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Posts by JaitcH
3295 posts • joined 12 Oct 2009
Bank Muscat hit by $39m ATM cash-out heist
Re: The terrorists need new cash flow.
In Afghanistan they ship billions into the state bank and then officials do some creative printing and loan out all sorts of money to friends of the government.
Time that Switzerland really opened up the accounts for near failed states and their citizens.
Architect pitches builder-bothering 'Print your own house' plan
Great fun, but impracticable ...
Many regions of the world are wood-adverse.
Take the Asian Longhorned Beetle is a large wood-boring insect native to China, it will chow down on any wood remotely soft. Now, thanks to softwood pallets there are large colonies in the USA, Canada, Europe and elsewhere.
The only answer to these pests are hard-wood or concrete.
Then there is the bureaucracy. They are the architects friends who seem to have but a single purpose in life - to generate business for architects. Then there is the construction trade who think everything but everything is beyond the intending home building plebs. Seemingly only the building trade can employ unskilled labour and produce a building.
Unfortunately, these designs in wood are impracticable for my part of the world, well entrenched as it is with Asian Longhorned Beetle, so we create in concrete. I have constructed three buildings, now, one being my home and the other two what government calls 'mini-hotels' (which have over thirty rooms each.
Being a pleb builder, I studied very hard. I did unusual things such as making all 'techno-structure' (pipes, wires, etc) accessible with the minimal of bashing concrete - unlike professional builders who bury all such infrastructure under mounds of concrete. I used insulating concrete forms (ICFs), factory made rebar forms, welded window inserts into which windows (or doors) can fit knowing the frame is dead square.
Even crazier, according to the local 'construction experts' was my use of large-diameter plastic pipes as concrete forms instead of using tatty-looking things made from wood and nails. I simply split piping longitudinally and used packing bands to hold them together whilst the concrete dried. Strangely several 'professional;' builders are now copying my technique in the area.
My first mini-hotel used containers (surplus or 'hot' units costing me USD$300-400 delivered) and it took an engineer to explain to the planners that a container will support many, many times their weight and that my height of five-seven containers wasn't a challenge.
I wish Wikihouse every success, however I fear they will best succeed in places such as Africa for 'advanced' countries throw up to many obstacles to make this practical. I must admit, there are many authorities in Canada, outside the larger cities, who will happily accept DIY home plans, and offer technical help in making the plans meet 'code'.
'It's common for freelancers to farm out work to cheap coders'
Michael Chertoff
has zero credibility, especially after he backed the SEE-ALL AIRPORT SCANNERS which have recently been withdrawn from service by the TSA.
Apple takes aim at accessory makers, files iPad stand patent
One benefit is ...
that even legislators will be able to see the stupidity of accepting some / most of Apples 'patents' which will eventually lead to the much needed revamp of the whole system.
'Brit Bill Gates' was powerless to stop HP's Autonomy acquisition
The problem with HP lies within it's ...
board of directors who must number amongst the most inept in American corporate history.
They have totally abandoned the principals of the founders Messrs. Hewlett and Packard. The resultant mess and corporate meandering totally vindicates the concept used by the founders from the beginning.
iPrefs-seeking shareholder Einhorn drops Apple lawsuit
Apple loses, again - American corporate law prevails
The simple fact is David Einhorn and his hedge fund Greenlight Capital won - and Apple capitulated - after the SEC gave them the boot.
Judge slashes Apple's pile o' cash Samsung judgment
At last, justice prevails
After all the trials and tribulations of the first trial, at least a semblance of justice is entering into these proceedings.
The trial made a mockery of American 'justice' notwithstanding how warped it is.
Canadian cyborg says Google Glass design is cracked
The difference between Steve Mann's glasses and Googles version is ...
they are practical, don't have to be screwed to your head and don't make the wearer look strange.
Nexus 1 put in orbit to prove 'in space, no one can hear you scream'
For the technically minded ...
Check out:
< http://www.uk.amsat.org/ >, < http://www.360app.co.uk/ >, < http://www.screaminspace.com/ > (terrible web site contrast), < http://www.sstl.co.uk/Missions/STRaND-1--Launched-2013 >. Also: < http://amsat-uk.org/2013/02/26/radio-amateurs-asked-to-collect-strand-1-telemetry-data/ >, < http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/strand-1/strand-1-videos/ >, < http://amsat-uk.org/2013/02/07/isro-plans-sarl-and-amateur-radio-satellite-launch-for-february-14/ >.
You can use SkyGrabber software < http://www.skygrabber.com/ > (works with PC card or Dongle) and an appropriate antenna.Orbit map: < http://www.uk.amsat.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Initial-Pass-of-STRaND-1-640x451.png >.
nobody can hear the cries for help
you must be confused and thinking of the Apple product that kept on dropping calls.
No mobile signal? Blame hippies and their eco-friendly walls
Gyproc/plaster board/drywall has gone high tech
Innocent looking is often the cause of signal reduction as you can get it with rear lines in water proof, steam proof, foil covered and even ballistic - the latter capable of stopping bullets - kind of handy if you live in an American 'hood which have a high frequency of bullets.
Then there are the metallic 'tinted' windows such as the Royal Bank Building in Toronto which is also a very effective attenuator.
But you do have peace/freedom from cell rings.
India launch puts Canadian microsats into orbit
If India has rockets for rent, how come Cameron is ...
sending them aid money?
No wonder the UK is broke.
Re: Canada
How little you know about Canada.
In some places population densities exceeding one live body per square kilometre seem crowded, and objects from space don't come down vertically but leave a long trail of debris.
In southern Ontario we have the Southern Ontario Meteor Network since so many make landfall around there. Go visit < http://astroengine.com/2008/10/25/rare-meteor-fireball-captured-by-seven-canadian-cameras-videos/ >, < http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/14/science-meteor-meteorite-toronto.html >, < http://www.universetoday.com/91816/meteorite-alert-remote-cameras-capture-slow-moving-fireball-near-toronto/ >.
BBC World Service in a jam as China blocks broadcasts
Re: Blocked worldwide
Just China.
"impartial and accurate information to audiences around the world"
This USED to be the case but now the BBC has a new slant on things following the F.O. financing review - I even noticed it before I read about it is a UK document.
The broadcasters should bear in mind that radio receivers are predominantly FM and ASEAN has a target date to make all broadcast TV digital.
Satellite receivers in both China and VietNam require 'operating licences' and, in China, a demonstrated 'need' for viewing overseas broadcasts. Visitors to China will notice a sparsity or satellite dishes and even WiFi access.
VietNam only allows satellite reception from it's own satellites, which also include crap such as AXN, NatGo, Discovery, etc. Cable TV systems (soon to be trimmed to three national systems and four regional from the present forty systems) are fed through the Ha Noi 'monitoring'/censorship centre with a 15 MINUTE delay (the world ends at midnight - 15 minutes later in VietNam).
As from later this year VN subtitles re to be provided on all foreign broadcast services in to the country.
Access to BBC Vietnamese is easy and has minimum censorship here, locally.
BBC, CNN have been eliminated from 'free view' on cable although Deutsch Wella, Australian Broadcasting and a French news channel continue. I guess they are 'politically reliable'.
We have fibre optic cable feeds in larger centres and more remote areas can easily obtain satellite dish permits. A unit of the Cong An (Peoples Police) goes around checking on the direction of dishes to make sure you are pointed at the VN satellites!
Dalek designer Ray Cusick passes away aged 84
My salt and pepper shakers ...
though only two or three years old and made of nicely finished stainless steel, are Dalek imitations - bought in Singapore!
Darleks are celebrated the world over! Still!
BBC's new bosses - the lawyers - strike out Savile probe testimony
"monstrous libel on a public figure based on the flimsiest hearsay"
This applies to Savile, too. No judicial authority has ever made a finding as to his culpability.
We have plenty of Plods proclaiming their thoughts, an ex-Plod holding himself out to be an expert on child abuse and we have a group of adults who saw fit to withhold their allegations until Savile was in no position to defend himself.
I make no judgement about what Savile may, or may not have, done but only of the wagon train that rolls out more and more accusations. There are legal procedures that could be implemented, should the government wants so to do.
If this is British Justice it sure has fallen pretty low.
Cheap iPhone mini 'makes sense' for world domination
Re: A modest proposal V2.0 - Exchanging for body parts?
Selling body parts is illegal in China.
Although the Chinese government does, 'harvesting' spare parts from all the people they execute, by lethal injection [for the living] but safe as houses for the spare part recipients.
The CN government doesn't like competition, either.
Happy birthday, LP: Can you believe it's only 65?
Old media, and a new player
ELP has the new LT-500 model laser player, the perfect thing for zero wear on your old 33.5RPM discs/disks, and the perfect instrument to play noise caused by dust. Only $8,000 - a bargain.
And you will need a wet LP cleaner, with a vacuum system, to clean the records - only $140!
No needle was as good as this.
iPhone-maker Foxconn not gonna save Sharp
Whoops! There goes another ...
Apple screen supplier.
It might have to buy screens from Samsung yet. How humiliating would that be?
Success for Einhorn: Judge blocks vote on Apple's Proposal 2
California Cool tossed by East Coast Partypoopers
That noise emanating from Jobs box in Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, is most likely the response to East Coast people interfering in his former fiefdom.
Good to know Apple still has to kowtow to some laws.
What's NFC? PayPal lobs Chip and PIN readers at UK small biz
A certain Pin/Chip reader manufacturer ...
who manufactures motorised card reader/writers had a test ROM that allowed for duplication. The cards have no logo's (i.e. blank) and are intended for test and production purposes.
A technician friend works there and I made my own machine and he supplied the ROMs. Cost was around $320 - using my own PCB. The quick copy procedure is called a 'Yes' card. The version that takes longer yet to copy, with multiple read/writes of the 'master' card, which is because it has to test some code in a card being copied.
My wife has a copy of my card, the codes are contained in a small safe in our house. In the event of my death she will be able to continue to transact ATM business.
Banks seemingly don't do sophisticated checks as I was in the UK last year and used an ATM and then, receiving a SMS/text from me, my wife used her card in an ATM physically thousands of miles/kilometres away successfully within minutes of my use. Obviously banks believe in fast travel.
Even more susceptible are the PIN/chip readers in stores - they are designed to be remote programmed. The 'floor' levels are often changed at busy seasons. Leave the power off on a terminal overnight and see what doesn't happen.
We can also clone cell SIM chips, the easiest is a 'virgin' chip that has never been used, which can be obtained quite easily.
So much for security. As long as the banks are satisfied PIN/chip is secure. their smugness will allow us to continue copying cards. I even told a bank manager cards could be copied - he said that his information is that they are totally secure.
These unique "unpredictable numbers" aren't so unpredictable. My SecureCard is so secure I have a list of numbers in a file on my Note 2 which I can use to fool the HSBC computer. Usually it makes a request for one or two entries, just as with the real 'Secure'Key. Go figure.
What is secure is the password to the file!
Google reveals Glass details in patent application
"is getting more than a little press"
which means that Google is learning from Apple who can spin air in to a story to keep their name in the papers.
At least Google has working models.
Microsoft legal beagle calls for patent reform cooperation
In other words ...
MS wants the crooked, bribe-accepting politicians to skew the rules their way.
WHAT the world really needs is a global patents law so every country handles things the same way. And this doesn't mean the American way, only.
US woman cuffed for 'booking strippers for 16th birthday bash'
This is called ...
moral turpitude and is a United States legal concept in the that refers to "conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice, honesty or good morals". It appears in U.S. immigration law from the nineteenth century. In other common law jurisdictions it is dated or obsolete.
I wonder where murdering your own citizens or innocent children overseas with drones fits in this?
Better charge Obamarama, Bush and the CIA.
Apple files 'iWatch' patent application
And is it waterproof?
Many people, when washing their hands, include, in the process, their wrists. This means the proposed device should be waterproof. Then there is the concern caused by deluges of water be it bog standard UK rain shower or tropical downpours.
And Apple has taken the opportunity to include a power connector with a different form factor. Another $40 attachment?
And what of burning batteries? Perhaps they could put a logo on the case adjacent to the battery so overheating batteries will brand the sign of the Devil (Jobs) on a users wrist as it fails.
Over 100,000 sign White House petition for handset unlocking
And, meanwhile, in the Far East ...
many governments have decreed all cell phones shall be sold unlocked and without any restraints! And governments generally own one of the networks in most countries.
And no Carrier IQ (remember that).
New SIMs (plus start off air time) costs USD$5.00; replacement SIMs USD$0.15 (15 cents) with old number retention. No monthly top ups - my SMS phone has not had any money added since the original USD$50 for almost 6 years!
John Sweeney: Why Church of Scientology's gravest threat is the 'net
Church of Scientology's gravest threat is the US IRS
The term "Christian entertainment television series" best sums up all these 'religious' entities.
At least many governments are waking up and denying Scientology a religious status.
As someone who lives in the Far East I am amazed at how much electrical energy is consumed, primarily in the Philippines, as this mob broadcast using multiple 500, 000 watt transmitters, beamed at China and other nearby countries and how the funding just keeps on flowing in from their sucker supporters in the USA.
The joke is that it is extremely hard to buy domestic receivers with AM bands any more - FM with MP3 players be far more popular!
Oklahoma cops rake ashes of 'spontaneous combustion' victim
More grist for the ...
Discovery Channel Zombie shows.
Next they will have it recorded live.
Sexual harassment case costs Oracle $AUD18,000
"I bet the make up sex was hot." - pretty pathetic line of patter
Not far removed from the cave man with his club, either.
My company has a blatantly discriminatory HR policy: Employees: Single mothers, must speak English. Three (Western) male owners/partners have employment contracts: No personal relationships with staff. All staff: No fraternisation (or smart talk) during work hours.
In return: Company pays well over the average salary; 50% cash under the table (non-taxable); company pays all deductibles (tax, social insurance ad pensions); we supply twice annual dental checks/treatment. We also pay 50% child care/school fees.
Worked for fifteen years and most employees are over the 10-year point in service. Very low staff turnover. And we have employee harmony!
I actually know someone who now works in a middle management position at Oracle Australia and to my knowledge their employment standards are pretty well enforced. She has worked for Oracle in three countries so she has a pretty wide experience in Oracle.
Google stokes hype machine over Project Glass robospecs
Muggers are going to love them ...
In Bangkok, the bar girls outside on the sidewalk get 'volunteers' to join them in the bar by snatching peoples glasses.
A simple 'granny' cord, bought at a sports store, slipped over the ends of the temple tips (arms of a frame), stops all but the most aggressive troll.
Should work well on Google Glasses, too.
The MS glasses might have larger viewing areas but the contrast between the real scene, in front of the wearer, and the superimposed images will be tricky at times.
Wonder what Apple is dreaming of?
Oakley glasses are massive with all sorts of junk hanging off the temples.
We've slashed account hijackings by 99.7% - Google
Perhaps the should patent it and sell it to HSBC-CA
HSBC-CA uses a very 'secure' system: DoB and Mother's surname. If you forget them, simply look up your genealogy on a certain massive web site and give them a call.
And the last 10-digits of your plastic is all that is required to open up InterNet banking - the cards, of course, contain the full account name just to make it that much easier to hack the accounts.
Microsoft: Office 2013 license is for just one PC, FOREVER
Who actually reads or even cares about licences?
I stopped buying originals after sending a defective OEM version of Windows back to MS and they 'lost' it.
Our local copy shop, only kilometres from MS VietNam, always laughs at the 'suits' from MS who regularly visit and tell him he is illegal or asks he want to sell legal MS products. The 'copyright' squad of Vietnamese Plods hasn't been around for a couple of years now - I guess their inspection 'sting' has faded, ever since they were forced to issue Notices advising when they were coming!
His prices are unchanged, USD$1, for a DVD crammed with all manner of MS software starting with the latest versions.
Really free enterprise rules!
Wind-up bloke Baylis winds up broke, turns to UK gov for help
Re: Tricky balancing act: "later versions are hand-cranked generators that charge batteries."
We had hand-cranked and pedal cranked generators in the British Army and the manufacturing date on the labels indicated they were made well before the latest version was 'invented'.
As for criminalising copy cats, would this include Apple or Microsoft? Didn't think so.
You will rarely beat the Chinese replication industry. Is is far too advanced, and some of their 'copies' are improved versions. The Chinese have the capability of copying all but the latest, very fine traced, silicon chips. And they find making 500-1,000 copies economically viable.
The West can only implement it's rules in the West, and in countries where Western 'niceties' are observed. The rest of the world is uncontrollable.
Take the 'Gucci' and 'Burberry' copy market. One of the driving forces is that this type of company, like Apple, makes exorbitant profits and thereby affords a opportunity for copycats to operate.
Recently, two high-end shops, Mondo and Gucci, who have flagship stores on Dong Khoi Street (our Regents Street) in Ho Chi Minh City, were raided by VietNam Customs. These officials weren't in the least bit interested in the product - only the missing duty and taxes.
Ironically, the imported goods were genuine and had been rerouted through HongKong for relabelling as they were in actuality the REAL goods and not off copies! The re-labeling was intended to support a claim they were made in China and therefore had a lower duty/tax rate.
All Apple has done, in China, is to create a market for Apple knock-offs that sell for around UAD$150 - genuine copies that are so close to the real thing they run iOS!
Apple, and others, could cut into this market if they weren't so bent and determined on maintaining their 47% mark-up.
Cameron to ink cyber deal with India, protect Brit outsourced data
Cameron is a techno-idiot - it's all off-shored for M-O-N-E-Y
QUOTE: "Other countries securing their data is effectively helping us secure our data. I think this is an area where Britain has some real competitive and technology advantages," said Cameron.
Companies only use foreign entities to save money.
HSBC hires a special sort of company, one with no intelligent employees who's abilities could be replaced with a screen reader. One female was happily reading the standard response when she missed a word. I told her she had missed a word and asked that she re-read the paragraph all over again!
And most of these sweat shop call centres are owned by an American company based in California.
We should expect our British business be conducted in Britain, not in some slum in India where many are tempted to make money on the side by selling data. THE LEAKS ARE NOT IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS, the leaks are by foreign employees who are simply trying to make a few extra Rupees on the side.
I refuse to deal with these entities, in fact one refuses to deal with me and simply bounces the call back to the UK - which is what I want. If you want the same go learn some 'bad words' in whatever language they speak in the call centre location - you can end up dealing with your British company in the UK.
Python-lovers sling 'death threats' at UK ISP in trademark row
intellectual property lawyer for Texan legal firm, and describes himself as PSF's counsel
Does he even have a UK lawyers operating papers.
Some Americans think just because they meet US requirements they can practice anywhere.
Baby-boulder bowling burglar breaks Boulder Apple Store's $100k glass door
Re: $100k for a glass door?
This price most likely includes Apple's profit margins - somewhere north of 52% - after all they screw all their customers, why not insurers?
Perhaps they should also invest in some alarms, as well, something like the < http://burglarbomb.com/ > which fills the protected area with pepper gas spray.
Twitter row goes to court, beak says man must cough £17,500
Re: I still don't get the point of Twitter
Facebook is an even faster way to ruin your career/life/bank balance, specially if you were stupid enough to buy shares.
Changing the Z to S in the principles name far better describes shareholders.
Own a drone: Fine. But fly a drone with a cam: Year in the clink
Concentrate on the camera
If the concern is about pictures, simply designate camera characteristics.
The GoPro camera shown above has very poor response to dimly lit scenes I teach young men and women English in my apartment and, for my own security, when no one else is in the apartment, I run GoPro's to record training sessions in case any accusations might be made.
I have found the ambient has to be quite high, so any aerial Peeping Toms would likely be disappointed.
Even running at a high frame rate GoPros exhibit quite a bit of blurring, not to mention the lenses fogging up from the heat of the camera.
Of course, surrounding your property with lightweight fish nylon netting would likely win you a few cameras and aircraft.
Google to open flagship retail stores by end of 2013
Shouldn't be hard to design ...
since Apple filed a patent for their shops.
Google can surreptitiously see the weaknesses and change the layouts and then they are ahead.
They could even pick over the 'genius' shop hand training manual - except they should use a name people can relate to.
There's a new rail station being built in NYC - great place for a Google store to bug the hell out of Apple.
BlackBerry Q10: This quirky QWERTY will keep loyalists perky
Re: RIM security is good BUT it needs/uses servers? Silent Circle!
Silent Circle uses encryption/decryption performed at either end.
You can now even send 60-Mbyte encrypted files, should be long enough for even the most verbose correspondent,
The file is held encrypted until the recipient opens it, at which time the key is deleted.
Singaporean men in naked web cam extortion scam
Can you blame the men? Check out a Singaporan wife - enough to make a freezer look hot
I was based in LEE Kwan-Yews dictatorship, Singapore, for several years and was well integrated in to the Chinese community knowing many people on a family basis.
Ignoring the fact that Singaporean males are somewhat childish around the subject of sex, having met many of the islands 'matrons' I can well understand why they might fall for this trick.
If the women loosened up more, there might be fewer 'spare tyres/tires' in circulation. The mainland Chinese are much more liberated - although there are still a fair number 'spare tyres/tires' around.
I wonder why the Singy police never intervened, given that residential computers are restricted by a fire wall and subject to active monitoring.
Obama says patent trolls 'extort money', pledges reform
"label patent trolls as leeches who extort money" - so there goes a good chunk of Apples income
Older readers, with a good memory, will likely recall all the 'adopting' (plagiarisation) Apple has done over the decades starting with both the corporate logo and name, followed by purloining Xerox designs, Japanese connectors, Creative of Singapore, etc.
Not all the problems are of Apples doing, many stem from the poor law that implements and governs the USPO activities. What stupidity awarded a patent for corners and curves? And pixel formations in icons/avatars?
In areas of fast development, where inventions have short Best Before times, they should patentable duration of five years.
I remember visiting George Barnes Boot Factory, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and there were all these ancient machines for boot and shoe manufacturing. I asked why not more modern machinery and was told they had to rent the machines from an American company dating back to the 1800's.
They couldn't improve the designs as every which way was covered by patents.
No wonder the Chinese don't pay too much attention to patents. Can't really blame them.
Re: Grammar
Americans don't speak English, they speak American and drop the 'T's and truncate the ends of words.
Obama seemed to be a fine example of US 'English'.
Inside Microsoft's Surface Pro: A fiendishly difficult journey
MS copying Apple construction techniques, only more so
Many Apple products are glued together that save screwing in strange screws AND it is even more successful at keeping out would-be DIY artists out of the goodies.
Time the EU passed legislation requiring all electronic assemblies be serviceable. That would end the era of glue.
The official iPhone actually runs Android - in Brazil
Brazilian electronics maker Gradiente applied for the trademark "iPhone" in 2000
So who says Apple doesn't plagiarise repeatedly?
Apples logo and name were 'borrowed' from competitors when it could only afford half-page adverts in the BYTE magazine.
Now a COUNTRY has proved that Apple missed the mark by several years.
They should have done a Walmart - paid off officials in South America.
Pop's Chubby Checker condemns use of Palm to check pocket-chubby
Chubby Checker - a notable figure in pop history
Chubby Checker, still young at 71, is right.
How would HP like to having it's name associated with various sexual attributes? Maybe someone should run a competition!
iOS 6.x hack allows personal data export, free calls
Just another undocumented feature that Apples engineering missed
So where's the problem? Apple products aren't thoroughly tested, when a new version is issued the back-shop boys are busy working on the next version,
Pity Apple doesn't test them during production, rather than in the field.
IDC: Android, iOS now own 91.1% of global smartphone sales
Re: Lies, damn lies, statistics ... a lot people do not know what OS runs their mobile phone
Do people have to really care or know? Just like a car engine, you turn it on and drive, you don't have to know it's inner workings.
Likewise, people don't give a hoot about OS other than how many Apps there are; and the fact that iOS6.1.1 sucks batteries fast. And Android is freedom where as iOS is jail.
Google whips out pocket cannon, fires VoIP patent sueball at BT
Re: It hasn't been called British Telecom since 1991
Post Office Telephones, with their little Post Office Morris series Z bashed out by Morris. The colour dated from their original wartime colours. If a technician was caught with Post Office tools in his house, he was liable to be charged with theft.
The labs were, long ago, a centre of technical excellence even the code-breaking Colossus computer, used at Bletchley Park during WW2, was built at the Post Office Research Station in Dollis Hill by a team led by the late Tommy Flowers.
ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment) was built there for the government's Premium Bond lottery, Dollis Hill conceived Viewdata and the Prestel service (launched 1979) and Dollis Hill even has a war time cabinet bunker under it!
Sadly, it no longer enjoys it's former status.
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The 54-year-old Jones previously pleaded not guilty and remains free. He's accused of using the power of his office to support a scheme that prosecutors say was headed by his 55-year-old former brother-in-law, Thomas A. Cecrle Jr.
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Chicago in general is kind like that with me too.
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There's an attitude toward us here in Wisconsin that they have that looks down on us. So any time 'little' Green bay can stick it to the big shots in Chicago I'm all for it.
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Did I mention I can't stand Jay Cutler?
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Over the objections of Tom Bergeron, Cheryl Burke and a host of others, Chris Brown performed on Dancing With the Stars' first results show of the season Tuesday.
Brown actually performed twice - first his new hit "Yeah 3x," then an encore medley of "Forever" and "Beautiful People" - bringing the house down both times.
If there were boos, they weren't audible over the cheers for a guy who put his all into each routine and looked very, very happy to be there. Here's his first effort:
After Brown's now-infamous Good Morning America meltdown, many were shocked (and more than a few upset) that ABC would let him keep this DWTS gig.
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Out there somewhere this morning, this self absorbed, self described grown @ass man is patting himself on the back for being able to show off on prime time TV last night. With his notoriety being
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Can you imagine being a female fan of Cris Brown and have him bash your face. In? Would you ask him for an Autograph?
Bravo April and Marvin, I hope you FF through Rhianna's too, because she is just as sick for hitting him and more than once. What woman knows she pushed a guy to his breaking point and not only ruins his career, but uses it to boost her own! She should have been arrested too! I totally support Chris and like him even more for moving on and up! She is nothing in my eyes. Nothing! Go Chris! I am going to go buy your new album in support of you and to let Rhianna know there are those of us out there that did not look past her part in it!!
This young man has been through alot just as anyonelse. If you guys forgive Charlie Sheen then you should give Chris another chance. He's young and still paving his way. No one is perfect. The point is: we have all done something we are not.proud of. Did'nt someone give you a chance to prove your better?
You know he did it, and he admits that he abused her. That does not make me want to hate him nor does it make me want to just eliminate him all together.. There have been many men and women who have been in this situation but for some reason this one will not die down. He was the man in the situation and should have walked away and he did not, yes, that was bad on his part, but that also makes Rhianna an abuser also, cause she hit him several times. I say we give the man another chance, yes it is hard on a lot of victims that have been through this, I am not asking them to forget about it, I am saying lets just give him another chance. There are some people in the world that Deserves it and I am sure God has given him another chance also!!! April
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City funds Five Points laser-light spectacular
Date: April 1, 2011
by: Loren May | Community Editor
APRIL FOOLS — It's been rumored to top Pink Floyd's laser-light show.
Brain-tingling streaks of light will soon begin to boogie through Selby Five Points Park, creating a spectacle of animated light that will brighten up anything within a one-mile radius.
Due to the overwhelmingly positive response to the recently installed LED lights at the park, the city is upgrading them. Each night at 9 p.m., a 30- to- 60-minute laser-light show, set to the music from the "Star Wars" trilogy soundtracks, will project onto the surrounding condo buildings.
For those interested in experiencing their own clone war in the middle of the park, LightBrite FX Lightsabers with LED electro-luminescent blades and MAXXout! sound effects will be sold 15 minutes prior to each show, in front of the Selby Public Library.
On the third Wednesday of each month, The Sarasota Opera and The Sarasota Orchestra will co-host the show, and the public will be able to hear live songs choreographed to colorful laser beams. Donations will be accepted and given to the youth programs of each organization.
But not everyone is excited about the new form of entertainment. During the show's test run last week, one resident of a nearby condo said he was temporarily blinded by the light.
"I looked out my window, and suddenly, a bright streak hit me and I fell backward," said the resident. "I saw a bright light and thought, 'Am I dead? Am I going to heaven?'"
The man is not pressing charges and is instead currently developing nighttime laser-light show goggles for anyone who thinks they, too, might start to finally see the light.
A second incident occurred when a man strolling through the park started dancing to the music. He ran smack into the bear sculpture outside the Plaza at Five Points, landing himself in the hospital with a broken nose. A Sarasota Memorial Health Care System administrator urged the man to be more careful in the future.
"Had he been carrying a lightsaber, he might have avoided the statue," said the administrator. "We want people to engage and interact during the laser shows, and lightsabers are one way of ensuring people can see where they are going in the park when it's dark outside."
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Doris F. Zanella
LINCOLN- Doris F. (Gaulin) Zanella, 91, formerly of Woonsocket, died, Saturday, September 8, 2013, in the Holiday Retirement Home, with her family by her side. She was the wife of the late Peter C. Zanella.
Born in Woonsocket, daughter of the late Albert N. and Marie Ange (Marcotte) Gaulin.
Doris was a Homemaker. She was a member of the St. Louis Chorale for 28 years and St. Joseph Senior Citizens and volunteered at the Woonsocket Health Center for several years.
Doris loved spending time with her family and friends.
Rina R. Berthelette
MILLVILLE- Rina R. (Beauregard) Berthelette, 83, of Millville, died Friday, September 6, 2013 in the Timothy Daniels House, Holliston. She was the wife of the late Alfred L. Berthelette.
Born in Woonsocket, she was the daughter of the late Alfred and Bernadette (Houle) Beauregard.
Rina loved quilting, baking and spending time with her grandchildren.
Linda C. Paterson
BLACKSTONE- Linda C. (Brunelle) Paterson, 47, of Blackstone, died Sunday, September 8, 2013 in the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center, Providence. She was the wife of Donald V. Paterson, whom she married August 22, 1987.
Born in Woonsocket, she was the daughter of the late Armand and Rita (Durand) Brunelle.
Linda was a 1983 graduate of Woonsocket High School and earned her Associate's Degree from CCRI. She was a CNA at St. Antoine Residence and several other area nursing homes.
Betty Bruneault
REEDVILLE, VIRGINIA- Betty Bruneault, 83, of Reedville, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.
She was a member of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Fleeton, Virginia. Betty was so happy in her Reedville dream home, and made many new friends. She was at total peace with her life, and her Reedville family will continue to do everything to honor her memory. She will be greatly missed by everyone she has touched. Her patron saint is St. Therese, and we pray that Betty is with the Little Flower now.
Daniel Poirier
TUCSON, AZ-- Daniel Poirier, 91, passed away Thursday September 5, 2013 in Tucson, AZ.
He was born in Woonsocket and a former resident of Blackstone. He worked for Milot Bros., Grossmans and Goodhues before relocating to Tucson.
Daniel is survived by his wife Mary Linda, sons Daniel Jr. of Conway, SC, Michael of Blackstone, David of Uxbridge, Philip of Woonsocket, Joseph of Carlsbad, CA, daughter Danielle Lawrence of Becket, 10 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren.
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Pronunciation: /ˈzɒrəʊ /
Definition of zorro in English:
noun (plural zorros)
A doglike fox found in the forests and savannah of South America.
- Genus Dusicyon, family Canidae: two species, in particular the crab-eating fox (D. thous)
Example sentences
- Some are solitary like the fox, others social like the jackal; some as small as the crab-eating zorro of South America, a few as large as the Arctic wolf.
mid 19th century: from Spanish, 'fox'.
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What would happen if Apple let Proview keep the iPad name in China but set up stores outside of China that provided iPads to people that ended up smuggling the iPads into China. Sales would still occur, albeit at lower volumes but the internal demand in China might force Proview to take the last offer.
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Giants Announce 2008 Greenjackets Coaching Staff
Posted: 01/18/2008 - The San Francisco Giants have announced former Augusta Greenjackets hitting coach Andy Skeels has been tabbed the team's new manager. Ross Grimsley will retrun as pitching coach.
Posted: 01/18/2008 - The San Francisco Giants have announced former Augusta Greenjackets hitting coach Andy Skeels has been tabbed the team's new manager. Ross Grimsley will retrun as pitching coach.
Posted: 01/18/2008 - Clemson's James Davis wants to return to school. Davis announced earlier this month he would skip his senior season and enter the NFL draft. But Tigers athletic spokesman Tim Bourret says the running back is filing paperwork to return to college.
Updated: 01/18/2008 - After a month long search, Greenbrier has hired a new football coach, his name, Brian Smith, who had been serving as the team's defesinve back coach.
Updated: 01/18/2008 - ATLANTA (AP) -- Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is expected to reveal in an upcoming book that he has multiple personalities -- a revelation that surprises the man who coached the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner.
Posted: 01/17/2008 - Two newspapers are reporting South Carolina coach Dave Odom plans to retire at the end of this season.
Posted: 01/17/2008 - The 2006-07 Augusta State's men's basketball team will be recognized prior to Saturday afternoon's matchup with North Georgia at 4:00 p.m. in Christenberry Fieldhouse.
Posted: 01/17/2008 - Augusta Lynx Head Coach Bob Ferguson announced today that forward and leading goal-scorer Aaron Slattengren has signed a Professional Tryout Agreement with the Providence Bruins, member of the American Hockey League.
Posted: 01/16/2008 - Devan Downey scored 28 points to lead South Carolina to a 70-66 win over Arkansas.
Updated: 01/17/2008 - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- One year after blowing a big lead in a loss to Alabama, Georgia gave its fans another scare tonight before recovering to beat the Crimson Tide 61-54.
Updated: 01/16/2008 - The Greater Augusta Sports Council announced Thursday that the ASA will be hosting the Easton Archery Pro/Am tournament at Fort Gordon April 25 – 27, 2008. The tournament is expected to draw over 1,000 competitors.
Posted: 01/16/2008 - We're just 32 days away from the Daytona 500 and the action is already heating up with the Sprint Cup guys cranking out practice laps on the famed speedway.
Updated: 01/17/2008 - ATLANTA (AP) -- After failing to reach a deal with Baltimore, Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Jason Garrett visited Atlanta for his second interview with the Falcons.
Posted: 01/15/2008 - It was a tough first visit for the Augusta Lynx to Charleston to face the Stingrays on Tuesday. The Stingrays scored early and often, scoring three 1st period goals.
Posted: 01/15/2008 - We're pretty much half way through the college basketball season and Augusta State remains one of the elite teams in the nation. The next six days could go a long way in seeing if they stay there.
Posted: 01/15/2008 - Terrence Oglesby's shooting touch remained hot, and he led No. 24 Clemson to a 70-54 victory over struggling North Carolina State.
Updated: 01/17/2008 - Former Burke County Bear and current LA Dodger, Jonathan Broxton, will have the Waynesboro-Burke County Recreation Department renamed in his honor at a ceremony this Saturday.
Posted: 01/14/2008 - Over the past three years, the USC Aiken baseball team has been ranked every week except two, maybe the ultimate respect the program has gotten during that time. This year, no exception.
Posted: 01/14/2008 - Junior Jeremy Fears has been named the Peach Belt Conference men's basketball Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon. Fears joins fellow junior Chris Commons as the first USC Aiken teammates to win the honor in the same season since 2003-04. Commons earned back-to-back Player of the Week honors November 26 and December 3.
Posted: 01/13/2008 - Led by three points by captain Louis Goulet and a strong goaltending performance by Bobby Goepfert, the Augusta Lynx get back on the winning side Saturday night beating Mississippi 4-1.
Posted: 01/13/2008 - Both the Augusta State men and women picked up road wins Saturday by beating Armstrong Atlantic. The men won an overtime thriller 83-82 while the ladies took out the Pirates 79-67.
Posted: 01/12/2008 - Both the men and women from USC Aiken pulled out easy victories over Georgia Southwestern Saturday night. The men win 84-61, the ladies 67-35.
Posted: 01/12/2008 - This spring, three GreenJackets from the 2007 roster will be heading to a different kind of baseball camp. Infielders Brian Bocock and Emmanuel Burriss along with outfielder Mike McBryde are all heading to Major League Spring Training. The three are part of a group of 15 non-roster invitees the Giants have asked to participate in MLB Spring Training.
Posted: 01/12/2008 - Georgia's Golf Hall Of Fame is opening their doors to the newest members as the class of 2008 is being enshrined with three new members joining the likes of Larry Mize, Nancy Lopez, and Tommy Aaron.
Posted: 01/11/2008 - One night after beating Florida 7-1, the Everblades turned the tables and knocked off the Lynx 6-1 Friday night at the James Brown Arena.
Posted: 01/11/2008 - Lauren Smith is just two years removed from being a member of the women's golf team at Augusta State and she now finds herself the interim coach.


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"Crystal Structure of E. coli RecA in a Compressed Helical Filament Form3"
The structure was published by Xing, X. and Bell, C.E., in 2004 in a paper entitled "Crystal structures of Escherichia coli RecA in a compressed helical filament." (abstract).
This crystal structure was determined using X-ray diffraction at a resolution of 2.0 Å and deposited in 2004.
The experimental data on which the structure is based was also deposited.
The PDB entry contains the structure of RecA protein. This molecule has the UniProt identifier P0A7G6 (RECA_ECOLI). The sample contained 356 residues which is 100% of the natural sequence. Out of 356 residues 311 were observed and are deposited in the PDB.
It also contains one or more heterogenic compounds (e.g., ligands, co-factors, ions, modified amino acids, etc.); see here for a complete list.
The molecule most likely forms homohexamers.
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London rain alert: ten days' worth set to fall in 24 hours (and the floods have already begun)
London was on rain alert today as up to 10 days' worth was predicted to fall in the space of 24 hours.
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I have been struggling. I have had better days than bad, done more exercise than I have in a long time and have just been going up and down the same few pounds. I found out in early August that I have Celiacs. I have changed my eating dramatically, but still no weight loss.
I picked up a copy of this month's First Magazine, Doctor Oz was on the cover, and they had featured the Blood Type Diet. I have had a few people tell me about this. Well, I bought the book and based on my Celiac's, as well as my likes and dislikes, I had guessed I was blood type O. I did a blood type test last night and guess what? I am O+. Isn't that strange?! I despise coconut (I know people love it, but I can't stand it) and that is one of the things to avoid.
So...I decided that I am going to follow the WW plan with these food modifications as the Blood Type diet helps with what your body can naturally digest and what foods cause you problems with digestions, low or high acid in the stomach, etc. Today will be my first day and I have to clean out the fridge. I am going to miss cantaloupe and cucumbers, but if this helps me budge my weight, I can do without. On another note, I was traumatized by fish as I was forced to eat it...but, I am going to have to give it a go and see what happens. Maybe my adult taste buds will have a different opinion of seafood.
I missed my last two WW meetings, one due to a family thing and the other due to work on a Saturday, and I missed them tremendously! I am excited to go back on Saturday. I have been weighing myself at home and am within my same weight from two weeks again by 2 ounces. So, not too bad. Let's hope the budges...
Oh...and one last thing. This week, I am going to get rid of my scale at the house and rely solely on the WW scale. I am deathly afraid of this, but feel it might be something I can do to help me succeed!
My friend has been with me for years. At times, she is very helpful. Other times, she is there purely to block me from what I actually need to do. She is a peculiar friend who can often overstay her welcome. I do get frustrated with her from time to time, but have noticed something lately that I never realized before.
She, Procrastination, has been a really close friend of my other friend Diet. Diet and I go way back! We have been best buds since I was 9 years old. I'm not sure why Diet wanted to befriend a 9-year old, but she did. Because my mom was good friends with Diet, I thought, "Well, this Diet must be something good!" Little did I know that Diet would argue constantly with my other friend Self-Esteem. Self-Esteem fought with Diet a lot and it seemed they could never get on the same page. If Diet had won the last argument, Self-Esteem wouldn't show his face. When Self-Esteem won, Diet was out the door. It's so crazy to me why these two couldn't ever be friends. It was really hard for me since I was the one they had in common.
When Diet decided to creep back in again...Procrastination followed. But, I am now seeing with my clear eyes that Procrastination works in two ways. Yes, you know the typical Procrastination and how she can be. But I also noticed that Procrastination had also been secretly blocking me from other things I want in life. She encouraged me when I said things like, "When I am thin, I will be more successful," "When I am skinny, I will find love," "When I can fit into a size 7, I will become a runner," "When I lose this weight, my life will fall into place." Procrastination is a little devil in disguise. Why haven't I noticed this before? Why didn't Diet tell me? They are in cahoots! I just know it!
So, with Diet at bay, Self-Esteem in the wings and Procrastination in full pursuit, I watched the Biggest Loser last night. Yes, I know the show is unrealistic and it's getting repetitive, yada, yada, yada. I like the show, especially in the beginning because those contestants are where I am right now. Somewhere between Week 1 and Week 3, a lightbulb turns on and they seem to kick Procrastination and Diet out the window, welcoming back Self-Esteem. That is what always intrigues me. How did they "get it" all of the sudden and I have been going at this with Diet and Procrastination for like 24 years! And, still haven't gotten it right? What am I doing wrong? How did they make the break and become bff's with Self-Esteem?!
Ding! Lightbulb! I have friends Procrastination and Diet on my shoulder preaching the "shoulds" and I left my friend Self-Esteem about 5 miles behind me on the side of the road. This is the difference. The contestants left Diet and Procrastination down the road and are jogging along with Self-Esteem. What am I thinking?! I picked the wrong friends!
I need to stop allowing myself to believe that everything will be better in life as a thin person. This is not the truth. What is the truth is I will have my health in check, I will have my Self-Esteem in check and my fear about doing a lot of things I want in life will be a little bit less because I won't have to worry about how my weight factors into it. That's it! I am not going to automatically become independently wealthy, fall in love with the perfect man and travel the world just because I lost 80 pounds. That is just ridiculous....
C'mon Self-Esteem, we are leaving these two nut cakes, Diet and Procrastination, behind!
This weekend was jam packed. Friday night had a wedding, then a birthday on Saturday morning then one of my close friends had her baby. Yesterday, I did absolutely nothing. I had a great weekend, except for yesterday.
I am frustrated with my weight and frustrated with my life right now. I am not happy in my job, but the economy does not make it very easy to just move on to something else, especially since I live in L.A. and our unemployment rate just went up to 12.1%. Also, I have been struggling financially. It stinks.
I will say this...I have seen a pattern here. When I struggle financially, my weight goes up. Can we say stress eater?
Last night though...I had a little come to Jesus talk with myself. Basically it came down to this...No one can make my life better but me. No one can change anything in my life or with my body but me. I don't have a fabulous fairy godmother who can wave her wand and make everything okay. It's time for me to step up and face a lot of fears that I have that I have run away from over the years.
The main fears I have...
...Fear of success and fear of failure - Which will get me ONLY stagnation
...Fear of being thin....I don't know any other identity but to be the fat girl
...Fear of making a mess of my life - But, that is better than not living it
...Fear of financial failure - I need to be more frugal with my money and start saving so this fear is not so strong
Life is not easy and weight loss, well in my case, seems to be about everything but weight! I suppose this is why there is no easy cure and no easy way to lose it but to deal with the emotions, triggers, drive, impulses and re-learn how to deal with things in life other than turning to food.
On another note...today is Day 103 - I got up this morning, albeit a little late, but got out and walked for 30 minutes. I do feel better about today.
Well, yesterday was okay. I could have made some better choices and used my calories for actual food instead of Gluten Free cookies. But, I tracked it and found myself starving last night. Well, duh Kristi! Cookies are not food! I did eat some carrots with PB and an ounce of mozzarella. I did try to eat an apple first, but cut into 3 of them and they were all icky inside. Had to throw them out.
Last night I set my alarm for 5am. Well, I snoozed until 530a, but I did get up and put on my workout clothes.
I was going to go to the gym in my complex, but decided...I am just going to go for a walk around my neighborhood. So I did...I was planning on walking 15 minutes out then turning around and coming back for a total of 30 minutes. Well, I walked an hour! I also did a little more than a 5k. I didn't realize I lived in such a hilly place, but I do! This was the first time I walked in my neighborhood....I moved about one month ago or so.
What else is really nice about walking outside? It was really peaceful, despite the traffic, I loved smelling all the different scents from jasmine to fresh coffee to roses, but most of all, I feel happier! It sounds strange, but it was a great way to start my day!
I already know that I will be sore, but oh well!
Yesterday was actually pretty good! I had a healthy breakfast and a very light lunch on accident. However, it worked out good because we ended up going out to dinner. I had 2 chicken soft tacos, no refried beans, rice and a salad. I only ate one taco and 1/2 of my rice, which was about 1/4 c. I did have chips with guacamole, but counted it and even made myself stop eating once I hit my serving.
I was at a total of 1542 for yesterday! I didn't get my exercise in and it is becoming more and more apparent that I am going to have to do my exercise in the morning because my schedule changes so frequently!
Here is to another great day!