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The Street Fighter franchise is the fighting genre's poster boy, but SNK Playmore's King of Fightersa series that launched in 1994has played a vital role in the genre's development. The $6.99 King of Fighters-i, the first KOF designed for the Apple iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad platforms, retains the look, style, and hardcore fighting action of previous editions. The only drawback? An abbreviated roster and (as expected) occasionally troublesome virtual D-pad.
Street Fighter IV Volt
Capcom's Street Fighter IV: Volt is an excellent spin on the console and PC game that features a simplified four-button control scheme, a ton of special moves, and Wi-Fi battles so you may take on World Warriors from around the globe. Street Fighter IV: Volt is designed for iPhone play, but it's easier to pull off moves on the iPad due to the larger virtual buttons.
Soul Calibur
Yes, fifteen bucks is a pretty hefty price tag for an iPad game, but this is Soul Calibur, one of the titles that sold the world on 3D fighting (and the Sega Dreamcast). Fast, flashy, and featuring hard-hitting action, Soul Calibur is translates well to a touch screen, but stick users may find the virtual controls lacking.Next: Music Games >

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(West Memphis, AR) At the Wonder City Boys & Girls Club in West Memphis, the sign on the door welcomes special guests to be served on Thanksgiving day. In this case, the special guests are the needy and the homeless.
Zettie Jackson is an evangelist at Harvest Time Christian Church.
"Our thing is to make them feel first today. They're our guest today. We're going to treat them as royalty," Jackson said.
For decades, Jackson's mission is to treat the less-fortunate like royalty, especially during the holidays.
"This this is something I want to do for the homeless because they don't know where they're going to eat, when they're going to eat or if they're going to eat," Jackson said.
Jackson's church members, along with her family and friends, provide a full-course Thanksgiving Dinner with the help of Wonder City, which provides the building and the turkeys.
Carolyn Anthony is the executive director of the Wonder City Boys & Girls Club.
"To me it means giving everyone a chance to have something to eat. if you just get here we have the food, " Anthony said.
This meal has a special meaning for David Ratcliff and Richard Lee Murry.
"It's about helping the community and there are a lot of homeless people in the world." Murry said.
"I know it is Thanksgiving. That's what it's for. If I'm correct I'm in for a treat. I am being blessed," Ratcliff said.
It's a feeling of being blessed that's also shared by Evangelist Zettie Jackson who each year gives from her heart to help the needy and the homeless.
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Miss the Bachelor 2013 Promo? You'll Get Another Chance Tonight!
If you missed the American Music Awards last night (or simply found yourself the victim of unlucky time for your bathroom or snack break), you may have missed the promo for The Bachelor Season 17 starring Sean Lowe's incredible body. Don't despair! You'll have at least one opportunity to see it again tonight, according to ABC executive Robert Mills.
ABC will re-air the teaser during tonight's broadcast of Dancing with the Stars, which you're clearly already watching so you can cheer on Bachelor Nation's own Melissa Rycroft. We know it's not quite as satisfying as watching The Bachelor, but it will have to tie you over until January 7, 2013.
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Although 3 occurrence records are mentioned in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), 2 from Angola and 1 from Namibia, no geo-referenced records are currently available.
This species has been collected at several points in Angola and throughout the northern parts of south west Africa.
In Angola, Hoodia currorii subsp. currorii is restricted to the very arid parts of the coastal Namib Desert. In Namibia it also occurs in this arid zone and further eastwards (up to 250km from the coast) in dry, short forest and in dry Acacia scrub vegetation.
Subspecies. lugardii is found further east than any other Hoodia species, growing on calcareous soil, and often forming a shrub.
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Ann Rhoades is a corporate executive with over 25 years experience in a variety of service-based industries and is president of People Ink, her consulting company that helps organizations create unique workplace cultures based on values and performance. She held the position of vice president of the People Department for Southwest Airlines and executive vice president of Team Services for Promus Hotel Corporation and most recently, the executive vice president of People for JetBlue Airways where she currently remains as a board member.
Rhoades has a respected reputation in the industry for her creative approach to creating customer-centric cultures. During her tenure with Doubletree Hotels, later Promus Hotel Corporation, she built a service culture focused on delivering outstanding service to guests. During the time Rhoades headed the People Department at Southwest Airlines, she solidified Southwest's reputation of retaining and hiring the best people in the airline business despite Southwest's rapid growth during that time.
As one of five founding executives, Rhoades took responsibility for the creation of JetBlue Airways Corporation's People Team in New York. In her role as head of human resources, Rhoades has been a key member of the executive team, and is extremely successful in her role as internal counsel to executives in every discipline in the organization.
Rhoades is a popular speaker on the subject of customer service and how to build a strong high-performing culture.
Her community involvement includes director on the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Board, University of New Mexico Alumni Association Board, University of New Mexico Presidential Award Advisory Committee, and chairman for Safer New Mexico Now and board member of New Mexico Appleseed. Rhoades has formerly served on the boards of P.F. Chang's China Bistro, HireVue, Inc., Restoration Hardware, Accion New Mexico, Albuquerque Community Foundation and the University of New Mexico-Robert O Anderson School of Business National Advisory Board.
Rhoades has a Master of Business Administration degree in Management from the University of New Mexico and her book "Built on Values" was released in January 2011.
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One of the most in-demand speakers and communications consultants in America, Ken Schmidt has lived a life that most can only dream about. He has toured the world on two wheels, met with presidents and royalty, partied with movie and music legends, and appeared numerous times on network news. As the former director of communications for Harley-Davidson Motor Company, he played an active role in one of the most celebrated turnarounds in corporate history – and got paid to ride motorcycles. He is widely known as one of the business world's most outspoken and provocative thought leaders and has partnered with many of the world's most successful brands. Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, he shares stories and insights on the road to building a fanatically vocal customer base, creating a passionately loyal corporate culture, and developing leaders who inspire and motivate.
Harley-Davidson. The longtime motorcycle enthusiast's formal association with Harley-Davidson began in 1985. As a specialist in corporate positioning and media relations, Schmidt was asked to work with the then-struggling Harley-Davidson to help restore the company's image and create demand for its motorcycles. Within a few short years, Harley-Davidson became one of the most visible and frequently reported-on companies in the world, while sales of its motorcycles rocketed upward. Schmidt became director of Harley-Davidson's corporate and financial communications and served as its primary spokesperson to the media and the financial communities. He appeared numerous times on network news programs and was frequently called upon by business media to share his insights on non-traditional communications, customer attraction, and brand-building.
Life After Harley. Now, Schmidt is a frequent speaker to business groups and academic communities throughout the world. Few speakers generate more positive word-of-mouth and referrals. "I love to startle people by exposing them to proven ideas and concepts they've never imagined," he said. Whether he's talking about how to leverage basic needs to improve competitiveness, build an entirely new corporate culture, or reach out to new customers in completely untraditional ways, Schmidt never follows a predictable course. "Whether I'm talking about how perfectly average people can do extraordinary things or how to build an entirely new corporate culture, rekindle relationships with customers, or reach out to new ones in completely untraditional ways, I'm teaching people to throw conventional approaches out the window. I see opening hearts and minds as my life's work."
Today, Schmidt shares his expertise with many of America's leading brands but happily states that he is "semi-retired," which allows him to pursue his other passions. He calls working with the grandson of one of Harley-Davidson's founders to create 100 Years of Harley-Davidson, the best-selling motor sports book of all time, one of the greatest highs in his life. After all he has accomplished his philosophy of life and business hasn't changed: "Never do what's expected, make yourself as noticeably different as possible, and have a lot more fun than you're supposed to."
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Some more looks at the BMW X1, shown with BMW accessories. Most products are universal and therefore can be used across the BMW model range.
Introducing the all-new BMW X1 (F48). Full details, specs, photos and videos inside!
Have a live look at the 2016 X1 (F48) prototype in action on the Nurburgring.
We've uploaded the first video of the BMW X1 (F48) testing on the Nurburgring. Check it out inside.
New F48 X1 video as of January 6, 2014. We bring you the first live looks at the 2016 X1 (F48) prototypes. The F48 recently began its testing in August-September and while still heavily camouflaged, the test mules reveal a brawnier and stockier look than the current E84 X1. Compared to the E84, the F48 X1 features a shorter front end, shortened overhangs and a taller and more upright greenhouse. While some may mistaken the E84 X1 for a larger wagon, there's no … CONTINUED
We bring you the first live look at the 2016 X1 (F48) prototypes. The F48 recently began its testing a couple of months ago and while still heavily camouflaged, the test mules reveal a brawnier and stockier look than the current E84 X1. Compared to the E84, the F48 X1 features a shorter front end, shortened overhangs and a taller and more upright greenhouse. While some may mistaken the E84 X1 for a larger wagon, there's no mistaking the upcoming F48 X1 as a … CONTINUED
TFLcar compares and tests the 2013 BMW X1 xDrive35i and the 2013 Volvo XC60 T6.
Both cars are powered by 3.0L cylinder motors, both are turbocharged by twin scroll turbo, and both output 300 HP.
Both engines are mated to a 6-speed automatic and both engines power all four wheels with via all-wheel-drive.
BMW of North America today launched the 'X1 Restore the Outdoors' social media program in Seattle, WA which will run through September 10 in New York City. X1 Restore the Outdoors is a social good program that gives back to the outdoor places we love including parks, beaches, forests and recreational locations across the country.
The X1 will travel through the United States for two and half weeks, stopping at 12 predetermined locations. Drivers will take an Instagram photo at each stop and share it at the … CONTINUED
BMW has released a set of new ads highlighting some of the technologies available in its lineup. They deliver the message with some humor, reminding us of the 6 ad spots which debuted during the last Super Bowl.
We post inside the first videos of the 2013 BMW X1 (LCI facelift model) in action, starting with a summary video from BMW.
The sDrive28i RWD model starts in the US at $30,650, the xDrive28i at $32,350 and the xDrive35i at $38,450. Production of the 2013 X1 will begin in July.
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The 2012 NYIAS press days wrapped up last week and the public days opened this past weekend. Hopefully our NY area members have gotten (or will get) a chance to attend. Those of you who did attend this past weekend, what did you think? Any favorites?
The video below shows the press conference highlights from the press days, featuring the stars of this year's display – the M6 Coupe and Convertible, the X1, and the 6 Series Gran Coupe.
Watch the entire BMW Press Conference from the 2011 Geneva Autoshow below. The the press conference focused on the X1 xDrive28i powered by BMW's newest motor – the twin-scroll turbo 4-cylinder motor (N20), the ActiveE, and the Vision ConnectedDrive Concept Roadster. Here are some related threads on these products:
- X1 xDrive photos from Geneva
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In this video, BMW experiments with sticker designs on the X1 and gauges public sentiment to the somewhat different, but non-radical look. We just like the video because it gives us some nice looks of the X1.
The BMW X1 has been marketed as a lifestyle vehicle, perfect for those who lead both an active outdoor and social life. But, as this video shows, its xDrive system also makes it plenty capable for light rugged uses, such as navigating rougher terrain. A stylish lower slung SAV with some off-road capability
BMW and the ski company K2 sponsored a group of professional skiers on a trip throughout the ski slopes of Europe. The skiers traveled in X1s to the locations and even utilized the X1s AWD technology during some of their stunts. Check it out.
Drive.com.au reviews the BMW X1 and calls it possibly the stand-out car the compact 4WD market has been crying out for.
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Grab the rubber band on the left pin mine is blue and loop the band straight up to the next pin.Do the same with the other two. Continue picking up the bands and looping all the way to the top
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Launched to Incorporate Organic Food At School and Home
"Choosing organic food is an easy way for parents to protect their families while giving them delicious foods and an understanding of the need to protect our environment. The OTA's 'Organic for Kids' program helps parents incorporate organic food into their children's lives both at home and at school," said Katherine DiMatteo, OTA's executive director.
DiMatteo noted that children are especially vulnerable to pesticides. Organic agriculture minimizes their exposure to toxic and persistent pesticides in the foods they eat, the soil in which they play, the air they breathe and the water they drink. Children who have organic diets have lower pesticide residues in their urine than children fed conventionally grown foods, according to recent research conducted by scientists at the University of Washington.
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The kit includes "Eleven Tips for Change" for getting organic foods into the schools. These advise parents to do their homework, avoid attacking foodservice staff, and "start small, but don't think small." An educational handout for parents to distribute--"Organic Food and Children"--covers the meaning of "organic" and explains why organic foods may matter most to children. Extensive resources listings are provided as well.
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"The principal reason that organic food costs more than conventional food is that organic food costs more to produce. By and large, organic farming relies more on labor and less on chemicals, and, in the United States, the former costs more than the latter," writes Steingraber. "Except that pesticides are not as cheap as they appear. And here lies the reason why organic food is actually a bargain. The price of organic food reflects, more or less, the full costs of making it. The price of chemically grown food does not."
Costs not incorporated into the price of conventional foods include a wide range of environmental and health effects such as deformed frogs, poisoned wildlife, eroded soil, herbicide-contaminated rain, ozone depletion, and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The "externalities" - costs of an activity that are borne by others - for conventionally grown food are estimated to be at least $10 billion, Steingraber reports, and include costs such as the medical treatments for pesticide-induced cancers and the maintenance of complex regulatory systems to monitor pesticides residues.
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"Food brings families together," said Nora in her introduction to the guide. "Now, with the help of this Organic Family Menu Guide, you can make organic food a part of your life. You will be giving your children delicious, healthful meals, and teaching them an invaluable life lesson about where food comes from and how we can work together to protect the earth."
Representing the $11 billion organic industry in North America, the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is a membership-based business association. Its mission is to encourage global sustainability through promoting and protecting the growth of diverse organic trade. OTA's approximately 1,200 members include growers, shippers, retailers, processors, certifiers, farmer associations, brokers, consultants and others. Learn more at the OTA website: www.ota.com or its consumer website: www.theorganicreport.org. For more information, contact Holly Givens, 413-774-7511, ext. 18.


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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2002 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will meet with defense leaders of the Americas on Nov. 18 and 19, then travel to Prague, Czech Republic, for the NATO Summit, Pentagon officials said today.
Rumsfeld will take part in the Defense Ministerial of the Americas in Santiago, Chile. All defense ministers of the Western Hemisphere, except Cuba, are scheduled to attend.
A senior defense official remarked that Rumsfeld's attendance is a measure of the importance that President Bush and the secretary place on these meetings. The secretary will attend the plenary session and make a presentation to the assembled ministers. He will meet with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and will hold bilateral meetings with defense ministers of other countries. He will leave Nov. 19 to attend the NATO meetings. A U.S. delegation will remain in Santiago for the remainder of the ministerial.
The NATO Summit in Prague includes the heads of state and foreign ministers of NATO and the Partnership for Peace countries. Rumsfeld will join President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell.
The main business in Prague is extending invitations for the next round of NATO enlargement. Bush has said in the past that the United States favors a robust enlargement. The countries applying for NATO membership are Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Albania, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
The United States will also discuss capabilities initiatives within the alliance. Senior officials expect some announcements by NATO allies of concrete steps they will take to beef up airlift and sealift capabilities. They expect some countries to form a consortium to purchase high-ticket items.
The officials also expect approval for the NATO rapid reaction force proposed by the United States. The force would be able to fight the full range of conflict, be easily deployed and have the ability to sustain itself for a month.
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I love a good bar!
Tavern, pub, lounge, or dive, however you want to call it; as long as the seats are comfortable, the music ain't too loud and the pours are long and strong, I'm one happy camper. Aside from my kitchen, a good bar is one of the few places where my shoulders fall away from my ears, my heartbeat slows, and I am completely at ease.
Of course, not all bars work this magic. The winners are those with an air of welcome when you arrive and surroundings that say, "Come on in and relax. What'll it be?"
Bars are living things as varied as the patrons who walk through the door. The first bars weren't really bars at all but resting houses for weary travelers and pilgrims. Inns, public houses (pubs), and tabernaes began sprouting up as places for travelers to rest along ancient roads. This makes total sense to me.
As a weary traveler myself hoofin' it around the globe, the local tavern was always one of my first stops in a new destination. I could find people of like mind sitting on stools or at a nearby table with a map spread out between them. There might be a backpack or two leaning up against the wall and a hearty soup on the menu with a basket of bread. Passports were proof of age and the stamps were proof of experience. It never took long to find a friend, get some advice on the local scene and share a story or two. The only common bond… the joint you were sitting in.
Many of my best and worst memories took place in bars. I got my first job cooking at the Yacht Haven Bar & Grill in St. Thomas. I broke my wrist at a mid-evil tavern in Palma de Majorca by falling off a bar stool. I discovered the extent of human kindness in a pub in South Haven in the UK. I had my first goat cheese tart and Pinot Noir at a Lounge in Antibes and listened to Gregorian Chants with my hubby while the skies opened up outside Napoleon House in New Orleans. I pulled beers and poured endless glasses of Claret for a WWI veteran in London, met a pack of wandering Aussies at the Club House in Lilongwe and bid tearful farewells to some of my most dear friends at the Raffle's Writer's Bar in Singapore.
Surprisingly enough, of all these places, my favorite watering hole is right here in Arizona… the Pub at Thunderbird, the School for Global Management. My husband spent 18 months getting his MBA at the school located on an old Air Force base, and I hung out at the bar.
Back in the day, the Pub was run by the students and boy did we have a good time with that set up! There was a juke-box with a great selection of tunes, two pool tables in the back where a rhinoceros head stuck out of the wall and all sorts of clothing hung from his horn. Not to mention that the students are from all over the world and conversed in every possible language. It was like every traveler's bar, tavern or pub I have been to dropped into one singular place. We shared stories, showed off our passport stamps and talked about where in the world we might be next. The beauty of all of this is that we now have good friends all over this world – the ones we met right there at Thunderbird Pub.
My husband and I ended up in Dallas then moved to Chicago and from there returned to Glendale and the Pub. Then we took off to Singapore for a few years, traveled throughout Asia and the Pacific, and ended up right back here near my favorite watering hole.
We stop in every now and again for a cold beer and a game of pool. The names are different but the faces are the same and the pictures on the wall bring our friends back in full color. The students look at us funny at first and try to strike up serious conversations, but after a few beers, we are right back in our groove.
That's what a good bar can do. Did you ever think it could be all that? Of course, you did.
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The company is based in Texas, but Rave Motion Pictures is very much in touch with Northwest Ohio. Less than one year after acquiring the multiplexes at Westfield Franklin Park, Levis Commons, Fallen Timbers and Maumee, the firm is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars and unlimited creativity into the market.
As outlined in an Aug. 18 Toledo Free Press Star cover story, the closing of the Maumee location was a painful move that opened opportunities for the other Rave locations and its customers. In addition to retaining the Maumee employees, Rave is investing major money into upgrading local screens with the latest digital, 3-D and large-format technology.
In addition to the hardware upgrades, Rave has started showing one-night only live streaming events like boxing matches and could show attractions such as the Super Bowl or college football championship games on the big screen. Up to now, it required a drive to Ann Arbor or Southfield to get the digital large-format experience (Rave isn't ready to use the word "IMAX" in public yet), but now that technology will be available here at home.
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POSIX.1 defines seconds since the Epoch as a value to be interpreted as the number of seconds between a specified time and the Epoch, according to a formula for conversion from UTC equivalent to conversion on the naive basis that leap seconds are ignored and all years divisible by 4 are leap years.
I think that's the only way to do it. You need some formula to convert between epoch time and component time, and a static formula can't account for arbitrary leap seconds. For computing purposes, instead of thinking of a leap second as making the day one second longer, think of it as a one-time adjustment to your clock.
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All these anti-piracy efforts are predicated on the notion that piracy is bad, and that copyright is the only way or the only fair way artists can make a living.
If there are other ways for artists to make a decent living in a world where everything is copied freely, then you're completely right.
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The thing you have the remember about the internet is that it is a country. It should have it's own governing body and rules
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The new fiscal framework released today by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson exemplifies the kind of bold, balanced and bipartisan plan necessary to give the next generation the same economic opportunity as our parents.
Bowles and Simpson have set the bar for the minimum amount of deficit reduction needed to put our nation's debt on a clear downward path relative to the economy and stabilize the debt below 70% of GDP: $2.4 trillion in savings over the next decade. And they have shown how to achieve this goal by coupling pro-growth and progressive tax reform with meaningful structural changes to social insurance programs.
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When our elected leaders return from their current weeklong vacation, they should commit to staying in Washington until they solve our debt problem. Finishing the job of deficit reduction means putting our economy on a path toward long-term growth and protecting the future for all generations, not just avoiding the next crisis and kicking the can down the road.
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cIOS is custom firmware for Wii, it allows new stuff to be done on it (homebrew stuff). Check out wii.waninkoko.info for info and downloads.
What exactly is CIOS? Is it a .wad? What does it do? Can someone link me to download it?
Sorry for so many questions :P
I'm still on the old 3.3, haven't upgraded yet.
cIOS is custom firmware for Wii, it allows new stuff to be done on it (homebrew stuff). Check out wii.waninkoko.info for info and downloads.
The unofficial Homebrew Helper. Ask me how!
thanks, but i still don't quite understand what the point of it is...
Also, what does the Channel Loader do on Waninkoko's page?
Waninkoko releases a lot of somewhat useful apps, but the problem is he doesn't release proper documentation along with it, so there's a high learning curve for novices trying to use his software.
So basically cIOS = modified wii menu software that enables different uses in homebrew.
Also, my guess is that the channel loader is actually the backup loader used to load games. You need cIOS to use it though.
The unofficial Homebrew Helper. Ask me how!
maybe if it's installable in a format other than .wad, but before even figuring this out, beta10 will be out to fix this issue.
So the whole 3.4 thing is a lie?
There's not gonna be a 3.4 anytime soon?
Not yet. *cross fingers*
The unofficial Homebrew Helper. Ask me how!
OK, so here's my experience with this new crappy update:
-WiiKey 2 Modded Wii
-Never had HBC or cIOS installed
-Successfully installed HBCbeta9 via newest version of the Twilight hack
-Many aps in HBC do not load including Gecko Region Free
-cIOS installer will load from HBC but it gets error 2011 when it tries to load the wad file
-Scrubbed/fake signed disks will not load (Tested SSBB DVD5 and WiiKey Config Disk)
-Regular backup disks load no problem (Tested Wario ShakeIt)
Thats it hope this helps. I can't wait till someone comes out with a fix for this cuz untill then no homebrew/trucha disks for me.
So to wrap things up, better not install this update ?
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Cornwall are Minor Counties cricket champions
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CORNWALL have won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time in their history after completing a 150-run victory over Buckinghamshire before lunch at Truro yesterday lunch.
The county side, led by Tom Sharp, tied up the win within 90 minutes of the start of play on the fourth and final day to cap a brilliant season.
Buckinghamshire resumed at Boscawen Park yesterday on 93 for three in their second innings, needing a further 169 to win with a minimum of 102 overs to be bowled.
But it became clear fairly quickly that it was going to be Cornwall's day as the visitors lost their last seven wickets for 18 runs to collapse to 111 all out. Cornwall's spinners did the damage, with former St Buryan professional Shakil Ahmed finishing with seven for 36 with his left arm spin, while Sharp bowled 33 overs for only 36 runs, and took two wickets.
Scores (Bucks won toss): Cornwall 257 (C Hunkin 77) & 209 (N Curnow 53, C Hunkin 45).
Buckinghamshire 205 (Sharp 5-76, Ahmed 3-76) & 111 (68.4 overs; S Ahmed 7-34, T Sharp 2-36).
Full report on our website, www.thisiscornwall.co.uk
Rugby: They may still be unbeaten after two rounds of this season's RFU Championship but the Cornish Pirates will need to up their game ahead of Sunday's televised West Country clash with Bristol at the Memorial Ground (3.15pm). On-loan full-back Rob Cook's last minute penalty stole a narrow 19-17 win over Plymouth Albion last Sunday but the overall performance was poor. And now they face a stern examination at a ground where they have not won since February 2005.
Pirates' head coach Ian Davies has spent much of the early weeks of the season juggling resources to field 22 fit players on match days but knows that with Bristol and then Newcastle Falcons next up for his team, they are about to be severely tested.
"We have now got two huge games followed by Doncaster which is never an easy place to go," he said. "We will train as normal this week and look after those with bumps and bruises but there is plenty for us to work on.
"Bristol will be a particularly tough game because they are still smarting after losing here in the play-offs. They need to get over that because it is a new season, but they are still smarting and we will go there and see what happens."
With injuries to several key players restricting his options against Plymouth, Davies called on Gloucester to secure a short-term loan of Rob Cook whilst prop Max Maidment, brother of Ben, and flanker Joe Buckle arrived from Bath. And Davies agreed that there has been disruption to his plans.
"We knew we had Rob Cook here but the real disruption came in bringing the Bath boys in," he explained. "Ben Prescott had a family issue in Scotland and we weren't sure if he would get back in time and we had injuries to Alan Paver, Darren Barry and a few others.
"We are really grateful to Danny Grewcock and Toby Booth who we know really well up at Bath and we are hoping that we can keep Max and Joe for a couple of weeks to help us through our injuries.
Cornish Pirates (from): Cook, Bedford, Riley, Fatialofa, Evans, Hallett, Cattle (capt); Andrew, Elloway, Prescott, Lyons, Johnson, Marriott, Burgess, B.Maidment, Storer, Semmens, Morgan, Barry , Kessell, Penberthy, Cheesman, Paver, Joyce, M.Maidment, Buckle, McGlone, Nowell, Hill, Ewers.
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Industry Groups to Streamline Green Building Tool Coordination and Development
The International Code Council (ICC), ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) signed a memorandum to collaborate on the development of Standard 189.1, the International … Continue reading
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Economic forecasters cite several positive indicators for the commercial market, among them is the fact that prices in commercial properties are improving as compared to house prices which unfortunately are not improving at the same rate. Additionally, the Architectural Billing … Continue reading
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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is one of the least successful hunting grounds for Red Bull. Not only has Sebastian Vettel never won a grand prix in Canada, Mark Webber has only been on the podium once although he clearly does not remember the occasion.
Webber claimed erroneously in the team's preview, "I haven't been on the podium [in Montreal] yet, so I need to sort that out."
Incorrect. Webber was third in the 2011 Canadian GP, evidently a fact also overlooked by the Red Bull media department who issued the preview press release.
He added, "Canada is a really good race. It's a popular grand prix for fans and drivers; the fans are very passionate and it's always an interesting grand prix because it's another street circuit. There are some very good restaurants in Montreal, the whole city stops for the race and the atmosphere is a bit more traditional, I would say.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. Clemson quarterback Tajh Boyd is the Atlantic Coast Conferences overall and offensive player of the year, and Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner is the leagues top defensive player.
The league released its players of the year Wednesday.
Boyd won both of his awards by one vote over North Carolina running back Gio Bernard. Boyd received 20 of a possible 46 votes from members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association while Bernard had 19. Boyd had 22 votes for the offensive award to Bernards 21.
One point? Boyd said, smiling. Ill take it.
Werner had 27 votes for the defensive award and teammate Tank Carradine had nine.
Boyd averaged nearly 337 total yards per game and led the league with a pass-efficiency rating of 168.5 with a school-record 34 TD passes while operating the leagues top offense.
It marks the eighth time the player of the year award went to a Tiger and first since C.J. Spiller won it in 2009.
As a kid, you work your whole career to get to an accomplishment of this magnitude, Boyd said. Its definitely a blessing. This program, we put a lot of work into it. I think this award speaks volumes about where this program is and where its going.
Boyd, a junior, has a decision ahead about whether hell continue as part of Clemsons rise or jump to the NFL draft. He says hes focused on Clemsons bowl game. Hell figure things out with his family and coaches after the Tigers season.
Bernard averaged league bests of 122.8 yards rushing, 11.4 points, 16.4 yards per punt return and 198.1 all-purpose yards despite missing two early season games with a knee injury.
Werner is the leagues career active leader with 23.5 sacks and matched a career-high with 3.5 sacks in last weeks loss to Florida. He became the sixth Florida State player to win the defensive award and first since Darnell Docket in 2003.
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I am in the process of re-doing the Employee Handbook for my employer. One of the provisions he asked for, was to limit the number of days a salaried employee could be out (he said 5) during the year. Once the salaried employee had reached their 5 days, he wants me to start deducting their salary for their time out. I am not sure if this is legal or not. Can anyone help. Thanks
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This has been an issue that has been addressed before but my understanding of the FLSA is that you cannot deduct from an exempt employee's pay but for a couple of circumstances - 1) use of FMLA time, 2) absences of a full day for "personal reasons". 3) suspensions of an entire week. My feelings regarding exempt employee's has been that you are hiring them to do a job, regardless of the amount of time it takes them to do it. You, as an employer, are getting the benefit of this employee working (usually) consistently more than 40 hours and not having to pay them overtime. Treat them as the professionals that they are and allow them some flexibility. If their attendance starts to affect their ability to get the job done, deal with it on a disciplinary level.
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Lori1: Get you a copy of the FLSA Regulations Part 785: and Part 778 read them and high light certain works within because it will come up often. it is against Federal Law and in some states their laws as well. My copies are well read and book marked with special notes and I am a real hero when some manager whispers in my ear and says "can I do this or that?" I whip out my booklet and turn to his area of interest and say "No", but now let me see what we can do to get to what you want! TELL ME MORE! I can usually figure out some thing we can do or flat thank him for allowing me to keep in out of the courts. My positive approach has gotten me many subjective bonus $ollars! Pork
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-26-03 AT 06:48PM (CST)[/font][p]Lori, are these exempt salaried, or the rare, non-exempt, salaried? There is a difference.
Also, what happens within those five days? Is there some type of compensation that occurs if the employee is out? What are the requirements for the absence to be paid (illness, vacation, perosnal time, all, what?) Or, is this just treating the emplyee as if he or she were at work for those first five days of absence during the year?
Assuming these are exempt, salaried that you are being asked to address, FLSA regulation (29CFR541.118) provide guidance on what may be docked or not docked. Your state law may also have some provisions on this for exempts.
As Linda noted there are specific reasons that allow you dto dock an exempt emplyee's weekly salary. These are specified in the regulation 541.118a.
An employee may have the full day's absence docked from the weekly salary when the absence is due to the employee's sickness or disability (including industrial injury), PROVIDING that employer has a plan, practice or policy that compensates the employee for that absence. This could be an STD policy or accrued sick time or anything else. If the employee runs out of the sick time or STD benefits or is not yet eligible to them, the weekly salary may still be docked for the full day's absence. However, if the employer has NO such compensation mechanism for full sick days, then docking the salary is not allowed for a full day's absence due to sickness or disability.
This is why it's important to know what happens with those first five days.
If the employer is just paying the employee as if he or she were working when in fact the employee is out ill and then stops that practice after the five days, I don't believe that would be considered proper. The US DOL would probably see that as a subtrefuge to get around having to pay the salary because it had no compensation mechanism for sick days.
An exempt employee may have the full day's absence docked from salary when the absence is for personal reasons. There is no requirement for there to be a compensation mechanism as there is for sick days. Thus, if the employee is not absent the full day because of illness or disability, but is absent because he or she is on vacation, going shopping, off for religious reasons, etc., then the employer may dock that full day's salary. Whether you then pay the employee some type of accrued time benefit, such as paid personal time or PTO, or paid vacation time, is a different issue.
Docking of salary during the week may occur when there is a disciplinary action, i.e., a suspension without pay, due to the employee's violation of a major SAFETY rule (e.g., smoking in the dynamite room).
You may dock the full weeks's salary if and when the employee performs no work at all during the week.
As Linda pointed out, FMLA allows for partial day's docking of the salary when the exempt employee is on intermittent or reduced FMLA leave without jeopardizing the exempt status.
So, the issue you need to work out with your boss is exactly what happens with the absences. What the first five days are suppose to represent? Make sure whatever occurs with docking is consistent with the regulation 541.118(a).
See the Code of Federal Regulations, voume 29, Section 541.118
I hope these employees are, in fact, exempt. Otherwise, I just spun my wheels. #-o
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Hi Lori, I found your question and the replies very interesting. Here at my company, we accrue personal, sick and vacation time. Our exempt employees are made to use one of them for any time off whether it be 1 hour or 1 day. When questioned about this, the explanation was that as "working" exempt employees, that also supervise more than 1 non exempt worker, they are allowed to deduct any absenses from the accrued benefits. One exempt employee has been paid overtime as well. I will remain confused for ever on this issue. And who dares to go to DOL for answers?
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-27-03 AT 02:24PM (CST)[/font][p]I would like to thank all of you for responding to my question. Your responses were very helpful. The position is exempt and the company does not provide personal days or sick days to any of its employees. Hourly employees cannot use a vacation day if they are out sick; they have to take the time unpaid. Exempt employees do not have any sick or personal time benefits either. The exempt employees are paid whether they are here or not, no matter what the circumstances are. The problem is some of the exempt employees take advantage of this and take several days off during the course of the year, well in excess of the recommended 5 days. But I do believe that all of you have answered my question, unless there is something I have missed. Thanks once again to all.
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ALDRIDGE, T. J. and PATTERSON, A. (2002). LETS get real: constraints on the development of Local Exchange Trading Schemes. Area, 34 (4), 370-381.
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Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS) are widely promoted as a new tool for local economic development, but until recently the focus has been on their alleged 'potential' rather than the realities of their operation. This paper assesses the practical economic role of LETS by examining the amount of trading conducted, and demonstrates that both the volume of trading and the value of the trades are very low. Drawing on an intensive case study of the first UK LETS created explicitly as part of a local authority's anti-poverty strategy, explanations for the low levels of participation are suggested, and significant structural constraints on the development of LETS are identified.
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