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Your home's Foundation is the concrete or stone structure on which your home sits.
If you do not have a basement, then the footers will be buried below where your outside walls meet the ground. In some homes, the footers and the Foundation will be continuous around the outside perimeter of the home, and it other homes the footers for the Foundation will be spaced in intervals around the outside walls and in places underneath the middle of the home, with the house structure sitting on posts which rest on top of the individual footer locations. This latter type of Foundation will typically have a 'crawl space' between the ground and the wooden structure which forms the support flooring for the house.
Shown in the 'Routine Care' section are the recommended routine maintenance tasks for your foundation. The 'Q & A' section shows answers to common questions. And the 'Articles' section provides helpful articles about your foundation.


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Not used as of this time.
These adapters are great. I flipped the headers over, but I can see how someone might like them as they are. Either way, nice product.
Adapters arrived today. I see the issue with the 6 pin header. I'm going to flip mine.
My shipment arrived a week before it was due. Everything was soldered well and worked to specifications. Erin even personally signed my shipment. I love Addicore!
convenient way to plug the board into sockets.
The pins can be very carefully removed and replaced to a more useful position. Please consider moving the pins to the other side of the board.Other than that annoying inconvenience the board works as expected.
Thank you for your product review. I understand the inconvenience if trying to use this module with something like a breadboard. These modules come with the male header pins already soldered on the top side of the board from the manufacturer.
I would recommend our AD-BB-ADTR module which is a simple breadboard adapter we designed to make connecting an nRF24L01+ module to a breadboard easy and sturdy. A major difference about the AD-BB-ADTR is that it doesn't have an on-board voltage regulator.

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text: Wow 24 homes 14 sold and 10 more to sell to choose from 6 bedrooms, 5 baths 2 level with full basement and legal 1 bedroom suite above the double garage. High end fixtures & finishings in Cloverdale popular area Clayton Heights close to the Willowbrook Mall. 3 bedrooms up with 2 full baths & jacuzzi tub and shower and granite counter tops and 2 bedroom full finished basement with separate entry. High end kitchen cabinets with granite counter tops and wall unit in family room and designer color scheme, gas F/P in living room, 2x6 construction R20 insulation. Over 2,842 SF plus 400 SF garage. Huge laundry/storage room connects the home to the garage. 2-5-10 year home warranty.

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Blue Goo is a potent and popular hybrid with genetics from Blue Dream and Afgooey (also known as Afgoo). Blue Goo should absorb the best qualities of its genetic predecessors and pack light, social stoned good from your head to your toes. The Blue Goo strain, like its name, suggests, sprouts a variety of vibrant colors from dark purple to rusty red-orange. Though the identity of the original breeder is unknown, Blue Goo continuously grows in popularity in legalized states. Blue Goo's taste has layers of flavors of blueberry, pine, and occasionally vanilla.
Most breeders and cannabis sources break down Blue Goo as 60% sativa and 40% indica, though the profile may vary by strain in different states. Blue Goo is a mixture of Afgoo, a potent, landrace-derived indica, and Blue Dream, a legendary hybrid from California. Blue Goo, consequently, received its sticky, trichome-heavy texture from Afgoo and its coloring/mellow high from Blue Dream.
Backed by such powerhouse genetics, Blue Goo is quickly becoming a star in the cannabis world.
Blue Goo plants should pack small to mid-sized flower into a sphere. Hinting at its genetic heritage, Blue Goo grows the dense, tight buds of indica plants. The leaves can cultivate a deep, dark green hue that is punctuated by notes of burnt orange hair. Attractively, the flower comes coated with crystal-colored trichomes.
Depending on how you cure the plant, Blue Goo can emit fruity and tart scents. Some describe it as blueberry and lemon. Notes of earthy smells like cedar, pine, and diesel are in the strain's scent. Smokers report a smooth smoke and a lingering, fruity taste.
Smokers should note that the strain's blue hues do not necessarily foster a grape-like flavor. Preferably, a colder temperature while growing promotes anthocyanin pigments that produce blue-ish colors in marijuana plants.
Blue Goo creates a high balanced between indica and sativa. However, the strain's sativa genetics maintain persistent stimulation. The high is said to gradually build a sativa-style high that elevates the user's mood and heightens their sensory awareness. However, Blue Goo's indica genetics help anchors the smoker into a relaxing stone that tingles throughout the body.
Due to the even-keeled nature of the strain, smokers can indulge in Blue Goo during the day or night. The strain is a fantastic social lubricant for novice and regular smokers alike. Blue Goo inspires a focused sense of creativity and euphoria that is also said to help solve work or home-related problems.
Blue Goo carries a high THC potency. When consumed in large quantities, this may lead to dry mouth and red eyes. Some users report paranoia and overpowering effects of sedation.
The strain's genetics foster a sociable yet mellow high that is beloved by medical and recreational patients alike. Blue Goo is a strain that can do it all. This sativa-dominant hybrid absorbs the best traits of its genetic ancestry, including a calm yet tingling body high reminiscent of Afgoo and the sativa-style stimulation and energy of Blue Dream.
Blue Goo may not be the most comfortable strain to grow for beginners, as it requires a good deal of close attention throughout the process. Its buds largely grow outwards, necessitating some degree of support to hold them up.
This strain is popular in the Northwest, particularly in Oregon, Montana, and Washington.

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text: This is one of the best 3D movie of 2018 and all 3D digital cinema, together with Infinity War. It’s several times better than Avatar’s 3D. From the second 1 you can see a depth at the level of Infinity War, there are some defects on static scenes, but is used in innovative ways on action scenes. This movie should not be viewed in 2d. Essential.

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Program developed based on you demos. Changed so many settings for my needs it is a bit confusing when I go back to the setting in the Demo's.
What is the best way to set the Ruler Setting in the Result Page to those set in the Design Page ?
Can these settings be stored in the document so that on closing and reopening the settings for that document are read in ?
Rulers do not have these settings (except for settings for changing their appearance).
They just reflect layout of the their editor.
In TRichViewEdit, the ruler changes left and right margins (and paragraph properties).
To save margins in RVF, include rvfoSaveLayout and rvfoLoadLayout in RVFOptions of these editors.
Also, to look identical, make sure that rvoClientTextWidth are included (or excluded) in Options of the both editor.
After you call rve.Format, call RVRuler.UpdateRulerMargins after.

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I am interested in setting up discount codes with Try It Tiny. How do I do so?
Great! We would be glad to talk to you. Please email your request to info@tryittiny.com.
What happens if Try It Tiny cancels my booking for an upcoming event?
If Try It Tiny cancels your booking, you will receive a full refund of all costs including the amount of the booking and the deposit. Transaction fees associated with the booking will be refunded. However, any transaction fees associated with the deposit will not be refunded.
What happens if I cancel my booking for an upcoming event?
If a guest cancels more than 30 days from check-in date, Try It Tiny will refund half of the deposit to the guest minus any transaction fees. If it is less than 85 days from the check-in date, then Try It Tiny will also refund the cost of the booking and transaction fees associated with the booking cost.
Try It Tiny will not issue any refunds for bookings canceled by the guest 30 days or less from the check-in date.
I have rented a tiny house for an event, how much is the deposit?
For event bookings, there is a mandatory $200 deposit paid 85 days from check-in date. If it is less than 85 days from check-in date then the deposit will be paid at the time of booking. Guests will receive their deposit after check-out minus the costs of any damages or loss of items that occur during the guest's stay. Try It Tiny has full authority in determining the deposit amount returned to the guest.
I have rented a tiny house for an event, when will my card be charged?
The booking fee, deposit, and application fees will be charged 85 days from check-in date or on the day the booking is made if it is less than 85 days from check-in.
How do I communicate with Hosts & Guests on Try It Tiny?
Try It Tiny encourages the use of a safe and secure platform for all its Users. Guests can send property-related questions to Hosts via the public Q&A platform and can send private messages via the "Contact the Host" button.
Examples of when to use the Public Q&A include questions regarding property features, amenities, local attractions, etc. This information helps other members of our community who are considering the property and reduces redundant questions asked to our hosts.
Examples of when to use Private Messaging include questions about booking availability, scheduling property tours, etc. Please use this channel if you are discussing anything you do not want to be public knowledge within our community.
When messaging on Try It Tiny, whether in the public Q&A format or privately, it's important to remember that sharing or inquiring about personal information, inappropriate language or discriminatory behaviors are strictly prohibited. Please report any instances of these types of activities so we can keep Try It Tiny a safe, fair and secure platform for all of its Users.
Why isn't the contact button working?
This may be due to some of your settings. For example, if you see the e-mail address appearing in the bottom left corner of your web browser, you may need to adjust your settings.
We find this link useful in adjusting your settings based on your default e-mail service.
How does Try It Tiny verify its users?
Try It Tiny verifies its Users in a few ways, which are explained below.
Users start with an e-mail verification process which ensures that an actively managed outside e-mail account is correctly affiliated with a User's profile. For individuals who login via a social media platform, this provides an added layer of verification as well. Payment methods are entered prior to confirming any booking(s) for both Hosts and Guests. Our third-party, payment processor uses the last 4 digits of an individual's social security number to verify account information. Lastly, our two-way review process provides a final layer of confidence for our Hosts and Guests.
Try It Tiny believes in creating a well-intentioned, trusting community of people who are like-minded and working towards the same goal. Users who violate this belief and / or Try It Tiny's Terms and Conditions will be removed from the platform.
While Try It Tiny hopes its verification methods will be useful to help protect its community, Try It Tiny does not currently conduct background checks on its hosts or guests and our verification methods will not identify a host’s or guest’s past crimes or other warning signals. Try It Tiny cannot provide a guarantee of safety or guarantee that a host or guest will not break the law. Each host or guest should exercise their own judgment about whom to enter into a transaction with and get to know a host or guest when confirming via our messaging platform, consider doing a web search or checking public databases, tell a family member, friend or neighbor of your travel or hosting plans, and knowing the phone number of local law enforcement.
How does Try It Tiny work?
Try It Tiny connects tiny house, RV and land owners (Hosts) with those hoping to rent or use them temporarily (Guests). More details can be found through our Host or Guest links. Our second feature is called Dream Tiny. Dream Tiny is great for Users who are either building a tiny house, looking for micro living features or just want to explore the various design features for fun. We encourage you to create a profile in order to quickly access and save information.
Where do I add my payment information?
Payment information can be found under My Account. Signed-in users should see their name (and image) located in the upper right corner of any screen on Try It Tiny. Clicking a User's name will load a drop-down menu where users can select My Account to change preferences, including payment information needed for Hosts and Guests.
How can I be a part of Dream Tiny?
If you are a tiny house builder, servicer or supplier you can participate in Dream Tiny by sending high-resolution images of your products to DTsubmissions@tryittiny.com. Be sure to include your company's name, website link, and any description of the photos you would like Try It Tiny to include on Dream Tiny. In order to utilize Dream Tiny fully, Try It tiny encourages you to make a profile to experience Dream Tiny as a User as well!
Why isn't the review I wrote appearing?
Try It Tiny requests a two-way review system for Hosts and Guests once a trip has concluded. Reviews are posted after a sufficient period of time has passed to create enough time for non-biased reviews. When enough time has passed, incomplete or unfinished reviews will no longer be able to be published so it's important for users to complete them when prompted.
Is Try It Tiny for short or longer-term rentals?
Try It Tiny is intended to support any type of rental. There is no maximum or limit on the number of times a Guest can book with the same Host, so long as both parties agree to the terms. This helps manage payments due and received by both parties. Long-term bookings (i.e. more than 12 months) enjoy a reduced Service Fee and can be booked using the auto-renewal feature at the time of checkout.
Try It Tiny encourages feedback from Guests and Hosts in order to improve Try It Tiny platform. Any feedback may be sent to info@tryittiny.com.
Why do I have to provide two forms of payment?
Only Hosts that plan to travel need to provide two forms. Credit card information is requested for Guests so we can properly compensate our Hosts. Bank information (e.g. debit card information) is requested for Hosts so we can transfer the Guests' money into your account. We do not retain or keep any bank, credit or card information and use a secure, third-party (Stripe) to process payments. Users should refer to Stripe's Terms and Conditions for additional disclosure.
Try It Tiny is built on a community of trust and we enforce this with our users and encourage them to respect and honor the platform. Failure to provide accurate, updated payment forms may result in account termination if not properly rectified.
Can I rent an RV on Try It Tiny?
Yes! Owners of recreational vehicles ("RVs") can become Hosts and rent out their abodes. Similarly, Guests wanting to experience micro living can choose between various product types including RVs, campers and tiny houses.
Profiles help connect the community and facilitate interactions. In a sharing economy, it is important to provide a few details to allow for relationships to develop between Hosts, Guests and Dreamers. We highly encourage Users to add a picture and include any helpful information in their profiles. Creating a profile allows you to view listing details, book trips, mark favorite properties and gain access to the full Dream Tiny site.
Do I have to own a Tiny Home to use the site?
No, you don't have to own a Tiny House, an RV or a camper! Although we love micro living, we understand that Tiny Homes are not for everyone. Users with land are encouraged to sign up as Hosts. It's free to create a listing and Hosts maintain complete control over any rental opportunities. For our Users who just want to experience micro living, we are excited to offer the opportunity to Try It Tiny using our platform!
Do I have to share my email address?
An email address is used to create a listing or a profile. This is the primary way Try It Tiny directs communication to you; however, Hosts and Guests communicate using a secure messaging platform via Try It Tiny. In this manner, personal emails are not shared directly.
We encourage users to add their phone numbers to their profile, so booking alerts can also be notified via text / SMS.
A tiny house is a sustainable, affordable and generally mobile dwelling unit. While there are no strict standards, Try It Tiny defines a tiny house as an alternative dwelling unit (whether permanent or otherwise) that is approximately 400 square feet or less. The majority of tiny houses are built on wheels. Based on this definition, Try It Tiny includes and welcomes recreational vehicles, campers and the traditional tiny house.
What does it cost to use Try It Tiny?
Try It Tiny is free for Hosts to list Properties and free for Guests to search listings, book trips, message Hosts and enjoy our Dream Tiny collection. Hosts and Guests only pay a fee to Try it Tiny when they book transactions.
Why does my statement show a $1.00 charge by Stripe?
We use a third-party payment processing company, Stripe, to allow Users to transact on Try It Tiny. Stripe will attempt to authorize a $0 or $1 transaction to verify payment information which is immediately reversed. More details can be found here.
How does Try It Tiny make money?
Try It Tiny only earns money when Users book transactions. All transactions include a breakdown of the costs which includes a Service Fee. Service Fees allow Try It Tiny to continue to operate and help those wanting to try it tiny. Hosts are charged any relevant payment processing fees associated with the transaction. Please see our Policies for additional details relating to transactions.

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Speaking of bloggers, I hadn’t realised until recently that regular FightWorks Podcast correspondent, Christian Simamora, has been running his own blog since August. Check it out here. Also reminds me to update my blog list.
On a somewhat unrelated point, there’s a great sequence of videos filmed at Eddie Bravo’s gym here, which like TUF wouldn’t normally grab my attention. However, the difference with these is that you get to see what it looks like when Bravo teaches a typical class, rather than just an interview with the same old questions. Instruction is interspersed with both conversation and sparring.
Also nice to see Alex Reid asking the questions later on, as he doesn’t come out of the usual BJJ background, so presumably hasn’t spent lots of time on forums with constant Eddie Bravo threads filling up the screen. You also get to see Oli Geddes (meaning the videos must have been from a good while back, as I remember Oli posting about his roll with Bravo a couple of years ago).
I was also excited earlier today when I found out that a new branch of RGA has just opened up in Bristol, right near the area where my gf and I are intending to move in a few months (once we find somewhere). Gracie Barra Bristol (which despite the name is still part of the RGA network) is run by a four stripe brown belt under Roger, Nicolai ‘Geeza’ Holt. That’s a name I’d previously heard due to his excellent YouTube channel.
I had thought I’d have to switch to a different team once I moved to Bristol, so this is great news (not that I wouldn’t get good training at other clubs, of course, but it’s definitely preferable to stick with the family, so to speak). Check out the website here, and the map entry here: from what I gather, Nicolai isn’t currently charging anything for training, which is pretty awesome.
There wasn’t going to be any technique tonight, just specific sparring. Things started off with back mount, where I was terrible both attacking and defending. Must re-read that ‘survival’ section in Saulo’s book): although I was able to protect my neck, I didn’t make any real progress towards escaping, aside from one point where I turned back to half guard (can’t remember how, though). I was trying to slip down and pop over the leg, but I think even the one time I managed that, I ended up underneath side control. When it came to my turn to attack I got to full mount a few times, but wasn’t getting anywhere with submissions: I’d go for the arm, trying to get that double grip, they would slip out the side and then I’d try and switch the mount. Of course, my partner was fairly small, possibly even smaller than me, and a white belt. With someone more experienced, I most likely would have just lost back mount and ended in a scramble. Next up was full mount, with the same partner. He was quite energetic, so kept attacking for ezequiels, although it ended up being more of a face crush as he didn’t have the neck. Uncomfortable, but unlikely to get a tap (unless they happen to be especially powerful). Underneath, unusually for me, I was mainly having success with the bridge and roll rather than my preferred shrimp to half guard, but again that was probably due to size. On top in mount, I was looking stay slow and steady, working from the grapevine. I’m still not having much luck with the ezequiel (again, need to check Saulo), though I was able to get some attacks on the arm (although he tapped very early, so I’m not sure I quite had the lock right). I’ve been trying to improve my transitions to technical mount, but I still need to be tighter with the leg that’s over, and also work harder on bringing the second hand into play, as well as that initial collar grip.
The penultimate round was side control, where underneath I need to be careful when I roll out of choke attempts. I almost put myself right into a bow and arrow: the white belt I was with didn’t have their legs crossed, which is the main reason I could get out that way. I had a brief go at bringing my shin into the crook of their elbow, but I think I may have been using the wrong leg. I also wanted to sit up and stiff arm into their armpit, and got closer than I have before, but still not backing my hips out enough.
On top, I was pleased that my transitions seemed to be going better, for once. I was able to switch to north-south as I felt my control slipping, sitting on their head (although once or twice I was leaving too much room still, so they were able to work their way free: must pay attention to their elbows). That meant I could attack the arms, and eventually secured a kimura. However, I need to make the grips more instinctive, as I had to pause and think a couple of times about which arm went where, which gives them time to grab some material (though from that position it is easier than normal to break their hold).
After a round out writing notes, things finished up with guard. I was knackered by this point, despite the rest (my cardio remains awful), so took the easy option on top and brought my elbows inside my knees. I was still looking to react if they opened their guard to attack, but mostly stayed defensive.
Underneath, I got the overhook and collar grip, but couldn’t do much with it. I was thinking about the omoplata, then moving towards the triangle, but failed to clear the arm: I was telegraphing it, so need to think about switching to something else from there, or use the choke as a distraction.
As I've see you've got a blog yourself, do you want to be on the map? Drop me an email with the details if so.

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Tenerife is the largest and one of the most beautiful of the Canary Islands. The island is characterized by its lush green forests, varied landscapes, spectacular beaches, mountains, deserts and volcanoes. There are many things to experience and many places to visit in Tenerife. Furthermore, holidaying in Tenerife is easy for UK tourists, as it takes less than four hours from many UK airports.
If you are looking for fun and sun then this is the place you should visit. It is closely situated to Costa Adeje and Los Cristianos and is perfect for a swim and then grabbing lunch at one of the cafes along the beach. There are also hundreds of clubs and pubs lining the streets of Playa for those who want to party all night.
This is a popular resort on the Canary Island boasting a wonderful harbour that offers boat trips in glass bottom boats, fishing trips, diving excursions and pleasure cruises. It is situated 15km west of Reina Sofia. It is a great place to go with your little kids as Eagles Park is nearby as well as Aqua Park Octopus and Tenerife Zoo.
This is the capital of Tenerife and is located on the northeastern coast. It is great for exploring the surrounding area, including the beautiful Anaga Mountains which host places of interest like Roques de Anaga archaeological site.
Since it was opened in 1970, this fantastic place has received over 19 million visitors. It is a home to over 300 parrot species, and it is also the world’s largest penguinarium.
Teide National Park is home to a massive volcanic crater, Mount Teide, which is the highest mountain in Spain. The park is about 2000m above sea level. During the summer temperature rises to over 40 degrees, but in it receives snow in winter. The now dormant mountain can be accessed by foot or you can reach the top with the help of a cable car. On a clear sunny day, you can see both La Gomera and La Palma and the views are stunning.
Tenerife’s gold courses are a big draw for golfers, but that doesn’t mean the amateurs can’t dabble in the sport. If you’re interested in having a swing at it, you can easy book a lesson at one of the many golf courses in Tenerife. It’s a fun way to spend the afternoon, especially when you have a stunning backdrop like Tenerife.

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Strafford is home of Justin S. Morrill whose 43 years of service in Washington DC generated such places as the Library of Congress and the Washington Monument.
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industry_corpus2: Gaming


text: Christmas season in the Philippines – the longest holiday celebration that spans at the start of the “Ber months”. For the last quarter of this year, last November 24,2018 – The Hive celebrated it’s early Christmas Open House at the Clubhouse. Clients who availed of units at The Hive were given gifts as a token of appreciation. Tower A is now at 94% and Ready for Occupancy, Tower B at 93%, Tower C is pre-selling at 66% sold. For more information please contact 0905 2363811 for more details.


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You have conducted a piece of litigation and recovered damages for your client on a post-LASPO case (that is, all work conducted post-1 April 2013). Your trusted costs lawyer prepares your bill of costs, which claims base costs at multiple times the level of the damages recovered. You commence detailed assessment. Your opposition paying party offers a sum which is a fraction of your legal spend, on the basis that your claim for costs is disproportionate having regard to the new proportionality rule at CPR 44.3(5).
The starting point on the new proportionality test is Master Rowley’s first instance decision in May v Wavell Group Ltd  EWHC B16 (Costs), followed by the decision of HHJ Dight sitting with Master Whalen (being the appeal of that judgment). HHJ Dight was critical of the approach of Master Rowley, stating that he had ‘misinterpreted and misapplied’ the new proportionality test. It could be said that such criticism was rather unfair, considering that HHJ Dight and Master Whalen appeared to pick a figure entirely at random as the ‘proportionate sum’ to be allowed for costs, having had regard to the factors in CPR 44.3(5). The result of the appeal judgment is that the issue of proportionality remains uncertain. So how can we mitigate the prospect of the bill of costs being cut down by the judge’s ‘broadsword’?
Having regard to both the first instance and appeal decisions in May v Wavell Group Ltd, the steps set out below are a guide as to how to respond to a well-formed proportionality argument.
The settlement sum might be a red herring within the proportionality test. Do not be too pessimistic if the claim settled for less than was pleaded, provided the figure in the prayer attached to the particulars was not one of pure fantasy. The relationship between the financial relief and the legal spend has never seen so much attention on detailed assessment as it does today. This means your response here needs the appropriate level of detail. The settlement range of similar claims and initial valuation discussed with your client are likely to be key factors for consideration on detailed assessment. The fact is that claimants may well accept a lower sum than the sums in issue, for a plethora of reasons. But this does not mean that the evidence obtained and work done in getting the case to a certain point of the procedural pathway was disproportionate, purely because the claim settled for a lower sum than was pleaded.
Did this claim require expert evidence? Claims involving experts are naturally more complicated than those without. Was liability disputed? Did your opponent conduct the litigation in a way that increased costs or made things more complicated than other claims of this type? This is your opportunity to put your side of the case across to the costs judge. Explain how this case was different and why additional time was spent as a result. This is particularly important for specialist lawyers working on their particular specialism which, as far as costs are concerned, can be an avenue for reduction as they might be held to a higher or more efficient standard. If counsel was not relied upon heavily, say so. If counsel was relied upon, explain that there was no duplication but collaboration (assuming of course that this can be demonstrated).
If the claim involved a relief other than financial it is seldom easy to contrast the relationship with that relief and the totality of the legal spend. Cases that involve a failure to accept liability or acknowledgment of poor procedure, for example, can greatly increase costs, especially if there is a reluctance by the offending party to show contrition. The fear of inadvertently admitting liability by doing so is a classic example of this. In clinical negligence cases with fatalities, an admission of liability and explanation of what happened is often more important than any financial recompense. Look beyond the settlement sum and highlight the other issues involved in the case (see Marcura Equities FZE & Anor v Nisomar Ventures Ltd & Anor  EWHC 523 (QB)).
In 2012 Lord Neuberger, in his capacity as master of the rolls, said: ‘The law on proportionate costs will have to be developed on a case-by-case basis. This may mean a degree of satellite litigation while the courts work out the law, but we should be ready for that.’ It is very difficult to advise one’s client as to the likely recovery in a case such as this, given that we are more than five years’ post-inception of the new test, with just a handful of cases that might allow us to ‘work out the law’. That said, there is no reason to fear the new test if proper resonance as to the legal spend can be demonstrated.
Philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham said: ‘The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.’ That being the view of one of the finest legal theorists in history, a lawyer faced with a proportionality argument, as either a paying or receiving party, is an incredibly powerful one.
Richard Foss is a partner and head of the dispute resolution department at Kingsley Napley and committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association. Michael Tyler is costs manager at Kingsley Napley.

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Vendor governance a concern, even for small companies, as almost every organization works with vendors at some point in time or another. This may be for IT assistance, third-party testing, customer service, or other business needs, and the motivation may be to reduce costs, improve performance, or obtain specialized services. As organizations grow, a vendor list can grow exponentially, which means having standardized practices and processes is essential.
Vendor Governance Definition: Sometimes referred to as vendor management, vendor governance is a management strategy that enables organizations to get more value from their vendors by controlling costs, increasing value, and mitigating risk.
Agile and DevOps can be compared on multiple levels – both for similarities and the differences between Agile and DevOps. Some of the major differences between Agile and Use metrics and data to make educated decisions in vendor selection. Choosing the right vendors can be incredibly difficult and, depending on what an organization is offering in terms of compensation, can turn into a wooing situation. It’s common for vendors to send out their best sales people to dazzle prospects with fantastical stories and offer things like gifts and meals during the onset of a relationship. None of these things mean the provider will be beneficial, so focus on data.
Use vendor scorecards to track data. Old fashioned pen and paper or Excel spreadsheets can work in a pinch, but applications make it much easier to track and share information about providers and their performance.
Work with others in the company to define and weigh metrics. If using an application to create scorecards, this will likely be done. If not, it should be established before any other steps are completed.
Research potential providers and input any data learned on the scorecards. This makes it easy to determine which providers can truly fulfill the needs of the organization.
Negotiate contracts carefully. There are a few different approaches. If negotiating products, a standard fee-for-item rate is normal, but service-related contracts can be paid based on the outcome as well. It’s also possible to include penalties in a contract if a provider doesn’t come through with the deliverables. This could be something like reducing payments or removing the provider from the list of options, but rewards for outstanding service tend to be bigger motivators than consequences, so choose a methodology with care.
Collaborate frequently. A key component of vendor governance is constant collaboration. Providers don’t have any insight into the organization or its goals unless it’s provided. The more often collaboration occurs, the better able the provider is to meet the needs of the organization.
Encourage two-way transparency. Providers almost always know when they’re not meeting expectations, but it’s important to make sure they know when they’ve done well because it’s a huge motivator. Data regarding how the provider has helped or hindered should be shared. In turn, the provider should be sharing information about their processes too.
Monitor and document performance. Again, scorecard applications make this very easy, but even if a low-tech option is used, providers should still be checked up on and the quality of their deliverables assessed on a regular basis.
Remain competitive, but foster long-term relationships. Because the ultimate goal should be to fulfill the organization’s mission and objectives, it’s almost always best to work with the same providers in a long-term mutually-beneficial arrangement. This helps ensure that the provider becomes invested in the organization’s success and continues to push for excellence. At the same time, the provider should be aware of the metrics being tracked and know that alternate providers can be chosen if performance slides.


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HOW CAN I EXPLORE MY SOUL MISSION TO FULFILL IT THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY?
Good morning, masters! Great gratitude for the contact. These last few years have been a great transformation in my life. I almost destroyed myself, and then I was reborn. During this period, in a Dowsing session, I was informed that I am a crystal consciousness, and feel strong contact with galactic beings. Would you like to know how I can improve this? Many times I do not feel "from this world" and I feel a strong homesickness. But I know that if I am here there must be a reason, so my question is: how can I explore my soul mission to fulfill it in the best way possible? Gratitude loved, eternal and infinite gratitude!
Daughter, what do you mean by galactic beings? Do you know that you are also a galactic being? And do you know that all who live on this planet are also?
Realize daughter that your quest has been only to discover the mysteries of all that lies behind the matter that presents itself to your eyes. But, notice in the messages we bring to you, if at some point we guide you to do this external search. We, the Masters, have always come to guide you through the material illusion and the distractions of the mind, but which only cover your own hearts, which do not allow you to see your own truth. The quest for answers, by understanding for what reason you came and what is your mission, it is the inner quest that you could have started. If you want to find out what your mission, daughter, I say to you: The mission of all of you is the encounter with the highest aspect of your consciousness. And that is present within each of you and that you call by the name of Higher Self, I am.
This is the energy that you tune into as the divine essence and your mission is the encounter and unification with that energy. Just as it is also the search of all of you, inserted in the experience of matter only so that all your restraints are shown to you as mirrors in your experiences that materialize your greatest fears before you, with each fear overcome, with each illusion dissolved in connection with your own heart, you are closer to your true mission.
Well, daughter, remember that all of you are crystalline and the material cover that envelops this crystalline light is only the illusion of matter, the distractions of the path, which eventually divert and delay your inner search process. You want to follow your mission in the best way, daughter? So just forget all the outside information and start the inner search. Observe the outside experiences only so that you understand the processes that occur within yourself and then transcend each of them and allow that crystalline light to shine and shine your truth.
AM I ON THE RIGHT PATH IN MY DAILY ATTITUDES?
Dear Masters, thank you very much for all the answers you gave to my questions. Thanks also to Thiago and Michele. Beloved ones, I really want to know if I'm on the right track in my daily attitudes or if there's something more or less I need to do. Love you all. Namastê.
Daughter, I bring you a generic answer, but perhaps it will serve others who wonder if they are in the way. And I tell you: you've always been on the way.
And maybe I think: but despite everything I've done and passed I'm still on the way? And it would surprise you to think that it was precisely this path that brought you precisely to that question. On the other hand, all paths always lead to a destination and perhaps you have to modify the question.
Am I on a path that will lead me to the destiny of enlightenment? Maybe, that's the question. Because everyone is in some way but few really want their enlightenment, few live for it, because they are still bound to material pains and all that the ego imposes on them. So you have to ask yourself, what do I do to get closer to enlightenment? And then we could start a conversation.
But we can say that they are creators and that the focus makes the way to accelerate, because if you really seek your enlightenment, you will achieve it as you create your life.
The focus is transformative. Focus on your own illumination and let the path unfold so, the most appropriate time you will reach your destination. Be in peace.
HOW CAN I EVOLVE WITHIN THIS PARADOX OF ACCEPTANCE?
Masters, thank you for being so nice to me, even with my oscillations of faith. I am immensely grateful for my family, my boyfriend, and the theater. I'm going through a wave of change. Everything shows me that I need to be more flexible and patient, in the collective, in the relationship and in the stage. There are several indications. However, I often choose consciously to take a low-frequency attitude to respect my feelings. Well, if I just watch, it seems like I'm not doing anything, you know? I am guilty many times and I support my wills and wants, I accept the consequences of it. I think it's valid if I have anger or fear, the point is: by my studies, these feelings refer to a "non-acceptance." But I can accept "non-acceptance" inside of me, right? I want peace, but what if peace requires me to be silly and not fight for my rights? I want to be light, but to be free to express my feelings, regardless of how low or high they emanate. I can not hold back. I do my best not to be hypocritical like my father does in his life, lying to himself, denying feelings, vibrating frustration and regret. I'm real! How can I evolve within this paradox of acceptance? How do I become a good leader with the collective? To be a good girlfriend and be good to myself? Where does this strong wave make me unstable? When will the changes in matter come with this wave? Please be clear with me. I am in a hurry sometimes because it is very uncomfortable to go through situations of suffering, and I know that I deserve to be light, to be happy and abundant. Can I cure myself in this life? Hugs.
Talk about human feelings with clarity. But how to speak clearly about human feelings? For feelings were not meant to speak but to feel.
You feel these feelings as human as revolt, inner struggle, justice and all this goes through you, for that is human being, to feel.
Daughter, there is nothing wrong with feeling, for that is the human condition. Feeling is one of the great wonders of being human. But all these feelings pass through us. We feel, but they do not dominate us, because we know that feeling is human. Now they do not have to dominate you. To feel and not allow yourself to be dominated by feelings is not to be hypocritical, as your father thinks. Only in the experience of life and wisdom gained from relationships he has learned not to let exacerbated feelings overpower him and get him out of balance. He has learned to master the emotions and this is a great learning, to which you are still in the initial stage. Therefore, you still can not perceive when you have a master in front of you, to show the path that you yourself must follow. The ego does not allow it to see beyond its impulses of imbalance, to want to turn everything around in what it believes to be right or wrong. You see, daughter, that as long as you do not learn to cultivate gratitude, you will not open yourself to learning the new. For the restrictions you present today, you carry many incarnations and you are again trying to overcome them. You ask how to be a good leader? Seek then to be the leader of your own emotions, to look within yourself and to master your lower impulses. You will realize that to reach a state of balance, the walk is a great overcoming and willingness to let go of the ego and embrace humility, forgiveness and gratitude. You must feel and allow the feelings to go away and then you stay there, protected from yourself. You should not reprimand these feelings, you should not deny them, but rather look at them and let them go. Through these feelings, you seek your own origin. And this is beautiful because it makes us know ourselves. That's human being. But to be a master is to learn justly to honor your feelings with balance, with mastery and gratitude for life. To be human is not to let feelings dominate you, not even to bow to everything that is before you but allow those feelings to flow into your life, through gratitude for what you are. To be light daughter, is to allow these feelings to flow into your being, to always convert to love, and see them in that way, free and without judgment. You stop sorting your feelings into good or bad and you accept them, and thus, they no longer dominate you. You must have mastery over them. You must master them, but do not damn them. For this it is necessary to change the gaze, which must stop being towards the external and turn to the internal, realizing that everything that does not please it on the outside, is what it should observe as a lesson within itself. Be in peace.
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR MY SOLITUDE?
Beloved Masters. I would like to know the reason for my loneliness, which sometimes becomes so acute that it makes me feel rejected by my friends, which I do not think is the case. This sense of rejection is easily activated, and is very difficult to overcome. My strongest affection, my father, has already departed, and the relationship with my mother and one of my brothers is not easy. When everything goes wrong, I feel lost. Thank you for your help.
Greetings, daughter. Today I come to bring a breath of relief into your heart so that it shines in the light that it is. Look at yourself and recognize that you are a being of light, daughter of the creator, just like any other human being in this world. And why hide from what is? Why isolate yourself? What is happening daughter, is that during their lives they have left behind drops of self-love, of faith in life, energies that have dispersed and made you that character, who does not feel like looking in the eyes of whoever and feel within you that is light. It needs to recover its capacity to look into the eyes of all with sincerity and courage, returning to the greatest gift that God has given us, which is our own love.
Releasing the fears and restraints it brings into your life will have more relief in your days. Look for help, my dear. There are several lines of therapies that can help, because you bring within you the anguish of not being able to break free of behaviors that no longer resonate and do not say who you are. Then find ways to get you to treat the records that are stirring up these fears. You are one step away from your transformation and the release of these behaviors, but you need help in this final step, right, daughter? We do not always need to follow the path alone and there are always brothers who can give us our hand to continue the journey of light.


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A dedicated runner whose hobby was ended by a debilitating spinal condition, is back in trainers and hitting the streets for Sheffield Hospitals Charity to thank doctors for their care.
Jo Glenn, aged 51, from Sunnyside in Rotherham, was forced to quit the sport she loves having battled a curved spine for decades.
But then she was referred to a renowned surgeon at Sheffield’s Northern General Hospital who operated on her spine, enabling her to take up her fitness passion once more.
Jo said: “At the age of 20 I was diagnosed with scoliosis - a medical condition in which a person’s spine has a sideways twist or curve - which was discovered by a back specialist.
“I was offered corrective surgery once the initial diagnosis had been made. However, back in the 1980s the operation was very crude compared to the surgery offered today. I was told that my movements would be quite limited, I wouldn’t be able to participate in some sports and it may impact on my wish to have children in the future.
“I took all these factors into account and made the decision not to have surgery– a decision which I regretted every day after.
“However in the years that followed, I had two children and continued with my sports. My back continued to deteriorate though, and at the height of the pain I was taking a cocktail of painkillers, but I tried to cope as much as I could without.
“It also affected my self confidence. On one occasion I was choosing a wedding outfit for my nephews wedding. I caught glimpse of my back in the changing room mirror and I had a complete breakdown. I always wore baggy clothes to disguise my scoliosis.
“From around the age of 40 the pain and discomfort in my back increased to the extent that I had to stop running. I was devastated. My curve began to deteriorate rapidly - so much so that I had to rethink my wardrobe to disguise my wonky back.
“Then I had a chance meeting with a neighbour, a nurse and now a really good friend, and she mentioned she hadn’t seen me running for a while. I explained why and she told me that her then 15-year-old son had recently had corrective surgery on his spine due to his scoliosis.
“I thought I had left it far too late for surgery but she advised me to look into it and gave me the name of a fantastic surgeon based at the Northern General Hospital. I discussed the pros and cons with my family and we decided the operation was worth the risk. The rest is history.
“I had my operation in the summer of 2011 and have never looked back. Prior to the operation the curve in my spine was 60 degrees. After the operation they reduced it to around 20 degrees - a miracle!
“A year after the surgery I went back to visit my consultant, where I was discharged from his care. I asked about the feasibility of returning to running and although he wasn’t 100 per cent happy, he said it was important to weigh up the physical impact of running on my spine with the mental well-being it would bring.
“I started back running and in 2014 ran the Race for Life, a 5k run and several 10k events after. I joined a local running club and now run with a group of friends several times a week.
“I was extremely fortunate that things turned out so well and have never looked back. To say it’s completely changed my life is an understatement and I wouldn’t be where I am now without the support of my wonderful family and friends.


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You wake up one morning feeling great and you just want to look as amazing as you feel. Going through your wardrobe, you spot a beautiful pair of pants (skinny jeans perhaps!) that you haven’t worn in 6 months, you put them on and… you can’t button them up. Somehow, 2 inches of fat have sneaked up between you and these gorgeous pants that once flattered your body.
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There is an old racers trick for drilling out drum brakes similar to discs. I would suggest getting purchasing fresh drums and getting them cryogenically tempered and then sending them out to California. This shop has been doing it for decades. Article on drilled drums.
Yeah ,, its well known , you can also groove drums as well , but the costs are a lot more than normal drilling.
Absolutely right on the drilled drums, they used to do it factory on Vettes with the brake option - Pre-65. I do have a Corvette with drums all the way around, inadequate to say the least. On the other hand I've had Mustangs with a dual bail master cylinder and found them to do the job quite fine. How about the old Pontiacs with the drum/rims?
On a high-dollar rod it's all about the bling so he should have unless he was after some sort of "period" look. Ah, you gave him something to do this winter!
Not mine, it's about the speed. (PM me and I'll be happy to show pics and tell you all about it, it goes against a lot of the teachings on the website - but not all est. 425-450hp and capable of 17mpg). Sorry to veer OT.
IMO, I prefer disc over drum for stopping power, ease of MX and reliabilty.
What is a dual bail master cylinder?
Most US cars in 1967 went over to a dual bail, all it was is a 2 bails for fluid - front/rear. No big deal except they seperated the front from the rear. If you had a leak in a front wheel cylinder the front bale would go low, rear leak=rear bail low. No big deal really, some felt it gave better stopping power. I don't know though.
Wazabi was mostly right about the bail.
But what it exactly refers to is the the spring-steel wire loop used to secure a cover that sits on top of the brake master cylinder reservoir.
So a twin bail master cylinder is a unit with two seperate reservoirs but covered by the one lid.
In the rest of the world this master cylinder is called a split systems m/s , tandem m/s , dual circuit m/s , twin circuit m/s and probably many other combinations meaning the same thing.
The circuits can be split front to back or on diagonal brakes.
Its main purpose is to provide safety in the even one brake line fails.
Then only 2 of the 4 wheels will provide stopping power , not good , but better than nothing at all.
I've had Mustangs with a dual bail master cylinder and found them to do the job quite fine.
Yeup , and if a big hulking old log of a car like a mustang can pull up well with drums , then a little FE buzzbox with modern brake drums would do very well indeed.
yeah , i think its a 50 and 60's american term ,, you know pot heads.
FWIW early VW Rabbits had four-wheel drums!
We never got early rabbits in australia (except for the hole digging furry type) and now that ime in northern europe all those cars are rusted away and gone.
So I doubt i will ever see one.
Yes, bale is in reference to the reservoirs but I was referencing the late 60's American cars. The reservoirs are cast into the cylinder itself. Not like we have now where you can remove the plastic reservoir that slides into the "o"-rings.
There are also adjustable proportioning valves for those who like to fine tune their brakes.
Nope, I'm not a pot head though last week 2 houses down from me (1/2 mile) the cops stumbled (literally) across 160 maryjoewanna plants in an underground greenhouse while chasing a teenager through the woods the cop fell through the trap door. I'm not growing on my land, not enough time.

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Help wounded veterans rebuild their lives..
Support The Ride for America’s Patriots.
carrying your tribute for America’s heroes.
“If you’re ever in San Antonio, look me up,” said the young veteran. He’s not a typical young man launching into life, but an extraordinary example of bravery in action. He’s J.R. Martinez – a wounded veteran, a national spokesman, an American hero.
That simple invitation was to spark a national event. A motorcycle journey across 1600 miles … a rolling tribute to military veterans severely wounded in the cause of freedom. A journey to salute America’s heroes – and you can be part of it.
It all started when J.R. Martinez, a severely wounded veteran, attended the RE/MAX International Convention in Orlando this spring, where he spoke of the mission of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. Although he was suffering in body, his spirit was undaunted.
Three of us from RE/MAX Premier in the nation’s capital area – David Harbour, Jeff Lubell and me – sought out J.R.. Although facing long months of surgery and rehabilitation at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, he inspired us through his vision, his courage, and a maturity beyond his 22 years.
Within days we had decided to take him up on his offer – and the idea for The Ride for America’s Patriots was born. We would leave from the nation’s capital area to San Antonio, in a rolling tribute to raise awareness and funds to help those who had sacrificed for us.
Soon we were joined by our good friend Bob Loy, a retired army lieutenant colonel and a Viet Nam vet … and more riders are being added as we go along. We’ve each pledged to raise at least $5,000 for the cause.
We’re coming, J.R. And we’re bringing support from across America with us.
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Immunohistochemical staining of human heart with Rabbit anti APAF1 (AHP487).
Rabbit anti Apaf1 antibody recognizesApaf1 (Apoptosis protease activating factor 1), the mammalian homologue of the CED-4 cell death protein in C. Elegans. Apaf1 binds to cytochrome C and caspase-9 leading to caspase-9 activation, resulting in the beginning of the proteolytic cascade characteristic of apoptosis. Apaf1 can also associate with caspase-4 and caspase-8. Rabbit anti Apaf1 antibody (AHP487) recognizes a ~130 kDa band in western blots.
Antisera to human Apaf-1 were raised by repeated immunisation of rabbits with highly purified antigen. Purified IgG prepared by affinity chromatography.
Synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 12-28 of human Apaf1.
Zou, H. et al. (1997) Apaf-1, a human protein homologous to C. elegans CED-4, participates in cytochrome c-dependent activation of caspase-3.
Hu, Y. et al. (1998) Bcl-XL interacts with Apaf-1 and inhibits Apaf-1-dependent caspase-9 activation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 95 (8): 4386-91.

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May 1, 2015 - A venture capital firm known as Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers (or Kleiner) was cleared of gender discrimination claims by a California jury. A former female partner at Kleiner lodged the discrimination claims. The jury trial took place in Silicon Valley.
In addition to the discrimination claims, the firm was also cleared of allegations of retaliation against Ellen Pao, a former partner at Kleiner. Ms. Pao filed suit against the firm in 2012. She was then fired from her employment. A number of admittedly embarrassing disclosures were made during the course of the jury trial regarding the treatment female employees at Kleiner. Regardless of this information, Pao was unable to receive vindication through a winning verdict. What her efforts did achieve was a newfound awareness of the Silicon Valley corporate culture, leaving many calling into question the very evident lack of diversity.
The suit included allegations that former male partners used business trips as a chance to make inappropriate advances towards their female colleagues (including, but not limited to Pao).
Pao, no longer a partner at the firm, is now the interim chief executive at Reddit, a social-news service. Ms. Pao claims that while she did engage in an affair with Ajit Nazre, a partner at Kleiner, it was brief. She also claims that when she ended the brief affair, she quickly began to lose her footing at work. What she claims was already a workplace unfriendly to female employees, became even worse. She claims that Nazre and Kleiner as a whole started to actively retaliate against her after she ended her affair with Nazre.
The company denies the allegations. They insist they did not support a workplace climate that was unfriendly towards female employees. They also presented evidence that they actually went out of their way to hire women.
Pao was not the only female employee who cited inappropriate sexual advances from partner, Nazre. Allegations were made by another employee, Trae Vassallo. She claims that he showed up at her hotel room during a business trip inappropriately clothed and urging her to join him for a drink. The company provided assurances that these claims were investigated. Post-investigation, Nazre left the firm.
If you have questions about gender bias in the workplace, please get in touch with the southern California employment law experts at Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik.

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We are looking to expand our team with someone who has a high standard of both technical skills and passion for their craft.
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Westvillian Travis Carbonella, or King of Mardi Gras 2018? Lucy Gellman Photos.
The beads flickered from neck to neck. The brass bands sidled up to shelves of books and played on. The gumbo was still piping hot, and conjured as much good gossip as a crawfish boil. But signs of the main Ives branch of the New Haven Free Public Library (NHFPL) were nowhere in sight. And for the first time in years, no one expected them to be.
City Librarian Martha Brogan and Mayor Toni Harp follow a parade of drag queens and musicians to the party downstairs.
Tuesday night, the NHFPL held its annual Mardi Gras celebration and fundraiser at the Mitchell Branch of the library, moving the celebration from downtown for the first time in years. While the tradition was born over a decade ago at the New Haven Lawn Club, it has lived at the main library since 2011, when financial cutbacks pushed it to make the fete an in-house affair with community partners.
But this year, a new eye on the community led the celebration to Westville, where Mitchell Library sits back from the corner of Whalley Avenue and Harrison Street. As the library’s largest annual fundraiser, the event brought in over 200 people over the course of three hours. As of Wednesday morning, the library did not yet have the total amount raised.
Mayor Toni Harp echoed those words, warning attendees that “we see a state retreating from its ability to serve its libraries,” and that a rocky road laid ahead for patrons and fans of the library system.
Katie Jones and artist Kwadwo Adae sporting some newly-scored carrot seeds ... and gilded attire.
But the shadow was soon lifted—at least partially—as Brogan spoke about what the library system has in store for the years ahead. In April, the library expects to open Ives Squared, a new “innovative commons” and cafe downtown, that is poised to become the whirring, tech-savvy heart of the downtown branch and the community.
NHFPL Foundation President Elsie Chapman gave an update on the efforts for “Stetson: The Next Chapter,” a $2 million capital campaign for Stetson Library as it prepares to become part of the new Q House next year. She recalled how 10 years ago, the Newhallville community was rallying to save the library from closure. Now, it is getting ready to welcome its expansion.
Colin Walters, with Tommy Weeks in the background.
It was her pitch for attendees to chip in, signing up for prizes at a table that read “help fill Stetson’s stacks” in orange cardboard.
Drag queen Kiki Lucia, Daniel Eugene, Luis Antonio, and Vivian La Flamme.
The library transformed into a treasure trove, its back room filled with chefs from around the city. At stations from Amoy’s Cajun and Creole, Olives & Oil, Olea and Rawa, attendees waited to fill their plates with scoops of gumbo, sliders, chilled pink ceviche and falafel, mixing old Mardi Gras traditions with new ones. Long lines snaked around the room, friends squinting at each other through their masks and pausing for the balloons on the ceiling, the spray of glitter or beads that had somehow made it onto the carpet.
Funky Dawgz trumpet Aaron Eaddy on trumpet and vocals.
Back in the library’s main area, mixologists got to work, conjuring up New Orleans with each Vieux Carré (rye whiskey, bitters, cognac, sweet vermouth, lemon twist) cocktail they turned out. Mixing fresh orange rind with a liquor that tasted of cherries, fruity tea and burnt, spun sugar, Ordinary’s Tim Cabral made small talk with faces he’d not seen in the bar, which is going on its sixth week of repairs since a pipe burst earlier this year.
They had addictive, classy brass to keep them going: the Funky Dawgz Brass Band, rocking as they played at one end of the room. Slowly, attendees tricked onto the dance floor, packing it by the end of the evening. Behind them, a photo booth from Lotta Studio shone silver with balloons and props, as attendees cycled in and out of it.
Fallon Thomas (pictured above, at right), who was raised in Westville, said the move to Mitchell had made the difference in her choice to attend. There with her friend Marinda Monfilston, she said it was her first time there, but wouldn’t be her last.

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Adam Vincent, CEO, ThreatConnect, on the rising threat of cryptojacking and what you can do to protect your business.
The cyber security space is ever changing, and new threats are coming our way every day. One of the most concerning is covert crypto-mining, for both companies and individuals. Willem de Groot found that at least 2,500 sites are running code for crypto-mining within the browsers of unknowing visitors.
It is well-known that Bitcoin has been experiencing a significant slump as of late, but there is still plenty of money to be made from cryptocurrency, and cyber criminals have been quick to realise this.
It may be a relatively new threat; however, it is likely that if it is not dealt with swiftly, it may become the next incarnation of ransomware – meaning that victim’s CPU responses will be wrung dry by malicious code.
Stopping this malicious activity won’t be a simple task. Law enforcement will find it challenging to track down the perpetrators due to the anonymous nature of cryptocurrency.
Also of interest: Endpoint protection is dead. Or is it?
Crypto-mining is the process of harnessing large-scale computing power to solve cryptographic problems as fast as possible. Each cryptocurrency software publishes a new problem every few minutes, and the first person to successfully crack it by finding the correct cryptographic ‘key’ is given a ‘reward’ in the relevant currency.
The cryptography is designed so that the only way to find the key is to spin random numbers until you hit on the right one by chance. In pursuit of this goal, hackers can draw on compromised machines’ CPU and power supply to help solve the problem.
The sheer number of machines working on each problem worldwide means that you need a lot of power to be the first to find the solution. The average ‘crypto mine’ – really just a massive server installation spinning random number generators at colossal speed – uses electricity at an extremely expensive rate, and needs a lot of human maintenance.
At some point in the last few years, an enterprising miner clearly hit on the idea that it would be much cheaper to use somebody else’s computers and electricity than their own. Since then, the number of cases of ‘cryptojacking’ has spiralled upwards.
There are a few ways an innocent bystander can be tricked into a mining service. Hackers can exploit known system bugs to gain access to out-of-date web software (as in the examples found by de Groot) and then direct it to mine behind the scenes in users’ browsers.
They can create spoofed sites to implant malware on visitors’ machines, which links their CPU to your mining operation. Or they can use phishing emails to deliver malicious code and hook victims into their mining network – really just an update to the old botnet formula.
Obviously, security teams should be well-versed in how to resist phishing and spoofing. But the malware doesn’t have to be implanted directly onto your system to pose a danger. Simply visiting a corrupted site can hook your computer’s power into a covert mining operation for as long as the page is open – and there’s no easy way to tell if a site has been compromised.
The upshot of all this is that covert crypto-mining poses a serious financial and reputational danger to companies. If your employees regularly access compromised sites, your electricity bill could soar while your system’s efficiency plummets.
If your own site is cracked by hackers, you could inadvertently rope your prospects into mining. A handful of poorly-handled, well-publicised crypto-mining incidents in customers’ browsers could have a serious impact on your reputation as a secure company.
It’s even conceivable that advanced forms of crypto-mining could tax victims’ systems to the extent that they become unusable, effectively taking compromised machines offline. The results would be disastrous for productivity and reliability alike, ultimately hitting the bottom line.
The key question, then, is how do you defend against a threat type that’s so difficult to detect – so covert? To extend the image, look at espionage – MI5 tackles covert operations with intelligence gathering. That’s the long and short of what companies should be doing to defend themselves in this scenario.
Security teams should be equipped with a threat-intelligence-led defence, as this will provide them with the necessary tools to detect malicious mining activity and the sources of the code running these programmes, along with managing the live threats that come in on a day-to-day basis. Knowledge is power in this case.
If security teams are clued up on their networks, they can easily spot any potential mining activity. The enormous mass of code that these researchers must deal with on a daily basis means that a wide array of threat intelligence can ensure greater accuracy when it comes to threat detection.
Knowledge is also incredibly valuable beyond the internal networks, if you are able to understand who is behind any covert mining which is identified. Is it a single hacker looking to make some extra cash, or a full blown mine illegally using resource from outside its borders? Therefore, sharing is caring.
By accessing open-source threat data from other organisations, and sharing your own, one can build a broad and detailed picture of the adversary they face. Once this information is collated, your defence will be notably strengthened.
The reality is that cryptojacking won’t be going anywhere any time soon. The underlying technology will be around for years to come just as long as there is money to be made, and your systems are vulnerable enough to be targeted. So rather than attempting to win the war, fight the present battle and keep the hackers at bay.
Ensure you have the tools to monitor the activity within the network and register any mining activity before it has a chance to damage your business. In a world of espionage and counter-espionage, the player with the most information wins.


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What words can you make with moutan?
An unofficial list of all the Scrabble words you can make from the letters in the word moutan. Anagrams and words you can make with an additional letter, just using the letters in moutan!
59 words can be made from the letters in the word moutan.
This page is a list of all the words that can be made from the letters in moutan, or by rearranging the word moutan. These words should be suitable for use as Scrabble words, or in games like Words with friends.


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Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown believes that the red devils will win the title this season.
He said that Jose Mourinho has bought some interesting players and that there is no doubt that the team will be much stronger than last season.
He said that the team was over-reliant on Zlatan Ibrahimovic last season and that now they have players that can score from all over the pitch. He said that the Portuguese manager had made an astute signing by buying Romelu Lukaku and he is definitely going to help the team win games.
He said that Jose Mourinho is a fan of this type of player and that he will be using him as a lone striker up front. He thinks that Mourinho is trying to replicate his first Chelsea team and that he will be considering Lukaku as young Drogba.
Wes Brown said that the signing of Matic has also added some much-needed steel in the center of the park and that this will allow the offensive players to focus on their play. The former Manchester United defender said that this was evident in the game against West Ham where Paul Pogba was allowed the freedom to go forward.
He said that this would be useful in games against the smaller teams that will want to sit back and allow Manchester United to attack them. Very often last season, they were hit back on the counter-attack, and he feels that the presence of Matic in the team will shield the defence and break these attacks.
Wes Brown said that Mourinho is an experienced manager and that he knows what it takes to win the Premier League. He believes that they will be the favorite to lift the title at the end of the season.


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BEIJING, Aug. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momo Inc. (Nasdaq:MOMO) ("Momo" or the "Company"), one of China's leading mobile social networking platforms, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2015 after the close of U.S. markets on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.
Momo's management will host an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 9:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (9:00 a.m. Beijing / Hong Kong Time on August 20, 2015).
Momo Inc. (Nasdaq:MOMO) is one of China's leading mobile social networking platforms. Momo connects people in a personal and lively way through a revolutionary mobile-based social networking platform. With powerful and precise location-based features, Momo enables users to connect with each other and expand relationships from online to offline. Momo's platform includes the Momo mobile application and a variety of related features, functionalities, tools and services that it provides to users, customers and platform partners. Leveraging its social interest graph engine and analysis of user behavior data, Momo is able to provide users a customized experience based on their social preferences and needs. Momo users can maintain and strengthen their relationships through private and group communication tools, content creation and sharing functions, as well as the offline social activities promoted on Momo's platform.
CONTACT: For investor and media inquiries, please contact: Momo Inc. ir@immomo.com Christensen In China Mr. Christian Arnell Phone: +86-10-5900-1548 E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com In US Ms. Linda Bergkamp Phone: +1-480-614-3004 Email: lbergkamp@ChristensenIR.comSource:Momo Inc.