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Dec 7th 2010 9:57PM Comments.
Amazon just sent out a bunch of emails about Cataclysm's release date {WoW}
Sep 27th 2010 11:30AM FWIW, I preordered and I did NOT get this e-mail.
I'd take it with a liberal sprinkling of salt.
Blizzard to begin throttling GearScore-like inspect requests {WoW}
Jun 25th 2010 10:42AM The line between abuse and use is so infinitesimal at this point that the two are essentially synonymous.
My main is basically locked out of PUG raids outside of the occasional VOA because he's sitting at ~4850 GS, in part because he's got a Greatness card (ilvl 200, of course) that has no good, analogous replacement until ICC 25. All the raids on my server seem to want at least 5k minimum even for TOC, plus achievements, which, naturally, I don't have.
Patch 3.3.5's Out of Storage error {WoW}
Jun 24th 2010 10:15PM You're right, it's not a memory leak, but it's been around longer than WotLK. It's just become more prevalent since then.
Patch 3.3.5's Out of Storage error {WoW}
Jun 24th 2010 10:13PM Drakkenfyre:
You're exactly correct.
This is an awful not-quite-bug, and it's been around since the game launched. Beefy rigs should NOT have to turn down settings to play an aging game like WoW when we can play modern games with everything turned up. It's just preposterous.
Win a copy of "The Guild Leader's Handbook" by Scott Andrews {WoW}
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Mar 30th 2010 7:24PM Entitled? I'm not entitled to anything.
Saying, "I don't feel comfortable giving that information out because it isn't mine to give," would have been more than fine. Instead, you had to imply that you were clever and polite and that I wasn't. You'd decided to be an ass about it as soon as I asked for so much as a hint.
All I really want to know is that if there exist study scores of his music and if so, whether they are for sale or whether he is only willing to give them to his own pupils. For all I know, he doesn't own the copyrights anyway and the question is moot. There are no demands here.
But frankly, I suspect dealing with Blizzard customer service will be both more fruitful and less frustrating than continuing to post in this thread.
Russell Brower at Video Games Live {WoW}
Mar 29th 2010 2:51PM Thanks a million. I have a legitimate question for him, but I've never been able to find his information. I guess I'll just continue asking Google politely, then, right, because asking here certainly didn't help me at all.
(And yeah, my original question *was* polite. Now I'm just pissed that you apparently think you have some sort of power over me.)
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ATLANTA — On a hot and sticky Saturday afternoon in front of 45,759 fans at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Georgia Tech completely overwhelmed Elon 70-0 as the Yellow Jackets produced eight offensive touchdowns, two defensive scores and a blocked punt on special teams.
The 10 TDs tied a school record that dates back to 2001 against Navy.
The high-scoring offense has been a predictable product of Tech football under head coach Paul Johnson, who began his sixth year as the Yellow Jackets' head coach on Saturday.
But if this year's defense under coordinator Ted Roof can turn in similar results the rest of the way, it could be a key ingredient if the Yellow Jackets are going places in 2013.
Roof, a Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Famer who played linebacker on The Flats from 1982-85, returned to Atlanta this year to head up the Yellow Jackets' defense.
Tech piled up 557 yards of total offense and punted just once in the game, but the Yellow Jackets' defense was doing its part in holding the Phoenix scoreless with just 253 yards of offense and forcing four turnovers with a fifth called back by a penalty.
"Obviously, when you win by a score that large, you did some things well," said Johnson. "It went about as well as you could ever hope."
Tech did just about everything right in the first quarter as the Yellow Jackets racked up 28 points, forced two turnovers and blocked a punt.
It started when Elon's Tracey Coppedge fumbled on the second play from scrimmage and Tech's Jemea Thomas recovered at the Phoenix 30.
The Yellow Jackets cashed in as Deon Hill scored from 14 yards out with 12:58 to go in the opening quarter to make it 7-0.
Tech wasted no time in making it 14-0 as David Sims scored from a yard out to increase the lead to 14-0 with 10:06 left.
Sims' TD came after Chris Milton blocked freshman David Petroni's first punt to set Tech up at the Elon 35.
Much to Petroni's credit, the former Buford punter came back to average 44 yards per punt on his final six attempts, including a 48-yarder and four inside the 20.
Elon finally got its offense moving and got down to the Tech 35.
But an interception by Jabari Hunt-Days at the Tech 25 snuffed out that drive and four minutes later, Tech made it 21-0 as Zach Laskey broke free on a 33-yard scoring run.
Tech added a 3-yard scoring run by Charles Perkins as the Yellow Jackets piled up 28 points in the first quarter — their most since a 30-point outburst at North Carolina last November.
Tech got the second quarter started with a 59-yard screen pass from Vad Lee to Sims to up the score to 35-0.
Lee, in his first career start for the Yellow Jackets, finished the game 7-for-11 for 189 yards and two TD passes, no interceptions and no sacks.
Lee also rushed for 49 yards on six carries and scored one TD.
Elon marched again from its own 25 to the Tech 10, but Phoenix quarterback Mike Quinn was intercepted for the second time in the first half and Tyler Marcordes took it 95 yards to the house and a 42-0 advantage.
It was the third time under Johnson that Tech has scored 42 points in a half with the Yellow Jackets doing it as well against Kansas and Western Carolina in 2011.
The Phoenix tried again to get on the scoreboard at the end of the first half, but John Gallagher missed a 47-yard field goal as time expired and Tech sporting the six-TD advantage.
Tech opened the second half in more traditional form as the Yellow Jackets went on a 13-play drive that covered 75 yards and chewed up over five minutes on the clock, capped off by Lee's 2-yard scoring run.
Tech came up with its third interception of the game and the second returned for a TD as Milton added a 54-yard pick-six midway through the third quarter to bump the margin up to 56-0.
The combined 173 yards in interception returns broke a record that dated back to 1966 in a game vs. Tulane when Tech had 139 yards.
Robert Godhigh's 24-yard reception late in the third quarter pushed the lead to 63-0 as Lee threw his second TD pass of the day.
Tech completed the scoring with a 44-yard Justin Thomas run midway through the fourth quarter that capped off a 99-yard drive in nine plays.
"We had some things that we wanted to try and work on," said Johnson of continuing with many starters in the second half. "We wanted to establish the fullback (to start the second half) since we really hadn't done that and we were planning on letting Lee play one more series to throw the ball and work on that."
The Yellow Jackets' 70 points were the most in the modern era since a 70-7 victory over Navy in 2001.
The 70-point margin of victory also set an Atlantic Coast Conferene record that dated back to 2008 when Florida State defeated Western Carolina 69-0 in Tallahassee.
"I told the team we can only take this as a learning experience," said Elon head coach Jason Swepson. "We've got a chance to get better this week and go on from there."
Notes: Both the Georgia Tech and Elon rosters were sprinkled with players from Gwinnett County. For the Yellow Jackets, redshirt junior running back Charles Perkins (Collins Hill), redshirt freshman offensive lineman Chase Roberts (Greater Atlanta Christian), sophomore wide receiver Anthony Autry (Norcross), redshirt freshman defensive lineman Francis Kallon (Central Gwinnett) and sophomore defensive lineman Shawn Green (Grayson). Perkins finished with six yards on two carries. For the Phoenix, freshman punter David Petroni (Buford) and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Haris Cesko (Grayson). … After 18 years as the Georgia Tech radio play-by-play broadcaster, Wes Durham has moved on to a new career in television along with continuing his duties as the radio voice of the Atlanta Falcons. So the Yellow Jackets have welcomed in Brandon Gaudin to call the action in 2013. Gaudin spent the last three years as the Butler University Bulldogs' play-by-play man for football and men's basketball. … Wes Durham may have moved on from The Flats, but there was still a Durham calling the game on Saturday. Taylor Durham, younger brother of Wes, is the voice of the Phoenix. … Historic Grant Field is 100-years-old in 2013 and the Yellow Jackets sure began the celebration in style on Saturday. To mark the anniversary, Georgia Tech has created a special logo to commemorate 100 years of playing football on North Avenue. The highlight of the celebration will come on September 26 when Tech hosts Virginia Tech in a national ESPN Thursday night game. The Yellow Jackets will wear special throw-back uniforms and every player who ever earned All-America honors has been invited back to campus. … Tech will have a bye week next Saturday and then head to Durham, N.C., to take on Duke in an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division game at 3:30 on ESPNU. The Yellow Jackets next home game is September 21 against another Coastal Division foe in North Carolina on Family Weekend.t
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I know most of the posts here are for high-end appliances but I had to tell you about my new microwave. I am amazed. It is an inverter microwave from Panasonic. I don't have any connection to Panasonic but this thing is great. I can actually cook in it. If I set it to 50% power I get real, honest 50% power the whole time. Makes it so much easier to steam delicate foods or cook touchy items like fish. It appears Panasonic makes most of the inverter units although they may appear under a different name sometimes. Costco is the place to go - they have the very best prices. 5 stars. |
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Yes, Panasonic does make a really good microwave, and they make a lot of private label units too. You don't need to go to Costco though, they sell the same units at Wal-Mart and Target, among other places All under $200.. No membership needed , and you can pay by check, visa, mastercard, paypal, ect..... unlike Costco. |
xedos - the Costco units were $99.99 for the smaller oven and $149 for the larger one. By far the cheapest I could find at a reputable outlet. Target was $140 for the small one. I don't do Wal-Mart. I agree Costco can be annoying sometimes but you really can save some money. |
I went to the Costco website but they didn't offer Panasonic microwaves. When did you buy it? Would love to buy one there because they have THE best return policy on any of their items. |
Louie - I got the oven in the store, not the website. Bought it Jan. 4th. They have many items in the store that are not shown online. Of course, you need to have a Costco near you for that to work. |
^^^ they also have items that are only available in certain stores - not all of them, and you still need a membership. sorry you don't do wal-mart- that';s your choice. I agree wal-mart can be annoying sometimes but you really can save some money there too. And they are everywhere. |
Here is a link that might be useful: big daddy panny - 9 bucks cheaper that cco !
I got my Panasonic at Fry's.. Really like the sensor cook and melt and soften options. I can actually just melt chocolate or soften butter. Only thing I wish was that the interior light came on when the door is opened. It only comes on when the unit is turned on. |
- Posted by Buddyboy546 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 16:43
When your Panasonic microwave is running, can you see what power level it is running at? Mine is a 1200 watt inverter countertop and, once running, there is no way to see what power level is set, nor is there a way to change the power level without completely reprogramming the cook cycle. It is like having a TVband having to switch it off and on again to see what channel you are tuned to. Panasonic have confirmed this is how it is designed. |
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My question concerns growing under artificial lights (florescent.) I work full time and so of course I like to enjoy viewing my violets when I am at home, which is early morning and evening. Since they look their best when the lights are on, would it harm them if I set the timer for a split schedule: On for about 2 hours in the early morning when I'm up and going about my morning chores, then off when I leave for work and on again in the afternoon to remain on until I go to bed? The total time on would be 11 hours, which is what they are used to now. Would that break in the lighting (there would be some natural light from the window across the room so they would not be in total darkness) confuse them and harm their development in any way? Has anyone else done this? |
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Depending on the photoperiod (total time of light exposure)I suspect it would be fine. However, if your plants don't receive at least 8 hours of darkness, they will be harmed. Otherwise, I'd think that when the lights go off in the morning and the plants only get a little sun, perhaps that would be like a cloudy part of the day? I'm not sure. It would be good to experiment with, but do so with only one or two plants to start with and allow several weeks to see if there is any harm done. I can't stress this enough. Never change something with all your plants at once. I hope this helps a little. Mark |
It can even be to your advantage. I think I read about experiments in industrial greenhouses on 4 hours on 4 hours off regime. The idea is - the plants accummulate energy and nutrients in high light time - and actually grow in the night until they use them up. The 4/4 regime was supposed to reduce the down time - when the accumulated building blocks are already used - but new day is not here yet. And again - the harm of 24 hours light non stop - is not that serious. Means it still increases your electric bill, and it is not conductive to grow show plants- but they won't die. AVs come from near equatorial area of Africa = with day and night about the same in all seasons - not from tundra - where polar night changes to polar day with almost 24 hour of light. So if we think about what is genetically programmed in our plants - good night rest - just what Mark recommends. I. |
- Posted by annececilia z4b/N.Michigan (My Page) on Mon, Jan 14, 13 at 20:09
That all makes good sense. I will adjust my timer and see how it goes. I'll report back to let you know! Thanks, Anne |
- Posted by daniel.edmondson (My Page) on Fri, Jan 18, 13 at 13:18
About year ago I changed the timer on my lights . They now come on at 6:30 am , but I have them set to go off for 15 min every 2 hours and then they finale go out at 9:30pm. I made the change because I could not keep the temp down . It was some times running up to 88 and even 90 in the afternoon. Since I made the change my plant have responded wonderfully to the change. The plant room is cooler, the variegated plant are showing stronger variegation and the centers of most of the plants have even opened up a little to good effect. |
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- Posted by annececilia z4b/N.Michigan (My Page) on Sat, Jan 19, 13 at 7:40
Thanks for sharing your experience, Daniel. That helps me feel that what I am doing will not end in disaster! ;-) Actually, so far the violets have not seemed to notice the change at all - but it is early days yet. |
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> cept that I don't know much about the real world problem and have to begin > from scratch to get some insight of what is actually driving these > technologies. > Dear Lokesh, Its best to learn and start doing it and if you face problem start asking :) welcome to Hadoop world. *Thanks & Regards * ∞ Shashwat Shriparv |


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Designed by Mel Flanagan of Irish Golf Design, Dunmurry Springs Golf Club is a true Irish golf standout in Kildare. Despite its relative youth, Dunmurry Springs has drawn impressive accolades from the likes of Golfer Magazine, which named it one the top 5 new European golf courses of 2005. Set beside the River Curragh, Flanagan and his team styled the course after such legendary runs as Gleneagles and Royal Birkdale, but gave it an Irish flavor all its own. Providing sprawling and breathtaking views, Dunmurry Springs combines natural water hazards and vegetation to go along with smartly placed bunkering and multiple tee settings to make it a course that will challenge golfers of all levels. Featuring a full-service clubhouse as well as a restaurant and bar, Dunmurry Springs Golf Club has a growing reputation with golfers both local and from abroad.
The relaxed and welcoming surroundings make the restaurant an ideal place to dine with your fellow golfers, friends or family. The lounge in the clubhouse at Dunmurry Spring is a place to exchange stories and to solve the problems of a poor round or celebrating a great one. Our golfers can relax in the hospitable atmosphere while enjoying a drink and some wholesome food. Overlooking the 9th and 18th green and with Dunmurry Hill as a backdrop, our lounge offers views across more than half of the course. Our friendly staff offer quality food and great value for money which makes this the perfect way to finish off your round of golf.
County Kildare, bordering Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Laois, Offaly & Meath is a county of open heathlands, lush green pastures, large tracts of tillage land and ancient boglands punctuated by gently rolling hills. Kildare is a famous sporting county most notably for its horse racing and thoroughbred industy. In September 2006 it was firmly placed on the world golfing map when the 2006 Ryder Cup was held in the K Club, Straffan, County Kildare. It is also the county with the highest density of golf courses in Ireland. Horse racing at the Curragh, Punchestown and Naas takes place all year round boasting some of the biggest meetings in the county's flat and national hunt racing calendar, including the Irish National Hunt Festival in April & the Irish Derby in June. Kildare offers visitors a depth of heritage & culture to explore such as the Japanese & St. Fiachra's Gardens, St Brigid's Cathedral & Round Tower, Heritage centers, Historical Houses and High Crosses.


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THREE FORKS — The knock on the historic Sacajawea Hotel for years was that, as beautiful as it once was, restoring its grandeur was going to take a lot of bread.
The stately white relic of the Milwaukee Railroad era was fading fast in the 1990s, when a couple bought and restored it. They only held on for a few years before selling it to a Floridian who polished it some more, then flipped it. By 2002 it was being eyed as some kind of rest home, to the community's objection. "For sale" signs went up again.
Then, the hotel got a real bread man — a whole bread family, actually. The Folkvords, founders of the wildly successful Wheat Montana bread company bought the hotel for an undisclosed price, further advanced "the Sac's" restoration and opened a fine dining restaurant to anchor it all.
"We've had a ton of local tourists, people from Bozeman, Helena, Billings, who just want to get away. We've had hunters and fly fishermen. We can rent the whole hotel for weddings,"
said Hillary Folkvord, hotel manager.
Dean Folkvord, Hillary's father and Wheat Montana founder, bought the hotel with his wife in 2009. The couple shuttered the hotel for seven months to renovate it further. They brought much of the hotel's historic elements forward, even unearthing a few historic artifacts along the way, but they also modernized it a bit.
The 31 hotel rooms now feature flat-screen televisions and king-size beds, along with spacious bathrooms decked out in subway tile. The basement features a bar with live poker. And the restaurant menu has been completely redone.
Pompey's Grill, which anchors the Sac, has entrées like pistachio-crusted jumbo scallops for $27.95 and herb-crusted prime rib for $22.95. It also has starters like roasted-garlic cheesecake with sun-dried tomato-kalamata olive relish and crostini for $7.95. The restaurant also serves a self-indulgent Sunday brunch.
There are hamburgers on the bar menu and a weekly bison rib special. Tender cuts of beef are well-represented on the menu, but chef Matt Israel said early on he made the decision to make the menu stand out among the steak and chop-house samplings used by other out-of-the-way restaurants to lure customers.
"The first menu we put together was more of a steakhouse menu. It was good, but we wanted something different. We were kind of building an identity," Israel said. "A lot of our customers are people who appreciate fine dining and people who are looking for something different."
The Folkvords recruited Israel from the popular Bigfork restaurant Showtime, a new American cuisine restaurant that is a Folkvord family favorite.
Many of the family's decisions about the Sac were based on travel preferences, Hillary Folkvord said. The family is well-traveled and prefers fine lodging and dining that's unique. The Sac had all the makings of a special retreat, she said.
The Sacajawea Hotel was built in 1910 as a grand stopping point for Milwaukee Railroad passengers interested in traveling by stagecoach to Yellowstone National Park, roughly 100 miles away. Its deep, wrap-around porch sported 26 bright white columns and enough chairs for each guest in its 29 rooms to take in the Tobacco Root Mountains to southwest or the more southern Madison Range. Big armed, deep-cushioned loungers on the porch do the job now.
Just off the porch's southern edge, there's a rack of cruiser bicycles for guests interested in riding the old Milwaukee Road trail, a broad gravel path that rolls out for several miles, eventually stopping at the confluence of the Madison, Jefferson and Gallatin Rivers. The trail is built on the railroad bed the Milwaukee abandoned in 1980. The history along the path dates back to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In the opposite direction, Lewis and Clark Caverns are less than 30 minutes up the state highway.
The front half of the Sac was constructed in 1910 by John Q. Adams, a railroad agent who saw the benefit of having a large hotel across the street from the Milwaukee Depot. The back of the hotel, an older, but equally large inn known as the Madison House, was originally located away from the Milwaukee in a pre-railroad town called Gallatin City. Madison House was moved to the site using rollers and horse teams.
Today, the Madison House is still a work in progress. The Folkvords have converted a lower portion of Madison House into a spa, but there's still work going on in the building.
Pretty much everything in the front of the Sac has been beautifully restored. The lobby features rich hardwoods and deep boxed-beam ceilings with period wallpaper accents and warm, custard-colored plaster walls bordered by bungalow-style trim.
The restaurant is lit by bronze, Mission-style hanging lights with square shade holders and matching sconces. The ceiling wallpaper is ornate and trimmed in the crisp edges of the Craftsman design era.
"Everyone who comes here loves it," Hillary Folkvord said. Then, shaking her head, she added. "This was going to be turned into a rest home training facility?"


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This reprint of an article, The Legend of the Florida Mountain Turnip, by our friend Stanley Brown, sheds some light on a local practice: supplementing income with the sale of home-grown produce. The scenic Mohawk Trail provided extra traffic during the foliage season, perfectly coinciding with the fall harvest. Take it slow along our Berkshire byways and be on the lookout for farm stands along the side of the road. Berkshire Living Magazine published an article, Hi-Way Harvest, on this very subject recently – with a handy list of stands to visit. So, take a toolie, shop the Berkshire harvest and enjoy the scenery!
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S. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 62 months ago |
What are the worst companies out there and why? |
Lorenzo C in Oxnard, California 62 months ago |
Uniform companies are the worst. This explains it all www.xomba.com/uniform_rentals_how_protect_yourself |
NU in Kenosha, Wisconsin 59 months ago |
Menards Inc. after having a work-related injury I was harassed on a daily basis. Their corporate HR did nothing to address the issue, in fact it only got worse. I was physically threatened by the store manager and two occassions. |
mikey1 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 56 months ago |
the census bureau local 2546 the super visor and the crew assistance and the and crew leaders were liars and took work form half the workers and accused the other half of fraud so the lame supervisors could believe that they were the only ones who who handle the no brainier work they sucked and the local office as well. There was a lot of waste of money by the few who scammed to get the work!!!!! |
garged in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 43 months ago |
AT&T. Was once a provider of high quality service and good employer, then "Management By The Numbers" youngsters regime took over and it turned into a grindhouse. Many (most?) of the experienced (read: union pensioned) workers took early buy outs rather than risk getting fired "for missing their numbers". If you'd like to confirm this, walk up to any AT&T truck or into any AT&T store and ask 'em how long they've worked for AT&T. Or, even easier, call AT&T's toll free number with a question and see how long it takes you to hear "I'll transfer you", or, even worse "...you'll have to call...." because the person you'll be speaking to has a manager who will be looking at the calls report to see how many incoming calls were answered, not how how many customers were helped and remain happy. gar |
john smith in Milford, Ohio 41 months ago |
best buy. enough said |
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Photographer Anna Pogossova captures the quiet serenity of snow-covered scenery in her Iceland photo series.
Incorporating the cloudy and gray skies, the photographs emphasize the vastness of the landscape that seems barren, yet also quite peaceful. On top of some of the photographs, Pogossova adds pastel patches of color which balance out the blank spaces in the sky with the detail on the ground and add a bit of fresh warmth to the frigid, mostly white scenery. The quaint villages and unobtrusive designs give the series a retro feeling, as though they are taking us back to more relaxed days when things seemed simpler and life was more easy-going.
Anna Pogossova's Iceland photo series allows viewers to escape into the cool calm serenity of winter.


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Kurban Said, author of the cult '30s romance Ali and Nino, was a complicated man so complicated, it seems, no one could figure out who he was for 60 years. Some evidence suggested he was an Azerbaijani noble named Essad Bey; some pegged him as a Viennese baroness. In fact, he was just lonely, lovelorn Lev Nussimbaum, an obscure Jewish refugee shorn of his family's oil millions when the Bolsheviks took the oil city of Baku and vitiated the tolerant mongrel cosmopolitanism of the old ''Orient.''
New Yorker contributor Tom Reiss spent five years putting all the pieces together for The Orientalist, discovering how a hothouse plant from the Caucasus passed himself off as a dashing Muslim sage in Nazi Germany before perishing alone in Italy at age 36, wasted by a strange gangrenous rot and still vying to be Mussolini's biographer. The result of Reiss' efforts is largely thrilling, novelistic, and rich with the personal and political madness of early-20th-century Europe. Lev, as Reiss affectionately calls him, was a living contradiction, his ''father: an industrial magnate in the oil industry; mother: a radical revolutionary.'' Stalin himself may have dined at his table. (May have Lev was a notoriously untrustworthy chronicler of his own life, even in his deathbed manuscript.) Escaping the Russian Revolution with his father, the young man ''traded one dying identity son of a Jewish cosmopolitan from Baku for another.''
Lev became a creation of his own Oriental nostalgia, assuming the dress, manners, and religion of an Ottoman warrior. Taking a similarly à la carte approach to political philosophy, he dabbled in fascism (any port in the Red storm) and pan-Islamism. Race, creed, fact, and fiction blend and blur in Lev, and Reiss doesn't dismiss this shape-shifting as the survival tactics of a self-loathing exile the desert drag and Byzantine exoticism seem almost heroic, myths willed into reality by the last premodern man. Reiss sometimes overdoes the historical background, to the point where Lev occasionally seems a supporting character in his own biography. But when this singular man's several selves are center stage in The Orientalist, the harmonies are strange and plaintive.


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In F1 2012 players will feel the unparalleled thrill of becoming a FORMULA ONE driver with a host of new features, wide-ranging technical and gameplay advancements and extensive competitive and co-operative multiplayer components. F1 2012 will feature all of the official teams, drivers and circuits from the 2012 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, including the debut of the 2012 FORMULA 1 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX at Austin, Texas and the return of Germany's famous Hockenheim circuit to the calendar.
F1 2012 numbers are a repeat of what we just saw in Just Cause 2. The HD 7750 doesn't offer playable numbers at any resolution while the HD 7770 manages to sneak in playable number at 1680 x 1050. The HD 7790 on the other hand manages to give us playable numbers at both 1680 x 1050 and 1920 x 1200.


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The Jamaica Forum for Lesbians All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG), says it is expecting the new Government to prioritise human rights issues.
In the December 20 leadership debate, PNP President, Portia Simpson Miller said her administration was committed to the protection of human rights.
Simpson Miller also said it was time for a review of the buggery law, saying she believed the issue should be put to a conscience vote in the parliament.
The executive director of J-FLAG, Dane Lewis, said the group expects the new government to stick to its commitments.
Some churches have rejected Simpson Millers suggestion for a review of the buggery law describing the proposal as the promotion of a homosexual agenda.


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Glad to see another score for the good guys, would have been a tense situation with a son and g/f held hostage.
Man Shoots Home Invasion Suspect
I'm also expecting to see more and more of these as we get closer to Christmas, hopefully more good guy wins. Let's be careful and aware out there.


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It's that time of year again when the Birmingham Beautification Board sponsors the free plant dig. This year's event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21 from Noon - 4 p.m. at the New Georgia landfill/dump between North Birmingham and Fultondale, just off I-65. The will post signs on the Interstate hughway and at the exit. Native plants that would otherwise be bulldozed are available. All you have to do is dig them and carry them out. There are a lot of blackberry vines on the property so I suggest you wear long sleeves, long pants and boots. Bring a sharp shovel and burlap bag in which to carry the plants. You might want to bring water for the roots or a large pot to keep the roots from drying out. Also bring water, soft drinks or snacks because they don't sell them. You can call the Birmingham Beautification Board at 205-787-5222 for more information. |
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It's this coming weekend. Hope to see you there. |
Have you done this before and was it this time of year. Seems like a lot of plants will not even have emerged yet. What a great program, however. |
- Posted by TSmith2579 Z7B/8A-Alabama (email@example.com) on Tue, Feb 17, 04 at 8:38
Yes, I have participated several times. I go especially for the oakleaf hydrangeas. Now is a very good time to dig the plants. The threat of a very hard freeze is almost past. The plants are still dormant so it is a good time to transplant. There was an article about it in Monday's BIRMINHAM NEWS. Look at www.al.com and search for the article for directions, etc. In what part of Mississippi do you live. |
Although I live on the west side of the state and will not be coming, I'm delighted to discover a new source for plants. Of course, I will tell friends. I did so enjoy visiting the Birmingham Botanical Garden last year. The Hellebores and cherry trees were spectacular when we were there. Happy Digging |
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Hardware news tagged Mac OS X
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Apple Vows to Release New Product Categories This Year.
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Tim Cook: We Are Working on New Product Categories
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Apple Debuts Industry's First 13" Notebook with 2560*1600 Screen Resolution.
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Apple Introduces MacBook Pro 13" with Retina Display
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Apple Cannot Fulfill Demand for Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Screen.
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Demand for New MacBook Pro 15" Retina Exceeds Supply
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Apple Quietly Discontinues MacBook Pro 17".
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Apple Ditches 17" Laptop for Professionals
Monday, June 11, 2012
Apple Reveals Its First MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
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Apple Radically Improves MacBook Pro with New 2880*1800 Display, Thin Design, New Processors
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Windows XP Market Share Drops to Less than 50%.
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Luca Pacioli: The Father of Accounting*
In 1494, the first book on double-entry accounting was published. The author was an Italian friar, Luca Pacioli. His impact on accounting was so great that five centuries later, accountants from around the world gathered in the Italian village of San Sepulcro to celebrate the anniversary of the book's publication.The first accounting book actually was one of five sections in Pacioli's mathematics book titled "Everything about Arithmetic, Geometry, and Proportions." This section on accounting served as the world's only accounting textbook until well into the 16th century.Since Pacioli was a Franciscan friar, he might be referred to simply as Friar Luca. While Friar Luca is often called the "Father of Accounting," he did not invent the system. Instead, he simply described a method used by merchants in Venice during the Italian Renaissance period. His system included most of the accounting cycle as we know it today. For example, he described the use journals and ledgers, and he warned that a person should not go to sleep at night until the debits equalled the credits! His ledger included assets (including receivables and inventories), liabilities, capital, income, and expense accounts. Friar Luca demonstrated year-end closing entries and proposed that a trial balance be used to prove a balanced ledger. Also, his treatise alludes to a wide range of topics from accounting ethics to cost accounting.
Pacioli was about 49 years old in 1494 - just two years after Columbus discovered America - when he returned to Venice for the publication of his fifth book, Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita (Everything About Arithmetic, Geometry and Proportion). It was written as a digest and guide to existing mathematical knowledge, and bookkeeping was only one of five topics covered. The Summa's 36 short chapters on bookkeeping, entitled De Computis et Scripturis (Of Reckonings and Writings) were added "in order that the subjects of the most gracious Duke of Urbino may have complete instructions in the conduct of business," and to "give the trader without delay information as to his assets and liabilities" (All quotes from the translation by J.B. Geijsbeek, Ancient Double Entry Bookkeeping: Lucas Pacioli's Treatise, 1914).
Numerous tiny details of bookkeeping technique set forth by Pacioli were followed in texts and the profession for at least the next four centuries, as accounting historian Henry Rand Hatfield put it, "persisting like buttons on our coat sleeves, long after their significance had disappeared." Perhaps the best proof that Pacioli's work was considered potentially significant even at the time of publication was the very fact that it was printed on November 10, 1494. Guttenberg had just a quarter-century earlier invented metal type, and it was still an extremely expensive proposition to print a book.
Accounting practitioners in public accounting, industry, and not-for-profit organizations, as well as investors, lending institutions, business firms, and all other users for financial information are indebted to Luca Pacioli for his monumental role in the development of accounting.
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This girlfriend revenge videos look too fake to me, but the girls and sex are pretty good, so who cares. In this video the star is a chick called Kaylee. She is getting a showe, but he is horny, and like a good girlfriend, she helps him with that. Looks like she wasn't ready for sex that day, check her hairy pussy, maybe she was thinking only about anal.


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Lincoln Park Zoo
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Indulge in a summery night with wine, food and flowers. Listen to live music while snacking on savory treats and sipping on fine wines, and take in Lincoln Park Zoo's radiant landscapes followed by an after-hours garden party in celebration and support of the flourishing horticulture. Hope B. McCormick Swan Pond, www.lpzoo.org


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Longmarket, Butchery Lane, Canterbury, CT1 2JR, Tel: 01227 785575, Email, www.canterbury-museums.co.uk
Explore the Roman town beneath your feet. Canterbury's underground Roman Museum is built around the remains of a Roman town house with mosaics preserved where excavated.
PO Box 1023, Canterbury, CT1 9GR, Tel: 01303 863869, Email, www.toursoftherealm.com
Tours of the Realm offer chauffeured, sightseeing tours of rural and historic Britain to small groups of 2 to 3 people. An exclusive, bespoke and superior service for discerning travellers. Day tours or longer tours available on request.
Kings Bridge, St Peter's Street, Canterbury, CT1 2AT, Tel: 07790534744, Email, www.canterburyrivertours.co.uk
Flowing through the heart of historic Canterbury, the river is the perfect way to escape the hustle and bustle of one of the country's busiest city centres.
North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PW, Tel: 01227 768072, www.martinpaul.org
St Martin's Church is the oldest in England still in use as a parish church and is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site. This church was the first base of St Augustine when he came to Canterbury in 597.
Mill Lane, Herne Bay, CT6 7DR, Tel: 01227 687487, www.herne-mill.btik.com
Herne Mill is the latest in a long line of mills, which have occupied the site for centuries. It is a local landmark on the skyline above the ancient village of Herne and is a 'sea mark' from the Thames Estuary.
Grove Ferry, Upstreet, Canterbury, Kent, CT3 4BP, Tel: 01227 469219, Email, www.canoewild.co.uk
Explore Kent's amazing and tranquil rivers with Canoe Wild. Hire a Canadian style open canoe and experience stunning scenery, get close to wildlife and feel the benefits of canoeing as a gentle outdoor activity.
Honey Hill, Blean, Canterbury, CT2 9JR, Tel: 01227 765168, www.druidstone.net
Set in attractive gardens and woodland, Druidstone caters for the imagination of all ages. Go on a walk through the enchanted woodland, enjoy hands on experience with the farmyard animals.
25 High Street, Canterbury, CT1 2BD, Tel: 01227 471688, Email, www.eastbridgehospital.org.uk
Eastbridge Hospital was founded following the murder of St Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral as accommodation for poor Pilgrims visiting his tomb.
104 High Street, Whitstable, CT5 1AZ, Tel: 01227 272042, www.playhousewhitstable.co.uk
Community theatre offering a wide range of entertainment - plays, pantomimes, music, comedy and active youth group.
Whitstable, CT5 4FJ, Tel: 01227 862000, Email
Duncan Down is the largest open space in Whitstable. Originally earmarked for housing in the 1930s, the land is now protected as a Village Green, providing opportunities for local people to relax and enjoy wildlife.
Central Parade, Herne Bay, CT6 5LU, Tel: 01227 363829, Email
In the spring and summer months the seafront's beauty is enhanced by gardens, which bring floral colour for visitors who pass the Clock Tower and Bandstand.
80 London Road, Canterbury, CT2 8LS, Tel: 01227 786109, Email
The church is 1000 years old and was the first to be dedicated to St Dunstan.
Westgate Grove, Canterbury, CT1 2DB, Tel: 01227 862162, Email, www.canterbury.gov.uk/leisure-countryside/things-to-do-in-the-district/parks-and-gardens/westgate-parks/
The Westgate Gardens can be found close to the City centre, just next to the West Gate Tower. The eleven acres of public gardens provide an ideal setting for a gentle stroll along the banks of the River Stour.
St Peter's Street, Canterbury, CT1 2AT, Tel: 01227 786109, Email, www.stpeters-stmildreds.org.uk/
St Peter's Church has been a place of prayer and worship for over 900 years and its charm and peace are in marked contrast to the busy street.
The Precincts, Canterbury, CT1 2EH, Tel: 01227 762862, Email, www.canterbury-cathedral.org
Motherchurch of the Anglican Communion, seat of the Archbishop. Stunning stained glass. Eleventh Century Crypt, Twelfth Century Quire, Fourteenth Century Nave.
8 William Street, Herne Bay, CT6 5EJ, Tel: 01227 367368, Email, www.canterbury-museums.co.uk
This coastal museum features the story of the Victorian seaside resort of Herne Bay and its surrounding area, with exciting finds from nearby Reculver Roman Fort.
Longport, Canterbury, CT1 1PF, Tel: 01227 767345, www.english-heritage.org.uk/staugustinesabbey
This great Abbey, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England, was founded in AD 597 by St Augustine.
King Street, Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 0DB, Tel: 01227 711950, www.fordwichtown.org/
Although it is believed that there was an earlier building on the site, the present Guildhall, or Town Hall as it is known today, was built in 1544 during the reign of King Henry VIII.


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This Agarose Gel Electrophoresis site is your portal for all things related to the agarose gel electrophoresis technique and its analysis. We provide you with all the background information, protocols, analysis steps, visualization and troubleshooting information for running agarose gels for DNA, RNA or Protein to become the ultimate expert in agarose gel electrophoresis!
Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method used in biochemistry and molecular biology to separate DNA, or RNA molecules by size however proteins can also be separated on agarose gels. Separation of the molecules is achieved by moving negatively charged nucleic acid molecules through an agarose matrix in an electric field (see electrophoresis). Shorter molecules move faster and migrate further than longer ones.
Agarose gel electrophoresis is mainly used in analysis or separation of DNA and RNA molecules (although proteins can also be separated on agarose gels), however separation also allows the purification of specific sizes of DNAs after restriction enzyme digestion. This is usually used in cloning to obtain cut plasmids, in which agarose gel electrophoresis separates cut vectors from uncut ones.
Thus agarose gels allow:
The advantages are that the gel is easily poured, does not denature the samples. The samples can also be recovered.
The disadvantages are that gels can melt during electrophoresis, the buffer can become exhausted, and different forms of genetic material may run in unpredictable forms.
The most important factor is the length of the DNA molecule, smaller molecules travel farther. But conformation of the DNA molecule is also a factor. To avoid this problem linear molecules are usually separated, usually DNA fragments from a restriction digest, linear DNA PCR products, or RNAs.
Increasing the agarose concentration of a gel reduces the migration speed and enables separation of smaller DNA molecules. The higher the voltage, the faster the DNA migrates. But voltage is limited by the fact that it heats and ultimately causes the gel to melt. High voltages also decrease the resolution (above about 5 to 8 V/cm).[citation needed]
Conformations of a DNA plasmid that has not been cut with a restriction enzyme will move with different speeds (slowest to fastest): nicked or open circular, linearised, or supercoiled plasmid.
Agarose gels can be used for the separation of DNA fragments ranging from 50 base pairs to several megabases (millions of bases) by electrophoresis. More commonly however, agarose gel electrophoresis is used to separate DNA from PCR and cloning in the range of 100bp to about 15kb. Run times are about 30 minutes - 1 hour long.
Small DNAs or RNAs (smaller than 100bp) are better separated by polyacrylamide gels, however 2-3% agarose gels may be adequate to separate even 50bp fragments from much larger nucleic acids.
Recently however, it has been shown that up to one base pair size difference could be resolved on a 3% agarose gel with an extremely low conductivity medium such as 1 mM Lithium borate (Brody JR, Calhoun ES, Gallmeier E, Creavalle TD, Kern SE (2004). Ultra-fast high-resolution agarose electrophoresis of DNA and RNA using low-molarity conductive media. Biotechniques. 37:598-602.).
As you can see low percentage agarose gels are best for the separation of large DNA molecules, whereas higher percentage gels are best for smaller DNAs.
As mentioned before, agarose gel electrophoresis allows the separation and thus the purification of DNA for cloning. However, this usually requires high purity low melt agarose if the DNA is to be extracted from the gel.
Depending on the size of the DNA electrophoresed and the application, different buffers can be used for agarose electrophoresis. TAE buffer (or Tris Acetate EDTA) is the most common used agarose gel electrophoresis buffer. TAE has the lowest buffering capacity of the buffers, however TAE offers the best resolution for larger DNA. However, TAE requires a lower voltage and more time.
However TBE buffer (Tris/Borate/EDTA) is often used for smaller DNA fragments (ie less than 500bp).
Sodium borate or SB buffer is a new buffer, however it is ineffective for resolving fragments larger than 5 kb. However SB has advantages in its low conductivity, allowing higher voltages (up to 35 V/cm). This could allow a shorter analysis time for routine electrophoresis.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) receives more complaints about telcos than any other industry, with a substantial number relating to mobiles. And in the last year, complaints about mobiles to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) jumped by 4.1% to over 54,000 — over 1000 complaints per week on average. And that followed an 29% increase in the previous year. (Those figures include complaints about issues such as billing, premium SMS services and privacy, which we don't look at in this report).
Customer service standards in particular seem to be on the slide: complaints increased by 107% in 2005–06, on the back of a 145% increase in 2004–05. Faulty mobile phones are a problem too, with over 8100 complaints in 2006-07, according to the TIO.
The industry, through the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA), argues the increase in complaints about faults is due to changes in how the TIO records complaints. It also says the overall number of complaints represents a fraction (0.3%) of Australian mobile subscribers. To us, though, that's still 54,000 unhappy customers. (There are 19.8 million mobile services, with 79% of consumers owning or using a mobile).
Please note: this information was current as of June 2008 but is still a useful guide to today's market.
To find out more about the difficulties consumers face, we asked online and magazine readers to tell us about the problems they'd experienced when their phone needed repairing. Customer service isn't always bad, but overall the 80 or so emails and letters included many stories of poor standards of customer service, lengthy repair times and a host of other problems.
CHOICE has real concerns about the mobile phone industry's complaints handling, repair times, customer service and warranty exclusions. Consumers aren't getting the response they're entitled to from some retailers and when they get knocked back, many don't know where to turn. We think this industry needs a clean-up, including:
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You'd probably expect to wait a week or two if your mobile needed to be sent to a manufacturer or repair centre.
Soon after Donna bought her Nokia in November 2005, it started doing strange things and turning itself off. "I complained to the Telstra shop where I purchased the phone and they sent it to their repairer," Donna says. "That took approximately two weeks. When I got the phone back it had lost its ringtones and screen savers. It was returned to Nokia to reset its factory settings. After plenty of calls and complaints to the repairer, my phone was returned after around three months. It works now."
In July 2006, following an action by the ACCC, the Federal Court found that LG Electronics had made false or misleading statements about consumers' warranty rights. Our research found that retailers sometimes provide misleading information too, including incorrect statements about consumers' right to a refund, repair or replacement.
Tanya's cheap phone 'died' after three weeks. Initially, the retailer said "bad luck" because Tanya didn't have a computer-generated receipt (the shop's computer was down when she made the purchase, so she'd been given a handwritten receipt, but the shop then denied ever issuing handwritten receipts). When she pushed on this issue, the record of her purchase 'appeared', but the shop continued to deny Tanya her rights.
"I explained that under consumer law they had a responsibility to repair or replace the malfunctioning phone," Tanya says. "Consumers would expect phones to last longer than a month — and it was still under warranty."
Eventually, the retailer did send it to the manufacturer for 'assessment'. Tanya heard nothing for four weeks. After pursuing the retailer, she had a call to say the phone was "stuffed" and had been "water-damaged", voiding her warranty.
"I'm certain the phone was never immersed in water, but the salesperson said water damage is caused by moisture and easily happens even if the phone is left near a bathroom or in a car. He said it happens to thousands of phones. I asked what recourse I had and was told I could have the phone independently assessed at my own cost." (High humidity and extreme temperatures can damage phones, but we think claiming moisture damage to a new phone can be caused by leaving it 'near' a bathroom is stretching it.)
"The poor customer service appalled me," said Tanya. "I guess with cheap phones one doesn't expect a lot, but to last less than one month is unacceptable."
Within two weeks of purchase, Anaree's phone started to continually switch itself off, requiring the date and time to be reset each time it was restarted. She took it back to the retailer. "The salesman disappeared for about half an hour, eventually returning to say everyone at the phone manufacturer was 'in a meeting', " Anaree says. "He next said I couldn't return the phone as it wasn't in its original box. He said I had to keep the box for at least a year just in case the phone needed to be returned."
The salesman also claimed that all mobile phones switch themselves off and need to have the date and time re-entered on restarting, which is clearly nonsense. Anaree disputed these statements and the salesman promised to contact her after he'd spoken to the manufacturer. "I didn't hear anything for several days so I telephoned the shop and asked for the manager. I was told the manager wasn't available but would call me. He never returned my call."
Anaree contacted Consumer Affairs, which confirmed she didn't need to return the phone in its original box. "They suggested I write a letter to the retailer, but due to work and other pressures I haven't had time."
We were contacted by consumers who'd returned their phones three or four times — and some still didn't work. Readers also told us how retailers, manufacturers and service providers seemed unwilling to take responsibility for the problems.
After her phone developed a fault, Kendall was given the runaround between retailer (Optus) and manufacturer (Nokia) over a period of nearly six months.
"There was a real lack of understanding of who was actually liable for my after-sales service, whether it was Optus or Nokia," she says. "They passed the buck to each other."
The Department of Fair Trading was quite clear on the matter, telling Kendall that legally the retailer must provide after-sales service.
After we contacted Optus about this poor service, Kendall was provided with a replacement phone and compensated for the inconvenience she experienced. Optus apologised and says it's reviewed its policies to ensure this sort of event doesn't happen again. Nokia said it plans to look into Kendall's case further.
Consumers sometimes found their repaired or replaced phone had been wiped of contacts lists, photos and other personal information. We'd recommend backing up your details from both SIM and phone memory. It's not a bad idea even if your phone isn't going in for repair, in case it's lost or stolen. Options include:
Within two months of purchase, Larry's Samsung started to malfunction, so he took it back to the retailer. After numerous calls to the shop, head office and the repair centre to find out what was happening, he was told he'd get a new phone as replacement.
"I picked up the so-called 'new' phone after more than a month of waiting," Larry says. "When I went through the menus I found it wasn't a new phone or even my old one, but someone else's. It had their details, pictures and personal videos."
Larry returned the phone and asked for the new one he'd been promised. When he picked up his second 'new' phone he found that, yet again, it wasn't new. "The keys were wobbly and the battery had a sticker indicating the phone had been repaired." After we contacted Samsung about Larry's experience he was offered a choice of two replacement phones. He's considering his options.
Manufacturers' warranties contain significant exclusions that leave some consumers wondering what exactly is covered. And these warranties usually only last one year; you'd expect phones to last a lot longer. (In fact the statutory 'implied warranty' may still apply if your phone is fairly new — see Know your rights for more on this.)
Exclusions include:
Nicolle's Nokia was damaged, not by being dropped but because its 'flip' opening mechanism caused the case to eventually crack. "The local Telstra Shop sent it to be repaired," Nicolle says. "The salesperson said they'd received numerous Nokia phones in warranty with the same problem." (Nokia, on the other hand, says there's no 'manufacturing issue' with this particular phone or its flip mechanism.)
Nicolle's phone was returned without being fixed. "Nokia told me there was 'physical damage' and they wouldn't fix or replace the phone. They said they weren't claiming I physically damaged the phone, but that it had physical damage [and so wasn't covered by the warranty]."
Liquid damage seems a particular cause for concern. Phone technicians can identify with certainty when liquid has seeped into a phone; the problem for consumers is it's impossible to prove it wasn't their fault. Several told us they'd never immersed their phone in water or caused liquid damage through misuse.
A large retailer agreed that users aren't always to blame. "Most handsets can't stand excessively dusty or moist conditions," the company said. "If you spend all day on the phone and have particularly sweaty hands, for example, the handset could be damaged or fail." This retailer also said incidences of and complaints about liquid damage can be higher in parts of the country where there's higher humidity.
The TIO doesn't record liquid damage complaints in a separate category from other faults, and was unable to verify this claim. The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association says high humidity and rain can corrode phones' electronic circuits; go to www.amta.org.au for tips for avoiding such damage.
Gordon and Maria, CHOICE readers from Queensland, bought two mobiles in April 2005 as part of a two-year contract with 3. Within a few months, Gordon's phone wouldn't turn on. He contacted 3 and the mobile was sent for repairs, but a few days later he received a call from a 3 representative saying the phone "cannot be repaired or replaced due to water found inside [it]. You have placed your mobile phone in or near water."
"As new customers, we were totally shocked at this treatment," says Maria. "Gordon kept explaining that the day the phone broke down had been particularly humid and that perhaps that caused the problem. He didn't have the phone in or near water."
Our research found that consumers are forced to pay monthly fees even when they've no phone to use while theirs is being repaired — in some cases, they have to continue to pay for faulty phones that can't be used or fixed.
When they contacted CHOICE, Gordon and Maria were stuck paying a monthly bill for a phone they couldn't use — the contract didn't expire until April 2007 and they didn't have the time or financial resources to take the matter to the small claims tribunal (they hadn't been told about the industry ombudsman).
After we contacted 3, the company arranged a replacement phone and credit — a good outcome, but one that wasn't forthcoming until CHOICE got involved.
Insurance to cover faults may be worthwhile, particularly for expensive phones, but a few readers complained about the high excess (the first part of a claim that you have to pay yourself). It can mean claiming is just not worthwhile.
For example, Peter's phone broke down just outside its warranty period.
"The excess was $100," he says. "It was more economical to buy a new phone for $120 instead. I'd been paying around $5 per month for insurance over a couple of years, but my advice is don't bother with insurance. Now I just buy the cheapest and most basic phone available and don't lock myself into any contract. If I drop the phone, I just buy another one — it's cheaper."


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: any of several North American land turtles (genus Terrapene) capable of withdrawing into their shell and closing it by hinged joints in the lower half —called also box tortoise
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text: EducationNathan L. Brock, Ph.D. Graduate: University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) Master of Arts in Music Composition, 2002 Ph.D. in Music Composition, 2007 Roger Reynolds, dissertation advisor Undergraduate: University of Louisville (Louisville, KY) Graduated Magna Cum Laude, 2000 Bachelor of Music, Composition Bachelor of Arts, Literature and Mathematics Teaching and Research Experience Instructor, School of Music, San Diego State University, 2011-present Adjunct Faculty, Music Department, University of San Diego, 2007-present Associate Development Engineer (Post-Doctoral position), California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CalIT2), 2008-present Research Associate, Center for Research in Computing and the Arts, San Diego, 2007-present Private Instruction in Composition and Audio Engineering, 2005-present Adjunct Faculty, Music Department, California State University, Fullerton, 2007 Research Assistant, Studio Recording, Music Department, UCSD, 2004-2007 Instructor, Music Department, University of California, San Diego, 2006 Teaching Assistant, Music Department, UCSD, 2001-2002, 2003-2007 Research Assistant, Recording and Dubbing, Music Department, UCSD, 2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, Eleanor Roosevelt College Writing Program, UCSD, 2002-2003 As Instructor of Record: Spring 2011 Music 207/507 - Composition Laboratory (at San Diego State University) Spring 2011 Music 420 - Digital Audio Composition (at the University of San Diego) Spring 2010 Music 420 - Digital Audio Composition (at USD) Spring 2009 Music 420 – Digital Audio Composition (at USD) Spring 2009 Music 220 – Harmony I (at USD) Fall 2008 Music 211 – Keyboard and Aural Skills II (at USD) Spring 2008 Music 220 – Harmony I (at USD) Spring 2008 Music 210 – Keyboard and Aural Skills I (at USD) Fall 2007 Music 111 – Introduction to Theory (at California State University, Fullerton) Fall 2007 Music 112 – Chromatic Harmony (at Cal State Fullerton) Fall 2007 Music 221 – Harmony II (at USD) Spring 2007 Music 220 – Harmony I (at USD) Summer 2006 Music 113 – Music and Society in the Enlightenment* (at UCSD) *this course designed by Brock Spring 2006 Music 4 – Introduction to Western Music (at UCSD) As Teaching Assistant (all at UCSD), courses including: Studio Mixing and Editing; Musical Acoustics; Digital Studio Techniques: Mixing; Ragtime; Opera; Contemporary Music; The Blues; Techno Music; Digital Studio Techniques: Editing; Music, Science, and Computers; J.S. Bach; Klezmer Music; and American Music. As Guest Lecturer: Form and Analysis (USD), Digital Audio Composition (USD), Harmony II (USD), Introduction to Western Music (UCSD), American Music (UCSD), Digital Studio Techniques (UCSD), Studio Mixing and Editing (UCSD), Electronic Music (UCSD) Courses within ability to teach: Composition, either in group or individual lessons; Networked audio and media streaming, for creative and industrial applications; Contemporary music, its history, theory, and practice; Music theory, including traditional harmony, Schenkerian analysis, set theory, formal analysis, and other areas of Classical and contemporary theory; Recording Studio Techniques, for future engineers or for composers and performers, including creative uses of the studio; Electronic Music, theory, technology, and composition; Western Classical music history, all periods; Interdisciplinary Arts, connecting music with other genres, especially film and literature. Composition Studies Roger Reynolds (Master's and Ph.D. Committee Chair), UCSD, 2001-2007 Rand Steiger, UCSD, 2001-2002 Chaya Czernowin, UCSD, 2000 Steve Rouse, University of Louisville, 1999-2000 Marc Satterwhite, University of Louisville, 1997-1999 Frederick Speck, University of Louisville, 1995-1997 Alan Beeler, Eastern Kentucky University, 1993-1995 Audio Recording and Electronic Music Studies Peter Otto, UCSD, 2002-2007 (computer music, multi-channel audio, networking) Tom Erbe, UCSD, 2005-2007 (audio recording, production, sound reinforcement) Miller Puckette, UCSD, 2000-2003 (computer music) Research Projects Networked post-production audio environments, 2007-present funded with support from Skywalker Sound/ILM, Axia, NTT, Disney, CalIT2 Audio for Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environments (SAGE), 2010-present funded with support from CalIT2, Disney, the Electronic Visualization Lab at UI Chicago Audio metadata development and deployment for high-quality emerging media, 2010-present funded with support from CineGrid Exchange Conductor motion tracking, 2009-present (in conjunction with McGill University, Montreal, Quebec) funded with support from CRCA, McGill University, the World Opera Project Improved audio quality for telematic performances, 2008-present funded with support from CRCA; Department of Music, UCSD New recording techniques to capture environmentally-specific musics, 2007-present (currently on hiatus) funded with support from CRCA Other Work Experience Audio Engineer (self-employed), 2006-present Score Reader, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, 2001-present Intern, Library of Congress Music Division, 2004 Pianist/Accompanist, Faith United Methodist Church, San Diego, 2000-2004 Composer Liaison, SummerFest La Jolla, 2001 Research Assistant, Concert Production, Music Department, UCSD, 2000-2001 Experience as a Recording Engineer Four years experience as the graduate student recording engineer in the professional-quality studio at UCSD, under senior engineers Josef Kucera, Tom Erbe, and Peter Otto. Completed several dozen recording projects, from recording through editing and mixing, in many genres, from solo pieces through large chamber ensembles, including traditional classical, improvised musics, avant-garde, popular, and jazz styles. Familiar with the ProTools, Sonic Solutions, and Pyramix environments, and with both digital and analog studios. Taught studio techniques as a teaching assistant and as a visiting instructor and digital audio composition as an instructor of record. Recording examples are available upon request. Publications D. Dansereau, N. Brock, J. Cooperstock. "A Particle Filter for Predicting an Orchestral Conductor's Baton Movements." IEEE Multimedia. Under review.* N. Brock, M. Daniels, S. Morris, P. Otto. "A collaborative computing model for media post-production." Future Generation Computer Systems. Accepted for publication; will appear Spring 2011.* N. Brock, M. Daniels, S. Morris, P. Otto. "Audio-Video Synchronization over Managed Wide-Area Networks for Post-Production." 128th AES Convention, London, Paper 8040, May 2010.* N. Brock, M. Daniels, S. Morris, P. Otto. "Long-Distance Uncompressed Audio Transmission over IP for Post-Production," 127th AES Convention, New York, Paper 7945, Oct. 2009.* N. Brock. "Audio Networking Emphasized at the Munich Audio Engineering Society Convention." http://www.cinegrid.org, 4 June 2009. N. Brock. "Opportunities and Challenges at the World Opera." http://www.cinegrid.org, 3 June 2009. N. Brock. Two Scenes from Beowulf and Selections from the Tesserae/Tesseract Cycle. Dissertation. 2007. *=peer reviewed Invited Speaker Engagements "Streaming Media for Distributed Performance." (Panel moderator) CineGrid International Workshop. 15 December 2010. "Audio Flows for Post-Production Collaboration." CineGrid International Workshop. 13 December 2010 "Applications for High-Quality Audio over Long-Distance Networks." (Workshop chair and panelist) 129th AES Convention, San Francisco, CA, 5 November 2010. "Use Cases for Streaming High-Quality Media over Wide-Area Networks." Southampton University, Southampton, Hampshire, UK, 21 May 2010. "Distributed Performance and Musical Collaboration." CineGrid International Workshop, 7 December 2009. Service Conference Chair, 44th AES International Conference on Audio Networking, 2009-present Manuscript Reviewer, Future Generation Computer Systems, 2010-present Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 2009-present Spring Festival Programming Committee, 2005-2006 Composition Faculty Search Committee, Graduate Student Representative, 2003-2004 Faculty Graduate Student Representative, 2003-2004 Graduate Liaison to Composition Faculty, 2002-2003 New Music Forum Programming Committee, 2000-2002 Spring Festival Programming Committee, 2000-2002 Selected Awards and Honors Guest Composer and Performer at the SoundOn 2011 Music Festival Guest Composer at the SoundOn 2009 Music Festival Commissioned by the Noise Ensemble, 2008 Meet the Composer Grant, 2008 Guest Composer at the SoundOn 2008 Music Festival Commissioned by red fish blue fish percussion ensemble, 2008 Commissioned by SONOR Chamber Ensemble, 2005 Guest Composer at the XXVII Foro Internacional de Música Nueva "Manuel Enriquez," 2005 Guest Composer at the XXVI Foro Internacional de Música Nueva "Manuel Enriquez," 2004 Fellow of the 60th Annual Composers Conference at Wellesley College, 2004 Honorable Mention, ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Competition, 2004 University of Louisville School of Music Alumni Award, 2000 Warren Babb Award for music theory and composition, 1999 Nelson Keyes Award for music composition, 1996, 1998 Professional Society Memberships Audio Engineering Society (AES) Member since 2008 Member of the AES Technical Committee on Network Audio Systems since 2008 Broadcast Music, Inc. 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Anti-death penalty campaigners stage a demonstration and march outside the Federal Bulding in Los Angeles on September 28, 2010.
Former California Governors Gray Davis, George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson are announcing an effort today to place a death penalty reform initiative on the statewide ballot.
The initiative would reform the appeals process for death row inmates and change what these prisoners do while behind bars. If approved, it could mean big changes for the more than 700 inmates now on death row.
On a 2012 ballot, 53 percent of California voters rejected an initiative that would have repealed the death penalty.
Nonetheless, executions have been halted since 2006 because of lawsuits in federal and state courts over the three-drug lethal-injection method that had been used to carry out death sentences.
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It's said that you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar—and while that may indeed be true when it comes to human relations, it isn't necessarily so when it comes to insects. Fruit flies, for example, tend to be more attracted to sweet balsamic vinegar than honey, if only because the vinegar is easier to sip. They also like apple cider vinegar.
If fruit flies are a problem in your home or garden, you can make your own homemade fly trap by filling a small glass jar about halfway up with the balsamic vinegar and positioning a paper funnel on top, with the opening just above the liquid. The flies will climb in to get a drink and won't be able to get back out.
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I used to make these soft sculpted dolls in the mid 1980's. They have ears, a sculpted nose, embroidered eyes and eyebrows, yarn hair with ponytails for the girls, a bellybutton, dimples in the elbows and knees, individually stuffed fingers, even a sculpted bottom with a crack. I have lost my pattern book for this doll and can't remember the name of it. The book had a pattern for boys and girls. Can anyone help me? |
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- Posted by pandgdolls (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 07 at 16:31
Hi Tweety Sounds like these would have been fun - great companion dolls for kids. Sorry - I can't help but would love to know when you find out - I could see a couple of these at home. Peter |
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