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The Hermit Hacker writes: > Actually, IMHO, the pro to moving to libedit is that we could include it > as part of the distribution and make history a *standard* feature History already is a standard feature, you just need to have readline installed. In a world of source code users need to cope with package dependencies, and it's not like readline is the most esoteric package in the world. Gradually adding operating system level things into a package purely to convenience some users is a way to piss of the users at large because you're overriding their operating system setup. If libedit could be used as an alternative to readline depending on your operating system setup then there's nothing wrong with that. NetBSD already went the other way around and made libedit compatible with readline. But given that readline availability during the last five years was apparently just fine I don't understand this discussion at all. -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://yi.org/peter-e/
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Do you subscribe to the idea that happy employees lead to happy shareholders? Here we present a list of publicly traded companies that score highly on employee ratings and have more profitable margins than their industry average. PROFITABLE MARGINS We began by screening for firms more profitable than their industry average on the basis of trailing twelve month (TTM) gross, operating and pre-tax margins. TTM Gross margin: This metric that tells us the percentage of a company's revenue is left after paying all production expenses. Costs include overhead, payroll and taxation. ((Revenues – cost of goods sold) / Revenue) *100 = Gross margin % TTM Operating margin: This tells us the percentage remaining after all operating expenses are paid. Operating expenses include: supplies, repairs, research and development, and depreciation. (Operating Income / Net Operating Revenue) *100 = Operating Margin % TTM Pretax margin: A company's earnings before taxes. This incorporates all of the expenses associated with business excluding taxes. It can help to determine the overall operating efficiency of the firm. The higher the pretax margin, the more profitable the company. (Net profit before taxes / net sales) *100 = Pretax Margin EMPLOYEES Next, we looked for a fundamental reason these stocks are performing so well compared to their industry peers. Perhaps there is wisdom in the idea that happy employees make productive employees and thriving companies. With this in mind we used CSRHub's database to identify the top rated companies in the area of Employees. The Employees score is calculated by aggregating ratings in the area of diversity, labor rights, treatment of unions, compensation, benefits, training, health, and worker safety. On a scale of 0-100, 100 being the highest, we pulled the top ten names that overlapped with our profitable names, all with scores above 60. We approached this list with the CSRHub user average profile, which represents the average importance placed on the four main categories, Community, Employees, Environment, and Governance. This helps to compile the overall score also listed below.
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an even break
This page is about the idiom an even break
Meaning: If you get an even break, you get a fair opportunity to succeed in your ambition or to achieve your goals.
For example:
- All Monica needs is an even break and she could be one of the country's top models.
- He says he's never had an even break in life and that's why he's never achieved much.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
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Rob says all he needs is an even break and he could
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Getting started with Composer and PSR-4
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Getting started with PSR-4 and composer in your projects
For comments, go to gist.github.com/pavlakis/8810829#file-gistfile1-php
For completeness, I've included one of my comments below:
For efficiency, we shouldn't be including the tests directory on the main namespace. Instead, we can add it to the autoloader but only in the phpunit's bootstrap. (thanks to @noginn for his suggestion)
We can adapt the above example by making three changes:
- In composer.json remove the reference to tests/, save and run composer update
- Create MyApp/tests/bootstrap.php
- $autoloader = require DIR . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
$autoloader->add('MyApp\Tests\', DIR);
- Change the bootstrap reference in MyApp/tests/phpunit.xml.dist to: bootstrap.php
The above example is available through github: https://github.com/pavlakis/psr4-with-composer
Using composer with your projects
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Composer is a great tool for managing the dependencies in your project.
I must admit, I've only just started using it and can already see how powerful and easy to use it is.
There are many good articles on how to set it up, so I'll go over the basics on getting started in your own project with a basic Hello World example.
PHPUnit issues in Mac OS X Mountain Lion
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Having managed to install PHPUnit in my mac at work with no problems, found it odd - to say the least - that I was having so many issues at my personal one.
So here is the issue I was having. I set the $PATH with the location of of PHPUnit but when run phpunit --version, I got a bad request error.
After trying different ways of installing/uninstalling, I fixed it by changing the first line of PHPUnit as it wasn't pointing to the right location of php.
First steps with jQuery and Curl.js
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Having used Dojo for a number of years, I really like its modularity.
Now, however there is a format for writing modular javascript - AMD. For a nice intro, look here: http://addyosmani.com/writing-modular-js/
I've only just started looking into it, so here is a small example with my first steps.
I chose to use Curl.js (https://github.com/cujojs/curl)
The directory structure I'm using is the following:
jQuery_curl |__ lib |__ curl |__ jquery |__ projectA |__ slides |__ styles
I have created a simplified slider with text which you can slide to the left and to the right.
I am using a slide object for the slide's node and content.
A model for adding some logic
And lastly a script that initialises the slider appThe template is also simple. Just load the two main libraries: curl and jquery and create the base path for your applications:
Here is also the css that goes with it. It is created for four slides. However, we can easily pass the style attribute through the model to make this more js driven.


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Bampton is a small town, parish and former manor in Devon, England close to the south-eastern corner of Exmoor and on the River Batherm, a tributary of the River Exe. It is about 10 km north of Tiverton. Bampton is a major part of the electoral ward of Clare and Shuttern. The ward population at the 2011 Census was 3,412.
Bampton was originally in the Bampton Hundred, an ancient division of Devon. Between 1894 and 1935 it was an urban district. In 1935 it lost its urban district status and became a parish in the Tiverton Rural District. Since 1974 it has been a part of the Mid Devon district municipality.
For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Bampton.
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Julianne Moore on gun violence: I can't bear it any more
Julianne Moore has gained a great sense of empathy as an actress.
Oscar winner Julianne Moore wants to close the "loopholes" that allow dangerous individuals to have guns in the United States.
The 54 year old launched a campaign for gun safety last week (ends16Oct15) in conjunction with officials at the Everytown organisation. As a mother-of-two, Julianne is desperate to stop school shootings that have claimed the lives of other parents' children at the likes of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in December, 2014.
"I can't bear it anymore," she confessed to Modern Luxury Miami magazine. "I don't want my children, or anybody's children, to be in danger when they go to a movie theatre or to school. I want to close the loopholes that are allowing dangerous individuals to buy guns."
Julianne's Everytown Creative Council has received the backing of fellow celebrities including Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Lawrence and Reese Witherspoon. The Still Alice star was overwhelmed by their support but thinks there's a good reason why actors are so keen to get behind important campaigns like this.
"What you gain, hopefully, as an actor all the time is a sense of empathy," she explained. "You're trying to put yourself in someone's shoes and really see what it feels like."
Julianne will soon be busy promoting her upcoming movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 but insists she will still find time to give back. The star is impressed by the work that Everytown is already carrying out and wants to do her bit to expand it.
"They have mobile health care units that bring healthcare right to communities that need it most," she added.
Julianne is hoping that by using her star power she will encourage more people to be open about the topic, which has been a contentious issue in America for some time. She believes people need to talk about it with their peers and speak to those in power if they want laws to change.
"I know people who own guns who have a gun safe because they have children in their house," she previously told People. "These are responsible people. By talking about it, we can admit it's a problem and we can admit that we want to work together to solve it."
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I hope you've heard of Marley Diaz by now. Why? Because she's freakin' amazing.
Who's A Bad Reader?
It may be a little obvious that I haven't been reading this whole month. But, as always, there's a reason. I hate to explain why I haven't been reading because it just sounds like another excuse, but this time it's actually a good reason.
Emma Watson Has A Book Club
Emma Watson starting a book club just makes sense. She's spend most of her life so far playing a character that loves books, she attended and graduated college with a degree in English literature, and she's overall a smart woman that wants to share books and ideas. I think this is such an important action for her to take, especially because of her celebrity status.
New Year, Same (but Better) Me
Yup, that's Kanye West. It's been a minute, but a lot has happened. And with a new year upon us, I can't promise that I'll become a "new" me, even when it comes to my book life.
Like a lot of people of color, I had difficulty finding mentors when I was a student. I had some really amazing teachers all throughout my schooling, but I never had a close relationship with any of them. There was no one to help me, no one to talk to, and no one to relate to. And our backgrounds had a lot to do with it. That's some of my favorite writers of color have become what I like to call at-a-distance mentors.
And She's Back
Wow. Muchísimas gracias (many thanks) to everyone for stopping by and reading my blog while I've been away! I really appreciate everyone for taking the time to check out this little blog of mine. As you can probably tell, I've been absent for a couple of months. But, as always, I have excuses. So many excuses.
Would You Rather Book Tag
Hi everyone! I was tagged by Amy at Curiouser and Curiouser for the Would You Rather Book Tag. Thanks so much Amy! This was a fun, quick tag, and I've also tagged a couple of people to do this. So let's get to it!
About That Writing Project
Hey guys! So remember a couple of posts back, when I said I was sort of working on a writing project?
When You Can't Even With A Book: "He Who Searches"
I hate to make this book the poster child for books I couldn't bring myself to finish, but I really like how this photo came out. And that's where my disappointment stems from, although I know you're not supposed to judge a book by its cover. But I couldn't help it. This was the book next in line for a review, but I didn't just couldn't. I'm sorry book gods, I just couldn't.
In These Stories…
I'm trying to catch up on all of my reviews and I will do it, I swear! And yes, this review is of another Sandra Cisneros book. I finished reading "Woman Hollering Creek" before I went to her signing way back in April. I still think about this book every now and then because in these stories is a sense of hope.


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(08-21-2011, 08:06 AM)CC Solutions Wrote: Koster and Ardex are my two main products. I did a Koster job Thursday and an Ardex job Saturday. I had a chance to use the newish Ardex MC Rapid. Weird stuff for sure. Filled with metallic specs which are supposed to help provide the barrier layer.
It's funny how Ardex and Koster approach the same goal from completely different perspectives. Both companies are excellent. I have not used Aquafin but it seems to be a solid product with a good reputation.
To be a Levelmaster Elite, you must be recommended by an Ardex rep and pass their tests. They don't let many become Elite, but anyone can buy Ardex products. Koster will not sell products to the public, you must go through their training.
For the MC Rapid, we are installing today a job over our local Levelmaster Elite favorite surface prep guy and the sealer he used they said has graphite in it. We saw some shiny reflective black where the Feather Finish was a little thin. It must have been this MC Rapid product. I'd like to know EVERYTHING you can tell me about that product.
It is true about the Levelmaster Elite. Very few get there and some have fallen off over time because it is expensive. However, I love to tell attorneys "this should be done by a Levelmaster Elite". It gives them a standard that I don't have to justify.
Aquafin is a significant player in the North East & New England. They have been trying to make inroads in California. However, after their sales pitch was that they will sell to anyone... I walked away ... with haste.


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Home Birth Is Safer and Faster
Kim Jacob of Conway said having a baby at home never occurred to her until her sister-in-law did it.
Not only did Jacob have a home birth, she is a licensed and nationally certified midwife.
"We have gained so much more respect and built our profession," Jacob said.
Jacob has more than 20 "active" clients and will attend their home births with an assistant.
She and her husband, Nathan, moved from Colorado to Cabot when she was pregnant with their first child, Antigone, 14.
Jacob had a doula, a labor coach, in the hospital. She said the woman, also a midwife, now works in labor and delivery at Conway Regional Medical Center.
"I felt so cared for by her, as a doula, and I was so inspired by her," Jacob said.
Because Jacob had no risk factors and was healthy, she decided to have a home birth and a midwife with her second child, Simon, 12.
"I thought, 'You know, that's a lifestyle,'" Jacob said.
"I said to Nathan, 'Hmm, I feel like maybe I want to be a midwife.' I got this really floaty feeling, like I was floating up off the couch. Nathan looked at me like, 'Yeah, OK,'" Jacob said, laughing.
Jacob said she is certified as a doula, too, but her main role is as a midwife.
She's also the chairwoman of the Arkansas Department of Health Midwives Advisory Board.
"Home birth is only for low-risk people," she said.
"All our clients see another practitioner twice in their pregnancy.
Someone else has seen the blood work. If they become high risk for any reason, we're transferring. We're experts for normal births."
The state provides free risk assessments for home-birth clients, she said, and most of the women go to a county health department.
Jacob said all her clients get ultrasounds early in their pregnancies.
A midwife is on the same schedule with the woman as an obstetrician, Jacob said.
"At our prenatals, we're measuring, feeling positions, checking urine and blood pressure," she said.
She said checkups are given once a month until the woman is 28 weeks pregnant; then every two weeks until 36 weeks. When the woman is 36 weeks pregnant, Jacob and the other midwives and doula, if there is one, visit the patient in her home. After that visit, the midwife sees the woman once a week until the birth.
Couples order a birth kit with disposable items, and Jacob brings other equipment that she sterilizes, she said.
"We spend more time [than an obstetrician]. We stay at least two or three hours after the birth," Jacob said. "I go back at least three times postpartum."
Jacob said most Arkansas midwives charge $3,000, which is at the low end of the nationwide range, which can be as much as $7,000, she said.
She said statistics show that planned home births "are as safe or safer than hospital birth. That's the reality."
"My personal statistics are about 7 percent of when we need medical support; statewide, it's 7 to 12 percent," Jacob said. "The majority of that is not emergency."
She said sometimes a woman will be exhausted, or the baby "is not in a great position."
"Usually when we go to the hospital, I'll call and say, 'Hey, this is Kim Jacob. I'm here with a client, and she's kind of running out of batteries. She might need Pitocin, an epidural and some sleep.'"
She said midwives have neonatal resuscitation and CPR training.
"It's very rare that we have an actual emergency that we have to rush to the hospital. … Of course, we're trained to handle that," she said.
"These people are super healthy; they don't have risk factors. We're not meddling. They're not getting epidurals; we're not strapping them to the bed. We see that physiologic birth works better. It just works better; it's faster," Jacob said.
"Because I would say the majority of our clients are college-educated, some of them overly educated people, they're really just looking and questioning and hearing stories and seeing statistics," Jacob said.
She said most of her clients have water births, and a birth pool is used.
"It's a nice transition for that baby to come out in that warm water — from a warm body, into warm water. Those babies seem to be a lot more calm. They're still getting oxygenated by the cord," she said.
She said women who use midwives have a 99 percent or better breast-feeding success rate past six weeks, too.
Anna Bowden and her husband, Kraig, of Conway hired Jacob to be the midwife for the birth of their daughter, Bell Ivy, seven weeks ago.
"Kim was wonderful," Anna said. "Kim is just so calming. [She'd say] 'It's going to be OK; we're going to do this,'" Anna said.
"Kraig got to catch; she was born underwater, which was so relaxing.
"I couldn't have asked for anything better; that's what I tell everybody," Anna said.
More information on midwifery can be found at www.healthy.arkansas.gov or kjacob
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Not knocking those who do, but not for me.
I also disagree that it's faster for everybody.
Not everyone wants or can have a home birth.
Quoting shannonnigans:
I've been trained for neonatal resuscitation and CPR, and I'll take doctors, nurses and some nice cold sterile monitoring equipment any day.
Not knocking those who do, but not for me.
Give me a hospital and c-section anyday.
In NP school I attended a lot of home births, and those monitored by Midwives. They truly are experts at what they do, and they do weed out all those who are high risk as well. All that said, there is still so much risk. Far more than I'd be willing to take. I've seen the good and the bad, the bad is really scary, even when they aren't high risk.
I like the idea of having a physician attend the birth, and if not, at least they are right down the hall. I like the idea of all equipment in place and ready to use, even if not necessary. A lot of hospitals have birthing centers now, and it is a great home type environment, with all the safety measure in place- I'd recommend that for anyone who really wants to do the home birth...
I am a Nicu nurse- I"ll go with safety over a certain experience. IMO, the most important aspect of a birth is the safety of the 2 patients-
I also had an emergency arise with my first- she would have died had I been at home-
Oh- and it isn't faster. Labor is labor. Midwives don't show up, or ask you to come to a birthing center until you reach a certain level of pain and frequency with contractions. You are still in labor, even if it isn't at the hospital. Plus, they will recommend a lot of various "natural products" such as castor oil, having sex, etc to stimulate the labor. They want you do be doubling over in pain not just saying "oh yeah, they are 10 minutes apart... they aren't going to wait around while a woman labors. They are there for a job- to deliver the baby... they also won't go more than a certain period of time after the water ruptures (usually no more than 24 hours).
It may appear faster, but it's not.
They may also say it's safer, because a lot of hospitals and physicians may do unnecessary procedures... episiotomy, etc- but that is where a birth plan comes into place, regardless of where one may deliver. You don't need an IV, etc, unless ti really becomes necessary. It's all int he planning and selecting the right provider, one who has a similar philosophy, and isn't worried about rushing off to vacation or a golf game.


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SAFETY HARBOR — On her left wrist, Kathy Lengyel held the power to raise the self-esteem of a poor little Nicaraguan girl.
It was a small, red, handmade cotton purse destined for a starving orphan in the impoverished country.
Lengyel, president of a Dunedin-based online designer handbag company called Significant Journey, joined with business partner Peggy Smith and Harborside Christian Church member Susan Hartwick to make 250 of the purses.
The purses were packed by members of the church Saturday into shoeboxes, along with toiletries such as toothbrushes, small toys, and dried meals of spicy vegetables and other foods. Another 250 shoeboxes, minus the purses, will be sent for boys.
It was all part of the church's Christmas in July ministry outreach.
The boxes will be delivered in September to Brenda Rose, Harborside's missionary working in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, for distribution along with high-caloric food. Enough to feed 30,000 people, the food will be dished out immediately and the gifts will be handed out at Christmas.
"We are working with orphanages and (nutrition) centers helping kids who are near starvation,'' said Chad Ranson, Harborside's minister of missions. "They bring the children up to a healthy standard.''
Ranson was excited when Lengyel volunteered to make the purses.
"Every little girl wants a little self-worth,'' he said.
Lengyel and Smith know the bags are not essential to survival of the children who often don't have enough to eat, but she hopes they will help nourish the children's souls, even though they don't have much to put in them.
"We know a purse won't change their living conditions, but as women we know the joy of owning a beautiful purse,'' Lengyel wrote in a e-mail to the Times. "It will help give the little girls a positive image of themselves."
She said a pink card engraved with inspirational Scripture written in Spanish is tucked into each bag.
According to Smith, vice president of Significant Journey, "The message is to remind them that God loves them and that he is there for them always."
Handbags have always meant more than just a fashion statement to Lengyel, whose mother taught her to sew when she was 10.
By the time she was a teen, she was making her own clothes. In college, she studied interior design and visual communication arts, and after graduation, she worked in graphic design while building her own portfolio.
Now 50, she is the creative director for a marketing firm in Tampa.
When she created Significant Journey, she set out to make high-quality bags using Ultrasuede and microsuede polyester or durable canvas with intricate embroidery and some with applique.
According to Lengyel's Web site, "every significant journey bag tells a story. The story behind each bag has significant meaning to every woman while benefiting a charity.''
She is offering the reversible purses designed for the children of Nicaragua for sale on her Web site, with $2 from every sale benefiting a feeding center in the country.
Lengyel hopes the purses bound for Nicaragua will make the recipients feel like princesses.
"Every little girl wants to feel pretty,'' she said.
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Madeleine Brown, left, of Carlisle and Justin Stump of Cabot were among the 60 youth participating in the 40th-annual Arkansas Farm Bureau Teen Challenge Camp held June 17-20 at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center near Ferndale. During the week, students went through the 4-H ExCel program, attended leadership training and safety courses, learned about Arkansas agriculture and enjoyed recreational activities that included a high-ropes course, a climbing wall, fishing, canoeing and more. Arkansas Farm Bureau is a nonprofit, private farm and rural advocacy organization of more than 200,000 families throughout the state working to improve farm and rural life.
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I'm a little biased… this is probably my most favorite tea in the whole world and I never knew what it was until 2 weeks ago.
Basically, I always wondered why tea at the Japanese restaurants I frequent was so delicious and rice-y (is that a word? It is now.), but my green tea at home was, well.. bitter and green! I wanted the rice! But where, why, how?! D:
Thank you Steepster, because that is how I came across my favorite tea and bought it the very next day. I have it pretty much every morning at work. It's tastes wonderful and perfect every time – needs no sweetener of course, that might ruin it in my opinion.
Anyways! For anyone who is a fan of the tea at your favorite Japanese restaurant, do yourself a favor and pick up this tea.


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Do You Charge For Cookie Packaging?
Baking By toodlesjupiter Updated 8 Aug 2009 , 12:39am by toodlesjupiter
I have to do 5 dozen cookies with edible images, bagged in cello bags with pink and brown ribbon. Do you charge extra for packaging, and if so how much? Is it a certain amount per cookie, or a flat rate? Thanks in advance!
I don't charge for my cakes/cookies/cupcakes as I just make them for friends and family but if I did I would definitely work that into the price of the cookies. You don't want to cut into your profit.
Every little cost is calculated in my cookies... even the electricity for my oven.. So I know exactly how much it cost me to do cookies, how much time and how much profit I do. So I include the cost of the packaging in my cookies.
Absolutely..If it is a cost to you ...pass on the charge...I charge 50 cents for the bag and 50 cents for the ribbon.
you'll be surprised at how long its going to take to bag 60 cookies and then tie them with ribbon. so yes charge enough to cover the supplies and your time. thats in addition to the cookie charge.
Thanks ladies! I'm thinking .50 per cookie. Hope that sounds fair for both of us. I appreciate your input.
Definitely charge! If you don't charge, you're cutting into your profit! Because you have to buy the bags and the ribbon, and then you have to bag and tie the cookies. I think .50 is very reasonable. (That's .25 for the bag and .25 for the ribbon).
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" Manufacturer: Russell Hobbs / Blender features: 600 watts / 1.7 litre capacity / 2 speeds / pulse function / ice crusher / dispensing tap / stainless steel blades. "
I got the "You are What You Eat" smoothie maker during my last heath drive. Two reasons really, because I really like smoothies and juices, and because they are an awful price from those stands you see in shopping centres and at Cafe's.
Being make I took it straight out of the box and tried putting it together, unsuccessfully. I resorted to the instructions and presto two minutes later it was as it should be. Lesson learnt.
Fairly straightforward to use, put all your fruit in the bowl and press the button. It will also crush ice which is great for making real cold drinks. Just a few buttons, one for normal juicing, one for ice and the old favourite, power boost, which gives a nice bit of extra va-va-voom. Why, no one knows, but hey it is an extra button.
I'm going to say something now which is no fault of this product, but something that I, and friends have found when buying a juicer/smoothie maker. How often will you use it? Once the novelty wore off, this one sat for three months before being turned on again. I also discovered why smoothies are so expensive. When you go fruit shopping, anything that is not in season in your home country comes at a premium price. In Britain, outside of apples, oranges, bananas, everything is expensive. Anyway, rant over and back to the product!
Cleaning....ah, not easy, it needs disassembled and cleaned properly every time it is used, and this was one of the main reasons it sits idle in my kitchen.
A good juicer itself at a reasonable price, but sadly not for me.
My smoothie maker has got me through the hard parts of dieting in the past because of all of the fruit and vegetables you have to eat.
The smoothie maker comes in a really nice box and was a christmas present from my parents for all my hard work put in over the summer.
The smoothie maker also comes in useful for mixing sauces for currys and even things like yoghurts and juices (when mixed with ice)
The smoothie maker comes in at a cost of around £25 which for a smoothie maker is cheap and in my case I had never used one before in my life so when i opened the packaging and sliced up my fruit and got my ice out of the freezer it was incredibly simple to use, with an instructions booklet you cant go wrong with Russel Hobbs.
There is a pulse funtion on the smoothie maker which , quite frankly I dont know what it does persay but I think it gives a pulse of energy through the current to create a stronger and faster blade cutter.
There is an ice crusher on the maker which comes in handy when making smoothies because it is nice to use and feels cool when you put your hand on it.
The maker is white and has different functional buttons of the front to trigger different applications. There are lots of little ensemble bits and pieces that you have to put together to make the smoothie maker work nut it is ok because you have to ensemble any product you buy.
I have been wanting a smoothie making machine for ages, everyone that I know has got one and swears by them and every day at work some of the girls that I lunch with come in with their home made smoothies to get them through the morning to lunch time. So I decided it was about time I caught up with the times and purchased one for myself.
I purchased the Russell Hobbs Yawye Smoothie Maker because it primarily looked uncomplicated. It seems smoothie making machines come in all different shapes and sizes and their ease of use is also quite widely spread between never understanding it and very easy and I opted for very easy.
In looks this smoothie maker looks like a blender and essentially that is what a smoothie maker is, a glorified blending machine except it is a smoothie maker. The base contains those little non-slip pads on the feet so that once it is on your kitchen work top it will not move about when it is working, a definite safety must have, it is white in colour with a silver trim around the base and in the middle is the user button whilst on the side of the base is a little white dispensing tap to pour your smoothie into your glass.
The practical side of this Russell Hobbs smoothie maker is that it is 600 Watts and has a capacity to hold 1.7 litres of fluids, which is actually quite a lot, whilst making a decision as to which smoothie maker to buy it would seem that the fluid capacity ranged from 1.2 litres to 2 litres, the latter being part of a huge machine. Inside the glass jug, which is nestled on top of the base are the stainless steel blades, again like the ones you would expect to see within a blender and just as sharp. The reason they need to be extremely sharp on this machine is because one of the functions is an ice crushing one, which I have to say is one of the main reasons I bought this machine as it isn't a popular feature upon smoothie makers and for me it really does make a smoothie taste much better to have crushed ice mixed in to give it a bit of a kick. Further features of this smoothie maker are a pulse function to give a further pulsing of the fruit or whatever ingredient you choose to include within your smoothie and what the pulse action does is break that said ingredient down much further and more powerfully than either of the two speeds which this machine is capable of.
When I purchased my smoothie maker it cost me £40 from Robert Dyas shop and with it came a full colour recipe book which is brimming with ideas of what kind of smoothies to make ranging from food and vegetable to ice-cream and nuts and I initially used this booklet the whole time until I became more confident in deciding which ingredients I thought would work well together.
Now using this machine is really easy to do and I mean easy. I am the type of person who always has a lot of things on the go; multi-tasking should have been my middle name and John is just as busy and I feel this allows me to introduce more fruit into the daily routine than I would usually have had the time or inclination to eat and it also means that I am not buying fruit for the sake of it and leaving it to rot in the fruit bowl, John no longer complains when I am telling him to eat more fruit because the first thing I do in a morning is not only put the coffee maker on but I also prepare the fruit to go into the smoothie maker, grab the ice and the two cups that I kept from Starbucks when buying on of their ice drinks and prepare the smoothies.
Once you have decided what fruit you are going to use, if like me you are a little indecisive then grab the recipe book to help you decide, my favourite of the moment happens to be strawberry, banana and Kiwi. So firstly you would set the machine to blend your fruit together and then I add my ice cubes which have just come out of the freezer and I add the ice, I always add a few at a time and then usually I would add 8-10 ice cubes eventually throughout the smoothie making and allow it to pulse through before I use the dispensing tap to pour it into the cups ready to go to work. The other advantage of having the crushed ice is that it keeps it cool for a little while longer and gives your smoothie some thickness to your smoothie. You can add ice-cream which works just as well as ice to make your smoothie thicker. The whole process takes around ten minutes in a morning to do and they definitely keep you going until lunchtime and have definitely stopped my snacking.
Finally, if you are looking for a smoothie maker which is easy to use, has an ice crushing facility and has the capability to hold quite a large amount of liquid then this is the machine for you.


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World Cup Provides Opportunity to Talk about HIV Prevention
The FIFA World Cup was the biggest sporting event that Africa witnessed this year. However, for many Africans living in rural or low-income communities, getting access to venues that were broadcasting the live soccer games was not easy.
Canada and local organization Africa Goal partnered to provide local communities free screenings of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, during which time they provided information on HIV prevention.
Young enthusiastic soccer fans blow 'vuvuzelas,' trumpet-like devices used for cheering that symbolized the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Community members turn up in the hundreds to watch the FIFA World Cup during a screening in Nairobi.
Richard Le Bars of the Canadian High Commission joins the community to watch the World Cup.
On behalf of five participating Canadian missions in Africa, the Canadian Ambassador to Zimbabwe recorded a message in the screenings about Canada's efforts in fighting HIV in Canada and across the globe. The month-long project began in Kenya and ended in South Africa. The Africa Goal crew spent each day in a different location, connecting with diverse people from different cultures and backgrounds.
The crew targeted rural and low-income urban areas with high HIV infection rates. A few screenings at highway stops along the route also attracted long-distance truck drivers, bar and restaurant clientele and villagers. A great range of people enjoyed and celebrated the tournament while receiving potentially life-saving information on how to stop the spread of HIV.
In total, the screenings covered eight African countries through the savannah and bush, down the Swahili coast, into small remote fishing and farming villages and into larger cosmopolitan towns.
One screening was hosted on the outskirts of Nairobi by the African Medical and Research Foundation, an organization that works to support and rehabilitate street children. At the event, Mr. Richard Le Bars of the Canadian High Commission noted that Canada was committed to the fight against HIV and AIDS, in Canada and around the world.
"Canada has invested hundreds of millions of dollars globally to prevent new infections, slow the progression of the disease and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV and AIDS, as well as those of their families, friends and communities," said Mr. Le Bars.
He also used the opportunity to call on youth to help prevent the spread of HIV. "Today, we see the strength of the African nation in hosting the World Cup. Tomorrow, let us continue to see that strength as we work together to stop the spread of HIV," he said.
Africa Goal's screenings in Africa were supported by the High Commissions of Canada in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, and the Embassies of Canada in Mozambique and Zimbabwe through the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's post initiative funding and the Canadian International Development Agency's Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.
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A Perfect Plan
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Short Story by: Jinx Johnson
Despite the thick summer heat, her hands quivered uncontrollably. Crouching behind a rose bush, she placed them on her knees to help keep them steady.
You can do this...
She was outside the house of a certain Elroy McCaffery. There were two things that drew her to this man it particular. One, he had money. She needed money.
And two, he was an older gentleman. Which made her job much easier.
You have the whole plan laid out...
Delora was an obsessive planner. There wasn't a day that went by where she didn't lay out every single detail of her proceedings. She left nothing to chance. She calculated the errors and always had a backup plan in place. Several backup plans actually. Some called it OCD, but she didn't like that term. That made it sound like a disorder, a disability, a disease. To Delora, it was a gift. It undoubtedly was the reason for her perfect GPA, which was the reason she got into her dream school.
Which is why I'm here in the first place...
Money was something that Delora did not have. Despite her part time job at a local deli, she was unable to save up enough to put a tiny dent in her tuition, and her scholarships could only go so far. She came from the "wrong side of the tracks", as some may put it. She lived with her father, her mother ran out when she was young. And her father was by no means a decent man. He was a drunk and a gambler, a bad one at that. Which had placed Delora in her current situation. She couldn't qualify for financial aid. Her father made too much money. Which he then lost every Friday in the back of a sleazy, rundown bar. She had explored every possible option, but tuition for an ivy league school was just too much.
Oh how I envy those trust fund babies...
This was the option that made the most sense. It got her the highest amount of money in a minimal amount of time. She knew Elroy kept a large sum of money in his house, and she knew it wasn't even in a safe. He kept it in a locked drawer in his study. She knew this because if you sat on a particular bench in the park across the street, you could see into his window to his second story study. And if you happened to obtain a pair of binoculars and pretended you were studying the migratory patterns of birds, you could see very clearly into said window. Elroy held meetings in this study. During these meetings, he often opened this drawer to withdraw or deposit large stacks of bills. Delora was pretty sure that whatever these meetings were, they weren't exactly legal. So when he noticed the money missing the next day, there was almost no chance he would contact the proper authorities. And even if he had, she was off to college in a mere two days, and would never be returning home. She wouldn't have to stick around for the nerve racking investigation, and she wouldn't exactly be a suspect.
The only thing throwing Delora off was his blatant disregard for ensuring any sort privacy in his home. He didn't seem to care if anyone witnessed these private transactions.
But the simplicity of the theft was too much for her to pass up. She needed the money more than he did anyhow.
Now or never...
Delora stood up, slightly more stable now. She drifted over to the backdoor, and the tremors started to return. She pulled out a lock pick kit that she bought two towns over. She had made a point to mention to the cashier that she lost the key to an old jewelry box her grandmother gave her, so her purchase did not raise any alarms. Probably unnecessary, but was a nice safe guard none the less. She jimmied it around a bit and the lock popped open.
The things the Internet can teach you these days....
She gently closed the door behind her. Her confidence was instantly boosted. Her quiet walk turned from shaky stumble to confident stride. She pulled out a small flashlight and made her way to the stairs. The study was on the second floor, and she knew Mr. McCaffery slept on the third. She doubted that he would be able to hear her with his old age, but she was careful none the less.
She made a quick left at the top of the stairs. The study was down at the very end of the hall. She crept to the door and slowly tested the handle.
She drew in a sharp breath, held it, and turned the doorknob. Resting her hand on the edge of the door, she gave it a little shove. It's well-oiled hinges gave in noiselessly.
She exhaled.
This is going to be too easy.
Closing the door behind her, she crept over to the desk. Again pulling out her trusty kit, she went to work. The lock was easier to crack than the door.
She slid it open, ready to quickly stash the cash in her backpack and get out of there as quickly as possible.
There was nothing in it.
Scratch that, there was a small, ripped piece of paper. She picked it up, puzzled and shined her flashlight on it.
In delicate, cursive writing the note read "My turn".
The lights snapped on.
Elroy stood in the doorway, a sly grin slowly spreading across his face.
She stood up. The note fell from her hand and slowly drifted towards the carpet.
Delora hit the ground before it did
Delora woke up on a cold, hard, stone floor. She slowly sat up and rubbed her temples, trying to remove the fog she felt clouding her head.
What happened?
She felt a throbbing pain in her foot. She inspected the sole of her tennis shoe and saw a small hole penetrating the heel. She decided this was mostly likely the cause of her fainting. Delora stood up slowly, not wanting the blood to rush to her head, and inspected her surroundings.
The walls were made of the same grey stone as the floor. There were no windows and there was a sole metal door on the right wall of the room. She shivered and exhaled, her breath like smoke.
There was absolutely nothing in the room. Seeing no other option, Delora approached the door. She slowly pushed on the metal bar going across it and it creaked open. She poked her head through the small opening. This room looked empty as well. Sensing no real danger, she pushed it open the rest of the way and tentatively walked inside.
The door slammed shut behind her.
Delora jumped from the noise, and turned around to try to reopen the door. It wouldn't budge.
Well I guess there's no going back now.
She turned back around to inspect her new surroundings. The same grey stone covered the walls and floor. Again, there were no windows and this room didn't even have another door. She glanced around and noticed a loudspeaker flush against the ceiling.
"Why hello Delora," it crooned, "glad to see you've awoken".
She said nothing.
"Did you really think I didn't notice you watching me through my window? Did you really think I would leave my money that easily accessible?"
She did not answer.
"Well, it's no matter now. Luckily, I've had this little shindig installed in my basement. I can't say you were the first to try to rip off my poor old self. You children are quite selfish these days... Delora, you don't have to stand quite so still. You look like you're practically frozen in place my dear."
She did not move.
"Well, that's quite alright I guess. I've put together some fun for you; everyone deserves some fun in their final hours. But don't go getting your hopes up, you won't find a way out. And unfortunately, this game must end at sunrise. As you probably understand, I can't have you wandering around down here all day. I have business to attend to, seeing as I actually work for my hard earned dollars, and I will not be able to keep an eye on you. Well, I've talked quite enough now. Enjoy!"
The intercom made a faint buzzing noise and then went silent. A part of the wall then slid open in front of her, revealing a hidden doorway into the next room.
Delora stood for a few moments more, quietly working things through in her head. She then calmly walked forward, through the doorway and into the next room.
As before, as soon as she entered, the door slid shut behind her. She didn't jump this time. This room, predictably, looked like the others. Empty, except for a door directly across the room from her. Delora wasn't seeing a point to all of this, but slowly started moving forward anyhow. What else was she to do?
About halfway across the room, part of the floor dropped out from underneath her right foot. She tilted back on her left just in time and tumbled backwards. A gap about 4 feet wide had formed across the entire room, cutting her off from the door on the other side. She crawled over towards it and peered over the edge. There was a pit at least 20 feet deep.
"That was quite a good trap, wasn't it?" Elroy's voice filled the air. "Isn't it amazing what enough money will buy you?"
Delora ignored him as she got to her feet. She backed up, sprinted and jumped, safely making it to the other side. She walked through the next door, this time without hesitation.
Door slammed, empty room, one exit.
This is going to be extremely repetitive...
She went to cross the room, a bit more carefully this time. She tested the ground beneath her before applying her weight to each step. She slowly approached the middle of the room.
Nothing happened.
She got a bit more confident and picked up the pace, but only slightly. A couple more steps then..
The stone beneath her foot sunk a little, and tall wooden spears shot up right in front of her face, just barely missing her.
Delora gasped and then crumpled to the floor.
Elroy frowned. He thought this one had showed some promise.
He was sitting in a plush velvet chair in a small room. Small flat screens covered the wall in front of him. He waited, patiently, for the girl to awaken. An hour passed and she hadn't even stirred. Elroy frowned again.
It was not uncommon for his participants to die from fright. The tranquilizer he used could make the heart rather weak, and it was occasionally just too much to handle. He figured he'd wait some more, optimistically hoping that her terror had only caused a temporary loss of consciousness.
Another hour had passed. "She should be awake by now," he said aloud. It was almost sunrise and he did not have much more time to waste. He sighed, giving up, and arose from his chair. Mine as well get the body to the furnace now, and then he could even get a few hours of sleep before his meeting.
He walked over to a keypad on the wall and quickly punched in a four digit code. The wall in front of him slid open, and he stepped forward into the room were Delora laid crumpled on the floor. She was on her side with her back towards him, and did not appear to be breathing. He flipped her onto her back and grabbed hold of her ankles.
"I'm getting too old for this," he puffed as he began to drag her through the doorway.
He was nearly to the door when Delora's eyes suddenly sprung open. She had tugged her feet loose of his grasp and expertly used her leg to swipe his feet from underneath him before his feeble body had time to react.
He buckled to the floor, his head crashing to the stone. His harsh, authoritative eyes suddenly softened and looking pleadingly up at her as Delora pulled out a knife she had strapped to her leg, concealed under her jeans.
She knelt down next to him and smiled.
"Where's the money Elroy?"
Delora always had a plan for everything.
© Copyright 2017 Jinx Johnson. All rights reserved.
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You are a seriously talented writer!
I'm a novel girl myself (I can NEVER stop writing!)
This story pulled me in! You gave the right amount of details so that we knew Delora, and you even threw in little curve balls! I loved it from beginning to end!!
I'm from seventeen.com too :)
(If you don't mind, could you check out some of my work?? When you have time, of course!!)
But keep me updated on any and all short stories/works you write! I LOVE your style :)
Beautifully written remains me of the movie Saw.
LOVE IT!! Honestly I've seen some writing on here that was good, but this beats them all. Fantastic twist at the end and superb narrative. I could imagine reading this from an actual book. Props to you, please keep writing :D
I can't believe you think your writing isn't plausible.
Your scrupulous grammar and construction itself, sets you aside from hundreds of writers.
I honestly love how you set everything out. I like the contrast between Elroy and Delora.
Internet does make things too easy. :). This is really good. If this was music I'd ask for an encore! So post more. Please. :)
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Sergey Brin Talks About Chrome For Macs and Google Books
Way back when, most of you said that you were planning on downloading Google Chrome when it came out. PC users — did you download it? And what do you think? Since I'm currently a Mac owner, I haven't had the opportunity to dive into Chrome's goodness, although I have been admiring the pretty Chrome themes in the meantime. Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, recently spoke about Google Chrome and Mac availability at the Web 2.0 Summit. He said that the Chrome web browser can be downloaded from an unofficial location, but that it's still really buggy (crash alert!), as it's not even in beta yet. Brin also mentioned that he wishes the Mac version would have been available at the same time as the PC launch, which makes me think Chrome for Macs will be here sooner than we think.
And when asked about Google Books Search, Brin discussed some of the controversy surrounding the search tool and said that his ultimate goal is to give people access to millions of books, which he believes will be a successful venture.
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Now that all of the Gold Medals of the Olympic Games have been distributed, it's time add some stylish accents to your attire with this precious metal. Gold accessories and accents are a hot trend for the fall, gold is the perfect accent with its natural richness and beautiful ability to coordinate with other natural hues of fall like burgundy and terracotta and other warm natural tones that signify harvest time. Here are a few of the best ways to add some luxurious gold to your look.
Broaches for your Bouffant – Vintage broaches can be the perfect accessory, but not in the traditional sense, try using a beautiful broach as an accessory for your hair. It can be pinned on as a base for an up-do, or as a side accent to any hairstyle. Putting a touch of gold in your hair will add glamour to any hairstyle.
Gold Dust for your Decadent Desserts – Bring your gold accents into your event's sweetest elements by adding gold dust. This shimmery powder can be applied to any food and is completely edible. By adding gold accents to your treats your dessert table will glow with elegance.
Chandeliers for your Ears – You can keep your accessories simple and add glamour at the same time by keeping your neck bare but adding some sparkling gold chandelier earrings. Golden chandelier earrings are perfect if your hair is swept off of your neck and even more stunning if you are planning to wear a strapless gown or dress.
Golden Touches for your Table – Gold accents in your centerpieces can be elegantly done by having golden branches within your centerpiece arrangements. Branches add an element of garden whimsy and when painted gold, this whimsy can be transformed into radiance and luxury. Another idea would be to add a golden shimmer overlay to any table linen.
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Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India, 2010/07/18 - QualityPoint Technologies had developed a php/mysql script for promoting/managing live music events.
Promoters can advertise about their Live music events in this application, and Artists can apply for any event of their choice. The promoters can choose suitable Artists for their Events. The viewers can search their favorite live music events easily.
The Admin can manage Promoters, Artists and Events.
The Event need not be the "Live music Event". The script can be modified to handle any other Event.
The revenue model is:
- Can get money by putting advertisements.
- Once it attracts more viewers and artists, it can be made as paid service for the promoters.
- Can use opt-in form to gather email-ids from Event viewers for future marketing purpose.
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NEC's UC for Business unifies all your communications on one appliance and uses one application and one administrator – without requiring that you replace your existing infrastructure. You are able to use a familiar Microsoft® XP/Vista-based user interface, and you need only one administration tool to manage all your UC applications. With UC for Business, you can meet all your employees' needs and minimize your total cost of ownership of an enterprise-wide unified communications solution.


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Skiers Find New Ways to Injure Themselves [VIDEO]
Aside from all the crap you have to endure, there is a plus side to winter. And that would be people finding more creative ways to hurt, injure, maim, or kill themselves.
Aside from all the crap you have to endure, there is a plus side to winter. And that would be people finding more creative ways to hurt, injure, maim, or kill themselves.
Nothing like watching other people getting hurt to cure your case of mid-week melancholy. This montage is called "The Ultimate Winter Fails Compilation". Check it out as these idiots try to score cool points by pulling off awesome sledding, snowmobile, and skiing tricks; only to fail miserably at it.
While other areas of the U.S. have been getting bombarded with ice and snow, we've been lucky to not have to deal with to much of it thus far, but then again winter hasn't fully kicked in Michigan yet...
With all the preemptive wintry weather we've had and all that is still on the way. Here's a video to remind you how dangerous icicles can be...
Any Michigander knows that the winters can get pretty harsh here in Flint. Despite the frigid conditions ahead, we know a certain side of town won't let that hinder their right to be "fashionable."
With such a mild winter this year, most people probably forgot about how bad driving in the snow sucks. Watch this tow truck disaster.
Living in Michigan, we know a thing or two about snow. And in a blizzard situation, the white stuff adds up pretty quick. Somewhere over in Europe. a nasty snow storm hit and brought the roof down on an open hockey rink.
With winter fast approaching, it's about time to start thinking about fun activities to do during the long winter days. One great thing to do around Flint during the winter -- besides sliding on snowy roads -- is to get sledding...
Well, the end of the world is here. Or at least that what it seems, because people are freaking out about this blizzard. My advice is you keep your ass at home, but if you do go out, don't be like these idiots.
This is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and I am one of the guilty.
I don't know if it is the cold weather, the months of being stuck indoors, or the pot holes, but something about the winter months really brings the white trash out in people. You can keep your winter classy though, just avoid some of the following behaviors.
Ok, maybe you don't. But it seem like a majority of people lose all previously established driving skills when it comes to winter driving. I'm sure you don't need these, but someone you know might find this list of safe winter driving helpful.


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New York • Starbucks is giving its baristas a shot at an online college degree, an unusual benefit in an industry where higher education is often out of reach for workers.
The coffee chain is partnering with Arizona State University to make an online undergraduate degree available at a steep discount to any of its 135,000 U.S. employees who work at least 20 hours a week.
The program underscores the predicament of many workers who earn low wages, don't have much job security and often hold down more than one job. It also highlights the stark disparities in advancement opportunities between the rich and poor, and how a traditional college education remains a near impossibility for so many.


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Man Believes He Was Victim Of Dangerous 'Knockout Game'
A man is recovering after being punched by a person who then ran off.
Columbus resident Joey Pastore says he believes he was a victim of the "knockout game" and was on the losing end of it.
Pastore said he was walking along N. High Street when he was attacked.
"There's people on High Street and there's people behind me," Pastore said. "It was just all of a sudden, there was this one spot where there was nobody."
He said that he was punched, and then a man ran away. Disoriented and at night, he said he was unable to get a good look at his attacker.
"I kind of felt like someone to my right, and as soon as I turned to look, he just punched me as hard as he could and took off," Pastore said.
He said he was not robbed.
"I had money on me, my iPod. I had headphones on me. I had my cell phone on me."
Pastore said, at the time, he felt like his face exploded in blood.
A passerby helped him to a nearby restaurant, where they helped him call for emergency response.
He spent days in a hospital with a broken nose, black and blue eyes and several surgeries.
"I lost so much blood that they said that the type of blood that you lose is usually from severing a limb, getting an arm or leg chopped off," Pastore said.
He said he still does not know why he was hit, but said a responding police officer said he had an idea of what it may have been.
"Someone said to me, 'It sounds like the knockout game.' To which I said, 'What's that?'" Pastore said.
Around the country, people are taking people's lives into their own hands for a tiny thrill, blow by blow.
"You know, I wasn't robbed. I wasn't stabbed. I wasn't shot. I wasn't killed," Pastore said. "And then after all of this traumatic stuff, I thought, 'Man, I came so close to death and the guy who punched me had no idea how close he came to killing me.' I know they think it's a game, but I just want them to realize it's not a game."
Pastore said he is hoping that people who hear his story become more aware of their surroundings.
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lfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.Overview from themoviedb.org
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Commando Healing Guide – Mercenary
There are definitely less Commando healers in the game than there are Sages and Scoundrels, but in the right hands a Commando healer can heal any content in the game. If Sages are the masters of AoE healing and Scoundrels are the masters of single target healing then the Commando Healer can best be described as the jack-of-all-trades healer.
The Spec: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/skills/Commando#137d3c828fe-263e-0
There is actually a lot of wiggle room with your talent points as a Commando Healer. The single points I have in Med Zone and First Responder can be freely moved anywhere in the healer tree. I would not recommend putting 2 points into First Responder though, as with the amount you will use Hammer Shots and how often it crits, the 50% chance is more than enough to keep the Alacrity buff if you want it.
Gearing and Set Bonuses
Such as with the DPS classes the default mods and enhancements in Commando Healer gear is quite awful so you're going to have to do a lot of mix and matching and buying excess BH gear for the right mods and enhancements. Lucky as you are though, Genievre/Karyna in our guild knows both the Advanced Nimble Mod 26 and Advanced Agile Mod 26 which are the two mods you will want to be using. As far as the Set Bonuses go both the 2 and 4 piece PvE Set Bonuses are crucial for an optimized endgame Commando healer the 2 piece increases the duration of Supercharged Cells and the 4 piece reduces the cooldown on AMP and BI.
For the BiS relics you have a few options it is your choice between Dread Guard Relic of Ephemeral Mending , Dread Guard Relic of Boundless Ages and Elite War Hero Relic of Boundless Ages . It really depends on your play style and preferences, I tend to use a pair of PvP Relics as burst healing is few and far between and as a Commando with Biochem I have other options when burst healing is required.
We also want to use +Aim augments as the talent points from our spec grants us extra Aim, and the extra crit chance is extremely useful to us.
Stat Allocation
Just like a DPS class you want Aim over Endurance so all your armorings and mods should be of the high Aim variety. The secondary stat allocation you will find falls pretty much in-line with the other healing classes with one notable exception. If you've read Karyna's Scoundrel healing guide, you'll remember how she mentions that Alacrity is a double-edged sword. Well for Commando healing it is more like a sword to the throat. Our resource pool, ammo, works similar to energy where the more we have the faster it regenerates and the less we have it barely regenerates at all. Unlike the Scoundrel we don't have any self buffs to increase this regen rate so if we tank it, it is much more detrimental to us.
On to the ratings, we want about 285 points in Crit Rating and the rest should go to Power, which is easy enough. Being healers we don't care about Accuracy, so now we have to balance Alacrity with Surge. Personally I try not to use any Alacrity, even though this is going to put us very deep in the diminishing returns for Surge. Again the only thing Alacrity will do is make it easier for us to run out of ammo, and to top it off we already have talent points in the skill trees that give us Alacrity so even more Alacrity from stat points is really not needed.
The Heals
Like Seijin I'm a firm believer that there is no such thing as a healing rotation (I'm going to contradict myself on this later, but don't think about that for now) so I'll follow his lead here and just talk about our different heals, and our different cooldowns.
Medical Probe – MP – Rapid Scan
This is our big heal and our main heal, we use it often and it has no cooldown, but has a base 2 second cast time in our spec. You have to be very careful about spamming this ability though, if you use it more than twice in a row without any downtime to regenerate Ammo, you just put yourself in a tough hole to get out of.
Advanced Medical Probe – AMP – Healing Scan
This is what I call our "quick heal" with a base 1.5 second cast time and although the initial heal is less than that of Medical Probe, due to the talent points in our skill tree it also applies a HoT on the target that lasts for 9 seconds and it gives the target a 10% increase in Armor for the duration of the HoT. This is our bread and butter ability as it works in synergy with Medical Probe.
Hammer Shots – HS – Rapid Shots
The "spam heal" this is a fantastic ability and this is what you should be using when you have nothing else to focus on. It can be used on the move, costs no ammo and is great for topping off DPS at no expense to you as the healer.
Trauma Probe – TP – Kolto Shell
Not quite a HoT this ability Heals on Damage (HoD), the best use of this is on the active tank, note that unlike a Scoundrel's HoT you cannot place this on multiple people but only 1 person at a time. Also unlike the Scoundrel's HoT, for fights with multiple enemies such as large trash packs, DO NOT USE BEFORE THE PULL. As soon as the tank initiates combat and takes some damage, Trauma Probe will tick off a heal and every other mob in the pack will head straight for you. Due to the ammo cost it is not worth constantly refreshing this heal, only use it when you have full Ammo and nothing else to do.
Bacta Infusion – BI – Emergency Scan
I like to call this the "emergency heal" because it is an instant cast that can crit for 4-5k and it is Ammo free so it is easy to rely on when someone takes a spike of damage you aren't expecting. However in reality if this ability is sitting on your quickbar unused for extended periods, you're wasting heals. The cooldown on this ability is 21 seconds so use this early and use it often.
Kolto Bomb – KB – Kolto Missile
This is an instant cast AoE heal that does its full healing to 4 targets instantly and can be used on the move. If that isn't enough it also applies a buff to the targets it hits that increase the healing they receive by 3% for the duration. A top-tier geared Commando can expect to see this crit above 3k. With a relatively short cooldown of 6 seconds this is a fairly underrated ability.
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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972), more commonly known as M.C. Escher, is likely the most famous master of trompe l'oeil (trick-of-the-eye illusionism). A Dutch graphic artist, specializing in woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints, Escher excelled in mathematically inspired depictions of impossible architecture and constructions. His imagery brought to life absurd spaces in a realistic manner, which separated his work from that of the Surrealists.
His complicated prints and fascination with the philosophy of science made Escher popular inspiration for artists, designers, architects and fashion designers, and his work continues to influence today.
Bunkamura, Shibuya, marks its new Box Gallery opening with an exhibition of high-quality reproductions of representative prints selected by the MC Escher Foundation in 2008; till Jan. 30.
Bunkamura Box Gallery; (03) 3477-9174; 2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; 7-min walk from JR Shibuya Station, Yamanote line; open daily 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Admission free. www.bunkamura.co.jp/gallery/exhibition/box_120114escher.html.


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Dilbert reaches for a cup as a Doctor says, "We know these random drug tests are unpleasant for employees." The Doctor holds out a dish and says, "That's why we offer free cashews." Dilbert says to Dogbert, "Suddenly I thought of Charlie Brown but I don't know why."


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Yeah, phony. We got oversold. We didn't need to know we were down 20% from the highs to be able to pronounce this the first bear market spike. They happen just like this. Outrageous gains in a matter of minutes. People caught leaning the wrong way. Market's been down for days.
Of course all phony rallies look like real ones. We find out after they started why they are happening, usually something pretty fanciful that people are going to say could be substantive.
Got that.
So we end up with the usual fake-out.
We might get some reverberations tonight because an up U.S. might cause a bounce in Asia. But Europe? We can't really influence it anymore.
The one thing that I do expect will happen is that we will begin to see the winners in the declining commodity world begin to assert themselves. That should start this week.
Otherwise, if there could be a more classic squeeze up than this one, I don't know what it would look like.


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Eric Arthur Ripley, 44, died Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at Allen Medical Center in Oberlin.
He was born June 19, 1963, in Akron.
Eric was a veteran of the Navy in 1981 and was honorably discharged. He worked as a computer specialist for Rebman in Lorain.
He was active in Lorain County Amateur Radio Club (KB8QQR) and SkyWarn. As an amateur, he served as the area's Red Cross Emergency Communications.
He was an avid fisherman where he fished here in the area and in Georgia.
He is survived by his parents, Clarence A. and Dianne Ripley of Oberlin; sons, Nathan and Nicholas Ripley, both of Bellefontaine; sister, Marissa Bowden of North Ridgeville; and paternal grandmother, Aimee Ripley of Macon, Ga.
A memorial service will be 7 p.m., Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at First Church of Oberlin. The Rev. David Hill will officiate.
Private burial will be held at a later date. Cowling Funeral Home of Oberlin handled local arrangements.


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For clarification: We're running SilverStripe 2.4.0 for a client with DataObjectManager (version from around the end of May, 2010).
In the back-end, the client would like to have the uploaded files lists to be sorted by the upload date, descending - i.e. the most recently uploaded image to be located at the top of the list. The default setting is the reverse order.
I've been searching through the boards and trying to hunt down the template / class responsible for displaying the right-hand side of the "Files & Images" part of SilverStripe ("admin/assets/") but haven't had any luck.
Could anyone point me in the right direction? I assume that the solution would be something along the lines of editing the initialization of a DataObjectManager object in the right class.


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Daniel Radcliffe & Tom Felton Pose For The Camera & More! [Celebrity Twittterverse]
The stars of Harry Potter have a dashing time at the New York premiere, see the cast of 90210 is back at work, and Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez share word of encouragement over Twitter.
Launch the gallery to check out all the celebrity tweets and photos!
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Technical Article => Operating System => Windows
Capture screenshot of dropdown menu
As a IT professional, we often need to capture screenshot of what we are working on to give proof of what we are doing and why we do it. The screenshot will provide a good sense to other people. You may be familiar with taking screenshot with different tools such as snagit, snipping tool or the Windows PrtSc button. But do you know how to take a screenshot of a dropdown menu?
Here we show you how to capture screeenshot of dropdown menu with the snipping tool provided since Windows 7. Below are the steps:
1. Open snipping tool and press Esc
2. Move to the dropdown menu and expand it
3. Then press Ctrl+PrtSc, you will now be able to capture the screenshot of the dropdown menu.
Another workaround is using Paint provided by Windows. Steps are:
1.Open Paint on Windows
2. Move to the dropdown menu and expand it
3. Press Alt+PrtSc and paste it to the Paint
4. Then you can use any screentshot capturing tool or picture cropping tool
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