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Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
The Users of the Site and Application agree to respect the intellectual property of Maily. They undertake not to perform an activity that competes with Maily and accept that Maily may interrupt, suspend or change the services accessible on the Site or Application at any time.
Article 1. Definitions and identification of the various participants
Goodnews.is is the provider of the Services defined below, operating on the one hand from the Maily Internet platform, made up of a computer system and a database specifically designed for the Services and, on the other hand, an application for touchscreen tablets accessible at the URL address http://www.Maily.com (the Application).
The private limited company Goodnews.is is registered with the Companies Register under number 0839.445.621 and its registered office is situated at 79 avenue des Nerviens, 1040 Brussels, email@example.com.
In the context of the present general conditions, the following definitions apply:
- "Person in Charge": any person authorised to register a Child with the Services and who has parental authority over the Child. The Person in Charge is also a Contact of the Child.
- "Child": any minor making use of the Services.
- "Contact": any person in the address book of Children and able to communicate with these last-mentioned through Maily.
Article 2. Application of the General Conditions
By registering for the Services, the Contacts agree to be bound by all of the General Conditions, which they confirm having fully read and understood. In the event of the adaptation, amendment or establishment of a new version of the present General Conditions, the Contacts shall be advised of this and shall be given access to the new applicable text, which they confirm they accept. This acceptance is required to access the Site. If a Contact refuses to accept the General Conditions, he may no longer make use of the Services for as long as he has not accepted them. The new General Conditions shall apply by default until acceptance or rejection of them.
Article 3. Definition of the Service offered by Maily
The Application is essentially intended for children and requires a touch screen tablet (iOS only). Maily is a platform that enables electronic messages to be sent in the form of drawings, photographs, graphic montages based on models, texts, etc, (hereinafter the Messages) that a Child sends from the Application via an e-mail address [name identifying the Child]@maily.com, to a pre-established list of Contacts. The Contacts answer via the Site. The Person in Charge can also use the Site or the Application to manage his account.
Article 4. Downloading the Application
Prior to registering, the Person in Charge must download the Application. The Application only operates on the following terminals with touch screens: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch (hereinafter termed the "the Device" without distinction). It is only possible to install a single Application per Device.
Article 5. Registration of the Person in Charge and the Child(ren)
Once the Application is installed on the Device, any person who wants to use the Services of Maily must register and create a Profile containing his personal data.
The first time around, the Person in Charge must create an "Administration" account in his own name by specifying his details (surname, forename, date of birth, e-mail address) after having accepted the general conditions.
The Person in Charge chooses a password to access his Profile on Maily. The password of the Person in Charge is strictly personal, confidential and non-transferable. It must not be divulged to or shared with third parties. The Person in Charge alone is responsible for the confidentiality of his password and releases Maily from any responsibility in this respect. The Person in Charge undertakes to change his password if it is suspected that his confidentiality has been compromised. The data of a personal nature are treated in accordance with Title *** of these presents. These data are strictly personal and non-transferable.
The Person in Charge guarantees that he is of majority age and that his identification details are correct. He also guarantees that the provisions of the present General Conditions are compatible with the imperative rules and public policy of the law that applies to him, and that he may freely accept them. Once the registration has been confirmed, the Person in Charge, who confirms and guarantees he has parental authority over one or more Children, may register them for the Services, and confirms and guarantees that any other holders of parental authority approve this registration. The Person in Charge is responsible for the messages sent by the Children that he has registered. To register a Child, the Person in Charge must state the surname and forename of the Child and his date of birth. Registration is free of charge.
The Person in Charge also creates the @Maily.com address of his child. By default, the Application proposes the following address: firstname.lastname@example.com. If the chosen address is not available, the Person in Charge shall be invited to register his Child under another address. The Person in Charge may also add a photo of the Child, which shall be linked to the profile of this last-mentioned and shall appear in the list of messages received by the Contacts. An e-mail shall be sent by Maily to the address given by the Person in Charge so that this last-mentioned confirms his registration by clicking on the link contained in the message. Once the registration is confirmed, the Person in Charge can access his profile on the Application or the Site by stating his e-mail address and his password.
Article 6. Options of the "Administration" account of the Person in Charge
The Person in Charge can access the following facilities from his profile:
- Change the name of the Person in Charge.
- Change the e-mail of the Person in Charge.
- Change the password of the Person in Charge.
- Remove or add a Contact in the list of the Child.
- Receive a copy of every Message of the Child and approve or refuse its sending beforehand.
- Change the name of the Child.
- Change the profile photo of the Child.
Article 7. Creation of the list of Contacts
Once registered, the Person in Charge draws up the address book of each Child. Only the people identified by the Person in Charge can be users of the Services and communicate with the Child via Maily. The Person in Charge is automatically added to the list of Contacts of the Child. It is possible to register a different Contact list for each child using the same Application.
The Person in Charge can select the Contacts either from the personal address book of the Device, or by importing his Facebook contacts, or manually. The Maily address book does not synchronise with the changes that may be made to the address book of the Device or on Facebook.
The address book is saved on the Maily servers.
The Contacts do not need to download the Application or have a Device to use the Services.
They must however have access to the Internet.
The Contacts are identified by the Person in Charge with their surname, forename, relationship and an e-mail address. Each Contact receives an e-mail requesting confirmation of the address provided by the Person in Charge. The Contact confirms his identity and confirms his agreement to be among the Maily contacts of the Child. The Contact must also confirm his acceptance of the present General Conditions.
The Contact may then create a "Contact" profile on the Site using his e-mail address and a password. This profile page enables him to manage the e-mail address linked to the Application, to change his photograph that is shown in the list of Contacts of the Child, choose the name under which he shall be designated in the address book of the Child, and to deregister from the Application. This Contact may then communicate with different Maily accounts who have added him as a Contact.
Article 8. Addition of photographs
For the convenience of the children, the Contacts are identified in the address book of the Child in the Application with a photograph representing them. The Contact authorises this use of his image. By default, when the contacts have been selected through the Facebook interface, the photo from their Facebook profile shall be downloaded to their contact card of the Application. The Contact may select, at the time of his registration or later, another photograph depicting him. Any change of photograph only has an effect on the future.
Article 9. Control of the Person in Charge
In his profile, the Person in Charge may select a filter enabling every message sent or received by the Child to be copied to him and/or for him to approve or reject the Messages before being sent and received by the Child. The first filter is activated by default (and can be deactivated) and the second must be activated in the profile of the Person in Charge. The Person in Charge thus constitutes a filter who has to approve or refuse the sending or reception of every message by his Child. When this filter is activated, the Messages are only sent and received by the Child after approval by the Person in Charge. The Person in Charge receives the draft Message at the e-mail address of his Profile and must approve or reject the sending of it by connecting to his Maily Profile. The Message sent by the Child shall be sent to the Contact under the Maily address of the Child only, and the Message sent by a Contact to the Child shall be sent to the Child under the e-mail address of the Contact only.
Article 10. Sending of Messages
The Child may compose his message by using the default options offered by the Application or the fee-based options if the Person in Charge has added them to his Maily account. Once the Message has been completed, the Child may send it to one or more of his Contacts that he selects in his address book, including a Message to another Child registered on Maily and who has an e-mail address @Maily.com. It is not possible to send a message to an e-mail address not contained in the address book of the Child. The Contact who receives the message can reply to it by connecting to his profile on the Site and choosing one of the replies from among the pre-predefined models that he can complete with free text. The Contact may also create a Maily account in his name and, in this case, send and receive messages from the Application. If the Child sends the Message to another Child with a Maily account and who has downloaded the Application, this last-mentioned can reply to it by using the drawings, photographs, graphic montages, texts, etc, available in the Application. If the Child sends the Message to several of his Contacts, the receiving Contacts cannot see which other Contacts have been copied the message. Moreover, the reply of the Contact to the Message shall only be sent to the Child. The other Contacts who have received the same Message from the Child shall not receive a copy of the reply from the Contact. Conversations must always be initiated from the Application and can be done either between Applications or between the Application and the Site (Web interface). It is not possible to send a Message from Web interface to Web interface. The Messages and the address book of the Children are saved securely on the Maily server. The Application works with an email client system, which induces that a copy of the Messages are kept on Maily's servers.
Article 11. Fee-based options
The Application and the Site can be used free of charge. However, certain additional options of the Application may be fee-based, in particular the registration of more than two Children on the Application, or certain additional models or functions for the creation of Messages.
Article 12. Purchase and payment
These options are purchased within the Application by using the iTunes account of the Person in Charge. The Options are accessible upon receipt of the payment. Payment is made in euros and all transfer costs, conversion costs or other bank charges are to the charge of the Person in Charge. The Person in Charge is not entitled to cancel the purchase, in accordance with article 47§4.3° of the Market Practices and Consumer Protection Act of 12 April 2010.
Article 13. Processing of data of a personal nature
The parties agree and are aware of the fact that the Internet is not a completely secure means of information, and that consequently a complete guarantee regarding the respect of their private life and data of a personal nature encoded on the Site or in the Application, such as surname, forename, e-mail address, etc, (the "Data") cannot be assured.
However, Maily shall do its utmost to guarantee observance of the provisions of the Act of 8 December 1992 on the protection of private life with regard to the processing of data of a personal nature. Maily has made a declaration of processing data of a personal nature to the Commission for the Protection of Private Life. The identity of Maily, the processing manager, is stated in article 1.
For the entire duration of his registration to the Services, the parties undertake to inform Maily of any changes to their own details and to make the necessary modifications on the Site or in the Application to keep the Profile up-to-date as soon as possible.
The Data gathered by Maily are intended to be processed by Maily who may collect them, manage them, use them, communicate them, store them, integrate them in its own database and process them automatically for the purpose of operating the site and providing the Services. Maily may use these Data to identify and contact the parties, manage the clientele, integrate the Data in databases to facilitate the processing and integration of Messages.
The Data are subject to computer processing. They are only provided to third parties with the prior express authorisation of the person concerned.
By accepting these presents, the Parties authorise, without restriction, the transfer of their Data to a non-member country of the European Union that does not provide an equivalent level of protection to that applicable in Belgium, in accordance with article 22§1.1° of the Act of 8 December 1992 on the protection of private life with respect to the processing of data of a personal nature.
Maily reserves the right to exploit these Data anonymously, in particular for the purpose of studies, statistics and analysis and the publication of these last-mentioned.
Article 14. Obligation of the Contacts
Without prejudice to the legal provisions, any user of the Site or the Services with access, because of this, to data of a personal nature undertakes to respect the confidentiality of these data, and not to exploit them in a way that is incompatible with the purpose of the Service as described in these presents, or without the authorisation of the persons concerned. This usage is under the sole and entire responsibility of the persons concerned, who release Maily in this respect.
Article 15. Access, rectification and deletion of data of a personal nature
The parties have a right to delete and rectify the Data concerning them, using the edit or delete option of their Profile or by sending an electronic mail to info[@]Maily.com.
The deletion of part of the compulsory data of the profile is equivalent to deregistration.
Article 16. Technical protection of data of a personal nature
All precautions have been taken in the Maily databases to archive the Data in a secure environment, which is only accessible with a username and password. The employees with access to the Data are bound by a contractual confidentiality obligation with respect to the personal data. Maily uses a secure Internet and intranet connection in accordance with practices, and shall do its utmost to provide technical protection against the destruction, loss, modification and unauthorised access to the Data.
Article 17. Conservation of data of a personal nature
After termination or the end of the registration of the Parties, Maily may, at its entire discretion, keep the data submitted regarding the registration to the Services for twelve additional months, for reports, verifications or consultations. Once the personal data have been deleted, Maily shall only keep summary anonymous data for statistical purposes.
Article 18. Deregistration conditions
The Contacts may request deregistration of their Maily account at any time and the Persons in Charge may, at any time, deregister their Child(ren) from Maily or terminate their account, free of charge and without compensation. The deregistration of a Person in Charge results in the deregistration of the children registered by this Person in Charge, and the Contacts of these Children. The deregistration of a Child results in the deregistration of the Contacts of this Child.
This deregistration can be done at any time by sending an e-mail to the address info[@]Maily.com, stating his desire to deregister his Maily account. It may also be done via the Profile management page. The person wanting to deregister receives a confirmation request at the e-mail address provided at the time of registration. The Person in Charge receives the confirmation of deregistration of the Child that he registered at his e-mail address, and must accept it. This deregistration is done manually by Maily and may take a few days.
The deletion of the Application from the Devices does not authorise deregistration from the Services.
Article 19. Obligations and responsibilities of the Parties
With regard to the use of the Service and the consultation of the Site, the Contacts undertake, in a general way, to respect the applicable laws and the present general conditions and not to infringe the rights of third parties.
Consequently, without prejudice to the other provisions of these presents, each Contact undertakes without reservation:
- Not to use the site for commercial purposes (prospecting, etc).
- To only provide information that corresponds to reality and to regularly update it.
- To only divulge information relating to his private life and his person whose distribution and disclosure he considers shall not harm his rights and are not prejudicial to him.
- To only provide information and data that he is empowered and authorised to disclose and use in relation to the Services.
- Not to divulge his password to a third party.
- Not to communicate or distribute, in any form or nature whatsoever, content that infringes the rights of third parties or which is of a defamatory, injurious, threatening, obscene, offensive, hateful or violent nature, or which incites violence, or is of a political, racist, xenophobic, vulgar or pornographic nature, or any content which in general does not correspond to the Services of Maily.
- Not to communicate content that constitutes a breach of criminal law, in particular child pornography, paedophilia, debauchery, racism, xenophobia, advertising for offers of services of a sexual nature, the sale of narcotics, etc.
- Not to communicate content that infringes the intellectual property rights of third parties or other rights and interests of third parties.
- To display moderation and ethics in all messages, documents and communications sent through the Site.
- Not to do effect publicity or commercial communications, or which promote any goods or services whatsoever.
- Not to send chain messages or to do spamming.
- Not to promote sites that directly compete with Maily.
- To behave faithfully towards Maily, the other Candidates and Addressees.
- Not to reduce, disorganise or prevent the normal use of the Site Services, in particular by interrupting and/or slowing down access to the Site or the circulation of information by means such as viruses, mass sending of messages, "deep link", "page scrape", "robot", "spider" or any other means, program, method, algorithm, that could interfere with the operation of the Site.
- Not to propose links to or promote third-party sites of an illegal nature, that are contrary to accepted standards of good behaviour, or which do not comply with the spirit of Maily.
- Not to adopt any other improper or illegal attitude that is contrary to accepted standards of good behaviour, public policy or the good management of the Site, or which is able to harm the rights of third parties.
In the event of the non-observance of the principles set out above, Maily reserves the right to immediately deactivate the account of the Party responsible, to prohibit subsequent access to and registration on the Site, and to claim payment of all compensation in order to compensate for the damage suffered by Maily further to the non-observance of these provisions.
Article 20. Responsibility of Maily
Maily expressly declines all responsibility in the event of the non-observance of the obligations of the Parties or in the event of damage that is directly or indirectly imputable to them. If applicable, the Party at fault or responsible shall indemnify Maily against any judgement pronounced against it.
Maily is not responsible either for the erroneous nature of certain data provided by the Party in relation to his registration.
Maily has no general surveillance obligation regarding the information that it sends or stores, nor any general obligation to actively search for the facts or circumstances revealing illicit activities, in accordance with article 21 of the Act of 11 March 2003 on certain legal aspects of services of the information society.
In the event of the publication of illicit content on the Site, Maily may only be held responsible:
- if it actually knew of the illicit activity or information; - and if it has not responded promptly, as of the time of it knowing of all details required to withdraw the illicit information or to make access to it impossible.
Maily may be asked to give the competent judicial or administrative authorities information enabling them to identify the Contacts in the event of illicit activities being performed from the Site, with observance of the applicable procedures.
Maily does not guarantee that the Services shall be accessible if the Internet service provider of the Contacts or the Child is at fault. Maily is not responsible for the non-operation, impossibility of access, or poor conditions of use imputable to unsuitable equipment, malfunctions due to the service provider of the Contacts or the Child, congestion on the Internet network, malfunctions of the host and service provider of Maily, or for any other reason not arising from a fault directly imputable to Maily. Maily declines all responsibility in the event of the loss of data due to the poor operation of the Site or the Application.
Maily may temporarily interrupt access to the Site and/or Services for maintenance, updates, technical improvements or development of the content or its presentation.
Maily may include links on the Site or in the Application to other websites or other Internet sources. However, Maily is not able to verify or check these external sources and may not be held responsible for the provision of these sites or sources, or their content, advertisements, products or services offered. The Contacts consult them at their risk and under their own responsibility.
Maily does not guarantee the continuity of its Services either.
The Parties relieve Maily from any responsibility in the event of any damage or harm further to the non-observance of the obligations that they enter into by accepting these general conditions.
Article 21. Intellectual property regarding the Site and Application
The interface, typography, logos, graphics, photographs, animations, icons, videos, characters, texts, etc, contained on the Site and the Application are the intellectual property of Maily or its partners, and may not be reproduced, used or represented without its express authorisation. The same goes for the Maily database and its content, and for the source codes of the Site, as well as for any software enabling the operation of the Application.
The right to use these elements, granted to the Contacts and Children by Maily, are limited to the access, downloading, printing and reproduction on all media and to the use of these documents for private usage, for the duration of the membership of Maily only and for the purpose of using the Services.
Except in the cases expressly provided by these presents, the Contacts are prohibited from modifying, copying, reproducing, downloading, distributing, transmitting, decompiling or compiling, commercially exploiting or distributing, in whatever form, the pages or parts of pages of the Site or the Application or the computer codes of the underlying elements.
Maily and its logo are a registered trademark of Maily.
Article 22. Image rights
The Messages of the Children sent from the Application may contain photographs. The Persons in Charge agree to these photographs being sent to the Contact addressee of the message, to the photographs being saved on the computer server of Maily, and if applicable to them being shared on the computer platforms of social networks. They indemnify Maily against any redress in this respect. Maily shall keep the photographs in the Messages but not the photographs of the Contacts, Children and the Persons in Charge after the deregistration of these last-mentioned.
Article 23. Intellectual property regarding the Messages
The Users are the sole owners of the intellectual property rights on the content of the Messages.
Article 24. Statistics
Maily is allowed to gather anonymous statistics related to the use of the Application's functionnalities by the users.
Article 25. Termination by Maily
Maily may, without prior notice, deactivate the account of a Contact or a Child in the event of the non-observance of the rules given in the General Conditions or in the event of fraud. The deactivation of the profile is without prejudice to any legal action or claim for compensation that may be made by Maily to safeguard its rights. This termination is equivalent to, and produces the same effects as, the deregistration of the Party concerned.
Under no circumstances may the deactivation of an account of a Contact or a Child give rise to compensation by Maily or to the reimbursement of any sums paid to download the Application or to purchase the Maily models.
The deregistration of a Contact who is also the Person in Charge of one or more Children shall lead to the deregistration of the Children linked to his profile.
Article 26. General clauses
The present General Conditions constitute a contract governing the relations between the parties.
If certain provisions of these presents turn out to be null and void, the other non-invalidated provisions shall continue to apply.
Without prejudice to article 2, Maily may amend the present General Conditions at any time and without notice. The Contacts shall ensure they are always familiar with the latest version, which is accessible on the Site and in the Application.
These presents are without prejudice to the application of the General Conditions of Apple Store for the purchase of the Application and the fee-based options.
Article 27. Applicable law and jurisdiction
The present General Conditions are subject to Belgian law.
In the event of disputes relating to these General Conditions, the use of the Site or the Services, only the courts of the legal district of Brussels ruling in the French language shall have jurisdiction.


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Kimi Raikkonen finally made the breakthrough to victory that Lotus have been promising all season on Sunday, with a splendid win - the first of his F1 comeback - in Abu Dhabi under intense pressure from Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel. The result brings Alonso within 10 points of Vettel - who staged his own remarkable comeback from the rear of the grid - as they now become the two sole contenders for the 2012 world championship title over the remaining two races. We take a team-by-team look back at a frenetic Yas Marina race
Kimi Raikkonen, P1
Romain Grosjean, Retired lap 38, accident
Raikkonen won the race at the start when he beat Webber and Maldonado into the first corner, and then took over when Hamiltons McLaren stopped. Thereafter he controlled the situation superbly even when Alonso was on a late-race charge, and finally took the teams long overdue first 2012 victory. It completely validated his comeback and was hugely popular in the paddock. Grosjean was unlucky, after a first-lap brush with Rosberg obliged him to stop for new tyre, and later his battle for fifth fell apart when Di Resta overtook him, and then Perezs attempt to pass both of them triggered mayhem on the 38th lap.
Fernando Alonso, P2
Felipe Massa, P7
Second place after starting sixth was, as Alonso pointed out, the maximum that Ferrari could have expected. But that didnt stop him pushing as hard after Raikkonen as he could in the closing laps when he set a string of fastest laps. His gritty drive reduced the points deficit to Vettel from 13 to 10, and keeps him firmly in play for the world title with two races left. Massa had a tough race, with big tyre degradation which gave him understeer in high-speed corners and oversteer elsewhere. The incident with Webber on the 26th lap also cost him time and places.
Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel, P3
Mark Webber, Retired lap 38, accident
Vettel started from the pit lane with a modified car, survived two lots of front wing damage sustained in the early laps, dropped back to the tail of the field after an early stop for a new nose, and then stormed up to second before making a second stop. He then benefited hugely from the second safety car, which turned a 30s deficit into one of only 3.3s. He charged after Button, finally overtook him with three laps to go, and took the final podium position after running out of time to challenge Alonso or Raikkonen. Webber battled for fourth place initially, after a poor start, but lost time in incidents with Maldonado and Massa, and was then taken out in the accident that Perez triggered on the 38th lap.
Jenson Button, P4
Lewis Hamilton, Retired lap 20, fuel pressure
Hamilton had the race in his hand after recovering from a small brake locking problem which ran him wide on the second lap, but lack of fuel pressure brought him to a cruel halt on the 20th lap. Button fought Alonso hard for second for a while, after boldly overtaking Maldonado, but lacked the race pace to keep Vettel at bay for the final podium position.
Pastor Maldonado, P5
Bruno Senna, P8
A KERS problem cost Maldonado what he believed was a podium chance, and a tap with Webber half spun the Australian but elicited no further action from the stewards. Senna, meanwhile, was very fortunate to escape a first-lap assault by Hulkenberg and fought back well to take eighth, thus giving Williams a much-needed haul of 14 points.
Kamui Kobayashi, P6
Sergio Perez, P15
Kobayashi had a quiet race and took sixth despite a downshift problem that prevented him from charging his KERS fully, but after running very strongly early on Perez lost ground under the safety cars and later spun while triggering the lap 38 incident which took out Grosjean and Webber. He was given a 10s stop and go penalty as a result, which dropped him to 15th, three-tenths behind Glock.
Force India
Paul di Resta, P9
Nico Hulkenberg, Retired lap 1, accident
Hulkenberg got squeezed into Senna at the first corner and was the first retirement. Di Resta, who tapped him, had made a good start but sustained a puncture after somebody else hit him. He recovered strongly from the resultant first-lap pit stop to take two points for ninth.
Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo, P10
Jean-Eric Vergne, P12
An early stop looked likely to pay a dividend for Vergne after the first safety car, but the second lost him all that advantage. Ricciardo, meanwhile, ran harder on fresher tyres and passed him near the end to take the final point.
Michael Schumacher, P11
Nico Rosberg, Retired lap 8, accident
Mercedes had another brutal race, with Rosberg the innocent victim of Karthikeyans problems as he fought back from a first-lap pit stop to replace his cars nose after an early brush with Grosjean. Schumacher was a contender for lower-end points, until a right rear puncture dropped him back. He failed to dislodge Ricciardo for the final point by six-tenths of a second.
Heikki Kovalainen, P13
Vitaly Petrov, P16
Kovalainen made the most of the early melee to run as high as 13th early on, but after faster cars passed and then ran into trouble he ended up in that position by the end. Petrov challenged him early on before having to concede, but struggled for grip all through the race.
Timo Glock, P14
Charles Pic, Retired lap 41, engine
Glock managed to fend off the penalty-delayed Perez by three-tenths of a second to take a useful 14th place, but Pic subsequently retired after a brief early battle with his team mate, due to engine failure.
Pedro de la Rosa, P17
Narain Karthikeyan, Retired lap 8, hydraulics/accident
Karthikeyan made a spectacular exit on the eighth lap when his hydraulics failed, making his steering super-heavy, obliging him to back off and triggering an accident in which a close-following Rosberg went over the top of his car. Fortunately neither was hurt. De la Rosa plodded on to finish a lonely race in 17th.
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High milk prices and strong domestic and international demand should spark an increase in production, but Indiana dairy producers may be hampered by forage issues, according to a Purdue University expert. Short forage supplies may be limiting production gains in Indiana despite modest improvement in production per cow, says Mike Schutz, Purdue extension dairy specialist.
"While milk production would seem ready to explode because of favorable milk prices and moderating feed costs, forage availability, especially in the eastern Corn Belt and Upper Midwest, evolving milk handler and retailer attitudes about the use of a bovine somatotropin (BST) in herds, and extreme summer heat over large portions of the U.S. will hold back the accelerating production to a degree," says Schutz.
BST is a supplement used to increase milk production. Milk co-ops are asking patron herds to sign a pledge not to use BST in their dairy operations in hopes they will see a premium from retailers. Milk prices hit record levels this summer and continue near those levels. The U.S. all-milk price reached an all-time record high of $21.70 for July and August. Schutz expects strong demand to prevent a dramatic drop in prices well into 2008.


text: Same here -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: hlfs-dev-bounces at linuxfromscratch.org [mailto:hlfs-dev-bounces at linuxfromscratch.org] Im Auftrag von Joachim Schipper Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. August 2005 12:54 An: hlfs-dev at linuxfromscratch.org Betreff: Re: Hardened LFS - GCC4 On Sun, Aug 14, 2005 at 10:24:16PM -0700, Andreas Turriff wrote: > List, > > I have been experimenting with building a Hardened LFS system based on > GCC4 and glibc-cvs (for the built-in SSP, GCC code backported from GCC > head courtesy of Jakub Jelinek for Fedora). I've been using Gentoo's > SSP/PIE-default specfiles. Would there be any interest in progress > reports and patch submissions? > > ~Andreas Turriff Well, nobody seems to care, but... Though I am no developer, I'd like to see how gcc4 is coming along. I'd appreciate it if you took the time to post your results. Joachim -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page


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Photos: The styles of Frost: Fashion Denver's Holiday Market
All photos by Christopher Morgan. |
For eight years, one local holiday tradition has taken winter fashion far beyond the ugly Christmas sweater craze. On Sunday, Frost: Fashion Denver's Holiday Market brought together 31 designers and dozens of looks during its annual spotlight on the city's scene. Roving Westword photographer Christopher Morgan was on hand to capture photos of some of our favorites. For more, visit our full slide show from the event.
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- Menswear on the Denver streets: BOYLONDON necklaces and blue suede shoes


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KY Jelly Wrestling TONIGHT At Saloon
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A Study on the Release of Oil from Oil-Contaminated Sediment Through Laboratory Experiments
- Xiao-Yan Cao,
- Hui Han,
- Gui-Peng Yang,
- Hai-Bing Ding,
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The release of heavy oil from laboratory-contaminated sediments was studied in a series of kinetic and equilibrium experiments. The kinetic curves could be interpreted by a two-compartment first-order equation including rapid and slow release steps. The slow step was dominant and the rate constant was 3 orders of magnitude smaller than for the rapid step. Equilibrium experiments for the slow step revealed that the isotherms could be described by the Freundlich equation. The release of heavy oil was found to correlate with higher contamination level, larger particle size, lower salinity, and higher temperature. The effect of coexisting surfactant on the release was also investigated and the results showed that the presence of Tween-20 promoted the process. The oil release process was endothermic and the randomness at the solid–liquid interface increased during the desorption process. The values of activation energy and standard enthalpy change indicated that this process was a physical one.
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- Title
- A Study on the Release of Oil from Oil-Contaminated Sediment Through Laboratory Experiments
- Journal
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
- Online Date
- June 2013
- 10.1007/s11270-013-1611-4
- Print ISSN
- 0049-6979
- Online ISSN
- 1573-2932
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Oil spills
- Heavy oil
- Desorption
- Sediments
- Kinetic model
- Thermodynamics
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Xiao-Yan Cao (1)
- Hui Han (1)
- Gui-Peng Yang (1)
- Hai-Bing Ding (1)
- Hong-Hai Zhang (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology, Ministry of Education; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, 238 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266100, China


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Christine Hargensen | |
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Biographical Information | |
Born | Unknown |
Died | 1979 (1976 film) 2002 (2002 film) 2013 (2013 film) |
Also known as | Chris |
Title(s) | Queen Bee |
Familial Information | |
Family members | John Hargensen (Father) Billy Nolan (Boyfriend)† |
Affiliation | |
Occupation | Student at Ewen Consolidated High School |
Home | Chamberlain,Maine |
Loyalty | Ewen Consolidated High School (formerly) Billy Nolan John Hargensen (Formerly) Tina Blake Norma Watson Nicki and Lizzy |
Actors | |
Portrayed by | Nancy Allen (1976) Emile De Ravin (2002) Portia Doubleday (2013) |
- "(to Miss Collins) THIS ISN'T OVER, THIS ISN'T OVER BY A LONG SHOT!"
- ―Chris
Christine "Chris" Hargensen was the daughter of John Hargensen, a wealthy lawyer and a student at the local public Ewen High School in Chamberlain, Maine.
In the story of Carrie, Chris was the sociopathic ring-leader of the particular band of girls who continually teased, harassed and bullied Carrie White. Chris had a boyfriend named Billy Nolan and a best friend named Tina Blake. She is the main antagonist throughout most of the book and films. Chris is or was a bully.
All three characters, as well as several others, hatched a scheme to humiliate Carrie in a particular gruesome way at their senior prom at Ewen High School.
However, Carrie turned the tables, basketball hoops/stands and water on everyone and not Chris, Billy or Sue, who helped them, ended up receiving the more bitter end of their plan.
[show]Novel Edit
All that is known about this version of Chris was, that she was the leader of a well-known clique at Ewen High School called the Mortimer Snerds. Apparently, she had an long history of bullying unpopular or outcast fellow classmates, especially Carrie White and has been sent to detention 73 times in four years. Chris had also been known to slip a firecracker in the shoe of a girl with harelip and blew her front two toes off. Also, this version of the character was more vulgar than the one from the movie. Here is a small example: halfway through through the book, she called Mr. Grayle a "cocksucker," and stood up to Miss Desjardin, getting slammed into a group of lockers and banned from the prom.
Later, after setting the prom night debacle into motion, Chris and Billy attempted to make love inside of a roadhouse until they were interrupted by a fellow classmate, Jackie Talbot, who warned them that their school and their town were burning to the ground.
Some time afterward, just as Carrie arrived in the roadhouse's parking lot, Chris and Billy hurried to Billy's car, started it up and made their way towards the bloodied and weakened Carrie, thinking that they were going to run her over and put the finishing touch on their plans. Being telekinetic, Carrie took control of the car with her mind and sent it and its passengers into the roadhouse. The car exploded and set the building on fire, killing Chris and Billy.
1976 Film Edit
Actress Nancy Allen portrayed this version of the character Chris.
She was similar to her novel counterpart: very rebellious, unfazed by authority figures and manipulative. Chris initiated the shower incident with Carrie. When she and the other girls in her class were forced to serve a special kind of "detention" with Miss Collins, she refused to cooperate on all fronts and was banned from the prom.
Afterwards, it was almost second nature in Chris' eyes to blame Carrie for her new troubles and, looking for any way to destroy her and turned to her boyfriend Billy Nolan to manipulate him for that. The pair went out driving one night (neither seemed to be enjoying it anyway) and Chris used this as the perfect opportunity to spin her "noodle-headed" beau around her finger once more and get him to do something for her. Billy was virtually clueless until he heard Chris say, "Billy, I hate Carrie White."
A couple of nights later Chris, Billy and two of his friends creeped into a pig farm with the intent on pulling a "stunt": that stunt turned out to be one of them killing a helpless pig, draining its blood and pouring it into a bucket. But, there was more to it. Billy and Chris later broke into the Bates High School gym where the former climbed a ladder up towards the rafters, placed the bucket on one of them and pour the pig's blood into it.
Chris was getting impatient and wanted to go home. Billy told her that, if she kept cool, she would get to pull the rope cord on the bucket when everything was ready. Chris all too happily obliged.
Chris was seen the next day with a friend of Billy's, Freddy talking to the prom committee leader Ernie.Freddy convinced Ernie to allow him to collect the ballots for the prom king and queen, and Ernie agreed.When he was asked to be at school at 6:30, Freddy did not want any of that and blurted out that he would arrive at eight. Ernie was a bit discouraged, but consented nonetheless.
Later, during the prom, Chris and Billy spent most of their time hiding under the stage, looking for Carrie and her date Tommy Ross.The two were also looking around for Freddy and Norma (Chris "right-hand woman") to see if they were collecting the ballots for prom king and queen.They were until Norma and Freddy retired to the other side of the stage, where Norma kicked the real ballots behind her and pulled another set of "ballots" from Freddy's coat. She gave these to the small king/queen committee who were counting the polls and then headed over to the stage's stairwell, and gave it a small tap.Chris and Billy peeked their heads out to acknowledge the "signal."Chris continued tugging restlessly at the rope all while Carrie and Tommy were heading to the stage to be crowned the prom king and queen. Later, she watched as Sue was dragged from out of the gym by Ms. Collins.As soon as the doors were closed again, Chris pulled the rope tied to the bucket of blood.
The applause and cheers were silenced and soon most of the kids began laughing at what they had seen. Their "work" done, Billy and Chris quickly found the nearest exit and fled out of it. Of course, they had a window-side view through which to see the results of the actions: Carrie had suddenly gone into a trance-like state and began destroying the gym and everyone inside (much to Chris's and Billy's shock).The pair then ran off feeling as though their plan had backfired.
Later, Chris and Billy chanced upon Carrie as she was apparently walking home. What's worse, they were both in Billy's car. Chris somehow felt that the original plan to crush Carrie had not done enough, so she decided that she was going to finish it herself with Billy´s consentment. Chris revved up the car and footed the gas pedal, heading straight towards Carrie.It seemed as though she would finally strike down her "enemy" and have done, but it was Carrie who struck the final blow--with her telekinetics. She took away the control of the car from Chris and sent it rolling into a clearing for a few yards.
After a while, the vehicle exploded, killing Chris and Billy.
2002 TV-Remake Edit
Chris was portrayed by Emilie de Ravin, and was far more similar to the "novel" Chris than Nancy Allen's version.
Her confrontation with Miss Desjardin was also in concordance with the novel. At one point, she even tried to convince Carrie that Sue was the "enemy."
In this film, Chris is presented as a cruel, wicked and manipulative girl. However she does have a certain remorse. Earlier, after Chris was banned from the prom because of testing Ms. Desjarden and not bowing to the punishment for what she did to Carrie.
Her father John Hargensen (Michael Kopsa) threatened to have the gym teacher fired and take the school to court if Chris' prom privileges were not restored. However, Principal Morton did not cave in and countered by saying that he would battle Hargensen's suit on all fronts. He further stated, that Chris belonged in either military school or jail for her countless acts of cruelty against the "reject" student population. Faced with this situation, her father relents, which makes Chris swear revenge on Carrie.
However, unlike the other versions, Chris is shown having a certain degree of change of heart after seeing how happy Carrie was and became reluctant about pouring the pig's blood over Carrie, but Billy pressured her to carry out the plan and in the end she carried it out without hesitation.
When Billy attempts to run over Carrie, when they find her during her rampage, Carrie stops the car and sends it smashing into a tree, which kills both Chris and Billy.
2013 FilmEdit
"Help. Me." - Chris' last words.
In the 2013 film, Chris is portrayed by Portia Doubleday. The Chris in this version is similar to the book character.
Chris is the main leader of the Ultras and records Carrie having her period on her phone, which she posts on the Internet. She is forced to be in Miss Desjardin's boot camp style detention. When Chris refuses to attend the detention and tells her dad, she ends being banned from the prom.
When Chris and her father speak to Mr. Morton, Mr. Hargensen asks Chris to give up her phone, but Chris refuses and she storms out.
Later on, Chris and her boyfriend Billy Nolan go to a farm and slaughter a pig. Chris slits the pig's throat. Chris, Billy and his other friends are setting up the bucket and a drip of blood lands on her.
On the night of the prom, Chris texts Sue saying: "Your girl looks so good, she won't for long." Sue rushes to the school where she witnesses Billy about to pull the rope.
After Billy pulls it, Chris falls back. She watches the blood pour on Carrie and smiles. When Carrie is humiliated, Chris laughs with excitement. She begins to run, but stops when the bucket hits Tommy's head.
As Billy pulls her out of the gymnasium, Chris looks back at the burning gym, while Billy is driving and she worries. When Billy pulls over, Chris texts her dad to come and get her, but Billy threatens her. Chris and Billy discuss, how they are going to escape before attempting to leave.
When Carrie unleashes her power and forces Chris to face her for what she did, all she thinks is about killing her pressing Billy to do it, to which he relents. When Carrie uses her powers in self-defence, she stops the car from running her over, which causes Chris to fall back amd Billy to fall head first into the steering wheel. He dies because of this event.
Chris tries to leave the car, but Carrie locks her in. When Carrie tries to tie Chris to the chair with the seatbelt, she is able to tear it off. Carrie lifts the car up and the two girls coldly stare at each other. When Chris obsessively tries to run over Carrie herself, Carrie sends the car crashing into a gas pump, which causes Chris to fall head first into the windshield leaving her with open wounds and glass sticking out of her cheeks.
Chris silently begs for help, but Carrie refuses. Chris dies afterwards. Carrie then causes Billy´s car to explode to burn both Chris´s and Billy´s corpses inside the car.


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No, actually , my B- hubby proofs himself. Actuall y my daughter lives in Bosnia,and she has a limited variety of foods available to her. This made me think of your post which I had read, but could not remember how it was exactly. I just thought, since I had read there are tests to see if all avoids on ones list are actually a problem for that person ,that maybe there might be a simple home test available. The question of tomatoes came up because my daughter read a post form Stephen,(our terrific research scientist) saying that althought he is an A, he eats tomatoes and doesn't have any problems from them.This confused her because she had understood that tomataoes are particularly bad for A's due to bad lectins , not due to other factors.I must say that it confused me also. Anyway , we were hoping for a test to verify or at least a way of tellng if you are sensitive to a certain food because of lectins or other dangerous factors. She thought there might be a sign of how one feels after eating something which is not good for their particular type and wanted to know how to recognize that. Any ideas would be appreciated. DR. D> ?????Thanks, Sandra Mc


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Prayers of the Pentecost: Praying in the Spirit
The scene: Pentecost. To most Jews it was just another annual festival (Shabuoth or Feast of Pentecost) marking 50 days after the First Fruits: a feast to celebrate the spring harvest, a day of dedication. But this First Fruits was not your normal spring harvest thanksgiving. Instead, it became the first day's mighty harvest of the Holy Spirit – the 50 day gestation after the Resurrection of the Christ.
Little did that community know that heaven had chosen that day for the grand, dramatic entrance of the Holy Spirit and a new epic direction for mankind. What were we in for now with this unpredictable power from God? Could man have access to this power? Was the Spirit that available to those who would believe? Can the Holy Spirit really take control of our lives and fill us with the mind and heart of Christ?
It was all for a greater understanding of who God is, His power and that He wants to be understood by everyone on an even greater level than ever before – for the whole world.
In Acts 2:1-13, we read the account of that spectacular event. It is in a prayer meeting that these believers encounter this kind of power for the first time. The Holy Spirit united not only everyone in that room but extended its sphere of unity to the streets; For as they spoke, they were given the ability to speak in languages that would be readily understood by the visitors to that city. Those people heard the truth in their own language and believed.
That is what God wants – a clear communication that reveals His heart and power.
In light of expediency, the church used a universal language (Latin) for about 1,500 years before the Reformation returned to Pentecost's original intent – to be understood in our own languages, with freedom to communicate with God directly and honestly.
Out of this passage also comes the phrase to "pray in the spirit." This has taken on multiple interpretations but one must not lose the significance of praying in the spirit because of debate or confusion. (1 Corinthians 14:15, Ephesians 6:18, Jude 20)
So, what does it mean to pray in the spirit and how does one pray this way?
The key to praying in the spirit will always be the "understanding" of what you have prayed and that you have not been the sole author of these words. First is Christ's instruction: to wait for the Spirit. We need to mediate, take time to ponder the attributes of the Spirit and to ask the Spirit to guide our thoughts and words. Then there will be freedom in the spirit (2Cor. 3:17) and then revelation, knowledge and depth of insight will come (Eph. 1:17). Yes, satan can quote scripture but it is the Spirit that makes God's Word relevant in love to the listener. The Spirit makes things understood in the inner being. It is not praying in the power of the flesh, but rather a praying in the power of the spirit.
Praying in the spirit does not refer to the words we are saying. It is about how we are praying – praying for things the Spirit leads us to rather than our own lists. Praying in the spirit should be understood by everyone who hears the prayer so that they, too, can encounter the Spirit's power. It is not a special form of prayer, like praying in tongues, as it states that we should pray like this "at all times" (Eph. 6:18). In other words, all prayer should be in the spirit. It is the way all prayer should be offered. Then you will pray from fear to faith, from anger to love, from anxiety to peace, from depression to joy and the focus shifts from flesh to the spirit.
We can pray this way all because of Pentecost. Isn't that thrilling! Are you curious? Have you asked the Holy Spirit to help you understand this prayer? Do you know that He desires to make this understood by everyone – just as it happened at Pentecost. Ask Him – just ask….


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Man Charged with Using Skimming Devices to Steal Credit Card Information at Gas Stations
Las Vegas, Nev. – Federal charges have been filed against a man for making and using counterfeit credit and debit cards encoded with information skimmed from gas pumps in Las Vegas and elsewhere, announced Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney for the District of Nevada.
Zelalem Berhe, 41, of Las Vegas, is charged in a criminal indictment with five counts of bank fraud, possession of 15 or more counterfeit access devices (credit/debit or gift cards), possession of access device making equipment, and aggravated identity theft. The indictment was returned on August 10, 2010, and unsealed yesterday, September 19, 2010, when he was arrested in Las Vegas. If convicted, Berhe faces up to 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine on each bank fraud count, up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on each access device count, and a minimum of two years in prison on the aggravated identity theft charge, which must be served consecutively to the sentence for any other count. Berhe is scheduled to appear before a United States Magistrate Judge in Las Vegas at 3:00 p.m. on September 21, 2010.
According to the indictment, during two local traffic stops of Berhe on February 7 and May 4, 2010, officers recovered devices used to steal the magnetic information from credit/debit cards (skimmers), access device making equipment (laptop computers and software), and 18 counterfeit credit/debit cards. An investigation was opened by the U.S. Secret Service, the Southwestern Identity Theft and Fraud Task Force (SWIFT), and the Electronic Crimes Task Force (ECTF), which investigates identity theft and complex fraud cases involving crimes committed utilizing emerging technology in southern Nevada.
From about April 16, 2009 to May 4, 2010, the Indictment alleges that Berhe and un-named others installed skimming devices at gas pumps in the Las Vegas area, as well as in other locations, including Florida and Arizona. Berhe and others used computers, encoders and software programs to transfer the stolen credit and debit card information to counterfeit credit and debit cards through a process called re-encoding. A re-encode is when an individual uses a genuine credit card and erases the magnetic information on the magnetic stripe on the rear of the card and re-encodes the card with the stolen magnetic information, thus altering the card and making it counterfeit. Berhe and others allegedly skimmed approximately13,800 credit and debit card account numbers using this system, and unlawfully used the stolen account numbers to fraudulently obtain approximately$591,872 from over 10 financial institutions.
This case is being investigated by SWIFT, comprised of Special Agents from the United States Secret Service, United States Postal Inspection Service, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Henderson Police Department and North Las Vegas Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kimberly M. Frayn is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.
For more information about consumer fraud and identity theft, visit the FTC's identity theft website at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/.
The public is reminded that an indictment contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.


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Former Fort Worth Police Chief Ties To Taser Questioned
Fort Worth city leaders are reviewing ethics and bidding policies in light of former chief's relationship with a vendor.
US Running Out Of Room To Store Oil; Price Collapse Next?
The U.S. has so much crude that it is running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices even lower in the coming months.
Fire Dept Investigates Ammonia Leak At Pepsi Bottling Plant In Mesquite
There is an ammonia leak at the Pepsi Bottling Plant in Mesquite this hour. The Pepsi plant is on I-30 near Big Town – across the interstate from Eastfield College.
Details Released On Major Oil Shipments By Rail Through Texas
As many as 10 trains weekly have been coming into Texas carrying a million gallons or more of Northern Plains crude oil that's been involved in fiery derailments in the U.S. and Canada.
State Farm Refunding $352M To Texas Customers In Settlement
More than 1 million State Farm policyholders in Texas will be eligible for refunds as part of a $352-plus million settlement the company reached with the state over excessive premium charges.
Tow Trucks Staying Busy In Snowy Weather
When the roads are a mess and accident counts are up, it's big business for tow truck companies.
JC Penney Shares Slide After 4Q Miss
Shares in J.C. Penney Co. are tumbling in aftermarket trading after the department store chain posted disappointing results for its key holiday-shopping-season quarter.
FCC Approves 'Net Neutrality' Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to impose strict new regulations on Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T.
Barnes & Noble To Keep Nook Business
Barnes & Noble is keeping its Nook digital business after all. The bookseller had planned to combine Nook and its college bookstores, separate from its retail operations.
FBI Seeking Violent Robbers Known As 'Cookie Bandits'
The FBI's violent crimes task force says the suspects are responsible for robbing as many as 30 businesses across several
North Texas cities since October 2014.
Google & Reddit Crack Down On Nudity
Reddit is taking a tougher stance against nudity to prevent its service from turning into online peep shows. Google is also going to ban most nude photos from its Blogger service.
Southwest Can Use Jets That Missed Inspection
Federal officials have agreed to let Southwest Airlines keep flying planes that missed an inspection of a backup rudder system if the planes are checked in the next five days.


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A case for the price conscious
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 1, 2006 - 06:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Monster-Hardware reviews an incredibly low priced case that would be perfect for building a cheap PC. If you have a family member that needs a PC built, consider this CableMart case for a starting point.
Dell XPS M1210 Information Leaked - 12-inch Gaming Goodness
Subject: Mobile | May 1, 2006 - 02:02 PM | Jonathan Hung
It looks like Dell is going to launch a 12" gaming laptop outfitted with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 or an ATI X1300. There will be an optional integrated camera and best of all it's a small package.
This could be a significant product for Dell as it will be their first 12" laptop with graphics better than an Intel GMA900/950.
Mix and match SLI
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 1, 2006 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Bjorn3D tests nVIDIA's claim that the newer nForce supports mixed SLI. No longer will you have to buy 2 cards from the smae vendor in order to get SLI to work.
Free yourself from the ties that bind
Subject: General Tech | May 1, 2006 - 12:29 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Wireless USB is here to rid the world of some of the spaghetti that seems to grow near PCs. Drop by Auphan Online to read about the devices that can use it.
Asus has a Leather Fetish
Subject: Mobile | April 28, 2006 - 11:38 AM | Jonathan Hung
In our review of the Asus W5F laptop posted yesterday, I made a comment that the laptop market is hot. Maybe it's gotten too hot because Asus is launching a 11" Core Duo laptop that has a leather covering! The leather comes in two different colours: dark chocolate, and camel. There are reports of a hot-pink version as well but Asus has not officially mentioned it even though their product images show a pink version.
But knowing how I treat my own laptop, the last thing I need to worry about is the leather staining from my coffee or water. Plastic wipes easily, leather does not.
Etch a little class into your case
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 27, 2006 - 02:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Valve opens the tap on Source for 360
Subject: General Tech | April 27, 2006 - 01:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Valve is now including the X Box360 as a supported platform. Drop by the OCMODSHOP to find out what they know about this announcement.
Aerobie and Coffee
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 27, 2006 - 01:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The makers of the crazy far flying ring have moved onto coffee makers. Dan's Data reviews this nifty little device that will be likely be finding it's way onto many desks.
Upgrading on a tight budget
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 25, 2006 - 03:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Legion Hardware has some advice for upgrading a computer to play the new FPS games; they spend less in total than many would on just a video card. Drop by to see how they did it.
Your 1900XT is already obsolete
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 25, 2006 - 02:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Make way for the X1900XTX 512MB, as reviewed at Overclockers Online. You will be paying over $600 for the video card, but bragging rights are included.
Even ATI recommends it
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 25, 2006 - 12:30 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Neoseeker went hunting for the most powerful PSU they could find. They found it in the FSP Epsilon FX-700 GLN, a 700W PSU with 4 seperate 12V lines and a 99 PFC. This PSU is almost a must for high end SLI or Crossfire setups
Don't let your image deteriorate over time
Subject: General Tech | April 25, 2006 - 12:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
ExtremeTech touts the benefits of keeping an up to date image of your usual OS installation and programs. Instead of having to reinstall everything from scratch after a bad thing happens, just restore from the image.
A new player in the RAM game
Subject: Memory | April 24, 2006 - 07:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
A-data is about 4 years old, and has had little in the way of publicity. Red & Blackness Mods sheds a little light on their very stable DDR-667 Vitesta DIMMs.
Intel Unveils Game-Changing Direction For Business PCs
Subject: General Tech | April 24, 2006 - 06:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 24, 2006 —
The way the world views and uses business PCs is about to change with
the introduction of Intel Corporation's new Intel® vPro™ technology, a
revolutionary shift in desktop PC security and manageability along with
remarkable energy-saving computing performance.
An iMac lookalike that isn't an Mac
Subject: Displays | April 24, 2006 - 03:57 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
CoolTechZone spotted a very interesting merger of a TV and a PC. The QuaNext from Quataris is a 19 LCD TV and tuner with an Intel Pentium 4 Prescott, an Intel 915GL chipset, a 2GBs of RAM, plus about 200Gb of storage ... and it runs on Linux.
Just mount it and you are cool
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 03:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Think Computers reviews the G-Cooler Liquid CPU Cooler. It is a closed loop when it arrives, you need not play with tubing or filling the reservoir, just mount it to your processor, and the radiator to the case where you would normally put an 80mm exhaust fan.
Intel will be the death of the BIOS
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 12:19 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Intel is pushing the Extensible Firmware Interface, which is intended to replace BIOS as the most basic component in a working motherboard. The Register has more information on their plans.
As well, Ryan has finished his review of the Abit A8N 32X, so check out this SLI nForce4 board.
Common Computer Killing Actions
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 24, 2006 - 12:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
PCStats has put together their latest guide on the most common ways that people kill computers. If you are under the illusion that your PC is invulnerable, you really should give this a read.
Make your nano nigh indestructable
Subject: General Tech | April 21, 2006 - 06:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Futurelooks introduces you to the OtterBox, a case for iPod Nanos that does more than just protect it from scratches, it makes it waterproof. It also happens to be transparent, so you can show off any modifications you might have added.
"They're small, they scratch, they're fragile, they're the iPod nanos! OtterBox has created a
solution to keeping these expensive little digital lifestyle accessories safe and sound, even
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Video cards are to be seen, not heard
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 21, 2006 - 05:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
If you are trying to silence a PC, there is little point in buying 120mm case fans and a silent CPU heatsink, if you don't silence the video card as well. Drop by SPCR for a look at fanless video cards from ASUS and AOpen.
As a bonus, PCPer interviews Regeneration, the creator of the ULI SLI patch.
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You've heard the buzz about the Human Centipede 2. See where it all began by watching the first film on Syfy.
Two American college students on a road trip across Europe fall into the clutches of a deranged German surgeon, who has already kidnapped a Japanese man. The insane doctor harbours a lifelong dream of stitching three human beings together to create a strange hybrid creature - and now he has the subjects to make his sick fantasy a reality. Horror, with Dieter Laser, Ashley C Williams and Ashlynn Yennie.
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They might not be out marching on the streets, but Tibetans are quietly — and steadily — exercising their rights.
NEW YORK — Last year around this time Tibetans decided to observe the traditional New Year — or Losar — as an occasion of mourning for those killed in China's crackdown in 2008 following the Tibet uprising.
Appeals to forego Losar celebrations spread via text messages, blogs and word of mouth. On Losar, Tibetans stayed at home and ignored the fireworks, defying authorities who wanted them to sing and dance for state media. Overnight Tibetans turned silence — generally a sign of submission — into a weapon of resistance. The No Losar movement was nothing short of civil disobedience in full bloom.
On Feb. 14, Tibetans will again greet Losar with an air of defiance — many are planning not to celebrate while others will embrace cultural traditions as an act of subversive resistance. A couple of days later, U.S. President Obama will meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, sending a signal of hope to Tibetans everywhere. The 2008 Tibetan uprising may now seem a distant memory, but the dust of resistance is far from settled. With the new year, a different kind of storm brews over the Tibetan plateau.
Tibetans from Lhasa and Lithang to Markham and Ngaba have been engaging in experimental forms of nonviolent resistance in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Though China's intensified repression has created the illusion of normalcy, Tibetans are ushering in a grassroots revolution — one that strengthens Tibetan nationhood and undermines the structure of Chinese colonialism.
This quiet revolution is perhaps best symbolized by Lhakar — a movement whose name means White Wednesday. It's no secret the Dalai Lama was born on a Wednesday. Every week on this day, a growing number of Tibetans in urban and rural Tibet are making a political statement by wearing traditional clothes, speaking Tibetan, performing circumambulations, eating in Tibetan restaurants and buying from Tibetan-owned businesses.
As a direct response to China's 2008 crackdown, Lhakar allows Tibetans to channel their protest spirit into other methods of resistance that are self-constructive (e.g. promoting Tibetan language, culture and civil society) and non-cooperative (e.g. refusing to support Chinese institutions and businesses.)
In the fight for human rights and independence, Tibetans have routinely used the most visible form of resistance: street demonstrations. But since Beijing put the streets under lockdown, the resistance has moved indoors into private space. Lhakar participants practice Tibetan tradition in their homes, exercising whatever limited rights they have in their daily lives to strengthen their political, cultural and social identity.
These individual actions, taken collectively in such bastions of resistance as Kardze and Ngaba in eastern Tibet, have compromised Chinese businesses and prompted more than a few Chinese settlers to leave Tibet. In one particular town, all Chinese shops are said to have closed except for one that sells CDs of Dalai Lama teachings. Though humble in scale, these noncooperation tactics evoke Gandhi's boycott of British textile and are inspiring thousands to action.
According to the 2009 Freedom House survey of over 200 countries and territories, Tibet ranks as "least free" both in political rights and civil liberties. In this environment, noncooperation tactics are often more suitable than protest tactics; they lower the risk of arrest. You can punish people for protesting in the streets, but how do you punish someone for staying at home?


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Rep. Lacasa argues he is a legitimate businessman who brings value to his deals beyond just connections. After the legislative session ended, Lacasa took an afternoon to demonstrate this with a tour of two Miami marinas. "I am a marina guy who got into the legislature, not a legislator who got into the marina business," he says.
The tour began at the Virginia Key Marina, briefly operated by a company Armando Lacasa owned, until the City of Miami decided to manage it. Carlos Lacasa, who works alongside his father, yearns to return to the marina with a long-term contract. He sees it as part of a nationwide management company that he would help build and then turn public. The representative is an avid fisherman, and his family owns a 31-foot Tiera fishing cruiser. There is a spring in his step, and his pleasure is evident as he walks about, pointing out problems and improvements he would make. A decrepit restaurant would be moved closer to the water. Wooden docks would be replaced with a sturdier synthetic material. A shabby convenience store would be dramatically upgraded.
"If you don't get developers with vision and know-how, it all falls apart," he says earnestly.
The next stop on the tour is the South Beach Marina, operated by a company in which Lacasa has a financial stake. The difference between it and the Virginia Key Marina is remarkable. The one in Miami Beach is geared toward yachts, a successful operation that caters to an upscale crowd. A gourmet supermarket features a coffee bar, caviar, and an excellent wine selection. A boat-parts store carries everything a mariner could possibly want. Visitors lounge at a tiki bar with an outside pool and slurp oysters at Monty's raw bar. A uniformed staff provides telephone and television cable hookups for the pleasure crafts.
"Can you imagine how much money the city would have gained in rent and revenue sharing if they had a destination like this on Key Biscayne?" asks Lacasa.
Yet Lacasa and his father have not confined their business dealings to marinas. Their efforts to win a baggage-cart contract seemed to trade almost exclusively on access rather than expertise. The resulting twelve-year struggle helped make Miami International Airport the last in the nation to get baggage carts. Although they failed to win the contract outright, after much legal wrangling the Lacasas negotiated a settlement from the ultimate victor, Smarte Carte. "Procurement in Dade County is a political process," he says bluntly. "We were playing within the rules out there at the time."
The Lacasas' attempts to get an airport contract became an issue when the chairman tried to block a bill to create an independent authority to clean up Miami's woeful international airport. It was just the type of legislation one would think reform-minded Lacasa would support. But he says he is opposed to "outside authorities," particularly this one, which happens to be sponsored by Renier Diaz de la Portilla and allows for seats selected by the governor.
For Diaz de la Portilla, just getting the airport authority heard by his colleagues in the legislature proved nearly impossible because of Lacasa's reach. The chairman delayed the bill in his committee for weeks until his pugilistic adversary convinced the House Speaker to let it be heard, since it carried no fiscal impact. "He went after all my projects in the budget," claims Diaz de la Portilla, who brought home no money exclusive to his district. "I think it was being vindictive."
Lacasa objected to the airport authority on the House floor because it would include members appointed by the governor from outside the county. He decried the bill as piecemeal reform rather than his comprehensive plan, and with a lack of modesty that must gall critics, made it clear to the other representatives that the mantle of Miami-Dade reformer belongs to him.
"No one has worked harder on [the issue of reform] than I have over the last year," he declared, "and quite frankly, very few people have as much knowledge about the overall vision for a new Miami-Dade government that I have achieved in the last year."
The authority passed 77-34, as an amendment to a transportation bill. Its passage did not deter Lacasa. In the hallways after the vote, he lobbied Mayor Alex Penelas to have the county sue to stop the measure. (Penelas eventually introduced his own version of an authority.) After the session Lacasa returned to Tallahassee and petitioned Gov. Jeb Bush to veto the transportation bill. Objecting to various amendments attached to the bill, Bush did so this past June. Voters would not get the chance to vote on the airport authority this November. More important, it seems, Lacasa would deny the Diaz de la Portillas a victory.
The origins of the Lacasa-Diaz de la Portilla feud, which began years before the rumble at Radio Mambí, fades further with every new outrage. "I don't remember how [the feud] started," Ana Alliegro admits. "Lacasa started it, I remember that."
Alliegro can be forgiven for being hazy. It probably began with politicians who predate but are allies of Lacasa and the Diaz de la Portillas, namely state Sen. Rudy Garcia and former Rep. Luis Rojas. Lacasa says that Garcia, in addition to being a mentor, is the only person in the Miami-Dade delegation he sees socially. Rojas, besides being an advisor to the Diaz de la Portillas, is a law partner with former county Commissioner Miguel Diaz de la Portilla.


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Nicky Hunt has lauded the transition James Beattie has made from team-mate to boss at Accrington.
Accrington full-back Nicky Hunt faces six weeks out with a knee injury that thankfully is not as serious as first feared.
James Beattie has made former Bolton defender Nicky Hunt his first signing as Accrington manager.
Nicky Hunt has admitted he would be willing to consider a move abroad after being put on the transfer list by Rotherham.
Rotherham have made Ian Sharps, Lionel Ainsworth, Nicky Hunt and Kayode Odejayi available for transfer.
Accrington have extended Nicky Hunt's loan spell from Rotherham until the end of the season.
Accrington defender Nicky Hunt is on the mend, according to club captain Luke Joyce.
Accrington have completed the signing of Rotherham defender Nicky Hunt on an initial one-month loan deal.
Rotherham manager Steve Evans has confirmed new signing Nicky Hunt will be sidelined for at least a month with a hamstring injury.
Rotherham boss Steve Evans is backing Nicky Hunt to resurrect his career in South Yorkshire.
Former Premier League full-back Nicky Hunt has become Rotherham's fourth signing of the summer.
Graham Westley says Preston have taken to his no-nonsense regime after Danny Mayor handed the Lilywhites boss his first win in charge.
Preston North End have continued to bolster their squad after signing free agents Nicky Hunt and Aaron Brown on short-term contracts.
Bristol City have released Lee Johnson and Nicky Hunt after their contracts were terminated by mutual consent.
Ryan Taylor and Nicky Hunt have dealt Bristol City a double blow with the news that they are set to be sidelined until the New Year.
Ben Fisher gives big thanks to Keith Millen but wants a manager who can fulfil City's potential.
No offers have been made for unsettled Bristol City defender Nicky Hunt, according to manager Keith Millen.
Bristol City defender Nicky Hunt faces three weeks on the sidelines after damaging ankle ligaments.
Bristol City have completed the double signing of defensive duo Nicky Hunt and Damion Stewart.
Skysports.com understands Bristol City are closing in on the signing of Bolton defender Nicky Hunt.
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