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The sale of the bikini Farrah Abraham wore for the cover of her sex tape has hit a snag ... eBay has pulled the listing down because it hasn't been washed since she wore it.
As TMZ first reported, Vivid Entertainment -- the porn studio behind the release of "Farrah Superstar: Backdoor Teen Mom" -- listed Farrah's pink crystal-encrusted two-piece with a starting bid of $500.
We're told eBay removed the listing and sent Vivid an email, saying, "Due to health and hygiene concerns our policy does not allow used clothing to be listed on the site unless the item has been washed first."
When the listing was pulled, bidding had reached a whopping $14,700!!!!!
We're told Vivid will wash the bikini and re-post the listing in a couple of days.
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Her father probably bought it.
Trust me she stinks down below I've been there
She's pulling Kardashian. Seems like she will have to stay in porn.
Do they mean yanked off to on eBay?
So you people can throw away the following:
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The scat video is not too far in this vapid, disgusting cnuts future.
Baby, didn't they ever tell you to work up to anal? after anal, the career is all down hill.
Oh wait, you never actually had a career, did you?
She'll blow (pun intended) that money in less than a year.
Who the hell bid 14 grand on a "used" IE: stinky bikini?
She should hold onto the bikini and give it to her daughter on her 13th birthday
I'm not sure washing will be enough to make that bikini hygienic after being on Farrah.
Ew I can't believe she didn't wash it, I bet she payed James a lot of money to deal with fishy puzzy smell


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I'm based in KL, Malaysia and work for an IT company, trying to fight the good fight against the Peter principle.
I was born and raised in a Malaysia. Locals will know what I mean when I say I am a penang-lang with a baba background. After I grew up, I went overseas and studied Computer Science and Economics at Melbourne University, Australia. I was only a so-so student - too busy pursuing my other interests. In Australia, I wrote d'Librarian, a disk cataloguing software that won 2nd place for best Australian Macintosh software in 1988 (this was based on votes by readers of Australian MacWorld). I also wrote a popular Mac screensaver, Moire.
I interviewed to work at Microsoft in 1989 in their Mac team. At that time, visiting USA was really difficult because young Malaysians were notorious for overstaying their tourist visas. I was refused a visa for the interview by the US embassy, so Microsoft flew me to Vancouver. The interview didn't work out, so I guess I was never meant to become a Microsoft millionaire.
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Financing played a significant role in defining the scope of the restoration activities. For example, the 160-acre Christenson project (named after the landowner) was financed with money from Ducks Unlimited as well as from the Conservation Reserve Program. Restoration of waterfowl habitat was the principal objective. Money from the Conservation Reserve Program was used to create a wildlife habitat buffer around the restoration area. On the other hand, money from the Luthens project was financed with money from Reinvest in Minnesota, a state program for habitat restoration. In this case, no buffer surrounds the restored pothole project.
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Monday he'll renounce his Canadian citizenship, The Washington Post reported.
Cruz, a U.S. citizen, released his birth certificate to the Dallas Morning News on Sunday amid mounting speculation that his Canadian citizenship would make him ineligible to run for U.S. president in 2016.
"Now the Dallas Morning News says that I may technically have dual citizenship," Cruz said in a statement on Monday. "Assuming that is true, then sure, I will renounce any Canadian citizenship. Nothing against Canada, but I'm an American by birth and as a U.S. senator; I believe I should be only an American."
Much of the immigration reform debate over the coming weeks will center on a few key components — phrases you've likely heard countless times, such as a "pathway to citizenship." But those phrases can often be hollow and mean little for the people to whom the bill will actually apply. It's in the details that real immigration reform will either live or die. And so far, those details remain relatively unknown.
Take English language proficiency as an example. Most proposals would require some level of English proficiency in order to qualify for naturalization. But as the Migration Policy Institute found in a 2011 report, even seemingly small differences in the level of English proficiency required for naturalization could determine whether millions of people qualify or are left out.
A test requiring Level 3 English proficiency on the National Reporting System for Adult Education, for example, would screen out 35 percent of undocumented immigrants. A test requiring Level 4 proficiency would screen out 56 percent of undocumented immigrants.
So even though you're likely to hear the phrase "pathway to citizenship" often, it's really the details that matter most. Those details will determine whether millions of undocumented immigrants have the chance to become citizens, or will continue to live in the shadows.
Obama To Make Major Immigration Moves Next Week
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced after a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Friday that he will lay out some of his plans for immigration reform on Tuesday in Las Vegas.
Members of the caucus who were present at the meeting said Obama assured them that he shares the group's basic beliefs about immigration reform, most notably that making a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants — which some Republicans oppose — is an absolute must as they push for legislation.
"The President was pleased to hear from CHC members and noted that they share the same vision, including that any legislation must include a path to earned citizenship," the administration in a statement. "The President further noted that there is no excuse for stalling or delay."
Seven members of Congress were present at the meeting, including Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas), Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Immigration Task Force Chairman Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Chairman of the Democratic Caucus Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.).
Obama told the group that his plans for immigration reform align with their own, especially with regards to the need for a pathway to citizenship, Becerra said after the meeting.
The Associated Press reported that the White House will launch an effort on immigration next week, as will a bipartisan group of senators, likely the so-called"gang of eight" — four Republicans, four Democrats — who have already begun to work toward a deal.
A pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants already in the United States is considered a non-negotiable for many Democrats and immigrant advocates, who argue anything else would result in a huge group of second-class residents. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that advocates for a pathway to citizenship will have to cave and accept temporary status instead, with no special road to citizenship.
Meanwhile, senators plan to move ahead on other piecemeal immigration bills. The Hill reported Friday that Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Marco Rubio of Florida are teaming up with Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Chris Coons of Delaware to introduce a bill next week that focuses on visas for high-skilled workers.
Obama administration officials have said they believe piece-by-piece reform would be less productive, but Hatch told The Hill he thinks his bill could aid in the broader legislative effort.
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Conservatives Open New Congress With Unconstitutional Bill To End Birthright Citizenship
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution expressly provides that nearly anyone born in the United States is a citizen, regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Yet, despite the Constitution's clear command, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) wants to ignore our founding document and prevent the children of undocumented immigrants from becoming citizens:
It's the first week of the 113th Congress, and one House member is already trying to stop children born in the United States to undocumented parents — whom he calls "anchor babies" — from gaining citizenship.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), an outspoken hardliner on immigration, introduced a bill on Thursday that would "clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth." The Supreme Court has consistently held that anyone born in the United States, regardless of their parents' immigration status, should receive citizenship under the 14th Amendment.
King disagrees, as do 13 co-sponsors on the bill, including Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Mo Brooks (R-Ala.).
The Constitution is clear that King's bill is unconstitutional. Under the Fourteenth Amendment, "[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." The word "jurisdiction" refers to people that are subject to American law. Thus foreign diplomats and their families, who are granted broad immunity from U.S. law, are not entitled to citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Likewise, at the time the Fourteenth Amendment was drafted many Native Americans were subject only to tribal law and thus were not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States. Undocumented immigrants and their children, by contrast, are not immune to U.S. law. And thus fit squarely within the Fourteenth Amendment's command.
Top 10 Reasons Why The U.S. Needs Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The nation needs a comprehensive immigration plan, and it is clear from a recent poll that most Americans support reforming the U.S.'s immigration system. In a new poll, nearly two-thirds of people surveyed are in favor of a measure that allows undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship over several years, while only 35 percent oppose such a plan. And President Obama is expected to "begin an all-out drive for comprehensive immigration reform, including seeking a path to citizenship" in January.
Here are the top 10 reasons why the U.S. needs comprehensive immigration reform:
1. Legalizing the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States would boost the nation's economy. It would add a cumulative $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product—the largest measure of economic growth—over 10 years. That's because immigration reform that puts all workers on a level playing field would create a virtuous cycle in which legal status and labor rights exert upward pressure on the wages of both American and immigrant workers. Higher wages and even better jobs would translate into increased consumer purchasing power, which would benefit the U.S. economy as a whole.
2. Tax revenues would increase. The federal government would accrue $4.5 billion to $5.4 billion in additional net tax revenue over just three years if the 11 million undocumented immigrants were legalized. And states would benefit. Texas, for example, would see a $4.1 billion gain in tax revenue and the creation of 193,000 new jobs if its approximately 1.6 million undocumented immigrants were legalized.
3. Harmful state immigration laws are damaging state economies. States that have passed stringent immigration measures in an effort to curb the number of undocumented immigrants living in the state have hurt some of their key industries, which are held back due to inadequate access to qualified workers. A farmer in Alabama, where the state legislature passed the anti-immigration law HB 56 in 2011, for example, estimated that he lost up to $300,000 in produce in 2011 because the undocumented farmworkers who had skillfully picked tomatoes from his vines in years prior had been forced to flee the state.
4. A path to citizenship would help families access health care. About a quarter of families where at least one parent is an undocumented immigrant are uninsured, but undocumented immigrants do not qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, leaving them dependent on so-called safety net hospitals that will see their funding reduced as health care reforms are implemented. Without being able to apply for legal status and gain health care coverage, the health care options for undocumented immigrants and their families will shrink.
5. U.S. employers need a legalized workforce. Nearly half of agricultural workers, 17 percent of construction workers, and 12 percent of food preparation workers nationwide lacking legal immigration status. But business owners—from farmers to hotel chain owners—benefit from reliable and skilled laborers, and a legalization program would ensure that they have them.
6. In 2011, immigrant entrepreneurs were responsible for more than one in four new U.S. businesses. Additionally, immigrant businesses employ one in every 10 people working for private companies. Immigrants and their children founded 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies, which collectively generated $4.2 trillion in revenue in 2010—more than the GDP of every country in the world except the United States, China, and Japan. Reforms that enhance legal immigration channels for high-skilled immigrants and entrepreneurs while protecting American workers and placing all high-skilled workers on a level playing field will promote economic growth, innovation, and workforce stability in the United States.
7. Letting undocumented immigrants gain legal status would keep families together. More than 5,100 children whose parents are undocumented immigrants are in the U.S. foster care system, according to a 2011 report, because their parents have either been detained by immigration officials or deported and unable to reunite with their children. If undocumented immigrants continue to be deported without a path to citizenship enabling them to remain in the U.S. with their families, up to 15,000 children could be in the foster care system by 2016 because their parents were deported, and most child welfare departments do not have the resources to handle this increase.
8. Young undocumented immigrants would add billions to the economy if they gained legal status. Passing the DREAM Act—legislation that proposes to create a roadmap to citizenship for immigrants who came to the United States as children—would put 2.1 million young people on a pathway to legal status, adding $329 billion to the American economy over the next two decades.
9. And DREAMers would boost employment and wages. Legal status and the pursuit of higher education would create an aggregate 19 percent increase in earnings for young undocumented immigrants who would benefit from the DREAM Act by 2030. The ripple effects of these increased wages would create $181 billion in induced economic impact, 1.4 million new jobs, and $10 billion in increased federal revenue.
10. Significant reform of the high-skilled immigration system would benefit certain industries that require high-skilled workers. Immigrants make up 23 percent of the labor force in high-tech manufacturing and information technology industries, and immigrants more highly educated, on average, than the native-born Americans working in these industries. For every immigrant who earns an advanced degree in one of these fields at a U.S. university, 2.62 American jobs are created.


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It's been a massive year. We reelected a president, endured — for better and, unfortunately, worse — the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, watched the EU needle their way through total financial collapse. The list goes on. But tonight, friends, we dance! There's no better way to celebrate the culmination of the last 365-day cycle than to put on your favorite party dress and hit the dance floor. So raise your glass, say a toast, and cut that proverbial rug… just make sure you've got comfortable shoes on.
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Snagging a ticket to the New York City Ballet just got a little more chic, that's because Valentino has designed this seasons costumes for their Fall gala. Signature Valentino red pops up in this "collection" of sixteen costumes although the designer stuck primarily to a black-and-white palette. "I like the idea of something romantic, for girls who want to dance and flirt," Valentino says. "She is just beautiful, and I liked to see how happy she was wearing something so different."
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17.75K winner banned from 2014 MCM events after running with an illegally transferred bib
Running a race with someone else's bib is never a good idea — but if you're going to do it, try not to win.
Steven Henry, 38, of Odenton, Md., was named the overall winner of the Marine Corps 17.75K on April 12, but the person who actually ran the 1:04:25 was Gerardo Avila of Triangle, Va., Marine Corps Marathon officials said in a news release. This illegal transfer was in direct violation of MCM policy, officials said, leading to the suspension of both men from the remainder of 2014 Marine Corps Marathon events.
"Illegal transfers of bibs have significant ramifications including potentially altering age award results but more significantly, should a bandit runner require medical attention during the event, medical personnel would not have necessary information about that individual," MCM Director Rick Nealis said in the April 16 release. "Participation in any MCM event echoes the U.S. Marine Corps values of honor, courage and commitment. What these two runners did defied these ideals. They badly misjudged the conviction of the Marines, our commitment to these core values and the integrity of our sport."
After the race, Avila misrepresented himself as Henry.
"I guess I am in a lot better shape than I thought I was," he told race officials, speaking as Henry. "It was challenging and very tough, but I really enjoy it."
MCM policy allows only for official transfers of marathon bibs, or for marathon-to-10K transfers.
Marine Corps 17.75K second-place finisher Jeremy Lynch, 33, of Springfield, Va., is being credited as the overall winner.
17.75K finishers receive an automatic entry to the 39th Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 26 in Washington, D.C. Finishers have until midnight on April 14 to complete the registration process.


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Tank and Hopper Heating Systems Tank and Hopper Heating Systems. Thermon offers a simple system for cost-effective heating of tanks and hoppers utilizing our RT and RTF for tank heating, HT Module for hopper heating and ThermaSeam for standing seam insulation systems. Thermon's extensive line of electric heating cables can also be utilized for tank heating applications. BSX and RSX self-regulating heating cables are recommended for freeze protecting at or below 150 °F (65 °C). HTSX and HPT cables are recommended... (read more)Browse Electric Heaters Datasheets for Thermon Manufacturing Co.
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Open Hopper Chopper Pump New BTM Chopper Pump Features Secondary Cutter seepex, Inc. has developed a new type of open hopper, range BTM, progressive cavity pump which can chop or cut fruits, vegetables or fibrous materials and simultaneously pump them. Available in stainless steel, it can shred and pump certain materials such as potatoes, apples and most citrus fruits without needing additional fluids. It is also highly desirable for macerating meat and vegetable waste, often eliminating the need for expensive... (read more)Browse Liquid Handling Pumps Datasheets for seepex, Inc.
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Metalfab Posibin™ Hopper The Metalfab Posibin ™ provides positive, problem-free discharge from storage of a wide range of difficult to handle materials -- in a variety of densities and particle sizes. From micron-size powders to fibrous substances, materials flow freely, on demand, on a first-in, first-out basis. The Posibin consists of a static cylindrical bin fitted with the unique Metalfab Bin Activator. This vibrating motorized unit, attached to the bottom of the static bin by vibration isolator-equipped solid... (read more)Browse Hoppers Datasheets for Metalfab, Inc.
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SST Vertical Hopper Pump The new seepex vertical hopper pump can handle whole deboned meats (chicken breast, thighs, livers, etc.) without causing shear and maintaining the integrity of the product. The hopper can be fabricated to the exact dimensions required by the plant and all wetted parts are FDA compliant. Pumps are fabricated and assembled at the seepex ISO 9001:2008 certified plant in Enon, Ohio with 95% of components fabricated, manufactured or purchased from sources in the USA. (read more)Browse Progressing Cavity Pumps Datasheets for seepex, Inc.
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...a two-way diverter to route millfeed either to a semi truck or a covered hopper railcar. Because ADM Milling sells more than one type and grade of millfeed, it's important not to have cross-contamination between different grades of millfeed. An airtight seal on the diverter is critical to preventing...
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Therefore, it most likely that the bulk density variation observed during the filling of railcar hoppers might be caused by particle segregation.
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➢ A variety of feeders can be used to introduce solids into the flowing air stream such as rotary air lock feeders, pan-type manifolds under railcar hoppers , paddle-type railcar unloaders, screw conveyors, and so on.
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The content of fines had increased by 3--4% after exposure to air for 24 h, which shows the need to limit the time of storage of such sinter in railcars ( hoppers ) to 2--4 h.
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Long Beach DIY Scene Builds Up the Wax Museum
It's 9:30 p.m. at the Village Shops, one of those recurring Southern California shopping centers that can make walking through Orange County or Long Beach feel like passing through video game barriers, constantly reset, doomed to browse the same street over and over again in some suburban matrix. And amidst all this, like a blip in the code, is the Wax Museum.
Courtesy of The Wax Museum Hilary Chilton
Don't look for a sign--there isn't one. No banners, no block neon lettering. The only marker is the swarm of kids on the curb, smoking, chatting.
The first band is about to go up--Cortaud and Bobtail. Few kids know the name, even fewer have heard the songs, and that's the point. The Wax Museum serves as a brick and mortar Brooklyn Vegan, a space for Orange County kids to discover new music. Shows are every night of the week, excluding Mondays when they host volunteer meetings/barbecues at noon.
To the 18-and-under crowd, this place is invaluable, ethereal and immediate.
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Are in the hands of a generation who think it's important and interesting to tweet about "eating all the cakes". Man, that's depressing.
Are in the hands of a generation who think it's important and interesting to tweet about "eating all the cakes". Man, that's depressing.
Dear Sean
Your terms of sumbission are very clever. They made me laugh, or at least smile wanly.
I can't send this without entering a name and an email address. I didn't see that in the terms of submission.
Only kidding.
Dear Mr Schenkel,
I am writing to tell you tale of naiveté, hope, staggering incompetence and ear-withering music. It's a rather long read, perfectly reflecting the ordeal itself, so I hope you're sitting comfortably and are prepared to give up ten minutes of your life in return for the approximately eight hours I lost of mine.
On Tuesday January 24 I was on holiday with my family on the south coast of New South Wales and found myself in sudden need of an Internet connection. After a brief bit of shopping around I made the fateful decision to purchase a Telstra Elite Pre-Paid USB pack.
From the place of purchase, Merimbula, I drove the twenty-five minutes back to where I was staying and installed the device hoping to attend to the half hour of urgent work required of me. 'Installation successful!' a screen on my MacBook informed me. Which was nice to read but unfortunately bore no resemblance whatsoever to reality, because guess what else – 'Device could not be detected'.
I uninstalled and reinstalled three more times and received the same result: 'Installation successful!' 'Device could not be detected'.
This was annoying but I am aware that we live in an imperfect world – especially when it comes to telecommunications – and decided to call Telstra support, Philippines division.
Once I got through, I explained in slow and excruciating detail that my problem was NOT trying to activate the device but that the device, after apparently being 'successfully' installed, could not be detected. The woman (whose name I did not record) insisted that I go through the entire activation process before anything could happen. And because she is Telstra Support and I am merely Telstra Customer, I reluctantly deferred to her superior knowledge. So we underwent the extremely non-speedy activation process. Once that was almost complete my 'supporter' told me that she would then put through the activation order – do bear in my mind that this order was extremely unasked for by me – and was there anything else she could do?
"Yes," I explained. "You can tell me how to make my computer detect the device which you are apparently going to activate."
She said that she couldn't help me with that – 'that' being the entire point of my phone call – and that I'd need to talk to Technical Support. She put me through to the part of Telstra Support where you spend a very long time waiting to speak to someone while listening to abysmal music and the same happy advertorial nonsense over and over again. When I finally did speak with someone in Manila or San Pedro or Batangas City, I explained the precise nature of my problem all over again, principally that the device appeared to be faulty. Thirty-five questions later the person I was receiving support from concluded that the device was probably faulty and that I should probably return it and get a new one.
The next day I drove back to Merimbula and exchanged Elite USB Device Which Does Not Know What 'Successful' Means for another one.
Amazingly, my problems are only just beginning.
So I install the device ('successfully!') and, as I'm sure you're aware, in order to make it work, I have to register it. In this I am unsuccessful because, even though I have been a Telstra customer for approximately thirty years and have my landline, mobile phone, home Internet and cable TV all supplied through you, and even though I have, in this absurdly attenuated 'activation' process, supplied ample evidence that proves I am who I am, I am finally asked for my driver's licence number which I do not have with me. (As an aside, why on Earth do I need to jump through so many hoops just to get online? Are you aware of these things called Internet cafes and how anyone can simply walk in and, without enduring the nonsense required by Telstra, actually use the Internet? What about WIFI – do you know about that? My goodness – that's the Internet just hanging around in the air for free – no passport required! I'm not seeking entry to NASA or the U.N, for God's sake – just a network connection!)
Because I am only able to supply 995 out of a possible 1000 points of identification, I am now forced to register in my wife's name; the same tedious process is once again endured and, only around 22 hours since I bought my first Telstra Elite Don't Think You Can Get Online That Easily, I am at last ready to connect to the Internet. My wife even receives an exciting email saying that everything's ready to go!
But, boy, is it not.
As you will recall from the paragraph before last, I have just been though the merciless 'activation process'. Nevertheless, I am constantly being asked by the Telstra I Don't Want To Say Its Stupid Name Again to activate it, even though that's already been done, and I have an email to prove it. Until then, it seems, the greyed-out 'connect now' button will remain dim and elusive.
Once again, and with great reluctance, I call Tech Support. I'll spare you how long I waited to talk with someone, but after about 25 minutes of Q&A, along with numerous failed connection attempts and restarts, I finally get the 'connect now' button to light up. But that's all it does – light up – it won't actually connect. It looks pretty, though, and I guess that's something. The person I'm speaking to doesn't know how to fix this problem and informs me that I am being transferred to Level Two Tech Support.
I wait a long while for Level Two Tech Support, hear the words, "Hello, my name is-" before being cut off, which is pretty annoying.
It's now been about 48 hours since I first got sucked into the vortex that is the Telstra Elite USB Which Should Not Be Called Elite Because Elite Means 'the Best of Something' and This Thing Is Really Not That.
More dialling, more waiting, more of that goddammed music you should really consider not playing. Or consider listening to at home one night through telephone speakers for a couple of hours before deciding that other people should be subjected to it.
The name of next person I speak to is Rhesa. Yet again I explain what is wrong and, somewhat unexpectedly, Rhesa tells me that the device appears to be registered to someone entirely other than my wife or me. I explain that I genuinely am who I am, and that the device is genuinely registered to my wife, not this other person who's suddenly shown up uninvited to this seemingly endless and endlessly complicated farrago. Rhesa takes some time to clear up this latest wrinkle and accept the fact that I would not willingly waste so much of my time pretending to be someone else all for the sake of a few minutes' time online. As requested by her, I unplug and plug in the device about four hundred times, shut down and restart my computer repeatedly, wait on hold for ages while she goes off and does I-don't-know-what and, about fifty minutes after first accessing the hallowed reaches of Level Two Tech Support, absolutely nothing has changed – the Elite Lump of Plastic will still not connect to anything anywhere, ever.
The problem is apparently so unique and unsolvable that I now have to speak with someone from L3 Tec Support. By this time I have spent, oh, about four hours of a vacation day dealing with this blood-pressure-skyrocketing problem and I fear another minute might tip me over the edge, so rather than risk waiting some more, listening to more of that wretched music, being cut off again and then dying far too young of Telstra-induced heart attack, I ask Rhesa to have the L3TS person please read the notes about this ever-metastasizing 'issue' and please call me back. Please.
You will not be surprised to learn that 22 hours later I have not been called back. I call Tech Support at 1.55pm and waited on hold for eight minutes before speaking to Cris.
(Please read the next sentence slowly and carefully.) After 'verifying' with my wife that I am able to speak on her behalf – a 'verification' process which consists of me handing the phone to my wife and this Cris asking her – a disembodied voice that could belong to absolutely anyone, mind you – the very same questions to which I have, just fifteen seconds earlier, given the very same, very correct answers to – we establish that there is nothing in the notes that indicates anyone was or is ever going to call me back. Even though the previous day's call has, apparently, been recorded and I can substantiate my claim. So Cris transfers me to an L3 Tech Support person named Alex– the wait for which lasts another eight minutes or so.
Alex has something very interesting to tell me, which is "as a matter of fact, actually, Sean, we have a new rule that means I can't help you". Alex explains that this is because problems that have not been resolved after two phone calls must now be handled by a 'resolution team', for whom I have to wait on hold yet again. But only for seven minutes.
Can you believe this, Gerd? After all these phone calls, all this time, this dialling and redialling and waiting and trying not to tear my head off because all I wanted to do is quickly set up an Internet connection for thirty measly minutes to do some work and it's ended up sapping away almost half of my holiday – after all that, I'm only now being told that I have to be handled by a different team altogether? I can hardly believe it myself, even now, a few weeks later when I've had time to calm down a bit and resume normal breathing. But I digress – we're not there yet, not quite.
I'm now speaking to Gail from the 'resolution team'. This final – yes, the saga does actually end – telephonic ordeal lasts an incredible 81 minutes and 48 secs. During this time the thought occurred to me, more than once, "I wonder what Executive Director, Telstra Digital Gerd Schenkel is doing with his valuable time right now. He's making more money than me, that's for sure, what with his degrees from Columbia and Northwestern, but is he really earning it? I mean, surely what I'm experiencing right now, blowing away a beach holiday courtesy of the crappy products and stupefying incompetence of Telstra Digital, surely that's something nobody should get paid much for. Maybe they shouldn't even get paid a dime for it. Ah, but who am I kidding - he'll probably just blame Product. Product will blame Marketing and ultimately no-one will take responsibility for-" Gail interrupts my reverie and has me download some updates, uninstall the Elite Give Me My Life Back Machine, restart the computer, reinstall the Elite Bing-Bong, fine-tune some network preferences and hey presto, three days after I first began the process I'm online.
Installation successful!
On the side of the product box it says 'connect quickly with auto installation for both PC and Mac'; I think you should definitely reconsider that, Mr Schenkel, or at least add a really, really long disclaimer that warns people of what a bewildering, frustrating and needlessly complicated doing something simple as connecting to the Internet can become when trying to do so with your unbelievably bad product. I'd also like you to reconsider your whole on-hold music policy.
Yours sincerely,
Sean Condon
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Willem Dafoe and I were good friends long before we were best friends.
It was a very memorable scene, and I got to be really good friends with Anthony Kiedis. John McGinley and I were friends from New York.
I hope to revisit [Michael Mann] again when we're friendly again, or rather good friends again.
Oliver Stone was my Eskimo, I guess. We'd become friends on Born On The Fourth Of July. So I did it without a stuntman, and Oliver and I had become friends.
I called him and said, "Don't cast Michael Madsen. He's my best friend, and I'll kill myself." He was my best friend at the time.
And in my relationships with Robert and Oliver and Woody and Tommy Lee [Jones] and [director of photography] Bob Richardson, they're all my friends today.
I was doing another movie prior to that called Five Hour Friends.
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tion or control groups. The intervention reduced youths' commercial access to alcohol and arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol among 18- to 20-year-olds (Wagenaar, Murray, et al., 2000).
Two quasi-experimental studies have also shown benefits in reducing alcohol-related problems. The Community Trials project reduced alcohol-related injuries and deaths among all age groups through community-wide environmental prevention activities and policy change (Holder, Saltz, et al., 1997). The study matched but did not randomize communities in California and South Carolina. In the intervention communities, the following were targeted: (1) community mobilization, (2) responsible beverage service, (3) increased enforcement of drunk driving laws and perceived risk of drunk driving detection, (4) reduced underage access, and (5) reduced availability of alcohol through the use of local zoning and other municipal controls on outlet quantity and density. The intervention produced significant reductions in nighttime injury crashes, alcohol-related crashes, assault injuries, and hospitalizations. Adults reported lower rates of drinking and driving, and sales of alcohol to minors were reduced. Adolescent alcohol use was not assessed.
Saving Lives (Hingson, McGovern, et al., 1996) aimed to reduce alcohol-impaired driving and related risks. The study compared six Massachusetts intervention communities and five control communities using a quasi-experimental design. The intervention involved a task force that designed specific activities for its community, including business information programs, media campaigns, speeding and drunk driving awareness days, high school peer-led education, speed-watch telephone hotlines, and police training. During the five years of program activity there was a 25 percent decline in fatal crashes and a 25 percent decrease in fatal crashes involving alcohol compared with the prior five years.
In contrast with the positive results of media messages related to smoking, however, evaluations of the National Anti-Drug Media Campaign have yielded mixed results. While there is some evidence consistent with a favorable effect of the campaign on parent outcomes, there is no evidence that the effect on parents translates into improved outcomes for their children (Orwin, Cadell, and Chu, 2006).
Derzon and Lipsey (2002) reviewed 72 studies evaluating the effects of a broad range of media interventions on substance use behavior, attitudes, or knowledge. Using pre-post gain effect size statistics, they found positive effects for those receiving media interventions compared with controls, including smaller increases in substance use, greater improvement in substance use attitudes, and larger gains in substance use knowledge. Intervention characteristics consistently associated with greater gains include communications directed at parents and other adults with influence over young people; messages communicated by video (compared with television,


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|08 Sep 2010
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Having trouble installing Solid Edge SE2
I used to run Solid Edge version 20 fine on Windows 7, but I want to install the newer version called SE2, but when I start the installation it keeps saying that the old version has not been uninstalled...even though it has. I cannot find any solid edge files anywhere on my computer, I have even gone through the registry and deleted all the Solid Edge instances. Now I am out of ideas on what to do next, and I really need this program asap.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
I have both Solid Edge ST2 and V20. Both work fine with my xp system but I am actually having trouble installing V20 with my Windows 7 system. The setup wizard seems to "jam" after it removes backup files. I can use the software but after restarting the computer it seems to uninstall itself. The only way I can exit the window is to use the task manager. Did u have this problem when installing V20 on your windows 7 system?
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About 2-3 weeks ago I started suddenly getting random, frequent restarts. After some trial and error (including reinstalling Windows 7) and a little research, I determined the most likely (and cheapest to repair) cause was the PSU (which was only 600W). So I replaced it with an 850W and the restarts stopped. It's been ten days since I replaced the PSU. I hadn't yet moved any files from my windows.old file that was created when I reinstalled Windows 7, so I did that about two days ago. I simply moved everything in my old user file to the new one. Otherwise, I copied the Windows/FONTS folder and my Steam applications. All other program files were redownloaded. I then deleted the windows.old folder. Soon after I did all of this, I started experiencing BSODs. I get them while playing Guild Wars 2. I also got one while viewing some flash videos last night. And just recently I got two of them just while browsing the internet. I've noticed on occasion the cursor will freeze or disappear a split second before the screen flashes. Sometimes whatever sound was playing at the time will get stuck and blare out of the speakers.
The BSOD doesn't list a specific reason. It displays: 0x0000001e (0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000, 0x0000000).
Please let me know if any other info is needed.
EDIT: Since no dump file was generated (and yes, I've followed the instructions on how to enable it), here's a photo of the crash:
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There's no dumps in your zip, though -- we can enable it manually and gather them manually.
To ensure minidumps are enabled:
* Press Start, in the Search Box type: "sysdm.cpl" (without the quotes), press Enter.
* Select the Advanced tab, click on Startup and Recovery Settings.
* Ensure that Automatically restart is unchecked.
* Under the Write Debugging Information headline select Small memory dump (256 kB) in the dropdown box.
* Ensure that the Small Dump Directory is listed as %systemroot%\Minidump.
* OK till you're out of the dialogue.
* Reboot if changes have been made.
By the looks of the NFO.
Problem Devices
Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller PCI\VEN_1B6F&DEV_7023&SUBSYS_50071458&REV_01\4&36E9BF94&0&00E1 The drivers for this device are not installed.
Let Windows detect them and reinstall them.
Problem devices can be found in your Device Manager. Search Device Manager in Start, and look for . Note that if the warning sign isn't there, select View on the top of the window, and end with Show hidden devices.
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None of your analogies make sense. You're trying to compare internet service to something like UPS but the comparison falls apart pretty quickly. The main problem with net neutrality (or the lack thereof) is that it represents double dipping by the ISPs, they're trying to get paid twice for the same bandwidth (or if you assume they're overselling their bandwidth maybe triple or quadruple dipping). As a customer of an ISP I pay for a certain amount of bandwidth usage each month. That bandwidth is mine to do with as I please, it shouldn't matter if I'm watching movies on Netflix, downloading ISOs, editing Wikipedia, downloading songs on iTunes, or just browsing websites. Now the ISPs are trying to get paid twice for that bandwidth by penalizing companies who don't pay a ransom. It's a classic extortion scheme. That sure is a nice video stream you have there Netflix, sure would be a shame if something bad happened to it.
As for making "Amazon pay the same UPS rates you pay", that's already the case. Amazon pays, at some level, an ISP to carry their traffic. If I wanted to compete with Amazon, I to would have to pay an ISP to carry my traffic.
Internet is a system for transmitting data, what that data is, and
where it comes from or goes to shouldn't matter. ISPs are a simple
service provider, they take data from a customer and route it into the
larger network of the Internet and vice versa. The problem is, ISPs
don't want to be a simple service provider, they want to be the owners
of a walled garden in which they get a cut of everything you do on the
internet, not simply act as the transportation system. To go back to
your flawed analogy it would be like if UPS set their shipping rates
based on the contents of the box shipped not just it's physical
properties like size and weight. Imagine if UPS decided they wanted to
get paid an extra 50% of their normal rate for shipping all Apple


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The Power of His presence
Sermon shared by Daniel Olukoya
July 2005
Summary: No matter how confused and confusing a situation is, the presence of God will bring order into that situation. As Christians, we should carry His fire about anywhere we go.
Scripture: Exodus 33:13-33:15 (add scripture)
Tags: Divinity Of Christ, Presence, Power, Benefit (add tag)
Denomination: Pentecostal
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The secret of success, victory and unusual exploits that anointed servants of God�s achievements lie in the fact that God�s presence is always with them. Do you want to overcome great problems? Do you want to fulfill your divine destiny? You need the power of His presence.
This eye-opening message tells us how we can have God�s abiding presence and the innumerable benefits it brings. Read it carefully and pray the prayer points that accompany it with holy aggression. Expect great results!
Exodus 33:13-15: Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. [14] And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. [15] And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
This was Moses asking God to go on the journey with him. I would like us to read this message with rapt attention and hold it securely in your hands throughout this year.
Moses did not ask for signs and wonders or miracles; he asked God to show him His way. God answered by saying that His presence shall go with him.
Many Christians are completely ignorant of the presence of God. Many ministers and pastors know nothing about the power of the presence of God. Anyone who has not experienced the power of God�s presence has no right to stand and talk about Him because such people don�t know Him.
Having the presence of God with us is worth more than riches or fame or power. We can go anywhere when the presence of God is with us. I can go to many places because His presence is with me. I don�t care what direction it is, if the presence of God is there. A sleep is dangerous when the presence of God is absent. In the presence of God, there is fullness of joy but out of His presence, there is frustration, multiple demons, discouragement sorrow, fear, sickness, sin, suicide, distress, etc.
The question I would like to ask us is this: Do we have the presence of God with us? Or have we lost His presence? More than anything else this year, ensure that you have His presence with you always.
Psalm 51:11: Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
This is a powerful prayer. The Psalmist is trying to say that if God wants to take every other thing from him, He can, but God should allow him to always be in His Presence. He says God should not be silent about his matter; even if He wants to discipline him, He can but He should please not remove His Presence from Him.
We need to have the presence of the Lord in our lives; it is a wonderful experience. It is essential in our everyday life.
Moses had several problems with the children of Israel; often they would have stoned him to death then he would remember God�s promise: �My presence shall go with thee and I will give thee rest.�
That is, you can have trouble everywhere, fears, and threathenings outside. Since you have prayed and you know that the secret of knowing the Lord is being in His presence, nothing will dismay you.
The closer you are to fire, the hotter you are; the farther you move away from fire, the cooler you become. The closer you move to the Lord, the more of His presence you have; the farther you move away from Him, the closer you are to the devil. It is a wonderful thing to be in the
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George Gershwin's Piano Concerto.
A Strauss Waltz.
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Mac Wiseman Sings Old Time Country Favorites
Rural Rhythm Records
4 stars (out of 5)
By Larry Stephens
1966. I remember it well because that's the year I graduated from high school and started college. I was playing in the Starlighters, a local country band that was pretty danged good. Mac Wiseman wasn't on my horizon. Neither was bluegrass. Most of the people in the band couldn't stand it, especially the banjo.
But Wiseman, "The Voice With a Heart," was a well established and popular performer in both the bluegrass and country worlds as well as dipping into folk music. Still active today, albeit with a lighter schedule, you're most likely to catch him on RFD-TV's Country Family Reunion, though he recently performed on the Grand Ole Opry. He started out as the bass player for Molly O'Day, joined Flatt & Scruggs then Bill Monroe and later struck out as a solo artist. His voice and the way he styles a song has made him one of my favorite arists. Many others love his work, too. He was inducted into the IBMA Hall of Honor in 1993 and will become a member of the CMA Hall of Fame within a few days.
In 1966 he made a mono LP (Sings Old Time Country Favorites [RRMW-158]) for Uncle Jim O'Neal, owner of Rural Rhythm, the only recording he ever did for them. It was reissued in 1973 (Singing Country Favorites [RRMW-258]) with an electric guitar and bass plus drums overdubbed to make a stereo effect. It was reissued again in 1997 (20 Old Time Country Favorites [RHYCD-258]) and that one is still available. The original recording featured Wiseman on guitar, Rudy Thacker on guitar, and Peggy Peterson playing Dobro. This CD was re-mastered from the original tapes with "Wildwood Flower" as a bonus track. It was recorded with the other tracks but not released. There's not much information available on Peterson but she does appear in the credits of several records of that era (including works by J. E. Mainer and Jim Eanes) and is mentioned in Pretty Good for a Girl: Women in Bluegrass by Murphy Henry. Thacker was probably the man associated with the Stringbusters in the Cleveland area (the LP was recorded in Ohio, possibly Akron).
Several of these songs have become closely associated with Wiseman through the years. "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" traces back to the Carter Family, though he cuts out the middle two verses on this record. This song is a good example of a curious choice made by singers, more so in the first half of bluegrass history than the second but not unheard of today. A man will sing a song clearly intended for a woman without changing the words.
And when the dance is over and all have gone to rest
I'll think of him, dear Mother, the one that I love best
He once did love me dearly and ne'er from me would part
He sought not to deceive me, false friends have changed his heart
It's not as if the words are set in stone. Wiseman's version varies slightly from the lyrics attributed to the Carter Family, but there seems to be a reluctance to change from first person to third person. This can be disconcerting when you first hear it.
Many of the songs on the album feel abrupt, shortened. The Vince Gill/Asleep At The Wheel version of "Corrina, Corrina" runs three minutes. The CD's version is 1:36. This is a familiar song dating back to 1928 and recorded in several genre by a long list of artists. My guess is the choice was made to make most songs short so more songs could be included. An LP could hold twenty to twenty-two minutes of playing time on each side and each song has some delay until the next one. Math tells the story. It's an understandable decision but still a trade-off.
Another "Wiseman" song is "I Saw Your Face In The Moon." It dates back to 1937 and Governor Jimmie Davis. "Midnight Special" bears Wiseman's melodic touch but many may associate it with CCR or Johnny Rivers. It probably dates (in print) to Howard Odum in 1905 and has been recorded by artists as varied as Lead Belly, The Kingston Trio and ABBA. Wiseman may have the gentlest touch of all.
On the gospel side are a very short "When They Ring Those Golden Bells" and "Just Over In Gloryland." "The Black Sheep" has a message of forgiveness that isn't gospel but is still an uplifting message of right in the end. Other familiar numbers are "Wreck of the Old '97," "The Georgia Mail" and "More Pretty Girls Than One." "Rovin' Gambler'" runs only 1:51 but there are so many variations of this song (as with most of these) that it's not necessarily shortened and, in this case, you feel like he finished the song instead of just cutting it off. Listen to "Little Mohee" and you'll hear where "On Top of Old Smokey" borrowed its melody.
"Mary of the Wild Moor" has a long and interesting history and many artists have recorded it, including Sara Evans in 2001 who heard it on a Dolly Parton recording. "Little Blossom" is a beautiful but grim number, the story of a little girl killed accidentally by her drunken father. Then there are the simple songs that don't say much of anything but were still popular at one time. "How Many Biscuits Can You Eat" was recorded by artists like Split Lip Rayfield, Grandpa Jones and the Coon Creek Girls while "Turkey In The Straw" dates back longer than anyone can remember. "Sourwood Mountain" is another song with unknown beginnings, part lament, part nonsense. Parts of it were used by the Grateful Dead in Sugar Magnolia.
This is a welcome half-century look back at a recording by one of the greats of bluegrass and country music. It's a reminder of the history of the music and might influence some listeners to look back for one of their next cuts when they record.


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You wouldn't sound like such of fool if you'd understand the difference between classic liberalism and and what is called liberal today, aka communism.
So where does your state fall on the most conservative list? According to a new Gallup poll released yesterday, Alabama was the most conservative state in 2012. A little over half of Alabama residents identify as conservatives. Not far behind, tied for second most conservative, are Wyoming and North Dakota with 48.6 percent.
At the other end of the scale is Washington, DC, with more than 40 percent of their residents identifying as liberals. Another 10 percentage points behind DC was the runner up, Massachusetts and Oregon not far behind the bay state.
And Alaska reported having...