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Furry Fiesta is proud to offer multiple venues for our attendees to interact with our vendors. Located just outside of our
Dealers Den
, attendees will find our Artist Alley an ever-changing marketplace exclusively for artists of all kinds to create, display, and sell their own works. From classic badges, sketches, finished artwork, and sketchbook commissions to self-made music, etched glassware, sculptures, jewelry, steampunk, accessories, photography, etc, attendees will find an ever-changing assortment of self-made goods and services to browse and purchase.
Also, unlike the Dealers Den, the Artist Alley offers a more dynamic experience with artists rotating or changing locations each day and sometimes within the same day. The Artist Alley opens each day at the same time as the Dealers den, but remains open open overnight until very early each morning.
Helpful suggestions for attendees:
Be sure to write your name and contact information in your sketchbook so it can be returned to you if lost.
Exchange contact information with all artists you commission so you can reach each other later if they move or leave the Artist Alley
Being an Artist in the Alley
Each morning, we will hold a Lottery for all seats in the Artist Alley. Lottery tickets are free, but are limited to one lottery ticket per person. Lottery winners will be assigned one seat in the Artist Alley to use from the time it opens until the time it closes the following morning. Additionally, we have greatly expanded our Alley capacity, increasing the number of available spaces from 18 in 2014 to 52 in 2015
Artists must present their Texas Sales Tax License (or already have one on file with the Dealers Den Lead or Artist Alley Lead) before they will be issued a lottery ticket.
There will be absolutely no exceptions to this policy.
Texas Sales Tax Permits are available free of charge online at
Artists who file their Texas Sales Tax Permit with the Artist Alley lead or Dealers Den lead will be given a special ribbon which they must attach to their membership badge and wear visibly while conducting business in the Artist Alley.
There will be absolutely no exceptions to this policy.
If an Artist's lottery ticket number is drawn for a space in the Alley, that artist must pay a $10 fee (cash or credit) in order to claim the space. If they cannot provide this when their lottery ticket number is drawn, their ticket number will be discarded and the next number will be drawn.
All sales (including artwork and commission sales) must be conducted within the Dealers Den, Artist Alley, or other space explicitly approved for such use by Furry Fiesta. Anyone found conducting unapproved business anywhere else in convention space will be required to stop immediately. Repeat offenders may be asked to surrender their membership badge and leave convention space.
Please read the the Complete Artist Alley Rules below for complete details on all requirements and procedures.
Artist Frequently Asked Questions:
Question #1: The Lottery is drawn so early, and Registration's line is so long. I'll never get through it in time! What am I supposed to do?
You are allowed to participate in the Lottery drawing prior to picking up your membership badge from Registration. However, you are required to obtain and wear your membership badge prior to setting up your Artist Alley space. If you are not able to obtain your membership badge by one hour after the drawing, please work with the Artist Alley lead to obtain an extension or your space may be forfeit.
Question #2: Can I register online ahead of time to be in the Artist Alley?
No. You must be present to enter for the lottery each morning, and you must be present for each drawing. You may not enter the lottery ahead of time and you may not have someone else enter the lottery for you or claim your space for you if you are not present for the drawing.
Question #3: But I NEED to be able to sell things at TFF to pay for my trip! What if I don't get picked for the Lottery?!?
Being drawn in the Lottery only provides a guaranteed seat; after Noon each day, if there is an empty seat and you have filed your Tax Permit with the Artist Alley lead, you may sit and do business. If the seat holder returns, you will need to move to another available seat or come back later if none are available. We have greatly expanded the number of Artist Alley seats this year, so finding space to do some work should not be an issue even if you do not get drawn in the Lottery.
Question #4: So... if I get drawn in the Lottery, I can get up from my seat and go get lunch/dinner, or go to panels, or visit with friends and I won't lose my spot? I can leave and come back and it's still mine when I want it?
Correct! If you come back from your break and someone is sitting in your seat, just let them know you're back, give them a reasonable amount of time to pack up their things and move, and it's all yours again. If they won't move, or don't do so in a reasonable amount of time, please notify the Artist Alley lead (or, after hours, Security) and we will enforce your claim.
Complete Artist Alley Rules
Seat Assignment and Lottery
Tables are issued on a Lottery basis. Lottery tickets are issued each morning; see Hours of Operation below for times.
If the allotment of spaces available exceeds the number of waiting artists on a given morning, spaces will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis. This will continue until all spaces are sold for that day.
No lottery ticket will be issued without a Texas Sales Tax Permit. If an artist has not provided this ahead of time, they must provide it at the time of ticket issue. If an artist does not have a permit, they may see the Artist Alley lead after the daily drawing for assistance.
All parties must be present to enter the Lottery and for the drawing. Artists may not pick up a ticket for someone else nor claim another artist's seat for them if their ticket is chosen when they are not present.
Artist's seats must be occupied by one hour post-drawing; exceptions will be made if an issue is communicated to the Alley staff. 'Occupation' includes both being set-up and ready to do business.
Artists must have a Furry Fiesta 2015 membership badge to be set up their space, but not to enter the Lottery. If selected in the lottery, artists must obtain their Furry Fiesta 2015 membership badge from Registration prior to setting up their space in Artist Alley.
Texas Sales Tax Permit & Filing this Permit with Furry Fiesta
Artists selling any item at Furry Fiesta must collect Texas Sales Tax (currently 8.25% in Addison, TX).
No sales may be performed by ANYONE without a Tax Permit being filed with either the Artist Alley lead or Dealer Den lead (if the Artist Alley lead is unavailable).
When a Texas Sales Tax Permit is filed with the Artist Alley lead or Dealers Den lead, the artist will be given an 'Artist' ribbon or other marker to indicate they have done this. This must be affixed to their membership badge at all times while doing business in the Artist Alley.
Tax Permits are available online, for free, at:
Seat Owner Priority
Upon being drawn by the Lottery and paying their fee, each Artist Alley vendor will be given a color-coded and numbered token. This token will match a seat number for a specific day. This is the artist's proof of payment and right to use the seat for that day; do not misplace it.
The owner of this token has the right to evict anyone sitting in their seat at any time during the day for which it is valid. Anyone occupying a seat that is not the owner must immediately vacate upon request by the owner.
Should anyone fail to follow this rule, contact the Artist Alley Coordinator in Dealer's Den (or, for after-hours assistance, contact Security) and we will address the situation.
Use of Artist Alley by Non-Priority Artists
Artists who are not the seat holder for the day may make use of empty spaces after 12pm each day if the following conditions are met:
They MUST file a Texas Sales Tax Permit with the Vendor Relations Staff. This can be with the Alley Coordinator, or if they are unavailable, with the Dealers Den Staff.
They MUST display the Artist ribbon on their badge. If this is lost, they may not do business until a new one is acquired; this includes after-hours.
They MUST vacate the seat/move to another, if the seat holder returns. If there is no free space available, they must come back at another time.
Appropriate Use / Liability
Anyone (seat owner or otherwise) making use of an Alley Space will be responsible for proper conduct at that seat, including adherence to tax laws.
Artists are responsible for any damage to hotel property and equipment in the Artist Alley. Hotel property and equipment may not be modified in any way, including but not limited to: holes, chips, paint, glue, or damage due to rough or inappropriate behavior. Fees for damaged equipment will be assessed by the Hotel and the Artist will be responsible for paying these fees. Please use provided equipment responsibly and take caution when using potentially risky materials (such as inks, glues, and cutting implements).
Artists are expected to keep their areas neat and tidy; when they are finished, they are expected to clean up any trash, scraps, or other mess. Any Artist found leaving an excessive mess will be addressed.
The Artist Alley must be completely vacated by the posted closing times (see below). ALL items (including racks, displays, supplies, products, etc) must be removed by this time so that the space may be cleaned.
Good Business Practices
All Artists in Artists Alley are expected to conduct themselves as professionals and conduct their business in an upright and forthcoming fashion. This includes:
Providing customers with appropriate contact methods both during and after Furry Fiesta (as appropriate) in order that they may follow up on commissioned work. We recommend business cards and/or receipts.
Follow through on commissioned pieces, especially if money has already been accepted. Repeated reports of 'scamming' will be addressed.
Return 'take home' work in a timely manner, especially sketchbooks.
Space Layout
Artist Alley merchants may not post signs or posters on walls. They may not erect additional stands or tables behind, in front of, or beside their table space. They may hang signs from the front of their table space and may use small stands to display signs or merchandise within in their table space.
Artist Alley does NOT include any electricity use.
Artists may not expand into their neighbor's space without explicit permission from that neighbor.
Permitted Goods
Artists may only sell items they have made. Please contact us with any questions regarding whether an item may or may not be sold.
Samples of Allowed: Art, badges, tails, self-mixed candles/incense/soap, costumes/suits, jewelry, prints, books, comics, or other media for which they are the sole creator of the content, home-made plush or stuffed animals, etc.
Samples of NOT Allowed: Glow sticks, commercial food items, stuffed animals made by a third party, books, Scentsy/Avon/similar products, comics or other media for which they are not the sole creator of the content, etc.
Prohibited Items
Items prohibited for sale. This list may be appended at any time. Prohibited items include (but are not limited to):
Firearms and weapons.
Flammable/incendiary items other than candles and incense.
Home-made food items manufactured in facilities without FDA or local health inspector oversight.
Any other item prohibited in the State of Texas or the Town of Addison.
Adult Material
Adult Material is permitted, but it must be censored / obscured to prevent access by minors.
All Adult Material (including but not limited to printed, video, computer-generated, drawn, audio and physical) must be censored.
Each artist is responsible for policing his/her own table to keep minors from being inadvertently exposed.
Minors will be wearing a distinct Minor badge, but artists must check ID if the individual appears to be less than 18 years of age.
If adult art is loose or in a binder, individual works must be censored.
Removal of Goods
Furry Fiesta reserves the right to ask retailers to remove from display or sale any items the staff feels are inappropriate.
Convention Policies
All Furry Fiesta policies must be followed in addition to the rules listed here.
Rule Amendment
Furry Fiesta reserves the right to amend these policies without prior or posted notice.
Hours of Operation
Artist Alley will remain open all day and night during the Convention, with the exception of time to clean the area and register Artists for the next day.
Tickets Issued:
9:30am – 10:30am
Lottery Drawing:
Hours of Operation:
11am Friday – 6am Saturday (Overnight)
Tickets Issued:
8:30am – 9:30am
Lottery Drawing:
Hours of Operation:
10am Saturday – 6am Sunday (Overnight)
Tickets Issued:
8:30am – 9:30am
Lottery Drawing:
Hours of Operation:
10am Sunday – 5pm Sunday
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Nina Andreyeva
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Nina Aleksandrovna Andreyeva (Russian: Нина Александровна Андреева, born 12 October 1938) is a Russian chemist, teacher, author, political activist, and social critic.[1] A supporter of classical Soviet principles, she wrote an essay that defended many aspects of the traditional Soviet system, and criticized General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and his closest supporters for not being real communists.
Career in chemistry[edit]
She was born in Leningrad, and was a chemistry lecturer at the Leningrad Technological Institute. She joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) in 1966.
"I Cannot Forsake My Principles"[edit]
Her essay "I Cannot Forsake My Principles" (I Cannot Waive Principles) was published in the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya on March 13, 1988, at a time when Gorbachev and Alexander Yakovlev were abroad, and cited an anti-Gorbachev report by the secretary of the Party's Central Committee, Yegor Ligachev.
Anti-perestroika party officials welcomed the essay, whereas supporters of Gorbachev and Yeltsin feared that it represented a major defeat for them. Gorbachev subsequently revealed that many members of the Politburo seemed to share Andreyeva's views, and that he had to coerce them into approving the publication of an official rejoinder. The published response appeared in Pravda on 5 April 1988,[2] and was not nearly as forceful as its authors have claimed. In the aftermath of this discussion, the General Secretary at least temporarily tightened his own control over the Secretariat of the Central Committee. The entire episode may have contributed to his decision to reform the Secretariat in the autumn of 1988.
Subsequent career[edit]
Andreyeva subsequently played a leadership role in the formation of communist organisations. She headed the organising committee of the Bolshevik Platform of the CPSU that "expelled" Gorbachev from the party in September 1991. In November 1991, she became the general secretary of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks. In October 1993, the party was temporarily suspended along with fifteen other organisations after President Yeltsin's repression of the attempted coup against his regime. In May 1995 she was stripped of her post as the head of the St. Petersburg Central Committee of the party for "lack of revolutionary activity." [3]
- Андреева, Нина . За Большевизм в Коммунистическом Движении, Ленинград: Издателъство ЦК БКПБ, 2002 г. ( Andreyeva,Nina, For Bolshevism in the Communist Movement, Leningrad (St.Petersburg), Publishing House of the All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks, 2002), without ISBN
- ^ James R. Millar, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Russian history. Detroit: Thomson Gale. pp. v. 1, p. 60. ISBN 0028659074.
- ^ Brown, Archie (2009). The Rise and Fall of Communism. New York City: Ecco. pp. 504–506. ISBN 978-0-06-113879-9.
- ^ James R. Millar, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Russian history. Detroit: Thomson Gale. pp. v. 1, p. 61. ISBN 0028659074.
External links[edit]
- - BROKEN LINK - Full text of I Cannot Waive Principles as published in Sovetskaia Rossiia on March 13, 1988
- All-Union Communist Party Bolsheviks official site


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Today is Monday, June 9, the 160th day of 2014. There are 205 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 9, 1954, during the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis.
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The U.S. hopes that renewed engagement with Pakistan over the next few weeks will put their chronically uneasy ties back on track.
As the U.S. and Pakistan attempt to mend their troubled relationship — historically premised more on convenience and strategic interests rather than mutual respect and understanding — Islamabad is apparently using the opportunity to draw new redlines for the Americans on this side of the Durand Line.
This applies in particular to the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) presence in the country; an issue prised open in January when an operative of America's undercover service, Raymond Davis, was caught by Pakistan for gunning down two natives in "self-defence." Apparently, the two Pakistanis were sleuths shadowing Davis who was trying to penetrate the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
The furore over the incident brought the extent of the CIA's undercover operation in Pakistan under the scanner. The level of anger over American presence in the region and the adverse effect of the war on terror on Pakistan made it easy for the authorities to deflect attention from how these intelligence operatives got in here and why they went unnoticed, to what they were doing here.
When Davis was released after a month-and-a-half in prison on payment of blood money to the victims' families, it was given to understand that the deal was struck only after Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) worked out new terms of engagement with the CIA. But matters came to a head once again within 24 hours when CIA-manned drones pounded a compound in North Waziristan; killing nearly 40 tribesmen.
The Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made a rare public statement; maintaining that "such acts of violence take us away from our objective of elimination of terrorism. It is imperative to understand that this critical objective can not be sacrificed for temporary tactical gains."
Revisiting the fundamentals
And, the Foreign Office called for revisiting the fundamentals of the bilateral relationship. "It was for the White House and the State Department to hold back those who have been trying to veer Pakistan-US relationship away from the track," the Foreign Office said. Pakistan also pulled out of the trilateral meeting — already rescheduled by the U.S. over the Davis stand-off — between Afghanistan-Pakistan-U.S. in Brussels.
An apology was sought from the U.S. but that was late in coming and as in the Davis case, the American high-handedness was stark. In fact, to most Pakistanis, the drone attack in Datta Khel on March 17 looked like the Americans indulging in celebratory fire on the release of Davis.
Just how much the blow-hot-blow-cold relationship had soured in the past couple of months was evident when U. S. Ambassador in Pakistan Cameron Munter called for "renewal" of ties this Monday in a public talk that was billed by the embassy as a "major policy speech."
The drift of his speech was that the two countries need to move forward; "speak of opportunities in the future, not of problems of the past." But, not many in the audience were impressed and some told him so; demanding, instead, clear answers on questions like when would the drone strikes stop, when would the U.S. stop talking down to Pakistan, when would Washington stop working at cross-purposes with Islamabad, and why America was being so insensitive to Pakistan's Catch-22 situation.
No straight answers were expected but the anger of those who question U.S. policy towards Pakistan and the dismay of the advocates for better bilateral relations at America's ham-handedness was palpable. Given the number of times the U.S. has cut off both military and economic aid in the past over differences with Pakistan, the gathering was not taken in by the Ambassador's bid to win hearts with details of U.S. money that is going into various developmental programmes across the country.
In fact, the Director-General of the Foreign Office-backed Institute of Strategic Studies and host of the public talk, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, himself articulated this sentiment with comments like the relationship is far from healthy despite the long association and is seen as a "utilitarian and transactional" relationship instead of an enduring one because it is essentially elite-to-elite and not people-to-people. But, he admitted that this was the most important bilateral relationship for Pakistan.
Either by design or default, this public interface between a Foreign Office-funded institution and the American Embassy took place hours before ISI's Director General Shuja Pasha was to meet CIA Director Leon Panetta in the U.S. Media reports from Washington suggested that key issues remained unresolved even as The New York Times reported that Gen. Kayani had "demanded that the U.S. steeply reduce the number of CIA operatives and Special Operations forces working in Pakistan, and that it halt CIA drone strikes aimed at militants in north west Pakistan."
Security establishment upset
Indicating a willingness to consider a drawdown in Special Operations forces, the U.S. replied with a drone attack two days after the meeting. Pakistan responded with words — maintaining that drone attacks had become "a core irritant" in the counter-terror campaign.
While there is a view within Pakistan that the security establishment is upset because the CIA — through operatives and drone attacks — was targeting terrorist groups that are seen as strategic assets of the deep state, the mainstream narrative is that they are counter-productive and violate sovereignty. Also, according to Pakistani security analysts, both countries desire the same end — wiping out of terrorism — but differ on the means.
Though the General Officer Commanding 7-Division Ghayur Mehmood — who is in charge of troops in North Waziristan — had recently admitted that a majority of those killed by the drones were hardcore terrorists, the widely held conviction is that civilians are killed in these strikes. In the tribal region, this leads to anger and, in turn, a need to avenge; thereby spawning more terrorists.
Critical though it is of the drone policy, Pakistan has been repeatedly asking the U.S. to transfer the technology to Islamabad so that Predator strikes are conducted under the national flag. How that would make a difference is not explained even as the Government has to reckon with the WikiLeaks disclosure that the drone attacks have Islamabad's tacit support.
Another irritant is the perception that the U.S. can "cut-and-run" whenever it wants and Pakistan would have to bear the effects of this war long after just like after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. So, Islamabad is bargaining for more say in the "endgame" in Afghanistan to ensure that a pro-Pakistan government is in place in Kabul after the occupation forces leave.
Writing in 'Foreign Policy' in the midst of the Davis stand-off, South Asia programme associate at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars Michael Kugelman said: "It would be a mistake to assume the U.S.-Pakistan relationship was plunged into crisis only after Davis pulled the trigger, and that it will remain so only as long as he languishes in his jail cell. In reality, the Davis affair represents just the latest chapter in a lengthening narrative — one of an unraveling partnership that some fear could rupture completely. The ongoing U.S.-Pakistan struggles are often attributed to a mere trust gap, easily surmountable if each side convinces the other of its good intentions. Unfortunately, mutual suspicions are too historically ingrained simply to be wished away with soothing words."
Economic assistance, India
And, neither can money buy affection. The U.S. may have been the most active — physically and financially — in helping Pakistan deal with last year's devastating floods, but this coupled with the economic assistance that is coming from Washington has not melted hearts here. Most Pakistanis see it as only a fraction of the price the country has had to pay for fighting America's war. Another apprehension fast gaining currency is that the U.S. wants to weaken Pakistan to get its nuclear power for fear of it falling into terrorists' hands.
Conspiracy theories abound but sources close to the security establishment maintain the Davis chapter in bilateral links has brought in more changes than the Americans are willing to admit. A major shift — at least from the Indian perspective — is Pakistan's reluctance for third party intervention in resolving issues with India. Asked if the U.S. had any role in the resumption of the India-Pakistan dialogue, Foreign Office spokesperson was categorical in stating that Pakistan believes "we do not need a third country for us to take ownership of our own affairs."
Public posturing?
Some believe the tough position vis-à-vis the U.S. is only public posturing and that Pakistan would fall in line with Washington's demands but for now Islamabad has got the Americans and its allies to acknowledge repeatedly that this country has lost more lives in the war on terror than the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-led International Security Assistance Force stationed in Afghanistan.
In fact, according to the Americans, the "do more" mantra — something that needles Pakistan no end — does not mean Islamabad is not doing anything against terrorist havens in its tribal belt along the border with Afghanistan. "These reports [the White House quarterly report on Afghanistan and Pakistan being the latest] are an assessment of the ground situation. We admire what the Pakistani military is doing and the sacrifices it has made," was Mr. Munter's response to why Washington keeps chanting "do more."
Refusing to publicly subscribe to the diagnosis that bilateral relations are in 'Intensive Care,' the Americans are hoping that the renewed engagement over the next few weeks — including a possible visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to Washington — will put this chronically uneasy relationship back on track. The drones notwithstanding, the Americans look more eager; preparing as they are for a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. And, Islamabad's support is critical in bringing a semblance of order to the mess created in Afghanistan by the 1980s U.S.-Pakistan marriage of convenience.
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Choosing a background theme
Fitting backgrounds, illustrations, images, graphics, and textual content are important for total web design look-and-feel, and visual appeal. Using backgrounds for body and content then blending them in with the real meaning and message of the website, and utilizing graphics design to its potential can take your site from ho-hum to amazing. (See the companion post to this gallery in the Web Master blog, "Backgrounds in web design: Creating a theme.")
In the example, I will create an elegant yet straightforward layout using Photoshop.
I will be using this image of old paper, available in png file format from Playingwithbrushes at Flickr. The old paper image will end up being our main content division, and I will use this as the source for snippets to create menu buttons. But before that, I am going to make a few modifications to the image file in Photoshop.
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I have flashed this ROM on B7610 & working fine, except when I use qwerty kepad & type 'Z' its showing 'Y' & vice versa,
also some other charecter like "? are mismatching. Pl suggest the fix for samsung qwerty keypad
If yours is a software problem try this Samsung Keypad fixed cab in attachment,otherwise try to follow darthveda's advice,i'm pretty sure that's a CSC issue
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I have flashed many embedded devices before but with this phone I must be missing something. I've tried this with XP, windows 7
The Samsung CDMA modem drivers make your B7610 discoverable by your laptop,so follow this steps.
1)Unzip the drivers and run the executable
2)After drivers installation,turn off the phone.
3)Run the ROM exe and,once selected your CSC,connect the phone to your PC.
If it still doesn't work,just ask,and i'll try to find an alternative solution!
and I cannot get this to detect my blackjack2. In device manager I see under modems: samsung CDMA Modem,
Under ports I see: Samsung cdma modem dianostic serial port (wdm) (com4)
and under Unversal serial bus controllers I see samsung usb composite device.
What's an alternative solution?
Thank you in advance.
edit: I found the answers in this attachment here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=158010&d=1234836670
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this is the only 6.5 rom without the color problem
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Sorry for my absence but I switched to android, and I'm too busy with android cooking to keep track of this post l. However, I don't think this ROM will work on b7620..
Can I flash my B 7620 using this ROM, or any equivalent ROM available for GA-B7620, which has better performance compared to factory ROM
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Tried it. The Touchwiz, samsung menu and contacts everything seems to be fast. Thanks.
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If you want to flash using Windows Vista/Seven,just tell me,i'll post the procedure.
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The Everglades are a key water source for millions of South Florida residents, but the Everglades have been damaged for decades by the intrusion of farms and development. Dikes, dams and canals have been cut, effectively draining much of the swamp and polluting it with fertilizers and urban runoff.
"It wraps up almost a decade of arguing over what the best thing to do is," said Julie Hill-Gabriel, director of Everglades policy.
The project will construct stormwater treatment areas and issue permits for the operation of tens of thousands of acres of already built ones. It will also create new water storage areas. All of it is an effort to filter phosphorous, which comes from fertilizer and promotes the growth of unhealthy vegetation that chokes native plants.
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SANTIAGO – A widespread blackout plunged Chile's capital and other regions into darkness late Saturday due to a problem with the national power grid, the Chilean emergency service said.
Four of the South American nation's 15 regions – including the Santiago capital area of more than six million people – lost power around 2O30 local time (2330 GMT).
Authorities gave no immediate explanation of the cause of the blackout.
There were no immediate reports of related injuries.
But the blackout ground the capital's subway system to a halt, cut off cellular phone service and forced the cancellation of a concert by Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin.
Some areas of the capital regained power 50 minutes into the blackout, local radio reports said.
The last massive blackout hit Chile in March 2010.
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I wonder what they used it on?
Hello, everyone. I have a question..I have a Winchester-Lee .236 (6mm) straight-pull sporting rifle. Cody letters this rifle as leaving the factory in January 1898. Now I wonder if some eastern dude had of showed up at an old western hunting camp toting this brand new smalbore..Those oldtimers..most of whom had probably cut their teeth on a .54 Hawkin, or at least on one of the big single shot breechloaders..would have asked the dude what he was after? Mice? that poor guy would probably be laughed out of camp! But I wonder.. This rifle used a 112gr. cupronickle jacketed soft point..I have some originals. M.V. was 2,570 fps. It probably would have been at least a decent whitetail load..maybe even antelope..it was an accurate long range number for it's time. It was just too far ahead of time for it's own good..the powders available were too fast & the early nito was erosive on the metford type rifling. I shoot it once in awhile..but only with 100gr. gas-checked cast bullets. Using Trailboss it will shoot 3/4" groups at 50yds. with it's open buckhorn rear & German silver front blade. At 100yds I got an 1 1/4" group. Wish it could talk!
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All anyone would have to say to the Big-Gun Oldtimers would be to remind them that Lewis and Clark toted an air-rifle with them on the first hike across the USA. Your 6mm won't be the first small caliber to explore the west !
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6mm Lee Navy was comparable to the 25-35 Winchester, a pretty well respected cartridge in the West. Sounds pretty anemic nowadays, but consider that they were comparing a 25-35 to rifle cartridges that generated hundreds (not thousands) of foot pounds and had trajectories like rainbows. 6mm Lee was commercially loaded until WW2, so it had a few followers.
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By 1898 there were .30-30s, Krags and 7mm Mausers as well as the .25-35 and the Lee. Hmmm--and then the cartridges for the 1895 Winchester, as well.
Just guessing, I'd think the Lee would have been considered mostly for varmints, antelope, deer and wolves.
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The Lee rifle was purchased by the USN for..
shipboard use against close-in torpedo boats of that era.
USMC were equipped with them when part of the relief expedition to Beijing during the "Boxer" rebellion.
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Yeah, the Lee started out as a Navy deal, but like a lot of rifles there's no telling about the when and where of later travels...
As far as actual use by the Navy for other than training, I'd really have to stretch and guess. Maybe in China? (But the movie "The Sand Pebbles" was already into the Springfield era, wasn't it?) Or, during the banana republic "gunboat diplomacy"? Dangfino.
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The Sand Pebbles was late 20's era,
as noticed by the use of the Lewis guns and BAR.
My information seems to tend to mostly USN use, and extremely little sporting use.
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By 1898 the heyday of big bore single shots was largely done. The big news of the day was the 7x57 Mauser which had proven to be superior to both the .45/70 Government and the .30 Government (.30/40 Krag) in battlefield conditions. Public opinion is seldom solely informed by fact, otherwise advertising wouldn't work. Military-adopted cartridges have always had a certain advantage over their competitors because of the presumed superiority of the adopted round and the lower cost associated with production schedules measured in hundreds of millions versus hundreds of thousands of units. I expect a dude showing up with a .236 Winchester-Lee would have taken very little abuse on account of his firearm.
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Scroll down to Float Pilot's post.
112-grain bullet at 2,500 ft/sec. So, long bullet, excellent penetration. Good deer/antelope cartridge in its day.
For a picture: http://www.ammo-one.com/6mmLEE.html
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Out west where I live, many people quickly adopted anything that would increase a guns killing range. Many shots are at great distances as there is many place with miles of nothing taller than grass, so stalking was difficult to say the least. I would have to reread the book "OLD MOSE" to determine the year a 6mm LeNavy was used against the most famous killer grizzly to walk the mountains of Colorado.
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Hello, 30-30remchester. I too have read about old mose..years ago, but didn't remember about the 6mm Win.-Lee used. That would be very interesting to find out! I do seem to recal about another killer grizzly, around turn of century, seemed to be in north west. Found fellow with bunch of fired .46-56 Spencer rimfires around body.
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Ideal Toll, it has been years since I read the book myself. I do recall two hunters were after Old Mose, one used the Lee Navy and the other used a 30-40 Krag. I cant remember which hunter used which gun. Utah's most famous grizzly Ole Empriam (spelled incorrectly but close) was killed by a sheep rancher shooting a 25-35 the ballistics equivalant to the 6mm Lee Navy.
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From Wiki, Ephraim was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph and Asenath. Asenath was an Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife.
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The temporary spike in gas prices have been traced back to unique, one time events, so we will not likely see a repeat of these events affecting gas prices. If temporary events influenced consumer behavior significantly, many of the one time or temporary stimulus programs that have been tried recently would have been more effective at increasing consumer demand and economic growth. However, California gas prices will still remain above most other states due to taxes and special blends required to meet relatively strict air quality standards. Generally speaking, consumers do react to permanently higher prices, gasoline or otherwise, by consuming less, including the purchase of more fuel efficient vehicles.
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Consumer confidence and the local economy were already struggling before gas prices skyrocketed to record highs. In little more than two weeks, San Diego consumers were suddenly spending upwards of $20 more to fill their gas tanks. Prices zoomed beyond previous record highs set in 1980-81, 2008, and earlier this year. Even adjusted for inflation prices are the highest recorded in Southern California over the past 94 years. Gas prices are the tip of the iceberg for oncoming inflation. The illusion of QE (quantitative easing) doing anything but degrade the value of U.S. currency is only more evident by spiking commodity prices.
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The price rise is not helpful. I estimate that for every 10 cents that the price of gasoline increases, $8 - 10 million is taken out of the local economy each month. Consumers would spend that much more on gas instead of elsewhere in the economy. The higher gas prices would also be inflationary, as it would increase the cost of shipping products to San Diego. Finally, consumer confidence could be adversely. But all this is not enough to derail the local economy unless gas prices remained high for an extended period. All reports indicate that the surge is just temporary due to refinery issues.
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I expect the price to come back down almost as quickly and dramatically as it went up. This was purely a California phenomenon-- gasoline prices in most of the rest of the nation were coming down at the same time they were spiking up here. The particular summer blend of gasoline we're required to use in California was in short supply due to problems at two key California refineries and low stockpiles of the summer product in anticipation of shifting to the winter blend in November. By allowing early use of the winter fuel in October, Gov. Brown will give motorists access to additional supply. That should bring the price down quickly.
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Extremist 'Patriot' Pastor Videotapes Another Tense Traffic-Stop Encounter
Radical conservative Pastor Stephen Anderson's personal antigovernment reality-TV show has unveiled a new episode.
Reprising a "role" he created and played last year, the firebrand leader of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., once again had a video camera rolling during a routine police traffic stop that turned contentious as a combative Anderson and his passengers defied police officers' instructions. Unlike last year, when a stop at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Arizona resulted in Anderson being tased and thrown to the ground, this week's tense confrontation in Benson, Ariz., ended peacefully. (The original footage of the April 2009 traffic stop can be viewed here – YouTube account required to view).
White Supremacist Group Backs Private Academies in Mississippi
Old times certainly are not forgotten in some parts of the South. Two private Mississippi academies, set up in 1968 for white children facing the unacceptable (to their parents) prospect of sharing their classrooms with African Americans, are still being enthusiastically funded by white supremacists.
Calhoun Academy in Calhoun City, Miss., and Carroll Academy in Carrollton, Miss., have been the beneficiaries of considerable financial support the past two decades from the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), a crudely white supremacist group whose website has referred to blacks as "a retrograde species of humanity" and whose newspaper, Citizens Informer, regularly publishes articles condemning "race mixing" and lamenting the purported decline of white, European civilization.
Founding Fathers on Facebook Hijacked by the Radical Right
The Founding Fathers as white racist poster boys?
Do a Facebook page search of the name Thomas Jefferson, and the very first listing that will appear is Thomas Jefferson – American. You can click to join 11,753 people who "like" the page.
Well, congratulations. You just signed onto fan pages sponsored by the racist National Policy Institute (NPI), a think tank dedicated to the preservation of America as a nation of, for and dominated by white people. NPI has been designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group since publishing heir William H. Regnery founded it in 2005. ( continue to full post… )
Religious Right Claims Gay Advocates to Blame for Suicides
More than a little rhetorical contortionism is required to follow their logic, but according to several better-known leaders of the religious right, responsibility for the recent wave of suicides of gay teens rests largely with… gay-rights activists.
The argument goes something like this: Young homosexuals who are relentlessly bullied and taunted commit suicide because gay-rights advocates (eager to "recruit" new homosexuals and to make the world gay-friendly) encourage acceptance of homosexuality among normal (meaning straight) children, which confuses them about their own sexual "preference." That, added to gay-rights activists' purported efforts to "bully" Christians to prevent them from condemning homosexuality, creates an intolerable level of emotional stress, leading to tragedy.
Five teenagers nationwide committed suicide during a three-week span in September after being bullied, taunted or outed as homosexuals. Seven student suicides — at least four of which apparently involved anti-gay bullying — rocked a single Minnesota school district during the last year. On Tuesday, a 19-year-old Oakland University student who had reportedly been bullied since revealing that he was gay, took his own life. (Earlier this month, the Southern Poverty Law Center released a 40-minute documentary on the subject, "Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History," that is being offered free to schools around the country.)
But even the occasion of these young suicides — something that has horrified most Americans and received intensive media attention — has been taken by some right-wing commentators as merely one more opportunity to bash gays. ( continue to full post… )
Racist Novel Glorifying Assassination of SPLC Staffer Endorsed by Profs
It should surprise no one that former hate group leader Kyle Bristow has self-published a white nationalist novel that features the graphic assassination of a character based on a prominent Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) figure. After all, Bristow has an ax to grind with the SPLC and first attained notoriety for promoting a video game centered on killing Mexicans.
What is somewhat surprising are some of the names that appear among the dozen gushing blurbs praising the violently racist novel, White Apocalypse. ( continue to full post… )
New Report Examines 'Tea Party Nationalism,' Charts Extremist Ties
Back in July, the NAACP publicly called upon Tea Party leaders to repudiate extremists and racist individuals within their ranks. Although the presence of such elements in Tea Party circles had been evident for some time, movement figures tended to be dismissive and defensive in their response.
Such denials may be a little harder to make following today's release of "Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Tea Party Movement and the Size, Scope, and Focus of Its National Factions." The report, published by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, is the first in-depth analysis of the main Tea Party groups and their various connections to extremist groups and individuals with past and present activities in hate groups. The full report is available at teapartynationalism.com, with running updates to follow. ( continue to full post… )
Feds Charge Alleged Accomplice in 1998 Skinhead Murder Case
On July 4, 1998, two women invited anti-racist skinhead pals, Lin "Spit" Newborn, 25, and Dan Shersty, 21, to a late-night party in the desert outside of Las Vegas. But there was no party: Newborn and Shersty were shot to death in what police and prosecutors called a planned execution by the leader of a rival, neo-Nazi racist skinhead group.
One man, John Edward "Polar Bear" Butler, identified as a leader of the Independent Nazi Skins, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death (the sentence was later reduced to four life terms). But investigators were never able to amass enough evidence to bring charges against Butler's girlfriend at the time, Melissa Hack, who they believed was one of the women (the other has not been identified) who lured the victims to their deaths that night.
That is, until now. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, federal cold-case investigators have charged Hack with one count of making a false statement in connection with the 1998 case, and are pursuing new evidence against her.
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Unsurprisingly, Glenn Beck's 9.12 Project has absorbed much of its founder's famous paranoia. Based on Beck's fevered lectures and paid endorsements, legions of 9.12'ers have eagerly bought up overpriced gold coins, non-hybrid seeds, and lots of ammo for use in 9.12 Project practice shoots. But not even the most skeptical and bemused observer of 9.12 culture could have seen the latest trend which may see 9.12'ers stocking up on an unlikely survival tool in preparation for the coming Obamapocalypse: very thick underwear.
On his Sept. 27 show, Beck found time in between exercises in connect-the-dots conspiracizing to discuss something called the Z Backscatter Van (ZBV), a mobile X-ray scanning device produced by the Massachusetts firm American Science & Engineering. After reading about the product in Forbes, Beck was confident that the Obama Administration had ordered intelligence and law enforcement agencies to purchase this technology — which can determine from a distance the general contents of parked cars and duffle bags — with nefarious ends in mind.
"They're using them now in your neighborhoods," warned Beck. "And the Obama administration won't say exactly why we're buying their vans and driving them down our streets." ( continue to full post… )
Fox News Host Embraces Conspiracist With Race War Theory
Gravelly voiced conspiracy theorist Alex Jones touts himself as one of the few daring souls willing to tell the "truth" about 9/11 being an inside job, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's plans to intern dissidents in "death camps," and the "New World Order" plot to exterminate 80% of the world's population. The Austin, Texas-based radio host suggests that he is a lone voice "in the wilderness" of a corporate media too cowardly to tell the truth about looming disaster.
But at least one member of that media has shown Jones nothing but love. Judge Andrew Napolitano, senior judicial analyst for Fox News and host of the Fox Business program "Freedom Watch," calls Jones a "dear friend" who is "doing more than anybody I know" to "educate the public" with "courage and fearlessness." Jones responds by calling Napolitano the "best person" on national TV. Last Friday, according to liberal watchdog Media Matters for America, Napolitano was on Jones' show for at least the sixth time, and promised to soon bring Jones on to "Freedom Watch," which he announced was expanding from the weekend to weekdays.
Maybe they'll get a chance to discuss a Jones theory that's a little more racially charged than much of his usual fare: a purported secret plan on the part of undocumented Mexican immigrants to murder all whites over 16. ( continue to full post… )
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An embattled South Florida police chief — already serving a 30-day unpaid suspension for using city computers to share racist, tasteless Internet jokes with his command staff, including one E-mail suggesting President Obama should have been shot by his own honor guard — resigned late Tuesday.
A city investigation determined that Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard E. Perez distributed 86 messages with "inappropriate content" using the city's E-mail system during a four-month period this spring and summer. According to a South Florida Times report published on its website yesterday, Perez was given a resign-or-be-fired ultimatum from City Manager Joseph Gallegos after an internal probe detected that Perez also violated the city's leave policy. Later reports confirmed that Perez had resigned.
Perez's resignation comes in the wake of reporting by veteran South Florida Times reporter Elgin Jones. Jones' investigative work uncovering racist and offensive E-mails sent by city officials has been causing a stir in Wilton Manors, which abuts Fort Lauderdale, for more than two years. The weekly publication is the region's most influential African-American community newspaper. ( continue to full post… )


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A prominent atheist group is using next month's Democratic National Convention to take aim at the presidential candidates' religion, putting up billboards targeting Mormonism and Christianity in Charlotte, North Carolina.
"Our political system is rife with religion and it depends too much on religion and not enough on substance," said David Silverman, president of American Atheists, sponsor of the ads.
"Religion is silly and religion has components that are inherently divisive. … There is no place for any of that in the political system," he said.
The billboards go up Monday in Charlotte and will stay up for a month at a cost of roughly $15,000. The Democratic convention runs September 3-6.
The billboard targeting Christianity features an image of Jesus Christ on toast and this description of the faith: "Sadistic God; Useless Savior, 30,000+ Versions of 'Truth,' Promotes Hates, Calls it 'Love.' "
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Kevin Mack is a naturalist for PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood.
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The Anna's Hummingbird and nestling are photographed on the PAWS Wildlife Center campus in Lynnwood.
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Anna's Hummingbird and fledgling on the PAWS Wildlife Center campus in Lynnwood.
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Anna's Hummingbird lights on a branch on the PAWS Wildlife Center in Lynnwood.
And baby hummingbirds grow up and fly away too fast.
"The things that happen under our noses are incredible," said Kevin Mack, a PAWS naturalist, who spent this spring photographing a hummingbird nest he found on the nonprofit animal rescue center's property.
In late February to early March, he noticed a hummingbird gathering spider webs and lichen to build and camouflage a nest which was hidden in the bushes.
He spent weeks capturing images of the hummingbird, chronicling her feeding her young, getting screeched at by her iridescent green chicks for more food and watching the flurry of the young birds flapping their tiny wings.
"It's a reminder to people of what we're working for at PAWS, which is to see animals healthy and living in their habitat," Mack said. "If we can see how they live, it helps us care for them better in captivity."
At PAWS, staff rehabilitate sick, injured and orphaned wildlife before releasing them back into the wild. The no-kill shelter also houses homeless cats and dogs. Staff work with 2,500 to 3,000 sick, injured or orphaned animals every year.
"It's nice for people to be able to see some of the wonderful animals we work with every day," Coleman said.
Four years ago, Mack started writing an internal publication to further educate his coworkers about wildlife and reiterate their mission of rehabilitating animals. He also started keeping a blog on the PAWS website to reach more of the community.
"I want to get wildlife in the forefront of people's minds," Mack said. "The more we know about them and how they live, we'll be better neighbors to them."
See Mack's photos of hummingbirds and other birds at PAWS.
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Poverty and lack of awareness make scores of children across Bihar fall victim to the vicious cycle of trafficking and exploitation every year
With tiny uncertain hands, little Ramesh would pick up shiny studs and stick them gingerly on colourful bangles which would make their way to the cheerful, glittering bazaars of Hyderabad and in places far beyond. The adhesive — a chemical he is unable to name. When he erred, a menacing baton would rise and land on his body. Or a belt would crack, teaching him lessons vastly different from the ones he could have learnt at school. Provided he had had the chance to go to one.
About three-and-a-half feet tall, Ramesh does not even know how old he is. His friends of similar height take guesses with their ages, placing them between 10 and 12 years. Like many children, Ramesh and his friends were taken from their village Dariyapur in Bodh Gaya to work in the bangle factories of Hyderabad on the promise of a few thousand rupees.
"Around 10 children worked with us in a factory near the Charminar. We were taken there last rainy season. We woke up at 8 a.m. and worked till midnight. We were given roti to eat and when we made a mistake malik dande se marta tha [owner would beat us with a baton]. We did not like working there," said Sikandar.
This went on for a year. So when large boils started to sprout on his friend and co-worker Raja's face, it came as a blessing in disguise.
The skin eruptions spooked the factory owner. Around the same time, local activists from a voluntary outfit Lakshya were spreading awareness and rallying with the Gaya district administration to bring their village children back. To avoid a likely crackdown on their child trafficking ring, a middleman bundled up the children and put them on a train to Gaya. This August they returned home.
"We petitioned to the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police to help bring the children back. The message of our campaign spread in the local market. It also reached Hyderabad. They sensed that the noose was tightening around them," said Naushad Alam, a Lakshya team member.
"The owner called and told me to take Raja away," said his father Vinod Manjhi. "I had sent Raja with the contractor because he promised me Rs. 2,000 a month. I am disabled and not able to earn."
The children said they were enticed by a middleman, Sunil Manjhi. He worked at a local coal factory where they often played. Sunil's friendly manners drew them to him and they followed this Pied Piper to sweat shops miles away from home.
"He said he would give us chicken to eat daily," said Ramesh.
Ramesh, Sikander, Raja, Sintu and Mohan were the lucky five to have been recovered from the bangle factories. They vow never to go back. But scores of children have not been that fortunate.
It's been years since Karu Manjhi from Dariyapur village has heard of his son Surendra. "Sunil, the dalal [contractor], took him to Hyderabad a few years ago on the promise of giving him a job. I don't know in what condition my son is. When I went to the contractor's place to make inquiries, I learnt the address he had given was of his in-laws' place. There is no news from Sunil," Karu has stated in a written petition.
"According to our pilot findings," said Manoj Kumar, director of Lakshya, "sixteen children have been trafficked from the various panchayats of Bodh Gaya, namely Dhanawa, Padhariya, Bakraur, Ilra and Nagar panchyat. Most of them are taken by local middlemen to Manali, Hyderabad and places not known. In general, the middlemen are locals, whom the locals call Bhotia."
According to the official data of Bihar government, up to 500 child labourers have been rescued by the police and Labour Resources Department. In 2013, 114 child labourers were rescued till August. The number of male and female traffickers arrested from January 2011 to August 2013 is 695.
"Bihar has formed anti-human trafficking units in its districts," said Arvind Pandey, Inspector General, Weaker Sections. "We are running sensitisation and training programmes for the police, communities, as well as NGOs. Our rescue operations are on. After the implementation of MGNREGA, migration and human trafficking have been greatly controlled. We are also focussing on convictions."
After their rescue from the bangle factories, the five children have returned to their life of poverty and illiteracy. None of them go to school.
Raja takes a grim view of the trafficking cycle. "We have come back, but some other children must have replaced us."
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- Mix cream cheese, milk and sugar in large bowl with wire whisk until smooth. Gently stir in whipped topping. Spread on bottom of crust. Pour 1 cup milk into bowl. Add pudding mix. Beat with wire whisk until well blended, 1 to 2 minutes. (Mixture will be thick.) Stir in pumpkin and spices with wire whisk; mix well. Spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate at least 3 hours. Garnish with additional whipped topping and nuts if desired.
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Yeah, me too. Those numbers are quite disappointing. I wonder what kind of fps a X800XT would get?
Actually, I was pleased with the results from the GeForce 6800 Ultra after having read a number of discussions concerning subpar performance. Thief 3 has a dynamic shadow engine, which interacts with a real-time lighting system. This feature adds a new dimension to gameplay and is the result of innovative game developers.
As gamers we demand increased realism, yet we are quick to judge the developer as incompetent when our systems don't perform as expected. Although my initial results were with level 4 multisampling (4X AA) enabled at 1024x768, I am also testing other settings.
I have an X800 Pro running on another PC and had planned to spend time testing Thief 3 on it. Performance looked encouraging, but there were a number of problems with the Catalyst 4.5 drivers. I could not enable AA at all and there were a variety of texture related issues.
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Back in January, the Pure Mobile blog reported on the unveiling of two brand new Sony mobile phones – the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. They're the latest additions to Sony's growing Xperia line, which includes the Xperia T, the "official James Bond phone." But each is pretty distinct in its capabilities and target user.
At the time of unveiling, we gushed about the Xperia ZL's 5-inch,1080p TFT Reality display and a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, and were impressed by its 13MP rear-facing camera.
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