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AKC Alaskan Malamute Puppies
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Jack Russell Terrier - Yasmine - Small - Baby - Female - Dog
Jack Russell Terrier - Yasmine - Small - Baby - Female - Dog
Yasmine is a very active puppy. She loves everything and isn't afraid of anything! She would be great in any family. Yasmine's adoption fee is 200.00
Breed: Jack Russell Terrier
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The most adorable toy australian shepherds! Price reduced!
I have only one beautiful black tri TOY australian shepherd still available. They come from very old lines. The parents are health tested. The puppy is a little girl named Feather. 800 without paperwork or 1200 with proof of parents DNA/Heath tests and their ASDR paperwork. ...
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Beautiful AKC Alaskan Malamute Puppies-9 wks old
I have two Alaskan Malamute Puppies, one male and one female, 9 weeks old very nice show quality dogs. They are in perfect health, have their 1st shots and health cert. and AKC papers, pedigree lineage. $1300 will take payments within the state of Florida. call me to see ...
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Schipperke - Jackson - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
Schipperke - Jackson - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
Hi! Im Jackson and Im looking for my forever home! I was a transfer from a kill shelter in Jacksonville. I am a special case dog so ask the front desk more about my background. I am shy at first but once I open up I love ...
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Chihuahua - Romeo - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
Chihuahua - Romeo - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
Romeo is a 8 yr old male, 14 lbs. He is not housebroken as his owner cannot get him outside due to her health issues. He would probably do well with being housebroken if someone had the time to work with him and get him outside ...
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Australian Shepherd - Morton - Medium - Young - Male - Dog
Australian Shepherd - Morton - Medium - Young - Male - Dog
Morton is a sweet dog. Gets along great with dogs and cats and would love a family to go to the park with. His adoption fee is 150.00
Breed: Australian Shepherd
Size: Medium
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Pit Bull Terrier - George - Large - Adult - Male - Dog
Pit Bull Terrier - George - Large - Adult - Male - Dog
Poor George started out at Orange County Animal Services. He was rescued by a very bad rescue in Lee County. He was starved with about 80 other dogs while in the rescue. Despite this George is very lucky because when ...
Pit Bull Terrier - Sweetie - Medium - Adult - Female - Dog
Pit Bull Terrier - Sweetie - Medium - Adult - Female - Dog
Sweetie's name matches her personality, sweet! Sweetie is very quiet and would do great in a home with any family. We rescued her and her babies almost starved. She took care of them and is now looking for a family ...
American Bulldog - Saint - Large - Adult - Male - Dog
American Bulldog - Saint - Large - Adult - Male - Dog
Don't let the name fool you. Saint is no saint! He isn't bad, just a very rowdy boy. The staff at Orange County Animal Services asked if we would help Saint. His owner didn't take care of him. Saint loves to run and play ...
Boston Terriers
1 female 14 months, AKC, health certificates, black/brindle with white, Please must email for pictures.
My email: heradiswheeler-gmail.com
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English Bulldog Puppy
This is Velvet and she is just now 9 weeks looking for her forever home.
Velvet is a purebred AKC registered English Bulldog and is full of quality. She has a lot of wrinkles and the personality of a princess.
Velvet will arrive at her new home de wormed and up to date ...
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Palm Bay
English Bulldog Puppies
This is Jax he is just now 9 weeks old and looking for his forever home. He is a purebred English Bulldog with a ton of good quality. Lots of wrinkles and a perfect coat.
Jax is up to date on his shots, de wormed and AKC registered.
Please feel free to call or email with ...
Miniature Schnauzer Puppies
Ckc registered Miniature Schnauzer pups. Pups are 10 weeks old and ready for their new homes. First shots, Health Certificate, tails and dewclaws done, and Hair cuts. These pups are raised in my home, very loving and playful!! Call or text Mickey @ (803)389-5842.
Nov 13 -
Male and female huskys for sale!
All white male and red and white female for sale, both have papers and will come with all their pet supplies and additional dog food. Both are great dogs, very loving, need lots of attention! I'm a full time student and work 2 jobs don't have time to spend with them. I'm ...
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Palm Bay
Poodle - Brody - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
Poodle - Brody - Small - Adult - Male - Dog
BRODY is about 11 lbs, and about 9 yrs old. He is the sweetest little guy. But is very possessive of his toys and with his food. He is an instant friend with humans, but is very bossy around other dogs. He loves to play and loves ...
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Handsome "Bubba"
Bubba – Red White and Blue Pitbull, 5, For Adoption in Orlando Area
Bubba is a healthy and very handsome purebred American Pit Bull Terrier for adoption in the Orlando area. This 5 year old boy has no health issues and is up to date on his vaccinations. He has been neutered ...
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Palm Bay
1 male chiweenie. 14 weeks old.
1 male left. He is dewormed and his next two vet visits are paid for from Florida Aid to Animals. Thanks for looking!
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CKC Miniature Schnauzer Puppies
I have 2 male puppies ready for their new homes. They are 9 weeks old, up to date with shots, tails and dewclaws done, Ckc registered, and I have health certificate from the vet. These loving and playful pups are ready for the new loving home. Contact Mickey (803)389-5842. ...
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Palm Bay
CKC Registered Chihuahua's
CKC registered Chihuahua puppies for sale two female one male available now! They have first two shots and wormed please contact Veronica at 321-917-0029 if interested.
Yellow Lab Puppies
AKC Champion bloodlines Lab puppies can keep until Christmas for you.
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American Bulldog - Stewie - Medium - Adult - Male - Dog
American Bulldog - Stewie - Medium - Adult - Male - Dog
Hi! Im Stewie and Im looking for my forever home! I was found as a stray and no one came to claim me. I was adopted out but because of my separation anxiety I was returned to HALO. I am a friendly, playful, smart, and ...
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Pug - Cocoa - Medium - Adult - Male - Dog
Pug - Cocoa - Medium - Adult - Male - Dog
Hi! Im Cocoa and Im looking for my forever home! I was surrendered because my owner moved and couldnt take me with them. I am a friendly, active, playful, and affectionate boy. I am house broken and crate trained. I get along very ...

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Posts by The FunkeyGibbon
186 posts • joined 27 Sep 2010
Hey HP: You may not rate Autonomy, EDS, but buyers do
Wild strategy swings..
Sounds like banking in the 80's/90's/00's. Banks with their core business of lending, savings, mortgages and expensive letters telling you that you are 30p overdrawn, suddenly decided to get into all sorts of stuff they didn't understand.
Abbey National lost £243m on the whole Cornerstone Estate Agency project.
Bradford and Bingley sold it's estate agency arm to Countrywide.
HSBC actually made money on their sale of Eversholt Rail which owned train rolling stock but I've still no idea why they were involved in it...
I'm sure there are plenty of others.
Zuck on that! Instagram loses HALF its hipsters in a month
Re: How many of those orphan works will actually be of value?
"Your family photo holidays might end up decorating some travel companies leaflet but, being honest, you weren't going to get any money for them anyway."
I look forward to your outrage when your family photos are used to advertise something you dislike. How about a lovely smiling picture of you and the kids on the front of a EDL poster? Or maybe that would suit you so, what about EasyJet running a campaign with your kids on it that says "Don't end up looking like this, get away somewhere nice for your holidays?".
Still, it's not as if they were going to pay you for them anyway...
Just what the world needs: Android in the rice cooker
Re: Linux / Android in everything that's pricey
Java is in a lot a pricey items. Doesn't mean it's good.
Personally I like Linux but fanbois will be fanbois. Bloody annoying.
Astronaut yells FIRE ... from SPAAAACE
Re: All that technology to get a man into space
Well pointing at a wall wouldn't had achieved much...
Panasonic pitches Ultra HD 4K x 2K monster tablet
Re: 200 percent
Macromedia DreamWeaver? *Ring Ring* "Hello? It's for you, 2005 would like it's software back..."
Standards sultan sanctifies 60GHz wireless LAN tech
Time to prepare for more cases of electromagnetic hypersensitivity?
How long before some nut crawls out of the woodwork to claim this is giving them bad skin and headaches?
Hey, tech titans! Those smartmobe sales bans? Give it a rest. NOW
If the DoJ and USPTO are fed up...
...then maybe they should put their own houses in order and stop allowing stupid patents and allowing the enforcement of stupid patents. This may actually lead to a positive change, but I doubt it.
It's hard to feel sympathy for them when the design for the rod they have made for their own backs is probably patented too...
BT in ad slapdown after 'misleading' punters on fibre deployment dates
I wonder how BT would feel if...
I made an 'estimate' on when they were getting paid and then kept putting that back by 3 months...? :-D
Razer uncages Core i7, GeForce megaslab for hardcore gamers
Looks N-Gage-ing...
And by that I mean a shit idea.
€1.5bn swiped from EU cards: Fraud mainly takes place in the US
Re: Verified by VISA is horrible
You clearly have no idea how PKI works.
Chip and Pin is by no means foolproof or perfect (PIN written on post-it™ notes etc) but it's not also as simplistic as you seem to think it is either.
Hey Lenovo, want to kill Apple? Look to Samsung hitman for tips
Re: Their Problem is
You have, I think, hit the nail on the head. Innovation in the last few years has meant driving down the cost of components so that CPU speed, RAM and HDD capacity go up. But nothing particularly innovative in as much as it does something the last model didn't.
Windows is a huge anchor. I use it all the time and I'm not suggesting it doesn't have it's uses but even Microsoft are admitting with W8 that a new UI is needed. I find W7 very usable and it's certainly a solid performer at work having replaced XP successfully. But in the concept is it really that different from Windows 3.1? Not really. Same concept of windowing, file management and applications. For the PC market to revive it needs to look at what it's customers are doing and then look to be a part of that. At home I've not had a PC for years now. My Xbox 360 fills the media hub\gaming needs, the iPad the internet browsing. What can a PC do that I, need that I can't do with these devices? This is the question they need to ask and answer.
Re: thinkpads?
"No option for anything higher than 1920x10280 though."
I dunno that's some way beyond retina, vertically at least. :-p
Which qualifications are worthwhile?
Avoid support
Support is the easiest part of IT to get into because the bar to entry is so low. Anybody can start as a call logger and then progress to 1st line and then do some stuff like an A+, N+ or some Microsoft bits. The problem is because anybody can do it and many do there is no progression. The only support people who do well are those who focus on a specific product and in general that's very hard to do at most companies who expect you to be a generalist. Support becomes a grind for the vast majority who are fed up of users making the same mistakes and requests day in, day out. It is one of those areas that challenges rarely come along and doesn't allow for any expression of creativity. Realistically your only way out of support is management or project work\management both of which require retraining later down the line (ITIL, Prince2 etc).
I would consider SQL as a really good skill. It allows you to have flexibility, there will always be people looking for somebody to develop for SQL if that floats your boat and if it doesn't so many applications rely on it that you'll never be short of support options. If you like a particular area of SQL (SharePoint, web back-end to name two) then you can elect to develop along those line when it suits you.
Intel bets the farm on touch-enabled 'convertible and detachable' Ultrabooks
Have you ever tried 'alternative' keyboards?
At least for more than a tweet or e-mail? I love my iPad but I wouldn't want to use that touch keyboard as my only way of typing. Laser projected keyboards are even worse, they are so hit and miss and provide no feedback.
Voice recognition has always been 5/10 years away and I'd say on the basis of things like Dragon and Kinect, usable day to day voice is at least 30 years away if not more. Most people underestimate just how complicated it is.
Chinese man pleads guilty to $100m piracy scam
Linux isn't the answer to everything....
I know this will be seen as heresy around here but there really is actually some things that are best done by commercial software. I'm pretty sure that even NASA doesn't have the resources to write every line of code needed to keep a satellite in orbit so buying a commercial program to cut development time and costs is logical.
Mega-res telly demand to boom, say ball-gazers
Video walls...
Anybody who thinks this will mean TV's the size of walls will do well to consider the predictions made in Fahrenheit 451...
Re: You will have to wait...
You can't even argue the aluminium unibody really seeing as monocoque design has been around in other industries for decades and only the US patent office would think that taking an existing idea and applying it to a different product is innovation.
Bendy screens are the future, screams maker of bendy screens
I'd be interested in the duribility aspect
Bending like that introduces repetitive stresses along common lines so I'd be interested in the long term test data but unlike some of the Luddites here I can see a potential future for this. The problem here is too many people are thinking of offices, homes and so on. This is the kind of tech that will find a home in various aspects of industry and possibly education too. Besides nobody would want to try to use George H. Heilmeier's first LCD but through time it ultimately lead to the LCD screens we all use today. Dismissing a technology in it's relative infancy is a foolish pastime.
Review: Dell XPS 12 Windows 8 tablet-cum-Ultrabook
The lack of Ethernet is a killer
I'll accept that from my tablet but not a laptop of any description. It's one of the things that make the Air a bad idea, the only way to connect that by a hard wired connection is via a dongle and with that you get a less-than-stunning 10\100 connection. Whoop.
It's a shame because otherwise this looks like a nice device.
Anonymous turns private eye in Ohio rape case
It's not just the crime.
I am sickened like all sane people by what these men did. I call them men because animals work largely on instinct, however sick these men are they are still capable of higher reasoning and therefore it makes their crime worse. I dog kills it may be out of primal fear or instinct, a human does it with the ability not to.
More disturbing is the cover-up. A cover-up requires planning, multiple-parties and many supposedly rational people choosing consciously that the course they wish to take is not the just course but the one that suits them best. Evil on top of evil.
What's THAT, you say? Apple MIGHT be making a NEW iPHONE, iOS?
I'm actually interested in the new iPhone
Not because I'll be buying one, I have a 5 that I got as a reasonable cost upgrade on my old 4, but because this will be the first utterly Jobs-Free device Apple have done in years. This will be the one that proves whether the magic was in Apple or Jobs...
Re: WTF !?!
I'm going to guess you're American as you utterly missed that joke...
Facebook to debut auto-play video ads in 2013
Whatever next...?
Zuk discovers <Blink> and <Marquee>? :-D
Siri: Can you make a Raspberry Pi open a garage door?
Way to celebrate ingenuity...
"Hey Orville, that aeroplane that you and Wilbur invented, it's rubbish because one day gasoline will run out so why bother?"
GhostShell hackers release 1.6 million NASA, FBI, ESA accounts
"Oooh, look what we can do!"
I know that security is important and I'm not saying that what they've done here doesn't point out some security flaws, but it really is just willy waving. They aren't doing anything useful here it's just kids running around being douches. Hacktivism is supposed to have a political goal. This clearly doesn't so they aren't Hacktivists they are just vandals.
Review: Apple Mac Mini 2012
When Microsoft are doing it better Cook needs to worry
Even the ATI Xenos in my Xbox 360 can do 1080p without stressing...
That square QR barcode on the poster? Check it's not a sticker
QR Codes kinda rubbish, but I like this one
Nokia uncloaks Lumia 620: A 'budget' $249 Windows 8 mobe
Re: Why one anyone want a shit expensive phone?
I love how you can slam this phone in one breath and praise any phone made by Sony in the next... shocking.
iPhone4 specs
Basically they've made a new W8 phone with similar specs to an iPhone4 that costs what a second hand iPhone4 will these days? Seems fine to me for a base model.
Copying Wikipedia's lies is not just for hacks, right Lord Leveson?
Missing the point much?
If Leveson is asking the press to put it's house in order and stop printing factual inaccuracies by producing a report with factual inaccuracies in it, doesn't that rather undermine the point he is trying to make. It let's journalists say "See, not as easy as you thought is it?".
Children increasingly named after Apple products
Re: Could be worse...
Bit dated that...
"First names are chosen by the child's parents. There are no legal a priori constraints on the choice of names nowadays, but this has not always been the case.
The choice of given names, originally limited only by the tradition of naming children after a small number of popular saints, was restricted by law at the end of the 18th century. Officially, only names figuring on a calendar, or names of illustrious Frenchmen/women of the past, could be accepted.[3] Much later, actually in 1966, a new law permitted a limited number of mythological, regional or foreign names, substantives (Olive, Violette), diminutives, and alternative spellings. Only in 1993 were French parents given the freedom to name their child without any constraint whatsoever.[4]
However, if the birth registrar thinks that the chosen names (alone or in association with the last name) may be detrimental to the child's interests, or to the right of other families to protect their own family name, the registrar may refer the matter to the local prosecutor, who may choose to refer the matter to the local court. The court may then refuse the chosen names. Such refusals are rare and mostly concern given names that may expose the child to mockery."
Re: I feel sorry.....
I know what you mean, imagine being named after an Intel trademark...
Mind you if you found two people called Thunderbolt at least you'd know they were compatible.
That's mine, yep the one at the back with the fluffy collar. Cheers.
Home Sec: Let us have Snoop Charter or PEOPLE WILL DIE
Re: Who watches...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes indeed...
"I consider that the Home Secretary does have a legitimate expectation that the identity of any websites she may have accessed will not be disclosed and that disclosure would be unfair."
Really? That's interesting because I would consider it unfair for the Home Secretary to spy on me too. Actually she won't be doing it herself what will happen is that power will be given to the police. This would be the same police that is outsourcing much of it's back office staff to private companies. So within a very short time the government will be giving G4S the ability to spy on all of us. Just as well they are a competent, well run and not-at-all untrustworthy company, eh?
NY Museum of Modern Art embraces 14 video games
Nice to see games finally recognised as art
I understand that art is in the eye of the beholder (see Mark Rothko, something I could never agree as art - but clearly somebody does, the mad fools!) and so any list will be subjective and this isn't the complete list either but I do hope they include Limbo, that was incredibly beautiful given it's limited pallet. It takes artistic ability to achieve what was done with that game.
Ready for ANOTHER patent war? Apple 'invents' wireless charging
Could I patent 'Patent Trolling'?
Or do the actions of every major tech company in the world mean I can't have that due to prior art?
Troll face for my company logo...
Six of the best Nintendo Wii U games
Nintendo know that their market are fanbois and casual gamers (hence the "We only need to sell one game to be profitable" statement) so releasing an upgrade on the Wii with another gimmick that Microsoft have already managed to clone with Smart Glass seems odd.
Nintendo are always behind the curve technologically, at least since the N64, and this gimmick isn't anything like as ground breaking as the Wii was. Can I see all the casual Wii gamers binning it off for a Wii-U? Nope.
Ten badass brainy computers from science fiction
Cake, and grief counselling, will be available at the conclusion of the test.
I know she's (it?) been mentioned before but I think GlaDOS should be on this list. Not only is she utterly ruthless but also is only doing what she's been programmed to...
"There was even going to be a party for you. A big party that all your friends were invited to. I invited your best friend, the Companion Cube. Of course, he couldn't come because you murdered him. All your other friends couldn't come, either, because you don't have any other friends because of how unlikable you are. It says so right here in your personnel file: "Unlikable. Liked by no one. A bitter, unlikable loner, whose passing shall not be mourned. Shall NOT be mourned." That's exactly what it says. Very formal. Very official. It also says you were adopted, so that's funny, too. "
"You look ugly in that jumpsuit. That's not my opinion; it's right here on your fact sheet. They said on everyone else it looked fine, but on you, it looked hideous. But still what does an old engineer know about fashion? Oh, wait, it's a she. Still, what does she know about - oh, wait. She has a medical degree. In fashion. From France."
Iran's Photoshop FAIL: 'New drone' actually Japanese university bird
Iran aren't the only fail here...
"It's like spot the difference, onky without any difference"
It's like English except not proofread.
BlackBerry 10: AWESOME. If the hardware matches it, RIM jobs are safe
Honestly, too little too late
It's not the hardware (fairly unspectacular) or the mobile OS (middling to poor) that has been my biggest problem, it's BES. The whole thing is just awful. The number of tweaks, battery pulls and hacks needed to get the damn thing to remain in sync with Exchange is painful. No OS upgrade is going to change the fact that the underlying tech that makes BB painful for me.
IBM insider: How I caught my wife while bug-hunting on OS/2
OS/2 stole my cash card...
I never got to user OS/2 but I sure as hell remember it booting back up after the ATM swallowed and refused to give me back my card. Grrr.
Why do Smart TV UIs suck?
Samsung... grrr
I have a Samsung TV and the volume control for iPlayer is via the app rather than the TV and it goes in huge steps. I find 3 too quiet but the next step up to be far too loud. Also because I have a moderately priced set and not a £2,500 beast I can't get Netflix via my TV, Netflix blame Samsung and vice versa. *sigh*
However there is salvation, my Xbox is a brilliant way to access iPlayer, Netflix et all. With Kinect I get voice and gesture control. I'll admit neither is perfect but it works well enough that I'll never use the 'smart' TV again for anything other than being a TV.
Judge drops TV ad-block block: So how will anyone pay for TV now?
I wondered if they have considered....
Screen sizes? Everything could be broadcast in 4:3 and the edges of the screen could be used for honking great big adverts that really don't distract from the content AT ALL. Honestly.
Now where have I seen that before...?
Adobe spurts spackle* into Flash's gaping holes
Anybody think Jobs was wrong still?
I know Apple's refusal to allow Flash on iOS was at least as much to do with protecting their walled garden as anything else but their observations that Flash was a security nightmare clearly weren't wide of the mark...
Microsoft and Skype to axe world's most popular IM client early 2013
Re: Folk still using IM clients?
MS will try to sell you Lync or Lync365. That's what we use.
Bird of Prey: 1980s IT on on the small screen
Re: Beware: Many different productions using same title
Or worse still "Birds of a Feather".... :-D
New Mac mini: Business in the front, party at the back
When Apple said so.
Apple's skinny new iMac line: Farewell, optical drives
Re: Niche legacy hardware?
Target Disk Mode anybody? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Disk_Mode
Red Hat stalks VMware in field sport ambush
Re: QR Code?
Could you imagine asking the pilot to swing around for another go at scanning it? :-D
Better the banners from Microsoft on El Reg
Seriously, those side bars make me thing of Vegas. Vegas = gambling = Windows Server 2012 is a gamble....
EU green-lights 'copyright land grab' law on orphan work
Strangely I can see the logic in this
Normally the idea of more legislation from the EU makes my skin crawl as it almost always codifies something in law that is ill-thought out and perverse. In this case recovering the use of these orphaned works is a good idea. I particularly like the idea of UK to make it so commercial payments are accounted for so that orphaned works are not abused and so that an author who can identify their work can still claim the remuneration for it.
I still think there will be abuse of the system though and I agree with Mr Koch that there will be a "new Lawyer Opportunity Zone" but on the whole I approve. I'm shocked.
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Baked Brie
1 ea. Brie cheese, 4.2 oz.
1 sec. Pan coating
1.2 oz. Spring mix lettuce
1/2 tsp. Lemon balsamic vinaigrette
6 slices Gala apple slices (1/8" thick)
7-8 pieces Candied walnuts
1. Place the brie cheese on a metal plate sprayed with a pan coating, then bake in a 400 degree double convection oven set on high fan for 9-10 minutes. When done, it should be golden brown and soft in the center.
2. Place the cheese on the left side of a small room temperature oval plate. Toss the spring mix lettuce in a mixing bowl with the lemon balsamic vinaigrette and fan out on the right side of the plate.
3. Cut the apple with skin and no core lengthwise on a mandolin into 1/8" thick slices and fan out over the spring mix.
4. Place the candied walnut pieces on the top center of the puff pastry.
5. Serve with a butter knife placed under the pastry.
NOTE: After cutting apples, soak in lemon water (1 tbsp. Lemon juice per cup of water) for 10 minutes. Drain well and use for up to 3 hours. Do not soak in lemon water all night long.
Apple Chutney
4 lbs. Gala apples, peeled & diced (1/4" diced)
1 oz. Jalapenos, seeded & minced
1/4 lb. Golden raisins/craisins
1-1/2 cups Honey
3/4 cup Rice wine vinegar
2 tsp. Cinnamon, ground
4 tsp. Ultra spurce
1. Peel and core apples, then cut into a 1/4" dice. Place into a small sauce pot with seeded and minced jalapeno, raisins, honey, vinegar, ginger, and cinnamon. Bring to a low boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until the apples are soft and the liquid is reduced to a syrup consistency about 10-12 minutes.
2. Pull from the heat and stir in the ultra spurce to thicken the sauce.
3. Cover, label, date, and refrigerate.


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Florida does not have a self help form for the request to produce documents from a party in the case; only from 3rd parties. Do family law rules allow for this? I understand the civil rules do. If so would it be proper for me to use this example as an outline http://www.bahamabayii.com/pdf/plaintiffsfirstr... changing it around to refelect my request. I need to request tax returns and phone records for evidence to proove my case. TYIA
This template is really not designed for family law. If you go to the nearest law library, there are form books with samples, and I would suggest you use those, because the request you are looking at is really for a different kind of data and includes an exhaustive definitions section which is really more suited to complex litigation than it is to family law. Tax records from the respondent, for the past three years are part of mandatory discovery under the rules, so you should not have to request them unless you are going further back. Phone records you may be able to get from the respondent, but you may have to request from the service provider, a lot of people do not get copies of detailed phone records with their bills anymore.
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Jonathan Martin Tweet Goes Hard In Paint At LeBron James' Cramps
Here is some unsolicited advice to Jonathan Martin: whether true or not, you are the sports equivalent to the Pillsbury Doughboy. That is the perception: that you are soft. So when you tweet for other players – LeBron James and his cramps in this instance – to nut up, expect some backlash.
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Inspections, Compliance, Enforcement, and Criminal Investigations
D & T Foods Co. Inc. 19-Nov-02
San Francisco District
1431 Harbor Bay Parkway
Alameda, CA 94502-7070
Telephone: 510-337-6700
Our Reference: 2954038
November 19, 2002
Mr. Barry Yet, President
D & T Foods Co. Inc.
1261 Martin Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95050
Dear Mr. Yet:
We inspected your seafood processing facility located at 1261 Martin Avenue, Santa Clara, California on July 31, 2002 and found that you have serious deviations from Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 123 (21 CFR 123)--Fish and Fishery Products (seafood HACCP regulations). In accordance with 21 CFR 123.6(g), failure of a processor to have and implement a HACCP plan that complies with this section or otherwise operate in accordance with the requirements of this part renders the fishery products adulterated within the meaning of Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act). Accordingly, your Basa fillets, which are imported from [redacted] frozen shrimp from [redacted] and Dace from [redacted] are adulterated in that the products have been rendered injurious to health. You may find the Act and the seafood HACCP regulations through links in FDA?s home page at www.fda.gov
Your serious HACCP deviations are as follows
1. You must have product specifications that are designed to ensure that the fish and fishery products you import are not adulterated under section 402 of the Act because they may be injurious to health or may have been processed under insanitary conditions, to comply with 21 CFR 123.12(a)(2)(i). However, your firm does not have product specifications for Basa fillets, which are imported from [redacted] frozen shrimp Imported from [redacted] and ?Date? imported from [redacted].
2. You must implement an affirmative step which ensures that the fish and fishery products you import are processed in accordance with the Seafood HACCP regulations to comply with 21 CFR 123.2(a)(2)(ii). However, your firm did not perform an affirmative step for ?Basa? fillets, which are imported from [redacted] frozen shrimp from [redacted] and Dace from [redacted].
We observed the above-mentioned HACCP deviations during previous FDA inspections of your facility in September of 1998 and July of 1999. We discussed your deviations in the untitled letter issued to your firm as a result of the 1998 inspection and by correspondence dated September 23, 1999. A copy of 21 CFR 123, Fish & Fishery Products, is enclosed for your ready reference. We recommend that you review 21 CFR 123.12, Special requirements for imported products.
At the conclusion of the inspection, the seafood deviations were listed on Form FDA 483 (Inspectional Observations) and discussed with you. A copy of this form is enclosed for your ready reference. This list is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of violations It is your responsibility to ensure that all seafood products imported, processed and distributed by your firm are in compliance with the Act and all requirements of the federal regulations.
You should take prompt measures to correct these deviations. Failure to promptly correct the deviations noted may result in regulatory action without further notice. Such action includes seizure and/or injunction. In addition, FDA may detain your imported seafood products without examination when they are offered for import.
Almost three months have elapsed since FDA inspection. Please notify this office in writing within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of this letter of the specific steps you have taken to correct these violations, including an explanation of each step taken to prevent their reoccurrence. You response should include copies of any available documentation demonstrating that corrections have been made. If corrections cannot be completed within 15 working days, state the reason for the delay and the time frame within which the corrections will be completed.
Your response should be directed to: Ms. Harumi Kishida, Compliance Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 143 1 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, CA 94502-7070.
If you have any questions regarding any issue in this letter, please contact Ms. Kishida at (510) 337-6824
Charles D. Moss for Dennis K. Linsley
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|11 Jul 2010
How to connect two pc using network switch
Im using windows 7 ultimate, and willing to connect my pc to a laptop using a network switch.
Previously i have done the same thing but all pc are using windows xp.
I got a problem when using windows 7 ultimate to do the same connection.
The other pc / laptop are operate windows xp.
The problems mentioned as unidentified network, and no network connection
I need this connection to play LAN game with my fellows.
Anybody can help me with this issues.
Thanks a lot
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Windows® 7 Home Basic 64bit, Build 7600
Hello and welcome to SevenForums.
Either you need a network hub or a single pc-to-pc or pc-to-laptop cross-cable connection. (search a thread somewhere here in forums)
You can play LAN games on a cross-cable connection
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
im using a network cable, and also a network hub
i want to use these to connect, perhaps no need for cross cable.
windows xp simply can connect to the network hub, when we set the ip correspond to the hub address.
but my pc running Windows 7 ult. can't configure the ip, i've try auto and also manually config.
is there anything must be done to complete the network setup
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
im using a network cable, and also a network hub
i want to use these to connect, perhaps no need for cross cable.
windows xp simply can connect to the network hub, when we set the ip correspond to the hub address.
but my pc running Windows 7 ult. can't configure the ip, i've try auto and also manually config.
is there anything must be done to complete the network setup
Homegroup can have (with some systems) connectivity issues. This is especially true when there are mixed OS's on the network.
You can verify if this is the problem by creating a new network connection using workgroup. If this works correctly you can disable Ipv6 and kill homegroup.
Let us know if you need help with this
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
how to create new network connection using Windows 7 and disable IpV6?
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1
I've had the same issue as you did once when trying to create a LAN with just PCs and a wired network switch but solved it as follows:-
To disable IPv6 and subsequently Homegroup:-
Go to Control Panel ---> Network and Sharing Center ---> Change adapter settings ---> Right click the Local Area Connection (LAC) used for the connection, and select Properties.
In the LAC Properties window, untick Internet Protocol Version 6, and click OK at the bottom of the window...
To disable Homegroup for sure:-
Press the Windows and R key together to open the run window and type in "services.msc" (Without the quotes) and press Enter.
The Services window will open. Go to the HomeGroup Listener Service and the Homegroup Provider Service and stop and disable them both.
To set manual IPv4 settings:-
In the LAC window that we used to untick IPv6, select the Internet Protocol Version 4 option and click on Properties. Click on the "Use the following IP address" and type in whatever IP you wish to use, and for the Subnet mask type in 255.255.255.0. The catch here is that the default gateway's IP has to correspond to the IP address used. For example, if the IP is 192.168.1.xxx the gateway's IP is best set to 192.168.1.1.
And just to be safe, type in the same IP address used for the gateway IP into the Preferred DNS server address.
Repeat the process for each PC to be networked on the switch, using a different manual IP for each machine in the network. eg 192.168.1.2 for the 1st PC and 192.168.1.3 for the next one.
Hope that helped, it solved my problem!!
P.S. This is if you're on a blind switch or hub with no DHCP abilities.
P.P.S Make sure all your PCs are in the same Workgroup by going to Control Panel ---> System ---> And checking the Workgroup name from that screen. If not change the Workgroup name for the PCs involved. The default workgroup name for Windows 7 should be WORKGROUP.
P.P.P.S If the PCs can't still see each other make sure Network discovery is on by going to Control Panel --> Network and Sharing Center --> Advanced Sharing settings --> and Turn on network discovery.
|My System Specs
|11 Jul 2010
thanks a lot solarmystic..
i've tried and followed your steps
and finally i can connect my pc to LAN.
however, stil got prob bcoz cant play LAN game, the game server not detected
wanna cry!!
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Women marry men hoping they will change.
Men marry women hoping they will not.
So each is inevitably disappointed.Whats ur say?
Tags: relationships, beauty & fashion, whats ur
Asked by True Friend, 06 Dec '11 06:34 pm
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"Men marry women with the hope they will never change. "Women marry men with the hope they will change. "Invaribly they are both disappointed." (Albert Einstein)Answered by LIPSIKA, 06 Dec '11 06:37 pm
An excellent evergreen quote.
An excellent evergreen quote.
YaAnswered by SHAKILA, 12 Dec '11 03:46 pm
Expectations kill.Answered by Manju Sikri, 07 Dec '11 09:31 am
I think both have some expectations..and both expect a little change in each other. If anyone has given this quote, it does not mean that it must be true. May be it has been stated for creating laughter.Answered by subhash, 06 Dec '11 08:59 pm
Well saidAnswered by babu rao, 06 Dec '11 07:24 pm
U are right madamAnswered by kamal purohit, 06 Dec '11 06:34 pm


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We all know that many people in the Spokane area crave hot weather.
And those temperatures are said to be on their way.
So does it therefore follow that Spokane, not Disneyland, is about to be the happiest place on Earth?
People here are about to get what they say they want, after all. Shouldn't we expect them to be blissed out?
Or does this yearning for sizzling temps only apply if the person in question is engaged in water recreation?
Maybe it's not all that swell if you are taking part in those pursuits that do not involve swimming or boating.
"Woo-hoo! It's going to be 98 and I'm going to be stuck in traffic in a car that doesn't have AC on my way to a job at an office with stagnant air! Par-tay!"
Of course, many here have been brainwashed into believing that everyone spends virtually every summertime moment in the throes of lake-based frolic.
Pay no attention to those actual population/leisure activities statistics behind the curtain.
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Use the Smart Install Manager.
I've just had to install Smart Notebook 10 on some pupil laptops and I just did a quick mod to my previous 9.7 install
but I'd forgotton that Smart10 needs a licence key.Code:<install cmd='msiexec /i "%PACKAGES%\smart10\SMART Notebook.msi" DISABLE_LOGGING=1 NOTEBOOK_ONLY=1 /qb!' />
Is there a quick way of adding it in afterwards (or in fact - how do I get it in via script at all without having to get into msts or anything complicated! )
Use the Smart Install Manager.
Doesn't sound quickUse the Smart Install Manager.
I found references to ISX_SERIALNUM properties in the manual which implies I can just add something to the msiexec parameters but can't see any examples of the syntax
msiexec /i "[Path]\SMART Notebook.msi" INSTALL_NOTEBOOK=1
NB_PROD_KEY=[22-character product key] ACTIVATE_LICENSE=1 /q
I think this is the syntax but ive not tested.
@SimpleSi the manager will make an MST answer file then you add that when you set your MSI to deploy by group policy.
SimpleSi (14th September 2011)
@andyrite and zak (and sparkeh)
You were right - Install Manager was the tool for the job.
I ended up with
and it did itCode:<install cmd='msiexec /i "%PACKAGES%\smart10\SMART Notebook.msi" transforms="%PACKAGES%\smart10\midpupil.mst" /qb!' />
Smart10 with gallery installed and activated
Takes about 45 mins/computer on my 11Mbs/10-BaseT network but that's another story
Ta again
This might be the deployment that lets me get a 1GBit central switch
Can i ask why you are using a batch file please?
I use
WPKG | Open Source Software Deployment and Distribution
as my software deployment tool - I don't run AD Domains
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HSBC chairman backs No campaign in Scottish independence referendum
HSBC chairman backs No campaign in Scottish independence referendum
Douglas Flint voices explicit agreement with pro-union remarks made by George Osborne at conference debate. Read more…
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HSBC recruits former MI5 chief
HSBC, fined £1.9bn last year for money laundering, appoints Sir Jonathan Evans as independent non-executive director
HSBC – Britain's biggest bank, which was last year fined $1.9bn (£1.3bn) for acting as banker for rogue states, terrorists and drug lords – has recruited the former director general of MI5 to join the board.
Sir Jonathan Evans will be paid £125,000 a year as an independent non-executive director. He will also become a member of the financial system vulnerabilities committee, which has been set up to help the bank identify areas where it could be exposed to financial crime.
Evans worked for the security services for 33 years, heading MI5 from 2007 until his retirement last month. HSBC cited his experience in "counter-terrorism, both international and domestic including, increasingly, initiatives against cyber threats".
HSBC's chairman, Douglas Flint, said Evans's "experience and expertise gained from a career at the highest level of public service combatting threats to data security, critical infrastructure and from international terrorism and organised crime will be of considerable value to the board as it addresses its governance of systemic threats".
Categories: News Tags: financial, HSBC, Sir Jonathan Evans, threats
Dave Hartnett: one sweetheart deal too many
The hardman ended his career by becoming a soft touch. His appointments to Deloitte and HSBC won't alter that reputation
Until last summer the country's top tax official, Dave Hartnett is taking up a job with tax consultancy Deloitte. Does this matter? Yes, it does; both in its specifics, and the light it casts on the relationship between our governing elite and corporate interests.
Mr Hartnett left Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs amid some controversy. It is not every civil servant who is accused of being a liar, as he was by Margaret Hodge. The chair of the public accounts committee accused him of lying over his claim that he did not deal with the tax affairs of Goldman Sachs. He had in fact struck a "sweetheart deal" with the bankers, letting them off a £10m interest bill. That revelation sat alongside other tittle-tattle such as his standing as the most wined and dined official in Whitehall, eating 10 meals with KPMG alone over three years. One doesn't need to buy the accusations of a meals-for-deals strategy to see in all this a too-cosy relationship between the regulator and the businesses that he regulated. Even other tax professionals went along with that, especially outside the Big Four. Such criticism was justified by Mr Hartnett and his pushing of "enhanced relationships" with big companies. The commissioner might initially have intended the concept to denote more open dealing with big taxpayers and less of the old cat-and-mousery; but it ended up as a variant of the now-familiar light-touch supervision.
The great disappointment is that Mr Hartnett set out to be a much tougher taxman. It is hard to think of any senior official with as in-depth a knowledge of tax law, or with as great renown as a bruiser. Mr Hartnett was a Revenue lifer, yet the hardman ended his career by becoming a soft touch. His appointments to Deloitte and HSBC won't alter that reputation. Mr Hartnett will help Deloitte to advise overseas governments on how to implement "effective tax regimes", which seems rather like dispatching the top brass of Stella Artois to advise on alcohol abuse. The contrast between his soft landing and the brutal treatment administered to Osita Mba, the whistleblower who exposed the Goldmans deal, is stark and troubling.
Provision must be made for top public servants to move on to other jobs, but the current system is not robust enough at detecting possible conflicts of interest. In its emphasis on avoiding personal lobbying of ministers and advisers by former colleagues, the advisory committee on business appointments pays too little attention to how they might otherwise massage relations between a company and Whitehall. It is thus worryingly narrow in how it interprets possible overlaps of corporate interest. The system must be recast to adopt a precautionary principle in looking for possible dangers of abusing insider expertise.
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'Big four' banks cut 189,000 jobs worldwide in five years
Lloyds, HSBC, RBS and Barclays' headcount drops to nine-year low, as profits surge and unions say worse is yet to come
By the end of this year Britain's four biggest banks will have axed 189,000 jobs around the world in the five years since the financial crisis broke, according to new calculations.
The figures compiled by Bloomberg show that Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and HSBC will have cut their global headcount by 24% to a nine-year low of 606,000, compared with their pre-crisis peak of 795,000 in 2008.
Royal Bank of Scotland Holdings has axed 78,000 jobs since its £45bn taxpayer bailout in 2008. This includes 4,000 roles in its UK high-street banking business. Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of the bank that is now 81% owned by the taxpayer, told shareholders earlier this month that further job cuts could not be ruled out.
An RBS spokeswoman said the 78,000 job losses included 39,000 staff who had worked for Fortis and Santander when the three banks joined forces to launch a takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro in 2007. This is now seen as one of the most disastrous acquisitions in business history, squeezing RBS's capital buffers to tiny margins and exposing the Edinburgh-based bank to rotten US subprime loans.
HSBC, Europe's largest bank, is down to 254,000 staff compared with 313,000 in 2008. The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.
HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver plans to slim down the bank further, cutting staff to 240,000 by the end of 2016 to trim costs and boost shareholder dividends.
An HSBC spokeswoman said the bank had made a "net" reduction of 1,100 jobs in the UK, once new positions were taken into account.
Lloyds, which received a £20.5bn bailout in 2008, will have cut 31,000 jobs by the end of this year, including 2,340 job losses in 2013. The bank, now 39% owned by the British taxpayer, announced 850 job losses this month to cut costs, but was unable to give figures on how many of its 31,000 job losses were in the UK.
Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins, appointed to clean up the bank after the Libor-rate rigging scandal, has said it could cut 40,000 roles in the coming years. Barclays will have cut 20,800 jobs by the end of this year since the start of the crisis. This includes around 5,500 jobs lost in the UK between 2008-12.
The figures come after three of the four banks have reported sharply improved profits. Last month Lloyds posted first quarter profits of £2bn, up from £288m at the same time a year ago. HSBC this month said it made a quarterly pre-tax profit of $8.4bn, almost double the $4.3bn it reported at the same time last year. RBS swung to a £826m profit after a £1.4bn loss last time. Barclays last month reported adjusted first quarter profits have fallen 25% to £1.8bn, partly due to the cost of the bank's restructuring programme.
Andrew Case at the Unite trade union described the job cuts as unjustified. He said: "The amount of jobs we are seeing disappear from the banks is concerning and at the moment we would be foolish to be complacent that we have seen the last of it.
"We expect all banks to do everything they can to avoid job losses and we want, we expect more from banks that are owned by the public. The last thing the public want, I am sure, is for banks to be shedding jobs and for people to be collecting benefits that the taxpayer pays for."
Case said it was a myth that all bankers were millionaires. "The vast majority of staff that work for banks are quite modestly paid, some quite low paid, just like other working people."
Giorgio Questa, a visiting professor at Cass Business School, said one reason for the job losses was the shift in investment banking activity to "quasi banks", such as hedge funds, in the wake of government reforms.
The government had put in place "sub-optimal reforms", he said, following a report by Sir John Vickers that recommended ringfencing high street banks from their "casino" investment banking arms.
"Bank regulation, which has not followed the ideas of the Vickers report, which was the best way of looking at things, is sort of stifling the activity of banks in a number of sectors," he said. "It means that a lot of activities [now] not done by banks are being done by quasi banks."
City analysts expect job losses to keep on coming, as technology replaces jobs that people once did and the banks attempt to trim their wage bills to meet profit targets promised to shareholders.
HSBC under fire from all sides at AGM
Bank sees 11% of shareholders vote down the pay report as it is attacked by environmental campaigners, shareholders, former staff – and Bill Oddie
Angry shareholders of HSBC on Friday bombarded the group's board with barrage of accusations ranging from financing Mexican drug cartels to supporting tax havens, slashing jobs and mis-selling products.
At the banking firm's first annual general meeting since paying a record $1.9bn (£1.2bn) in penalties to settle US money laundering claims, they also rounded on the directors with charges of hunting down whistleblowers and grabbing bloated bonuses.
Environmentalist and broadcaster Bill Oddie joined the tirade of attacks in London's Barbican Centre, accusing the bank of financing the desecration of forests in Sarawak and Borneo. Outside the AGM, campaigners from World Development Network confronted bankers with champagne flutes filled with 'carbon bubbles' to protest against the bankrolling of climate change, while street theatre performers heckled arriving executives.
Inside the auditorium, one shareholder unfolded an orange jumpsuit and suggested that HSBC board members swap their suits and ties for prisoner garb. A former staff member, now retired, appealed to the board to claw back bonuses paid to directors following scandals such as the mis-selling of PPI and interest rate swaps, and warned that interest-only mortgages would be the next scandal to envelop the bank.
HSBC chairman Douglas Flint told the hundreds of shareholders present that the bank had "unreservedly apologised" and was "humbled and horrified to find failings of such magnitude" after a year which had been "the most difficult that I or any of my colleagues have faced." HSBC has since established a "financial system vulnerabilities committee" to better detect crime and misdemeanours in future. Chief executive Stuart Gulliver said he had joined the bank 33 years ago when it was "a kitemark for quality and that's what we want to get back to".
But the apologies failed to quash an embarrassing 11% shareholder rebellion against HSBC's executive pay report. The bank's pay schemehad handed Gulliver a near £2m annual bonus despite the bank's involvement in a string of high profile scandals.
David Haslam of Methodist Tax Justice Network won cheers from scores of small shareholders after he asked Flint if he recognised the "very strong feeling that bankers are paid too much money".
But the bank said Gulliver's bonus was awarded in recognition of his "strong leadership" and "personal behaviour" in tackling the money laundering revelations.
Gulliver's total pay and benefits for 2012 came in at £7.4m – more than 500 times that earned by the bank's lowest paid workers. A total of 204 HSBC staff were handed more than £1m in pay and benefits last year.
Britain's biggest union, Unite, described the scale of the pay as an "outrage" given that some of its members at HSBC take home £14,000 a year and are facing changes to their pension schemes and holidays.
In an AGM that divided between conventional shareholders worried about scrip dividends and earnings per share, pitted against protestors who had gained a platform by purchasing a few shares, Gulliver said the bank's top priority was returns to shareholders, followed by global standards and streamlining the business. Flint added that despite "tumultous times" the bank's share price had risen from 514p a share to 742p since the preceding AGM, and that its market value had jumped from $144.6bn to $208.1bn.
Bill Oddie said that while HSBC had offered numerous apologies for the financial damage it had caused, "there has been no mention of the environmental damage it is causing to wildlife habitats. That is a major crime, and HSBC has been financing that crime. In Sarawak, 95% of the natural forest has been damaged. It is a huge desecration, and at root it has been funded by HSBC." Earlier this year Oddie was evicted from HSBC's London headquarters when filming a spoof documentary examining "the natural habitat of the HSBC banker, a predatory species driving rainforest destruction".
Gulliver said that HSBC is the first major bank to put in place a policy framework for logging and timber and promised it was not mere "lip service". He also warned Oddie: "If HSBC exits from the business, regional banks will enter and you will have no leverage over them."
HSBC suffers investor revolt over pay
Some 11% of shareholders rebel against pay scheme, which includes £2m bonus for chief executive Stuart Gulliver
HSBC suffered an embarrassing 11% shareholder rebellion against its executive pay report on Friday.
Douglas Flint, chairman of the bank, said just 89% of investors voting ahead of its annual meeting supported its pay scheme, which handed chief executive Stuart Gulliver a near £2m annual bonus despite the bank's involvement in a string of high profile scandals, including helping Mexican drug barons launder money.
The bank said Gulliver's bonus was awarded in recognition of his "strong leadership" and "personal behaviour" in tackling the revelations that led to the bank being fined £1.2bn by US authorities for allowing at least $880m (£582m) of drug trafficking money to be laundered throughout the bank's accounts.
Gulliver's total pay and benefits for 2012 came in at £7.4m – more than 500 times that earned by the bank's lowest paid workers.
A total of 204 HSBC staff collected more than £1m in pay and benefits last year.
Britain's biggest union, Unite, described the scale of the pay as an "outrage" given that some of its members at HSBC take home £14,000 a year and are facing changes to their pension schemes and holidays.
The bank did not immediately state how many of its investors abstained from the pay vote, which could increase the proportion of shareholders failing to back the remuneration report. It will report the full numbers to the London stock exchange this afternoon.
Earlier on at the AGM in the Barbican centre, in central London, Flint apologised to shareholders for the bank's role in a series of "extremely damaging" scandals, including rigging the Libor interest rate, PPI mis-selling and money laundering for Mexican drug cartels and terrorists.
Flint said the bank had already "apologised unreservedly" to stakeholders and has paid "huge penalties both in monetary cost and reputational damage". But said he wanted to "apologise again in person".
"As you will all be acutely aware, the last two years have been extremely damaging to HSBC's reputation and to our own perception of ourselves," he said. "We experienced serious historical failings both in the application of our standards and in our ability to identify, and so prevent, misuse and abuse of the financial system through our networks."
He said the bank had been given a "huge wake-up call" and HSBC was "determined to play a leading part in restoring the reputation of the industry and thereby regaining society's trust".
"We need to prove that a strong economy needs a strong banking sector," he said. "More important than apologies, however, are the steps being taken to prevent recurrence.
"We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reform banking and the broader financial industry.
"We need to demonstrate that the business model of banking is fair, transparent, sustainable and meeting its core purpose of serving society."
The bank has created a new financial system vulnerabilities committee of five experts to "identify areas where HSBC may become exposed to financial crime or system abuse".
"Their expertise includes the combating of organised crime, terrorist financing, narcotics trafficking, tax evasion and money laundering as well as expertise in intelligence gathering and international payments systems," Flint said.
The bank agreed in December last year to pay a $1.9bn fine to US authorities to settle money laundering charges, but the deal has been delayed by a row between the justice department and the judge overseeing the case.
The deal – known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) – meant HSBC was exempt from prosecution and triggered a storm of criticism. Judge John Gleeson is now believed to be considering rejecting the deal, a move that could leave HSBC facing a criminal prosecution and the threat that its charter to do business in the US could be revoked.
US authorities reached the deal with HSBC last December after uncovering evidence that the bank had illegally conducted transactions on behalf of Mexican drug lords, terrorists and customers in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma – all countries that were subject to US sanctions.
HSBC faces court threat as deal on money laundering charges stalls
Judge may take action that could leave HSBC facing a criminal prosecution and threat to its ability to do business in the US
HSBC's controversial $1.9bn (£1.6bn) settlement deal with the US authorities over money laundering charges has stalled after a row between the justice department and the judge overseeing the case.
The deal – known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) – meant HSBC was exempt from prosecution and triggered a storm of criticism. Judge John Gleeson is now believed to be considering rejecting the deal, a move that could leave HSBC facing a criminal prosecution and the threat that its charter to do business in the US could be revoked.
The bank will hold its annual meeting in London on Friday and is expected to be asked for an update on the agreement.
US authorities reached the deal with HSBC last December after uncovering evidence that the bank had illegally conducted transactions on behalf of Mexican drug lords, terrorists and customers in Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma – all countries that were subject to US sanctions.
Gleeson, a former assistant attorney general, made his name prosecuting drug rings and organised crime, most notably securing the conviction of John Gotti, the Gambino crime family boss. The justice department is believed to be challenging the need for Gleeson's approval after failing to get a quick signature while the judge is upholding his opinion that he must sign off on the DPA.
Court officials would not comment on the case. The judge last referred to the case on 15 February, noting solely that he had not yet approved or disapproved of the settlement. Last December Gleeson said there had been "much publicised criticism" of judges rubber-stamping DPAs.
The agreements are an increasingly common settlement which allow a company to pay a fine to stop a criminal prosecution.
John Coffee, Adolf A Berle professor of law at Columbia University, said judges were increasingly unhappy with DPAs.
"There is a serious disconnect between judges and prosecutors about whether prosecutors are doing anything meaningful," he said.
Senator Chuck Grassley lambasted the justice department over the settlement last year and said it was "inexcusable" that they had not brought a criminal prosecution against the bank. "What I have seen from the department is an inexplicable unwillingness to prosecute and convict those responsible for aiding and abetting drug lords and terrorists. I cannot help but agree with an editorial in the New York Times that 'the government has bought into the notion that too big to fail is too big to jail'," he wrote in a letter to attorney general Eric Holder.
At the time of the deal's announcement Stuart Gulliver, HSBC chief executive, said: "We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again."
HSBC has undergone a drastic management overhaul since the issues came to light and has strengthened its compliance policies and procedures. It is continuing to implement those changes as the US authorities work on a resolution to the DPA disagreement.
Stuart McWilliam, senior campaigner with lobby group Global Witness, said: "News that the DPA hasn't yet been signed off gives the justice department a clear opportunity to reconsider the penalties HSBC should face for its widespread money laundering failures.
"Given that over 35,000 people were brutally slain in Mexico at the hands of drug traffickers while HSBC laundered at least $880m of their money, it's shocking that the current system of sanctions does not include senior executives being held personally responsible for the actions of their institutions. Is HSBC too big to jail?"
Gleeson would not be the first judge to challenge a DPA in recent months. Last year Jed Rakoff refused to sign off on an agreement between Citigroup and the Securities and Exchange Commission over the sale of "toxic" mortgage bonds. In his opinion the $285m settlement was "neither reasonable, nor fair, nor adequate, nor in the public interest". That dispute is ongoing.
Wrong sort code meant £3,000 went into a stranger's account
My father accidentally transferred cash into someone else's bank account. How can we get it back?
In January my father tried to transfer £3,000 into my Co-operative Bank savings account from HSBC using telephone banking. Unfortunately, he used the correct account number, but the wrong sort code at the Co-op. Ever since, he has been jumping through hoops to recover the money. The Co-op appears to be less than helpful and it feels like we are getting nowhere.
From what we can gather HSBC, (after much prompting) has requested that the Co-op looks into the matter, and, although there appears to be a lot of talking in riddles (due to the Data Protection Act), we can deduce that there is a bona fide account with this sort code and account number at the Co-op that the money has gone into. HSBC has (again after much prompting) asked the Co-op to contact the beneficiary account holder.
The Co-op tells me, in a very vague way, that it looks like it has done this once by phone and has also sent a letter. But the beneficiary account holder is refusing to answer. However, the Co-op has also said that, even if it does manage to talk to them, it cannot ask for the money back if the beneficiary says they were expecting the money and it is theirs.
The Co-op has now sent me a letter saying there is nothing more it can do, while HSBC is giving my father the impression that it is washing its hands of the matter. HSBC has told him to contact Citizens Advice.
This he has done and has been told his only option is to hire a solicitor, and this is likely to end up costing more than the £3,000 that is missing.
I am also fairly certain that the law is on his side with regards to ownership of the money. Can you help? JW, Cambridge
We have been getting an increasing number of letters like this and are coming to the conclusion that the banking industry needs to make some changes to tackle this growing problem.
It has mostly come about as a result of the rise in internet banking. People may use the wrong digit, or whole sort codes as in your case, and the money disappears into someone else's account. As you say, it is still legally yours but as you, and others show, it's very difficult to get it back, particularly if the receiving account declines to help, either deliberately or because they no longer use the account and are unaware of the problem. There doesn't appear to be any rules for the banks to follow.
We asked the Co-op to trace your father's money and it has, at least, got on the case. "Where a credit appears to have been paid in to one of our accounts incorrectly, the bank will assist as far as possible to retrieve it," says a spokeswoman.
"It is not as straightforward as simply taking the money back, as there are legal obligations which we need to meet. We are making attempts to contact the account holder that has received the credit. If no contact is received we plan to return the money to the sending bank."
After our intervention, the Co-op said this week that the money has now been sent back to your father.
Meanwhile, other readers using the web to send large sums to another account are advised to send a small amount first. Once you have confirmed its arrival, you can send the larger amount using the same transfer.
In February, Guardian Money carried the story of Sally who lost two years' pay – £26,000 – after mis-typing a digit during an online transfer. She took her case to the Financial Ombudsman but it was rejected. The Ombudsman relied upon the Payment Service Regulations 2009 which says: "Where the unique identifier provided by the payment service user is incorrect, the payment service provider is not liable for non-execution or defective execution of the payment transaction, but the payment service provider must make reasonable efforts to recover the funds."
We welcome letters but cannot answer individually. Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com or write to Bachelor & Brignall, Money, the Guardian, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please include a daytime phone number
HSBC job cuts foretell banking's future | Nils Pratley
A bank that employed 300,000 staff in 2011, and has 254,000 today, wants to have 240,000 by the end of 2016
The future's bright, the future's job cuts. That wasn't how HSBC put it, but you get the gist. A bank that employed 300,000 staff in 2011, and has 254,000 today, wants to have 240,000 by the end of 2016.
All that slimming hasn't enabled the chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, to meet his original cost-to-income target. HSBC is at 55%, against a target of 48%-52%, but that's partly because revenues have disappointed. Never mind, victory has been declared anyway on the grounds that revenue growth is still beating cost growth.
HSBC's tale, one suspects, will be the entire banking industry's for several years. In a lower-growth world where technology can do more of the work, job losses will keep coming.
HSBC warns on jobs as cost-cutting continues
In a strategy update, bank shifts focus to fast-growing markets and considers bigger dividend payouts to shareholders
Some 14,000 more jobs are at risk at HSBC as chief executive Stuart Gulliver wields an axe to reduce costs, boost profitability and pay bigger dividends to shareholders.
By 2016, he expects HSBC to employ around 240,000 staff, compared with the 300,000 who worked for the bank when he was promoted to chief executive at the start of 2011.
Still implementing reforms prompted by a record-breaking £1.2bn fine from the US authorities for helping Mexican drug barons launder money, Gulliver said the changes he had made to the UK's biggest bank since being promoted from running its investment banking arm was making the organisation easier to manage.
"HSBC is now simpler and easier to manage," he said, adding the bank would "de-risk our operations in higher risk locations".
"We will continue to exert tight cost discipline whilst streamlining processes and procedures. This enables us to invest in growth and global standards," Gulliver said in this third annual strategy day.
Adopting a motto for staff of "courageous integrity", Gulliver had cut the workforce to 260,000 by the first quarter of this year, and since then another 6,000 roles have gone – split between Panama and the UK, where 3,166 job cuts announced last month were described by the bank as "demising" roles.
When he first set out his proposals to cut costs by axing jobs in 2011, he said 30,000 jobs would go by the end of this year but he is ahead of target, with 26,000 having been cut through cost reduction measures and 14,000 through businesses being sold off.
He is not, however, on track to meet his target to increase the return on equity – a key measure of performance for shareholders – from 8.4% to between 12% to 15%. By 12 noon the shares were up 1% at 754p.
The job cuts are part of a plan to seek additional cost savings of $3bn (£1.9bn) between 2014 and 2016 but even so Gulliver loosened a key efficiency measure – the cost-income ratio – from the 48% to 52% range he had set previously to "mid 50s".
Unlike many European-based banks which are under pressure to find ways to build up more capital, HSBC is now preparing the way to pay out larger dividends to shareholders and might begin share buybacks.
HSBC is already the second largest dividend payer in the FTSE 100 – paying out £4.4bn last year – second only to oil company Shell. But the bank would need approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority to pay more dividends and conduct share buybacks, probably after asking shareholders for approval at the annual general meeting next May.
Gulliver is focusing the bank on faster-growing markets with a focus on commercial banking rather than high street banking.
The proportion of earnings retained for capital is being reduced to 45% from 50% allowing 40%, rather than 35%, to be paid out to shareholders and 15% being used to pay bonuses to the remaining staff. Share buybacks could start in the middle of next year as the bank attempts to control the number of shares in issue because 30% of its shareholders, particularly in Hong Kong, receive their dividends in shares (known as a scrip dividend) rather than cash.


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Crafting With Cat Hair
Cute Handicrafts to Make With your Cat
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Got fur balls? Are your favorite sweaters covered with cat hair? Do you love to make quirky and one-of-a-kind crafting projects? If so, then it's time to throw away your lint roller and curl up with your kitty! Crafting with Cat Hair shows readers how to transform stray clumps of fur into soft and adorable handicrafts. From kitty tote bags and finger puppets to fluffy cat toys, picture frames, and more, these projects are cat-friendly, eco-friendly, and require no special equipment or training. You can make most of these projects in under an hour--with a little help, of course, from your feline friends!
Authors: Tsutaya, Kaori
Title: Crafting with cat hair
cute handicrafts to make with your cat
cute handicrafts to make with your cat
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : Quirk ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011.
Characteristics: 94 p. :,col. ill. ;,21 cm.
Notes: "Originally published in Japan as Nekoke feruto no hon in 2009 by Asuka Shinsha, Inc."--t.p. verso.
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Branch Call Number: 745.5 TSU
Statement of Responsibility: by Kaori Tsutaya ; translated from the Japanese by Amy Hirschman
Subject Headings: Toys for cats. Cats. Fur. Handicraft.
Topical Term: Toys for cats.
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Alessandra - 2 years ago
Great class Esther :) but It s always difficult for me finding balance during the pigeon pose
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A gentle flow class focusing on upper back, shoulder openers and hip work. This class promises to make you feel good afterwards. Some of the poses practiced are: Puppy Dog Pose, Thread the Needle Pose, Three-Leg Down Dog Pose, Pigeon Pose, Half Lord of the Fishes Pose, Cow Face Pose, Full Forward Bend, Cobbler Pose, Wide Angle Pose, Reversed Table Pose, Shoulder Stand and Plow Pose.
Alessandra - 2 years ago
Great class Esther :) but It s always difficult for me finding balance during the pigeon pose
Cathy - 2 years ago
Namaste. Cathy
Liz - 2 years ago
it's a little too fast for my skill level, but it is lovely, namaste
Louise - 2 years ago
Very soothing class, thank you Esther xx
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Very happy you all like it ... with regards it going a little fast liz, take it at your own pace and once you get more familiar with the poses it will get easier. Lots of love to you all !
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Tina - 1 year ago
Exactly the right demands at exactly the right times, just as you were here to support me. Thank you and Team so much for this and all those wonderful classes. Namaste


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