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Your driving skills can now decide your car insurance premium.
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance today launched the country's first telematics service for private car insurance policyholders.
In telematics insurance, a device is fitted inside the vehicle which gives feedback on an individual's driving behaviour. A good driving record can bring benefits such as a lower premium or discounts on a policy.
Called "Drive Smart", the facility will be available to individuals who purchase the company's motor insurance package or when they renew their policies.
The device will be delivered within a fortnight of purchasing the policy.
Drivers will receive real-time alerts and feedback on their driving habits after downloading the company's mobile app, Insurance Wallet, from Playstore or iOS or through the company's web portal.
The service will be available for cars which support OBD II (on-board diagnostics) port, primarily in models manufactured after 2010.
"At present, there is no distinction between a good and a bad driver. The pricing mechanism is based on the vehicle's make, model and and year of manufacture. Over the years, those who drive safely have been compensating for the ones who do not drive appropriately.
We believe in offering fair and transparent services that allow us to empower our customers when it comes to their premium outgo based on their good behaviour," TapanSinghel, managing director & CEO of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, said here today.
Some of the features of the offer include road side assistance, driving summary of the week, engine/battery health indicator, over-speeding alert and rash acceleration alert.
The device will be valid for three years, subject to the condition that the individual renews the policy for three years with the add-on features.
If a person migrates to some other insurer before three years, the device will have to be returned.
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Not releasing Peacebreaker mod huh, that's a cowards/faggots tactic general.
What happend to peacebreakers mod? at least tell us a word about it!
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What's happening with the mod?!
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Right so now I have replace the DC jack and the screen still doesn't come on. What else can I try? Thanks!
I have replaced every part instead of the screen and the processor.
I have tried with an external screen however which also displays blank. So could is be a broken processor? Cheers!
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Not tried anything with the cmos battery yet. What should I do to it? Also not sure what to do about the BIOS since I cant see anything on the screen.
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Well ive replaced the motherboard so that has replaced the battery. So not sure I need to replace that i think?
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Have you tried with a different power supply yet?
What about the steps I lined out earlier?
1) no drives cd/dvd or hard drives
2) no memory or minimal and or different sticks if possible.
3) no keyboard (just unplug the ribbon cable)
4) no battery (not Cmos battery just the laptop main battery leave the cmos battery in for now)
5) different power adapter if possible
Removing the cmos battery will reset any user defined settings in the bios including date and time. battery must be removed for a length of time (1 to 10 minutes) to clear the clock. I don't think this is an issue for you to be concerned with as you noted the motherboard has been replaced. It is possible we are barking up the wrong tree here and the inverter or lcd is bad but after reading through this post again the sheer fact that there are no beeps, a whirring noise(dvd, hard drive or fan make those sounds) and still not posting (no beeps or curser on the screen tells us this) it seems something not already changed is at fault. My bet would be on Hard drive or memory. try each mem stick one at a time to see if it changes anything. we have ruled out dc jack, motherboard so far.
let me know if the list above makes any noticeable difference.
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Did you say you've tried a new Power AC (or DC) adaptor?
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I have currently tried and replaced the following:
+ DC Jack
+ Motherboard
+ Screen VGA Cable
+ Power Adapter
I have just purchased a new inverter which I will wait to arrive and then fit and let you all know. Should I buy a new power adapter and CPU? Thanks!
OH and btw yes I've done all them steps you mentioned but its had no effect
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Since I don't know how you handled the cpu (as in antistatic wriststrap and such) I am unable to answer about the cpu.
The power adapter should have an output of 19 volts (pretty standard these days) Look at the adapter itself and it will tell you what voltage. I would take a multimeter and check the voltage at the tip that goes into the dc jack. you can also use the multimeter on the leads that go into the main battery to see if the adapter is pushing power to the charge and power circuit. I have seen the issue where a power adapter shows full voltage until it goes under a load (plugged into a laptop and powered on) then the voltage drops to near nothing.
The inverter is most likely not the issue as you tested the screen with a torch (flashlight for us Americans) and found nothing visible. if the inverter goes out the lcd will still work just the backlight fails to light up.
you said above that you replaced the power adapter? did you replace the Power adaptor or the dc jack?
I also noted that you said the hard drive light comes on for a second then goes off. is this with the hard drive and dvd drive out as well?
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Should I buy a new power adapter
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imountain? liquidweb?
I keep going back to Linode - never had any problems. Can upgrade anything on the spot (RAM, storage, transfer, IP's), pick where its located (and change that at any time), and so on. I mainly use my VPS for personal crap - mainly testing out things - don't have anything out in the open for people to see. 25k+ posts on their forums, and an IRC room with 287 users at the moment. Availability sheet here
managed or unmanaged?
if you want to go managed, i absolutely love both wiredtree and liquidweb. cant go wrong with either of those.
for unmanaged, ive heard good things about linode.
Check out wiredtree
I've been with them for almost a year. Incredibly fast support and awesome network.
I know hostgator have them now.
what kinds of things are manageable? what's the difference?
most of the time managed stuff is when say if you have a problem, hardware or software, they'll fix it for you. but typically not software related items like if you cant get a php script to work. it's more like if you can't get a web server running they'll get it all configured and ready to go. non-managed means it's up to you to figure it all out unless you want to pay them by the hour if that's even available. explains why there's a big price difference too
an example of what one place offers for managed vps's (i've never used them so don't know if they're good or not):
i have linode.
it's kinda expensive. not to mention they have a cpu cap/overcharge which is kind of a turn down. i might switch
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With four Oscar nominations and one win behind her, Jennifer Lawrence has proved herself to be an immensely talented and versatile actress. Her most fruitful collaboration has been with David O'Russell, winning a nomination every time she works with him, his freewheeling films allowing her explosive talent to flourish. Whilst O'Russell is not attached to the upcoming Marita, one of the screenwriters, Eric Warren Singer, of American Hustle has been employed to adapt the story of Marita Lorenz' ridiculous life. With so much material to cover, one wonders how it will all fit into a tidy narrative feature, or if its multitudinous sprawl will require an epic approach to storytelling.
With Marita Lorenz, it is difficult to separate the fact from fiction; although her stories are based somewhat on historical events, she seems to have an immense capacity for invention and hyperbole. An FBI report from 1980 seems to describe her in such terms: "Lorenz has provided information in the past, some of which is reliable, however, she does have a tendency to exaggerate." What follows will be an account of her life gleamed both from what can be verified and from what she claims. It may not all be 'true', but it sure makes for an amazing story.
Survivor Of Belsen
Marita Lorenz was born in Germany in August 18, 1939 to an American woman and a German father. A mere couple of weeks after her birth World War II was instigated by the German invasion, leading to her father being sent to work in the navy and her mother, Alice Lofland, to rebel and work for the British as a spy. Alice would work on and off in intelligence her whole life, proving clear inspiration to her daughter. She was caught and for her mother's sins, Marita was sent to the nightmarish Bergen-Belsen concentration camp for children. The family survived the war, but Lorenz was later raped by an American soldier outside Bremerhaven. She was only seven years old.
They moved to Manhattan in 1950.
Affair With Castro
Not content with a normal childhood, Lorenz accompanied her father as he captained luxury liners around the Americas for several years. It was on one fateful day in February 1959 that the Berlin stopped in Havana. One of the men to greet them was Fidel Castro, who had only been Prime Minister for less than two weeks. She was attracted to him immediately. When he came into her cabin two hours later while she was getting dressed, she did not resist his advances:
"He was the sweetest, tenderest. I guess nobody ever forgets their first lover"
Mere days later, back in New York, she was depressed, so he sent over his private plane to go pick her up. She would live in Castro's hotel room in the Hilton as his mistress. It was in the hotel she first became acquainted with Frank Sturgis, a double agent working both for Castro and the C.I.A. He would later become famous for his role in Watergate. He recruited her as a spy, a role perfectly suited for a young girl who wanted to live a glamorous, jet-setting life.
Lorenz claims she and Castro had a child together, named Andre Vasquez. She claims not to have known of this kids existence until many years later. Other sources report either an abortion or miscarriage, or that she adopted a child. At the time in 1959, she recalls being drugged, possibly due to poison intended for Castro, and waking up in a doctor's office in Cuba, being told the child was aborted before being sent back to the States. Angry at the way Castro had cheated her, she obtained a job for C.I.A. through Sturgis. Her first assignment: assassinating the Cuban dictator.
After a quick hop back and forth, which according to F.B.I reports was under the guise of looking after an "adopted child", Marita was sent to Cuba to kill him for good. She was given two small capsules that she was supposed to slip into his drink, apparently killing him in thirty seconds. Yet when the plane landed in Cuba, she knew she couldn't do it. He knew she was there to kill him. He didn't mind. They made love instead.
She returned to the USA just a few days later. He would be the first in a many long line of lovers, some notable, most of them disposable, all of them reprobable in some way.
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Affair With Jiménez
It was working with the C.I.A in Miami in conjunction with anti-Castro groups that she met the exiled dictator of Venezuela Marcos Pérez Jiménez, who had gotten away from the country with vast amounts of stolen money. Because one dictator isn't enough, she fell in love with him too. A month later she was pregnant. Again. Her daughter Monica was born in March, 1962. Despite Jiménez's vast wealth, scheming on behalf of his lawyer David Walters made sure that she never got a cent of his money. When he was extradited back to Venezeula for five easy years in prison, she was left broke and alone
Apparent Involvement in The Kennedy Assassination
She wanted to kill Walters, but was convinced not to by Sturgis. She went back to gun-running instead. It was in the summer of 1962 at a training camp she met a guy called 'Ozzie', better known as Lee Harvey Oswald, who before he apparently killed Kennedy, worked with both pro and anti-Castro groups. In a testament that has been disproven by official records she claims to have gotten in a car with Sturgis, Oswald and others on a car journey from Miami to Dallas carrying guns necessary for Kennedy's assassination.
Along the way she (bizarrely) met Jack Ruby, who of course, became famous for murdering Oswald. She got in a fight with Ruby, had had enough of being there, and asked Sturgis for fare money home. The next day Kennedy was killed. She would spend the next twenty years in and out of court being investigated for any potential involvement, of which no concrete evidence was found. With so many people apparently being involved in the Kennedy assassination, Lorenz's account doesn't even get a mention on the vast Kennedy Assassination Wikipedia page.
Stuck In The Jungle!
Six months after the whole Kennedy thing, she decided to go see Jiménez again and explain how his lawyer screwed her over with regards to her entitlement to his wealth. When she got there she was put in jail, and could only talk to him through the wall. Always known for her naivety, upon release she was offered a sight-seeing tour of Venezuela by two special agents. They flew her to a remote part of the rainforest, and when pretending to go get her bags, legged it and left her to survive in the jungle by herself and her two year old daughter. She had to fend for herself for a soul-crushing nine months, flagging down any plane flying overhead she could see.
Assassination Attempts
In 1973 Watergate happened, and involved many of the same players Lorenz was associated with, most notably her old friend Frank Sturgis. When he got out of jail he decided to tell the press everything about his time as a double agent, most notably his involvement in the attempt on Castro's life. Naturally, and much to her consternation, Lorenz was implicated. Despite getting a $320,000 advance for a book regarding the story, Lorenz claims that there were multiple attempts on her life, including a suspicious hit-and-run, a mysterious fire in her apartment, and an apparent poisoning.
When she moved to Connecticut to get away from the heat, her house was shot down by automatic gunfire. In 1977, her mother died from unknown causes, something Lorenz claims was a deliberate assassination by the C.I.A. stemming from her knowing too much. In the will, her mother left a photo of her son Andre, her lovechild from Fidel Castro. He was alive, and lived in Cuba.
Seeing Fidel And Her Son Again
Panicked, harried and fearing for her life, claiming that she was being constantly monitored by the FBI, she went to the Cuban mission in New York, and was granted a visa to go to Havana in 1981. She was met by a grey-haired Castro, who allowed her to see her son:
"I just looked, and, my God, it's alive. It's real. My God, it's mine. It's got my mouth, my eyes. Oh, God, it's got Fidel's nose. The first thing I noticed was his white, white skin and Fidel's curly hair. And I started to cry."
After spending the night with Castro, she had breakfast with her son. That would be the last time she ever saw him. She went to Cuba one more time in 1988 but her son was posted at that time in Nicaragua.
The Vanity Fair article written about her in 1992 describes her as "depressed", having "few relationships other than those with her children, a neighbor, and some "ops" from the old days." Yet in 1993, she finally published her autobiography, entitled Marita: One Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Love and Espionage from Castro to Kennedy. It was lauded by Kirkus Reviews, describing it as:
"the wild—if nearly incredible—adventures of a new Jane Bond"
Why Jennifer Lawrence Is Perfect
When this story makes it to the big screen it surely has the potential to be an incredible tale of love, loss and espionage, with a whole load of conspiracy thrown in there too. Lawrence has a history of playing off-kilter yet determined women, making her the perfect choice as Marita Lorenz. She may have to work on her German accent, but given her track record, there isn't much that she can't do.
A clever approach to the story would be telling it exactly as Lorenz says it happens, with all the knotty contradictions working together into a compelling character study. If it captures the flavor of the era well, filtering historical epochs through the experience of one woman, it could end up being very Academy-friendly and worthy of extreme critical buzz. I, for one, can't wait for it to hit the big screen!
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This week I'm sharing my eight photos of happiness. I was nominated in this blog hop by my blog buddy Darla who I met through the A to Z Challenge at the beginning of the year. Thank you Darla! Click to go over to her site where she shares cat photos and many other musings.
This week was the autumn equinox which means that our daylight will become shorter and nights longer. We are moving from warm weather to cool with the changing leaves.
Things that make me happy……
A simple window looking out onto a fall day.
A bowl of pasta with vodka sauce because it's comfort food.
A tufted leather comfy chair
A lovely hot latte with whipped cream
My animals make me happy.
An English cottage with a beautiful garden. This one is 200 years old made with Cotswold stone.
I love old books and libraries. This is the funkiest bookcase/stairs that I've seen.
Now here are the guidelines for this happy blog tour:
1. Link the creator of the tag.
2. Display your 8 photos of happiness.
3. Add a description to the photos if you wish.
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A Chrismissy Pincushion
I made this pincushion from a sweater I fulled in the washing machine. I embroidered it with mercerized cotton and filled it with dried rice (to weigh it down a bit), fiberfill and dried lavender. I just listed it in my Etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/77872896/felted-embroidered-pincushion so go and have a peak of you like to see more pictures. Thanks for looking and feel free to share!
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Video footage of former RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE singer Joe Lynn Turner performing on August 21 at the Curtain Club in Dallas, Texas can be seen below. Backing Joe at the concert were Steve Brown (TRIXTER) on guitar, Sean McNabb (QUIET RIOT, DOKKEN) on bass, Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG) on drums, and Eric Ragno (THE BABYS, LONDON) on keyboards.Joe Lynn Turner recently slammed Ritchie Blackmore for the guitarist's decision to go out and perform classic DEEP PURPLE and RAINBOW material with a new group musicians instead of reforming RAINBOW with a more "authentic" lineup. Regarding why he thinks Ritchie has chosen to go out with a whole new RAINBOW lineup instead of bringing back some of the musicians who played on the band's classic records, Joe said: "The first thing I think I can say is that he's been misguided by people around him. That's what I really believe. I believe he's been misguided, and I believe he trusts these people and I think that he made a mistake doing this." He continued: "I wanted an authentic reunion. I wanted guys from Doogie [White] and Graham [Bonnet] and [bassist] Bob Daisley and [drummer Bobby] Rondinelli, and all these guys, and I wanted to have a RAINBOW extravaganza, because there are a lot of fans that love RAINBOW that still haven't even seen RAINBOW, and this would be the ticket for them — you know, maybe a two-hour extravaganza. So I guess the people, his advisers or whoever, could not sell him that particular [idea], or maybe they never even told him that. I actually have a feeling that he was not full of the information at the time, because certain things have come to pass that sort of indicated that he didn't know about it, to me." Joe was the singer of RAINBOW between 1980 and 1984 and he sang on the album "Difficult To Cure", which featured the band's most successful U.K. single, "I Surrender". During Turner's time with RAINBOW, the band had its first USA chart success and recorded songs that helped define the melodic rock genre. Blackmore was joined at the recent RAINBOW gigs by LORDS OF BLACK singer Ronnie Romero, STRATOVARIUS keyboardist Jens Johansson, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau (a.k.a. Robert "Bob" Curiano, ex-BLACKMORE'S NIGHT).
Video: JOE LYNN TURNER Performs RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE Classics In Dallas
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Football Themed Birthday Party for a Big "Boy"
Need some football themed birthday party ideas? I am all about boy parties here, but the ideas in this football tailgate party are so terrific, I just have to share them with you! Jennifer Carver, from Banner Events, and her partner in crime, Cami Crosby, threw this surprise birthday party for Jennifer's dad's 60th {we cater to boys of all ages around here!}.
Friends and family came together to celebrate on the eve of a Brigham Young University college rivalry – the honoree's college alma mater. Jennifer's football party supplies include clever invitations, unique wall decorations, custom football cookies, super cupcake ideas AND football party favors that you'll want to know about for your tailgate party, no matter how old your boy is! Choose your favorite ideas–or use 'em all–this surprise football tailgate event has tons of fun inspiration you can use for your own crowd pleasing party!
Let's talk about the cake. Look at it: a tower of yum, topped with "60" and a helmet in team colors, presented on a platter with the edge encircled with pennants and footballs!
Not only is the food presented fabulously, there are clever menu choices, too, with names such as Safety Soda and Running Back Root Beer, Half-Time Hot Dogs, Hail Mary Honey-Bacon Club Sandwiches, Face Mask Fruit Salad {in a carved watermelon}, Sideline Salad, and Chips to Cheer For.
Quarterback Cupcakes have their own "stadium" platform on the dessert table, which also features Blocker Brownies, Wideout Whoopie Pies, Touchdown Treats in apothecary jars, maple bar Cougar (team mascot) Paws, chocolate covered Strawberry Footballs, Play Action Pretzels, Goal Time Cake Pops and the fantastically decorated Football, BYU logo and jersey-shaped cookies.
Love this party? Here are more Football Birthday Ideas!
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There were enough desserts for the party and for take-home in specially decorated favor bags.
Because tailgates are by nature football casual, paper plates and napkins in team colors decorate the guest tables BUT style is ramped up by using footballs and stripes on napkin rings for the table service. Pennant waving straws add to the fun! Water bottles in polka dots, punctuated with the big 60 stickers, carry on the party theme.
Planning a football party yourself? Make sure you check out our ultimate guide to football birthday party ideas. It's our most exhaustive resource for this party theme.
Artificial grass, white ribbon yard lines and die cut numbers top guest tables. BYU balloons are anchored in favor bags in the center of each table, but they float above eye level so as not to interfere with conversation. Pom-poms, additional footballs and color-coordinated candy complete the handsome table décor.
As a lovely keepsake, Jennifer hung a decorative football field on the wall. Guests signed in on mini footballs and placed them on the field. They could also write birthday wishes on the football's backside so the guest of honor could ruminate on them, long after the guests were gone—super idea!
Vendor Credits
Jennifer Carver (Banner Events) & Cami Crosby: Party Styling
Amanda's Parties to Go: Custom printable graphic package
Nashville Wraps: Glassine bags, white window bags, football basket boxes
The Twinery: denim twine
JP Creatibles: custom football cookies
Edible Details: custom football fondant cookie toppers & 3-D fondant football
Pretzels Pleaze: custom football pretzels
Cupcake Chic Utah: cupcakes
Pop.O.Licious Cake Pops: football cake pops
Christine Olsen Photography: photography


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Dear Sarah,
I just got my doctor's recommendation, and there are so many collectives to choose from. I don't even know where to begin. What do you look for when deciding what collectives to join?
~ Overwhelmed in OC
Dear Overwhelmed in OC,
Boy can I sympathize with you. I feel overwhelmed just watching the listings grow, so I could only imagine how a new patient would feel trying to pick from them. The Greater Los Angeles Collectives Alliance (GLACA) has been self-regulating within our industry since 2006, and there were some specifics the group always looked for in members' organizations. I have volunteered, even before it was called GLACA, as its secretary and on the Accreditation Committee. If a collective wants to be accredited, we send in a secret shopper, and then I come around with a clipboard and checklist.
First and foremost, a collective should be a Good Neighbor. It should be a positive part of the area, not just a blank storefront with a green cross. The collective itself should also be addressing any loitering or nuisances. As inviting as it is, you really shouldn't smell OG Kush down the block.
Your collective should not make you feel like a criminal. Adequate security doesn't mean man-traps and bullet-proof glass. If you're sliding your paperwork and a $20 bill through a slot, and out comes a little baggie, ask yourself, "Did that feel legal?"
The collective staff should be informed about their medicine, not intoxicated on it. The medicine should be properly labeled and gently handled. If you're watching unmarked pounds getting tossed around, how can you trust they even know what they're giving you?
You will probably go to a dozen or more before you find the right one. When you find yourself 20 minutes into an exciting conversation with a collective staffer, forgetting that you just met this person, then that is the collective to come back to.
Dear Sarah,
Does medicating have any effect on a man's sperm count? I've heard it lowers your sperm count–but not sure if this has ever been studied or documented.
~ Concerned About My Lil Swimmers
Dear Concerned About My Lil Swimmers,
Myth: "Marijuana causes lower sperm counts in men and difficulty having children."
Fact: There is no evidence that marijuana causes infertility in men or women.
In 1974, one of the first researchers to compare blood testosterone levels in male marijuana users with non-users was Robert Kolodny. Kolodny and his associates reported that frequent marijuana users had lower testosterone levels than occasional marijuana users. (They must have been smoking kush–I'd like to see anyone smoke a cannabis indica joint and then try to be "romantic" with their lover) In numerous other studies, however, researchers have found no reduction in testosterone after men smoked marijuana–even with very high doses of it (no pun intended).
Also in 1974, Kolodny reported that frequent marijuana users had lower sperm counts than occasional users. However, this study failed to control for sexual activity in the days prior to examination, a factor known to affect sperm concentration. The researchers must have been medicated on cannabis sativa and forgot.
In a study conducted at the University of Buffalo, the sperm of several men who were using marijuana was closely examined. The study showed that the psychoactive ingredient, THC, caused the sperm to begin the hyper-activation process early, way too early, causing the sperm to "burn out" quickly and thus were unable to "complete the journey" required in the fertilization process. In short, while you were "medicating" you sperm was "medicated" too.
June Joints and Summer Daze,
Sarah Diesel
Got a burning question about love, life and/or the pursuit of medicine? Ask Sarah Diesel, medical-marijuana advocate and L.A.'s Countess of Class and Cannabis. Just keep your questions short, straightforward and obscenity-free, and email them to email@example.com.


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Negotiating Made Easy!
If you like to get a deal and negotiate with vendors, then the off-season is the time to do it. Most vendors will offer at least 10-25% off their normal pricing - especially January-April. the best place to do the negotiating at venues is the rental fees, but sometimes they can even discount the food, just to get you in during those quiet months. Want to discount even deeper - look at a weekday or Sunday to hold your off-season event.
Water View or No Water View
In the off-season the water views are just about non-existent after 5pm due to the time change. So when looking for your location and selecting your date, be sure to check the sunset times. If you are looking to have a 5pm ceremony with a water view, the sun may already be set! And there are definitely still locations on Cape Cod that can offer you an inside location on the water to have your ceremony! Check out the Boat House at the Chatham Bars Inn or the tented patio at the Wequassett!
I'm Dreaming of a White Wedding!
Think sparkles! How beautiful would it be to wake up on the morning of your wedding to a snow covered view? Find yourself a warm, fluffy shrug and step out into the landscape for some stunning photos! It could make a great "Trash the Dress" session late night as well with some snow angels! Now just as you are not guaranteed a perfect beautiful day in the summer, you may not get the snow you had always dreamed of in the winter either, but it can happen!
Off Season Rates
When starting your venue, and vendor, research - be sure to ask about off-season rates. When do those rates begin and end? Do they have certain packages that would fit into your budget? Ask to see the regular rates as well and find out how big of a discount you are getting for booking your wedding in the off-season.


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Mangaluru: Addressing the media persons during the press meet held at Mangalore Press Club, Sr M Supriya AC- Principal of St Agnes College said, : On the eve of 'Teachers Day Celebration' the Cultural Association of St Agnes College (Autonomous) will be organizing a Two-day Multi-District Level Teachers Talent Competition-"Teachers Got Talents" for the school and college teaching faculty of all the schools and colleges of three districts namely DK, Udupi and Kasaragod on 29 and 30 August, 2015.The contest will be conducted under two categories- Category 1-Teaching faculty up to High School level; and Category II-Teaching Faculty of PUC and Degree Colleges".
Each of the category consists of 10 events like Singing (solo/group), Dance, Rangoli, Flower arrangement, Vegetable Carving, Fancy Dress, and variety to win the "Teachers Got Talents 2015". This contest is an unique platform for the teachers to expose their creativity and hidden talents, which will help them to move beyond the confines of academics. Nearly 25 institutions have already signed up for the contest.
The Contest will be inaugurated by Vinay Hegde-Chancellor of Nitte University on 29 August at 12 noon, and valedictory will be held on 30 aug at 5pm, for which Sr Maria Roopa-Jt Secretary of St Agnes College will deliver the valedictory address and distribute the prizes.
Professor Shubharekha- the co-ordinator, Deepika-SAC student President, Rachael Coelho-Secretary, Cultural Association, and Rayvia D'souza-member of Cultural Association- all of St Agnes college were present at the press meet.


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Q: We have two small boys, and we worry about the world they�re going to be facing when they grow up � a bad economy, wars, a breakdown in morals, and so on. What can we do to help prepare them for such a scary future? � Mrs. A.M.
A: The best thing you can do is to provide them with a solid foundation of faith � faith in God, faith in Jesus Christ, and faith in God�s Word, the Bible.
After all, every generation faces challenges; the world has seldom been a peaceful or easy place to live. By the time they�re grown, your sons may have to face challenges that aren�t even on the horizon right now. What will keep them steady in the midst of life�s storms? What will give them the moral and spiritual strength they�ll need? Only God can do that � and He will, as they learn to put their trust in Him and be guided by His Word.
Teach your sons � simply but clearly � that God not only exists, but also that He loves them and wants to help them. Teach them, too, about prayer, and about Jesus Christ and what He did for us by His death and resurrection. Teach them, as well, the importance of the Bible to guide them through life. (Your local Christian bookstore can suggest a Bible storybook for children.)
Above all, ask God to help you be an example to your children of what it means to follow Jesus. Your words to them are important, but so is your example. God�s will � for both you and your children � is that �you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe� (Philippians 2:15).
Send your questions to �My Answer,� c/o Billy Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1 Billy Graham Parkway, Charlotte, N.C., 28201; or visit www.billygraham.org.


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Harmony Natural Food Cooperative to expand in downtown Bemidji
Managers at Harmony Natural Food Cooperative have been discussing the need to expand or relocate for several years.
Now, the coop has signed a purchase agreement, contingent on securing financing, to buy the former TruStar Federal Credit Union building at 413 Third St. N.W. TruStar built a new facility and moved March 11 to 2313 TruStar Drive Northwest off Paul Bunyan Drive Northwest.
"We weren't even going to start looking for a building until August or September," Harmony Manager Greg Gasman said. "This one fell into our laps."
Gasman said the cost of the property - a half-block of land and the building that will provide 7.500 square feet of store space - is $370,000. The coop has set a member loan program goal of $450,000 for the purchase and remodeling of a bank into a supermarket. The member loan program will run from June 1 to July 1.
Gasman said the building has a long history of housing cooperatives. It was originally the home of Beltrami Electric Cooperative, then the Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative, followed by Headwaters Federal Credit Union and TruStar. TruStar will handle the financing for the sale, Gasman said.
"It's exciting," he said. "It's even got a garage for a loading dock instead of (loading) piece-by-piece out of a truck."
The site also has adequate parking for shoppers, something the current store at 117 Third St. N.W. lacks. The new store will have triple the retail space of the current store.
Plans for the new store include using "green" building materials, expanded deli and restaurant space with in-store seating, classroom and meeting spaces, a certified community kitchen and addition product offerings.
"It'll mainly be natural foods, organic, and we hope to carry more local (products)," Gasman said.
He said Harmony also will also extend the WIC offerings, such as brand-name cereals.
In addition, Harmony will partner with KAXE Northern Community Radio of Grand Rapids, Minn. The public radio station will establish KBXE 90.5 FM with a studio in the former TruStar building alongside Harmony.
Gasman said the closing for the sale with TruStar is scheduled for July 8 with construction beginning in October and grand opening in April 2011 in time for the coop's 34th anniversary.
Harmony was started as a buying club situated in a downtown gas station near the Markham Hotel. It was incorporated in 1977 and moved into a former church, which now houses the St. Philip's Catholic Church Clothing Depot. The store moved to the current downtown location in 1991.


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Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Teaser Pulled by the MPAA!
by Alex Billington
June 6, 2008
Remember that short, hilarious teaser trailer for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno? Well the MPAA went ape shit and forced them to take it down. I never even knew it happened because I'd watched it a couple of times and had no need to revisit it. Smith mentions on his site News Askew that "the MPAA called and said we had to take it down." The reason? "Weinstein Co. (like most studios) is a signatory of the MPAA. As such, there are protocols involving trailers that we failed to follow." What a load of crap that is! My guess is this isn't the first MPAA incident involving Zack and Miri Make a Porno we'll see this year.
Kevin Smith goes on to explain that they never submitted the teaser trailer to the MPAA because they assumed since there was no real footage they didn't need to. And we all know what happens when you assume. Unfortunately since the vulgar content of this trailer would earn it a red band rating, they were not allowed to keep it up because there is no way to check the age of those who are watching it. Are you kidding me?! It wasn't that bad! Smith explains that this is the first time something like this has happened.
Turns out all promotional material for any film financed/distributed by a signatory of the MPAA has to be signed-off on by the MPAA - including internet-only materials. I never realized this, as it'd never been a problem in the past: we've been doing 'net-only teasers since "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" and nobody ever raised a red flag before (not even on the last flick, for which we also put up two 'net-only teasers in advance of the rated trailer). But I guess since the teaser was so, shall we say, racy… a rating was in order.
Oddly, the trailer still works for me over in our post. Smith says that Quick Stop Entertainment had to take down the trailer from their site for the time being and plans to get it back up as soon as the MPAA does approve the trailer. Now this is some serious bullshit here! I've learned to ignore some of the MPAA's insane decisions, but they've really gone too far! Sure the trailer wasn't for the inexperienced or immature by any means, but on the internet there is no way to restrict the age of viewers. What a shame!
Given the title of this movie contains the word "porno" and is literally about two friends who decide to make a porn movie, it's been under intense scrutiny since the start. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear of the MPAA clamping down on Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Not only that, but I'm sure we'll see activists and religious kooks alike come out of the woodwork when it actually hits theaters in October to protest its vulgar nature and obscene content. Oh the world we live in…
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The Elder Sister, 1869
William Bouguereau
Beck Building 220 McNair Gallery
William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) was one of the most successful artists of the nineteenth century. He was a graduate of Escole des Beaux-Arts, winner of the Prix de Rome, and a member of the French Academy. Bouguereau's early studies included anatomical dissections, historical costumes and archeology, later he studied painting in the academic style under Franccois-Edouard Picot. He was known for use of peasant girls and women in his paintings.
The Elder Sister was painted by Bouguereau in 1869. It became part of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston permanent collection in 1992 through a gift from an anonymous donor honoring their father.
When examining this piece of artwork one can easily recognize a young girl affectionately holding a sleeping younger sibling while surrounded by peaceful landscape. The tender look in the "elder sisters" eyes and her slight smile enhances the appearance of her feelings for the younger sibling.
There are two implied directional lines guiding your attention back toward the figures. One also separates the foreground from the background.
This piece of art is an oil painting on canvas measuring 97.2 x 130.2 (unframed). Bouguereau's use of small light brushstrokes creates a smooth surface giving the artwork an almost picture perfect quality. The brushstrokes used in the shirts neckline and sleeves, and in the skirt create implied texture. Including those in the sleeping sibling's hair creating a soft wispy appearance.
There are two sources of light in The Elder Sister. One is from the sky to the left of the "elder sister." This source illuminates the "elder sisters" left arm, lap, and right foot, casting a shadow on the ledge beneath were she is sitting. The second comes from the sky to the right casting a shadow on the "elder sisters" arm under the siblings head and the shrubbery on the lower right.
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The Bearcat 880 is pre-configured for Uniden's new 6-pin wireless, noise canceling technology. Your Bearcat 880 comes with an adapter to connect the radio's 6-pin microphone to a standard 4-pin microphone. The rear panel features a jack for external speaker and a jack for public address audio output. This radio comes with a 6 pin, wired noise-canceling mic, mobile bracket, DC power cord and mic clip. 6.3 x 2.2 x 6.3 inches. This radio requires 12 VDC at 2.2 Amps. Two year limited manufacturer's warranty.
The Bearcat 880 REFURB is a factory refurbished version (black). Complete with wired noise-canceling mic, mobile bracket, DC power cord and mic clip. A truly excellent value.
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Fall Decorating Ideas From the Dallas Arboretum
Get in the spirit of fall and savor the many ways to use gourds in your decorating scheme.
Tucked away in the beautiful White Rock Lake area of Dallas lies the Dallas Arboretum. This sprawling botanical garden has over 66 acres of plant life, sculptures and trails. The displays are changed four times per year to truly capture the beauty of each season.
Every fall the Arboretum pulls out the stops with deep, rich color, in-season plants, and, of course, plenty of pumpkins, squashes and assorted gourds. Included in the installation is an area with structures clad in pumpkins and gourds. It is both lovely and educational.
Sample the sights in this gallery of Arboretum images:
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Lexmark International Inc.
News about Lexmark International Inc., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Supreme Court Rules Patent Laws Can't Be Used to Prevent Reselling
The justices said that Lexmark International, which makes toner cartridges for its printers, could not stop another company from refilling and selling them.
May 30, 2017, Tuesday
Supreme Court to Hear Printer Cartridge Patent Case
Impression Products has been buying Lexmark ink cartridges to refill and resell them. Lexmark claims this infringes its patents.
December 2, 2016, Friday
Fund Chief Capitalizes on China's 'Split Personality' Economy
Weijian Shan of the fund management firm PAG is focusing his money on companies that can benefit from China's rising consumerism.
November 13, 2016, Sunday
Chinese Consortium Reaches Deal to Buy Lexmark
The American printing and software company has agreed to be sold for $3.6 billion to a group led by Apex Technology of China and PAG Asia Capital.
April 21, 2016, Thursday
Morning Agenda: MetLife Weighs Split of Retail Business
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NNCI REU Program at Montana State University
This program will take place at Montana State University, part of the MONT node of NNCI.
The active research groups of the Montana State University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department will offer up to 10 REU positions for summer 2017. The majority of the research projects will involve developing and using optical and acoustic techniques to understand the world around us. Project descriptions are provided at the program website. The REU program will run from May 30 - August 4. MONT REU participants will be encouraged and supported to attend the networked NNCI REU Convocation held at Georgia Tech Aug 6-8, 2017.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens, and full-time undergraduates. Participants will receive a $5,000 stipend, travel support to and from Bozeman, and lodging. Applications from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome.
Application Deadline: February 17, 2017
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A console application that reads 3D points with weights and computes the dual structure (a set of tetrahedral cells) of the additively weighted Voronoi diagram. The input can be a plain text file with xyzw-lines or a PDB XML file (for molecules), the output is an XML file.
The current version employs parallelism, spatial filters and Delaunay triangulation to achieve better performance.
The diagrams can be visualized in the Viewer application (Windows only), which can be downloaded separately (Files/Viewer.zip). Viewer is no longer developed.
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A Missouri man was imprisoned last year when officials realized he'd never actually served the 13-year sentence he'd been handed 14 years ago. But now he's a free man in the eyes of the law.
Cornealious "Mike" Anderson stayed out of prison for 13 years because of a clerical error. He spent the 13 years between sentencing and imprisonment setting his life straight, he said, and his lawyers argued he didn't deserve punishment now for a crime he committed before that rehabilitation.
A Change.org petition received almost 36,000 signers in support of releasing Anderson. The petition claims he was "ripped from his home" without warning.
And Monday, according to NBC, a judge agreed — saying Anderson has "been a good father ... been a good husband ... been a good taxpaying citizen of the state of Missouri."
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Anderson had been convicted for a 1999 armed robbery incident. After his appeals were denied, he tried to turn himself in. But because of a clerical error, he never went to prison until last July, when officials realized their error.
He was 23 when he was convicted. In the years since then, he got married and started a family, opened a construction business, became a youth football coach and volunteered at his church in Webster Groves. (Via KMOV)
ANDERSON: "It's been tough for my family ... Just so thankful, thank God for everything." (ViaKSDK)
After the decision freeing him, Anderson walked out of the courtroom with his wife, 3-year-old daughter and grandmother. (Via KFVS)
According to the Riverfront Times, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said the decision "appears to appropriately balance the facts as we understand them."
The victim of the armed robbery for which Anderson was convicted said he agrees with the logic behind the release. According to Anderson's attorney, a clerical mistake like this hasn't happened in Missouri since 1912.


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It's not like I've spent hours staring at my night-darkened ceiling contemplating the intricacies of Nintendo's greatest mascots' surnames. No, I usually use that time to imagine what it's like having the ability to fly. But the issue of the brothers Mario and Luigi's last names still does leave me feeling a little perplexed.
Is Mario's full name actually Mario Mario? Because, honestly, that would be as silly as it is amazing. The Super Mario Bros. movie pretty much coined that idea, but seeing as that idea is generally not considered canon this incoming fan theory's belief of why the brothers are known as the Mario brothers is pretty damn interesting. And sounds totally legit too.
Redditor wsw82 reckons the mystery behind their titles is due to the formalities of the Mushroom Kingdom.
One thing that's surprisingly consistent in the Mushroom Kingdom, is specific characters being named after their own species, with individual names being less common.
Toad of the Toads, Yoshi of the Yoshis, and any number of baddies are named that way. I think what may have happened, is that when Mario and Luigi first introduced themselves to the Mushroom Kingdom, likely to a group of Toads, Mario was the first to speak up and say "My name is Mario."
The Toads simply assumed Mario was his species name as well and dubbed the two brothers as Marios collectively. Hence The Mario Brothers.
See, not too bold is it? That'd be like us going up to a member of an extra-terrestrial race and being like "Hi, I'm Human. What's your designation?" But I digress.
In the comments of this particular theory, Redditor Thin-Man upped the ante somewhat when they discussed whether the Mushroom Kingdom's conventions for naming hail from a very familiar source:
Taking this further, could it be that residents of the Mushroom Kingdom use their species name first, and then their individual name after; much the same way that Japanese people use their surname first, and their given name after?
Or maybe having no surname is a barometer of badassery, like Pelé for example. He's pretty cool. I dunno...
What do you think?
Were the Mario brothers dubbed the 'Mario brothers' due to the formalities of the Mushroom Kingdom?
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If you are prone to developing intolerances, watch out for any worsening in symptoms .
1. Subcutaneous saline infusions - didn't help.
So for me, subcutaneous saline didn't work to alleviate any symptoms, and I've since spoken to other severe ME patients who have also had the same reaction.
A port a cath is basically a little pincushion installed just under the skin in your chest with a line straight to a blood vessel.


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The Metropolitan Opera: Iolanta & Duke Bluebeard's Castle Encore (NR)
Synopsis: The Met Opera's encore performance of Tchaikovsky's Iolanta / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle will be shown in select cinemas on Wednesday, February 18 at 6:30 p.m. in all time zones. Please note: not all cinemas showing the live transmission will present an encore showing.
On the heels of her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Bluebeard's Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both operas are directed by Mariusz Treli?ski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.
Genre: Program
Runtime: 03:40
Starring: Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Alexey Markov, Elchin Azizov, Alexei Tanovitski
Release Date: December 31st, 1969
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U.S. Lied, Declared Secret Agents Dead Military Was Trying To Save Money; Ex-Vietnam Commandos File Suit
Sun., June 9, 1996
Newly declassified government documents prove that the United States, after sending hundreds of Vietnamese commandos into North Vietnam during the 1960s, deliberately declared them dead, lied to their wives and then buried their story under a shroud of secrecy.
Nearly 300 of those secret agents survived capture, torture and prison and are alive in the United States. They are asking the government for back pay - $2,000 a year, without interest, for their prison time - and help in getting 88 fellow commandos out of Vietnam.
The documents, stamped "secret" or "top secret," were declassified last week after 14 months of news reports, diplomatic cables and legal documents supporting the commandos' claims.
They show how the United States, after training the commandos and sending them into North Vietnam on sabotage missions, literally wrote the men off, scratching their names one by one from a classified payroll. One such document lists 13 of the commandos as dead. Ten of the 13 are alive today.
Other documents greatly exaggerated reports of the deaths of a commando team that was code-named Scorpion. Radio Hanoi announced - and the CIA recorded that Scorpion's members were captured alive in June 1964. Nonetheless, the U.S. military declared them dead, paid their wives or families a death gratuity of about $4,000 and tried to forget about them.
"They didn't want to remember us, because we represent the failure of the United States in Vietnam," said Dang Cong Trinh, the team's deputy commander, who was among those written off as dead. Dang, 52, lives in a small, barred-window, triple-locked house in Rosemead, Calif., east of Los Angeles.
"The man who crossed my name out probably was someone back in Washington, D.C., who gave the South Vietnam government the authority to say to my family: 'Here's your money; don't bother us anymore,"' said Dang, who survived 15 years of physical and mental torture in prison.
The financial records of the doomed covert operation to infiltrate North Vietnam - known as OPLAN 34-A, launched in 1961 by the Central Intelligence Agency and taken over in 1964 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff - were declassified at the request of a lawyer, John Mattes, who is seeking $11 million in back pay for the nearly 300 living commandos.
Justice Department, Army and CIA lawyers opposing the request for back pay have called the documents irrelevant. They argued in a federal claims court on Thursday that the request could be rejected because secret contracts for covert operations were unenforceable.
Their legal basis is an 1875 Supreme Court decision, Totten vs. United States, which denied the estate of a Union spy back pay for his Civil War espionage. The court said, "Both employer and agent must have understood that the lips of the other were to be forever sealed."
If a contract with the commandos is unenforceable, the breach of faith is unconscionable, said Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., a Vietnam veteran.
"We are nickel-and-diming people who put their lives on the line in our nation's interest, whose existence we denied," he said in an interview. "The notion that a bunch of bureaucrats and insensitive legal eagles are going to stand in the way of principle and morality is a disgrace."
He said he would ask the Senate Armed Services Committee to find $11 million in the Pentagon's budget for the back pay.
"Somewhere out there, there's a golf course that can be sacrificed for principle," he said.
In 1961, the CIA's Saigon station, led by William E. Colby, began recruiting Vietnamese commandos, many of them Roman Catholics who fled the Communist North in the 1950s and knew the local dialects.
Those selected as airborne agents were schooled as saboteurs, trained in parachute drops and psychological warfare, and dropped into North Vietnam.
They never came back. In 1964, when colonels from the United States military's Special Operations Group in Vietnam took over the program, they found more than 200 missing agents on the payroll. Some were dead, but many had been captured alive and shackled in prisons.
In December 1965, the payroll documents show, the colonels began crossing off the names of agents who were alive - "declaring so many of them dead each month until we had written them all off," as Marine Col. John J. Windsor told the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a secret 1969 statement.
The military had a range of reasons and rationalizations, some less sensible than others, said Sedgwick Tourison, a former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst who wrote a book on the affair called "Secret Army, Secret War" (Naval Institute Press, 1995).
"One, we had fools running our covert operations" in Vietnam in the early 1960s, he said. "Two, we knew they had been captured, and they'd get their money if they ever came back, so if they were declared killed in action, it was no big deal. Three, we needed money for cross-border operations into Laos - so they killed off people to save money."


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Note: Speaking of modeling, I don't think UML is adequate to express first class abstractions. The reason is this. UML defines a set of fixed models (like class diagrams, sequence, activity, state etc) and a limited extension mechanism (such as stereotyping etc). Now to model first class abstractions for compiler such as Lex analyser or parser, one has to use one of the static models to express these concepts. It is like you are starting from implementation (like class diagrams) and going up the abstraction level (like stereotyping) to define the higher level abstractions. I believe, that is not the optimal way to do things. In essence, premise behind UML is that any model can be reduced or derived from the set of core models UML provides. I think this approach will not work and that's precisely the reason, folks are finding UML so difficult to use in practical scenarios.
Makes you think that we are only in the begining of understanding how to do things right, like don box said at the PDC, we are at 1987 comparing SOA to OO.


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By David Nakamura
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 10, 2011; 8:48 PM
PHOENIX - An oversized khaki jumpsuit draped on his slight frame, his hands cuffed and legs chained, Jared Lee Loughner shuffled into Courtroom 302 at the Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. District Courthouse here at just after 2 p.m. Monday. His head was shaved, his left eye socket was swollen and a small circular bruise was visible on his forehead.
After the dramatic way Loughner, 22, entered the public consciousness - allegedly spraying bullets into a crowd outside a Tucson grocery store Saturday, killing six and wounding 14 - his much-anticipated initial court appearance was far quieter.
Neither his family, nor those of the victims, was in the room. Judy Clarke, the high-profile public defender flown in from San Diego, guided Loughner to the defense table, patting him on the back. She pointed out the Arizona state seal above the judge's table.
"Are you okay?" she asked him. He nodded, a vacant, faraway look in his eyes.
Seventeen minutes later, it was over. He had been formally charged with five federal offenses, including two capital murder counts that could lead to the death penalty, as well as the attempted murder of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson, who called Loughner "a threat to the community," ordered him remanded to federal custody after Clarke waived a bail hearing, and Loughner was led out of the room by a U.S. marshal.
"Good luck, Mr. Loughner," Anderson said.
Loughner is scheduled to be back in court Jan. 24, but by then much might have changed. Clarke objected to any Arizona federal judge overseeing the case and to the state's U.S. attorney's office leading the prosecution, citing conflict of interest because of its presumed relationship with John Roll, the federal judge from Tucson who was among those killed in the shooting.
"We do have great concern about proceeding further than today with Arizona judges," she told Anderson.
Anderson said all Tucson district judges have already recused themselves and that he, too, would end his involvement after Monday's hearing. It was not immediately clear how the U.S. attorney's office will respond to Clarke's concerns. The prosecution's lead lawyer, Wallace Kleindienst, whose father Richard was attorney general under President Richard Nixon, did not address the matter Monday.
Legal experts said it is not uncommon for Ninth Circuit federal judges from outside the state to come to Arizona to preside over cases. They acknowleged that Roll was a well-respected peer whose death has rocked the tightly knit Arizona legal community.
"The loss of Judge Roll is huge," said Alan P. Bayham, Jr., president of the Arizona bar association. "Every lawyer knew of him. He was a State Court judge before. He was a federal judge and a prosecutor before that. The loss is just tremendous."
The Loughner that the public has come to know, an angry young man whose rambling YouTube videos about mind control and dreams made associates nervous and fearful of him, was hardly visible in court.
Loughner betrayed almost no emotion; he said little, answering "yes" to several procedural questions and reciting his name when asked to identify himself.
At one point, Anderson held up Loughner's financial disclosure form, which declared he had no resources to hire an attorney, and said he could not make out Loughner's signature. "I know how hard it is to write with handcuffs," Anderson noted dryly. In a courtroom full of a few dozen reporters, Clarke successfully moved to have the document placed under court seal.
Clarke is a well-respected public defender who led the defense of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and assisted in the case of confessed al-Qaeda operative Zacarias Moussaoui. Though she is not admitted to the Arizona bar, Clark, who is a member of the California bar, said she will file the appropriate paperwork this week. Anderson formally appointed her and a San Diego colleague, Mark Fleming, to the defense team.
Clarke wore a white knit sweater and seemed to act almost motherly toward her client, rubbing his back and patting his shoulder several times. When Anderson adjourned the hearing, she patted him one more time, then turned in the opposite direction as the U.S. marshal took her place and pointed the way for Loughner to his new life in federal prison.


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In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and kings with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling, from the hilarious 'Three Sillies' to the delightfully macabre 'Sammle's Ghost'.
Katherine M. Briggs has done a wonderful job of bringing all these old stories together.


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Oakland Raiders assistant trainer saves woman from sinking car
NFL people do all sorts of things during the one time of the year when there's actual time off -- the five-week period between the end of mandatory minicamps and the start of training camps in late July. Many will go on vacations with their families, while most rookies will stick around the facilities of their new teams and try to get a jump on the playbooks.
Then again, you could do what Oakland Raiders assistant athletic trainer Chris Cortez did, and save a Bay Area woman from a sinking car! This happened last Saturday, as Cortez, his wife and neighbor Taryn Griffin were driving past the Oakland estuary and saw a car starting to sink. Cortez gave all his stuff to his wife, and he and Griffin went into the "stinky water."
"We were driving home, and Taryn yelled out, 'There's a car in the water!" Cortez told Raiders.com. "We saw about eight cars on the road, and about 15 people standing out there and looking at the lady that was in the car, in the water, in the estuary ... We got the woman to roll down her window and the car started going under. Taryn, being the awesome swimmer that she is, dove right in and so I just went in right after her. And so did another individual, and we got her out of there without a scratch, which is pretty amazing."
Local media was not able to ascertain exactly why the woman had her car so far out in the estuary.
Griffin, who is a nurse, was ready for the challenge. Though as she said, she's used to more controlled environments.
"I couldn't just watch a lady drown," Griffin said. "I didn't know if she spoke English, because she wasn't responding. So, I was using sign language as best I could to tell her to roll down the window."
"It was more a reaction than sitting and thinking [about it]," Cortez said. "It goes along with our business that if something happens, we've got to be right on top of it. It was fortunate that we were there at that time."
Ever the careful professional, Cortez also mentioned that he and Griffin were observing one of the first rules of water safety. "We had already eaten, and it had been over 30 minutes, so we didn't catch any cramps in the water. We were fantastic!"
No argument here. Cortez did sustain minor injuries in the incident, but as any football guy would do, he shook it off.
"[I had] a couple scratches on my feet, but that's nothing compared to saving a life."
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By Victor Schwartzman
August 6, 2014
The last we heard of keeping track of implementing AODA and Ontario becoming accessible by 2025 was last December, when then Premier Wynne (who is still Premier Wynne) announced that Ontario would shorten the International Day on Disabilities by one hour a year until it ceased to exist. We now have the same Premier Wynne (except she is Obi Wynne Kenobi, all powerful because she has won a majority.)
More than one month after the Ontario election, and without all those other parties cluttering things up, the clock is ticking on AODA implementation. It is a reasonable question whether the Government which would not implement AODA when it was a minority will suddenly now implement it because it has a majority. Perhaps we should leave the answer to the philosophers.
But the Government is aware it must do something. A new independent review is currently underway. It will likely report what the first independent review reported that the Government's actions leave an enormous amount to be desired.
The answer to the question of what actions the new/old Government will now take, came when Minister Brad Duiguid, now responsible for AODA, announced that the Government has created a Countdown Clock on AODA implementation.
Normally, Countdown Clocks, such as the atomic scientists' Doomsday Clock, start close to midnight, indicating something bad will happen if people do not stop whatever it is they are doing. Since the 1947 Doomsday Clock, Countdown Clocks have become popular. Google has pages of them. The Government downloaded its Countdown Clock as a free app, which is why it occasionally shows advertising and the Government is now receiving emails from people in other countries who have money to give away and only want the Government's bank account number in return.
At a media conference to unveil the Clock, the Ontario Government called it The Not Yet Disability Clock. Given it is a countdown to when Ontario will become accessible, the Not Yet Disability Clock starts not just before midnight, but one minute after. "This is to give us enough time to complete access," Minister Duiguid said, "as the Not Yet Disability Clock ticks down the days, months and years to when Ontario finally meets the requirements of AODA."
Minister Duiguid pointed at the Clock, shown on a video screen. The Clock is digital and will when posted be on the Government's website. "Perhaps when you first look at the Not Yet Disability Clock, you will think that it is not ticking and the time is not changing. First, it is not ticking because it is a digital clock. Second, the time is changing, but very very slowly. The Not Yet Disability Clock is designed to work far more slowly than a normal clock, so it can realistically register the Government's progress in implementing AODA. For example, it will take about one month to complete one minute on the Clock.
"And you can set your watches on that, haha! But you probably shouldn't," Minister Duiguid added.
For nearly ten years the Ontario Government has done nearly nothing to implement AODA. Remarkably, no one kept track of how many days of nothing passed. Day followed day, with no one counting, for almost a decade. Now the Government at last will be keeping track of the nothing that it is doing.
Next: AODA II: The Column That Will Never Be Written
Victor Schwartzman contributes this weekly satiric column to Accessibility News nothing in these columns is true except what they are about. His graphic novel (where each chapter is one issue of a community newspaper) is serialized on the great Canadian lit site, http://www.redfez.net . He also contributes a monthly poetry review to http://www.targetaudiencemagazine.com . He has had poetry and short fiction published, and has edited novels. His email is email@example.com.