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Hexmaker (Hexworld, #2)
Lilia's rating
Another winning entry in the Hexworld series. It's a fast read despite a fairly complicated plot. I thought the picture of Fifth Avenue New York wa 3.5
Another winning entry in the Hexworld series. It's a fast read despite a fairly complicated plot. I thought the picture of Fifth Avenue New York was just as fascinating and detailed as the first book's picture of Bohemian New York. Both books overturn the expected power arrangements in shifter stories, jettisoning the more abusive aspects, which is admirable, though some evil part of me misses the Alpha male posturing.
Bottom line; Well-written, fresh, highly readable.
Rise, The (Fallen Angel, #1)
Rae, Amelita *
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Amelita Rae obviously has a thing for yaoi stories. For such a prolific writer, her stuff is solid and well-written. This "book" is actually only the Amelita Rae obviously has a thing for yaoi stories. For such a prolific writer, her stuff is solid and well-written. This "book" is actually only the first half of a full-length novel, (which has the annoyance of bringing the full price for the actual book to $8.) The set-up is pretty classic dark yaoi: sweet, gorgeous "tiny" uke stripper is kidnapped by equally gorgeous psychotic billionaire seme.
And honestly the first half read like straight up porn, basically letting the captive scenario play out without much more than the basic, predictable character development in the midst of all the bondage and forced orgasms. The writing was fine, but there were a fair number of cliches (e.g. attracted to him like a moth to a flame) which just seemed to reinforce the stereotypical plot, enough that I had hesitations on picking up part 2.
I caved of course, and I'm glad I did because the second part pretty much totally upends everything in the first, and ends up going to some really weird, fucked-up places, which unlike the first part, were not quite like anything I'd read before.
I can't imagine anyone who doesn't like dark yaoi enjoying this, but for fans of that genre, both the book and the author offer many pages of pervy pleasure. ...more
Bohème Rhapsody (Bohème Rhapsody #1)
So I'm really excited to present my first Lydia POV fic, currently being posted on AO3. As usual, the story is set in the omegaverse, here imagined as So I'm really excited to present my first Lydia POV fic, currently being posted on AO3. As usual, the story is set in the omegaverse, here imagined as a polyamorous world, where omegas like to have sex, A LOT, with each other and with Alphas. In addition to Lydia, the story stars Stiles, Derek, Theo, Peter, and Braeden, with a few appearances by other characters. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure:
Hope you enjoy! ...more
Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits (Claimings, #3)
Holy shit do I love this series. I read this through the day it came out and then promptly reread it--how's that for a recommendation! It's hard to pu Holy shit do I love this series. I read this through the day it came out and then promptly reread it--how's that for a recommendation! It's hard to put into words what makes this strange story so original and lovely--except maybe that so much of it is about words, about the difficulties and potential of communication, and how the meaning of certain key words embody and impact culture and perspective.
So little happens in this volume--no attacks by predators or evil officers, nothing that we'd usually call danger. It mostly concerns a negotiation over a trade agreement, with a conversation with an old war buddy and a visit to a hospital thrown in for good measure: so how can these seemingly dull events feel so rich and crucial, so full of warmth and philosophical depth?
Moreover, despite the lack of anything resembling the usual sci-fi excitement, I was continually thrilled by the way this book felt like a real advance on the two previous ones: much as I loved them, in their celebration of Ondry and the Rownt, they did at times come close to vilifying humans and earth culture, which is pretty common in sci-fi and always (to me) annoying. Here that tendency is explored and interrogated, as Liam confronts the fact that he'd mostly remembered those who'd mistreated him, forgetting the decent people who'd risked their lives to help him, and Ondry and the Grandmothers are forced to recognize the importance of the human qualities of empathy and sympathy that are alien to the Rownt.
There's a lot more I could add, but I'll just close by saying that I've not found any sci-fi out there quite like the Claimings series, with the same balance of warmth, lovable characters, hot sexytimes, and speculative depth. And in contrast to the epic length of so much sci-fi, Lyn Gala achieves all of this in books that consistently come in at less than 200 pages.
Bottom line: highest recommendation ...more
Caspian, M. *
We'll just add this baby to the ole 'one-handed read' pile. Extra points for the deliciously hot sex-talk, always a favorite of this reader. Ditto dad We'll just add this baby to the ole 'one-handed read' pile. Extra points for the deliciously hot sex-talk, always a favorite of this reader. Ditto daddy-kink.
Character-driven smut--who'd a thunk it? ...more
Clan and Crown (Clan Beginnings, #4)
St. John, Tracy
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Little known Lilia Ford fact: the first M/M title I ever read featured outer space dudes with two cocks. And you know what? That shit just never gets Little known Lilia Ford fact: the first M/M title I ever read featured outer space dudes with two cocks. And you know what? That shit just never gets old. ...more
Love Runes (Gods and Chaos, #2)
Lygon, Jay *
I liked this if anything more than the first book, Chaos Magic, mostly because I found it even hotter. Like some scenes were like wow, I can't believe I liked this if anything more than the first book, Chaos Magic, mostly because I found it even hotter. Like some scenes were like wow, I can't believe I just read that. We're talking major one-handed stuff if yah know what I mean, (which you really should--know what I mean--and if you don't you should probably unfriend/unfollow me ASAP, no offense intended, and apologies for the TMI.)
Anyhoo, HOT stuff, HIGHLY recommended. ...more
Chaos Magic (Gods and Chaos, #1)
I thought this was fantastic, with a brilliant and original fantasy set-up that worked amazingly both on its own paranormal terms and as an allegor 4.5
I thought this was fantastic, with a brilliant and original fantasy set-up that worked amazingly both on its own paranormal terms and as an allegory of modern relationships. It along with the sequel, Love Runes, are also now among my favorite BDSM novels ever. Though I'm pretty much obsessed with most permutations of the D/s dynamic, I usually don't like novels that (purport to) focus on BDSM lifestyle, which I personally label "club" novels. They often feel rote, and a disproportionate number rely on the trope of all-knowing-Dom-saves-tragiboy.
This book managed that rare feat of focusing on two leads with serious flaws that seemed authentic rather than contrived. Both Sam and Hector have to struggle hard for their relationship, so conflicts between them felt organic and inevitable, with real stakes since their relationship was actually fragile and might easily have failed.
It also should be pointed out here: the sex in this book was ridiculously hot. Like scorching. Think ghost peppers.
Bottom line: I LOVED IT. LOOOOOOOOVED IT. ...more
The Virgin Submissive
Rose, Sachi *
So this was my prompt so admittedly I'm a bit partial, but I had so much fun reading this story, which ended up going in directions I didn't expect--t So this was my prompt so admittedly I'm a bit partial, but I had so much fun reading this story, which ended up going in directions I didn't expect--totally sweet fantasy about a shy college boy falling in love with his sexily domineering but also protective roommate, with a nice dash of kink to steam things up.
Many thanks to the author for doing a great job with the prompt and to the organizers for all their work making this amazing event happen. ...more
Bran's Story (The Slave Breakers, #1)
Maculategiraffe
Great read that continually surprised me, delving deeper and more emotionally into the situation of all the characters, not just Bran. I've never read Great read that continually surprised me, delving deeper and more emotionally into the situation of all the characters, not just Bran. I've never read a slave-fic quite like this. A lot of what makes it so unexpected is that the slave breakers of the title, Holden and Alix, were both slaves themselves. Holden especially is such a strange but also believable mix of contradictory impulses--the qualities that make him so good at his job--so good at getting into the head of a broken slave and figuring out how to fix him--also make it hard for him to get the emotional distance he needs to actually train them. His ridiculously chaotic household and messy relationships are an expression of his chaotic relationship with his own past and the current slaves who remind him of it. Though I was hoping for more on the "slave-breaking" or maybe "slave-whispering" aspects suggested by the premise, I can't really complain when what the author did deliver was so original and insightful.
As slave stories go, I did not find this a dark or upsetting read--especially compared with others boasting a similar premise such as At His Throat, A Promise or Anchored. Mostly, it's a beautifully written, emotionally sensitive exploration of a complex man and the people he loves. ...more
The Invisible Hands - Part 4: Mate (Dark Tales of Randamor the Recluse, #7)
Ashling, Andrew *
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I'm a huge fan of this series, which has just gotten better with every book. It's long, super complex, basically a total geek-out for fantasy fans, Ga I'm a huge fan of this series, which has just gotten better with every book. It's long, super complex, basically a total geek-out for fantasy fans, Game of Thrones for M/M readers, but unlike its more famous counterpart in Westeros, the world of Anaxantis and Ehandar has never lost my interest over the seven volumes published so far. Andrew Ashling does an especially terrific job with the dynastic/political elements, weaving together a crazily involved plot over four volumes to deliver a series of thrilling and satisfying denouements. Special praise goes to the battle scenes, which are just riveting--Ashling has a real talent for explicating macro-level military strategies and then dramatizing how they succeed or fail, always interspersed with the micro-stories, both tragic and triumphant, of beloved characters and feared enemies, ordinary soldiers and generals alike.
Over all of this the character of Anaxantis looms as the author's surrogate, plotting and predicting, manipulating and adapting--to the point that the story is his at the most concrete level of being put in motion and created by him. It's a fantastic device, one of my favorites, and crucially, Ashling has created a character that is worthy of it. Oddly, I can't say as a reader that I ever identify with Anaxantis--rather like the rest of the novel's main characters I find myself caught up in, even seduced by his brilliance and charisma and overall glamor.
I don't mean it as a criticism, more an observation that this volume provided less of a definitive ending than I expected, with several characters' destinies and political crises still up in the air. Hopefully this means that the author is working (expeditiously I pray) on yet more volumes set in this world.
I'll put in a word here on my one major complaint in the hopes that subsequent volumes might address it. This book falls into the Tolkien trap of providing depressingly limited roles for women, who barely register in entire realms (there is literally not a single female character, named or unnamed, of any class in the entirety of the section focused on Lorsanthia). In their exceedingly rare appearances in other sections, female characters are almost always either servants or mothers of major male characters. The main exception to this is an intelligent, beautiful woman, also a strong leader, who ooops, falls hopelessly in love with an openly gay and otherwise totally unavailable man. This is such a common problem in fantasy and sci-fi, that I'm finding it hard to penalize a series that for better or worse I enjoyed immensely. But this is an old, tiresome problem, and keeping within the admittedly militaristic patriarchal society he has imagined, one that I sincerely hope Ashling rectifies.
Bottom line, that annoyance notwithstanding, this is probably my favorite M/M fantasy series and I was very happy to see that despite the satisfying resolutions offered here, Ashling appears far from done with his tremendous world. ...more
To Catch a Falling Thief
Ford, Lilia *
Starts with "F", Ends with "U" (Starts with "F", Ends with "U" #1-13)
RemainNameless
Four Stars for the first two parts which were beyond filthy and, like the best "Daddy-kink," are troubling enough that I can't imagine forgetting them Four Stars for the first two parts which were beyond filthy and, like the best "Daddy-kink," are troubling enough that I can't imagine forgetting them and will continue to ponder what I think it all means.
As other reviewers have noted, part three begins a bizarre sort of summary-on-the-fly of the first three seasons of Teen Wolf that will be incomprehensible to those who haven't watched the show, and was was pretty dull and confusing even for those like me who have. It did nothing to engage the reader with Stiles' budding relationship with Derek, quite the opposite, and there was not enough focus on Rafael McCall to serve as substitute. I quickly lost patience and gave up. It's too bad because the author's definitely sussed out something in the show that might be really fruitful--the Rafe/Stiles pairing offers up a lot of potential for an addictive, self-destructive relationship much like the best Steters, but even rampantly skimming, the episode summary seemed to go on forever, and there was not enough actual original content to keep me going.
Bottom line: highly recommend the first two parts for those who prefer the more psycho Teen Wolf fics. ...more
Loederkoningin
Get Off
KouriArashi
With one caveat, I loved this. I appear to fall on the more demented end of the Teen Wolf fanfic spectrum in really liking the Peter/Stiles pairing. T With one caveat, I loved this. I appear to fall on the more demented end of the Teen Wolf fanfic spectrum in really liking the Peter/Stiles pairing. The author does a great job here of moderating Peter's sociopathic qualities just enough to make a relationship with him feel credible without sacrificing the overall unscrupulous creepiness that makes him such an entertaining character.
And, man-oh-man is it hot. This story fulfills my established criteria for top-notch erotic fiction in that the sex serves a jumping-off point for a deeper exploration of the characters and their relationship. It is particularly fitting here because Peter is such a manipulative bastard it is impossible to imagine him entering into any relationship without head-games and mind-fuckery. Sex for him is manipulation. And in this story, Stiles is more than willing, matching Peter's moves and then upping the ante, taking an almost sadistic pleasure in throwing him off balance. I especially admired how the author charts their growing connection, how what began as a pretty cruel game deepens into real affection. This is one of those odd couples who will go on their first recognizable date only after months of sex and games.
As I said above I had one caveat, which was the ending. I didn't hate it or think it was a disaster, but I seriously questioned its necessity. BIG SPOILER (view spoiler)[To summarize, Stiles is raped by a supernatural creature and is severely traumatized. To say the least it creates a drastic shift in tone, and would have been at home in a very different, far more melodramatic story. It also felt like it was there as a "test" for Peter, to give Peter a chance to prove his loyalty, that he loved Stiles for more than just sex over the months Stiles needed to recover. I don't think the test itself was necessary, at all, and I don't like seeing rape play that function in a story. I also question whether the big take-down of Scott was necessary. (hide spoiler)]
Fortunately, my problems with the end in no way ruined the story for me. This is a very hot, smart story about two lovers who like a lot of head-games to go with their sex, and honestly for me there is no better kind.
Hidden Gem (Hidden Gem, #1)
Kasey, Lissa *
I read this practically in one sitting and if the sequel had been out would have gobbled it up the same day. The characters really shine in this one, I read this practically in one sitting and if the sequel had been out would have gobbled it up the same day. The characters really shine in this one, not just the leads, who are great, but the whole ensemble. For a book set mostly in a brothel there was less sex than you might expect, but Casey made up for it with the supercharged dynamic, between Shane and Aki obviously, but also between Aki and Paris, his trainer, and one of my favorite characters. My main complaint was that I found the world-building busy and info-dumpy--especially as we got close to the climax, which is not the best place for huge, confusing revelations. Frustratingly, I wanted more details about the overall dystopian setting, especially the split between the North and the South.
But still, this is an entertaining, sizzling hot read, with great characters. I can't wait for book two. ...more
The Submissive (The Keyholder, #2)
West, Shannon
Truthfully I usually find West's books pretty hot, even when I'm disappointed otherwise. That's definitely the case here. The biggest problem is t 2.5
Truthfully I usually find West's books pretty hot, even when I'm disappointed otherwise. That's definitely the case here. The biggest problem is that the story jumps 2 months from the end of the first part, thus skipping pretty much every step of Cody's adjustment to life as a submissive. The story ends up being nothing more than a sexy vignette--Cody getting spanked and going to Jake's club. Given how short it is, it also wastes precious pages summarizing everything that happened in book 1. Jake is even less of a discernible character here--nothing more than a collection of "Dom" traits. Still, West knows how to craft a hot scene, so as PWP I guess it works. ...more
The Keyholder (The Keyholder, #1)
I read it in less than 20 minutes and found it hot enough to read the second part (which was even less satisfying,) but by the end I felt like I'd rea I read it in less than 20 minutes and found it hot enough to read the second part (which was even less satisfying,) but by the end I felt like I'd read a description of a story rather than an actual one. The idea itself had potential and there are some very steamy moments, but altogether this is too short and undeveloped to really work. Cody is okay, but Jake is more brooding presence than person, with no discernible motivation, and the story was missing about eleven of the steps needed to get Cody from the hospital bed to kneeling on the floor calling Jake "Sir." ...more
Bliss (Bliss, #1)
Henry, Lisa *
POSSIBLY SPOILERISH
Well I won't call it perfect, since we now know where that leads, but this is a creepy, brilliant little fable that manages to be f POSSIBLY SPOILERISH
Well I won't call it perfect, since we now know where that leads, but this is a creepy, brilliant little fable that manages to be fucked up and humane and disturbing and lovely all at once. Its picture of what happens when you violate the human will is unsparing and frightening, but without the gratuitous sadism you sometimes find, which allows the hope that blooms towards the end to feel deep and earned.
I still cannot get over Tate, the way his fierce, unconquerable voice explodes into the story when it's finally set free. But the very fierceness is also what lets the full horror sink in: for what must it have taken to crush that extraordinary will, that love, that fearlessness?
And then comes the line, "you and me, we're not done," which practically made me fall out of my chair.
Bottom Line: Loved it. ...more
Down Another Notch
Rider, Zoe X. *
Continuation of Nicky and Cris' story. See my review of part 1, Down a Notch, for my general take on the series.
Down a Notch
Featuring Rider's trademark combination of (seemingly) straight rock musicians and some intense experimentation with D/s play. The focus on enforced c Featuring Rider's trademark combination of (seemingly) straight rock musicians and some intense experimentation with D/s play. The focus on enforced chastity is a novel innovation, and pushes both the hero, Nicky, and the story in cool, unexpected directions, which are picked up in book 2, Down Another Notch. My only complaint is that the editing in this and the sequel is rougher than in some of the other books. It detracts a bit from what is otherwise a smart, insightful, original story.
Bottom Line: At this point, I'd pretty much read anything of Rider's. Catchy erotic scenarios that in the hands of another writer would yield a hot PWP read, in hers become tools to really dig deep into her MC's less acknowledged impulses and desires. ...more
Pins & Need (Breaking In Bryce #2)
Pet to the Tentacle Monsters!
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No review obviously, but I did want to let people know that I have once again done up a Pinterest Board for the book with some cool images of tentacle No review obviously, but I did want to let people know that I have once again done up a Pinterest Board for the book with some cool images of tentacles, my dream casting choice for the hero, Benji Tucker:
Pictures of 1950s movie posters that inspired the cover design by Jared Rackler, such as:
And even images of cool tentacle paraphernalia, such as these gorgeous candlesticks that my family got me for X-mas (seriously the best gift ever):
Here's the link for the board:
http://www.pinterest.com/liliaford/bo...
Also, if anyone has any questions or comments about the story, feel free to post them in the comment thread. Hope you enjoy! ...more
Where Willows Won't Grow
Black, Lia *
I'm a big Lia Black fan dating from last year's M/M event with her contribution, Worthy, and was thrilled to see another dark, sexy tale on offer this I'm a big Lia Black fan dating from last year's M/M event with her contribution, Worthy, and was thrilled to see another dark, sexy tale on offer this year.
This year's is quite dark indeed, so much that it managed to raise a genuine fear about what would happen to the characters. By far the most interesting aspect for me was Illythe's relationship with Scion. I have a fascination with Stockholm stories, and Where Willows Won't Grow was sharp and effective in its exploration of Illythe's conflicting feelings for the abusive enemy general who'd held him prisoner for so long. Black is not afraid to ascribe real feelings and even love to both despite their horrific history together, and in a way that felt neither exploitative nor manipulative of characters or reader. It's both a plus and a minus that Scion is so horrifying. That Illythe has such conflicted feelings for him is a sign of how ruthlessly he was broken and conditioned, and it makes the tenderness between them all the weirder. But unfortunately, it is impossible for the reader to feel anything but horror for an 8-foot creature who is described as a combination of an insect and a sea monster--and who is entirely evil. The erotic mind-fuckery that goes along with that scenario is mostly sacrificed in favor of focusing the reader's sympathies and attention on Illythe and Alex's growing feelings for each other.
The rest of the story was all good, with solid world-building, characterization and plotting, though I did find the brothel strangely underpopulated--that might have been due to the time pressures for completing the story for the event. And of course the sex was hot, hot, hot.
Altogether another great contribution to the Love's Landscapes event. ...more
Whiskey & Bedposts (Breaking in Bryce #1)
Let's just say that this book confirms my official fanhood (fandom?) of Zoe X. Rider. Her stories are a lot of fun: hot, clever, a little bit differen Let's just say that this book confirms my official fanhood (fandom?) of Zoe X. Rider. Her stories are a lot of fun: hot, clever, a little bit different. Fortunately, she's written quite a few. Plenty of exciting kindle fun to look forward to. ...more
Caged: Love and Treachery on the High Seas (Baal's Heart, #1)
Deckard, Bey *
Bishop, Amelia *
Cruel to be Kind
Dare, Kim *
Sooooooo hot.
Hard Fall (Deputy Joe, #1)
Buchanan, James *
The Mark of an Alpha (Pack Discipline #1)
This wasn't bad, and had Dare's usual hot sex scenes, but I really wish it had done more with the "shifter" setting. Almost the entire focus was on Be This wasn't bad, and had Dare's usual hot sex scenes, but I really wish it had done more with the "shifter" setting. Almost the entire focus was on Bennett's conflicts about being a sub when he's supposed to be an alpha, which could pretty easily be reworked to take out any mention of the paranormal: i.e. can one be a "submissive" in a relationship and also a leader? Answer: yes. It's a worthy question, but it didn't feel like enough to carry the plot. I kept waiting for more on the shifter side of things: the other pack members, the supernatural rules, the cultural details specific to Dare's world. Instead, we got the same basic scene of Bennett rejecting his submissive side over and over (view spoiler)[ until he got over it--not a huge spoiler since you had to figure he would, right? (hide spoiler)]. It just felt like less than it could have been.
Bottom line: Kim Dare is always worth reading, especially if you like anything to do with BDSM. This is not a bad read by any means, it just left me wanting more. ...more
Clan, Honor, and Empire (Clan Beginnings, #3)
This is close to 5 stars--really well done. My only hesitations are that I would have liked more with the third clanmate, Breft and I found the depict This is close to 5 stars--really well done. My only hesitations are that I would have liked more with the third clanmate, Breft and I found the depiction of the Imdiko's mother really perfunctory and not at the level of every other character in the book.
This book is a prequel. Having just looked at (I couldn't finish) the first book in the Kalquor world,Alien Embrace, which deals with the same male characters some years later when they find their earther lady love, I am really impressed by how much St. John has developed. This most recent book, her best that I've read, is a gazillion times better than the first, with far more complex characterization and assured plotting--even the editing is much cleaner. I also thought the sex was much better done. It's pretty clear that all the Kalquor books are complete sex-fests. The first book managed that rarity for me of containing way, way too much sex, not helped by the fact that I found it repetitive and at times ridiculous: male characters walk through the front door on a visit and immediately begin undressing the heroine so they can all have sex. Wake up next morning, repeat. Afternoon, repeat... Heroine has medical examination immediately followed by sex.... another exam, more sex.... The sex scenes in Clan, Honor, and Empire on the other hand are fantastic--really hot and, ahem, rereadable, but also varied and shedding light on the characters' personalities.
Bottom Line: I am definitely enjoying the M/M part of the Kalquor series and can't wait for the next volume. I will probably try a few more of the "hetero" books just to fill in the world--the reviews suggest they get better as the series goes on--based on this very satisfying book, I can believe it. ...more
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Christophe is the co-founder and the Managing Director of Excellium Services. Founded in 2012 out of Luxembourg, Excellium is currently active in 7 countries over 2 continents with approximately 140 employees delivering services to nearly 180 customers. Because companies face new threats with increasing budgetary constraints and limited resources Excellium is trying to bring new pragmatic approaches to tackle the current cyber threat landscape. Before Excellium, Christophe was the EMEA vice-president and General Manager for Qualys, the leader in computer vulnerability management solutions. In this job, his mission was to support the company establishment in Europe in the perspective of the company IPO that happened in 2012. Formerly, he had also managed the activities development of Verizon Business on the European Region for the security division during 10 years. Besides, he had had a 1st experience as a network administrator in the Paribas Luxembourg Bank for 3 years. In terms of the background, Christophe got an engineering degree in network engineering and information systems. Furthermore, he had an Executive MBA from HEC Paris in 2008. Most recently, he has studied Criminology at the University of Paris Assas II and Economic intelligence at the Ecole de Guerre Economique in Paris. He regularly speaks at conferences about Information Security issues, analysis of the economics of cybercrime or evolving threats. Since 2018, he's also been Associate Professor at Telecom Nancy, an engineering school in France on cybersecurity topics.


It's our annual carol singing trip! We meet up at Sunnyside before heading down onto Ellesmere Road and the George Street singing carols and giving out free mince pies – we don't want any money, we just want to wish you well and make you smile. This one is a highlight in the church Christmas calendar.
Come along and join us. We meet at Sunnyside at 6.30pm and finish about 8ish with Fish & Chips in The Vicarage. You'll need to book your food in advance so contact Tom to organise it.


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Q: Results Returns Index Array is undefined I have a question that I use Axios and Cheerio to get other web data about and take it into an array. Here I have an array
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console.log(linkURLG.length) then it returns to 0 even though the array has 21 length
Where do I ask the problem and how to solve it? Thanks for reading.

const axios = require('axios')
const cheerio = require('cheerio')
const fs = require('fs')

let linkURLG = []
async function getData() {
    try {
            const url = 'https://viblo.asia/newest'
            const { data } = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: url,
            // headers: {
            //     'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/99.0.4844.88 Safari/537.36'
            // }
        })
        const $ = cheerio.load(data)
        const elementUrl = $('.post-feed-item')
        const dataGet = []
        const linkUrls = []
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            const authorAvt = $(element).find('a.d-flex.mr-05 > img').attr('src')
            const title = $(element).find('h3.word-break.mr-05').text()
            const url = 'https://viblo.asia' + $(element).find('h3.word-break.mr-05 > a').attr('href')
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            dataGet[index] = {author, authorAvt, title, url, view}
            linkUrls[index] = {url}
            linkURLG[index] = {url}
        })
        // console.log(dataGet)
        // console.log(linkUrls)
        document.getElementById('renderer-contain').innerHTML = dataGet.map(dataGet => `

Author ${dataGet.author}

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    } catch (error) {
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    } catch (error) {
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It seems everywhere you turn lately, there's another scandal looming. Wells Fargo, for instance, used to be one of the most trusted names in banking. Then it was discovered that they had opened fraudulent accounts for over 2 million of their customers, in order to hit sales quotas.
When wrongdoing is uncovered in a company that was previously thought to be trustworthy, it can cause their business to suffer. But more than that, it can have repercussions that echo through the markets. Let's take a look at two recent corporate scandals and the impact they've had on the economy.
The German car company has long been respected as a manufacturer of quality vehicles. However, recently they were discovered to be cheating the system, in order to make their vehicles appear to be more environmentally friendly than they actually were.
A special device installed in certain models, including some Jettas, Audis, and Beetles, was designed to sense when the vehicle was being tested for its emissions output. If the software was alerted that the car was in testing conditions, it would control its pollution and keep it within accepted parameters.
However, once on the road, the emission control would switch off, and the car would release Nitrogen Oxide at as much as 40 times more than the legal limit. Other VW vehicles had similar discrepancies when it came to their CO2 output.
Volkswagen has offered to repair all affected cars for free, but even though emissions will be within legal parameters, they'll still be greater than advertised, leading to significantly higher fuel bills.
The electronics manufacturer has had more than its share of bad press of late. Last year, there were issues with the Galaxy Note 7, which caused the battery to overheat and even explode or catch fire. They reported that it was a result of rushing the manufacturing process, recalled the phones, and ultimately discontinued the model.
This was a major blow to the company, but it could be written off as merely a mistake. However, their most recent scandal is of a different variety. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been implicated in a scandal involving bribery, embezzlement, and perjury. Authorities have declined to arrest him over the matter, but it's still been detrimental to the company's reputation.
What all of this amounts to is that trust in major corporations and the people who run them has reached an all-time low. In many cases, this translates to trust in the markets as well. A few years ago, a study found that, in the wake of a corporate scandal, confidence and participation in the stock market by individuals and households declined. This applied not only to the corporation(s) involved, but to the stock market as a whole.
When it comes to investor confidence, reputation is key. Nobody wants to invest in a company with a history of cheating its customers. But when a scandal uncovers wrongdoing by a company that was previously thought to be among the most trustworthy in its field, such as Volkswagen or Wells Fargo, it makes it difficult to know whom you can trust at all anymore. As a result, the market suffers.
Unfortunately, protecting yourself and your investments against this sort of thing is difficult, because you never know when a scandal will be uncovered, or how great the repercussions will be in the markets. This is why it's important to safeguard your investments by diversifying, and including at least one safe haven in your portfolio. That way, when scandal strikes and stocks plummet, you still have something to fall back on.


Introduction: Modulation of third sacral nerve (S3) activity is an effective treatment for irritative voiding dysfunction. Present techniques are invasive, requiring the implantation of a neurostimulator. We examined the effect of non-invasive transcutaneous S3 neurostimulation on bladder activity during filling. Patients and methods: Thirty-two patients (21 women and 11 men. mean age 48 years) with irritative voiding dysfunction (22 sensory urgency and 10 detrusor instability) underwent standard filling cystometry at 50 mL/min. In the 16 patients in the study group, the electrode pads of a BioTens transcutaneous neurostimulator were taped bilaterally to the S3 dermatomes. Current (10 mA) was applied at 10 Hz, and a 200 ins pulse-width in continuous mode at the maximum tolerable level. Neurostimulation was performed throughout a second filling cystometry. The control group of 16 patients underwent second-fill cystometry without neurostimulation. Results: Bladder volume and detrusor pressure values for second-fill cystometry for the two groups were as shown in the table. Mean (SEM) Neuro- P (Mann-Cystometry Control stimulation Whitney U) First desire to void (mL) 136 (2.9) 176.9(2.6) 0.05 Pressure at first desire 10.1 (0.4) 5.1(0.2) 0.04 to void (cmH 2O) Maximum capacity (mL) 307.5 (5.9) 461.6 (5.4) 0.03 End-fill pressure (cmH 2O) 40.1(2.0) 24.2(0.6) 0.03 Conclusion: Transcutaueous stimulation of the third sacral nerve produces significant improvements in urodynamic bladder volumes and pressures in patients with irritative voiding dysfunction. This non-invasive, ambulatory technique may be a useful treatment option for such patients.


backpacking meals; long distance backpacking; backpacking food list. gear on this hike because it is so long and remote, but the total kit + food and fuel should.
We share great backpacking meals, hiking food, and backcountry cooking tips. | See more ideas about Backpacking food, Camp meals and Camping foods.
Overall, I rate this backpacking kit with 4 stars because there are a few veggies that take a very long time to hydrate. The peas would be a good example.
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RTT kits can start at around $1,200 and go up from there. You can get car fridges now that are designed to keep your food.
We taste tested the 10 best Backpacker's Pantry meals of 2018 and ranked them. Relies heavily on MREs while adventuring, but always carries his spice kit to.
Outdoor Herbivore Produces Vegetarian and Vegan Backpacking Foods, Dried Organic Instant Meals, and Trail Sprouts for Backpacking, Bikepacking, Camping.
Aside from being alert to weather bulletins, a family needs to have a preparedness plan during emergencies and a Go Bag or su.
A search of the suspect's backpack also recovered metal with white. destination opt not to carry tools or any kind of repair kit. It's a bit of a gamble, but carrying extra equipment riding.
Backpacker begins its tips for your culinary delight in the wilderness with some stern. The method is simple: prepare your meal in advance in dried form (be it.
May 20, 2018. If you're like us, you plan well in advance for backpacking trips. A three-day meal kit is an easy way to sample lots of breakfast, lunch, and.
Emissions indicate inefficiency, because the cows are wasting energy from their food rather than using it. Besides the backpack experiment to capture cow farts and generate energy, more mainstream stu.
Apr 12, 2018. Eating good on the trail is crucial while backpacking. camp stove and mess kit along with a few packs of freeze dried meals and pinch of salt.
PORTSMOUTH – Last Thursday was a big day for the kids in Summer Meals 4 Kids, or SM4K, program as children were able to choose a backpack filled with school supplies along with their weekly food picku.
Jun 4, 2018. It's time to take a leap into the unknown and start making your own backpacking meals. By combining a couple of cups of boiling water with.
A lot of these students have younger siblings at home, and even the parents may be going without food so their kids can eat. This project will expand the reach of our BackPack Program in Orange County.
This New Orleans-style chicken stew is the real deal, thanks to traditional ingredients like okra and filé powder—a thickening spice blend of marjoram, thyme, and sassafras leaves with a rich, sweet taste. Other ingredients include chicken, long-grain rice, and a trio of onions, celery, and peppers, already simmered in a mix of Cajun spices.
Here are ten of my favorite high-calorie, lightweight backpacking meals you can try. -If you go to harmonyhousefoods.com they have a backpacking kit that.
Aug 12, 2018. Best Meal Replacement Bar: Greenbelly Backpacking Meals. Buy from. Best All -in-One Kit: The Backpacking Kit from Harmony House Foods.
Read on for backcountry meal-planning advice and surefire camp recipes. Its Backpacking Kit, filled with 18 packs of diced vegetables, is "a foundation," she.
Make your own lightweight, delicious, and inexpensive backpacking meals. Get meal ideas and discover foods favored by veteran backpackers.
The deputy did a search of the backpack and located marijuana and marijuana smoking. Many urban cyclists that live close to their destination opt not to carry tools or any kind of repair kit. It's.
On long haul flights, infants will be given a dual purpose plush toy with a printed activity blanket while older kids will re.
Grants were also awarded to Mason-Dixon Community Services, $3,500, for the Highland Summer Backpack Nutrition Program that provides summer meals to FARM-eligible youth. the distribution of free re.
Recently, Liam tested the Nesel Pack, a specialized backpack being developed by student entrepreneurs at the University of Minnesota for kids on the spectrum. The Nesel Pack (a play on the word "nestl.
Apr 27, 2017. Looking for the best snacks, meals, and food items to bring on your next backpacking adventure? Look no further. These lightweight, nutritious.
SANFORD – The Sanford Backpack Program is growing! The program, in its sixth year, now provides 347 backpacks weekly to kids from kindergarten to grade 12. On Thursdays there are also two large food d.
"South Dakota's farmers and ranchers care deeply about water quality and work hard every day to grow and raise food, feed and.
"I see people make [the mistake of] being under-prepared in terms of navigation tools, adequate clothing, water, food and eme.
This meal is my favorite. It goes on every single backpacking trip. I never get tired of it. Clients love this recipe. Need more convincing to try it? Few individuals have struggled to consume the entire meal, but if you have a small appetite you may, in which case I would recommend holding out on.
May 24, 2017. Just as important are foods (and meals) that can be quickly prepared. all of these qualities and therefore is "the best backpacking food.".
Key items to consider include food. them to your emergency kit as well. There are working breeds that can be quite useful.
First-aid kit, including aspirin, acetaminophen, Band-Aids, disinfectant, small and large Ace bandages, athletic tape and safety pins. Food. Make sure you have a full lunch, plus high-energy food like.
Backpack Buddies received a boost in the form of a $10,000 donation by the Kinston Noon Rotary Club on Thursday. Backpack Buddies provides weekend food for students who are eligible for free and reduc.
Jun 4, 2015. I felt that outdoor meals is a better descriptor, as you don't necessarily have to be backpacking to enjoy them. All you really need is a way to boil.
You want to finish every backpacking meal feeling full and satisfied. own freeze dried backpacking food, then this Harmony House kit includes an excellent.


In addition to the University Student Emergency Fund, there are several Southeast provided programs that rely on funding from the United Way to Operate.
Hoover Eldercare Center is an Senior Adult Day Program for seniors aged 60+. The Center provides transportation, hot lunch meal, snacks, exercise program, mental health programming, health screening and access to community resources. There is no charge for the services as United Way and other funding sources underwrite the costs. The Center particularly targets frail, well, low-income seniors but anyone can attend. For more information, call 573-290-5944.
APPLE is a paperwork service that advises and consults with seniors aged 60+ regarding Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, insurance forms and a wide assortment of government programs eligibility and applications. They will come to the home or will advise in their offices. There is no charge for this service.
Educare-provides CDA classes for child care providers and staff to attain the Child Development Associate credential. Classes are provided once a year. Classes run over a period of time. There are some costs associated with this class. For more information, call 573-651-9171.


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Leveraging data to drive strategy and Impact
By Emma Ramsbottom, Learning & Impact Strategy Manager, Greater Twin Cities United Way
Greater Twin Cities United Way leverages insights and data in a variety of ways to inform our work and to understand and tell the story of its impact — particularly at the "intersections of impact," where multiple change strategies and issue areas converge to create powerful and promising results, such as leveraging 211 resource helpline data to support our advocacy efforts around eviction reform.
Reflecting on our experiences using data to shape strategy and effect change in 2021, we recently convened nonprofit partners and donors to learn about United Way's data-driven social change work and to highlight recommendations for how funders can promote a more equitable relationship with data.
At our latest Community Connection Series, I was joined by Ann Gaasch of FamilyWise and Stephanie Malone of Appetite for Change for a discussion on how our organizations are leveraging data in new ways to drive strategy and impact.
Strategy Powered by Data and Community Insights
As United Way becomes an increasingly multi-faceted community impact organization, our Learning & Impact Strategy team ensures that all of our "levers of change" — 211 resource helpline and Suicide Prevention Lifeline, nonprofit partnerships, innovation and advocacy — are driven by and yield useful data. Our organization's commitment to leveraging data is guided by three key strategies:
We understand and document progress against our guiding long-term outcomes in Household Stability, Educational Success and Economic Opportunity, to illuminate what programs and initiatives are working and for whom.
We source ongoing insights from community that shape our community impact strategy design, keeping us responsive to emerging needs and fueling continuous process improvement.
We tell an impact story about our work, with emphasis on work that transcends multiple change strategies and issue areas.
United Way is particularly well-positioned to zoom out and identify themes that knit our many data sources together into a broader tapestry of impact. This unique vantage point wouldn't be possible without the data and insights our partners share with us.
Equity-Centered Impact
Our nonprofit partners are committed to leveraging data to understand what's working and for whom in their programs and initiatives. FamilyWise, a nonprofit partner in early childhood education, strengthens families by promoting the safety, stability and well-being of children. As Ann from FamilyWise shared, "We actually owe it to families….Sometimes [the] things you think are going to make a difference aren't the right levers to be pulling, and we might spin our wheels if we don't actually look at our results with a critical eye and make sure we're reaching the goals that we promised."
Appetite for Change, a United Way nonprofit partner in food security and former partner in United Way's Full Lives North Minneapolis innovation initiative, uses food as a tool to build health, wealth and social change. They bring a data justice lens to their data gathering efforts and are led by the perspectives and insights of their participants. For this community-centered organization, understanding impact is important "not only because we want to be good stewards of the funds that are given to our organization, but that we are doing right by community," said Stephanie.
Telling a Complex Impact Story
"Success isn't something that we're done with. It's something we're all working toward," remarked Ann. FamilyWise takes a whole family approach and recognizes that parents don't parent in a vacuum — stresses caused by economic insecurity have ripple effects among parents and children. "Not everyone is willing to tolerate the complexity of the stories and to recognize that success isn't just something you wake up one morning and achieve. We often have to address multiple areas of impact within a family in order to have them achieve their ideas of success and for us as a community to achieve success," said Ann.
At Appetite for Change, sharing progress toward larger end goals also involves highlighting stories of successes in addition to metrics. "You [Greater Twin Cities United Way] have allowed us the opportunity and flexibility to honor those stories and to tell more than a metric — but to put a human being behind the numbers," said Stephanie.
By leveraging ongoing insights and data from our community, United Way is continually updating our strategies and approaches to best serve our community while finding new and creative ways to show impact.
Republished with permission from Greater Twin Cities United Way. Original post available at: https://www.gtcuw.org/leveraging-data-to-drive-strategy-and-impact/)


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In a class of his own
Juno-winning rapper Classified plays in Nelson on Thursday.
Tyler Harper
Feb. 23, 2016 8:00 a.m.
Juno-winning rapper Classified released his latest album 'Greatful' last month.
Classified is just enjoying the ride on his latest tour.
The 38-year-old Canadian rapper-producer, whose real name is Luke Boyd, released his 15th album entitled Greatful last month. It's his first record since 2013's self-titled album, which spawned the Juno-winning single 'Inner Ninja.'
Classified plays at Spiritbar, 9 p.m. on Thursday. He spoke to the Star about Greatful, working with an idol and looking back on a successful career.
The Star: This album has a lot of finality to it. I've got to ask, is this your last album? Because it feels like it.
That's kind of how I felt when it was done, but it feels like that after every album. I don't know. I think this might be my last album. I'm always going to work on music … but I don't know if I'll do another 15, 16-track full album again.
Is this an album that you really could have only made at this point in your career? Your last song is thanking people for your career. You have a song to your wife, you've rapped about your family before but it seemed like you were trying to say something.
Not as personal.
Yeah. How did that come about?
I think just honestly being alone in the studio, like 16 months. Usually when I work on an album it's eight, nine months. It's usually a lot more people coming in and out of the studio, a lot more friends being around. With this one I found I just spent a lot more time by myself and I think when you're by yourself you dwell on more personal stuff. You write songs about things you wouldn't normally write if there was a bunch of people around. I think that was the main thing.
Even just growing up, trying to come up with new topics, things I haven't talked about. What else am I going to talk about besides personal stuff that I go through? Otherwise I'm going to redoing things I've already did.
Is that a struggle for you? You've been around a long time now, you've put out a lot of albums.
Totally is. It's not a struggle but it's something I take a lot of pride in. When I first came out, like on my second album, I just rapped. 'I'm on the mic, I got the mic, I'm ready to keep it hyped.' You know, whatever. It rhymed, cool, it's clever. I remember reading a review, they were like, 'You know it's cool, concept rap, but he doesn't write songs about anything.' This is like in '96. From that point on, that really just stuck in my head. If I'm going to write songs, I want to have a topic. I want to have a reason. I'm still going to have battle rap tracks, talking shit here or there. But I don't want to have a whole album of that. I want to hear just more depth, more substance. Just a reason for people to give a shit about a rapper from Nova Scotia.
You've got a track on this album that sort of blew my mind, 'Work Away.' I love the samples at the beginning of people talking about what they do and where they are.
That's a track I did with David Myles, who I've worked with many times. We're always in the studio together. He sang the first little thing, 'I may be tired but…,' and he was just playing on his guitar. Kind of the same we started 'Inner Ninja.' … It's a song about working hard. At first it was just, I work away, I've got to go to work, but I'm working hard at it. But then when we started working on it more it started leaning toward people who were going away to the oil fields. People who leave their house for three, four weeks, come home for a week to spend time with their family.
Me and Dave, being from the East Coast, we have a lot of friends that all moved out West to work. Even bigger than that, going across seas for a couple weeks. It just affects a lot of our close friends and families. We started writing the song and it really just came to be. Like, okay, we know where this is going now. And then we reached out on Facebook and [asked] if you work away, let us know what your name is, what you're doing and where you're from. I think it adds a really personal touch to it.
You've toured a long time now. Does that wear on you now?
Definitely. Definitely. I'm laying in the bed right now. We were up to like six in the morning partying on the tour bus. It's not something I can do 12 months a year, I'll tell you that. We usually tour a straight tour, we might do two tours in a year. We do one for six weeks, and then we do one September or October for two weeks. And then it's a lot of one offs … Some artists just live on the road. They just don't go home. That's just not the life I'm trying [to live.] I want to be home around my kids and stuff and have a lot of time and things. Just try to balance it out and keep it not consistently touring.
You've got Snoop Dogg and DJ Premier on this album. That's awesome. How did that come about?
Snoop, we played some shows over the years together but we didn't really know each other. But our management had connections. When he ended up coming here to shoot 'Trailer Park Boys' last June, we tracked him down. Where they were shooting was like 20 minutes from my house. We ended up bringing a small studio to his hotel, set it up and did the sound in his hotel.
So what about Premier? Because DJ Premier is like hip-hop royalty basically.
Straight up, man. 'Moment of Truth,' Gang Starr, all that stuff is what I grew up on. I had the song ('Filthy') done and I knew I wanted cuts on the sound like an old school hip-hop '90s rap. My brother (rapper Mike Boyd) actually said, 'Hey you should reach out to Primo.' I said, 'Yeah, that would be crazy.' Started connecting the dots in my head. Well, I've got a good relationship with Royce da 5'9 and his manager, and they work with Primo. They have a group together. So I just reached out and he's like, 'Man, send me the sound.' Sent him the sound and then Primo called me, just on the phone two or three days out of the blue, and he's like, 'Hey it's Primo. Got your track, man. Feel it. What do you want to do?' I was just like, wow, okay.
What's that like? You pick up the phone and Primo's like, hey let's do this track.
It's exactly what you think it was. I'm trying to play it up cool, like, 'hey what's up.' But in my mind I'm like, 'Primo's calling!' It was definitely surreal. It was cool just because it was that personal. Like, with Snoop it was more through managers, and then when we face to face we talked about it a bit. With Primo, he just picked up the phone and called me. It was cool.
Let's just say hypothetically this is your last album. If you stick to that, are you happy with what you've done with your career?
Oh yeah. I'm good.
Do you think you've left a statement on Canadian rap or was that ever an intention for you?
It was at first. Definitely, when I first came in it was like, get respect from your peers, from the other MC's you listen to, the other ones you work with. In the last verse of 'Heavy Head,' I say it is. Every thing I wanted to do, I did it and beyond. I've did a lot more than I ever thought I'd do. … I'm happy touring Canada. I'm very happy with my personal life. Obviously it would be great to win a Grammy or some shit like that, but I'm not down in the States grinding it out for six months in advance to make that happen. So it's not that important to me.
Swanson quartet wows school kids and St. Saviour's
Erica Dee gazes out at New Skies
Value of new construction in Nelson jumped in 2019
Several large multi-unit projects made the difference
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Blue Tankers stay steady; Lady Maroons trim deficit
Aldo Tong
The Men's and Women's Swimming Teams of the Ateneo de Manila University took contrasting paths in the 79th UAAP Swimming Championships after the second day of action at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Swimming Pool.
Despite both teams combining for another seven of the ten gold medals at stake, the Blue Tankers maintained their dominance over the field, while the University of the Philippines Lady Maroons inched closer to the Ateneo Lady Tankers in what looks to be another exciting finish to the storied rivalry.
UAAP Season 79 Men's Swimming
Only De La Salle University Green Tanker Alfonso Bautista got away with a gold medal outside of Ateneo as he tied the UAAP record of Ateneo's Carlo Silva (29.69) in the 50m Breaststroke during the morning preliminaries. In the afternoon finals, however, he was only able to manage a time of 29.79 but was still good enough for first place, upsetting Silva, who finished third in 29.96 behind teammate Paolo Mutuc's 29.89.
The rest of the events were ruled by Ateneo. The Blue Tankers got back at DLSU as Gerard Reyes (2:11.84) and Brandon Sing (2:14.41) pushed last year's gold medalist in the 200m Backstroke, Neil Puyo (2:14.76), to third place.
Axel Ngui got back to gold medal form in the 400m Freestyle, finishing the distance in 4:07.66, as rookie sensation Jethro Chua followed next in 4:13.25. Dexter Lacuna of UP was third in 4:16.78. Jessie Lacuna collected his second individual gold medal for Ateneo in the 100m Butterfly by clocking 56.29, while DLSU's Alnair Guevarra (57.88) and Red Silvestre (58.73) rounded out the podium.
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The story of the afternoon, however, goes to the 400m Freestyle Relay team of Sing, Mutuc, Justin Sy and Chua, who established a new UAAP record of 3:39.80. The University of the Philippines' anchor leg swimmer, Rafael Sta. Maria, was leading by a good two body-lengths, only to be chased down by a spirited Chua in the last lap. Together with Carlo Doragos, Alfred Rojo, and Lans Donato, Sta. Maria took the silver medal with a time of 3:40.01. DLSU brought home the bronze by clocking in at 3:47.38.
Even when the opposing teams seemed to have won one over the defending champions, Ateneo still found a way to overcome the challenge. If anything, their 120-point lead affords them the freedom to enjoy the last two days of the tournament worry-free.
UAAP Season 79 Men's Swimming Points Tally after Day 2
TEAM DAY 1 DAY 2 TOTAL
ADMU 132 130 262
DLSU 67 75 142
UP 34 56 90
UST 38 12 50
ADU 16 6 22
NU 15 4 19
UE 4 4
UAAP Season 79 Women's Swimming
The same cannot be said for the Ateneo Lady Tankers. With a lineup severely lacking in breaststroke depth, the UP Lady Maroons were able to cut the lead of Ateneo by almost half. Joy Rodgers led the way for UP, as her time of 33.95 in the 50m Breaststroke was clearly ahead of silver medalist Ramona Datu of Ateneo, who touched in at 36.02. UP's Kristina Bartolome took home the bronze medal in 36.06.
UP, represented by Ariana Canaya, Daniella Torres, Teresa Dela Rosa and Monica Padilla, also bagged a gold medal in the 400m Freestyle Relay, finishing it in 4:19.36, on top of Ateneo's quartet of Shayn Ting, Shaye Uy, Hannah Castaneda, and Andrea Torres, who were a full second behind at 4:20.36. DLSU finished third a further distance back in 4:28.54.
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It was a busy day for reigning back-to-back UAAP MVP Hannah Dato of Ateneo as she notched her second and third gold medals this season in the 400m Freestyle (4:40.87) and the 100m Butterfly (1:04.63). Angelic Saavedra (4:44.88) of the University of Santo Tomas was runner-up in the 400m Freestyle, while UP's Delia Cordero (4:45.05) managed to place third. Cordero (1:04.80) improved to a silver medal finish in the 100m Butterfly, and season 78 Rookie of the Year Romina Gavino (1:07.90) of Ateneo took the bronze medal.
Ateneo's Ariana Herranz repeated as gold medalist of the 200m Backstroke by completing it in 2:27.04. DLSU's Catherine Bondad took the silver in 2:29.29, while UP's Nadine Tee Ten took the bronze in 2:32.97.
Midway through the four-day tournament, Ateneo and UP are in the thick of their nine-year rivalry where Ateneo has a total of three championships (Season 71, 77 & 78) against UP's five straight (Season 72-76).
UAAP Season 79 Women's Swimming Points Tally after Day 2
ADMU 113 97 210
UP 74 115 189
DLSU 35 34 69
The third day of action continues today at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Swimming Pool with the 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 400m Individual Medley, and 200m Freestyle Relay.
In this article:Adamson Men's Swimming, Alfonso Bautista, Ariana Canaya, Ariana Herranz, Ateneo Men's Swimming, Ateneo Women's Swimming, Axel Ngui, Brandon Sing, Daniella Torres, DLSU Men's Swimming, DLSU Women's Swimming, Hannah Dato, Jessie Lacuna, Jethro Chua, Justin Sy, Monica Padilla, NU Men's Swimming, Teresa dela Rosa, UAAP Season 79, UAAP Season 79 Men's Swimming, UAAP Season 79 Women's Swimming, UE Men's Swimming, UP Men's Swimming, UP Women's Swimming, UST Men's Swimming, UST Women's Swimming
Written By Aldo Tong
Aldo is an ultimate sports enthusiast who watches and plays a multitude of sports like basketball, volleyball, swimming and water polo. His heart bleeds blue as he graduated in Jesuit institutions and is currently employed in one. Purefoods (or whatever name they call it now) in the PBA and the LA Lakers in the NBA are his favorite basketball teams.
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This story was long awaited for publication. A constant deficiency of the time for all my projects is a reason. Is worth telling because it says a lot about the reactions of bystanders on the phenomenon of yarnbombing and the emotions they evoke, sometimes quite unintentionally. The case took place in Mozelos by the Porto up to the end of September.
In Portugal I was for inviting my wonderful friends. It is exactly thanks to contacts with them my nickname is Maluca. Yes, they regard theses I'm a bit crazy ( Maluca in Portuguese means crazy : )). They like what I am doing ( guerilla knitting ) and they were satisfied, that in Portugal I had also left a lot of my yarnbombs. They asked me to make something specially for them and installed close them so they could be pleased with this thing usually.
So I did the next little devil and I sewed it right away before their block on the street lamp. As ever I supplied him with my tag with logo: Maluca.
Finishing details of the little devil I talked to my friend about linguistic resemblances and while I sewed exactly horns I associated the saying for oneself grated: "to cuckold somebody". I asked whether they in the Portuguese were also using this phrase. It turned out, that yes and in the same meaning.
I stitched the little devil on the post of the lamp with late afternoon and right away then I got back home. Then we sent our men for groceries. They came back soon laughing one's head off. They were heard already from the lift. What was the reason? As it turned out my harmless installation triggered considerable emotions and the commotion amongst residents.
On the pavement before the block a group stood doggedly discussing residents: "What is this?, "Why does it have horns?", " Whether is it some suggestion?", " Does somebody want because of that to say something about living here women?", " Or about men?!", " And why there is written: Maluca? ". Our Portuguese friend joined in the discussion trying to explain what here it is, about the phenomenon of "yarnbombing". He quoted examples of different kind of street art and tried to prove that it's also a kind of the piece of street art. And it's aimed at nothing bad, is suggesting nothing. It's rather for decorating cities and amusing passers-by. The group of neighbours didn't seem however to understand his explanations. And I don't think so everyone caused the impression amused. They were only interested in it why "this" had horns and why "Maluca" (even didn't take note that it was nly a nick name ).
Really somebody had a little something on the conscience and felt unmasked? Of it we don't know. We are also knowing nothing about secrets of neighbours. However we know that the harmless installation of wool can evoke considerable emotions and completely accidentally move the local community ( or only some individuals ; )).
Only a cleaning lady which even liked the decoration seemed amused. Most probably also the entire confusion, because provided rumours with the subject. Is it interesting whether the little devil still there or perhaps did some cuckold already dismiss him : ).
TAJEMNICA DIABELSKICH ROGÓW W MOZELOS (PT).
Ta historia długo czekała na publikacje. Powodem jest ciągły niedostatek czasu na wszystkie moje projekty. Warta jest opowiedzenia ponieważ wiele mówi o reakcjach postronnych osób na zjawisko yarnbombing'u i emocjach jakie wywołuje, czasem zupełnie niechcący. Sprawa miała miejsce w Mozelos koło Porto pod koniec września.
W Portugalii byłam na zaproszenie moich wspaniałych przyjaciół. To właśnie dzięki kontaktom z nimi mój nick brzmi Maluca. Tak, oni tez uważają, że jestem trochę szalona ( Maluca po portugalsku znaczy szalona : )). Podoba im się to co robię ( włóczkowa partyzantka ) i byli zadowoleni, że także w Portugalii zostawiłam wiele moich wrzutów. Poprosili mnie abym zrobiła coś specjalnie dla nich i zamontowała blisko nich aby mogli się cieszyć tą rzeczą na co dzień.
Zrobiłam więc kolejnego diabełka i przyszyłam go zaraz przed ich blokiem na lampie ulicznej. Jak zawsze zaopatrzyłam go w moją metkę z logo : Maluca.
Wykańczając detale diabełka rozmawiałam z moją koleżanką o podobieństwach językowych. W czasie gdy przyszywałam właśnie rogi skojarzyłam sobie utarte powiedzenie: "przyprawiać komuś rogi". Spytałam czy także w portugalskim używa się tego zwrotu. Okazało się, że tak i to dokładnie w tym samym znaczeniu.
Przyczepiłam diabełka na słupie lampy późnym popołudniem i zaraz potem wróciłam do domu. Chwilę potem wysłałyśmy naszych panów na zakupy spożywcze. Wrócili niebawem wręcz zaśmiewając się do łez. Było ich słychać już z windy. Co było powodem? Okazało się, że moja niewinna instalacja wywołała spore emocje i poruszenie wśród mieszkańców.
Na chodniku przed blokiem stała grupka mieszkańców zawzięcie dyskutując: "Co to takiego?" Dlaczego to ma rogi?" "Czy to jakaś sugestia?" , "Czy ktoś chce przez to powiedzieć coś o mieszkających tu kobietach?", "A może o mężczyznach?!" "I dlaczego tam jest napisane: Maluca?". Nasz portugalski przyjaciel włączył się do dyskusji starając się wytłumaczyć o co tu chodzi, co to jest zjawisko yarnbombing'u. Przywoływał przykłady różnego rodzaju street art'u i starał się udowodnić, że to także rodzaj sztuki ulicy. I nie ma na celu niczego złego, niczego nie sugeruje. Chodzi tu raczej o dekorowanie miast i rozbawienie przechodniów. Grupka sąsiadów nie wydawała się jednak rozumieć jego wyjaśnień. I chyba nie wszyscy sprawiali wrażenie rozbawionych. Interesowało ich tylko dlaczego "To" ma rogi i dlaczego "Maluca" ( nawet nie przyjmowali do wiadomości, że to tylko pseudonim ).
Czyżby ktoś miał co nieco na sumieniu i poczuł się zdemaskowany? Tego nie wiemy. Nie wiemy również nic o tajemnicach sąsiadów. Wiemy natomiast, że niewinna instalacja z włóczki może wywołać spore emocje i zupełnie niechcący poruszyć lokalną społeczność ( albo tylko pewne jednostki ; )).
Rozbawiona wydawała się jedynie sprzątaczka, której dekoracja się nawet podobała. A pewnie i całe zamieszanie, bo dostarczało tematu do plotek. Ciekawe czy diabełek wciąż tam jest czy może jakiś rogacz już go usunął : ).
Yarnbomber observations: knitted "Monster Foot" in fact life.
First, I must admit that I really like "Monster Foot" as a guerilla knitting project. It's easy and simple to do, nicely presented and doen't take much time. On the street it looks interesting, draws attention and entertains passers-by. So far was a big fan of this project. However, the possibility of observation already made Monster Feet raises a number of applications about their practicality.
First we watched regularly was "Monster Foot" from Porto, because I put it at point of the city which I passed many times during my stay there. Just two days after installed, I noticed that she was tucked up by someone a little higher above sidewalk level. I slipped it down and wondered for a moment why someone picks it up? Did not see that's the foot? With claws? It should stand on the sidewalk? However, a few days later, the situation repeated again: I found it on the top of street sigh. This time even higher. Again, I slipped downstairs and also found no rational explanation for the reason why someone did it.
A few days later mounted another foot in Portugal. This time the "Chicken Foot" in Lisbon. And in this case, history repeated itself exactly the same: I saw foot again raised up. I must admit that this time the puzzle began to bother me very much. Still, I didn't know how to explain it. Why does the same thing is happening in two different places far away from each other? After all, it can not be a joke. What is the reason?
The answer came on the same evening, quite by accident. I noticed that the streets and sidewalks are cleaned by small cars with rotary brushes and water. So that's it! Does the city cleaning workers cared for the welfare of guerrilla installations? They raise them up for not to damage! Unbelievable! The answer surprised me very much and makes me also happy. It raised my faith in people. Conclusion gives sense of optimism: I dare say that a large proportion of people positively approaches guerilla knitting. I hope that not only in Portugal and not only cleaning service.
After a few days in Lisbon, I had a minute to once again see the foot from Porto. I found it already much damaged, torn and crumpled. I think patience and the good will of the worker was over. After I left it down a few times no longer wanted to raise up it. Well, that's the street life. Only the strongest or adapt best will survive. And as you can see even for monsters with claws is pretty hard.
By the way, warm greetings and compliments to the urban workers in Porto and Lisbon!
And what are the lessons from this history beyond the respect for municipal services? As you can see some ideas can be extremely effective but also not practical. Of course, rather difficult to predict all possible problems when planning a project. But seeing how they operate then in real life, on the street, allow to draw conclusions and better plan future projects. It is difficult to expect that such a thing as yarnbombing will persist indefinitely in the city. Are exposed to many opportunities to destroy not only the cleaning of streets, but if they are well planned can live longer. If they resist of course a commonplace demolition of hateful people or municipal guards.
And after returning from holiday I visited my Monster Feet in Rotterdam. One of them has disappeared (it may have been corrupted?) and the second one I found also slightly raised up. Could the same phenomenon? So, also bows to the city service workers from Rotterdam.
PARTYZANCKIE OBSERWACJE: POTWORKOWA STOPA W PRAWDZIWYM ŻYCIU.
Po pierwsze muszę przyznać, że bardzo lubię "Potworkową Stopę" jako partyzancki projekt. Jest łatwa i prosta w wykonaniu, nie zajmuje wiele czasu i ładnie się prezentuje. Na ulicy wygląda ciekawie, zwraca uwagę i rozbawia przechodniów. Jak do tej pory byłam wielką fanką tego projektu. Jednak możliwość obserwacji zrealizowanych już "Potworkowych Stóp" nasuwa kilka wniosków o ich praktyczności.
Pierwszą którą obserwowałam regularnie była Potworkowa Stopa z Porto, ponieważ umieściłam ja w takim punkcie miasta które wielokrotnie mijałam podczas mojego tam pobytu. Już dwa dni po jej zainstalowaniu zauważyłam, że została przez kogoś podciągnięta nieco wyżej nad poziom chodnika. Zsunęłam ją na dół i zastanowiłam się przez chwilę dlaczego ktoś podnosi ją do góry? Czyżby nie widział, że to jest stopa? Z pazurkami? I powinna jednak stać na chodniku? Jednak kilka dni później sytuacja się powtórzyła: znowu zastałam ją w górze. Tym razem jeszcze wyżej. Ponownie zsunęłam ja na dół i również tym razem nie znalazłam racjonalnego wytłumaczenia powodu dla którego ktoś to zrobił.
Kilka dni później zamontowałam kolejną stopę w Portugalii. Tym razem "Kurczakową Stopę" w Lizbonie. I w tym przypadku historia się powtórzyła niemal tak samo: znowu zobaczyłam ją podniesioną do góry. Muszę przyznać, że tym razem zagadka zaczęła nurtować mnie już bardzo mocno. Wciąż jednak nie wiedziałam jak to racjonalnie wytłumaczyć. Dlaczego to samo dzieje się w dwóch różnych miejscach znacznie oddalonych od siebie? Przecież to nie może być żart. Jaki jest tego powód?
Rozwiązanie zagadki pojawiło się tego samego wieczoru zupełnie przypadkowo. Zauważyłam mianowicie,że ulice i chodniki są sprzątane przez małe samochodziki za pomocą wirujących szczotek i wody. A więc to tak?! Czyżby pracownicy oczyszczania miasta troszczyli się o dobro partyzanckich instalacji? Podnoszą je do góry aby ich nie uszkodzić! Niewiarygodne!!! Rozwiązanie zagadki zaskoczyło mnie i bardzo ucieszyło. I podniosło moja wiarę w ludzi. Wnioski napawają optymizmem: ośmielam się twierdzić, że duża część ludzi pozytywnie podchodzi do włóczkowej partyzantki. Mam nadzieję, że nie tylko w Portugalii i nie tylko służby sprzątające.
Po kilkudniowym pobycie w Lizbonie miałam chwilkę aby znów zobaczyć stopę z Porto. Zastałam ją jednak znacznie uszkodzoną, poszarpaną i pomiętą. Chyba skończyła się cierpliwość i dobra wola osoby sprzątającej. Po tym jak opuszczałam stopę na dół kilka razy nie chciał ponownie jej podnosić. No cóż, takie jest uliczne życie. Przetrwają tylko najsilniejsi lub najlepiej przystosowanie. I jak widać nawet potworom z pazurami jest dosyć ciężko.
Przy okazji ciepłe pozdrowienia i wyrazy szacunku dla pracowników miejskich w Porto i Lizbonie!!!
A po powrocie z wakacji odwiedziłam moje Potworkowe Stopy w Rotterdamie. Jedna z nich zniknęła (może została uszkodzona?) a drugą znalazłam również podniesiona nieznacznie do góry. Czyżby to samo zjawisko? Więc ukłony również dla pracowników służb miejskich z Rotterdamu.


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Over the past 30 years, over 3.5 million patrons have seen a show at the Huntington!
Sophia Ramos recently appeared in Top Girls (2018) at the Huntington. Credits include Carmelita Tropicana's Carnival (P.S. 122), Robert Schenkkan's musical The Twelve (Signature Theatre), Love, Janis (Arizona Theater Company), Party People (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and The Public Theater), and Macbeth (Shakespeare Theatre Company). Ms. Ramos began as a rock singer for the 90s New York City hard rock outfit Sophia's Toy, signed to Epic/Sony Records. She went on to collaborate and perform with artists Joey Ramone, Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, and Big Brother & The Holding Company.
(As of May 2018)


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Q: What will happen if I run a "fork bomb" on my machine? What will happen after using the fork bomb command?

A: Depending on the system you might get an error message such as:
No command 'fork' found, did you mean:
 Command 'forg' from package 'forg' (universe)
 Command 'gfork' from package 'globus-gfork-progs' (universe)
 Command 'pork' from package 'pork' (universe)
 Command 'forw' from package 'nmh' (universe)
 Command 'forw' from package 'mailutils-mh' (universe)

On a more serious note: there's no 'fork bomb' command on Linux.
A fork bomb is a program that spawns copies of itself which spawn copies of themselves etc.
The easiest way to make one is probably one of the bash forms:
E.g. (from the linked article):
  :(){ :|:& };:

or
 bomb() { bomb | bomb& }; bomb

or
 bomb() { bomb & bomb; }; bomb

(: is just a possible function name in bash, and the pipe doesn't really do anything here).
Unless you have some resource limits sets on the maximum number of processes that Linux will allow your user to run, it'll freeze your computer. You can set these limits with sudo -e /etc/security/limits.conf.


The Lifetime series "UnREAL," since the beginning, has tackled a number of issues while exploring life behind-the-scenes of a dating reality show, but one of its most important causes has always been that of what it's like to be a woman working in Hollywood. That's extended, on a meta level, to how the show operates during production: While on other shows, women struggle to find acceptance, showrunner Stacy Rukeyser and co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro feel that they've made sure that the sort of hazing and back-talking that they might experience on other sets is not an issue for them.
IndieWire spoke with the pair at SCAD ATVfest, where Season 3 was premiering — meanwhile, they were already in production on Season 4, due to a delay in the release schedule. This meant they were able to reflect on two seasons' worth of production, all mixed up in the #MeToo era that has unveiled so many tough stories about how men treat women during the filmmaking process.
"UnREAL" doesn't have an all-female directing staff, though Shapiro did say that they were "very inspired by shows like 'Queen Sugar' that went all female." Season 3, they say, was 50-50 women and men directing, including episodes directed by Shapiro, Shiri Appleby, and Constance Zimmer, while Season 4 was 40-60.
"UnREAL" Season 3 airs Mondays on Lifetime.


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How can AFC Wimbledon get the best out of their new-look strike force at Kingsmeadow?
Neal Ardley has plenty of attacking options at his disposal after bolstering the ranks
Dimitri Kondonis
AFC Wimbledon boss Neal Ardley has a plethora of attacking options at his disposal after bolstering the ranks with the additions of Lyle Taylor and Tom Elliot.
The duo, alongside Adebayo Akinfenwa and Adebayo Azeez, have combined to create a selection headache for Ardley - a problem he is happy to have.
But the manager is determined not to become a "one-trick pony" with his tactics, and after starting the season with a 3-4-3, has reverted to a basic 4-4-2 formation.
This means that the awesome foursome of attacking talent will have to be managed carefully, and we take a look at how each forward can help the team.
AFC Wimbledon's summer signings in pictures:
AFC Wimbledon's summer signings 2015
Lyle Taylor
Captured: Lyle Taylor (Image: Ker Robertson/Getty Images)
The former Bournemouth man is blessed with both an abundance of height and pace. He is a poacher, whose quick movement and finishing ability has helped him score goals.
He gambles on opportunities and plays on the shoulder of the last defender - which is what Wimbledon are also trying to teach Elliott.
Dons boss Neal Ardley initially used Taylor alongside fellow strikers Akinfenwa and Elliot as he looked to utilise his favoured 3-4-3 formation.
After a failed gamble against Crawley Town though, reverting to a 4-4-2 formation saw his charges come out with all the points - with Taylor leading the line alongside Akinfenwa.
He was sent off in Saturday's draw with Mansfield.
"The Beast": Adebayo Akinfenwa is known as 'the strongest player in football'
As the world's strongest footballer, Akinfenwa is unsurprisingly seen as the hold-up man.
His presence as a striker continues to terrorise defenders across League Two, and with the ability to keep the ball away from opposition clutches, he relieves the pressure on his team.
In any formation that Ardley uses, Akinfenwa is his go-to man having scored 15 goals last season in 47 appearances for the Dons.
Adebayo Azeez
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The 21-year-old forward provides further pace for the Dons, but has still to figure out his long-term role.
Ardley stated upon his arrival that he wanted him to learn from Matt Tubbs and Akinfenwa and become a different option.
"We wanted the third forward to be a young striker who we could develop with different attributes," he said.
Scoring six goals for the Dons last season, Azeez has shown that he is starting to find his feet but the forward seems to be furthest down the pecking order.
Tom Elliott
Target man: Tom Elliott
Signed during the summer, Elliot is another who provides an imposing option in attack for Wimbledon.
As a powerful forward who is just as apt at challenging for headers as he is at running in behind defenders, Ardley sees the forward as an ideal alternative to Akinfenwa.
The tall 24-year-old has been brought in both for his current ability and his potential to improve - with Ardley determined to see him develop.
Opened the scoring at the weekend in Mansfield.
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