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Nina locks Rosalie into an office at the hospital and tells her she met Ava. Rosalie checks her nails for blood, but finds a card for Crichton Clark instead. Nina asks if the card belongs to Rosalie but she's never seen it. Nina really wants to know how Rafe got it. Rosalie doesn't think it matters and just wants the dirt on Ava. Nina revels in how uncomfortable it was for Ava, then gushes how amazing it would be to have a little creature of her own. Nina tells Rosalie she learned she can't have kids after visiting Britt but is going to prove everyone wrong and have a child. She goes online to buy baby things and wonders if Ava is having a boy or a girl. Rosalie worries Nina is planning to steal Ava's baby. Nina acts shocked and tells "Ro" she's the one who needs a shrink. Meanwhile, Kiki goes to Franco's studio but before she can tell him about Carly and Sonny, Carly cuts her off. Kiki tells Franco to take care of himself and after she leaves Franco comments how strange she was acting. Carly thinks she's just worried about Michael. He pulls Carly close and asks if they can please go home and be alone together. At the nurse's station, Patrick runs into Sabrina and tells her about the business card from the Crichton Clark Clinic. Patrick thinks Robin's boss had something to do with the accident to keep Robin in line. Sabrina tells Patrick he's way off course and urges him to let it go for Sam's sake. Later, Kiki approaches Sabrina and apologizes about her cousin Rafe. Sabrina tells her it is not her fault that her flesh and blood could kill a baby. Alone, Sabrina vows to make Ava pay.
At the hospital, Ava warns Franco that there could be consequences for Kiki if he doesn't help her. He doesn't buy it and walks off. She bumps straight into Sabrina. They begin bickering about Carlos. Ava tries apologizing but says that actions have consequences. The nurse has figured that out and fills her in about her accident. She intends to make the person responsible pay. Down the hall, Nina is in Silas' office telling him that Britt thinks they could have a baby immediately. He's surprised Britt could have figured that out so quickly. He adds that having a child is not something they have agreed on. After she leaves, Patrick drops in. Silas shows him the card he found among Rafe's things. Patrick heads down the hall and finds Sabrina. "I think I know who ran us off the road," he says. In his therapy room, Franco tries calling Carly without luck. Nina wheels in and they talk about how they are both back on track. She goes on and on about all the sex she's been having. They joke about how cranky Silas is. She admits he makes deception 'way less fun'. Nina thinks about grabbing Ava's gut and says that having a kid will be a little more difficult than she thought. Franco worries about all the mixed feelings she has about Silas and doubts she should tether herself to him. She insists that she knows what she's doing and angrily wheels away. When he wanders into the halls, he bumps into Kiki.
Carly watches Franco work with a patient at the hospital while thinking about sex with Sonny. He realizes Carly has been watching and can tell something's bothering her. He assumes she's worried about Lulu and she agrees. She brought lunch and secretly booked his next time slot. They eat and he tells her how much he loves her. She loves him too and they kiss. He tells her to go be with her family and they'll catch up later. Meanwhile, Ava trips over Nina by the elevator. Nina recognizes Ava immediately from the picture of her legs wrapped around Silas like a noose. Ava has no time to chat but Nina grabs her and insists she make the time. Ava's sorry Silas couldn't tell Nina how unsatisfied he was, but he broke things off with her as soon as Nina slipped into her coma. She calls it ancient history but Nina says it was like yesterday. "Catch up Nina," Ava says. Nina calls Kiki one of a kind so Ava warns Nina to stay away from her daughter. Nina wonder why she's so stingy when she has a spare? Nina knows all about her baby daddy drama, thanks to Franco. She lost her own baby but things are looking up since she and Silas are having sex again and her OB gave the all clear. Nina suddenly reaches out and rubs Ava's belly. Ava tells her to look, not touch, so Nina rolls off to tell Silas her good news. Franco runs into Ava and she prods him again about the recording. He refuses and she tells him Carly would rather be with Sonny. Franco thinks Sonny is no threat. She insists this could affect Kiki but he just walks off. Then, Sabrina exits the elevator and walks right into Ava. Meanwhile, Kiki checks on Silas. He thinks there's something up with Franco and Nina but Kiki is sure Franco is all about Carly. Silas reveals that he and Nina are moving forward and she's shocked because of how fresh his breakup with Sam is. She wonders if Nina is a rebound or if he's recommitting to his marriage. He isn't sure what it means for him even though Nina wants to go back to the way they were, and have a baby. Kiki thinks Silas is moving forward with Nina because he feels like he owes her. A part of him still loves her and he wonders if there's something there to salvage. Kiki supports him and suggests a double date with Michael. Later, Nina comes by and tells him after an exam with Britt there's no reason they can't have a baby.
Silas follows Franco around the hospital. The artist doesn't want to talk but the doctor needs to gab about Nina. Silas issues a warning and asks him to encourage Nina to return to physical therapy. That cracks Franco up. Once the hilarity subsides, he tells the doctor how much Nina cares about him. Down the hall, Nina and Britt head into an exam room. Nina tells her about repeatedly having sex with Silas over the past few hours. She's sure that she can feel the baby already and starts unloading about how her baby was stolen. The doctor agrees to run some tests. Her patient asks her if she has a baby of her own. Britt explains the long, crazy story. That seems to impress Nina. Soon, the results come in. Nina is miraculously pregnant. "Speaking of miracles," Nina says, standing up. Nina snaps out of this fantasy. Britt explains the tests actually show she is in menopause. That's a shock. The redhead asks for a moment. Once alone, she wonders why everything is always taken away from her but refuses to feel sorry for herself. She vows to have Silas' baby one way or another. When she heads down the hall, she runs straight into Ava.
At the station, Franco warns Scotty to tread carefully and laughs that he wouldn't tell Lucy about that nightcap he had with Bobbie. Scott doesn't know what he's talking about. Franco tells him about arriving home last night and Carly explaining away the wineglasses and saying Scott had called Bobbie for a nightcap. Scott says he met her for dinner. Franco thinks something's fishy. Scott warns him not to get in the middle of Carly and Sonny - he's a bad guy. He has a sinking feeling the story's not true. Nearby, Sonny assures Olivia that nothing will happen to Lulu with Dante on the case. Carly arrives, upset about Lulu, and Sonny caresses her shoulder. They end up bickering about Franco. Carly turns and Franco has disappeared. Sonny tells her when she realizes she's made a mistake, he'll be there. Carly finds Franco with Scott as Franco is demanding to know what time Scott called Bobbie for dinner. Franco covers and notes he saw Carly with Sonny. Carly says it was about Lulu. Scott leaves, and tells Franco they're done - he's grasping at straws. Meanwhile, Dante arrives and comforts Olivia. Sonny tells him Anna's not there. Dante freaks out a bit. Olivia talks him down and they leave together. After, Franco and Carly run into Sonny on their way out. Franco warns Sonny to stay away from his girlfriend.
At the hospital, Carly can't stop thinking about getting intimate with Sonny. Franco startles her out of her fantasy and she tells him she owes him a romantic evening. He's confused since he's the one who messed up but she thinks if she had been up front about Sonny it would have saved them both anxiety. He hands her the flowers he took from Alice's room and they head out for their date.
At The Floating Rib, Olivia and Ned discuss Coleman's arrest. Tracy arrives and starts slinging insults at Ned and his "Bensonhurst Bimbo." Ned interrupts and tells her about the kidnapping. Olivia leaves to call Sonny and Tracy downs a drink. She loves Lulu like a daughter but can't get in touch with Luke when she calls. Carly and Franco enter and Ned gets them up to speed on the kidnapping. Carly wants to call Sonny but Franco encourages her to let Olivia take care of Sonny. Tracy has another drink and leaves another message for Luke. Ned guesses he has more important issues than his daughter.
Lucy goes to PCPD, demanding to see Anna about Maxie and Lulu. Scott arrives, glad to see her and her legs. Lucy asks him for an update and gets upset thinking of Serena. He reminds her how strong and smart she is, and Lulu and Maxie are just as strong. Scott assures her they'll all be okay. Lucy then demands Scott make a decision about her or Bobbie. He hasn't made up his mind and she's devastated that he doesn't know what he wants. Carly comes in like gangbusters and she and Franco asks for any info Scott has. He reveals Scribner was shot and they need him to wake up to find out where the girls are. Later, Lucy puts Scott on notice. If he doesn't make up his mind soon he could lose them both. She leaves and Franco makes a comment to Scott about his nightcap the other night with Bobbie. Scott has no idea what he's talking about. Meanwhile, Sonny and Olivia show up. He assures Carly and Olivia that Dante will do what it takes to bring Lulu home.
At the hospital, Rosalie tries to calm Nina down but she's outraged that Ava is pregnant again, and to top it off, Ava doesn't know if the dad is a mobster or his son. Rosalie realizes she knows one of the possible pops. Nina doubts they would give her the time of day but Rosalie tells her she met Morgan in the park and he was really broken up about it. Nina is upset that Silas still hasn't had sex with her. What is she without a baby? Just a dry, old, barren woman! Rosalie reminds her that she will get everything she wants and deserves. "Assuming you can get pregnant," Rosalie comments. Nina rages that nothing is wrong with her. She'll have whatever she wants, no matter what. Silas is her first choice, but she's not opposed to finding someone else. She doesn't even have to cheat - there are other ways to make a baby. Meanwhile, Franco intercepts Michael, Morgan, and Kiki as they remove flowers from Alice's room and asks to give them to Carly. Michael wonders what he did to his mother and Franco tells them it's Sonny who should be apologizing for putting his hands all over Carly. Morgan and Michael tell him how many times Carly and Sonny have been together. Franco says some disparaging things about Ava and Kiki wants to know what he means. Franco just takes the flowers to go see Carly. Later, Kiki get a call from Ava with a dinner invite for her and Michael.
At home, Carly texts Sonny to stop contacting her. Franco enters and apologizes for acting crazy last night. He wishes Nina had never seen her kissing Sonny at all. Carly begs him to stop apologizing and he promises to make it up to her when he gets home. They kiss goodbye and after Franco leaves Bobbie demands the truth about Carly and Sonny. She thought Carly really liked Franco. Carly admits she and Sonny had been getting close and after a few drinks they went to bed, but she told Sonny they would never be together. Bobbie thinks Carly's been lost ever since Jason died and doesn't want her to trade one mistake for another. She thinks Carly is playing with fire.


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From John Grogan, the author of the New York Times best-seller "Marley and Me," comes a hilarious and touching memoir of his childhood in suburban Detroit. In his follow-up, "The Longest Trip Home," Grogan shares hilarious stories of growing up in a Catholic household — run-ins with no-nonsense nuns and family vacations to religious shrines. Click here to read an excerpt.
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Article:TECH108157 | | | Created: 2002-01-31 | | | Updated: 2006-01-18 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH108157 |
Script execution may fail and the error message "Error 53: Can not create C:\_integra\empty" is logged in the common.log file. Under certain conditions the ON Command CCM file protection may not unlock the _integra folder for the smeclnt during script execution.
For compatibility reasons you may want to disable the CCM file protection. The CCM file protection protects the _integra directory including all subdirectories from write access and is part of the smefs.sys driver programs. This may cause conflicts with some Anti Virus real time protection drivers.
This situation can be caused by a timing issue or by memory intensive real-time protection antivirus engines executing threads in the _integra folder.
To fix this, disable the CCM File protection by creating a new DWORD registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\smefs\NoSmeSec, with a value of 1.
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- Download the file disable_CCM_file_protection.reg and save it to your desktop.
- Double-click the file to run it and add the registry key to your registry.
- Restart the computer (the computer must be restarted in order for the changes to take effect).
Disable the CCM file protection by default on new installations
To disable file protection by default for all new clients, change the agent da_conf.par configuration file, which is part of the each agent package. Append the following registry key settings to the [update] section:
You may combine this with an administration parameter in the config.swp file allowing you to toggle between both options.
Note: Disabling the driver enables write access to this directory. This can be avoided by applying specific NTFS access rights.
You may also use the cacls script in the file right01m.012.zip to set the registry key NoSmeSec as in the above steps.
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As an additional possible workaround, try excluding the _integra folder and \Windows\Smefs.sys file from being scanned by your antivirus software.
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Tim checks in on the new "Voltron" comics from writer Brandon Thomas and finds more to like in those glossy pages than in any episodes of the still-surprisingly-fondly-remembered animated series.
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Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment, CBR presents an exclusive extended preview of "Voltron" #4. The issue, by Brandon Thomas and Ariel Padilla, lands in stores March 28!
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Writer Brandon Thomas spoke with CBR News about his take on Lion Force for Dynamite Entertainment and his plans to combine nostalgia with modern storytelling to form a brand new "Voltron."
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Oman has awarded Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa an OMR50m (US$130m) contract to build and operate a port terminal in Sohar, the Port of Sohar said in a statement.
The new terminal, scheduled for completion at the end of this year, will double the port's capacity to 1.5m (20ft equivalent units) from 800,000 TEU. Hutchinson Whampoa will also manage the terminal after completion.
"This puts Sohar in a very competitive position for shipping lines to bring their cargoes with direct lines to the Sultanate and to consider Oman as a gateway hub for their transshipment cargo in the region," Andre Toet, CEO of Sohar Industrial Port Company said in a statement.
Sohar, an industrial city north of Muscat, is home to several major industries including an aluminum smelter and a free zone.
Hutchison Whampoa is a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed conglomerate with interests in transportation, telecommunications, infrastructure and property.
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Augusta Provides Permitting Update On Its Rosemont Copper Project
DENVER, CO, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Augusta Resource Corporation (TSX/NYSE Amex: AZC) ("Augusta") provides an update on the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding review from the regional Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Rosemont Copper project.
The San Francisco Environmental Protection Agency office is the final agency to submit comments to the USFS on the draft EIS, joining the 25,000 comments of which approximately 10,000 have been characterized as form letters or duplicates by the USFS. The EPA review was provided approximately 30 days past the official close of the public comment period, due to a request from the EPA to the USFS for additional time. The receipt of these comments now allows the USFS to complete its response to comments, and a final EIS for the Rosemont Copper project along with the Record of Decision.
"This is a standard part of what a regional EPA office does," said Rod Pace, Rosemont Copper's president and CEO. "It's part of the rigorous review process that leads to a robust final EIS required by the National Environmental Policy Act."
The next steps for Rosemont Copper will be to finalize the air and aquifer protection permits by the State of Arizona, complete the Fish and Wildlife Service consultation process and develop the draft mitigation plans for species protection, mine reclamation and site closure. Much of the technical and analytical work to complete these next steps has already been completed and peer-reviewed, including hydrology studies and air modeling for the project site. The peer-review process has been on-going for more than two years.
"Our leadership has always understood that our project would receive the highest scrutiny from all local state and federal agencies," Mr. Pace added. "We want to build a mine, using the latest technologies and highest standards for conservation and protection of air and water resources. The extensive review of the draft EIS by the EPA, as well as all of the other commenting agencies, produces the input needed by the USFS to produce the most defendable final decision documentation possible." In addition to the final comments on the draft EIS, the EPA is continuing its role to provide comment on the ACOE's 404 permit application for Rosemont Copper. The EPA has submitted a 3b letter, which was issued last week, allowing the EPA to preserve their position for future discussions and negotiations as the final Section 404 permit documentation is drafted. An outline of the review/elevation process is included at the end of this press release.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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I was reading a book the other day (Small Gods by Terry Pratchett if you must know) and I stumbled blindly across the age-old question;
Does a falling tree make a sound, if there is no-one in the woods to hear it?
Which is basically, when you wade through all the pretentious bollocks, questioning existence. Its playing with our presumptions and assumptions.
Usually I tend to avoid getting too involved with this stuff when I'm reading a book. Philosophy fascinates me, but philosophy also strikes me a way of wandering round asking stupid questions like "Is truth beauty?" while some other poor bastard is left to do all the bloody legwork. At the end of the day, its just being smart with words to make life seem better - whilst nothing physical or productive ever actually happens as a consequence. Sort of like religion.
You probably want me to start talking about computer games.
So what's the dealio' yo? Games now have to exist within their own universe. This is important because it allows them to impose fresh rules that can be broken and constructed as the game permits. Niko Bellic can heal gunshot wounds by stuffing the bullet-holes full of hotdogs and mayonnaise? Sure, why not - sounds like a logical solution. Even the more abstract of games like Geomettry Wars or Space Invaders have rules and limitation which must be adhered to.PLAYER 1: PRESS START TO BEGIN!!
So you are now in a pretensed virtual universe. You have instructions, rules, and an ultimate goal - its a game, duh! But what else exists in your universe? How much of the universe is physical, and how much is being left to your imagination?
I love the feeling of being a small part of something bigger, when a game gives you the feeling that you are merely playing through a chunk of the universe. The old one-man-army trick is now dead to me. I want the rest of the world to feel as real as the hallway I am walking down. I love watching the AI fill in the gaps of the story. I love it when you can see other squads running off in another direction on a different mission parallel to your own. I want to know what they are doing, it creates such a wonderful sense of scale within the game. Instead of simply telling you "Alpha team secured Bravo!" being able to watch Alpha Team securing Bravo off in the distance is so much more immersive.
Gears Of War 2 does this to startling effect. When you first drill underground you step out into the Hollow and its just stunning. As you progress you see your squadmates also dropping into the cavern in their pods - and you think "I just did that! Thats so awesome!". Watching the dust clear and other squads engage the enemy - being able to help them from your own path with Mortars and Sniper fire - everything contributes to the whole feeling teamwork, being organised, helping each other out. Every time Carmine revived me I blessed his cotton socks, every time he scored a headshot I was genuinely proud! Being a baddass is just as fun as watching someone else on your team be a badass.
What's also impressive is how much existence within the universe is implied through great scripting and sound. Hearing Marcus natter away to other soldiers like old friends makes you wonder - "How do they know each other? What's the history here?!" Watching helicopters and reavers punctuate the skyline, running past COG Soldiers on patrol, watching a Medic tend to a wounded comrade - it all contributes to the implification that there is more in existence within the universe than is immediately apparent, and that in turn makes everything seem so much more alive.
GTA4 went a similar route - but instead of just implying a huge universe, it actually gave you one. It leaves less to the imagination, but gives you more potential to experiment. Both examples are great games.
By contrast, Ryan pointed out on the Bombcast that this is a fault of Mirrors Edge. I heven't played the game, and don't get me wrong - I think it looks amazing and I WANT IT - but a frequent reviewer criticism is being unable to contextualise your awesome acrobatics. The First Person perspective may add a sense of adrenaline and allow you to relate more directly to your environment, but it leaves the landscape looking rather empty. You cannot see the awesomeness taking place, only guess at your full potential. Watching other runners bounce around you more frequently would have been nice.
I don't want to go on about Mirrors Edge because I haven't played it and therefore any criticisms are unfairly based - I feel like a dick for not buying it already. I need more money!!
So lets wrap it up.
- Games take place in a virtual universe.
- The universe can be manipulated through directive techniques that imply its size is greater than its physical state.
- The bigger and more fleshed-out the universe is, the more immersive the game becomes.
- Being able to exist within that immersive universe is awesome.
- Gears Of War 2 therefore, is awesome.
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Fall is here and the cooler weather has everyone in the mood to be outdoors and enjoy the season.
My three children and I will be visiting a few country-style annual events this weekend, saving some art shows and theater productions for the coming week.
By: Anonymous on September 21, 2013 - 8:44am - Add new comment
The first day of fall is Sunday, Sept. 22. In St. Augustine, the calendar is filled with celebrations, concerts, festivals and fun.
The fall list of events is below. To submit an event, email firstname.lastname@example.com
Florida Heritage Book Festival
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It is Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM), designated by the National Association for Music Education.
In March, music education becomes the focus for schools across the nation. MIOSM began as a single statewide celebration in 1973, and has grown over the decades to become a month-long celebration of school music.
This week, I attended music class with my two older children at their school, and on Wednesday I came to watch the annual spring concert.
By: Anonymous on July 5, 2012 - 7:05pm - Add new comment
Aviles Street in historic St. Augustine is recognized as one of the oldest public streets in the United States, dating back to 1573.
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Find one-of-a-kind items for everyone on your holiday shopping list at 11 local events this weekend.
Here's the list:
By: Anonymous on April 23, 2012 - 9:20am - Add new comment
Did you attend any other the many festivals and events over the weekend? The Cathedral Festival, Tour de Farm, the Flower and Garden Expo, and Earth Day at Washington Oaks were just some of the bigger spring offerings in the area ... and all were filled with residents and visitors having fun and enjoying the beautiful weather ... in between a few showers and down pours!
By: Anonymous on May 28, 2012 - 12:08pm - Add new comment
Summer ushers in a plethora of concerts in St. Augustine and St. Johns County — with plenty of music each week at three favorite venues — the Plaza de la Constitucion in downtown St. Augustine (Concerts in the Plaza); the pavilion of the St. Johns County Ocean Pier at St. Augustine Beach (Music by the Sea); and the Conch House Marina (Reggae Sundays).
Here's a list of summer shows:
By: Anonymous on September 24, 2012 - 9:12am - Add new comment
It's finally fall! A corn maze, food and wine tastings, live and local music, and plenty of other festival fun is on the schedule this year. For the complete fall events list, go to staugustine.com/entertainment.
By: Anonymous on August 3, 2013 - 1:41pm - Add new comment
I'm looking for people all over the United States and from other countries who are coming to St. Augustine for the Mumford & Sons Gentleman of the Road tour.


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Xbox One
I realized that it's cheaper for ME to get an Xbox One than a PS
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Going by TC's math, it'll cost me negative $500 to get an XBOne because I already own a $1000 TV. --- http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f2b_1371011276 | |
XanthielX posted... I honestly can't be bothered to read through 26 pages to see if anyone actually posted the correct maths here, so I will just do it: Only one problem with this. Regardless of if he already has XBL active, you cant lower the price of lives yearly cost. If h has 5 months left, he'll just have to pay again in 5 months instead of 12. After 12 months it ends up being the same cost. Only case that my scenario doesn't work would be if he plans on cancelling live once the subscription runs out. Add the remaining $30 to get to $50 for XBL and your example puts both systems exactly in line with each other at $590. Now add in the fact that the eye is totally optional and getting a better headset is totally optional, you can pay as little as $450 with your example (added in the $20 you deducted since I'd assume you'd keep the headset in that scenario.) So... PS4: $590 with all options, but we have choice. This is assuming you actually buy a headset for $100. You can get decent ones from turtle beach for as low as $40. Xbone: $590. Period. And that's only in this guys situation. If you don't have a headset, you're looking at about $650. | |
UH OH! http://gamingeverything.com/ps4-can-support-ps3-wireless-headsets/ You can use PS3 headsets on ps4! Guess we all better subtract that from our ps4 purchase, along with the fact we already get a headset with ps4! --- PSN:TheDragonzord >_> Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles HD remix please | |
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R_Jackal posted... I see this topic going to 500. | |
And tc is one of these people that are buying the Xbox one... --- I am the greatest swordsman of Ylisse. Anyone that says otherwise haven't lived long enough to tell others. Ngh... I sense women... | |
Lonqu posted... And tc is one of these people that are buying the Xbox one... *those instead of these --- I am the greatest swordsman of Ylisse. Anyone that says otherwise haven't lived long enough to tell others. Ngh... I sense women... | |
This topic is hilarious Gotta love mathemagics ^^ Mathemagics!! haha well played! --- Gamertag: galamb PSN: galamb | |
hak145 posted... The_Darkwalker posted...I had sex with three chicks one time, but one of them was dead and another was a midget, so technically I only did it with 1 and 1/2 chicks. Hahhhaahaaa! P.S. TC, when you use q-tips to clean out your ears and you begin to feel resistance.....STOP PUSHING! --- Evil always wins because Good is dumb. PSN ID: xDARKWALKERx // Gamertag: I DarkWalker I |
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Think of how many thousands of dollars in monthly health-insurance premiums could be saved if the dozens and dozens of employees like me, who are already covered by spousal insurance, could elect to opt out. I for one wouldn't even ask for the saved sum in salary. I'd much rather that the $330 monthly the board would otherwise kick in for my medical insurance be poured back into my own children's woefully overcrowded classrooms, or into the classrooms of the children in the decades-old middle school where I work (which is currently operating at about 150 percent capacity). Either that or give me a true "cafeteria plan" in which I can pick and choose what options I need in coordination with what my husband's employer offers.
Instead, because I can't opt out, HIP is now my "primary" medical insurer, forcing the superior coverage I have through my husband to take a back seat. I've had six HIP doctors in three years, because so many physicians drop out of this plan before you can even get a second appointment with them. (So much for the continuity of medical care Tornillo speaks of.) And it isn't just MDCPS employees who are dissatisfied with HIP. As my latest doctor recently told me: "I'm dropping HIP, so find someone else within the next couple of months. HIP pays us less per office visit than you'd pay your stylist for a haircut."
Jo Ann C. Nahirny
Whining columnist urged to zip it: After Jen Karetnick's first foray into the world of adults-only dining ("Ever Too Young," July 12), I thought she would get the message. Although her kids may be angels, her wrath was against those who don't want to dine with anyone's kids. Point taken, by the public at least.
But with her second installment ("That Age Barrier Redux," August 9) she has made it something personal, which shows her thin skin and lack of professionalism. It would seem she expects every restaurant to take her bad reviews in stride, yet if she gets knocked for her out-of-place "Kids Are Me" mentality, she cries like a child herself.
Jen, get with it. Use your "Dish" column to educate those parents who have made dining with somebody else's kids a nightmare. Grow up and take the criticism like an adult, just as you expect from those whose life savings may be invested in the restaurant you trashed.
While I don't own a restaurant, I do appreciate good, balanced reviews, and I think Jen's snipes at Gatsby's -- without dining there -- were out of place and just plain childish.
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ISP tie-ups may curb content, says ACCC
PUBLISHED: 10 Mar 2014 00:07:00 | UPDATED: 13 Mar 2014 08:27:20PUBLISHED: 10 Mar 2014 PRINT EDITION: 10 Mar 2014Oversight: The ACCC will police telco partnerships with other parties, so-called over-the-top players, such as Google. Photo: Bloomberg
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says he remains concerned about the anti-competitive potential of partnerships between telecommunications companies like Telstra and internet giants such as Google.
The rise of partnerships between telcos and over-the-top players (OTTs) was one of the main trends to emerge from the Mobile World Congress 2014, the largest annual gathering of telco executives in the world.
OTTs are companies such as Skype and YouTube that piggyback off mobile and fixed-line networks to provide their services.
The chief executives of Telstra, Facebook and SingTel all used the event to lobby regulators to allow partnerships that combine the customer access enjoyed by telcos with the rising revenues generated by companies such as Facebook.
But Mr Sims said he remained concerned about the potential negatives of such partnerships, despite their adoption by several players in the US.
"You can clearly see that when you've got a limited number of ISPs here . . . and they start preferencing particular forms of content over other content then I think any competition regulator would take an interest in that," he said. "Every time we at the ACCC address an issue it's because someone is making more money, so I understand their motives, but our role is to make sure there is not a substantial lessening of competition.
Must be looked at
"But I don't start from a view other than the fact that this is something we have to look at."
The exclusivity of any arrangement between OTTs and telcos and the actions of rival players would be key areas of consideration, Mr Sims added.
"I know my people are very closely looking at [the recent US partnerships]," he said.
Outgoing Vodafone Hutchison Australia chief executive and incoming NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow told The Australian Financial Review that OTT partnerships were inevitable.
"I think you're going to see big global companies like Vodafone . . . do certain deals with big companies and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them create some of their own," he said. "You're also going to see stand-alone entities such as Telstra here that are going to do something similar.
'Changing face of telecoms'
"Whether you're a mobile carrier only or a fixed and a mobile carrier there's no difference when it comes to over-the-top applications coming in to change the business model going forward. I think that's reality and the changing face of telecoms."
Comcast in the US recently signed a deal with on-demand internet TV provider Netflix while AT&T has launched a sponsored data service that allows companies to subsidise the downloads of selected customers. SingTel Optus is planning to trial partnership activities from financial year 2015 onwards.
SingTel chief executive Chua Sock Koong told Mobile World Congress last month that telcos needed partnerships with OTTs to help replace falling text message and phone revenues.
"The main problem we have as an industry is we have been unable to monetise this increased demand . . . and [average revenue per user] has fallen over time," she said. "Our ambition must be to become the preferred network partners of customers and OTT players."
Telstra chief executive David Thodey has also called on regulators to clear the way for partnerships.
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Are you one of those individuals who consider cooking and baking as your passion? Have you undergone a formal training in any college or educational institution to back up your knowledge? Or are you simply a great cook by experience? If you are interest to bring your passion to the next level then it is greatly suggested that you open up a restaurant.
Regardless of your budget, it is always important to start on the small scale and open a little restaurant or café somewhere where foot traffic is very high. This is especially important for food establishments that are in the introductory level. So when people pass by they will be intrigue and interested to try the different meals in your menu.
Opening a restaurant is not an easy task. You will have to consider a lot of thing first before finally deciding to open one. First and most importantly is your budget or the money you have set aside and is willing to spend for all the raw materials, equipment and other expenses that you will incur before finally opening it to the public. The next thing you have to consider is the place you intend to rent or purchase. Prime locations definitely are priced double or triple of those in ordinary locations. However, the big benefit you can get from it is the fact that these are priced very high because the foot traffic is really good. By that we mean there are thousands of people walking or passing by and any of them can be potential customers. So one has to weigh their priorities and budget. Upon choosing the location, you have to check the inside if it needs to be renovated. There should be ample space for all your purchase restaurant equipment nyc, storage for all raw materials, tools and utensils as well as the place where your employees can comfortably do their tasks. In the main restaurant, estimate the number of tables that can fit before purchasing and installing furniture and fixture.
Another important thing to consider is the overall theme and ambiance of the restaurant. This should at least match the type of cuisine you are about to offer. For instance, if you will sell burgers, fries, sodas and other on to go meals, you can simply decorate it with colorful paint or a 60's diner style. Accessories such as a juke box, big CD's, and the black & white tiles are mostly used in this kind of theme. On the other hand, if you will prepare a menu that is very expensive, you must decorate your place in a more formal set up complete with your employees wearing the appropriate attire.
The steps discussed above are just the first things you need to do when you are planning to open a restaurant. There are far more things you need to gather and plan in order to successfully open one. Nevertheless, if this is your passion, this will surely be a piece of cake for you especially if you have the necessary resources needed.


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PrinceRidge Group Forms Equity Trading And Institutional Sales Trading Group
The PrinceRidge Group LLC ("PrinceRidge"), the broker dealer and investment banking subsidiary of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: IFMI), today announced that it has formed an equity trading and institutional sales trading group and retained James ("Jim") Dyer as its Head. Mr. Dyer brings to PrinceRidge over 27 years of equity trading and sales experience, most recently serving as Senior Managing Director of Institutional Equity Sales and Trading with Rodman & Renshaw. Prior to Rodman & Renshaw, Mr. Dyer held the position of General Partner and Head of Equity Trading at Maxim Group. Previously, Mr. Dyer was Head of Trading and an executive committee member at BrokerageAmerica.
PrinceRidge also announced that it has hired Ari Wald as Desk Analyst. Mr. Wald previously served as Assistant Vice President of Institutional Equity Research at Brown Brothers Harriman.
Daniel Cohen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PrinceRidge, said, "We are very excited about the formation of PrinceRidge's equity trading and institutional sales trading group, and are very pleased to have someone of Jim Dyer's caliber to lead the new team. Jim has a clear track record of success, and we look forward to benefiting from his experience as we continue to take advantage of the clear growth opportunities before us. As Jim expands our equity and institutional sales trading desks, our clients will have access to an enhanced set of product offerings. I look forward to working closely with Jim and his team to generate value for our clients."
Mr. Dyer said, "Joining PrinceRidge is a tremendous opportunity, and I look forward to further enhancing its talented team to drive increased returns for our client base. By taking advantage of our sales forces' and investment bankers' strong account relationships, our clients will enjoy the best of both worlds: small firm hands-on service and close attention, with big firm execution and product offerings."
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Artio Global Investors Reports First Quarter 2012 Results; Announces Dividend Of $0.02 Per Share
As of March 31, 2012, there were 59,476,952 total shares of Class A and Class B common stock outstanding.
For purposes of calculating adjusted earnings per diluted share, the Principals' New Class A Units, held in the intermediate holding company as of the beginning of the period, are assumed to have been fully exchanged into shares of Class A common stock on the first day of the period.
On April 23, 2012, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.02 per share on the Class A common stock for the first quarter of 2012, which is payable on May 23, 2012, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 9, 2012. Teleconference and Webcast Details The Company will host a conference call for analysts and investors to review first quarter 2012 results, today, April 26, 2012, beginning at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The call will be open to the public and can be accessed by dialing +1-888-680-0860 (inside the United States) or +1-617-213-4852 (outside the United States). The number should be dialed at least ten minutes prior to the start of the call. The passcode for the call will be 74464671. A simultaneous webcast of the call (on a listen-only basis), as well as an audio replay, will be available at www.ir.artioglobal.com. About Us Artio Global Investors Inc. is the indirect holding company of Artio Global Management LLC ("Artio Global"), a registered investment adviser that actively invests in global equity and fixed income markets, primarily for institutional and intermediary clients. Headquartered in New York, Artio Global also has offices in Los Angeles, Toronto, London and Sydney. In addition to International Equity, Artio Global offers a select group of other equity and fixed income strategies, including Global Equity, a series of US Equity strategies, High Grade Fixed Income, High Yield and Local Emerging Markets Debt. Access to these strategies is offered through a variety of investment vehicles, including separate accounts, commingled funds and mutual funds.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Singapore workers 'among least satisfied in Asia-Pacific': survey
Published on Jun 17, 2014 11:32 AM
SINGAPORE - Employees in Singapore are among the least satisfied in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey by recruitment firm Randstad.
Its survey of 5,670 Singapore workers found that nearly half - 46 per cent - do not like their jobs, while three-quarters see their job as nothing more than a way to put food on the table.
This could be because of Singapore's rising cost of living, suggested Mr Michael Smith, Randstad's country director for Singapore.
"However, it is important that they look beyond remuneration and also consider job satisfaction, career progression opportunities, and a pleasant working atmosphere when making decisions about their future employment," he said in a press release on Tuesday.
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New York City English is a regional dialect of the English language that is spoken by many people in New York City and much of its surrounding metropolitan area. Pioneer variationist sociolinguist William Labov describes it as the most recognizable variety of North American English.[1]
The English spoken in northern New Jersey and the English spoken in all but the east end of Long Island [2][3][4] are typically considered varieties or sub-dialects of New York City English, while Hudson Valley English is distinct from, yet has much in common with, New York City English.[5] The dialect of Philadelphia has some distinctive similarities with New York City (such as a raised /ɔ/ vowel, as in coffee, and a phonemic split in /æ/, as in mad); but they differ in other respects and are considered different dialect regions. In contrast, in central and western New York State, Inland Northern American English predominates.[5]
The origins of New York City English are diverse, and the source of many features is probably not recoverable. Labov has pointed out that the short-A split is found in southern England as mentioned above. He also claims that the vocalization and subsequent loss of (R) was copied from the prestigious London pronunciation, and so it started among the upper classes in New York and later spread to other socioeconomic classes but now only applied to the socioeconomic scale. This non-rhotic (R-less) aristocratic pronunciation can be heard, for instance, in recordings of Franklin D. Roosevelt. After WWII, the R-ful pronunciation (rhotic) becomes the prestige norm, and what was once the upper class pronunciation became a vernacular one, with the loss of Britain's imperial status, and because of the predominance of the mainstream American dialect named General American.[6]
Instead of London accent, the prestige New York sociolect is closely related to rhotic accents of other British English dialects, particularly Scottish English, Irish English, Mid Ulster English, and rhotic accents of England (particularly found in the West Country (south and west of a line from near Shrewsbury to around Portsmouth), the Corby area, most of Lancashire (north and west of the centre of Manchester), some parts of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and in the areas that border Scotland). However, the common association of the New York accent with the working and middle class has, since the latter half of the 20th century, led many upper class New Yorkers to refrain from speaking with a New York accent.[7]
Other vernacular pronunciations, such as the dental (D)s and (T)s may come from contact with languages such as Italian and Yiddish. Grammatical structures, such as the lack of inversion in indirect questions, have the flavor of contact with an immigrant language. As stated above, many words common in New York are of immigrant roots.[8]
As a result of social and commercial contact between the two cities, and the influx of immigrants from the same countries, the traditional dialect of New Orleans, Louisiana, known locally as Yat, bears distinctive similarities with the New York dialect, including palatalization of the /ɜr/ vowel, a similar split in the short-a system, and fortition of /θ/. Albany, New York, and northern New Jersey, also display influence from the New York City dialect.[9]
New York City English is closely confined to the geographically small but densely populated New York City dialect region, which consists of the city's five Boroughs, Western Long Island although the border there is not clearly established,[10] the lower Hudson Valley, and several nearby cities in northeastern New Jersey, e.g., Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Newark.[11] However, the terms "New York English" and "New York dialect" are, strictly speaking, misnomers. The classic New York dialect is centered on middle and working class European Americans, and this ethnic cluster now accounts for less than half of the city's population. Now, the most secure strongholds of the New York dialect are arguably the suburban areas of Nassau County, western Suffolk County, Westchester County, Rockland County, northern and southwestern Queens, southern Brooklyn, and Staten Island, although many strong New York dialect speakers remain in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Finally, despite common references to a "Bronx accent" or a "Brooklyn accent", no published study has found any feature that varies internally beyond local names.[12] Impressions that the dialect varies geographically may be a byproduct of class and/or ethnic variation.
The variations of New York City English are a result of the layering of ethnic speech starting with the native Lenape tribe and the influence from the waves of immigrants that settled in the city, from the earliest settlement by the Dutch and English, followed in the 1800s by the Irish and western Europeans (typically of French, German, and Scandinavian descent). Over time these collective influences combined to give New York its distinctive accent.[13] Up until the earlier 20th century, many Eastern European Jewish and Italian immigrants, as well as some later immigrants, arrived and further affected the region's speech. Sociolinguistic research, which is ongoing, suggests some differentiation between these last groups' speech may exist. For example, William Labov found differences in the rate and degree of the tensing and raising of (oh) and (aeh) of Italian American versus Jewish American New Yorkers. Jewish Americans were more likely than other groups to use the closest variants of (oh) and Italian Americans were more likely than other groups to use the closest variants of (aeh).[14] In the NPR interview linked below, Labov talks about Irish origin features being the most stigmatized. Still, Labov argues that these differences are relatively minor, more of degree than kind. All European American groups share the relevant features.
One area that is likely to reveal robust patterns is usage among Orthodox Jews. Such features include fully released final stops and certain Yiddish contact features, such as topicalizations of direct objects (e.g., constructions such as Esther, she saw! or A dozen knishes, you bought!). There is also substantial use of Yiddish and particularly Hebrew words. It could be argued that such features are not characteristic of New York dialect because they exist among Orthodox Jews in other dialect regions. Still, in combination with other New York dialect features they are characteristic of a specific local ethno-religious community. There is no research, however, establishing these facts in the New York dialect literature.
Many African American New Yorkers speak African American Vernacular English (AAVE), though with some New York City English features.[15] Many Latinos speak another distinct ethnolect, New York Latino English, characterized by a varying mix of traditional New York dialect and AAVE features along with features of Spanish origin.[15][16]
Many professional-class New Yorkers from high socioeconomic backgrounds often speak with less conspicuous accents; in particular, many use rhotic pronunciations instead of the non-rhotic pronunciations, while maintaining some less stigmatized features such as the low back chain shift and the short-a split (see below).
Similarly, the children of professional migrants from other parts of the U.S. usually do not have many, if any, New York dialect features.[7] As these two populations come to dominate the southern half of Manhattan and neighboring parts of Brooklyn, the dialect is in retreat in some of the more gentrified parts of the city. Many New Yorkers from affluent socioeconomic backgrounds are barely linguistically recognizable as New Yorkers except in their pronunciation of the broad A in "water" and other Northeastern characteristics.[7] Nevertheless, many New Yorkers, particularly from the middle and working class, maintain a clear New York accent.[7]
The pronunciation system of New York City English, popularly known as a New York accent, is heard in New York City, Long Island, and northern New Jersey.[17]
See the article International Phonetic Alphabet for explanations of the phonetic symbols used, as indicated between square brackets [ ]. These represent actual pronunciations. The symbols in curved parentheses () are variables, in this case historical word classes that have different realizations between and within dialects. This system was developed by William Labov. A link to a site with an example text read in various accents, including New York, can be found under external links.
New York dialect is predominantly characterized by the following sounds and speech patterns:
Pure vowels (Monophthongs)[18] | ||
English diaphoneme | New York City phoneme | Example words |
/æ/ | [æ] | act, pal, trap |
[ɪə~eə~ɛə] | ham, pass, yeah | |
/ɑː/ | [ä] | blah, bother, father, lot, top, wasp |
/ɒ/ | ||
[ɔə~oə~ʊə] | all, dog, bought, loss, saw, taught | |
/ɔː/ | ||
/ɛ/ | [ɛ] | dress, met, bread |
/ə/ | [ə] | about, syrup, arena |
/ɪ/ | [ɪ~ɪ̈] | hit, skim, tip |
/iː/ | [i~ɪi] | beam, chic, fleet |
/ɨ/ | [ɪ~ɪ̈~ə] | island, gamut, wasted |
/ʌ/ | [ʌ] | bus, flood, what |
/ʊ/ | [ʊ̜] | book, put, should |
/uː/ | [uː] or [ʊu]~[ɤʊ] | food, glue, new |
Diphthongs | ||
/aɪ/ | [ɑɪ~ɒɪ] | ride, shine, try |
[ɑi~ʌɪ] | bright, dice, pike | |
/aʊ/ | [æʊ] | now, ouch, scout |
/eɪ/ | [eɪ~ɛɪ] | lake, paid, rein |
/ɔɪ/ | [ɔɪ~oɪ] | boy, choice, moist |
/oʊ/ | [oʊ~ʌʊ] | goat, oh, show |
R-colored vowels | ||
/ɑr/ | [ɒə] (intervocalic: [ɒɹ]) | barn, car, park |
/ɪər/ | [ɪə~iə] (intervocalic: [ɪɹ~iɹ]) | fear, peer, tier |
/ɛər/ | [ɛə] (intervocalic: [ɛəɹ]) | bare, bear, there |
/ɜr/ | [ɝ] (older: [ɜɪ]) | burn, first, herd |
/ər/ | [ə~ɜ] (intervocalic: [əɹ]) | doctor, martyr, pervade |
/ɔr/ | [ɔə~oɐ] (intervocalic: [ɔɹ~oɹ]) | hoarse, horse, poor score, tour, war |
/ɔər/ | ||
/ʊər/ | ||
/jʊər/ | [jʊə~jʊɐ] (intervocalic: jʊɹ]) | cure, Europe, pure |
Environment | Example words | New York City | General American | Baltimore & Philadelphia | |
Consonant following /æ/ | Syllable type | ||||
/r/ | open | arable, arid, barrel, barren, carry, carrot, charity, clarity, Gary, Harry, Larry, marionette, maritime, marry, marriage, paragon, parent, parish, parody, parrot, etc.; this feature is determined by the presence or absence of the Mary-marry-merry merger | lax [æ] | tense [eə]~[ɛə]~[æ] | lax [æ] |
/m/, /n/ | closed | Alexander, answer, ant, band, can (the metal object), can't, clam, dance, family, ham, hamburger, hand, handy, man, manly, pants, plan, planning, ranch, sand, slant, tan, understand, etc.; in Philadelphia, began, ran, and swam alone remain lax | tense [eə] | tense [eə] | |
open | amity, animal, can (the verb), Canada, ceramic, gamut, hammer, janitor, manager, manner, Montana, panel, planet, profanity, salmon, Spanish, etc. | lax [æ] | lax [æ] | ||
/b/, /d/, /dʒ/, /g/, /ʃ/, /v/, /z/, /ʒ/ | closed | add, agriculture, ash, badge, bag, bash, cab, cash, clad, crag, dad, drab, fad, flag, glad, grab, mad, magnet, plaid, rag, sad, sag, smash, tab, tadpole, tag, etc.; in NYC, this environment has a lot of variance and many exceptions to the rule; in Philadelphia, bad, mad, and glad alone become tense | tense [eə] | lax [æ] | |
/f/, /s/, /θ/ | closed | ask, basket, bath, brass, casket, cast, class, craft, daft, glass, grass, half, laugh, laughter, mask, mast, math, pass, past, path, plastic, wrath etc. | tense [eə] | ||
all other instances of /æ/ | act, agony, allergy, apple, aspirin, athlete, avid, back, bat, brat, café, cafeteria, cap, cashew, cat, Catholic, chap, clap, classy, dragon, fashion, fat, flap, gap, gnat, latch, magazine, mallet, map, mastiff, match, maverick, pack, pal, pallet, passive, rabid, racket, rally, rat, sack, sat, Saturn, savvy, slack, slap, tackle, talent, trap, travel, etc. | lax [æ] | lax [æ] | ||
Note: The NYC, Philadelphia, and Baltimore dialects' rule of tensing /æ/ in certain closed-syllable environments also applies to words inflectionally derived from those closed-syllable /æ/ environments that now have an open-syllable /æ/. For example, in addition to pass being tense (according to the general rule), so are its open-syllable derivatives passing and passer-by, but not passive. |
Example words regarding the realization of stressed /ɒr/ and /ɔr/ before a vowel: | |||
represented by the diaphoneme /ɒr/ | represented by the diaphoneme /ɔr/ or /ɔər/ | ||
pronounced [ɒɹ] in mainstream England | pronounced [ɔːɹ] in mainstream England | ||
pronounced [ɒɹ] in Boston | pronounced [ɔɹ] in Boston | ||
pronounced [ɔɹ] in Canada | |||
pronounced [ɑɹ] in New York City | pronounced [ɔɹ] in New York City | ||
pronounced [ɑɹ] in the mainstream United States | pronounced [ɔɹ] in the mainstream United States | ||
(these five words only:) borrow, morrow, sorry, sorrow, tomorrow | corridor, euphoric, foreign, forest, Florida, historic, horrible, majority, minority, moral, orange, Oregon, origin, porridge, priority, quarantine, quarrel, sorority, warranty, warren, warrior (etc.) | aura, boring, choral, coronation, deplorable, flooring, flora, glory, hoary, memorial, menorah, orientation, Moorish, oral, pouring, scorer, storage, story, Tory, warring (etc.) |
While the following consonantal features are central to the common stereotype of a "New York accent", they are not entirely ubiquitous in New York. By contrast, the vocalic (vowel) variations in pronunciation as described above are far more typical of New York area speakers than the consonantal features listed below, which carry a much greater stigma than do the dialect's vocalic variations:
There are numerous words used mainly in New York, mostly associated with immigrant languages. For instance, a "stoop" (from the Dutch word "stoep"), is the front steps of a building entrance. A curious split in usage, reflective of the city's racial differences, involves the word punk. In the Black and Latino communities, the word tends to be used as a synonym for weak, someone unwilling or unable to defend himself or perhaps loser. That usage appears to descend from the AAVE meaning of male receptive participant in anal sex,[31] a meaning which, in turn, may be largely lost among youth. Thus, a newspaper article that refers to, say, some arrested muggers as punks can have two different meanings to two different readers.
New Yorkers stand "on line", whereas most other American-English speakers stand "in line". Small convenience stores are called bodegas, from the Spanish term originally meaning "a wine storehouse" via the Puerto Rican Spanish term for "small store; corner store", or delis, which is the short form for delicatessen.
The following famous people or fictional characters are often heard in public as speaking with features typical of a New York accent. Most, but not all, are native New Yorkers. Their pronunciation and vocabulary can be useful guides to the subtleties of speaking New York.


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Inspection Camera with Colour 2.4 Inch LCD Monitor
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• LCD monitor is wireless so you can unattach from the inspection scope for remote viewing
• Mini water-proof camera with 1 m flexible extended tube
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• Total pixels: 704×576 (PAL); 712×486(NTSC)
• Horizontal viewing angle: 50 degreesReal-Time Video Inspection of Closed Spaces Get a clear view inside cylinder heads, behind wallboard and many other hard-to-reach areas.
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Image Sensor 1/3" CMOS |
Effective Pixels 704 x 576 |
View Angle 50 Degree |
Transmission Frequency 2486 MHz |
Power Supply 4 x AA |
Dimensions: 186 mm x 145 mm x 41 mm |
Weight: 530 g |
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Power Supply 8 V-36 V |
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Dimensions: 100 mm x 70 mm x 30 mm |
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bought for my son, said it works ok for the price.
This seems to be a very useful piece of kit especially as the video display can be used remotely. The probe seems well made though I have not tested it for its waterproof qualities (i.e. IP67). The quality is not quite so good towards the display end of the equipment.
1. The removable LCD Monitor and the Camera, as they are referred to in the User Manual could certainly do with removable covers to protect the electrical contacts that show when the units are used separately, as they are easily touched by the fingers.
2. I have tried the remote video (Monitor) connected to a PAL TV, with a photographic lead that I already have, the picture is not that good, a lot of noise, but is acceptable, the image being easily read.
3. I have also experimented with taking photographs from the Monitor using a digital SLR mounted on a tripod. This works OK, especially as the Monitor can be set up in a stationary remote location while the Camera is adjusted. Again, a little noise.
4. In the User Manual supplied and in the downloadable version from Maplins web site it says the Camera Video System is Pal/NTSC, but on the actual box in came in PAL only is ticked, which is fine in this country, but not so good if you might want to use a remote video in an NTSC compliant country.
5. The instructions for use of the video display are poor, there not being much range on Brightness or Contrast, but most important Orientation is not described very well. There are 4 positions here, each actioned after a single press on the button: 1st press.) The correct way up. 2nd press.) A mirror image of the correct way up for use with the mirror attachment. 3rd press.) 180?? to the correct way up. 4th press.) 180?? to a mirror image of the correct way up for use with the mirror attachment.
6. The LED brightness dimmer switch wheel is a little erratic at the lower end of its scale.
7. Without dissembling the Monitor in the first place, how is the Li-battery changed and what ref. type is it? Note, battery changing only in the Camera pistol unit is described in the User Manual.
8. Following from 5 and 7 above the User Manual seems to concentrate a bit too much on the obvious and not on some of the (mainly electronic) intracies.
9. Maplins say in answer to one of the questions on their web site that they do not supply the Extended Tube (Optional) but it would be good to know where such a part could be obtianed moderator note: this sort of information is likely to be available from the Maplin technical team
10. It would be nice to see on the Specifications that the Optic Tube is 9.5mm approx. diameter throughout most of its length, but 16.36mm approx. diameter at the business end. i.e. not quite small enough to enter a 14mm spark plug hole, and also show the minimum focussing distance.
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The display was hard to read in daylight. There was a screw missing from the battery pack, and the camera tip was bigger than expected. OK for drains at night, but not for a car engine in daylight which was what I wanted. Good for inspection of orifices wider than 2cm in dim lighting. You could pay a lot more for equivalent performance. Camera hire can run at ?ú250/week. I didn't check the quality of the monitor output, which might have been a better image than the supplied monitor.
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I was amazed at the quality of image obtained from such a low cost unit. I didn't realize the monitor screen could be used "wirelessly" from the actual camera, this made its use even easier whilst ispecting ductwork.
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This is a great little tool, the Monitor is a good res, the camera light works well and the monitor can be dettached from the main unit so its easier to see. Only problem is that the end is a bit big but otherwise a good addition to anyones tool kit. (plus you can actually see the back of your head .. when your bored)
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steve said:
Hi can this be used for inspection of a car engine say through the spark plug hole of a cylinder head? thanks
adrian said:
The expanded view of the photo shows a video out socket does this mean it can be connected to an external monitor?
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can another video signal be connected to the monitor? ie cctv
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Hi, Can the camera be connected to an external monitor, TV or laptop? Thanks, Stefan
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says in manual "Extended tube (Optional) x 1
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