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I feel I must respond to Maggie Whitney's recent letter. Yes, Ashburnham voters said no to our school budget. However, Westminster voters said yes. The School Committee and I work for all of the students and taxpayers, not for those in one town.
We heard the Ashburnham voters and reduced the Ashburnham overage from the original $238,000 to $177,000. Last Tuesday, the budget was reduced again, bringing that number to $90,044. I expect this number may be cut further prior to the regional meeting.
We believe that these cuts together with the funds we are returning to both towns from the overage excess and deficiency and Chapter 70 should not raise taxes or require layoffs in Ashburnham.
Yes, we have more than $1 million in excess and deficiency funds, but we are not, as suggested, sitting on it. We have allocated $550,000 to this year's school budget to help offset the town's assessments and put another $500,000 into our capital account to pay for the needed equipment, and to fix long-standing drainage and storage problems at Oakmont Regional High School. We are not asking the towns to fund everything we need.
We are trying to maintain decent class sizes in all our schools and keep Oakmont on the top 10 percent of all high schools in the country as determined by U.S. News & World Report.
Mrs. Whitney mentions salaries as being a reason for the increase. Perhaps she doesn't know about our new teachers contract that reduces costs year after year and will add up to millions of dollars in savings over the next 10 years. Yes, times are tough. That's why the state gave us only $56,200 in new Chapter 70 education aid this year. This represents less than a .25 percent increase in our budget.
The bottom line is that until the state can provide the funds our schools need, it is up to the voters of each community to decide what kind of schools their children will attend.
superintendent, Ashburnham-Westminster
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E3 2012: Misc.
It's not all guns and fists out there, as the spread of genres this year can attest. Downloadable titles, Facebook games, sims, and strategy titles are in abundance at this year's E3. Sony Pub Fund darling and PlayStation Network exclusive Papo & Yo stands out with its deeply personal roots alongside Portal designer Kim Swift's charming puzzler Quantum Conundrum. Rumor has it new Nintendo games will be sneaking onto the show floor, many of them announced at last year's E3, such as Luigi's Mansion 2. This year at E3, we'll be sorting all of our news and previews from the event into easily consumable genre streams. This round-up of expected games kicks off our miscellany stream. Of course, you'll still be able to follow our coverage of the big press conferences, show floor spectacles and everything in between - but if you're only interested in one genre, you'll be able to find news on the games you care about under a single category. For now, check out some of the biggest titles we're expecting to see at E3 2012 that don't fall under a major category, and make sure to mention in comments the ones we didn't include.
'Portal 2 In Motion' blurs the line between your Portal gun and you
Down the right-hand side of Sony's E3 booth were waves of wrist-flapping and bicep-jerking while E3 attendees tested Portal 2's motion controls.
This is the new iteration of the game as imagined by developer Sixense, which results in one of the better uses of the Move controller as a whole - a literal interpretation of the Portal gun that begins to break down the divide between the controller and the game's puzzle solving weapon.
We learned one week before E3 hit that Portal 2 would be getting Move support and a level pack later on in the year. The Move DLC, which was christened Portal 2 In...
'Orgarhythm' blends 'Pikmin,' 'Patapon,' and 'World of Warcraft' on the Vita
Game developer Tak Hirai is no stranger to mixing videogames and music. Once known primarily for his work on Shenmue, Hirai went on to help create such beat-heavy classics as Space Channel 5 and Meteos. Now Hirai runs his own studio, Neilo, and is preparing to release its first Vita game, that difficult-to-describe Orgarhythm.
In their efforts to give me a quick pitch of what Orgarhythm is, representatives from Xseed describe it as "Pikmin meets Patapon meets World of Warcraft." So what does that mean in practice? At first glance, Orgarhythm looks like a straight-forward real-time strategy...
Wonderbook finally makes reading worthwhile
Sure, you know you should be reading. All your friends keep saying how inspired they were by Eat, Pray, Love or Tuesdays With Morrie or The Bible, but to you, it all seems to be just staring at a bunch of squiggles on a page! Is that really the best way to spend this precious gift of life? We submit it is not.
Luckily, Sony used its E3 keynote to announce the Wonderbook, an augmented reality application for the PS Move that makes those boring squiggles into a toy begging to be played with.
SCEE's Dave Ranyard walked us through the Wonderbook's first application, the Harry Potter-themed...
THQ sets its sights on Red Dead Redemption, Skyrim
Saints Row the Third sold more than four million copies when it was released last fall to mostly positive reviews. But Jason Rubin, the recently appointed president of THQ, says he expects more from the developers who made it and the company that released it.
More from Volition and THQ not because Saints Row the Third didn't sell, or didn't garner positive reviews, but more because he knows both can do better.
"Why couldn't that be a Red Dead Redemption or a Skyrim?" he said. "I look at that title and I say, 'Who cares what it is and why it got to be what it is? From that team we can make...
BBC's growing gaming interest spurs new Jane Austen fiction
A new bit of Jane Austen fiction hits e-readers later this year thanks to the BBC and its growing interest in video games.
"State of Affairs" will tell the story of a niece of Jane Austen's coming to the novelist's estate after her death in a quest to find the manuscript for Persuasion, a novel that was published posthumously in 1818.
The short story was created by one of BBC Worldwide's game writers to run in concert with the release of the company's upcoming Jane Austen Facebook game: Jane Austen Rogues & Romance.
Robert Nashak, executive vice president of digital entertainment and games...
'Papo & Yo' might make you cry
If you've been paying attention, you know there's a personal backstory behind Papo & Yo that's far more on the nose than in most games. If you haven't been paying attention, read our feature and catch up. It's worth it.
Now that the game's getting close to launch, developer Minority has invited local players in to test the game, and according to creative director Vander Caballero, some of them have ended it in tears.
At E3 this year, though, Minority brought a new slice of the game that stays away from the emotional aspects and focuses on puzzle solving. Lead character Quico runs around a...
The uphill battle of 'Happy Wars'
Happy Wars, the upcoming action arena battler from ToyLogic, faces problems a number of Xbox Live Arcade titles have faced over the last few years.
I think I get what ToyLogic is going for. The characters are cute, and mutter meme-y taunts and laments as they fight and win – or not – and the clear influence of tower defense titles and battle arena games like DOTA is present. The difference being a matter of approachability: Happy Wars is so lighthearted and simple that anyone should be able to jump in and give the game a go.
But I'm not sure who's going to stick around. Combat is simple...
'A Mother's Inferno' is a terrifying trip through one woman's personal hell
The game begins on a moving train, but this train is anything but ordinary. A ride for a mother and son takes a terrifying turn when a demonic entity absconds with the child. The mother, armed with only a shard of broken glass, must pass through the train cars, which are often filled with more otherworldly things than seats. She must decapitate corpses, kill fierce creatures, and do physical harm to her own person if she ever wants to see her son again.
A Mother's Inferno is a free-to-play first-person horror game for PC, developed by students from The National Academy of Digital...
'The Unfinished Swan's' second level is water-based
If you read Chris Plante's preview of The Unfinished Swan last month, you may recall that the game begins in a pure white room, and players find their way around by throwing ink blobs at the walls so they can see where they're going.
You may also remember that his story ended at the conclusion of the game's opening, at which point the development team teased that there would be many levels in the game, each using its own mechanic.
At E3 today, Giant Sparrow game designer Ben Esposito demonstrated a brief look at the second of those, where water blobs replace your paint blobs, and you can...
Songlines creation-myth sandbox for Kinect invokes the sublimity in humanity
Songlines, a Kinect game featured at this year's E3 IndieCade, weaves a colorful story of world creation. Players take on the role of a rainbow-riding deity from indigenous Australian creation myth to sculpt a habitable world using body gestures.
The game is based on Australian aboriginal mythology and is a retooling of the culture's creation story. The artwork and music are influenced by the aborigine traditions, with its frequently-present pattern of swirling circles and concentric dotted lines modeled after ancient cave paintings discovered on the continent.
Designer Samantha Vick and...
Video: Dyad, an insane racing game that's 'pure hyperbole'
Imagine: You've just entered the E3 show floor and you're instantly awash in lights and sound. From every corner of the cavernous West Hall, bass pounds and strobes flash. Finally you make it from the carnival of stimulation to the relative calm of the PlayStation booth only to find that your first appointment is the absurdly colorful, hallucinatory madness of PSN exclusive trip-racer Dyad.
"It's a bizarre, insane, strange racing game with the weirdest music and most awesome gameplay ever," said developer Shawn McGrath. Big talk, but is he sure the game can back it up? "Absolutely. The game...
Team17 opens a fresh can of 'Worms Revolution'
Kevin Carthew has worked on the Worms series for 14 years. During this time 19 Worms games have spawned their wriggly selves from the ground to make the series an iconic turn-based strategy staple on PC, console, and mobile devices everywhere. But as the series ages, Carthew is determined keep Worms wriggly and relevant, and he plans on doing that with Worms Revolution.
"The history of the brand is kind of a strange one," Carthew told Polygon at E3. "We've made a lot of Worms games and sometimes those games have been re-releases of the original title. With Worms Revolution, we're conscious...
SimCity multiplayer lets players share their energy, population and smog
SimCity's multiplayer component represents a new kind of multiplayer interaction altogether; one that deals less with cause and effect, and more with decision and prolonged repercussion.
Those two things might sound synonymous, but there are some subtle intricacies. In fact, all of SimCity's multiplayer interactions are subtle. Whenever you connect your city with that of a friend — a pact which places them in relatively close proximity on a much larger map — the decisions each of you make will affect the other in oftentimes indiscernable ways.
A hands-off demo at EA's E3 booth...
'Jet Set Radio' plays great on the PSVita
Beloved action-platformer Jet Set Radio is getting the HD-conversion treatment with a port for PSN, XBLA, and Steam later this year. At E3 Polygon got a chance to toy around with the Vita version, and so far it's looking pretty good.
The new Jet Set Radio uses the source code for the original, spruced up with a bit of tinkering to make it work in widescreen HD. The version used is the De La Jet Set Radio deluxe edition released only in Japan. The camera has also been expanded to include a wider gameplay area.
The game looks and sounds just like the classic, with the added bonus of featuring...
'Dance Central 3' brings the throwdown to your living room
Dance Central 3 was announced yesterday at Microsoft's E3 press conference. The title boasts over 40 new songs as well as the ability to import tunes from Dance Central and Dance Central 2.
Today we got a chance to go head-to-head with our peers in Dance Central 3's new multiplayer face-off mode. Up to eight players divide into two teams as evenly as possible for a battle-royale of moves. The Kinect snaps a photo of each team and will randomly select a member from each group to face-off in battle. Each round consists of a dance mini-game, and the player with the highest points at the end...
'Pikmin 3' is a return to, well, 'Pikmin'
After Nintendo's official debut of PIkmin 3 at its E3 2012 press conference, we took some time at their booth to make sure it wasn't just a figment of our imagination.
The core ideals of Pikmin remain 100% unchanged in this latest installment. It's still about controlling a crowd of tiny, colorful, ant-looking creatures, commanding them to battle larger beings and break down walls in a variety of garden environments.
The basic control scheme uses the Wii MotionPlus controller and the nunchuk, guiding pikmin with your cursor or throwing them into enemies and obstacles with the A button. The...
'Game & Wario' brings all-new irreverent mini-games to Wii U
Nintendo's less lovable mascot Wario will have a new game prepped for the launch window of the Wii U, Nintendo announced today. Game & Wario, a working title that softly puns on Nintendo's Game & Watch series, will give future Wii U owners a new sackful of mini-games – not micro-games, mind you – that span a variety of play styles.
Game & Wario focuses solely on using the Wii U GamePad for a collection of games that "retain the original flair and character" of the WarioWare series.
Among the games confirmed for Game & Wario include: "Arrow" which uses the GamePad as a high-tech bow and...
'Pokemon Conquest' trailer shows fuedal Pokemon-on-Pokemon action
Nintendo released a new trailer for Pokemon Conquest this morning following the company's E3 press conference.
The trailer demonstrates how battles are set up and how to capture and train Pokemon. The game requires players to form special "Links" with their Pokemon in order to harness their power and use them in battle. Players must use their team of creatures to defeat powerful warlords and conquer their lands.
'Sing' bringing karaoke to Wii U
The Wii U will be getting a new karaoke franchise called Sing. Developed by FreeStyleGames, the makers of DJ Hero, Sing allows friends to gather around the TV and make fools of themselves across a variety of pop songs.
Nintendo premiered the game during the company's 2012 E3 press conference. The debut trailer showed off the ability to read lyrics off the Wii U GamePad, so that singers can stand at the front of the room, facing out into their friends as they belt their hearts out. The trailer also showed off a Wii U-friendly microphone attachment.
Sing is currently a working title, so the...
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon confirmed for Nintendo 3DS
At Nintendo's E3 press conference this morning, the company confirmed Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for release on Nintendo 3DS this holiday season.
Luigi will journey through several new mansions, strategically capturing different types of ghosts along the way. The game has been rendered in 3D and will make use of the 3DS' motion technology.
Wii Fit U shown at Nintendo's E3 press briefing
At Nintendo's E3 press briefing this morning, the company showed the latest version of its popular Wii Fit series, and the first for Wii U. <i>Wii Fit U</i> will include new events as you would expect, and takes things one step further by letting players upload data from an external device; in the presentation, a woman uploaded data from a run into the system to sync up with her in-game stats.
A video in the presentation showed the same woman moving on the Wii Fit Balance Board to jump on a trampoline in the game, a man holding the Wii U controller in front of himself to simulate using a...
'Scribblenauts Unlimited' announced for Wii U
Scribblenauts Unlimited will bring the word-based puzzle-platformer to Nintendo's Wii U console, 5th Cell just revealed during Nintendo's E3 2012 press conference.
Scribblenauts Unlimited allows players to use the Wii U tablet to create their own objects, and then register them in the series' trademark magic notebook. A trailer showed a player (and two players!) combining objects and assets to add their own creations — like a dog that's also a car. Scribblenauts will also have multiplayer, though that mode was not detailed.
The trailer also teased a 3DS version of the game.
'New Super Mario Bros. U' announced by Nintendo
At Nintendo's E3 press conference this morning, the company confirmed New Super Mario Bros. U for the company's upcoming Wii U console.
The game is similar to Super Mario Bros. Wii but features several additional mechanics. One player participates with the tablet controller while up to four other players use Wii motes. The player using the tablet can tap on the tablet's screen to create platforms for the other players to jump on. Once a platformer has been jumped on it begins to shrink away. The game can also be transferred between the television to the tablet controller.
There is also a...
'Pikmin 3' announced for Wii U
At Nintendo's E3 press conference this morning, the company announced a brand new Pikmin game for the Wii U.
Pikmin 3 utilizes the enhanced resolution of the Wii U to show Pikmin in greater details. Pikmin can find objects to build bridges, and new animations make the Pikmin appear even more like tiny, live ants.
A new rock Pikmin was introduced. Rock Pikmin can break objects. The motion technology of the Wii U allows accurate positioning and throwing of Pikmin at enemies.
The tablet controller will always display the game's map, deepening strategies in placing and controlling your...
J.K. Rowling's 'Book of Spells' coming to AR peripheral Wonderbook for PlayStation Move
Channeling 2010's Eyepet, Sony announced a new platform for PlayStation Move tonight with Wonderbook. A sort of delivery system for interactive storytelling, the big news in this announcement is Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's involvement. Rowling is bringing Pottermore, the online expanded universe of Harry Potter to the platform with Book of Spells, an interactive wizarding simulation.
Players use an AR compatible tablet as the titular book and a Move controller as their wizard's wand to perform various magical actions.
Sony also announced that Moonbot Studios, comprised of...
'LittleBigPlanet 2' playable with PS Vita in new cross-platforming DLC
Sony announced at its E3 press conference this evening a new DLC for LittleBigPlanet 2 that will make the game playable with the PS Vita.
The cross-platforming DLC will allow simultaneous multiplayer co-op using the PS Vita and the traditional dualshock controller. The Vita grants players a unique tilting option when navigating and creating levels. The Vita will display a different on-screen perspective from its PS3 counterparts, but both players will be working towards the same level objective. The DLC will also include new story mode elements, costumes, stickers, decorations, and objects...
'Rabbids Land' revealed during Ubisoft E3 press conference, coming to Wii U
Rabbids Land is coming to the Wii U according to an announcement during today's Ubisoft E3 press conference.
The upcoming Rabbids title, revealed in a trailer, joins the growing roster of Wii U games developed by Ubisoft, including YourShape and Sports Connection.
Rabbids Land was initially rumoured in May when a job listing for a game title Rabbids Party Land was spotted on a developer's resume online. The game has since gone through a title change.
Just Dance 4 dancing to Wii U
Ubisoft will bring its bestselling dancing game to the Wii U this holiday. The publisher announced that the next big entry, Just Dance 4, will be released for Nintendo's Wii U - and the plain old Wii, of course - later this year.
Expect much of the same feel-good dancing to pop tunes fun, with a few new additions, including something called "Puppet Master" mode, which appears to let the person piloting the Wii U game pad control the action while others shake Wii Remotes. The Wii U version promises standalone gameplay for those dancing with themselves.
You might also expect a Flo Rida tune...
Peter Molyneux unveils new iOS game 'Curiosity,' first full title to hit within three years
Peter Molyneux today revealed his first game with new studio 22 Cans, titled Curiosity.
Curiosity focuses on the act of breaking cubes into smaller blocks, and breaking those blocks into smaller pieces. The game will release on iOS and PC within the next six weeks.
"You're presented with this white room. In the middle of the white room is a black cube," he said to GameTrailers. "If you touch on that black cube, you'll zoom into it. This black cube is made up of millions of tiny little cubes. You can tap away at that cube.
"As you're doing that, these words will come up: 'Curiosity, what is...
'Sim City Social' announced for Facebook
Sim City Social is coming to Facebook, EA Maxis announced today during the EA E3 press conference.
This casual take on Sim City was originally rumoured in May, after EA registered domain names for the upcoming title.
Sim City Social marks EA's push into the world of casual gaming, following the release of Facebook title The Sims Social in 2011.
The game is scheduled to release later this month.
Gore Verbinski and Microsoft announce 'Matter'
As part of a series of three new game announcements in Microsoft's E3 press briefing this morning, the company announced a new game called Matter from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski. A brief trailer showed a Portal-like aesthetic and shape-shifting environments, but we know little about what the game will include beyond that, nor which studio is developing the game.
Given that Microsoft announced it alongside games from Signal Studios and Twisted Pixel, it seems possible that Matter will be an Xbox Live Arcade game rather than a retail title, but we don't have platform...
E3 2012: The Rest
It's not all guns and fists out there, as the spread of genres this year can attest.
Downloadable titles, Facebook games, sims, and strategy titles are in abundance at this year's E3. Sony Pub Fund darling and PlayStation Network exclusive Papo & Yo stands out with its deeply personal roots alongside Portal designer Kim Swift's charming puzzler Quantum Conundrum. Rumor has it new Nintendo games will be sneaking onto the show floor, many of them announced at last year's E3, such as Luigi's Mansion 2.
This year at E3, we'll be sorting all of our news and previews from the event into easily...
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|2008, 2nd round, 31st pick by Patriots
Report: Bills NT Williams out for season
Bills NT Kyle Williams, who has not played since Week Five because of a foot injury, is reportedly expected to miss the rest of the season.
Bills add CB Wheatley to active roster
The Bills have promoted CB Terrence Wheatley to their 53-man roster and released TE David Martin.
Jaguars make roster move
The Jaguars have signed QB Todd Bouman and placed CB Terrence Wheatley on injured reserve.
Jaguars make roster moves
The Jaguars signed OT Adam Terry, CB Terrence Wheatley and WR John Matthews. They waived QB Todd Bouman, OL Erik Pears and Landon Cohen.
Patriots place starting CB Bodden on I.R.
The Patriots made a surprising announcement Tuesday, placing starting CB and eight-year veteran Leigh Bodden on injured reserve.
Sweed will have to earn playing time
Although the trade of Santonio Holmes opens the door to more playing time for WR Limas Sweed, our AFC Whispers indicate that the third-year receiver will have to earn the PT.
Wheatley is on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.||||||| He has played one game this season and did not record a tackle.
Wheatley has been placed on injured reserve with a wrist injury.||||||| Wheatley played in six games with one start for the Patriots this season. After being used in a reserve role in five of the Patriots' first seven games this season, Wheatley made his first NFL start against Indianapolis on Nov. 2 but left that game due to a wrist injury.
The New England Patriots signed second-round pick Terrence Wheatley on Tuesday.||||||| The cornerback Wheatley started 28 games in four seasons at Colorado and had 14 interceptions, two for touchdowns. He is in a large group of players with a chance to replace star cornerback Asante Samuel, who left for Philadelphia as a free agent. The other starting cornerback, Ellis Hobbs, is coming off offseason surgeries on his left shoulder and for a sports hernia.


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A report in today's Sydney Morning Herald has outlined concerns over the treatment of migrants holding 457 visas. The concern, expressed by unions is that 457 visa holders are being sacked as employers try to cut costs during the financial crisis, but rather than returning to their home countries, they are trying to find work in Australia's black market. The reason for this is that many of them owe significant money to migration agents which they do not currently have.
Under the regulations of the 457 visa, these migrants have 28 days to find a new job with an employer who will sponsor to fill a position that is eligible for the visa. This, along with the fact that they can not receive unemployment benefits (even if some of them may been here for a number of years and paid thousands of dollars in taxes) means that they are extremely desperate to find a new job, and are therefore likely to take any employment they can find. Nevertheless, this is the best possible outcome for them, their employment may still be monitored by the government to ensure they are receiving the required wages and are not being extremely exploited. The concern is for those who have to work in the blackmarket. They are no longer monitored by the government, and their employer can hold the threat of telling the government about them (and thus deportation) over their head. The risks of exploitation are extremely high.
Related to this issue (but not reported by the Sydney Morning Herald) is the relationship between unemployment and the number of 457 visas granted. In October 2008 the Chris Evans, the immigration minister, told a Senate Estimates Committee that:
One would expect, if the demand for labour was reducing, then demand for workers under the 457 scheme would reduce as well. It is purely employer nominated and not government controlled other than the approval processes. It stands to reason that, if economic activity was to come off and demand from employers for temporary labour was to come off, then the numbers on the 457 scheme would come off. You would expect there to be a direct relationship.
This was seen, and rightfully so, that the government's expectation was for the number of 457 visas granted to fall in 2008/09, particularly from the record highs in 2007/08. This is appears to be confirmed by the reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, but the data tells a different story.
The economic data for the second half of 2008 definitely shows the economy slowing, with unemployment rising. The latest labour force data shows unemployment rising to 4.5 per cent (seasonally adjusted) in December 2008, up from a low of 3.9 per cent in February 2008. The changes in various labour force indicators between July and December 2008 are as follows (data in brackets is for the corresponding time a year earlier):
- the unemployment rate has risen by 0.2 percentage points (-0.1 percentage points);
- employment has risen by 35,800 (+134,300);
- unemployment has risen by 18,600 (-5,500); and
- the participation rate has fallen by 0.3 percentage points (+0.3 percentage points).
These indicators show a slowing economy. Even the most positive of these outcomes, a growth in employment is well below that experienced a year earlier (and hides the massive shift from full-time to part-time employment). If these indicators are reflecting what is happening in the labour force (and there are legitmate concerns over this), one would expect the number of 457 visas granted to have also fallen. However, data released by the immigrationhas shown that this has not happened. In the first half of 2008/09, 29,630 primary 457 visas have been granted (these are the visas given to those who meet the occupational requirements and are sponsored, their families are granted secondary 457 visas). Significantly, this is a 14.8 per cent increase on the same period the year before. Rather than the downturn in the labour market, that is clearly indicated by the labour force data, leading to a reduction in the number of 457 visas being granted, there has actually been a significant increase. If this increase continues for the rest of the year, 126,934 457 visas will have been granted. The only state to show a reduction was NSW (a fall of 1.3 per cent), while the other states with significant numbers of 457 visa holders have increased: Queenland (+40.1 per cent); Victoria (+7.9 per cent); and WA (+25.4 per cent). It appears that employers may be turning to guest workers to fill positions during the financial crisis because they see them as a cheaper option than domestic workers.
What does not quite fit is the report in the Sydney Morning Herald today regarding the number of 457 visa holders being sacked and then entering the underground labour market. One explanation may be that businesses, in an attempt to cut costs are sacking large portions of their workforce (see for example BHP). Included in these sackings are probably quite a number of 457 visa holders, who possibly signed contracts a number of years ago with relatively good wages. These businesses may then be hiring more 457 visa holders, thus increasing the number of visas granted, to replace their old migrant workers and their Australian workers.
What is clear is that the government's statements about falling numbers of 457 visas being granted due to the financial crisis are untrue. While the Australian labour market has been shedding full-time jobs, the number of 457 visas granted has continued to soar. Employers see them as a cheap source of labour, and have continued to hire. The report in today's Sydney Morning Herald also shows how precarious the life of 457 visa holders in Australia is, and the risk of exploitation that haunts them. While the Australian Government continues to administer and promote a migration program that gives employers so much power over workers, employers will continue to access it to cut costs and increase profits. These workers should not have to rely on employers to maintain their visas, and should be allowed to come to Australia to work if they wish, for as long as they wish, with all of the protections that Australian workers enjoy.
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If you can't trust your bank?
This ain't funny no mo. I am a co-signer on my mother's checking account. Also executor and administrator. She is 2000 miles away and in failing health. It is necessary for me to pay her bills by e-bank. I made application three weeks ago. Last week I called and ask why I had nor received the password. Moving forward.... the bank ask me to fill out another application. Called again and the said I had the wrong address please fill out another application. Called again and they said I had the wrong zip code. I pulled up the copies of the applications (3) and the computer log. Called again ( I'm losing patience now) and told the bank everything on the applications (3) was correct. We'll check into it. I got a call back and the said they had corrected the correct errors out of the goodness of the bank. I thanked them and ask what next. They said I should have a conformation within seven days via USPS. Banks never make mistakes right? Banks always have good customer service right? Guess where this bank is going when I have to fly out there to straighten out their mistakes. Rant over.
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Re: If you can't trust your bank?
Dan it can get frustrating at times can't it.
"Life's tough.It's even tougher if you're stupid."
- John Wayne
" We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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Banks (and every other business) are only as good as the people they hire.
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Re: If you can't trust your bank?
The most trying times for bank customers has to be during a merger between two banks, specifically from when the staff reduction is announced up to and through the consolidation.
Anyone displaced to other locations, departments, etc don't feel like doing a lot, the ones losing their jobs even less.
A bad time to finance a house or deal with a relative's business by telephone.
Re: If you can't trust your bank?
Got another call. Bank, you're s/s number is wrong please try again. Me, how would you know if is wrong? Bank, I'm not authorized to give that information please try again.
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Re: If you can't trust your bank?
Dan, I think it's time to find another bank.
"We don't need to think more,
we need to think differently."
-Albert Einstein
Re: If you can't trust your bank?
Dan it's not only banks i bought a suv from a lady whose father was deceased she had power of attorney and the will had already been settled after three trips to the NC.DMV we finally got the title transferred to me.
Re: If you can't trust your bank?
Not funny but I went to the DMV with a woman who's husband died over a year prior. She had the title to his truck, his death cert. their marriage lisc. and paperwork showing the estate was settled. The man buying the truck was there with the cash and the woman behind the counter said " we can't transfer the title to the new buyer until your husband signs the title over to you or the new buyer Maam" As soon as the supervisor (who was standing there) got over her slight heart attack, she took care of the title transfer. They actually walk this earth.
Hope you get things straightened out Dan. Grump
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Re: If you can't trust your bank?
I'm using USAA now. NO problems. good timely responses and a fine web presence.
Re: If you can't trust your bank?
I signed up and pay by bills through my banks on-line banking system. Since I'm a senior I don't have to pay the $5.00 service charge. Since I started about a year ago, they've been charging me the $5.00 each month. I let them know and their fix is, charging me the $5.00 then crediting me $5.00 on the same day. Called and asked why they don't just delete the charge from the my account so it doesn't appear every month. I won't even go into the reason why they can't. I'm still trying to figure it out!
Always try the easiest thing first.
Re: If you can't trust your bank?
I can explain it to you in four words. THEY DON'T KNOW HOW!
What they do know is how to credit your account so that's what they do. You would think that your bank has a considerable number of seniors that this applies to. So either they are hoping the customer doesn't notice and they make $5 from each one that doesn't. Or somebody hasn't figured out to check the box in your account information that says "Brent's a senior don't bill him the $5".
I think I would inquire about opening a new account (not telling them you already have one). When you talk to the person who does that, ask them about the $5 fee. When they say you don't have to pay it since you're a senior tell them that you'll save them some time setting up your new account if they would just fix the old one for you.
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STOURBRIDGE'S Quarry Park Road has been named one of the top ten most expensive streets in the Midlands.
Boasting average property prices of £921,000, the desirable road sits at number five on the list - published by Lloyds Bank - which is topped by The Ridgeway in Leicester where homes typically cost £1,671,000.
The list was compiled using post codes supplied by Royal Mail and based on transaction prices recorded on the Land Registry website between January 2008 and October 2013.
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Experience the rhythm and vibrancy of Dakar with its bustling open-air markets, historical colonial architecture and French influences. Visit the African Renaissance Monument standing taller than the Statue of Liberty. Look for embroidered cloth, lace, and silk to turn into traditional robes called boubou. Try bissap, the local tea made with hibiscus, sugar and water. Browse through the gallery and gardens of L'Institut Francais. Savor a café au lait and pastry as you revel in the syncopated rhythm of this dynamic city.
The following Shore Excursions are available for this port on this cruise, and may be reserved beginning 240 days before the cruise begins for guests receiving Concierge amenities, and 180 days before the cruise begins for all other guests. Guests receiving Concierge amenities will receive a 5% discount off of the prices shown below for Regent Choice tours.
See one of Senegal's most amazing natural wonders: the Pink Lake - and delve deeply into the culture of the nearby villages.
Drive by coach from the pier, through the Niayes greenbelt to a village inhabited by the Wolof, one of the largest ethnic groups in Senegal. Nearby, you will behold the Pink Lake, also referred to as Retba. The color, which depending on the light may become purplish, derives from an aquatic microorganism and the lake's high salt content, which forms a white ring along the shoreline.
After boarding a 4X4 truck, you will tour the lake, sand dunes and some neighboring villages, where you might mingle with the salt harvesters. You will also drive on the beach where the famed Paris-Dakar car rally ends. Then, savor a traditional Senegalese lunch at the Keur Salim restaurant on the lake's northern shore.
To learn even more about the fascinating culture of Senegal, you will visit the village of Kounoune. After being honored in a welcome ceremony, you will watch a performance of traditional dances and friendly wrestling matches between some young villagers. As a parting gesture, the villagers will sing a touching farewell song.
Rejoining your coach, you will drive back to the pier, taking in the lovely sights along the way.
Please note: This tour includes approximately 2-hours of moderate walking/standing, some of it over uneven terrain and natural surfaces. The tour is not available to wheelchair guests and those with mobility concerns are cautioned to evaluate their personal level of stamina and ability. Light-weight clothing; sun caps; sunglasses; sunscreen and flat, comfortable walking shoes are suggested. Shorts are not allowed.
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- bedrooms 6
- baths 4
- sleeps 14
- pool yes
- hot tub no
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Indian Creek
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$ 980 - $ 1,330 / week
$ 2,500 - $ 4,000 / month
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Our Gala Villa, the villa for vacation to Disney, is situated on one of the closest residential estates to Disney World. The villa located in Indian Creek community, in the Kissimmee-Orlando area, is just 3 miles from Animal Kingdom, and dozens of other fun family parks and attractions.
Our quality, luxury Gala Villa is reasonably priced compared to the brand name resorts in the Disney World area, but offer first class amenities the crowded Kissimmee-Orlando hotels can't come close to.
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The villa is a 6 bedroom, and 4 bathroom single family house which you hardly find in Indian Creek. Even around Kissimmee area, it is hard to find a 6 bedroom villa to accommodate a large group of families. The villa can sleep 12 in comfort. It is suitable for 2 or even 3 families.
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- Fully air-conditioned
- Free high speed Internet
- DVD Player
- CD Player
- Free local, and long distance calls
- Ceiling fans
- Smoke detectors
- Bed linen, towels and even beach towels provided
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Private pool with privacy fencing
- Cable TVs with more than 70 channels to choose from
- TVs in living room, all bedrooms, and game room
- Play Station 2 with lots of games
- Combi Pool Table / Table Tennis, Air Hockey
- Much larger yard to play
- Hair dryers available in bathrooms
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two children's playgrounds, tennis courts, open soccer field, jogging circuit and small putting green all free to Indian Creek guests.
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There are many activities you can do while in Orlando area besides the Disney Theme Parks. There are many entertainments for all ages. And best part, they are all within short distance from our villa in Indian Creek, Kissimmee.
Theme Parks
Disney Parks
Discovery Cove
Universal Studios
Cypress Gardens
Universal's Islands of Adventure
Kennedy Space Center
Silver Springs
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Water Parks
Disney's Blizzard Beach
Wet 'n Wild
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon
Golf Clubs In The Area
Kissimmee Golf Club
Stoneybrook Golf Club
Celebration Golf Course
Highlands Reserve Golf Club
Mystic Dunes Golf Course
International Golf Club
Falcon's Fire Golf Course
Lake Orlando Golf Club
Kissimmee Golf Club
Dinner Shows & Nightlife
Universal City Walk
Disney's Hoop Dee Doo Review
Arabian Nights
Disney's Spirit of Aloha Show
Disney's Pleasure Island
Sleuths Mystery Dinner Show
Downtown Disney
Medieval Times
Disney's BoardWalk
Pirates Dinner Adventure
SeaWorld Makahiki Luau
Cocoa Beach – 55 miles
Festival Bay
Premium Outlets
Winn Dixie
LBV Factory Stores
vacation rental rates
Low Season: Jan, May 1- May 20, September, excluding Holidays, $140 daily / $980 weekly
Mid Season: Feb, May 20- June 10, November 1 - Dec 15, excluding Easter, Thanksgiving, $150 daily / $1050 weekly
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Owner Jerry Richardson and Rivera will sit down on Saturday, according to Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer. The Panthers are then expected to meet with general manager candidates. New York Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross and senior pro personnel analyst Dave Gettleman are both expected to interview. It's very possible we won't know Rivera's future until the Panthers hire a general manager.
Person's best guess is that Rivera will stick around with a first-time general manager. In that scenario, Rivera would likely need a playoff appearance to stick around for another season. It's the same situation Lovie Smith faced in Chicago this year.
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Punked-Up Beauty Looks
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Elle Fanning
Makeup artist Erin Ayanian wanted to match the Fanning sisters' makeup to their Rodarte dresses. For Elle, that meant "tribal." Inspired by two films from the '80s--Ladies and Gentlemen and The Fabulous Stains--Ayanian used Nars' Soloman Islands Eye Paint (it comes out this fall, but try the blue side of the Duo Eyeshadow ($34) in Mad Mad World) and Lip Liner ($22) in Jungle Red.
The lipstick makeup artist Kate Lee used on Mara, who co-hosted the gala with Givenchy's Riccardo Tisci, is top secret, but we'd place our bet on multiple coats of Chanel's Rouge Allure Velvet Luminous Matte Lip Color ($34) in L'Impatiente or one thick swipe of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics' Lip Tar ($18) in Black Dahlia.
Miley Cyrus
Legendary hairstylist Oribe was responsible for the punkiest 'do of the night, on a Marc Jacobs-clad Miley Cyrus. Inspired by Billy Idol, Oribe called the look "fearless, young, and fantastic." He flat-ironed her clean locks, used his Dry Texturizing Spray ($39) at the roots, slicked back the sides with Sculpting Cream ($28), and used Rock Hard Gel ($36) on the tips of the hair for "a little weirdness."
Wilde's white manicure is right on-trend for spring, but the black tips lent her classic look just enough edge for the evening; manicurist Deborah Lippmann calls it "the duet." She painted her own brand's nail polish in Amazing Grace ($17) on each of Wilde's nails before swiping Fade to Black ($17) across the tips.
January Jones
Chanel makeup artist Rachel Goodwin wanted to give Jones "an element of danger." She lined her eyes with the brand's Illusion D'Ombre Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow ($36) in Miriflque and used eyelash glue to secure jet crystals on top of the exaggerated cat eye.
More interested in copying Jones' nail art? Reach for Chanel's Le Vernis Nail Colour ($27) in Dragon and Black Satin.
Emily Blunt
The pink eye shadow was Blunt's idea according to Nars makeup artist Jenn Streicher, who used the brand's Satin Lip Pencil ($25) in Jardin des Plantes and Powder Blush ($29) in Desire on the actress' eyes. "We wanted punk, yet glamorous," Streicher says.
Diane Kruger
Pink turned out to be a popular sub-theme of punk: Kruger donned a pink-tinged ponytail by hairstylist Rebekah Forecast. "It needed to look as if she could have done it herself as that's what punk's all about," said Forecast. It'd take serious skills to do this yourself, but you'd want to start with Shu Uemura Mousse ($38) and Sally Hershberger Lift Spray ($13) on the roots pre-blow out, followed by Bumble and bumble's Dry Oil ($38) on the sides and top for shine, before pulling the hair into two messy knots in back and letting the ends fall out into a ponytail.
Minka Kelly
Makeup artist Kristofer Buckle used YSL's Rouge Pur Couture the Mats ($34) in Prune Virgin and M.A.C.'s Lip Liner ($15) in Nightmoth to paint Minka Kelly's matte purple lips. "I lined and filled in her lips with the liner and lightly dusted translucent powder over that for staying power," he says. "Then, using a lip brush, applied the lipstick to match the undertone of her dress."
Bella Heathcote
Chanel makeup artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua found punk inspiration in Heathcote's Chanel gown: "I used a pink cheek and lip color with a hard punk eyeliner in a dark marine blue instead of black," she says of the soft-meets-structured look. She lined the Australian actress' eyes with Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner ($30) in Marine and filled in the lash line with its forthcoming Soft Touch Eyeshadow ($29) in Gri-Gri.
A lighter blue made its way onto Heathcote's nails via Chanel's Le Vernis Nail Colour ($27) in Bel-Argus.
Sarah Jessica Parker
Parker's Philip Treacy headdress stole the show. "It's hard to be too literal with punk, so we wanted to do something that had a couture feel," said hairstylist Serge Normant. "We had this hat from Philip Treacy and it was a matter to incorporate it into a hairdo." A "matter" might be an understatement, but Normant managed to sculpt an exquisite fishtail braid. "I wanted the braid to be dry, messy, and a little off-center," he says. He used his Meta Lush Voluminzer ($23) and tons of Meta Revive Dry Shampoo ($25) for body and texture, playing around with the braid until it sat comfortably under the Mohawk headpiece.
Julianne Hough
There might not be anything punk about Hough's Kewpie doll eyelashes, but they're one of our favorite looks from Monday night's ball. Makeup artist Molly Stern used three coats of CoverGirl's Flamed Out Mascara ($8) in Very Black Blaze (available in July) on the top lashes and four individual lashes on the bottom for the most dramatic lashes of the night.
Anne Hathaway
New York-based colorist Marie Robinson turned Hathaway's hair platinum blonde just before the gala, a major change that gave hairstylist Sascha Breuer a new perspective: "We thought about taking her hair more "punky" and Debbie Harry, but we decided to keep it pure and elegant," he says. Breuer used Wella Professionals Extra Volume Mousse ($13) on Hathaway's damp hair, blow-drying it away from the face with his fingers, and used Wella Professionals' Bold Move Styling Paste ($15) to twist and pull the hair back for a windswept effect.
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Kristen Stewart
Matching your makeup to your outfit isn't for the faint of heart. Luckily, Kristen Stewart's a risk taker on the red carpet and makeup artist Beau Nelson was free to mirror the actress' burgundy Stella McCartney jumpsuit on her eyelids. "I used Chanel's Precision Lip Definer ($29) in Framboise as a creme shadow to define the shape, a mix of Chanel Powder Blush ($29) in Pink Explosion, and the burgundy from Chanel's Quadra Eyeshadow ($59) in Eclosion." To finish, he lined the eyes with a black pencil.
On Monday, a slew of fashion lovers descended upon New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in honor of the Costume Institute's latest exhibition, "Punk: From Chaos to Couture." Though not everyone donned vintage Vivienne Westwood, a handful of women let their inner rebel shine through their hair and makeup. In the following slideshow, we salute those who honored the theme and tell you how to score the best parts of each look.
Sienna Miller
The British actress and her beau, Tom Sturridge, both wore Burberry, but it was Miller's custom-made Eddie Borgo spiked headband that pushed her from princess to punk. Oscar Blandi crafted Miller's grungy, side-swept waves by adding tons of texture: "The hair should feel very thick and dirty," Blandi says. He used Oscar Blandi Dry Sculpting Pomade ($23), Hair Lift Mousse ($25), and Lift Serum ($30) on clean, dry hair before bending it with a curling iron and pulling to one side with a clip.
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Depression can be debilitating. There are many causes of depression. The circumstances of people's lives are sometimes traumatic and tragic. Alternatively, life itself, may afford every advantage while the chemistry of the body or brain may be deficient or imbalanced. Chronic and severe fatigue, illness and injury can cause depression. Sometimes a person suffers from a combination of causes.
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Where fatigue, body or brain chemistry doesn't contribute to the depression, natural supplementation or support of the body's biochemistry does little to correct that depression. There are cases, however, where energetic therapies such as homeopathy or acupuncture and a technique known as EMDR may afford a significant shift in a depressed person's ability to cope with, process or face a history of significant trauma.
Pharmaceutical agents may be employed in severe cases in order to facilitate an improved emotional state. However, unless the underlying traumatic cause of the depression is addressed in some sort of counseling, dependence upon the antidepressant drug may ensue. If one is unable to make effective use of counseling or energetic therapies under these circumstances, a dependence upon an antidepressant may afford mental health and an improved quality of life. To the person suffering from depression that responds to nothing else, this can be a life saver. Even the patient most interested in natural support of their depression may want come to consider pharmaceutical intervention either temporarily or permanently. Everyone is unique and that individuality must be respected.
As a naturopathic doctor, I favor the least invasive therapies first, and reserve the more potent interventions as a last resort. This gives the body's natural ability to heal itself every chance, and often allows a patient to avoid unnecessary and undesirable side effects. In the long run, a treatment strategy that operates in this order preserves health and prevents chronic degenerative disease states. Additionally, although we are not licensed as such in the state of Colorado (where I practice), we are trained as primary care physicians and appreciate the conventional medical prescriptive agents and surgical interventions when necessary. To a modern naturopathic doctor, natural as well as conventional therapies are simply tools in our quest to assist a patient in achieving their greatest state of health. Neither is a religion or a political belief. The tools made by nature stand along side the tools of our modern laboratories. Each has a place. Every patient is an individual and must be treated as such. For some people natural intervention is the more appropriate strategy. For others, conventional medications will best serve their needs. There are many cases where a balanced combination of the two will deliver the best outcome.
The natural correction of the body's health and chemistry is reserved for the type of depression that arises out of some sort of deficiency or imbalance in the body's state of health or chemistry. Chronic adrenal fatigue, blood sugar imbalances, fluctuations and imbalances in neurotransmitter activity in the brain, brain wave activity, stress, nervous system degeneration associated with age or toxic exposure, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, chronic pain, fatigue associated with anemia, poor digestion or chronic allergies, fibromyalgia, thyroid disorders, poor diet, and lack of exercise may all contribute to or cause depression. These conditions often respond to nutritional supplementation.
Understanding depression is a complicated endeavor. I would encourage anyone facing depression to seek professional guidance. There are as many ways to support and treat depression as there are causes of depression. Every person is an individual. As a naturopathic doctor, I believe that every patient must be interacted with on an individual basis. No two people are exactly alike, therefore supportive strategies must be designed for each person depending upon the individual contributing factors that comprise their situation. This takes time and attention to detail. Seek a provider that has the time to pay attention to the details of your case. Be discriminating. You deserve it.
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The Strange, Revealing Case of Gerard Butler, Fragrance Model
While female A-list celebrities see beauty deals as career makers, A-list men do not.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
Estée Lauder Goes Long on Men's Skin Care
The American cosmetics giant has created a new group to take advantage of growing skin care sales.
June 17, 2014, Tuesday
Feeling For | 350 Rose Petals Packed Into a Single Jar of Moisturizing Balm
The new Aerin Essentials Collection includes Rose Balm, a super-hydrating product that also serves as the base for a new set of 10 lipsticks.
March 18, 2014, Tuesday
Backstage Beauty Report | Truly Glowing Skin at Balmain
Instead of being plastered with makeup, models received backstage face treatments with nourishing skincare products for a more natural, healthier glow.
February 27, 2014, Thursday
Cosmetics Sending Some Money Toward Breast Cancer Causes
For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, several cosmetics companies are offering products that raise awareness and money.
October 10, 2013, Thursday
Beauty Spots
New colors from Estée Lauder, stickers from Essie and metallic nail sheets from Ciaté.
March 7, 2013, Thursday
At Estée Lauder, a Brand Is Developed Just for China
The cosmetics company plans to sell a skin care brand called Osiao that caters to the tastes of consumers in Asia.
September 25, 2012, Tuesday
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As he stood in the opulent marble foyer of a Fifth Avenue mansion late last month, greeting the coterie of prominent guests arriving at his private art gallery, Ronald S. Lauder was doing more than just being a gracious host. To celebrate the...
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Ronald S. Lauder, an heir to the Estée Lauder fortune, uses an aggressive tax strategy to preserve holdings that Forbes magazine says make him the world's 362nd wealthiest person.
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Fixes and Enhancements in version 3.02 over 3.01 -------------------------------------- * Fix for racadm testfeature command * Fix for power-up failure on M610X after OS crash. BIOS halts system with error "Failed to allocate sufficient blade power". * Link tuning updates for Dell 10GbE XAUI PTM, Dell M5424-n IOM, Qlogic FC8 mezzanine card and Brocade Superhawk2 switch
Installation instructions
Custom Instructions for firmimg-3.02-A01.cmc:
1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.
Custom Instructions for firmimg-3.02-A01.cmc.sign:
1. Click the Download Now link to download the file.
2. When the File Download window appears, click Save to save the file to your hard drive.
Verifying the Digital Signature
A digital signature is used to authenticate the identity of the signer of a file and to certify that the original content of the file has not been modified since it was signed.
If you do not already have it installed on your system, you must install the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG) to verify the CMC Firmware digital signature. To use the standard verification procedure, perform the following steps:
1. Get the Dell Linux public GnuPG key, if you do not already have it. You can download it by navigating to lists.us.dell.com and clicking the Dell Public GPG key link or right click on the link and select "Save Target as…" This will save the Dell Public GPG key into a file linux-security-publickey.txt.
2. Import the public key to your gpg trust database by running the following command:
gpg --import
NOTE: You must have your private key to complete the process.
3. To avoid a distrusted-key warning, validate the public key by its fingerprint before you use it.
a. Type the following command:
gpg --edit-key 23B66A9D
b. Within the GPG key editor, type fpr. The following message appears:
pub 1024D/23B66A9D 2001-04-16 Dell, Inc. (Product Group)
Primary key fingerprint: 4172 E2CE 955A 1776 A5E6 1BB7 CA77 951D 23B6 6A9D
If the fingerprint of your imported key is the same as the key owner's, you have a correct copy of the key. You can verify the key's owner in person, over the phone, or by any other means that guarantees that you are communicating with the key's true owner.
You must import and validate the public key only once.
4. Obtain the CMC Firmware and its associated signature file from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/support/downloads.
NOTE: Each CMC Firmware has a separate signature file, which is included in the zip package of the firmware. You need both the CMC Firmware and its associated signature file for verification. By default, the signature file is named the same as the CMC firmware filename with a .sign extension. For example, CMC firmware is named firmimg.cmc, its signature filename is firmimg.cmc.sign. To download the files, right-click on the download link and use the "Save Target As..." file option. Once downloaded extract these files to a known location.
5. Verify the CMC firmware:
NOTE: If you are in the GPG key editor, please make sure to exit from it before running the verify command.
gpg --verify
The following example illustrates the steps that you follow to verify a CMC Firmware package:
1. Download the following two files from support.dell.com:
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- firmimg-3.02-A01.cmc
Import the public key by running the following command line:
gpg --import
The following output message appears:
gpg: key 23B66A9D: "Dell Computer Corporation (Linux Systems Group) " imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
If you have already run this once, then the following output message appears.
gpg: key 23B66A9D: "Dell Computer Corporation (Linux Systems Group) " not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
3. Validate the Dell public key, if you haven't done so previously, by typing the following command:
gpg --edit-key 23B66A9D
At the command prompt, type the following commands:
4. Verify the CMC Firmware digital signature by running the following command:
gpg --verify firmimg-3.02-A01.cmc.sign firmimg-3.02-A01.cmc
The following output message appears:
gpg: Signature made [date] using DSA key ID 23B66A9D
gpg: Good signature from "Dell, Inc. (Product
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A Kansas City man faces charges in the Nov. 29 murder of Denise Streeter, whose body was found in Plate Purchase Park, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced.
Gustavo M. Ortiz, 37, faces a charge of second-degree murder.
The body of Streeter, 49, of Kansas City, KS, was found in a wooded area in a rural part of the city that still runs on well water.
"You really couldn't see anything back in there," Dyana Cundiff said.
Cundiff's property abuts Platte Purchase Park on the south side.
"That's a surprise to me and my neighbors, that they found somebody in there," she said.
The body was found to the north on private property separated from the park with a fence.
"There's a drive that goes back to the area where she was located and it's like an old abandoned farmhouse back there and some other farm equipment," Officer Darin Snapp said.
"There used to be a house there that burned and consequently there's nobody that really uses that," Cundiff said.
She said the only time anyone's on the property is when hay gets harvested.
Police said they suspect Streeter's body had been there for at least a couple days before they got a call, about 2 p.m., from some people walking in the park who had strayed off the usual walking path.
"It's not part of the park and it's not a place where you would actually walk if you were going to go for a walk in the park. They said they were just going to venture out and they started walking through the woods, like this wooded area here, on the other side of the fence line and that's when they found her," Snapp said.
Police said the recent cold temperatures make it harder to determine how long the woman had been in the area, but where she was found is one major factor they're studying.
"We don't know if she was at the park at one time or just on that private property, so we're trying to piece it together, trying to ID her first and then, obviously, get in contact with people she knows and find out who she was hanging out with and how she died," Snapp said.
According to court documents, a witness told police that Ortiz picked up Streeter at a casino in Kansas City, KS, and took her to his home in the 3200 block of Brooklyn, where Ortiz and Streeter fought and he knocked her to the floor and choked her until she was dead.
Ortiz then loaded her body and directed someone to drive her to Platte Purchase Park. The Jackson County Medical Examiner found signs that Streeter had been choked.
Prosecutors requested Ortiz's bond be set at $250,000.
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Maples Lanes in Waterloo is packed each Thursday night during the summer. The bowling alley offers bowling to people with special needs from May to August.
"We started out and it was very small the last couple of years, and now we've got it on two nights and we're fully booked," said Jessi Cain with Maple Lanes.
Two to three people with special needs and a volunteer bowl per lane. Playing three games.
On Thursdays, all 32 lanes are full. So Maple Lanes started offering the bowling on Tuesdays, too.
Troy Macomber bowls with neighbors and friends every week.
"Last week I got 113," said Troy Macomber.
He said he mostly bowls for fun, but he does have a few tricks for getting that high score.
"Relax my muscles, and keep my arm straight," he said.
The program is 12 weeks long and just wrapped up.
"They love it. They love coming out with the community members, meeting new friends, meeting our staff. We've heard nothing but fantastic things," Jessi Cain.
Anyone with special needs living in the Cedar Valley and surrounding areas is invited to sign-up for the bowling next summer.
"You don't have to be a good bowler. Just have to want to have fun," said Cain.
The weekly bowling is done for this summer, but will start back up again in May. There is a charge for bowlers, but volunteers bowl for free.
For more information, contact Maple Lanes in Waterloo.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is standing by as passengers aboard the Triumph wait for a tug boat to tow them back to shore. Once the tug boat arrives, it'll still be days before the passengers arrive in Progreso, Mexico and are then flown to the United States.
Three-thousand people are anxiously waiting for their so-called vacations to come to an end. Shirley Parmer's sister Gail and her husband are two of those people. "We're concerned... very concerned," said Shirley.Carnival has kept Shirley in the loop with automated messages.One recording says, "This is Carnival Cruise Lines calling. You have been listed as the emergency contact for a guest on the Carnival Triumph. We wanted to inform you that the ship has experienced an engine room fire while on its return to Galveston.""I'd like to hear from them again, but with them not having service and us not being able to talk to them directly...it is concerning. We're kind of worried about it," says Shirley.Shirley says she knows her sister will be ok, but is likely "bummed." After all, Monday is her birthday and she's stranded at sea. Another East Texan with loved ones on the ship heard from them Monday afternoon. They say"It has been really scary...they're running short on food and tensions are high."
In the last 24 hours, two other Carnival ships have stopped by and provided Triumph passengers with meals. Carnival says in a statement, "The vessel is currently without propulsion in the Gulf of Mexico and awaiting the arrival of two tugboats which will tow the ship to Progreso, Mexico, which is the closest port to the ship's current location. The ship is expected to arrive in Progreso late Wednesday and guests will be flown from Mexico back to the U.S. on chartered aircraft which the company is currently working to arrange."But this travel disruption isn't the first for the ship this month, according to Elizabeth Williams and her family. They stepped off the Triumph on February 2, after the ship experienced mechanical problems that stopped them from going to all the destinations they'd paid for. "We got to see one little strip mall and that was it. That was our trip other than being at sea," said Williams.The 31 friends and family in their party made the best of it-- hanging out on the boat all day every day, but to see more passengers have a similar problem, but even worse, is disappointing. "I was surprised that they let the ship go. I'm truly surprised and appalled that they would let other people be endangered with a boat that's not functioning properly," said Williams.Carnival says all of the passengers stranded on the ship right now will receive a full refund along with transportation expenses. In addition, they will get future cruise credit equal to the amount paid for the Triumph voyage. Triumph departures through February 16th have been canceled.
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Former Boston College coach Al Skinner, Northeastern assistant Pat Duquette and Emerson head coach Jim O'Brien all in the mix for the vacant UMass-Lowell men's basketball coaching position?
Examining just how far down ACC basketball is this season.
Previewing Thursday night's non-conference basketball matchup between the Boston College Eagles and the Providence Friars with the aptly named PC blog Friarblog.
The Boston College men's basketball team will travel to Providence, R.I. to take on Ed Cooley and the Friars on Thursday, December 8.
Daily news and notes for all things Boston College Eagles. July 8, 2011.
Rakim Sanders, a former Boston College basketball star, will play out his final year of eligibility at Fairfield while the coach that recruited him coaches at Providence.
The Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey team takes the ice tonight and sets out to defend their 2010 National Championship as they take on Colorado College in the NCAA West Regional Semifinal.
Could former Boston College assistant and current Fairfield head coach be headed to Providence to take the Friars' vacant head coaching position?
The AJC's Tony Barnhardt has the Eagles ranked third in the ACC Atlantic Division after spring football. Is BC's preseason ranking justified?
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The last RV show of the season ended at MetraPark Sunday.
Bretz RV and Marine's annual fall show brought hundreds of people for the four-day event. It showcased many motor homes, fifth wheels, and travel trailers. Salesmen said they look forward to the event every year.
"We're definitely an RV town and community so it's been good every year," said Tyrell Crowell, Bretz RV and Marine sales manager. "We continue to grow very, very quickly and it's been a great show for us every year and this year again."
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Point Foundation empowers promising LGBTQ students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential – despite the obstacles often put before them – to make a significant impact on society.
Point Foundation is hosting its third annual Voices On Point fundraising dinner and concert in Los Angeles. Voices On Point will not only feature Point Scholars sharing their compelling stories of perseverance but also acclaimed recording artists raising their voices in song to help LGBTQ students pursue their dreams of higher education. Join us for an evening of music benefiting Point and discover how you can help Point Foundation create the next generation of LGBTQ leaders.
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Fiesta Mart is your Trick or Treat Headquarters!
From the latest action-figure and popular Halloween costumes to Jack o' Lanterns, from pumpkin carving tools to ghoulish candy serving bowls, we have a complete selection of Halloween accessories to make this "All Hallows' Eve" an especially spooky, spectacular event. Whether you create your own decorations, or buy them ready-made, you'll find that Fiesta Mart has it all.
Did you say pumpkins? Look no further than your local Fiesta! We carry small, medium and large Halloween face pumpkins and pumpkins to create your own pies. (Clean and save the seeds to roast later for a healthy, crunchy snack!)
We also carry a variety of ornamental gourds, whole nuts, pomegranates and other fall produce to make beautiful cornucopias, pretty household arrangements and dinner table centerpieces. We carry candy apples and candy apple kits. We also have plenty of apples for the apple bobbing contests - yours for the picking! The best part of it all? Look for special pricing in the Produce Department all month long!*
In the Meat Department, pick up some easy-to-serve Hot Dogs, including Bars, Rath, Peyton, Farmland and Fiesta brand. Want Fajitas? We have them… marinated in a secret blend of Fiesta spices, packaged and ready to go.
Looking for Party Trays? We've got them at the Fiesta Deli! You can either order from our selection of party trays or pick and choose to customize your own trays. The choice is yours.
And what would Halloween be without - CANDY! From bulk candy to bags of Halloween-sized packaged candy for school parties and neighborhood get-togethers, everyone will go home with plenty of sweets!
Just one stop is all you need to make this year to pick up everything you need for a fun-filled night of Trick or Treat - at your local Fiesta Mart.
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Tejeda, Ojeda star against Rockies
Starter tosses two scoreless innings; catcher belts first homer
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Rockies at the plate: Todd Helton was 2-for-3 with an RBI in his first game back since missing a scheduled start Saturday with an inflamed right knee. Javy Lopez had the Rockies' lone extra-base hit, a sixth-inning leadoff double.Rangers on the mound: Robinson Tejeda threw two innings of shutout ball against the Rockies, giving up a pair of two-out singles in the first but escaping the inning without incident. Josh Rupe kept the scoreless streak going for Texas, blanking the Rockies in the third and fourth, letting up two hits and a walk while striking out one. Rockies on the mound: Ubaldo Jimenez pitched three innings in his second spring start, yielding three runs on four hits while striking out three. All of the damage against Jimenez came in the third inning, when his fastballs rose high in the zone, allowing the Rangers to tee off with two singles and two doubles. Cactus League records: Rangers, 2-2; Rockies, 3-2 Up next: The Rangers return home Tuesday with Jamey Wright facing Seattle's Horacio Ramirez. Rodrigo Lopez takes the mound for the Rockies on Tuesday against Javier Vazquez and the Chicago White Sox in a game at Tucson Electric Park.
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DURANT -- For Jeff McQueen, the new year won't officially begin until he can set off at least one firework.
"Launch fireworks to scare away the bad spirits from a bad year, And last year has been pretty rough on everybody," he said.
It's why he's stocking up at Fireworks World near Calera, where Dena Hammond is the manager. Hammond says snow and rain over the past week hasn't hurt sales.
"I'm ahead," she said. "I've been doing really well, and it's ahead more than last year so we're excited about that."
But wet weather doesn't mean you're off the hook if you're caught setting off fireworks inside city limits.
Fireworks are still only legal in the unincorporated areas of Grayson and Bryan Counties.
The Dennison fire department says those ringing in the new year with fireworks still need to use caution and keep water nearby.
"Be safe, use common sense," Bruce Geilhausen with the Denison Fire Department said. "Don't use fireworks around combustible material, not close to houses, or barns anything like that. Have fun but just be safe."
Jeff McQueen says he plans to, and says clearing skies means beginning new years off with a bang.
"I want to have some sort of loud noise to help make a fresh year this year," he said.