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This site had the best rates I could find on internet for Disney and Universal Tickets.
I only needed 7 days ticket so found a better rate for Disney (14 days ticket are good rates too). Universal only do 14 days but better rates than buying couple of days tickets direct from Universal. Option of paying for tickets in instalments was a welcome bonus as the ticket rates for these parks cost the same as flight to Florida from UK. Once the deposit is paid I was given a date when rest of the payment will come out. Till that date you still can log in and pay in different instalments or pay the rest on due date. Tickets were sent in recorded delivery which I received the very next day. Disney tickets provided can be linked with your disney accounts using ticket numbers which will activate your fast plus option online. Overall a good experience and good service.
I purchased couple of cricket equipments from Barrington sports recently and the service received was brilliant and hassel free. I had to return 1 item and then I noticed that it was free to do so via click and collect. This is an amazing service and takes care of all that additinal expense of returning your product if it is not suitable which happens when it comes to internet purchases. Delivery of the product and refund of the item returned was done promptly so no complaints there.
Overall a great shopping experience.
People have started making money out of everything. Even if it means by selling your personal details. This is one of such sites. I have faxed them to remove my details ( It is very hard to get through to the fax line) and still they haven't removed my details off the website. I was informed that if you don't opt out while updating the electoral register these companies buy your details and sell it to whoever pays the money.
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Don't even bother buying this product manufactured by this company as it is such a waste of money. I purchased this 2 years back and registered for warranty. First 6 months went well then the problems started. Console was changed 3 times as it kept on blowing up. First they told me it is the adaptor I am using and when I informed them I purchased the adaptor from them they didn't have much to say. After the third blow out they finally decided that there is a problem and send out an engineer. I had to wait for 3 months for engineer visit as the parts were not available due to a warehouse move. After the engineer visit I noticed that the right pedal cracked. I reported this fault to the company and a very rude lady from their customer support (Icon health and fitness) informed me it is my fault. I called back after couple of days to complain and one nice gentleman was kind enough to send me a replacement free of charge when the other staff member I spoke to was ready to charge me £48 for the same. I tried to fix the pedal when I realised the welding connecting the leg of the machine has come off and at this point I gave up.
Dismantled the product and dumped it in a "Ecofit" way. £480 down the drain. Please don't waste your money join a Gym or buy a better equipment which works. Please note that you need to register for extended free warrenty else you will miss out plus end up paying more for repairs which will happen for sure.
Emirates is an airline which stands out from others. Their long haul and short haul flights have excellent facilities, entertainment and service. I have travelled with them many times and each time had a great experience. Competition is tightening up in the industry and they have to start keeping up with Qatar airways. A380 is an amazing flight with two decks. First class and business class facilities are amazing and the economy is not bad at all. Extra legroom and better entertainment system (ICE) serves you well.
First change (unless you are travelling on a specially discounted ticket) is free and chargable after that. This has come in handy couple of times but I should mention that airline is very accomadating. Wish most of the airlines provided similar service.
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I was really happy with the service I received from Currys. I went into Stevenage branch of Currys to buy a cheap windows 7 laptop but walked out with and Apple Imac. Sales person was really good. Credit where it is due. He had good product knowledge and he did convince me to try out Imac. I was completely new to Snow Lepord and I have never used it before as I was a big fan of Microsoft (till the day I started using Imac). Imac was pricey but you get what you pay for.
Coming back to the point of service it was excellent. Since then I have visited Currys for other purchases and also recommended couple of friends.
Unless you are on a budget (please expect a budget service) avoid this airline. Poor customer service and extra cost for baggage, allocated seating (optional). Additional booking fees for booking using credit card.
Hopefully they wont start charging for using the toilets on the flights.
Cheap rates on flights
Poor Customer Service, Extra cost for check in luggage
If travelling with hand luggage they will make sure even female passengers have to put their bag in the handluggage. Extra cost for allocated seats.
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It is nice to see that service provided by this supermarket is great. Staff is friendly and helpful. They also have a price match and voucher scheme which works out great. Strong contender when it comes to fuel prices as well.
I have two holidays with this company and the first one was a breeze. Las Vegas trip worked out cheap compared to the deals I was getting during the time. Recently I booked two days break for Dublin and that experience was interesting.
I checked the details online and was about to book online. As we were a party of six I decided to call up the call centre. I got through to an overseas call centre and managed to find the deal I was looking for. I explained to the agent that we were a party of 6 and the money will be paid on two cards. I admit that agent was very accommodating and explained the first card payment will be 70 % of the total and the second will be 30 %. I informed her that I am not happy with this and she agreed that it will be fine to pay for 4 people on one card and 2 on the other. All prices and flight times were agreed and booking continued. When it came to processing payment whatever I explained about paying for 4 people on one card went out of the window. She quoted 70% of the charge. As we were back to square one I explained what I wanted again. Agent informed me that it should be done as 2 booking. Once the second booking was created we carried on with the payment. Before processing the payment the agent informed me the amount she will be deducting of the card and asked my permission. I agreed as everything was correct. I was waiting for the first payment to be processed she came back on the phone and informed me that the prices have gone up. I was a bit confused and questioned it. The agent informed me that she works on a live system and prices can change. I informed her that I am not happy about this as you were just about to take payment for a agreed amount. She informed me that there is nothing she can do and even a manager cant help. I informed her that I was disappointed with the service but " I cant do anything was the reply".
I was not happy about this so I decided to book it via Expedia website. I found that the rates were the same as before and nothing different. While entering the details of the passenger I noticed that the agent had spelt one of the passengers name wrong which I was not happy about as this would have coasted us more if it needed to be changed later. I entered correct information and continued with the booking. Once the booking was at payment page. The price changed and came to the amount agent mentioned on the phone. I noticed that the difference in price was only £5 per person which the agent failed to mention. On the positive side we didn't end up paying extra to change passenger spelling.
Personally I feel that they should have adjusted the fluxuating rate after the price was agreed which would have been the real Expedia experience ( they would have gained that additional 2 stars)
Easy to use website, Good Deals, No Credit Card Charge.
Overseas call centre was a let down both on quality and service. Rates can fluxuate so until last minute you wont know how much you are paying.
I recently purchased PHD Whey Protein from this company and I found the service very good. They charge for the delivery but the product was shipped and delivered on time. Prices are ok and as far as I understand PHD- Fitness.co.uk and Monster supplements are owned by the same company trading under two names.
Monster supplements advertise with delivery price and PHD.
Easy to purchase online, Good email update about purchase and delivery Tracking. Price Match.
It is expensive compared to Monster Supplements.
Example :
PhD Nutrition Lean Degree - 120 Caps
PHD - Fitness : £29.00 plus delivery
Monster supplements : Monster Price £28.49 (Delivered)
I know it is couple of pounds difference but please dont forget it is the same company trading under two names.
We booked a Hawaii cruise and Las Vegas stay with this company and to start with everything was fine. We got a reasonable deal and the agent was helpful. I requested a call back over the weekend to put down the deposit but agent asked me to call back. I was surprised that agent didn't try and secure the deal like other travel agents I spoke to on the same day but took it as a positive of no pressure sales tactics. I called them back after the weekend and put down £700 deposit. All details were taken down and booking went through fine. As mentioned earlier agent provided all the necessary details and his experience reflected in his answers to my questions. Please note that agent and the company did make it clear that if I decide to cancel my holiday I will loose the deposit so they have done this by the book.
After couple of months I had a family problem and couldn't travel on the dates. I called the agent up and he informed me that he can possibly try and rearrange the cruise if I choose the same liner or can work out some deals for another cruise if I choose a different liner. Again I was asked to find a deal instead of the agent looking one for me. I didn't think much of it and couldn't find anything great. I called the agent back and informed that I cant find any other cruise itenary with the liner and checked about a new booking which a cruise and stay deal from Hawaii. Agents response was " It has been ages since I looked into a flight to Hawaii but leave it with me and I will get back to you within couple of days". He asked me to email him holiday cancellation letter which I did on the same day. The impression I got from the conversation was he couldn't be bothered to look around for another deal but I was happy to give him benefit of doubt. I waited for a week and heard nothing from the agent or the company. After two weeks I had one of the accounts staff call me from the company asking about rest of my holiday payment. I explained that I have cancelled my holiday and emailed the agent about it. I also informed the staff member that the agent promised me a call back but I haven't heard anything. The staff member informed me that she will speak to the agent and he will call me back. Till this day I haven't heard anything from the agent or the company.
Low prices could be a result of many things (special deals, Off season etc....) so before you jump in please check whether the weather and tourist season for the month you want to cruise.
Things to check while booking:
Whether the deal is Cruise Only, Fly Cruise, Cruise and Stay.
Transfer etc... included
Tips on board ( This is something you may be able to pay in advance or have to pay on board)
Hidden costs ( In the deal we got we had stay in Las Vegas and had to take an internal flight to Los Angeles. There is a additional charge for baggage which you have pay on check in and it is not included in the price).
Reasonable Deals
Poor After sales service, Hidden costs
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I ordered Reflex Creapure Creatine (500 grams) from Dolphin and even though I only paid for next day delivery before 5.30pm I received the product next day before 13.00. It worked out cheaper even after paying for next day delivery when I compared different prices online. The only downside I can think of is that I tried to get in touch with Dolphin customer service two time on the same day (this was to discuss the problems during an online transcation) I was on hold for atleast 10 minutes both times which didnt impress me much. I got fed up waiting and ended the call else they would have got all 5 stars.
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The Asian Tour's global television footprint has been greatly enhanced with new broadcasting agreements announced today with the Golf Channel in North America, Latin America and Japan.
The addition of three new expansive territories from February 2011, with a combined homes reach of 94 million, will see the Asian Tour's dedicated TV programming delivered to over 130 countries and in excess of 420 million households around the world. Added to the coverage the Asian Tour now enjoys on Golfing World, IMG's multimedia daily golf magazine show, the Asian Tour can now be viewed in over 700 million homes each week.
The new agreements are managed by Asian Tour Media, a newly established joint venture company between the Asian Tour and IMG which follows on from the success of the latter's global representation of the Asian Tour's media rights since 2009.
These latest additions, combined with other recent Asian Tour Media agreements with Sky Deutschland, OSN in the Middle East, Group AB in France and My TV in Vietnam, mean the Asian Tour now boasts a truly worldwide TV platform. This includes other major broadcast partners such as Fox in Australia, Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Guangdong Golf Channel and CCTV in China, ESPN in India, Fox International in the Middle East, JGolf in Korea and Viasat across Scandinavia.
Asian Tour Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han said the addition of the Golf Channel would now ensure the very best of Asian golf reaches all four corners of the globe.
"We are delighted to expand our reach to these three important markets and it underlines the growing appeal of the Asian Tour and our highly talented players with the major broadcasters of golf. The standard of the Asian Tour has increasingly grown over the years and we look forward to giving golf fans in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Japan the opportunity to watch Asia's elite golfers. These new agreements by Asian Tour Media will play a big role in further accelerating the growth of the game and deliver wider benefits to our sponsors and partners," said Han.
Michael Mellor, Head of IMG Media, Asia Pacific, added, "The vast breadth of coverage that the Asian Tour now enjoys globally is testament to the increasing interest in the players on the Tour, and to the quality of the tournaments that now take place in Asia. It is also an endorsement of the high standards of production that Asian Tour Media is now setting."
The Asian Tour and IMG announced at the end of last year that they joined forces in an initial 12-year agreement aimed at developing the game further in Asia.
The joint venture will emulate the foundation behind the success of European Tour Productions—a joint venture between IMG Media and the European Tour—which will inevitably fast track the live broadcast of all Asian Tour events through the combined resources of both organizations.
Asian Tour Media will manage all television production and global distribution, enhancing tour-wide sponsorship agreements for the Asian Tour beginning from this year.


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Nacho Mama's
599 S Collier Blvd,, Marco, FL
At Nacho Mama's your mama might not be serving or making the meals, but once aboard at this island oasis, anything can happen when special staffers approach and old world Mexico takes on a new Tex-Mex edge.
The ambience at Nacho Mama's is quite simply Aztec chic and new millennium, comfort with an island-style feel and a special touch of European hospitality. The little "Cantina that Can," in the Marco Walk is really a sensation especially with the Baja Fish Tacos, a maître d' manager extraordinaire and a fun-loving staff that are clearly happy in their work.
With August upon us, and the sultry summer sun headed south once again, the culinary adventuress and I were welcomed into the delicious realm of Dirk, Caitlin and Audrey Rose. At Nacho Mama's the staff is really engaged, and there is a sense of pride and ownership with every action.
"Oh, my God!" Vicki Lynn commented, "You look just like Paris Hilton!"
"Yeah," Audrey Rose smiled, "I get that a lot."
"You really do," Vicki insisted.
"That's what they say." Audrey smiled again as she presented Nacho Mama menus modeled after Aztec stone tablets.
Even before the menu selections could become tempting, "Paris," aka Audrey Rose, delivered tricolor chips and salsa. With red-, blue- and pumpernickel-colored chips served with an obvious homemade fresh salsa, a sure starter awaits with every beginning at Nacho Mama's.
At the "Cantina that Can," inside and alfresco dining are choices that make this island getaway fun. For the insiders, there is a single pool table tucked in a corner, a stuffed animal crane claw game and plenty of inside air-conditioning seating in an atmosphere of old Aztec meets new age Mexican.
For our star-studded evening, we were outside in the evening air under a big umbrella with "Paris" serving frosty cervezas.
After master maître d' Dirk Benedict dropped by to ensure everything was perfect in that classic European style, we had questions for Paris about the menu."
"How are the Baja Fish Tacos?" I asked.
With a hand on her hip Paris answered, "Those are very good — everyone who tries them is very impressed."
"What about the quesadillas?" Vicki Lynn queried.
"Oh," Paris smiled, as if about to share a secret. "Those are great — that's a real favorite."
On her advice, dinner orders were done as we settled in with an additional appetizer of guacamole for the tricolor chips and homemade salsa.
When dinner arrived and after the first bite, Paris was vindicated! The Baja Fish tacos at Nacho Mama's really prove that the "Cantina that Can" really does and when Vicki tasted her Chicken Quesadilla she nodded her approval as Paris studied our reactions.
The Baja Fish Tacos are served with a choice of refried or black beans, and yellow Mexican-style rice. The fish is a tasty white fish fillet that covers the entire platter with three soft flour tortillas waiting underneath. Served with blended and grated Mexican cheese, crisp lettuce and a very special sauce that compliments the fish and finishes the tacos brilliantly; this entrée really shines at the "Cantina that Can!"
Our compliments to Chef Eric Phillips for a job well done.
Nacho Mama's is open from 11 until 1 a.m. daily. There's a mixed variety of entertainers each Thursday and Friday, and Tantrum plays every Saturday night. A "Not Your Mama's" happy hour happens every day between 3 and 6 p.m., and again between 10 p.m. and midnight. Nacho Mama's has full liquor service, a wine list to make northern California proud and a Little Jalapeno menu is available for children under 12, featuring hamburgers, hot dogs, wings, Mexican grilled cheese, Nacho' Mama's macaroni and cheese and several other items for only $4.99.
For reservations, specials, entertainment information and more, the Nacho Mama's hot line is 389-2222. Nacho Mama's is the honored recipient of the platinum plate winner for "Best Mexican Restaurant on Marco in 2001." Located at 599 N. Collier Blvd. in Marco Walk, take out is available and Nacho's signature Nacho Grande is the best nachos on the island. The staff at "Not Your Mama's" challenge anyone to finish a true Grand Canyon of Nacho Grande!
For an evening inside or out with a new age, new millennium Mexican flair, where a maître d' extraordinaire offers warm welcome that makes restaurants in Europe famous and where look alike celebrities are serving among Aztec chic décor, Nacho Mamas is the place to be even if Paris does look like Audrey Rose!


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You could call them intercollegiate friendships, and they are an important part of the College World Series.
Over the years, Omaha CWS fans have forged relationships with fans who travel here from such places as Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi to catch a little baseball in June.
Some of the friendships stretch back decades and turn the CWS into a family reunion with baseball roots.
The bonding often starts at tailgate parties when out-of-state fans set up a grill next to an Omaha group. Pretty soon, Louisiana fans are sharing crawfish, and Omaha folks are offering them tasty Nebraska beef and a cold drink.
Even though the friendships might start with food and baseball, they are about more than that.
Omaha fans and their out-of-state buddies stay in touch throughout the year. They visit each other, trade emails and phone calls, know the names of kids and grandkids, and send gifts and cards at Christmastime.
Two Omaha-area couples even went to the recent Louisiana wedding of the daughter of friends they met at the CWS more than a decade ago.
The friendships fit well with the CWS fan vibe, one fueled as much by camaraderie as competition.


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McKee Takes 10th Place to lead Bulldogs at Will Wilson Citadel Invitational
Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – Danielle McKee recorded a season-best time of 18:37 to take tenth place on Saturday morning at Laurel Hill Plantation in the 32nd annual Will Wilson Citadel Invitational. The Bulldog men's team took fourth place overall while the women finished in sixth.
McKee continues to improve as the junior has now recorded the top time for her team in each of her 17 collegiate races. The freshman trio of Jacqueline Thompson (24th place, 19:37), Caillian Colquitt (34th place, 20:19) and Jessica Dewitte (35th place, 20:25) finished behind McKee for the Bulldogs.
The Winthrop women's team took the overall crown with 56 points behind an impressive 17:27 5k by overall champion Jeanne Stroud.
Raeven Lantz led the Bulldog team for the first time this season with an 8k mark of 27:05. Mt. Pleasant native Miles Keohane took second for the Bulldogs and 18th overall with a time of 27:30. Paul Fleckenstein (21st place, 27:59), Bo Hutchinson (22nd place, 28:07) and Brandon Rabon (26th place, 28:47) finished out the top 5 for The Citadel men's team.
Mercer runners Lukas Steinheber (25:14) and Jacob Law (25:43) took the top two spots to help lead their team to a first place finish with 21 points.
The Citadel will have a week off before coming back out to Laurel Hill Plantation for the Southern Conference championship race on Oct. 27.
For more information on Bulldog cross country, visit the official website of The Citadel Athletics at www.citadelsports.com.


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I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than a year
Pros – It used to be a great place to work with, great benefits and work atmosphere. A lot of it changed due the the crisis they are facing.
Cons – Company got behind the times, they had a good product, but made decisions that did not pay off. Very unstable place to work right now.
Advice to Senior Management – I wish the company the best, even though I was just laid off in a weird manner. Hope BlackBerry 10 can get the company back in shape, and no more people have to lose their jobs.
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Hewlett-Packard's taken a wild ride over the past few hours.
Wednesday afternoon the stock spiked after hours on a report that the board was considering a breakup of the company among other options to maximize shareholder value. Hewlett-Packard officially had no comment on the report, but a source close to the company told me HP plans at this point to keep all of the company's businesses together.
No doubt, a couple of things have fueled the latest round of HP speculation—one, the news yesterday that Michael Dell plans to take his company private at $13.65 per share, in a transaction worth about $24.4 billion.
(Read More: Dell Reaches Deal to Be Taken Private by Founder)
The thing that brought Dell to this point? That's the second thing — the decline of the PC market. It shrank eight percent in the third quarter and another five percent or so in the fourth quarter, as tablets and smartphones have led people to delay PC purchases. That inevitably hurts HP, still the largest PC maker, because it doesn't have and significant presence in the mobile market.
That's why HP is now trading at a $32.7 billion dollar market cap, even though it pulled in $120 billion in revenue in fiscal 2012. The stock is down more than 40 percent over the past year as CEO Meg Whitman has struggled to articulate a turnaround plan that she says won't really begin to bear obvious fruit until 2014.
Some key questions going forward: Can HP roll out a viable mobile strategy at this point? Will the printing business continue to deteriorate along with the traditional PC market? And can HP restructure its enterprise services and product offerings to get better than mediocre margins?
If not, we can expect this breakup chatter to continue quarter after quarter until something gives.
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Essay by the Randolph English professor will be part of a volume focused on F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Heidi Kunz, professor of English, has accepted an invitation from the Cambridge University Press to contribute a chapter to F. Scott Fitzgerald in Context (2012).
The Fitzgerald volume will join collections on Jane Austen, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Samuel Johnson, and James Joyce that already have been published in the prestigious Context series.
Kunz's essay, "Gender in the Jazz Age," examines Fitzgerald's chronicling of the "transformational masculinity" and the "New New Woman" of United States culture in the 1920s.


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Late Innings Push Southern Illinois Past Valpo
Sunday, April 08, 2007Southern Illinois pushed three runs across the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning and added four more in the seventh as the Salukis defeated Valparaiso 7-0 in Carbondale, Ill.
Both pitchers sailed along for the first five innings. Southern Illinois' Cody Adams allowed a first inning single to Michael Arensdorff (Eldridge, Iowa/North Scott H.S.) and an infield hit to Jason Brunelli (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield H.S.), but that would be it for the Crusaders on the afternoon.
Valpo's Nick Mazzone (Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North H.S.) surrendered just two hits in the first five innings as well. Mark Kelly broke the scoreless tie for Southern Illinois with a RBI single and Michael Finiga added an infield hit to make it 2-0 in the sixth. A bases loaded walk finished the hosts scoring in the inning.
Southern Illinois (22-9) added four more runs in the seventh. Two unearned runs combined with an Adam Hills two-run single completed the insurance runs for the Salukis.
Mazzone finished the game working 5.2 innings, allowing three runs and six hits while striking out three, suffering the loss (1-4). Adams (8-1) allowed just the two hits and three total baserunners in the complete game shutout, striking out 10 on the day.
Valparaiso (8-16) will return home on Tuesday afternoon as the Crusaders host Indiana State. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. at Emory G. Bauer Field.
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National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules(Wednesday, April 23rd)
Final Score: Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT)
Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Nick Foligno's tally at 2:49 of overtime gave the Columbus Blue Jackets their first home playoff win in franchise history, a 4-3 triumph over the Pittsburgh Penguins which evened this Eastern Conference quarterfinal at two games apiece. Foligno carried the puck up the left wing through the neutral zone, in a 1-on-1 with Pens defenseman Matt Niskanen, then released the puck below the circle, where it dropped from the glove hand of Marc-Andre Fleury and slid home. Fleury was also responsible for a miscue leading to the hosts' tying goal with 22.5 seconds remaining in regulation. He headed behind his net to play a Jack Johnson dump-in, but the puck hopped over his stick and found Ryan Johansen, who dished into the slot for a successful shot by Brandon Dubinsky. Fleury ended up with 42 saves in the crushing setback, while counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky clocked in with 22 stops after giving up the game's first three scores in a span of just over five minutes in the first period. Johansen and Boone Jenner notched the other goals for the Blue Jackets, who had gone 0-3 in Ohio's capital in the postseason before Wednesday's triumph. Craig Adams, Chris Kunitz and James Neal tallied for the Penguins, who can steal momentum back home in Game 5 on Saturday.
Final Score: Dallas 4, Anaheim 2
Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Dallas Stars took care of business at American Airlines Center, winning two straight games on home ice against the Anaheim Ducks to even their Western Conference quarterfinal series at two games apiece. Vernon Fiddler had a goal and an assist as the Stars scored four unanswered goals to claim a 4-2 victory in Game 4 on Wednesday. Jamie Benn, Cody Eakin and Alex Goligoski also lit the lamp for Dallas, which had dropped Games 1 and 2 in Anaheim. Kari Lehtonen stopped 21-of-23 shots. Bryan Allen and Patrick Maroon scored for the Ducks. Frederik Andersen turned aside 21- of-25 shots before being pulled in the third period for Jonas Hiller. Anaheim forward Teemu Selanne, who is playing his final NHL season, was a healthy scratch for Game 4. The Ducks, who lost defenseman Stephane Robidas to a fractured right leg in Game 3, were also without the services of center Ryan Getzlaf, who is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Game 5 is set for Friday at Anaheim.
Final Score: Chicago 4, St. Louis 3 (OT)
Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Patrick Kane's goal with 8:43 left in overtime sent the Chicago Blackhawks all square in their Western Conference quarterfinal series with the St. Louis Blues, giving the defending Stanley Cup champs a thrilling and critical 4-3 Game 4 victory at United Center. Kane also scored earlier in the contest and contributed an assist as well to help the Blackhawks record their second straight win after a pair of heartbreaking overtime defeats in St. Louis, where the series will now shift for Friday's pivotal Game 5. Bryan Bickell came up with a big goal as well for Chicago, as his marker with 3:52 remaining in regulation tied the score at 3-3 and ended a sequence of three straight scores from the Blues that erased a 2-0 deficit. Andrew Shaw also lit the lamp in the win, while Corey Crawford backed up his 34-save shutout in Monday's Game 3 by turning aside 30 shots on Wednesday. Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice for the Blues in a losing cause, with Maxim Lapierre accounting for the other St. Louis goal and Ryan Miller finishing with 30 saves.


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Book Reviews
Kathy Sloane: Keystone Korner - Portrait Of A Jazz Club
Kathy Sloane
220 pages; audio CD
Indiana University Press
Photographer Kathy Sloane's Keystone Korner: Portrait Of A Jazz Club is a love letter: a love letter to something more than just a business, to something less than a generation. It's a love letter to a relatively short-lived community that coalesced around a jazz club in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood: the people who worked there, the characters who frequented it, the musicians who played there. If Sloane's act of authorship is a love letter, the story that emerges is a bittersweet tragedy, driven by the well-rehearsed tension between art and commerce and set against the backdrop of San Francisco in the 1970s, a time and place that proved insufficiently mobilized by the inspired musical programming of the Keystone Korner to adequately sustain it.
First, there are the photographs, over a hundred of them in sober black and white. Sloane, in an Afterword that is candid and modest and disarming in tone, recounts her coming of age as a self-taught photographer at Keystone Korner. She also describes the challenges posed by the lighting in the tiny club for a would-be photo-chronicler, challenges that she appears to have overcome. Some belong among the greatest jazz portraits: the superb shot of pianist Muhal Richard Abrams used for the cover; a couple of portraits of reed player Rahsaan Roland Kirk on stage, in repose; a frenetic multiple exposure of pianist Cecil Taylor; just about every shot herein of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (is he just particularly photogenic?). Many others have a greater documentary value, recording the visual history of the jazz life in the 1970s on stage, back stage, and in the case of drummer Art Blakey, at Sloane's East Bay apartment for a home-cooked meal with her daughter.
The book is more than a collection of photographs, however. Sloane has also compiled an oral history of the Keystone Korner lifespan from June 1972, when Todd Barkan bought it, to 1983, when he was forced to close down. Reminiscences are included from the staff, including chef Ora Harris, who had previously opened a Boston eatery for avant-garde jazz artists and whose cooking ensured that the musicians showed up on time; from the musicians, among them house rhythm section members drummer Eddie Marshall and pianist George Cables; from the habitués, with extra time extended to jazz chronicler Al Young and San Francisco poet laureate Jack Hirshman, who draws parallels between rap music and 1920s Soviet poets. Given that Sloane taught herself to be such a good photographer, we should not be so surprised at how good an oral historian she is, but the apparent ease with which the volume has been assembled and the coherence with which the chorus of voices are woven to tell a story, should not blind us the difficulty of the task. This book, on the basis of the text alone, merits a spot on the shelf alongside the classic oral jazz histories of Nat Hentoff and Studs Terkel.
Why does Keystone Korner matter? The redoubtable Orrin Keepnews, the great producer behind Riverside Records in the 1950s and 1960s, who was resident in the Bay Area during Keystone's run, and is a privileged participant in Sloane's interviews, puts it this way: "Its significance is that it reminds a lot of peoplewhen you think about it, or when you bring it up, or when you tell the story againthat, hey, it is possible to put together some positive ingredients and have a good, working jazz club."
Cecil Taylor
The most salient of those "positive ingredients" was undoubtedly owner/manager Todd Barkan's (described elsewhere by Keepnews as a "boy wonder") booking. Several musicians compare the breadth of Barkan's programming to what they experienced at European festivals, and credit him with building and developing a jazz audience in the Bay Area. Barkan himself describes Keystone Korner as "a bona fide psychedelic jazz club that emerged out of the post-psychedelic era in San Franciscoright out of flower children and Haight-Ashbury," and himself as "quite a bit of a hippie." Saxophonist Dave Liebman marvelously summarizes the club's appeal thus: "very loose, big hang."
But Keepnews' generous appreciationthat Keystone Korner demonstrates the feasibility of a magical jazz clubraises a problematic issue. You see, the story told in these pages demonstrates that for some reason, in fact it was not possible. Keystone Korner seems to have been fighting off its inevitable crash almost from the start; to borrow a title from Gabriel García Márquez, this tale might as well be called "Chronicle of a Death Foretold."
Why was the club's failure inevitable? Liebman and Keepnews both hint broadly that Keystone Korner's problem was that it wasn't located in New York, with its density of economic demand and vibrant ecosystem of other clubs and earning opportunities for musicians. Others suggest that the club suffered for attempting this experiment in the 1970s rather than the 1950s or today.
Vibraphonists Milt Jackson (left) and Bobby Hutcherson (right)
Alternatively, maybe there was a problem with the business model. That is, maybe San Francisco in the 1970s was not an impossible market, but the club was doomed by what Keepnews repeatedly refers to as Barkan's frustratingly "unbusinesslike" way of doing things. To his credit, Barkan established solid credibility and respect with the musicians on the basis of his imaginative booking, and even more important, by ensuring that the musicians always got paid.
But there are some glaring problems in the business model. The club apparently paid retail for liquor, even sending staff out during performances to the corner liquor store to restock. The quotient of non paying customers was dangerously high, including Keepnews, who felt entitled to this special treatment, and all of the staff during their off hours.
Some of these not-so-special ingredients bespeak poor management. But others highlight the tension between the business and the jazz ends of the enterprise. Free admission for the staff (and their friends) supplemented their meager earnings, even if it cut into the takings. Monday night soundman Stuart Kremsky: "You got paid in vibe. You got paid in being able to hang out with Cecil Taylor. You can't put any money on that. You can't eat from that, either." (What about tips, you ask? Not always much help. Waitress Helen Wray: "I always liked working weeks with people like Dexter [Gordon] and Art [Blakey] because people tipped. And none of us wanted to work when Cecil Taylor was there because everyone came stoned and nobody tipped you anything.")
Some of the witnesses praise Keystone's practice of weeklong gigs, allowing musicians to settle in, and patrons to observe the evolution of sets over a week's time. But weeklong gigs seriously mismatched supply and demand in the North Beach market. As Liebman notes, "When I saw Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, and guys like that have a set for eight people... it's not right." This practice has virtually disappeared from jazz booking today.
Maybe, in fact, it wasn't so special at all. Maybe the magic evoked by so many in this book is an artifact of nostalgia. "We were all thin," says George Cables looking at the old photographs. "We all had more hair." Is the wistful mood merely a yearning for vigorous youth, now past? Trumpeter Eddie Henderson tosses a bit of cold water on Sloane's project: "The Both/And, Jazz Workshop, Blackhawk, Bop City, the Vanguardclubs all over the worldKeystone was no different. It was just a jazz club. Let's not try to make it any more than that... You know, they got fine ladies coming in; they got ugly ladies coming in; they got bulldaggers; they got hos. It wasn't different than anywhere else. Write that in the book."
Sixty pages later, though, Henderson has changed his tune: "Blue Note, Yoshi'sthey're like McDonald's. They don't care about the artists; they just care about economics. Profit and loss. But God bless the Keystone. It was a divine event... Kingdoms rise and fall." It seems the "bona fide psychedelic jazz club" was magic, if short-lived, after all, and these "bright moments" (to paraphrase Barkan favorite Rahsaan Roland Kirk), are keenly evoked. Dexter Gordon, showing up late, really late, after the club had refunded the patrons, to a near empty club (an audience estimated at seven, staff included)and playing. The productive tension between old master Milt Jackson and the young Bobby Hutcherson, brought together for a sort of vibraphone summit. So, too, the intimacy of the last performances pianist Bill Evans ever played (a week of concerts subsequently released on no fewer than sixteen compact discs).
There are the photographs, there are the interviews, and there is a CD of eight performances taken from various live albums recorded at Keystone Korner between 1973 and 1982, with especially affecting selections from Gordon, Evans and tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. The recordings make clear just what this book is: a loving portrait of jazz, sounding soulful and strong, in the midst of its 1970s wilderness. (Sloane's co-editor, Sascha Feinstein, has helpfully included a discography of albums recorded at Keystone Korner. "I've never gotten any royalties for any Keystone records," says Barkan, today running Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center. "We never made a dime on those.")
Keepnews is right. The significance of Keystone Korner lies in the story that it tells: a story of possibility, however fleeting. Much like jazz itself.
[Note: Sascha Feinstein's preface to Keystone Korner: Portrait Of A Jazz Club can be read here at All About Jazz].
Photo Credit
All Photos: Kathy Sloane


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OK, Simple question:
Someone purchases an iphone in Orange France Store for 649 euro, and the a sim card with 100 euro credit. Then they travel home without activating to other european state.
Once in the comfort of there own home, they ring the international number, and give the number of the phone! Orange takes the 100 credit from the card, and unlocks it. How is this achieved?
Does this call need to be made from the iphone with the card installed (I doubt its not activated)?


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Date Nut Bread – 1 ½ Lb. LoafCuisinart Original Recipe
nonstick cooking spray
1 cup chopped dates
¼ cup unsalted butter, room temperature, cut into ½-inch pieces
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
¾ cup granulated sugar
1¾ cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped walnuts
Coat the inside of the bread pan fitted with the kneading paddle with nonstick cooking spray. Place all ingredients, in order listed, into the bread pan and secure the pan into the Cuisinart® Automatic Breadmaker. Press menu button to select the Cake/Quick Bread program. Press Start/Stop to mix and bake. While the batter is mixing, scrape the sides of the bread pan with a rubber spatula to fully incorporate ingredients. When cycle is complete, remove from bread pan and place on wire rack to cool completely for best slicing results.
ServingsAbout 24 1 oz. servings
Nutritional Information
Per Serving
Nutritional information per serving (1 ounce): Calories 106 (26% from fat) • carb. 19g • pro. 2g • fat 3g • sat. fat 1g • chol. 4mg • sod. 157mg • calc. 6mg • fiber 1g
This recipe can be prepared using the following Cuisinart® products:
Cuisinart 2-lb Bread Maker


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Erbil (NINA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie, arrived in Erbil as part of her tour of countries hosting Syrian refugees.Official source in Erbil told NINA that the Goodwill Ambassador is to visit Domeez Camp in Duhok province to inspect the status of Syrian Kurd refugees who fled violence in Syria.Since last March Syria is witnessing heavy fight between government forces and the forces of the Syrian Free Army demanding end of Asad's rule. / End.
Two civilians injured in north of Baquba
Gunmen kill a civilian, wound another south of Baghdad
Kurdish MP: Continuing Security breaches are serious indicator that need fast treatments
Anbar operations: / 7 / elements of ISIS killed, / 3 / others arrested in Ramadi, including a leader
Artillery bombardment renewed on Fallujah neighborhoods
Two snipers of the ISIS killed in Albu Obaid area in Ramadi
Nineveh Governor: The province will witness a wide movement of a construction investment projects
/10/ Elements of the ISIS killed north and east of Ramadi
Breaking News .. Vice Chairman of Diyala Provincial Council survived an assassination attempt in central Baquba
Six soldiers killed and wounded in an armed clash rock cliff Babylon
Bombing of a railway bridge south of Fallujah
A car bomb defused in Jalawla in Diyala
Internet service stopped, power cut off in the cities of Anbar
/ 3 / policemen killed in two separate incidents in Mosul
Chairman of Anbar council denies news that army stormed Fallujah
Five al-Qaeda elements killed in northwest of Hilla
A civilian killed, four injured in Fallujah
Urgent .. Maliki to / Manar / T.V: the elections will not be postponed and I defy anyone comes with one violation by me to the Constitution
Barzani: continuing efforts to form a government of Kurdistan and the PUK is an important force
A policeman killed in northern Baghdad
Official departments and schools in Sadr city evacuated
5, including policemen, killed and 15, including students, faculty and police injured in eastern Baghdad suicide attack this morning
Security source: most of Ramadi city under the control of Army and tribal's men
An army officer killed, a soldier injured in Diyala province
Army kills three bombers and destroys their car bombs
Four civilians killed, five others injured in a car bomb explosion in Hilla
29 civilians killed, wounded in explosion of two car bombs in Samawa
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Urgent…One killed, nine injured in a suicide bombing east of Baghdad
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Subject: Reproductive health
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- Visual inspection with Lugol
The ACCP has developed a set of presentation materials to help cervical cancer prevention advocates make presentations to policymakers, donors, clinicians, program managers, community health workers and others who may be interested or actively involved in cervical cancer prevention. The presentations are available on the ACCP web site in both PowerPoint and as PDF files.
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Visual Screening Approaches: Promising Alternative Screening Strategies
Publication date: 2002
Region: Global
- The Volunteer Spirit in Western Province
This is one of a series of fact sheets that describe PATH's current and past work in Kenya. The fact sheets focus on specific projects as well as unique approaches that cut across projects. This fact sheet describes work with local volunteers, EngenderHealth, and other organizations on AMKENI, an integrated family planning, reproductive health, and child survival project.
Publication date: June 2006
Region: Africa
- Western Kenya Cervical Cancer Prevention Project (WKCCPP) Final Report December 2004
The WKCCPP Project, implemented from 2000 to 2004, was a collaborative effort to develop and evalulate a model cervical cancer prevention program suitable for rural, low-resource settings in Africa. During the life of the project nearly 2,400 women were screened using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA), visual screening using Lugol's iodine (VILI), and a combination of both screening tests, followed by cryotherapy. WKCCPP clearly demonstrated that cervical cancer prevention services based on these tests can be established and sustained in rural Kenya with relatively modest start-up requirements and support. With commitment at national and local levels, an affordable and effective cervical cancer prevention service could be phased in over the next five to ten years, and thousands of women's lives could be spared.
Author: Tsu V; Lewis K; Bignham A; Levin C; Sellors J
Publication date: 2004
Region: Africa
- What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer [Ukrainian]
For women interested in knowing more about breast cancer, this brochure provides an overview with some specifics on diagnosis, treatment and recovery.
Publication date: 1998
Region: Eastern Europe
- What's in a Game? An Evaluation of Two Sexuality Education Board Games: Safari of Life and Young Man's Journey
Author: Hendrix-Jenkins A
Publication date: 2002
Region: Africa
- WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women
Author: Garcia-Moreno C; Jansen HA; Ellsberg M; Heise L; Watts C
Publication date: 2005
Region: Global
- Woman's Condom
Part of the Technology Updates series, this fact sheet describes the Woman's Condom project at PATH.
Publication date: July 2013
Region: Global
Part of series: Technology Updates
- Woman's Condom: Comfortable and Confident Protection for Women and Men
The Woman's Condom is a new female condom designed to protect women and couples from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections and to be highly pleasurable. This document describes product features and the steps that PATH and our manufacturing partner, Shanghai Dahua Medical Apparatus Company, are taking to raise awareness and build demand. The Woman's Condom is branded O'lavie™ in China.
Publication date: April 2013
Region: Global
- Woman's Condom: Summary of Clinical Evaluation
The Woman's Condom is a new female condom that has been evaluated for acceptability, performance, and safety in clinical studies across five countries. This document summarizes key findings from completed clinical studies and provides updates on clinical studies in process.
Publication date: February 2013
Region: Global
- Women's Frequently Asked Questions About Cervical Cancer Screening: Helping Health Care Providers Anticipate and Answer Common Questions
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global
- Women's Right to Choose: Partnerships for Safe Abortion in Nepal
This booklet documents the early steps and achievements in the process of implementing the reformed abortion law in Nepal, highlighting the roles and activities of the many stakeholders involved. A range of issues and initiatives are covered, related to the establishment of services, training of staff, monitoring of services, legal points, advocacy and information dissemination, and behavior change communication.
Publication date: 2005
Region: Asia
- Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment
Women's Stories, Women's Lives: Experiences with Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment is a collection of stories based on interviews with women who participated in the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP) screening and (when applicable) treatment programs. These women's stories illustrate the unnecessary suffering cervical cancer can cause women and their families and how prevention programs can save women's lives.
Author: ACCP
Publication date: 2004
Region: Global
- A Workplace-Based Life-Planning Skills Training Program for Migrant Youth in Shenzhen, China
Out-of-school adolescent migrants in urban areas are a difficult group to reach. They are also more likely than students to need adolescent sexual and reproductive health information and services. These documents report on a study to evaluate the impact of a work-based training program in life-planning skills conducted with young, unmarried migrants in Shenzhen, China. A full report is provided in English, with summaries in both English and Chinese.
Publication date: August 2005
Region: Asia
- Workshop on the WHO Prequalification Programme for Male Latex Condoms
These workshop materials were designed for manufacturers of male latex condoms to introduce and solicit input on the new WHO Prequalification Programme for Male Latex Condoms. The objective is to increase the successful participation of manufacturers, thereby expanding the supplier base and expediting progress toward reproductive health supply security in low- and middle-income countries. If you intend to adapt these materials, it is recommended that experienced facilitators manage each session. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Publication date: April 2008
Region: Global
- Workshop on Using the WHO Prequalification Programme in Procurement Practices
These workshop materials were developed to improve the knowledge and skills of procurement implementers to enable them to effectively use the WHO Prequalification Programme for Essential Reproductive Health Medicines. The materials include educational and skills-building components to convey the benefits of prequalification within the procurement context and to effectively incorporate prequalification into bidding documents and bidder assessments. If you intend to adapt these materials, it is recommended that experienced facilitators manage each session. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Publication date: April 2008
Region: Global
- Youth and Responsibility Go Hand-in-Hand: A Peer Education Program at Guangzhou University
Guangzhou University is a pilot site of the China Youth Reproductive Health project. This case study describes a peer education program in the university and documents the lessons learned, including the program's impact, successes, challenges, and students' reactions. It also provides suggestions for sustaining the program.
Publication date: June 2005
Region: Asia
- Youth Exchange Network
This fact sheet describes work to share information and experiences among members of the Youth Exchange Network, a group of organizations working with youth in Nairobi slums.
Publication date: June 2006
Region: Africa
- Youth-Friendly Pharmacy Program Implementation Kit: Guidelines and Tools for Implementing a Youth-friendly Reproductive Health Pharmacy Program
The Youth-Friendly Pharmacy Program Implementation Kit is intended to guide the development of a sustainable, pharmacy-based initiative. Organizations can adapt the model and the materials as needed, to suit a variety of environments.
Author: Beitz J; Srimuangboon H; Lion-Coleman A; Transgrud R; Hutchings J; Weldin M
Publication date: 2003
Region: Global


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The following people were booked into the Carson City Jail. All suspects are innocent until proved guilty in court:
• 11:57 p.m.: A 44-year-old Carson City man was arrested at Plaza and Sixth streets on a charge of obstructing an officer. Bail: $337.
• 6:40 p.m.: Bradley Parker, 25, of Dayton was arrested at College Parkway and Goni Road on charges of driving on a suspended or revoked license, failure to maintain a lane, possession of heroin, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia and on a Reno warrant for failure to appear. He is being …


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Austin >Toys & Games >
Toys >Lowbrow Emporium
2708 S Lamar Ste 1C, Austin, TX | Directions 7870430.244831 -97.780613
Neighborhoods: South Lamar, South Lamar
Longboard Heaven – Lowbrow Emporium is one of those Austin-cool stores that sells quirky art, eclectic gifts, and best of all, the funkiest Longboard Skateboards around. It's actually one of the only places in Austin that does specialize in longboards and their selection is awesome. From standard trick boards you see every kid riding to the fat old-school boards from the 80's to the already mentioned longboards. They also sell skateboard accessories so that you can put together your own if you want. From crazy colorful wheels to all sizes of trucks to grip tape to screws, you name it. Even if you are not a boarder, its hard not to be impressed with what they have and the graphics on their boards.
What I dig the most about this store is the way it's set up. It's got this vibe about it where all the gifts in the store could pass as art. Hell, I just like going in to look around. It feels like an art gallery. The only thing missing are benches in each section of the store so that you can relax and take it all it. :)
Anyway, check it out. It's in the "SoLa" section of town (South Lamar) which is fast becoming the next South Congress (SoCo).
Gaze at the reasonably priced toys and gifts. Reward your diverse taste with a long board or a painting from one of Austin's many visual artists on display. – In Short
This bohemian southside retailer features local artists, skateboards, clothing, toys and literature in an inspired setting that encourages shoppers to explore. In the front room, a giant working waterfall and two comfortable chairs allow children and adult shoppers alike to pull a toy off the shelf and try it out. The back room has custom long boards, T-shirts and fine art alongside funky lunch boxes and varied knickknacks. Some shoppers gravitate toward the varied lotions and soaps while others prefer to check out the skateboards and T-shirts.
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I'm having a bit of a problem.
I have an Air application which can be minimized to system tray.
But the problem is... how do I restore it?
I've been searching for days, but can't seem to find anything that might be helpful. I've also checked the developers guide.
So... the question is,
How do I restore my application?
ANSWER was:
How are you "minimizing" your main UI?
Are you calling NativeWindow.minimize(), setting NativeWindow.visible = false, or are you destroying the window?
- In the first case restoring the window is as easy as calling NativeWindow.restore().
- In the second, setting NativeWindow.visible = true, should do the trick.
- In the third you will need to manually create the window - lots of details to doing that - which you can read about here: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=WorkingWithWin dows_1.html
If you are actually wondering about how to listen for mouse events on the SystemTrayIcon - you can do that by calling SystemTrayIcon.addEventListener(ScreenMouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN) - or by adding a menu to the SystemTrayIcon and handling menu selections.
You can read more about working with the SystemTrayIcon here:http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/devappsflex/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63 e3d118666ade46-7dcc.html
Hope this helps,
Chris Thilgen
AIR Engineering
-- The above question was partially answered, but I didn't seem to have any reply to my second question... which is:
I''ve tried doing this,
But I've failed doing so.
The application window is being destroyed..
I would like to do .visible = false.
I've tried doing it like this:
var app = air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication; app.addEventListener(air.Event.EXITING, closeHandler); function closeHandler(event) { event.preventDefault(); this.visible = false; }
But after I do this, I can't do this.visible = true again.
TypeError: Value undefined does not allow function calls.
Using just alert also fires the same error.
I'm using HTML and Javascript
It seems like EXITING is fired AFTER the window has been closed..
I spent hours yesterday resolving this very issue. At the end of the day, I was capable only of vacant stares with plenty of drool. Here's the dealio.
You want to keep the application from exiting when the window is closed by doing 2 things. First
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.autoExit = false;
(This step may not be necessary when you do the event capturing below. Can't hurt, might help.)
Second, when the user clicks on the 'X' in the title bar to close the window, you want to capture that event by listening for
In this case, the object listening for the event is the root element, WindowedApplication.
Here's the code for the event handler:
private function onWindowClosing(event:Event):void {
this.visible = false;
So, the window disappears, but the application still runs in the background. How, then, can users truly exit the application? Like Chris said, use the SystemTrayIcon class, add a menu item that says something like "Exit App", and have that menu item listen for the Event.SELECT event. My app is called Report Viewer, and the system tray icon menu has an item labeled Exit Report Viewer. When the user clicks that menu item, the event handler below fires, and the application exits. The code below is partial; it does not include the steps for loading the icon, creating the SystemTrayIcon object and assigning it a menu.You can find that guidance in the livedocs at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/taskbar_1.html#1030697
var exitCommand:NativeMenuItem = iconMenu.addItem(new NativeMenuItem("Exit Report Viewer"));
exitCommand.addEventListener(Event.SELECT,function(event:Event):void {
NativeApplication.nativeApplication.icon.bitmaps = [];
The system tray icon also has a menu item labeled Open Report Viewer. It does 2 things: 1) If the window is not visible, but the app is running in the background, it makes the window visible; 2) if the window is merely minimized, it does the same thing that clicking the taskbar icon: it restores the window.
var activateCommand:NativeMenuItem = iconMenu.addItem(new NativeMenuItem("Open Report Viewer"));
And the event handler
public function activateApplication(event:Event):void {
this.visible = true;
UInfortunately, on Windows XP, the NativeApplication.activate(window) command is not honored. That would save a bit of trouble. But I guess that is protection against those who intend harm.
First of all, thanks for your reply.
The thing with this is, the Event.CLOSING (air.Event.CLOSING) is never fired.
EXITING does get fired, but by the time it gets there.. the application is long gone.
What am I doing wrong
Here is the code I'm using:
var iconLoad = new air.Loader();
var app = air.NativeApplication.nativeApplication;
app.icon.addEventListener('click', reloadHandler);
air.addEventListener(air.Event.CLOSING,closeHandler); (<< As you can see)
function closeHandler(event)
air.trace("Wanna bet that I never get here?");
iconLoad.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(air.Event.COMPLETE,iconLoa dComplete);
iconLoad.load(new air.URLRequest("icons/AIRApp_16.png"));
this.visible = false;
My problem has been resolved: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3037489


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The girls and I were at the store recently and they spotted a display
with silly putty. They begged me to buy it for them so after we brought
it home and I showed them how to make comic imprints, they disappeared
into the art studio with it while I fixed lunch.
I could hear hysterical laughter from both girls, then when I went
to check on what they were up to, this is what I found.
"C"s creepy silly putty monster.
They decided to make creepy faces with their silly putty
and some beads. I think they succeeded, don't you?
Time for a visit to the silly putty orthodontist!
"E"s creepy silly putty bunny monster.
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Press Conference Today: Report to Call for TSA Reform
The report, entitled "A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform," will be released at an 11:30 a.m. press conference today at Reagan National Airport
Washington, DC – Leaders of U.S House Committees will release a report and analysis tomorrow of the development, evolution, current status and need for reform of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), ten years after the agency's creation.
The report, entitled "A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform," will be released at an 11:30 a.m. press conference today at Reagan National Airport. The analysis of TSA, a federal bureaucracy plagued by significant administrative and operational problems, was prepared by the majority staff of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
WHO: U.S. Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman, U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
WHAT: Press Conference on release of TSA Report & Analysis –
"A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform"
WHEN: 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 16, 2011
WHERE: Reagan National Airport
North end of the ticketing level (upper level), Terminal C
Please contact the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Public Affairs Office at (703) 417-8370 to make arrangements for parking live media trucks. All other vehicles must park in the garages or economy lot.
Background: The Aviation and Transportation Security Act, the legislation creating TSA, was passed by Congress ten years ago tomorrow, on November 16, 2001, and signed into law three days later. Rep. Mica, who then chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation, was one of the authors of that legislation.
When TSA was established, it was intended by Congress to be a lean security organization with the primary responsibility of analyzing intelligence, setting security policies and procedures, and overseeing a transportation security structure. Since then, at a cost of $57 billion, TSA has mushroomed into a human resources bureaucracy of over 65,000 that has lost its transportation security focus.
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The mounting pressure on businesses to increase fiscal data compliance, accountability and transparency has compelled businesses to realize and accept that ERP systems and data warehouses alone are insufficient to really tackle the problem of inconsistent, inaccurate and unreliable data. In particular, there is a growing awareness that the processes that create and update corporate data need to be addressed if the data dragon is ever to be slain. This involves understanding, documenting and controlling the business rules that surround the creation of new business classifications (such as a new customer code, a new product line or brand, an updated hierarchy of engineering assets or organizational structure). This is commonly termed "data governance".
Data governance is the process of establishing and maintaining cooperation between lines of business and management to establish standards for how common business data and metrics will be defined, propagated, owned and enforced throughout the organization. It is closely related to master data management (MDM), which is the management of data that is shared between computer systems, such as customer, product, asset, location or contract.
Although a growing number of organizations have put a tentative toe into the waters of master data management and data governance, there is scant concrete information relating to business motivation, level of maturity and adoption of data governance by business.
Against this background The Information Difference conducted a survey in August–September 2008 into the take-up, adoption and present level of maturity of data governance in business. The research addresses the following questions:
The purpose of the study was to gain understanding of, among other factors, the level of take-up, business motivation and the preferred approach to implementation.
The survey was sponsored by four vendors: Datanomic, Initiate Systems, Kalido and Silver Creek Systems and by media sponsors DM Review and Obis Omni.
233 fully qualified participants took part in the survey, 60% from companies with over USD $1 billion in revenue. 20% of respondents hold the job title of "Chief Architect" and 16% are CxOs or VPs. 64% were from North America, 20% from Europe and the rest elsewhere. 38% were drawn from the business and the remainder from IT.
Some key insights included:
For details of the full survey see the following link - The Information Difference.
Published by: IT Analysis Communications Ltd.