Image
Artist: Julia Di Sano - Owner/ Artist of Ebi Emporium
This image is based on the 18 x 24 abstract acrylic painting created for sale on Ebi Emporium on Etsy. To find the original painting and my other original works, please see the following link:
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Renowned faculty performers and advanced student performers from Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee will provide composers and audiences with exceptional performances. Several of Boston’s finest freelance musicians are also on our roster.
Faculty and students from the Conservatory’s Dance Division will be available for a few select works that incorporate dance or movement.
Note that due to rehearsal constraints, any selected works for the Conservatory’s dance community must be fixed media.
Roster of Performers for SEAMUS 2019
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Music Division
- Sarah Brady, flute, alto flute
- Michael Norsworthy, clarinet
- Sam Solomon, percussion
- Philip Staeudlin, saxophone, contraBAND (various students from the contemporary performance program)
- Rhonda Rider, cello
- Sharan Leventhal, violin
- Nancy Zeltsman, marimba*
*See Memo to Composers for tips on writing for marimba.
Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Dance Division
- Ad-hoc faculty and students, as needed
Berklee College of Music
- Orlando Cela, flute, alto flute
- David Wallace, viola, electric violin
- Keith Kirchoff, piano (Hinge Ensemble, et. al.)
- Yoko Hagino, piano
- Marimolin (Sharan Leventhal, violin, and Nancy Zeltsman, marimba)
- BoCoCelli (faculty and student cello ensemble): Rhonda Rider, director
- Sound Icon (small ensemble): Jeffrey Means, director


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New coffeeshop set to open in Coppell this summer. Click here for more information.
Principal Mike Jasso will leave CISD at the end of the 2016-17 school year. Follow @CHSCampusNews and check CSM for updates.
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Every year, the award winning Coppell High School drumline hosts a concert along called Purely Rhythmic. With a wide range of instrumental pieces, this concert is soon to become the percussion section...
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Last NovemBEr, there seemed to BE a little R&BEef BEtween entertainers Chris Brown & Tamar Braxton, where both seemed to unleash some deep shade & pretty harsh comments about each other. Today, Tamar shed a tear & revealed to her The Real co-hosts that she is still affected by Breezy’s “muppet” comments & even questions if there’s any truth to his bashing.
Was it Chris Brown that struck a nerve with Tamar this morning, or was it really former BE cover girl K.Michelle? K was the originator of the muppet shade thrown at Tamar back in 2013…this isn’t Tamar’s 1st time throwing a fit over the comments either; she was allegedly going to sue K.Michelle back in June of 2013 over the muppet comments. [source: theybf.com]
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Lights and Sounds Christmas Songbook
Rockin' around the Christmas tree! Plays 12 classic holiday tunes with a lightshow feature. Makes the lights on your tree blink with the music. UL Listed Indoor. Songs include Frosty the Snowman by Brenda Lee, Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms, 12 Days of Christmas and Jingle Bells by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters, Deck the Halls by Smokey Robinson, Carol of the Bells by Harry Simeone Choir, Up on the Housetop by The Jackson Five, It's Beginning to look a Lot Like Christmas by Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters, Joy To The World by The Supremes, Silent Night by The Temptations, Here Comes Santa Claus by Gene Autry and Santa Baby by Eartha Kitt.
Size: Approximately 6 1/2" wide


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On "it's a sphere" I think you could have done without the overshoot and settle. I'm not crazy about the pose on "circle" but still I give this a solid 7.5
avoid floating animation!!
There's some nice animation here, the languid and relaxed movements fit the overall character. Really not sure what he's talking about, though, or who "them" refers to. I'd like to get a better idea of who the character is.
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Fancast on the #CSiNY set with Hill Harper and Carmine Giovinazzo
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Love this pic and CSI: NY
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Veryyyy great pic Matt!!! Thanks a lot to share it
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Yay, love the show, can't wait for season 7 - thanks for the pic.
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The Galaxy Note 9 is Samsung’s first smartphone that allows the user to work on a desktop-like interface without the need for Samsung’s DeX station/dock. Just a USB Type-C to HDMI adapter cable is enough to use the phone with an external monitor in DeX mode, but what about those who already have a DeX Station or DeX Pad and don’t want to spend money on the Type-C cable? Well, you can use both DeX docks with the Galaxy Note 9 just as you can use them with the Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, and the Galaxy S9.
The DeX Station and DeX Pad work with the Galaxy Note 9 just fine
This shouldn’t be a surprise for most people, but given the way Samsung has been touting the inbuilt DeX mode on the Galaxy Note 9, some DeX dock owners may have been wondering if it works with the Note 9. It does, and thanks to the upgraded cooling system inside the phone and the fan on the dock, it should run cooler and have consistent performance in DeX mode. The DeX dock is also necessary if you don’t have a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse lying around, as it offers two full USB ports for wired peripherals. Of course, the phone’s display can also be used as a touchpad, although that is a good experience only on the DeX Pad, which isn’t available as widely as the DeX Station.


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Make the black pepper syrup: Toast peppercorns; set aside to cool. Coarsely grind peppercorns, then combine in a large container with amaro and vodka. Let steep for at least 2 hours, then strain through a coffee filter. Store in a cool, dark place.
Make the sorghum coffee: Combine ingredients until sorghum is fully incorporated into coffee.
Assemble the drink: In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine all ingredients except soda and stir well. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice, top with soda, and garnish with lemon peel.


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Snow’s melted, birds are singing! Spring’s on it’s way. Also on it’s way is our new online shop………….Watch this space.
Amazing HDR images from a beautiful weekend on the Suffolk Coast.
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Will we / won’t we ? Is there any snow on the way for Suffolk? Here’s a set from last year…..
Today’s photo training workshop on the beach in Aldeburgh.
Atmospheric stormy skies are my favourite conditions for our landscape workshops.
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This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
Exploit availability: NoDescription
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the upload functionality in BIG-IP ASM allows an authenticated user to
upload files to the BIG-IP system using a call to an undisclosed
iControl REST endpoint. A remote authenticated user can upload large files to the system, consume all available disk space and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Install updates from vendor's website.Vulnerable software versions
BIG-IP ASM: 11.6.1 - 16.0.1
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?


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Amanda Bynes hasn't done any interviews lately.
The former Nickelodeon star reportedly fired her management team last year, ditching her agent, publicist and lawyer when she "retired" from acting.
But the actress has kept the world up-to-date on her life in recent weeks by constantly tweeting personal details about herself.
So it seems only fitting that the 26-year-old former "All That" star would reveal she has an eating disorder on Twitter.
"I'm suing certain blogs and magazines saying I have a mental illness! They take pictures anytime I've gained weight then write a fake story!" she wrote late Thursday. "I have an eating disorder so I have a hard time staying thin."
The candid tweet isn't the first time Bynes has mentioned her weight on her social media account.
“Looking pudgy and I broke my nail,” she wrote in March along with a picture of herself in a tight corset top.
On April 2, Bynes also posted: "Skinny's The F--k."
Similarly, her threat to sue media outlets is not the first of its kind.
Last month, she posted an angry message directed at various news sites.
“I'm suing @usweekly & @perezhilton for continuing to act like I'm doing something wrong by tweeting and walking to photoshoots. F--k you!!!!”she posted on Twitter on Thursday.
Bynes also recently shocked many when she tweeted a series of posts about rapper Drake, saying “I want @drake to murder my vagina.”
But this strange behavior is nothing new for Bynes. Over the past year the star has been reportedly spotted partying in clubs alone and stumbling around the streets of NYC.
Bynes first began acting in commercials at the age of 7 and was thrust into the limelight when she later became one of the stars of Nickelodeon’s comedy show “All That.” She then starred in Nickelodeon’s “The Amanda Show” from 1999-2002. Since then, her acting career has waned, and her last major role was in 2010’s “Easy A.” Before that she appeared in films like “What a Girl Wants” and “Hairspray.”
She tweeted that she is currently working on starting her own fashion line.


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You just never know with Christmas albums.
They could be beautiful, moving collections of holiday classics that transport you back to a simpler time. Or they could be quickly recorded piles of slop rushed out so artists can make a holiday buck. It’s hard to know which it’ll be until your money is spent.
To save you some money and eardrum agony this holiday season, we’ve listened to and reviewed many of the holiday albums that were released this year.
It’s an overall quality lineup of songs in genres including jazz, country, pop, R&B, classical, Christian that will fill your season with song – or not.
Want to read the reviews or hear samples for yourself? Click on the image below.


The Fotona SP Dynamis Pro laser provides a wide range of highly efficient, cutting edge, non-invasive treatments that are performed on an outpatient basis. With more than 50 years of experience, Fotona is a world-leading company in the area of medical laser technology applied to gynaecology, aesthetics and dermatology.
Fotona was the first manufacturer to introduce two complimentary laser wavelengths (Er:YAG and Nd:YAG) in a single system (Skinlight, 1994). The combination of both wavelengths in one treatment enhances the unique characteristics of laser-tissue interaction of each wavelength of the laser, resulting in improved procedures and better clinical results.
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A New Yorker, born and raised, Chef John Kreidich found his love for Italian cuisine through his Italian grandparents. Constantly in the kitchen with his grandmother or the garden with his grandfather. Kreidich attended the New York Institute of Technology to study Hotel Management and upon graduation in 2006 he moved back to New York City where he spent his time working in various small restaurants. Ultimately deciding to further pursue his passion for the restaurant industry, Kreidich moved to Florence, Italy where he received additional schooling for the culinary arts at Instituto Lorenzo de Medici. In 2013, Kreidich relocated to Miami where he began working under Chef Andrew Carmelini at the W Hotel’s The Dutch. After two years at The Dutch Miami, Kreidich returned to New York to work under Carmelini at his various New York restaurants, including The Dutch New York and Little Park at The Smyth Hotel. He assisted Carmelini with the opening of his three restaurants at The William Vale Hotel in Brooklyn, NY. Serving as the Sous Chef, Kreidich oversaw the hotel’s Southern Italian restaurant, Leuca. In 2017, Kreidich returned to Miami where he opened Chef Laurent Tourondel’s The Alley at The Betsy Hotel as Chef de Cuisine. Now in his current position as Chef de Cuisine at Macchialina, deemed “Best Italian Restaurant in Florida” by The Daily Meal in 2018, Kreidich will bring his passionate and perfectionist persona to the kitchen; while continuing to uphold the quality of the rustic Italian eatery’s creative and rich cuisine.
"I have quite a few favorite dishes but the short list is Leche de Tigre, Buffalo Wings, and a spicy Spaghetti Pomodoro with fresh basil. I could, and have, eaten these dishes multiple times a week and have never gotten over them. Anything with salt, acid, and heat does it for me!"
"For me, the perfect dish is spaghetti con vongole. I never tire of eating it. There is such a wonderfully delicate balance between the sweetness of the garlic, the brininess of the clams and the heat you get in the back of your throat from the peperoncino. Oh, and don't skimp on the clams, I don't want to even be able to see the spaghetti before I've eaten 10 clams."
"I love whole fish, salt crusted and/or fire roasted. I love picking around the head and getting every morsel from the bones. There's something so satisfying about it."
"I can eat pasta every single day. I couldn't possibly choose one, but in my top 3 would be orecchiette with broccoli rabe along side a glass of timorasso."
"Spaghetti Aglio e Olio. BBQ Ribs. One of those would be nice before I meet my maker, but I don't want them served together. Oh, and the ribs need to be wet/sticky bbq."


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When: Thu., Nov. 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. & 5:30-8:30 p.m. 2016
Join us for a special event honoring kids with cancer. Patients from each treatment center in St. Louis are treated to the Hollywood lifestyle for a day at The Ritz. Each child receives a director’s chair full of gifts specially picked for them, professional hair and makeup and a whole lot of fun! The Fashion Show serves as a distraction from some of the kids’ current battles. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Plus, enjoy shopping from several local and national boutiques!
Price: Luncheon Show - $85/person Dinner Show - $140/person


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This is a card I made for a friend using a sketch from Verve's anniversary challenges. The base is SU Crumb Cake. The embossed Crumb Cake panel is embossed with SU Fancy Fan EF.
Stamps: Verve Hope Blooms
Paper: SU Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red, Everyday Enchantment DSP
Ink: Mememto black
Accessories: Ribbon SU; buttons from stash, Nestabilities, SU EF