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...This game has been completely dominated by quickscopers. It's extremely rare that I get into a match where both teams aren't entirely made up of them. Is this just bad luck or has the game really degenerated into this?
The game's degenerated into this, I'm afraid. Fertilizer says that by playing with the DLC off you avoid a lot of them - but I'm heavily inclined to disagree.
Basically... you'll have to deal.
The One Bar Warrior.
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How long have you been gone? It's been like this for a while, months before Ghosts was released. It probably has something to do with the DSR being the best sniper rifle in the whole series.
Pretty much. I'm running into all sorts of snipers. Those who run around acting like their snipers are shotguns, CoD4 like snipers (sitting in corners with equipment surrounding them), trick shotters, fast hands B23 snipers, and those who just spray their snipers at all ranges like idiots. And literally every single one of my deaths are complete BS. How the EFF does a sniper get a quick scope on me when I'm head glitching with an LMG?
What's funny? The amount of them that play the objective, whether it be Domination or KC, is the same amount of times I've had a near death experience (which is once). I am completely convinced these nuisances are here just to be a bane on the community and nothing else. When I ready up and I see a bunch of sniper models spawning around me, I know we are going to lose. I roll my eyes when someone gets a sniper kill 5 feet away and runs the other direction of the tag.
These players need to go away. I really hope Vonderhaar doesn't cater to these "players" again in the next Treyarch game.
"No man should fight any war but his own."
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If you are a Jedi and 100% proud of it then put this in your signature.
It's not even that these guys are overpowered or anything. The majority of the time they go negative or barely scrape even. It's still annoying to get killed by one bullet from across the field that simply locked onto your head, though, no matter how badly they do overall.
That, and it kills any shred of originality that comes with a game having multiple classes and causes every single match to be the same repetitive boring chore of flanking behind the pile of tactical inserts, mowing them down, switching spawns, and repeating.
There are always people worse than quickscopers.
The One Bar Warrior.
GT - Vanessa Magick
^Wait what was that? You didn't even get hitmarkers.
"No man should fight any war but his own."
sbn4 posted...
^Wait what was that? You didn't even get hitmarkers.
I don't like to throw around hackusations but I think he might have been cheating.
The One Bar Warrior.
GT - Vanessa Magick
CoD is the only game where the players with the assault rifles sit in one room that they never move out of and the snipers run around the map... Feels like the total wrong way around.
What do you mean I ain't kind?
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Leisurely Islam:
South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafés and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese community? From the diverse voices of young Shi'i Muslims searching for places to hang out, to the Hezbollah officials who want this media-savvy generation to be more politically involved, to the religious leaders worried that Lebanese youth are losing their moral compasses, Leisurely Islam provides a sophisticated and original look at leisure in the Lebanese capital.
What makes a café morally appropriate? How do people negotiate morality in relation to different places? And under what circumstances might a pious Muslim go to a café that serves alcohol? Lara Deeb and Mona Harb highlight tensions and complexities exacerbated by the presence of multiple religious authorities, a fraught sectarian political context, class mobility, and a generation that takes religion for granted but wants to have fun. The authors elucidate the political, economic, religious, and social changes that have taken place since 2000, and examine leisure's influence on Lebanese sociopolitical and urban situations.
Asserting that morality and geography cannot be fully understood in isolation from one another, Leisurely Islam offers a colorful new understanding of the most powerful community in Lebanon today.
Lara Deeb is associate professor of anthropology at Scripps College and the author of An Enchanted Modern (Princeton). Mona Harb is associate professor of urban studies and politics at the American University of Beirut and the author of Le Hezbollah à Beyrouth.
"This outstanding ethnography of contemporary urban Middle Eastern life focuses on Hezbollah young adults, about whom people are generally misinformed, an effort of critical value to scholars of religion and politics as well as anthropologists. . . . The authors brilliantly illustrate the variety and complexity of moral choice, ethnic insularity, and worldliness with respect to other neighborhoods and populations."--Choice
"Leisurely Islam provides an interesting study of an area many people know very little about. It will interest scholars and students alike. While the book speaks particularly to those working on Lebanon and the Middle East, it will also be relevant to researchers dealing with issues regarding youth, morality, space and diversity in general."--Marianne Holm Pedersen, Social Anthropology
"Café culture has been an integral part of life in the Middle East for centuries, but Deeb and Harb present it as a lens through which to understand the shifting morality of the people of southern Lebanon. This is an important and fascinating study that will be read and discussed for years to come."--Reza Aslan, author of No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
"Through the mapping of an emergent café culture that signals and feeds new desires for sociability and public leisure by 'more or less pious' youth, this engaging and nonjudgmental book guides us through the surprisingly complex moral rubrics and creative religious interpretations of a new generation in the Shi'a neighborhood of South Beirut. In marvelous detail, we learn how young men and women, and those who seek their business, are refiguring their neighborhood, social relations, and the whole city of Beirut, where class, sect, and geography are tightly interwoven."--Lila Abu-Lughod, Columbia University and author of Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
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Ritiro Total Withdrawal Support was formulated by a medical doctor to help people free themselves of opiate dependence. Each of the four products in the Ritiro system works to target specific withdrawal symptoms. The ingredients in each product were carefully selected based on scientific studies proving their effectiveness. When taken together, they are the most potent herbal supplement available for the relief of withdrawal symptoms. Nexus Vitale launched a brand new website to showcase the new Ritiro product line.
Up until the early 1980s' opiate use was limited to the treatment of cancer pain, and acute pain (like a sprained ankle or broken bone). In 1986, Dr. Russell Portenoy, then at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, published an article advocating an expanded role for opiates in the treatment of chronic pain (chronic pain is ongoing pain that persists for weeks, months, even years, after the original injury).* This view came to be endorsed by the American Pain Foundation and the American Pain Society, with supporting statements published in 1996. Since then, opiates have become a staple in the practice of pain medicine.
Underlying the recommendation of opiates for the treatment of chronic pain was the belief that, at therapeutic levels, there was little risk of addiction. This has proven to be false – in fact the risk of addiction is measurable, and higher than expected. For example:
- It is estimated that almost one million people in the United States are currently addicted to some type of opiate.**
- A recent study by SAMHSA found a 111% increase in emergency room visits arising from non medical use of prescription opiates. This increase occurred over a 5 year period.***
- According to the Director of the office of National Drug Control Policy, "The abuse of prescription drugs is our nation's fastest-growing drug problem."****
Based on the above statistics, addiction to opiate containing pain killers is a significant public health threat. Dr. Richard Rosenthal, a leader in the practice and development of modern pain management therapies, has "front line" experience of the destructive effect of continuous opiate use in certain cases
"As a physician who sees these patients on a daily basis I have seen the destructive consequences of opiate addiction. Properly used, opiates have a place in the management of pain, and we use them in our practice, but we have developed treatment protocols that enable us to manage their administration in order to minimize the risk of addiction. However, for those patients that come to us already with an addiction problem, that approach is inappropriate, and for these patients I wanted to develop a direct and effective intervention – a new protocol to help them manage and eliminate their addiction."
Dr. Rosenthal recently created Ritiro – a family of herbal products designed to help patients through the four most difficult steps of the physical and psychological process of opiate discontinuation.
Said Dr. Rosenthal – "the products work to significantly reduce the severity of the "withdrawal experience". For a patient who has determined to discontinue opiate use, these products are a life-saver. They will help you quit"
There are four different aspects to opiate withdrawal. Ritiro is sold as a system of four different products – each designed to treat one of these four withdrawal symptoms:
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- Ritiro Daytime promotes calm and reduces anxiety, both of which are experienced as part of the withdrawal process .
- Ritiro Nighttime is a sleep aid, effective at reducing the insomnia typical of opiate withdrawal.
- Ritiro Endorphin Starter provides an amino acid necessary for the body's synthesis of endorphins. It is the absence of endorphins that results in the experience of withdrawal. As you restore your own ability to produce endorphins, the withdrawal symptoms fade and you begin to experience the joy of living again.
The Ritiro system is unique. There are no competing withdrawal systems – on the web, "over-the-counter" supplements, or prescription drugs – that address all the symptoms of opiate withdrawal. Ritiro is a scientifically designed system that will help a motivated patient face and overcome the challenge of withdrawal.
Dr. Rosenthal is a board certified Addiction specialist, anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician. He has authored several book chapters and journal articles. He currently teaches a one-year course in pain medicine and is a section editor of the journal Practical Pain Management. He has 20 years experience as a pain management practitioner at his practice in Utah.
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*http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304395986900916, May 1986
**http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/rxbrief/, July 2013
***http://www.samhsa.gov/data/nsduh/2k11results/nsduhresults2011.htm, June 2012
****healthland.time.com/2010/07/15/surge-in-hospitalizations-for-prescription-drug-abuse/, July 2010
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She'd prepped for the arrival of her first grandchild.
Her sock drawer cried out to be cleaned.
But when Leslie Millerd got the call to come out of retirement for one last task, her answer was ...
Heck yes!
How often does someone get to plan a party where the guest of honor is the president of the United States?
The call was from her former boss, UC Irvine Vice Chancellor Thomas Parham. He told her he needed someone to head up Obama's commencement address on Saturday at Angel Stadium.
The event would involve 6,375 graduates, 30,000 of their guests, 447 volunteers and 115 dignitaries.
Someone had to do it – run every detail of the military-like operation. And that someone he believed – no, he knew – was Millerd.
As Parham's chief of staff, she had deftly handled previous Big Cheese visits to UCI, like the Dalai Lama, billionaire adventurer Sir Richard Branson and Queen Noor of Jordan.
And Millerd has a knack for bringing people together.
"Come back and make the friendships happen; bring everyone to the table," Millerd said they told her.
"How can you say no?" she added. "I don't care if you're a Democrat, a Republican, a Libertarian; it's our president. The pride is over the top."
After accepting, Millerd practically moved into a conference room on the fourth floor of Aldrich Hall. She has a view of an American flag blowing in the breeze outside the window (pure coincidence).
A few days ago, she stood in a meeting room in front of a white board, looking and even sounding like the actress Kathy Bates. Around a table sat seven women and one man, her core team.


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Cradily: Stone Edge or Ancient Power?
Cradily's still my favorite pokemon, and I'm still eyeing it as a special defender for sandstorm situations (not that I can figure why, with the three or four sandstorm teams I've peaked at, it seems Tyranitar is the one that manages to get conscripted for special tanking duty, especially equipped with Dragon Dance and three weapons...Either that, or they're not bothering with dedicated special barricades in the first place...). Even if I am wondering if Tentacruel might be a more finesse-y way of doing it (currently eyed formation: Scald/Muddy Water, Ice Beam, Toxic Spikes, Hex...which doesn't exactly leave room for something like Mirror Coat, Haze, or Confuse Ray, sadly...).
ANYWAY...While I've got one of the "turrets" decided on (Energy Ball; Earth Power and Earthquake really only help against Steel, not a frequent attack type, I believe, unless something enjoys using Flash Cannon or Mirror Shot a lot. {looks nervously in Bronzong and Magnezone's direction}), the other turret I'm not sure which of the two I mentioned is a better idea (the Cradily in question is Sassy):
--Stone Edge. Highest long-term damage power (100*.8=80, and that's before considering the greater critical rate), and allows striking either physical or special as situation requires (and if they're equally vulnerable to rock and grass), but necessitates some EV splitting (252 in Special Defense is a given, but I'd also like the turrets to have at least a little impact; 72 each right now, with the remainder going to HP)
--Ancient Power. Special like Energy Ball, meaning no need for EVs in Physical Attack. (Probably either 72, 100, or 144 EV to Special Attack if I go this route)
For the record, the other two moves are Recover and Confuse Ray (I will own that I have a secondary Trick Room/Rotation scheme in mind...Which might supplant Stone Edge with Rock Slide...). I am amenable to Stealth Rock in lieu of Confuse Ray, admittedly. Just need to get a male Dream World Corsola first...
1. Needs Stockpile.
2. Ancient Power. You can invest more EVs in defense.
"Today, world. This is basic spoken. God inhale computer. Hardly consumer, but with a modest water fowl." -Babelfish
And to think that I poked back in because I realized that I misrecalled the TENTACRUEL chart--Aqua Ring, not Ice Beam...
Stockpile in lieu of Confuse Ray, I trust? I will admit that something seems "right" about something equipping both Confuse Ray and Recover...Of course, that situation was the same to me with regard to Mirror Move and...somehow...Tri Attack (q.v. pre-DPP Fearow). {shrug}
(Anyone else think Grey's tutors should include Tri Attack?)
If it gets three stockpiles off, it won't be taken down by anything other than strong SE crits or boosted attacks. Stockpile, in the end, is more useful than Confuse Ray. Suction Cups prevents lolphazing, too.
"Today, world. This is basic spoken. God inhale computer. Hardly consumer, but with a modest water fowl." -Babelfish
If you can and you're set on no EQ, just give Cradily Seed Bomb and Stone Edge instead. No need to split EV's.
Ancient Power is too weak a move to be spending a move slot on it. The passive 10% boost chance is also not worth it.
StockPile over Confuse Ray is a very good idea. Confuse Ray only works 50% of the time, and wears off relatively quickly. Two Stock Piles means you take 50% of the damage all the time, and doesn't wear off unless you want it too (suction cups keeps you in, preventing StockPile boosts from being phazed out).
Also, EQ would be very helpful - Fire, Rock, and Steel are all types that can come into Cradily in a Sandstorm and scare him. Energy Ball... gets you Ground types, which you should probably switch out of, and Water.
Seed Bomb...? Not exactly doable with just BW materials (this is going to be a concern if Storm Drain starts passing muster. That, and I don't know if Smogon's decided to interdict anything only accessible in G4 as part of the attempt to keep Stealth Rock under control).
Now why is FIRE going to scare Cradily? Ancient Power and Stone Edge both cause problems for it, and Cradily only suffers neutral damage (remember it only has two resistances, Normal and Electric; most things will be neutral to it). Steel is understandable, but as I mentioned, I'm not sure how prevalent Flash Cannon is (SPECIAL defender; I'm eyeing Hippowdon for the physical defense role). Rock...I'm not afraid of doing "just" neutral damage most of the time (Energy Ball is super-effective, sandstorm defense upgrade...they cancel each other into neutral). I'm in this for the long run, not lightning-quick matches.
The problem with Steel is that it resists Rock and Grass and it isn't damaged by Sandstorm. If you run Toxic on your Cradily like I do, it's also immune to that. So Earthquake is actually a viable option. Steel is the one type that Cradily has to look out for, as it completely shuts it down.
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Ramirez, an art student who lived in Allied Gardens, was struck by a vehicle on the Grand Avenue off-ramp from northbound Interstate 5 shortly after 11 p.m., authorities said.
He was taken to a hospital, where he died from head and neck injuries Saturday morning, the medical examiner's office said.
New trial date is set for detective in assault case
SAN DIEGO COURTS: A new trial date was set yesterday for a sheriff's detective accused of sexually assaulting a prostitute while on duty.
Thomas Sadler, 48, is expected to go to trial July 23. He has pleaded not guilty to five felony charges: sexual assault, battery by an officer, false imprisonment and two counts of illegally accessing computers.
The charges stem from an alleged incident in North Park in February 2008. He faces up to eight years in prison if convicted.
Sadler was scheduled to go to trial next week, but his defense attorney Michael Berg asked that the case be postponed.
Sadler is accused of forcing an admitted prostitute into his unmarked Ford Taurus on Feb. 6, 2008, and driving her to a parking lot in Mission Valley, according to San Diego police. He then groped her until witnesses intervened and she escaped, police said.
Boy testifies about sexual conduct with ex-teacher
SAN DIEGO COURTS: A 15-year-old boy testified yesterday that he repeatedly engaged in sexual conduct with a woman who had once been his fifth-grade teacher.
He said Adrienne Elizabeth Feistel, 35, initiated the sex acts at night in his bedroom when she was staying with his family in the Lomita neighborhood. The boy said he and Feistel first started "making out" when he was 13.
The testimony came on the first day of a preliminary hearing in San Diego Superior Court. At the end of the hearing, Judge Gale Kaneshiro will be asked to determine whether prosecutors presented enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial.
Feistel has pleaded not guilty to 10 felony counts of committing a lewd act on a child. In some counts, she is accused of "substantial sexual conduct" with the boy when he was younger than 14. If convicted, she could be sent to prison for up to eight years.
Judge declares mistrial in liquor store killings
EAST COUNTY COURTS: An East County jury deadlocked yesterday while considering the fate of an Alpine man in connection with the robbery and execution-style killing of two people at an El Cajon store.
The jury said it voted several times between Thursday and yesterday in favor of convicting Anthony Miller, 23, on two counts of murder, with votes ranging from 8-4 to 11-1. Because a unanimous verdict is required for conviction, Superior Court Judge Lantz Lewis declared a mistrial.
Lewis scheduled a new trial for Sept. 28, Deputy District Attorney Glenn McAllister said.
Co-defendant Jean Pierre Rices 27, of El Cajon, pleaded guilty last October to two counts of first-degree murder and admitted he shot two people at Granada Liquor Store while robbing the store on March 1, 2006. A separate jury is hearing evidence in the penalty phase of Rices' case. The jury is being asked to decide whether Rices should be executed.


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Swedes host SWC Fine Arts Festival
Students perform, display art.
Anyone driving by Gothenburg High School last Friday and Saturday might have noticed a flock of school buses.
The buses transported students from Ainsworth, Cozad, Valentine, Minden, Broken Bow and Ogallala to Gothenburg for a two-day Southwest Conference Fine Arts Festival.
On Friday, art students created murals and sculptures. They also had a mixer activity.
Full ensemble and sectional rehearsals for band and choir students also occurred.
Saturday's agenda included additional rehearsals for instrumentalists and vocalists and workshops for art students.
Art workshops and clinicians included "Cubism: Thinking Inside and Outside of the Grid" by Christy Kosmicki, a Holdrege High School art teacher and adjunct faculty member at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
Jenny Raymond of Gothenburg taught "Fun with Fabric, Paint & Stencils." "Pewter Casting" was led by artist Ray Schultze of Papillion, who is a UNK professor emeritus at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. "Wire & Pantyhose Sculpture" was taught by Scott Schwarz, an elementary and high school art teacher in Bertrand.
A handful of students listened and talked to members of the Chiara String Quartet who had played a public concert at the Sun Theatre Friday night.
The clinician for the band was Erin Bejot-Rathe, who is director of bands at Omaha North Magnet High School. Bejot-Rathe, of LaVista, is a 1997 alumnus from Ainsworth High School.
Leading the honor choir was Curt Isaacson of Omaha, who is director of choral activities at Omaha Northwest High Magnet Schools.
Marcia Speck, an accompanist and elementary music teacher at Gothenburg Public Schools, accompanied choral students.
The festival ended with a public concert in the north gym of GHS on Saturday afternoon.
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Officials would not provide a breakdown of the slating committee's voting, but Trotter was clearly a front-runner. He had the backing of Zucarelli, who had the most influence in the process. Each member's vote was weighted based on how many votes were cast in that official's ward or township in the last election.
Trotter's question-and-answer session before the committee was also twice as long as others, and he got applause as he left.
Trotter was arrested Dec. 5 when Transportation Security Administration officers discovered an unloaded .25-caliber Beretta handgun and ammunition in a garment bag during routine X-ray screening. Trotter's attorney says he has the gun for his separate work with a security firm.
Other candidates include Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale, state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, former state Rep. Robin Kelly and former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, whose record includes convictions for fraud and having sex with a minor. Reynolds has said he believes voters will forgive his mistakes.
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Kuala Lumpur will host 10th biennialWTF Conference
Kuala Lumpur, the federal capital and most populous city of Malaysia, will shimmer with 'Telugu tejam' in April, as the place has been finalised as the venue for the 10th biennial World Telugu Federation (WTF) Conference.
Telugu people from every nook and cranny of the world will assemble at Sunway Convention Centre to be part of the three-day international meet which will commence on April 12.
"The WTF was inaugurated in 1992 with the main objective of promoting Telugu language, culture, art, heritage and its rich and glorious traditions. It also provides ample scope for Telugu people across the world to interact and explore expansion of their business," said federation chairperson V.L. Indira Dutt at a press conference here on Tuesday.
Besides protecting the language from erosion, it would help the present generation connect with its roots, she said.
The federation has held its earlier meetings at different places.
In 1994 it was organised in Chennai, in 1996 at Hyderabad, in 1998 at Delhi, in 2000 at Visakhapatnam, in 2002 at Singapore, in 2004 at Bangalore, in 2006 at Dubai, in 2008 at Vijayawada and in 2010 at Chennai.
These international meets have served as a platform to disseminate and absorb information and knowledge for the participants.
Explaining about the activities of the WTF, Ms. Dutt said it organised classes imparting Telugu language, revival of diminishing arts and felicitating artists who have contributed to the richness of the language and its several enchanting facets.
She said WTC's regional meetings held at Salem, Coimbatore and Madurai in Tamil Nadu, at Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Viasakhapatnam, Tirupati, Nellore, Muktyala, Warangal, Tanuku, Eluru and Jaggayyapet in Andhra Pradesh and constant interaction with nations like the USA, UK, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Mauritius had helped a great deal in improving participation and enhancing the quality of the meetings.
Speaking about the world-class Cultural Centre christened as Telugu Saamskritika Nikethanam in Visakhapatnam, Ms. Dutt said it was nearing completion and the place was a must-visit for Telugu-lovers.
The conference will be inaugurated on April 12.
The concluding day will mark a delegate session attended by representatives of various Telugu associations from India and abroad. Those interested to register their names with WTF office at Chennai can contact 044 28152191.
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The RX100 is a great little camera, but te manual doesn't do it justice. I'm not clear what this mode does -- I assumed it was the same as the NEX HHT mode, but am not sure if it is. Does anyone know for sure? If not, how does. It differ from AMB mode?
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Businesses need to guard selves from losses
Businesses small and large daily walk through legal mine fields, whether it's fighting theft, resisting scams, resolving business disputes or deciding whether to market highly profitable but sketchy or possibly illegal goods.
Henderson County Attorney Steve Gold, whose many duties include prosecuting theft cases and collecting on bad checks for businesses, addressed a number of legal issues during a recent presentation at a Henderson Chamber of Commerce Brown Bag Series luncheon. Among those issues:
Contracts: "Always use contracts" when entering business arrangements with another party, Gold advised.
"Always do it in writing," he said. "It's better to spend a little money on the front end than a lot on the back end."
Bad checks: They haunt practically every business. But Gold offers many tips for minimizing the risk.
Confirm the identity of the check writer by viewing a picture ID, he advised.
Write — legibly, Gold emphasized — pertinent information such as the check writer's driver's license number, date of birth and Social Security number onto the check. Don't allow the check writer to put their own information on the check.
Whenever possible, avoid accepting non-personalized counter checks.
The signature should be legible and signed in the presence of the individual accepting the check.
If the only address imprinted on the check is a post office box, write the complete street address on the check.
Accept only checks written with the current day's date; don't accept post-dated checks bearing dates later than the current day.
Make sure the written amount of the value of the check corresponds with the numeric amount.
Avoid out-of-state or third-party checks.
Don't accept checks from people who have written you a bad check previously — including if the customer is offering to make good on that bad check with a new one. Insist on cash.
"Don't be afraid to say no," Gold said. "I know it's hard to turn down money, but you're not required to take any check.
"If you have reservations," he said, "call the bank to confirm."
Resolving bad checks: If you do take a bad check, you have several options.
One is to contact the Henderson County Attorney's Bad Check Division. "We have a little over 80-percent collection rate," in part because his office is an arm of law enforcement, Gold said.
The division will collect the face amount on the check plus $50 for the business (and a $50 collection fee for the county attorney's office).
"We sent out 2,191 letters last year and collected $103,170 in face amounts and $78,000" in $50 fees for the business for a total recovery of more than $181,000.
However, the county attorney can pursue a criminal prosecution only on checks written when there is a "contemporaneous exchange of goods and services," a tricky issue requiring that the purchaser receives whatever they are buying at the same time they hand over the check, as opposed to, say, writing a rent check but not getting the key to the premises until the following day,
Another option is to use a private collection agency or check acceptance service. With a check acceptance service such as TeleCheck, "You're guaranteed to lose money with them" — because of their fee of, say, 50 cents per check — "but you're guaranteed to only lose a set amount" on each check.
And a business can file a civil suit against the check writer. A business can pursue a bad debt of less than $2,500 in small-claims court; debts of less than $5,000 in district court; and debts of more than $5,000 in circuit court.
Shoplifting: Theft of merchandise hurts retailers (who suffer lower profits) and consumers (who ultimately must pay higher prices) as well as society at large, Gold said.
Juveniles account for nearly 50 percent of shoplifters — often doing it just for kicks — but there are others: professionals (the most difficult to deter or detect, and who usually target expensive items), the general public (including otherwise solid citizens who may be bored or are trying to stretch their budget), kleptomaniacs (who have a psychological compulsion) and, as some well-publicized cases revealed, even overprivileged starlets.
Gold offered a host of suggestions for minimizing shoplifting,
Use technology, from cameras and detection systems to mirrors.
Greet customers — customers like attention but thieves don't.
Watch for body language such as darting eyes, nervous hands and loitering.
Watch for people carrying large packages, big purses, shopping bags or unusually bulky clothing.
Stay alert; pros often work in pairs, with one providing a distraction while the other one steals.
Don't leave display cases unlocked and show only one item at a time.
Don't allow customers to carry more than one article of clothing into a dressing room at a time.
Avoid narrow aisles and clutter.
Train employees on spotting thieves.
Employee theft: This is surprisingly common, with one in 30 retail employees arrested for workplace theft, though not until after thefts have taken place for an average of two years.
"You're more likely to have money stolen by an employee than someone else," Gold said.
Men account for nearly six out of 10 employee thefts, and steal more on average than women, he said.
To reduce employee theft, create a fair, positive culture for workers. "They're less likely to steal," Gold said.
Theft is more likely "if they feel they're getting back at you," he said.
Implement internal controls, such as separation of duty and having more than one set of eyes on accounts.
Try to hire honest people by using background checks.
Educate and involve employees, including creating an anonymous reporting system.
Perform regular audits at irregular intervals.
Investigate every incident. "Not just big ones," Gold said. "Small ones become big ones."
Some telltale signs of employee theft may be an employee who never takes a vacation (so they always know what's happening in the workplace); prefer to work after hours or take work home; are overly protective of their workspace; exhibit a change in behavior; or when financial records are missing.
Scams: "If you're in small business, you're in the target market for scammers," Gold said.
One example is business identity theft — the cousin to personal ID theft. When a business' identification is stolen, a scam artist may be able to obtain credit cards or a line of credit in the business' name, easily costing it tens of thousands of dollars. Alternatively, a business' consumers may be tricked into making purchases or sending payments to the scam artist.
"It's easy to get information" about a business, Gold acknowledged. Still, he advised business owners to train employees "to verify exactly who they are talking to" when someone tries to obtain confidential information about a business. Better yet, refer such callers or visitors to the business owner.
Another scam is through the use of credit cards. The county advises businesses to practice due diligence, such as recording the three-digit security code on the back of the credit card, the name of the bank issuing the card and its toll-free number.
Still another is the overpayment ruse, in which a customer places an order — by mail, for example — and encloses a check that is made out for more than the price of the merchandise. The business ships the merchandise along with a refund check representing the amount of the overpayment. Then the customer's original check bounces and the business has lost the merchandise plus the amount of the refund check.
"We actually see quite a bit of that," Gold said. Businesses should be careful when receiving a check that overpays for a purchases and when doing business with an unfamiliar customer until the check has cleared the bank.
Then there is valuation fraud, when a business is contacted by someone claiming to be a broker who matches business owners with prospective buyers. The "broker" offers to conduct a valuation of the business for an up-front fee of several thousand dollars; once paid, the "broker" either disappears with the money or mines a business' confidential records for valuable information but never produces a buyer.
If seeking a valuation of your business, "make sure it's by a licensed CPA and a reputable firm," Gold said. "If they ask you to prepay for anything, run."
Other scams include vanity awards, in which a business receives a surprise notice that they have won an award and is invited to buy a plaque, trophy or other merchandise; directory listing fraud, in which a business is contacted and told they have forgotten to pay for an advertisement in some directory; and the advance fee loan scam, in which a cash-strapped business is promised a loan if they will first pay an up-front fee.
Wage garnishment: Employers can be required to withhold a portion of an employee's wages because of a unpaid child support or a judgment by a creditor. Most garnishments are made by court order.
"Some businesses say, But we don't do garnishments,' " Gold said. But court-ordered garnishments are binding on the employer under Kentucky state law, he said — and the employer can be held personally liable for any child support garnishment they fail to withhold.
Under the Consumer Credit Protection Act, an employer can't just fire an employee who is subject to garnishment for any one debt (though the act doesn't prohibit firing a worker who has been separately garnished for two or more debts), he said.
The amount of the garnishment can range from 25 percent of an employee's take-home pay for regular debts to 50 to 65 percent for child support.
Synthetic drugs: Gold advised retailers to resist the "seductive profits" from selling psychoactive products such as synthetic marijuana and the deceptively named "bath salts" that both the city and county governments recently outlawed.
"We're already getting reports from the hospital of people in convulsions from this junk," which might be purchased for just a few dollars wholesale but sold retail for $40 or $50, he advised.
Both products are commonly sold in small packets resembling a condom package. The synthetic cannabinoids are sold under names such as K2, Spice, Kronic and Puff the Magic Dragon while the "bath salts" are marketed under innocuous names such as Ivory Wave, Bliss and Vanilla Sky as well as MDPV (for methylenedioxypyrovalerone, a common active ingredient).
The products often are labeled as either "legal" or "not for human consumption," and distributors often provide retailers a document claiming they are safe. But Gold noted that many retailers apparently recognize that the products are suspect or illegal because stores frequently hide them behind the counter or in a back room.
Indeed, he said that the Federal Drug Administration last March declared synthetic cannabinoids as a Schedule 1 drug — one with "no health value" — meaning that sales may be prosecuted as a Class A misdemeanor or a federal crime, Gold said.
"Bath salts" produce effects such as three to six hours of extreme euphoria, arousal, energy and sociability that Gold said has been described as a combination of cocaine and meth. But it can be followed by rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, grinding teeth, overstimulation, severe paranoia, psychotic delusions and — in the long term — breakdown of muscular/skeletal tissue, psychosis, respiratory failure or liver failure.
Trafficking in such controlled substances is a felony under Kentucky state law, he said.
"Just don't sell it," Gold urged. "Don't sell stuff that hurts people."
Business Editor Chuck Stinnett can be reached at 270-831-8343 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By the time the Lok Sabha poll drums fall silent on May 10, Narendra Modi would have undertaken the largest mass outreach in India's electoral history by travelling about 300,000 km for 437 public meetings in 25 states besides 1350 innovative 3D rallies.
The Modi juggernaut rolled out on September 15 last year with an ex-servicemen's rally in Rewari in Haryana and would continue till the evening of May 10 when electioneering for the ninth and last phase of the polls in which votes will be cast on May 12. Besides 437 public meetings, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate would have addressed another 1350 rallies through 3D technology across the nation. Another 600 3D rallies are planned between May 1 and 10, according to information available from BJP.
Additionally, Modi would have done 4000 'chai pe charcha' (chat over tea) interactions during which he discusses issues with common people as well as takes questions from across the country and internationally through video conferencing.Add to that, 196 'Bharat Vijay' rallies and the road shows in Vadodara and Varanasi, the two constituencies from where he is contesting, the BJP leader's outreach programme would have totalled an astounding 5827 rallies, programmes and roadshows.
BJP describes the campaign as historic and unprecedented in its intensity and scale in addition to being innovative and precise. Modi's campaign is one of the biggest mass mobilisation anywhere in the history of electioneering, says the party.
Reflecting the importance of Uttar Pradesh to his electoral fortunes, Modi has addressed the largest number of rallies, eight, in this state followed by four in Karnataka, three in Bihar, two each in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Assam and Odisha, besides one each in other states. Between May 1 and 10, 41 'Bharat Vijay' rallies are scheduled in 5 states. In addition, some 600 3D rallies are planned during this period.
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said massive crowds, sometimes 4 lakh and above, had turned up at the rallies, particularly in UP. In their view the Oct 27 rally in Patna, where bombs had gone off, is regarded as a landmark because Modi had not called it off despite the threat he had faced. Use of technology has been one of the highlights of the Modi campaign and the 3D rallies through which the BJP leader connected with people in multiple places have been a big hit.
During 'chai pe charcha' programmes, Modi has interacted with people across India on issues such as agriculture and women empowerment. These chats were held across 4000 locations in 24 states in several rounds and, internationally, across 50 locations in 15 countries. Some 10 lakh people had participated in this innovative programme, the party said.
The prime ministerial hopeful's day begins at 5 AM and sometimes goes past midnight, the party said. "I am running, the affection of the people is making me run," Modi said during the campaign.
At a press briefing in the party headquarters, Lekhi said the historic campaign undertaken by Modi was to convey the message of development and good governance. She said in his 'hunkar' rally in Patna on Oct 27 Modi gave a message of peace and unity, saying that Hindus and Muslims should together fight poverty instead of fighting themselves.
Lekhi said Modi has proved all the media punditry wrong which said the road to Delhi for him would be lonely. "NDA is now a strong 25-party alliance," she said, referring to BJP's newfound allies like Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP and Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP.
People across the length and breadth of the country, she said, related with Modi's developmental message as he presented a "unique vision" to develop different states and regions He chose Arunachal to give a stern warning to China about its incursion into Indian territory and in Andhra Pradash he was the only leader who gave the "clarion call" for the development of both regions, Lekhi said. Modi also made it clear that country's federal structure is an article of faith for him as he as a Chief Minister understood its importance while Congress "trampled" over it again and again, she said.
"He spoke about councils for hill states and coastal states to be headed by the PM and having CMs of these states as their members," she said.
He is also committed to the development of eastern states like Odisha, Bihar and Bengal and dwelt at length about the issue in his speeches, she said.


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The art of chocolate.
Kati and the chocolate factory
Who among us doesn't love a nice piece of chocolate? Be it bitter, white or sweet, in a cup, cake pan or combined with any number of other flavours. Confessed chocoholics, my colleague Matthew Beattie and I contribute a considerable share to the approximately 94 tonnes of chocolate that are consumed in Switzerland each year. We are thus suitably excited at the prospect of playing Willy Wonka for a day in Canton Fribourg.
Maison Cailler is home to the renowned chocolate brand's factory, museum and chocolate ateliers (workshops). The Maison is immediately recognisable as the iconic building featured on all Cailler packaging. Located near Gruyeres in the twee village of Broc, it is set amidst vivid green pastures, rising and falling in perfect waves as far as the eye can see.
Piles of neatly stacked chocolate eggs, bars and boxes are glinting in the morning light that streams in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, as we step across the threshold into Cailler's confectionery wonderland. A long glass wall reveals the modern, lower-level workspace, where we will be allowing our imaginations and taste buds to run wild today.
History in rewind
Chocolate has been treasured and sought after by numerous civilisations throughout the ages. The Mayans used it to produce an alcoholic beverage; for Montezuma and his Aztec empire, it was a daily staple consumed by the cupful; European explorers brought it back from Central America and sold it to the wealthiest members of the aristocracy, including Marie-Antoinette, who reportedly requested a cup of hot chocolate for her final meal.
Closer to home, Mayor Heinrich Escher introduced chocolate to Zurich's ruling guilds in 1697, after discovering it in Brussels. However, the City Council decided to ban it in 1722, calling the reputed aphrodisiac 'unfit for virtuous citizens'. In the 1750s, the product saw a revival with the establishment of the first manufacture in Switzerland.
Francois-Louis Cailler opened his Swiss chocolate factory in 1819 and pioneered a smooth chocolate that could be moulded into bars. Unsurprisingly, his innovation made a universal splash. However, it wasn't until 1875--when Cailler's son-in-law, Daniel Peter, mixed chocolate with condensed milk produced by his neighbour, Henri Nestle--that the world had its first taste of milk chocolate. This winning recipe continues to be employed by Cailler today.
Well-kept secret
Nestle took over Cailler in 1929 and today is one of the largest of Switzerland's 18 chocolate producers. Cailler itself remains comparatively unknown beyond Swiss borders. "I call it one of the best-kept secrets," says Maison Cailler Manager Fleur Helmig. However, this may be exactly what constitutes a unique selling point of the brand. "Since Cailler is a Swiss brand, a lot of tourists buy it [too]. Many other [Swiss] products you can already find abroad, so it's less interesting to bring them home."
Another differentiator is Cailler's focus on locally sourced, high-quality ingredients. "One raw material we work with, which is different from our competitors, is milk from the region," Helmig notes with pride. "We say we know each of our 1,776 cows [whose] milk is then condensed." The difference is palpable, she claims--and we are about to find out.
Mastering the art of making pralines
When the time comes for our 2.5-hour workshop to begin, excitement fills the kitchen, as the 14 participants--mostly families and couples--move to various stovetop workspaces. While we don aprons and appraise the array of available ganache fillings (a mixture made from chocolate, cream and the ingredients of your choice), our trilingual chocolatier Olivier Jungo offers some tips for picking a harmonious medley of flavours. Some of our options include coffee, cinnamon, black pepper, chilli flakes, whiskey, kirsch and rum.
I choose an old-time favourite--a classic blend of milk chocolate, coffee and amaretto. Meanwhile, Matthew opts for a sensuous white chocolate, cinnamon and Grand Marnier combination. As we roll up our sleeves and get to work, it is amazing to learn just how precise the process is. Chocolate is a very delicate substance and burns easily, so the temperatures during each step must be closely monitored to within 1-2 degrees Celsius. Although Matthew and I share regular laughs at just how uncoordinated two people can possibly be, the meticulousness required means we can't take our eyes off the prize for long.
The casing for our pralines must be allowed to melt slowly, then tempered to ensure it gives off the requisite shine. The chocolate must be cooled and mixed quickly on a granite slab, then spread flat with a palette knife, and bunched back up into a mound. This is repeated until the mixture is gooey, and the end temperature is only a few decimal places off 30[degrees]C.
Finally, it is time to fill our casings. The decoratively-shaped, plastic ice trays must be coated with a thin layer of chocolate, scraped clean and briefly cooled in the fridge. Next, with piping bags of heady ganache in hand, we fill the moulds leaving a 2mm gap to close off our pralines with the remaining casing chocolate. Then, into the fridge they go.
Sweet success
Thirty minutes later, we have tidied our workspaces, shovelled as much of the leftover ganache into our mouths as we could without seeming uncouth, and taken the opportunity to quiz Jungo on his job. When asked what he enjoys most, he doesn't miss a beat: "Eating chocolate," he says laughing. Although not any type of chocolate, he is quick to add. In his courses, he has come across some bizarre creations. "One time, someone mixed in too much black pepper and a local herbal alcohol, and well ... it was not so fantastic," he remembers with a grimace.
With that, the moment of truth is upon us: We crack the (almost) professional-standard chocolaty morsels out of our trays and lick our lips in anticipation... Heaven! Rich, creamy, spicy, boozy heaven--and not available in your neighbourhood confiserie either. I'm pretty sure Willy Wonka himself would have approved.
Calling all chocolatiers
Most adult courses cost CHF 58; children's courses are shorter and cost CHF 22. All courses include a visit to Cailler's interactive chocolate museum and more free samples than your sweet tooth could possibly handle.
For more information La Maison Cailler rue Jules Bellet 7 1636 Broc 026 921 59 60 www.cailler.ch
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> Are they just unaware of what advantages running a home server can offer? Or have
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Linux nerd here... sorry, but I have better things to do with my time than worry about constantly patching and running smtp/web/ftp servers, and constantly monitoring logs, etc, etc, etc. Having a life gets in the way of an internet.
I have a reasonable idea of how vulnerable linux servers are on the open internet. It's mind-boggling how easily the average Joe/Jane Lunchbucket gets pwnd/social-engineered even with a client machine behind a stateful firewall. Give every one of them a server, and if you think today's botnets are something, you ain't seen nothing yet.


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TV5'S top-rating variety-game show "Wil Time Bigtime" will lead the launch of the network's two international channels—Kapatid TV5 and Aksyon TV International—in North America this week, Pilipinas Global Network Limited (PGNL) announced recently.
PGNL, the Kapatid network's international arm, also confirmed that big-name stars like Nora Aunor, Ruffa Gutierrez, Aga Muhlach and Derek Ramsay will be joining "Wil Time Bigtime" host Willie Revillame at the launch.
There will be two separate launch events in California—one at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 26, and at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on June 2. Both shows start at 6 p.m.
"Wil Time Bigtime" program unit head Jay Montelibano said his group has been reviewing California's rules and regulations on mounting a game show to make sure that the show complies. "TV5 is a network run by lawyers. Our bosses are very thorough. I was given a five-page list of guidelines," he told the Inquirer on Monday.
Montelibano explained that, unlike the usual variety show, which merely features a series of production numbers, "Wil Time Bigtime" has segments that encourage the audience to participate and have a chance to bring home cash prizes.
Citing California guidelines, Montelibano said contestants should be 18 years old and above. "He or she should already have a taxpayer's identification number or TIN and should be consistent in paying taxes," he added. "Also, the show is not allowed to hand out a cash prize of more than $600."
TV5 bosses were also making sure that their artists, including the show's cohosts, Mariel Rodriguez and Camille Villar, secure the right US visa before the big launch.
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"Talentadong Pinoy" season 3 grand winner Astroboy will also perform to add color to the event. Even TV5's news and public affairs personalities Luchi Cruz-Valdez and Erwin Tulfo are joining as guests.
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I think we can all agree that bullfighting would be a much better sport if the object was for the bull to try and rip the bullfighter's pants off before the bullfighter could put pants on the bull.
That seems to be what was going on here, and the bull won, before the bullfighter countered with some expert impromptu self-diapering.
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Never mind getting behind the wheel of a dangerous Pinto, Pacer, or Gremlin, Lupe Sosa learned to drive in his grandfather's work truck and has never had a coupe or sedan. At 37 years old the Texan has climbed to the top rankings in the monster-truck circuit, which features the screaming machines with giant cartoonlike tires that bounce and fly over buses and flatten cars. With his fierce new vehicle, El Toro Loco, Sosa, the only Hispanic driver at his level, tears it up in Miami this weekend at the U.S. Hot Rod Monster Truck Jam.
New Times: What is El Toro Loco?
Lupe Sosa: It means crazy bull. Bright orange with flames, it's got bull features -- the teeth, the big horns, kinda like it's grinning. It's a real cool 3-D concept truck. We're dealing with 2000 horsepower [about six Toyota Camrys]. The actual frame, chassis, and power train are all specially fabricated for abuse.
What is it about a guy and his truck?
I think it all goes back to I'm still a kid, and it's just another toy of mine. I'll never grow up. It's just that the toys have gotten bigger. I get to go out and play with it in front of people.
What do you drive on the street?
I've never owned anything but a four-wheel-drive truck. I have a big power-stroke 2002 Ford four-door.
When you're stuck in traffic, do you wish you were in El Toro Loco?
Many times I do. Especially in parking lots. I wouldn't have to worry about looking for a spot. I could just park on top of two cars!
Can monster-truck driving bring world peace?
Monster trucks are known around the world. Every nationality likes them. I don't know that we could be the cure to world peace. If it could be as easy as all that, it would be beautiful. It would be nice if we could say, "Hey these guys are just like us, we're all humans."
And every little boy loves his truck?
Exactly, and these are toys. We all have a little kid in us regardless of the villain that a person may be. This might bring out the kid in him.
Maybe we'll see an Osama bin Laden truck?
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"The best part is that 100 percent of the $5 you spend goes directly to benefit the March of Dimes," Fitzgerald's wife, Karen, said. "As we say, you know you love to shop, so why not make those purchases really count."
Brian and Karen's son, Vaden, will accompany them from 8 a.m. to noon. Vaden was born premature at 30 weeks due to Karen acquiring a life-threatening condition called HELLP Syndrome.
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Preheat your oven to 200'C. Roll out the puff pastry with a rolling pin and cut two circles with a circle cookie cutter.
Cut a heart out of the middle of one of the pastry circles with a mini heart cutter.
Spread the other pastry circle with goats cheese and top with red onion chutney.
Place the heart cut pastry circle on top and use a fork to press around the edges of the pie.
Repeat for the remaining pies.
Bake in an oven for 10 minutes.
Leave to cool and then serve!
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