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NEW YORK (AP) - Is the mortgage market really back?
WASHINGTON (AP) - It'll cost another penny to mail a letter next year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declining applications for unemployment benefits have typically pointed to stronger hiring.
PLESANTON (AP) - Safeway Inc. is betting that its investment in a new customer loyalty program will eventually pay off, as the supermarket operator looks to fend off big-box retailers and other competitors that are expanding their grocery aisles.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wendy's pigtails are getting a tweak.
Q. I'm thinking of borrowing from my 401(k). I know you'll say it's a bad idea, but it's my only option to keep ?my family going. I already have credit card debt, and I'm trying to make my mortgage payments. Do you have a better idea, or anything else I should know?
NEW YORK (AP) - During the next presidential debate, the candidates will be pondering the important questions of our time. But the most controversial may be "Sausage or pepperoni?"
WASHINGTON (AP) - Stronger housing markets helped boost economic growth at the end of the summer in nearly every region of the United States, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. gave investors what they were looking for: a promise that it will keep delivering strong results even as it becomes more disciplined in its spending on new stores.
SAN JOSE (AP) - EBay has redesigned its website to encourage visitors to browse and collect items they might want to buy later with something it calls the "feed."
SAN JOSE (AP) - Worldwide shipments of PCs fell sharply in the third quarter, as some consumers spent their electronics dollars on smartphones and tablets and others held off for a new version of Windows.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan is asking Apple Inc. to blur a map image of its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station that can detect aircraft and missiles coming from as far as western China.
NEW YORK (AP) - The federal government has sued Wells Fargo in a New York court, accusing the nation's largest mortgage lender of misrepresenting the quality of thousands of loans in order to be eligible for federal loan insurance.
SAN RAMON (AP) - Oil giant Chevron Corp. said Tuesday that third-quarter earnings will be "substantially lower" than in the second quarter.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Qantas is putting the world's biggest passenger plane on the world's longest airline route.
NEW YORK (AP) - The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a "2'' across much the country.
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Gamers rejoice: GameStop is almost doubling its number of seasonal workers this holiday season as it prepares to deal with strong demand for new video games and the new iPhone.
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T's proposed $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV is moving forward as shareholders of the country's largest satellite TV broadcaster approved the deal. But it still needs regulatory approval.


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Located in Port-au-Prince | Founded in February 2013 | 40 Youth served ages 15-25
"Your traditions are very important. It's like you forget who you are if you don't know your traditions. We are losing our traditions. They just don't know their traditions. They like the hip hop – the dress – the talk – they are disconnected from their roots."Bois Gris
Project Overview
LEAF International, Prosjekt Haiti (a Norwegian non-profit), and Boukman Eksperyans (a Haitian musical group) all partner together to implement and sustain the LI Haiti program. Twice a week, members of Boukman Eksperyans give drum and dance lessons to children in Project Haiti's Youth Club, free of cost. These youth are extraordinary and dedicated. The long-term vision for the program is that they will eventually serve as music teachers for younger children. The youth perform in the community at least 4 times each year. Scroll to the bottom of the page to learn more about the Vision and Dream for this program.
The benefits of this program extend to the local community, including the drum maker commissioned to provide instruments and the women in the tailor shop Atelier Manman Troll (apart of Prosjekt Haiti), who will make costumes for the youth.
Through the project, students gain:
- Classes in drumming- drums are sacred in Haitian culture
- Traditional dance classes
- Reconnecting to local traditions
- The opportunity to perform in the community
- A one-mic recording studio
Meet the Teaching Artists
For over 30 years, Boukman Eksperyans has been a powerful social voice for Haitians, and the musicians that make up the group Boukman Eksperyans have been active change agents in their community for decades. They embody and preserve Haitian traditions with grace and dedication. For years, they have dreamed of starting a cultural program with youth, and with the collaboration of LEAF International and Prosjekt Haiti, that dream is now a reality. The four main members of the Boukman Eksperyans serve as Teaching Artists for our Haiti program, including: Manze' (Mimerose) Beaubrun, Lolo (Theodore) Beaubrun, Bois Gris "Hans Dominique," Laura Beaubrun, and her husband Paul, Johanne Dejean. The primary teachers are Johanne Dejean, teaching dance, and Bois Gris, teaching Haitian drumming traditions.
To see Boukman Eksperyans in action, check out their 2013 Carnival Song "Piout Piout"
Meet the Students
There are 40 young people in the program, ages 15-25. The students live nearby and walk to the program. If you met these students, you would never sense the real struggles of their lives. The youth come from poor backgrounds and their parents–many of whom cannot find work–struggle to find food for the families. Despite their circumstances, they are vibrant, talented, self-taught, driven, intelligent, kind, and they have dreams. This program allows these individuals to have an outlet in which to express themselves in an uplifting and constructive manner, and the students' families are extremely happy about the creation of the program.
When asked what people from outside Haiti should know about the country, student Samual Ambriose said, "Haitians work hard, are talented, and are fun. Even amidst misery they can laugh."
The Program in Action!
LI Haiti Performs at May LEAF 2014
Long Term Vision
From music instruments to child sponsorships, our people-centered programs depend on generous givers like you to grow and thrive. Donate today! 100% of your gift goes directly to support music and arts education programs in the country of your choosing.
Project Highlights
LI Haiti comes to May LEAF and shares in meaningful cultural exchange with LEAF Schools & Streets youth, Teaching Artists and our local community.
LI Haiti begins!
Carribean Traditions at LEAF
Festival Featured:
Boukman Eksperyans
Bonga & the Vodou Drums of Haiti
Our Partners
In Memory of Sergot Junior Lamour
In remembrance and in honor of one of the LEAF International Haiti students, who left this world early as he was hit by a car on his way to school. Junior, a LEAF International & Project Haiti drummer extraordinaire, exemplified the LEAF mission in the way he lived his life.
"'My teacher always taught me to put a lot of energy into my music,' Junior said reflecting on his drumming. 'You have to put your soul into it. Your heart into it!'"
Junior lived with sweet kindness and a full heart. In May 2014, he captivated us all at LEAF with his beautiful smile and Haitian spirit at LEAF Festival. He will forever be in our hearts, and will continue to inspire the work that LEAF International does.
Haiti is a state in the Caribbean and is situated on the same island as the Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. The Creole word for Haiti is "Ayiti" and means "the country with high mountains". Haiti was the first free, black republic in the world following a successful slave revolt in 1804, ridding the country of the French colonists. The Capital of Haiti is Port-au-Prince. Both Creole and French are spoken in Haiti. The population is a little less than 10 million, and approximately 2.3 million people live in the capital. 80% of Haitians are Catholic, 16% are Protestant, 3% report as "other," and half of the population also practices Vodou. According to 2003 data, 80% of the population is below poverty level. Haiti was tragically devasted by a major earthquake in 2010.

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Kim Goudreau, sociology instructor: B.S. in anthropology, Illinois State University; M.A. in sociology, Southern Illinois University.
When Kim Goudreau isnt leading a class lecture, he is often researching the critical analysis of the impact of technology on culture and social institutions. Kim is an active member and presenter for the National Association for the Study of Science, Technology, and Society. Several scholarly journals have published his research articles. Kim has also been active in several College programs and committees. He traveled to the Netherlands as part of a faculty exchange program, he served as vice president to the Faculty Senate, was the chair to the Global Task Force, and was an advisor to the campus newspaper. Currently he is co-advisor to the Prairie Wind, an award-winning campus literary magazine fluoxetine, and co-coordinator of regional Young Poets Contest. Kim has taught at Highland since 1989.
Kim has had several articles published, including:
(1998) The Community College and Technique. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 18 (1), 23-29.
(2001) Rethinking the Potential Contribution of the Humanities to the Study of Technological Societies: The Case of Whitman. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 21 (1), 14-19.
The Community College and the Impact of Technique: Toward a Critical Voice. Radical Pedagogy. 3 (1)--radicalpedagogy.icaap.org.
Habermas on Purposive-Rational Action: A Contribution to the Understanding of Elluls Technique. Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society, 23 (3).


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A car accident sent one man to University of Virginia Medical Center this morning.
It happened at the intersection of 7th and High Street. Charlottesville police say one driver was following another too closely.
The passenger of the truck that was hit had injuries to his neck and back. Police say to give yourself extra room between you and the car in front of you.
"You never know when they're going to stop," said Officer Steve Grissom, CPD. "You got to give yourself enough space and enough time, just don't be in such a hurry."
The driver of the car that hit the truck was given a ticket. As for the man taken to the medical center, his injuries are said to be minor.
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Google action on piracy a step in the right direction
The Creative Coalition Campaign welcomes new measures from Google as a step in the right directionRead more
Creative Coalition Campaign welcomes Creative Content UK initiative
Online copyright infringement remains illegal in the UK – TRUE
Reports on a handful of sites that the UK Government has decriminalised online piracy are 100% wrong. The law has not been changed and online copyright infringement remains illegal. In factor in 2015 there will be an education campaign to alert consumers to the range of legal film, music and games sites now available. This programme is part of a wider package of measures such as blocking pirate sites, working with advertisers and payment processors to cut off revenue to illegal sites and encouraging search engines to play a more active role by not directing consumers to sites that are known to offer infringing content.
Creative Content UK has been watered down' – MYTH
Creative Content UK is a targeted education and awareness raising initiative that has strong support from across the creative community. It is not intended to be a programme of sanctions. Education is an important component in the fight against online infringement but not the only one. This programme is an important part of a wider package of initiatives that are required to address this issue such as blocking access to illegal sites, working with advertisers and payment processors to cut off revenue to illegal sites and encouraging search engines to play a more active role by not directing consumers to sites that are known to offer infringing content.
Christine Payne, General Secretary of Equity and Chair of the Creative Coalition Campaign, has welcomed the launch of Creative Content UK, a new partnership that will boost consumer awareness of the wide array of legitimate online content services and help reduce online copyright infringement.
Creative Content UK is a unique partnership between the UK's creative industries, the four major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and the Government which will comprise two key components. The first will be a major multi-media education awareness campaign, led by content creators and part-funded by government, that aims to create wider appreciation of the value and benefits of entertainment content and copyright.
CCC welcomes report calling on Google to lead the fight against online piracy
The Creative Coalition Campaign has today welcomed a report by Mike Weatherley, Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister, entitled Search Engines and Piracy, which outlines the shortcomings of search engine providers in the fight against online piracy.Read more
CCC engages with Labour Party's Creative Industries Policy Review
The Creative Coalition Campaign hosted a roundtable on 16 April with the Labour Party's Creative Industries and Digital Policy Review team.Read more
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Who are those tiny people in architectural renderings?
February 09, 2011
The New York Times' Rob Walker found himself drawn to the little human figures who inhabit the rendered world and decided to investigate where these little citizens come from—and what they're really up to.
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Holliday comes through in the eighth, Cardinals defeat CubsRick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- After spinning away from a high, inside pitch tossed by Chicago Cubs reliever Carlos Villanueva in the eighth inning, Matt Holliday got even on the next pitch. Holliday sent a smash off the leg of Villanueva into left field to snap a 6-6 tie and send the Cardinals to a 9-6 win in a game they had trailed 5-0 after two innings.
Holliday has driven in nine runs in the last two games, knocking in one with his 16th home run in the fourth inning and another with a double in the fifth before his two RBI hit in the eighth.
Pete Kozma, just recalled from Memphis and then thrust into the game when second baseman Kolten Wong was injured chasing a popup, doubled to lead off the eighth. Daniel Descalso failed on two bunt attempts but got the third one down, to Villanueva's right. The Cubs' right-hander looked at third but that glance cost him as Descalso beat the throw to first.
Pinch hitter Matt Adams, rested in a 4-for-32 nosedive, struck out and Matt Carpenter was walked intentionally to get to rookie Randal Grichuk, who also struck out.
But Holliday, five for seven over the last two games, delivered on a 1-2 pitch. Jhonny Peralta knocked in his second run of the game with another single and the Cardinals were on their way to reclaiming a share of first place in the National League Central Division, with pace-setting Milwaukee in well in arrears in a game in San Francisco.
The Cardinals won the last two games of the series to gain a split with the Cubs. "We needed this win," Holliday said. "We couldn't afford to lose three out of four."
Holliday is hitting .267 with 78 RBIs after his latest rush but manager Mike Matheny said, "I don't know of anybody that's had more hard outs than this guy.
"He's not getting the results but he keeps figuring out a way to get it done. He's getting big hits for us but now is when you kind of see the cream rise."
Pat Neshek picked up his seventh win in eight decisions and Trevor Rosenthal, who walked the leadoff man in the ninth, gained his 40th save.
Wong, who toppled backward and hit his head as he tried, in vain, to make a catch of a ball in the sun, underwent concussion tests, which he passed. He said he felt sore and a little drowsy but he doesn't appear to be seriously injured.
"I was a little dizzy ... and for precautionary sake, they just took me out," Wong said. "I guess I passed the concussion tests. Right now, I've just got a stiff neck and a little bit of a heavy head."
Matheny said, "I'm sure he'll be a little sore 1/8Monday3/8. We'll probably bring the doctors back and re-evaluate him. But it was good news on the initial report."
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Michelle Obama Demands That We All "Stay Safe" Blog Home QUIZ: Campaign Setback or Hurricane Damage?
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Hamlin, N.Y. - Tense moments during a Hamlin town meeting Tuesday, as the town supervisor alleged a town employee misused town resources.
The Hamlin Town Supervisor Tom Breslawski slammed an envelope of documents he says prove the Town Dog Control Officer Dave Maynard was using town resources to gain support for the other candidate running for town supervisor during the meeting.
Maynard is the administrator of the Hamlin dog shelters Facebook page.
Breslawski claims he used that page to gain support for Eric Peters, who is running against Breslawski this November.
He's bulling me because I don't back him in the upcoming election and he's taking it out on the people of the shelter and that's not right, said Dave Maynard.
Breslawski has temporarily shut down the shelters Facebook page because he said Maynard was misusing it.
I was a very strong propionate of hiring Mr. Maynard when he was hired about a year and a half ago and worked very well with him until he decided to take this political turn for the worse, said Breslawski.
The documents have been turned over the District Attorney.
The Hamlin Animal Shelter remains open and will remain open, according to Breslawski.
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Our intrepid correspondent strikes out. Jacek Urbanczyk, Poland-based sports journalist, is Riptide's stringer for the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl in Detroit, between the University of Toledo and our very own Florida International University. It will be played on Sunday. He's in Detroit to dr ... More >>


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 |biography=studied Math and Chemstry for educational science, quite it without end in 2012. Normally I'm found online in jabber/xmpp network all the time. Next to it I hang around in [irc://irc.freenode.net/funtoo #funtoo], [irc://irc.freenode.net/funtoo-quebec #funtoo-quebec] and some others not related to funtoo... After I quit my studies, I now started to work as a Trainee IT specialist system integration for the german internet name center. Now I started a trainee position as IT Specialist for System Integration at Denic eG on Aug 2013 and will finish it possibly in February 2015
 |history_linux=I started my way to Linux by an advice of an teacher of mine with SuSE Linux 6.* stayed there until 9.0 and it was fun as long as you didn't update your system, this period hold for about 2 years, then I switched to debian and stayed there until Spring 2009, that was the time I gave Gentoo a try and it was fun at first to install it, but the war of releasing upgrades without a careful testing made it a hell and so I switched from gentoo to funtoo only after about a quarter year. Since then I stayed with funtoo.
 |oss_information=working on some ConTeXt projects too, right now try to write an source ebuild for it...
 |history_funtoo=using it since 2009 and beeing very happy with it, maintaining my private overlay with smaller ebuilds...
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$ man rl

 rl(1) The Real Life rl(1)

 NAME
 rl - reallife

 SYNOPSIS
 rl [ Options ]

 DESCRIPTION
 rl, short for reallife, refers to life in the real world.

 rl would mean that you have a life next to Funtoo, Linux or hacking,
 what wouldn't affect all the devs, except for a little offtime they take
 for regenerating their internal batteries. Therefore "rl" has several
 options that can be used to explain what to do in rl mode.

 The rl-mode can only be set in combination with a Geek or Hacker that you
 have in front of the computer screen.

 OPTIONS
 --eat, -e <MEAL> <TIME>
 Used to move the Geek or Hacker into the kitchen and let him prepare
 a meal specified by <MEAL> for the given daytime <TIME>, where <TIME>
 is in the form of mm/dd/yyyy-hh:mm. If <MEAL> and <TIME> isn't
 specified it means that the Geek/Hacker will grab the next phone,
 call the local Pizza or Doener delivery service and order a Pizza or
 Doener there, that he will consume as soon as it arrives.

 --weekend, -we
 moves the Geek or Hacker into a two day lasting weekend where he is
 normaly not available on the PC, but it might happen that he has a
 connection to the internet from his cell-phone, so better take it
 away.

 --suspend, --sleep, -s <TIME>
 moves the Geek or Hacker for <TIME> in seconds to sleep, if <TIME>
 isn't specified it defaults here to 10800 seconds what would be 3hrs.

 --drink, -d <DRINK> <AMOUNT> <TIME>
 so that the Geek or Hacker doesn't die, he also sometimes need to drink.
 this moves him to get <AMOUNT> of <DRINK> at <TIME>. If you specified
 <DRINK> it is necessary that you also specify the <AMOUNT> else the
 command is abborted. When the drinking should happen at a special time
 add <TIME> in format mm/dd/yyyy-hh:mm to the command. If you just use
 the drink-option it will default to <DRINK>=coffee or Jolt-coke
 depending on what the Geek or Hacker sees first and <AMOUNT>=2-3 cups
 or cans and <TIME>=now.

 --holiday, -away, -a <TIME>
 will move the Geek or Hacker away from the net for <TIME> and give him
 a recreational pause. He will come back after <TIME> to work with more
 power and even better ideas. <TIME> here is explicit needed and has to
 be given in format of days or weeks, so 14d will be equal to 2w.

 --social_contact, -sc <PERSON> or <GROUP>
 that moves the Geek or Hacker away from the PC for a short period where
 a <PERSON> or <GROUP> comes over to visit him or he needs to move to
 them. The period of time he is away can vary from several hours to some
 days, so be patient if this option is set.

 |lang_skills=I speak German as my native lang and learned English for 8 and French for 5 years at School. ATM I'm not really used to talk French any more as I hadn't had a opportunity to do so for the last years... So will give my best to also help our french users, feel free to ask. For places to meet me see at Biography...
 |working_on= * working on [[flora]], the Funtoo Linux Overlay for User Contribution
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 * writing howto for [[wpa_supplicant]]
 * writing an ebuild for ConTeXt-minimals source based, atm a low priority project...
 |worked_on=* updated ebuild for dhcpcd-5.2.11
 * tested sandbox 2.5 with metro
 * starting to rewrite the quick install howto from Guy Fontaine to [[Funtoo_Quick_Install]]
 * update Funtoo install guide with quick install guide
 * writing guide for [[flora]], the Funtoo Linux Overlay for User Contribution
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 == Boxes ==
 * mordor -- Homeserver (x86_64 architecture) ~funtoo
 * hobbigen -- Main PC (x86_64 architecture) ~funtoo
 * lorien -- Laptop (x86_64 architecture) ~funtoo HP Compaq 6820s (died 2011)
 * lorien -- Laptop (x86_64 architecture) ~funtoo Dell Vostro 6830
 * doriath -- rootserver (x86_64 architecture) ~funtoo Hetzner EX6S rootserver
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A Big Congrats on reaching the 400 Day Mark Posting, Wanna be Gas Buddies
Congratulations on posting for 300 consecutive
days, that's real commitment.. Posting to help save money on gas. . Wishing you success in all that you do.
. Lets be buddies Thanks. Shep.
Congratulations on having the tenacity to post for 300 consecutive days! Best of luck on reaching your next milestone!!! Perfect records since day #1 are EXTREMELY rare!! Warren :-)
I like it ! Finally some competitive pricing here!
Nice finally someone to keep those towel heads off the 50 strip from dictating price
I sure hope so
no way gas is that price in Lawrenceburg!!!
Congratulations for being a gas buddy member for 250 days. Posting for 250 consecutive days. A perfect record. Helping others save money on gas. That is real commitment May 2014 bring you and yours peace and joy. . Lets be buddies Thanks. Shep.
Welcome to the club...You and I are on the bottom of Consecutive Days leader board. GREAT JOB!!!... CONGRATS Consecutive Days: 250 !!! I am at 289 DAYS!! HAPPY NEW YEAR MY NEWEST GB...AL
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I'm often told I'm lacking in the fireworks department in the bedroom so the Uchiage Hanabi could be just what I need. Produced by Sega Toys, the Uchiage Hanabi is a fireworks projector that lets users display a full fireworks show on their walls and ceilings, complete with realistic sound effects.
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Unfortunately this will keep happening whilst Apple are charging £15 for a cable when I can buy 2 off eBay for 99p. 30 cables for the price of one is a no brainer.
The Apple ones do take longer to fall apart, and even when they have they do continue to work, but they don't last 30 times longer.
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"Unfortunately this will keep happening whilst Apple are charging £15 for a cable when I can buy 2 off eBay for 99p. 30 cables for the price of one is a no brainer."
Except maybe when the money-saving merchandise comes with the risk of death - unless one actually gets a thrill from living dangerously. Would you pay the extra money for the sake of, let's say, staying alive?
Even when they are selling poorly manufactured adapters at the lowest imaginable prices, there is NO excuse for any company to peddle goods with potentially lethal defects.
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Don't Apple don't supply a charging cable when you buy an Iphone ?
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Third party adaptors from reputable shops in Europe at least will all be CE tested and safe. Safe adaptors cost more, but as their less likely to kill you or melt or catch fire, it's worth the extra.
There's still no way they need to cost what Apple charge, though, that's just an abusive relationship where they won't use industry harmonising micro USB/whatever specifically so they can charge more.
Re: It's all about the money
This will keep happening while people buy crappy black-market chargers rather than just cheaper alternates (i.e. properly CE-marked unofficial chargers), and have houses without RCD's or decent fuses, and don't check their cable before they plug it into the wall.
Fair enough, you could get a zap off a dodgy charger, but electrocution? That shouldn't happen unless you are somehow part of a circuit to ground and there's no RCD / ELCB at all. It's possible that with a fuse you might get a nasty shock but it should only be very temporary with a proper, compliant, modern fusebox.
This is little to do with crappy chargers, and much more to do with crappy house electrics AND crappy chargers combined.
And he was on a cement floor - so what the hell was forming the circuiting? The DC cable into the phone shouldn't even be able to carry that sort of power enough to actually electrocute you before melting / blowing an internal fuse and how the hell did it manage to arc from the AC to the DC side of the transformer?
Fact is, if he'd had anywhere near decent electrics, he could have stuck his fingers into light sockets and still not died (Fact: Have seen this done any number of times, including once in a lecture hall - maths lecture, so completely unrelated - where people were told they wouldn't do X so would they just stick their finger in a light-socket? Some idiot volunteered and did it in front of us all while the lecturer ummed and arred about whether to actually let him try it. And I know electricians who work with live sockets as a matter of course).
Must have been one hell of a heated conversation.
Was he in the shower like the last one?
Re: It's all about the money
properly CE-marked unofficial chargers
A CE marking means nothing. There is no formal 3rd-party test bureau, manufacturers self-certify and put the CE mark on by themselves. Any maker of dangerous, counterfeit, rubbish can do the same. Some even claim that on their products "CE" means something like "Compatible Europe" or some such nonsense.
The only protection for those who don't want to pay the inflated prices charged for official spares is to use some common sense,. and pay a reasonable price from a known high-street name. A 99p bargain from eBay will give you exactly what you pay for
Re: It's all about the money
"A CE marking means nothing"
Whilst it is true that manufacturers apply the CE and RoHS marking themselves and some cheat, it is illegal throughout the EU to sell products which are falsely labelled or which do not comply with CE and RoHS rules. Those that sell this crap on ebay risk prosecution for manslaughter if their defective product kills someone.
Re: It's all about the money
Those ce marks are easily forged
Re: It's all about the money
No this may come a HUGE surprise to many out there banging on about CE marks, but wait for it........
China is not in the EEC (not EU, different things)! I know craaaazzeeeeee. So local products, even decent ones, may not actually carry it.
Still at least they can rely on a the Kite mark eh?
Re: It's all about the money@ Lee D
"That shouldn't happen unless you are somehow part of a circuit to ground and there's no RCD / ELCB at all."
Not all of the UK, never mind the rest of the world is wired to the latest regs. Or even the 1997 version when I *think* RCD's became mandatory for new build in the UK (someone round here will know better). As for a cement floor conducting electricity, why not? Ever heard of the concept of "earth"?
I would add that sticking fingers in a (powered) light socket might not kill you, but it certainly could, and is likely to cause a nasty and deep flesh burn in the fingertip. For those who think electricity can be messed with, I can assure you (having unintentionally messed with it) that it is dangerous, it can and does burn, it is painful, and you feel a right tit turning up at A&E having done this - typing this looking at the entry and exit scars on my right hand :(
Re: It's all about the money
Unfortunately this will keep happening whilst Apple are charging £15 for a cable when I can buy 2 off eBay for 99p. 30 cables for the price of one is a no brainer.
The cables are not the problem, the charger inbetween the socket and the cable is. Unless you're in the habit of jamming your charger cable directly into the mains socket, in which case I can guarantee that that UKP15 Official Apple Cable will kill you just as dead as a crappy 99p one, all other conditions being equal.
CE Mark
China is not in the EEC (not EU, different things)! I know craaaazzeeeeee. So local products, even decent ones, may not actually carry it.
Whether China is in the EEA (not EEC) or not is irrelevant. CE marking is not an indication that a product is made in the EEA, but that it can be legally sold in the EEA. It is not mandatory for all products, but is mandatory for many categories, and "low voltage" is one of them. All such chargers must carry a CE mark if they are sold in the EEA, and importers/distributors must verify the presence of both the CE marking and the necessary supporting documentation.
Re: It's all about the money
Turns out my life is worth than 99p - so i buy the Apple one and i keep living, pretty good value for money if you ask me.
Re: It's all about the money
Partly true re CE. the Mark is equivalent to the BS kite mark of yesteryear.But the CE means nothingin itself its the test documentation and spec reports Cof C's and D of C's which back this up and is only applicable in the european community.
Non european companies does not have to comply nor mark its products CE certified but do so they can sell in europe. as most people will now notice no CE mark in might be dodgy. but the mark doesnt mean that the relavant supporting tests and documents are actually in situ if coming from outside europe.
TUV are one of the european test centres and trhere mark should back up the CE mark. Before some one jumps in yes i know there was an issue and fine a regarding fake tits in france.
Re: It's all about the money
It's not the cable it's the charger.
Doubt anyone is going to get scorched using a genuine Apple charger even with a fake cable - that 5v at around 2a max is not likely to be fatal. These are when obviously mains voltages are being allowed to pass to the cable - so again IT'S THE CHARGER NOT THE CABLE.
Re: It's all about the money
Apple DO supply a cable with the iPhone and a charger - but this was not caused by either a fault with the Apple charger or cable but a 3rd party one.
The Apple USB charger is about £15 - yes it's more than a cheap clone but perhaps they are cheap for a reason. In this case cheap and dangerous.
Re: It's all about the money
£15 for a good quality, branded / original 2A charge is not that outrageous - sure you can buy cheaper but is it worth it? There is no way I would skimp on a few pounds when the thing is plugged in 24x7 and often unattended.
Re: It's all about the money
You must be pretty rough with your cables - I have original Apple cables that sit in my backpack, get used every day and folded / unfolded repeatedly - I've not had one fail. It's not to say they could not - accidents happen and there are physical limits to anything like this.
Re: It's all about the money
Apple do a micro USB to dock or lightning adapter - I actually carry a micro USB cable and a lightning adapter so can use one cable for my iPhone and also for my bluetooth headset that uses micro USB. But saying that I've never damaged an Apple cable - guess it could get trapped / pulled but think they are about £15 for a new one and not seen 3rd party makers selling lightning cables for much less (that actually work).
I have also seen more rugged 3rd party cables available from known manufacturers - so assume these may be a good option if you need something tougher.
Re: It's all about the money
And the CE/TUV/Kitemarks are relevant regarding cheap Chinese crap sold in Thailand, exactly how?
Re: It's all about the money
Apparently the CE marking as the Chinese are using it means Chinese Export...
Re: It's all about the money
"Third party adaptors from reputable shops in Europe at least will all be CE tested and safe. Safe adaptors cost more, but as their less likely to kill you or melt or catch fire, it's worth the extra."
A local shop (well, one of those mini shops in the middle of a shopping centre) was selling the fake chargers, along with its CE mark. So it isn't always easy to tell when an item is genuinely safe.
The downside is Apple will probably change their phones to not charge when plugged in to a non-Apple charger. For safety of its users, not for the extra profit it will make from selling more chargers.
Re: It's all about the money
Even CE marked chargers are not what they appear.
Just another con from the country trying to make some quick money and not bothering with the consequences.
Re: It's all about the money
"The downside is Apple will probably change their phones to not charge when plugged in to a non-Apple charger. For safety of its users, not for the extra profit it will make from selling more chargers."
I find it strange that those who happily throw money at Apple (when equivalent quality WP or Android phones are hundreds of quid cheaper) should carp at paying a fairly small sum for a decent safe Apple branded charger. OK, Apple will charge a fat premium, but the cheap and dangerous charger is like buying a Porsche and fitting some completely unheard of make of tyres bought from a bloke on the street corner, rather than premium branded tyres.
If there's an issue with paying Apple's accessory prices, why not invest in a Sammy, Moto,or a Nokia phone where the savings on the phone will free up the money for a drawer full of chargers, and those chargers are cheaper and the OEM premium is less than for Apple kit?
Re: It's all about the money
The Apple parts have been tested and approved under CE and other regulatory schemes required to sell products in the EU and US. The cheapo parts will be unsafe and therefore cheap and nasty.
Re: It's all about the money
But the point is that Apple make one charger to cover various markets and test this to comply with US, Asia and EU rules.
So while they could produce a cheap device with no testing for non EU markets they won't.
Re: Is it only iPhones..?
Have only iPhone users using cheap third-party chargers shuffled off this mortal coil?
Or is it not deemed worthy of reporting Sony/Samsung/HTC/Motorola etc. users who have departed via the same route?
Re: It's all about the money
There is no point in saving money at the risk of losing your or a loved one's life.
Majority of the charges from reputable companies go through a variety of safety tests as not to kill or injure a person. There is a cost involved and the customer pays either with their life by taking a chance or buy paying more to have a safe charger.
Re: CE Mark
Yes, but you misunderstand the op - the op isn't talking about them being on sale here, they're talking about them being on sale in China.
Re: It's all about the money
A concrete floor is considered to be a fairly low impedance to ground.
As for dodgy chargers, it's worth looking on Google for articles where someone strips down a dodgy charger and explains all the problems. You'll find that many of them don't use properly rated components, the design often doesn't meet the performance specification, the safety clearances are not met and the isolation transformer is not double insulated. No wonder there are failures - it might still be a one-in-a-million chance, but if you've got ten million out there, that's ten people getting zapped, and more likely than winning the lottery jackpot.
There's also a fire hazard - if you leave your phone charging overnight, you might be woken early by the smoke alarm. Approved devices are usually more fire resistant than the dodgy ones.
Re: It's all about the money
I can assure you the electrical standards in the average Thai house fall somewhat short of British standards.
Not sure about sticking your finger in a socket much either, still have a couple of small burn scars from touching a live socket by mistake - that was in the UK.
This story may be apocryphal, but I remember reading some 30 years ago about goods marked "Made in USA" actually meant that they were made in a city named Usa.
Re: It's all about the money
At least they'll have a more durable CE sticker :)
The wonders of having a metal phone body
If the phone has a plastic body (like my Xperia Arc S) a deffective charger leaking 220V onto it will kill the phone and do nothing to the user.
If, however, it has a nice shiny and conductive metal rim... If the user is holding it tightly by same said rim (I know - holding it wrong)... If the rim is connected directly to bits of the circuitry because it is serving as an antenna... If these connections have no means of limiting the current to a sub-letal < 200mA by design...
Mandating the dogfooding of their own charger designs—for example, by using each until an internal component (diode, resistor, heart, etc.) fails—would likely have a salutary effect on what's produced in pursuit of the quick buck made off the backs of the cheap and the not-so-swift. You buy cheap, you get cheap—and you encourage cheap to enter the marketplace.
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
@Voland's - "If the phone has a plastic body (like my Xperia Arc S) a deffective charger leaking 220V onto it will kill the phone and do nothing to the user."
I agree.
Funny that the defective charger gets all the blame. Not sure how the various national Product Safety Commissions allowed a metal-frame phone that you hold to your face to ever make it onto the market.
You've got to be a fool to hold one to your ear while its plugged into a wall outlet. Any frayed or loose wiring, even on a professionally-designed charger cord, could give you quite a jolt.
@Voland's right hand (Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body)
So his death was a direct result of product design choice. Lucky for Apple this didn't happen in the USA.
Anyone remember the Ford Pinto?
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
As the charger is only designed to deliver a few volts, and almost any plug you think of has the zero/earth on the outer shell of the plug, a metal casing should be perfectly safe. An old-fashioned charger with transformer would insulate the low voltage circuit completely from mains, and is therefore the safer option. However, with copper prices the way they are, and the weight and bulk of a transformer, most supplies are now switching power supplies, in which there is a potential conductive path from mains to low voltage. Properly designed, there should be fail-safes that should prevent accidents happening. In cheap replacements, these can apparently fail. So while I can understand why phone designers can get metal casings approved, a plastic case would provide an extra fail-safe. Not buying dodgy chargers is another.
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
Apparently the switching power supplies actually deliver half of the mains voltage though the metal case. So if you're in a 230v country, the phone will be live with 115v. The current is so low that this is considered safe. However, a cheaply made and uncertified power supply might well be capable of delivering a much higher current through the case.
"Dogfooding" - Forcing a group of engineers, product designers, company employees to actually use the products they design on a daily basis. They make the dogfood and they have to eat it. So they better make it good.
Example: the bosses of the local mass transit department have limousines and so do not actually have to use the mass transit which they oversee. "Dogfooding" would have them stripped of their limousines and compelled to use the public transport for which they are responsible.
Ha-ha-ha - like *that* would ever happen.
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
Then why hasn't there been more reports of burnt-out JesusPhones? Or House Fires caused by these cheap Chargers for that matter?
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
Switching power supplies tend to contain a noise filter on the mains side that can make the output appear at half the mains voltage, but at a high resistance. Usually enough to light up a neon bulb as used in those mains probe/screwdrivers (those work on less than 0.5mA), and you can sense it if you have conductive skin and a good path to ground (for me, just once with an old XT plugged into an unearthed socket, but I'm rather resistant; I usually go "hmm, tingling, must be live" when I accidentally touch hot mains circuits).
When one of the capacitors comprising the filter shorts out, and I've seen quite a number of cheap PSUs where that had happened, you have 50-50 chance of the PSU output going hot. And without a GFI/RCB you're now getting mains into some organs that don't quite appreciate that
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
most supplies are now switching power supplies, in which there is a potential conductive path from mains to low voltage
Beg pardon?
Switching PSUs have transformers just like conventional power supplies, only much smaller: a transformer's power capability is [some factor] * [core area] * [working frequency], and by driving a SPSU's transformer at >50kHz they can be made sufficiently small to get >10W from a small (and light) wallwart. The feedback to regulate the output is via optocoupler (I've not seen otherwise, even in the crappiest units), and the only possible galvanic connection between mains and output is via the filter, as noted. or insufficient isolation (PCB or transformer) between mains and secondary.
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
Until you touch the metal connector of the micro USB cable. It's not the iPhone or the Apple charger or Apple cable at fault - the guy was (unfortunately) using a 3rd party charger which was a bit like sticking wired direct into the plug socket.
Re: "Dogfooding".
I guess it does at Apple as their stuff works - remember this was not due to a fault with the Apple charger / cable - he was using some (defective) 3rd party cable.
@ Stoneshop Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
You are right: the filter is the main culprit. Possibly the reduced distance between mains and low-voltage ends of the small transformer (compared to the beefier old ones) increases risk, but that distance is not smaller that the distances typically found in optical couplers (and they are safe, as a rule).
Re: The wonders of having a metal phone body
a deffective charger leaking 220V onto it will kill the phone and do nothing to the user.
Probably not even kill the phone, as long as the charger's output voltage doesn't rise beyond what the phone can take. That the entire phone is at 230V AC is irrelevant in this respect; it's similar to birds sitting on an overland power line.
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By Ralph Blumenthal
Rape Kit Backlog report researched by Human Rights Watch in Los Angeles.
Photo Credit: Patricia Williams
After abandoning Helena Lazaro, her tormentor, Charles Samuel Courtney Jr., made his way back to Indiana, where he had a wife and a young son with a rare bone disease. He would soon rape again.
Less than six weeks later, on September 14, 1996, Franklin County Deputy Sheriff Loren D. Baker responded to a call from a grocery pay phone in Lakeview, just west of the Ohio line. A witness was reporting a rape. The victim: Mary Jane Courtney. Sheriff Baker interviewed Mary, who said that her husband, Charles, had been gone most of the week trucking. When he came home, she told him the marriage was over. He "locked the door and started yelling at her and calling her names," Baker reported. "If he could not have her, nobody would."
"Charles Courtney then revealed a knife, held it to her throat, pulled her from the couch, and pushed her down the hall to the rear bedroom," Baker's account continued. "Mary said the whole time he threatened to kill her and at one point held the knife to his own throat. Mary stated that while in the bedroom, he pushed her onto the bed and laid the knife on the nightstand, pulled her pants off and told her to take off her shirt. While holding his hand on her mouth to keep her from screaming, he had sex with her."
Courtney was arrested and charged with a Class A felony that could have put him behind bars for 30 years. But on October 10, 1997, his legal defender and the prosecutor unaware of Lazaro's rape in California or the rape kit waiting to be tested reached a deal, agreed to by Mary. If Courtney would plead guilty, the charge would be reduced to sexual battery, a Class C felony, in this instance carrying four years, with two years of the term suspended. Under Indiana's system, each day in prison on good behavior earns a day off the sentence, so Courtney could be freed in a yearsooner, counting time already served. He ultimately served only five months.
One month after his release, shortly after midnight on April 21, 1998 18 months after raping his wife and less than two years after raping Lazaro Courtney, by then living in the Cincinnati, Ohio, suburb of Hamilton, was stalking new prey. This time he abducted Amberly Lakes, a 21-year-old clerical worker, in the parking lot of a Thriftway in nearby Fairfield. Once again he had a knife, threatening to "slit" her, according to the complaint later taken by Detective Michelle Brettin. Courtney forced Lakes to drive to a deserted location, where he raped her repeatedly. Once again he took his victim's driver's license and money, told her he knew where she lived, and promised that he'd find her if she went to the police. Then, once again, he disappeared.
As before, the victim submitted to a rape kit. And once more, it would yield her attacker's DNA. Only this time, authorities had the makings of a match, since Courtney's DNA had been taken in prison in Indiana. It was too late to help Lazaro (although the knowledge might have eased her nightmares), but had Courtney's DNA been matched to Lazaro's rape kit when he went to jail, it could have flagged Courtney as a serial rapist and kept him behind bars instead of out on the street within months. And it would certainly have spared Amberly Lakes.
"I would say so," confirms Lakes, now 34. "Almost every detail that happened to [Lazaro] happened to me." And it may well have happened to others. "He was a trucker driving across the United States," says Lakes. "I honestly feel there are more women out there."
But as it was, the DNA profile taken from Courtney after his attack on his wife would not be matched against Lakes' rape kit for more than three-and-a-half years, until November 2001. When it was, he was arrested, as it matched the DNA in Lakes' kit. Now he faced up to 50 years. But once again, a deal was struck. In 2002 he pleaded guilty to rape, kidnapping, and intimidation and was sentenced to 25 years.
Courtney's public defender in the Lakes case, Richard Koehler, said recently he'd had no idea about Lazaro's rape at the time of his defense. And Lazaro still didn't know her attacker was sitting in prison, though over the years she'd repeatedly called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. As she approached her 28th birthday in July 2007, she stepped up her inquiries, believing that the statute of limitations on a minor's rape extended 10 years from the victim's 18th birthday. The authorities said her rape kit appeared to have been destroyed. Why the case languished still remains unexplained.
Desperate for some kind of resolution, Lazaro reached out to a friend who worked with feminist social-service agency Peace Over Violence. The friend, Abigail Sims, was shocked. "The stranger-rape of a minor? This is a no-brainer." Sims had a colleague call the Sheriff's office, and suddenly the case was alive again. Miraculously, Lazaro's rape kit was found and tested and the DNA results uploaded to CODIS. It matched Courtney's DNA profile. Early this year, armed with Lazaro's case, deputies traveled to Ohio to build a new case against Courtney, currently eligible for release in 16 years.
After Lazaro told her story for the first time publicly to Marie Claire, the Los Angeles Superior Court issued an extradition warrant for Courtney on April 30, to face charges in Lazaro's rape 14 years earlier. Ohio correction officials and Diana Martinez, the L.A. prosecutor in charge of the victim impact program, could not say how long the process might take. Lazaro, meanwhile, has paid a heavy price for her trauma and the years of inaction. Now 31 and living with a boyfriend on the outskirts of L.A., she is on disability, having recently left her job as an associate producer at MTV to deal with anxiety and depression that she attributes to her suffering over the rape and the terrible uncertainty over whether her attacker would ever be found.
But with a sort of end in sight, Lazaro is slowly coming to grips with her nightmares and speaking out to help other victims. "Silence is not the answer," she says. "If you can't tell your story because it's too scary, then it's one more thing he did to you."
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Report: Blake Lively Totally Ganked Ryan Reynolds From Sandra Bullock!by Free Britney at . Comments
Reports that Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are dating are not all that surprising and look to be at least somewhat true. And more than somewhat hot.
But did Lively hijack the hunk from Sandra Bullock?
OK! Magazine claims as much ... likely erroneously.
It's a known fact that Reynolds and The Blind Side Oscar winner are close, but was the good-guy Canadian heart throb actually dating Sandra Bullock?
In what this tabloid calls a "soul-crushing blow," Ryan dumped America's Sweetheart for his Green Lantern co-star, who recently split with Leonardo DiCaprio.
At 24, Blake is young enough to be Sandra's DAUGHTER. Shocking.
Only not really. Sandra's rep denies she and Ryan, 35, were dating, and even if they were, if Bullock, 47, can date Ryan, why can't he date younger too?
It doesn't make any sense. Yet a source SWEARS "Sandra is crushed ... she's trying to act as if she's not bothered, but the truth is, she's very hurt."
"For a while things between [Ryan and Sandra] were going so well, and she really got her hopes up," the source, conveniently unnamed, adds. "That's why she surprised Ryan by going to the premiere of his movie, The Change-Up."
"And then last month they had an incredibly intimate trip to her place in Wyoming. But then all of a sudden, Ryan turned around and went cold on her."
Mmm hmm. We're sure Sandra is on suicide watch.
In recent weeks, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have been seen kissing all over Boston, Mass., where he's filming his supernatural thriller R.I.P.D.
That much is fact. His romantic connection with Bullock? More than likely tabloid fiction. Still, which actress do you think is the better match for Ryan?
Not that its any of my business but Blake should tell the men shes dating that she had extensive plastic surgery... or they could just watch her old movies up to and including accepted in 2006 cause then she had only had a boob job not a nose job or a chin job.
I think bullock is a bit older for rhyes. Lively is the right choice for him
Omg I'm crushed I wish ryan renold stayied with sandre the make a cute couple and I don't think she is ganna go suicidle she's not like that I hope he changes his mind and pickes sandra if he dosent well ill be dissapointed !
I can't imagine Ryan Reynolds going for Blake Lively. She's young
fun to party with other than that what is left to do. He needs someone stable in a relationship.
I don't think I'm seeing the chemistry between Reynolds and Bullock. I think Blake is much hotter. I think he does stuff with Sandra when he doesn't have anything else to do.
"Hottest" game in town.....musical beds !
It's all bull. Why do a story on something you doubt to be true anyway? Even if it were true...they are all adults that make their own beds. Doesn't make anyone a whore, bastard or a poor victim.
I Heard that Sandra and Ryan said that they are friends only no more so not sure how you can steal a man away from someone he's not with romantically involved with, Besides we shouldn't believe everything that these magazines publish they are always trying to make a quick buck selling these stories they take one little piece of information and run with it in every which direction that will sell their maginzines faster.
Kel--- I agree with you about OK mag. just getting over it... but I just answered their question.


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(5) A French DJ who produces flashcore, glitch, noise, and experimental music.
(1) Party metal rockers Attila formed in their hometown of Atlanta in 2005, meeting each other at their high school and through mutual friends. Their mutual love of music (and partying) brought the guys together to form what would eventually become the fourth imprint on the Artery Foundation/Razor & Tie joint venture, Artery Recordings.
When the guys set out to name their newly formed band, they knew they were looking for a simple, one word name that didn't imply the typical death metal cliché terms such as "blood, dying, and darkness." One day they found themselves in a bookstore passing around a book about Attila the Hun, and so Attila was born.
Over the years Attila has gone through a few lineup changes, but founding members Fronz and Sean have remained a constant staple. For the past two years, the band has consisted of Fronz (vocals), Nate (guitar), Chris (guitar), Sean (drums) and Chris (bass). This lineup really brought together Attila's sound and image that they are known for today. The band began touring full time and as of summer 2010, has been on the road almost non-stop for two years.
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