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Top Canadian Media Contacts You Want to Be in Touch With (Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa)
Magdalena Wosinska, Content Marketing Specialist at Prowly
Many eyes are now directed towards Canada. In October, the Canadians will face parliamentary elections. They will decide between the vision of the country's current Prime Minister, Liberal Justin Trudeau, and his conservative rival Andrew Scheer. The Canadian media predict that climate change and the actions proposed by political parties and their leaders may constitute one of the most important issues for those who will head to the polls.
You need to find the right media for your story. Often, PRs use a media contacts list. Remember to search for contacts according to specific criteria. It's a big way to target relevant journalists and media contacts.
Looking for a full list of Canadian media contacts with their contact details?
Prowly offers a worldwide media contacts database counting over 1 million media contacts, including over 40 000 from just Canada.
Canadian media list
Canada has two national daily newspapers, The Globe and Mail and the National Post. You can find local daily or weekly papers in many communities across Ontario.
Canadian magazines usually focus on a specific area, for example, business, fashion, music, politics, sports and more.
From the PR pros point of view, however, another question arises: which news sites and individual reporters have the greatest impact on the national discussion concerning the upcoming changes in the country, culture, and with whom it is worth talking about what is happening in these regions.
I've decided to make this task easier for you. I believe that successful relations with the media are those in which you contact a person, having already done research on them. Even a few sentences, like "I've read your article and I decided to write to you because it's relevant to the press release I'd like to send you."
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Toronto media contacts list
Today, Toronto is the most important metropolis of the country and its economic capital. It is here that the real business and political discussion take place. Who should you follow? Here are some examples from our Toronto media contacts list:
Rosemary Barton, CBS NEWS
"Freckled. Loves all the politics. Heavy on the coffee and the high heels." – that is what you can read on her Twitter profile.
Currently, she is the Parliament Hill correspondent for CBC News and a co-anchor. She was the host of Power & Politics on CBC News Network. She managed to conduct an exclusive interview with the Prime Minister of Canada – Justin Trudeau.
Lisa LaFlamme, Chief News Anchor & Senior Editor at CTV National News – CTV Television Network.
She's an Canadian television journalist, and currently the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News. LaFlamme previously served as the news international affairs correspondent. She interviewed Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Boris Jonhson…want to be the next on the list?;)
Georgia Balogiannis, Editor-in-Chief Metroland Media Toronto
Toronto is a vibrant and diverse city, with so many stories to be told. Do you want to reach the local community? You better get in touch with Georgia Balogiannis. She's an Editor-in-Chief in Metroland Media Toronto. Her favourite topics are Art, Education, Entertainment, Politics, Local News, Sports, Community News. Titbit about Georgia? She was one of the lead editors on an ambitious digital and print project, titled The Millennial Mission. The project examines how post-secondary institutions are preparing millennials for the workforce.
David Nickle, reporter for the Metroland Media Toronto
David Nickle is the author of several novels and numerous short stories. His latest novel, VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination, is available from ChiZine Publications. His novel Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism (to which VOLK is a sequel) was a finalist for the Aurora Award, the Sunburst Award and the Compton Crook Award.
Vancouver media contact list
Vancouver is so famous for being one of the world's "most livable cities" that it's regularly cited as one of the top examples whenever "liveable" cities are discussed. See this is a good opportunity for your brand? See who can cover it. In Vancouver, you may notice two main outlets: The Vancouver Sun Online and Province Online. You'll find more examples in our Vancouver media contact list.
Valerie Casselton, Managing Editor at The Vancouver Sun Online
Specialties: Newsroom leadership & direction of news content. Strategic planning, digital transformation, financial/budget management, professional development and training, interviewing & hiring. Strong editor, writer, communicator and collaborator.
Dan Fumano, Reporter at The Province Online
A reporter for The Province and The Vancouver Sun daily newspapers in Vancouver, BC. He specializes in topics, such as Entertainment, Finance & Banking Services. Recently he wrote an article about the cost of climate change for the city.
Ottawa media contact list
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. Here you will mainly cover political topics. Two examples from our Ottawa media list:
Chris Hannay, Editor The Globe and Mail
Chris Hannay is assistant editor in the Ottawa bureau and creator and author of the daily Politics Briefing newsletter. He describes himself as a "Political journalist during the day. Community builder at night".
Amanda Connolly, Political Reporter, Ottawa at Global Television Network
She covers terrorism and the military for iPolitics, a Canadian website focusing on in-depth coverage of federal politics. Her responsibilities include covering Senate and House of Commons committees, the passage and proposal ofnational security legislation.
Remember about the basics of media relations
Figure out which journalists will be interested in your story and find their contact details by using a database
Leave your team some notes on who's speaking with who about what
Choose a good subject, interesting language (both spoken and written) and be prepared
Make sure you triple-check for any grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes
Make use of a PR CRM to stay in control of your relations with important media contacts
You know who to follow…. but there are many more contacts to communicate with. It's time to reach them. We'll be happy to help!
Get relevant media contacts, organize them in an easy-to-use CRM and pitch effectively with personalization and analytics.
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How to Improve Media Relations – Best & Worse Practices
Magdalena Wosinska
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Lowery, who most recently helmed The Old Man & the Gun starring Robert Redford, will direct the film and produce along with Toby Halbrooks James M. Johnston. A24 is financing with Ley Line and BRON Studios.
There have been two previous adaptations, both of which were written and directed by Stephen Weeks. First, the 1973 film Gawain and the Green Knight, starring Murray Head and Nigel Green, followed by 1984's Sword of the Valiant, with Miles O'Keeffe and Sean Connery.
Lowery's other directorial credits include Pete's Dragon and Ain't Them Bodies Saints. He's repped by WME.


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I know that at the end of my last blog entry I wrote that we were on our way to the Rio Dulce – this being our next stop after Belize. However, I can't remember whether I told you that Rio Dulce [translated as the "Sweet River"] is in Guatemala and is where we are going to stay for this year's hurricane season.
The entrance to the Rio is at Livingston which lies about half way down the small Bay of Honduras and, for many boats, access to the river has to be timed rather carefully because of the sand bar which has a controlling depth of five feet six inches across the river mouth at mean low water. With higher tides, up to an additional eighteen inches is available and as we were travelling with "Matador" and "Beatrice" [both boats having a deeper keel than ours] many a conversation took place about the best date and the best time for the crossing because if one window passes [which lasts for three to four days of tides] then it is usually about two weeks before the next opportunity comes around.
10th June was chosen both for the amount of tide and also the time of high tide because the crossing really needs to be done in daylight i.e. after 6am but also ideally before noon to allow time for clearance in to the country having arrived there. So, the 8.30am high tide on this day was ideal. Both Beatrice and Matador felt their keels slide along the muddy bottom in a couple of places but we all anchored safely and without mishap.
Well, we think its US$50. We know it is if you book it in advance, which some cruisers do, but if you are already "captive" then maybe the price goes up?
The German couple in the "tilted" boat above really didn't have a good morning. After being released by their rescuers they motored round in front of us and started to drop their anchor but the windlass stuck. The poor harassed woman was trying desperately to free it manually and her husband failed to notice that by the time the anchor was actually dropping they had drifted rather close to us. However, because we weren't staying long and they weren't actually sitting on our bow we decided not to bother them further and ask them to move again.
But, at least they dropped their anchor…. something that the catamaran which followed them over the bar failed to do! Having finished watching the goings on on our port side, I faced the opposite way and noticed that the newly arrived Catana [loadsa money] was drifting sideways back towards the bar with no-one on deck but with the anchor still firmly attached to it. I tried to call it up on the radio but had to resort to the fog horn to attract their attention. Two guys popped out of the cabin to see what the fuss was about and walked to the front to check their chain….the look on their faces when they realised they had forgotten to drop the hook was really quite amusing.
Anyway we availed ourselves of Raul's services – using an agent seemingly being the most efficient/effective way of entering Guatemala – and by 10.30am we were free to wander the streets of Livingston to stock up on provisions and to enjoy the local Garífuna speciality – "Tapado".
We had heard about this amazing seafood soup through Maggie who told us that Jenny [Dave and Mag's daughter – for those of you who don't know] had raved about it when she visited here a couple of years ago and we were really pleased we had followed her recommendation – though the Thai prawns which Stu and Steph had were equally delicious.
The Garífuna descended from Caribbean islanders and shipwrecked African slaves and the few thousand of them living in Guatemala are found mainly in and around Livingston. We chatted to one guy who told us that there were two sides to Livingston town – the Garífuna side and the Mayan side and it was fairly clear that he felt that the two cultures remained separate. Unfortunately, we weren't particularly inspired by either side of the town – the most interesting sight during our wander around being the birds [in the photo at the top of this blog post].
The Rio Dulce, on the other hand, is very inspiring.
None of my photographs really capture the spectacular gorge with 300 ft towering cliffs which winds its way for 6 miles to El Gofete, the first lake on the river and our first port of call. All along the journey – which took us about 2 hours – we passed children paddling canoes back from school, fishermen throwing their nets whilst balancing in their canoes and "lanchas" which are a kind of local water taxi service and we listened to the abundant bird life high in the treetops. We hoped that some of the sounds we were hearing were the "howler monkeys" but we were later told that we will have to wait until we visit the mountain regions to find these and that the main sounds on the lower river, other than birds, are the thousands of frogs which set up a chorus at dusk every day.
Although we have booked a berth for the season near the town of Rio Dulce we decided to break the journey and spend some time anchored off the small village of Cayo Quemado at Burnt Key Marina.
We opted not to take a marina berth here because we had plenty of water on board, the electricity supply is not compatible with our system and anchoring in the beautiful sheltered inner lagoon afforded us a little more breeze than being next to the shore. The owner, Mavis, and her staff were extremely welcoming and we spent some pleasant early evenings chewing the cud with various ex-pats from the US, Canada, Australia and NZ. The villagers are also extremely friendly and we bought fresh fruit from this travelling shop….
and also visited some of the riverside Tiendas [stores]….
We stayed at Burnt Key for 10 days and took some lazy dinghy trips around the lagoon waterways….
and visited the restaurant Aqua Caliente named for the hot springs which bubble up from underground making the edge of the river really hot.
What the water temperature is like underground I dread to think – we didn't actually go on the trip to the sauna, after all the weather here means that we are already living in one!
– but most of the time it is sunny and hot, hot, hot.
We were introduced to the local lady who runs the "laundrette" and the washing we took to her came back cleaner than we have had from any machine.
She even returned our laundry bag [a canvas hold all] in pristine condition and charged us just £6.50 [Q80] for two large loads washed, dried and folded. Yes, we have to get used to another currency – the Guatemalan Quetzal. It's actually much easier to use than the US dollar because, as with European currency, the notes come in different sizes and colours which certainly helps after a night out with "Happy Hour" beer at 7Q [55p] or double Rum and Coke for 14Q [£1.10].
Speaking of beer – Mike has recently enjoyed a real pint. OK – it probably wasn't quite" Landlord" standard but it is brewed by a guy from the East End of London [John] who, with his Dutch partner runs the Roundhouse backpackers hostel just down the river from Burnt Key. We had hoped to get a meal there as we had heard great things about the Sunday BBQ. Suppose it serves us right for going on a Thursday but there was no food available. Still we had some great conversation and a few laughs.
So, 21st June arrived and we were on the move again. We chose a very interesting day to leave – i.e. the wind was blowing down the lake straight onto Siga Siga's nose [which it never does] and we had a rainstorm which lasted about half an hour rendering us practically blind which isn't that good when you are somewhere you haven't been before with no charts, lots of fisherman's nets and large logs floating downstream. Fortunately the skies cleared and we completed our three hour run up to Rio Dulce without hitting anything.
There are about ten marinas at or near the town of Rio Dulce which also seems to be known, interchangeably, as Fronteras. The marina at Hacienda Tijax [which you can look at on their website] was recommended to us by Larry and Marlo [Beatrice] who stayed here last year. Its the first marina we have ever visited which offers a welcome drink, provides detailed written information about shopping, security, water treatment, etc, provides a free "lancha" to the town whenever we want it up to about 10pm at night and has created a cruisers lounge, with BBQ, for our use where we can drink our own booze and an excellent swimming pool to keep us cool. First impressions are certainly very favourable…..


Why marketers must transcend the organisation to deliver great customer experience.
Meeting the expectations of customers in the experience economy requires marketers to transcend the entire organisation and make friends with everyone from the IT department to product, compliance and sales teams.
That's the view of marketers from SAP, Airbnb and Uber, who participated in a panel discussion at Marketo's recent Executive breakfast series in Sydney. SAP CMO, Jennifer Arnold, said marketers are now firmly in charge of fostering customer relationships that stretch from initial engagement to ongoing usage and advocacy.
"It's the responsibility of the marketer to get that consistent experience," she told attendees.
To do that, marketing has a part to play across the entire organisation, Uber partners and marketing leader, AJ Tills, said.
"Marketing now transcends the entire organisation," he said. "People talk about the changing role of marketing - marketing has not changed. Ultimately, you still need to build a business around customer, meeting their needs. What has changed is how we engage with them and where we connect with them.
The greater complexity of touchpoints with customers has triggered a need for greater levels of coordination, Tills continued.
This rapid expansion of channels has created more business units, which in turns requires marketers to be more places and become more aligned with other functional departments, agreed Airbnb head of marketing, Benjamin Hallam. In Airbnb's case, this includes community operations, trust and safety and public policy.
READ MOREWhy it's time brands got more 'phygital' with customer experiencePanellists also saw building exception engagement and experiences as a combination of great product, contextual relevance and emotional brand connection. Hallam described customer experience in terms of going to a restaurant.
For Tills, what a brand stands for is important to today's consumers, and that comes through Uber's product experience. "We talk about being customer-led but ultimately product centric. That experience happens when you're out in vehicles," he said, adding marketing is working closely with product development teams to learn and build better experiences in the moment of interaction.
Arnold agreed that while it's important to have great brand experiences, the solution has to meet the customer's needs contextually.
READ MOREIAG CEO: Technology and digital are bolstering customer experience capabilitiesWhen it comes to achieving sustained customer engagement, Arnold said SAP's marketing team has shifted its focus to education and ensuring customers get the most value out of its cloud-based portfolio of products. A big part of achieving this is enabling other parts of the organisation to be brand marketers too.
It's also important to look at where customers may be tomorrow in order to keep providing great experiences, Tills said. He cited Uber's integration with restaurant booking app, Dimmi and Google Maps as examples. "That requires us to keep the customer front of mind and to remain as close to them as possible," he said.
Hallam stressed the importance of investment and testing new areas. "Make sure there is money set aside to test new areas, channels and platforms to get those learnings," he advised.


Pancakes are a Hungarian favourite, whether stuffed with dried fruit, nuts and orange zest or, like these, filled with beef and topped by a rich sauce.
Whether homemade or bought, set your pancakes aside in a warm place.
Heat the oil in a medium frying pan and fry the crushed garlic for a minute. Add the beef mince, soy sauce and worcestershire sauce; season. Brown the meat well. Drain the juices into another pan, then stir the sour cream in with the meat.
Place 2–3 tbsp meat mixture in the centre of a pancake. Fold up the pancake at both ends and roll it up to make it about the size of a pack of cards. Keep warm.
Stir the paprika into the meat juices in the second pan. Beat the sour cream together with the flour, and slowly add over a low heat to make a rich pink sauce. Dissolve the stock cube in 150ml water and add to the sauce with the sugar, clove and thyme. The paprika will need 10–15 minutes over a low heat to amalgamate properly. Season.
Finally, remove the clove. Serve the pancakes with the sauce ready to pour over them, and with the green pepper on the side as a garnish.


Traveling with your kids is always fun and is one of the best travel experience you will ever have. But there is no guarantee that your trip will be hassle-free one. To have a relaxed vacation you should maintain a balance between activities and rest time. Kids can get uncontrollable and cranky in new places, so pay attention to their needs and mood swings. To help all the parents planning a family trip, we have come up with some tips that will be definitely useful for your vacation.
When we travel solo or as a couple we always try to pack light, but with kids, it's definitely tough. There are certain things which you cannot travel with like wet wipes, diapers, and bottles. Pack your bag a week before your trip as there is a possibility to forget certain things in the last minute rush. It is better to create a list of essentials needed for your journey. It will definitely be a mess if you run out of diapers at the much needed moment.
Better safe than sorry. It is ideal to book a cozy and spacious hotel if you are traveling with your kids. Always pick a hotel that is located in a populated area and near to major tourist attraction spots. This will save your energy, time and money. Moreover, kids won't make a fuss for traveling frequently. One of the best things about budget hotels is that you can stay with your family at a decent price with best family deals and offers.
While traveling with your family, you have to understand one thing you cannot cram too many activities in a single day. You should give time for your kids to explore the places at their own pace. The less you stress about the trip, the more you can enjoy with your family. Plan your itinerary with time allotted for pit stops, nap time, and snack breaks. By this way, you can avoid your kids getting grumpy.
With the change in climate, children are prone to health issues than adults. So there is a huge possibility for kids to get sick during the vacation. Take the vaccines that are due to your kids before the trip itself. By this way, you can keep them safe from diseases. Pack warm clothes and shoes for your toddlers to keep them comfortable. Plan your trip only after considering the weather of the place you are visiting.
Most of the kids get thrilled traveling in public transports like bus and train. So avoid cars and travel in public transports whenever possible. This will also keep your children occupied with the new scenery unfolding before them. Your kids can also socialize with new people and learn new things. Moreover, you will not get worked up with driving your car and it is economical as well.
Whether the kids are eating less healthy or jet-lagged, they always seem to get sick on vacations. To avoid this, pack antibiotics and other medications prescribed by the doctor for your baby. Other than this also pack the first-aid box as the children are more prone to scratches or wounds during vacation times. Also keep antiseptic wipes, hand Sanitizers, and thermometer as a backup.
If your journey period is long, have a collection of stuffed toys, board games, and puzzles which you can give to your kids. By doing this you can keep them engaged and happy. If your children are old enough to read a book, pack some comics for them which they will definitely enjoy. Encourage your kids to maintain a travel journal where they can draw or write about the things they have tried so far.
Kids have the tendency to get hungry at odd hours, so always pack some healthy snacks whenever you are traveling somewhere. Avoid sweets instead pack savory snacks like breadsticks and fruits. Even adults get excited by thinking about food, why not kids? The kids will not scream, kick or get upset when they are eating their favorite food. So a big thumbs up for snacks.
If you have a toddler or infant, another must-have item is a baby backpack. Pack all the goodies that a baby needs like diapers, wet wipes, feeding bottles, baby blanket and extra clothes. Keep this bag handy as you cannot access your main luggage each time. By doing this your baby is happy and you are also happy.
Every time you plan a trip, remember this Golden Rule: Say yes to disposable bags! This is very useful to dispose used diapers, dirty napkins and also to pack soiled baby clothes. This will keep your unused clothes fresh without any sour odor. Moreover, you can pack light snacks in the bags for your children.
Abinaya Kannan is an engineering graduate from Chennai. She is currently working as the Content Writer & Media Coordinator in Ulo Hotels (www.ulohotels.com). She likes traveling and loves to write about Travel & Leisure.


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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is discounting accusations of sexual misconduct against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, telling voters not to support his "liberal" rival.
Six women have accused the Republican Moore of pursuing romantic relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was an assistant district attorney in his 30s. Two have accused him of assault or molestation. Moore has denied the allegations.


Half of IHF's mission is to educate the poor and the other half is to educate the world about the poor. Our vision is to strive for a world of leaders and citizens who have interacted with, and are truly knowledgeable about the world's poor. IHF has six education centers and childrens' homes; in Indonesia; Aceh, Medan, Jakarta and Bali, one in Chiang Rai, Thailand and one in Nakuru, Kenya. We are almost entirely run by volunteers; to volunteer with IHF is not only a chance to help children in need, but to see the running of an organisation from the inside and to help ensure that money donated goes where it is needed most, directly to the children. We have a variety of volunteering programs varying in duration, responsibility and price, email [email protected] for more info.


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Canadian Speed Skater Kevin Frost
At Hear See Hope, we love to see extraordinary stories about those living with Usher's syndrome.
Meet Canadian speed skater Kevin Frost, who is one of those stories! Kevin has Olympic ambitions and there are only two things in his way — Usher Syndrome and the International Paralympic Committee's failure to recognize deafblind speed skating as a sport. Kevin's passion for the speed skating and his drive to succeed have rallied his community around him in support of his bid to get deafblind speed skating recognized as a Paralympic sport and to be one of the first to compete. Watch this video about him, and his efforts to live not just an ordinary life, but an extraordinary one! Visit his website at www.deafblindspeedskater.com for more about Kevin today!

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Like a lot of people I have always found it difficult to stick to a skincare routine but over the past 6 months I've definitely improved. I never used to have any problems with my skin, apart from it being dry, but over the past year it's definitely gotten worse and I've been getting so many breakouts and spots so I've been determined to find some products that work for me. My routine will often change a lot depending on whether I'm trying out any products to review but generally this is what it is on an everyday basis. I didn't think I had enough to say about the products I use at night so I just included them in this post as well!
I reviewed this product that the team at Monu kindly sent over to me to review back in March and ever since then I've been using it most days. It's recommended for those with dry or sensitive skin and my dry skin needs all the help it can get, I love it because it leaves my skin feeling refreshed and also soft. When it says it is delicate as well it really does mean it, I've never had a problem with this being harsh on my skin! It's not a inexpensive highstreet face wash but it really does leave my skin feeling super soft so I'll definitely have a hard time deciding whether to restock it once I've run out.
This is more of a recent and affordable addition to my morning routine, as I said before my skin is quite dry and my makeup never sits right unless I regularly exfoliate so I use this every other day. Most of the exfoliators I've tried in the past though have been way too harsh to use that often but I haven't found that to be the case with this. This is really gentle on my skin but it also leaves it feeling smooth and refreshed, my makeup always glides on easily after I've used this!
This is both a new addition to my skincare routine and the Witch skincare range, you'll see when I talk about my nighttime products that I love the night version of this so when I saw that they were bringing out a daytime one I had to try it. It has completely lived up to my expectations as well, not only does it help to keep my skin clear but it is also a makeup primer. It is a serum so you really don't need much of it and it sinks into my skin so quickly leaving it feeling soft, moisturised and ready for makeup. I've honestly been so impressed by this and would really recommend it.
Last month I reviewed the new Elemis Biotec range after they kindly sent me the products to try out and as you can see 2 of them have made it into my everyday skincare routine. This is the first one, the day cream, and if you've read my review then you'll know that I really like this. Two products inside combine to create a moisturising and energising day cream, it is targeted more towards older people but I find it benefits my young skin really well. Before I used this I often found that my skin felt really dry by the time the afternoon came around but now since I added it into my routine I've found that my skin feels soft all day.
At the end of last year I was sent over some of the Eloquence products to try out and review, they were a new brand to me and there are several products that I regularly use from them still but it's the eye gel that I haven't put down since. I'm very close now to having to cut the product open to get the last few drops out as I've been using it so much! My under eye area has always been very dry but I've noticed a huge difference since I started using this, it's been about 6 months now and it's really improved my skin. I notice it most when I apply concealer, it glides on a lot easier and looks better now. Unfortunately it isn't the cheapest of products but I'm not sure I can be without it now!
Now onto my night time skincare routine! To remove my makeup I use this micellar water, I switch between this and a few others a lot but I always come back to this one mainly because you get more in a bottle compared to the L'Oreal one! I find it easily removes all my makeup, including stubborn waterproof mascara and anything that it doesn't remove my Monu face wash takes care of. I also really like the Garnier one as you can get it in a travel sized version which is great for travelling!
I won't ramble on about this product for too long as it is pretty similar to the day version, this is the one that made me love Witch skincare though. This is definitely thicker and more moisturising than the day one as obviously it has all night to work it's magic. Whenever I have really bad spots I apply this and even as quick as the next day I find that my skin has improved slightly, often within a few days my spots are well on their way to clearing up thanks to this! If you get a lot of stubborn spots then I would really recommend both this and the newer day time version.
Finally at night the last product I use is the night version of the Elemis day cream that I mentioned earlier. They are both very similar in that two products are combined inside whereas this one definitely feels thicker and heavier. It does take a while to sink in so I wouldn't lay down straight away after applying it but I think that the thick consistency helps to leave my skin feeling soft and moisturised by the morning. In reality you could easily find something similar on the highstreet for a much cheaper price but for now I'm really enjoying having a little bit of luxury in my routine!
I love Garnier Micellar water to take off my make up, I've tried the oil based one and that is great for my dry skin. I love using No7 and Clarins skincare.


Pokemon GO Week Ending 01/13/19 - New Catches, Hatches And Evolutions And January Community Day - Mom Knows It All.
This was an eventful week playing Pokemon GO. I caught a relatively newly released Pokemon and a new shiny. I got not one but two Sinnoh stones, meaning I got to do 2 evolutions. And I participated in January 2019 Community Day. Here's the highlights from the past week, ending January 13.
While getting my hair done I noticed a silhouette on my Pokemon GO tracker. Seeing a silhouette in the tracker instead of a Pokemon means it's a Pokemon you haven't seen or caught yet. Being a fish I knew it had to be Finneon, who I'd been looking for for about a week already. This resulted in a nice little search, because frankly I'm impatient and wanted to catch him. Finneon (#456) is a Gen 4 Water type Pokemon. He is very handsome.
I also caught a shiny Pinsir in the wild. Pinsir (#127) is a Gen 1 Bug type Pokemon originally found in the Kanto region. Pinsir is usually brown and I really like the purple color of the shiny version.
I finally got another Sinnoh stone! I got this one for completing research. After going through my Pokedex and looking at the possible evolutions I could do with this stone, I chose to evolve my Togetic into its Gen 4 form Togekiss.
Togepi (#175) is a Gen 2 Fairy Pokemon originally found in the Johto region. It evolves into Togetic (#176) with 25 candies. Togetic is a Fairy and Flying type Pokemon. Togetic evolves into Togekiss (#468) with 100 candies and a Sinnoh stone. Togekiss is a Fairy and Flying type Pokemon from Gen 4.
I happened to get a second Sinnoh stone this week. I was challenged to a PVP dual. I lost and received the stone as a consolation prize. I chose to evolve Gligar with it.
Gligar (#207) is a Ground and Flying type Pokemon originally found in the Johto region (Gen 2). Gligar evolves into Gliscor with a Sinnoh stone. Gliscor (#472) is a Gen 4 Ground and Flying type Pokemon.
This month's Community Day featured Totodile. Totodile (#158) is a Gen 2 Water type Pokemon originally found in the Johto region. For Community Day, which fell on a Saturday, we went Downtown. It was a very brisk 34 degrees. While it was cold, it thankfully wasn't windy or precipitating. Pokemon GO Community Day lasts for 3 hours. We spent about 2 of them outdoors walking, I couldn't do more because my foot was really starting to hurt. I caught a good amount of totodile, including 5 shinies. This month's Community Day also featured 4x Incubator effectiveness, which means eggs only took 1/4 of the time they usually take to hatch. I hatched every egg I had. While it was nice to have a good amount of hatches in that short time, none of them yielded anything new or super exciting.
Totodile evolves into Croconaw with 25 candies. Croconaw (#159) is a Gen 2 Water type Pokemon. I evolved one of my shiny Totodiles into a shiny Croconaw.
Croconaw evolves into Feraligatr with 100 candies. Feraligatr (#160) is a Gen 2 Water type Pokemon originally found in the Johto region. I evolved one of my shiny Totodiles into a shiny Feraligatr.
Do you play Pokemon GO? How was your week? Did you participate in this month's Community Day?


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Russia arrests 14 alleged members of REvil ransomware gang
Russia's domestic intelligence service announced a special operation campaign against the notorious criminal ransomware group, REvil, Friday. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian authorities raided 25 addresses, resulting in the arrest of 14 individuals and seizure of more than $1 million worth of assets: 426 million rubles, $600,000, 500,000 euros, computer equipment, crypto wallets and 20 luxury cars.
Russia, Jan.14, 2022: FSB officer checks laptop of a detained hacker. At request of the U.S., FSB detains a group of hackers who sent ransomware viruses.
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The Russia-based REvil gang has waged a spate of high-profile attacks on major U.S. and international companies, including the July 4 attack on software company Kaseya and a May ransomware attack on JBS USA, the world's largest meat processing company.
Earlier this year, REvil reportedly demanded $50 million from Apple ahead of its product launch after hacking one of its suppliers, Quanta Computer. Associates of the criminal ransomware group have been linked to the May shut down of Colonial Pipeline, the nation's largest oil producer.
The FSB's announcement came as Ukraine scrambled to respond to a cyber attack shutting down its public-facing government websites, including the homepage for the Foreign Ministry, which temporarily displayed a message warning Ukrainians to "be afraid and expect the worst." Ukraine's security service said, Friday, "there are some signs of involvement [by] hacker groups associated with the Russian secret services."
The FSB claimed those arrested Friday, had "developed malicious software and organized the theft of funds from the bank accounts of foreign citizens and cashed them out, including by purchasing expensive goods on the Internet."
"As a result of the joint actions of the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the organized criminal group ceased to exist," the statement boasted.
The White House acknowledged, Friday, that one of the hackers arrested had been involved in the Colonial Pipeline incident.
"We understand that one of the individuals who was arrested today was responsible for the attack against Colonial Pipeline last spring," a senior administration official briefed reporters, Friday. "We're committed to seeing those conducting ransomware attacks against Americans brought to justice."
The FSB also handed out footage depicting agents raiding homes, tackling suspects to the floor, handcuffing individuals with blurred-out faces and sorting through stacks of Russian rubles.
Suspected REvil hacker Roman Muromsky, 33, has been detained following the raids, though it's unclear if the former leader of cybercriminal gang EvilCorp appears in the handout video.
Moscow's Tverskoi District Court has placed the Muromsky, a Russian national suspected of illegal trafficking of means of payment, in custody for two months.
"The court has granted the motion from the investigation to select two-month custody until March 13 as a measure of restraint for Roman Gennadyevich Muromsky," court spokesperson Kseniya Rozina said Friday. The court has also jailed Andrei Bessonov, Russian news agencies reported, Friday.
But Russia won't extradite to the U.S. those members of the REvil hacker group who have Russian citizenship, a knowledgeable source told Interfax Friday.
"The law of the Russian Federation prohibits extradition of Russian citizens to a foreign state," the source said, without specifying whether all the detained hackers were Russian nationals.
In their statement, the FSB said Friday's investigation came at "the request of competent US authorities," who were later "informed about the results of the operation."
The U.S.-Russia collaboration marks a bright spot in an otherwise tense moment for the two countries, following a week of failed diplomatic efforts to curb Russia's military buildup bordering on Ukraine. As Ukraine's communication intelligence service responds to the cyberattacks targeting as many as 70 of its websites, U.S. and Ukrainian officials tell CBS News that the Kremlin is actively preparing the battlefield by using information warfare.
"These arrests are another example of the significant actions taken by the United States to curb the multifaceted extortion crisis. Threat actors are reevaluating whether they should continue their criminal activities in light of the arrests and indictments," Charles Carmakal, SVP and CTO of Mandiant told CBS News.
"Still, the timing is strange here," Ken Westin, Director of Security Strategy for Cybereason cautioned, in an interview with CBS News. The Russian-led raids "could be a smokescreen or red herring."
"Taking down a ransomware leader is like cutting the head off a hydra," Westin added. "New leaders will step in to fill the void. The relationship between ransomware gangs and Russian APT groups are well known and the true actors behind these groups will continue to operate with impunity."
On Thursday, prior to public reports of the Russian-led REvil operation, U.S. Secret Service cyber chief Jeremy Sheridan told the Washington Post that ransomware criminal actors often mature, evolve or adjust, reappearing under different facades.
"With these small groups working with illicit exchanges, there's an expression that a colleague of mine uses," Sheridan said. "It's the same 200 people chasing the same 200 people. There are certainly the influx of new actors in this space. But a lot of times what we see with a new variant or a new cyberattack, it's the same developers who have just changed their technology to some degree."
Last summer, the State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the identification or location of key REvil group leaders.
In November, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced seizure of more than $6 million in cryptocurrency after REvil leader and Russian national Yevgeniy Igorevich Polyanin, scooped up $13 million from ransomware victims. The suspected "author" of the REVIL ransomware, Polyanin, has been charged with 14 counts of conspiracy to commit fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, and money laundering.
CBS News has reached out to the Department of Justice, FBI and National Security Council for comment.
Margaret Brennan, Arden Farhi, Dan Patterson and Rob Legare contributed to this report.
Nicole Sganga
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We had an odd problem with Mysql the other day (v. 4.0 - RHEL3 up2date).
Our web site stopped responding.
We logged in, and checked our log files.
2.too late to check dmesg.
if it were in use and running properly.
hop into the mysql console, but it froze when you did "use database_name;"
at this point mysql was restarted, and operations resumed as normal.
What type of things should I be looking for to prevent this?
I found why our mysql server crashed the other day.
"060311 10:06:01 Error in accept: Too many open files"
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Q: 'DJI.WindowsSDK.DJISDKManager' threw an exception I recently downloaded the most recent DJI Windows SDK (2.0) in hopes to update my DLLs and be able to move forward with the new SDK. I can build the project but when I try to execute my app, it errors with the following:
'DJI.WindowsSDK.DJISDKManager' threw an exception. - Inner Exception.
FileNotFoundException: The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)

I've re-pulled the repo, using both Visual Studio 2017 and the 2019 Preview, I then tried the sample SDK and got the same error. I'm currently on Windows Build 17763.292. Is there something I'm missing? Anyone else with similar issues?
Thanks!

A: First thing to check is your references; here's mine from a working project:
Solution References
Note my project uses JSON, so you may ignore the Newtonsoft NUGET. Also note the DJIWindowsWrapper reference is to the winmd file. Your project will probably build fine without this reference (mine does), but won't run.

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Over the past year and a half, I've worked with other community leaders to establish Infuse Great Lakes Bay, an organization committed to connect capital to community revitalization projects in our region. Having worked in construction, community development, and project finance throughout my career, I've long had a vision for a true collaborative effort across our region to make our urban spaces more attractive to investors, developers, and talent, both internally and externally.
Thanks to many like-minded people from throughout our region, Infuse Great Lakes Bay will contribute to making that vision reality.
…and have loved it even before it had the name. I grew up north of Bay City, but I got to know the region early in life, thanks to my grandfather's love of day trips.
Some of my most vivid memories as a very young child are eating frog legs at the Schuch Hotel in Old Town Saginaw, discovering my inner nerd at the Midland Center for the Arts, rifling through knick-knacks at Czuba's Store, and buying candy at Rau's Country Store in Frankenmuth. I got my first great look at the region when Grandpa Wayne took me to look over the side of the Zilwaukee Bridge the day it opened.
I remember these and many other PLACES vividly. Unfortunately, some of them no longer exist.
If there is anything I'd like to leave in the way of a legacy, it would be to save existing PLACES and build new ones in our Region.
Brain Drain. It's a problem we're very familiar with in Michigan, especially from our experience in the 2000s. "Last one out of Michigan, turn out the lights." Remember that?
Fortunately, things are looking brighter.
That said, what keeps me up at night is something similar, but different—Capital Flight. Income is important, but wealth is what drives reinvestment in communities.
Make no mistake, our region has wealth. Our region is extremely fortunate to have a strong base of corporate leaders, philanthropic organizations, and community benefactors that INVEST.
However, when I'm lying awake at night, my mind envisions a conveyor belt. On the conveyor is the wealth within our region leaving as previous generations pass, heading to those who have left the region to make their lives elsewhere. It's a crude image, I know.
But, what if we created an environment where it pays to invest in the redevelopment of our region? If we align talents, networks and resources to get the best return-on-investment for such projects? If we helped corporations and individuals to utilize tools like Historic Tax Credits, New Markets Tax Credits, and Opportunity Zone funds to keep our wealth here?
What we would do is build value here. What we would do is INVEST in projects that raise all boats—property values, municipal revenues, investor returns, and the availability of talent.
June 22, 2018 was a great day for Saginaw and the Great Lakes Bay Region. I had the privilege to watch Dean Emerson and other leaders from SVRC Industries cut the ribbon on the SVRC Marketplace at the former Saginaw News Building.
If you've visited, you know what a transformative project it has been.
Having been involved in the project from nearly the beginning, I saw first-hand the challenges associated with such an ambitious project. The complexities and risk of pulling off such a redevelopment are significant and our region owes a debt of gratitude to SVRC Industries for making the investment.
I hope that Infuse Great Lakes Bay can make similar developments possible by helping our region INVEST in itself, creating great PLACES like SVRC Marketplace, big and small.
I hope Infuse Great Lakes Bay helps create memories like the ones from my childhood, for my family and yours.


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Q: Screen resolution error with none borderstyle form I am using a form that FormBorderStlye property is none for RoundedRactangle form and I'm using some images. But I have a problem. I know why but don't know how to solve it. The reason of the problem is Formborderstyle is none. When I opened my Width: 1200, Height: 800 Form on a 800x600 screen it's deletes my form's outside parts.I really need immediate help.
let me be more specific,I created a new form,I set the Borderstyle to none.on 1366x768 screen resulotion displaying like this.
http://imageupload.org/en/file/180618/ss.jpg.html
but when I change my screen resulotion to 800x600 outside of the form is being deleted.you see there is not any 'button2' on my form.
http://imageupload.org/en/file/180624/ss-2.jpg.html
Thanks in advance.
The images at the  bottom of site,first image loading slow because of its size.you need to wait until image completely load for seeing it in orginal size.I uploaded it another site because of my reputation wasn't enough to upload stackoverflow

A: Why even try and explicitly set the size? Aren't you just trying to achieve the effect of having it fill the screen?
Any reason you can't just set

Form.WindowState = FormWinddowState.Maximised


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Jody Watley Warms Up Our 'Winter Nights'
February 26, 2020 | 4:00 pm
In this modern climate, artists have to find ways to keep relevant and get their music heard. Our girl Jody Watley knows the deal and has taken advantage of the ever-changing landscape in our playlist culture by offering up myriad singles and EPs. That includes the release of her latest effort, the Winter Nights EP.
Winter Nights sets the mood to offset the chill of winter with "Winter Nights (Prelude)," a piano-driven instrumental that's warm and inviting. It's quickly followed by the Alex Di Ciò remix of her and SRL's newest single "Weigh On Me." The song has an airy and ambient feel thanks to the mellow mix and the silky vocals. While those attributes definitely draw you in, the song's message about being there to take the weight of their lover's problems that really makes the track stick with you.
Rounding out the rest of the EP are Alex's remixes of two of Jody's lesser-known gems, "Skin Deep" and "Candlelight." The former extends the silky groove of the original, making it extra warm and sensual. "Candlelight," meanwhile, is changed from a neo-soul groove into a strutting track perfect for dancing the night away. The short-but-sweet set then ends just as it began with quick reprise of the opening prelude.
When announcing the release of Winter Nights, the singer also intimated the possibility of future seasonally themed EPs coming in the future. With the vibe she's conjured on this one, we really hope Jody Watley makes good on her promise.
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WFP Food Assistance Reaches 26,500 People Caught In Conflict In South Kordofan
Khartoum/Kadugli
16 June, 2011 (WFP)
Food assistance from the United Nations World FoodProgramme (WFP) has reached more 26,500 people fleeing fighting in Sudan's South Kordofan state. Conflict however continues to hinder WFP's efforts to reach more people uprooted by the violence.
This week WFP completed the distribution of a seven-day food ration to 8,500 people who have been sheltering in the vicinity of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) compound in the South Kordofan capital of Kadugli, following the recent upsurge in conflict.
Due to ongoing insecurity, WFP has been prevented from reaching its warehouse in Kadugli, which is stocked with 620 metric tons of food.In order to meet the emergency food needs of those displaced, WFP routed 5 trucks carrying 300 metric tons of food from its warehouse in El Obeid towards the UNMIS compound where the food distribution was organised for 8,500 people.
Another 3,000 displaced people in Heiban received a 15-day full ration on 11 June and 4,000 displaced people in Kauda also received a 15-day full ration on Sunday 12 June. WFP staff as well as staff from UNMIS and other organizations also distributed food to 11,000 displaced people in the town of Talodi in South Kordofan on Tuesday 14 June.
WFP is working with all partners to find alternative routes to deliver food assistance to those who fled to remote areas.
Before the conflict began, WFP was providing food assistance to some 400,000 people in South Kordofan through a mix of initiatives including school feeding, food for training, food for work and food for recovery. With the ongoing conflict, WFP is focusing mainly on those affected by violence and in need of emergency food assistance.
WFP has relocated 34 of its 39 staff serving in South Kordofan due to the deteriorating security situation in Kadugli and elsewhere in thestate.
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Have you also noticed the teeth gnashing in intellectual circles? Just check out serious magazines like The New Yorker, Scientific American and The Economist. They're all talking about how we're not half as logical as we think we are. And with good reason. The pile of research about the subject is getting bigger by the day.
There is cognitive dissonance. This says that if we hold two beliefs that are contradictory, we'll distort one of them until they once more get along. Often – like I discussed in my article 3 Big Mental Mistakes – we prefer distorting the evidence rather than our dearly held beliefs.
Then you've got the confirmation bias. It makes us disregard evidence that contradicts our position while paying extra attention to the stuff that confirms it. Heck, we even forget events that contradict our held beliefs!
As if that wasn't enough, there is the backfire effect. Here when you show people evidence that their core beliefs hold no water, they don't change their minds. Instead, they come to believe more strongly in their original positions.
Is the house on fire? Are we at war? Is there an earthquake? Quick, what do I do first, grab my work laptop or wake my girlfriend? As I chide myself for thinking that (what can I say, protecting one's words is a writer's knee-jerk reaction) the nails-on-chalkboard sound comes again.
It shreds the last cobwebs of sleep. With a groan, I slump back onto my pillow.
It's just the Colombians returning. You'll always know when that happens. The older sister will always unfailingly remind you how funny she thinks everything is. She greets even the most mundane pronouncement with pearls of laughter.
Don't get me wrong, that's a great attitude during the day. It is a great deal harder to appreciate at 3 o'clock, though, when behind closed eyelids you were having tea with the Mad Hatter.


there was a estimated population of 6,000 baiji, today there may be as few as two or three. But that is the thing, there may, people have given up on the baiji because they believe it is functionally extinct. This website is to try and find some people that would like to help me to try and find and save the last remaining baiji, i am going to the yangtze river basin probably next year although the exact date is not confirmed yet, this is the last chance, is we can get a small group of people together to try and find the last few we could save this magnificent species. If you are intrested to try and help in anyway whatsoever please email me at Savethebaiji@hotmail.co.uk.


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How defenders of slavery mothballed a constitutional right
2010, March 29 - 17:22 — openeyes
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
When it comes to complexity, The First Amendment is rivaled perhaps only by the 14th Amendment. There are voluminous bodies of law attached to a number of brief clauses; non-establishment of religion by law, free exercise of religion, free speech, freedom of the press, and the freedom of assembly. Any one of those clauses have been the subject of many important court rulings.
Then there is this odd clause at the very end - to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. It's rarely discussed in legal treatises and there are precious few cases where the "Petition Clause" is at issue.
"Petitioning the government" may sound like formal language for any act of what we might call "lobbying" today. But petitioning was more than that.
From precolonial days until just before the U.S. Civil War, petitioning was a particular formal procedure that was commonly used by citizens and groups to make their wishes known, especially to legislative bodies, with the expectation that the request would be taken up on the agenda and considered on its merits. In other words, ordinary people introduced the equivalent of "bills" to be debated in legislatures and either passed in law or not. This is not the same as modern initiatives and referenda, which are subject to a public vote and pass or fail without legislative deliberation, although some states do allow for "initiatives to the legislature." However, in the heyday of petitioning, a single individual could petition the legislature, and that individual's request would be considered.
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Interview with Joe Toscano, Anarchist Media Institute
2010, March 11 - 16:25 — isocr
Dr. Joe Toscano, of the Anarchist Media Institute, is a well-known libertarian activist. A medical practitoner and surgeon, he has run the Anarchist World radio show on 3CR since 1977 and producted a weekly newsletter, the Anarchist Age Review, since 1991. He was a chief organiser of the 1986 Australian Anarchist Centenary Celebrations. One of the most prominent recent campaigns he has been involved in is founding and promoting "Defend and Extend Medicare", Australia's public health system, through decentralised community groups. The groups attracted not only the criticism of the government's health minister (and now opposition leader) as well as briefing papers on the activists by "a senior intelligence official".
The Isocracy Network raised a number of questions with Joe, which he responded en bloc Firstly Joe, thank you for agreeing to be interviewed on The Isocracy Network. Can you give our readers a brief background on your own activities and that of the Anarchist Media Institute? You're an anarchist, you are not enrolled to vote, and yet you stand as a candidate for Federal parliamentary elections and as the Lord Mayor for Melbourne. You have probably received some criticism, both by from fellow anarchists and from mainstream politicians. Why do you do this? Politically, you've advocated delegative and direct rather representative and indirect democracy, and collective rather than representative decision-making. A serious criticism of this model is that majorities can - and often do - oppress minorities. What are the limits of collective action in your view? What about economically models of organisation? What is your perspectives on anarchist economic organisations, such as mutualism, or commonwealth approaches, such as Georgism? Finally, what are the priorities of activity for an politically-involved anarchist today?
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Anarchism vs Isocracy vs Democracy
2010, March 1 - 01:58 — tagiew
This short text is about the differences between anarchism, isocracy and democracy. Anarchism means the absence of any kind of public commitments. In democracy and Isocracy, we have public commitments. In democracy which means rule of the nation, you need to belong to a nation, if you want to have a share of political power. The size of this share is not defined. A CEO of a big company has significantly more power than his cleaning lady. Now back to the isocracy which might mean equal power. In isocracy, nobody may dream about the romantic idea of having significantly more power.
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All Politicians Are Unrepresentative Swill
1. The Australian Senate Example and the Upcoming Debate
The St. James Centre for Ethics will be holding a debate next April on whether the Australian Senate is "unrepresentative swill". The colourful phrase was coined by former Prime Minister Paul Keating, an individual rather well known for his such aphorisms and it is usually meant to be taken to refer to the rather strange and archiac determination of Senate membership. A rather impressive line-up has been prepared for the event, including Senator Bob Brown, Simon Sheik, Annabel Crabb, Dr Peter Van Onselen.
As a federation where each colony of white invaders demanded equality, all states are entitled to the same number of Senators, regardless of size. New South Wales, with a population of 7 million, has the same number of representatives as Tasmania, population 500,000. The Senate acts as a conservative force as well; with half the Senate being elected at each term laws are not just subject to vagaries of the popular opinion of a time, but rather subject to the vagaries of previous opinion as well. As such the Senate is often described as "the State's house" and "the house of review".
With multimember constituencies, the Senate is elected by Hare-Clark proportional representation, compared with the single-transferable vote system for the House of Representatives. In the former, the percentage of vote equates with the number of seats won, with excess distributed according to preference. In the latter, a single representative constituency, the candidate who is first to receive 50%+1 of the vote is elected.
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The Virginian People's Assembly: Call and Report
2010, February 6 - 14:23 — Dean
From the VPA's "Read the Call"
On Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, hundreds of activists from the labor, civil rights, immigrant, prisoner advocacy, student, health, anti-war movements & more
will meet & march & rally to tell the new governor & the Virginia General Assembly:
(1) Don't balance the budget on the backs of Virginia's workers!
(2) Raise Virginia's income tax on large corporations – the 2nd lowest in the country!
(3) Enact an immediate moratorium on layoffs, cutbacks, evictions & foreclosures!
(4) No scapegoating of immigrants! Equality for people of color, women & the LGBT community!
(5) Money for jobs & education, not for prisons, wars & occupations!
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, the Virginia General Assembly will open its 2010 session. We'll have a new governor, but the same old problem: the state budget has been hit hard by the recession, resulting in rising unemployment and steep losses in income tax and sales tax revenue. Already, $7 billion has been cut from the present two-year budget. Sometime in December, outgoing Gov. Tim Kaine will unveil his proposal for the state's next two-year budget. That document will be the basis for discussion at the General Assembly - and it will be chock-full of layoffs and cutbacks that will hurt all working people, coming down hardest on people of color and women.
Of course, there will be arguments about how to carry out the cuts, but one thing that all politicians of both major parties agree on is that the only way to balance the state budget is to lay off state workers, cut needed social services and aid to the cities and counties and find a million-and-one other ways to squeeze the hides of Virginia's working people.
Meanwhile, all the politicians will try their very best to ignore this one simple fact: VIRGINIA
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Tearing Down the Australian Internet Firewall
2010, January 18 - 15:41 — isocr
The justified basis of censorship is the claim that the exposure of certain content can alter mental structures and, in particular, judgement. This is particularly the case concerning individual and group defamation and, in neurological development, those with pre-adolescent brain development. Another basis is simply the assertion of censorship simply through the political ability to do so. Independent organisations, from church newsletters to newspapers to academic journals, of course do this all the time; they decide what content is or isn't appropriate. As systematically independent organisations, this too has justification.
The proposed Australian censorship regime however falls into a different category. This is not a question of an independent organisation (despite the desire of some to treat governance in a corporate manner, a sort of Australia Inc), it is of a general application. It is a universal moral claim, founded in nothing but emotivism and the blunt use of political power. In the case of the proposed Australian censorship the argument is simply that certain content is unsuitable for adult citizens to view. Of course, this is couched in terms of "protecting families", but given the failure (from the State's perspective) of voluntary mass adoption of Net Alert, a mandatory regime has been proposed. When Net Alert was initially proposed there were suggestions to introduce it on an ISP-level, but it was subject to technical problems and in December 2008 it was shut-down.
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2009, December 13 - 13:05 — lev.lafayette
A Difficult Problem
The issue of climate change and the social policies to deal with it is an area where science and politics and the global distribution of wealth have come into enormous conflict. Already it seems that the 15th Annual Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cophenhagen is struggling to generate a legal binding to extend the Kyoto Protocol.
Even basic discussion on the matter requires some knowledge of atmospheric physics, comparisons with paleoclimatological data, population and resource analysis and, in making practical decisions, economics and international relations. This review of core facts is pessimistic that the appropriate action will be taken, especially due to the politicisation of the science.
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Fear or hope. Or the Geopolitics of Emotion.
2009, November 28 - 20:25 — airiefairie
Political science offers various explanations about the complex relationships and the conflicts around the world. According to some analysis the tensions between countries, or regions, or entire continents are mostly caused by economic inequality. According to others, the main reason are the religious and cultural differences. In this context, the analysis by Dominique Moisi in a book called "The Geopolitics of Emotion" is a challenging, interesting and unusual work. He sees the current conflicts and trends through the prism of three emotions - fear, humiliation, and hope. The founder of the French Institute of International Relations believes that the political dynamics of the modern world can be properly explained only if we understand human emotions. And they, just like cholesterol, can be both good or bad...what really matters is the balance between them.
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Of State Borders, Wars and Refugees
2009, November 20 - 14:13 — lev.lafayette
The fact that communities have always had policies concerning the movement of people into the lands held by that community should surprise nobody with even a modicum of understanding of anthropology and history. True, there are some rugged individuals who dream of a past or of a future, where one can simply wander with absolute freedom wherever they should like and perhaps many of these are well intention with a desire to interact with nature in solitude. But terra nullius was, and is, a fiction; the principle of freedom of movement is one that must be negotiated and balanced with present occupiers and their claims of jurisdiction. It must be acknowledged that capital will always be more likely to have greater freedom of movement than labour, for capital itself is not a moral actor. With technological and systematic development, such borders have developed from vague marchlands often defined by natural boundaries (forest, river, mountains) to very specific and precise designations, controlling both the movement of people and also the movement of animals, plants, and goods, not to mention the opportunity for rulers to acquire lucre through visa charges, excises and duties.
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De-centralize the State!
2009, November 12 - 06:12 — goodkind
No one can be expected to see it all. No one can be expected to see how far we've come in such a short amount of time, but one can be expected to see the direction we are going in. Wealthy white male privilege is being challenged. We've been challenging it for years, decades, centuries… and one should expect we will continue to challenge it. Now, what does this mean?
Grab your remote control and switch on your television. Most likely the news shows you see will be about wealthy white male rule. If not, then about wealthy white rule. If not, then about wealthy rule. Or maybe they'll avoid the topic altogether, which just tells you something about the nature of the channel you're watching. We're challenging each and every property of that description — wealth, race, and sex — and replacing it with the idea that neither of those deserve the kind of privilege afforded it by our society today. This is a thoroughly dangerous idea, for the group of individuals which fit that description have been in the driver's seat of our civilization for as long as any of us can remember. They've responded violently in order to suppress any dissent. High-power water hoses and white hoods come to mind. But those actions have only backfired. It has only served to whittle away at their legitimacy in the public mind. So they have to pretend that they're not in control. That's how they maintain it now.
But we're smarter than that. They try to drug us with soma; plant seeds of escapism in our minds. It's tantamount to a burglar waving a chew toy to distract a guard dog whose hair is standing up on his back and whose teeth and gums are showing. We're not going to let their entertainment distract us. We're not going to let them convince us they're not still in charge. It's not hard to see that they are.
So, the challenge now is to detect their chew toys, and to re-focus our eyes on the burglar in the house. What is he doing now? Waging wars for oil, natural gas pipelines and poppies? You bet. Cheering the fastest drop in "labor costs" since 1948? You bet. The veins of the poor are still open and the rich are still sucking every ounce of blood they can from them. They pit the poor against the poor for the benefit of the rich through concepts like terrorism. What did they call the Cuban or Brazilian peasants who revolted against enslavement and sugar monoculture? Terrorists or communists, I suppose. Then they commenced to hunt them down and decapitate them, or cut pregnant women's bellies open, or skewer their children on their bayonets only to return to the wealthy white male/s who had ordered it with bags of severed ears as proof that they did what they were told. They followed the orders. No doubt that soldier had a hard time making ends meet himself.
Enough. We need to take our eyes off the things that are keeping us distracted and finally recognize the truly radical nature of the doctrine that all humans are created equal and that political legitimacy is truly dependent upon the consent of the governed. And manufactured consent is no consent at all.
To see the arch of history is to see a continual progression toward the de-centralization of illegitimate power. Whatever takes us even further in this direction should be seen as a positive development. As a writer for the upcoming political documentary Dear America: From Patriotism to Participation, I see the arch of history like never before. Illegitimate authority has taken some hard hits to the face thus far. What we have is a woozy opponent. We shouldn't let his erratic dancing in the ring fool us into thinking he's still the all-powerful opponent he was when we began this fight. And we must snap out of the hypnosis he has put us in and realize that we are — this generation is — still locked in a fight with this entity. Our tag team partners (the generations before us) threw punches that were hard and true. A few more blows, and he could be on the mat, down for the count, forever.
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Learn how to create floor plan on Mac OS X easily and quickly. Use automatic floor plan software equipped with smart shapes to create floor plans in an amazingly simple way.
Firstly, open a blank drawing page and the libraries including shapes needed for creating floor plans. On the File menu, point to New.-> Click Floor Plan. Choose the type of floor plan you want and then double click its icon.
Go to Floor Plan menu of the Ribbon, in the first Scale group, input a drawing scale value in the box or click the arrow besides the box to choose one drawing scale from the drop-down menu.
From the left libraries, drag and drop shapes to the canvas. As you drag or move a shape, gridlines and dynamic blue guidelines help you align it with other shapes.
Drag room shape or wall shape to form the exterior wall structure.
Drag the green square handles to resize floor plan shapes or double click the dimension text to type the length or width value.
Connect walls by dragging one wall to another. When the connection point turns red, release the mouse and two walls will be glued. Intersections between two walls are cleaned up automatically.
Add more wall shapes to form the interior structure.
Drag a door shape and move it towards the wall. When the wall turns to dark red, release the mouse. The door will be automatically aligned and glued to the wall.
To set the opening direction, go to Home tab to click Rotate and Flip button. Drag the yellow control point to change the door opening angle and direction.
Change a shape's color and border by clicking any quick style under the Home tab in the Styles group.
Another fast way to edit floor plan shapes is to right click the shape.
Dimensions can be added to the floor plan to show precise measurement and scale. The dimensioning library has included lots of smart dimensioning symbols that enable users to draw interior dimension, exterior dimension, angular dimension, radius dimension and much more.
Double click a shape or a table to type in text. -> Press Ctrl + 2 to add more text boxes. Press Ctrl + shift + 2 to adjust text box. The text box turns purple.
Choose a different font under Home tab. Customize the size, color and alignment by clicking the relevant menus. Click the arrow under Font Color for more Paragraph settings.
By changing floor plan theme, you can enhance fill, line and text style altogether at 1 click. Switch to Page Layout tab, apply another theme in Themes group.
Hit Export & Send under File to export the floor plan as images, presentation slides and web documents and so on.
Click File tab; choose Print and then the print setting and preview window shows. You can choose which pages and how many copies to print here.
If the drawing page is larger than the print paper, the drawing will be printed on more than 1 paper. To print it on only 1 paper, click More Print Setup... and then choose Fit to.


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Snoop Dogg Shows off His Muscles Posing in a Gym Wearing a White T-Shirt & Sneakers
https://news.amomama.com/225595-snoop-dogg-shows-his-muscles-posing-whit.html
Snoop Dogg has been hitting the gym to get fitter and it looks like the hard work is starting to pay off. The rapper shared yet another picture from his workout session and his upper body looks amazing.
Lately, Snoop Dogg has been sweating it out at the gym and if it goes on for long enough, the rapper is bound to build a seriously ripped body.
More recently, the "Drop It Like It's Hot" hitmaker shared a photo of himself from his workout session on Instagram and fans were quick to notice the progress he has made.
FLEXING AND SWEATING
For his workout look, the rapper sported a white tank top with a pair of black shorts. As for footwear, he rocked a pair of black Converse with white socks. He also had a cap on.
Many of his fans praised him for keeping up the spirit, but there were some who thought Snoop was skipping leg day. While his upper body seemed muscular than before, his legs looked thin.
Snoop Dogg's followers comment on his Instagram post. | Source: Instagram/snoopdogg
Back in May 2018, Snoop uploaded a video on Instagram after flexing his muscles at the gym to share how he had never realized working out felt so amazing.
As a man with a high metabolism, Snoop eats pretty much whatever he likes.
HOW HE WORKS OUT
In the video, the rapper reminded his fans to take care of their bodies. He also explained how he felt inspired to try and be better as he took charge of his health and fitness.
The 48-year-old might not look super bulky, but his body is definitely toned and his workout routine is pretty intense. He currently weighs 75 kilograms.
Snoop's workout routine is a blend of weight training, intense agility training with a full-body workout, and martial arts. He loves to learn new techniques and it is said that his reflexes are good.
During his agility training, the rapper heads out to the basketball court and does a circuit of agility ladder to agility steps. As for the weight training, he loves doing dumbbell rows and shoulder press.
Snoop Dogg, with his wife Shante Broadus, is honored with a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard on November 19, 2018. | Source: Getty Images
Snoop Dogg's Daughter Cori Broadus Shows off Her Neck Tattoo in a White Swimsuit (Photo)
Snoop Dogg's Daughter Poses in a One-Sleeved Top & Matching Pants as She Flaunts Her Tattoos
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Check Out Snoop Dogg's Wife Shante Broadus' Bunny Costume That Shows off Her Curvy Physique
HIS DIET
As a man with a high metabolism, Snoop eats pretty much whatever he likes. His diet consists of eggs, chicken, rice, oats, bread, and lots and lots of water.
Snoop is not the only one in his household to make working out a priority. His wife, Shante, also posts videos of herself breaking a sweat with her dance sessions.


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Savages is a 1974 American television thriller film directed by Lee H. Katzin and based on the 1972 novel Deathwatch by Robb White. It stars Andy Griffith and Sam Bottoms.

Synopsis

A successful Los Angeles lawyer and hunter, Horton Madec (Andy Griffith), receives a rare permit to hunt bighorn sheep in the nearby Mojave Desert. He hires a timid college student currently working as a filling station attendant named Ben (Sam Bottoms), who will drive him into the desert with his Jeep CJ and help show Madec where the bighorn are. Ben is studying to be a geologist, so therefore he knows the desert very well. After Madec accidentally shoots a ewe with his .30-06 Winchester Model 70 rifle, he buries it and although Ben is disappointed, he agrees that they should pretend like the incident never happened. However, Ben realizes that what Madec shot was no female sheep; upon noting a bloody human hand underneath the grass. Horrified, Ben digs it up and realizes that Madec has actually shot a local prospector named Winnie Haas, who was Ben's friend and mentor. Madec apologizes, but argues that he cannot afford to sit in jail, as he is too important and has a family to take care of. Refusing to cover it up, Ben argues that the honest thing to do would be for the two of them to report the accidental shot, but Madec refuses, even going as far to bribe Ben with thousands of dollars just to keep quiet about the incident. It is then that Madec decides to eliminate the only witness to the crime - Ben.

Madec forces Ben to strip down to nothing but his shorts at gunpoint. He intends to make up a story saying that the two became separated, then Ben went crazy, tore off all his clothes and died within a matter of hours due to dehydration and heat. Ben attempts to escape by walking 45 miles to the nearest highway. Madec watches Ben the entire distance while aiming at him with his rifle. After trying to climb the nearby Big Lizard butte, Ben is shot by Madec, causing him to fall and injure his back. Time is running out as he begins to hallucinate. Suffering from dehydration, hunger, sunburn, and his gunshot wounds, Ben needs to find water, food, shelter, and a weapon. Ben later gets a slingshot from the prospector's tent and uses it to breathe after he buries himself to avoid Madec finding him. Ben eventually uses survival techniques the prospector taught him to locate water inside a cave, later overpowering Madec by lighting his tent on fire, distracting him and allowing him to shoot Madec in the hand with the slingshot. He then drives them back to town and attempts to convince the local police to believe his story; however, Madec's story is more meticulously detailed and convincing to them. Madec claims that Ben shot the prospector after a drunken dispute, backing up his story by stating that he never knew the prospector. As the police cannot find the slingshot, either, they have to go with Madec's story. However, right as Madec is preparing to leave town and filling up with gasoline, there is something lodged in the pump. Ben unclogs it by putting a pole into the underground tank and unearthing the slingshot which Madec had earlier put there and hidden from the police. The local police believe Ben's story and tell Madec to get a lawyer, only for Madec to reply that he is a lawyer. They apologize to Ben for the confusion and Ben replies that he only wanted to report an accident.

Cast
 Andy Griffith as Horton Madec
 Sam Bottoms as Ben Campbell
 Noah Beery Jr. as George Whiting
 James Best as Sheriff Bert Hamilton
 Randy Boone as Deputy Dickie Haycroft
 Jim Antonio as Deputy Les Hanford
 James Chandler as The Doctor

Production
The casting of Griffith and Bottoms was announced in June 1974.

Reception
The Los Angeles Times called the film "riveting, chilling".

See also
 List of American films of 1974
 Beyond the Reach

References

External links

1974 films
1974 television films
Films based on American novels
Films directed by Lee H. Katzin
Films set in California
ABC Movie of the Week
Films based on works by Robb White

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Q: Loop Dual-Conditional Input Validation (Python) I'm trying to write a python script that achieves the following:

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*First, prompt a user to enter the username or press enter to exit.

*Prompt a user to enter quantity.

*Next, use regular expression to make sure that the username consists of 5 to 10 alphabetical characters.

*Use regular expression to make sure that quantity consists of only numerical values and the quantity entered is between 0 and 100

*If both the username and quantity are valid, then print the username and quantity. Otherwise print an error message.

*Finally, prompt the user for username again or press enter to exit.
import re, sys
username = ""
username = input('Enter Username (Press ENTER to exit): ')
while username != "":
    quantity = input('Enter Quantity: ')
    if re.match("[a-zA-Z]{5,10}$", username) and re.match("[0-9]{1,2}$", quantity) and type(quantity) is int and quantity > 0:
        print('Username: ', username, "\n" 'Quantity: ', quantity)
    else:
        print('Error: Enter a username consisting of 5-10 alphabetical letters and a valid integer between 1 and 100')
    username = input('Enter Username (Press ENTER to exit): ')

How would I achieve these requirements? When I run my program I always print the error message and can't properly print the username and quantity.
Thank you for taking the time and I appreciate any help I can get.

A: If you are having trouble understanding a complex condition, test each component individually. In your case, type(quantity)will not be int it will be str, which also means that quantity > 0 would raise a TypeError (you are not getting there because the typetest shortcircuits the condition).
A slightly better condition would be:
if re.match("[a-zA-Z]{5,10}$", username) and re.match("[0-9]{1,2}$", quantity) and int(quantity) > 0

This is hardly pythonic, but it will get the job done.


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