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Originally posted by Ananth Chellathurai: Is port 1010 opened to other machines?
Originally posted by Chandra Bhatt: Hi Sherif, Are your two machines able to ping each other successfully?
Originally posted by Jaikiran Pai: Can you access the application from the same system where the server is installed, using http://MyIPaddress:1010/Myapp/ If that works, then in all likelihood, its an network issue between the two systems.
Originally posted by Sherif Shehab: ya i can access it ,Network... what do you think in network can cause is issue?


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Beau Chene High's Dominic Jackson clears the bar as he competes in the high jump during last year's St. Landry Parish Track Meet.
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There will apparently be a St. Landry Parish track meet after all.
Though the event had been in question, interim superintendent Joseph Cassimere told the St. Landry Parish School Board on Thursday that Eunice High will host the annual parish meet April 5.
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Cancer's "World Wide Web"
A lung image database is breathing life into "medical grid" vision.
For several years, clinicians and computer scientists in the U.S. and abroad have been trying to improve cancer care–from diagnosis to treatment–by building vast, interconnected databases full of patient information. They call these repositories "medical grids" and envision the day when a physician in Strasbourg or New Delhi can see, for example, that an indecipherable image of a patient's lung is very similar to that of a San Francisco patient, whose case history could inform the decision to perform a biopsy.
These nascent databases include not only patients' medical histories, including such data as MRIs and CT scans, but also information about how they have responded to drugs. But the benefits of these under–construction grids have been slow to come, partly because of technical problems and partly because federal privacy rules make data sharing difficult. Now, a National Cancer Institute project could test a multihospital system for comparing lung cancer images as early as this year–a clear move toward putting grids to use.
Kenneth H. Buetow, director of the institute's Center for Bioinformatics in Bethesda, MD, calls it a crucial first step toward "a World Wide Web of cancer research."
In the past year or so, Buetow and his team have collected more than 50,000 images of lung cancers obtained from medical trials and archived them in a secure electronic repository at NCI. Their effort is part of a three-year, $60 million pilot project launched in 2004, which involves 50 cancer centers and more than 600 researchers. The archive is now available on the Internet at http://ncia.nci.nih.gov. In addition to other imaging projects, it contains a large collection of lung cancer cases followed throughout their therapy.
With the database now largely in place, testing is imminent. The image collection is intended to encourage and facilitate research into new software that can automatically compare images of lungs with those already in the database. In such software, algorithms will search for commonalities and build a directory of the likeliest matches. Clinicians in offices and hospitals will be able to contrast the resulting lung images with the scans they need to evaluate.
Comparing images is just the first step. If all goes well, within three years the National Cancer Institute hopes to conduct one or more clinical trials where a vast amount of medical data about lung cancer–including images, types of tumors, drug courses, patient outcomes, even the molecular profiles of the disease–would be used by physicians studying specific cases. The outcomes of these cases would be compared to those of cases treated through conventional approaches to cancer diagnosis. That comparison should yield information not just about the medical response of the patients but also about the accuracy with which the doctors made their diagnoses, and even the degree to which they adhered to standards of medical privacy.


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The East Coast's largest privately held scrap metal processor is getting larger.
Upstate Shredding-Ben Weitsman recently purchased Valley Recycling, owner of a 28-year-old scrap yard in Allegany, N.Y. It is also entering into a contract with Ithaca-based Reamer Recycling, hoping to close in 60 days.
Later this month, the company is opening an export facility at the Port of Albany. In addition, Upstate Shredding is adding its second shredder to a 11-acre yard in New Castle, Pa., purchased late last year for $2.2 million. The 3,000-horsepower shredder, capable of producing 100 tons per ...


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- Support efforts to enhance wine's image
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- Elevate your interests to a national level
- Help fight taxes and trade barriers in all 50 states
- Give you a stronger voice in the industry
Membership Will Help Expand Your Market
To help California vintners expand their national markets, our legislative representatives have worked to pass reciprocal shipping laws in 13 states, and they are actively seeking passage of additional such laws in other states across the country.
Wine Institute's International Department manages an export promotional program in over 20 countries. USDA's Market Access Program provides primary funding for this effort. Since 1986, export sales have risen from $35 million to almost $800 million in 2005.
We promote California wine around the world by:
- Maintaining trade agents in 15 countries to assist vintners with promotional efforts and to provide critical market information.
- Organizing California's participation in international wine trade shows such as VinExpo, Prowein, and the London International Wine & Spirits Fair
- Holding tasting events for the media and consumers in more than 15 countries every year.
- Conducting a high-visibility foreign visitor program each year which brings key wine buyers and media from Europe, Canada and Asia to experience our wines and winegrowing regions firsthand.
- Encouraging coverage by top wine, food and lifestyle reporters through an international media outreach effort and the coordination of visits by foreign writers
In addition, the International Department manages a web site with information about export markets and offers an annual seminar on exporting each year.
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Membership Will Improve Your Business
You'll get benefits you can use every day to save money and improve your business. The savings from these services, particularly for small wineries, often cover or exceed the cost of membership:
Free Label Approval Service: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (TTB - formerly known as the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms [ATF] Bureau) wine label applications are meticulously reviewed in our Washington, D.C., office. In addition, we assist members with requests for expedited approvals, formula approvals, and trade name searches on the TTB's database. We also act as advocates for individual members before the TTB, requesting second reviews of controversial labels and negotiating use-up approvals. Careful screening of our members' wine labels has resulted in an approval rate of more than 90 percent.
Access To Experienced Legal Advice: Legal advice is available to all members from our experienced full-time counsel, and our member publications keep you updated on changes in local, state, federal and international laws affecting your business.
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Media Guides: Members receive annually updated guides to more than 800 consumer and trade media journalists across the country who regularly write about wine.
Workshops: Our member forum series offers in-depth education on issues of interest to wine industry professionals. Presentations on wine-related topics help members expand their understanding of health and social issues, export opportunities, media relations, and state and federal legislation and regulation and other critical matters.
Industry News: We keep our members informed of major developments and events affecting the wine industry through our frequent News Briefs, and other special reports that provide background on complex issues.
Library: Members have access to our wine library of 3,000 cataloged books, over 2,000 current and historical wine images as well as archived industry information, and more than 100 periodicals and newsletters also including rare collectors volumes.
Membership Elevates Your Interest to a National Level
The Wine Institute is the preeminent voice for California vintners in our nation's capital. Our Washington, D.C., office promotes and protects our members' interests by educating decision-makers in the legislative and executive branches about the industry and its value to the national economy. We enjoy close working relationships with members of Congress and the Administration, as well as officials at the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB, formerly ATF), the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Departments of Treasury, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. We track industry-related legislation and proposed regulations, explain fully to lawmakers and regulators how these will affect our vintners, and help them find solutions that will help, not harm, our valued industry.
We also strive to ensure that California's vintners compete on a level playing field internationally. To this end, we work extensively with the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative on such issues as export promotion and unfair trade barriers in order to open new markets and expand existing ones abroad.
Our efforts are complemented annually by the Wine Institute's Washington Week, an opportunity for our members to come to the Capital and directly present their concerns to Federal officials.
Membership Helps Fight Taxes and Trade Barriers in All 50 States
Our full-time legislative representatives in Sacramento and six other regions of the country are a strong voice for California vintners in every state capital. These representatives advocate industry interests to state officials and regulatory agencies, educate policy makers on the harmful consequences of higher taxes, negotiate the removal of interstate trade barriers, and coordinate a network of more than 40 contract lobbyists to act on pending legislation in all 50 states. Our representatives also provide compliance, economic and legislative information to members.
The Wine Institute's Legislative and Regulatory Advocacy Program addresses issues affecting virtually every aspect of the wine industry: from bottling and labeling, to advertising and marketing, to distribution. Taxes and advertising bans often get the most attention but a single regional office may be carefully monitoring hundreds of different bills at any one time, each with the potential for significant impact on the industry. These issues include:
Restrictions and outright bans on licensed beverage advertising are periodically proposed by states and municipalities.
Affirmation laws require that producers sell to state wholesalers at an affirmed price not greater than that producer is selling to wholesalers anywhere else in the United States. These laws severely restrict the ability of vintners to use price promotions or to market competitively in individual states. Affirmation laws do not take into account differing freight rates, local taxes and the varying costs of marketing in different states (primarily due to separate regulations). In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmation unconstitutional in the Brown-Forman Decision (Brown-Forman vs. New York State Liquor Authority) stating that it violates the Interstate Commerce Clause. However, it is still on the books in at least three states.
Solid waste disposal is fast becoming one of the dominant state and local issues. These bills impose deposits on glass wine containers or require specific percentages of recycled material in container composition which increase bottling costs.
A number of state and local governments have enacted laws and ordinances providing for an on-premise tax on alcohol. Some state governments exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the imposition of excise taxes. Counties and municipalities will often resort to the tippler tax as a means to generate local revenue.
While most states follow federal regulations for container sizes, a few impose other regulations which restrict sizes to certain standards of fill.
Some states have cash only requirements for sales between wholesalers and retailers. Other states have this requirement for transactions between producers and wholesalers as well.
These laws hold on-premise establishments liable and subject to heavy judgments if a patron becomes intoxicated on the premises and then injures another person in a car crash. While these laws are of primary concern to on-premise vendors, some laws allow the liability to be extended to wholesalers and producers.
All 50 states impose excise taxes on licensed beverages and the pressure to increase these taxes to balance cash-strapped state and local budgets is enormous. Some counties and metropolitan areas also impose excise taxes on top of those of the state. In addition, levying taxes on licensed beverages with funds earmarked for specific programs is becoming more popular at the state and local level.
Because wine is becoming more acknowledged as a food product among Americans, there has been a greater receptivity by a number of states to permit the sale of wine in food stores. At least 12 states currently prohibit the sale of wine in supermarkets.
Franchise laws are regulations aimed at two distinct areas of the producer/wholesaler relationship. One aspect grants a wholesaler the exclusive right to do business in a particular territory (territorial provisions). Some states have laws which combine both territorial and termination provisions, while others impose one or the other. These laws make it virtually impossible for a producer to terminate a relationship with a wholesaler who is ineffective or who engages in monopolistic tactics.
Gross receipts taxes can be levied on sales and transactions between the manufacturer and wholesaler, the wholesaler and retailer, and the retailer and consumer.
A few states have proposed ingredient labeling requirements on wine containers.
A number of states and municipalities will set or increase licensing fees at levels that are out of reach of small businesses.
Some states prohibit or restrict point-of-sale merchandising, or prohibit or severely restrict the merchandising activities of wholesaler and winery sales representatives at the retail level.
Price posting regulations lock in prices between producers and wholesalers, or wholesalers and retailers for a period of 30, 60 or 90 days before the price can be changed.
Named after Proposition 65 which passed in California in 1988, these bills are omnibus environmental and health regulations that set arbitrary ceiling levels for certain chemicals and impose heavy fines for violations. These kinds of bills can require on-site warning for certain chemicals (including alcohol), and include bounty-hunter provisions that can expose businesses to expensive litigation if a product is found to be in violation of the regulations.
Reciprocal shipment agreements permit the direct shipment of wine to residents between states that have enacted reciprocity laws. These agreements provide the opportunity for consumers to purchase wines from producers that may not have distribution in their particular state. In states where reciprocity is not an option, the Wine Institute is working with legislators and officials to streamline special order procedures and amend personal importation statutes to allow direct shipments of wine on a limited basis.
Since the repeal of Prohibition, licensed beverage laws and regulations have been subjected to a number of changes, deletions and additions in various states. These many changes eventually require the recodification of state Alcoholic Beverage Control laws (ABC). These laws are open to changes that can potentially be damaging to the industry as they make their way through the legislative process.
Some states restrict the number of licenses a locality may possess. Restrictions on the number and location of retail sales outlets have historically led to higher consumer prices.
Tax stamps are on-container labels that are used as a method of reporting the tax-paid status of a product. No states currently require tax stamps on wine containers, but the issue does surface periodically.
Warning labels for individual wine, beer and spirits containers are governed by federal jurisdiction. Periodically, warning signs are proposed for placement in retail stores and other public places serving alcohol.
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All of our members, regardless of size, have the opportunity to participate in the guidance of the Wine Institute and its policies.
Board Of Directors: Members are represented by 40 directors and their 40 alternates who are elected annually by written ballot for a one-year term. Half the directors are chosen from the various winegrowing regions of the state, based on the number of active members in each district. Members vote for directors in the district where their winery is locatedone winery, one vote. The other half of the board are at-large directors elected by members based on dues paidone vote per dollar.
Member Committees: Any member also can take part in guiding the Wine Institute by joining one of our member committees. Wine Institute staff rely on the input and direction provided by members through the Communications, Research and Education, and Public Policy committees. All wineries have an equal voice on these committees which set the agendas and priorities for their corresponding program areas.
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If you are a licensed winegrower, or you own or lease a bonded winery or a bonded wine cellar in California and are producing or selling wine in the state, you are eligible to become a Wine Institute member.
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Doug must be gay. There isn't a photo set were she isn't fondling her own breasts.
looks like there is something wrong with her titties in this pict,, the silicone must be slipping
I wish I had her bra padding skills when I was 17… She is like a magician. I envy her. Oh wait I don't… I eventually got implants and they look and feel amazing.
Pictures, or it didn't happen.
Yeah, we all can get new boobs (love mine) but only some of us can figure out the correct tone of foundation to plaster on our faces!


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1Greetings from Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ.
To all of you in Philippi who are God's holy people in Christ Jesus, including your elders#1:1 elders Here, literally, "overseers." See "elders (New Testament)" in the Word List. and special servants.
2Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul's Prayer
3I thank God every time I remember you. 4And I always pray for all of you with joy. 5I thank God for the help you gave me while I told people the Good News. You helped from the first day you believed until now. 6I am sure that the good work God began in you will continue until he completes it on the day when Jesus Christ comes again.
7I know I am right to think like this about all of you because you are so close to my heart. This is because you have all played such an important part in God's grace to me—now, during this time that I am in prison, and whenever I am defending and proving the truth of the Good News. 8God knows that I want very much to see you. I love all of you with the love of Christ Jesus.
9This is my prayer for you:
that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love; 10that you will see the difference between what is important and what is not and choose what is important; that you will be pure and blameless for the coming of Christ; 11that your life will be full of the many good works that are produced by Jesus Christ to bring glory and praise to God.
Paul's Troubles Help the Lord's Work
12Brothers and sisters, I want you to know that all that has happened to me has helped to spread the Good News. 13All the Roman guards and all the others here know that I am in prison for serving Christ. 14My being in prison has caused most of the believers to put their trust in the Lord and to show more courage in telling people God's message.
15Some people are telling the message about Christ because they are jealous and bitter. Others do it because they want to help. 16They are doing it out of love. They know that God gave me the work of defending the Good News. 17But those others tell about Christ because of their selfish ambition. Their reason for doing it is wrong. They only do it because they think it will make trouble for me in prison. 18But that doesn't matter. What is important is that they are telling people about Christ, whether they are sincere or not. So I am glad they are doing it.
I will continue to be glad, 19because I know that your prayers and the help the Spirit of Jesus Christ gives me will cause this trouble to result in my freedom.#1:19 freedom Or "salvation." 20I am full of hope and feel sure I will not have any reason to be ashamed. I am certain I will continue to have the same boldness to speak freely that I always have. I will let God use my life to bring more honor to Christ. It doesn't matter whether I live or die. 21To me, the only important thing about living is Christ. And even death would be for my benefit.#1:21 death … benefit Paul says that death would be better, because death would bring him nearer to Christ. 22If I continue living here on earth, I will be able to work for the Lord. But what would I choose—to live or to die? I don't know. 23It would be a hard choice. Sometimes I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That would be much better for me; 24however, you people need me here alive. 25I am sure of this, so I know that I will stay here and be with you to help you grow and have joy in your faith. 26When I am there with you again, you will be bursting with pride over what Christ Jesus did to help me.
27Just be sure you live as God's people in a way that honors the Good News of Christ. Then if I come and visit you or if I am away from you, I will hear good things about you. I will know that you stand together with the same purpose and that you work together like a team to help others believe the Good News. 28And you will not be afraid of those who are against you. All of this is proof from God that you are being saved and that your enemies will be lost. 29God has blessed you in ways that serve Christ. He allowed you to believe in Christ. But that is not all. He has also given you the honor of suffering for Christ. Both of these bring glory to Christ. 30You saw the difficulties I had to face, and you hear that I am still having troubles. Now you must face them too.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Newton Citizen
COVINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has a more than $400,000 federal tax lien against Newton County Attorney Tommy Craig, who is the county's chief legal counsel.
The notice of the tax lien, filed in March, is on file in the Clerk of Superior Court's Office at the Newton County Judicial Center and is public record. The notice indicates that Craig failed to pay assessed taxes related to Form 941, the Employer's Quarterly Federal Tax Form, which is used by employers to report employment taxes, withholding amounts, deposit amounts and amounts due to the IRS. The form requires a calculation of total taxes and total deposits made during the quarter. The difference between the total taxes due and total deposits is the amount owed to the IRS.
The notice gives an unpaid balance of assessment totaling $401,202.76 for tax periods ending June 30, 2008; Sept. 30, 2008; Dec. 31, 2008; March 31, 2009; June 30, 2009; and Sept. 30, 2009. The document says the IRS has a lien on all property belonging to Craig for the amount of unpaid taxes, including additional penalties, interest and costs that may accrue.
Craig said the matter is personal and that many other taxpayers are facing similar situations.
"At the time when the economy went south we were doing a lot of work for commercial developers in the north Georgia area ... We found ourselves in the position where we got behind," Craig said. He then stated an accountant had "failed to take care of it in a timely basis."
"I have made arrangements to take care of that and I'm sorry that it happened," he said. "I've hired an accountant to address that, and he is in the process of taking care of it. That's all I care to say. It's a personal matter."
Several attempts to reach Board of Commissioners Chairman Kathy Morgan for comment on behalf of the county were unsuccessful. In 2008, Newton County paid Craig's office $832,977.93 for legal services, according to information provided by the county in response to an Open Records Request. In 2009, the county paid $758,215.34. Year-to-date for 2010, the total is $852,084.88. The figures include miscellaneous costs such as reimbursements, shipping costs, mileage and court recorder fees.
"The IRS is not permitted to discuss a particular or specific taxpayer's tax matter or their taxes based on federal disclosure regulations and federal law," IRS spokesman Mark Green said. Regulations prevent disclosure of the current payoff figure and the account status, Green said.
According to general information provided by the IRS, a lien is similar to a mortgage in that it does not necessarily reflect the current balance due. The balance due reflected on the form can be unpaid tax, penalty, interest or any combination of the three. It is possible for the actual tax to have been fully paid but for a balance due, consisting of penalty and interest, to remain.
Liens give the IRS legal claim to property as a security or payment on tax debt. A Notice of Federal Tax Lien is filed after liability is assessed and the IRS sends a notice and demand for payment along with a bill indicating how much is owed, and the taxpayer does not fully pay the debt within 10 days of notification. The lien attaches to all property and rights to property, including accounts receivable for employers.
A spokeswoman for the Georgia Bar Association said the lien is a civil matter and will not result in sanctions or disbarment.
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mishelk wrote:Rafael, i've seen "Email notifications" feature in Features list, but i can't find it. Is it possible to send Email notifications for all participants of one selected forum or topic or category ? :?:
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One more question: as admin i see all categories at home page, but usual visitor sees one category only. How can i set possibility to see all categories at home page for each ? :?:
mishelk wrote:By the way - if i use emoticon "Question" i get emoticon "Confused"


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Chair courts controversy at hospital
- From: Townsville Bulletin
- February 14, 2014
A CHAIR was taken away from nurses working in a busy operating theatre at Townsville Hospital because hospital managers did not feel the nurses should be sitting down on the job, their union claims.
An internal workplace health and safety investigation was launched at the hospital late last year after two chairs were removed from nurses at the fast track operating theatre.
It is understood both chairs in the theatre were sent away to be repaired, however only one chair was returned.
But The Townsville Hospital and Health Service denied the allegation, saying the chairs were moved to ensure staff could read new computer monitors.
The Queensland Nurses Union says when its members inquired why they had been left with only one chair, they were told by a manager they did not need to sit down between cases while still on shift.
Townsville union organiser Mary Louez, said after a workplace assessment was carried out at the union's request, the other chair was finally returned.
Ms Louez said the nurses were working at least eight hours a day, and should not be forced to be on their feet the whole time.
"The job is very demanding and people do need to sit down between cases,'' she said.
"The employer is under an obligation to provide a safe place of work and I don't think that somebody, being on their feet, for an entire shift is safe or could be considered in any way safe."
A Townsville Hospital and Health Service spokeswoman said the service replaced medical and office equipment routinely.
"Part of the change program in our operating theatres has involved new computer monitors and chairs are moved to ensure staff can read the screens,'' she said.
She said taking advice from internal health and safety officers was entirely normal.
"There have been no formal investigations and no removal of access to seating at work,'' she said.
"Our change program has led to significant reductions in waiting times for patients led by our clinical staff and they are rightly proud of those achievements."
Townsville physiotherapist Jacquelin Goldsack said it was preferable for workers to have a variation of sitting and standing during their shift, is possible.
"Many of our clients who come in with pain have been sitting all day or standing all day,'' she said.
"It's usually one or the other.
"If you can break up the tasks but sitting for a period of time, it usually does help with any muscular-skeletal issues."
She said the outcome of the internal investigation was a good result for the nurses, which would assist their health and wellbeing.
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Mike Shearer Posted at 12:36 PM February 14, 2014
Anyone who thinks that the staff at the TGH have an easy time should try spending a day there.
Just Ice of Townsville Posted at 10:25 AM February 14, 2014
I wonder if the toxic LNP will also pick on the businessmen's union - the Chambers of Commerce, arguably the most criminal organisations in the country, hell bent on stealing as much as they can for as little effort from Australian consumers and patients. The VLAD legislation should cover them as well (that is the LNP and the Chambers of Commerce).
john of Townsville Posted at 10:21 AM February 14, 2014
Wait until Cambell shifts the direction of the courts from bikies to unions(that is his eventual goal) then there will be no-one to defend the nurses rights. All I hope from this is the nurses that cant sit down anymore are the ones who voted for Newman


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A 21-year-old Oakhurst man died Sunday in a three-vehicle crash on Interestate 195, police said.
The crash happened around 5:35 p.m. on I-195 westbound near mile post 18.6 and caused traffic backups for at least two hours, police said.
State Police Sgt. Brian Polite said the crash occurred when a Honda driving eastbound crossed the median over into the westbound lanes and struck a Hyundai sedan. That impact caused the Honda to spin out, ...


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The PalmSecure SDK is a software development kit (SDK) for developing solutions and products that use the PalmSecure sensor.
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Intel® ULV Celeron® 650MHz or more for Windows XP
(must also comply with the recommended value for the given OS)
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|x86 version : 1GB or more
x64 version : 2GB or more
256MB or more for Windows XP
(must also comply with the recommended value for the given OS)
|USB2.0 only
|HDD space
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|222MB or more
|- PalmSecure Sensor
- PalmSecure Sensor V2
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|- Windows XP SP3 (x86) [Professional]
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- Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64) [Professional]
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The SDK contains the following hardware, software, and documentation.
|PalmSecure sensor, Guide, Holder, USB Interface cable (1 m)
|Authentication library
|A runtime library for registering and verifying vein data. This library can be redistributed free of charge as part of the user application.
|Sensor driver
|The driver for operating the sensor.
|Sample application
|Provides C/C++ source code and sequence charts that enable simple and rapid architecting of applications. These are available in standalone or client/server configurations.
|Interface library sample
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|The sample programs which interface between applications created by the Java language or Visual Basic language and the Authentication library created by the C language.
|Sample collection / authentication accuracy evaluation tool
|Allows vein data samples to be collected in the customer's sensor environment to calculate the authentication accuracy (FRR/FAR).
|Sensor maintenance tool
|Provides a function to diagnose malfunctions in the sensor that can be used to identify failures.
|Introduction tool
|A sales support tool that gives an easy to understand introduction to the operation of the palm vein authentication system, including registration of vein data and authentication.
|Firmware update tool
|The firmware update tool provides support for the sensor maintenance.The firmware on the sensor unit can be updated easily with the firmware update tool.
|System development guide
|Describes procedures, precautions, and the development environment for developing palm vein authentication systems.
|Authentication library
reference guide
|The interface (API) specifications for integrating the palm vein authentication functionality into an application.
|Interface Library Sample Manual
For Java/Visual Basic
|Describes how to use and apply the Interface Library samples for Java/ Visual Basic, when the Palm Vein Authentication system application is developed in Java/Visual Basic
|Hardware drawings
|A collection of diagrams related to the sensor and other hardware, and how to mount the sensor. This collection of diagrams can be used to effectively mount the sensor and design the palm guide to suit the customer's equipment.
Upon purchasing the PalmSecure™ SDK, the support website offers the latest technical information, a download service for software updates, and handles questions that arise during development.
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The Visual C++ Release team is pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1. On August 15, 2006, this release became available to the public and can be downloaded or obtained on CD. Information on how to obtain the Service Pack is listed below.
All of us on the Visual C++ team are excited about getting this release into the hands of our customers. This Service Pack includes a number of stability fixes, security enhancements, and other solutions to customer issues that were identified between the time of the initial VS2003 product release and that of VS2005. We anticipate that Customers will gain additional environment stability through the inclusion of these critical fixes. We look forward to your feedback.
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I just spent a day uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio 2003 and then recompiling my code. It was due to my colleague Dudley hitting a bug in the service pack, and there being no way to uninstall the service pack.
By the way, the bug was an optimiser bug that did not occur in debug code. We had to crawl over the asm listings to find it. In trying to remove a load/store pair, the optimiser changed a reference to an array of unsigned long from [ecx+edx*4+4] into [ecx+edx*4+1] (which is not the address of an array element)
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A funny thing happened on the way to the pharmacy: Kathleen Sebelius did the right thing. It has pro-lifers scratching their heads and pro-aborts apoplectic. The New York Times summarizes what happened: For the first time ever, the Health and Human Services secretary publicly overruled the Food and Drug Administration, refusing Wednesday to allow emergency contraceptives to be sold over the counte... More
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Brad Ball has been named to the newly created position of executive vice president, domestic corporate marketing, Warner Bros. Ball, previously president, domestic marketing, Warner Bros. Pictures for the past three and a half years, will be responsible for oversight of the studio's brand marketing efforts across the breadth of AOL Time Warner. He will continue to report to Alan Horn, president & chief operating officer.
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At a recent munch, the discussion topic was "Abuse or BDSM; where do you draw the line?" The discussion was wrought with a lot of charged emotions — a lot of people in the lifestyle seem to have had some bad experiences early on with people masquerading as dominants and sadists, who were really just abusers.
So, where is the line between BDSM and abuse? What it really boils down to is the intent of the top. If the top has the wellbeing of the bottom in mind, then it is not abuse. If the top really couldn't give a shit about the bottom or hir safety, then they are being abusive. While we might roleplay degradation, if the so-called top really doesn't care about the bottom then it's not BDSM, period. Even in a TPE situation the master should care for their slave — if the slave is property, they should be a prized possession, to be cherished and taken good care of. In regards to abuse, I heard the sentiment expressed, "That (abusive) guy cared more for his car than for his girlfriend."
However, intent is an internal thing — looking at a situation from the outside (or even as the potential victim), it can be nearly impossible to decipher. So personally, I like to use the distinction of hurt vs. harm. Hurt is what we do in BDSM play — be it pain of a physical nature like that of the singletailed wihp, or pain of a mental nature such as humiliation and degradation play. However, this is pain of a temporary nature. If the top is doing something that causes the bottom harm, then it's abuse.
So what is harm? When I say harm here, I mean making a person weaker. Physically, making them disabled (e.g. purposefully wrenching their arm out of its socket, causing a permanent physical disability). Mentally, making them less able to successfully interact with the world at large (e.g. robbing them of their sense of self-esteem and self-worth). I'd even go further to say that any good top should seek to make their bottom stronger as a person — stretching their limits, helping them overcome fear and anxiety, making them better able to cope with the world.
If you think a friend is the victim of abuse, my advice is to not step in directly, but to continue to be there for them, even if they say they don't want you around. Abusers often cut off their victims from their friends, so if it is an abusive situation, then you could be their only lifeline. However, taking direct action like calling the police on the abuser has often ended in tragedy for the victim. The abuser goes to jail for a few weeks or months, gets out, and takes revenge on the victim. Not a pretty story.
As a closing note, I'd like to take a moment to point out that mental abuse is far more insidious, and (from what I've seen) common, than physical abuse.
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Did you catch my old post on BDSM community anti-abuse initiatives? Granted, it can be tough to figure out intent, but I hope that the community takes the question seriously and works hard on it.
I just wanted to thank you for explaining the difference so well. I haven't heard it put that clearly before. That distinction can be a fine line that's hard to see if you're a newbie and don't have a community to look to for guidance. I didn't realize that my first BDSM relationship had crossed that line until a few years later when I entered my second, and saw what it was supposed to be like. Always a topic I like to see discussion on.


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The Hospice of Central Iowa recently partnered with the Knoxville Raceway for a fill the stands night, which exceeded organizers expectations. 384 tickets were purchased with the "Fill the Stands for the Hospice of Central Iowa" coupons Saturday night, that not only offered race fans a discount but also helped raise money for the hospice. Each coupon was worth a $3 donation from the raceway, and when combined with raffle proceeds, the hospice raised $1,500 for their quality of life program. Debbie Kissinger, Hospice of Central Iowa Development Associate says the event exceeded their expectations and she was glad they were able to raise money and build awareness about the organization.
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As much as I like truly great games, I can't help thinking with horror that they'll inevitably get one or more sequels. After all, if the first one was such a hit, the second is bound to have the same success, right? Let's get this out of the way, it's not the concept in itself, but the fact that for a sequel, the main objectives usually are 1) keep all the things that worked in the predecessor, 2) improve upon them without breaking the recipe and always 3) make even more money than the first one… and not necessarily in that order.
You can say that I'm more cynical than I'd ought to be, but the fact that the BioShock team was taken off the sequel, to be replaced by a mix of studios, really didn't bode well (I can't remember the last title which was developed in collaboration by four studios – five if we included the fellows from Arkane).
There's something in the Sea
Those of you who finished the first BioShock know that the Bouncter Big Daddy is the iconic character of the game. Yes, I'm talking about that walking diving suit with a drill on his right warm, which if you shoot it by accident and see its "eyes" turn red will make you shout "NO! I didn't mean that, FORGIVE MEEEEE!".
Well, if in BioShock you apparently were a Joe Average which (literally) fell from the sky straight into this ruined underwater metropolis called Rapture, this time around you're Delta, a Big Daddy prototype from the Alpha series who is resurrected in a Vita Chamber 8 years after the events in the predecessor. And besides the fact that you can use plasmids, a luxury the later models can't brag with, another thing that makes you unique is that you were the first Big Daddy to be successfully bonded with a Little Sister to protect (Eleanor). Little Sister which has now reached adolescence and reaches out telepathically to you for help.
However, 8 years were enough for things to visibly change in Andrew Ryan's lost paradise. The Splicers, former Rapture residents who have gone insane due to the heavy DNA modifications they inflicted upon themselves, are more dangerous than ever and as a result, "the powers that be" have created a new Big Daddy mode, the Rumbler, to deal with the packs of hyenas hunting the ADAM collected by the Little Sisters. Moreover, Rapture is now under the control of Sofia Lamb, a lady with far more
communist selfish beliefs than the individualism advocated by Andrew Ryan, beliefs which ultimately landed her in jail. Which, ironically enough, spared her life from the coming storm.
For a population who recently went through a very brutal Civil War, the notion of "Family " advocated by Sofia Lamb and turned into a religion by "father" Wales was a radical change from the law of the jungle imposed by Andrew Ryan. That's why the splicers from BioShock 2 don't want to kill you simply because they've lost their minds, but because they also perceive you as a threat to a community which has accepted them with open arms.
Another important difference is that the splicers are more deformed this time around and most have thrown away the masks they wore in the first BioShock, symbolically abandoning the last bit of humanity they had left. That's why Rapture is now a more savage place than it was when you first visited it the first time around, and to survive you'll need all the tools at your disposal.
John Woo is in da house!
As I said, even though you're a Big Daddy, you can use plasmids. You could do this in the first game too, but now the catch is that you can wield both at the same time, which will make your life a little easier during battles. The plasmid catalog is roughly the same as the one in BioShock, with some subtle changes, while the passive improvements – the Gene Tonics – are greater in number, some being focused on improving the drill on your right arm.
While we're here, the hacking minigame has been changed from match-the-pipes to a "quick time event" that no longer freezes everything around you when you're hotwiring something. You'll also receive bonuses under the form of ammo, health kits, money, improved damage for security bots and turrets or longer friendly alarms if you hit certain areas during the hacking procedure.
The arsenal also went through a makeover: the wrench has been replaced by the drill, the spear gun fills in for the crossbow (looking a lot like the Stake Gun from Painkiller), the chemical thrower has been relegated to the sidelines, but you've received a Remote Hacking Tool and the Rivet Gun employed by the Rosie Big Daddy.
The pistol, shotgun and machine gun also make a comeback, except that the Tommy Gun has been replaced by a more powerful, 4-barrel model. The research camera used to study enemies has evolved a bit too, since now it records movies instead of taking pictures, but the benefit is the same – damage bonuses and Gene Tonics as you get to know your enemies better, regardless is they're splicers, Big Daddies or security systems.


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It's worth pointing out that the 2245 launch date for the Primeverse Enterprise is conjecture originally from the TNG Technical Manual. AFAIK, it's never been said on-screen. So despite how it was drawn in the comic (and IMO these ship designs can be recast as easily as actors), April's Enterprise and the ship we see in TOS may be one and the same.
2245 is in the Defiant's database as the Enterprise's launch date, and besides, even if April's and the ship in TOS are the same, why is the Abramsprise 1701?
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Its easy to get hung about about the numbers when sometimes it pays to stand back and look at the problem from a different point of view.
There is no doubt that the USA aircraft armed with 4 or 6 HMG's were more than sufficient for the task they had to face. They may not as been as efficient as a 20mm armed aircraft, but they were efficient enough for the task they had to do.
For the USN they had slightly different requirements compared to the USAAF. If a USAAF aircraft ran out of ammunition they could head for home, if home had been attacked and damaged it was pretty certain that they could divert or in a worst case scenario crash land or bail out over friendly territory. This is untenable for a USN aircraft, it has to carry on fighting. If 4 x HMG is good enough to do the job, then there are good reasons for the USN to accept 4 guns and more ammunition.
To critisise the Wildcat for not being equipped with 20mm from the start is being more than a little mean, 4 x HMG in late 1940 is above average for a single engined fighter. Certainly better than the 8 LMG on the RAF fighters, at least as good as the Me109 and by some margin better than those 109's only armed with 4 x LMG.
The ROF argument is also I believe exagerated. The 0.5 M2 fired about 13 RPSecond, the Hispano II 10 RPS. If you cannot hit someone with 10RPS, then you are still likely to miss them with 13RPS.
Instead of getting worked up over fractions of a MW here or there I find it easier to keep it simple. The USN compared the 0.5 to the Hispano 20mm and decided the 20mm was three times more effective, the USAAF did similar tests and decided that it was 2.5 times more effective. So a Hellcat, Kittyhawk or a P51D is about equal to Spitfire as the 4 x LMG often carried were of little use in Europe and ignored. If we are talking about the Pacific then I would give the edge to the Spitfire as the LMG's could do damage to the average Japanese aircraft.


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If you weren't on the Internet when you tried to install, please try that to see if it installs then. Hope this helps and be ready for a long download.
A. That only works on a few select non steam games other wise its for games that are steam protected like dow2.
B. EA hates steam. now if only they would dump origin as a requirtment. Steam is bad, so why make a new steam?
C. why would you want bf3 on steam?
A. Yes correct
B. Thats true EA hates steam. And steam is hell not bad you experince with steam yes.
C. Steam is a platform that keep my 202 games in line and auto update every game without any pain in my ass. I can login at any pc and play there my games without losing or forgot my ingame name account or cd lost my cd or where is the damn serials key again. And i dont need a extra CD cabinet for my games keep it simple and easy thats steam.
D. Steam let say this every old or new game runs in steam if the game dont start its because there is a problem on your pc.
Thats why steam is better than any platform today... In the future well we see.
This thread is from Oct of last year, dont think it matters now.
oeps yah forgot that
yes however if for any reason valve decides to shut down or just block your account you just lost those 202 games. Thats why its stupid. if you dont use steam for it the game wont run. Bad idea tbh


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Big brains gave humans an evolutionary edge, but how did they grow so big? An important clue may come, ironically, from a gene that has been found to stunt the cerebral cortex in people with microcephaly.
A team led by biologist Geoffrey Woods of the University of Leeds, U.K., found the brain-shrinking gene, called ASPM, by sequencing the DNA of people afflicted with primary microcephaly, a familial disease that stunts the growth of the cerebral cortex during development. The researchers discovered that in microcephalic people, chunks of the protein encoded by ASPM are missing because of mutations in the gene. To determine where in the body ASPM is active, they screened different fetal tissues and found the gene expressed in the progenitor cells that produce cerebral cortex neurons.
Previous work with fruit flies suggests how the gene might influence brain size. The fruit fly version of ASPM organizes the spindle fibers that separate chromosome pairs into the two halves of dividing neuronal progenitor cells. The orientation of these fibers determines how many neurons a progenitor cell will produce, and the more neurons produced, the larger the brain. Humans with microcephaly probably have fewer cortical neurons because mutant ASPM disrupts cell division in the progenitor cells, says Christopher Walsh, a neurobiologist at Harvard University and co-author of the new study, which is published online 23 September by Nature Genetics.
However, says Walsh, there are also clues that ASPM is part of a bigger evolutionary story. Searching through genetic databases, the team found similar versions of ASPM in other animals--such as mice and nematode worms--and intriguingly, the ASPM protein was larger in species with proportionally larger brains. Woods believes this suggests that jumps in brain size may have coincided with mutations in ASPM that led to more proliferation among progenitor cells and boosted brain size.
What is exciting about the effect of mutated ASPM, says André Goffinet, a neurobiologist at the University of Namur Medical School, Belgium, is that the brain is only smaller, not more primitive-looking, suggesting that changes in ASPM could indeed have scaled up the human brain during evolution. To test this idea, says Walsh, the team is now trying to move the human ASPM gene into a mouse to see if it will grow a bigger brain.
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|Analysis of solid phase debris from laser angioplasty: potential risks of atheroembolism.
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|Laser energy can vaporize biologic tissues, and this unique method of ablation has been considered for the disobstruction of the occlusive lesion in atherosclerotic disease. To assess the potential embolic sequelae from laser angioplasty, solid phase debris (SPD) was analyzed. Specimens of human cadaver aorta were subjected to standardized argon laser injury, and SPD was quantified by weight in four types of ablated tissue: normal aortic intima, fatty streaks, fibrous plaque, and calcified plaque (CP). The debris by weight of tissue ablated was significantly higher for CP (p less than 0.05), measuring 7.9%, whereas normal aortic intima, fatty streaks, and fibrous plaque yielded 3.2%, 2.7%, and 3.7%, respectively. Likewise, the amount of debris liberated per unit volume of albated tissue was greatest for CP averaging 156 mg/cc. Light and scanning electron microscopy of SPD revealed carbonized tissue particles up to 350 mumol from all classes and cholesterol crystals up to 250 mumol from CP. SPD from CP was infused into renal arteries of rats at two dosages, 4 and 16 mg, to observe effects on end-organ tissue. At 10 days, all kidneys demonstrated focal ischemic atrophy and recovering acute tubular necrosis in a dose-dependent fashion (p less than 0.05). Control rats showed no disease. Kidneys embolized with SPD also displayed foreign body granulomas (9 of 12), periarterial inflammation (11 of 12), and cortical wedge infarcts (10 of 12). Argon laser energy that ablates tissue predominantly by thermal mechanisms liquified or vaporized 96% to 97% of noncalcified atheromatous material. Laser ablation of CP, however, liberated significantly more SPD.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
|J D Labs; J C Merillat; G M Williams
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Crews dump rock, sandbags on eroding ND spillway
LaMOURE, N.D. (AP) - Crews in southeastern North Dakota are working in strong winds to reinforce a dam spillway that's being eroded by flood waters.
The earthen Cottonwood Creek Dam at Lake LaMoure (lah-MOHR') is about 20 miles from the nearest community. Its greatest threat is to farms and roads. Nearby farms have been evacuated as a
A state engineer says the dam itself is stable, but "not under control" because of a lot of wind that's blowing a lot of water,
resulting in big waves.
In Jamestown, N.D., along the James River, there's some good news. The Army Corps of Engineers says its updated forecasts show water will not flow over the spillway at Pipestem Dam north of the city as earlier predicted.
Valley City, about 30 miles from Jamestown, has been battling the Sheyenne River, which has overwhelmed its sewer system. The National Weather Service says the Sheyenne has dropped just below its record level of 20 feet, and is not expected to drop much
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LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) - The premier of the Canadian province of Quebec is denouncing the response of railroad executives in the aftermath of a fiery derailment and explosion that left 50 people dead.
Premier Pauline Marois arrived today in Lac-Megantic, the community that was partly demolished by the explosion of oil tanker cars on the runaway train early Saturday.
She said before arriving in the town that there have been "serious gaps" from the railroad company "from not having been there and not communicating with the public." And she described as "deplorable" and "unacceptable" the attitude of Edward Burkhardt, the head of the U.S.-based parent company of the railway company.
Burkhardt himself arrived in the town yesterday with a police escort, and faced jeers from residents. He said he had delayed his visit in order to deal with the crisis from his office in Chicago.
Burkhardt yesterday blamed an engineer for failing to set the brakes properly before the train hurtled down a seven-mile incline, derailed and ignited. He said the engineer had been suspended without pay and was under "police control."
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The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center of Chicago will host Momma Kemba from 3 to 5 p.m.
The theatre collaborated with several other groups to put on a performance at Columbus Park. The citywide series ends Sept. 7 in Humboldt Park.
Carrol University students spent a week visiting with Catalyst Circle Rock students and exploring Austin and other city neighborhoods.
John W. Fountain III. reflects on a television program about being African-American and writes about his own experiences.
They ended the summer program that provided cultural, career-building and community service experiences with a Rites of Passage celebration Aug. 4.
The Aug. 1 performance of "The Taming of the Shrew" at Austin Town Hall was the third of 11 scheduled performances by the free citywide tour, which brought residents and visitors to the West Side neighborhood.
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A couple of Sunday's ago my honey and I went on a date after church. We had the pleasure of enjoying a movie and lunch. I wanted to try this place called Saigon Noodles, so he decided to take me.
Saigon Noodles is a Vietnamese restaurant. This restaurant is know for their healthy yet delicious food. The dishes at Saigon Noodles consist of fresh ingredients and a very minimal use of oil. Vietnamese is known by many as one of the top ranked healthiest food in the world. Herbs is one of the main ingredients of a Vietnamese dish, which not only gives the dish a very fresh, but yet yummy taste.
The food is made fresh to order. Saigon Noodles is a very nice family environment that is a great place for lunch or dinner. The food is moderately price and there is something on the menu to accommodate everyone in the family.
As you can see in the pictures above and below that the restaurant is nicely decorated. Though the place that is not very big, it is very homey and cozy.
We started with two appetizers, spring rolls and fried shrimp. The spring rolls consisted of fresh shredded lettuce, cilantro, mint leaves, vermicelli, rice noodles, slice pork & shrimp wrapped in rice paper. Which was served with a peanut dipping sauce.
Pictured above is the spring rolls. The spring roll looked amazing, but didn't appear that it would be very tasty. The presentation was awesome. This spring roll was good.
The peanut sauce was scrumptious. I won't lie when I saw that the dish came with peanut sauce, I was a little hesitant to try it, but I was surprisingly impressed. A must try. I will be honest, it won't appeal to every one's taste bud, but it is definitely worth the try. I loved the freshness of the spring roll.
Pictured above is the Vietnamese sugar cane shrimp. This dish is fried ground shrimp, paste wrapped around sugar cane. Served with sweet and sour sauce. Omg.. This shrimp was amazing. So so good. The dipping sauce was crazy good. We really enjoyed this appetizer. After we were finished eating, we both said, we should have ordered two of this dish! Lol.. Yum yum..
I ordered the beef ox tail and tripe beef noodle combination soup & Brian ordered the beef ox tail and the eye round steak beef noodle soup. Pictured above is what the soup looks like when they bring it to your table. The soup consist of a hearty broth that is known as Pho. Most Pho's are made with ginger, cloves, charred onions, fennel seeds, cinnamon & star anise (spice).
The dish alone had a great flavor. In my opinion, it didn't have enough spice. The beef oxtail was very good and tender! Which makes for a great piece of meat, but the tripe in my opinion was a little tough. The noodles are rice noodles, light and airy noodles but very filling. This soup can be eaten whether it is 30 degrees or 100 degrees outside. A very hefty soup and healthy.
The portion sizes were large. I had a good amount of soup left that I could take with me to go.
The soup is served with a variety of garnishes. Fresh scallions, cilantro, coriander, sweet basil, bean sprouts, peppers and lime. We used the scallions, cilantro, a few pinches of basil and a hint of lime. This added a different taste to the soup and in a good way.
In addition to the garnishes, there are other sauces that can be added for additional flavor. There is the choice of Spice Hoisen sauce, Siracha, Soy sauce or a red pepper flake sauce. I loved the Siracha and the red pepper flake sauce in my soup.
I like the fact that though the soup has amazing flavor the soup is not prepared with a lot of spice. Which gives the customer the ability to add the spice to the level of heat that is most suitable for the customer. Definitely a great option and everyone can leave happy.
If you are going to add the sauces, do so in moderation. If you add too much, your mouth will be on fire! Kmsl.. The red pepper flake gave the soup such a great flavor in addition to the other spices and herbs. You can see the red pepper flakes sauce in the picture below. Great flavor.
Brian had the same soup as me with the exception of the tripe, instead he had the eye round steak. Which was pretty good as well. Very tender. The meat in the soups are prepared perfectly.
Overall our experience at Saigon Noodles was superb. The service was great. The waiter was willing to answer whatever questions that we had. She was kind and polite. She refilled the drinks without us having to ask.
More importantly the food was excellent. We are looking forward to dining again at Saigon Noodles. Definitely a great place. There are many types of hearty soups, appetizers and other dishes. There is a variety of things on the menu, so you are not limited to only a few types of meats. Also, as I stated earlier, the dishes are moderately priced.
Let me say this, some people will love this place, where others will hate it. Those who don't have a mature pallet, this place may not be for you. The food is very light, but hearty and authentic Vietnamese food. The dishes are not full of grease, but a much healthier choice. We can all use a good healthy but delicious meal with well-balanced flavors.
My only negative comment would be that Saigon Noodle didn't have a dessert menu. Lol. You know us ladies love our sweets, but other than that I wouldn't change a thing about this place!
I definitely recommend that you try this place.
Saigon Noodles is located at 2865 Ambassador Caffery Parkway near Albertsons, 456-3317. The hours of operation are Tuesday-Saturday 10:30 am - 9:00pm & Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm, closed on Mondays.


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Could all this madness actually be good for business?
After enduring almost a year of attacks on private equity, one of its chief practitioners seems to think the industry could come out ahead when the November dust settles.
Steve Schwarzman, chairman and CEO of the Blackstone Group, sees this in all the attention paid to Republican Mitt Romney's history at Bain Capital — including negative ads that paint his former business as plant-closing, job-slashing mercenaries.
"Ironically, it gave the public and other people a chance to think through these arguments," Schwarzman said during an interview at the Waldorf-Astoria, the famed New York hotel that Blackstone counts among its vast corporate and real estate holdings totaling almost $200 billion. "I don't think they come down with a huge negative on private equity despite the attacks."
Schwarzman, whose interview aired today on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves with Deirdre Bolton," argued his investors are willing to wade through the political noise to focus on the literal bottom line: What private equity funds like make for their backers. That's more important than ever, as investors like public pensions struggle to reach the thresholds they need to actually keep their promises to retirees.
The election also has helped – or forced – private equity to come further out of the shadows. Blackstone alone has stakes in everything from Motel 6 to SeaWorld and the Weather Channel. Schwarzman's competitors control Toys "R" Us, Outback Steakhouse and the gaming empire Caesars Entertainment.
A Romney supporter, Schwarzman spoke with the statesman-like sweep he's adopted in recent years, painting a scenario "where we sentence ourselves to years of below expected growth and keep taking debt on, which ultimately is a drag not just for ourselves, but for future generations."
He conceded that his firm has been among the beneficiaries of tighter regulation on traditional Wall Street players, as Dodd-Frank and the Volcker Rule have changed strategies of the likes of Goldman Sachs, one of Blackstone's closest private-equity rivals during the LBO boom of 2005-2007.
Schwarzman has methodically expanded Blackstone to comprise far more than private equity. Its real estate business accounted for half its 2011 profits. The business of lending to companies and buying distressed debt has blossomed in a troubled global economy. Asked if his firm was, as some have surmised, the new Goldman, he struck a lighter tone.
"Given Goldman's publicity, I hope that's not the case," Schwarzman said. "We'd rather just be the same old Blackstone."


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Michaels Stores says it is investigating a possible company data security breach that may have affected its customers' payment card information.
The Irving, Tex.-based company said Saturday that it launched the probe after learning of possible fraudulent activity on some U.S. payment cards used at the home decor and crafts retailer.
Michaels is working with federal law enforcement and data security experts, but has yet to confirm that its systems were compromised. No details are available about the possible size of the breach.
CEO Chuck Rubin suggests Michaels customers take steps to protect themselves, such as reviewing their account statements for unauthorized charges.
On Saturday afternoon, Brian Krebs, an independent Internet security researcher, blogged about the probe, citing unnamed banking industry sources.
Calls to Michaels and ICR, a crisis communications firm reportedly handling the probe for the retailer, were not immediately returned. Michaels has more than 1,250 locations in the United States.
KrebonSecurity, Krebs' blog that tracks Internet security investigations, said the probe was discovered Friday. "Multiple sources in the banking industry say they are tracking a pattern of fraud on cards that were all recently used at Michaels," his blog post said.
A Reuters story posted Saturday said that Michael's CEO Chuck Rubin had emailed the news service a statement that said: "We are concerned there may have been a data security attack on Michaels that may have affected our customers' payment card information and we are taking aggressive action to determine the nature and scope of the issue."
The company also reportedly has hired an independent forensics firm to help with the investigation.
Michaels is the third major retailer in the past month or so that has been identified as the victim of a credit card cyber attack. In December, Target revealed that it had been attacked and later disclosed that the breach may have affected up to 110 million shoppers. Earlier this month, luxury retailer Neiman Marcus said more than 1 million shoppers had been affected by a breach that affected its computer software that runs its cash registers.
Law enforcement officials and several cyber security experts have warned of more attacks on retailers.
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With 44-inch tires and suspension that lifts the cabin 5 feet off the ground, the mammoth truck looks poised to devour all other vehicles in its path. But unlike its monster truck cousins, this truck isn't made to crush other cars. Otten's ride is a "mud truck."
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(The). A document which each Roman Catholic was obliged to swear to on taking his seat as a Member of Parliament. It was abolished, and a single oath prescribed to all members by the 29, 30 Victoria, c. 19 (1866).
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The finest design solutions of the past year were chosen by our distinguished jury who, despite challenging economic conditions, expressed optimism about the future of design and found plenty of excellent work to choose from. "It was overwhelming, in a positive way, to see so much good work in most of the categories," Scott Arrowood said. "When you consider the hours behind all the beauty—concepting, type choices, meetings, etc.—it is naturally humbling." The jurors also voiced some opinions when asked how the design profession could change its image from a service provider to a true collaborator in the business process. David Schimmel was brief. "By identifying its ability to help clients increase sales while focusing on building relationships and providing deep insights," he said. "Design will continue to be increasingly measured in terms of ROI and its impact on furthering clearly defined business objectives," Janet DeDonato said. "This is the most exciting time in history to be a designer," Sean Adams said. "We can work in a huge array of media, we have access to enormous amounts of information and inspiration. But we must not allow our community to fracture into hundreds of tiny tribes. Working together, we can maintain our dedication to excellence and creativity.""Buckminster Fuller got it right when he said, 'A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist,'" Jason Schulte concluded. "We're part of a profession that has the power to shape culture and change the world."
This year our distinguished panel of jurors selected 208 winning projects from 7092 entries.
"This insulated lunch tote provides the backdrop for word and picture play icons of hanging out and chilling at the cabin."
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If the economic meltdown, the disappearance of disposable income and the return of frugality weren't hard enough on consumer electronics companies, it looks like the industry is facing a new problem: Using its products may lead to nearsightedness. Incidents of myopia (also known as nearsightedness) have increased by 66.4% between 1972 and 2004, according to a study published in this month's Archives of Opthalmology. Some researchers suggest the rise may be linked to increased texting, Web-surfing, game playing and similar pursuits.
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In theory, it works like this: as children read books, surf the net, write text messages and perform other "near work" activities that require their eyes to focus on short distances, they may actually trigger an elongation in their eyeballs. This, in turn, would make it harder for their eyes to refocus. In theory, the solution would be for children to drop the iPod and pick up a baseball. Spending more time on activities that stress long distance vision could, presumably, help young eyeballs to develop more evenly.
"A characteristic feature of the past 10 years is the expanding use of computers for many purposes," says an August 2005 study in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science that saw a similar spike in myopia among Israeli children. "The utilization of computers in everyday life has been a significant factor in the prevalence of myopia among children."
The latest study's primary author, Susan Vitale, works with the National Institute of Health's National Eye Institute. She and her coauthors compared data from the 1971-1972 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with data from the 1999-2004 NHANES. Both studies tested participants between the ages of 12 and 54, and the 1999 study used the same diagnosis techniques as the earlier survey.
I wanted this study and the ensuing analysis to be untrue. Despite hundreds of warnings that I was going to go blind, I spent much of my childhood with my nose stuck in a book. As an adult, I took heart in various studies that showed that myopia was almost entirely a matter of heredity and had little or nothing to do with environment. After all, if my terrible eyesight was the result of my severely myopic parents, then I need not regret the hours that I spent under my covers with a flashlight.
Well, it looks like my flashlight may have a lot to do with my current terrible eyesight. Admittedly, Vitale's data -- like previous surveys -- suggested that heredity (or at least ethnicity) plays a part in incidents of myopia: 43% of white participants and 33.5% of black participants were myopic in the 1999-2004 study. However, both groups had massive jumps in incidents of myopia between the seventies and the nineties. In fact, while incidents of myopia jumped by 63.5% among white participants, incidents of myopia among black participants more than doubled.
Numerous factors -- including the increased use of fluorescent lights or massive dietary changes -- might have contributed to the changes that the study identified. Although Vitale and her coauthors offered only limited speculation about what has caused the increase in myopia, their study notes that the 1999 participants were 25.7% to 59.8% more likely to have at least 12 years of formal education. Of course, more education translates into more time reading, writing, and doing arithmetic, which further supports the "near work" hypothesis.
While Vitale's study -- and the near work hypothesis -- will undoubtedly be challenged, it offers compelling evidence that the consumer electronics revolution may come with a high price.
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ALBANY, Ga. -- Fighting at a party on April 24 in Turtle Park along Front Street brought gang-related charges to an adult who authorities say was involved.
Kharan Dianta Hines, 24, remains in Dougherty County Jail with no bond set, a jail spokeswoman said. The Dougherty Grand Jury indicted him Wednesday on charges of aggravated assault, gang participation and leading a gang.
"Hines is a leader of a Bloods sect here in Albany," said Greg Edwards, district attorney. "The beating he took part in was in retaliation for an incident involving the victim previous to the party."
Because the victim and three others involved in the fight are teenage juveniles, Edwards said he could not name them. The three teenagers appeared in Juvenile Court and details could not be discussed, he added.
If found guilty of all the charges, Hines could face up to 45 years in prison, said Heather Lanier, chief assistant district attorney. The gang leader charges can add 10 years to the gang participation sentence and must be served after the initial sentence on gang participation, she added.
The block party, thrown by the owner of SOWEGA Tax Service to thank his clients for their patronage, turned violent after it ended around 5:30 p.m. that day.
In April, Wes Smith, assistant city manager, said that the event was over when the fighting broke out. The event ended with about 200 youthful residents wandering about. There were reports of fights in areas other than Turtle Park at the time.
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INEZ, Ky. (WYMT) - Update, 6/26/14
The Martin County fiscal court Thursday night approved a balanced budget for the next fiscal year.
Magistrates originally voted against the budget but returned after an executive session and voted three-to-two in favor of the spending plan proposed by Judge/Executive Kelly Callaham.
The budget has drawn criticism because it only funds garbage pickup for the next six months and citizens have enjoyed that free service for many years.
The fiscal court still has six months to figure out a way to continue paying for trash pickup before that cost will be passed on to citizens.
Since the budget passed, a possible government shutdown next week has been avoided, Callaham said.
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Dumping a free county-wide service? That is the idea in Martin County.
A budget deficit has county leaders looking for ways to trim the fat. On the chopping block, free garbage pickup.
For decades folks in Martin County have been using garbage transfer stations provided by the county.
Judge Executive Kelly Callaham says, "We have three of them throughout the county and people bring their garbage and dump in our containers and we take it to a landfill."
Free to the garbage dumper but costing the county more than half a million dollars each year
Callaham says, "For the last 21 years we've paid for that through our coal severance monies."
However, this year that budget is off by about $800,000.
Callaham says, "I could put everyone that works in the county on minimum wage and it would not make a dent in the money we need to come up with."
Callaham says because of their current budget situation cuts must be made somewhere and he believes the garbage drop off service is the most reasonable area.
Without any changes to the service he says they'll be force to cut non-mandated programs like senior citizen centers, community centers, and more.
"Would have to close all parks, all fire departments pretty much would have to close and it would just be a disaster for our county and I will not present to my court a budget that does that," Callaham explains.
Some want to keep the free drop off, others do not.
Gary Ball says, "People should pay to have their garbage hauled off and disposed of...it is not a big deal."
Steven McCoy says he does not want to completely throw away the service.
"They should give a sticker...charge 15 or 25 dollars a year for that sticker that would be okay. It would generate revenue and cut down on out of state dumping," says McCoy.
Officials are discussing whether to franchise out and have mandatory pick up or find a way to pay for the drop off service.
This issue will be discussed at the next fiscal court meeting which is at 5 p.m. on Thursday.


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