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Kemp & Denning Limited Online Terms & Conditions
1.1 This Kemp & Denning Shopping site at kd.com.au is a shopping website where you can browse, select and order products advertised on the Site from Kemp & Denning Limited (ABN 81 009 475 941) ("Kemp & Denning", "K&D" or "us").
1.2 Please read these terms and conditions before accessing or using the Site. If you are under 18 years of age, then you must obtain your parent or guardian's consent before accessing and using the Site.
1.3 Your access to and use of the Site, including your order of Products through the Site, is subject to these terms and conditions.
2 Compliance with these terms and conditions
2.1 You agree to bound by, and comply with, these terms and conditions:
(a) by completing your registration through the Site; and
(b) using the Site to obtain Products from us.
3.1 You must complete the customer registration process through the Site before placing an order for Products through the Site. Any personal information that you give us will be held and used by us in accordance with our privacy policy referred to in clause 20 below.
3.2 You may not have more than one active account, and your account is non-transferable. You may update, edit or terminate your account at any time through the Site.
3.3 If you choose to use a workplace email address for your account or to access the Site, then you are solely responsible for ensuring that you comply with the rules, policies or protocols that apply to the use of your email address and your workplace facilities.
4 Placing an order for Products
4.1 You may order Products by selecting and submitting your order through the Site in accordance with these terms and conditions.
4.2 Any order placed through this Site for a Product is an offer by you to purchase the particular Product for the price notified (including the delivery and other charges and taxes) at the time you place the order.
4.3 We may ask you to provide additional details or require you to confirm your details to enable us to process any orders placed through the Site.
4.4 You agree to provide us with current, complete and accurate details when asked to do so by the Site.
5 Acceptance or rejection of an order
5.1 We reserve the right to accept or reject your order for any reason, including if the requested Product is not available, if there is an error in the price or the product description posted on the Site or in your order.
5.2 Each order placed for Products through the Site that we accept results in a separate binding agreement between you and us for the supply of those Products. For each order accepted by us, we will supply the Products in that order to you in accordance with these terms and conditions.
5.3 If we reject an order placed through the Site, then we will endeavour to notify you of that rejection at the time you place the order or within a reasonable time after you submit your order.
6.1 You are not permitted to purchase any items for resale to a third party or for trade purposes. If we have a concern with the quantity of item/s you have ordered, then we will contact you when you place the order or within a reasonable time after you submit your order.
7.1 We will only deliver Products ordered through the Site to a location where we provide delivery services. You also agree to provide us with complete and accurate information that we ask you to provide to enable us to fulfil your order that we have accepted.
7.2 We will aim to deliver during the next two business days. However, if an event occurs that is beyond our reasonable control, then we may not be able to do so and will not be liable to you or any other person for any such delay. In this instance, we will endeavour to provide you with notice of such delay as soon as reasonably possible.
7.3 We will deliver the Products to the front door at the relevant Delivery Address. If you ask us to deliver inside a premise or building at the Delivery Address and we agree to do so, then you are responsible for all loss or damage suffered by us in connection with our delivery of the Products beyond the front door of the Delivery Address.
7.4 You agree to comply with certain delivery requirements specified below and such other requirements that we notify you when you place your order through the Site:
If the delivery relates to your first order, then you must be present to accept the delivery of that order and, at our request, provide us with photographic identification.
We also recommend that you be present to accept the delivery of your order if you have paid by credit card.
7.5 We will require the person accepting the delivery of your order to provide us with proof of that person's identity (including photographic identification) and, where relevant, age. If the order has been paid by credit card, then we may also ask you to show us the credit card for us to conduct our verification checks.
7.6 If there is no one or no appropriate person (for example, above 18 years old) at the Delivery Address to receive the order or, if you are required to be present at the time of delivery and you are not present at that time, then:
(a) we will not deliver the Products you have ordered; and
(b) we may charge you a fee of up to $15.
In this instance, we will endeavour to contact you or you may contact us to arrange for delivery at a different time, and we may charge you an additional Delivery Fee for that replacement delivery.
7.7 Other than as required under clause 7.4 for your first order, you:
(a) acknowledge and agree that any person at the Delivery Address who receives the Products is authorised by you to receive your order and, where relevant, make payment for that order.g
8.1 Risk in the Products passes to you on the date and time of delivery to the Delivery Address. Title to the Products passes to you on the later of the date and time of:
(a) payment for those Products; and
(b) delivery of those products to the Delivery Address.
9.1 We may cancel any part of an order (including any orders that we have accepted) without any liability to you for that cancellation at any time if:
(a) the requested Products in that order are not available; or
(b) there is an error in the price or the product description posted on the Site in relation to the relevant Product in that order; or
(c) that order has been placed in breach of these terms and conditions.
If we do so, then we will endeavour to provide you with reasonable notice of that cancellation, and will not charge you for the cancelled order if we cancel it before the delivery date or if you are not at fault or in breach of these terms and conditions.
9.2 You may cancel an order (whether it is accepted by us or not):
(a) up to 48 hours before the day of delivery, through the Site. If so, no fees or charges will apply to that cancellation; or
(b) in all other circumstances, by contacting Customer Service on 62 300 312 during Contact Hours. In this instance, if you cancel an order:
(i) 48 hours before the day of delivery, then no fees or charges will apply to that cancellation; and
(ii) on the day of delivery, then we may charge you a cancellation fee of $15.00.
10.1 We will charge you, and you agree to pay, the following fees and charges in relation to an order that we accept (as applicable):
(a) the purchase price of each Product that is ordered;
(b) the delivery fee ("Delivery Fee"); and
(c) the cancellation fee for an order that is cancelled as set out in clause 9.2(b)(ii); and
(d) any other fees and charges set out in these terms and conditions.
10.2 All fees and charges identified in these terms and conditions and all prices for the Products include GST where applicable.
10.3 The purchase price of each Product is shown on the product list on the Site at the time you place your order.
10.4 You acknowledge that we are not required or obliged to match any prices for any Products, including matching any prices for a Product that is available through the Site at our store or vice versa.
10.5 Just like in our stores, prices for Products change from time to time and we do not provide any notice of these changes. Subject to these terms and conditions, once we have accepted your order, we will not change any prices that apply to the Products in that order.
10.6 If:
(a) a Product that you have ordered is not available and we have not provided you with a substitute; or
(b) you cancel an order under clause 9.2(a),
then we will provide you with a credit to the value of the Products that were not supplied to you.
11.1 You may pay the fees and charges using the following payment methods:
(i) Visa;
(ii) MasterCard;
11.2 You may pay the fees and charges for your order online through the Site using your credit card.
11.3 If we are unable to successfully process your credit card payment for your order that is accepted by us, then we may cancel your order.
11.4 You authorise Kemp & Denning to debit the amount that is payable for an accepted order from your nominated credit card if you use a credit card to pay for the fees and charges.
11.5 You must not pay, or attempt to pay, for products through any fraudulent or unlawful means.
11.6 We will provide you with a receipt at time of delivery which specifies the total fees and charges for the Products in the order.
12 Substitution or missing items in delivery
12.1 You acknowledge that a Product that you order may be out of stock or temporarily unavailable. If this happens, then we will not be able to provide you with that Product.
12.2 If there are missing items from your delivery, then you should check the receipt that we provided to you to determine if the missing Product is marked as out of stock. If so, then we will provide you with a credit to your account. In all other circumstances, you may contact Customer Service on 62 300 312 during Contact Hours within 24 hours of the delivery time and we will take steps to verify and confirm any such missing items. Once we are reasonably satisfied that the item was not delivered to you, then we will (at your option): (i) provide you with a credit for the Products that were charged but not delivered to you; or (ii) arrange for a re-delivery of the missing item at an agreed time.
13.1 If you wish to return a Product that was provided to you under these terms and conditions, then you may:
(a) return that Product to one of our stores for a refund; or
(b) contact our Customer Service by telephone within 12 hours of the delivery time to make arrangements to return that Product. In this instance, you may:
(i) return the Product to us at the time we deliver your next order; or
(ii) request for us to collect the Product (at an additional charge that we will notify you at that time).
You must provide us with the invoice we issued to you for your order to make a claim under this clause. If you fail to do so, then we may reject or deny your claim.
(a) must ensure that your LoginID and password that is used to access the Site and the details of your account is kept in a safe and secure manner;
(b) must notify us on through our Customer Service on 62 300 312 during Contact Hours if you are or become aware that there is or has been an unauthorised use of your LoginID and password or account, or any other security breach relating to your account;
(c) must promptly advise us of any changes to your information provided to us as part of the customer registration process;
(d) are responsible for any costs associated with your access to or use of the Site, including Internet access fees;
(e) are responsible and liable for any person that uses your LoginID and password to order Product(s) through the Site; andg
(f) agree that we may charge you for all Products that we agree to supply to you that have been ordered using your LoginID and password through the Site.g
You must not:
(a) use the Site for any activities that breach any laws, infringe a third party's rights or are contrary to any relevant standards or codes;
(b) use the Site in a manner or way, or post to or transmit to or via the Site any material, which interferes with other users or our other customers or defames, harasses, threatens, menaces or offends any person or which prevents any other person from using or enjoying the Site;
(c) make fraudulent or speculative enquiries, purchases or requests through the Site;
(d) use another person's details without their permission or impersonate another person when using the Site;
(e) post or transmit any obscene, indecent, inflammatory or pornographic material or any other material that may give rise to civil or criminal proceedings;
(f) tamper with or hinder the operation of the Site;
(g) knowingly transmit any viruses, worms, defects, trojan horses or similar disabling or malicious code to the Site;
(h) use any robot, spider, site search and retrieval application or other mechanism to retrieve or index any portion of the Site;
(i) modify, adapt, translate or reverse engineer any portion of the Site;
(j) remove any copyright, trade mark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Site;
(k) reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Site;
(l) create accounts by automated means or under false or fraudulent pretences;
(m) use the Site to violate the security of any computer or other network or engage in illegal conduct;
(n) take any action that imposes or that would, in our reasonable opinion, result in an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
(o) use the Site other than in accordance with these terms and conditions; or
(p) attempt any of the above acts or engage or permit another person to do any of the above acts.
16.1 We may:
(a) lock, suspend or delete your account or access to the Site at any time without prior notice to you; or
(b) cease providing the Site or any other product or service that may be available through the Site at any time.
16.2 If we lock, suspend or delete your account under clause 16.1(a), then we will refund all credits that you are entitled to receive under these terms and conditions by direct deposit to your nominated account once we have conducted all our verification and other relevant checks.
You warrant that:
(a) all information and data provided by you to us through the Site (including as part of the customer registration process) or otherwise is true, accurate, complete and up to date;g
(b) the person receiving the Products at the Delivery Address is authorised by you to do so; and
(c) you have and will comply with all relevant laws relating to your use of the Site and your placement of any order to us.g
18.1 Subject to clause 18.3, we exclude all implied terms and warranties whether statutory or otherwise, relating to the Site or the subject matter of this agreement. You acknowledge that the Site is provided "as is" and that we do not make any warranty or representation as to the suitability of the Site or a Product for any purpose.
18.2 Subject to clause 18.3, we will not be liable to you for indirect and consequential loss (including without limitation for loss of revenue, loss of profits, failure to realise expected profits or savings and any other commercial or economic loss of any kind) or loss or corruption of data, in contract, tort, under any statute or otherwise (including negligence) arising from or connected to this agreement.
18.3 Where any law implies in this agreement any term, and that law voids or prohibits provisions which exclude or modify the operation of such term, then the term is taken to be included in this agreement. However, our liability for breach of such term will be, if permitted by law, limited to the following remedy in the case of goods, the replacement of the goods, the supply of equivalent goods, the repair of the goods; the payment of the cost of replacing the goods (or of acquiring equivalent goods), or the payment of the cost of having the goods repaired.
18.4 Our liability to you for loss or damage of any kind arising out of this agreement or in connection with the relationship established by it is reduced to the extent (if any) that you cause or contribute to the loss or damage. This reduction applies whether our liability is in contract, tort (including negligence), under any statute or otherwise.
18.5 Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to limit or exclude any liability that cannot be excluded by law.
19.1 We may terminate this agreement for convenience at any time on notice to you. Without qualifying the foregoing, we may immediately suspend, terminate or limit your access to and use of the Site and (where relevant) your account if you breach these terms and conditions and:
(a) the breach cannot be remedied; or
(b) you fail to the remedy the breach within 10 days of our notice to you of that breach; or
(c) if there is an emergency.
19.2 You may stop using the Site at any time and for any reason.
19.3 We may stop making the Site (or any part of it) available without prior notice. If so, any orders that we have accepted will not be affected by this unless the Products that have been ordered is no longer available or we are prevented from supplying the Products, in which case, we will notify you and valid payments will be returned in accordance with these terms and conditions.
Our privacy policy available at Privacy Statement forms part of these terms and conditions. You acknowledge and agree to our privacy policy.
21 Intellectual property rights
21.1 You:
(a) acknowledge that the copyright in the Site, the software, design, text and graphics comprised in the Site, the selection and layout of the Site and the content and materials on the Site (together, the "Materials") are owned by or licensed to us;
(b) must not modify, copy, adapt, store in a retrieval system, reproduce, upload, post, transmit, sell, distribute in any way or communicate to the public a Material without our prior written consent; and
(c) must not frame or embed in another website any of the material appearing on this Site without our prior written consent.
21.2 You may:
(a) store a reproduction of the content on this Site on your local computer for the sole purpose of viewing the content and Materials; and
(b) print hard copies of the content and Materials for the sole purpose of viewing and purchasing Products but not for any other use, including commercial use.
21.3 This Site contains registered trade marks and other trade marks which are protected by law. You must not use any of the marks or trade marks appearing on the Site or our name or the names of our related bodies corporate without our prior written consent. You must not use any of the other company, product and services marks on the Site that are owned by other third parties (including our suppliers) without obtaining the relevant third party owner's consent.
22 Changes to these terms and conditions
We may change these terms and conditions at any time, and such modifications will be effective as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use the Site after these terms and conditions have been modified, you agree to be bound by the changes to these terms and conditions. If you have an order that has been accepted by us, the terms and conditions that will apply to the order, are the terms and conditions that applied at the time you placed your order.
23.1 The Site may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us or our related bodies corporate. These links are provided for your convenience only and you agree that:
(a) we make no representations or warranties, or have any responsibility or liability for those websites; and
(b) these links do not indicate, expressly or impliedly, that we endorse the site or the products or services that are provided at those sites.
You agree that you access and use the products and services made available at those sites solely at your own risk.
23.2 If the whole or any part of a provision of this agreement is void, unenforceable or illegal in a jurisdiction it is severed for that jurisdiction. The remainder of this agreement has full force and effect and the validity or enforceability of that provision in any other jurisdiction is not affected. This clause has no effect if the severance alters the basic nature of this agreement or is contrary to public policy.
23.3 This agreement is governed by the laws of Tasmania, Australia. Each party submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that place.
24 Definitions
Capitalised terms used are defined in these terms and conditions. In these terms:
Contact Hours means Customer Service operating hours, Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 5:30pm and Saturday and Sunday 8.30 am to 5:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time.g
Delivery Address means the address specified by you during the customer registration process for the delivery of Products that we will supply to you under these terms and conditions.
GST has the meaning it has in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 (Cwlth).
LoginID means the email address that you provided to us as part of the registration process to use the Site.
Product means each good or service that is advertised on the Site.


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Gamers often complain that their trailers don't have enough gameplay in them, or too many cinematic sequences, or too many real actors pretending to be video game characters. This clip, for Assassin's Creed III, has none of the above.
Commissioned to run during Adult Swim, it's got a Robot Chicken vibe as far as the puppets go, only with none of the humour. Still, full marks for originality!
[adult swim] Assassin's Creed III [Vimeo, via Super Punch]

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For information on establishing a local chapter membership or to learn more about existing chapters, please contact Sherry Rowland at (513) 765-7926 or email@example.com.
Purchase your tickets ahead of your visit to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.
Wherever you're coming from, we're easy to find with many parking options.
Go behind-the-scenes at Great American Ball Park on a 90-minute guided tour.


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Best Way to Devour a Book? Don't Read It at All
For a new generation of readers, the best way to devour a book may be to not read it at all. Alexandra Alter joins Lunch Break to explain the new surge in audio books. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... for a new generation of readers the best way to bow to the book may be to not repeat it at all in explaining the surge in all your books is publishing for ... Alexander alter hide there are ... still able to get around for decades that suddenly we got a new generation discovery nemesis because everybody is walking around with him one of these they can hear things right that may yet as and when I it comes to Tony at one of my brand on this planet not just came down ... and in ... you can Damion Easley within seven feet Claudia but and for some people are multitasking are finding ... they can read more and they're listening in the gem of the Kings weren't running around listening to snippets of the day see have some people who thought they never had time for it but for now reading ten bucks the year twenty bucks yet ... I'm a friend who is in doubt who produces Audi of books and is ... traditionally it's been like a very long arduous process to produce an audio book that's in technology has made this easier how was that I mean in terms of calls from call call standpoint ... they've been able to produce more elaborate productions for these books Ray and now if you know it it's really introduce a line but for as little as a couple thousand dollars unconditionally you're looking at fifteen to twenty thousand dollars ... to that certainly changed hands and in Europe technology lets the ball over the world and Ericsson sing sing like for ball ... one idea but that was very loud that was twelve when he is also on the table either advances on the left and their forty cast members with big name actors like Alan Alda up ... on some of the active women in in China this is a global story so they had to react in the minutes to get these all reported and put them together and to this ... um honey but that is sold incredibly well sold sixty thousand copies its name to see Friday ... I know some of the odds for apps and things are out there that may or that the software that lets you read books on on their fear them on audiobook whack succinct between what you're reading on your e book and also what you're listening to in some cases ... if we are most like asking doing dishes listening to our book ... jumping back and forth how should we comprehending of the book this isn't very interesting facts and Ina gave their consent and accept its comparing listening to beating tax and there's virtually no difference for comfort and reader ... commentary Many studies looking at our reading now our ... plates he said were running around were doing this is been doing various things and son Denver switching formats in the middle of a single story and that is not yet been study itself one of the meeting audio but pretty serious and resellers audible is actually mentioning the intakes that is ... kind of research at records never see that as people out they feed playlists in my switch back and forth again that you know there are some people are concerned about what this might do to literacy if you have people thinking ... of reading of the NSA and CIA exclusively and the beading at like is something fascinating and out more on this in the arena section smart you talk about books that are doing this as well as whatever this one taken by Press Fran


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Blue Sky's Solar Product Extends Battery Life
July 24, 2013 by RVBusiness Comments Off on Blue Sky's Solar Product Extends Battery Life
Blue Sky Energy Inc. has released its most flexible MPPT solar charge controller to date, the Solar Boost 3000i, allowing for a range of batteries to be charged using conventional solar modules without suffering power losses from voltage mismatch.
According to a press release, Blue Sky Energy's patented MPPT technology increases charge current up to 30% or more compared to conventional controllers, saving RV owners and other off-grid solar users on space and system costs. It regulates the transmission of power from the solar module to the battery to improve efficiency while making the system safer and extending the battery's lifetime.
The SB3000i 12V/30A or 12V/22A MPPT solar charge controller regulates the transmission of power from the solar panel to the battery safely and efficiently to promote the longevity of the battery and the entire off-grid solar system.
Features include:
• Supports up 400 watts at 30 amps with 36-cell modules or 290 watts at 22 amps with 60-cell modules for 12-volt systems.
• Operates as a stand-alone controller or as an IPN Network Master device controlling additional controllers like the SB3024iL to allow for maximum flexibility.
• The IPN network interface allows communication, coordination, and output display of up to eight IPN-compatible controllers.
• The three-stage charge control algorithm matches the output of the charger with the battery during the charging process and optimally charges flooded, GEL, and AGM lead-acid batteries
• Provides advanced fully user-adjustable digital set points.
• A manual or automatic equalization function periodically conditions the battery to improve battery performance.
• The solar charge amp-hour counter/tracking function monitors the amount of amp-hours delivered to the battery.
• A low-power LED display shows battery voltage, input and output current, auxiliary battery voltage, and total amp-hours produced.


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Detailed plot synopsis reviews of A Teenager's Journey
Chapter Analysis of A Teenager's Journey
Click on a plot link to find similar books!
Plot & ThemesPhys disability/mental struggle? - Yes Struggle with - depression Period of greatest activity? - 1950+
Subject of BiographyGender - Male Profession/status: - writer Ethnicity - White Nationality - American
SettingHow much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () United States - Yes The US: - California Century: - 1980's-Present
Writing StyleBook makes you feel? - encouraged Graphic sex in book? - Yes Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
Books with storylines, themes & endings like A Teenager's Journey
|Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
|The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori
|Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived by Peter Barton
|What Remains by Carole Radziwill
|Electroboy by Andy Behrman


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May 06, 2011
Melting Potatoes & Pearl Onions
1 lb peeled pearl onions
2 lb baby potatoes
2 strips crisp thick cut bacon, diced
3 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon Herbes de Provence
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
freshly ground pepper
In a single layer, arrange all of the potatoes and onions into the bottom of a large, nonstick pan. Add the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and partially cover with a lid. Continue to boil until the broth has evaporated some but the potatoes are still surrounded by broth up to the half way mark, about 20 minutes. Carefully use the back of a spoon to gently crack the skin of each of the potatoes. Raise the heat slightly and continue to cook until all of the broth has evaporated and the potatoes and onions have browned on the underside, about 10 minutes. Flip the potatoes and cook the other side for about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Allow to sit about 2-3 minutes before removing the potatoes from the pan and serving.
My thoughts:
Pretty much my favorite way to make potatoes is fondant style. That is not a terribly popular way to prepare potatoes (at least in this country) but they are so good. They are tender from the broth and crispy at the same time. Win-win. I've simplified the (French!) process before but this time I added another favorite, pearl onions, for extra flavor. The onions and the potatoes caramelize so how could you go wrong? Impossible, I say! The easiest, tastiest side dish yet.
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Good lawd woman this looks good.ReplyDelete
Yum. These look like the perfect side dish for my chicken tonight! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Well, I just made these, and I have to say that this recipe is true comfort food. I had to pack most of it away or it wouldn't have lasted the night.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic side dish or I could make it a main dish!ReplyDelete
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Report: Criticism of NJ Transit Handling of Super Bowl 'Misplaced'
The Tone of the Report, Commissioned by the Agency, Stands in Contrast to Criticism of Extreme Overcrowding on Post-Game Trains and Buses
An examination of NJ Transit's performance during this year's Super Bowl in northern New Jersey found that criticisms of how the agency transported passengers "are misplaced."
The 144-page report, commissioned by the agency and conducted by the law firm McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, was released Friday afternoon. An agency spokeswoman said the report cost about $350,000.


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Books and Movies (I'm in bed by 9:30).
Confederates in the Attic- Tony Horwitz (1998)
This book has been around my mother's house in Italy for a couple of years. The cover features a photograph, aged and sepia-toned, of the most fierce looking man you have ever seen, seated and posing for the camera. It turns out that the man is a modern day Civil War re-enactor. He is "hard core", meaning that he goes to incredible lengths to be as authentic to the experiences that true Civil War soldiers endured. He carries (and eats) rancid bacon with him, sleeps in the pouring rain, marches barefoot for miles in search of true authenticity...The book is ultimately about the connection that the South feels to the Confederacy today, a connection that seems to be getting stronger. I have never been south of Cincinatti. This was all new to me.
Cat's Cradle - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1963)
Matt's donation again. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died recently (a man in Arusha keeping you all up to date on cultural current events!), so I pulled this crumbling and yellowed paperback off my shelf. By chapter 2 (of 127!) the cover had fallen off. Soon I resorted to reading it like one peels a banana, discarding pages as I went. This is a book that left me wondering how beautiful it must be to have no filters, to write (or draw or whatever) with no concern about how ridiculous your creation might seem. So I won't write about the story, because it sounds ridiculous. In this book Vonnegut makes ridiculous images, events and characters into something beautiful. Rather Bokononist, perhaps.
The Conversation (1973) - starring Gene Hackman
Another of Matt's blind selections (blind to us). Matt is feeding us these great movies that we would NEVER have watched otherwise, and is giving us great cocktail party conversation. No more chatting inanely about the stunning flat note hit by the guy on Idol last night. Now I wax on for hours over a Tusker about about the terribly sad, desperate and lonesome men that are featured in Matt's films. Well, that is what I plan to do when I finally get to a cocktail party in my life. In this film Gene Hackman plays the above mentioned variety of man, a private detective/wiretapper by trade, who captures a conversation on tape that begins to affect him more and more as he listens to it, until it tips him over the edge. The usual Marello-sponsored descent into madness.
The Pawnbroker - Directed by Sydney Lumet, starring Rod Steiger
This came out of my collection without my knowing what the film was about at all. You see, I took Matt's 100 best films of all time and brought them all with me, not knowing what most of them are. It might have been a slapstick comedy with Jerry Lewis as the bungling pawnbroker. It isn't. This is an incredibly sad, powerful film of a Jewish pawnbroker in East Harlem slowly unraveling as his memories of losing his family in the holocaust begin to take over his mind. Rod Steiger is amazing, the music is beautiful (Quincy Jones), and the black and white photography of New York is great.
The Dragon Scroll - I.J Parker
Before leaving New York I bought a couple mystery novels. I have never really read mystery, so this intrigued me. The book features Sugawara Akitada, a young Japanese nobleman who has fallen on hard times. He spends the book trudging through 11th century Japan's muddy streets, defending honor (his own as well as other people's) and trying to solve a crime.
The Shape of Water - Andrea Camilleri
This is the other crime novel that I bought. Set in Sicily, it is the account of Ispettore Montalbano's efforts to understand and go after the local malefattori. The police and the criminals all work, of course, Sicilian style. My highlight of the book is that each time the Inspector comes home, he describes the meal that his maid has prepared for him. Managgia la miseria, they don't cook in Arusha like they do in Sicily.
Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Bradley gave me this, a fine old hardcover version, that I shipped across at book rate. I have never read sci-fi, but this was beautiful and sad. It is a great novel, set in a dark, Jetsonsy world.
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
This came in my bags. I find that when I leave the United States I immediately suffer a strange nostalgia. Not for reality TV, nor for the re4st of the bullshit. Maybe for what might have been? I guess you have to get out of all of the crap to be able to see the beauty. Anyway, I read this compulsively.
Network (film, 1976) Faye Dunaway,William Holden,Robert Duvall
I think that this movie had a similar effect on me as Zinn's book. I now look at the United States from afar, and so the shocking relevance of Network's message (who does the media serve?) to today's western societies is even more glaring. Beyond that though, the movie is almost perfect in many ways, with really great writing and acting.
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WASHINGTON – Jewish Republicans nationwide are hoping a heated congressional race rematch in the New York suburbs puts a second Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives.
Following a narrow 593-vote defeat two years ago to Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.), Jewish businessman Randy Altschuler again is running against the incumbent in New York's 1st Congressional District, which encompasses parts of Suffolk County.
"There's not a huge Jewish community, but there certainly are Jews in the district and whenever there are Jews present in a close race like this, the Jewish vote can play an outsized role," said David Harris, president and CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council.
Observers also are watching closely since the district is known for a tendency to swing its presidential vote, favoring Barack Obama in 2008 and George W. Bush in 2004. The recent round of redistricting has left the district relatively unchanged, with 35,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats, according to the Long Island Press.
The campaign differs substantially from the most recent New York race that drew national Jewish focus. Last year, Republican Bob Turner bested Democrat David Weprin in the race to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) in the heavily Jewish 9th District. Dissatisfaction among Jewish voters over President Obama's support for Israel was a major issue in that campaign while jobs seem to be the focus in the rematch.
The 1st District race might not have that strong a Jewish flavor, but the potential for Altschuler to join House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as the second Jewish Republican in Congress is significant, according to Matthew Brooks, director of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
"I think he [Altschuler] will be a common sense leader who is a proven, successful businessman and understands how the economy works," he said. "He knows how to create jobs and obviously as a Jewish Republican he is a strong, passionate and articulate defender of Israel."
Altschuler apparently has a tough fight ahead of him: a recently released poll by the Bishop campaign showed its candidate with a 17-point lead over the likely challenger.
Altschuler is one of several Jewish Republicans drawing attention from RJC supporters. Others include Adam Hasner, competing for a House seat in the Florida delegation, and former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle and Ohio treasurer Josh Mandel, both vying for Senate spots.
Altschuler, who has family living in Israel, said his support for the Jewish state has a "personal element to it."
For his part, Bishop told JTA, "Maintaining our relationship with Israel is crucial to stability in the Middle East."
Like many areas, Suffolk County has been hit hard by the economic downturn. Yet, it has recently seen a decrease in unemployment. Since February, when the unemployment rate reached 8.3 percent, the level there has dropped to 7.5 percent.
"My focus is on strengthening the middle class and I think the people of this district – as well as the people of this country – are going to be presented with a real choice and there are two conflicting visions of how you achieve economic stability," Bishop said, noting he will continue to concentrate on sustaining the middle class.
Altschuler has released a 10-point jobs plan that outlines ways to jumpstart Long Island's economy. It calls for finding ways to reform and simplify the tax code, cutting taxes, easing regulations on small businesses, and providing tax credits to businesses hiring veterans.
In 2010, Altschuler was criticized for outsourcing jobs from his business support services company, Office Tiger, to India and Sri Lanka. Surrogates for Bishop are taking up the charge once again.
"Randy Altschuler made a fortune outsourcing American jobs to India and Sri Lanka, and now he's running for Congress to lower his own taxes and the taxes of other millionaires and billionaires," Suffolk County Democratic Committee Chairman Rich Schaffer said in a statement. "That doesn't play well in Suffolk County."
Altschuler countered that he "created over a thousand jobs in America and I've created jobs around the world because I have an international business."
Altschuler believes that campaign adjustments he's made this time will make the difference.
In the 2010 race, he was ahead on election night by 3,400 votes, but would lose one month later after a recount. The lack of an absentee ballot program in his campaign made the difference, he said.


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Prohibiting use of medical marijuana in workplace discriminatory?
by Stan White
Dear Editor,
Is House Republican Leader Bruce Hanna's goal (Proposed Bill Would Prohibit Use Of Medical Marijuana In Workplace, Mar. 19, 2009) to maintain a safe workplace? Then why doesn't HB3052 also target use of the many prescription drugs that are known to cause safety concerns?
If citizens who use cannabis (marijuana) are too impaired to work safely that is one thing but to single out sick citizens using cannabis who are not too impaired to work safely is something else. That's discrimination.
If HB 3052 is shown to be an act of discrimination it should be rejected.
Stan White
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The motion and gentle click-clacking that emanate from this art installation, put together by a pair of Finnish artists, is so soothing it could send you to sleep—in a good way.
Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen's Unstable Matter is built from a thin sheet of MDF, which supports several thousand bearings—but only enough to cover about two thirds of the five-foot-square surface. A motor beneath the table gently tilts the structure, causing the ball bearings to roll and interact with each other.
The result's a mesmeric and soothing effect, which is better than any lullaby—and I can't stop watching it. The installation is, in fact, part of a larger exhibition of the pair's work, on show at Berlin's Esther Schipper Gallery this month. [This Is Colossal via Co.Design]


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Reuters' Latest 'Scoop': The First News Service In Second Life
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Add the venerable news service Reuters to the ever-growing list of companies trying to look cool by setting up shop inside the virtual world Second Life. The company has put up the requisite building in the game, but has gone a set further by assigning a reporter to cover it full time. Under the nickname "Adam Reuters", a London-based reporter will cover the in-game business of Second Life, just as if it were any other growing economy in which Reuters has a bureau, and posting the stories on a dedicated site. SL users can also go to the Reuters building to read stories, or meet up with the reporter during his posted "office hours". The first story he's written -- which even features a "Second Life" dateline -- is on the leading in-game bank, which some have alleged is little more than a Ponzi scheme. Reuters' interest in Second Life seems to have been pushed by the company's CEO, who claims in The New York Times to have been playing in it for a long time. There are undoubtedly some interesting stories to be told about the in-game economy -- like when in-game banks fail and cause people to lose real-world money -- but this really seems secondary to the publicity aims of this move. In real life, Reuters competes furiously with other newswires like Dow Jones and Bloomberg to get its stories out to its financial-industry subscribers the quickest. While it may have beaten its rivals on this scoop, somehow we doubt they're too bothered -- particularly when Second Life has a population of just 850,000 (most of which isn't in the game at any given time), and its economy remains small, with user-to-user transactions worth just $7.1 million in September.


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'Fiscal Cliff' Disputes Remain As Deadline Nears [VIDEO]
Taxes on the wealthy and Republican demands for budget cuts to pay for Democratic spending proposals were separating the two parties as the deadline for avoiding the "fiscal cliff" has drawn to within hours.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke late Sunday with Vice President Joe Biden, a former Senate colleague, in hopes of settling remaining differences. That followed weekend bargaining between McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that left several issues unresolved.
Unless an agreement is reached and approved by Congress by midnight tonight, more than $500 billion in 2013 tax increases will begin to take effect and more than $100 billion will be carved from defense and domestic programs. Economists warn that the combined impact — the so-called fiscal cliff — could rekindle recession.
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1) Do you ride a bike, and if so, describe it?
Specialized road bike – it has narrower tires than mountain bikes, but wider than most racing bikes. There's a detachable kid seat on the back. My next bike would have narrower tires (I thought commuting would require something more rugged, but I think that's not true in SM), and fewer gears (currently 18), since they seem to provide more maintenance headaches than cycling efficiency. Not to mention I have a grudge with Shimano right now due to their efforts to kill our marine protected areas in California.
2) If you ride, what kinds of trips do you make by bike, how often, and do you ever ride with friends or family?
I ride less often these days, since my kids are in two different schools. I'm riding 1-2 days per week and I go to school drop-off, my office, and community meetings. When I have to go downtown SM, bike is most preferred because it's easier for traffic and parking reasons.
3) On the Council, what will you do to ensure the goals set by the LUCE plan for various bicycling improvements, are seen through to completion in a timely and accountable fashion as we move forward. Additionally for incumbents, what are any notable actions you've done on the council in the past to improve the environment for bicycling in Santa Monica?
First, we need a bike action plan that shows the practical, immediate steps to quickly improve bikability and safety in SM. Second, we need city staff dedicated to bike issues and meeting with our bike community regularly. Third, we need to shift some resources in our budget that are currently dedicated to street improvements toward bike safety improvements. As a councilmember, I have begun this shift. I am pressing for the first item – the bike action plan. We are implementing the second – staffing at the city. I introduced the motion to dedicate city funds to bike education in our current budget.
4) $20,000 was recently budgeted by the council specifically for bicycling education. How do you think that money would be best spent?
I would like to see the funding spent on a) a conference that attracts some of the best people in the country to share ideas about making SM bike-friendly, b) providing bike education classes for the community, and c) enhancing the highly successful Bike-It Day of our schools and expanding it to become a city-wide event with other agencies and employers.
5) How would you work to improve the safety of our streets for all users?
In addition to the bike education programs mentioned, and increasing the number of bikers on the road (both of which improve safety), in the short term, I want to see us immediately deploy 'bike boxes' which indicate to bikes and cars where to stop your bike at intersections. I want to immediately paint lanes on every street that presently has the width to accommodate a lane but no paint yet. Also, hosting a regular Cyclovia to attract attention to bikes. In the medium term, I want to connect our lanes to destinations and neighborhoods in a more rational way. I want to develop a 'bike boulevard' demonstration and a 'Safe Route to School'. When Expo is developed, it needs to accommodate bikes in the first instance.
6) In the interest of improving multi-modal connectivity, would you support upgrading Big Blue Bus racks to ones that can house 3 bikes? As some bus stops in the city are being upgraded, would you ensure bike parking considerations are made at important bus stops in addition to the coming expo-rail station stops?
Yes to all!
7) What will you do to ensure that resources for bicycling are distributed equitably through out the city?
We are currently upgrading our parking meters and installing payment center – removing old meters. We should be converting those old posts to bike parking and massively increase deployment of safe bike parking. (Note from Gary; this is mostly in response to the context I provided in that some parts of the city have no bike parking at all.)
8) What would you do to ensure it be common knowledge that bicycles belong on the street, and that everyone, including drivers, understand the various rights, rules and regulations as they pertain to cycling?
I actually think this is the most difficult area of all the questions you pose because the city has the least amount of influence over behavior of drivers, many of whom live throughout the region. Proper signage, including street paint like sharrows will help. Safety in numbers will help too. By increasing the number of bikes on our streets, we change behavior of drivers. Police enforcement bears mentioning, but would never reach all behavior on the road.
9) How would you propose improving bicycling connectivity to the beach bike path, to promote more synergy with beach riders and local business, as well reduce driving trips to the beach by residents who live close enough to ride there?
SM is in the midst of renovating the pier bridge and the california incline. Those projects may be able to create a better connection over our bluffs in the mid-to-north part of our city. In the South, we simply need better signage and dedicated crossings. These could provide a vibrant connection to Main Street businesses.
Bonus) Finally, you can also include any comment you'd like to say to my readers, on any topic you'd like.
Thanks, Gary, for being such a great activist. I encourage your readers to join the council during its complete budget process, which begins in January with priority setting and concludes in June with an adopted budget. Come tell us to put our money where our mouth is. Thanks!
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Candidate Questionnaire: Terry O'Day (2 year Santa Monica city council seat)
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Rep. Peter King Says NSA Should Spy On Congress, Because They Might Be Talking To Al Qaeda
from the or-the-IRA? dept
His latest, it seems, is in response to Senator Bernie Sanders' simple question to the NSA, about whether or not it was spying on Congress (I'll note that Sanders appears to use "spying" in the manner in which King has previously insisted was "slander"). King was asked about Sanders' question, and argued that the NSA should be spying on Congress because they might be "talking to an al-Qaeda leader."
Specifically, after a very leading question from the Fox News reporter, King says:
I think members of Congress should be treated the same as everyone else. If a member of Congress is talking to an Al Qaeda leader in Iraq or Afghanistan, why should that member of Congress be any different from any person on the street?While that might sound ridiculous at first, I guess if any member of Congress knows about talking to terrorist leaders, it would be Rep. Peter King. As we've pointed out multiple times, King was a very big supporter of a known terrorist group, the IRA, back in the 80s, supporting the group that was known for bombing a shopping center, killing six and injuring 90.
King goes on with this whopper:
What they're trying to suggest is that somehow the NSA is spying on members of Congress. They're not spying on anyone.Anyone? Really? They're clearly spying on lots and lots of people, because that's the NSA's job. King goes on to pretend, again, that metadata is no big deal since it just shows phone numbers. So, I'm curious, will Rep. Peter King release his own phone records for the last year? After all, it's no big deal. Just the phone numbers he called, the times he called and how long he was on call. Just like the info the NSA collects, and which King insists is not secret.


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A suburban Chicago massage parlor owner will serve a life prison sentence for forcing four women from Eastern Europe into prostitution and even branding them with tattoos to mark them as his.
Alex Campbell was convicted in January of compelling the women to work from Mount Prospect's Day and Night Spa starting in 2008.
Prosecutors say Campbell duped women without legal status into joining what he called his "family." He would later tell them that tattooing their bodies made the women his property and meant he didn't have to pay them.
At a Monday hearing in Chicago, federal Judge Robert Gettleman told the Glenview man his cruelty had effectively sentenced his victims to lives of suffering. And so he said the same sentence — life — was appropriate for Campbell.
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June 8
Richie Fults was 17 years old and had already devoted two years of his life to high school when the classmates with whom he would later graduate joined him as freshman. The special needs student needed six years, not the typical four, to file into the same Henderson Stadium graduation line down which he had watched two of his previous classes walk.
On June 4, he walked too.
And when the student speaker called his name to stand on the stage and accept the certificate for which he had worked so long, his 257 classmates and the audience of roughly 2,500 friends and family erupted into the most enthusiastic applause of the ceremony.
The applause followed all of the 258 graduates as they accepted their diplomas at with handshakes and sometimes hugs, while blanketed in the last evening hours of a week's worth of summertime weather.
Minutes earlier, in her graduation speech, Treshia Sewell urged her classmates to reject the monetary measure of success and instead, measure their own self worth with characteristics such as compassion and patience. Daniela Najera delivered her graduation speech in Spanish.
The ceremony featured 12 valedictorians, including Henry Burton, a future student of the prestigious Massachusetts Williams College and claimant to the highest score on the American High School Math Exam.
Burton was just one of two male valedictorians – the other being Peter Dills – who managed to maintain a 4.0 grade point average throughout the four years of high school.
This is a continuance of a trend in Hood River Valley High School.
"I think it has a lot to do with expectations," said Hood River Valley High School valedictorian coordinator Jennifer Schlosser to the question of why female valedictorians consistently outnumber their male counterparts. "Girls are much more involved in things. Being leaders. Running things."
The last time Hood River males earned even close to as many valedictorian titles as did the females was in 1998. Then, Hood River presented four male valedictorians and five females. 1999, however, triggered a three-year drought, during which the classes of 1999, 2000 and 2001 failed to produce a single male valedictorian. During that same three-year time period, 23 females were honored as valedictorians.
Currently, grade point average is the single measure the school uses to determine its valedictorians. But starting with the 2006 academic year, the high school will consider class difficulty and grade point average.
After the ceremony, a handful of graduates answered how they felt about finishing school and what they were going to do with their brand-new independence. Here is how they responded:
Jon Wherry – "Oh. (sigh). It's exciting. I can be charged as an adult now. And I can register to vote."
Pepe Contreras – "It's exciting. I'm looking forward to the next step – college." (Contreras is the first in his family to graduate).
Ben Holmes – "It's kind of weird, actually. But right now, I'm pretty excited. I'm just glad to be done with it."
John Logan – "It definitely lived up to the hype and excitement. I'm going to be a real firefighter now. I'm going to Portland Community College or to Central Oregon Community College."
Gary Rawlings – "It's a lot of fun. I'm just glad I made it through graduation without this embarrassing story being told about me – getting stuck in the playground equipment at Westside Elementary School."
Jake Pruitt – "It was pretty exciting. I'm ready for college and for the Air Force. I hope everyone does well in life. It's gonna be hard losing touch with them."
Nancy Rodriguez-Ortega – "I feel free. I'm going to a culinary arts school in Portland. Then I'll be a chef."
Chris Perry – "It's a lot of weight off my shoulders. But it's kind of sad, how tight our class is, you know. I'm moving in with my brother in Portland and going to go the community college there."
Andy Rust – "Right now it's overwhelming. You look forward to graduation all of high school. Now that it's happened and everybody's talking about moving. You want it back. All those memories. You want them back. I'm going to Oregon State University to study agriculture business management. I want to be a farmer. Somebody's got to feed the world."
Nelle Smith – "I'm going to be successful for the rest of my life. I'm going to a Portland college. I don't know which one. It doesn't matter. It doesn't really matter."
Alex Lozano – "I don't know how it feels. I guess it feels good to move on. It's a change. I'm going to PSU (Portland State University). My time has come. Now it's somebody else's time to shine."
Jodie Pounders – "It feels odd. It doesn't feel real. Surreal. You know. It doesn't feel sad, but yeah. It does. I'm going to study journalism at Portland State."
Samantha Wade – "It hasn't really hit me yet. It's exciting and scary. Scary because the future is unknown. I'm going to Western Oregon University. Moving away from my friends. That part is really sad. But it will be fun too, because we'll always get together."
Liz Jeffries – "I feel happy and excited. Sad that it's the end. But there's more ahead. I'm going to Mount Hood Community College."
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Although I didn't want to think it at first, the YLS answers blew the T25 answers out of the water on similar tests. The best students at the T25 and the best at YLS didn't compete. The YLS students got so much deeper into the facts, I had to close my eyes, lest I be blown away by analytical prowess and intellectual ability. I won't mention that the best T25 exam missed the law, analyzed the wrong things, and still beat the classmates.Just another prestige-fixated thought from your friendly prestige-addict to go T14 or bust!
Who gives a sh&^. Congrats, you T14ers can write a 4 hour exam better than us lowly T40 cellar dwellers. I guess I'll just get back to flipping burgers and await to bask in the glow of your proximate cause analysis. Actually you have just made the perfect argument for NOT going T14. Since we're such dumbasses, you should go to a lower ranked school for free, kick all our asses, and then enjoy your #1 class ranking.
This was funny and apt, unlike anything that Wally talks about. Something tells me he's going to have a daughter that has to let loose from the stress of her Rutgers communication major by blowing dudes in Cancun.
Although I didn't want to think it at first . . .
I had to close my eyes, lest I be blown away by analytical prowess and intellectual ability. . .


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Mentioned on the Wall Street Journal earlier today, Apple is currently having discussions with the major providers in the cable industry in regards to streaming live television to an Apple set-top box similar to the Apple TV. While Apple hasn't made any official deals with any cable provider yet, company officials have discussed plans for live television streaming with representatives of Time Warner. However, the Apple device may be something completely different from the current Apple TV. It could be similar to a typical cable set-top box, but would be manufactured by Apple or at least be powered by Apple's software. The device could be sold by Apple directly to replace a cable customer's regular set-top box or simply rented from a cable provider.
Hypothetically, Apple could significantly broaden the amount of people using a device like the Apple TV if distributed through at least one cable company. This would allow a much larger number of Apple consumers to take advantage of Airplay in order to stream content off the Web as well as use popular apps like Angry Birds within the home theater.
However, it's unlikely that cable companies would be interested in allowing customers to access iTunes through the device and cut into the profits of premium video-on-demand from rentals of movies and television shows. It's likely that Apple would have to agree to some form of revenue sharing for all purchases made through iTunes on a new, live TV compatible device.
This report could also be related to recent Apple patents approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week. According to Wired, Apple was granted a patent for a DVR-menu function that's designed to record and store live television for future viewing. However, the current Apple TV does not contain a hard drive and wouldn't be able to store recorded content. If the current Apple TV hardware is updated with DVR functions, consumers would have to add an external hard drive or Apple would have to provide cloud storage for recorded content.
However, the menu functions outlined in the patent documentation could easily be found in a new Apple set-top box that's compatible with at least one major cable provider. In addition, these functions could also be found within the menu of an Apple-branded television set; a long-rumored device that could be released during 2013 according to the Wall Street Journal.
While Apple has sold approximately four million Apple TV set-top boxes during 2012 according to CEO Tim Cook, the number of units sold pales in comparison to the number of iPhones or iPads sold to consumers this year. Apple has had a difficult time attracting consumers due to stiff competition from Roku and the lineup of less expensive Roku 2 set-top boxes. Apple is also competing with Microsoft and Sony as both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 work with the major streaming video applications and both companies sell high definition movies and television shows. In addition, Apple has been slow to add all the popular streaming video services to the Apple TV device. For instance, Apple didn't add Hulu Plus as another option for streaming content until the end of July 2012.


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|2012-04-03, 15:37
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Yeah, that's another thing I meant to address..... while I definitely don't believe that Smoker's journey has ended in the long run, I AM pretty sure that he'll be MIA for the time being now that Law took his heart. Also, for those saying that separating an organ is the same as splitting apart limbs, I still disagree with you guys because we can clearly see that Smoker's heart was contained in what was either a block of ice or a "compressed" version of Law's room (which goes back to what I said about innards being a lot more fragile when compared to limbs, so they'd need to be handled with a lot more care than some talking legs.....).
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^ Shambles and Mes
Containing the heart is a important thing. Smoker is a Logia. If that heart is set free or Law looses focus Smoker has a chance to change his heart back to smoke and bring it back in. Law used two different methods. This is not shambles. If shambles was used on the heart it should make no difference at all. Is the Heart more fragile then the rest of the body part? Yes, but it still does not mean it is the exception ,once shamble is used on any part of the body the affects mean the part can operate while still being separate. You are trying to compare the heart in Laws hands to the body parts flying around as if they were used by the same technique. Law used shamble on all of them but for Smoker heart he used Mes. For your theory to be right Law would have to use shambles on the heart.
Second if Law used shambles instead of Mes he would have had no affect on Smoker. But lets say he did use it on Smoker and was successful. What is to stop smoker from turning his body parts into smoke and reforming himself?
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|2012-04-04, 12:37
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I dunno.... to me, it feels like it's the other way around. I mean, the way you and some others talk about it, you guys seem to see the heart as the same as any limbs that get split apart by "Shambles".... that is, that it won't really come to any harm even if it's taken outside of the body. Still, maybe it's just my crazy imagination, but I really can't help but think that a heart, lungs, liver or any vital organs are WAY too delicate when compared to a limb. That is, merely touching them would cause near-unendurable pain to their owners. I mean, I know someone else mentioned why the limbs can move independently from the head, but at least in that case, the brain is still "intact" (i.e. the brain is still protected by flash and bone), which right there is a clear difference between "shambles" and "mes".
That being said, I really feel that if Law really intended to kill Smoker, he could have crushed his heart like a tomato right then and there. However, he placed it in some sort of container instead, as if to keep it safe. Now if there really were no risk in separating the heart from the body, why not just leave it alone so it could flop around like a fish out of water? To be honest, I don't really buy the whole idea of Smoker making his heart intangible, because as powerful as logias are, they haven't really shown that they can control their vitals independently from the rest of their body. If anything, just keeping the thing out in the elements would be enough to kill Smokey (what with the cold weather and all). And couple that with the fact that the VA clearly keeled over after getting his heart stolen (which some people seem to keep ignoring for some reason), and I can feel fairly certain that organs need much more careful handling than limbs.....
And that concludes my long rant of the week!
Yeah, curse that lazy sloth Oda! Why'd he have to take a break now, of all times! He better make next week's chapter twice as long to make up for this!
|2012-04-04, 19:41
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Taking a break is his prerogative you know. Although it is bad timing
You should calm down man. It's just a manga at the end of the day.
|2012-04-05, 09:33
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Hey now, I'm not the one who rages at my favorite manga authors whenever they go on a break! I'm more than used to Togashi and Miura's sabbaticals by this point. It still amuses me whenever I see people at other forums kick up a fuss, though.
And besides, I've still got series like Jojo, Toriko and Shingeki no Kyojin to (consistently) tide me over anyway, so you won't see any genuine complaints from my end.
|2012-04-05, 09:51
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methinks oda-sensei is busy with his baby. at least he's trying to be a good father. for years his life has been one piece, now he's got a family to think about. i don't really mind the break, it's just a week after all. it just makes me a bit sad though. without op my manga-reading week is not complete.
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|2012-04-06, 18:42
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As for Oda taking a break, he deserves every bit of it. According to interviews with him, he sleeps 4 hours per month and last year he only went home once.
|2012-04-06, 19:30
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So do investment bankers.
I don't think he works harder than most mangaka.
And no-one said he wasn't deserving of it, *******
There are many possibilities, but I don't think any of this is too important to the plot.
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lol yeah, I had even said in the SBS thread that the 4 hours a month thing was a typo on my end. This is Greg's quote from his Blue Deep summary:
I mean, if Oda only had 4 hours total of sleep a month, he'd.... kind of die of exhaustion, heh. Though 4 hours of sleep a night doesn't sound the most healthy either. Honestly, I'd say the guy is more deserving of a Togashi-length hiatus than Togashi himself.....
Anyways, putting aside discussion of Oda's work ethics (as well as the argument over the mechanics of Law's power), I want to go back to my earlier theory of the PH master being the samurai's son. Upon thinking about it more, I think it would be a really interesting twist because it could potentially trigger a rather interesting response from the WG. Remember, it was already mentioned that the Wano country is a state that exists outside of the WG's jurisdiction. So what consequences would occur if the WG's upper echelon discovered that one of the Wano people was dealing in some shady business at a location that's even restricted to most government personnel.....?
|2012-04-07, 11:22
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It would be interesting if PH master (ie M) is the samurais son there are some holes either way. I do agree there is no other visible character that could obviously be be the samurais son, and the fact that he wasn't spoken for in the biscuits room is peculiar. A samurai son doing science away from wano country is a little odd though.
One thing that comes to mind: the samurai child is a giant child. What if on extremely rare occasions normal humans can give birth to giants and vice versa, that would explain the varying sizes of people.. PH could also be giga-sizing the children..
|2012-04-10, 09:45
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Hey guys, just putting out a quick reminder that yes, there will be a chapter this week. So expect the new thread to come along within the next 24 hours.
UPDATE: And it just came along!
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har Dham is a group of four sacred site in India.
The Char Dham is the most important Hindu pilgrimage circuit in the Indian Himalayas. In the layers of the snow-covered reaches of the lofty Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand are located the holy Hindu shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, which together form the Char Dham or the Four Holy Shrines. While each site in the circuit has an autonomous history and significance that predates and remains distinct from their status as a circuit, inclusion in the Char Dham has, over time, caused them be viewed together in popular imagination and actual pilgrimage practice.The region is referred as the land of the gods in the ancient Puranas. Scores of pilgrims visit the shrines by trekking arduously along the mountain paths, all for a communion with the divine
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Most pilgrims to the Char Dham embark from the famous temple town of Haridwar. Others leave from Haridwar's sister city, Rishikesh, or from Dehra Duhn, the capital of Uttarakhand. Badrinath-Kedarnath lie towards the northeast of Rishikesh. Gangotri and Yamunotri are up north from Rishikesh. Of these sites, Badrinath and Gangotri are directly accessible by road while Kedarnath is reached by road followed by a short trek of 15 km from the Gaurikund road head. Yamunotri is a 13-km trek from Hanuman Chatti. The tradition is to visit the sites in the following order given below:
Yamunotri : The shrine of Yamunotri, at a height of 3,235 m, is the source of the Yamuna River and the seat of the goddess Yamuna, is a full day's journey from Rishikesh, Haridwar or Dehradun. The temple of Goddess Yamuna is the main pilgrim site and there are many thermal springs in the vicinity. The actual temple is only accessible by a six km walk from the town of Hanuman Chatti (horses or palanquins are available for rent). The current temple is of recent origin, as past iterations have been destroyed by the weather and elements. Also present is a divya shila, a rock pillar that is worshipped before entering the Yamunotri temple.
Gangotri : Eighteen kilometers downstream from Gaumukh is Gangotri. It is an important pilgrim site located at 3,048 m above sea level, the source of the Ganga (Ganges) River and seat of the goddess Ganga, can be reached in one day's travel from Rishikesh, Haridwar or Dehra Duhn, or in two days from Yamunotri. The Gangotri glacier is the original source of the river. There is a temple dedicated to Goddess Ganga and the sacred stone where Raja Bhagirath is believed to have worshipped Lord Shiva. Submerged in the river here is the natural rock Shivling where Lord Shiva is believed to have received the Ganges (called Bhagirathi here) in his locks. It is visible in the winter months when the water level recedes.
Kedarnath : Kedarnath, at a height of 3,581 m, is the site where a form of the Hindu god Shiva is venerated as one of the twelve jyotirling (linga of light), is a two-day's journey from either Gangotri or one of the main disembarkation points on the plains. The temple built of solid gray stone stands against the backdrop of Kedarnath range. According to legend, the Pandavas came here to pray to Lord Shiva after their victory in the great battle of Kurushetra to atone for killing their own kin in the course of the war. However, Lord Shiva kept eluding them and sought refuge at Kedarnath in the form of a bull. On being trailed, he plunged into the ground, leaving only the hump exposed on the earth, which is worshipped at the shrine. His arms are believed to have surfaced at Tungnath, his face at Rudranath, belly at Madmaheshwar, his locks and head at Kalpeshwar. These spots where he reappeared (together with Kedarnath) form the Panch Kedar. All these places are located in the Garhwal Himalayas and can be visited from Kedarnath by road and subsequent trekking.
The present temple at Kedarnath traces its origins to the 8th century, having been resurrected by Adi Shankaracharya. It stands adjacent to the site of an ancient temple built by the Pandavas. The samadhi or final resting place of Shankaracharya is behind the temple.
Badrinath : Badrinath, dwelling at a height of 3,133 m, is the seat of the Hindu god Vishnu in his aspect of Badrinarayan, is generally a two-day's journey from either Kedarnath or one of the main disembarkation points on the plains. By far the most important of the four Char Dham sites, Badrinath is said to be unparalleled in its sanctity when compared to other pilgrimages. Badrinath is located in the Narnarayan range against the imposing Neelkanth peak. The Badrinath temple is stationed in a beautiful valley on the bank of the River Alaknanda and is dedicated to Shri Badrinathji, that is Shiva the Creative Destructor. The temple traces its origin to Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century, though legend has it that the temple stands on the site of an earlier shrine.
The present temple was built about two centuries back by the Garhwal kings. The main idol in the temple is of black stone and represents Vishnu seated in a meditative pose. The temple is divided into three parts: the garbha griha or sanctum sanctorum; the darshan mandap where the prayers are held; and the sabha mandap where devotees assemble. Below the temple are the hot springs, Tapt Kund and Surya Kund, with waters at a temperature of 55°C. There are four other Badris or shrines dedicated to Lord Vishnu that can be visited from Badrinath. They are Yogadhyan Badri, Bhavishya Badri, Bridha Badri and Adi Badri. Forty-two kilometers from Badrinath is Joshimath, the winter home of Shri Badrinathji.
East of Badrinath is the beautiful Valley of Flowers and the holy lake of Hemkund. According to the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, Guru Govind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, meditated on the banks of Hemkund.
Best Time to Visit : Today, the Char Dham sees upwards of 250,000 unique visitors in an average pilgrimage season, which lasts from approximately April 15 until Diwali (sometime in November). The season is heaviest in the two-month period before the monsoon. Once the rains come (sometime in late July), travel is extremely dangerous: extensive road building has critically destabilized the rocks, and fatal landslides and bus/jeep accidents are a regular yearly occurrence, with mortality rates for a season often surpassing 200. Despite the danger, pilgrims do continue to visit the Char Dham in the monsoon period, as well as after the rains end. Although temperatures at the shrines in the early winter months (October and November) are inhospitable, it is said that the incredible mountain scenery that surrounds the sites is most vivid after the rains have had a chance to moisten the dust of the plains below.
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