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The Wallabies are seeking to become the enforcers of international rugby this season, with the team looking to develop a harder edge and reputation up front.
After constructing a game plan against the Samoans based on winning the physical battle, Wallabies coach Eddie Jones welcomed the expectation of another tough encounter against Italy at Telstra Dome on Saturday, suggesting it was just what his team needed.
"It makes the guys realise the difference between Test rugby and Super 12," Jones said. "We're going to need (those tough performances) for the next few weeks. We've got Italy, France and South Africa (coming up), so we're playing against very strong forward packs. Test rugby is about winning it up front and that's what we intend to do this Saturday."
In recent years, while effective, the Wallabies' forward pack has not been perceived as one that physically dominates the opposition.
After Australia trounced Samoa by using its size and strength to wear down the Islanders in open play, Jones suggested the physical battle against Italy would be just as tough but in different areas of the forwards encounter.
"Italy are very much like France," Jones said. "They have a strong scrum and they pride themselves on that and on the driving maul, and then they tend to play quite unpredictably in the backs, with a fair bit of kicking.
"(But the key areas are) the scrum and the driving maul. If we get on top in those areas, it'll lay down the platform in the game. And Test matches against Italy are generally pretty brutal in that area. If we can ensure that they don't dominate in that area, and if we dominate it ourselves, then that will take us a long way."
With the scrum a likely focus, the return of Al Baxter is timely despite the good form of Matt Dunning, with the regular NSW tight-head expected to step back into the side after recovering from a toe injury.
Other likely changes are both Stephen Larkham and George Gregan starting, with Gregan resuming as captain after Nathan Sharpe's successful cameo.
Sharpe was one of the Wallabies' best against Samoa, smashing into the Islanders repeatedly in both attack and defence and scoring two tries, and Jones pointed to the Queensland second-rower's performance as exactly what he was looking for.
"He played very well and it was good to see him come back (into that kind of form)," Jones said.
Chris Latham and Mat Rogers are expected to recover from slight injury concerns and be available.
Meanwhile, Wallabies squad member Ben Tune is in doubt for tonight's Queensland match against the Junior All Blacks, with a knee problem threatening to sideline the comeback that has been progressing strongly for the World Cup-winning Wallaby.
AUSTRALIA v ITALY
Telstra Dome, Saturday, 3pm
Australia: 2nd. Italy: 11th
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1986: Australia 39-18, Brisbane
1988: Australia 55-6, Rome
1994: Australia 23-20, Brisbane
1994: Australia 20-7, Melbourne
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· Biggest winning margin to Australia against Italy - 49 points (55-6 in 1988)
· Highest score by Australia against Italy - 55 points (55-6 in 1988)
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- "One of three hearts, it kind of looks like an artichoke."
The Heart of Quagmirran is a quest item only lootable by players on the quest [70] Wanted: The Heart of Quagmirran. The quest is a random daily heroic quest from Wind Trader Zhareem in Lower City.
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Guys a Q: now the giants are out of the playoffs what r u guys doing this weekend and those to come till the SB. Are you watching any of the games or is this the time your (girl)friends/wifes/husbands (whoever i forgot...moms..) been waiting for whole season long???? And are they ready to drag you to your inlaws or anything?? Just curious.

I know i'll be getting some more sleep for a change[] (not that i wanted that but it is the only positive thing i have of our team not playing anymore)
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Two men from Mexico are being treated for serious injuries and another was dead in the crash. The plane went off the right side of the runway, flipped over and burst into flames.
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Vick's out again. I did have Schaub...then Leinart
That having been said, my options are Palmer or Young. Leaning towards Palmer, but MIA's D has been playing considerably better the past few weeks & OAK's banged-up receiving corps won't help.
SEA's D is nearly the bottom 20% of almost every FF Projection I regularly consult. Does this mean I should jump on the Young bandwagon for a week?


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Michael Jackson is gone but his memory has been immortalized through his music. Then, there is the other MJ whose virtuoso on the playing court produces a different kind of music, but has the same mesmerizing effect to his worldwide audience. Obviously, the other MJ I'm speaking of is no other than the greatest basketball player of all time—Michael Jordan.
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I think this "Life is Beautiful" is my favorite Jeremy Abbott LP thus far in his career. I feel his love for this program (on his twitter he said he loves it and it shows to me). His charming, whimsical, lighthearted side of his personality gets to shine through. He stole my heart again with his skate. Beautiful!
I liked the skates from all of the top three. I thought Florent's footwork and transitions were fun, but did not show the same difficulty and quality of skating as Dai's and Jeremy's and Florent took a few pauses. IMO, both Jeremy and Dai are very musical, but Jeremy is more subtle with his musicality and expression and it works beautifully with the music. They're both great. And Florent is adorable and delivered with his jumps and spins. Jeremy's spins looked slower in both the short and long.
I do not like Takahashi's LP.
It's both monotone and hackneyed; he also does a bunch of transitions that are mostly there just to do transitions and not because they have any real meaning. His Quad was beautiful and the first 3Axel was gorgeous and timed great with the music change...but why is there a tempo change that early in the program? It isn't even a tempo change that leads anywhere because we are back to a slow section 30 seconds later...and then back to another faster section a moment later...and then back to another slow section after a footwork sequence.
Like, what?!? Jeremy Abbott skated to a version of this music 2 years ago and it was one of the best programs ever. Takahashi has taken the music and butchered it so that the repetitive accordion sound is at the forefront of the melody all the way through the program. That problem, in combination with far too many tempo changes, makes the program feel like a poorly done patchwork with a line of cranberry juice stain running through the whole thing. There aren't many individually great moments and the program as a whole doesn't build to much of anything.


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One gay website banned, another fined
On 28 Oct 2005, the Straits Times had a story about the government banning
a gay website and imposing a fine on another. See box on the right.
Although the article did not identify the sites, it was virtually unanimous among those observing the gay web scene in Singapore that the banned site was www.fluffboy.com (now offline). According to sources that claimed to be knowledgeable, the one that was fined $5,000 was www.fridae.com. Yawning Bread is not too sure; it could have been sgboy.com
What I'd like to evaluate here is whether the government's action was justified and even if justified, whether it could have been executed better. Then I'd like to discuss what such an episode reveals about Singapore's political governance and our image abroad.
But first a little background would help.
Fluffboy was believed to be an offshoot of another Singapore-based gay website, www.sgboy.com [See addendum 1], which is a typical gay webzine with the occasional news article (not particularly profound), classified advertisements, personals, some pointers to the social scene, and a very active online forum. It used to have ads for explicit pictures which the user could buy online, but they're gone now. However, it still has banner advertisements for male escort services, massage parlours, parties, etc.
Up till about mid 2004, the sgboy's online forum was a rather uninhibited space, where users would write first-hand accounts of their sexual trysts, and provide detailed write-ups about "extra services" rendered by so-called masseurs. This was in addition to discussions about clubbing, fashion and current affairs, none of which would have been objectionable.
After the Media Development Authority (MDA) began to take an interest in sgboy last year, the webmaster began to get stricter and stricter. Discussions about sex were moderated out, whole threads cut off and the pay-to-view feature for explicit pictures quietly canned.
Around the same time, a new site www.fluffboy.com started; everybody kind of knew that it was an extension of sgboy.com.
This can be seen from a posting (dated 30 October 2005) by "Clean" on sgboy.com's online forum one year later:
(Does his term "strong arm" mean "hardcore"?)
Indeed, the page design and the organisation of fluffboy's and sgboy's online forums were very similar. However, the owner of sgboy in an email to me denied that they operated fluffboy.
The racier discussions that had been disallowed in sgboy resurfaced in fluffboy while a new attraction was added -- a section where users could share pictures. No prizes for guessing what kinds of pictures.
Yet if amateur self-pix left you cold, there were plenty of better-quality ones of good-looking models available for purchase. Someone told me that at one point, it was also possible to purchase streaming video from the fluffboy site. Others do not recall this. Regardless, fluffboy was a no-holds-barred kind of site that was very image-friendly.
Interestingly, another friend's top-of-mind recall about fluffboy was how one forummer there wrote pretty engrossing erotic fiction. One redeeming feature at least, of fluffboy was that it showcased some real writing talent, my friend said.
He vividly recalled a story with a military setting -- the Singapore Armed Forces featured in it -- involving sex slavery on a remote island, bondage and some extremely violent plot twists. Unfortunately, the graphic nature of the fiction was very controversial even among the online forummers of fluffboy, and someone said the site should be reported to the authorities. Whether he did or not, no one really knows.
Others claimed commercial rivalry led to the complaints. And never forget we have Christian fundamentalists who feel it's their religious calling to trawl the internet for things to complain to the authorities about.
So that's the background. Now let's look at the news report.
If you read the Straits Times' report carefully, you'd notice that action against the banned (foreign-based) website was taken in July, while the fine on the local website (believed to be fridae.com) was imposed in September. Yet, the news report was dated 28 October. With such a time lag, it does not look as if the MDA was the party revealing their actions.
Nor was there any press statement on the MDA's website about either of their decisions, which supports my belief that they did not intend to publicise their actions.
The other interesting thing was that Straits Times identified one of the complainants -- Ricky Lee. It would be very unusual for the MDA to reveal who complained to them, and anyway the MDA spoke of "several" complaints, though that could mean multiple complaints from one person rather than multiple complainants.
Ricky Lee also provided the Straits Times with many quotes. Put 2 and 2 together and it looks like Ricky Lee was the one who contacted the Straits Times. Now, why did he do that? What's his motive?
The Straits Times' story was rather slapdash
If you go through Straits Times' report with a fine-tooth comb, you'd notice that while the newspaper quoted Ricky Lee directly in a number of places, it hardly did so in the case of the MDA. For example, just look at this paragraph:
Question: who said that the website "promoted promiscuous homosexual behaviour and recruited underage boys for sex and nude photography"? At first glance, they seem like words from the MDA, but were they? Were these the government's grounds for taking action? Or were they Ricky Lee's personal opinion? If in the latter case, did the newspaper verify those claims before putting it in their report?
Another reason to be cautious comes from another sentence:
The MDA seemed to have told the reporter that the sites violated Part 4 (thus the newspaper used quotation marks), but the way the rest of the sentence was phrased suggested that they were not words from the MDA, but the reporter's reading and selective citation from Part 4.
If you look carefully at the Internet Code of Practice, Part 4 contains many subparts, yet the Straits Times specifically mentioned only nudity, homosexuality and paedophilia. Hence, the question is, did the MDA specifically confirm to the reporter that fridae and fluffboy infringed these particular rules, or was he relying on Ricky Lee's opinion? Or did the reporter throw in the mention of paedophilia [1] of his own accord?
The last possibility comes to mind because many people instinctively lump homosexuality with paedophilia.
The Straits Times' story is a pretty poor example of journalistic standards. It makes a number of authoritative-sounding statements without adequate citation. This has consequences, which I will touch on in the last section, Credibility.
I'm not saying the Straits Times made
it up, but if you look at the Reuters story, it's a bit clearer what the
MDA was prepared to say, though the source for some bits of information,
such as the membership numbers and the statement "the local site had
nude pictures and videos of gay men having sex..." remains unclear.
Regardless of the quality of the newspaper report, we should still establish how true these allegations were, particularly that about underaged kids. My research indicates that fluffboy did have such content, finding as I did these postings on sgboy's online forum:
Fluffboy was banned because the MDA could not trace its owners and operators, and so could not impose penalties on them. While everyone believes that fluffboy was related to sgboy, and surely MDA believes that too, proving it is another thing.
The other site, believed to be fridae (or sgboy), was fined because its ownership was verifiable and its management locally-based. Unlike fluffboy, fridae and sgboy had been set up years earlier and did not as effectively conceal its/their ownership. Fluffboy on the other hand was set up clearly to escape the MDA's reach. How would MDA fine an anonymous, foreign-based site owner? It could only instruct internet service providers locally to bar all connections to its URL, which is what we mean by "ban".
Why is it important to know this? Because this means the MDA's punitive action was not related to the degree or nature of the transgression, but to the degree by which they could establish ownership and operational control. Yet, sammyboy.com poses a glaring inconsistency.
Sammyboy is almost an institution in Singapore's webscape. It's been running for years, well known for its explicit pictures of women. It can't even plead artistic merit. The women simply dump their bulbous boobs onto your screen or squash it with close-ups of their vulvas. Other pictures have out-of-shape men pumping away at prostitutes hired from our red-light district (and Singapore's prostitutes come from the world over: China, Thailand, Philippines, Kazakhstan...). Previously, the images were still photographs, but more recently I see streaming video available.
Sammyboy has an online forum too, with such intellectual threads as "Where can I find chicks in Singapore?" Other threads mock the Singapore government with no let up.
Yet as far as I know, the MDA has never taken sammyboy to task. Perhaps that's because its ownership has never been verifiable. Fine excuse that, for neither was now-banned fluffboy's ownership.
Please note, I am not calling for MDA action on sammyboy. Readers should know where I stand on freedom of expression. I'm only asking why the same lenient standards can't be applied to sites serving gay men.
Considering that fluffboy could hardly be accused of innocence, one could say the MDA had justification for gunning at it. So, yes, there is some method to the madness, but at the same time, it sure seems like a lot of madness around, in the inconsistent and foolish way the government acts.
The problems lie at two levels.
The law and policies are part of the problem, and the way the bureaucrats go about their responsibilities is another part.
The Broadcasting Act is a piece of legislation that essentially gives carte blanche to the relevant minister and his bureaucrats. It simply empowers the minister to delegate powers to the Media Development Authority to draw up whatever regulations (known as the Internet Code of Practice) they feel necessary. In addition, they authorise the MDA to levy fines on anyone that the MDA themselves consider to have breached the Code.
If anyone is aggrieved by the MDA's imposition of a fine or ban, he can appeal to the minister. This essentially asks the minister to admit that his own department has been feckless and wrong. How many politicians, ever conscious of safeguarding face and never wanting to look incompetent in the eyes of the public would bring such acute embarrassment upon themselves?
The Broadcasting Act does not provide for any role of the courts in the process. This was a point that surprised Reporters Sans Frontieres, a global media watchdog, when they emailed me to ask, "The Media Development Authority can block a website without any court order?"
Yes, they can, and they can levy fines too.
For all practical purposes then, there are no restraints on the MDA.
Using the blank cheque provided by the Broadcasting Act, the MDA has drawn up the present Internet Code of Practice which as you can see above, is highly flawed.
There are conceptual problems, like what is meant by "advocating homosexuality and lesbianism" (item 4(2)(e) of the Code)? The most obvious meaning is that of conversion, but sexual orientation is largely fixed; you cannot convert heterosexuals into homosexuals or vice versa. Or does it mean advocating full acceptance and equal treatment of gay people? If so, the words certainly don't say that. Does it mean depiction of homosexual sex? If so, again, the words don't say that. How can the words mean what they do not say?
There are problems of equity. Why are the rules stricter for sexual minorities than for heterosexual interests?
Secondly, has anyone asked what message is sent out by the difference between a fine and a ban? A fine costs the operator real cash. A ban costs nothing except the rent prepaid on the domain name. With an anonymous, no-holds-barred site, your venture may not have a long life, for the MDA will sooner or later ban it, but you can make a quick killing, getting as raunchy as you wish.
Or then again, you could always upload the same stuff to a new domain name, and carry on.
Yet, the government has said the Broadcasting Act and internet regulation generally is meant to encourage Singaporeans to take responsibility for what they say online. Irresponsibility will be punished.
But look at the way the MDA handled these two cases. The more responsible site was slapped with a fine. The more irresponsible site wasn't.
This absurdity comes out of the fact that the reach of the Singapore government is extremely limited compared to the infinities of the internet. Furthermore, the government knows it cannot build firewalls like China is doing, because Singapore depends on connectivity with the whole world for our economic survival. We cannot go about banning huge numbers of websites.
So the announced policy is to ban 100 sites, as a symbol of our so-called moral rectitude.
Logic tells you then that if these 100 sites are to serve to deter, then whenever action is taken, it must be publicised. The sites must be made examples of.
But publicity only means people will find ways and means of getting to those sites. This in turn means that to be effective, censorship has to be conducted as secretly as possible. So much for their symbolic value.
That explains why the MDA did not publicise their actions when they took them. If not for the press report instigated by someone else, the Singapore public would not have known about this matter.
Even now, the public has no way of knowing what the sites were like and why the MDA found them to be in breach of the rules (but not others). [see addendum 2]. Nor how the figure of $5,000 was arrived at, and why in the first place, the rules are written the way they are. Everything was conducted in the dark.
The MDA may argue that the public was aware of the offensive nature of these sites from the fact that they received complaints. But hang on, complaints and calls for censorship can come out of extremist individuals and agenda-driven special-interest groups.
Looking at the bigger picture, isn't transparency and accountability essential for an open, democratic system? Doesn't our way of doing things leave the door wide open to abuse and corruption?
Is this the best system of governance we can think of?
The other thing about secrecy is that outsiders are given free reign to construe what they want from what little they know of actions taken.
Background information suggests that paedophilic material might have been one of the two chief reasons for the MDA's action, but the MDA has remained tight-lipped about it, pointing only to the anti-homosexuality clause in the Internet Code of Practice.
So when the news of MDA's actions travels around the world, which it did via Reuters, DPA and perhaps some other news agencies, many people will read it as an anti-gay move by an authoritarian government."
After all, the headline in the Reuters story was "Singapore bans gay website". Likewise with the DPA's story, see box, right.
How to avoid such bad press even when the government is doing the right thing?
Very simple. Clearly separate things gay from things paedophilic. Chuck out the rules against homosexuality from the Internet Code of Practice, and live up to internationally acceptable standards of regulation -– equal treatment of homosexual and heterosexual, clear flagging to consumers about adult erotic and explicit content, but no ban.
Yes, clamp down on sites that try to pull in minors, but do it only on that count and nothing else. That way, when headlines go around the world, "Singapore clamps down on paedophile websites", people will applaud, not sniff with suspicion.
Image and credibility counts. It is particularly important when, as a small little country, we depend on the world's goodwill and when we need to attract the best and brightest.
It's bad enough when the Prime Minister, in a hamfisted attempt to burnish Singapore's image says to a crowd of foreign correspondents, "I don't think the government is homophobic," but then proceeds to give a litany of reasons why it cannot be non-homophobic (see the article The government is not homophobic, the Prime Minister says).
It's worse when within 3 weeks, news travels around the world, "Singapore bans gay website".
Is this the best we can do for Brand Singapore?
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Business and personal productivity is a rapidly growing space. As our lives become more and more chaotic, we look for order, for clarity. Inevitably, we turn to Google for the answers and Google shows us a so many products and services available to bring order back into our lives. There are software tools, articles, strategies, courses and audio/visual resources out there that claim to make you more productive, and reduce stress and anxiety. Some sources also take the approach that to become more productive, you should stop doing so much! (Personally, I'm a big fan of this – its quality over quantity, but it's hard to put this philosophy into practice).
Normally, the next thing we do (after scouring Google) is try out all these products and services, to find which one works for us. The problem with this is that while we test and test and test, our productivity plummets. We have lost focus of the goal and are more concerned about being able to use the tool than actually completing the task.
Here are a few simple steps to help you find the right system to become more productive.
1. How do you work?
First, stop looking for the magic tool that solves all your productivity battles. It doesn't exist. You will not find a tool or system that does exactly what you think you need it to do. Why? You probably don't know what you need it to do yet. Take a step back and assess how you currently manage tasks and how you'd like to.
What are you doing right now to get things done? Are you writing tasks down on a sticky notes and plastering them around your house or workplace? Are you trying to simply remember your to-dos? Is someone else managing your tasks for you? Are you working and managing tasks on your own or as part of a team?
Here's a simple checklist to help you work out your current state. Simply going through these criteria will really get you thinking about how you go about identifying tasks tracking them, and seeing them through to completion.
|Are you part of a team, or working on your own?
|Do you manage your own tasks, does someone else set and track them for your, or are they all in your head?
|How do you keep track of your tasks? (Email/Application/Paper/Brain)
|Do you have all your tasks in a single place, in different places, or are they somehow connected?
|How satisfied are you with your task tracking and overall productivity? (High/Medium/Low)
|How effective is your task management? Do you always add tasks and always get them done? (High/Medium/Low)
|Abandonment Rate
|Roughly what percentage of the tasks you set end up being abandoned?
|Completion Rate
|Roughly what percentage of the tasks you set end up being completed?
|Idle State
|Roughly what percentage of the tasks you set end up never being done, but stay on the list?
2. Getting Satisfaction
Motivation is so important when looking at improving productivity. Us humans, like to have fun and we all love that feeling of accomplishment. It feels great when that weight has been taken off your shoulders. These feelings are easy to come by if you know how to recreate them. When it comes to productivity, try this simple exercise:
Get a piece of paper and pen. Write down "remove email distraction". Look at what you've just written and take it in. Take a moment to think about how distracting your inbox is – constant pop up alerts about new mail, flagged email that needs to be actioned, etc. Now, completely shutdown your email. Yes, close it down. You've just eliminated 90% of the distractions you will face when trying to get something done at your desk. Take your pen and put a big line through what you wrote down on the paper. Look at it and take it in. You've just completed a very important task. Feels good, doesn't it.
The act of striking out, or ticking a checkbox (with your pen) gives you a sense of accomplishment. Do you get the same feeling when you tick a checkbox on a form on a website? Not likely. Clicking takes so little effort and is done so often that it hasn't got any impact.
Pen and paper tasks lists, such as SuperFocus, are great for this feeling of satisfaction. I've tried it and it was great. But, personally, I found that I kept losing my paper or I couldn't read my writing! Some applications will strike out a task when you tick it off. Not a bad compromise. I'd like to see one that slowly draws a messy line through it, with sound effects. That way I could watch my task being marked as completed and I'd be motivated to get the next item done.
3. Don't get lost
So far you've discovered two things:
- How you now work and your effectiveness.
- That warm fuzzy feeling of accomplishment
Now, you'll need to stay focused. Identify what's missing from your self-assessment. What would make your completion rate and satisfaction level go up, while reducing your abandonment? The point here is that it won't have anything to do with features and functionality of some application. It will be personal. Specific to you.
It could be that if you could manage a single list from anywhere; be reminded of due dates somehow; assign and track tasks for your team; or even striking out items with a big black marker. It's up to you to look at what's missing from your productivity assessment.
What you've now created is a set of requirements. This is what you need to be more productive.
4. Stay focused!
Armed with your knowledge of what you need and a healthy appetite for that warm fuzzy feeling browse the list of Google results. Pay close attention to the products and services that meet your requirements. Don't get caught up in the many other unessential features that may be available. Always remember that in order for you to be more effective, the requirements you have listed need to be met (as closely as possible).
Give yourself an afternoon to browse what's available. If you're able to try them out, then you only have one goal when you do so: Make certain that the most important of your requirements are simple and quick to find and use. The last thing you will want is to find a solution that meets your requirements, but takes so much time to make them work that the benefit is lost.
Stay motivated. Stay focused. If you try one, and it falls short of the mark, note it down somewhere and move on. You'll want to note it down so that if you don't end up wasting time assessing it again by accident.
Narrow down your shortlist and pit the finalists against each other. If a few meet your needs fully, then move on to assessing the service behind it. Is it sustainable? Will you find help quickly should it be needed? Is your task list safe? If you still can't decide, bring it down to price – this should only be a last resort. You can't put a price on warm fuzzy feelings.
5. Connectivity
You may not find any solution that meets your needs. That's perfectly fine. Remember we set out saying that there is no one system that will do everything you want it to, or the way you want to do it. In that case consider using more than one system. That way each has its specific purpose and will have a better chance at being successful for you than if you ask too much of it. Of course, the fewer systems, the better. Alternatively, look for systems that connect together. In this case, each system focuses on what it does best, but when combined with others into a single holistic system, will easily meet your requirements.
A fantastic example of this is Evernote and ZenDone. Evernote captures actions and gives you the ability to add as much context to an activity as you can imagine. ZenDone takes the actions thrown at Evernote and turns them into a task list. ZenDone also connects to Google Calendar so you can schedule your tasks with ease. With everything in the cloud, you can work from anywhere at any time.
Using the steps above, you will be able to break down your habits and look for gaps that, if filled, will help you become more productive. The main takeaway from this is to look at yourself long before looking at the many, many tools out there.
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Neetu returns to films with hubby Rishi
Karan Johar had offered her the role of Preity Zinta's mother in Kal Ho Naa Ho, (eventually played by Jaya Bachchan) but Neetu Kapoor turned it down as she was busy shaping son Ranbir's career. Now with Ranbir's career having taken off in a big way, Neetu Kapoor has finally returned to films. But if you think she will be working with the Chopras or with Karan Johar you are wrong.
Neetu Kapoor and her husband Rishi Kapoor will be seen together in a film to be produced by Planman Motion Pictures. After several weeks of persuasion, Neetu agreed as she loved the story of the film. The film apparently is the story of two middle-aged couples. After Neetu Kapoor agreed to the project, the producers are desperately hunting for the second couple. But getting Neetu to sign on the dotted line was a major achievement for Planman Motion Pictures. Let's hope Neetu's comeback venture is a bigger hit than her son's debut film Saawariya.


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These old fashion cloth diapers are made of soft 100% birdseye cotton. 27 x 27 inches and 1 layer thick. Fold the fabric over twice. This is the original cloth diaper still used in many countries.
These are a one size fits all diaper that requires folding to properly fit baby. These diapers also make great dish towels, cleaning cloths, burp cloths , lap pads, changing pads, bibs, wash cloths and baby wipes. They are only one layer thick so they dry quickly on your clothesline or in your dryer.
Use with pins, a Snappi fastener, or the Boingo Cloth Diaper Fasteners and any type of diaper cover.
These diapers are far and away the least expensive way to comfortably diaper your baby. Price includes 1 dozen diapers.
Made in China.
I bought a dozen of these a while back and I liked them at first, til I tried different flats that are far superior. These flats have edges on all 4 sides which is annoying when folding and creates lumps and bumps in the diaper. They shrink a lot and mine have all been downgraded to kitchen towels and cleaning up dog messes. They do dry nicely and wash nicely though, but I don't recommend for diapering purposes.
These are a diaper bag essential. They work wonderfully as burp rags, changing pads, nursing covers, etc. They are very versatile and they fold up compactly so you can pack several in your bag and they don't take up much space. These also wash up very easily and line dry quickly.
I bought these back in 2011 and I am so pleased! I had already bought the large prefolds which are super absorbent but also bulky....These are absorbent and very trim. I double them up for my toddler and they are still very trim. They are also very easy to wash! And dry quickly! I am buying more to use as my main diaper stash. I don't know what the other posters were talking about them being small...I guess if you were trying different folds to pin maybe. I doubt I could do an origami fold with this on a toddler. But I think they are quite large in comparison to the store bought ones. I just pad fold them and put them in a flip or econobum cover! They are also really soft once you wash them up well. If you are cloth diapering on a tight budget skip all the other fancy diapers....go with these and some econobum/flip covers!
We ordered our first dozen of these about a month ago. We weren't really disappointed in how tiny they get after washing because we only plan on using them for about 6 months. We order another dozen about a week go and they weren't the same at all. The ones I got the second time were bigger to start with and much bigger than the first dozen after being washed. They also only have seams on two sides instead of all four. We were a little confused and upset by that but we washed them up and everything anyways. Though bigger they seem more trim. We went ahead and order another dozen the other day. It'll be interesting to see what comes.
I love flats in general but was dissapointed with these. First off, they shrink a LOT. They start out as 27"x27" but after washing they were 23"x24". They are way too small for my one and a half year old and my two month old is already starting to outgrow them. They did work well for the newborn at first. They are absorbent, and I had no leaks even with my baby's massive poops (when I had blowouts repeatedly in disposables). I used them in a ProWraps cover. That said, they have seams all the way around, which adds a lot of bulk to the edges when you fold it. It's like baby has a ledge on her butt! Plus, there are a lot of loose strands of thread after washing. Overall, I wouldn't invest in these. Green Mountain Diapers sells a much better product. I hate to say it because I'm such a big cotton babies fan! But GMD flatfolds are superior. They start out bigger (and come in two sizes) so they shrink to 27" square. Plus, you can get unbleached, which is softer. They only have a seam on two edges, so there's not as much bulk. Plus, they're more absorbent and lock the moisture in better. When the diaper is wet in one area, the moisture doesn't travel through the fabric. Baby's pee area can be wet but the rest of her isn't. These have held my heavy wetting infant for six hours without leaks whereas the cotton babies flats are thoroughly soaked throughout after three hours. Sorry to say, I don't recommend this product.


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Match Report | 2nd August 2008
Durham Draw Keeps Notts Top
Stuart Broad took two wickets on the final day as Notts earned nine points from a rain-affected draw that keeps them at the top of the LV County Championship.
Broad bowled Will Smith and had Dale Benkenstein caught behind by Chris Read to reduce Durham to 88-4 but Shivranine Chanderpaul (53) and Michael Di Venuto (64) hit half-centuries to help the visitors to 257-8 at close of play.
"It's a pleasing draw in a sense because we fought back from 199-8 in our first innings," said Notts Director of Cricket Mick Newell.
"The bonus points keep us at the top of the table but the chasing pack have a game in hand and we'll need to take points from Somerset and Durham in the next two weeks.
"I was surprised a bit by the reluctance of Durham's batsmen to attack in the second innings but perhaps they were a bit concerned because of Michael Di Venuto's hand injury.
"Stuart Broad has got overs under his belt and taken wickets for us and I won't have any complaints if he plays for us at Taunton."
Mark Wagh and Matt Wood were the only Notts players not to bowl in the game with Adam Voges' left-arm spin accounting for Di Venuto, Ben Harmison and Phil Mustard.


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When you stay at Castle Pacific Marina Inn Airport Hotel in Honolulu, you'll be near the airport and close to Navy Marine Golf Course and Aloha Tower. This hotel is within close proximity of Bishop Museum and Kamehameha Shopping Center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 119 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and ceiling fans.
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March 29th, 2015.
What an incredible college basketball game. Notre Dame and Kentucky put on a show which went to the wire. That is why March Madness is so special, the best three weeks in all of sports.
The Irish and 'Cats left it all on the court, playing their hearts out. Karl-Anthony Towns was terrific inside, scoring 25 points. Zach Auguste had 20 points and nine rebounds to lead the Irish. Notre Dame was so impressive going to the basket.
Kentucky found a way to survive and advance. Aaron Harrison hit a big three-pointer and Andrew Harrison made the winning free throws as Big Blue Nation celebrated 38-0!


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Duh ... please help!
I'm getting ready to do my EZ-Wire kit ... just went through *all* the wires, rerouted some to different sections, etc. ... and today, I was out lookin' around at the truck, and I'll be hanged if I know where the fan is!!!
Isn't it supposed to be in front of the radiator? My AC condenser is in front of the radiator ... but no fan! Where is my fan, man??? LOL! HELP!!!
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You probably have a stock radiator fan on your water pump so you don't need an electric fan and that circuit is surplus. If you can fit in a stock fan it is ALWAYS superior to an electric. Electrics became popular when we started stuffing BBCs and hemis in in roadsters and coupes that were designed for 4-bangers. Trust me, if I could fit a stock type fan in my Willys, I would do it in a NY minute.
Just use that surplus fan wire for your flashing neon under-fender lighting!
On my street rod I have both an electric and an Mechanical fan, I only use the electric when I am going to be in heavy traffic.
I like the electric fans a lot better than mechanical,(I always use a puller) I hate the noise from a mechanical fan not to mention the power they rob
Okay ... I get it.
Mechanical fan is the one that I think is on ALL vehicles.
The one that has the fan belts, turns the alternator, etc., etc. ... and the EZ-Wire kit is just giving me an optional deal for an "extra" cooling fan -- right? Thanks, Willys36.
Okay ... cool. I was thinking about putting an electric fan in and having a switch for it on my dash ... like you said EBlack36 - heavy traffic, temp gets high, throw the swith to the electric fan and I've got extra cooling power.
What's buggin' me now is, with the AC condenser in front of the radiator, where would I put the cooling fan??? And isn't that a poor location for a condenser (sitting there in front of the radiator - blocking incoming air)?
Thanks guys.
[ March 26, 2003: Message edited by: horvath ]

that is where the factory has been putting them for years with the exception of some of the front drivers. someone makes a remote unit with an integrated electric fan.
Without going into a big discussion of thermodynamic cycles, suffice it to say that an air conditioner condenser coil MUST be in as cool an air flow as possible. System efficiency drops off very rapidly and compressor pressure (stress and wear) goes up fast too as the air temperature rises. The engine cooling system is less sensitive to air temperature so the standard practice is to sacrifice the engine radiator in favor of the condenser.
I plan to adapt a small, square condenser with integral fan that I got at the junk yard off a foreign car onto my pickup. Since the cab volume is small, that should be enough condenser to service it. Instead of putting it in from of the radiator, I will try to cut a square hole in the fairly large sheet metal pan that sits below the radiator and spans the area between the grille and radiator. It looks like I can mount the condenser there, flush with the pan and with the fan underneath sucking cool air that enters the grille. Still a few weeks from getting to that step but will keep you posted.
The problem of running an electric fan and a mechanical fan at the same time is that to perform at their optimim, both should cover as much of the radiator core as possible and be close to the core so the air doesn't leak out the edges but goes thru the core. Thus since the mechanical fan sits behind the radiator by definition, the only place for the electric fan is in front of the radiator. The electric fan actually serves as a fairly effective restriction to air flow when it isn't running so is a self fulfilling prophesy - it causes itself to come on sooner than it might have - the only reason it is necessary is because it is there!! For a car that ins't in search of every last horsepower which is what your truck sounds like, the power loss from the mechanical fan is miniscule. In fact, that is a deceptive arguement since you must move air. It takes a certain amount of power to move a certain amount of air, regardless of whether it is an electric fan or a mechanical one. Sooner or later your engine will need to put the same amount of energy into moving the air. If you run an electric fan, the alternator will draw the same power(or even more because the energy transfer is less efficient than the mechanical fan) from the engine for use by the fan motor. Thus, there really isn't an overall power savings. The advantage come is at the drags where you can shut off your electric fan for 1/4 mile and save the power that the mechanical fan uses continuously. However nothing is free and your generator will draw the power to run your fan on the drive home. There is a slight advantage to using an electric fan since it can be placed on a thermostat control and run only when needed. They did this with mechanical fans by adding a thermal clutch mechanism which only spins the fan when the air temp increases. You can even get an after market fan clutch if that is a concern to you and that takes away any advantage the electric fan might have had.
My personal preference for a street car in order are
1. mechanical fan with shroud
2. bare mechanical fan
3. puller electric fan with shroud
4. bare puller electric fan
5. pusher electric fan
I run both as I my engine sits very low in the engine bay as compared to the radiator and the mechanical fan is in the bottom half of the radiator. I am using a puller electric fan on the top half of the radiator and it seems to work very well, on the highway I run about 165 to 170 with just the mechanical fan on. When I get into traffic I turn on the electric and never get over 190 to 195. may not work for everyone. but it works for me. If my Mechanical fan was centered in relation to the radiator I would only use a Mechanical Fan.
[quote]Originally posted by EBlack36:
I run both as I my engine sits very low in the engine bay as compared to the radiator and the mechanical fan is in the bottom half of the radiator. I am using a puller electric fan on the top half of the radiator and it seems to work very well, on the highway I run about 165 to 170 with just the mechanical fan on. When I get into traffic I turn on the electric and never get over 190 to 195. may not work for everyone. but it works for me. If my Mechanical fan was centered in relation to the radiator I would only use a Mechanical Fan.

Good application of an electric fan!! Fulfills two of my rules - cover as much core as possible and pull whenever possible.
Hmmm ... I've learned some new stuff today!
Thanks, Willys36!
My fan covers the radiator quite well, but I don't have a shroud! I was surprised the past couple of days when it was hotter outside and my temp didn't rise at all ... so it's looking like I probably won't need additional cooling after all.
Will the addition of a shroud make a big difference? I'm gonna put one on anyway because, why not - eh?
I run my PU wiht stock 235 4-blade fan and stock TIRED radiator and rarely does temp climb over thermostat setting, even in Bakersfield 110F summer days. If yours runs like that, you don't need a shroud. If after adding tranny cooler and air conditioner it begins to get hotter, shoud might be needed.
Your the best, bro' ... thanks.
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Cadillac Catera and Cimarron Forum Discussion, It REALLY stalled this time... in Past Cadillac Vehicle Discussion; Comming home tonight in the Catera, driving on the main freeway stretch (atlantic blvd... very long stretch of road), getting ...
It REALLY stalled this time...
Comming home tonight in the Catera, driving on the main freeway stretch (atlantic blvd... very long stretch of road), getting up on a wal-mart and other resturants when the car just shuts off like it does sometimes does at a stop light... yet this time were driving. Luckily because its a Cadillac and its so heavy it rolled off into a slight incline entrance to that area, and was able to pull into a newly built resturant back parkinglot. Then it wouldnt restart... wait 5 minutes, tried and no go... 10 minutes; started but then in reverse it shut off again. Then we waited another 10 minutes and it finally started up; doing whatever i can to keep the RPM's high i keep light throttle with the brakes on *stupid i know* and used the manual gear selections on the gear selector to make my way home in second or third gear putting it in neutral at stop lights and keeping it rev'd.
Our guess still is the IAC (Idle Air Control) which is a valve that commonly gets dirty or the motor malfunctions. Its been malfunctioning, and has done it where you have to wait a while for it to decide to start again, just never when your driving or on the road! Its still sad and confusing how this time it did it while i was driving. It was also cold and raining outside.
Anyways, made it home and no need for it to be pushed or towed!
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
well, for what it's worth, my 1989 Oldsmobile 88 winter car (3800 V6) a little more then a month ago was not ideling well at all, and would stall on the road when I had my foot off the gas or at a stop light etc.... just for the hell of it, I removed the hose that goes from the air box to the TB, and there was a screen over the TB I could not remove, so I had the enigne running and got the stick I use as a prop rod (hood strusts are shot) and put it on the pedal and then agaisnt the front of the seat to keep the RPM's up, I sprayed my throttle body cleaner into the TB....alot, I would do alot, when it was dting down< i would let up, and spray more..... since then it has ran better, little better fuel millage, but most of all, no stalling at all.....
another thing with my Olds that may be similar with your car.... on cold days (besides the gas pedal sticking down) after 2 or 3 starts in a row (like when the gas sticks, I shut the engine off, go under the hood and move the throttle linkage by hand) it will not start.... also sometimes my reverse lights do not go on.... it is the park/neutral switch (it even set a computer error code) it makes it so that the car can only start in park or neutral... well, when it goes bad, someitmes it thinks it is in gear even when it is not.... maybe that is why your car is stalling? How are your plugs/wires also?
and lastly.... have you scanned for error codes?
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
Was going to scan for error codes, just had it in a while ago for MAF replacement(check engine light then)... they said in the process to figure out what it was (before replacing it) that they cleaned all of the manifold components and thats what probably got excess dirt into the IAC. From what ive seen, it does not cause any codes to come up on the computer, but i could get lucky and find some.. just need to scan it sometime. Im pretty sure the ignition system is fine, it has the module at plug deal so theres not really any replacing there except for the wire.. and it runs tooo good to have that be any of a problem. THe car starts up fine and runs perfect all the time except for when it stalls. . No problems what-so-ever, reguardless of the stalling. And when it stalls btw, it feels like you just turned the ignition off... its so sudden and quick, theres no way of telling that it could happen or not.
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
i'm tellin ya man. rebuild that IAC valve and it will probably work fine.....lol
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
If i can find the IAC i will when i get the time, its not in that location as on your 98/(97?)... my guess is its on the back right of the intake plenum ontop, theres a familliar hose there that runs near the IAC on the older engine... worth a try, as i did run my hand back there and find something with a wire running to it.
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
Do you have a digital camera? Get a pic from above the upper intake and post it or email it to me ( email@example.com )
I'll upload a good pic of the IAC valve, i immagine it is in the same place on all the years..........and even if its not, it wont be that different....
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
Ahaha... it wasnt the IAC Valve... twas the Camshaft Position Sensor; it outright stalled today and wouldnt restart... got it towed to a cadillac dealer and found out there was some warranty left from the original dealer. Free tow, free service, and free rental (Cadillac DeVille in cashmere color); also purchased an extended warranty so if anything else happens again.
Just researched this problem on GM cars alike and it was the same symptoms, car would run great but it would stall intermittently- usually restart but sometimes not restart at all, which was the same problem I had.
Apparently some people even have to wait up to 30 minutes for it to start!
I (heart) Nimnicht Cadillac in Jacksonville!
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
Glad to hear it!
Re: It REALLY stalled this time...
thats cool......sorta.....lol
Still wouldnt be a bad idea to clean out your IAC ;-)
Glad you found and got the problem fixed....lucky you that your cadillac dealership is good. hahaha


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Season: 236 carries, 1380 yards, 20 TD's
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Last Week: 20-30, 257 yards, 2 TD's, 1 INT
Season: 241-343, 2937 yards, 31 TD's, 8 INT's
Andrew Luck's performance against Cal will not turn any heads, but the conditions were not great and he led Stanford to another victory. Luck will still be the top pick in the upcoming draft, but for someone who has been labeled as the best prospect in the past decade his numbers don't really support that. I think we are at the point where we can have the argument if he is even the past quarterback in the Pac-12.
3. Matt Barkley, QB, USC
Last Week: 26-34, 323 yards, 4 TD's, 1 INT
Season: 273-404, 3105 yards, 33 TD's, 7 INT's
I think it's time for people to consider Matt Barkley the best player in the Pac-12 and maybe the country. Barkley has more passing yards, touchdowns and fewer interceptions than Andrew Luck. The reason people forget about him is USC's bowl ban.
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Last Week: 30-45, 318 yards, 1 TD
Season: 309-421, 4269 yards, 38 TD's, 3 INT's
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The Science of Self-Report: Implications for Research and Practice. Arthur A. Stone and Jaylan S. Turkkan, eds. 380 pp. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. $79.95.
Few in scientific research are immune to the potential complications of self-report. Medical researchers rely on surveys for patient histories, symptom severity, and duration of and adherence to regimens. For epidemiologists and social scientists, frequency of behavior and histories are essential components of complete data collection. Short of continuous monitoring of subjects, it is quite difficult to ensure accurate results.
The Science of Self-Report: Implications for Research and Practice, assembled from presentations at a 1996 National Institutes of Health conference, considers many of the difficulties of self-report, ranging from the malleability of memory to such sensitive events as abortion and sexual abuse.
Perhaps the most widely accessible paper broaches the wide array of ethical concerns inherent in self-report. The researcher faces what David M. Bersoff and Donald N. Bersoff term "competing obligations," in which respect for a study participant's privacy can preclude treatment. The authors conclude: "Full disclosure of confidentiality limitations is of particular concern in self-report research, and not just that involving children, because it is a methodology that allows for the mass collection of extremely sensitive and personal information, much more so than experimental and naturalistic observational research." They advocate specific confidentiality conditions and assurance of researcher competence, as well as data monitoring and intervention planning.
Several papers identify structural weaknesses in the brain's metaphorical filing cabinets and the self-report implications of those flaws. In the more widely accepted of two competing theories, memories are sorted and encoded into discrete categories, creating a hierarchical filing system of types and subtypes. To accurately answer a survey question about an autobiographical incident, one must be able to complete a series of tasks: Understand the question at hand, recall the relevant information, determine the accuracy of the recalled information and format an answer adhering to survey guidelines.
Each of these tasks is subject to different errors, which can yield faulty or incomplete data. Although each paper related to memory assessment has a different focus, the message remains quite constant throughout and is aptly summarized by Roger Tourangeau: "The fact that we can remember something—even have vivid and detailed memories for it—carries no guarantee that we remember it accurately."
In this mental filing system, events may be sorted any number of ways, including chronologically—in calendar units that range from days to seasons to weekdays and weekends, depending on the nature of the event encoded. Researchers have found that context—social (who attended a party), political (who was president at the time) or otherwise—helps to recall an event more accurately. In his paper, Norman M. Bradburn concludes that the most effective calendar is personally constructed of events that can be compared with one another to recall a specific date.
John F. Kihlstrom and his colleagues explore another example of the highly modifiable nature of memory in a fascinating paper on the influence of emotion on memory recall. The authors consider how emotions—during both encoding and retrieval—can bend and mold many of the memories we consider to be hardened images of the past. "Remembering is inherently a reconstructive process with lots of opportunity for bias and error and one's emotional state must cast a light—or a shadow—over that process."
Saul Shiffman explains the most recent and innovative advance in the self-report of momentary states: ecological momentary assessment (EMA), which requires participants to carry a small computer so they can respond to survey questions asked randomly during the day. EMA offers a more impromptu response than in a conventional interview, but the high cost of EMA technology is a practical limitation.
Many researchers and clinicians may be hesitant to fully acknowledge the difficulties of amassing data through surveys, questionnaires and interviews simply because the alternatives are often so unattractive. The Science of Self-Report finds its value by generating awareness of these complications.— Rebecca Sloan Slotnick
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THE "scrubbed pine" look so popular in England and Europe --particularly in kitchens-- can be duplicated in the United States with unfinished or commercially stripped pine furniture. I do not recommend this treatment for old or antique pine, which has a mellow finish, but it is a very useful technique to show off the light, clean surface of raw, inexpensive pine pieces.
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