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HTC Flyer 2 tablet could be real after detailed specs emerge6 September 2012
Details of a new HTC Flyer 2 have emerged suggesting the Taiwanese manufacturer is gearing up to take on the likes of the Google Nexus 7, with a possible unveil on 19 September. As with the original, the HTC Flyer 2 will run Android, but reports claim... >>
Mysterious HTC tablet leaked complete with iMac style design29 August 2012
Pictures of an unannounced HTC tablet have turned up in the internet, suggesting the company could be about to re-enter the tablet market with a new device based on the design ethos of its One series announced in February this year. The images, which... >>
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Didn't fancy paying £479.99 for the HTC Flyer, HTC's 7-inch pen-touting Android tablet, when it first launched in May? Well now you don't have to thanks to Dixons. The online gadget store is selling the 16GB Wi-Fi HTC Flyer for £199.99 as the price... >>
HTC Flyer Honeycomb update arrives6 December 2011
HTC has confirmed, via Facebook, that it is rolling out the much waited Honeycomb update for its tablet; the HTC Flyer. "Ready for some 'sweet' news? The GSM/3G version of the HTC Flyer tablet, available here in the UK, is beginning to receive... >>
HTC Jetstream pictures and hands-on14 September 2011
When it comes to tablets, HTC has two. A 7-inch Gingerbread powered HTC Flyer, and the new 10-inch Honeycomb powered HTC Jetstream just announced in the US on AT&T. Keen to see how Honeycomb works on the new 10-inch model and what it looks like in the... >>
Apple iPad still dominating tablet market21 July 2011
Apple is still the dominant force in the tablet arena, with its iOS tabs, the iPad and the iPad 2, holding a 61 per cent share of the market for the latest quarter. Apple also sold 6 million more tablets in the quarter than at the same time last year... >>
HTC Evo 3D and Evo View 4G landing 24 June6 June 2011
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HTC Flyer available now on Three in the UK19 May 2011
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When quarterback Keith Randall completed a 7-yard touchdown pass Friday to Jordan Bledsoe in the second quarter, Owings Mills was on its way to breaking a 53-game losing streak in football that dates five years.
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Introducing the Zippo Hand Warmer. Built for winter warriors, it features a sleek and compact design, and fits easily into pockets, gloves, and pants without the bulk of other warmers. The Hand Warmer uses Zippo premium lighter fluid to produce more than ten times the heat as traditional models and lasts for up to 12 hours on a single refill. Plus, it comes with a one-year guarantee, making the Zippo Hand Warmer a perfect fit any outdoors enthusiast.The Hand Warmer is finished in high polish chrome. There is no flame. The platinum catalyzed glass fiber burner offers quick and sure lighting and produces a radiant heat without flame. The low odor of the premium fuel is ideal for hunters.
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Released 22nd April 2013
French pop royalty descendant Lou Doillon's debut album is out now on Decca Records. Doillon, the daughter of iconic English singer Jane Birkin and French indie movie director Jacques Doillon, is the half-sister of singer/actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. Having been around the arts her entire life, perhaps her pursuit of a musical career shouldn't really come as too much of a surprise.
Lou Doillon's confidently weary voice, magnetic melodies and autobiographical songwriting come together on her heavenly debut full-length album, 'Places'. The album is a beautiful, sweeping array of songs, delivered with a gentle intensity.
Produced by Etienne Daho with Zdar (Phoenix, The Rapture, Beastie Boys) lending his prowess to mix the album, they collectively churned out a finished product that reveals great potential for this newcomer. Taking cues from Cat Power and Patti Smith, she weaves through her melodies with an elegance she inherently possesses.


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Oviatt Library patrons have access to nearly 15,000 streaming videos on a wide variety of topics from several video streaming databases licensed by the Library. These videos can be viewed by students, faculty and staff on campus and at home. In addition, faculty can stream these videos to their classroom or link them to their course Moodle Pages.
The Video Streaming Databases are located at the "Databases A-Z" button on the Library Home Page at http://library.csun.edu/. Here are our current Video Streaming Databases:
Counseling and Therapy in Video
This collection, titled Alexander Street Counseling, contains 665 videos and provides a rich online collection of videos available for the study of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatric counseling. The wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives in these collections allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study counseling in ways never before possible.
Education in Video
Collection of streaming videos developed specifically for training and developing teachers. The collection includes teaching demonstrations, lectures, documentaries, and primary-source footage of students and teachers in actual classrooms. Access generously provided by Campus Quality Fee.
Ethnographic Video Online
This collection contains 825 videos and is a comprehensive online resource for the visual study of human culture and behavior including classic and contemporary documentaries produced by leading video producers in the discipline; previously unpublished footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers in the field; and select feature films. Wherever possible, videos include accompanying field notes, liner notes, filmmaker biographies, related articles, study guides, and other context-enhancing, full-text materials. Publishing partners include the leading video content providers in the discipline, including Documentary Educational Resources (DER). At the core of this collection are hundreds of the most frequently assigned films in anthropology, ethnography, and social psychology courses.
Great Speeches Video Series
This collection contains famous speeches of the 20th and 21st centuries. They include introduction detailing historical context, significance and the rhetorical devices found in each speech.
Health and Society in Video
Streaming video collection defines and explores today's latest medical progress in health and wellness issues and their impact on society--with hundreds of premium documentaries, profiles, reports, and interviews. Access generously provided by NIH/NLM Women's Health Resources Dissemination Outreach Project.
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Our largest video streaming collection with over 6,000 videos covering a variety of subjects including Anthropology, Archival Films and Newsreels, Area Studies, Art and Architecture, Communication, Criminal Justice, English and Language Arts, Family and Consumer Sciences, Health and Medicine, History, Music and Dance, Philosophy and Religion, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and World Languages.
Each Films on Demand title is divided into several segments. Faculty can link the entire video or specific segment to the Course Moodle Page. For tutorials covering searching techniques and how to link to course Moodle pages, visit: http://digital.films.com/portaltechcenter.aspx
Opera in Video
Collection of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world's best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work's importance to the operatic canon. Access generously provided by Campus Quality Fee.
Theater in Video
Collection of more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Access generously provided by Campus Quality Fee.
In addition, there are other video streaming listings in the Library's catalog under the individual video title, including the Complete BBC Works of Shakespeare Series by Ambrose Video.
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As part of its overhaul of money market fund regulations, the SEC adopted a rule requiring money market funds to file information about their holdings and portfolio valuations. Under the rule, the SEC will release the information with a 60-day delay.
Why are the new money market fund regulations important to corporates? "Given all the challenges we have all been through, if your boss asks you what your MMFs are worth, and with the recent changes to MMFs, you need to be able to answer," said Brian Kalish, AFP's Finance Practice Lead.
How to Find a Shadow NAV
What is a shadow price? A money market fund's shadow price is the NAV per share most recently calculated using available market quotations (or an appropriate substitute that reflects current market conditions). The NAV reflects the current market value of the securities the fund owns, rather than the amortized cost of those securities. SEC rules permit a money market fund to value its securities at cost and spread out (or amortize) any discounts given or premiums paid on the securities when the fund acquired them. SEC rules also permit a fund to round the cost-based NAV to the nearest penny per share. Both of these provisions, combined with the strict limits on money market fund investments under SEC rules, enable a money market fund to maintain a stable NAV, typically $1 per share.
What if the Shadow NAV Differs?What if a money market fund's shadow NAV differs from the $1 per share at which the fund sells and redeems its shares?
It is not uncommon for a fund's shadow NAV per share to differ from exactly $1.000 per share. As long as the fund's shadow NAV per share is at least 99� cents (or $0.995) and no greater than 100� cents (or $1.005), the fund can continue to sell and redeem shares at $1 per share.
If a money market fund's shadow NAV per share goes outside these limits, the fund may need to re-price its shares at a value other than $1 per share, an event known as "breaking the buck." Only two money market funds have broken the buck.
For more information, visit www.afponline.org/moneyfunds
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Violence, gangs scar Chicago community in 2012
On this Monday night, in this gym, it was hard to tell who was who.
The basketball teams wore different colored T-shirts with the same word: Peacemaker. They're all part of Pfleger's 12-week basketball league, aimed at cooling gang hostilities by having rivals face each other on the court. Many players, from 16 to 27, have criminal records.
The league grew out of a single successful game this fall and has high-profile supporters, including Joakim Noah of the Chicago Bulls.
Pfleger says the games have helped players build relationships, see beyond gang affiliation and stop shooting each other, at least for now.
"I have people tell me I'm naive, I'm stupid, I should be ashamed of myself working with these gangs," he says. "I could care less. We've demonized them so much we forget they're human beings."
But Pfleger also says games alone won't change anything. These young men need jobs and an education, and he's working on that.
"When there's no alternative," he says, "you'll continue to do what you do."
Sharon Cohen is a Chicago-based national writer. She can be reached at scohen(at)ap.org.
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Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) June 30, 2014
As an independent, small business website design company in Utah, Utah Sites understands the importance of the little guys. In an effort to support their local charities and non-profits, Utah Sites has began offering pro bono website design for such groups.
Founder and President, Damon Burton, comments. "I know how much good charities and non-profits bring to their surrounding areas. If we can help increase their awareness by getting them online with a website than we're more than willing to do so."
The demand for pro bono work has been significant since their announcement. The Utah website design company has had inquiries and their own considerations for help regarding various groups.
Mr. Burton remarks. "The opportunities for organizations that we're willing to support is seemingly endless. We see so much good in people and charitable organizations that we're willing to continue scheduling pro bono work, as long as time permits."
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With websites designed in-house, this 100% Utah-based operation is dedicated to small business development. With experience in web development dating back as far as 1998, Mr. Burton and his local web design team have established a reputation of providing honest, transparent work. Their new pro bono efforts reinforce this dedication and work ethic.
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What you see is what you get.. No games No drama..Life is to short to be unhappy!
I'm a no nonsense kinda girl. Not into games or drama. Looking to enjoy life with someone special. I'm looking for someone who enjoys the outdoors and wants to have fun. A guy who has a great sense of humor. Someone who doesn't take them self to seriously.Life is to short to be unhappy. I love going to the beach, Football games, listening to music, concerts, and just hanging with friends. I'm pretty easy going but I do have a sassy side as well as a sarcastic side.. I'm happy with staying in on the weekends sitting around having some cocktails with friends or getting dressed for a night out. I can have a good time just about anywhere as long as i'm with the right person/people..
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I'm looking for results from the Cadet and Junior Free and Greco tournaments since 1990.
The mat only goes back to 2000. A few months ago, I did a google search and found a site that listed them back to I think 1995. I just tried to do that again and I couldn't find anything.
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Indebted to Plastic: The History of Credit Cards
Though it is now the philosophy of many consumers, "charge it" was not always a common phrase. Credit cards first appeared in the 1950s, but the concept originated much earlier. We depict this plastic evolution and predict what credit cards may become.


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NCAA Football Free Pick: North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Florida State Seminoles
- Updated: November 5, 2010
North Carolina Tar Heels
Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles and North Carolina Tar Heels are both coming off of some questionable outings in recent weeks, and they'll both try to take another step towards staying in the ACC Championship race this weekend when they meet in college football betting action at Doak Campbell Stadium.
It really felt like North Carolina had turned the corner a few weeks ago, but since that point, the Heels have suffered back to back bad games, a blowout loss to the Miami Hurricanes and a narrow escape from the William & Mary Tribe. The defense has really just fallen apart these last two weeks after putting together a nice stretch of about a month. This unit has allowed 50 points over the last two weekends, both of which resulted in failed attempts at covers. This is going to be the last chance for the Tar Heels to make it in the ACC race, as one more loss would in any hope they have of winning the conference crown. QB TJ Yates needs to be at the top of his game. He has thrown for 1,873 yards and 12 scores this season, but of his four INTs, three have come in this bad stretch of games. Yates has also only thrown for 378 yards in the two outings and is starting to draw the ire of his hometown crowd once again.
The garnet and gold are in a position right now where they probably are still the favorites to reach the ACC Championship Game, and should the NC State Wolfpack lose earlier in the day, destiny will once again be in FSU's hands. A loss last Thursday night to said Wolfpack really did a number of a lot of things that the Noles had going for them. QB Christian Ponder is clearly not playing completely healthy, and his small errors in recent weeks will probably cost him a ton of money in the NFL Draft this coming spring. The defense also took a huge step backwards, allowing three second half touchdowns to really end a nice stretch of 5.5 games in which the team didn't allow more than one TD in a half of ball. The good news is that the Seminoles are back at home, where their defense has allowed a grand total of 28 points in four games this season. The three headed monster of RB Chris Thompson, RB Jermaine Thomas, and RB Ty Jones was really shut down in a big way this past week, but the three still have all rushed for at least 425 yards this season and are all averaging at least six yards per carry on the year.
If the Tar Heels don't bring their 'D' to Tallahassee, they're going to get absolutely smacked in the mouth and won't survive. Florida State seems like it should come out full of anger, and on a week and a half's worth of preparation, it should be able to take the first step towards recovering in the ACC Atlantic race after its first conference defeat.
College Football Expert Pick: Florida State Seminoles -10.5
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Heath Hill Bed & Breakfast is located in the Colden Valley, 20 miles southeast of Buffalo NY. We are 5 minutes from Kissing Bridge Ski Resort. We feature a secluded single suite with private entrance, sleeping four max. The suite, with CENTRAL AIR, and FREE WI-FI; consists of a large furnished living area with 47"HDTV, DVD, Time Warner Cable, and about 100 DVD's. Also, a kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator, master bedroom with a new queen bed, and full bath. Enjoy a continental breakfast en suite on weekdays and gourmet breakfast in our dining room on weekends. Nearby are Kissing Bridge Ski Area, Buffalo Ski Club, Concord Crest Golf Course, Holland Hills Golf Course, the Gow School, and Holland Int'l Speedway.
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5 on August 28, 2013
Excellent service and hospitality - wonderful food - a very restful weekend.
5 on August 13, 2013
Heath Hill was a GREAT place to stay - clean, wonderful breakfasts. Would recommend!!
5 on August 08, 2013
We stayed here in August 2013 while attending my nephew's graduation party. The place was spotless! It was such a lovely B&B - the hosts were very friendly and the breakfast was delish! We would stay again! Very, very nice!
4.4 on October 04, 2012
We had such a great time. We were treated like true guests. I loved the location and our hostess, and host.
4.4 on October 04, 2012
Lovely place to wind down -- nice and quiet. Beautiful and very private. Everything is perfect!
4.0 on August 12, 2012
Lona and Mike have wonderful guest accommodations and made us feel very welcome. What an incredible breakfast!
4.6 on August 10, 2012
Heath Hill B&B was a welcome surprise. The innkeepers were excellent hosts. The breakfasts were significantly above the average. Our privacy was respected. Extremely clean & comfortable.
4.2 on April 08, 2012
Heath Hill is a quiet, well-appointed, private suite -- great for a couple getaway. The hosts are friendly and helpful, but very respectful of privacy. The suite was tasteful & well-equipped and the setting is beautiful. Highly recommended!
4.6 on February 12, 2012
Great place -- lots of private living space. Some initial problem with hot tub, but friendly staff got it working in the end. Excellent breakfast -- beautifully set. In addition, the hosts offered a stock of snacks and "necessities" such as a corkscrew and ice cream scoop!
3.4 on February 12, 2012
An amazing experience and enjoyable weekend. Terrific location for skiiers and nothing better to come back and slip into the hot tub. Hosts were warm and friendly. We would highly recommend this B&B to friends and family.
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Buffalo, NY (BUF-Buffalo/Niagara International) 23 miles
From I-90 west to US 219 south to Armor Duells road, right one mile to NY Route 240 south, 10.5 miles to Colden, left on Heath Road, 0.5 miles on the right. GPS -- "8669 Heath 14033"
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You can select a dynamic sizing method for the ductwork for the duct systems in a project using the Duct Sizing dialog. You can specify sizing for sections of duct using friction and/or velocity, equal friction, or static regain sizing methods. Sizing can be applied to sections of ductwork or to an entire system.
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Massachusetts Municipal Association - 2010 - Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award
Town leaders in Dedham, Massachusetts, reached out to local clergy members to help individuals struggling with foreclosures. The town, the clergy, and other community organizations collaborated to provide local residents with counseling on foreclosure prevention or debt reduction and other financial advice.
In the fall of 2008, when Dedham officials learned of a surprising number of foreclosures in their community – 14 percent of all mortgages in Dedham were regarded as "at risk" – they wanted to move quickly to assist people who were in danger of losing their homes.
"The biggest challenge we faced was to try to reach people," said Town Administrator William Keegan. "A lot of people are very private about their income. … [But] most banks would rather have the person come in in the early stages of the situation, so they can take some proactive steps to mitigate the impact."
Town leaders decided to involve local clergy – individuals who already had the trust of members of their congregations – in their efforts to help people save their homes.
The approach arose from conversations that Selectman James MacDonald had with the Rev. Steve Josoma, his pastor at St. Susanna Parish. Josoma spread the word among other Dedham clergy, and Dedham officials helped to coordinate an informational session for homeowners at risk that took place at St. Susanna's late that November.
Keegan said that while the event launching the "Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program" drew a modest turnout, Town Hall soon thereafter began receiving many more phone calls and visits from people seeking help. One reason, Keegan said, was the media attention the event attracted. But he also credited members of the clergy, whom he described as "the best advertising in the world."
The key element in the program, made possible by the participation of banks, nonprofits and other organizations, is a folder bundling a wide array of potential forms of assistance. An 18-page document, "Understanding, Avoiding and Minimizing the Impact of Foreclosure," was prepared by a local law office. The packet also includes a glossary of mortgage-related terms; "Tips for Talking to Your Lender"; descriptions of energy rebate and fuel-assistance programs; a guide to regional employment and training resources; and a brochure outlining the rights of tenants living in foreclosed-upon buildings.
"There were so many things we could point them to," Keegan said.
In some cases, Accion USA, a nonprofit that specializes in making very small loans to people or businesses that might not otherwise qualify for financing, was able to provide short-term loans that enabled homeowners to buy time with their mortgage holders.


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IR protocol analyzer is a universal application for automatic decoding several types of infrared remote control protocol packets. The application uses microphone input of a soundcard to capture infrared signal from a remote control. As a consequence, the hardware receiver is minimalistic and easy to build; just plug a phototransistor to input of your soundcard, that's all hardware you need.
Application processes IR signal from a remote control and compares it with its own database of known protocols. When a match is found, packet is decoded and its characteristic is displayed to user (including protocol name, description, decoded data and graph with timing).
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Thanks for highlighting the key features of the IR protocol analyzer application. As the application can decode a variety of infrared remote control protocol packets, it will suit the specific needs of both individuals and businesses.
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Only hotels in 37806 zip code are listed below. Search for cheap and discount hotel rates in Mascot, TN for your upcoming leisure or conference / group travel. We list the best 37806 hotels and motels so you can review the Mascot hotel list below to find the perfect lodging. Hotels in Knox county and area code 865 are also listed.
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Will film crews still come to San Diego?
It's a wrap for city's Film Commission
From "Anchorman" and "Veronica Mars" to "Top Gun" and "American Idol," San Diego's Film Commission likes to boast it has brought a little slice of Hollywood to San Diego over the years, not to mention millions of dollars in economic activity.
But its long list of film and TV credits will grow no longer, with the closure Wednesday of its 38-year-old operation, a casualty of a huge cut in tourism funding revenues.
Does San Diego need an organization dedicated to attracting movie filming companies here?
Yes 72% (217)
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While the Film Commission has limped along in recent years as its money from various governmental sources dwindled, the final blow came last week, when its three staff members were laid off. The cutoff in funding for the operation was part of an overall 40 percent reduction in the staff of the Tourism Authority, which last year absorbed the Film Commission as a way to keep the organization financially afloat. Its budget of $300,000 was cobbled together from a variety of sources, including the Port of San Diego, the county and the Tourism Authority.
But the tourism agency now has financial troubles of its own, with most of its funding frozen because of pending litigation challenging a 2 percent hotel room levy that goes toward financing most tourism promotion in the city.
Films and TV shows shot in San Diego
Top Gun
Anchorman, Anchorman 2
Veronica Mars
Almost Famous
American Idol
Lost World: Jurassic Park
Without a one-stop shop to assist production companies in getting their proper permits and special access for filming, San Diego is likely to lose out to other locales when directors are scouting locations, said Rob Dunson, who was with the Film Commission for the past 13 years and most recently was director of film production for the Tourism Authority.
"The first filmmaker who calls and finds out we don't have a film office, it will put them in a panic mode and they'll have to figure out what they want to do. Maybe they'll go somewhere else," said Dunson, who was a longtime filmmaker before joining the Film Commission. "It says to all the industry we're not a film-friendly city. There will definitely be less filmed here."
Started in 1975 by then-Mayor Pete Wilson, the Film Commission as recently as 2011 was responsible for generating more than 7,000 hotel room nights in one year in connection with overnight stays for film crews.
In recent years, its funding had grown as high as $655,000, and at one time it had a nine-member staff. But when the city's tourism financing arm saw that the commission wasn't producing enough overnight hotel stays in relation to the funding it was getting, the hotelier-run Tourism Marketing District cut it off. Other tourism-related groups, with considerably less funding, like the California State Games, generated more than 14,000 room nights over a three-day period.
Still, the commission, through Dunson's Hollywood contacts, was able over the years to attract a number of feature films and TV series, as well as numerous car commercial projects, featuring Ford, Hyundai and Toyota brands.


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WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior Jeffrey Reppucci (Newburyport, Mass.), a member of the Holy Cross men's ice hockey program, has been selected as the 2013-2014 winner of the Honorable John P. Cooney Memorial Award. Presented by the Holy Cross Varsity Club in memory of Judge John P. Cooney (Class of 1923), the Cooney Award goes to a senior letterwinner who performed beyond all expectations with courage, loyalty and dedication.
Reppucci spent three seasons on the Holy Cross men's ice hockey team, then served as a student assistant coach during his senior year due to injury. He played in 61 career games, tallying 24 points on four goals and 20 assists. Reppucci was named to the Atlantic Hockey All-Rookie team in 2010-2011, while twice being selected as the Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week. In addition, he was a three-time selection to the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic team.
A 2013 Truman Scholar and a 2013 Rhodes Scholarship finalist, Reppucci received a 2012 Katherine Wasserman Davis Fellowship for the Study of Critical Languages and a 2012 Davis 100 Projects for Peace Grant. He also won a 2012-2013 Marshal Fund Grant for community development, a $10,000 Desmaris Scholarship for Academic and Community Leadership, a $6,000 Dana Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Leadership and a $3,000 McCarthy Scholarship for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
The 2014 recipient of the Hockey Humanitarian Award, Reppucci is the founder and president of the non-profit organization Students Helping Children Across Borders, an organization which has designed, fundraised and executed over $125,000 worth of infrastructural development projects and community programming in five different countries (United States, Russia, Argentina, Haiti and Uganda). He is also the founder and executive director of Working for Worcester, a project that mobilized 540 college students from seven Worcester area colleges and universities to construct over $62,000 worth of infrastructural improvements last year.
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AN ATTEMPT by Public Service Commission member Teckla Lameck and her business partner and co-accused, Kongo Mokaxwa, to force the prosecution to provide them with more detail on the criminal charges they are facing in the High Court ended in failure this week.
In a judgement delivered in the High Court in Windhoek on Monday, Acting Judge Kobus Miller dismissed an application by Lameck and Mokaxwa for an order to compel the prosecution to provide them with further particulars of the charges against them.
Acting Judge Miller however directed the State to amend the indictment in which the charges against Lameck (52), Mokaxwa (33) and Chinese national Yang Fan (42) are set out, to exclude all allegations based on the definition of the term "corruptly" as it appeared in the Anti-Corruption Act of 2003.
Lameck and Mokaxwa last year succeeded with a constitutional attack on a part of the Anti-Corruption Act, when three judges of the High Court ruled that the definition of "corruptly" in the Act was unduly vague.
Lameck and Mokaxwa attacked the Anti-Corruption Act's definition of the term "corruptly" as being unreasonable, vague and too wide.
The Act defined "corruptly" as meaning "in contravention of or against the spirit of any law, provision, rule, procedure, process, system, policy, practice, directive, order or any other term or condition pertaining to any employment relationship; any agreement; or the performance of any function in whatever capacity".
The remainder of the Anti-Corruption Act remains intact, and it would be up to courts to interpret what is meant by the word "corruptly" where it is used in other parts of that law, the judges indicated in their judgement.
Lameck, Mokaxwa and Yang are accused of having defrauded the Ministry of Finance of millions of dollars with the supply of Chinese-made X-ray scanning equipment to Namibia's customs authorities.
In his judgement on Monday, Acting Judge Miller noted that the charges against them are set out in an indictment running over 35 pages. The summary of substantial facts on which the prosecution bases its charges is set out over an additional eleven pages.
According to the prosecution the three accused are already in possession of all of the documentation, information and witness statements on which the prosecution is to be based, Acting Judge Miller also noted.
The test in an application to compel the prosecution to provide further particulars is whether the accused have a reasonable need for the additional information to prepare their defence, he remarked.
Lameck and Mokaxwa do not say that the information they are requesting is not available to them or is ambiguous, contradictory or confusing, he stated.
In his view a reading of the indictment and the summary of substantial facts sufficiently inform Lameck and Mokaxwa of the case they have to meet, the judge said.
Lameck, Mokaxwa and Yang are facing charges over an alleged corrupt deal in which Chinese-made security scanning equipment was bought by the Ministry of Finance in 2008.
It is alleged that the price of the equipment was inflated to enable the manufacturer of the equipment, Nuctech, which was being represented by Yang, to pay a "commission" of at least US$12,828 million to Teko Trading, a close corporation of Lameck and Mokaxwa.
Their trial is scheduled to start on April 16, with court dates up to May 15 reserved for their case. Further trial dates from August 1 to September 13 have also been reserved.
Senior counsel Raymond Heathcote and Deon Obbes, instructed by Sisa Namandje, represented Lameck and Mokaxwa in the case before Acting Judge Miller. Chief Prosecutor Danie Small appeared for the State.


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Opinions on email providers are great and all... but what I was looking for was technical reasons to support taking one action or another. But since you mentioned it, i'll add that I've had my Hotmail account since 2001, and receive only a couple of spam messages per week. I signed up for a new Gmail account several years back, and that one was immediately inundated with spam. It continues to receive i'd guess around 20 per day.
You've got to be kidding me?!
A WHOLE 7 months since last install? What the heck do you do for a living, TRY to ruin computers?!!
I have 8 Windows 7 machines that have NEVER been reinstalled and are as clean and fast as the day I installed 7, which was a couple days after it came out. Never have been able to figure out why so many people, here especially, are always suggesting format and do it so often?
If you must and are THAT paranoid, just do a thorough scan with Malwarebyts, your AV and what ever other malware program you have, in safe mode.
Ditch that crap a** not so hot, Hotmail also. Easily one of the worst e-mails in existence!
Also, my last reinstall of windows 7 was due to a hard drive crash. I completely agree that reinstalling 7 is needed vastly less frequently than on previous Windows OS's. But the days of XP and early Vista trained me to keep data separate from OS / program locations, so a reinstall is really not a big inconvenience for me.
I see your point, but what hard evidence is there to support an infection? My only symptom so far has been the password change and spam message sent. That all could easily have been done from the Hotmail site, right?
Only way to be sure he is rid of the infection.
BTW, read my sig
No XBox Live account. But I do have Battlefield 2 and 3 player accounts tied to my Hotmail address.
Have you got anything attached to that account? I'm thinking specifically of an Xbox LIVE account?
If yes, do you have any EA games for which you've had to sign up for the EA online account rubbish?
I haven't yet heard of a key scrambler extension, although I will look into it. I'm assuming that is an anti-keylogger measure of some sort?
At OP: Sounds like you covered your bases pretty good there.. and as for the password hack, I really couldn't tell you how that happened!
A reinstall of Windows is probably not needed, although you might want to look at getting a key scrambler extension for your browser just to be on the safe side.
If my system is fully updated and AV protected, plus I don't go around installing crap I don't know is safe, how would a keylogger make it onto my system? Nobody but me has physical access to my office PC.
You probably have a keylogguer installed on your PC.
edit: Or you got fished.
Or you are using the same password everywhere, which is plain stupid.
Phishing requires me sending my info to somebody, right? Believe me, I've received my share of phishing requests, and I've laughed at every one. I'm not going to fall for a nicely-formatted email or website asking me to input my account info.
Also, I've never truly understood the logic behind the argument against using the same password everywhere. If the password is a complex and secure one, what is the added risk in using it at multiple sites or services?
what seems odd is you say in your offline copy of sent you saw spam sent. Was this email sent from your pc, or was it synced down from email sent via the web? If from the web, how did you get a copy because I would have to assume first thing would happen is password change vs just sending spam right away.
So the timeline of your account be accessed would be good to know in trying to figure out the method of their access. Was your machine infected, or was it just a simple brute/guess on the web. 8 characters is not really very secure..
for example my neowin password is 20 random characters using all four Ab1^ etc..
Very good point. I didn't think about the Sent folder needing to sync. I use Windows Live Mail for accessing my Hotmail account from my home PC, a Hotmail app for Android on my mobile, and the Hotmail site from anywhere else. Is there a way to determine the source of the sent message? Like you said, the only way i can see the sent spam message showing up in my Sent folder of my WLM program at home is if the spammer sent it before changing my PW, which i agree does seem odd.
As for timeline, I know that the sent spam message went out at 4:48am on the 11th, according to the message in the Sent folder. I had my account recovered by about 5:30am on the same day (yes, I wake up early - can't help it!)
Done and thank you! No rootkits detected.
Download TDSSKiller from kaspersky (it's free) and run that as well.
Out of curiosity, any evidence to support that? Like I mentioned above, I'm not easily fooled by attempts to solicit my info. I'm mildly paranoid, i suppose.
I am going to guess that it is a phishing attack.
Scanned it a few times now with multiple tools, and no infections found. I'll admit i was secretly hoping to find an infection, just so that i could have a potential explanation for this madness.
Scanning your PC would be a good idea. It's always a good idea to do this at least a couple of times a week.
Sounds like a phishing attack though, so you shouldn't be worried about having to reinstall Windows.


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A perfect mix of bubble gum charm, high school naivety, and unfortunate matching wardrobe choices, Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were the ultimate pop power couple and the icon of young love. But like most first loves– and pretty much all celebrity romances—their affair came to a crashing end.
Inevitably, the split sent the two off in very different directions; living two very dissimilar lives despite their eerily similar backgrounds. And just as sure as knowing that life post-split would indeed go on, we know that some time later the two would be ripe for comparison. And wouldn't you know it, that time is now.
Since their heat-wrenching split, who has been better off: Britney or Justin?
It's nice to say that life isn't a competition and all, but how much better do you feel when you see your ex got fat, ugly, or is dating someone fatter and uglier than you? Hopefully it's all of the above, with a good amount of unreached potential in the mix. But even if you wish them well, bottom line, one thing is true: You never want to see them living a better life than the one they would have had with you.
If the best revenge is living well, you can't forget that your perception of "living well" will always be in direct comparison to the living of your exes. It's what makes the break up worth it!
The same thing is true with celebrities, only they do it on a much more public platform and have nobodies like me pointing out whether their rebound is a step up or down, and arbitrarily keeping score of who has lived the better life.
With that said, let's break down Britney and Justin post-breakup to see who is winning.
Although there were never explicit reports of what happened to cause the riff between the dynamic couple, Justin's "Cry Me A River" video fueled the most prevalent rumor that the wholesome, once-saving herself for marriage pop star had cheated.
I'm sure we'll have to wait for tell-all autobiography to find out the truth and get some names—facts that would have a huge impact on my "was it worth it?" meter for Brit Brit—but that probably won't happen until when one of these two are hurting for money in their old age.
Regardless, this is where we begin.
After Britney, Justin did what any 21-year-old guy would do his age and tore through a bunch of smoking hot ladies. He was rumored to be with Beyonce, Fergie, and Janet Jackson (or so says the Internets, and you KNOW it never lies) before hooking up with A-lister and long-time girlfriend, Cameron Diaz.
After Diaz, the rumor mill started once more as he was linked to [insert rolodex of insanely hot Hollywood actresses] until he finally found the perfectly pouty lips of Jessica Biel. The two dated for four years before splitting, then got back together recently and are now engaged. How boringly lovely.
Britney's conquests of note don't have the same name recognition as Justin's (less her flash in the pan romances with Fred Durst, Jared Leto, and Colin Farrell), and odds are if you know the guy's name, it's because of her anyway.
In 2004, Britney married her childhood friend Jason Alexander for all of 55 hours. Citing she "lacked understanding of her actions," she was able to get that lil hiccup annulled as well as set up the theme for the next five-odd years of her life—fast, furious, and with as little thinking as possible.
Six months after her annulment, she was dating a back up dancer by the name of Kevin Federline, and Brit quickly found herself back at the alter. Once the ink dried on the prenup, they got to baby-making.
Brit had her fist son, Sean Preston, only a year after the wedding, and her second, Jayden James, in 2006. Brit bored of her man toy quickly and she filed for divorce two months later.
Then there was the 2007 romance with paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, To give the relationship some context, she was hospitalized soon after.
Finally, there's Brit's former agent and current fiancé Jason Trawick. I'm not sure what to say about this because I'm too entranced in figuring out if he's old and looks young, or young and looks old. He's like a real life version of the young girl-old woman illusion—my brain just can't see it simultaneously.
This is hard to call, since the Darwinistic view would be that Britney wins this round since her relationships have ensured survival of her superstar genetics.
Alternatively, anyone with a gag reflex would tell you that Justin's ongoing list of the hottest actresses trumps Britney's regrettable taste in mates any day.
Going to have to chalk this up to a tie and move on.
I'm going to preface this section with the disclaimer that both these stars are too accomplished for me to be able to list (or maybe more accurately, to care about listing) every single one of their many awards, projects, or endeavors. I'll judge them on my facts anyway. Deal with it.
Justin broke away from his boy band and made noise as a solo artist. I guess it was pretty good noise, since his two solo albums sold more than seven million copies.
He has actually made some inroads in acting as well, mostly staying away from TV other than his SNL digital shorts, which spurred the famous, and Halloween costume inspiring, "Dick in a Box." His first staring role was alongside acting giants Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman. The film, Edison, ended up bombing and going straight to DVD, but still, buddy worked with Spacey and Freeman.
Justin's acting received critical acclaim for his performances in Alpha Dog, The Social Network, and I'm sure some other movies that I also didn't see. Shrek was pretty awesome, so I'll throw a little acclaim his way for that. I loved Donkey. He was Donkey, right?
Refusing to be pigeonholed in entertainment, Justin put on his business pants and now owns restaurants, a fashion label named William Rast, and 901 tequila.
Brit Brit's career has kind of defied all odds. Despite what has happened in her personal life, girl just dominates the billboards.
Ms. Spears has 21 Top-40 hits in last 13 years, and holds the streak for the longest span of number ones on the mainstream top 40. In 2009, Billboard ranked Britney the 8th overall artist of the decade, the best selling female artist of the 21st century.
Britney has a Grammy, six MTV video music awards, an MTV lifetime achievement award, nine Billboard Awards, and a star on the Hollywood walk of fame.
The bubbly blonde is a known as a huge TV ratings boost, setting series-high numbers for her cameo on How I Met Your Mother, and recording the second largest audience and highest ratings ever for her spot on Glee. Clearly this has been noticed and she's now on X-Factor, raking in a salary of $15 million.
It's probably better Britney sticks to the small-screen, because the silver screen hasn't been her forte. Britney was in a film you've probably never seen or heard of called Longshot (2000) and played a stewardess. Then there's the bomb of a film everyone knows, Crossroads, which was her only real big-screen role.
Britney has dipped her pedicured toes in the business realm as well, hawking a scent back in 2004, Curious, which broke first-week gross for a perfume, and she also has clothing line for Candie's.
While it could easily be argued that Britney has had the more illustrious career, it strikes me that she's never really been the one captaining it.
Justin financed his own album to keep full control, co-writing and producing in the actual sense of the term. He owns his own record company, writes/produces for other artists, picks his own scripts and seems to have owned the moves he makes. He started his own businesses, and their successes and failures seem a little more dependent on the decisions he makes, not the fans he brings along with him.
Britney—to her credit—has had smart (and sometimes not so smart) people around her making her decisions for her, but I find it hard to believe she's calling any of the real shots in her businesses. I doubt she knows the margins on her perfume, the place of manufacturing for her clothing line, or the next integrative step she is going to take using her brand for profit.
While there's nothing wrong with Britney's delegation of power, I have to give the edge to Justin since the comparison is between him and her, not him and her people. After all, this is about career, not star power… star power is next.
While Justin has seemed to easily go from talent to talent, never wavering and building an empire on the way, Britney has had more than her fair share of epic meltdowns. At first, it might seem like Justin has the advantage with his celebrity friends, legions of female fans, a solid foundation of credibility in various areas of entertainment and business, but you can never underestimate the power of an underdog.
Justin's biggest PR mistake was the Super Bowl nipple slip, or maybe crying on Punk'd.
He's been pretty steady, keeps his personal life mostly to himself, but in general, declined from uber-stardom when he stepped out of the boy band spotlight. There's a lot of power in the tween population, but it seems Justin grew up and so did his fans.
Remember back to '99, when Brit was posing on a bed for a Rolling Stone cover and the controversy it caused? If only the public knew what it was in for.
Britney hit the scene as everyone's favorite schoolgirl, and from that moment, the world couldn't look away, even as she swirled into the abyss
America loves a comeback story. They were ready for Britney's comeback before Britney was.
Every time she falls, America is there to pick her right back up. She's lost her abilities-of-old to seriously break it down, her good girl charm is a distant memory, and she has lost most of any looks she ever had, but still people are pulling for her.
She's got a fanbase that is almost impossible to rival. Meltdown after meltdown, head shaving, psychiatric ward, baby seat fiasco all included, Britney keeps bouncing back into the welcoming arms of a world that refuses to let her go. That is star power.
While Britney might not have had as smooth a ride as Justin, I have to give it to her running away because there zero way anyone else could have gone what Britney has gone through and still come out to see the star-studded light of day.
She's a cultural icon. No, wait. She's Britney, bitch.
So, it would seem a decade and change out, Britney and Justin are still in a dead heat. Who knows how long it will be until we can determine an ultimate victor, but I guess for now all we can conclude is that it is best to not date either of these two: You'll never come out on top.


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Never before have new-car buyers had it so good - and some of the best bargains can be had at the bottom end of the market.
Competition below the $15,000 mark is fierce, with a number of new models fighting it out against the more established players.
Mitsubishi has revived the Mirage nameplate with an all-new five-door hatch body that focuses on equipment and a dollar-dazzler price.
Mirage v Alto v Micra v Up
Mitsubishi Mirage, Volkswagen Up (foreground), Suzuki Alto and Nissan Micra (behind).
Volkswagen's Up was released in late 2012, bringing with it an automatic braking system usually reserved for luxury models.
The Nissan Micra impressed us before with lots of space and decent road manners, so it's back for another shot.
The other is a little car that just keeps keeping on: the Suzuki Alto.
All have three-cylinder engines and currently sell for less than $15,000, and with 2012 stock plentiful for all but the Mirage there are sometimes sharper deals being done. But which is the best micro machine?
Mitsubishi Mirage
The Mirage kicks off about $12,990 drive-away, and it gets a big tick for standard goodies: six airbags (dual front, front side and full-length curtain), USB and auxiliary inputs, Bluetooth phone and audio streaming with voice control, and a leather steering wheel with audio controls.
It has the longest warranty of all four cars tested here (five-year/130,000-kilometre), and capped-price servicing for up to four years in 15,000-kilometre/12-month intervals (the average cost is $250).
It's powered by a 1.2-litre three-cylinder engine with 57kW and 100Nm. The power output is higher than in any of the other cars here, and because the Mirage is also equal lightest, it feels peppier on the road, too.
Fuel use is rated at a frugal 4.6 litres per 100 kilometres for cheaper models.
There's the choice of a five-speed manual or CVT automatic gearbox, the latter of which adds $2500. A pricey option, but it works very well, while the manual is a bit notchy between the gears.
It's not the sharpest thing to drive, but the ride is compliant over smaller bumps.
It can be crashy over sharper edges, and there is some suspension noise and tyre roar, but it's still quieter than some others in the class.
The steering takes some getting used to and can be slow to react at higher speeds. But around town it's good, with a tiny turning circle making it easy to change direction and park.
The Mirage's modern interior has plenty of storage in the front for the driver and his or her best friend. But there's no centre covered storage and no back-seat stowage, and the exposed screws detract from the ambience.
The front seats are comfortable and the rear seat is flat, but that allows you to squish three people in the back seat easier than any other car here.
The boot is deep and wide, but slightly less voluminous than some rivals (235 litres).
And, while it may seem trivial, it has a string that lifts the parcel shelf when the boot opens. The boot houses a space-saver spare.
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Price From $12,990, plus on-road costs
Engine 1.2-litre 3-cyl
Power 57kW/100Nm
Transmission 5-sp manual or CVT auto (adds $2500)
Fuel use 4.6L/100km
Safety 6 airbags; stability control; five-star crash rating
Boot space 235L
Warranty 5 years, 130,000km
Current best price* $12,485 driveaway
Volkswagen Up
If you're one of those who enjoy their commute rather than simply suffer it, the Volkswagen Up could be your kind of car.
It is the most enjoyable to drive - the steering is direct and quick, it holds a flat line through corners, the ride is firm but resolved - and its 1.0-litre three-pot engine offers linear power delivery. It's the quietest car here and the fuel use is decent at 4.9L/100km, however it requires premium unleaded.
But with 55kW of power and 95Nm, it's not as powerful as the Mirage, and it does weigh a touch more. We found ourselves occasionally shifting through the gears to keep up. The manual shift action is smooth, and the clutch is nice and light.
The bad news is the Up can't be had with an automatic gearbox. All of its rivals can, and the other companies suggest self-shifters make up between 65 per cent and 75 per cent of sales.
The Up is currently priced from less than $13,000 on-road (mainly for 2012 models) for a three-door version with no bells or whistles - apart from the aforementioned auto braking system.
It has a three-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty and capped-price servicing with 15,000-kilometre/12-month intervals for up to six years or 90,000 kilometres (average cost $312). There are no steering wheel audio controls, no USB input, the driver has electric controls only for their window and has to lean over to access the passenger's, and Bluetooth is also an option. More important is the lack of rear-seat airbag protection: the Up only comes with dual front and front-side airbags.
Despite its lack of key features, it does feel classy inside. The exposed paint finishes look great, and the storage is very good for both front- and rear-seat passengers. Our car was fitted with the ''Maps and More'' dash-top pod ($500), which adds Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity, satellite navigation and trip computer. Very neat.
Judges were annoyed by the lack of centre air vents, while the big doors of the three-door make it difficult to get out in tight spots. The Up also has only four seats, although the boot was equal largest at 251 litres.
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Price From $13,990, plus on-road costs (add $1000 for five-door)
Engine 1.0-litre 3-cyl
Power 55kW/95Nm
Transmission 5-sp manual only
Fuel use 4.9L/100km (premium 95 RON fuel only)
Safety 4 airbags; stability control; automated emergency braking system; five-star crash rating
Boot space 251L
Warranty 3 years, unlimited kilometres
Current best price* $12,470 driveaway
Nissan Micra
The Micra line-up has just been revamped and now all versions come with the 1.2-litre three-cylinder engine. We tested the base-model version, which is going for about $12,000 for the manual.
All Micras come with a three-year/100,000-kilometre warranty and capped-price servicing for up to six years. The average cost of service is comparable ($292), but the intervals are more frequent - every 10,000 kilometres or six months.
The engine is still a reasonably good one, pushing out 56kW and 100Nm, but it is quite noisy, particularly when teamed with the optional four-speed automatic transmission (adds $1500 to the price tag). Still, the power delivery is fairly brisk and flexible despite its tendency to rev out.
But those buyers who also want to keep a lid on fuel costs may want to think twice about the Nissan. Its claimed consumption is 5.9L/100km for the manual and 6.5L/1000km for the auto, well above all three competitors.
It doesn't steer as well as the Up or Mirage, with slow reactions at high speeds, but has a decent turning circle for inner-city manoeuvres. The suspension can jar over sharp bumps, but it does away with bigger bumps quite well. The level of road noise intrusion is frustrating, though.
Inside, the Micra feels spacious, with a decent amount of room in the front and back seats, and the boot is the equal-biggest here (251 litres). The plastics are hard and scratchy, and there's little storage to speak of for rear-seat passengers, but front-seat dwellers get decent door pockets and cupholders. The front and rear seats are comfortable, too, though it is a bit squishy in the back with three bodies across the bench.
One peeve of the judges was the Bluetooth phone connection controls, which were near the driver's right knee. Another was the lack of a USB input (auxiliary only) and the lack of Bluetooth audio streaming.
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Price From $13,490, plus on-road costs
Engine 1.2-litre three-cylinder
Power 50kW/100 Nm
Transmission 5-sp manual or 4-sp automatic (adds $1500)
Fuel use 5.9L/100km
Safety 6 airbags; stability control; four-star crash rating
Boot space 251L
Warranty 3 years, 100,000km
Current best price* $12,990 driveaway
Suzuki Alto
Suzuki's pint-sized Alto looks tiny compared with the other cars tested here, and it has the price tag to match. It can be found from $10,900 drive-away for 2012 models, and the four-speed adds $1500 or less.
The initial spend looks appealing, but Suzuki doesn't offer capped-price servicing, though intervals are every 12 months or 15,000 kilometres. Drive contacted a number of dealers to establish an indicative average cost per service, and it turned out to be quite high ($414 annually over a six-year period).
The Suzuki is the smallest outside, and it translates to the interior. The rear seat can only cater for two passengers, and leg and headroom is squishy.
Storage inside the cabin is slim, with little door pockets and small cupholders. The boot is micro-sized, too, at 115 litres, less than half the size of all three rivals.
Its 1.0-litre, three-cylinder pushes out 50kW and 90Nm, but the fuel consumption figure is 4.5L/100km for the manual (5.2L for the auto). It requires premium fuel, though.
It isn't bursting with grunt, and the throbbing engine sound divided judges. The lower torque output means it notices extra weight up hills. At least the five-speed manual's shift action is slinky and smooth.
At higher speeds it can buck over bumps but it deals with inner-city duties with ease. The steering is heavier than the other cars tested, but offers a nice direct action and good feel to the driver's hands.
Vital statistics
Price From $11,990 drive-away
Engine 1.0-litre three-cylinder
Power 50kW/90Nm
Transmission 5sp manual or four-speed auto (adds $1500)
Fuel use 4.5L/100km (premium 95 fuel only)
Safety 6 airbags; stability control; four-star crash rating
Boot space 110L
Warranty 3 years, 100,000km
Current best price* $10,990 driveaway
The Alto is an affordable good little car and the most frugal here, but it's also the smallest and its engine struggles up hills.
The Micra is next out because of its lack of creature comforts and comparatively thirsty engine.
Volkswagen should be applauded for bringing high-tech safety gear to the city-car segment in what is a great urban runabout, but the lack of rear airbags in the Up is disappointing, as is its lack of some standard features.
That leaves the Mirage in top spot. It's not the most appealing to drive, but it ticks the most important boxes: safety, pricing and standard goodies.
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"The Up is currently priced from less than $13,000 on-road (mainly for 2012 models)..."
So why not compare 2013 model prices, or does this put your (self described) poorly specced, manual only, low power, 4 seat only UP in a worse light than it already is in?
From another site...
"The tiny city runabout started at $13,990 plus on-road costs when it arrived in showrooms last October, translating to a drive-away price of more than $17,000 according to the company's online calculator....", with the clear indication that the $12990 drive-away price is for last years model ONLY - ie this years model is priced is as described in the quote.
How about a bit of honesty, Drive...........
(print this and respond please).
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- The truth
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- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 10:37AM
Seriously mate, every comment you post is exactly the same. If you don't like Drive please do the rest of us a favour and go and read something else.
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- Dr Charlesworth
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 10:30PM
You must have a lot of time on your hands.
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- Spacks
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 10:31PM
The VW Up needs to be sold in Auto. VW are losing so many sales because of this.
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- Daniel
- Location
- Sydney
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 11:05AM
These tiny cars have little to no power. I'd truly hate to see them merging onto the motorways in the wrong gear because they're using a conventional automatic transmission.
@Daniel, the manual transmission is actually the better option for all these back-to-basic budget cars. You get to take it to it's power-band whereas automatics will simply fail to do so. Adding in the option for a DSG-auto will certainly set you back another few thousand for little to no other benefits but the ability to be lazy.
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- vince
- Location
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 1:05PM
Completely agree with Daniel. The rapidly decreasing manual snobs will shout "Learn to drive a manual!!!111 one" but Auto is the future and the vast majority of the market. Manual will be almost completely gone in 5 to 10 years. Time to embrace the future rather than acting all pseudo-superior that a manual driver somehow makes you superior...newsflash: It doesn't.
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- Auger
- Location
- Melbourne
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 2:57PM
It would be awfully sluggish as an auto - as would any of these cars. Driving a manual - as opposed to guiding an auto - is nowhere near as challenging as people seem to think it might be. Try it - you just might like the better level of control and involvement of a manual.
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- Man
- Location
- Yule
- Date and time
- March 02, 2013, 3:51PM
Never liked small cars with auto-to gutless.Put the aircon on and there hopeless.
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- Location
- Date and time
- March 03, 2013, 12:40PM
Auto would kill this car and increase the price. One of the big drivers for lots of cars moving to auto is emmissions and gear change times, which are not a problem or not relevant for these small engined cars. It would make no sense to put auto gear boxs on them. Some other reasons, these will regularly be learner cars, people should learn to drive manuals first, it teaches a touch of mechanical sympathy and a little about thinking ahead on the road (ie what gear do i need to be in..). Are they missing out on sales? I don't think so.
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- Tom1981
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- March 04, 2013, 9:39AM
@ Auger.
You have been told this many times, and still you do not learn. Driving a manual transmission does indeed make you a better driver.
It is ok that you are not able to drive a manual, it is not for everyone as the mental component can be quite hard for some. But dont try and think that you are equal to those who drive manual transmission cars.
Just dont.
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- wsDK_II
- Location
- Melbourne
- Date and time
- March 05, 2013, 10:21AM
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A secure attachment orientation may be one key to a successful relationship with your adviser, finds a new study in Training and Education in Professional Psychology (Vol. 4, No. 4).
In a survey of 109 randomly selected counseling psychology graduate students from across the country, researchers from Western Michigan University found that students who generally felt more secure in close or romantic relationships were more likely than those with avoidant or anxious attachment relationship styles to report positive relationships with their advisers.
Attachment theory, first proposed in the 1960s by psychiatrist John Bowlby, holds that children who receive consistent, loving parenting generally develop secure relationship patterns; those who receive inconsistent or neglectful early parenting tend to develop anxious relationship patterns; and those with rejecting or abusive parents tend to develop avoidant patterns. Once established, these early attachment patterns often remain stable and are likely to influence people's experiences in adult relationships, subsequent research has found.
It makes sense that grad students would repeat relationship patterns from their childhood with their graduate advisers, says lead author Daniel M. Huber, PhD. "Many students start a new doctoral program in a new location without an attachment figure," he says. "I really believe that the people we rely on most in grad school take the place of our mothers or other primary caregivers, especially at the beginning of the program."
The research echoes similar findings in domains such as therapy and grad school supervision, and they also suggest ways advisers can help students thrive, adds study coauthor Eric M. Sauer, PhD. Advisers may want to initially provide high levels of support for all students, then tailor their interactions as they get to know students' attachment styles. With anxious students, who tend to seek frequent meetings and have trouble regulating their emotions, advisers could help them manage their distress and learn to work independently. With avoidant students, who are likely to keep their distance even when they're struggling, advisers could reach out regularly and provide frequent, constructive and empathic feedback.
Students, meanwhile, can be aware of their own attachment styles and work on them in relation to their advisers, particularly if the relationship is trusting and supportive, Huber adds. Advisees who are generally avoidant may want to strive to make more contact with advisers, for instance, while those with anxious attachments may want to try increasing their independence before immediately reaching out to advisers. If the relationship doesn't feel trusting and supportive, "advisees may want to actively talk this over with their adviser to increase the chances of getting their needs met," Huber says.
Next, the researchers hope to study how advisers' attachment orientations affect the advisory relationship and what makes for optimal pairings, says Sauer. Therapy research, for instance, is beginning to show that anxiously attached therapists may be good matches for avoidant clients, and vice versa, while securely attached therapists work well with all types of clients because they can flexibly adapt their style.
"In therapy, it isn't necessarily the model of therapy that typically makes the difference; it is aspects of the therapist-client relationship that are most critical," says Sauer. "We suspect the same is true for advisers and advisees."
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. - A resident of Allegheny County pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of misuse of a Social Security number, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
Nicole D. Helvy, 42, pleaded guilty to one count before Chief United States District Judge Gary L. Lancaster.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Helvy, on Sept. 15, 2005, filed a successive bankruptcy petition with the Clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court using the Social Security number assigned to another person.
Judge Lancaster scheduled sentencing for Dec. 2, 2011, at 9:30 a.m. The law provides for a total sentence of five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Carolyn J. Bloch is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
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That doesn't say anything about how good he is right now, though, and no one on this site knows whether Brantley is going to "commit" soon or ever. I know where you're coming from--there are a lot of Ohio guys I think have a ton of potential, but they haven't proven much collegiately yet.
Until that time, all we have to look at is the results, and Berhow has significantly better results this year and a victory in their only head-to-head match. How you find a way to constantly bash Berhow and highly tout Brantley is beyond me.
Saying that Brantley is better than Berhow is far from being highly toutfull of Brantley.
Berhow did beat Brady Wilson once this year and he's beaten Tucker Lane, but I wouldnt call those wins "marquee" by any stretch of the word.
"I like to relax with a chainsaw." Tom Brands 12/4/09
A win over Lane is a good win, period. He has lost to only Lane and Rosholt, both matches in OT.
Even so, I didn't say he was a world-beater. I just said he has had significantly better results than Brantley, who you say is better. Brantley is barely over .500 (5-3) with two losses to unranked opponents and no quality wins. The only time he faced a ranked opponent, he lost by 5. Clearly he is better than #11 Berhow.
Brantley has not shown the improvement I was hoping for, whereas Berhow has. I needed help at 149 and Hwt and got that. It sucks to give up Taylor, but I think Haynes is still improving and could challenge for AA by March. This trade strengthens my team come tourney time.
lol@Herkey and his irrational berhow Hate
Ben Berhow Dec Kyle Massey (Wisconsin) 5-4SV
Ben Berhow Dec Kyle Massey (Wisconsin) 3-2
Ben Berhow Dec Brady Wilson (MSU-Mankato) 6-2
Ben Berhow Dec Christian Brantley (Northern Iowa) 6-5
Yes, clearly Brantley is better then Berhow due to his wins over Massey and Wilson
Gold is an idiot.
I just traded for the guy knowing full well he is inferior in quality to berhow.
If a guy has to "decide to committ" then that is a major question mark in my head.
Oh well, he's my guy now.
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.
You could have had Ellis/Bradley....
I'm really only getting one guy with the exception of midlands i suppose.
Neither have looked that amazing either. One of them could be 3rd in conference and have had a GOOD day.
Missouris schedule is weak and their big 12 duals are coming up. Zabriske, Rosholt, Lane and Fernandez are among the duals. Not to mention the fact that I'd have to try to figure out which one would start for the duals, and if i chose wrong I'd be out a spot.
I could go on for quite a while why that trade was horrible
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Pour schnapps and amaretto into Champagne flute. Fill with Champagne and serve.
I made these for New Year's Eve and while they weren't bad, the liquors really didn't do much for the champagne; you could hardly taste them. I ended up doubling the liquor measurements and that seemed to go a little better. If you have everything on hand it's something a little different, but I wouldn't mess with it otherwise.


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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Imran Khan reached Los Angeles on Monday to complete a four-city tour to collect funds for his Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf party, three days after he was offloaded and interrogated by US immigration officials in Canada.
Mr Khan has already held three fundraisers in New York, Seattle and San Francisco, collecting more than $600,000 for his election campaign. He expects to raise another $200,000 in Los Angeles on Monday night before flying out to Dubai.
On Friday, Mr Khan boarded an American Airlines plane from Toronto to New York to speak at a fundraising dinner in Long Island but was offloaded and interrogated for an hour.
"I was taken off from plane and interrogated by US immigration in Canada on my views on drones," he said in a twitter message on Friday afternoon. "My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop."
Mr Khan attended a fundraiser in Brampton, Canada, on Thursday night, urging Pakistani-Canadians to support his party's efforts to stabilise Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the US State Department has said the issue which caused American authorities to offload and interrogate Mr Khan had been solved.
"We are aware that Imran Khan was briefly delayed in Toronto before boarding the next flight to the United States," a State Department spokesperson told reporters. "The issue was resolved. Mr Khan is welcome in the United States."
Earlier, US Customs and Border Protection spokesman Joanne Ferreira told reporters there was nothing unusual about Mr Khan's interrogation.
"Under US immigration laws, applicants for admission bear the burden of proof to establish that they are clearly eligible to enter the United States," she said.
Although the interrogation caused Mr Khan to miss his flight, he attended his party's fundraiser in New York.
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"Will Hillary Clinton do the honourable thing and bar Imran Khan from entering the US and sullying American soil? Will she put an end to the appeasement of Islamists?" Tariq Fateh, a Pakistani Canadian, wrote in the Toronto Sun newspaper, calling Mr Khan a "hate monger" and a Taliban supporter.
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XCOM is now The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, a third-person, tactical squad-based shooter that is, fundamentally, pretty similar to the game originally shown to press over the last few years. However, where The Bureau once allowed for first- and third-person action, the game is now focused solely on a third-person presentation.
However, the game is still a tactics heavy affair, according to the representatives I spoke to from 2K Marin. Players will take on the role of William Carter, a lone wolf FBI agent tasked with dealing with extraterrestrial threats during the JFK years. Carter may not like working with others, but The Bureau will require him to be a "combat quarterback," as 2K's reps put it. You will be commanding all your fellow agents in battle, sending them from place to place, giving them orders and instructions on how to proceed. Similar to the other games in the XCOM series, The Bureau will put an emphasis on permadeath, meaning that squadmates you build up over time will die and stay that way if you aren't careful about your battle tactics.
2K will be allowing press to play The Bureau for the first time soon. Until then, a few new screenshots and a live-action teaser trailer have been uploaded for your perusal. According to 2K, The Bureau is scheduled for release on current-gen platforms August 20th in North America, and August 23rd in Europe. We'll bring you more on The Bureau once we get to check it out for ourselves.


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