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Chertsey, Surrey – December 5, 2007 – Do you have what it takes to be a ninja? Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced it has teamed with Nunchuck Games Inc. to co-publish the unique action party game, Ninja Reflex for the Wii and Nintendo DS in March 2008. The game is being developed by Sanzaru Games and will be co-published in North America and Europe by EA Partners (EAP) and Nunchuck Games.
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"Ninja Reflex channels the accessible multiplayer fun of Wii Sports and the self-improvement aspect of Brain Age into a martial arts universe that is ideally suited for the Wii and Nintendo DS," said David Luntz, President and CEO of Nunchuck Games. "Nunchuck Games is thrilled to team up with EA Partners to bring Ninja Reflex to gamers everywhere."
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Beyonce lip-synced her performance of the national anthem at US President Barack Obama's second inauguration, reports say.
The pop superstar was lauded for delivering a pitch perfect performance at the inauguration, despite struggling with sound issues.
However, the London Times today revealed she was not singing live.
Kristen DuBois, a spokeswoman for the Marine Corp Band which backed the anthem, told the paper Beyonce decided just before her performance to rely on a pre-recorded backing track.
"We did pre-record it and it was Beyoncé's decision at the last minute to go with the pre-recorded version," she said.
It was standard procedure to record backing tracks for inauguration performances, where cold weather is often a factor, she said.
"We pre-recorded all music as a matter of course and have done since time immemorial," she said. "This is our 54th inauguration... There is no question of there not being any music - it's not because the performer cannot do it."
A representative for Beyonce did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Kelly Clarkson's representative said she sang live to perform My Country, 'Tis of Thee.
The use of a recording is typical in big events. In 2009, cellist Yo-Yo Ma was questioned about "hand-synching" for Obama's first inauguration. Ma said instruments weren't functioning properly in 19-degree weather.
It wasn't the only controversial performance of the day.
Rapper Lupe Fiasco was removed from the stage at an inauguration party concert after singing a song that included anti-Obama lyrics.
Organisers insisted he was only asked to leave the stage because his performance "wasn't up to scratch".
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Ok, how do you know which knife to use for what?! Also, if you can get away with using this knife when normally you would use that knife to do the job. If this made any sense lol]
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It's true -- how do you know which one to use when! I think it's all down to trial and error, comfort, and how well the knife does a particular job.
In my kitchen, I use the big chef's knife for almost everything: squashing and chopping garlic, onions, carrots, cutting steak, etc.
The bread knife if great for (of course) bread and bagels. When I bought mine (which has no slice guide as some bread knives to) the shoplady recommended to use to for cutting tomatoes, and she was right! I works really well on tomatoes, cutting into the skin more easily with its serrated edge.
The paring knife, the small one, I like to use for cheese. While it's temping to chop small foods like garlic with it, it's not as good as the big knife.
Hope this helps!
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Your right, its a comfort thing.
I use a big knife for dicing, a smaller for slicing, definately a serated for tomato too. I have a special lazer edge serated knife just for tomatoes.
I sometimes use my bread knife for carving the leg of lamb too
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I am in the same boat as ChristinaL.
I have alway been a fan of a 7" to 8" Chefs knife, with a nice tall wedge. This allows a better stroke when cutting, and more leverage for harder things like root vegetables.
I do have a seperate chef's knife, with the waved blade for cutting meat, as it does not stick to the blade.
I only use a paring knife, if peeling a vegetable or doing decorative stuff, and you must have a nice sharp thin filet knife, if you are going to trim meat, especially removing the silver skin from leaner cuts of meat. There is no substitute for that.
The last knife you should ensure you have is a nice long 10" ham knife, non serrated for slicing roasts, hams and poultry.
I 10" serrated is great for delivate breads as well as tough crusted breads and sandwiches.
But again..I 90% of the time use a great 7-8" Chef's knife. Make sure you get a good steel to keep the edge on.
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I've got the tongue licked!
Some of you may remember that in the past I have struggled to cook tongue. Whenever my husband has come home from a hunt with one I've viewed it with some trepidation.
Anyway, this year my husband returned from the elk hunt with not 1 but 2 of the dreaded things! Anyway, bearing in mind past advice about long slow cooking etc I gave it a go. I placed them in a pan, with carrot, celery, onion, bay leaves, sage, salt and pepper, and put them onto a slow simmer. I left them there simmering quietly for about 5 hours, just turning them over occasionally. After cooling I appoached my least favourit bit, peeling, then sliced them thinly. I thought I should at least try it before alowing my daughter to devour them, and amazingly they were delicous.
I'm so glad I persevered!
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Congratulations BritFinn! I even wish I could try a little bit!
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I freeze them as I get them till I can get my hands on 4 or 5, press in my liitle press gizmo A lot of faffing but worth it.
My mother would cure with saltpeter.
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Offers.com—Merchant Preferences. When using the Offers.com service, we may collect information that is about you but does not identify you, such as your merchant, brand and coupon preferences, and your interactions with Offers.com and its merchants. This and certain other information about you as described above (including personal information) may be collected when you: (1) search for merchants, brands or coupons, (2) view, display, click, print or download a coupon; (3) submit or redeem a coupon to a merchant; or (4) interact with advertisements appearing on the Offers.com website.
Social Media Widgets. Our websites include social media features, such as the Facebook "Like" button and widgets, which include the "Share This" button or interactive mini-programs that run on our sites. These features may collect your IP Address, track which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the features to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our sites. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
Online Ad Serving. Ziff Davis and some of our advertisers use third party advertising service companies to serve advertisements when you visit our sites or use our apps. Often, these third party advertising companies employ cookie, pixel tag and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of Web, app and email advertisement and to create a record of interaction with our content that they use in conjunction with their advertising which appears on other sites or apps, or for reporting website traffic, app use, statistics, advertisement data and/or other activities on our sites. We will also engage third party providers to assist with the segmentation of this data. Ziff Davis and/or these third party advertisers may collect non-Personal Information about you for online behavioral advertising (OBA) purposes- which includes mobile devices and apps- in order for you to receive relevant interest-based advertising from us in the future but see below - Interest Based Ads- for more information on OBA. The specific providers we use are subject to change.
For a list of the applicable providers, click here. For information about how to opt out of tracking methods for these entities and others, click here.
What We Provide to Third Parties:
Statistical Reports and Contact Lists. The aggregate statistics that describe our online audience—which are often based on the information you provide when you subscribe, register, or browse our sites—help us sell advertising by, among other things, describing the demographics of our visitors, and otherwise publicize Ziff Davis and our brands. In addition, we make some information collected by our B2B, emedia and Salesify divisions, such as the name of our users, their mailing address, phone number, email address—and in certain circumstances their employer's name, company size and other industry data—available on a rental or other basis (e.g. sale) to third party providers of goods and services when such information is provided in connection with webcasts and white papers or other sponsored downloads. Please note that we only take such actions in connection with emails collected by PCMag, Toolbox.com, ITtoolbox, Inside CRM, IT Management, IT Security, and Voip-News. Please see the sections Webcasts and White Papers/Other Sponsored Downloads below to learn more. To learn how you can make choices about how this information is used or shared, please visit the How You Can Change or Control What is Collected section below.
Email Deployment, Data Analysis E-Commerce and Other Services. We provide customer lists, email addresses and other information to third party companies and contractors who provide us with specialized services, such as email message deployment, merge-purge (identifying and removing duplicate addresses), subscription fulfillment, customer support and service, research, statistical analysis, data and website hosting, and other data and transaction processing. These companies work on our behalf, and we do not provide our lists or other data to them for their own permanent use. Those service providers will be permitted to obtain only the information they need to deliver the service. They should also maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
Please note that we engage third party service providers for the purpose of processing the sale of subscriptions, to fulfill your orders for product purchases, to honor your request to be removed from promotional mailings, or other services. These service providers have access to or are provided with certain Personal Information (including credit card information) in order to provide us with the applicable service.
Webcasts. At times we produce and host sponsored webcasts for a variety of companies ("Sponsors"). Data collected during the registration process and the actual event may be shared with those Sponsors and others. The data is governed by our Privacy Policy and the third party's privacy policy, and it may be used by us and the Sponsor for follow-up purposes.
White Papers/Other Sponsored Downloads. Ziff Davis hosts product listings and offers informational downloads for a variety of third party vendors. When registration is required in order to receive or view the download, some or all data collected during product registration and/or Ziff Davis website registration may be shared with the vendor (and other third parties) in order to send information related to the topic of the white paper or product download.
Contests, Competitions, Sweepstakes and Prize Draws. Data collected during the registration for contests, competitions, sweepstakes and prize draws is used by us and may be shared with sponsors and other third party companies involved in administration and prize fulfillment. Please read the official rules carefully before you submit your personal information.
Co-Branded Sites and Services. When you use a co-branded service (a service operated with a partner of Ziff Davis), or register or otherwise provide information on a co-branded site, you grant us permission to pass the information collected back to that partner. Use of your information by such partners is subject to their privacy policies as well as ours.
Speedtest Results. We license the results from all tests run through our Ookla brand—including speedtest.net and pingtest.net—to third parties.
Online Data. All Online Data is collected anonymously as described here. However, data collected on Speedtest.net is not anonymous as follows: Ookla collects users' IP Addresses as described in the above section. Ookla licenses the online data collected on Speedtest.net to various companies around the world, including IP addresses and results from the speed tests taken. In most cases, the IP addresses are masked or partially hidden, but in some cases we provide the full IP address to the company licensing the information. For some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and mobile carriers, Ookla will provide full IP addresses for that company's customers upon request for use in customer insights and assistance. Ookla may also provide full IP addresses to equipment manufacturers and core network, or wholesale, providers on a case-by-case basis for network research purposes. In the cases in which we provide the full IP address, it is because the company, typically an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or mobile carrier, owns those IP addresses and provides them to their customers when their customers enter into a service contract. Because the company owns the IP address, we provide that full information to those companies when they specifically request that information.See below Interest-based Ads for data that we may sell, license or transfer to third parties.
Ecommerce. When shopping on some of our sites or pages, users may need to provide personally identifiable information that is necessary to fulfill an online order, including name, billing address, shipping address, telephone number, email address, credit card number (with expiration date), and any of the above information needed to send a package to a gift recipient. If a user creates an account, the credit card information above will not be stored under their account. When placing an order, credit card information will be immediately entered onto a secure server of a PCI-compliant third party. We partner with a number of third parties to process and fulfill orders, send transactional emails, collect payment/credit card information and ensure delivery of downloads and packages. While these third parties may have access to Personal Information in order to perform their duties, they are not permitted to use it for other purposes. For Offers.com, we may disclose personal information to referral sources to the extent necessary to process and record the referral and to merchants and third party affiliate networks to the extent that you have submitted or redeemed a coupon offered by the merchant or participated in an offer or other activity sponsored or offered through Offers.com on behalf of the merchant, to the extent necessary to process and record the submission or redemption of the coupon and/or to facilitate your participation in the activity.
What Ziff Davis does with the Information it Collects
Personal Information . We only use Personal Information in a way that is compatible with and relevant to the purpose for which it was collected. How we use personal information is further described in the section What We Provide to Third Parties.
Emails. We use email addresses to send offers of services or products (and as set forth in the section What We Provide to Third Parties). Any recipient will be able to unsubscribe from receiving these emails by following the instructions at the bottom of the email.
Other Information: Ad Serving and Ziff Davis. At times we display ads both on our network of owned and operated websites and apps and on non-Ziff Davis websites and apps. When you visit one of our websites, use one of our apps or view ads that we serve off of our network elsewhere, you may see multiple kinds of ads, such as text ads next to search results and graphical ads shown on web pages and apps. Sometimes these ads are based on the content of the page on which they appear. Other times these ads are generated by matching the ad to your interests as inferred from your browsing activities collected online; or the ads may be based on your location using your IP address and/or browser- see Interest-based Ads below. Either way, Ziff Davis tries to show you relevant ads, and to do so, we may use information we know or receive about you, such as your browsing habits, gender, location or interests.
Interest-based Ads. We use cookies, Javascript, pixel tags, Device ID tracking and other technology to collect information about (i) your visit to our sites, your engagement with our apps and other third party partner websites and apps that we do not own or operate but with whom we have agreements and (ii) your interaction with emails we deliver ("Online Data"). We analyze what pages you visit on our sites and the third party sites, what products or services you view, and whether you view or click on ads that are shown to you. We use this information to send you interest-based ads. All such data is also collected anonymously, and is aggregated with other data we collect and/or similar data collected by partners to create segments, groups of users and certain general-interest categories or segments that we have inferred based on (a) demographic or interest data, and a general geographic location derived from your IP Address or mobile device, (b) the pages you view and links you click when viewing an email or using our sites and services and those of our partners, and/or (c) the search terms you enter when using certain search services. We use this information to get a more accurate picture of audience interests in order to serve ads we believe are more relevant to your interests.
Please note that we may sell or transfer Online Data to certain third parties such as advertisers who will use this data to serve ads that they believe are relevant to your interests, and who agree to maintain the confidentiality of this information. Some of these third parties may combine the Online Data with their own data about you to form a more detailed picture.
We store page views, clicks and search terms used for ad personalization targeting separately from your contact information or other data that directly identifies you (such as your name or email address), which we obtained as described above under Personal Information-however in some situations we combine the Online Data with your email address.
We will engage third party providers to assist with the collection, storage and segmentation of Online Data; and the providers are required to maintain the confidentiality of this information. These efforts do not result in the collection of personally identifiable information such as name or address; and we do not intentionally collect data that we consider to be sensitive, such as financial, health, or medical information or data concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, or sex life. Except as may be set forth elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, this Online Data is retained for not more than 180 days after which it shall expire. However, the 180 day period may commence again if the same user subsequently visits one of our sites or a partner's site.
To allow other users to find you. In order to locate My IGN Members that a user may already know in the physical world and/or want to get to know in the online world, we allows users to search for members using information the user already knows, such as username, full name, or gamer profile, and identifies users matching that search information.
To ease future form filing. Some of our services use a registered user's data to "pre-populate" online forms that are displayed for the purpose of collecting additional individual data by our websites, selected third party sites, and/or sponsors and advertisers.
Behavioral Targeting/Re-Targeting. We partner with third party ad networks to either display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partners may use cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on our owned and operated sites and third party websites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for targeted advertising purposes without your consent, if you click on otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads, you may opt out by clicking here. Please note this does not opt you out of being served all advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads.
How You Can Change or Control what is Collected:
Cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but allow you to modify security settings so you can approve or reject cookies on a case-by-case basis. You may stop or restrict cookies on your computer or purge them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences. If you would prefer that we not collect anonymous data that may be used to help determine which advertisements to serve you, opt out by clicking this icon ,which can be found on most of our webpages. However, if you "turn off," purge, or disable cookies, although you may still use our websites, you may not be able to use all of the features, functions, or services available on our websites.
Digital Advertising Alliances. The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) is an independent non-profit organization that collaborates with businesses, public policy groups, and public officials to ensure that the high standards for consumer privacy, transparency and control are addressed and enforced.
Ziff Davis supports and adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising of the DAA and is a member of the DAA in the US, EU and Canada and has Ghostery, Inc.'s assurance platform to comply with these Principles. As part of this service, online ads that we place using behavioral data we collect are expected to be delivered with the Advertising Option Icon (also referred to as the Forward i) or similar icon that helps users understand how their data is being used and provides choices for users who want more control. Online advertisements on our sites targeted to you based on previously collected Online Data about you by third parties should also have the Advertising Option Icon. This icon is also on each of our web pages. The Advertising Option icon provides information (and links to other information) on online behavioral ads, who is collecting and using your online data, how you can opt out and more.
Ziff Davis adheres to the EDAA principles and the EU self-regulatory initiative for online behavioral advertising (OBA).
Updating Your Registration Information. You can correct, delete or change the information collected during user registration at any time at the profile page for that membership, app or website. Please allow five to ten business days for corrections or changes to be publicly displayed or implemented throughout our systems.
You may opt-out of location-based services at any time by editing the setting at the device level or by emailing us at [email protected]; and be sure to include "Privacy Policy" in the subject line.
If you have any trouble accessing, correcting or deleting any of your information, contact the website directly by clicking on the appropriate link (which should lead to a "Contact Us" or support page):
Your Newsletter and Email Subscriptions. You can opt-out or unsubscribe to a newsletter or other email lists at any time by following the instructions at the end of the newsletters or email you receive. You can also do so through the PCMag newsletter subscription management page (this page will display all of your newsletter subscriptions for PCMag.com and certain other Ziff Davis Newsletters),emedia's Bulletins list (US) or emedia's Bulletins list (UK). For Offers.com email subscriptions, please click here to send your request. Please allow five to ten business days for changes to take effect.
Your Subscription Information You can correct or change your PC Magazine Digital Edition subscription information by clicking here. Please allow two to four weeks for changes to take effect (if you are a new subscriber, your information may not be immediately available at this URL—please allow up to four weeks from placing your subscription order for processing). You can correct or change your Toolbox.com subscriptions and preferences using the account settings here. Please note member service-related communications are an integral part of the Toolbox.com service to which you subscribe and you will continue to receive these emails as part of the Toolbox.com service unless you cancel your account.
Stop Sharing of Lists. Many customers appreciate the communications they receive from the third party providers of goods and services to whom our PCMag, B2B, emedia and Ookla divisions provide lists of our customers, but if you no longer wish to receive messages from individual providers, follow the unsubscribe link and instructions at the bottom of the message. To stop receiving messages from all third parties— including messages from third parties to whom you provided your Personal Information in order to download a white paper, case study or other document, or to enter an advertiser-sponsored sweepstakes or other contest—please send an email with your preference request changes to [email protected] and include "Privacy Policy" in the subject line.
If you encounter any issues with changing your preferences, please send an email to [email protected] and include "Privacy Policy" in the subject line. Please allow up to ten business days for any changes to be implemented throughout our systems.
Push Notifications We send you push notifications from time-to-time in order to update you about any events or promotions that we may be running. If you no longer wish to receive these types of communications, you may turn them off at the device level. To ensure you receive proper notifications, we will need to collect certain information about your device such as operating system and user identification information.
Ziff Davis operates websites hosted in the United States and, depending on your country of residence, the submission of personally identifiable information to our sites may involve some transfer of Personal Information to the United States. You understand and consent to having any Personal Information you provide transferred to and processed in the United States. You should be aware that privacy laws in the United States may not provide protections equivalent to those of your country of residence.
However, Ziff Davis complies with the U.S.–E.U. Safe Harbor framework and the U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries and Switzerland. Ziff Davis has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Ziff Davis's certification, please click here.
Ziff Davis's privacy practices described in this Privacy Policy comply with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ("APEC") Cross Border Privacy Rules System. To learn more about this program, please click here.
Other Useful Information Regarding Your Privacy
Some or all Personal Information maintained by Ziff Davis may be subject to transfer to another company in the event of a change of ownership of Ziff Davis or sale of any part of Ziff Davis. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our websites of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.
Security. We believe we use reasonable precautions to keep the Personal Information you disclose to our websites secure and to only release this information to third parties that share our commitment to privacy. However, we cannot guarantee there will not be a breach, and we are not responsible for any breach of security or for the actions of any third parties. In certain instances we may use Secure Sockets Layer encryption on anonymous data.
You are ultimately responsible for the security of your email address and password. Please take care when using and storing them. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. You should log out of your browser at the end of each session to ensure that others cannot access your Personal Information and correspondence, especially if several people have access to your personal computer or you are using a computer in a public place, such as a library or Internet café.
Children. Ziff Davis websites are not intended for use by children, especially those under 13. No one under age 13 should provide any Personal Information or use our public discussion areas, forums or chats. Minors under the age of 18 are prohibited from making purchases on our sites or obtaining coupons or codes from our sites to purchase goods or services on third party websites. If, notwithstanding these prohibitions, your children disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas, consequences may occur that are not intended for children (for example, they may receive unsolicited messages from other parties).If it is discovered that we have collected PII from someone under 13, we will delete that information immediately.
Data Retention. The time period for which we keep information varies according to the information's use. In some cases, there are legal requirements to keep data for a minimum period. Unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the information, we will retain it for no longer than is necessary to fulfill a legitimate business need.
Links to Other Sites. Ziff Davis websites may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different from ours. We do not have control over the information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. You should consult the privacy policy of these other sites to learn how your privacy is protected.
Compliance with Law and Other Terms. Subject to applicable law, we reserve the right to release information concerning any user of our sites or services when we have grounds to believe that the user is in violation of our Terms of Use or other published guidelines or engages in (or we have grounds to believe is engaging in) any illegal activity, and to release information in response to court and governmental orders, other enforceable requests from government entities, civil subpoenas, discovery requests and otherwise as required by law. We also may release information about users when we believe in good faith that such release is required to protect the rights, property, safety or security of Ziff Davis, any of our users or the public, or to respond to an emergency.
California Residents. In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act ("CalOPPA"), we may collect Personal Information about your online activities when you use our sites. While we give our users many avenues to opt out of providing Personal Information, we do not respond to Web browsers' "do not track" signals, in accordance with California Business & Professions Code Section 22575. If you wish for us to refrain from gathering your Personal Information, please see our section on How to Change or Control What Is Collected.
California's "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code Section 1798.83, permits our users who are California residents to periodically request and obtain certain information about any Personal Information disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and wish to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:
For more information concerning your use of Ookla's websites and services (including Speedtest and Pingtest), please visit Ookla Terms of Use page. The Ookla Terms of Use page are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.
For more information concerning your use of all other Ziff Davis websites and services, please visit Ziff Davis' Terms of Use page. The Ziff Davis Terms of Use are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy.
Changes to the Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and all changes will be effective at the time we post them. If we believe there is a significant change to this Privacy Policy or our data collection and use practices, we will indicate on our sites that our Privacy Policy has changed prior to the change becoming effective. The then-posted version of the Privacy Policy supersedes all prior versions. Your continued access to or use of any of our sites shall be deemed your acceptance of the Privacy Policy.
We urge you to come back to this web page and review this Privacy Policy regularly so that you remain aware of the terms and conditions that apply to you.
Questions or Complaints? If you have any questions on our Privacy Policy, you can contact us at [email protected]; and be sure to include Privacy Policy in the subject line. You may also contact us by writing to:
The TRUSTe program covers only information that is collected through these websites: Ziff Davis, IGN, IGN Canada, IGN UK, IGN Australia, IGN Mobile, AskMen, AskMen Canada, AskMen UK, AskMen Australia, PCMag, PCMag Canada, PCMag UK, PCMag Australia, PCMag Mobile, ExtremeTech, ExtremeTech Mobile, Computer Shopper, Geek, Geek Mobile, LogicBuy, TechBargains, Toolbox.com, ITtoolbox, Inside CRM, IT Management, IT Security, Voip-News, emedia.com, emedia.co.uk, emediausa.com, Ookla, Speedtest, and Pingtest and information that may be collected through these mobile applications: IGN Entertainment App, IGN App for PlayStation All Stars, IGN Video Game News Reviews Guides, IGN App for GW2, IGN App for Dead Space 3, IGN App for Elder Scrolls V, IGN App for Final Fantasy XIV, IGN App for PlanetSide2, TechBargains App, and the SpeedTest App.
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From Cuba to San Francisco – Interning for Reality Tours
Posted by Rebekah Olstad in Caribbean, Citizen Diplomacy, Guest Posts, LGBT, Trip Participant Stories on 10th February, 2014 | 1 Comment
This past summer we had the great pleasure of working with Cuba Program Intern Bryan Weiner. In this article Bryan shares the impact of his experience traveling as a student to Cuba with Reality Tours, and later interning with the Cuba program. Learn more about summer internship opportunities.
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Please take Beesrme up on this as we don't want to run our honey through that nasty pipe.
I should not have posted my original reply to this thread... In thinking about this some more, I more than likely wrecked my gate by running the bucket through the dishwasher. The heat could easily have warped any of the plastic components. And, in thinking about it some more, that was a real dumb-arsed move...
-Phil Domeier
Use the " bee washer " next time.
I have about 2 dozen of the exact gates you show and am looking to buy more. They are the best I have found for the smaller producer (500 lbs or less). I put one on every 5-gallon bucket so its ready to use right out of the hot box. I don't mess with transferring to a bottling tank. I do have one of the dripless brass gates that cost $100+ that I would use on a 30-gallon bottling tank, but since I have 3 varietal honeys I would need 3 of those big tanks! 5-gal buckets are much more flexible since I only liquify 5-gallons at a time as needed. THE SECRET TO USING THESE GATES WITHOUT DRIPPING IS AS FOLLOWS:
1) These are right hand gates, so you must use your right hand.
2) Place your index finger behind the body of the gate where the head of the bolt sits.
3) Place your thumb on the gate handle.
4) SQUEEZE YOU FINGERS TOGETHER as you open the gate, fill the jar and close the gate. Do not stop squeezing your fingers together while the gate is open.
It's the same technique as using scissors that don't cut. If you squeeze the two halves together it works!
The reason for the dripping is that by not squeezing the opposing faces together honey remains on the inner face of the gate. Then when you close the gate, the top of the gate body (part attached to the tank) scrapes some of the honey off and that runs down and around, dripping from below. I bottle thousands of jars this way and rarely need to wipe off the gate.
>It's the same technique as using scissors that don't cut. If you squeeze the two halves together it works!
If I have spent good money and freight on a purchase I prefer to get one that does not require Mickey Mouse to operate it, when other brands work correctly.
I have these on every bucket I use to bottle from...no problems. I apply gentle pressure against the seal when I open the gate, pushing backward toward the bucket. Keeping this pressure prevents the leaks that cause drippings.
If I had one complaint, it is with the screws. The corroad from being washed so I grease them with Crisco.
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Grant... you can always get stainless steel bolts (expensive) or use food grade mineral grease like what's used on extractor bearings.
Odfrank... I understand your point of view, but I don't want to spend the extra $28 per gate (assuming the $30 gate works any better). That would run me an extra $280 for every 10 buckets of honey. Also, most of the other gates stick out way too far to mount on every bucket. Of course if you have a full-size bottling tank, then what you really want is the solid Stainless Steel, self closing, no-drip valve from Dadant. Current price is $132. Here's the link:
I was just complaining about that particular brand of plastic valve, which others seem to like.


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Beyonce thinks her Destiny's Child band mates put on a "fierce" performance at the Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday.
The girl band reunited for the first time since 2006 at the event in New Orleans, which attracted an average of 104 million viewers, and the 31-year-old believes their collaboration was among the highlights of her half-time show.
Beyonce told Inside Edition: "They were fierce honey. It was Gone with the Wind fabulous."
Kelly Rowland said their high profile reunion felt "wonderful."
"It was a great performance," she said.
Michelle Williams also enjoyed it, saying: "It was fun."
Beyonce previously admitted that she was "so proud" of her 14-minute performance and was pleased with the reaction to the show and the Destiny's Child reunion.
"I'm feeling so proud, it was a really beautiful day.
"All the hard work, five months of preparation, and it was really great.
"It really was a magnificent night for me and the girls."
The band also changed their set list for the event at the last minute, replacing 1999 hit Bills, Bills, Bills in favour of 2001 track Bootylicious because it better suited the high energy of the rest of their set.
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Human Resource (HR) departments are implementing global mobility programs designed to manage complex international relocations. However, the activities of individuals in foreign locations can create a variety of both individual and corporate level tax issues for the enterprise, depending upon the circumstances.
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Veterans Upward Bound will host a graduation ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the Campus Center Grand Hall for the 30 students completing the program.
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Commentary: Why is there a tree sit in Willits to protest the CalTrans bypass?
For decades the Federal Highway Administration and the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) have been pursuing a freeway bypass on Highway 101 around the town of Willits. For decades townsfolk have been suggesting simpler, less costly, and less destructive alternatives.
With word that a large-scale cutting of trees could begin immediately, a local citizen's group, Save Our Little Lake Valley (SOLLV), came together on Monday, January 28, at the proposed "Southern Interchange," just 2 ? miles south of Willits, to protest the CalTrans bypass and to protect the life of the valley. This area features a large number of blue and black oak trees, mixed with ponderosa pines and madrones, many of which reside on a hillside CalTrans plans to excavate to use as fill material to build its 20-foot-high freeway.
When SOLLV citizens arrived they were surprised to see a young woman nestled high up in one of the large ponderosa pine trees slated for removal. She is a 24 year-old local woman calling herself, the warbler, who has been living and working in the Willits valley for the past four years. Her commitment to protect the land evolved naturally from her years growing up surrounded by the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
The Warbler has pledged to maintain her tree-sit as long as it remains an effective way of staving off CalTrans' construction plans. Around 60 supporters rallied at the base of the tree to support her protest and to raise public awareness. The underlying answer to the question, "why do we protest?" might best be summarized by author Sam Keen who said, "The logic that determines our survival or destruction is simple:
The new human vocation is to heal the earth.
We can only heal what we love.
We can only love what we know.
We can only know what we touch."
Warbler inspires us all to get in touch. "CalTrans has not considered the many other viable and sensible solutions to Willlits' traffic problems developed by the people," says Warbler. "This bypass will not improve local traffic and will create no permanent jobs, but it will permanently scar the Little Lake Valley. The Army Corp of Engineers is mandated to choose the least harmful alternative and the CalTrans bypass isn't it."
Warbler's willingness to "occupy" a large tree in order to protect it and the surrounding countryside is reminiscent of Julia "Butterfly" Hill who was just 23 years-old on December 10, 1997 when she ascended 180 feet up the redwood tree she called Luna, where she lived for 738 days, before an accommodation was reached to preserve Luna and all trees within a 200 foot buffer zone.
Support for Warbler, and her efforts to find a better solution than the CalTrans bypass, is increasing every day. Local businessman Bill Barksdale says, "I am in favor of some kind of traffic burden easing on our Main Street. I know I absolutely do not want to endure years of pile-driving noise and pollution to accommodate an unsightly high-rise highway not suitable for our valley."
Longtime Willits residents Marc Komer and Robin Goldner wrote to Gov. Jerry Brown. The CalTrans bypass "is a project that needs to be stopped now. It is an unnecessary fiscal waste and an environmental disaster. Willits has traffic bottlenecks in summer months and during peak usage. But according to CalTran's own study, three-quarters of the traffic in Willits is local. A better solution can be built for a fraction of the project's estimated cost."
Michael Foley grows vegetables at Green Uprising Farm in the Little Lake Valley. "When our elected officials choose to leave it to the bureaucracies and leave us out," says Foley, "it becomes not just a right but an obligation of citizens to protest. That's what Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and the rest of the Founding Fathers said."
Warbler has made her stand. "I'm here and I'm going to stay here," she says. The question is, who will stand with her?
When asked which environmentalist she most admired she said, "I've been influenced by Native American activist and poet John Trudell, but really, I've been most inspired by the entire Willits community that continues to support me."
To learn more, offer support, or go on one of the tours of the CalTrans Bootprint contact:
Save Our Little Lake Valley (SOLLV), www.savelittlelakevalley.org/. Phone: Carol Orton, 972-6333; or Sara Grusky, 216-5549.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jed Diamond is a Willits resident and businessman.


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PR-B Fine Arts program a big hit for parents
The Pine River-Backus Elementary School spring fine arts program on Tuesday, May 14, was filled with music, songs and dancing.
The elementary band and choir were featured, as well as all fourth-graders playing their recorders.
Students danced in the finale to music from "The Lorax."
The PR-BE Art Gallery was on display and filled with favorite works of art from all students in grades 1-6. Instructors are Nick Bunio, instrumental music; Noelle Johnson, vocal music; and Heidi Envall, art.


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Pine River United Methodist to host Heritage Days quilt show
The Ladies of the Pine River United Methodist Church will hold a free quilt show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 6-7, in conjunction with Pine River Heritage Days.
Lunch will be served in the lower dining room.
The church is celebrating its 111th year in perhaps the oldest building in the city of Pine River. The stained glass windows, pews and bell are all original. Two years ago air conditioning and an electric lift between floors were added. Handicapped access is available from the city sidewalk.
This year the show will feature two quilts from the 1800s.


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It was just another day at the office for Novato mutual fund manager Neil Hennessy as the stock market hit a record high Tuesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 125 points at 14,253 — eclipsing the Oct. 9, 2007, high of 14,164 — four years after it sank amid financial chaos to 6,574 on March 9, 2009.
"Who cares?" Hennessey observed as the Dow was surging Tuesday morning. "It could be down 140 points today, but the real point is that the market is moving forward," said Hennessy, who oversees 16 mutual funds with $3.3 billion in assets as CEO of Hennessy Funds.
"Is this a real market, a sustainable market? In my estimation, it is," he said.
Hennessy said "it seems like just yesterday when the Dow Jones was cut in half." He said he thinks the stock market will continue to climb a "wall of worry" but noted there are people on the sidelines who don't believe the bull market will proceed on its four-year uphill charge.
The problems include media pundits who dismiss "all the companies making tons of money" and scare investors by questioning the market's vibrance, promoting worry about "how much further it can go."
Hennessy suggested investors take part in the bull run by dollar-cost averaging, or investing money in quality stocks periodically over time — and hanging on for the long haul.
"Where else are you going to invest your money?" he asked. "Do you go into fixed income" for returns that are slim-to-none? "I think not."
Ditto for other asset classes, including emerging markets and real estate. Buying all 30 Dow Jones stocks provides an average yield of 2.5 percent — better than the 2 percent offered by 10-year Treasuries, he said.
Still, some seasoned investors are urging caution.
"I'm a little bit reluctant to put any new money into the market," said Peter Arrigoni of Fairfax, a former county supervisor, pension trustee and stock broker. "Personally, I'm a little leery of the market."
At the same time, he said he the government is minting money and "you don't fight the Fed."
"When the Federal Reserve loosens the money supply, you go into the market in a big way," he said.
But Arrigoni worries that "the easy money is going to result in hyperinflation down the road," roiling financial markets. He is also mindful of the potential effects of shaky European economies, legislative gridlock in Washington, D.C., and unforeseen calamities.
"Be cautious," Arrigoni advised. "Very cautious."
Marin pension chief Jeff Wickman said the pension fund increased 7.6 percent from July through December 2012 and the $1.61 billion portfolio has recovered all losses logged during the recession.
"As a long-term investor we try not to get too excited about positive returns as well as not be too discouraged if the returns are below our target," he said. That target is 7.5 percent.
The market's high cheered Thomas Peters, CEO of the Marin Community Foundation, even though he agreed with Hennessy and Wickman that the long haul is the most important thing.
"The foundation deliberately manages its assets and distributions using a long-range, multiyear lens," Peters said of the $1.3 billion foundation portfolio. "But even so, the recent equity market surge is certainly greeted with a smile, since we already know that 100 percent of earnings will eventually go to building healthier families and stronger communities, in Marin and far beyond."
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If you plan to study in the U.S., some schools require that your application include a standardized test score such as the GMAT (Graduate Management Admissions Test) or the GRE (Graduate Records Examination).
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The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) measures your ability to handle graduate-school level work through verbal, quantitative, and analytical reasoning questions.
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