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BeschreibungIn recent scholarship, the notion of precarious employment has become increasingly important when exploring challenges to working conditions in various contexts. Both scholars and stakeholders have highlighted the multifaceted character of this phenomenon in different countries, regions and labour markets. This book explores the emergence of precariousness in Sweden, a country that has traditionally been held up as an example when it comes to the advantages of powerful pro-labour parties and employment security. The essays provide historical and international perspectives on the issue, as well as multi-disciplinary approaches to explaining the problem. By examining the development of precarious employment in recent decades in different settings, ranging from industrial relations and employment relationships to consideration of regulation, policy and actual working conditions in different sectors, the authors, writing from different disciplinary perspectives, provide a rich and varied analysis of precarious employment. They suggest that the best tool for understanding the phenomenon is a power relations approach based on class, gender and ethnicity.
InhaltsverzeichnisContents: Annette Thörnquist/Åsa-Karin Engstrand: Introduction. Precarious Employment in Perspective - Christer Thörnqvist: The Most Powerful Industrial Relations in the World? Pros and Cons of the Swedish Collective Bargaining System in the Light of the Laval Conflict - Anders Kjellberg: Trade Unions and Collective Agreements in a Changing World - Annette Thörnquist: False Self-Employment. A Topical but Old Labour Market Problem - Catharina Calleman: Precarious Employment in Sweden? Care Work and Domestic Work in a Twilight Zone between Public Law and Private Law - Monica Andersson Bäck: Who Cares about the Carer? New Public Management in Sweden - the Case of Health Call Centres - Åsa-Karin Engstrand: Justifying Precarious Employment? The Struggle over Shop Opening Hours - Malin Junestav: Promoting Employment or Employability? The Move from Active Labour Market Policy to Workfare - Paulina de los Reyes: Structural Discrimination and Causalised Work. An Intersectional Approach to (un)Equal Conditions in Swedish Working Life - Ali Osman/Per Andersson: Precarious Accreditation? Inclusion of Immigrants in Precarious Labour Market Positions - Steve Jefferys: How Dark are the Clouds over Sweden? - Annette Thörnquist/Åsa-Karin Engstrand: To Conclude.
PortraitAnnette Thörnquist is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Economic History, Uppsala University. In recent years, she has also worked as a researcher at the Department of Work Science, University of Gothenburg, and at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO), Linköping University. Åsa-Karin Engstrand is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO) and a guest lecturer at the Division of Business Administration, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University.
Untertitel: Old and New Challenges to Working Conditions in Sweden. 'Travail et Société / Work and Society'. num. tables and graphs. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: P.I.E.
Erscheinungsdatum: November 2011
Seitenanzahl: 309 Seiten
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After three years of delays, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is poised to receive its first Boeing 787 later this month. The big plane, known as the Dreamliner, will then begin regularly scheduled flights for ANA this November. However, a lucky few will get to take a special charter flight from Narita International (Tokyo) to Hong Kong on Oct. 26-27, celebrating the first official passenger flight of the Dreamliner.
ANA is Japan's biggest airline, based on passenger traffic; according to its president Shinichiro Ito, the Dreamliner and the airline's new budget carrier, AirAsia Japan, will "play a key role in helping double ANA's operating profit margin" to 10% in the next three to four years.
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Where You Can Fly the Dreamliner
The airline expects to add 20 of these 787's to its fleet by March and ultimately take possession of 55; in the meantime, here's where and when you can catch a ride on the Dreamliner:
- November 1: Domestic flights between Haneda-Okayam and Haneda-Hiroshima
- December 2011: First regular international service, Haneda-Beijing
- January 2012: First long-haul international service, Haneda-Frankfurt
For those of you wondering about U.S. destinations, an ANA spokesperson told me Dreamliner flights to the U.S. is a definite goal and although there is no set timetable yet, they hope to have U.S. service in place "sometime in the coming year".
Dreamliner's Luxury Passenger Amenities
ANA says seating aboard their Dreamliners will be configured differently, depending on the route; for example, on long-haul international flights, look for 46 business class seats and 112 economy seats.
At the moment, there is no first class, but many Dreamliner amenities are definitely "upper cabin". Business class passengers will have seats that fully recline and are equipped with widescreen, LCD touch panels; coach passengers will also have individual entertainment screens and everyone gets the universal PC power source, a USB port and, on long haul flights, an iPod jack. The favorite amenity of the ANA rep I spoke with? The larger-than-standard tinted windows that can be lightened or darkened at the touch of a button. I like that, too.
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Why Airlines Love Dreamliner
There are several good reasons why airlines like ANA appreciate the Dreamliner, such as the more spacious overhead bins which can lead to easier and quicker boardings, but the really big reason is fuel efficiency.
When all its first 20 Dreamliners are in operation, the airline expects they will help ANA cut fuel costs by a huge margin, saving the carrier from $51 to $64 billion dollars a year. I like that, too.


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I can't think of any bands as fast and brutal as Rigor Mortis that can keep the same punk/hardcore edge that they do. Mike Scaccia's guitar work is fucking flawless as he alternates between speed-picked rhythm and tap solos, watching video of this shit makes me fall to my knees (why Ministry??!? Why?!?!). The production quality of this album and the Freaks 12" is definitely more crisp and clear than the first LP but I think it's more fitting for the amazing guitar and bass work which is much more than raw simplistic thrash like other bands. I can sit and listen to this album the whole way through without it ever losing my attention span. after the weird intro it fucking shreds from beginning to end (minus the Ramones cover). Songs like Throwback they're obviously trying say they're still down with the punks as well (shit, Casey Orr ALWAYS wore a Ramones shirt) might bore some people but then you've got some fast as shit blistering speed metal track, like Contagious Contamination or City in Fear. Fans are split cause the earlier Rigor Mortis you always knew what to expect with their style, but most of the songs on this last album leave a much bigger impresssion in my memory. I wish I could play this album to every kid who only knows Slayer or even the Yngwie Malmsteen worshippers, it would fucking blow anyone away.
Rigor Mortis used to be a marvellously fast and aggressive thrash band of my late teens. Their self-titled debut album was at the time a furiously fast and violent, although a quite badly produced masterpiece. Maybe it would be considered mere aggressive thrash or basic death metal today, but it was angry at the days with 75 miles to the closest decent record store, even with its beautifully idiotic lyrics and goofy overall image. Somehow I believe that many artists in the now heavily overcrowded and lamentably undertalented brutal death metal genre have had it in their collections and regular playlists in the late 80's, even if it rarely gets mentioned as a classic today. The Freaks EP followed the debut with equal ferocity and better production, and certainly still gives a solid kick in the kidneys when needed.
The third work in the series, Rigor Mortis vs The Earth, proves to be a harsh disappointment. The first two tracks, the beautiful instrumental Dying in My Sleep, and angry and excellent Mummified, promise a good ride for the rest of the album. Then the third track, Throwback, pours a bucket of tepid water on the listener's head. It's a truly poor performance. What the hell happened? The fourth track, Contagious Contamination is again a relative masterpiece, followed by the nicely starting but ultimately boring The Rack, before the album hits the bottom mud with a useless Ramones cover, Psychotherapy. The excellent City in Fear and Asphyxia temporarily save the album from a certain spiral of death, before the remaining three songs force it to belly-land in a potatofield. What is wrong with this album? What has happened to the Rigor Mortis I used to know?
A second listening and a peek inside the sleeve reveal the problem: the good stuff is sung by the then-new singer Doyle Bright, while the remaining crap has vocals by the bassist Casey Orr. And he, I'm sorry to say, is not up to the task. He really cannot carry a tune for two yards, and sounds like a teenager trying to growl punk in the throes of a serious voice change of a badly troubled puberty. The only decent song by him is The Rack, and even that one is mostly salvaged by the excellence of the guitar work. The good tracks also contain much better songwriting, as if the band saved the best songs for the new singer. The lyrics throughout the album stay in the traditional Rigor Mortis area of violence, mayhem and intestines, no matter who doing the vocals.
The result is obviously a relative disaster. The traditional Rigor Mortis sound, with the emphasis alternating between the vocals and guitar, and both the barely audible bass and muddled drums staying in the background, means that every time Orr opens his mouth, every problem his voice has immdiately becomes a problem to whoever is listening. Why did they have to do this? How many hours of studio time would it have required to have Bright sing the tracks again? They ended with a divided album of excellent thrash and embarrassing punk-demo-quality songs. Most of the songs by Orr sound like punk of some sort, and probably account for the often mentioned "punk influence" on the album. Scaccia's guitar work, even on the bad tracks, is still phenomenal, but the lousy singing almost makes even it sound smothered, although this could very well be partly psychosomatic after hearing Orr's croaking. The production, while still far from perfect, is miles ahead of the sound of the debut album, but once again leaves bass and drums to the background, although this time they are actually audible.
The math is merciless. You can have the best guitar work in the world, but when you combine it with abysmal vocals and produce the whole so that they share the time available equally, you end up with a mediocre mean value. The one third of the tracks, with Bright's vocals, raise the rating of the album somewhat, but even they cannot work wonders. Fifty percent of this is irritating to listen to, and that brings the album close to the point where it cannot recover itself any more. And all this because of the vocals. That's an achievement in itself.
What should they have done? Well, throwing out the tapes with Orr's vocals on them and replacing them with Bright's would probably have improved the album to somewhere around 80%. After that, kicking out the completely redundant Ramones cover and a few less excellent tracks in the end (Speedwhore, and possibly Sog or Dead Fish) would have brought it up to 90%. But that didn't happen.
Another solution would have been to completely cut out the tracks with Orr singing, keeping the instrumentals. The end result would have been a splendid EP, on par with Freaks or even better. But that didn't happen either.
It would be interesting to know about the circumstances that led Rigor Mortis to do this to their album. There is either a lack of personal quality control or something else that forced them to use Orr's barking as the vocals on all the spoiled tracks. Could it be something like running out of money and/or studio time? Orr's personal ambition? Frustration and desperation in the face of a looming split-up? Distrust towards the new vocalist? Whatever it is, it was a mistake, and somehow might have had something to do with the band's split-up.
The band nowadays has a web page that almost promises a reform of the band. Also, there's a mention of Casey Orr's punk band, The Hellions, that possibly further explains the aforementioned "punk influences". Anyone who knows these guys: please tell them to keep Mr. Orr away from the microphone in case they actually decide to make a new album, unless the aim is to permanently move away from thrash and death and -essentially- their old fan base. Thank you in advance, sir/ma'am.
Now, that's it. I've bashed one of the favourites of my youth. It's time to repent. A penance of no coffee or beer for me for two days might make me redeem myself. D'oh!
Rigor Mortis was never really a top-tier thrash band, but all of their releases to date have been enjoyable. My favorite is this album, which sees the band's punk influences bubbling to the surface, leading to a much looser, more fun feel. Witness the hardcore-tinged speed metal of "City of Fear" or the mid-tempo proto-groove of "SOG", then cringe at the unnecessary cover of the Ramones' "Psycho Therapy". Despite the more prominent punk feel, there's still plenty of pure thrash to keep the diehards happy: "Mummified" and "Asphyxia" rage just as hard as anything on the debut, for instance. The band balances the punkier stuff with the straight speedier stuff throughout Vs. the Earth. Vocally, this isn't too dissimilar to their previous work (raspy thrash vocals), although bassist Casey Orr gets more mic time here. Lyrically, the band is still sloshing around in blood and guts, with maybe a little more humor present compared to the straight-faced first album. Ironically, though the music has gotten looser here, the sound itself has tightened considerably. The slushy production of the debut has been jettisoned in favor of a crisp, clear sound that allows space for everything to be heard. All in all, for the speed metal collector or hardcore fan looking to cross over, Vs. the Earth is worth tracking down. It's no Reign in Blood, but it's good entertainment. Great music for jogging, or for mowing down joggers with your car.


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* SAA Acting CEO Nico Bezuidenhout has announced that one of its subsidiaries may be sold, and a stake in SAA could be sold too. Subsidiary Mango may be listed. Losses have been reduced from R7 million per day last year to R5 million per day two months ago.
* Spur has been named as our country's leading restaurant brand, out of 45 evaluated (the list is not supplied, but appears to consist of franchise brands), followed by McDonalds, Ocean Basket, Mugg & Bean, and Wimpy. The study was conducted in November last year, amongst customers earning R5000 per month or more. (more…)


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By Warren Arceneaux / American Press
The regular season is halfway over and the majority of area football teams will begin district play this week. Coaches have started checking out power ratings and discussing the importance of getting first-round home playoff games.
The season is heating up with more regional rivalry games and high-stakes showdowns on the horizon over the next five weeks.
Here is a look at how the races shape up in each district.
District 3-5A: the top three finishers from last season — Acadiana, Barbe and Carencro — have started to separate from the pack. Each of the three is undefeated in district play. The first game between members of the group takes place Friday, when Acadiana visits Barbe. The Bucs play at Carencro the following week and can assume control of the race with a pair of wins. Barbe's defense has struggled against the pass in games against Evangel and St. Thomas More, a pair of shootouts that the Bucs split. The Bucs can score with anyone but will need the defense to stand up to the powerful running attacks of Carencro and Acadiana if it is to sweep the pair of games.
District 4-4A: A similar scenario is playing out in here as Washington-Marion, LaGrange and St. Louis — which all tied for the district title last year — look like the favorites coming in. The Charging Indians are 4-1, and after riding the running of Melvin Jones last year, have added balance to the offense with the development of quarterback Marius Rideaux, running back Rawlin Guillory and receiver Demond Delahoussaye.
LaGrange and St. Louis are each 3-2 against difficult nondistrict schedules. The Gators have quality road wins over Sulphur and Northside and have the benefit of three district home games, including both the St. Louis and Washington-Marion games. The Gators have an abundance of quality skill position players but have hurt themselves with penalties throughout the first half of the season. Cleaning up the pre-snap penalties and getting running back Robert Leday back healthy will be keys.
St. Louis has had to battle inexperience and the temporary absence of head coach Mike Johns, but picked up good wins over Sam Houston and East St. John and played well in a one-point overtime loss at Jennings.
The Saints have found a few playmakers on offense in quarterback John Paul Crawford and wingbacks/receivers Lenny Breda and Andrew Dietz. Consistency in the running game will be needed in games against the other top teams, but a solid defense and spectacular special teams play should keep the Saints in every game.
District 4-3: The race appears to be wide open. Jennings and Notre Dame are as good as expected, but Iowa has been the story, winning all five games while putting up ridiculous point totals.
Chaz Key has emerged as a dual-threat as a runner and kick returner, and the Yellow Jacket defense has been dominant. However, Iowa has yet to play a winning team. It will be tested early in the district race with consecutive trips to Crowley.
Jennings has kept rolling on offense, plugging in Jarquis Brown and Lamontay Mouton at the running back spots and adding some balance with the throwing of Jaylon Boutte. The Bulldogs have three wins over 4A teams and will get a chance to take control of the race early, as they host Notre Dame this week.
The Pioneers (3-1) have been impressive, beating Breaux Bridge to open the season and blowing out St. Louis and Catholic-New Iberia. The lone loss was by four to undefeated Teurlings Catholic.
Westlake (3-1) should also be a factor. The Rams have an impressive set of skill position players and have been good defensively. Receivers Jacory Washington and Tyler Johnson, 6-foot-6 and 6-3, respectively, are tough matchups for opposing defenses, and Latrell Martin is a powerful running back.
District 4-2A: Little has been decided in the first two weeks of play. Welsh is undefeated with a big win over Kinder and a quality win at Rosepine. Kinder and Lake Arthur each have one loss but remain in the race. Kinder's toughest remaining games, against Rosepine and Lake Arthur, are both at home. Lake Arthur controls its fate with games against Welsh and Kinder remaining.
Head-to-head games between the three contenders will be crucial in the chase for playoff positioning. Class 2A is deep. A team with two or three losses will no be guaranteed a home game, so getting big points from beating the other elite teams will provide a big boost in terms of seeding.
District 4-1A: Undefeated Basile and one-loss Elton appear to be the favorites. Sophomore Kendrick Ceaser has emerged as a star for the Bearcats, with 837 rushing yards. Elton's Micah Lavan is not far behind with 753 yards and Carson Ortego and Scott Ross have shown they can produce big plays in the new-look spread offense.
Warren Arceneaux covers high school athletics. Email him at email@example.com


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Hillary Clinton's Memoir and More From Washington
Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today, talks about her interview with Hillary Clinton in which they discussed her new memoir, the upcoming book tour, and the latest rumbles on a presidential run. Plus: the US response to the growing crisis in Iraq.
Transcript of the "Fresh Air" Interview Excerpt we Played on Air
Full interview available on the NPR website.
GROSS: So just to clarify - just one more question on this - would you say your view evolved since the '90s or that the American public evolved allowing you to state your real view?
CLINTON: I think I'm an American. (Laughing) And I think we have all evolved and it's been one of the fastest most sweeping transformations.
GROSS: No, I understand, but a lot of people already believed in it back the '90s. A lot of people already supported gay marriage.
CLINTON: But not - to be fair, Terry, not that many. Yes, were there activists who were ahead of their time? Well, that was true in every human rights and civil rights movement, but the vast majority of Americans were just waking up to this issue and beginning to, you know, think about it and grasp it for the first time. And, you know, think about their neighbor down the street who deserved to have the same rights as they did or their son or their daughter. It has been an extraordinarily fast - by historic terms - social, political and legal transformation. And we ought to celebrate that instead of plowing old ground, where in fact a lot of people, the vast majority of people, have been moving forward - maybe slowly, maybe tentatively, maybe not as quickly and extensively as many would have hoped, but nevertheless we are at a point now where equality, including marriage equality, in our country, is solidly established. Although there will be places.
CLINTON: Texas, just to name one, where that is still going to be an ongoing struggle.
GROSS: I'm pretty sure you didn't answer my question about whether you evolved or it was the American public that changed (Laughing).
CLINTON: I said I'm an American, so of we all evolved. And I think that that's a fair, you know, that's a fair conclusion.
GROSS: So you're saying your opinion on gay marriage changed as opposed to you - you just felt it was comfortable...
CLINTON: You know, somebody is always first, Terry. Somebody's always out front and thank goodness they are. But that doesn't mean that those who joined later in being publicly supportive or even privately accepting that there needs to be change are any less committed. You could not be having the sweep of marriage equality across our country if nobody changed their mind. And thank goodness so many of us have.
GROSS: So that's one for you changed your mind? (Laughing).
CLINTON: You know, I really - I have to say, I think you are very persistent, but you are playing with my words and playing with what is such an important issue.
GROSS: I am just trying to clarify so I can understand.
CLINTON: No, I don't think you are trying to clarify. I think you're trying to say that, you know, I used to be opposed and now I'm in favor and I did it for political reasons. And that's just flat wrong. So let me just state what I feel like you are implying and repudiate it. I have a strong record. I have a great commitment to this issue and I am proud of what I've done and the progress we're making.
GROSS: You know, I'm just saying - I'm sorry - I just want to clarify what I was saying - no, I was saying that you maybe really believed this all along, but - you know, believed in gay marriage all along, but felt for political reasons America wasn't ready yet and you couldn't say it. That's what I was thinking.
CLINTON: No. No, that is not true.
CLINTON: I did not grow up even imagining gay marriage and I don't think you probably did either. This was an incredibly new and important idea that people on the front lines of the gay rights movement began to talk about and slowly but surely convinced others of the rightness of that position. And when I was ready to say what I said, I said it.
GROSS: OK, thank you for clarifying that.


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Ryan Seacrest Angry at Julianne Hough for "Cozying Up" to Hunky Co-Star?
There's trouble in Ryan Seacrest and Julianne Hough's relationship, claims Star, and it's because she's been "cozying up to hunky Diego Boneta," her co-star in Rock of Ages, which is shooting in Miami.
An alleged "source" tells the tabloid, "Ryan blew a gasket when he saw pictures of Julianne and Diego splashing by the beach and at a pool in Miami." And from Hough's side, says Star's "source," while Seacrest "showers her with flowers sent to her trailer, she wants a guy who actually spends time with her. Ryan is always so busy and makes excuses about why he can't come visit her." Is that so?
Throughout this all, writes Star, "The former Dancing with the Star beauty has found a fun and very attractive companion in Diego." So, is "Three's A Crowd," as the magazine notes in its headline about Seacrest, Hough and Boneta? No, of course not.
A source close to Seacrest tells Gossip Cop claims that "Ryan blew a gasket" when seeing photos of his girlfriend with a co-star are pure fiction. These rumors weren't true two months ago, and they're still untrue. There are NO jealousy issues and we are told the couple is perfectly fine.


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This Day In Country Music History – April 13th
On this day in 2010, George Strait reached an historic Billboard chart milestone, garnering another top 10 on Billboard's Country Songs chart in an unprecedented 30th consecutive year. "I Gotta Get To You" was his 82nd top 10 hit.
Today in 2000, George Jones added another gold award to his wall when his album Cold Hard Truth was certified for selling 500,000 copies.
Happy birthday today to Loretta Lynn … Elected to the country music hall of fame in 1988, Loretta blows out 79 candles today.
And on this day in 1976, Tammy Wynette's "Til I Can Make It On My Own" sat at the top of the chart… the song has been remade over the years by Faith Hill, Martina Mcbride and Wynonna.


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YouTube isn't just about video anymore. Over the weekend they launched a brand new custom camera application called FRONTROW that lets viewers snap photos of live streamed performances, just as if they were actually attending the event. The app was launched as part of Vivid LIVE, an annual music event at the Sydney Opera House.
Ernesto Soriano of YouTube Australia writes on the YouTube blog, "During the livestream, not only can you sit back and enjoy the tunes of some renowned musicians, you can also participate right from your desktop! In a world first, you can take photos of the event through FRONTROW camera app: zoom in and out to change your view, take photos during the live stream, apply filters and immediately share on your social networks."
Check out the video below to see FRONTROW in action:
FRONTROW kicked off last Friday, but there are still a couple of events scheduled for later in the week that you can tune into to check it out (though you may have to wake up pretty early, depending upon where you live). On Thursday, May 31 at 9:50pm AEST / 4:50am PST you can tune in to see The Temper Trap debut their new album in the Concert Hall. On Saturday, June 2 at 9:00am AEST / 4:00am PST you can tune in to see Brazilian electronica mastermind Amon Tobin perform. Head over to youtube.com/sohfestival to find out more.
Have you had a chance to try out FRONTROW yet? If not, will you be tuning in later this week to check it out? What do you think of YouTube getting into this Instagram-style video sharing technology?
Megan O'Neill is the resident web video enthusiast here at Social Times. Megan covers everything from the latest viral videos to online video news and tips, and has a passion for bizarre, original and revolutionary content and ideas.


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The San Francisco Fog Men take on the San Francisco Gators at home on Saturday, December 6 at 1pm, in a friendly pre-season game.
And since that's not nearly enough rugby for a Saturday afternoon, immediately afterward the Fog is holding an intramural scrimmage affectionately known as a Black and Blue Match (after the club's primary colors). Present and past club members are invited to play, watch, or imbibe as appropriate.
Place: Treasure Island on the corner of Avenue D & 9th Street
Date: Saturday, December 6
Time: Kickoff vs. Gators at 1pm
Social to follow (around 4:30pm) at Lookout Bar.


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G2A Review Plus Coupon
G2A possibly is the leading site in CD key sales
We are in close communication with G2A. I can tell you that they offer discount coupons like those found in our site. Coupons are also available through their affiliate program called GoldMine. These coupons allow the author to recover part of your spending as gains.
G2A was able to build their reputation through GoldMine. The participants were very interested because the interest was much lower for about 1 to 2 years.
G2A.com doesn't have any other coupons or codes available. Searching for such may lead you to unreliable sites or malicious users and cause you to waste time. Even without coupon vouchers G2A very often has the least expensive prices in our price comparison site.
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This can be very annoying and can waste your time, not to mention, it will leave you with a feeling of injustice and a violation of your privacy. All shops have different policies regarding this identity checks. G2A.com recommends the following best practices to avoid these inconveniences.
- Do not use proxy/VPN with your purchase.
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G2A.com and It's Users
We have been in the field of professional sellers of downloadable games for years, we are very watchful and very capable in verifying the information and quality of service a vendor provides.
The G2A.com shop was created in 2013. They have established their company in several fields which are related to video games. Like many e-commerce companies, G2A.com's headquarters is based in Hong Kong.
We have been working with G2A.com since July 2013. G2A was formerly known as Go2Arena in 2012, which was one of the stores that we have worked with before. This allowed us to quickly trust the site G2A.com, especially taking into account the years of service of Go2Arena. Overall we have no problems with their services.
G2A.com was able to establish itself in many areas related to videogames like ESport who sponsors teams like Cloud 9 Team Liquid and many more. They have also improved their popularity by getting well known YouTube personalities like Pewdipie, Ocelot and Athlene to promote them.
They are also involved in charity services like Save the Children for about two years now.
G2A.com and It's Review Scores
G2A.com has a good rating with Trustpilot at 8.9 / 10. With that said, it has come to our attention that Trustpilot can be paid to remove negative opinions. Making us cautious about their rating.
So we have created our own rating system in our site. We know that this more accurate because it is not moderated. We make a living with our price comparison sites that has linked with the vendors that we reference and we do not have any special agreements or interests concerning their reviews, which allows us to be completely neutral.
Each user that has an order number with us can come and give a good or bad review without the risk of it being removed. We do not have any special arrangements and we do not get any payments for the comments we receive. Our main concern are the opinions of our users. The review of our users as well as the tests that we carry out each month guarantees a secure and optimal experience for sellers.
With our own rating system, G2A.com gets a score of 3.10 / 5. This has been calculated by taking into account the opinions of our users in our 8 sites.
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I am going to conclude by giving you my personal opinion about the shop G2A.com.
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Westbrook reported to 2012 spring camp in much better shape and his results improved as well. The 34-year-old has a 12-9 mark so far this season with a 3.50 ERA in 24 starts, putting him just three wins shy of 100 for his career. He has 16 "quality starts" this season, second on the team to Kyle Lohse (19).
Among the game's most proficient pitchers at inducing groundballs, Westbrook is leading the National League in both double plays induced (22) and groundball percent (73.3) this season. He has allowed just 10 home runs, ranking fourth in the league for fewest home runs allowed/9 IP.
A solid defender as well, Westbrook is annually among the game's top fielding pitchers. This year, he is among NL pitching leaders in total chances/9 IP (2.97) and assists/9 IP (2.22).
On July 31, 2010, Westbrook was acquired by the Cardinals from Cleveland in a three-way trade. St. Louis also received lefty Nick Greenwood and outfielder Ryan Ludwick moved to San Diego. Westbrook has built a 28-22 mark with a 4.01 ERA in 69 starts with the Cardinals. His win total of 28 since his acquisition is the 10th best in the National League with Roy Halladay, Ian Kennedy and Clayton Kershaw first with 35.
This extension would seem to serve as an insurance policy given the uncertainty about the health of Chris Carpenter. Other starters under team control for 2013 include Adam Wainwright, Jaime Garcia, Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly. That does not include highly talented, but unproven youngsters Trevor Rosenthal and Shelby Miller. Lohse will be a free agent this fall and it seems unlikely, barring trades or injuries to others, that he will return next season.
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Bahrain Crown Prince calls for talks with opposition
By Angus McDowall
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's Crown Prince called for dialogue with the country's opposition to break a deadlock in the restive Gulf Arab state, an appeal met with skepticism by rights activists.
The ruling Al-Khalifa family, who are Sunni Muslims, used martial law and help from Gulf neighbors to put down a revolt in March last year against alleged discrimination of Bahrain's majority Shi'ite Muslim population, but violence has resumed.
Protesters and police clash almost daily and the island has seen bombings this year. Demonstrations are banned.
Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifah, who was seen as losing influence to hardliners in the ruling family during mass protests last year, said Bahrain must continue political and judicial reforms.
"I call for a meeting between all sides, as I believe that only through face-to-face dialogue will any real progress be made," he said late on Friday in an address to a conference on Middle East security organized by the International Institute for Security Studies.
No opposition figures were invited to the conference.
"We know dialogue would help solve the problems in Bahrain, but we don't see any positive messages from the authorities," said Mohammed al-Maskati, head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights.
"The repression is ongoing, people are facing unfair trials, activists are in jail... You have to ask - if he is serious, why doesn't he make this address at a national level? It's just propaganda by the authorities," he said. Continued...


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this is my city
You should know straight up that everything you thought you knew about Sydney is probably wrong.
Unless you're one of us.
By 'us' I mean the small gang of people convinced that you don't live in the same city that we inhabit. You don't breathe the same air or see the same things. There are people who declare that Sydney can be defined by the people who inhabit it, but it is one of the few places in the world that almost has nothing to do with the people who live there. Sydney's casual indifference to the often intoxicating mess of people who abuse its beautiful face, is what sets it apart.
Some people see this big, sprawling mess of a city on the surface and judge it instantaneously. But have you ever swum in its harbour beach embrace at 4am in the morning? Walked through the canopy of Hyde Park trees at midnight searching for the taco truck? Have you even seen the cemetery of white crosses on the Clovelly Cliffside overlooking the ocean? Or casually perused the leafy streets of Bourke Street by way of bicycle? Have you ever water taxied your way to a floating bar, sipping honey whisky from a red and white candy striped straw while staring at the Opera House?
We're all crazy, mad; deliriously in love with the place.
Sydney has always been home, with a few excursions out of it here and there, from anywhere between a day to a year. I grew up in a Catholic migrant community in the north-western suburbs in the safe, sheltered confines of a private school bubble, where the biggest drama was usually found in girls not wearing their hats or failing to save the world from every social justice issue. I found my way out of that altruistic, hat-wielding nightmare and took the express train to CITY TOWN, DESTINATION: UNIVERSITY and soon Sydney started to expand and conflate into a giant rubber duck of new areas and new people who lived in places I had never heard of and believed were made up, forcing me to stare inquisitively at everyone I met, particularly those opting to wear hats indoors (I did a writing degree).
It became a drawn out quasi-nightmare of long, sticky train commutes, running through underground tunnels to get to class in time. We cruised through house parties in ridiculous suburbs like Bronte, Coogee or Marrickville depending on wherever students dwelled. There were hotels and fancy dress parties and far too many questionable fruit flavoured alcoholic spirits. Generally I really hated it, but this might have had a lot to do with the fact that I never really lived in the one spot, had zero to no money and often had to walk everywhere, dodging crazy old man stalkers in my Grandma's suburb where I lived for a time.
I left Sydney for a whole year and forgot about it for a while but not for long. I was caught up in the tiny, winding laneways of Europe that would eat you up in a heartbeat and callously spit you back out. I discovered love and urban bicycle transportation. I'd buy bread every day and never sleep, only dance on broken glass and dodge smoke clouds in bars. I avoided near death experiences in Valencia, Pamplona and Ibiza and famously fought off a street attacker in Raval. Barcelona and Europe were great but it was never really home. We dreamed too long of Pad Thai and fresh air and diversity that didn't include naming convenience stores after the ethnicity of the people who predominately worked in them ('let's go to the paki' they'd say cheerfully in Spanish).
The return made Sydney into a kind of surreal painting. Was it always this painfully beautiful? Why is it torturing us by being so expensive while we, so poor? The uni days dragged on, marred by red bull and endless all nighters. By now we had lost any last shred of discipline, barely handing in assignments and not even showing up to class, unless they were creative writing classes or film screening lectures.
Sydney started to emerge from its slumber in the most formidable way. While Clover was busy bringing in small bar laws that would radically change the nightlife scene, we were finding alternative things to do on our own accord, like underground poetry readings which were actually above ground in random squatter buildings, walking up flights of stairs covered in graffiti to get to them and then letting old poets speak to us in lyrical verses. We kept ourselves busy during the day with second hand bookstore-turned-cafes like Gertrude and Alice. The unique, well thought-out, impeccably designed and super little cafes with perfect flat whites started popping up everywhere, culminating in the greatest cafe name to date – Fleetwood Macchiato.
When we were ready for them, the small bars emerged like tiny saviours in the field of dreams. We became friends with all the bartenders (who were all friends themselves) and we would stride in like seasoned regulars. Speakeasies were the flavour du jour and had lines every single night (and some still do after years). Old decrepit pubs were being turned into classy bar/restaurant hybrids or late night dive bars open until 6am. Fake hot dog stands were actually a secret entrance for underground dance venues.
Friends would host galleries and exhibitions in laneways between CBD buildings. The Art Gallery of NSW still to this day hosts old school love films free of charge. Clover threw a spanner in the works for angry cars everywhere with the greatest urban development I've ever seen – bicycle lanes everywhere, prompting me to name my bicycle after her (Clomo).
It was all familiar and a little too small, running into people everywhere, realising all the friends we now had in common thanks to all the social media ways. Little communities began popping up everywhere and then actual pop ups began popping up everywhere, starting with the first of its kind, Table for 20, allowing people to eat a home cooked meal side by side with complete strangers on an ad-hoc basis and culminating in our friends hosting their own floating Harbour pop up bar called The Dispensary for 3 weeks, accessible only by way of water taxi. Food trucks came to the rescue of hungry revellers everywhere with anything from tacos to Tetsuyas on offer. Our friends started the Sydney Harbour Bathing Society, a chance to recreate the harbour baths from Sydney's past at secret locations.
Then there's the Sydney I can't even begin to picture, the one I hardly know, the one with the mosques and the legendary folklore of restaurants like Jasmine's Lebanese Restaurant in Lakemba or El Jannah's chicken in Granville (okay that one I know). There's the Cabramatta I've been to twice in my life, once to source cheap fashion materials for a dressmaker and that other time to attend a Russian Orthodox Easter mass (an intense six-hour affair with everyone standing up and the women braiding their hair). There are so many Sydneys, so many types of places, that it's difficult to understand them all. The suburb I currently live in was a complete anomaly to me before I lived there. Now it's my whole world.
Louise Hawson nailed it when she created Sydney's 52 Suburbs. 52 and counting, surely. It feels like a mosaic that few people can piece together.
I didn't realise how far in over my head I was with this city until my Spanish ex came to visit the country for the first time. He declared very openly in the first few weeks that he did not like Sydney.
'It's boring', he said, scrunching his face up at all the large, savoury brunch options on hand at Clipper Cafe in Glebe and questioning why the coffee wasn't sweet enough.
'It's pretty, but where's the life?! There's no life here', he said, perusing the quiet, beautiful, tree-lined terrace housed streets of Paddington.
I thought of Waterloo and Redfern all of a sudden, how the locals just hang out on the street talking to each other while the kids play in the street with hula hoops. I remembered walking through the streets of Darlington at midnight and calling out to the guys who work in the local cafe and them stumbling into a little dance routine. I remember eating Mexican outside on King Street, drinking from cheap BYO and spinning around deliriously. I remember sitting outside on my friend's balcony one night as Fleetwood Mac played on her vinyl player and someone from below called out 'IS THAT FLEETWOOD MAC?' with genuine glee in their voices. I remember sixty friends going from bar to bar for their annual 12 bars of Christmas (sorry everyone in Sydney at that time of year). I remember the picklebacks at Flinders and the house parties and the Florence and the machine and the passing out with arms wrapped around disco balls and I wonder what that word 'boring' really even means because I can't remember it anymore here.
I was walking through Darlinghurst on a sunny day with Messina gelato in hand and a well groomed elderly woman holding hands with her gentleman friend, called out to us inquiring, 'oh please tell me, are we close to the gelato place?!'
Yes, it's just around the corner, and I smiled, the sun on my face.
This must be the place. Sydney finally started to dance on its heels. Maybe it was always spinning but we just weren't there, stoically supporting it like a loyal stead. But now we are right there with it and there's a hashtag to prove it (#sydneyiloveyou – follow @ccsyd).


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Kinect for Xbox 360 Teams With NFL PLAY 60 and Drew Brees to Unveil 'Kinect for Xbox 360 Super Sunday Challenge'
Kelly Dunst on 02 4, 2012
In an effort to inspire the masses to get off the couch this Sunday, Kinect for Xbox 360, the official console sponsor of the NFL, and NFL PLAY 60 today announced a challenge to fans and gamers across the country to help make Feb. 5, 2012, "The Most Active Super Bowl Sunday Ever."
This afternoon, NFL PLAY 60 ambassador and Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees were joined by kids from an Indianapolis-area middle school in a press conference from the NFL's Super Bowl media center to outline the details of the "Kinect for Xbox 360 Super Sunday Challenge." In the spirit of NFL PLAY 60, which encourages kids to get 60 minutes of physical activity daily to fight the childhood obesity epidemic, Xbox and Brees are challenging families to participate in a total of 60 minutes of controller-free active fun with Kinect for Xbox 360 on Sunday before or after the Super Bowl.
"As a father of two, I appreciate the importance of making sure kids stay active," said Brees. "That's why I've embraced the challenge of making this 'The Most Active Super Bowl Sunday Ever'; I'll be leading the effort by spreading the message and challenging families to get in 60 active minutes this Sunday. Playing Kinect for Xbox 360 is a fun way to achieve this goal, so join me in embracing this challenge by posting your Kinect photos and videos on the Xbox Facebook and Twitter pages."
NFL PLAY 60 Partner
Kinect for Xbox 360 provides controller-free games and entertainment that use your whole body to play. Kinect offers a natural and interactive way for kids to get off the couch and have fun while meeting their 60 minutes of daily activity — particularly when it's too cold or too hot to be outside.
"Weather and daylight can limit how long kids can play outdoors safely, but with Kinect for Xbox 360, your body is the controller and our games get kids kicking, jumping and running right in their living rooms," said Yusuf Mehdi, chief marketing officer of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business. "As families gather indoors for their parties this Sunday, Kinect for Xbox 360 is a great game-day activity to get 60 minutes of active fun."
"Kids have so many great entertainment options, but Kinect for Xbox 360 is one that gets them off the couch to play," said Brian Rolapp, chief operating officer of NFL Media. "It aligns with what NFL PLAY 60 is all about — developing innovative, fun ways to keep kids active."
Designed to tackle childhood obesity, NFL PLAY 60 brings together the NFL's long-standing commitment to health and wellness with partner organizations, such as Xbox 360. Since the program was launched in 2007, the NFL has committed more than $250 million to youth health and fitness through programming, grants and media time for public service announcements. The NFL and its teams have built more than 100 NFL Youth Fitness Zones and organized more than 1,500 NFL PLAY 60 youth events.
"As a proud partner of the NFL and Kinect for Xbox 360, I am thrilled to see the increased attention Microsoft and the NFL are giving to this epidemic. Today, only 18 percent of our children get 60 minutes of physical activity daily," said Alexis Glick, CEO of the GENYOUth Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to fighting childhood obesity. "Our in-school program, Fuel Up to PLAY 60, reaching 36 million kids every school day, is attacking this issue on the front lines. We need continued leadership, attention and investment in this issue to ensure our children live as long as we do."
Indianapolis: NFL PLAY 60 Events and Experiences
For families visiting Super Bowl Village in downtown Indianapolis, the Kinect NFL PLAY 60 FanDome provides a fun, active, immersive, 360-degree inflated dome with full-body gaming on Kinect for Xbox 360. Also, on Feb. 1, Microsoft celebrated Kid's Day at the NFL Experience.
About Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is a premier home entertainment and video game system. Thanks to the addition of Kinect, Xbox 360 will forever transform social gaming and entertainment with a whole new way to play — no controller required. Xbox 360 is also home to the best and broadest games as well as one of the world's largest on-demand libraries of music, standard- and high-definition movies, TV shows and digital games, all in one place. The entertainment center of the living room, Xbox 360 blends unbeatable content with a leading social entertainment network of nearly 35 million Xbox LIVE members to create a limitless entertainment experience that can be shared at home or across the globe. More information about Xbox 360 can be found online at http://www.xbox.com.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
Note to editors: For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at http://www.microsoft.com/news. Web links, telephone numbers and titles were correct at time of publication, but may have changed. For additional assistance, journalists and analysts may contact Microsoft's Rapid Response Team or other appropriate contacts listed at http://www.microsoft.com/news/contactpr.mspx.
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Lady Cats get a gutsy comeback win against district foe Laurel Hill
By REID TUCKER
As sports drama goes, it's hard to improve on seventh-inning comebacks, but it's especially nice when they do triple-duty as a district win and victory against a pitched rival.
That was exactly the outcome of the Paxton Lady Cats' 6-5 victory at home against District 1-A foe Laurel Hill on Tuesday, April 2. The Hoboes scrapped to turn an early 3-zip Paxton lead into a 4-3 advantage of their own by the top of the fourth, but the Lady Cats clawed back for a tying run to deadlock the scoreboard over the next three grueling innings. Laurel Hill scored a run on botched tag at home plate, but Paxton had an answer in the form of Chrissy Currid, Layce Miller and Cassidy Brazille, who all stepped up in a big way in the final at-bat of the game.
All three girls reached on singles to load the bases, after which time Laurel Hill pitcher Maddie Varnum walked in Currid for the third tie in the contest. Then up to bat came eight-grader Payton Malloy, who had thus far gone 0-for-2, popping the ball up for easy outs in both cases. However, the last appearance at the plate was definitely no repeat performance, as Malloy crushed a shot past the pitcher's mound and beyond the outstretched glove of second baseman Sam Purvines, driving in Miller for the win.
Paxton coach Steve Williams said his team, now 5-8 overall and 3-6 in district play, has shown steady improvement over the course of the schedule after getting off to a slow start. If they keep playing like they have been of late, the Lady Cats have a good shot to break .500 before the end of the season, he said.
"They've been resilient and they always keep battling," Williams said. "We've had to be tough this year because it was a rough start to the season, but we're on the way back to where we need to be. We were able to get out of some jams tonight thanks to our seniors, and then for Payton to step up like she did was a great confidence boost for the team. She was due for a hit and she delivered."
The game was almost entirely driven by action at the plate, as batters from both clubs managed to find the rhythm of the opposing pitchers or were advanced to the next base via the odd fielding error or wild pitch. Brazile, who pitched a complete game for Paxton, had three strikeouts but gave up six hits and had four walks, while Laurel Hill's Varnum struck out two batters and had seven hits. The Lady Cats and the Hoboes each had two earned runs on the night.
Paxton's standout batting performance of the game came from Sidney Beck, who went 2-for-2 with two singles and an RBI, though she reached first in all four of her appearances at the plate thanks to an error and a walk. Laurel Hill had three batters all get two hits. Nicole Bailey and Kristen Klevez each went 2-for-2 and Ashley Hatfield was 2-for-2.
The Lady Cats, in the hunt for a third- or four-place seeding going into the district tournament (as such a rank means a home game), traveled to Malone two days later, only to fall 8-7. Paxton led 7-0 after five innings, but Malone tacked on five runs in the bottom of the seventh to get the win. Games between other District 1 teams played Friday, April 5 would determine the eventual tournament seeding, but that information was not available at press time.


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Far West & Murray - Back o'Bourke
|Back o'Bourke - Quick Facts
|Getting there
Bourke is located in the far west of NSW on the banks of the Darling River, 800km from Sydney.
January: 21-36°C
Bourke is best known for its searing summer heat. Temperatures of 49°C are not unknown. Winters are more pleasant, with warm days and cool evenings.
|Tourist Information
Along with Gundagai, Hanging Rock and Gulgong, Bourke occupies a special place in the Australian psyche. The phrase 'Back o' Bourke' (meaning the back of beyond) is deeply enmeshed in our language.
"If you know Bourke, you know Australia," wrote Henry Lawson. Yet it is surprising how few people bother to visit a town that has spawned such a potent outback legend.
Bourke began life as log stockade (built to defend white settlers from Aboriginal attack) in 1835 and has always been seen as a frontier settlement - both culturally and geographically. While the rest of NSW was largely tamed for agricultural use, the region around Bourke retained its colourful, swashbuckling atmosphere.
The history of Bourke has been largely shaped by a recurring cycle of financial speculation, drought and economic depression. Hot dry summers, dust storms, sheep scab, floods and unreliable transport - paddle-steamers and camel and bullock trains - meant that only the hardiest settlers survived.
In the early days Bourke enjoyed a reputation for hard drinking, but of the original 19 pubs only six remain. Frontier life is celebrated each year with the famous Mateship Festival held in and around Bourke each October.
Today, visitors can gain a fascinating insight into Bourke's early history by visiting a number of historic sites in and around the town. These include the old Lock and Weir (built in 1897 to ensure a permanent supply of water to the town), the Old London Bank (1888) and St Ignatius Catholic Church (1874), Bourke's oldest surviving building.
A replica of the original Fort Bourke Stockade, 35 km downstream from Bourke, is another popular site. The original stockade was built by Major Mitchell in 1835.
In the 19th century Bourke was a major inland port servicing the needs of an expanding farming population
Paddleboats regularly plied the waters of the Darling River - the last commercial service stopped in 1931.
Visitors can recapture the spirit of the era by taking a cruise on the Jandra, a romantic old paddle-steamer now berthed at the Bourke wharf.
Despite Bourke's remoteness, the town has always attracted its share of creative minds. Henry Lawson lived here between 1892 and 1893 collecting material for his short stories (you can visit the Carriers Arms Inn, his old drinking haunt), as did the famous horse breaker and bush poet Harry 'Breaker' Morant. Scottish ballad poet Will Ogilvie is also remembered - he worked on an outlying sheep station during the 1890s.
Another famous resident was eye surgeon Fred Hollows, who began working with Aborigines here in the 1970s and is now buried at Bourke Cemetery. His memorial attracts a steady stream of visitors. A walk around the gravestones provides a graphic introduction to the history of Bourke. You'll also find the graves of several Afghans associated with the camel trade that ceased in the 1920s, plus those of two policemen killed on duty (one apparently by a bushranger).
In recent years Bourke has become the centre of a thriving cotton growing industry. Tours of the local cotton gin are highly recommended. These can be arranged through the Bourke Tourist Information Centre - ask for one of their distinctive 'mud maps' which will help you find some of the area's more elusive attractions.
For visitors with more limited time, the Visitor Information Centre can also arrange fully-guided Back o' Bourke Tours which take in a number of historic buildings, vineyards and Aboriginal sites.
Although history remains Bourke's strongest attraction, the district is becoming increasingly popular with bushwalkers, anglers and those wanting to experience the outback first-hand.
Nearby Mt Gundabooka (80 km from Bourke) offers a number of Aboriginal rock paintings and is ideal for bushwalking and birdwatching. Kangaroos, emus and other wildlife can be seen in abundance.
Further afield is the newly-listed Culgoa National Park, which offers secluded camping and picnic areas on the banks of the Culgoa River. Apart from birdwatching, the park offers coolibah woodlands and sandhills carpeted with wildflowers following spring rains.
A new addition to the Bourke calendar is the Outback Fishing Challenge. With prizes worth up to $10,000 on offer, it is one of the biggest inland fishing competitions in Australia.
Bourke has always attracted people who like a challenge.
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agreed that it's a red-brown with gold shimmer... in some lighting it looks a bit more purple based, but I really like this overall. I had this on immediately after purchasing to test out the color - after chicken korma for lunch and some Chinese for dinner, there was still some color on my lips.
so far, I like the lipfinity line best for a long-lasting lipstick (I also own "glowing"). yes, you can feel the base color painted on your lips, but I don't mind reapplying the top coat so that my lips don't feel dry. it feels much better to me than L'Oreal's Infallible LipColour (which made me feel like my lips were permanently puckered)!
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This is one of the Lustre shades which means it has shimmer. I feel this makes it look more like traditional lipstick. #191 Bronzed is a gorgeous red brown with gold shimmer on me it's a very close match to Mac O. You apply lightly and evenly and it stays on for 12 hours plus.
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It's been so long since posting here, that I've had a hard time getting back on line and deciding what to do next. My question may be so easy...but I'm stumped. I have a new (free) pattern to try that requires 3 (three) strands of "Double worsted weight yarn" to be knit on size 15 needles. I am in the dark as to what is Double Worsted Weight yarn, and a brand....etc. Anyone out there know the answer? Should knit up fast if I can make a good decision!:shrug:
I did a search and found a Morehouse pattern that called for it and used Morehouse Merino 3-strand. :scratchinghead: I think it merely means Bulky Weight though. According to the yarn weight scale, Bulky is roughly the equivalent to twice a worsted weight yarn.
It's just a heavy worsted/bulky yarn. Either weight will do.
Thanks for a quick reply...I really want to buy enough to get started on this pattern
Double Knitting weight yarn. Slightly finer than worsted weight.
It was a question about Double WORSTED weight, not DK.


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Yoon Shi Yoon Lends his Voice for 'Flower Boys Next Door'
Allowing us to hear more of that voice, Yoon Shi Yoon will be lending his voice for the OST of tvN's Flower Boys Next Door.
Yoon Shi Yoon will be singing in a track titled, I Want to Date You, which will be the theme song for his character, Enrique Geum.
With love blossoming between Enrique and Go Dok Mi (Park Shin Hye), the sweet love song will be included in a picture perfect dating scene between the two characters in an upcoming episode.
Although he's swamped with busy schedules, Yoon Shi Yoon diligently went about his song recording session.
The CJ E&M music department staff praised the actor for his diligence and hard work during the session despite not being a professional singer.
The song will be revealed on February 11, along with a love confession between Enrique and Go Dok Mi.
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During eleven years of handling press and public relations for the City of Bayonne, I have had many experiences dealing with newspaper and television reporters. To be fair, the majority of journalists are interested in reporting the facts the majority of the time. Unfortunately, in a significant minority of cases, journalists have had other agendas.
Early in my tenure, in 1996, I sent a routine announcement to The Jersey Journal about street construction on one of the main avenues in Bayonne. I gave the release a bland headline. If memory serves, it was "Avenue E Traffic Advisory." When the item appeared in the newspaper, it had a new headline: "City to Hassle Residents." Eleven years later, that still wins my prize for most gratuitously negative headline.
As a writer myself, I understand the need to make stories exciting through the use of interesting headlines. That being said, some stories are simply routine and deserve blandly accurate headlines. For example, "Free Wood Chips Available," a headline I have actually used, stated clearly and plainly what the article was about, as did the equally exciting sequel, "More Free Wood Chips." For the most part, articles about policy deserve unexciting headlines. Several years ago, The New Republic held a contest to find the world's most boring headline. The winner was "Worthwhile Canadian Initiative."
Over the years, I have found that many negative headlines and stories result from journalists' ignorance of how government works. Most journalists are English or Journalism majors in college, and come into their jobs with little or no knowledge of local government. They need to learn on the job.
Education, First and Foremost
It is our responsibility as local officials to explain municipal terms and processes, so that the reporters understand what they are reading and seeing in municipal government. This is a pretty constant task, because there is a lot of turnover in local journalism. Reporters get assigned to new beats after a few months, or they get promoted, or they leave journalism for jobs with public relations firms. For their part, the journalists should learn everything that they can, so that they are reporting from knowledge and not from ignorance, for however long they are covering us.
Unfortunately, willful ignorance has often prevailed, more so among headline writers than among the reporters. A perfect example is the local news story that always follows our annual introduction of the proposed municipal budget. As municipal officials are aware, the version of the budget that is introduced at the beginning of the fiscal year is not the same as the version that passes sometime later. In theory, journalists are aware of this fact, too.
Taxes To Rise
Budgets are always amended before they pass. For example, elected officials who want to be re-elected have a vested interest in adding state and federal aid into the budget, in order to keep property taxes down. Typically, the other levels of government announce this aid after municipal budget introduction.
Unfortunately, newspapers often seize upon the original budget-as-introduced, and present it to the public as a final document, particularly in regard to taxes. There is always the "Taxes To Rise" headline immediately after budget introduction, followed by the predictably negative response from the public. This headline is always unfair, because taxes may not rise at all by the time the budget is actually adopted. Many readers scan headlines, including inaccurate ones, and skip the details in the news stories, which sometimes clarify or even contradict the headlines.
My theory is that headline writers enjoy riling up the public with inaccurate or premature stories about taxes. They have a belief that controversy and negative headlines sell newspapers, and they write according to that belief.
What's News
Although the media are guaranteed to do stories about most sensational events, they do not always do so. For example, at the beginning of the current war in Iraq, the Navy Seals trained in Bayonne, and sometimes caused explosive noises while doing so. City officials were sworn to secrecy until the occasionally loud training was over. For national security reasons, I had to deflect questions from neighbors about the unexplained noises until the federal government allowed us to go public about the training. Then I did a press release to announce the news.
A daily newspaper journalist sniffed, "That's not news," and his paper refused to run the story. By contrast, a weekly newspaper agreed it was news, and printed the story, but on its dining and entertainment page! If I had been an editor, the story would have run on page one with a headline like "Secret Anti-Terror Training Revealed" or "Mysterious Noises Explained." Until I saw the weekly paper, I would never have guessed that anti-terrorist training was considered either dining or entertainment. To this day, I am not sure which one of the two they thought it was. This case was a clear reminder that freedom of the press includes both the freedom not to publish and the freedom to print stories in strange parts of the newspaper.
Public Perception
In a democracy, both journalists and public officials operate in a context determined by the public's beliefs and knowledge (or lack thereof). In my experience, the public has very strong views on a lot of issues, but most people lack a detailed understanding of government. They are simply too busy with their jobs and families to learn most details.
People who do not follow politics closely often view all levels of government as being part of the same lump. This can be frustrating for local officials, who often get blamed for federal and state problems. For example, one day a constituent dismissed my explanation about a local utility issue, because, he said, he did not believe what the Pentagon was saying about Gulf War Syndrome. What he perceived as the U.S. Defense Department's lack of credibility on a national issue poisoned my statements about a totally unrelated matter.
Different age groups sometimes have different perceptions about the credibility of various media. Older people grew up in an era of multiple metropolitan newspapers, and many of them are inclined to believe what they read in newspapers, if they believe anything. There is always a part of the older population that believes "they couldn't have put it in the newspaper if it wasn't true." For younger people, the equivalent problem is, "I saw it on the Internet, so it must be true."
Our Response
There are several ways in which municipal officials can try to overcome the difficulties that I have cited in this story:
1. If you see something wrong and outrageous, and you want to respond, do so quickly. Call the reporter or the editor responsible within 24 hours. Explain to him or her why the headline or story was wrong. Ask for a correction and/or demand a rapid right of reply in the paper, on the web, or on the next broadcast, depending on the medium in which the problem appeared.
2. Use your own local governmental media to give your story straight to the public. Post your press releases on your municipal website and/or government access cable TV station. If your website can e-mail your statements directly to subscribers free of charge, do it. In that way, your message is out there to counter negative bloggers. If you don't have electronic media available, get them.
3. The technical terms in local government can be confusing to both reporters and the public. Explain terms and procedures frequently in your press releases and statements. Do not assume that everybody understands what anything means unless you explain it to them. Recognize that people think you are confusing them deliberately or are lying to them when you tell the truth with overly technical language.
4. When you consider your media strategy, recognize that older people are more likely to read newspapers, and that younger people are more likely to get their information from the Internet and other electronic media. If you do not use both print and electronic media to get your message out, you will be missing key parts of your public.


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The first Hollywood studio film directed by an African-American, this adaptation of Parks' autobiographical novel chronicles a teenager's experience of racism in 1920s rural Kansas. Upon the film's release The New York Times raved, "The restraint, the composure, the sufficiency of the sentimental gesture constitute a small gift for memory and a real victory in the first stages of this filmmaker's career."


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by suep1963, Feb 28, 2012.
Several links to check out:
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Good information to know. Thanks for sharing.
This is something everyong should be aware of, especially those who work with or around teenagers and young adults.
My daughter is under treatment for major depressive disorder, complicated with anxiety, and she struggles with this. She is an amazing kid, and rather than feeling guilty or ashamed, she's trying to help spread awareness of how common (estimates are somewhere between 8-25% of young women have self harmed) this is, and how we need to help and support people with this problem.
She posted a photograph on her Facebook, and DeviantArt gallery to demonstrate how easy it is to hide a huge problem, and it's been reblogged on Tumblr tens of thousands of times. She woke up this morning to find out that Neil Gaiman had put it on his official Tumblr blog!
(Don't click on the link if you have this problem, and pictures will trigger you. There are no wounds or anything in the picture, but it is somewhat shocking)
I hope that more people (regardless of age) can find courage and strength in speaking up, asking for help, or simply to say "I'm in trouble." Anything!
rjblue I can't imagine the struggles your daughter and family have endured. She is remarkable for spreading awareness. I'm sure her awesomeness has plenty to do with the people raising her and surrounding her. Good luck to you all.
I have the utmost sympathy for anyone in pain mentally. I have a lot of respect for your daughter rjblue for bringing this into the open. It had to be very difficult for her.


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Just two days after being dusted in a snowstorm, the South Island basked in a heatwave yesterday as temperatures reached the mid-30°s.
Beaches were packed and locals did whatever they could to cool off as Otago and Southland reached 35°C. At 5pm, it was still 34.2°C in Alexandra. But the good times were not set to last. Rain is expected to hit today, starting with the North Island. Weather experts said the same high which has brought record temperatures to Australia had an impact here.
The scorching heat was related to the weather system in Australia.
WeatherWatch analyst Philip Duncan advised holidaymakers to keep an eye out for the weather forecast before making plans. Cyclone Freda was still a chance to head this way.


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Ageing Yankees zero in on elder free agents
By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The ageing New York Yankees, struggling to inject youth into their roster, appear poised to sign two of their evergreen core members for one more go-round in a drive for a sixth World Series ring since 1996.
Left-handed starting pitcher Andy Pettitte, 40, and all-time Major League Baseball saves leader Mariano Rivera, who turns 43 on Thursday, are reportedly on the verge of signing deals for one last campaign.
Those pitchers could well be effective in 2013.
Pettitte returned from a one-year retirement last season to go 5-4 with an impressive 2.87 earned run average in a campaign limited to 12 starts due to a broken ankle in mid-season.
Rivera, whose 2012 season ended in May after he tore ligaments in his right knee while shagging fly balls before a game, has been as dependable as any reliever to play the game.
But with 39-year-old Ichiro Suzuki and 40-year-old Raul Ibanez also on New York's radar for a possible return season in 2013, the Yankees could be fighting Father Time as well as the competition on the diamond.
Pettitte, Rivera and 38-year-old shortstop Derek Jeter have each earned five World Series rings with the Yankees, but have added only the 2009 title ring to their collection in the last dozen years.
The Yankees began last season as the oldest team in the majors with the average age of their Opening Day roster approaching 32 years old and they could be getting grayer. Continued...


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That is darling. I love the color and the elephants.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
That is darling. I love the color and the elephants.
Your work as always is wonderful. I love the quilt it is so beautiful.
What a unique quilt and your quilting finishes it off perfectly. I love the variety of her fabrics, her color choices, her blocks and how your quilting enhances each of them to make them singular beauties. Thanks for sharing.
The bad news is - time flies.
The good news is - you're the pilot!
Very pretty! I love the rich colors and the graphic depiction of the elephants!! Of course the quilting is wonderful as usual!!
A quilt is a blanket of love. Sharon
Beautiful quilt and your quilting is excellent!!!!!!
Very sharp quilt. It looks like you were having fun quilting it especially in that bottom border. I don't think people realize how much time, thought time, it takes to do a custom job like this. It looks great.
Beautiful x 2. Blanket and quilting.
Once Charismah gets a hold of a beautiful quilt......it becomes breathtaking!!!!
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Wow very cool!
Amazing quilt!
The quilting looks wonderful!


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You miss the point of law school. It is not to teach you the law, but instead to teach you how to understand legal reasoning. With the exception of civpro most other areas of the law differ from state to state and circuit to circuit. It would simply serve to confuse if law schools tried to teach you all the law. Beside being d**mn near impossible, it would serve no use. Thats what you learn when get out of school pick a practice area and a practice location. The purpose of BLL in law school is to provide a framework for learning to understand legal reasoning. Same with cases. We are essentially operating in an artificial legal world created by the prof and the casebook. In this world we are expected, with guidance, to look at statutes, rules, and cases and come to an understanding of how the law works. Hopefully this will allow us to do the same when we graduate and go to work, whether at a firm, or on our own.By the way one of the reasons that exams are structured the way they are is so that grades can be a reflection of your ability to do good work quickly and with no rewrites. While a firm will no doubt train you, I know for a fact that a firm would prefer a person who can think for themselves understand legal reasoning and does not need to always have a another chance then someone who does.
You're wrong - we cover every topic imagineable. If what you say is true, then there would be no need to learn Worker's Compensation in Torts unless we planned to practice it. Think about all the crap you learn in Property that you will never revisit. Why do we learn the intricacies of Crim Law if we are only in school to learn legal reasoning? What school do you go to that you don't know this?


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Of the surprise candidates to fight their way back into the Black Caps' inner circle, James Franklin tops the list.
The all-rounder was on the outer with the selectors in each format when he was dropped from April and May's World Twenty20 tournament. He has since been selected in all three squads - and must stand a fine chance of playing in today's Twenty20 opener against Pakistan in Auckland.
Franklin's not-out performances batting at six in India, where he made scores of 98, 72 and 17 in one-day appearances, showed he may have finally come to grips with batting in the international arena after a stellar domestic career.
If the Black Caps eventually decide to split opening pair Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder in the shorter forms, new coach John Wright could even opt to use Franklin.
Wright has flirted with the idea when observing the Black Caps. It will be interesting to see if it becomes a reality now he has the reins.
Franklin opened or batted at first drop for Gloucestershire in their 40 and 20-over campaigns during a full, injury-free season of county cricket.
His results were extraordinary under Gloucestershire coach John Bracewell.
In the 40-over competition, Franklin finished with an average of 73 - making a couple of hundreds and fifties with a strike rate of 92.
His left-arm medium pace was not in the same class, taking three wickets at an average of 87.66.
In the T20 matches, he averaged 39 but stepped the strike rate up to 130. A highlight was an aggressive 90 from 50 balls against Sussex.
However, expensive bowling (8.83 an over) and too few wickets (eight at 39.75) let him down in the shortest format.
He did not bowl at all in his last two ODI matches against India, after copping 34 off four overs in the first he played.
Franklin's transition to the first class scene was impressive. He had the third highest batting average (33.15) in a poorly-performed county line-up. He made a hundred and four 50s but showed he could bat time, pulling back the tempo to a strike rate of 47.
His longer form bowling was best, taking 46 wickets at 23.54, including a career best seven for 14 against Derbyshire. He helped knock them over for 44 in an hour and a quarter, taking his first five wickets without conceding a run.
He finished ninth on the Most Valuable Player table across all county cricket. Unfortunately the team could not muster more than a mid-table finish in any format.
The 30-year-old's rise has been in contrast to Gloucestershire's dip. He didn't fit the mould for the Emerging Players tour to Australia but captained New Zealand A against Zimbabwe A in October and got the call-up to the top side in India, replacing the injured Hamish Bennett.
Selector Glenn Turner says that after India, the panel believes Franklin may have finally become a more consistent international player.
"He has been an enigma for a while. He has plenty of talent and hits the ball further than just about anyone. It's just a matter of confidence and approach.
"He did well at Gloucestershire, playing day-in, day-out, and didn't break down. Let's hope it is just a start. On current form we see him as less of an all-rounder in one-dayers but he would be expected to step up for 10-12 overs an innings in tests, where he has more of a chance to build a spell."


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The upcoming Division Series featuring the Red Sox and the Rays has plenty of storylines, but the biggest could very well be the Tampa Bay starting pitching staff. The group was touted by many to be the most dangerous in baseball coming into the season, and they have done a fantastic job backing up those claims; especially in the process of shrugging off three elimination games over the past week. In those three games, Matt Moore, David Price, and Alex Cobb have combined for 21 innings of work while surrendering just five earned runs to opponents.
A Rays rotation in rhythm could be an unfriendly sight for the Fenway Faithful in the upcoming division series, but it's important to remember that this is the same Rays rotation that the Red Sox have handled throughout all of 2013.
Tampa Bay starting pitching maintained an impressive ERA of 3.44 against the Red Sox throughout the regular season and looked extra sharp doing so as they struck out 104 batters through 115 innings. In addition, 11 of the 19 starts recorded by Tampa Bay were quality starts. However, the Red Sox managed to come away with a 12-7 record against their division rival. Despite the Tampa Bay starters bringing their A-game consistently against Boston, Boston has still consistently come out on top.
The first time these two teams met in April really seems to have been a microcosm of how the rest of the season would play out.
The first game featured a pitcher's duel between Jon Lester and David Price. The game ended up going into extra innings tied at 1-1 until Shane Victorino ended it with a walk-off infield single in the bottom of the tenth to get Boston the 2-1 victory.
The next game, Alex Cobb put in 6.2 solid innings for Tampa allowing just three earned runs while striking out six. However, his effort was spoiled by his opponent, Clay Buchholz, who carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning and guided Boston to the 5-0 win.
In the third game, Jeremy Hellickson went seven strong innings for Tampa Bay allowing just two earned runs on three hits. After Ryan Dempster managed seven strong innings of his own allowing just one earned run, Andrew Bailey blew a save in the ninth allowing Tampa to tie the game 2-2. When it seemed like the Rays' consistent effort would finally pay off, Mike Napoli ended the game in the bottom of the inning with a walk-off double that completed the three game sweep. While the Rays pitched and played well throughout, Boston managed to find a way to win all three games.
Boston's success against David Price further illustrates the Red Sox offensive success in the face of strong pitching. Price is a guy who almost always rose to the occasion and brought his best stuff when the Rays played Boston. Through five starts against the Sox, the lefty recorded a 2.48 ERA while striking out 30. However, the Red Sox still managed to come away with a win three out of the five times he was on the hill.
Boston's success in spite solid efforts by Rays pitching has seemed magical at times, but has also been a constant throughout the entire season.
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A recipe that I want to try and make later on calls for, and I quote, "1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided" and another cheese ingredient that has "divided" in italics. I have never come across divided cheese at a supermarket or on television cooking shows, so making this dish according to the recipe will be impossible for me unless I can figure this out. So...what does "divided" shredded cheese mean?
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Description: Come take a relaxing, tasty study break from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Dec. 14 hosted by the Library during the weekend before finals. In the Library's main lobby there will be a variety of home-baked and store-bought treats, as well as coffee, tea, water, energy drinks, hot chocolate and apple cider to enjoy while listening to soothing classical guitar music. This year the library is also offering breathing and relaxation sessions with certified yoga instructor Rebecca Bliquez and a massaging chair for a little physical break from studying.