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How to find the best protection for your Android phone? Independent tests.
Recently we told you about malware inside of Google Play and we also alerted you to the resurrection of Simplocker, a dangerous ransomware that has started its second infection wave. Hopefully, you are convinced that you need to seek a top security application for your Android device. It's just not safe out there any longer.
However, how can you be sure that our security application is doing its job correctly and extensively?
Some people doubt marketing talk on vendor websites, but we know you cannot start testing every apk file or entering the dark side site of Internet just to see if our solution works. That's why Avast has chosen to submit our products to third party, independent testing labs.
AV-TEST runs Avast Mobile Security through the paces
AV-TEST is a well-known testing laboratory for mobile security. Recently, they tested 31 mobile security products for Android focusing "on malware detection and usability, including performance and false positives".
They used 2,950 different malware samples and Avast Mobile Security blocked 100% of them. The malware set was a very recent one: malware in the wild in the last 4 weeks.
Avast Mobile Security did not commit any mistake when tested with 1,932 legitimate apps from the Google Play Store and 981 legitimate apps from third party app stores. The better of the two worlds: protection and usability.
In addition, all this protection, according to AV-TEST, did not "impact the battery life", or "slow down the device during normal usage", and "does not generate too much traffic".
The testing Lab gives a thumbs up for all the other security features that you can find in Avast Mobile Security:
- Anti-Theft for remote lock, wipe and locate your lost or stolen device. NOTE: For those of you who do not have automatic update turned on, please do an update ASAP so you can keep Anti-theft working optimally.
- Call Blocker from specific or unknown numbers and a SMS Filter for unwanted content.
- Safe Browsing that protects against malicious websites and/or phishing.
- Backup for personal data on cloud storage.
- Firewall that allows control over your connection usage over 3G/4G/Wi-Fi/Roaming.
- Network Meter that gives you easy to understand information about your data plans.
Don't you want to try it? You can download Avast Mobile Security for free on Google Play.
Are you as smart as your smartphone?
Not too many years ago we had phones that only made calls. Smartphones are the newest generation of phones that bring a lot of possibilities right to our fingers through the apps specifically designed for them. We all got used to the Windows (or Mac) world, but now we are witnessing a revolution from "standard" programs and some specialized tools to a world where every common thing can be done by our smartphones. Sometimes it seems, that the device is smarter than we are!
But can it protect itself from the increasing number of threats?
You'll find a lot of articles on the Internet which state that security companies exaggerate the need for mobile security and antivirus protection. You'll read that Google Play and the new security technologies of Android Lollipop are the only things necessary for security. I could post many examples of such (bad) tips, but I don't want to waste your time or mine.
Do you use only Google Play as your app source?
A common (and wise) security tip is to stick with Google Play for downloading apps. This is good advice despite the fact that we see here in the Avast blog that Google Play fails to detect some apps as malware. Look for our mobile malware senior virus analyst Filip Chytry's articles. He continuously discovers holes in Google Play security.
However, what if you want apps that have been banned from Google Play? No, I'm not talking about (just) adult apps. Google banned anti-ad apps, for instance. So where is a safe place to get them? The answer is simple: outside of Google Play. The Amazon Appstore for Android is quickly increasing the possibilities.
Do you think that clean apps can't become bad ones?
Clean apps can become bad ones, and with the new Google Play permission scheme, you may not even notice. This makes updating your apps (another very common and wise hint) an additional complication.
As the apps we love can turn against us, the best tip of all is that you install a mobile security app that helps you know what it being added to your phone. Avast Mobile Security updates its virus database very often to detect the latest threats and allows you to install securely all the apps you love.
This makes you smarter than your smartphone!
Is logging into your smartphone, websites, or apps with a fingerprint secure?
Just because logging in with your finger is convenient doesn't mean it's the best method to use.
Some days ago we told you about increasing your security on sites and in services by using two-factor authentication. More and more services are using this two-factor log in method. They require that you use "something you know" like a PIN or a password, "something you have" like a token app in your smartphone, and even "something you are" like your fingerprints, for instance.
Many top smartphones – starting with iPhone 5s and newer Androids – are moving to fingerprint authentication technology. That means you can unlock your phone using your finger. It's more convenient than typing a PIN or password because you always have your finger with you (we hope!). And you would think that it is more secure than using a gesture or pattern to unlock it.
Unfortunately, it's not. Here's why:
The authentication process requires that a site or a service (or your smartphone) could recognize you for a thing you know: A PIN or a password. This information must be stored in the service server (or hardware) and it must be matched, i.e., the combination of two pieces (generally username and password) must match to allow access to the right person.
Both you and the service must know this secret combination. But that's the problem; nowadays, a lot of sites and services have been compromised and pairs of username/passwords have been hacked and sold on the black market.
But what about using your fingerprint? It's the same scenario. The information about your finger and the technology to match your fingerprint is stored in servers. If they are hacked, your exact, and only, information would be in their hands.
It gets worse.
You can change your credentials to log into a site or service, but you can't just change your finger! Well, most of us have 9 more chances after the first one is compromised, but still - there are more than just 10 services you want to use. You can change your passwords indefinitely, you can use a stronger password, you can use a password generation service - you've got the idea… But you don't have that many choices with your fingerprint.
It gets even worse.
Everything you touch reveals you. You're publishing your own secret.
Can you imagine banks or stores letting you use your fingerprint to gain access to your account without even a card? Coincidentally, just hours ago a news report was published saying the Royal Bank of Scotland and MasterCard recently made announcements regarding fingerprint authentication services. They announced that customers can log into the banks' mobile banking app using their fingerprint. It's interesting that this article says 16- to 24- years olds are driving this decision because
they want to avoid security slowing down the process of making a payment, with 64% of those surveyed saying they found existing security irritating.
This decision by major banks does not give us confidence in the security of the younger generation and their bank accounts. We venture to wonder about the police with their databases full of prints. What could be done with millions of fingerprints stored by the government?
By the end of last year, young researchers from the Chaos Computer Club showed that your fingerprints could be obtained by photos of your hands and from anything you touched. See the full presentation in this YouTube video. If you have the curiosity to see all the video, you'll see that using your iris could also be simulated with high quality printed photos. At 30:40 starts the iPhone fingerprint hacking. They took 2 days to develop the method and presented it in a few minutes. Amazing and scary.
Here's another video with a quick summary of the research.
How to make yourself and your phone more secure
This blog is a source of great information. Earlier this month, we shared 14 easy things you can do right now to make your devices more secure. Please read 14 easy tips to protect your smartphones and tablets – Part I and Part II.
As always, make sure your Android device is protected with Avast Mobile Security. Install Avast Mobile Security and Antivirus from the Google Play store, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Avast.android.mobilesecurity
14 easy tips to protect your smartphones and tablets – Part II
More easy things you can do to secure your smartphone and tablet.
On our blog last week, we shared the first 7 easy security measures to protect your Android devices and the data stored there. But we haven't finished them. Let's go a little further.
8. Keep an eye in your phone or, if you can, set Geofencing protection
Don't put your phone down and go somewhere else. And if you're having fun in a bar and drinking a beer with friends, have a lucid thought before starting: Turn the Avast Geofencing module on. It's easy. Open Avast Premium Mobile Security > Anti-Theft > Advanced Settings > Geofencing.
9. Be aware of what permissions apps require
Why should a flashlight app need access to your contacts? Why would a calculator need access to your photos and videos? Shady apps will try to upload your address book and your location to advertising servers or could send premium SMS that will cost you money. You need to pay attention before installing or, at least, uninstall problematic apps. It's not easy to find a way (if any) to manage permissions in a non-rooted Android phone.
We have written about this before as apps could abuse the permissions requests not only while installing but also on updating. Read more to learn and be cautious: Google Play Store changes opens door to cybercrooks.
10. Keep your device up-to-date
Google can release security updates using their services running in your devices. Developers can do the same via an app update. Allow updates to prevent vulnerabilities, the same as you do in your computer. But pay attention to any changes. See tip #9.
11. Encryption
You can encrypt your account, settings, apps and their data, media and other files. Android allows this in its Security settings. Without your lockscreen PIN, password or gesture, nobody will be able to decrypt your data. So, don't forget your PIN! Nevertheless, this won't encrypt the data sent or received by your phone. Read the next tip for that.
12. In open/public Wi-Fi, use a VPN to protect your communication
Cybercrooks can have access to all your data in a public, open or free Wi-Fi hotspot at the airport or in a cafe. Avast gives you the ability to protect all inbound and outbound data of your devices with a secure, encrypted and easy-to-use VPN called Avast SecureLine. Learn more about it here.
13. Set the extra features of Lollipop (Android 5)
If you're with Android Lollipop (v5), you can set a user profile to allow multiple users of the same device. You can create a restricted user profile that will keep your apps from being messed with by your kids or your spouse.
You can also pin the screen and allow other users to only see that particular screen and nothing more. It will prevent your friends and coworkers from accidentally (or on purpose) looking into your device.
14. Backup. Backup. Backup.
Well, our last tip is common digital sense. If everything fails, have a Plan B, and C and D… With Avast Mobile Backup you can protect all your data: contacts, call logs, messages, all your media files (photos, musics and videos) and your apps (with their data if you're rooted) in safe servers. If your device gets broken, lost or stolen, everything will be there, encrypted and safe, for you to restore to your new device.
Have you followed all our tips? Are you feeling safe? Do you have an extra protection or privacy tip? Please, leave a comment below.
14 easy tips to protect your smartphones and tablets – Part I
A few precautions can make a huge difference in the safety of your phone and the important things you saved on it.
We talk a lot about protection and privacy here in our blog. It's a bit obvious as our "life" is in our devices nowadays: Photos of our last trip or our loved ones, videos of our children playing and growing up, contacts both professional and personal. All our precious and irreplaceable data is stored in these little machines. Take a minute of your time and follow us in this easy tour to protect them and save a lot of time and headaches.
1. Set your lockscreen
You wouldn't leave your home door unlocked, would you? Same goes for your phone with all your private data. Set a password or PIN to prevent direct and easy access to your phone. Gestures and face recognition are less secure, but are better than nothing.
2. Hide your passwords from nosy people
You will argue that people around you can look over your shoulder and see what PIN or password you're typing or gesture you make. Generally, we're not worried about trustworthy people around us, but what about strangers in a public place like a bus or train? Open your phone settings and hide your passwords by unchecking the option: Settings > Security > Make passwords visible.
3. Protect your apps with a PIN
Not all apps are equal when it comes to security and privacy. Probably the weather app or calculator won't keep your personal info. However, your messages and banking apps will thank you if you help them to keep their data private. You can imagine what might happen if your kids to open a specific app while they're playing in your devices. Use Avast Mobile Security to set a PIN to block access to your apps. As an extra security measure, it will be good that your lockscreen and Avast PINs are different ones.
4. Disable installation of apps from unknown sources
If you do not use other app stores besides Google Play, then uncheck the option "Unknown sources" in your phone's Security Settings page. Even the Google Play Store sometimes allows malware to get by. It's well known that most Android malware are fake apps disguised as legitimate apps, so double check the publisher. Be cautious of downloading from fake sites disguised as official ones – check the URL. Avoid completely pirated and cracked sources.
5. Set Avast Mobile Security to scan any app before installing
If you really need to use legal third party stores, like Amazon or F-Droid, please be careful: Keep Avast Mobile Security always on. You know that Avast scans any installed and running app. But do you know that you can set it to scan any app that is about to be installed? After you've installed Avast, when you're about to install a new app, the phone will ask you if you want Avast or the default installer to handle the installation by default. Use Avast, it will scan and then release the app to the default installation process.
6. Disable USB Debugging
This tip is for advanced users. If you have enabled Developer options into your device (and you will know exactly if you did as you're an advanced user!), please, turn USB debugging off. You will protect your device from outside abuse (via adb connections) if you do so. You don't need it to be on all the time.
7. Install and set Avast Anti-Theft
This is an old tip, but it's so important that it should be on all smartphone safety tips lists. Just note that installing is not enough. You need to properly configure Avast Anti-Theft (don't worry, there is an easy wizard for it) step-by-step. It's good to check if your location services are properly set also, otherwise, it will be difficult to track it. In other words, go to Settings > Location Access and set High accuracy mode.
We'll talk about the other 7 tips in next days, so come back to the Avast blog.
How to access accounts protected by two-factor authentication if you lose your phone
Question of the week: I use two-factor authentication when logging into my accounts to keep them safe, but what happens if I lose my phone? Can I still access my accounts?
Security-minded individuals know the benefits of using two-factor authentication to keep their online accounts safe. For those of you who are not familiar with it, two-factor authentication is a security process which uses a combination of two different components, like something that you know, a master password or PIN, for instance, and something that you possess, like a token which can generate a number code or, more conveniently, your smartphone.
Using these two things in combination can provide unique identification when entering a site because you provide the password as well as a one-time use security code generated by your security token. If someone learns your password, your accounts are still protected because they need the security code too. Two-factor authentication can reduce the incidence of identity theft and phishing, and we suggest the use of it.
There are a number of authenticator apps made for Android smartphones. For example, Google Authenticator lets you use a security code and your own password for sites and services like Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, and WordPress. The app creates a link between your account and your device.
I lost my phone. How do I access my accounts?
If you are so security-minded that you use two-factor authentication to begin with, then you have probably taken precautions before you lose your phone. The majority of authenticator services allow a way to recover your access and remove the authorized device from your account. That is, if you change your mobile device, then you can disable the two-factor authentication from your account before doing so. Most commonly, you would use backup codes, send the codes via SMS to a trusted backup phone, or use a trusted computer. Sometimes, the service providers take several business days to verify your identity and, if possible, grant you access again.
But, if you failed to plan ahead and you lose your phone or if you buy a new smartphone without disabling the account, to use two-factor authentication again, you'll need to install an authenticator app on your new device. The old device and the old backup codes won't work anymore. Some of the sites you have synced to may also have their own procedure, for example, Dropbox.
Recently, an app is making the use of this security measure much more convenient. Authy is an app that manages your two-factor accounts on Android devices, iPhones, and even your PC. Any of these devices could be used to generate tokens and sync with each other. One authorized device could de-authorize a stolen one. A master password could block the access to Authy in these multiple devices and your settings are all kept encrypted locally. Neither Authy's developers nor hackers would be able to access the tokens.
Maybe this complex recovery process is what does not make two-factor authentication omnipresent. But, after all, you just need to take a few precautions to increase your security a lot.
What to do before your smartphone is lost
Of course, it's better not to lose your devices and for this, you should install and configure Avast Anti-Theft, which can help you find a lost device and even recover a stolen one with its tracking features. It can be downloaded and used for free from the Google Play Store.
Selling or giving away your old smartphone or tablet?
Take these steps to ensure you don't give away your data when you sell your old smartphone!
You got a new device for Christmas and have finally finished migrating the data and apps from your old one to the new one. Now you're thinking about what you can do with your old smartphone or tablet, and you come up with two alternatives: Sell it or give it away.
You've heard about some sites on the internet where you can sell your phone, so you do some research and decide on a fair price for your used device. Register yourself at the site and… Wait. Something suddenly occurred to you.
Will the new owner be able to see my personal stuff on my old phone?
You're right to think about that because Tens of thousands of Americans sell themselves online every day. Not only do they sell the devices, they sell themselves as all the personal data could be recovered.
If you don't want a stranger to see your selfies, discover your bank account details and your credit card numbers, and even some problematic Snapchats and SMSs… you need to do something. Do you remember the celebrities photos scandal?
So what to do? Use a hammer? Well, there are other options.
1. Backup your important data
Much of our lives are stored in our smartphones: Photos, music, videos, personal and professional contacts, call logs and SMSs. And you want all this stuff in your new device, don't you? Avast Mobile Backup was specially designed to make this easier for you. It makes a backup in your Avast account (or in your Google Drive storage) and then allows you to recover them in a new device: All your paid apps and games (with their data) will be restored.
If you have a MicroSD card, remove it from your device and insert it into your PC, making a full copy and paste operation for all files. Remember that many Android devices store photos and other media files in the DCIM folder of the internal memory. Back it up, too.
An old threat is back: Ramsonware CryptoWall 3.0. Get Avast for protection.
The nightmare is back! Your security could be seriously compromised if you do not act now. Install and update your Avast for PC before is too late. The original version of CryptoWall was discovered in November 2013, but a new and improved variant of the CryptoWall ransomware starts to infect computers all over the world last days. It's the CryptoWall 3.0. Some sources estimate that it has already infected over 700,000 computers up to version 2.0.
CryptoWall is a malware that encrypts certain files in your computer (and secure delete the original ones) and, once activated, demands a fine around $500 as a ransom to provide the decryption key. You're asked to pay in digital Bitcoins in about 170 hours (almost a full week). After that period, the fee is raised to $1000.
You could be asking why haven't the authorities blocked the financial funding of them? They use unique wallet ID for each victim into their own TOR anonymity servers. For the user to be able to pay the ransom, he needs to use a TOR-like connection called Web-to-TOR. Each TOR gateway redirects the victim to the same web page with the payment instructions. The commands and communication control is now done using Invisible Internet Project (I2P) instead of Tor.
Infection could reach you in various ways. The most common is as a phishing attack, but it also comes in email attachments and PDF files. The malware kit also abuses various vulnerabilities in unpatched – read non up-to-date – Flash, Java, browsers and other applications to drop the CryptoWall ransomware.
How Avast prevents the infection
1. Avast Anti-spam and antiphishing protection prevents some vectors distribution.
2. Virus signature block all known ransomwares versions. Remember that Avast automatic streaming updates releases hundreds of daily updates for virus definitions.
3. Community IQ intelligence and sensors of our more than 220 million users that detects malware behavior all over the world. See how it works in this YouTube video.
4. Keeping your software updated is another security measure that prevents the exploit of their vulnerabilities. Learn how Avast Software Updater can help you with this job.
What more can I do?
Avast also helps in prevention of this disaster through its Avast Backup that allows you to keep all your important files in a secure and encrypted way. We also recommend local backup, as the new malware could also attack other drives and even cloud storage. Did you know that Avast Backup also performs local copies of the files? You can enable it at Settings > Options > Local backup, and configure the backup location (better an external drive) and also versioning of the files. Remember to disconnect the external drive from the computer (and the network) to prevent infection of the backups by CryptoWall and further encryption of the files.
Avast Software's security applications for PC, Mac, and Android are trusted by more than 200-million people and businesses. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
12 ways to boost your router's security
With the increasing number of network security breaches, we need to improve awareness regarding the security of your home network.
We simply need to follow some rules to control and prevent system penetration and also bandwidth theft (and losing money!). Safeguard your valuable information available through your home wireless connection and do not be easy target for hackers!
Here are 12 ways to boost your router's security:
1. Install your router in a safe place where the wireless signal is available only inside your own house. Avoid placing it near to a window.
2. Turn off WPS, the automated network configuration method that makes your wireless password more vulnerable to hacker attacks. Turn on WPA2 encryption and, if you can, protect it with a strong password.
3. Change the default admin username and password to a strong password. Do not use default passwords because they're generated from well-known algorithms that makes hacker attacks even easier. Do not use your name, date of birth, home address or any personal information as the password.
4. Upgrade your router firmware to fix known vulnerabilities of the router.
5. Don't forget to log out after managing the router, avoiding abuse of the authenticated browser sessions.
6. Disable remote management of the router over the internet. In a business environment, if you need this management, it will be safer to use NAT rules allowing SSH or VPN access only.
7. To prevent CSRF attacks, don't use the default IP ranges. Change the defaults 192.168.1.1 to something different like 10.8.9.7.
8. To prevent ROM-0 abuse of your router (i.e., access to the secret data stored in your router: your ADSL login/password combination and WiFi password), forward port 80 on the router to and non-used IP address on your network. Check how-to here.
9. Set your router DNS servers to automatic mode (or DHCP) or for a static value that you manually set exactly according to your ISP.
10. Disable IPv6 on the router or, if you really need IPv6 services, replace the router with a IPv6 certified one.
11. You can save bandwidth and allow only specific computers or devices to access your WiFi even if they have the security key to enter. Find the computer MAC address (the "physical address" listed with the command line ipconfig/all at a cmd window). Into your router settings, you should look for the Mac filtering settings to add this identifier there.
12. Use a secure VPN in open/public Wi-Fi hotspots. You can read more on how Avast SecureLine can protect PC, Mac and Android devices in these situations. If you cannot avoid using public Wi-Fi, then try not to log in or enter your credentials (specially banking or credit card ones), but also your email and phone number. If you really need it, always prefer the secure protocol HTTPS (check the browser address bar).
Avast Software's security applications for PC, Mac, and Android are trusted by more than 200-million people and businesses. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
How to disable IPv6 support in your router settings
After the previous articles you should be convinced that router vulnerabilities are one of the major concerns in network security. As you already know, the new Avast 2015 version includes a security feature called Home Network Security (HNS) which scans your network and router for vulnerabilities and prevent threats.
One serious problem occurs when when IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is enabled (both by the ISP and on the router), but there is no IPv6 firewall being used. Which means that anyone on the Internet can access devices on the network (like printers, network disks, etc.). This is often the case because the routers are small, embedded devices that cannot handle IPv6 firewalling.
The main advantage of IPv6 over IPv4 is its larger address space: it allows 2128 or approximately 3.4×1038 addresses (or sites) which is an enormous number! In addition to offering more addresses, IPv6 also implements features not present in IPv4: it simplifies address assignment, network renumbering and packets processing.
In fact, a proper IPv6 firewall requires quite some processing power and RAM, so it's no wonder that many of the cheap routers don't have that functionality at all (or it's not working properly).
The remediation is relatively simple: Just disable IPv6 on the router. In most cases, this shouldn't have any impact on other services, unless they require IPv6 (in which case, it would be good to replace the router with something better which is IPv6 certified).
Avast Internet Security and Premium products offer full support to IPv6 for your computer on our silent firewall. Take into account that other devices, like network drives connected to the router won't be protected.
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Lemon Law Attorneys in Washington DC
In Washington, D.C., if your new car turned out to be a lemon, hiring a lemon law attorney may be the smart thing to do. A lawyer can negotiate with the manufacturer on your behalf and make sure that you're properly compensated.
NOTE: The content of this website is intended solely for informational purposes. It is not a source of legal advice and should not be used as such.
Keep reading this page to learn more about hiring a lemon law attorney in WA, D.C.
Hire a Lemon Law Attorney in WA, D.C.
When dealing with a lemon vehicle in Washington, D.C., you'll want your lawyer to:
- Be experienced in lemon law cases.
- Be local to WA, D.C. (Each state's lemon law is different.)
- Come recommended.
- Try to find reviews about the attorney before you hire him or her.
- Affordable and up front about fees and payment terms.
- Be trustworthy and make you feel comfortable.
During your first consultation with your lemon law attorney, ask how they can help with your case and what outcomes they've had in previous lemon law cases.
Benefits of Lemon Law Attorneys
Hiring a WA, D.C. lawyer who specializes in lemon law may be well worth the fees you'll pay. Unless you know all the fine details of the Washington, D.C. lemon law, you may find it difficult to be fully reimbursed by the vehicle manufacturer.
A lawyer can also help by:
- Keeping track of the documents you'll need to claim your compensation.
- Representing you in court.
- Negotiating with the car manufacturer and their attorneys.
- Offer support and assistance from start to finish.
A lemon law attorney can take a lot of stress out of dealing with a lemon vehicle.
Do I Need a Washington, D.C. Lawyer?
If you're having difficulty with the car manufacturer—i.e., they won't replace or offer a refund for your lemon—hiring a WA, D.C. lawyer may get you the result you want.
You'll know if you have a lemon if within the first 18,000 miles or 2 years of getting the vehicle:
- It has a defect that:
- Has not been fixed after 4 attempts.
- Has resulted in it being inoperable and in the shop for repairs for at least 30 days.
- Has not been fixed after 4 attempts.
- At least 1 attempt has been made to correct a serious safety defect, with no success.
For more information about vehicles that are covered under the Washington, D.C. lemon law, visit our Lemon Law page.
If you're unable to settle your claim with the manufacturer, you may need to take them to court and hire the help of a lemon law attorney.
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YMMV: In This World and the Next
YMMV tropes in In This World and the Next:
- Anticlimax: The last few chapters build up to a deluded Dumbledore preparing to attack and kill Harry. Then Dumbledore ends up battling a vision of Harry in the Room of Requirement, never gets near the real one, and is captured effortlessly afterwards. It's not a surprise given how they seem to breeze through all obstacles in the new timeline, which makes the way they were so comprehensively defeated in the old timeline look even more out of place.
- Cliché Storm: This fanfic boasts generically!evil!Ron, submissive!damsel!Hermione, "fix the books" time travel, pureblood supremacy as the Ultimate Evil and the Ancient and Noble House of Potter complete with marriage law. All in the first two chapters. As one review put it:
I'm guessing that later in the story, Harry will be framed and sent to Azkaban, allowing his hitherto unknown twin who's the actual Boy Who Lived to take his place, get adopted by Snape and become Head Boy, upon which he hooks up with Hermione (who turns out to be really a pureblood) at the annual Yule Ball and they have lots of rampant sex in the Head Boy and Girl's private quarters, and meanwhile Draco discovers that he's part-Veela and hooks up with an American exchange student who's a newly discovered species of super-witch with an anachronistic taste in clothes and music, and they go off and fight the resurrected Salazar Slytherin together.note
- Crack Pairing: Neville somehow gets paired with Millicent Bulstrode. Also qualifies as Ships That Pass in the Night.
- Critical Research Failure: No, you can't change someone's gender identity with a Groin Attack.
- Designated Hero: Harry, arguably. In the new timeline, he destroys the Weasleys' lives for things they haven't actually done yet (including feeding Percy to Fluffy and rendering Ron sterile and unable to perform magic) and sees nothing wrong with doing so. Hermione, at least, does show a little angst and remorse.
- Die for Our Ship: The reason this was written.
- Disproportionate Retribution: While Ron's sudden seizing of a Villain Ball and raping Hermione is, indeed, despicable, what Harry and Hermione do to Ron and the entire Weasley family in the new timeline is by far more amoral. First, Harry gets Molly arrested at King's Cross for trying to help him find Platform 9 3/4, proceeds to attack her and her family when she walks into the Great Hall (because he assumed she was going to attack him despite being unarmed), and then, to ice the cake, proceeds to force the entire Weasley family into destitution by suing them for damages. This despite the fact that, in this fanfic's canon, Harry is the scion of House Potter (being an "Ancient, Noble House of Potter fic, classism is inevitable) and being worth more than the entire family hundreds of times over in canon. As a result of Harry's actions, Arthur and Bill lose their jobs (because, for some reason, the goblins of Gringotts Bank now care about wizarding politics despite being disinterested and aloof in canon) and the whole family (sans Charlie) is homeless due to Harry seizing the house so he can tear it down and put up a generic McMansion.
- Fridge Logic: So why would Voldemort protect parts of his soul with items that can be destroyed for a nominal fee?
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Ron losing his genitalia is for the best. Or, in other words, they hate that he has a cock.
- The rationale for Kingsley not becoming Minister for Magic was that the Minister had to be a pure-blood. Then Pottermore revealed that the Shacklebolts were indeed an old pure-blood family and Umbridge's mother was a Muggle.
- Good luck re-reading the bit about the "secret ritual" for transferring the Horcrux into a pig and not thinking of piggate.
- Informed Wrongness: Snape is if anything more sensible and reasonable than he is in canon, which doesn't stop the story going on about how terrible he is.
- As far as Ron and Percy in the new timeline are concerned, Harry and Hermione are a pair of stuck-up bullies who've got it in for them and their family for no apparent reason, yet we're supposed to think they're terrible people for resenting this.
- Mary Sue and Gary Stu: Harry and Hermione in the new timeline.
- Purity Sue: Hermione.
- God Mode Stu/Jerkass Stu: Harry.
- Never Live It Down: Hermione, to many readers - for all the later chapters insist that she's as badass as she is in canon and then some, though not showing us quite so much, she's always going to be the person who got overpowered twice by a shit wizard. That she's subject to Chickification throughout doesn't help.
- Ron the Death Eater: Apparently, he's worse than the actual Death Eaters. Despite being a "shit wizard". So are the other Weasleys (except Ginny, strangely enough) and Dumbledore (though he at least is portrayed as merely paranoid, not completely evil).
- Strawman Has a Point: Any time someone (usually Molly or Snape) goes off on one about how terrible Harry and Hermione are in the new timeline.
- Unintentionally Unsympathetic: The reason the original timeline was so bad was apparently because Harry and Hermione went off to Australia and left Britain to rot, and once they're back in time, they mercilessly bully the people who would have hurt them in the original future despite said harm having not having been done yet, and act like smug little twits about it all. The Weasleys (who this fic is about bashing), on the other hand, are Unintentionally Sympathetic.
- Unintentionally Sympathetic: The Weasleys of the new timeline have so many bad things happen in revenge for things that they would have done in the (original) future that you can't help feeling sorry for them. It doesn't help that Mrs. Weasley is among the fic's strawmen with valid points.
- What an Idiot: Several examples, but probably the worst is Harry putting hundreds of people's lives at risk by boarding a passenger jet in the full knowledge that he's at risk of uncontrolled magic. Don't wizards have their own methods of long-distance travel, anyway?


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Toad Daze Pageant
Saturday, April 26 | 10:00 am
A partner event, the Toad Daze Pageant will be held at Central Baptist College on April 26. The pageant is open to both boys ages 0 months to 8 years and girls ages 0 months to 17 years. There is also a photogenic contest. Deadline to enter is April 23. Click here for the 2015 Toad Daze Pageant registration form.
Toad Round-Up
Sponsored by: Aaron's
Tuesday, April 28 | 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Join Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership and the Toad Suck Daze committee at Pompe Park on Prince (next to Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market), as we round-up toads for the festival. Children will receive 1 toad buck per toad they round-up and hand over.
Kids Crawl, Drag and Squirt
Friday, May 1 | 5:00 pm
Saturday, May 2 | 11:00 am
Organized by the Conway Fire Department, elementary-aged kids have the opportunity to participate in an obstacle course that promotes fire safety. Friday preliminaries are held at the Central Fire Station located at the corner of Locust and Oak Streets. The finals, held on Saturday, will be located on Front Street. All participants must fill out a release form.
Toad Suck Run 10K/5K and Tadpole Trot
Saturday, May 2 | 8:00 am
The Toad Suck 10K was started by the Conway Kiwanis Club in 1982 and is a sanctioned event of Toad Suck Daze. In 1984, First National Bank (now Regions) began a race in memory of a fellow employee, Randy Baker, who died of cancer. The Randy Baker 8K was conducted for two years, with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society. In 1986, the Conway Kiwanis Club approached Regions Bank, and the two races were combined. Regions Bank has served as primary sponsor of the race ever since, and each year the Toad Suck Daze Run is held in memory of Randy Baker, with proceeds benefiting non-profit agencies in the Faulkner County community. Today, the Run includes both a 10K and a 5K Run/Walk, a Wheelchair event, a Tadpole Trot for children aged 4-12, and the 10K is a Grand Prix Series Event.
To register for the Toad Run 10K/5K or Tadpole Trot visit www.toadsuckrun.com
AETN Meet the Characters
Saturday, May 2 | 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Sunday, May 3 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Toad Suck Daze is partnering with AETN to bring Buddy the Dinosaur, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Curious George to the festival. Characters will be at the McDonald's/Crain Kia Main Stage.
Mardi Daze Parade
Saturday, May 2 | 10:00 am
The Mardi Daze Parade is a walking parade through the festival grounds. It is open to all groups that would like to participate. Mardi Daze Pararde Registration
Tour de Toad and Iron Toad
Saturday, May 2 | 12:00 pm
The 8th Annual Tour de Toad takes off on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. from the Conway High School Field House. (Check-in and registration starts at 11:00 am.) Cyclists can pick between a 25 mile and 46 mile route. Riders will receive a custom Camelbak water bottle and the first fifty registrants will be entered for a chance to win a free Tour de Toad Jersey. Also, this is our second year for the IRON Toad event, where we partner with the Kiwanis Toad Run in the morning. Registration for the run is separate. Those participants that complete any section of the Toad Run and Tour de Toad ride will receive a custom IRON Toad Medal!
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Updated information for Tour de Toad and Iron Toad is available on our Facebook page.
Conway Corp Science Zone
Saturday, May 2 | All Day
Discover the science behind Conway's electric and water systems! Featuring hands-on science experiments all day long with special science presentations from the Conway Corp science team at 11:00 am, 2:00 pm, and 5:00 pm. (11:00 – Electric presentation, 2:00 – Water presentation, 5:00 – Energy Smart presentation)
Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Toadal Kids Zone
All Weekend
With two children's entertainment stages, a sandbox, pony rides, a free play area, and children's midway kids will love the Arkansas BlueCross Blue Shield Toadal Kids Zone. Several large shade trees give parents a nice place to rest while their kids stay entertained. For more information on the Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Toadal Kids Zone check their schedule.
Arkansas Game and Fish Aquarium
All Weekend
Visit the Arkansas Game and Fish Aquarium at the Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Toadal Kids Zone. The aquarium features fish and turtles that are native to the state of Arkansas.
Arkansas Traveler's Sandbox
All Weekend
While at the Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield Toadal Kids Zone, let the kids spend time in the Arkansas Traveler's Sandbox. Fun for hours and there is a Toady Prize Dig on Saturday.
BHP Billiton Feastiville
When you get hungry, visit the BHP Billiton Feastiville. Toad Suck Daze has 40 different concession vendors serving a variety of food, from hamburgers and corndogs to kettle corn and funnel cakes. For a complete list of concession vendors visit the Concessions page.
Caldwell Toyota / First Security Toad Dome
All Weekend
Hop on over and join the Toad Master for the World Famous Toad Races. For more information on the Caldwell Toyota / First Security Toad Dome check their schedule.
Midway and Children's Midway
All Weekend
Enjoy rides, games, and carnival food in the Midway. This year the Midway will be separated into two areas. The Kid's Midway will be located at the Arkansas BlueCross Blue Shield Most rides take between 3 and 5 toad bucks.
McDonald's/Crain Kia Main Stage
All Weekend
Enjoy live music from local, regional, and national artists throughout the festival. All concerts and activities are free and seating is general admission. Festival attendees are encouraged to bring their own seating. Check the entertainment schedule for more information.
Smith Ford Oak Street Galleria and Toad Market
All Weekend
Toad Suck Daze is bringing a new open-air shopping event to central Arkansas during this year's festival. The Oak Street Galleria, sponsored by Smith Ford, features high-quality merchandise from upscale boutiques and skilled artisans from around the region.
In addition to the new Oak Street Galleria, don't miss the Toad Market. Toad Market includes over 150 information and retail booths.
For a list of vendors visit the Toad Market page.
Toad Store
Barefoot Campus Outfitters is the official apparel sponsor of the Toad Store
Open March 30 – May 4
Visit the Toad Store for all your festival merchandise. The Toad Store is located in Conway's Old Ice House and has over 150 different items, including 3 new official Toad Suck Daze t-shirts from apparel sponsor Barefoot Campus Outfitters. To order shirts online click here.
Times for competition included in schedule of events
The Toad Suck Challenge is an athletic competition where teams and individuals complete for prizes and trophies on an inflatable military style obstacle course. The course will located in the chamber parking lot at 900 Oak Street in downtown Conway. The challenge is brought to you by Arvest Bank, Crafton Tull, and Crain Automotive Team. For more information visit www.toadsuckchallenge.com


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Cape to Cairo Road
The Cape to Cairo Road or Pan-African Highway, sometimes called the Great North Road in sub-Saharan Africa, was a proposed road that would stretch the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo, through the Cape to Cairo Red Line of British colonies. The proposal was similar to the Cape to Cairo Railway, another proposed infrastructure project through the same colonies. Neither were completed before British colonial rule ended in the colonies.
In the 1980s the plan was revived with modifications as the Cairo–Cape Town Highway, known as Trans-African Highway 4, in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union, as part of the Trans-African Highway network.
From about 1890,[citation needed] some[who?] in the British Empire envisioned a road that would stretch across the continent from south to north, running through the British colonies of the time, such as the Union of South Africa, Southern and Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Kenya, Sudan and Egypt. The road would create cohesion between the British colonies of Africa, it was thought, and give Britain the most important and dominant political and economic influence over the continent, securing its position as a global colonial power. The road would also link some of the most important cities on the continent, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Harare (then Salisbury), Lusaka, Nairobi, Khartoum and Cairo. One of the main proponents of the route was Cecil John Rhodes,[citation needed] though his preference was for a railway. German East Africa (Tanganyika, now Tanzania) was a gap in the British territories, but Rhodes in particular felt that Germany ought to be a natural ally. Shortly before his death he had persuaded the German Kaiser to allow access through his colony for the Cape to Cairo telegraph line (which was built as far north as Ujiji but never completed).[1] In 1918 Tanganyika became British and the gap in territories was filled.
One of the biggest problems was the decline of the Empire and fragmentation of the British colonies. Even though Egypt became independent in 1922, British influence there was strong enough for Cairo to be viewed as part of the British sphere of interest,[citation needed] and the idea of a road continued. After Egypt, Sudan was the next to become independent in 1956,[citation needed] putting an end to the colonial motivation of the dream.
France had a rival strategy in the late 1890s to link its colonies from west to east across the continent, Senegal to Djibouti. Southern Sudan and Ethiopia were in the way, but France sent expeditions in 1897 to establish a protectorate in southern Sudan and to find a route across Ethiopia. The scheme foundered when a British flotilla on the Nile confronted the French expedition at the point of intersection between the French and British routes, leading to the Fashoda Incident and eventual diplomatic defeat for France.
The first known attempt to drive a vehicle from Cape Town to Cairo was by a Captain Kelsey in 1913-14 but this came to an untimely end when he was killed by a leopard in Rhodesia. The first successful journey was Court Treatt expedition of 1924 led by Major Chaplin Court Treatt which drove two Crossley light trucks leaving Cape Town on 23 September 1924 and arriving in Cairo on 24 January 1926.[2][3]
The original route today[edit]
Even today, the road remains a somewhat elusive idea, and there is no continuous all weather route, especially between Kenya and Egypt .
Starting from the south, the first section of the road that runs through South Africa is called the N1, linking Cape Town in the far south of the continent with Beit Bridge, located on the Limpopo River between South Africa and Zimbabwe. There are numerous alternative routes, especially in South Africa, and two possible routes through Zimbabwe, via Bulawayo or Harare. The link through Harare to Lusaka in Zambia is seen as the Cape to Cairo road, and the main north-south axis of Lusaka is named Cairo Road for this reason. From Lusaka, Zambia's Great North Road continues the route into Tanzania. The surface may be badly potholed in some sections through Zambia and points north. In Tanzania there are a number of roads could be deemed to be part of the route, the clear definitions and markings that are characteristic of the Pan-American Highway do not apply here. Most would consider it to be the road from Tunduma on the Tanzania-Zambia border, through Morogoro to the Arusha turnoff, and north to Arusha, then to Nairobi in Kenya. There was marker in the 1930s in Arusha, Tanzania, to indicate the midpoint of the road.[4]
Up to Nairobi and a little beyond, the road is tarred all the way from Cape Town, but between Kenya and Aswan in Egypt a four-wheel drive vehicle or a truck is necessary as most of the road is a rough track which may be impassable after rain. Kenya has a tarred highway to its border with Sudan but the roads in southern Sudan are very poor and made frequently impassable, so that even without the conflicts that have afflicted Sudan, the route through Ethiopia is generally preferred by overland travellers. The route from Isiolo in Kenya to Moyale on the Ethiopian border through the northern Kenyan desert is rough and has sometimes been dangerous due to bandits. Through Ethiopia the route is mainly tarred but some sections may have deteriorated severely. A track from Lake Tana to Gedaref takes the route into Sudan.[5][6]
The most difficult section in the whole Cape to Cairo journey is the track across the Nubian Desert in northern Sudan between Atbara and Wadi Halfa, but there is also a railway traversing this route which can take vehicles in piggyback fashion. At Wadi Halfa on Lake Nasser there is land port between Sudan and Egypt. Tarred highways continue the route to Cairo.[5][7] An Egyptian and a Sudanese company committed in January 2010 to build a 400 km stretch of highway between Aswan and Dongola in Sudan.[8]
The stretch of highway between Dongola and Wadi Halfa is now complete (as of June 2010) and land port opened between Sudan and Egypt in 2015.[9]
A number of adventure travel companies offer Cape to Cairo overland expeditions using four-wheel drive trucks with bus bodies.[7]
Cairo–Cape Town Highway[edit]
The Cairo–Cape Town Highway follows much of the Cape-to-Cairo Road's route but it passes through Ethiopia and not through Johannesburg and Harare (formerly Salisbury). This new route has a length of 10,228 km.[10]
The modern revival of the plan occurred in the 1980s. South Africa was not originally included in the route which was first planned in the Apartheid era, but it is now recognized that it would continue into that country. The consultants' report suggested Pretoria as end, which seems somewhat arbitrary and as a major port, Cape Town is regarded as the southern end of regional highways in Southern African Development Community countries. The highway may be referred to in documents as the Cairo–Gaborone Highway or Cairo – Pretoria Highway.
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The stretch of highway between Dongola and Wadi Halfa in Northern Sudan and the Egypt-Sudan border are now accessible by road through the Qastal-Ashkeet border post.
As South Sudan has a paved link to its border with Kenya, ultimately a route through southern Sudan via Khartoum and South Sudan may provide a shorter alternative to the Ethiopian route.[citation needed]
The Ethiopian section is all tarmac road, although much of the Ethiopian section passes through mountainous terrain and parts of the road may be hazardous as a result.
The southern half of the Cairo–Cape Town Highway is complete but it still requires construction in northern Kenya. The missing link in northern Kenya requires paving, and at times this section has been hazardous due to the activities of armed bandits. The road from the border at Moyale to Isiolo has been dubbed 'the road to hell' by overland travellers.[citation needed]
The gravel section through Babati and Dodoma in central Tanzania is partially tarred, and passable throughout most of the year, and the alternative paved eastern route to Iringa via Moshi, Korogwe, Chalinze and Morogoro may also be considered to have a better claim to be part of the highway.[citation needed]
Between Chalinze and Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia via Iringa, the highway uses an important regional route, the Tanzam Highway, also called the Great North Road in Zambia. This highway has the distinction of being the only link between any of Africa's five major regions which is paved, linking East Africa to Southern Africa. It is the most used of any such inter-regional road on the continent.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
- Cape to Cairo (disambiguation)
- The Rhodes Colossus
- Scramble for Africa
- Fashoda Incident
- North–South Corridor Project
- ^ Denny, S. R. (1962). "The Cape to Cairo Telegraph". The Northern Rhodesia Journal 5 (1): 39–42. Retrieved 15 April 2007 – via NRZAM.
- ^ Court Treatt, Stella (1927). Cape to Cairo. London: Harrap.
- ^ "The Court Treatt Expedition". Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ Matson Photo Service. "Tanganyika. Arusha. Half-way point from Cape to Cairo, 1936" (Photograph) – via Library of Congress.
- ^ a b Michelin Maps. 745 Africa North East & Arabia (Map). 1:4,000,000.[full citation needed]
- ^ Michelin Maps. 746 Africa Central & South, Madagascar (Map). 1:4,000,000.[full citation needed]
- ^ a b "Sudan Transport". Lonely Planet World Guide. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
- ^ "Egypt, Sudan Firms Sign Accord on Cape-to-Cairo Road". M&G.
- ^ "Mehlib inaugurates Qastul land port between Egypt, Sudan". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Cairo-Cape Town Highway: From Vision to Reality in 2015". Egyptian Streets. ES Media. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- African Development Bank; United Nations Economic Commission For Africa (14 August 2003). "Volume 2: Description of Corridors" (PDF). Review of the Implementation Status of the Trans African Highways and the Missing Links. Retrieved 14 July 2007.[dead link]
- Michelin Maps (2000). "Africa Central and South" (Map). Michelin Motoring and Tourist Map. Paris: Michelin Travel Publications.[full citation needed]


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Ground Beef Pizza Fondue Recipe
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Great for a party or game-day gathering, this hearty appetizer can be made with Italian sausage instead of ground beef if you prefer. Add a little more pizza sauce if the mixture seems too thick. —Margaret Schissler, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1-1/2 teaspoons fennel seed
- 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cans (15 ounces each) pizza sauce
- 2-1/2 cups (10 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped ripe olives
- Breadsticks, bagel chips, baked pita chips and/or tortilla chips
- In a large skillet, cook the beef, mushrooms and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain. Stir in the cornstarch, fennel, oregano and garlic powder until blended. Stir in pizza sauce.
- Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Gradually stir in cheeses until melted. Stir in olives. Keep warm.
- Serve with breadsticks, bagel chips, pita chips and/or tortilla chips. Yield: 5-1/2 cups.
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He was yelling at the coaching staff after he did not get the ball.
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He was yelling at the coaching staff after he did not get the ball.
Just the facts.
good, as much as i hate T.O., and his attitude this coaching staff needs to wake up and give Jackson the ball
I hope he was yelling. He should have got that ball on 4th and 2, to not give it to him is a slap in his face.
Might be lack of trust there, the O line is so bad, not sure SJ was a sure thing.
I'm glad someone is showing some emotion and WANTS the ball. Sigh, another horrible loss. The Season is not over yet.
I love how people are dying to label Jackson the next T.O. I for one am glad someone is showing some fire everyone else seems to be going through the motions. Jackson should have touched it more, we always do what the defense expects we throw when down and distance says throw and we run rarely on occasions where mixing in a run might mix up the d. Good for Jackson, whats next fans asking for him to be traded?
I agree, and I'm with Jax... GIVE HIM THE DAMN ROCK!
That just means he wants the game in his hands. If he starts to pull the T.O. stuff in interviews, then we have a case.
But until then, no.
Yeah, we truly are a different type of offense...In other words, we need to stick with the run, and we haven't been. Regardless of the o-line, we need to run it up the gut.
Okay, I'm with you Rammiser, I agree. I too like SJ's passion and will to win. Someone tell me, which 4th and 2 play was this -- I think we had two such opportunities?
I'm still so deflated after this defeat. At home. Division opportunity. Vs. Winnies. So close.
Let's go Stevie!!! :bash:
So quit looking for excuses to hate Jackson and make him look bad....it's quite pathetic.
from what I am reading here, nobody is hating on SJ, in fact everyone likes his fire including myself,someone needs to take the leadership role on this team,so why not Jackson because it is pretty clear our coaching staff needs to grow a set.


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When I began working on this track, I started out using Reason 3.0 to and the Drum Machine as well as the REX machine to create the beat. I then exported the beat into Pro Tools LE...
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How to Label Socks
Socks are one of the important items to label, not only for school uniforms but also for rest homes. This helps avoid lost property and is also good for hygienic reasons as it is better sweaty dirty socks aren't accidently shared! Children especially are taking their socks and shoes off for different activities and it is easy for items to get mixed up and misplaced.
Some people might not think labeling socks is worth it and prefer to buy replacement socks! Crazy – read how easy it is with our Name It iron on labels and you'll save effort, time and money! Remember, socks are often BLACK and so using a marker or laundry pen won't work. Our labels have the white background with black font, so each name can easily be identified on the sock.
Labeling socks with Name It – Iron on Labels
All types of socks can be labelled eg woollen socks, cotton sports socks, polyester dress socks, school socks etc. If you think the material will not take a direct iron, then use a thin hanky/cloth over the label and the sock.
Where should I put my sock label?
Iron it into place on the sole of the sock! When the sock is paired up, it is easy to see the name. Go over it a couple of times with your iron and check that it has adhered, or simply increase your heat and iron over the top again.
Can I have a smaller label for socks?
Yes - we can print you some smaller labels at 35mm only. You don't need a long label on socks, but you might want a longer label for the back of a school uniform shirt. Our standard length is 50mm. This seems to suit most clothes as the label is clear and easy to ready. But if you'd like us to include some shorter ones in your order, then let us know in the comment section. (We are usually generous and include a bonus number for you, when you ask for some SOCK SIZE labels to be included. ) So if you order a set of 100 - and ask us to include 20 sock size labels- no problem! We will probably send you 80 standard size and around 25 or 30 sock size at 35mm - ie a few bonus. . Just remember to ask us!
Here are some tips and tricks when it comes to labeling socks with our labels:
- If labeling short socks, like a sports sock or ankle sock - then place the Name It iron on clothing label lengthwise on the bottom of the sock so it runs from toe to heel under the arch.This is the part of the foot with the least amount of rubbing and we find our labels will adhere and last the longest if applied here.
- If labeling longer socks, like a knee high school socks that folds down at the top, then an alternative to putting the label on the bottom is to put it up the top on the outside of the sock so when the sock is folded down the label sits underneath the fold. Again this position means the label doesn't get rubbed when walking.
Both places are also good for when doing the laundry as the Name It iron on label is placed on the outside of the sock so it is clear and visible to see when sorting through the washing.


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I know this may sound weird but I'm not sure why I feel this way but here goes. I have a 10 month old that was born at 30 weeks, she's healthy now but such a handful. I'm a "Stay at Home mom"
(not by choice- laid off), and I'm starting to want another baby. I already feel like I'm stretched to my limit but I have this growing desire to carry a baby full term. I just want to be pregnant again.
I'm not a regular poster, I'm just too busy. So I apologize if someone already made a similar post. But I just had to get this off my chest.


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Truth is that Quantum Entanglement isn't going to revolutionize communication or data crunching power or much of anything. It's a neat little demonstration that still has modern physics with no idea concerning what exactly is being demonstrated. Then again, modern physics is still looking for evidence of the sticky, gooey Higgs Field to explain why particles exist, so don't expect any breakthroughs for quite a while. Just because you're a hammer doesn't mean that the world is actually made of nails. It just means that you can't imagine the world to be any other way.
"No the reason why entanglement works is because the connection is made on a simpler dimensional plane and therefore it does not have to follow therules we understand as the transfer information over space
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Comptroller: Deficit now at $415 million
HARTFORD -- The state comptroller's office says this year's $20.5 billion state budget is running a $415 million deficit.
The deficit estimate that Comptroller Kevin Lembo released Monday is $50 million higher than the Malloy administration's latest projection.
Lembo said he is forecasting higher spending than the governor's budget office assumed in its estimate.
The governor's office disputed the comptroller's Dec. 1 estimate.
As expected, Lembo officially informed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that the projected shortfall had crossed a threshold that requires he propose a plan for bringing the budget back into balance.
The governor's Office of Policy and Managment had already started work on the plan after it submitted its monthly budget estimate to Lembo on Nov. 20. It projected a $365 million shortfall at that time.
State law requires the governor to submit a deficit-cutting plan to the legislature if the comptroller projects a shortfall that is equal to 1 percent of the general fund, the largest of the 10 funds that make up the budget.
The adminstration's $365 million estimate exceeded that threshold.
Malloy announced last week that he had ordered $170 million in spending cuts to help close the budget gap using his limited authority to reduce expenditures.
However, the reductions net out to approximately $123 million because the administration included savings that had already been anticipated.
Lembo said this means Malloy has a shortfall of $242 million to close.
The administration disagrees with Lembo's estimate of a $415 million shortfall, said Roy Occhiogrosso, a top Malloy advisers.
He said Malloy will submit a deficit plan in the next couple of weeks that will be based on the best available budget data at that time.


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Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):48 (2011)Objectives The most commonly used schedules are 5-FU in combination with CDDP with or without epirubicin (ECF) or docetaxel (TCF) in treatment of MGA patients (pts), independently of HER status. We evaluated the efficacy of FOLFIRI regimen in a large retrospective series of MGA pts.
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):34 (2011) PMID 21185139Background/aims Identification of factors predicting response to therapy is critical in the management of hepatitis C. This study assessed significance of lymphocytosis as a predictor of sustained virological response (SVR).
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):17 (2011) PMID 21185664Many randomised studies have now well established the role of radiotherapy (RT) in rectal cancer: it decreases the rate of local relapse and improves survival for stage II and III. The benefit of RT remains even in case of total mesorectum excision. Preoperative strategy has a better tolera...
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):70 (2011) PMID 20822871Celiac crisis is an acute, fulminant form of celiac disease manifesting with severe diarrhea, metabolic and electrolyte abnormalities, and weight loss. It is mostly seen in children, and there are very few reports in adults. We present a 67-year-old patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia...
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):74 (2011) PMID 21074342Lymphomatous polyposis of the gastrointestinal tract is rare. It refers to a heterogeneous group of small B-cell lymphomas including mantle cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma and MALT lymphoma. It is characterized by the presence of multiple lymphomatous polyps along one or more segments of...
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Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):60 (2011) PMID 21215540The peritoneum is one of the locations outside the most common pulmonary tuberculosis. Peritoneal tuberculosis poses a public health problem in endemic regions of the world. The phenomenon of migration, the increased use of immunosuppressive therapy and the epidemic of AIDS have contributed...
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):29 (2011) PMID 20810227Background and aims Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) has an established effect on liver biochemistries in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Few studies have evaluated long-term laboratory treatment effects and data beyond 6 years are not available. The aim of this study was to assess the lon...
Gastroentérologie Clinique et Biologique 35(1):41 (2011) PMID 21055891Introduction As little data is available about secondary bleeding after proctological surgery, we conducted a specific survey.


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