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Does anyone subscribe to a mosaic or art glass magazine that they feel truly inspires them? If so I'd love to know the name of it. TIA |
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- Posted by kraftkrazy (My Page) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 21:42
i usually buy the glass patterns quarterly..get good patterns and ideas from them.. also, if you havent looked at them, the mosaic now cds and magazines have quite a lot of inspiration. the cd has 2 discs with projects from professionals and amateurs alike...i think the one coming out this year has quite a few entries from the artists on the mosaic and stained glass site |
I find a lot more inspiration online than I have from magazines. There's a local artist in my hometown, Georgetown, TX, and her website is very inspiring to me. She does gorgeous work! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mosaics by Marlene in Georgetown, TX
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I am not a sewer but I can sew a straight line. I bought inexpensive drapes which I have to line. I am taking out all the seams to do this. The room gets blaring morning sun. I want to hang the drapes with rings so they can be pulled open and shut easier. The drape lenth is 110". Don't know if I will use pins and rings or just sew the rings on. Comments would be appreciated. I have chosen to line them with blackout lining - which is a bit thick. My question is about the header. I have to take it out to remove the tabs. It is just once folded over and sewn. Since I want to do rings and they will pull more, will the header be sturdy enough folded over once with the blackout lining inside? Will it be too sturdy and not drape off the rings nicely. I will definately appreciate any and all comments and suggestions. Thank you. |
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You may want to get some buckram to add stiffness and strength to the top hem. Also, you may want to just sew it flat and use the curtain rings with alligator clips. |
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- Posted by dowlinggram (My Page) on Thu, Apr 18, 13 at 20:21
If you are a non sewer I would leave the curtains alone and just sew or buy blackout liners and hang them together on the rod with separate clip on rings. When you hang them put the ring from the curtain on first and then the one from the lining and so on all across but put the last 2 from the lining on at the end and then the last one from the curtain. Put the side with the 2 blackout rings on the ends and the end of the curtain rod with 1 blackout end in the middle of the window. Doing it this way you avoid all the headaches of trying to sew them together and you can be sure the lining won't pull on the drapes. Putting the rings of the blackout inside ensures that it will not show. If you have the material for the blackout lining then cut it an inch shorter in width and use only one ring on each end |
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An even easier way to line your draperies. Make panels of lining with doubled hem at top. Work button holes spaced approx. the lengths between your pleats across the hemmed top. Use drapery rods with hooks. Hang the panels by slipping buttonholes over hooks--then hang draperies on hooks. When you open and close, lining & drapery move together. You can get some slip pins to "tack" the fabric edges together so one doesn't drag behind. I read this tip many yrs ago, and have utilized it myself. |
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At Lindt & Sprüngli, we are proud to produce the highest quality premium chocolate. But our vision is not just to make the finest products; it is to match these high standards with equally high ethical and sustainability standards in every aspect of our business. We call this the 'The LINDT promise': That all products leaving our factories live up to our commitment to sustainable behaviour along the supply chain.
This commitment starts at executive level and runs throughout everything we do, from sourcing, to production and consumption. It is a commitment we are in a particularly good position to honour because of the unusual degree of control we have over production.
Although we have achieved a great deal in recent years, we know there is more to do. And we are continuing our efforts to understand and tackle the challenges ahead.
We go to considerable lengths to ensure the sustainability of our ingredients and packaging, developing long-term relationships with small local suppliers of milk and sugar in Switzerland, the European Union and the USA, sourcing our almonds from California and our hazelnuts from Italy and Turkey. Most packaging materials are also sourced locally to reduce transport costs and emissions, and to support the local economy. We are working to reduce the overall amount we use, but packaging is important to the protection of our products, and while we use recyclable materials for wrapping products, we only use recycled materials for outer packaging and displays.
Global third-party schemes as yet certify only a very small amount of the cocoa bean crop. So we have to take our own measures to ensure our raw materials are sourced sustainably. The first step is traceability. Knowing where the beans come from allows us to understand how they are produced and what help the farmers and their communities need to ensure their welfare and well-being.
In general, we distinguish two different types of cocoa beans: consumer beans ("Forastero") and flavour beans ("Criollo" and "Trinitario"). Our 'consumer' beans come exclusively from Ghana. In 2008, together with a local partner and the Ghanaian government organization, Cocobod, we initiated a project called 'Ghana Traceable'. This allows us to trace the origin of the cocoa beans right back to the communities where they were collected, giving us the best possible quality control at source and bringing us closer to the people who grow and harvest our raw materials.
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Climate skeptic: We are winning the science battle
- Dr. Fred Singer is the President of The Science & Environmental Policy Project and Professor Emeritus of environmental science at the University of Virginia. The views expressed are his own -
The International Panel on Climate ChangeŌĆÖs (IPCC) charter states that the organizationŌĆÖs purpose is to look for human induced climate change. The Non-governmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) does not have this problem. If we find support for human induced climate change, we say so. If we do not find support for human induced climate change, we say so. In fact, the first NIPCC report, of which I was a lead author, was called 'Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate'.
We see no evidence in the climate record that the increase in CO2, which is real, has any appreciable effect on the global temperature. IPCC relies heavily on the surface temperature data, which is distorted by a deletion of a number of surface stations. The 'best' stations were kept – the ones around temperature islands and by airports.
Now the Climategate leak has shown that the surface temperature data that IPCC relies on is based on distorted raw data and algorithms that they will not share with the science community. The scientists implicated in Climategate have misused peer review and pressured journal editors to prevent publication of research that questions their research. They have taken control of the IPCC process and they have smeared opponents personally, rather than critiquing the research.
IPCCŌĆÖs mandate states that its role is to assess the science in a comprehensive, objective, open, and transparent manner. Unfortunately, the process has been anything but comprehensive, objective, open, and transparent. Climategate exposed this flawed process, and now it turns out that global warming might have been 'man made' after all.
I have traveled around Europe for a month now, talking to colleagues and people who are concerned about the draconian policies being put in place. But we are winning the science battle; the alarmist has no evidence.
The World Meteorological Organization (UN-WMO) wanted to set the tone for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen by releasing a statement that says that the past decade has shown some of the warmest tempratures on record, based on the 160 year of instrumental data we have. Intended or not, the statement created the impression that anthropogenic global warming is the cause of increased temperature and that the IPCC was correct after all. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The WMO confuses (purposely?) two quite different concepts: temperatures, which are measured in degrees Celsius, and temperature trends, which is measured in degrees Celsius per year. Temperatures are of course at their highest right now as we are recovering from the Little Ice Age in the 1700ŌĆÖs. It may even become higher without any human assistance. It may even reach the high values seen in the Medieval Warm Period around 1100AD.
But the temperature trends are heading downwards, even as greenhouse gasses like CO2 are increasing in the atmosphere. This negative correlation contradicts the results of the models that IPCC relies on and indicates that anthropogenic global warming is quite small.
We are winning the science battle over climate change, because IPCCŌĆÖs fabrication is unraveling, but we have not yet won the war. This will take just a bit more time.
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I think I'll stick with the IPCC conclusions based on Singers history:
In the early 1990′s Singer setup an organization that was active in countering climate activism as it related to the chemical industry. Later this organization changed into the "Science and Environmental Policy Project" with funding from the coal and oil industries. The SEPP created a European branch (ICSE) and other organizations that pushed climate-denier junk science on behalf of large corporate interest groups. Singer also organized the infamous Heidelberg Appeal document which was funded, circulated and promoted by the asbestos, tobacco, vinyl and chemical industries as an attack on climate activism.
In the early and mid 1990′s Singer collaborated and was involved in a number of Tobacco Industry junk science publications, namely with Philip Morris. In 1995 as president of SEPP Singer was involved in launching a publicity campaign of "The Top Five Environmental Myths" including the EPA's conclusion that secondhand tobacco smoke is a human carcinogen.
Singer has also undertaken consulting work for oil companies such as Exxon, Texaco, Arco, Shell, Sun, Unocal, Florida Power, etc.
Does Dr. Singer expect to be dead before the seas rise, or does he have a place in the mountains somewhere?
Shame on you, Reuters, for publishing this claptrap.
The problem that scientists in Climate Science are facing is to reach cause-effect conclusion with simple correlation which only can confirm simultaneity of events. In Agricultural Sciences easily we can plot growing level of N, P, and K in a split-plot experimental design and measure precisely the simple and combined effect of adding fertilizers to a crop. We can state what variables affect the outcome on the results.
Scientists in Climate Science are just ignoring the functioning of science regarding Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge) and Metaphysics (What really exists in the Universe) and some simple Logics.
There is reasoning for Climate Change: Get funding and economic manipulation on a situation that nature may not endorse. It can show how much governments and institutions can derail from their purpose. Betraying honesty can bring a strong consequence harming their credibility on their social importance.
I see no reason to be a believer or a denier. Climate has always changed and what causes it most likely we do not know and our capability to affect the climate seems to be meager compared to sun cycles.
My concern about Climate-Gate is that the real worldwide problem affecting us all is not addressed like obesity ŌĆō the solution is neither profitable and nor easy for governments to handle.
ŌĆ£Giving food abundantly and demand people to eat moderately, also having plenty of machinery to replace human work and convince people to continue working just to achieve a sort of healthy lifestyle on body fitnessŌĆØ.
One day humans will claim to be intelligent and learn the principles of our existence.
People worried about the Climate Change should look at their bellies and see how much of their nature is being taken care of.
I am curious how hot the environment in the beginning of life was when no CO2 was yet sequestered as organic matter. It seems that conditions for life especially temperature has always been good enough to keep going until our present time. So, a simple logical conclusion would say that putting back some CO2 to the atmosphere could not threaten our life in the earth.
The problem that scientists in Climate Science are facing is to reach cause-effect conclusion with simple correlation which only can confirm simultaneity of events. In Agricultural Sciences easily we can plot growing level of N, P, and K in a split-plot experimental design and measure precisely the simple and combined effect of adding fertilizers to a crop. We can state what variables affect the outcome on the results.
Scientists in Climate Science are just ignoring the functioning of science regarding Epistemology (Theory of Knowledge) and Metaphysics (What really exists in the Universe) and some simple Logics.
There is reasoning for Climate Change: Get funding and economic manipulation on a situation that nature may not endorse. It can show how much governments and institutions can derail from their purpose. Betraying honesty can bring a strong consequence harming their credibility on their social importance.
I see no reason to be a believer or a denier. Climate has always changed and what causes it most likely we do not know and our capability to affect the climate seems to be meager compared to sun cycles.
My concern about Climate-Gate is that the real worldwide problem affecting us all is not addressed like obesity ŌĆō the solution is neither profitable and nor easy for governments to handle.
ŌĆ£Giving food abundantly and demand people to eat moderately, also having plenty of machinery to replace human work and convince people to continue working just to achieve a sort of healthy lifestyle on body fitnessŌĆØ.
One day humans will claim to be intelligent and learn the principles of our existence.
People worried about the Climate Change should look at their bellies and see how much of their nature is being taken care of.
The first two comments are largely ad hominem. Thereafter, persons connected their brains first, rather than their feelings.
If you propose that human emissions, particularly of carbons, seriously affect climate, you must prove it with facts which are incontrovertible, especially if you also propose to change human behavior.
But climate is so changeable, and sea levels have tended to rise for so long, that finding human causes is a tall order.
But if you're serious, go ahead: try to convince us with reasonable arguments and undoctored facts.
How refreshing to see a science professional lay out the facts, or rather, non-facts, about climate change. The true believers are in a state of panic, desperately denying climate-gate and smearing all those sceptical of the received wisdom with allegations (true or otherwise) of connexions to the detested oil/coal industry. 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds' was a fine book written long ago and should now include a chapter on this climate change/global warming insanity. That otherwise rational people could fall for this 'claptrap' (to borrow a phrase) is astonishing.
Human-activity-induced-climate-change is no longer a scientific theory. It has become a doctrine, and we're all losing something because of this.
Science has always survived political ideologies, simply because it's a system built on rational criticism, not faith, interests, and sticking to the party line.
I'm positively surprised that Reuters published this article – Good job!
I heartily agree that the first two of these comments are ad hominem attacks. It is exactly this type of response that raises my antenna for corruption/conspiracy/collusion.
Unless the science can be extracted from obvious partisan exploitation, then none of those who will be required to sacrifice life-style will buy into the process.
Honestly, my experience with the weather in North America suggests that the summers are getting hotter and the winters are getting colder, and winter is winning… You have to educate me as to why I am wrong; but don't call me stupid for not buying what it is you are selling.
It's true climate is changeable, but you have to look at the rate of change for the recent warming and also the rate of change for concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Current measurements tells us CO2 concentration is currently rising 2 ppm annually, while evidence from ice cores shows this is a rate of change 600 times greater than the rate coming out of the last ice age. And also a rate of change 10,000 times greater than the average over the past 800,000 years. This rise is primarily due to humans burning fossil fuels and clearing forests. While climate has changed much over the Earths history, it has been relatively stable over the past 10,000 years, the period of time human civilization has developed. Human are now significantly changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere by injecting billions of tons of carbon in to it annually, which is changing the energy balance of the Earth. Recent changes in solar irradiance and other natural factors cannot explain the spike in surface temperature over the 20th century. There are robust, multiple lines of evidence indicating that CO2 is the main driver of this recent change and that it is human caused.
I am amazed how people are trying to simplify a complex issue like climate change in a single sound bite: temperature rise – and if temperature goes down somewhere, then climate change must not exist (QED). I would encourage nay-sayers to actually read some scientific publications first hand rather than rely on 2nd hand digestion. There is no doubt that arctic sea ice, antarctic ice, and various glaciers have been retreating – so something got warmer. But as some will know (and many not), certain parts of the globe will actually get colder(!) with climate change. The real concern is that local warming of oceans may cause local changes in major currents like the Gulfstream. And if the Gulfstream shuts down or shifts ist path because of some climate change, yes, Western Europe will become dramatically cooler on average (more like Russia). Greenhouse gas levels are rising, and greenhouse gases trap heat (check Venus). There will be a change, the issue is simply when, where, and by how much.
Luckily we don't need hacked emails to find Singer misrepresenting data, smearing opponents and misleading the scientific community (Oregon Petition) and general public alike.
And though I feel Reuters should have no qualms about publishing contributions, I wonder if editorial fact-checking was skipped for this one. Singer has a habit of making unsubstantiated claims, and this contribution sadly does not break the habit. And sadly, many people who lack a basic skepticism will swallow what Singer has to say here.
The headline is incorrect. It should read "Climate sceptic: I am winning the science battle" as Singer stands alone in this deluded thinking.
Thank you Rueters for publishing this fine article. Hopefulyl the rest fo the media will get on board and publish opposing views rather than push that same old "claptrap" (to borrow the phrase yet again) which they try to shove down our collective gullets.
Dr. Singer is not the only respected scientist to voice these opinions but you would never know it due to the political decision by the media to not offer dissenting views. The fact that there is ample evidence to create these views is enough, on a science level, to have that community hold judegment. Until a theory is proven through the process of disproving it then that is all it is, a theory. To change the way of life and the economic future of the entire world on an unproven theory is irresponsible.
By the way, in reference to the beginning comment, all scientists need to make a living. The fact that Dr. Singer made his living assisting corporations does not mean that he skewed his science to fit the need. Unless you have proof then you had better not slander an individual.
"The fact that Dr. Singer made his living assisting corporations does not mean that he skewed his science to fit the need."
You think he had valid science proving tobacco smoke is not a human carcinogen? C'mon, the guy was obviously an industry shill in the 90′s and still is today.
Thank you for the article Reuters.
It's just simply incredible, in this day and age we are having this debate that seems more fitting to the early evolution of Cro-Magnon man.
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'Sky fall on head.'
'No it isn't.'
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Oh God, it's just so depressing. The CRU emails; but more importantly the code used to create 'models' of future climate clearly demonstrate the worst qualities of us humans under the influence of either money or power or perhaps both…namely collusion, bullying, falsification and deception.
Of course, as we speak, those who've been brainwashed by the continuous state run propaganda and those that stand to make/lose an awful lot off the back of decent peoples money from this scam are more than desperate to sweep it under the carpet…not discounting the head of the IPCC Dr. Pachauri…check it out, his vested interests in this is are just breathtaking!
As the good Dr. Singer says, it's been exposed, it's not going to go away and the consequences of this are going to be very far reaching indeed.
Merry Christmas to all.
Thanks Reuters for having the guts to publish the truth. The truth prevails at the end.
Many honest scientists have been silenced long enough — these are the true heroes who want nothing but the truth, no massaging, hiding or fudging data here.
It's time this global warming hoax be exposed to the rest of the world.
There are more sceptics among scientists and non-scientists and this number is growing because the truth is coming out and science is on their side.
Dr, Singer is a physicist and electrical engineer. His doctorate of science is honorary from Ohio State University. He has pioneered the field of electronic data collecting devices and satellite deployment for atmospheric studies. He is an expert at developing such tools to collect data. His work for NOAA and NASA has landed him some a professor emeritus position with the University of Virginia. He has no formal training in oceanography or climate science even though he teaches it. He is not well qualified to analyze the data he collects in regards to climate change.
Oh, so only corrupted scientists are qualified to manipulate, hide and destroy data and shunned other honest scientists from revealing the truth?
Hide the decline has been exposed many times.
Last year, on official figures, buying and selling the right to emit CO2 was worth $126 billion across the world. This market, now enriching many of our leading financial institutions (not to mention Al Gore), is growing so fast that within a few years it is predicted to be worth trillions, making carbon the most valuable traded commodity in the world. Forget Big Oil: the new world power is Big Carbon.Truly it has been a miracle of our time that they have managed to transform carbon dioxide, a gas upon which all life on earth depends, into a ŌĆ£pollutantŌĆØ, worth more than diamonds, let alone oil. And many of those now gathered in Copenhagen are making a great deal of money out of it.
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And guess who is paying for this all? You got it. John Q. Taxpayer and Sally W. Consumer.
Anybody remember the Boston Tea Party?
As a scientist (PhD) and engineer (MIMechE) I have seen enough data manipulation to have a healthy scepticism for both sides of the argument. But the degree of certainty implicit in probably the majority of AGW sceptics positions cannot possibly be justified on any scientific basis and has many similarities with paranoia. It certainly would not be accepted within any professional association. I've yet to develop a strong opinion on AGW, but have a hunch that many sceptics are using something less than a common law standard of evidence.
How come Dr. Singer's profile page annexed to this page is blank?
It's interesting to see the comments by the Global Warming Enthusiasts (yes, enthusiasts…it's all a game to them). By continuing to shout down the opposing views, make outrageous claims (i.e. the ice is melting, the seas are rising, we'll all die!)…continuing to claim the …ahem…'SCIENCE' is settled. Clearly the data they are basing their views on has been exposed as garbage (their own developer said exactly that), there has been manipulation of data via loaded algothrithms as normal practice, extensive hiding and deleting data that didn't agree with the already set solution, and some incredible lack of skill has been displayed in scientific analyzing of data by scientists who should be among the most skilled of all in a field that demands it.
These enthusiasts continue to shout down others, obfuscate the truth, make outrageous claims, and ignore detractors, except to demonize them. These are all pages out the book on socialism, and acts right out of the sixties to make your 'cause' right. Now is the time, people, let them know we are tired of these attempts at manipulation….let's get some sanity back and shut down the key individuals perpetrating this huge fraud on the world…these so-called scientists, Al Gore, the Hollywood elite, the IPCC…let's let them all know we're tired of their tirades.
What you say is a reminder to sceptics of the dangers of trading counter-theory with warmists. The true sceptical position is that there is nothing in any of the readily available evidence to suggest that there is a climate phenomenon to worry about, that therefore there is nothing to theorise about, and that it is up the warmist to present convincing arguments, from first principles if necessary, for his theory. To the true sceptic there simply is, in principle, no phenomenon to explain, still less "respond" to.
In obedience to Occam, the simplest explanation for the continued existence of the biosphere after several billion years of the EarthŌĆÖs existence is that the globe does NOT harbour a mechanism for runaway warming. It shouldnŌĆÖt be necessary to point out that this is not disproof of AGW, but when dealing with warmists it seems you have to.
In reality you canŌĆÖt start the argument afresh. The CRU emails really made sure of that, because notwithstanding the pathetic protestations of the Climate Science diehards, ordinary people are entitled to assume that when people systematically and conspiratorially evade scrutiny of their work, the simplest explanation (Occam again) is that that work would not survive that scrutiny. ŌĆ£Falsus in unum, falsus in omnesŌĆØ
Sceptics of CO2/AGW, unless they have relevant scientific expertise, would be best to confine their efforts to scrutinising and, where they can, refuting the hypotheses of the warmists. That is all they need to do, and keep doing.
I would be very glad if AGW sceptics did take your advice, as a significant part of global warming seems to be due to both sides of the debate's blood boiling. I too am an adherent to Occams Razor, but if AGW were proved to be true the science underlying the simplest explanation would probably still be beyond the comprehension of the average person, hence Occam can't help them. I would love AGW to be wrong, along with the majority of the population, who tend to believe what they want to believe, given the smallest opportunity.
Instead of marginlizing the information and the source (which I can understand the motivation as the writer is obviously backed by industry) – rely on common sense. The climate is changing and will get more extreme. We should be demanding our leaders to outline plans to remove people from dangerous coastal issues(reducing our overall costs), reduce population growth (incentives, required birthcontrol, etc), safeguard agriculturals areas and aquaculture. We have too many people, not enough resources and seem to focus scientific data to support agendas rather than survival.
If by "winning the war" you mean deliberate muddying the Pollution issue with the hocuspocus of climate change until Nothing Worth Doing Gets Done – please note that "worth doing" does NOT include rewarding pollution bandits with Cap & Trade allowances – then this war is one you ought to be thoroughly ashamed of even trying to win.
Eventually, as all the BS falls away, you will find the whole world against you. Then go ahead and try conniving your way out of that war, why don't you?


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FRESNO, CA- Congressman Jim Costa released the following statement today regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announcement ending the suspension of inspection at Central Valley Meat Co., Inc, thus allowing the plant to resume operations today.
"At a time when we should be preserving and creating as many jobs as possible, I am pleased the almost 500 employees of the Central Valley Meat Co. can go back to work today," Costa said. "The United States Department of Agriculture and the Coelho family must be commended for acting expeditiously to address the issues at the plant.
"The management and employees at Central Valley Meat Co. took action to respond positively to meet their commitment to comply with the law," Costa added. "I am confident that Central Valley Meat Co. will maintain its commitment and build a stronger business as they move beyond this situation."
Since learning of the investigation last week, Costa made restoring normal operations at the plant his top priority and spoke daily with officials at USDA and management at Central Valley Meat to achieve this resolution so the nearly five hundred employees in Hanford and Kings County could get back to work.


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If your household is anything like mine, you probably have scads of electronic gizmos which need to be kept charged all the time. But who really wants all those unsightly cords and chargers lying around their countertop? This handy box neatly tucks away all your power adapters and cables.
The charging station lets you charge up to three mobile gadgets at once, and can be even be wall mounted with just a couple of screws. It's got plenty of room for AC adapters, cables and up to a 10-inch power strip (not included) hidden behind its sliding front door.
The box measures 13″L x 3.75″D x 5″H and the slots can hold most mobile phones, PDAs, media players and other small electronic devices. It's available in solid white, black and dark blue finishes from KangaRoom, and retails for $40.
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this looks so beautiful. and it's not too pricy either
Compared to a bunch of chargers and wires running all over the place, I'd hardly call it "fugly".
Excellent, thanks for sharing. I've been wanting to build something like this for all of my rechargables (currently have 2 x 5 switchable power boards that looks ugly) and I really like the front-slide design…now to find something in Australia!
The main difference is that I would add 240V switches (either 1 per charger or 1 for all on/off…haven't decided yet), as I don't want the chargers running 24×7 as some suck too my wattage when not charging.
You might want to consider a call pod that replaces all the different AC adapters with a single USB hub style device. I just bought one based on a review and it is great.
Ok… I have to say, even with the basic carpentry skills that I have, I could build that box for about $15, and cover it with felt from the local craft store. Call me a do-it-yourselfer but I can't understand spending $40 on sometihng you can make for less than half the price, and have the pride of making it as well.


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What you do get are the standard Android Web browser and general e-mail and gallery applications, along with the same AppsLib app market found on Archos tablets. As app stores go, it's pretty thinly stocked. If you're going to use a device like this, we recommend taking the extra time to install the Amazon Appstore app, through which you can browse and install a wide selection of free and premium apps.
The good news is that the version of Android loaded onto the Kyros is not as heavily altered as we've seen it on similar budget tablets. Overall, the navigation, onscreen keyboard, settings, and other tried and true aspects of Android have all been kept intact. Unfortunately, the root problem of the inferior screen weighs down on the whole experience. For example, accurate typing really demands a stylus, which for many is an automatic deal-breaker. The screen's lack of multitouch support also means that pinch-to-zoom gestures are a no-go, which makes photo and Web browsing a chore.
Aside from its cool name, the Kyros doesn't have much to brag about. The screen is cruddy, the battery life is mediocre, the camera quality is subpar, and the Android experience is dated and lacks Google's core apps.
If the Kyros has one cool trick, it's the HDMI output. The execution isn't perfect, though. For example, when you connect the Kyros to a monitor or TV, you'll notice the home screen is mirrored on the external display at its native 800x600-pixel standard-definition resolution, running black bars down the left and right of the display. The HDMI's full 1080p output capability is only realized when playing back video content (and, in our case, making a few manual adjustments to the attached display). Does it work? Yes. Will you want to bring along that bulky power adapter to prevent the tablet from running out of steam halfway through your movie? Absolutely. The Kyros is rated at only 4.5 hours of video playback using default settings, and cranking out 1080p video over HDMI probably wasn't the best-case test condition.
Here are our official CNET Labs-tested battery life results. More tablet testing results can be found here.
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Coby Kyros | 6 | 157 | 149 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 620:1 | 541:1 |
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We have no doubt that there will eventually be a great tablet priced between $150 and $200. The Coby Kyros, unfortunately, isn't there yet. With a screen this bad, it's not even in the ballpark. If you're looking for an all-in-one touch-screen device and you're on a budget, check out the Archos 70, the Barnes & Noble Nook Color, or the Editors' Choice Award-winning Apple iPod Touch.
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| PEUGEOT CAR CARE - TIPS AND TRICKSBack to Peugeot Car Care INDEX
Go to http://www.504.org/technic_GB.htm and you'll find Peugeot 504 Spare parts catalog, Peugeot 504 Workshop manual, Peugeot 504 Owner's manual U.S. version, Peugeot 504 Electrical schemes. Download Garage Manual/Service Manual for Peugeot 504 GR Car.
Not to step on any toes, but it is one thing to replace your own once or twice and another to do it at a dealership for years. I see several recommendations and I also see close, a game played with horse shoes and hand grenades. A word to the wise.
It is unfortunate so many are afraid to fix there own car. I have found that most auto mechanics don't know a Peugeot from a hole in their head. The good ones are rare and few. These old Peugeot's are surprisingly simple to maintain and repair with the exception of major engine or transmission overhaul. As an example, you can do a yearly maintenance in about 2 hours (engine oil, vacuum pump oil, air filter clean and oil, manual trans oil, differential oil, fuel filter change).
I guess my long winded point is: No one starts out as an expert, we all make mistakes, but we learn nothing if we don't try.
You asked a question about lubes. Lets go back to basics. When 2 objects rub together they wear, so we lube, we want the lube to stay fresh so we don't have to do this often. Now stay fresh to some means stay wet, but wet collects dirt, moisture and we are back to wear. On retractable antenna's we tell ourselves we are lubing and spray WD40. WD40 stay's wet and works good, for a while. We wet the antenna, we drive down the road, antenna up (picking up dirt from the air), we shut it off and dirt goes into the mast to cause wear. The same with any locking mechanism.
RECOMMEND you wash all greases, of all types, out and use a product I have had success with, over the years, on such items as sunroof, turbocharger waste gates, locking mechanism's, lock tumblers, flex cables, door hinges, sliding draws in the vanity. IT is called LOCK-EZE, liquid carrier that evaporates and leaves a dry graphite lube. Graphite does not collect dirt (antenna, hinges, ETC), and is not effected by heat (doesn't melt and run off on turbo or sunroof). Bottom line is graphite stays slick and does not build up or dry out as other lubes do.
A word of caution, do not use in electrical applications such as switches because graphite is carbon and carry's electricity very well even when you don't want it to.
Just a bit of info to think about :-)
I noticed that you said you had a list of filters that work. Be careful, even though the filter may screw on and is about the same size, it may not be the same. I found out the hard way on a 504 diesel. I was using a FRAM oil filter and did not have the number it called for so I went looking, found one in FRAM the looked the same, screwed on, but was a different number. AH what the hell it walks like a duck, it talks like a duck, it must be a duck. 1000 miles later I found out I got goosed. Some filters have bypasses built in some don't. The Peugeot calls for a filter with a bypass, I put on one without. Needless to say I replaced that engine at my expense. A word to the wise :-)
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Star Wars fans tend to accumulate a lot of books because there have been so many expanded universe adventures and special collectors editions over the years. What do you do with all of these books? You put them between a pair of AT-AT bookends, that's what.
How awesome do these Imperial Walker bookends from Gentle Giant look? They sell for $225(USD), and are cast from polystone and hand-painted. They just look amazing. They will hold your books, cds, whatever. They also look great displayed by themselves.
As far as I'm concerned, there's really no cooler vehicle in the Star Wars universe. Even if a snowspeeder could take it down with some cable in like two minutes, I'd pilot an AT-AT through the snow if I could.
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Maui's largest landowner, A&B was one of the "Big Five" companies that spearheaded the planting, harvesting, and processing of sugarcane. At this museum, historic photos, artifacts, and documents explain the introduction of sugarcane to Hawaii. Exhibits reveal how plantations brought in laborers from other countries, forever changing the Islands' ethnic mix. Although Hawaiian cane sugar is now being supplanted by cheaper foreign versions—as well as by sugar derived from inexpensive sugar beets—the crop was for many years the mainstay of the local economy. You can find the museum in a small, restored plantation manager's house across the street from the post office and the still-operating sugar refinery, where smoke billows up when cane is being processed. www.sugarmuseum.com. COST: $7. OPEN: Daily 9:30--4:30; last admission at 4.


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Find loan forms confusing? Wish there was a team out there that was working to make them easier for you? Well, you're in luck! The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has set out to redesign mortgage disclosure forms, making them easier for citizens to understand the loans they're accepting when purchasing a home. The CFPB team should be commended for making their design process transparent and involving the public as much as possible. The more importance that is placed on design, the more informed citizens will be — hopefully this will lead to a stronger mortgage lending system.
These new forms are a good first attempt, but they represent just the first step of many. Over the next few months the CFPB will be organizing the feedback they receive, incorporating it into their design process and finally delivering a final form.
It's great to see a government agency thinking so hard about design, and soliciting feedback. Naturally, I have some of my own.
One way I think the forms could be adjusted a bit is in their sense of hierarchy, so that the consumer can more easily scan the page. There are a lot of different ways a designer can create hierarchy on a page: varying the size of text, using all caps, background colors, positioning on the page, the color of text and graphics, etc... The CFPB team used a lot of these methods, but not the last one. The color of their text and lines on the page don't vary enough in color — it's all a solid black, which leads to eye strain. In this case, I feel as if they should use the Good Faith Estimate (GFE) form as inspiration. Although it has a lot of information and feels a little overwhelming at times, between the font and the shades of grey it creates a much more calm experience overall.
I'd also love to see a few small details come back that didn't make the transition from the the GFE form, ones that could really make the new CFPB forms shine. The GFE has the name of the form and the page number at the bottom of all pages. If you're anything like me when you're reviewing paperwork you usually have a lot of it on your desk. Having page numbers and the name of the form on the bottom of all pages helps consumers keep everything together and makes sure they're not missing something in between. Other things that this form does well is highlighting titles by placing them in their own column so that the consumer can easily scan the page to find them, instead of calling them out in such a way that they overwhelm the page.
Because I'm a designer and I feel as if I explain things better with graphics than I do with words I made a mock-up of the first page of the form. Of course I didn't get the chance to talk to the experts — the consumer advocates, regulators, industry representatives and researchers. I also don't have to please all of these people, which makes my job much less challenging than the CFPB's. But for me, at least, this is what I would like to see if I were purchasing a home: clear expiration dates, contact information, and simple, clear, called out numbers so I can budget for this new expense.
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For the most comfortable transition from snuggled under warm, downy covers to dressed and out the door, you're going to need a cable knit pullover. It's the next best thing to spending the day in pajamas (or a Preen onesie?): you feel Netflix-binge-level cozy but look pulled together. Cold weather's a bit unbearable if you don't own at least one.
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Don't treat your movies like ordinary TV--give them a theatrical release.By Joe P. Hasler
For maximum movie performance, a TV that can handle deep blacks, like the 50-in. Pioneer Kuro ($4000), which has an off-the-charts contrast ratio, is worth the money. But don't mount it high like a painting--it should be at eye level when you're sitting on a couch (1). Then move the couch to the ideal viewing distance, which is 1.9 times the width of your set. Also, buy dark curtains--direct sunlight washes out even the finest HD picture (2).
Experts say that you'll never tell the difference between 5.1- and 7.1-channel surround sound in small spaces. In a large room, however, the extra speakers help (3). Not every Blu-ray disc is recorded with a full 7.1-channel soundtrack, but the format supports it. As discs evolve toward 7.1 sound, an affordable all-in-one home theater such as the Onkyo HT-S5100 ($380) can seem like a future-proof bargain if you have the space for it.
When designing a home theater, it's best to hide components and their blinking lights inside cabinets or closets, but make sure the space is well-ventilated (4). Com-ponents need room to breathe, or they can over-heat and fail. And while remote controls may clutter your coffee table, home-theater installation expert Tony Yoo advises against a universal remote (5). "Programming six remotes into one system is often more hassle than it's worth."
Unlike DVD players, new HD players are Internet-enabled, so make sure you have network access available to your components (6). Wire up an Ethernet cable to the Samsung BD-P2500 Blu-ray player ($400) or the Microsoft Xbox 360 console, and you can stream Netflix movies on demand. Other devices such as AppleTV, Sony's PlayStation 3 and Vudu can link to Wi-Fi so you can rent HD movies over the Internet.


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On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 12:23 +0100, Marcus Priesch wrote: > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:59 +0100, Patrick Lauer wrote: > > Interest yes, manpower no as far as I can tell. > > > > I'd really like to see it go somewhere ... > > is there a point to where someone can find information on work that > needs to be done ? - what are the main points ? Well - first you'd need to fix portage for Cygwin usage. Small stuff: - user/group check is not reliable in windows * either remove or add "root" and "portage" users - there's some userland check that fails, need to append WINNT5.0 if I recall correctly - there were some path issues, I think those are fixed - hardcoded paths need to be fixed So portage mostly runs. emerge sync doesn't work as we have a few ebuilds with ":" in the name --> cygwin interprets that as a drive letter --> write a sane rsync_exclude (or better, start a cygwin-only ebuild repo) Now you try bootstrapping. --> the linker used to be really dumb and wasn't capable of repeated compiles. * if that still exists the linker needs to be fixed - this will be tricky --> glibc doesn't exist on Cygwin, the cygwin libc is evil * either write an ebuild for cygwin-libc providing virtual/libc or port glibc * I never managed to build cygwin-libc from scratch, it's evil :-) * porting glibc will be _a lot_ of work, cygwin libc is incomplete --> many packages need lots of patching * extract patches from cygwin repositories, apply to ebuilds and test * never managed to get gcc to build, that'll be lots of testing until it works reliably --> now you should have a smallish system that can "emerge -e system" --> create an install image like the cygwin installer that plops in a stage3 equivalent --> start porting as many ebuilds as you can People with some spare time and lots of motivation can try "Services for Unix" instead of Cygwin as far as I can tell it's not as buggy, but has been crippled so that it's not easy to use. Cygwin and SFU can co-exist and should share 99% of code, so trying both is acceptable I don't have the time for actual coding/testing now, but I'm willing to provide ressources (rsync repo, cvs / svn repo, coordination) If there are any questions left feel free to ask! wkr, Patrick > greets, > mexx (a somesparetimeavailablenowgentooenthusiast). > -- -- firstname.lastname@example.com mailing list
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- Learn the fascinating history of Pompeii as you walk the excavated paths originally covered by the lava of Mount Vesuvius
- Take an excursion to the island of Capri and discover why its a playground for the rich and famous
- See Pisas main square with its campo, Leaning Tower and baptistery an extraordinary collection of Romanesque splendor
- Appreciate the Renaissance architecture and art in Florence with the Duomo, Michelangelos David, and the Uffizi Gallery. Or tour the Tuscan countryside and surrounding towns of Siena and San Gimignano
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This with the Bobotie recipe was amazing. The reason I gave it 3 forks instead of four, is based on what it did to my house for the next week. This stuff was pungent! My house smelled like I had doused it in vinegar and set a blaze! Thank goodness I made the whole recipe and canned it for later. Great STRONG flavor that was excellent. I also served it recently with Crostinis and Brie in place of fig confit. Worked well as an cheese plate condiment too!
This was great. I made only 1/4 of the recipe as there are just the two of us. We had it with Bobotie and Yellow Rice from this site.
Oh my goodness, is that ever delicious! I was a little confused by the two different measurements on the recipe, since I didn't know whether the ounces were in metric or imperial ounces, but what came out was a candidate for my new favorite condiment. Spicy, but not in a lingering way that overshadows the food, and with undertones of fruit and vinegar.
This was my first try at making chutney and it worked beautifully. I used apple cider vinegar and plain sugar and the family raved about it. We also use it to top cheese filled mushrooms, then grill them til the chutney caramelizes. Delicious.
I made this to go with bobotie as suggested. It is truly unique. The combination of tastes is pretty hard to describe - sweet, sour, spicy, tangy, salty. All together it makes a wonderful accompaniment to the main dish. I used kind of a mix of onion types as I was low on regular onions. So used some shallots and small red onions too. I think that made the whole concoction even more colorful and interesting. Used cider vinegar for the base.


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Store blankets, bedding and memories inside this huge chest. Three frames and a plywood back make up its basic structure, and all the other parts are added on, one by one, so building it is about as easy as making frame-and panel doors with a router table. One do-it-all router bit cuts virtually every joint and another basic bit adds a design element that saves a ton of work. This story also contains an entiresection devoted to showing how to make and install the distinctive butterfly inlay.
Overall Dimensions: 25-3/4" H x 48-1/4" W x 23-5/8" D.
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Warner Bros. Pictures, Initial Entertainment Group, Plan B and Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil together have acquired film rights to the Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram: A Novel, which is scheduled for publication next week by St. Martin's Press, says The Hollywood Reporter. Johnny Depp will star in the film and produce with Brad Grey and Graham King.
Depp would play the novel's narrator, a young Australian man who escapes from a prison Down Under and goes on to build a new life for himself in the slums of India before going to fight with insurgents in their struggle against the Russians in Afghanistan.
Roberts will adapt the book, which is set in the 1980s and was originally published in August of 2003.
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WASHINGTON. October 25, 2013 — In the 1920's, America tried prohibition. It created the Mafia and was such a disaster that the constitutional amendment that first allowed prohibition was repealed by another constitutional amendment.
America has a long and storied history in the war against drugs. Drugs exploded into popular culture in the sixties. Richard Nixon launched the first war on drugs, but the war on drugs really expanded during the Reagan years. Since then, like an out of control tumor, the war on drugs has expanded.
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Today it consumes billions of dollars. It has created a law enforcement profit industry, where law enforcement can take money and property away from innocent people. These people, who are frequently not even charged with a crime, are forced to go to court, if they can afford a lawyer, and they are forced to prove their property is lawfully theirs.
The war on drugs has incarcerated tens of thousands of people whose only crime was a drug offense. It has created Mexican drug cartels that terrorize not only Mexico but are now reaching into the United States. These cartels reap huge profits from illegal drugs.
Libertarians everywhere jump for joy at the idea of legalizing drugs. Unfortunately, they miss the boat as well. Legalizing drugs so people can just get high is a really bad idea.
Just because something is legalized does not mean it is something that should be encouraged.
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Libertarians often say we should legalize drugs, regulate and tax them. They are right about that, but it is the users who also must be regulated.
Instead of the massive and failed war on drugs, American needs to prohibit the possession and use of drugs by people who have not obtain a permit for drug use from the government. In fact, the penalties for possession of drugs by an unregistered user should be draconian.
The government should allow possession and use of drug use by those who register for a drug use permit. Registration is not simply an open license to use drugs. As with everything there are consequences and there should be.
If you want to be a registered drug user, that should be public information. It also should be a bar to certain types of employment. If you are a registered drug user, you aren't going to be a heart surgeon. Nor are you going to be flying a jumbo jet nor will you be driving a large truck. And you won't be on public assistance either.
The drug war has been a total disaster on every front. If it were a real war we would be asking the other side what their terms of surrender are.
The drug was has transformed America. We have a burgeoning prison population we cannot afford. We have law enforcement policing for profit, since under war on drugs inspired asset forfeiture laws, law enforcement agencies get to keep a percentage of what they seize. We have our local police departments that now look like small armies, complete with automatic weapons and armored personnel carriers, because of the violence that has come with the war on drugs.
Enough is enough!
The first step in fixing a problem is to acknowledge that there is a problem.
The war on drugs is a huge problem. The only thing worse than the drug problem is the government solution to stop it.
This is one place where we can work on shrinking government and helping to restore liberty.
Uncle Sam, end this war now!
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ATA sues over Air India deal
The Air Transport Association of America has taken legal action against the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States to prevent Air India from receiving a $3.4 billion loan. The money, which would be used to finance aircraft for the carrier, comes at entirely too high a price, ATA President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio remarked.
The ATA filed the suit with U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, asking the court to deem the Ex-Im Bank's loan-guarantee unlawful. According to ATA officials, the Ex-Im Bank has already approved a $1.3 billion loan for Air India, with an additional $2.1 million pending consideration; the loans would support the carrier's acquisition of 30 aircraft, including 27 Boeing 787s.
With this lawsuit, ATA officials hope to prevent foreign carriers from receiving drastically lower — up to 50 percent — financing rates than U.S. airlines. After all, an ATA spokesman revealed, the discounts afforded to these carriers have certainly added up.
"Having received more than $52 billion in U.S. taxpayer-funded loan guarantees over the last 10 years, foreign carriers have added capacity and gained market share," he remarked. In fact, such Ex-Im Bank guarantees have enabled these airlines to increase their capacity on U.S. routes by 12 percent, he said.
The overcapacity has also forced some American carriers to reduce their flight schedules and cut jobs, two actions Calio hopes to prevent with this injunction. "ATA has no choice but to seek judicial intervention in order to prevent our members from suffering irreparable injury," he said in a statement.
Calio slams the loan as putting American carriers at a vast disadvantage. "While we support the goal of expanding U.S. exports, it cannot come at [this] expense," he said in a statement.
"Commercial aviation in the United States drives $1.2 trillion per year in economic activity and more than 10 million jobs; we cannot do that if we continue to face a harsh and punitive tax and regulatory environment that, along with this proposed action, puts us at a competitive disadvantage," Calio continued. "It's time to level the playing field."
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Project Cars Update: Simon's Corsair – In V4 we trust
| Project cars | 31/01/2010 00:00amIt's not worth the bother of tuning up an Essex V4, right? After a bit of page-flicking, Simon's not so sure…
Check out this great video by SC Films featuring rare footage of Ade Brannan's Project Capri, plus his Saph in action at Grip Day, Driftland. Only it's not doing much gripping…
If there's an old Ford for sale, and it's 2500 miles away, Bryn will buy it. His latest acquisition is a 1964 Mk1 Cortina found in Finland.
The front end bodywork repairs on Simon's Corsair project are complete? Are you sure?
The continual discovery of rot where it's not wanted is not putting off Simon and Jon Hill from ploughing on with the Corsair rebuild.
The Corsair's been butchered… but for all the right reasons.
It's new car time at the home of Holmes, and he's bought a rear-driver! You may recognise it too!
It's minor update time – with the emphasis definitely on the 'minor' part…
It's not worth the bother of tuning up an Essex V4, right? After a bit of page-flicking, Simon's not so sure…
Parts-hunting aside, not much happened to the Corsair in the first seven months of 2009. All too soon it was August, and I realised if I didn't get busy, the show season would be over for another year.
His motto is simple: 'Once you go Rat, you never go back!'
The wait's been well worth it – here's Gareth's Mk2 Escort on Sanspeed's rollers, and being given a quick squirt up the road.
The 2.1 Pinto motor is finished and has found a new home. But not where you'd expect.
He's on a mission to own every 60s Ford produced, and this Corsair is the latest in the line-up.
Here's Classic Ford snapper, Adrian Brannan in action at Crail Raceway recently, at the wheel of his 'drift-spec' Capri 2.0S. Enjoy!
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Welcome to the biography of UBT (Underdogs Bite Too). UBT is an unsigned hip hop group which consists of three members, Jon Paul, T. Flight, and singer Dean Stolz! All with different styles, they come together and form this unique underground group. Dean and Jon Paul grew up together in Staten Island, New York, while Flight was born and raised in Brooklyn. Somewhere down the line Flight moved out to Staten Island, where he met Jon Paul, but little did they know they would soon form such a constructed unit. both Jon Paul and Flight have been recording since their early teens, and writing since way before. Dean stumbled along singing simply by loving the music that he listened to and singing along to it until everybody noticed he had potential. Together there three form the great Underdogs Bite Too. With their hit song We Plan Too a group mixtape awaits entitled Every Dog Has His Day. However Flight and Jon Paul both have solo mixtapes. Flight's Life and Lottery series, along with his brand new mixtape Black and Mild. As for Jon Paul, he has released his mixtape Winding Up, and is currently working on his second, called Write On Time. You can also check these guys out on their official website ubite2.com, reverbnation, soundcloud, hotnewhiphop, datpiff, and other websites as well as facebook, and twitter (@UnderdogsBite2). Keep checking back for upcoming shows, videos, and of course music!


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Insider Tips: Identd with Linux-based Servers
In last month's issue of Admin Workshop, we introduced tools that help admins get services up and running. This month, we will show how you can use the Ident protocol to associate a user name with a TCP connection.
In follow-up to last month's discussion of inetd-based server processes [1], this month's issue examines the Ident protocol as an example of the possibilities and pitfalls of Unix-based servers. The very simple Ident protocol serves the purpose of assigning a user name on a client machine to a TCP connection. FTP, IRC, and SMTP often rely on Ident. When an FTP connection is established (and depending on the server configuration), some FTP servers ask the client to identify the local user who opened the connection. Figure 1 depicts this process.
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The installation of a new sanitary sewer pipe along Milwaukee Avenue will require the temporary closure of the 114th Street intersection at Milwaukee Avenue beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, June 17. This will affect traffic on 114th Street between Frankford Avenue and Upland Avenue and traffic along Milwaukee Avenue south of 114th Street.
The intersection will be temporarily closed for a period of 48 hours. This closure will allow work crews to trench across 114th Street and install the new pipe. If no problems are encountered during construction, the intersection will be reopened by 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19. Motorists will be alerted to the road closure by electronic message boards.
The new sanitary sewer is being installed ahead of roadway paving as a part of the Milwaukee Avenue and 98th Street Paving Improvement Project. The paving project will widen Milwaukee Avenue to 7-lanes between 94th Street and 114th Street, and will widen 98th Street to 3-lanes between Milwaukee Avenue and Huron Avenue. The entire paving project should be completed by March/April 2014.


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George Sanders (July 3, 1906 - April 25, 1972) was a Russian-born English film actor who voiced Shere Khan in The Jungle Book and played the villainous gun salesman from In Search of the Castaways, Thomas Ayerton. He got the role through Walt Disney himself as he was a good friend of Walt's and after Walt saw him in the drawings of Shere Khan by animator Ken Anderson. Sanders is the brother of actor Tom Conway who voiced the narrator in Peter Pan and both the Collie and the quizmaster in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Sanders was famous for playing roles in movies such as Call Me Madam (1953), and The Scarlet Coat (1955). Sanders was often called an aristocratic cad because he was a Russian aristocrat.
Sanders was married four times to
- Susan Larson 1940-1949 (divorced)
- Zsa Zsa Gabor 1949-1954 (divorced)
- Benita Hume 1959-1967 (her death)
- Magda Gabor 1970-1971 (divorced) (sister of his second wife Zsa Zsa Gabor)
On April 25th, 1972 Sanders died in a hotel room from suicide after taking sleeping pills on April 23 and leaving a note saying: "Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."