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The trademark Rodinal was licensed to a company who purchased a business from Agfa in a package deal.And as long any of these plants was not making it solely for their own behalf, the customer could label it either with the proper namer or any other name depending on his will to pay licences for a trademark.
This company decided not to bottle and sell B&W chemistry as the volumes were not interesting to them.
At that time the chemistry in bulk was still available from Vaihingen but later this changed.
The AgfaPhoto trademark licensing contracts do not allow sub licensing and the current license holder did not consider manuacturing of Rodinal a business.
This was when the name dissappeared from the bottle regardeless if one was theoretically willing to pay for it or not.
One could say "the name got stuck" in this legal setup.
The plant in Vaihingen does not manufacture Rodinal anymore. First finishing was stoped and later on the entire b&w production. This plant has been built to effectively produce large amounts of chemistry. They are not set up to manufacture small amounts of niche market products and manufacture other, non photographic, products now.I guess by "After the stop of production in Vaihingen" you mean the end of production as Agfa plant. Or do you refer to an end of production of Rodinal at that plant?
The last we could purchase were the leftover bottles and caps. We ran out of Rodinal shaped bottles but still have thousands of NEUTOL 1,25 L bottles.
We employed former Agfa technicians, made laboratory scale productions, verified the recipes and handed them to a new manufacturer for mixing on a lage scale. We then bottle, cap and label ADONAL in our factory.
This allows us to keep stock fresh. In the original large bucket Rodinal stays clear forever. Once bottled in the thinner-wall PE-bottles it starts to darken.
Our competitors took a bottle of Rodinal and handed it to a new manufacturer asking him to clone it, which he did. Foma sells what we have ben selling under the APH09 name. This is Rodinal is made acording to the recipes from Wolfen (ORWO) and yet made in a different factory but not by Foma.
The largest difference is between this old Rodinal sold by Foma as R09 and by us as APH 09 and the two others. The reformulated "clone" is similar to ours yet not identical. The pH values have been brought in line between R09 and Rodinal acording to our request in 2002. Since then all developers have more or less the same development times.

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Here are the lessons we can all take from "Shadowboxer," Lee Daniels' gruesome and supremely disjointed foray into the world of hired assassins: 1. Even Helen Mirren is not powerful enough to save some movies. 2. Cuba Gooding Jr. is tired of making movies like "Sled Dogs." 3. Lee Daniels should stick with producing movies (like "The Woodsman" and "Monster's Ball") and leave the directing to someone else.
Who says critics are useless? Now you don't have to see the movie, unless, of course, you derive some satisfaction/pleasure from graphic violence, unforgivably cliched scripts and/or repeated sightings of Gooding's bare bottom.
Gooding plays Mikey, an emotionally scarred contract killer (is there any other kind?) who, along with Rose (Mirren), visits death upon various hapless denizens of Philadelphia. Rose, an urban cougar of the first order, has captivated Mikey with a mixture of icy hauteur and sexual potency (which leads to several rather explicit Mikey-Rose sex scenes).
Oedipal to the core, Mikey's love/fear of Rose is so powerful, it compels him to mindlessly do her bidding. Eventually, that blind devotion creates some real problems for the couple; when one assassination attempt goes awry, they inherit a ready-made family (including Vickie, played by Vanessa Ferlito, who bears a remarkable resemblance to one Angelina Jolie).
If the movie had stuck with the Rose-Mikey-Vickie storyline, which hints at interesting questions involving the nature and limits of love and devotion, it might have redeemed itself. As it happens, redemption remains well out of reach--for the characters and the film, which gets tangled up in a secondary plot involving murderous kingpin Clayton (Stephen Dorff, who is much too pretty to play a thug) and his hapless assistant, Dr. Don ("Third Rock From the Sun" alum Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Macy Gray, struggling to remain upright and semi-coherent, also makes a wobbly appearance as Vickie's best friend.
The movie's violent scenes, which are frequent and include most of the sexual encounters, are so gratuitous and explicit as to inspire queasiness. There is a glimpse, early on, at an interesting thread that might have made a satisfying movie in and of itself: the cultural and internal conundrum faced by Rose, who is just as cold-hearted as any male killer, except when faced with killing the very pregnant Vickie. You can almost see the question mark dancing across the screen and Mirren's wonderfully expressive face, and then, all too soon, it's gone.
Shot in and around Philadelphia, the director's hometown, the film doesn't do the city any favors, highlighting its urban grime without capitalizing on its considerable character. Director Daniels' apparent obsession with Christian imagery and themes--crosses hanging or leaning on every available surface and from several necks--amounts to nothing but cheap, loaded visual cues that have no bearing on the story. This whole production is so far off the rails that salvation, Biblical or otherwise, is out of the question.
Directed by Lee Daniels; screenplay by William Lipz; photographed by M. David Mullen; edited by William Chang Suk Ping and Brian A. Kates; music by Mario Grigorov; production design by Steven Saklad; produced by Daniels, Lisa Cortes, David Robinson, Brook Lenfest and Damon Dash. A Teton Films release; opens Friday. Running time: 1:32. MPAA rating: R (for strong graphic violence and sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use).
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Isnt Bawtry in Yorkshire? IIRC there is a house called number 1 Yorkshire in the village.
Hawkeye and I called last Thursday, and were shown round by a very pleasant young lady.
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Isnt Bawtry in Yorkshire? IIRC there is a house called number 1 Yorkshire in the village.
Navigation was never my strong point
I wonder if the compass-cross is still there on one of the entrance steps, as shown on my post from 2008. Maybe they've replaced that well worn step.
bawtry is in south yorkshire aint it south of doncaster
thanks rich
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Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southern most house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
I don't know anything about tunnels but I do know the roman road runs though the lake which gives it a figure of 8 shape when it dries out. I used to go in the woods at the back of the AOCs residence, Lakewood, as I used to run rabbit snares in them when I was there.
Will come back here later but please ask any questions you have. I am not far away from you now, just North of Grantham but I am now in a wheelchair so unless you have improved the facilities, I won't be able together far.
RAF Bawtry Hall Bomber Command HQ June 1987.BMP
RAF Bawtry Hall was sold in August 1987 to a Welbeck Estate Group company by Bell Watson of Gainsborough on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. As this was not Welbeck's normal acquisition specialising in married quarter Estates and former RAF airfields the following year they resold it through Earl and Lawrence Prudential Property RAF Bawtry Hall HQ Sale Earl & Lawrence Pru 22 Jan 1988.BMP of Lincoln. Closeby Welbeck then ahead to acquire the domestic and technical site and married quarters at RAF Hemswell and the post war married quarters at RAF Finningly. Attached are the sale particulars prepared for Welbeck for Bawtry Hall
From a quick look at a number of results from Google it seems that Bawtry Hall has been going through the wars in recent years. It would appear to have been sold to new owners in March 2014 and parts of the Hall are now up for let. The Particulars give a couple of floor plans and some nice photos:
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1) Imagine that Romney falls just slightly short of the 1144 needed to nominate.
In this scenario, an individual party chairman from a smaller state with more old-fashioned rules might be lured to find some way to redirect his state's votes to Romney. That is what happened in 1976, when Gerald Ford narrowly defeated Ronald Reagan by gaining the last-minute support of the Mississippi state delegation; that's the most recent occasion when a convention chose a nominee.
The problem is that there are many fewer such old-fashioned states today than there were in 1976, with the result that the price such "available" states might be able to exact will be considerably higher than it was back then.Frum's piece also reminds us that a party that had smoke-filled rooms was a party that had more control and was also a place where moderates could thrive. What had weakened the power of moderates is not simply some kind of "kidnapping" by the far right as much as how American political parties have been transformed over the last half century.
Ford only needed to replace his vice presidential candidate, dumping Nelson Rockefeller, anathema to party conservatives, in favor of Bob Dole, then a conservative hero.
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Direct Sales Success: Summer Sales Start Now!
Even though, we're just starting to see the April showers and early flowers, now is the time to start planning out your Summer business schedule.
If it seems this year as though I'm harping on planning, there's a method to my madness. We've just wrapped up the first quarter of the year. Nearly 1/3 of 2010 is GONE, and what do you have to show for it in your direct sales business?
Bookings beget bookings, and if your calendar is looking thin now, imagine how barren it will be come July!
The school year is coming to an end, and families are planning their vacations, getaways and summer activities now. As a business owner, you need to be on their radar, and plant the seed now that a Summer show is just the ticket to reconnect, relax, and enjoy good times with friends.
Contact the hosts from last Summer now, and give them first dibs on your calendar. Just like Christmas, you can have a full Summer schedule if you give people plenty of notice. In my business, I rarely booked a show closer than 3 weeks out because I need that time to get out invitations, and do effective hostess coaching. The exception to this was repeat hosts. They are usually already schooled on how I run my business, and are quick to get all my show requirements (like guest lists) back to me in plenty of time for the event.
Repeat hosts are your best testimonials, because they liked your work enough to invite you back! You owe it to yourself to reward them with the best spots in your calendar.
Words to say:
"Hi Sally, this is Lisa (with ABC company). I'm planning now for my summer schedule. It may be a little early yet, but I know that my most successful parties are the ones that are planned in advance. Since you're one of my repeat hosts, I want to say thank you by giving you first dibs on my Summer show calendar. You held a Chocolate Lover's party last June and it was such a blast. What theme would you like to try this year?"
Assume the booking. Your repeat hosts already know you do business, and know what to expect from you. If they're not interested, they'll tell you right away. Instead, assume they love you so much they want to repeat that amazing experience they had last year. Build up the excitement and re-establish the emotional high they had at their last party by mentioning positive memorable moments from the last party. It's a psychological trigger that puts them in a positive frame of mind to book their next show with you.
If you're new to Direct Sales, or re-starting your business like many teachers I know, it's even more imperative that you start now to secure shows for your Summer calendar. Consider asking one of the parents from your child's class to host a get-together during the Summer. Or better yet, host your own and double dip on host benefits as well as your consultant income. An early summer barbecue can have the guys hanging out at the grill, the kids playing in the back yard, and the women shopping from their seat in the comfort of your home. Worried that your house is too small? Host a series of parties to invite your child's best friends over a few at a time.
Summer events are also a great way to bring in new business. If you sell a product that you can demonstrate, consider teaching a course during the summer related to your product line. Renting a small hotel conference room or even a large dining room in a restaurant can bring in new customers interested in learning the how-to of your product, and lead to big sales at the end of the session. Just be sure that the focus of the class is not selling stuff, but teaching skills. Not only can you generate revenue from the sales of products, but also from registration fees from the class. Check with your local community education office for opportunities to share your expertise there as well. Many of the Summer session classes are being decided right now.
However you choose to grow your business this summer, now is the time to start planning. Look at your own family commitments and decide when you're available to work your direct sales business. Being in business for yourself gives you some flexibility, but if you let the entire Summer pass you by, you'll miss out on a great income potential as well as those highly-coveted fall bookings. For a great Fall, you need a great Summer, and Summer selling starts by booking shows now.
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Caruso hamming it up for the Universal camera crew and 1915's version of the Paparazzi, from Motion Picture World (March 13, 1915). We have no idea whether the close-up of his "vocal organs" has survived.
Victor skimped on its popular releases for the 1914 holiday season (the dance offerings consisted almost entirely of Victor Military Band renditions, and the pop vocal offerings were hardly more inspired) in favor of pricier Red Seals. Courtesy of John Bolig.
Courtesy of John Bolig, author of The Victor Discography Series
Summer was a notorious "dead zone" for record production and sales, as a glance through the early trade journals makes clear. This was a time to scour the backlogs of less-appealing recordings to sacrifice during Dog Days, as happened with Victor's August list 1914. All of the Red Seal and blue-label recordings shown here had been sitting on the shelf since early April, and many other August listings were even older recordings.
Courtesy of John Bolig, author of The Victor Discography Series.
Courtesy of John R. Bolig, author of The Victor Discography Series, available from Mainspring Press and many major libraries.
These celebrity shots graced the back covers of various Victor record supplements during 1908–1909 (courtesy of John Bolig). The internal-horn "Victrola" was still relatively new at this time, during which it was sold alongside the traditional external-horn machines — the latter were called simply "The Victor," never "Victrola," which was reserved for inside-horn models.
Courtesy of John Bolig, author of The Victor Discography Series
Full details of Caruso's Victor recordings, from the original Victor Talking Machine and Gramophone Company files, can be found in John Bolig's Victor Red Seal Discography, available from Mainspring Press and many major libraries.
These mockups, produced by someone at Bain News Service in 1920, are part of the G. G. Bain Collection at the Library of Congress. "Domine Deus" was from Enrico Caruso's final session, held in Camden NJ on September 16, 1920, and was the second-to-last recording he ever made ("Crucifixus," from the same work, was his last).
You can find complete discographical details of Caruso's Victor recordings in John Bolig's Victor Red Seal Discography, available from Mainspring Press and many major libraries. (And a new expanded edition of John's classic Caruso Records is in the works.)
From the November and December 1916 Victor Records Supplements, courtesy of John Bolig. If you're a fan of these artists, you'll enjoy John's Victor Red Seal Discography (Volumes 1 & 2, so far, covering all Red Seal issues to 1930), available from Mainspring and many major libraries. And be sure to watch for the jumbo-sized Victor Black Label Discography, Volume 4 (22000, 23000, 24000, V-38000, V-38500, and V-40000), coming in September.
From the Victor Records supplement for July 1913, courtesy of John Bolig
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The newest installment in the Victor Black Label Discography Series (Volume IV — 23000, 23000, 24000, V-38000, V-38500, and V-40000 Series) is heading to press in a few weeks and is scheduled to release in September.
Some more posed shots from the Bain News Service, which provided hundreds of publicity photos to Victor, Columbia, Paramount, and other record companies in the years following World War I. These photos (held by the Library of Congress) are in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission.
Caruso fans will be glad to hear that we've started work on the revised and expanded paperback edition of John Bolig's Caruso Records: A History and Discography, which is out-of-print in original form
Opera collectors — Be sure to check out John Bolig's Victor Red Seal Discographies, available from Mainspring Press and many major libraries.
Many of the records in Gramophone & Typewriter's February 1904 catalog were also issued in the U.S. as Imported Red Seal Records. Details of those issues (many now quite rare) can be found in John Bolig's Victor Red Seal Discography, Vol. I — Check out Mainspring's Annual Bumped-Book Sale for big savings on copies with just slightly bruised covers (sale ends July 1).
Eventually Victor adopted a policy of replacing imported recordings like these with their own domestic versions whenever the performers could be gotten into a Victor studio. You can find more on the Red Seal's earliest days in A Phonograph in Every Home: The Evolution of the American Recording Industry, 1909-1919, also available from Mainspring.
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Victor's April 1912 catalog featured the first American release of four Sirota recordings made by The Gramophone Company in Warsaw during 1908–1909. Victor's earliest Sirota's releases (of Gramophone recordings made in 1902–1903) originally were issued on the black label, and some were later upgraded to Red Seal status as well.
April also saw the release of the second of three versions of the Lucia sextet with Enrico Caruso (recorded on January 19, 1912). Musical considerations aside, it was a marketing triumph for Victor, whose dealers found "The Seven-Dollar Sextet" an irresistable lure for curious customers. Just how many copies were actually sold at that price remains a question. It spent many years on a list of records that dealers could give away with the purchase a Victrola, probably explaining why such an exorbitantly priced record is so common.
April also saw a new release by vaudeville headliner Elida Morris (billed as "The Girl Who Chases Away All Gloom"). Morris didn't restrict her recording activities to Victor, for which we can be thankful — Victor's squeaky recordings make her sound like an asthmatic Ada Jones. She can be heard to better advantage on her cylinders and other companies' discs.
Details and these and more than 10,000 other Victor records, compiled from the original Victor files, can be found in John Bolig's Victor Discography Series, available from Mainspring Press and in many major libraries.
Complete discographical data on these and many thousands of other Victor records, compiled from the original Victor Talking Machine Company files, can be found in John Bolig's Victor Discography Series, available from Mainspring Press.


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I love my job, but I'll have to admit, one of my favorite times of the day is lunch time. Besides the fact the lunch hour provides a chance to fuel up for the afternoon, I also enjoy spending time conversing with co-workers who double as fellow Lunch Gang members.
As I've chronicled in dozens of Lunch Gang blogs, we've hit about every lunch stop in Galesburg, and we've done them multiple times. But just how healthy are our lunches? I recently came across an interesting article bearing the headline, "Feeling Unproductive? Blame Your Lunch."
Written by Chad Brooks, a contributor for Business News Daily, the article said:Companies trying to increase productivity should offer their employees more wellness programs, a new study finds.Workers who ate healthful meals and exercised on a regular basis had better job performance and lower absenteeism, research from the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), Brigham Young University and the Center for Health Research at Healthways shows.Employees who eat healthy all day long were 25 percent more likely to have higher job performance, the study found, while those who eat five or more servings of fruit and vegetables at least four times a week were 20 percent more likely to be more productive.While some members of the Lunch Gang do occasionally indulge in less-than-healthy noon-time options, I really do try to eat somewhat healthy most of the time. (Quit laughing ... really, I do.)So, you already know what I eat for lunch. I want to know what YOU eat for lunch. I asked Facebook friends and friends at Remember in Galesburg When ... what do you normally eat for lunch? Is it healthy? Do you eat out, or brown-bag it? How much do you normally spend on lunch? Let's talk lunch!Rick Lundeen: I always add a salad to make my doctor and cholesterol happyJody Tracy Mahoney: THANKS for making me hungry, AGAIN JAY...; )Ted L. Ray: I bring my lunch to work everyday. The past few months have been a spinach salad with varying ingredients. I'm trying to loose a little of this nasty fat suit I've been wearing for awhile!
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Nigel Mansell back in the car selling game
what a big headed twit
It seems quite an attractive option for anyone wanting to buy a second hand car, but how big can the second hand market in Jersey be? Wouldn't the draw and potential profit be bigger on the mainland for an idea like this?
JJJ and chris hSo wow us all with what you've achieved during your mega careers. Come on, What have you done?Nigel is a legend. Who can forget the great qualifying and race battles with Senna?If either of you knew anything at all about motor racing, you would show a little respect.This forum is a magnet for cretinous comments
Why would the moaning minnie second hand car sales man appear yet again. Biggest pain in the ass ever!
"If either of you knew anything at all about motor racing, you would show a little respect."Really? Remember, this is the guy who actually accused Tiff Needell of deliberately trying to kill him!!!!!!!!!Respect was never too high up Mansells own agenda so I don't think either he or any of his supports should be getting on their high horse about it.
@InsidelineGet off your high horse m8. That the guy could drive a racecar pretty well doesn't mean we can't call him out on the count of being a bigheaded twit when he acts like one. Or should he get a free pass for that just because he once faked to pass out on the podium when he couldn't get past Senna in Monaco in a deeply superior car?
god almighty! mansell won in a superlative newey car, which was years ahead in performance, and he is a GREAT driver? to me, he always came over as a complainer, and a one hit wonder.
Mansell was a good driver but a complete pain in the ar$e. Every time he got out the car he had to act as if he had just wrestled a tiger for 2 hours, it was embarrassing watching other drivers jump out their cars fresh as a daisy at the end of a race then Nige appears, staggering around and fainting!Have look at him in Dallas 84 on youtube, pushing his car, faints, but has the presence of mind to roll out the way of the wheels, not a bad trick for someone that's unconscious!I might nip over to Jersey and offer him 3 grand for a 4 grand car just to see if he faints again, friggin drama queen.
And another F1 driver called Derek Warwick did the same in Jersey, called 'Derek Warwick Honda' or summat....
Someone referred to him as a legend.....maybe more of a bellend....And yes, I did used to turn up and watch the drama queen race.
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I was pumping one of the pistons out of my rear brake Hayes Nine XC to lube it, and i accidently pumped it out too far and i heard a little 'pop' and it seems that the piston came out of the caliper slightly. It didn't fall out, but it wasn't sitting in probably .
Anyway i pushed and pryed it back in with a screw driver, but now the brake dosn't work. I pull the lever and nothing happens. So my number one guess is that there is a lot of air in the system and it needs re-bleeding?
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Recently while attending the second Pakistan-India Social Media conference in Karachi as a panelist, I was approached by a young man with a mic who wanted to interview me for a local TV channel.
After the interview he told me that he was a student at the Karachi University and a regular reader of my columns.
However, he then hastily added that it has become rather tough for him to read my writings because one of his teachers at the university does not approve. 'Every time I start asking the lecturer certain questions, he begins to mock me by saying that I have been reading your articles.'
But what shocked me the most is when he added that his lecturer has actually 'forbidden' him to read my articles. 'He has put a ban on me to read your writings. The ban has also been communicated to my parents. That's why I now have to secretly buy Dawn,' he said, smiling.
How can a university-level teacher ask a student not to read? And how can a university-level student not ask him why?
Some four years ago I got a call from a teacher who taught at a prestigious school in Karachi. She told me that her students had begun to ask 'rebellious questions' in her class.
I asked her why was she telling me this.
'Because they're reading your articles!' She announced.
I don't remember what grade she was teaching, but she was pretty polite. 'You should be careful, Paracha sahib. These young students have very vulnerable minds.' I kept asking her what were these so-called rebellious questions, but she just refused to explain. She kept repeating something about how her students were too young to think about things that my articles were supposedly infusing in their brains.
I asked her did she disagree with 'these things' that I was maliciously putting in their curious heads.
'No, no,' she clarified. 'You are right in your own way. But you see, if they start asking these kinds of questions, they won't be able to get the required grades.'
Intrigued I asked how she was answering these rebellious questions.
'Oh, I don't,' she answered, matter-of-factly. 'I just tell them to stop reading your articles,' she laughed.
Now I could understand that here was a teacher worried about losing control over her students at a high school due to questions that might tarnish her status as the all-knowing tutor.
But I certainly cannot grasp how a lecturer at a university would actually forbid a mature university student to read a certain writer.
'Why do you think he's not allowing you to read my pieces?' I asked the university lad at the social media conference.
'He thinks I ask questions that contradict him,' he replied. 'Every time some students contradict what he is saying, he turns around and tells them that we should stop reading your articles.'
Amazing. Karachi University is where students once lapped up Marx, Mao and Maududi and led protest movements against the Ayub dictatorship in the 1960s, against the Bhutto regime in the late 1970s, and then fought intense ideological (and at times armed) battles against the tyranny of Ziaul Haq in the 1980s.
But here we are today, where grown-up men and women at the same university are being asked by their teachers that they should stop reading a certain columnist?
'They think you're too secular,' the young man finally let out.
'So?' I asked, astonished. 'It's a university you study in. Not a madressa.'
The young man chuckled nervously: 'But I make sure to continue reading your column, though.'
I wonder if the lecturer has ever asked his students to beware of all the sectarian and religious hate literature that is out there, easily available in this country.
In fact, one can now come across such literature even at various Pakistani universities; including the Karachi University where the ethnic and sectarian make-up of the student community has always been most pluralistic and diverse.
I personally think it is intellectual laziness on part of certain teachers who simply do not want to coach a curious mind that may not be willing to submissively nod at what he was being told by the tutor. Or maybe some teachers develop an inferiority complex against students who ask too many questions? The 'so he thinks he knows more than I do' sort of attitude.
I remember when I was studying at a state-owned college in the late 1980s, the most successful way to bunk a class of a certain teacher was to provoke him to throw you out of the class. All one had to do was to just ask him a question.


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Citing the great burden America's cities are bearing due to the war in Iraq, a coalition of Mayors allied with anti-war groups tabled a resolution opposing military action against Iran at the recent Conference of Mayors.
"The resolution's initial sponsor was Mayor Bob Kiss of Burlington, Vermont. 'Cities across the US are already paying a high price for war with thousands of servicemen and women killed and wounded and other resources diverted away from important national priorities like infrastructure, education, housing and human needs,' said Mayor Kiss. 'Our experience in Iraq makes it even more critical to pursue diplomacy with Iran - talks anytime, anywhere.'
The mayors brought the resolution to the U.S. Conference of Mayors that was held in Miami from June 20-23. Unfortunately, it was tabled for another year when a small group of mayors voiced opposition. Some said it sounded disrespectful to the troops, others said it was just too controversial and they did not want to see a rerun of the divisive debate the year before when a resolution against the war in Iraq was put forth.
Undeterred, the mayors and their supporters used the Conference to gather more support and vowed to continue the campaign. The goal is to get 100 mayors from across the country on board, and then, in September, descend on Washington DC to deliver the resolution to Congress and the White House."


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PureShot Let's You Shoot and Save Uncompressed TIFF Images on Your iPhone
Although I have two point-n-shoots and a DSLR handy for taking pictures, it's my iPhone 5 that generally gets the most use. Why? Because I have it with me almost all the time too. Not to mention I can shoot, edit (sometimes), and share a photo from my iPhone much, much faster than I ever could with my other cameras (import into a device, check, post, etc). Still, I prefer to shoot in RAW or have my pictures compresses as little as possible when I have the option. Less compression equals more flexibility editing. If there is more of the original photo left for me to work with I can push the boundaries of the image much better. Alas, that function isn't in most iPhone apps. Until now. PureShot lets you save an uncompressed dRAW (aka TIFF) image. Results? Well, not what you might expect.


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Star Wars: The Old Republic, abbreviated TOR, is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Old Republic era, and is currently under development by BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts. The game was first officially announced in an October 30, 2007 press release, though details were vague. On October 21, 2008, the title of the game was revealed, in addition to a fair amount of detail about the game in a press conference. A novel, released around the same time as the game, will cover the story behind it.
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Wow, I love this game!
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Brilliant storytelling is held back by boring, repetitive gameplay.
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I love Star Wars and the games, but this one is an exception.
To me it was a huge let down.
After Star Wars Galaxies went down so this could replace it, I'm thinking, "This game better live up to what it's replacing."
As I watch previews, and trailers, I get excited.
When I got to do the open beta test for this, the game was a disappointment.
Not nearly as much freedom as Star Wars Galaxies.
Voice acting for the characters seemed to lack, it could have been better.
This is one of those games where I think it'd be better as a single player game that allows co-op and online co-op.
Just an opinion.
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:D U CAN DO SO MUCH! And the missions where u cooperate with other online people makes the experience so much more like your own Star wars film :D
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Many reviews in important websites said that this awesome game is a clone of WoW,but in my opinion,that makes it special,im a great star wars fan,and i have played this game since the 1st beta.I can only say one thing: Bioware is the best.
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Absolutely LOVE this game!!!!!!
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I happen o have this game,. its truly amazig. But the graphics it has will destroy the fun with an older graphics card. I have a GeForce 9200 and everything on low and its slower the Empire at war on full settings </3.
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Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, is conducting an organizational review that may lead to job cuts and staff relocation to reduce costs.
The London-based company started the global review last year to address "escalating costs across the organization," David Luff, a Melbourne-based company spokesman, said in an e-mail today. There will be recommendations made "for sustainable improvements to our operating model and structure that will best support our vision to be the sector leader."
As many as 250 employees in Melbourne and about 20 in Sydney may lose their jobs or be relocated to Brisbane or Perth when the review is concluded in about four weeks, the Australian Financial Review newspaper reported today, citing an e-mail from the Australian unit Managing Director David Peever to employees.
Rio Tinto is joining rival BHP Billiton Ltd. in rationing spending after commodity prices slumped and global growth slowed. Chief Executive Officer Tom Albanese said last month the company will tackle rising costs at its Australian operations while taking a phased approach to mine expansions.
The company said in October it wants to divest or shut down 13 aluminum assets that include smelters and alumina plants from Australia to the U.S. Prices of aluminum, which accounted for 18 percent of Rio Tinto's revenue in 2011, have dropped by about a fifth in the past year on the London Metal Exchange, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Credit Suisse Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG reduced forecasts for China's economic growth this year as weakness in exports and investment drag on the world's biggest buyer of metals.
Credit Suisse cut its estimate to 7.7 percent from 8 percent on June 14, while Deutsche Bank lowered its forecast to 7.9 percent from 8.2 percent. The predictions indicate the weakest growth since 1999 and compare with a 9.2 percent expansion last year.
Rio Tinto, with more than $33 billion of major projects under way, in April pulled out of talks for a potential coal port expansion in Australia's Queensland state, citing uncertainty in "global economic markets."
Norsk Hydro ASA, Europe's third-largest aluminum producer, this month said it will close its Kurri Kurri smelter in Australia as industry overcapacity and weakening demand curb prices, resulting in the loss of more than 300 jobs.
Rio's organizational review may also include moving its offices in Melbourne and Sydney to less costly buildings, according to the AFR. The company employs about 20,000 people in Australia, said Luff, declining to comment further.
Rio Tinto shares rose 0.4 percent to A$54.5 in Sydney trading yesterday. The stock has fallen 30 percent in the past year, compared with a 9.4 percent drop in the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index.


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A small bike / correct bike, for an 8 year old, ideal price range $250 - $600.
He is going to a local BMX park that was just built, with tons of jumps. All dirt park.
He is really trying to jump, and having difficulty. He is a wiry, 60-pound kid
He is having 2 primary problems, #1 getting enough speed at the start of the top of the hill, #2 strength, and probably upper body on a bike that is too small and too heavy
He is riding a small, rear braked bike that I will trade in or sell separately.
So here are my thoughts, which is a consolidation of this forum. I would really love comments and feedback.
My assumptions/no feedback unless I am clearly not thinking correctly
A. Rear brake is all I want, front brakes would need to be removed if bike comes with it
B. Need to buy, if the bike does not come with, a set of pads for the top tube and stem at least, and the bars if they have a cross bar.
C. I dont care if it is used or new, as long as used doesnt mean stressed frame etc. if it is used
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2. Tires should be, ideally, 1 1/8" or 1 3/8", not 1.75" - 2.25" tires because they will only slow the kiddo down. Any disagreement here? Is there weight considerations here as well?
3. Three piece cranks are a bonus, but if the cranks are short, say 115 mm - 125 mm they should be fine. Three piece will allow you to change to shorter crank arms if needed, and they usually are because the poor kids are real choopy on cranks that are too long. This sounds neat, what does it mean? And any suggestions are welcome here.
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It wouldn't be a smart move to not make more. A lot of people (me included) want one and are unable to get one without paying $50 on eBay.
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Olympic medallists Hugo Rocha from Portugal, skippering 'New Territories', and Catalan José María van der Ploeg, commanding 'Factor Energía', will battle from Monday at Barcelona's Maresme waterfront for the J80 European championship, organized by Club Náutico El Balís at Sant Andreu de Llavaneres. Rocha is the current world champion of this class and Van der Ploeg won the championship the year before. Another olympic medallist, Sandra Azón, will also be at the starting line of this international event in which 50 boats and almost 300 sailors will participate until the final day on Friday.
2014 J80 European Championship
'New Territories' of Portugal's Olympic medallist Hugo Rocha (CN Arenys de Mar) is the favourite team of this European championship. Despite joining this class recently, Rocha won the world title last year and also conquered the national championship and the Copa del Rey Mapfre. Only two weeks ago, Rocha also won the Catalan title, which was also organized by Club Náutico El Balís.
Main opponent will be 'Factor Energía', skippered by José María van der Ploeg (CN El Balís), who won the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, won the J80 world title in 2012 and finished second the year before. He also has the advantage of sailing at his home water.
Other top oponnents include 'Bribón-Movistar' of Marc de Antonio (RCN Barcelona), who is new at this class, but joins the event after winning the Gaastra PalmaVela and Trofeo Conde de Godó-Merchbanc, and 'Deltastone', skippered by Carlos Martínez (RCR Santiago de La Ribera), who has won the world bronze three different times and won the European championship in 2010.
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Sandra Azón, who finished second in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, is also sailing in Club Náutico El Balís, but she has no possibilities of finishing amongst the top three. She is part of the amazing crew of 'Lapsus' (RCN Barcelona), skippered by Diego Esteban and with his three sons Pablo (16 años), Ignacio (15) and Santi (12) on board.
'We almost do not have racing experience, but we were looking for a sport where we could spend some quality time with my children instead of just playing videogames', said the family father. 'At this J80 European championship we will be racing next to Olympic and world champions. We bought the boat in February and then asked the Azón sisters to coach us. We are very happy. My three sons are excited and all have taken their role very seriously'.
Rocha, Van der Ploeg, De Antonio, Martínez, Azón and the Esteban family, as well as all the other participants, are finalizing the last details for the Europeans, including the registration, the sails measurement and the weighing of the crews and boats.
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