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Connected, but alone?
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication — and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
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text: Hello Recently my Suburban 6.2 Diesel has begun to over heat in cold weather. When I start it up,the temp remains low,untill it quickly rises to danger hot.All the while my Heater will not blow Hot air.Then I pull over to cool it down,then afterwards the motor runs at normal temps I have changed the Thermostat,drained flushed and refilled the Radiator with an antifreeze mix,there is visible water flow across the Radiator I had a theory that perhaps some gunk had frozen in the Cooling system,thus forming a obstruction which caused the Engine temp to rise,after stopping the Motor the plug would melt and normal cooling would resume. This was however not the case. Thankyou in advance. Mike


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As we grind collectively toward the Apocalypse, trailing a galactic exhaust of carbon monoxide, species idiocy, and empty Red Bull cans, let us pause for a moment to salute the last-ditch efforts of Thomas Hildebrand and Robert Hermes, of the Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research. In the past 50 years, three kinds of tiger, four kinds of gazelle, and 12 kinds of kangaroo have been extinguished from our planet, and these men have had enough. Which is why, on the Discovery special MAN-MADE MAMMALS (which aired last Saturday), we found the heroic Hildebrand in his scrubs with his arm elbow-deep in the rectum of a 29-year-old bull elephant called Jackson . . . in-out, in-out . . . massaging the beast's prostate gland while Jackson took a meditative dump on the zoologist's bowed head.
The object of the exercise was to collect Jackson's sperm so that it could be flown out to a zoo in Salt Lake City, where a female elephant was waiting to be inseminated. Prostate massage is the only way, it would seem: if you get involved with the boomlike five-foot penis of a bull elephant, you're apt to get knocked over. "There's a famous colleague," explained Hermes, with a faint German accent, "that got a black eye from a penis banging." Later in the show, in a more drastic, Children of Men–type scenario, the team flew to the Czech Republic to try to inseminate the last healthy female Northern White Rhino in captivity. (There are only two in the wild.) "All our hope is on her," brooded Hildebrand, gazing at the massive, sedated form of Fatu. On hand were the precious tubes of custard-like semen obtained by sticking an electric probe up the behind of a rhino called Soa.
It's early days yet, but I'd be surprised if some variation on the above process isn't eventually featured in SUNSET TAN (E!, Sunday at 10.30 pm), which premiered last week. The Los Angeles tanning salon that gives the show its name is a place of junk science, altered bodies, and canceled inhibitions. Misting the breasts of José Canseco's ex-wife with fake tan spray, staffer Erin discovers that her client's fiancé is a plastic surgeon. "Oh," she asks, with a bright dip of the head, "did he do those?" ("It seemed like the appropriate question," insists Erin later to her aggrieved manager.) Nick is training Molly, and he finds that she's booked somebody in for a 730-minute sun-bed session. "After 730 minutes under a sun lamp," prompts Nick, "they'll be . . . ?" "They'll be tanned," says Molly. "They'll be dead," says Nick.
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As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to help. So he organized a group of volunteer EMTs — many on foot — ready to drop everything and dash to save lives in their neighborhood. Today, United Hatzlah uses a smartphone app and a fleet of "ambucycles" to help nearby patients until an ambulance arrives. With an average response time of 3 minutes, last year, they treated 207,000 people in Israel. And the idea is going global.
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SCIENCE-MART: Privatizing American Science. Philip Mirowski. viii + 454 pp. Harvard University Press, 2011. $39.95.
Is academic science a public good that should be rationally planned and robustly supported by social resources? How one answers this question depends on several things: the connection one makes between science and economic development; whether one believes that scientific discovery, both pure and applied, is best accomplished through private markets or federal grants; and how effective one believes the government is at planning scientific research and translating discoveries into consumer products and industrial technology. These are the issues, not always explicitly stated, that underlie current science-policy debates about stem-cell research, gene patents, the value of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 and the future of the National Science Foundation. For many scientists, including me, the issues have personal meaning: My career began during the Sputnik era with a federal scholarship in high-energy physics and continued with a National Defense Education Act fellowship to study philosophy of science.
Philip Mirowski, professor of economics and of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Notre Dame, has written an important and intensely provocative book that explores fundamental questions about the political economy of science. Science-Mart challenges us to think more critically, more synthetically and more deeply about the growing commercialization of academic science by exploring the historical and ideological roots of that trend. His main argument is that "much of the modern commercialization of science and the commoditization of the university has followed a script promulgated by neoliberal thinkers." To argue his case, Mirowski employs bibliometric studies of science as well as methods and scholarship from a variety of disciplines, including economic history, sociology, intellectual-property law and political economy.
The book begins by introducing the reader to a fictitious academic researcher named Viridiana Jones, who "feels strung out between the Scylla of Disneyfication of higher education and the Charybdis of Free EnronPrise in securing a patron, any patron, to support her inquiries in an era of impending financial doom." Jones is trying to navigate her way through the miasma of commercial influence in academia (where the phrase "marketplace of ideas" is taken literally) while protecting the integrity of her science. The main theses of the book are that the commercialization of science is the result of a planned, coordinated effort on the part of those associated with a neoliberal agenda and that this commercialization has weakened America's scientific hegemony.
The term neoliberal, which arises from the work of post–World War II economists such as Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and others belonging to the "Chicago school" of economics and law, has little in common with what is usually thought of as liberalism. The important tenets of neoliberalism, Mirowski says, include such propositions as the following: "The Market" is a better processor of information than the state; "politics operates as if it were a market"; "corporations can do no wrong"; "competition always prevails"; the state should be "degovernmentalized" through "privatization of education, health, science and even portions of the military"; a good way to initiate privatization is to redefine property rights; "the nation-state should be subject to discipline and limitation through international initiatives"; "the Market . . . can always provide solutions to problems seemingly caused by markets in the first place"; "there is no such thing as a 'public good'"; "freedom" means economic freedom within the Market. The book examines studies of the economics of science and discusses such topics as the U.S. government's effort to manage scientific research, the emergence of intellectual property as a raison d'être of university life, the outsourcing of science on the global stage, and the harms that have accrued to academic science from its commercial transmogrification.
Mirowski debunks the popular view that there is a linear, lockstep path leading from science and technology to economic growth, a claim that served as the mantra of those urging passage of the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. The Act gave universities, businesses and nonprofits intellectual-property control of discoveries that resulted from federally funded research. In passing the legislation, Congress accepted the idea that American industrial progress was being hampered by the failure of discoveries to enter the marketplace. To allow wealth from discoveries to be realized, the Act turned the principle of capitalism on its head: "private risk yields private loss or gain" became "public risk yields public loss or private gain"—a form of "heads I win, tails you lose."
Although many historians view the Bayh-Dole Act as a watershed in American science policy, one that closely linked universities with commercial interests, Mirowski maintains that the roots of academic commerce run deeper. "Bayh-Dole was neither the sole nor even the primary reason why science was becoming increasingly commercialized," he maintains. "It was just one component in a whole range of roughly simultaneous 'reforms' being engineered into corporations, the government, and the universities—all calculated to instigate the marketplace of ideas throughout the entire culture." The arguments Mirowski makes in support of this statement are by themselves sufficient to make this book stand out. But there is much more.
In his chapter on the intellectual-property explosion in academia, Mirowski uses the case of the transgenic Harvard Oncomouse to illustrate some of the consequences of commercialization. In the early 1980s, scientists at Harvard, funded in part by a National Institutes of Health grant and in part by DuPont, successfully implanted mammary tumor virus DNA into the genome of a mouse, which then showed a susceptibility to develop breast cancer. Transgenic mice engineered in this way were a useful tool for studying mammary oncogenesis. In the 1980s, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office expanded its criteria for awarding patents to include genetically modified organisms sui generis, as well as genes, plants, animals and all sorts of cell cultures. In the case of the Oncomouse, the Office awarded a patent that covered not just the Oncomouse but any tumorigenic, nonhuman mammal whose germ cells and somatic cells contained any oncogene sequence. The scope of the patent award sent shock waves through the academic community and the growing industry of lab-mouse production. The case was, Mirowski says, "one of the first attempts by a university to make serious money off of a research tool." He could have also cited the patent on recombinant DNA techniques awarded to Stanford and the University of California in 1980.
The intellectual-property revolution had begun in academia. The currency of the trade was not the free and open exchange of materials, published articles and scientific methods, but the Material Transfer Agreement (MTA). Such agreements define how one university can use another's intellectual property. In effect, universities do not honor any research exemptions, because all research potentially has commercial value. Scientists who wanted to acquire Oncomouse organisms to use in their own research were asked to sign an MTA that prohibited them from breeding and sharing descendant mice, a practice that had previously been allowed with other lines of purebred mice. Mirowski offers additional examples, some of them absurd, of the privatization of resources that were once shared—he tells the story of an art professor at SUNY-Buffalo who was sued by the American Type Culture Collection for violating an MTA when he incorporated some Bacillus atrophaeus into his artwork.
Gene patents are a special case of turning knowledge into a marketable entity. Myriad Genetics has a patent on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that gives it the right to prevent clinicians from independently testing for the presence of mutations in those genes in women wanting to determine whether they are at higher risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer. In response to a suit led by the American Civil Liberties Union, which questioned whether isolated human genes and the comparison of their sequences are patentable, the U.S. Federal District Court of New York issued a summary judgment ruling on March 29, 2010, invalidating the patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2. The ruling stated that the patents were granted for a law of nature and were therefore improper. The case will be appealed, but the ruling is a major challenge to the privatization of scientific knowledge.
Much has been written about the commercial turn of American universities. In his 2003 book Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education, former Harvard President Derek Bok said that "What is new about today's commercial practices is not their existence but their unprecedented size and scope." Egregious conflicts of interest and the competing missions of university–business partnerships have been igniting debates over academic capitalism since the publication in 1918 of Thorstein Veblen's book The Higher Learning in America, in which he discusses the dire consequences of modeling the governance of universities on business practices.
Mirowski writes eloquently about ghost authorship in the medical literature, silly patents and the decline of openness in science. However, he has little to say about the effects of academic commerce on the quality of the knowledge produced. In medicine, a growing body of work points to a "funding effect" arising from the for-profit sponsorship of research. There is a higher-than-expected probability that research supported by for-profit entities will yield results consistent with the financial interests of those entities. And authors with financial conflicts of interest are more likely than authors without such conflicts to produce research outcomes that reflect the interests of the for-profit company with which they are connected. Mirowski's insight that society has largely treated conflicts of interest as a matter of individual responsibility rather than as a structural problem in the organization of science is supported by his analysis of the pharmaceutical industry. The proposed antidote of disclosure is inadequate: It doesn't eliminate conflicts of interest, address their structural roots or prevent them from adversely affecting the quality of science.
In the next-to-last chapter, "Has Science Been 'Harmed' by the Modern Commercial Regime?," Mirowski confronts that question head on and concludes that science has indeed been harmed—by "qualitative degradation in the character of the knowledge produced." Readers will have to decide for themselves how compelling his arguments are. It's true that the commercialization of universities has created an obsession with intellectual property and has produced impediments to the free flow of information. But indicators of scientific health are not easy to measure. Many universities (though not all) still assess candidates for tenure primarily by looking at whether they have published high-quality scholarship in prestigious journals—not at whether they have attracted commercial dollars. Until we get a better grasp on the effect that conflicts of interest and commercial partnerships are having on the quality of scientific results, many of us will, like Viridiana Jones, be unable to quite bring ourselves "to concede that the push to 'commercialize the university' has been one of the biggest Ponzi schemes this side of Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford." Nevertheless, Mirowski has shown that a political economist can bring significant new insights to the discussion of academic marketphilia.
Sheldon Krimsky is a professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the author of, among other books, Science in the Private Interest (Rowman and Littlefield, 2004) and is coauthor with Tania Simoncelli of Genetic Justice: DNA Databanks, Criminal Investigations and Civil Liberties (Columbia University Press, 2011).
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Ohio homeowners insurance is available from many different insurance companies. In fact, some consumers find that there's too much choice. They are overwhelmed by the array of policies and providers! The best way to narrow things down with a mind to ensuring that you select a great policy with the right features and price tag is to comparison-shop. You may do this by finding a few stellar insurance companies and reviewing their policies.
When you look at Ohio homeowner's insurance policies online, you'll be able to get a sense of whether you want low level, medium or high-level coverage. It all begins with reading up on policies via reputable insurance firms. The next step should be collecting estimates for preferred policies and you may generally do this at the same websites where you reviewed the policies.
These days, good insurance companies make it easy for clients to get fast and free quotes for policies. They offer apps which make it simple to collect quotes while you're checking out various homeowner's insurance policies.
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Bear in mind that policies will vary in terms of what they offer. Some will be basic in terms of what they provide, while others will offer a lot more. The key to accessing the right level of coverage is gaining an understanding of how policies work. For example, a basic policy may offer fire protection, whereas a mid-range policy may offer fire protection, water damage protection and other features. The highest level of coverage may offer all of these features, plus loss protection in the event that possessions are stolen from the home.
Every policy is different. It's up to you to read the fine print, so that you know exactly what it offers. In addition, you should do all that you can to collect quotes as you browse policies. After all, your budget may play a role in which level of coverage you finally select.
Before finalizing a deal, compare your quotes and policies. Look at features, rather than just price. In other words, paying less for less protection may not always be the best deal. You'll want to know that you're protected if something bad happens at your home down the line. Many people aren't totally sure what they're covered for and this type of vagueness isn't recommended, as it may lead to unwelcome surprises. So, make sure you understand each feature of the policy that you select.


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One of the traps of borrowing money in a low interest-rate environment is not leaving enough spare money, or "wriggle room", in your budget to cope with an increase in interest rates.
This is particularly important to consider when you are buying your first home, upgrading to a more expensive home, or increasing your mortgage to pay for a new car or overseas holiday.
There are several ways you can protect yourself from the effects of future rate increases so you don't run out of money.
When you are looking to increase your borrowing, do your budget based on loan repayments at a higher rate of interest. You will be able to pay off your mortgage more quickly while interest rates are low, and you can choose to keep your repayments at the same level if interest rates rise.
Don't borrow up to the maximum of your borrowing capacity. If things don't go according to plan, you will have the option of increasing your borrowing.
Have some savings set aside, preferably in an account where the savings will offset your mortgage to keep your interest payments down.
Alternatively, have a line of credit into which you can put your savings. This has the effect of reducing the interest you pay while still providing access to your funds if necessary.
Fixing the rate on at least part of your mortgage will give you certainty about your repayments. You may or may not save on the amount of interest you pay, but at least you will not be caught out with an unexpected increase in loan repayments.
Remember that if you need to break the fixed rate, for example by selling your house, you may be charged a penalty.
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Ugandan press finds unexpected ally in judiciary
With a medical drip attached to his hand, camped outside police headquarters along Parliamentary Avenue in Uganda' capital, Kampala, William Ntege was determined to get his video cameras back. Police had beaten Ntege, a journalist with the private broadcaster WBS, and damaged two of his cameras as he covered elections last year, according to local reports. "I am here for my two cameras that were destroyed by the Ugandan police. We are fed up," read a placard Ntege held up to passing police and the public last week before being invited in by the police for negotiations, according to local journalists.


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UTSA hosts film screening Nov. 10: 'Harvest of Redemption'
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(Nov. 8, 2005)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo, Dr. Harriett Romo and the UTSA Office of Institutional Diversity will host a showing of the film, "Harvest of Redemption," at 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 10 in the Buena Vista Theatre (1.326) at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
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The event, free and open to the public, is part of UTSA Diversity Month.
A pre-film reception is 6-7 p.m. Additionally, audience members can meet the film's writer and lead actor from 9 to 9:30 p.m. following the film showing.
Free parking is available across from the Buena Vista Street Building in Cattlemen's Square.
The film is based on the nonfiction book by Mercedes, Texas, native Eddie Howell. Set in the Rio Grande Valley in the 1920s, it is a coming-of-age story about a young man struggling to face the challenges of manhood and confront the haunting demons of his past.
In "Harvest," we watch Oscar as he grows up and attempts to overcome the resentment he feels after witnessing the brutal murder of his father. His journey is threaded by the vivid colors of life including love, hate, faith, hope and revenge.
Visit the "Harvest of Redemption" Web site.
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New website helps transition to digital broadcasting in West Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Apr 4 (APC)
African countries have committed to migrating to digital broadcasting by June 2015. It will be a costly process and it is not clear who will benefit — or where the resources needed to make the transition will come from. A new website provides independent information for policy-makers about making the transition and reports on digital migration in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.
Arguably the migration is one of the most fundamental changes in African broadcasting for over a decade and raises wider questions about how the "public interest" is expressed in broadcasting and its relationship with interactive, converged media.
Only a minority of African countries have started the policy work needed to create the transition and most of the discussion is focused on technical questions.
A new website developed by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Balancing Act is part of an initiative which aims to help policy-makers and others focus their efforts on how to lower the cost of digital migration and look at how a wider range of benefits can be reaped .
The website provides African policy-makers, regulators, broadcasters and civil society organisations with information on the benefits and challenges that come with the process and the policy issues that need to be addressed. It includes specific reports on digital migration in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. It aims to help policy-makers and others make the best decisions.
The initiative has been supported by the Open Society Institute (OSI).


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Having travelled through Guinea but not stopping in the countryside I was looking forwards to escaping the hassles of the city. Dalaba our first stop, had the cheapest hotel at 1.50 euros night, resulting in a total expenditure of 2.80 euros for bed and three meals the first day. This set a new record for the cheapest day. That same day we set off to find the 'Chute de Garaja' (A waterfall), did find it but they don't make it easy, so they can promote local guides. We were walking through some pretty remote villages far away from roads. Tried talking to some of the locals in French but apart from Bonjour, they could only speak Peul, their own language, which seemed to make them all the more African
After sending another day cruising the local markets, we left Dalaba and headed for a village called Doucki. After a few taxi rides, we were dropped in a one shop village where a guy pointed to a rocky track and we were told to walk in that direction till you reach a village. This we did and fairly soon met a character called Hassan Bah.
Having travelled considerable, Hassan Bah spoke French, Spanish, English plus his African languages and all very well. Of smallish stature, with an abundance of energy Hassan gave us our first walk within an hour of arriving. A couple of hundred meters from the village there is a large canyon with impressive rock sculptures. Hassan had already named a lot of the stranger rocks, still we tried to come up with a few others. In the village were a couple of grass roofed huts that were set aside for visitors where we slept. To wash there was a circular waist high screen made of branches in which you stood and washed by pouring water over your head from a bucket. It's funny saying hello to villagers walking past butt naked. We also ate what the villages were eating and never really lacked for anything.
The next day we had planned a nine hour walk down to the canyon floor following a waterfall, then along the base of the cliff before climbing back up a large fissure in the cliff where ladders made from branches were positioned
The morning on our last day was spent doing the 'Indiana Jones World' track which weaved in and around a large rock complex. Weaving in and out of crevasses and squeezing into caves then going for another swim.
I had successfully forgotten about the outside world by the time we needed to leave Doucki and had only seven more days left on my Guinean visa. With which, I was hoping to travel back down to the Sierra Leone border to go see the source of the mighty Niger river, before heading east to Kankan then into the country of Mali. Thomas needed to go in the opposite direction to Dakar for an important rendezvous. We only found out about the nation wide general strike as we were saying goodbye and our lives just got very difficult
While walking away from the village along the track back to the road, I was thinking this is the third strike in Guinea in the past year. This time the trade unions were asking for a reduction in the cost of living and the transport unionists were demanding a reduction in the bribing system when transporting people. But all these demands were almost trivial compared with what was now being desired. What was different about this strike was now they wanted President Cont� out!
Dictator Cont�, like a lot of other African presidents in the region has gone a bit nuts. He's been around for 24 years but only because he doesn't let anyone oppose him and because he pays huge amounts of money to the army to not revolt. He genuinely believes that he was put there by god and that he is above the law. Generally untouchable.
I was glad not to be in the capital at the moment, yet it didn't take long to get a ride in the direction of the nearest largish town called Lab�. I was eating deep fried donuts in a little village when we found out we couldn't go all the way to Lab� because the unionist in charge would confiscate the driver's car upon entering the town
Palm oil is used here for everything, especially for deep fried donuts. The problem is it's almost impossible to digest. Four months of African travel and I haven't been sick once. Yet that night the vomiting started around 11 and every hour I had to run to the bathroom and turn my stomach inside out. By morning I was pretty weak and strung out on my back thinking this isn't so much fun.
That morning Thomas went to the local taxi stand to see what the situation was like and came back late before lunch. Luckily he had found a ride to Senegal with nine others after meeting a French couple who had been waiting three days to leave.
I resigned to self prescribing a little cocktail of pills (Thanks sister!) and was feeling a bit better so we said goodbye. It's probable that we will meet up again in Mali as we are doing similar countries.
Later that evening I had run out of drinking water so got out of bed and went to ask someone where I could get some, as all the shops were closed because of the strike
Demonstrations in a country like here often results in violence and death as occurred in previous strikes. Lab� however was less likely to be dangerous compared with say Conakry. Afterwards according to the coordinator three days later taxis might start up again, but don't try leaving before, because even if someone takes your money, you'll just end up waiting forever. Nancy had been ordered to stay in a hotel room 100m from the Peace Corp headquarters. I was glad she had an African friend to keep her calm.
As for me, my visa was running out and an expired visa means paying big bribes at checkpoints. Also I thought this time the strike was here to stay, so I was imagining endless card games and recurring conversations waiting it out between 4 walls. Having mourned the end of my Guinean trip, I decided to at least try and leave by heading north back to Senegal
In this part of Africa there aren't buses and people squeeze up to 9-10 people into station wagons called bush taxis. At every town there are unionists who distribute the tickets and who try to ensure the system works smoothly. I waltzed up to the unionist and started talking to him but he effectively said 'Here, we're respecting the general strike. No taxis are leaving today!'. Yet there were people hanging around. Didn't take long to identify and differentiate the striking drivers from potential passengers.
So with the other passengers, being careful not to gather into groups that attracted attention, we managed to organise enough people on a list to justify a trip to Koundara in the north. Ousmane, an old Guinean passenger then found a willing driver and handed over our money. He then proceeded to follow the driver around everywhere to ensure he didn't take off with the dosh. The rest off us had planned to leave the taxi stand one by one, every minute or so in different directions to regroup in someone's back yard a couple of blocks away. Being the only European around, I have to admit to feeling slightly subconscious when it was my turn.
In the backyard we waited the rest of the day and most of the evening while the driver searched for petrol, hamstringed because every gas station was closed
Those with luggage paid an extra fee and it was all loaded on the roof. As soon as the car doors were unlocked, pandemonium broke loose, resulting in a mad rush for seats.
With too many passengers, this inevitably produced some very very angry people who found themselves on the outside when the doors all closed. I, like the angry people was still on the outside, but had remained calm because I didn't know what the hell was going on! The angry folk were flashing around a list of the original passengers, but the driver couldn't have cared less. I was beginning to resign to walking back to the hotel when Ousmane made a special plea for my cause and the driver agreed to share the driver's seat with someone else allowing me to board. I was feeling guilty for hours after thinking I was privileged because I'm white, but realised after that the driver didn't want to have to untie all the luggage to return my sack and luggage money. By some amazing coincidence none of the angry people had any luggage.
Arrived around 8am in Koundara and found a place to sleep away the day and following night. Although only a few kilometres away from the border I had to go through the entire rigmarole again the following day to finally arrive back in Senegal. I was a little sad to leave Guinea because it's a beautiful country and I had met some of the nicest people imaginable.
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|glasshouse yard, EC1A 4JN London, United Kingdom
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This loft style Apartment boasts a double bed with night lamps as well as a dressing or make up table. Interesting design features such as the light up wall as well as interesting artwork on the walls leading up the apartment.
The dining suite has a table with seating for 2 although an additional chair can be provided. There is also a large wall mounted flat screen TV, with Freeview. Large windows incorporated into most of the main apartment wall let in the gorgeous summer sunlight.
Apart from providing a complete set of kitchenware, the kitchen is also fully equipped with: electric hob, microwave oven, refrigerator, kettle, toaster and all the crockery and all the cooking utensils you will need for your stay. There is also a washing machine and ironing equipment in this apartment.
The fully tiles lime and white bathroom has a large epower shower, WC, Wash hand basin, and large heated towel rail as well as a mirrored medicine cabinet.
Once in London, don't miss the Tower of London, Chelsea, Camden, the British Museum, the National Gallery, Bond Street, Hyde Park, the Serpentine, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, St. Paul's Church or Tate Britain and Tate Modern. It's all incredibly close with London's great transport system.
House rulesWe are a family friendly block of 4 apartments. Be respectful to the neighbors and other tenants especially when it comes to noise levels after 11 pm
No Parties
No Smoking
No Pets
No extra number of guests
If you find anything wrong with the apartment please report it immediately, via email or telephone.
Any breach of conditions can mean you loose your deposit
Check out is at 11am
Check in is at 3pm
|Weekly rate for up to 3 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 3 guests
|Price for > 3 guests
|$ 46 CA per guest/night extra
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The apartment is close to the Underground station Barbican and thus central to the City. The decor of the apartment was already a bit older. However, the cleanliness of the apartment was to be desired. In 5 days for 600 euros you should expect a clean apartment.
Die Wohnung liegt nah an der Undergroundstation Barbican und somit zentral zur City. Die Ausstattung der Wohnung ist schon etwas in die Jahre gekommen. Allerdings ließ die Sauberkeit der Wohnung zu wünschen übrig. Bei 5 Tage für 600 Euro sollte man eine saubere Wohnung erwarten können.
It was a relatively lower priced appartment in London Centre, so our expectations were not high. It was indeed more of a student place and little attention had been paid to making the appartment nice looking or comfortable. Also the entrance (hall/stairs) were not very clean and quite a mess. The plusses were that the shower and kitchen facilities were good, the bed was comfortable and the appartment was reasonable clean.
We have the apartment not initially found. John ended up being very helpful and offered us that he comes by in an hour - but that does not in question And arrived because we had so little time in London for us.
The apartment was in our opinion not really clean. John has said it will later someone will clean the Apartmenf, but there was never anyone there. The dustbin was not emptied and the floor full of dirt. Through photos on Wimdu we imagined the apartment better and came away disappointed. 150 € We have already seen a lot better apartments. All in all it was okay for one night.
Wir haben das Apartment anfangs nicht gefunden. John war dann aber sehr hilfsbereit und hat uns Angeboten das er in einer Stunde vorbei kommt - was für uns aber nicht in Frage kahm weil wir nur so wenig Zeit in London hatten.
Das apartment war unserer Meinung nach nicht wirklich sauber. John hat gesagt es kommt später noch jemand der das Apartmenf putzen wird, aber es war nie jemand da. Der mistkübel war nicht ausgeleert & der Boden voll mit Dreck. Durch die Fotos auf Wimdu haben wir uns das Apartment besser vorgestellt und waren danach sehr entäuscht. Für 150€ haben wir schon viel bessere Apartments gesehen. Alles in allem war es für eine Nacht okay.
Very nice apartement, very good situated to Tube-stations, a lot of restaurants around, "pret a manger" and "Paul" just around the corner for breakfast.
We did have a problem in gaining entry to the flat but this was amicably rectified by the owner. The flat, although basic, was comfortable and very well situated for easy access to London's sights. Tube station minutes away, shop and restaurants conveniently situated. If returning to London we would use this flat again.
Comfortable apartment for two people, very close to Barbican Underground. You reach all the areas of interest in London.
Then we go a good starting point to stay in this great city!
Appartamento confortevole per due persone, molto vicino alla metropolitana Barbican. Si raggiungono con facilità tutte le zone di interesse di Londra.
Qundi un buon punto di partenza per soggiornare in questa magnifica citta!
The apartment was nice and quiet. We had a problem with the hot water when we arrived but Mark came soon and fixed it.
everything was good - we had a great stay in the apartment :) green tree was very nice, there was a detailed info-mail before we arrived, with all the important details to stay. The apartment was modern and new, everything was clean. to haltestelle barbican walking only 2 minutes! that was really great.
alles war gut - wir hatten einen tollen aufenthalt im apartment :) green tree war sehr nett, es gab eine ausführliche info-mail bevor wir anreisten, mit allen wichtigen details zum aufenthalt. das apartment war modern und neu eingerichtet, alles war sauber. zur haltestelle barbican zu fuß nur 2 minuten!! das war echt super.
Great location close to the subway. Minor blemishes visible due to wear. Otherwise very straightforward checking in and out.
Tolle Lage in unmittelbarer Nähe zur U-Bahn. Kleinere Schönheitsfehler durch Abnutzung erkennbar. Ansonsten sehr unkompliziertes Ein- und Auschecken.
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By lsrtx
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I use this indoors and outdoors, I can't get on the floor so I use my little scooter to clean out my base cabinets in the kitchen.I use it outdoors to pull weeds and plant flowers.I did have to replace the tires with rubber ones after the ones deflated on the scooter! Otherwise a very valuable item
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By wilsanderson
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Makes working in the yard easier for me cause I can't get on my knees for planting and tending to my flowers .
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By Annette
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At first glance, I thought this scooter was just what I wanted. However, it is not! Seat is VERY hard and uncomfortable, wheels dont turn (roll) well. Not quite the right size for sitting and reaching the plants.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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This is a great gift idea!
By Grandma
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I am a do-it-myself person who is limited due to joint pains. The Garden Scooter helps me to get around and do just about anything inside or outside the house. It's also a great roller-seat to have when brushing the dog!
garden help-I am glad I bought it.
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I am elderly and getting down to weed was difficult if not impossible. Now I can do the weeding with little problem.


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Hey there everyone. I was wondering if anyone in the Houston area would be interested in making an appearance for Free Comic Book Day at the comic shop I run. In case anyone is not familiar with the event I'll supply a little info. Free Comic Book Day is an annual event to celebrate comics in general but more importantly to help promote literacy in children. It's not always easy to get kids to read but if you put a comic in their hands maybe they'll be encouraged to do a little more of that. Let's face it, anything that promotes reading is a good thing.
We'll be providing free food (probably hot dogs) and drinks for anyone who shows up in costume. Every year has seen a great turnout and I'm sure this year will be just as great. The event takes place on the first Saturday in May. Anyone interested just a reply and I'd be happy to provode more info. Not sure if you can see my personal email in my profile but if so feel free to contact me that way also. Thanks for your time everyone and here's hoping some of youcan make it.


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Infiniti is stepping up their game with a 7-speed automatic (finally), upgraded 3.7 liter VQ, and Akebono brakes for the Sport model.Europe is getting it now, but we should should be getting it by next year. • Distinctive 'sophisticated-sports' styling• Rear-wheel drive driving dynamics with availability of Four-Wheel Active Steer• All-wheel drive version available• Potent 3.7-Liter V6 engine• Six-speed manual or advanced seven-speed automatic• Class leading passive safety features with:• Six airbags• Pedestrian-friendly pop-up bonnet• High level of standard equipment including "Scratch Shield" paintLink: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/infiniti/2008-infiniti-g37-sedan-ar53007.htmlInfiniti will unveil at the Geneva Motor Show the 2008 G37 Sedan, a model designed especially for the European market. It will be offered with either a rear- or all-wheel drive system with drive taken to the wheels via a slick six-speed manual or an advanced seven-speed automatic transmission. Four-Wheel Active Steer (4WAS) is available as part of the Infiniti G37 Sport model (see standard and optional equipment). This helps improve handling performance by varying the front steering ratio and adjusting the geometry of the rear suspension according to steering input and vehicle speed.An AWD version, known as the Infiniti G37x, uses Infiniti's ATTESA E-TS (Advanced Total Traction Engineering System for All Electronic Torque Split) all-wheel drive system, as found on EX37 and FX models will also be available. The G37 Sedan will be powered by a 3.7-litre version of VQ engine family. Regularly honoured in independent awards the world over, the twin cam 24 valve V6 produces over 310PS and an impressive over 350Nm of torque.
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Shopping & Food
Florence streets are lively at any time of the day and night. The city center offers a wide range of typical Tuscan 'Osterie' but also trendy lounges. If you are more up for a long night out, you can pick the best place from a rich selection of buzzing discos and pubs or romantic wine bars.
Via Tornabuoni, Via de' Cerretani and Via Roma– all within 5-minutes walks from Hotel Orto de' Medici – are only some of the streets where you can find the most glamorous boutiques of Italian and International fashion brands. Only few steps away from here, San Lorenzo's market exhibits Florentine best leather handicraft items.
Outlets and markets
The most beautiful Italian fashion boutiques are located around the town center. There, you can also find some lovely, typical markets, ideal to buy a gift such as leather bags, antiques or clothing articles at convenient prices. If you are after luxury items at discounted prices, we would recommend a visit to the big fashion outlets, located just a short drive from Florence.
Here is the list of the best shopping centers in Florence and surroundings:
- Outlet The Mall Gucci, Valentino, Armani, Yves Saint Laurent, Tod's, Sergio Rossi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Ermenegildo Zegna, Loro Piana, Bottega Veneta, Emanuel Ungaro – Leccio Reggello, you can go there by car or by coach
- Cascine Market Situated in the beautiful Cascine Park – Open on Tuesday from 7.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. This market offers all sort of products: fruits, vegetables, household appliances, clothing articles, shoes, phone cards and many other items.
- Fortezza Antiquaria – Antique Market Garden Fortezza da Basso – 3rd Saturday and Sunday of the month
- Prada Space Outlet di Prada, Miu Miu, Elmut Lang – in località Montevarchi, si può raggiungere in auto o in treno.
- Mercato di San Lorenzo and Central Market Clothing, leather articles, souvenirs. – Closed on Sundays and Mondays The indoor part with the Central Market, is the best place for food articles.
- Mercato del Porcellino Piazza del Mercato Nuovo, every day with the exception of Sundays and Monday mornings, the market exhibits articles in Florence straw, hand-made embroidery, flowers, gift and fancy goods.
- Mercato delle Pulci – Antique Market Piazza dei Ciompi – Open every day from 9.00 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Restaurants, 'Osterie', 'Pizzerie' can be found everywhere in the centre of Florence and your only difficulty will be picking one among such a great selection! To make you discover the true Tuscan taste, we are happy to recommend some restaurants from our personal selection:
- Accademia ***** Delicious food in a really friendly environment Piazza San Marco, 7 (35,00 €)
- La cucina del Garga **** Welcoming restaurant, very good food Via San Zanobi, 33 (40,00 €)
- La Giostra ***** Excellent cooking choice and an intimate atmosphere Borgo Pinti, 12 r (55,00 €)
- Il Latini **** The best Florentine beef steak in town Via dei Palchetti, 6 r (40,00 €)
- Osteria Pepò **** Small Osteria with excellent food choice Via Rosina 4/6 r (40,00 €)
- Couquinarius *** Very good dinner, extremely well-kept place Via delle Oche, 15 r (20,00 €)
- Fuor d'acqua ***** The best fish restaurant in Florence and a luxury, intimate atmosphere Via Pisana, 37 r (70,00 €)


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Hello, I joined your group looking for some direction. I recently came across some old hive boxes that had been sitting in a relative's barn for at least 12 years. I want to fix them up and put them back to use... I intend to salvage as much of the original material as I can and re-start a colony with them. But I really have no beekeeping experience at all, and I have another hurdle... they're homemade and therefore not exactly like contemporary ones on the web. They were actually used by a farmer who lived off the land at that spot for 50 years.
I've completed the first step-- pulling them out of the barn & dusting them off. They were filled with old dirt dobber nests, ancient honeycombs, looks like there was a family of mice in there at some point. After I cleaned them up a bee landed on one of the box tops so I took it as a good sign! I've since been doing some reading and joined a local group. Wanted to say hello, and welcome any advice. I've already found a lot in the archived threads.
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Brand Names: Cenestin, Enjuvia, Premarin
Generic Name: conjugated estrogens (oral) (Pronunciation: KON joo gay ted ES troe jenz)
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What are conjugated estrogens (Enjuvia)?
Estrogen is a female sex hormone produced by the ovaries. Estrogen is necessary for many processes in the body.
Conjugated estrogens are a mixture of estrogen hormones used to treat symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes, and vaginal dryness, burning, and irritation. Other uses include prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, and replacement of estrogen in women with ovarian failure or other conditions that cause a lack of natural estrogen in the body. Conjugated estrogens are sometimes used as part of cancer treatment in women and men.
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Conjugated estrogens can harm an unborn baby or cause birth defects. Do not use if you are pregnant.
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nice toppers and welcome to Fl.
Great projects and thank you for sharing
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These look great.
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I love your choice in colors in all of them!
How fun each and everyone of your projects are. I love the quilting on the halloween one.
"Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern ... It will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that ...one stitch at a time, taken patiently."
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Love them all!!!!
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They are all very lovely. Nice work.
Very nice!! Getting a jump on the holiday, very smart.
All are lovely. Best wishes to your husband and to both of you for your new home. Give your husband my thanks for what he did on behalf of all of us, we contribute our safety and freedom to great people like him. I never pass someone in uniform without shaking their hand and thanking them for their service, so shake his hand for me. My son was in the airforce, served in Panama during that squirmish so he is now a proud vet of a foreign war.
Whew, you have some great projects, and I have to tell you, your photography of them is fabulous!! I really need to take a lesson from you!


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So I am messing about with JTR and so far must downloaded about 10 word list that all say they are English words. I wanted to know is there a script anywhere that will allow me to merge these files but removed any duplicates ? As I am sure that most of the word list will have the same words so its bit counter productive and that way I could just have one big word list and add to it.


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Shallow treatment of the traditional Ka Mate haka by New Zealand sportspeople is becoming an embarrassment.
What should be a celebration of Maori culture is being increasingly bastardised as a means to slap "Kiwi" status upon participants. While both cultures can enjoy the haka in comparative isolation, it morphs into murkiness when overdone.
A key example is described in Val Adams' autobiography. Members of the Olympic management team - led by chef de mission Dave Currie - whirred into action at 2am to celebrate Adams' gold at the Beijing Games with little thought for other athletes in the village competing later that day.
Buck Shelford gave the Ka Mate haka a renaissance when he led it during his tenure as All Blacks captain in the late 1980s. He gave the performance verve when previously - in the video and photographic annals of All Black history - it resembled amateur line-dancing.
The haka has subsequently earned international kudos as the means by which the All Blacks start tests, although sometimes too much emphasis can be focused on it, relative to the game.
Shelford, and in later years All Blacks Taine Randell and Piri Weepu, have been invaluable in making the haka credible.
Their contribution has been sullied by other New Zealand sportspeople yelling and slapping their way through a circus of showmanship.
The haka might be redolent of New Zealand as well as Maoridom but, in such circumstances, it becomes a party trick rather than a cultural icon. Several haka, like those celebrating the bronze medal of a swim relay team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, make it as meaningless as a plastic tiki.
A recent case occurred when Olympic management attempted Ka Mate in the stands at the rowing during the 2012 Olympic Games. The rowers felt that it had been overdone; it had become a cliche and they asked that no further haka greeted the achievements of their five medal-winning crews.
Since 2005, the All Blacks have led the way in creating a solution to haka cliches with a bespoke version.
While Ka Mate is their staple, Kapa o Pango, with its rugby-tailored lines such as "Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei" ("the team in black is rumbling here"), is used for special occasions.
The All Blacks should use Kapa o Pango all the time because of its specific rugby analogy rather than the less relevant Ka Mate which describes Ngati Toa chief Te Rauparaha's early 19th century experience hiding from his pursuers in a kumara pit.
The women's Black Ferns and Super Rugby's Chiefs have instigated similar initiatives to the All Blacks. For instance, the women's pre-test performance differs in style, stance and ferocity to the men's version. Women never poke out their tongues; in Maori culture, that tends to be a man's domain relating, among other things, to an extension of 'manhood'.
They apparently prefer to show the whites of their eyes to show they're 'alive'. Similarly the Chiefs, like numerous school first XVs around the country, have opted for their own version.
An example was reserved for fans after victory over the Sharks in this year's Super Rugby final.
The time has come to take the haka to the next level with the Maori cultural renaissance of the last generation.
If you're a New Zealand sports team, don't be lazy by relying on Ka Mate. Establish your own so it means something.
But don't overdo it ...
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Football historian LEIGH EDWARDS profiles every Arsenal player from 60 post-war League seasons.
Ex-England Youth midfielder Adrian Clarke made his Premiership debut in Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at QPR in December 1994 when John Jensen scored his long awaited first goal for the Gunners. Signing professional at Highbury in July 1993, he helped Arsenal win the FA Youth Cup in 1994 and made seven Premiership appearances. He was loaned to Rotherham United prior to joining Southend United in March 1997 but was unable to prevent them plummeting from the First Division to Third. Following a loan spell at Carlisle United, he joined Stevenage Borough in June 2000 and has since played for Margate and Welling United.
Northern Ireland Under-23 left-back Freddie Clarke understudied Billy McCullough whilst at Arsenal. He impressed with Glenavon before following Jack McClelland to Highbury for £5,000 in November 1960 and made his League debut in Arsenal's 5-4 defeat at home to Aston Villa in March 1962. Helping the Gunners win the Football Combination Cup and London Challenge Cup in 1962/63, he played 26 First Division games prior to rejoining Glenavon in November 1965. Later reserve team coach at Glenavon and Bangor, he spent 35 years as an accountant with Graham Construction and now lives in Hillsborough, Co Down.
French U-21 left-back Gael Clichy was the youngest-ever recipient of a Premiership winners' medal in 2003/04. Previously with Cannes, he moved to Highbury for in August 2003 and made his Premiership debut in Arsenal's 3-0 victory at Birmingham City three months later. Suspension and injury to Ashley Cole gave him further chances to impress and he appeared in the 2003/04 FA Cup semi-final. He helped win the FA Community Shield in 2004 and featured in the Gunners' triumphant 2004/05 FA Cup run, then returned from a foot injury to appear in last season's Champions League semi-final second-leg.
Scottish winger Tommy Coakley played in Arsenal's first-ever League Cup match at home to Gillingham in September 1966. Starting with Possilpark Juniors, he moved via Motherwell to Arsenal in May 1966 and made his League debut in place of Alan Skirton in the 1-0 win at home to Aston Villa three months later. He scored once in nine First Division games for the Gunners prior to joining Detroit Cougars in December 1967, then played for Morton and Chelmsford City. Later managing Maldon, Bishop's Stortford, Walsall and Blakenall, he was a bookmaker in Willenhall and now co-owner of Swingers Golf Centre in Lichfield.
England Under- 21 striker Andy Cole played for Arsenal in the 1991 FA Charity Shield. Signing professional for the Gunners in October 1989, his only League appearance was as a substitute in the 4-1 win at home to Sheffield United in December 1990. He moved to Bristol City for £500,000 in July 1992 after a loan spell and joined Newcastle United for £1,750,000 in March 1993. Sold to Manchester United for £7,000,000 in January 1995, he amassed a vast collection of honours including 15 full caps and joined Blackburn Rovers for £7,500,000 in December 2001. He has since played for Fulham, Manchester City and now Portsmouth.
England international left-back Ashley Cole was capped 51 times whilst at Arsenal. Signing professional at Highbury in November 1998, he returned from a loan spell at Crystal Palace to make his Premiership debut in Arsenal's 4-2 defeat at Newcastle in May 2000. He succeeded Nigel Winterburn in defence and starred as the Gunners won the 'double' in 2001/02, also winning the FA Cup twice more and the Premiership title again in 2003/04. Recovering from injury to play in the 2006 Champions League final, he netted eight goals in 156 Premiership games before joining Chelsea in a deal involving William Gallas in August 2006.
Long-serving wing-half Ernie Collett played for Arsenal either side of the Second World War. Signing professional at Highbury in April 1933, he made his League debut in place of Wilf Copping in Arsenal's 1-1 draw at Stoke City in October 1937. He helped the Gunners win the League Championship that season and London Combination on six occasions. Making 187 wartime appearances, he assisted Brentford in the 1942 War Cup final and played 20 First Division games for Arsenal before joining the coaching staff in June 1949. Later scout until retiring in November 1979, he died in a traffic accident five months later.
Versatile midfielder David Cork appeared for Arsenal in the top-flight during the 1983/84 campaign. A former apprentice at Highbury, he turned professional in June 1980 and made his League debut in Arsenal's 3-1 victory at home to Watford in December 1983. He scored once in seven First Division games and also helped the Gunners win the Football Combination in 1983/84. Moving to Huddersfield Town in July 1985, he reunited with Mick Buxton at Scunthorpe in February 1989, then helped Darlington win promotion and played for Boston United and Worksop. He is now a machinist with Norking Aluminium in Doncaster.
Versatile midfielder David Court played for Arsenal in the 1969 League Cup final. Signing professional at Highbury in January 1962, he was given his League debut in Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa eight months later and played in every outfield position during his time with the Gunners. He netted 17 goals in 175 First Division games and helped win the Football Combination shortly before being sold to Luton Town for £35,000 in July 1970. Later with Brentford and Barnet, he ran a delicatessen in Brookmans Park, then was a compliance official for DBS Financial Management and is now back at Arsenal as a coach.
Outside-right Freddie Cox scored valuable goals in Arsenal's 1950 and 1952 FA Cup semi-final triumphs. He played for Spurs either side of the Second World War and served as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF. Moving to Arsenal for £12,000 in September 1949, he was an FA Cup winner in 1950 and a finalist in 1952, scoring nine times in 79 First Division games for the Gunners prior to joining West Brom as player-coach in July 1953. He became Bournemouth's manager in April 1956, then managed Portsmouth, Gillingham and Bournemouth again and was a newsagent in Bournemouth until his death in August 1973.
Scotland international midfielder Alex Cropley was plagued by injuries whilst at Arsenal. The son of former Aldershot favourite Jack Cropley, he spent six seasons with Hibernian and was a Scottish League Cup finalist shortly before moving to Highbury for £150,000 in December 1974. He suffered two broken legs, netting five goals in 30 First Division games for Arsenal prior to joining Aston Villa for £125,000 in September 1976. A League Cup winner in 1977, he subsequently played for Newcastle United, Toronto Blizzards, Portsmouth and Hibernian again. He has since been a publican and a taxi driver in Edinburgh.


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Thursday, March 21, 2013
(SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2013)
We won!
After years of pressure from Fair Trade activists like you, Hershey's recently announced [1] its next step toward 100% certified sustainable cocoa by committing to source cocoa through three of the world's most recognized cocoa certifying organizations, including Fair Trade USA.
When Hershey's made its announcement in October of 2012 [2] to source 100% certified cocoa by 2020, many wondered what the commitment would look like and if that meant Certified Fair Trade.
Now it's time for the Fair Trade movement to celebrate this milestone achievement of convincing the largest chocolate company in the United States to listen to its consumers and offer sustainably sourced cocoa that also addresses the worst forms of labor in its supply chain.
Global Exchange along with the Raise the Bar, Hershey! Coalition [3] are filled with gratitude for all the years of activism from all of you to bring Hershey's to this decision.
"This victory represents more than one company finally doing the right thing," said Global Exchange's Organizing Director, Kirsten Moller, "it represents thousands of consumers, children, churches, unions and YOU realizing our own power to make change and insisting that everyone is treated fairly by the big corporations that bring us our chocolate, coffee and T-shirts. After years of work, we have pushed GAP to address sweatshop labor, Starbucks to purchase Fair Trade, and now another big corporation has listened to consumer pressure and we have WON with the help of all of you... Enjoy your guilt-free kisses!"
Global Exchange will continue to monitor Hershey's "21st Century Cocoa Plan" to ensure that its promise is kept to improve cocoa growing communities. We hope to see Hershey's maintain its timeline of going fully Fair Trade by 2020 and serve as an example to all major chocolate companies out there to continue to raise the bar and improve its supply chain accountability.
In the meantime, let us congratulate Hershey's on this huge step in the right direction and celebrate this monumental victory for the Fair Trade movement.
Hershey's choose Fair Trade


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Three years ago I started raising my own queens, and have not bought new bees since (it is a tremendous money saver). Everywhere I read, it always says "Raise you own queens, you'll get good after a while, and it saves money." I have also read "Get your queens from a local producer with a Good Stock of bees." But I always wanted to try and develop my own Good Stock. Being part of the solution, as well as save money.
Assuming that I am able to raise quality queens after a few years of practice, I came to the realization this winter that I may never be able to raise this Good Stock because I have too few hives to work with. My apiary ranges from 4 to 8 colonies (full hives plus nucs) on any year, which gives me 3 to 6 new queens to be raised and tested each year. However, to keep a line pure, and viable, it seems like you need a minimum population of 20 to 25. Also, to get good tests, and comparisons, it would seem like you would need at least 8-10 full hives on any given year to compare between.
With this in mind, is there any way of achieving the fabled Good Stock, with my small apiary? Or would I be better off buying the Good Stock every two or three years, and breeding off them?
--Thanks, Jon D.


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Rich, chocolate waffles are the perfect breakfast for that special someone's birthday.
Nutrition Profile:
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Serves 8
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 30 min.
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Preheat waffle iron. Preheat oven to 200°F.
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Whisk egg yolk, buttermilk, brown sugar, oil, vanilla and coffee granules in a medium bowl. Whisk into dry ingredients until just moistened.
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Beat egg whites in a clean mixing bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, beating until glossy but not dry. Whisk one-quarter of the beaten whites into the batter, then fold in remaining whites.
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Lightly coat waffle iron with cooking spray. Spoon in the batter and cook until the waffle is crisp and golden. Transfer to oven to keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter, lightly coating iron with nonstick spray each time, if necessary. Dust the waffles with confectioners' sugar before serving, if desired.
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Developer : Planet Moon Studios
Platforms : PSP
Genre : Third-Person Action
Release Date : 2005
The first in a series of original games exclusively for the PSP from Planet Moon Studios and Majesco, Infected features pulse-pounding two-gun action as players cleanse the mean streets of New York City of mad, flesh-hungry Infected. The title brings the frenetic gameplay of a classic arcade game to a cutting-edge third-person shooter.
Infected features an engrossing single-player campaign with lavishly gory details and unlocks the world of WiFi with blood-thirsting multiplayer modes. There is also an innovative multiplayer system called "chain infections" whereby players create unique avatars and pass them on to each other's PSPs like viruses. If infected by another player, the gamer will actually find his avatar running around fighting in his single-player game. Through multiplayer victories, players spread their avatars around the real world, player to player, in massive, viral chain letters of evil!
Infected is a game of shifting power, chain reactions, huge explosions and double-fisted gunplay.
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It's Christmas time in New York City . A strange virus has appeared in the city, turning seemingly normal people into insane, violent folks called: Infected.
Rookie Officer Stevens is one of the first victims of the Infected. But unlike others, Stevens is stangely immune and doesn't lose control. The mysterious Dr. Schaeffer discovers that Stevens' immune blood can be used to destroy the otherwise unkillable Infected. Schaeffer creates a special "viral gun" that fills shells with blood from Stevens' arm and blasts them straight into the Infected, causing them to die.
Stevens is the only person who can save New York – and Christmas – from the Infected!
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text: Individual Control for Open-Plan Offices 01/25/2013 | By Janelle Penny Put light levels in occupants' hands for energy efficiency and cost savings A research project commissioned by the GSA showed a positive response to personal lighting controls. At this test building in San Francisco, workstation-specific controls spurred increases in two measures of lighting satisfaction. Credit: lawrence berkeley national laboratory View Larger You can't make every occupant happy in an open-plan office, but lighting strategies focused on personal control can help you cut energy consumption and improve occupants' attitudes and productivity at an increasingly affordable cost. Could individual lighting controls benefit your facility? Compare your office space to two retrofit examples to assess the potential energy and occupant satisfaction improvements. Why Lighting Needs Differ Occupational demands can complicate lighting satisfaction. Someone who uses a computer all day might prefer a dim workspace that doesn't produce glare or eye fatigue. Others need full brightness for optimal performance. "The standard thinking is to just connect an occupancy sensor and hardwire it to a bank of switches," says Danny Yu, CEO of Daintree Networks, which develops wireless control technology. "That has the lowest installed cost, but you end up paying for it because spaces change and occupants have different needs. When the layout is reorganized, someone has to change the sensors, hand-tune them, or take them out." Satisfaction levels increase when occupancy sensors are paired with other technologies, such as daylight sensing, wall control, or individual controls, notes Brian Dauskurdas, director of global energy solutions for Lutron Electronics, a developer of lighting control solutions. "You can let single occupants have a say in how their lights are controlled," Dauskurdas says. "This idea isn't new to the market, but based on the cost of the devices, the ability for them to utilize radio frequency (RF), and the new wave of ballasts coming out, you can now have digital control without extra expense." Facilities in Focus At United Stationers, a wholesale distributor of business products, a large retrofit covering the office and breakroom areas of its Sacramento facility contributed to the company's pursuit of sustainable improvements and cost savings. Spurred by its local utility, United Stationers signed onto a research project studying possible savings from combining office LED fixtures with advanced wireless systems that allowed individual control of overhead lighting in some of the office spaces. The project resulted in a staggering 94% monthly lighting energy savings over previous energy usage, thanks in part to the replacement of hundreds of fluorescent fixtures with LEDs and the resulting reduction in the number of fixtures in the building. However, the personal controls in particular resulted in surprising findings, Yu notes of the Daintree control system retrofitted at United Stationers. A majority of occupants keep their light levels partially dimmed and have wholeheartedly embraced the personal remote controls, according to Dave Bisbee of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which worked with United Stationers on the retrofit. A similar research project conducted on behalf of the General Services Administration (GSA) compared occupant satisfaction with workspaces at five test buildings in California and Nevada. Researchers took a baseline measurement of 10-year-old fixtures typical of much of GSA's inventory and compared it with two retrofit strategies: a space conforming to GSA's current lighting retrofit standard and another with a centralized control system that allows individual workstations to control light levels. The results reflected improvements similar to the United Stationers project. For example, at the San Francisco facility, spaces with workstation-specific luminaires charted an average annual energy density of 2.18 kWh per square foot, while the standard retrofit measured 3.45 kWh and the baseline stood at 5.85 kWh. Even if you can't afford to retrofit large areas like these, you can still reap significant savings. New lighting and a tighter control system together ensure the best ROI, says Dauskurdas, but the scalability of wireless control devices means you can add them gradually as funding allows. "It's common among building owners to think that you need to buy the entire system at once. Historically, that's true – you'd have to retrofit everything and it would be very expensive," Dauskurdas adds. "With the proliferation of wireless devices, however, you can literally separate one or two fixtures on a circuit and control them individually." Janelle Penny email@example.com is associate editor of BUILDINGS. 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