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Wife of Former Financial Guru Admits Falsifying Documents In Effort to Derail Government's Tax Evasion Investigation
LAURA COOK, 54, of Fall City, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to Obstruction of Justice. In her plea agreement LAURA COOK, the wife of former financial guru Wade B. Cook, admitted that in July 2003, she created documents on her home computer, backdated to 1999, in an effort to evade taxes on some $9.4 million in income she and Wade Cook received between 1998 and 2000. The false documents attempted to portray those funds as loans in an effort to avoid criminal charges.
In February 2007, following a nineteen day trial, Wade Cook was found guilty of Tax Evasion, Filing False and Fraudulent Tax Returns and Obstruction of Justice. Wade Cook is scheduled to be sentenced June 22, 2007. The jury could not reach a verdict regarding LAURA COOK's criminal conduct. Obstruction of Justice is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Under the terms of the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend a 15 month prison term when LAURA COOK is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Zilly. The sentencing date has not been set.
WADE COOK organized and lectured at hundreds of seminars on a wide range of financial and asset protection topics. COOK authored many books including Wall Street Money Machine, Wealth 101, Brilliant Deductions and Business by the Bible. Over three years of 1998 through 2000 COOK made about $9.4 million in royalties from his books and lectures. But, as Assistant United States Attorneys Robert Westinghouse and Kurt Hermanns showed in court, not one dime was reported on their 1040 tax returns or on any other tax return.
Testimony at trial revealed that in 1998, 1999 and 2000 the COOKs reported adjusted gross incomes of approximately $350,000. The government presented evidence that they did not report, and willfully concealed receipt of approximately $9.4 million in royalties from WADE COOK's many books and seminars, despite using such funds for their personal benefit, including jewelry, cars, horses, travel, and luxury boxes at sporting events. By not disclosing those royalties on their tax returns, they received and utilized those monies tax free. As part of the tax fraud, Wade Cook created a fictitious limited partnership, called Never Ending Wealth, LP (NEW), which was in turn ostensibly owned by a type of tax exempt entity called a charitable remainder trust. Purportedly, the trust was for the benefit of the Mormon Church. In truth, the trust was simply a vehicle for Wade Cook and Laura Cook to fraudulently conceal their royalty income and spend it as they wished. No funds were left in the trust for the church.
In 2005, in a meeting with government prosecutors and the IRS, LAURA COOK produced a promissory note dated March 1999, in an effort to show that the raiding of the trust account had been loans all along. Using computer forensics the government showed the note had actually been typed by LAURA COOK in 2003. "Looking down the barrel of a criminal prosecution... out of thin air comes this promissory note they fabricated as an escape hatch," Westinghouse and Hermanns said. In her plea agreement, LAURA COOK admits she created the document to intentionally obstruct the IRS investigation, and attempted to deceive federal prosecutors.
This case was investigated by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert Westinghouse and Kurt Hermanns. For further information, they can be reached at (206) 553-7970, or (253) 428-3800.
For assistance, contact Emily Langlie, the Public Affairs Officer for the United States Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington, at (206) 553-4110.


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I consistently receive inquires from folks about the blog and related items. So I thought it would be helpful to put up a simple FAQ as a helpful guide for all.
1. Where did you get your shape?
My shape is an outgrowth of a freebie shape I found back in 2007. I was a noob then and didn't know much about shapes. Since it was a mod shape, I played around with it for months. I eventually ditched the noob shape and made the shape you normally see me in.
2. Will you sell your shape?
No, unfortunately I will never sell my exact shape. I worked over a year on getting my shape the way "I" wanted it. So I don't want carbon copies of me everywhere – how creepy that would be! However, I will give away and/or sell shapes that are modified from my original. This blog is the best way to know when/where that will happen.
And for anyone walking around with the "copybotted" shape, enjoy it. It is not my original shape nor is it the one you see me with on my blog. *smiles sweetly*
3. Why don't you list SLURL's in every post?
I know, I know. Bad blogger I be.
Honestly, there are many reasons. Sometimes, SL acts up and I can't stay in long enough to get every URL. For some posts, such as the "Change Clothes" series, I will post a link only to the main item being used. Other times, the urls are well known and most folks will have a LM in their inventory. But sometimes, I don't list them because I am lazy. LOL, sad to say. It takes a lot to blog and sometimes the reader can search it quicker than I can :)
4. Do you buy your clothing or do creators give them all to you?
I buy about 85% of the items I blog. From time to time, I will get a random blogger pack from a designer I do not know. When the designer is new to me and I have been "asked" to review an item, I clearly state that in the post.
I do receive blogger packs from some stores/designers. Please see the Blog Sponsor page for a listing of those stores and their related links.
In addition, I am a member of several in-world blogger groups through which I receive review copies of clothing, jewelry, and related fashion items.
5. Do you accept review copies?
Sure! Review copies are fine as long as I am not hounded to do a blog post. Honestly, I don't ask or solicit for review copies because I don't want to feel pressured. Blogging takes a lot of time and so I blog on my schedule.
I like what I like. I blog what I like. More important, I blog what looks good on my avatar.
6. Are you really "curvy" in RL?
Yessirbob! I surely am a curvy girl in the real world.
7. Where do you get those great backdrops for your pictures (the life-like ones)?
The real life scenes are courtesy of the Virtual Reality Room created by Stephane Zugzwang. In-world scenes are courtesy of KaTink (formerly Props-N-Poses, PNP).

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The contributions to this issue consider production and process, reveal cultural breadth, conceptual range, and possibilities of making, using, and thinking through textiles.
Art Practical: exploring contemporary art and visual culture in the Bay Area.
Outsides: Anthony Ryan and Annie Vought
Adobe Books Backroom Gallery 3/6/2015 - 3/28/2015 Group ShowHappy Accidents: New Work by John Casey
The Compound Gallery & Studios 1/31/2015 - 3/8/2015 Solo ShowRefuge in Refuse: Homesteading Art & Culture Project
SOMArts 2/12/2015 - 3/14/2015 Group Show, Film ScreeningAmanda Hughen and Tamara Zahayevich: 5th project pairing
c2c project space 2/21/2015 - 3/15/2015 Group ShowShop, Gallery, Studio: The Art World in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University 10/15/2014 - 3/16/2015 Group ShowDaumier on Art and the Theatre
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SF State Fine Arts Gallery 2/21/2015 - 3/19/2015 Group ShowExquilux: Fundraiser & Art Auction
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Oakland Museum of California 9/20/2014 - 4/12/2015 Group ShowShe Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University 1/28/2015 - 5/4/2015 Group ShowA Special Curatorial Project with Rirkrit Tiravanija: The Way Things Go
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"Naked Brown Men," the new indie Digital feature produced by "NBM," has just completed principal photography on September 1, 2001. "Naked Brown Men" stars Dante' Basco (best remembered as Rufio in Steven Spielberg's "Hook"). Also starring are Dante's real life Actor/Singer brothers Derek, Darion and Dion Basco and hip-hop artist Adam G (Love Child).
"Naked Brown Men" is best described as a Hip-Hop Comedy for the 21st Century. Four Filipino American brothers who are actors and audition against each other for roles in Hollywood, are also roommates. Their crash pad is a revolving door for hot girls and eccentric actor friends. When one of the Basco brothers lands a role, they all sink their money into their fledgling Rap Group 'Fly Brown Dragons.' Their actor friend/manager (played by Adam G) is shopping them around to the Record Labels for a record deal, all while crashing on their living room couch. Adam G is the lead singer in his band named (Love Child) that plays club gigs with the 'Fly Brown Dragons.'
A beautiful young girl/groupie "Faith" (played by Hilliary) gets between Dante' and Darion. As a result, comedy and trauma/drama ensues in the wake of a big concert. These friends and brothers work through jealousy, love, hatred, passion for their dreams and music. One of the many twists and dynamics in this complicated Drama-comedy is that the brothers play themselves in the movie and the movie is actually about their "Real Lives." The Basco brothers bare their souls to the naked truth.
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IPL desk in Mumbai 18 March 2012 - 05:32pm IST
Excited about IPL Opening Nite: Bachchan Sr.
Big B prepares for April 3 ceremony in Chennai
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will participate in the IPL 2012 Opening Nite in Chennai on April 3.
The 69-year-old actor tweeted about how excited he was to be a part of the glittering ceremony, saying he had already started preparing for event.
"Asia Cup over soon and then IPL... opening extravaganza in Chennai... and yours truly a small part of it... nervous as hell," the Big B tweeted.
"April 3rd is the day for the opening... preparing for it already, getting back into the grind.
"Meeting all the Captains and teams will be such an honor. Seen all of them on Tv, now personally," Bachchan posted on his Twitter page.


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Where To Swim In Yakima? [SURVEY]
<Country ClubNow that it's starting to heat up, it's time to jump in a pool – or a lake, or any body of water for that matter. But where to go? There are some great places to swim in Yakima and the Yakima Valley, but where do you go swimming?


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He didn't like the way she talked. At least she was young and didn't need to be told she was stupider and prettier than she thought she was. Her ignorance had a sentimentality less fucking annoying than the smugness he projected on those with more time in this life. He usually cared deeply about whether another cared deeply; or could be coerced to; not here. She was 20 something years old. It wasn't her fault she didn't know who the hell Chris Hanni was. Her Afrikaans sounded forced and ancient. The language seemed like someone had plucked a 16th Century Dutch book of prayer and a gang of well-meaning drunks had tried to construct an Esperanto with it. He switched from Dutch to English. He still didn't like the way she talked. The Kronenbourgs and the numb of tobacco smoke combined with the softness of her waist under his hand muted his itch though. There were either five or six people in this gable apartment. A big broken clock bathed the room with yellowed light from the security cameras outside. It was a ridiculous appropriation of space, all heights and angles and internal sickness of the cornice and the eaves, illuminated by the practical impersonal box of the housing project next door. It wasn't a great place to be for anyone.
Remy wondered if the strangers there felt any less alone in their brutalist box than he did in the drafty confused tenement he found himself in, the likes of which the strangers or the strangers' forbearers had no doubt escaped from. Probably not, he thought. It wasn't even his home and he was leaving tomorrow. The projects were probably built as part of an urban planning dream: modern blocks of tidy apartments surrounding lawns and playgrounds, social centers and stores. He had no idea from where he sat what was left over there. He wasn't even French on his papers. He unlike them, could pass as Parisian without compulsory service, taxes or any kind of buy-in – the great 18th Century joke of French Republican citizenship – a political fact devoid of concrete elements, a daily plebiscite no one had time to vote in. Frenchness was a political not biological fact. But his receding wavy hair, his blue eyes and light complexion made him blend enough in the abstract to represent it in as full a manner as any abstract could possibly demand. The picture in the paper of the kid who torched the police car the previous night had the same Stephane Gontard shoes on even- but that Arab had papers that said he was French and gave him a name as unpronounceable as Remy's features were pronounceable. Remy felt homeless all over again.
He tried to kiss the lesbian sitting on the other side of him. He thought for an instant it'd stop the incessant chatter about the best clubs in Johannesburg and how being a Cape Colored somehow made one more adept at smoking marijuana. He really just wanted to throw some change into the situation and maybe get a reaction from the South African. The lesbian responded making sure to neither prolong nor make an issue of the social impropriety. She kissed him back and made an audible moan only he could hear. The foil worked well enough to right the room well enough. Her tattoos and hair and t-shirt slogans, not to mention the books strewn across her mattress and floor, convinced him her identity project was well enough along to not be threatened by the likes of him. Remy got up to fish through the fridge for something to drink, adding credence to the fact that the nothing that happened was actually nothing.
One night in this arrondisement was never enough but always too much. His flight off this continent was tomorrow, or five hours away. He smelled bad and his teeth were slimy. He took another swig of the beer he found. No one was conscious of the fact that it was a bad idea that he was here, least of all him.
"Want to go out on the fire escape and really see the city?"
"No." Remy said. Pushing himself through a window was the last thing he wanted to do at the moment.
"I'm not asking." The South African looked exasperated.
"Actually you were."
"Listen man, you fokken poes, you bought me shit vodka all night at that club, made me walk up 100 steps to come to this stupid place. You told me you'd tell me a story about bicycle racing, and all the time I thought you were some kind of nice guy or at least a rich guy, and you do look like you must do some sport that doesn't involve lifting or punching. Wat kyk ja?"
"Jesus Christ you sound like a dirt farmer from Zottegem," Remy muttered under his breath. He was careful to pronounce Zottegem in the most perfect school boy Dutch he could. If he wasn't any better than this girl he'd show her he at least knew how to fucking talk.
"I was just asking you at what you were looking. I'm not trying to make you angry. I don't even know your name."
In a confused puddle of drink, sex, and pity she went to embrace him. He tensed and looked away. The lesbian was across the room fingering through Paris Vogue while a blonde with a page boy haircut he hadn't noticed before stroked the lesbian's hair. He couldn't tell if the periodical was at all serious. Maybe they were involved in the fashion industry. There were plenty enough of fabric swashes and spools of thread and other evidence to suggest it.
"You want a story about bicycle racing? Well here it is. It isn't what you think it is and you haven't ever even thought about it. You're not entitled to an opinion on it the same way I'm not entitled to an opinion on a non-dimensional Reynolds number as it relates to fluid dynamics." He already felt the cold that her yet unspoken response would throw on him.
"That makes you feel very intelligent then; making other people feel stupid by saying nothing. Fok jou. Who the bloody hell are you to take me with anyway? I do not like Paris and you are the only person I spoke with in my own fokken taal for three fokken weeks I've been here. I like you less than when I didn't even know you…and that isn't like me at all."
He wasn't going to argue her semantics. She was distraught and not making linguistically logical sense even if human meaning had never been better expressed. The sprinkled Afrikaans made it all about her. He felt guilty for being the principle in this stupid story. Nothing ever happened when he was the principle in a story.
"What do you want?" he said as kindly as he could.
"I want a story about bicycle racing."
He boosted her up onto the ledge so she could step out on to the fire escape. He took off his coat and passed it to her through the window and pulled himself through. The haze and gloom and hope of the whole city was out there in those lights. He asked her for a cigarette and thought about a story not about him; one where something happened. He sat down next to her on the iron lattice and was silent and still.


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My coworker fooled me once with a screen grab. I had gone to lunch, and he decided to play a prank on me.
He knew that whenever I had computer trouble, I would ask him for help, so he wasn't worried about me going to the boss with the problem. He took a picture of my desktop and posted it to a document. He maximized it to fill the screen, so it seemed that I was looking at my actual desktop.
I got back from lunch and tried to click on an icon, but nothing would happen. The screen appeared to be frozen, yet the mouse would move around somehow.
I asked my friend to help me, and he burst out in giggles. Then he showed me the trick. I appreciated being let in on the joke, and we did this to several other people afterward.


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about me Lisbeth Williams
Founder and editor Lisbeth Williams is a Swedish artist, author, educator and interior design consultant currently living in the west of Sweden.
When I started blogging some 5+ years ago, it was a way to communicate with my clients: to show items that may be of interest and work well within the framework we had agreed.
Now I've shifted my focus somewhat. Starting 2012 will be blogging more on visual inspiration of all kinds. Hope you'll tag along and follow me around the world of art, photography and design.
LOOKING BACK: Art and architecture has always been my professional focus. Trained in Sweden and Italy, I've worked as an researcher and professor at the Dept. of Architecture at Chalmers in Göteborg and KTH in Stockholm, and for a few yaers I also worked as an Editor-in-chief for an Architecture Magazine.
I founded and edited several websites on art and architecture already in the 1990s and started blogging about ten years later. This ad free blog was launched 2009 as a place to collect and discuss ideas on design and interior decoration. My readers comes from all over the world, mainly from America, Europe and Australia.
Blogging is just part of my work. I also give courses on interior design (history and current trends), on art and architecture and on color trends. You'll find more info on my interior design courses here. If you want to reach me, just send an email to designskolan(at)gmail.com
I currently run three blogs. My other blogs are:
Wabi Sabi, which focuses on timeless and natural interior design, and
Inredningskurser, a blog about my interior design courses.
Jag heter Lisbeth Williams och är en västsvensk inredningsdesigner som bloggar om design, foto och konst.
Är du särskilt intresserad av naturlig, harmonisk inredning, kan du läsa mer om det på min blogg Wabi Sabi
Jag arrangerar även inredningskurser flera gånger om året. Hör gärna av dig till mig - designskolan(at)gmail.com - om du vill ha en trendföreläsning till nästa event, kick-off eller fortbildningsdag. Läs mer om mina inredningskurser här
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Chang, Te-Sheng*, Lo, Sing Kai, Shyr, Hueih-Yuan*, Fang, Ji-Tseng*, Lee, Wei-Chen*, Tai, Dar-In*, Sheen, I-Shyan*, Lin, Deng-Yn*, Chu, Chia-Ming* and Liaw, Yun-Fan* (2005) Hepatitis C virus infection facilitates gallstone formation, Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 1416-1421, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton, Vic. [C1.1]
ERA journal ID: 16372 – Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-33644637529
Citation counts: Scopus - 21, Thomson - 15
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Test C2170-050: IBM i2 COPLINK Detect V4.x
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It is highly recommended that you use a variety of resources to prepare for certification exams.
It is first recommended that you are familiar with:
- the job role description and the parameters this certification is based on.
- the test objectives/skills measured on the test. Use this as your checklist to determine your strengths, and identify those areas where you may need to focus more attention in your studies and preparation.
Next, use the recommended training resources on this page to further your knowledge. The recommended courses are: 9T211G and/or 9I11G. The courses along with the other educational sources are recommended, but not required before taking a certification test. Determine for yourself how much preparation you require.
It is important to note that actual hands-on experience is a critical component in preparing for the exam. Direct application of the skills learned cannot be substituted by any resources listed here. You must spend time using the product and applying the skills learned. The exam is designed to measure hands-on experience, or how well you know how to perform job-related tasks.
- COPLINK Tips and Tricks
If you subscribe to the COPLINK Tips and Tricks email blast, you are encouraged to review the articles, specifically:
- Using the Timeline Feature in COPLINK Visualizer (Jun 13, 2011)
- Using Find Path (Oct 17, 2011)
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This training will assists future instructors in acquiring a working familiarity with IBM i2 COPLINK functions in relation to student duties. A high level of your participation is required. You will gain a working knowledge of how to develop teaching scenarios, utilize proper teaching methods, and work with available course resources. During training, you will develop scenarios and deliver presentations from their own data for use in IBM i2 COPLINK Detect training. You will work with both a fully functioning IBM i2 COPLINK Detect anonymized database and their client agency's live data.
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In the city that often makes headlines with its number of distressed properties, number of foreclosures, and heart-wrenching personal stories of real estate mishaps, is there any good news to report? Well, let's take a look at the market and see what we can come up with.
Per Altos Research, we see the current median price for a single family home in Santa Ana is $553,000 (down from $574,000 a month ago). There are 1,176 homes on the market (down from 1,182) and the average number of days on the market is 100 days. Inventory is holding about steady because there's just really not much happening, not many buying, not many putting their homes on the market, and some taking their homes off the market and giving up.
The market action index is at 17.10 (down from 17.31 a month ago). Anything below 30 means it is a buyer's market and the supply is exceeding the demand. Santa Ana's market is becoming increasingly more a buyer's market.
Are you a visual person? Here are some graphs to show the continuing bad news.
Since homes are sitting on the market awhile, there are some true veterans with days on the market numbers that will blow your mind (see below). On the flip side, there are the newbies that have just listed their house. The old and the new… the old houses on the market, the new houses on the market, the old stats, the new stats… but always one story: a housing market crisis.
821 South Garnsey St, Santa Ana 92701; 3 bed/1 bath house; 1,130 sq ft; $394,500; 369 days on the market
1903 East 19th St #4, Santa Ana 92705; 2 bed/2 bath condo; 1,257 sq ft; $485,000; 495 days on the market
1501 North Freeman St, Santa Ana 92706; 3 bed/2 bath house; 2,000 sq ft; $649,500; 533 days on the market
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Stacey Brandford
Thanks to Desire to Inspire, I discovered the portfolio of Canadian photographer Stacey Brandford. If you haven't checked it out for yourself, you must now! These images are just a taste of his skills. Such beautiful and inspirational shots! I especially love the first two of the dining room. So pretty!
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- Darlene - Our Creative Life said...
Erin, just wanted to tell you that I LOVE your blog! It is such eye candy for me!
- September 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Erin said...
THANKS Darlene!! I'm so glad you enjoy my blog! :)
- September 25, 2008 at 12:53 PM
The first two photos are the work of amazing Canadian designer Sarah Richardson.
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SOFEX is where the world's leading generals come to buy everything from handguns to laser-guided missile systems. It stands for "Special Operations Forces Exhibition Conference" and it's essentially a trade-show where just about anyone with enough money can buy the most powerful weapons in the world.
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and there you have it, generals with billions and billions of taxpayers' money to buy weapons and fuck shit up
Is it held at the Pentagon or White House?
Jesus Fucking Christ!! What is wrong with the world. Fucking thanks America let's hand out these weapons and then get pissed when people use them. But wait we only get pissed when it interferes with our financial interests. I hate men. Notice how none of these heads of state are female… or notice how their is hardly any women present in this entire video. I also love how you can see competition for resources present. These heads of state are sipping Krystal and smiling together because they are not the ones taking shrapnel in the ass they have their pawns to do that for them.
What the world needs is not another armed revolution, but a Spiritualution – a spiritual revolution of unity without uniformity. Check out the father of the Spiritualution Movement here: spiritualution.org/about/gabriel-of-urantia


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Part 2 of the Handbook on Industrial Property Information and Documentation
Standing Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT) and Standards and Documentation Working Groups (SDWG) ↑
The Standing Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT) will give policy guidance and technical advice on the overall IT strategy of WIPO, including WIPO Standards and the documentation aspects of intellectual property (IP).
- 2.1.1 Special Rules of Procedure and Structure of the Standing Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT)
- 2.1.2 Documentation of the SCIT
- 2.1.3 Documentation of the SDWG
- 2.1.4 SDWG Task Forces
- 2.1.5 Annual Technical Reports (ATRs)
WIPO Global IP Protection systems ↑
- 2.2.1 International Patent applications:
PCT Resources - Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) - PatentScope Search
The Treaty makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an "international" application.
- 2.2.2 International Registration of Marks:
The Madrid system for the international registration of marks - Madrid Express Search
Thanks to the international procedural mechanism, the Madrid system offers a trademark owner the possibility to have the trademark protected in several countries by simply filing one application directly with his own national or regional trademark office.
- 2.2.3 International Registration of Industrial Design:
The Hague system for the international registration of industrial designs - Hague Express search
This system gives the owner of an industrial design the possibility to apply for industrial design protection in several countries by simply filing one application with the International Bureau of WIPO.
WIPO Convention, Members, and Decision-Making bodies ↑
- 2.3.1 WIPO Convention
WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in 1967 with a mandate from its Member States to promote the protection of Intellectual Property (IP) throughout the world through cooperation among states and in collaboration with other international organizations. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2.3.2 WIPO Member States - Directory of IP Offices
For each Member State, this section provides information on membership of the different WIPO treaties, national IP legislation, contact details of IP Offices, etc.
- 2.3.3 WIPO Decision-Making bodies
WIPO's strategic direction, budget and activities are determined by its Member States who meet in the Assemblies, Committees and other decision making bodies. The WIPO Secretariat coordinates formal and informal meetings of the Member States bodies throughout the year.
WIPO International Cooperation in the IP field ↑
- 2.4.1 Industrial Property Statistics
Statistics relating to patents, utility models, marks, industrial designs, plant varieties and microorganisms by country and in accordance with the relevant international industrial property classification systems.
- 2.4.2 Traditional Knowledge (TK), Genetic Resources (GR) and Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE) (Folklore)
A forum for international policy debate and development of legal mechanisms and practical tools concerning the protection.
- 2.4.3 Intellectual Property for Development
WIPO works to assist all nations, particularly developing and least developed countries, to use the intellectual property (IP) system to promote economic, social and cultural development.
- 2.4.4 Collection of Laws for Electronic Access (WIPO Lex)
Access to intellectual property legislation and treaties from a wide range of countries and regions.


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This results in no change to client code - all client code should be making use of one of AuthorityFactory
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Greek radical left leader Alexis Tsipras says he will not join or support a pro-bailout coalition government, saying he cannot agree to what he terms a mistake. His continued refusal makes new elections in the crisis-struck country more likely.
Mr. Tsipras made the comments on Sunday after attending a meeting convened by President Karolos Papoulias with the head of the conservative New Democracy and socialist Pasok parties. Mr. Papoulias is making a last-ditch effort to broker an agreement and break the deadlock created by the elections, which left no party with enough parliamentary seats to form a government.
If no deal is reached, Greece must hold new elections next month, prolonging the political uncertainty and endangering the country's euro membership.
Keywords: Greece political crisis, Alexis Tsipras, Radical Left Coalition, Syriza, Evangelos Venizelos, Pasok, Antonis Samaras, New Democracy


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Dusky on the "Past, Present, and Future" of Electronic Dance Music
Being the electronic music geeks that we are here at Crossfade, we've been following the "post-dubstep" confluence of house and bass music in the UK with major interest for some time now. Influences from jungle, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, and other styles are seeping into house's four-on-the-floor mold, injecting new life into a genre that was growing tiredly derivative.
Ben UFO, George FitzGerald, Skream and T. Williams are just a few of the trend's exponents that we've spoken to in the past. And another exemplary act making big waves across the Atlantic right now is DJ-production duo Dusky, dubbed "the toast of the UK underground" by Resident Advisor at the height of their meteoric rise last year.
See also: Los Angeles' gLAdiator Talks Trap-House
So what exactly is the sound of the UK underground?
"I don't think it's definable, and if it was, it would be boring," Dusky's Nick Harriman tells Crosfade. "That's where the beauty and intrigue lies. It's inherently in a constant state of flux, just like the fashion world -- things change incredibly quickly. You can trace its roots to various points in history, various cultures, like the Jamaican sound systems. But the past isn't definitive -- it's equally as much about the present and the future."
Indeed, the past, present and future of UK electronic dance music are intertwined into a single living, breathing thing -- what music historians call the UK hardcore continuum, or the evolving lineage of styles from acid house through hardcore, jungle, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, dubstep and beyond. Each generation of producers since the '80s has been acutely aware of the one before it, building on the foundations of the past, while moving in the direction of the future. And Dusky are no exception.
"Though we were both heavily into drum 'n' bass, garage, and hardcore when we first met, I think our general interest in music of all forms is what bought us together, and has continued to nourish our working relationship and friendship," Harriman explains. "Dance music was everywhere in London in the '90s, when we were growing up, as it still is now. It's been woven into the fabric of British society since the late '80s, so it's impossible to avoid its influence. As fans of electronic music, we both embraced dance culture and it's helped form who we are as artists today."
And it's not just UK house producers like Dusky taking their cues from bass music these days. You even have former dubstep producers like Skream and Pearson Sound embracing house. This cross-pollination of sounds has made the dance music scene on the other side of the pond an enviably fertile and diverse one. DJs are no longer purist one-trick ponies playing one repetitive style -- they pick and choose from many.
"The evolution of the dubstep scene has had a lot to do with [it]," says the other half of Dusky, Alfie Granger-Howell. "It seems to me that certain producers and DJs were getting harder and harder, and more and more extreme and gimmicky, until there was nowhere else to go, and that has led to the scene morphing drastically, eventually reaching a point where it now bears hardly any resemblance to the original sound and philosophy. That encouraged a lot of the producers, DJs and listeners to explore different avenues, and once people started doing that, it in turn greatly influenced the house and techno scene."
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November 2004 issue | |
Editor | Ellen Rosenbush |
Categories | Art, culture, literature |
Frequency | Monthly |
Total circulation (December 2013) | 186,839[1] |
First issue | 1850 |
Company | Harper's Magazine Foundation |
Country | United States |
Based in | 666 Broadway New York City |
Language | English |
Website | www.harpers.org |
November 2004 issue | |
Editor | Ellen Rosenbush |
Categories | Art, culture, literature |
Frequency | Monthly |
Total circulation (December 2013) | 186,839[1] |
First issue | 1850 |
Company | Harper's Magazine Foundation |
Country | United States |
Based in | 666 Broadway New York City |
Language | English |
Website | www.harpers.org |
Harper's Magazine (also called Harper's) is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. Launched in June 1850, it is the second-oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the U.S. (Scientific American is the oldest). The current editor is Ellen Rosenbush, who replaced Roger Hodge in January 2010. Harper's Magazine has won many National Magazine Awards.[2]
Harper's Magazine was launched as Harper's New Monthly Magazine in June 1850, by the New York City publisher Harper & Brothers; who also founded Harper's Bazaar magazine, later growing to become HarperCollins Publishing. The first press run, of 7,500 copies, sold out almost immediately; circulation was some 50,000 issues six months later.[3]
The early issues reprinted material pirated from English authors such as Charles Dickens, William Make-peace Thackeray, and the Brontë sisters.[4] The magazine soon was publishing the work of American artists and writers, and in time commentary by the likes of Winston Churchill and Woodrow Wilson. The first appearance in print of portions of Moby Dick occurred in the October 1851 issue of Harper's under the title, "The Town-Ho's Story" (titled after Chapter 54 of Moby Dick).[5]
In 1962, Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company, becoming Harper & Row (now HarperCollins). In 1965, the magazine was separately incorporated, and became a division of the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, owned by the Cowles Media Company.
In the 1970s, Harper's published Seymour Hersh's reporting of the My Lai Massacre. In 1971 editor Willie Morris resigned under pressure from owner John Cowles, Jr., prompting resignations from many of the magazine's star contributors and staffers, including Norman Mailer, David Halberstam, Robert Kotlowitz, Marshall Frady and Larry L. King:
"Morris's departure jolted the literary world. Mailer, William Styron, Gay Talese, Bill Moyers, and Tom Wicker declared that they would boycott Harper's as long as the Cowles family owned it, and the four staff writers hired by Morris—Frady among them—resigned in solidarity with him."
Robert Shnayerson, a senior editor at Time magazine, was subsequently hired to replace Morris as Harper's ninth editor, serving in that position from 1971 until 1976.[7][8]
Lewis H. Lapham served as managing editor from 1976 until 1981; he returned to the position again from 1983 until 2006. On June 17, 1980, the Star Tribune announced it would cease publishing Harper's Magazine after the August 1980 issue; however, on July 9, 1980, John R. MacArthur (who goes by the name Rick) and his father, Roderick, obtained pledges from the directorial boards of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Atlantic Richfield Company, and CEO Robert Orville Anderson to amass the one-and-a-half million dollars needed to establish the Harper's Magazine Foundation that currently publishes the magazine.[9][10][11]
In 1984, Lapham and MacArthur—now publisher and president of the foundation—along with new executive editor Michael Pollan, redesigned Harper's and introduced the "Harper's Index" (ironic statistics arranged for thoughtful effect), "Readings", and the "Annotation" departments to complement its fiction, essays, reportage, and reviews. As of the March 2011 issue, contributing editor Zadie Smith writes the print edition's New Books column.
Under the Lapham-MacArthur leadership, Harper's magazine continued publishing literary fiction by the likes of John Updike, George Saunders, and others. Politically, Harper's was an especially vocal critic of U.S. domestic and foreign policies. Editor Lapham's monthly "Notebook" columns have lambasted the Clinton and the George W. Bush administrations, and, since 2003, the magazine has concentrated on reportage about U.S. war in Iraq, with long articles about the battle for Fallujah, and the cronyism of the American reconstruction of Iraq. Moreover, other stories have covered abortion, cloning, and global warming.[12]
In 2007, Harper's added the No Comment blog, by Scott Horton, about legal controversies, Central Asian politics, and German studies. In addition, in April 2006, Harper's began publishing the Washington Babylon blog in its site,[13] wherein Washington Editor Ken Silverstein wrote about corrupt American politics; and in 2008, Harper's added the "Sentences" blog, by contributing editor Wyatt Mason, about literature and belle lettres; both Silverstein's and Mason's blogs have since ceased publication. Another website feature, composed by a rotating set of authors, is the Weekly Review, single-sentence summaries of political, scientific, and bizarre news; like the Harper's Index and "Findings" in the print edition of the magazine, the Weekly Review items are humorously and ironically arranged.
Lewis H. Lapham was criticized for his reportage of the 2004 Republican National Convention, which had yet to occur, in his essay "Tentacles of rage: The Republican propaganda mill, a brief history," published in the September 2004 issue. He apologized in a note.[14][15]
The March 2006 issue contained the Celia Farber reportage, Out of Control: AIDS and the Corruption of Medical Science, presenting Peter Duesberg's theory that HIV does not cause AIDS.[16][17] It was strongly criticized by AIDS activists,[18] scientists,[19] the Columbia Journalism Review,[20] and others, as inaccurate and for promoting a scientifically-discredited theory.[21] The Treatment Action Campaign, a South African organization working for greater popular access to HIV treatments, posted a response by eight researchers documenting more than fifty errors in the article.[22]
The abrupt firing of the magazine's well-liked editor, Roger Hodge, by publisher John R. MacArthur, on January 25, 2010, was met with widespread and well-publicized criticism among the magazine's subscribers and staffers alike.[23][24][25] MacArthur initially claimed Hodge was stepping down for "personal reasons," but later disclosed that he fired Hodge.[26]
Harper's Magazine, June 1896, by Edward Penfield
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The JellyFish lamp is touch panel-controlled and lit with 24 RGB LED sets with 16 million color pixels.
The lamp comes in four display modes, which allow users to change according to their needs. The suggested price of the lamp is US$149.00.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
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Then, last week, the spoken-word version comes in the mail, a two-CD set (Fight, Hydrahead Records), with the author reading — reciting — sections from the book. It works. There's something of the old movie detective narrative here, a Raymond Chandler saga with a chorus of crunching bones and thudding fists. Or is it like Stacy Keach doing Mike Hammer on TV (one of the kid and the 'Pipe's favorites back in the '80s)? Whatever. The book seems to have been written to be read aloud.
Tailpipe's trying not to play the tedious proud papa here. It's just that he keeps marveling at the way things turn out. Could this Eugene kid, this pushy, pugilistic wordsmith, have turned out entirely different if, say, the 'Pipe had just given the kid a break at Snakes and Ladders?
The Miami Dolphins traded franchise player Jason Taylor last week to the Washington Redskins for two picks in next year's draft. While Taylor and former teammates have been cordial in public remarks, an email conversation uncovered by New Times shows that parting was more than just sweet sorrow.
On 7/21/08, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
Know you've heard my longtime wish for a trade to a more competitive team finally came true. Leaving the joys of South Beach to go north, to a playoff team. Just wanted to thank each and every one of you for your support as teammates :-). You all bled and sweated next to me, making this club what it is — the worst team in the whole league. Seeya suckas!!!
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P.S. Seriously though, keep going to all my JuiceBlendz locations across South Florida for your smoothie needz. Strongly recommend #4, the Hangover Healer. It's great for those mornings after drinkin away the pain all night. Loserz!
On 7/22/08, email@example.com wrote:
Jason, despite our differences, you were always a solid performer on the field and a reliable teammate. Yeah, you mocked me when I had some personal issues. Dressing as me for Halloween — that year was clever, I guess. But, hey... As far as smoothies go, I prefer #2, the Immunizer. The one with extra, uh, "herbs"... LOL
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Really do appreciate your kind words. You're the only teammate to email me back. Know I can be kind of aloof sometimes, but it still feels good to think you'll be missed. Sorry for any embarrassment I may have caused you, buddy.
PS. Glad you're a fan of the blendz. Next time, check out the "Dr. JB." Carrot juice and OJ with a side of *giggle* wheat GRASS! Try it around 4:20, if you know what I mean.
On 7/22/08, email@example.com wrote:
Whoa J, was that a little feeler there? You been "puffin the magic dragon"? LMAO
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Switching over to my personal account here. Better safe than sorry when talkin about the whacky grazz. Yeah, I see the pink in Pink Floyd. Always wanted to tell you.
On 7/23/08, email@example.com wrote:
Wondered about that. BTW this is my home email. Let's g-chat sometime. And DAMN! Think of all the wasted opportunities...
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Wasted opportunities to get wasted, bro. Should have burned one on the 50 yrd line one night. Woulda been ROFLMAO.
On 7/23/08, email@example.com wrote:
Bet you're deeper than I ever gave you credit for. We should totally stimulate our minds sometime. I'm gonna need it with Colonel Parcells on the case.
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Sux 4 U! Sure, I'm deep. Think some shallow rookie could feel those DWS beats on that level?
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Touché, my man. You definitely have some moves. After a hit of Acapulco Gold I really tear it up too. Anyway, training camp's getting going. Whoever our coach is is waiting. TTYL!!
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text: Quoting Jeremy Utley <jeremy at jutley.org>: > Well, for me, I think the first thing we need to do is get the > client/server functionality written and operational. The other things > that have been planned for nALFS2, such as generating the profile > directly from the book's XML, could wait, IMHO. My coding skills are > very basic, as I've only started to learn C, but if there's anything I > can do, count me in. That includes helping with docs, whatever the case > may be. I hate to throw a spanner in the works but for me, parsing the XML from the book would be my highest priority. Profile maintainance isn't only a chore it's prone to human error. If we could parse the whole of the lfs and blfs books into seperate, self-contained profiles, I think we could have a pretty powerful system from the get-go. Having each profile self-contained would make selecting only the ones you wanted alot easier. I've thought about ALFS quite a lot lately so just to bring some more discussion points to the table :- I'm not sure C is the right way to go about this (I saying that as a C programmer). Pro's are, of course, that we have a code base to start from now but, again IMO, python would be better. Its a rapid language to both learn and use and the fact that it is a higher level language wouldn't be detremental to the program as most of ALFS's execution time would be spent compiling. My thoughts on how _I_ would do the ALFS client/server model. Have the server sit on the D-BUS waiting for client connections. As the majority of the time both the client and the server are on the same machine, this is a simple model which not only allows the ALFS client to see whats happening but any tool that can look at the D-BUS. If we are connecting remotely, the server would still be run on the host but it would relay the commands to the remote host where they would be interpreted. As always, this is IMO and hopefully will promote discussion. > -J- -- Jamie


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Dr. Nicholas Smith-Sebasto received his B.S. in Biology (with minors in Chemistry and Environmental Studies) from Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey); his M.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University, where he studied grizzly bear and black bear management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; and his Ph.D. in Environmental Communication, Education, and Interpretation from The Ohio State University. His dissertation research concerned the design, development, and validation of an instrument to measure the relationship between the psychological construct locus of control for reinforcement and environmentally responsible behaviors in university undergraduate students.


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The YES Network is the exclusive television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets. YES, which has earned 346 Emmy Award nominations and 80 Emmy Awards since its March 2002 launch, also televises original biography, studio and magazine programs, in addition to college sports.
Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year major league career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, MO. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 post-season record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.
The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by the hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his major league debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next 5˝ seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.
After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. Arguably his finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in major league history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen's World Series gem in 1956 was the first.
While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.
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By Renee Bruck
Courtesy of the Madison Courier
Students returning to Hanover College may find the buildings look the same ... until they go inside.
Four of the six building projects that began earlier this year will be completed before most students return to campus for the start of school on Labor Day, Hanover College President Sue DeWine said.
The new Ward and Jo Ann Withrow Student Activities Center was completed prior to the end of the last academic year, and the college's new learning center, dining room renovations and infrastructure upgrades will be completed in the next few weeks.
"It's amazing that everything seems to be ahead of schedule," DeWine said. "So far, there's been no disruptions."
The Ward and Jo Ann Withrow Student Activities Center provides space for students to meet with friends to work on projects or just socialize. The center also features a common area for students to meet with a study lounge, stage area and television areas, as well as student life offices.
Scott Klein, the college's director of operations, said the campus coffee shop will move to the student area.
The student activities space, much like the learning center renovations in the library and the outdoor athletic fields, was paid for by donations from alumni and friends of the college.
Another area where students will see a difference is the student dining area.
Once completed, the dining facility will feature an open floor plan with individual food stations. Most of the food stations will remain similar to previous options - except for the addition of a new soft serve ice cream station and additional vegetarian and gluten-free options.
The dining space will also feature new tables and chairs for nearly 300 people.
"We haven't lost any space at all," Klein said of the improvements. "It's really about enhancing the students' dining experience."
The $1 million project was funded through a Sodexo food service renewal agreement, Klein said.
Students will have a new area in the library for homework help during the academic year because of the renovations over the last few months. Kay Stokes, director of the learning center, said the new space provides an area for the 62 peer tutors to meet with groups for study sessions.
The learning center will provide classroom-like spaces with white boards for small groups, as well as an area for large groups to gather for study sessions.
"We're very, very thrilled to have a new space," Stokes said.
One project that won't be seen, but will be felt, is the $3.2 million infrastructure project that updated heating, cooling and lighting in several of the college's buildings.
The infrastructure project will pay for itself within about five years because of the energy savings, Klein said.
"It'll start saving us this fall," Klein said.
DeWine said the project brought nearly all of Hanover's buildings up to the newest energy-saving standards.
"Only two (projects) will continue into the academic year," DeWine said.
The $6 million Lynn Hall renovations will turn the former gymnasium into a space for upperclassmen dorms, and two classrooms will be completed by the fall of 2014.
"Lynn Hall is completely cleared out and ready for construction," DeWine said.
The renovations will provide more than 70 beds on campus, something that's needed with the increase in student enrollment. DeWine said one of the residence halls wasn't even used when she first came to Hanover College in 2007. Currently, all the residence halls are being used.
"We need this new residence hall," DeWine said. "Now we're full up."
The college hopes to employ local construction companies for the project, she said, much like they have throughout the summer with other renovations.
Portions of the outdoor athletic field improvements will also continue through the upcoming academic year. The athletic field project should be completed by the fall of 2014 with crews working around athletic schedules to limit disruptions.
Construction crews plan to begin with preliminary work on the college's new football stadium within the next few weeks, Klein said.
Hanover College saw the beginning of six major renovation projects on the campus over the last year, thanks in part to the three-year Live Our Legacy campaign and donations from college alumni. Still, these types of large-scale, combined renovations aren't common - especially all at one time.
"It's the first time we've done so many projects together since I've been here," DeWine said. "(These renovations) will hold us for a while."
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Christine - posted on 03/05/2011 ( no moms have responded yet )
Help, I need creative moms!
This is my son's 4th math fair. We come up with a good project every year, but we fall short when it comes to the display board because my son and I are not the creative types.
This year he is demonstrating the "river crossing logic puzzle". You know, a farmer has to get three animals across the river, can only take one at a time, if he leaves the dog & cat together they fight, etc. The work itself is nearly done and the dreaded "put the display together" is about to begin.
I had an idea to actually create an interactive "map" of sorts on the board, so people could try to solve it right there. But how? Corkboard came to mind but I doubt the school is going to let us have a board with push pins of any kind....
On top of that, what can I do to help create a board that is nice enough to give him a chance to win? Neither of us can draw. We've used lots of color in the past, done lettering with computer and also with "classroom board" supplies (like a teacher would use in a class). We've created nice PowerPoint presentations, then printed them out on colored paper and put them on the board.
He doesn't have to win. He's okay with it. But last year his project was creative enough to get him in the local newspaper, yet he lost to kids who did the same "count all the different colored M&Ms in a bag" that takes up 3/4 of the math fair. I KNOW it's the board. What can we do?


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Phil Marson - 04/09/2012
Revised this oldie. New to most .. Never tire of dancing this Classic..nice one Alan!!!!! :-)
Patricia Mulhall - 15/01/2010
This is a dance i never get tired of, i love it.
Adam Tilbrook - 19/10/2004
LOVE IT. what a great dance, the music is great, the dance is great and its a floor filler! everything flows perfectly. WELL DONE!
Nancy Mawdsley - 21/07/2003
Fabulous dance fits so well to the fantastic music, keep up the good work
carole - 07/07/2003
Great dance, great country music by a great choreographer. I come off the dance floor feeling exhilerated everytime i dance it. No wonder this dance won " Advance dance of the Year" !!!!
Catz - 25/06/2003
I constantly nagged my instructor to teach me this dance, he still hasn't. So i taught it to myself! I love this dance. And now i can do it wherever I go. Brilliant dance, to a good piece of music. Nice One Alan!
Sheila & Pams - 06/06/2003
WOW WOW WOW What a Brill Dance. We rate it the very top with 7th Wonder Cha
Sue Ridder - 12/05/2003
Taught this last week after a few weeks of doubt because of the intermediate/advanced classification. If you leave out the whole turns to start with it's not that difficult! Great dance!!!! To a great country track!!! My whole class loved it, even the non-country lovers. Fits beautifully to the music, well done Alan!
Becky - 02/05/2003
I LOVE this dance. It's really nice and the country upbeat music is great. I love the song and only being 16 makes people think your mental because you listen to country. In this case thats rubbish
Sue Marks - 26/04/2003
I delayed teaching this because of the Int/Adv label in the mag and because of the turns but boy am I glad I had a good look at it and decided to give it a go without the turns at first - brilliant and well worth teaching - class loved it.
Niels B. Poulsen - 13/04/2003
Fully agree with all the other reviewers. This is a super dance to some super music.
michelle cooper - 01/04/2003
What a lovely dance,taught it without full turns & it was a lot easier,
Barbara - 20/03/2003
Love the dance- love the music. I would give it 10 boots if they would let me.
David of Lincoln Lone Stars - 06/03/2003
Top draw dance! Deserved winner of crystal boot. If you like this check out the follow up New Tuxedo but try it to the country music.
Stephen Rutter - 04/03/2003
This dance is absolutly great. It fits very well to the music(which is a great COUNTRY Track),there are restarts but they are easy to spot in the song. Taught it to my class and they love it, I do too and it's one of my favorates now. Anyone who hasn't done this dance, for god sake you must as it's too good to miss. Well done Alan, great stuff!
Marjan de Bruijn - 04/03/2003
ALan whe saw you dancing in Liverpool at Maggie's weekend and it was a great time watching you dance that dance. Now whe've learned it ourself. It a very funny dance on great music.
Margaret Muir - 26/02/2003
Love the dance and the music.
steve - 21/02/2003
This is what line dancing is all about - great track from Keith Urban - fantastic dance - best dance i've done for some time - well done Alan
Gem - 15/12/2002
I absolutley love this dance and the music. one of my favouries definately.
Lin - 05/12/2002
Super dance to a great track of music,best dance i've done lately,i love it.
Trisha Conroy - 27/11/2002
We saw Alan practicing his dance at the interval at Kings Hall Stoke. It looked a good dance so our instructor Kate asked him for the script and we have been doing it ever since. I'm sure it will be a big hit, it deserves to be. Well done Alan.
Anne "Shy-anne's LDC" - 18/11/2002
Classic music classic dance my class love it and so do i, definately a hit.
kt's - 17/11/2002
Best dance & music around @ the moment, all my classes love It, fits perfect, well done Alan, this is another hit for you.


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A book with a batch of art supplies that will keep hands busy for hours. The book includes clear directions, pins, threads, templates, foam boards and tracing paper to create some tricky looking string art. Kids can hang it up in their rooms or give it as gifts. Ideal for 10's and up who frequently get self conscious about their drawings not being as perfect as their expectations. This kind of art material gives them alternative ways to create and express themselves. It also challenges dexterity and stick-to-it-ness for projects tht are not instantly complete. These take patience. 10 & up
Age: Later School Years, Tweens. Award Year: 2014. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
Most testers really had fun with this visual perception game that involves spatial relationships and the ability to look at a scene and then draw lines around or under images on a transparent sheet that is not on the picture, but near it. When you have finished you place your transparency on the image and see if you have accomplished the task. There are two sided cards, so younger kids and older ones (and parents) can play the same game. It comes with four dry erase pens, erasers, drawing boards and transparent doodle sheets. 6 and up, up, up.
Age: Early School Years, Later School Years. Award Year: 2014. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
We had mixed responses to this game...very strong on both sides. The object of the game is to occupy the most number of pastures with your sheep. You do this by blocking off spaces or "pastures" with your sheep. A fun strategy game but it does take a certain amount of time to learn how to block and acquire depending on how you move your herd. Comes with 16 pasture tiles, 64 sheep chips (16 of each color). Designed for 2-4 players 7 & up.
Age: Early School Years, Later School Years. Award Year: 2014. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
A new, improved, 5-inch touchscreen and Wi-Fi protected content that keeps kid safe but gives them access to more content. This is the fastest 5-inch tablet that is designed to withstand drops and such unavoidable wear and tear. It has kid-friendly web content that is 100% pre-screened and approved by learning experts and has 4GB of memory; enough to allow kids to store 20,000 photos plus a two-megapixel front and back cameras and a video recorder for young film makers. It has a built in rechargeable battery. LeapPad3 includes 10 Apps:Music player plus 10 songs; Pet Party, 5 utility apps and a choice of 1 App download. Like previous LeapPads it gives kids access to a learning library with more than 1,000 games, ebooks, and videos approved by educators. For more memory (8GB and a larger 7-inch screen consider the LeapPad Ultra XDi ($129) comes in green and pink. 3-9
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This year's Journey Girl Dolls are off to London. These 18-inch play dolls spent last year in Paris and now they have moved on with a change in their clothes. They are still a great buy for the price and this year's costumes are spot on for riding in Hyde Park, shopping in Regent Street, sightseeing on the Thames, London Tower, Westminster and the British Museum. A multi-ethnic collection with tons of accessories and furnishings that you can add as other gift events arise. Check out Kyla, a brunette in a khaki trench coat and leggings; Kelsey, a red head in a tartan skirt; Chavonne in a denim vest and red pants; Callie with a Union Jack shirt and pink skirt; Dana in a blue and white two piece outfit; Meredith in a red trench coat and jeans. You can't go wrong with any of these playdolls for girls of 6 & up.
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Newest in this award winning construction set, all the makings for building a chateau with pieces for creating a spiral staircase, bunk beds and more. It has a motor and light circuits for running elevators, lamps, and windmills. The 131-piece set has walls, wheels, axles, and more. Along with ideas in the box there is a website with even more creative ideas for making the chateau run. This is more about building and less about typical dollhouse pretending. For future engineers, scientists and architects, this is the dollhouse of choice.
Age: Early School Years, Later School Years. Award Year: 2014. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.
Talk about big--this is stands almost a yard tall and can be operated with a hand-held remote control. The Crane can move from side to side and the trolley goes forward, back, up and down. There is a construction worker who fits into the cab. There's a forklift for lifting loads up to the construction site. An amazing 32-piece set with step by step directions for assembling. Younger kids are going to need adult help to do this. Once it's put together, it will be a fun prop for moving toy blocks. Takes 6 AA batteries that are not provided in the package. 5 & up
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This is more like an add-on for those who already own a set of Magformer gears. Plug the generator into your computer with the USB cord to charge it up or into an USB adapter. Once you have it charged, your Magformers gears are ready to spin into action. This little set comes with some magformer squares and rectangles to build a platform, two lights, two gears and the big blue spinner that will activate other gears from this and other sets. Basically, it is pretty limited as a stand alone, but a fun accessory that will add to the action of gear sets in the magformer collection. 6 & up.
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Our twelve-year old tester took four days to complete, working approximately two hours a day. He considers this particular set very difficult and in his words, "Kids with short attention spans will take a lot longer to do this because each of the steps takes at least 10-15 minutes, and I believe there were 53 steps in this set." When asked about the age label on the box When I asked him if the 9 & up age range on the box he said, "There is no way that a 9-year-old could put this together.� He thinks that a more realistic age bracket would be ages 11+ but it would have to be a pretty disciplined eleven year old because with the rail, for example, one false move and you'd end up having to reassemble a huge portion of this." Unlike other builds, our tester felt there as not a lot he could do with it after it was built. He played with it for a few days and then it has been untouched. His mom, a teacher of gifted kids, thinks it will appeal to engineer-type kids for whom the assembly is the thrill. On the positive side, our tester reported, "One good thing about playing with this is that the little car keeps its momentum all the way down, which you wouldn�t expect since it goes upside down."
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Here is the super duper uber size Magformer set that includes gears, a generator, and all the shapes needed for building exciting constructions that move. A pricey set that will challenge and large enough for several kids to share. Like all Magformer sets, this involves science, problem solving, fine motor skills, patience and imagination. Kids are going to have good fun building machines that they can activate with the colorful gears and crank for getting all those parts moving or use the generator to get things going. There are big and little gears, colorful image plates that swirl when they turn, creating optical illusions. This primary colored set is gender neutral and comes with step by step instructions for making their models, though the pieces can be used in an open ended way for making their own creations.
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Give Outro a spin - it's the latest release from Juicy J, having dropped on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010.
Listen to Outro, the new track by Juicy J, which was dropped on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010. Juicy J's odds keep getting better with each new leak, and Outro will undoubtedly improve his chances of winning. It's a worthy addition to a respectable catalogue that has seen a lot of growth since Juicy J debuted in this game. We're looking forward to the follow-up.
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I have a 98 Escort, runs very well no major issues until now but cannot pinpoint as it may be a number of causes. After using the car last week to travel on a 200 mile journey ( one I have done many a time) the following day when I was out i noticed that at idle every 10 seconds or so a very slight dip as if the engine was missing but it was so slight it was hardly noticeable. I thought it may be a faulty lead but I thought I would wait and see how it went, and it did not get worse over the next few days so I was not too concerned.
Anyway I then noticed that my car was low on water so i topped up but the next day the same thing happened again it was way below the minimum, i topped it up again and the following day it happened again, I also noticed that same evening i was out and at one point when idling the car made a slight chugging noise but this didnt happen again.
I have always thought the car had a tendancy to kick the fan in to soon when idling but the temp guage has never been in red only ever gone to 3 quarters and its fine on a run and in town.
Anyway I asked a mate who is a mechanic to look at it, he has checked the thermostat is working (I only replaced it 2 years ago) but he has said the water/coolant is not circulating plus there is a lot of pressure in the header tank. There is no leaks from anywhere and the oil cap and the dipstick are both clean no gunk on them also no oil in the water.
He reckons the thermostat may not be opening at the correct time, I have never heard of this and presumed it opened once the water heated up, so I thought I would ask for your advice as I personally am thinking i may be a head gasket going as I have seen this on a friends car yet my mate says no as there is no evidence in the oil.
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WORLD PREMIERE: Justin Bieber Teams With Usher for Remix of "Somebody To Love" [AUDIO]
LISTEN | Justin Bieber ft. Usher "Somebody To Love"
The original, which Bieber released on his most recent album My World 2.0, has been a fan favorite garnering over two million views in various forms.
Funny enough we have celebrity gossip blogger and budding music executive Perez Hilton to thank for this track as he was the one to bring it to Bieber and Usher.
What do you think!? "Somebody To Love" remix…hot or not!?