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text: getty images [ Arctic Monkeys Allegedly Hiding From The Tax Man By Brandi July 10, 2014 All four members of the Arctic Monkeys are being accused of hiding money from the "tax man". Read More Category: Music News, The WRRV Morning Grind Tags: arctic monkeys, michael caine, newsletter, taxes Send to a friend! Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr!

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Elliott Ferrara
THIS SEASON: Ferrara looks to establish himself as one of USC's top jumpers this season.
2010: Had a best long jump of 21-9 (6.63m) at the Ben Brown Invitational on March 6. Injuries caused him to sit out most of the season.
2009: Had a career best long jump of 22-11 at the Dual Meet on May 2, 2009.
2008: Posted a best triple jump of 42-1.50 (12.84m) no March 8.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Saint Ignatius High in San Francisco, Calif. Registered best marks of 23-4 in the long jump and 45-5 in the triple jump. He was the league chmapion in both the long jump and triple jump.
PERSONAL: Elliott was born on July 25, 1989 in San Francisco...Likes to play basketball in his spare time...Lists Will Ferrell as his favorite actor...Is a Biology major at USC where he is a Dean's List student.


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Help someone.. :shock:
I can't seem to get this dumb gauge to work out correctly... :wall:
12 sts + 16 rows = 4" [10 cm] in Mock Granny st.
Mock Granny Stitch Pattern (multiple of 4 sts + 2)
Row 1 (WS) K2tog, k to last 2 sts, k2tog – 2 sts decreased.Row 2 Repeat Row 1 – 2 sts decreased.Row 3 P 1, *p2tog, yo, p2tog; repeat from * to last st, p 1 – 1 st decreased in each repeat.Row 4 K 1, *k 1, (k 1, p 1) in yo, k 1; repeat from * to last st, k 1 – 1 st increased in each repeat.
Repeat Rows 1-4 for Mock Granny Stitch pattern.
(K 1, p 1) in yo Knit into yo from previous row, but do not drop yo from needle. Bring yarn to front and purl into same yo. Drop yo from needle.
I casted on 12 sts like it says in the GAUGE instructions. Then when I get to the 3rd row of the Mock Granny Stitch pattern I come up short of enough stitches to work with. :??
SO.........Then I read up in my "Knitting for Dummies" bk. Which says about reading patterns, etc. Neway....then I was like.."Oh..ok..hmm :idea: " I reread the Mock Granny Stitch pattern and noticed next to it ..it says (multiple of 4 sts + 2) Ok..so then I added 4+2=6...so 12 sts to cast on + 6 = 18. OK 18. So I casted on 18 and I thought all was well. When I got to the 4th row in the Mock Granny Pattern I was supposed to do the (k1, p1) in yo...and I wasn't going to get to the yo for 2 more stitches. GRRR! So..now what?!?!?!? :evil:
Should I add on 6 more for a total of 24 sts to cast on???? :?? Any ideas??? Tips?
KNITBIT (hopefully no more frogging) :crying:
The 12 stitches in the gauge swatch doesn't mean to cast on 12 stitches... it means that if you mark 1 stitch, and the 12th stitch after it, and 16 rows you will have a 4 inch square. Generally whatever the gauge swatch is, I add some stitches and some rows to get a realistic measurement. (so I might cast on 20 stitches and knit 20 rows, but only measure 12 stitches by 16 rows).
I was thinking that it didn't work because you cast on 12, and then decided to add 6 for fun (but I get it now).... Anyway, regardless of how you ended up with 18 stitches cast on, it should work, because 18 is a multiple of 4 (16) plus 2.... so I think I'll (or somene) will have to work a swatch for you.... It should work with 10, 14, 18, 22 etc cast on stitches..... :??
Thx so much for all your input Hildegard!!!!!! :cheering: Very valuable info.! Made alot of sense. Ugh...I was all clueless :doh:
I'm all hyped up now LOL gonna go work another swatch. Gonna try 22 sts. this time. Wish me luck!
Thanks again Hildegard!! :notworthy:
KNITBIT :XX: <----working on NEW and "hopefully" improved swatch!
SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happydance:
Thanks Hildegard!!!!! I think maybe I wasn't paying attention to all the p2tog, yo, p2tog repeats...must've messed up somewhere in there. I payed closer attention this time ..and well....everythings ok now. WHEW!
good! glad it worked (=


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West Coast states and BC to link climate policies
Governors and Canadian province want to work together to promote clean energy and global warming policies
SAN FRANCISCO - The governors of Pacific coast U.S. states and a Canadian province are vowing to collectively combat climate change and promote clean energy.
Governors of California, Oregon, Washington and the premier of British Columbia on Monday gathered in San Francisco to commit to putting a price on carbon pollution throughout the region and mandate the use of cleaner-burning fuels.
California and British Columbia already have placed a price on greenhouse gas emissions - through cap-and-trade and a carbon tax, respectively - both Oregon and Washington legislatures have voted down such attempts.
The deal stems from the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a group meant to organize climate change and clean energy policies. It links together economies with a combined GDP of $2.8 trillion, the fifth largest in the world, according to Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown's office.


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text: After a month of lurking on this forum I thought I should say hello and introduce myself. I'm a large format shooter working in black and white with landscapes, water, buildings and the human figure as my normal subject matter. I have been working with large format cameras since I bought my first one in the fall of my senior year in HS in 1980. I tried some small and medium format cameras during the 80's but always went back to the 4x5. Since the negative were so much easier to print. About 1989 I was starting to get into some alternative processes, so I made the choice to try shooting 8x10. I fell in love with the format, the negative and contact printing. After a couple of years the 8x10 still wasn't big enough, so 11x14 and 8x20 cameras followed. During most of the 90's I was printing my work in Platinum/Palladium materials. Now, I am just contact printing my work on silver based materials. Some is printed with Azo, some is printed other papers, depends on what the print needs. I'm not a big tech guy. The polar ice caps will have reached NJ by the time I ever do a film/developer test again. I did one of those in school, I still don't understand what the big push is for people do them as often as they do. I've seen too many full-toned boring images from people who spend too much time testing materials and not enough time shooting. I'd much rather go out and make images. If that means staying with the same film/developer combinations that have worked for me in the past, I'm ok with that. Anyway, enough about me, here is a link to my work: http://www.georgelosse.com George


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Back in the current moment
In March 2003, Fox offered the spontaneous revelation, as part of a same-sex marriage rally at the State House, that he is a gay man in a long-term relationship with his partner.
While he says he hadn't made a previous effort to hide his orientation, coming out has "actually been liberating," Fox says, and the general reaction has been "very positive." "People have come up to me and said, 'It just shows that you're an honest person.' "
Fox acknowledges that the lack of pro¬gress on gay marriage has been frustrating at times. Speaking more generally — in a metaphor that seems to sum up his place in the legislative leadership — it's important, he says, not to get so far ahead of the prevailing sentiment that someone is left out on a sandbar when the tide is coming in.
If the occasional progressive grouses about Fox's inability to advance a broader liberal agenda, the majority leader generally earns plaudits from the activist community.
"My thought about Gordon is that we probably don't see the best work that he carries out for the progressive community," says Marti Rosenberg, a longtime lobbyist on progressive issues. "I think he is right there when we need a strong progressive, helping behind the scenes, stopping bad legislation, and advancing a progressive worldview and a progressive agenda. I just wish that the politics of the House were different, so that he could play the same pro-active role on the floor of the House."
Looking forward, Fox has some time in which to plot his likely next move — either for speaker or perhaps mayor of Providence.
Speaker Murphy has suggested a self-imposed eight-year limit on his tenure. If he holds to this, it would mean a succession battle in the time leading to the start of the House session in January 2011 — which will roughly coincide with the statewide election in November 2010. Based on his aggressive fundraising and recent staff moves, Providence Mayor David Cicilline seems a very likely Democratic gubernatorial candidate for 2010.
While Fox says he "never thought of those two as choices," his current preference would be to become speaker.
The next fight for speaker is likely to attract a number of contenders, including Representative Peter Kilmartin of Pawtucket, and the outcome is far from certain.
In the interim, Fox — like his favorite athlete, Mike Mussina — says his plan is to "roll up my sleeves, do hard work, and to ask to be judged for that."
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Road Crew 3rd at conference
The Pequot Lakes/Pine River-Backus Road Crew placed third in the competitive Mid-State/Heart of Lakes Conference tournament on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24-25.
Champions for the Road Crew were Anthony Philipson (106 pounds), Nick Gravdahl (152), Justin Mackenthun (195) while teammates Jared Adkins (heavyweight) and Ozzy Miller (160) placed second.
"This is the first time for the combination of the two," said head coach Travis Hoffarth. "This has been talked about for years-a tournament that would be more competitive and would have full brackets. This has to be one of the toughest conferences in the state. We are still getting better with each kid showing improvement."
Perham won the team title with 207 points, followed by Frazee 204.5 and the Road Crew 177.
On the Jan. 24 Guillotine publication state ratings, Perham was in the Lean and Mean (honorable mention for Class AA) while the Road Crew was ranked 11th in Class AA and Frazee is rated No. 2 in Class A.
Philipson was taken down at the start of his first match. His Frazee opponent got an escape in the second period, but it was all Anthony with a 14-3 victory. He only needed 1:08 to win his second match. Philipson, rated third in the state, defeated seventh-ranked Cole Grinsteinner of C-I with a reversal in the third period for a 2-1 win.
Isaac Manthei (113) got a takedown in the first period and won 2-0. He lost his second match 8-5 then came back for a 6-2 victory. Isaac placed fourth losing in the third period to a late reversal 4-2.
Spencer Richards (120) needed a takedown in the first period and a reversal in the second to win 4-0. He was pinned in the second match, but came back and won 5-1. Spencer placed fourth losing to the Byron Beyer of Frazee 5-0.
Brandon Mager (126) lost his first match 11-6-was injured in the second match and was out for the day. Evan Gravdahl (132) was taken down and put on his back in the first period. He got out of the pinning hold and ended up pinning his opponent at 1:44.
He next lost to Kyler Votava of Barnsville. In the second period of his next match Gravdahl got four near fall points, but ended up losing 9-4.
Devyn Richards (138) lost his first and second matches. Dillon Nichols (145) was all business in the first period getting two takedowns and near-fall points before getting his pin at 1:54. In his second match he ended up in a tie, but lost in overtime. He came back to win 7-0 and in his third match won with a pin at 1:30. In his next match he lost 8-5, but came back with a pin at 54 seconds to place fifth.
Nick Gravdahl won by fall at 3:08. He was ahead 4-3 going into the third period of his second match when he took control and won 12-5. Gravdahl faced last year's section champion Parker Jackson of Detroit Lakes, who is rate fourth in the state. In the first period Gravdahl was taken down twice, but ended the period with a reversal and three near-fall points with time running out. Gravdahl was ahead 12-7 going into the third period when he was down and escaped, but was taken down and this happened twice. Gravdahl then kicked it in and got two takedowns to win 19-12.
"This had to be the match of the day for us," said Hoffarth. "Nick had great concentration and just heads up wrestling against a tough competitor."
Miller started off with a bye, and then won with a pin at 1:28. In his next contest he won with a pin at 1:25. Miller lost in the championship round to Patrick Glynn of Perham.
Joe Harrison (170) has been coming on strong at the end of the season. In his first match he got the first takedown and the pin at 55 seconds. He lost his next match 15-2. His next loss was a close contest 6-5. Harrison won with a pin at 32 seconds to place fifth.
Justin Nuemann (182) won with a pin at 1:52, but lost his second match before coming back with a pin at 2:42. His next match he won 6-1, then was pinned, and placed sixth losing his last contest.
Mackenthun started off with a bye then dominated 14-1.Wrestling in the final, Justin was ahead 7-0 going into the third period was put on his back, but got a reversal and won 9-3 to win.
Cadel Roeder (220) started off getting a pin at 1:22, lost his second match, then came back with a pin at 54 seconds and lost his final match 3-0.
Adkins won his first match in overtime His second match was against James Huwe of Detroit Lakes, Adkins won with a reversal in the third period 2-1. In the final match Adkins wrestled Garrett Malstrom of Frazee. An escape in the second period gave Malstrom a 1-0 win.
The Road Crew, 14-2 overall, was cancelled in its match against Grand Rapids on Tuesday, Jan. 28, and then scheduled to face Detroit Lakes and Wadena-Deer Creek in Pequot Lakes on Friday, Jan.31.
Team Scores: 1-Perham 207, 2-Frazee 204.5, 3-Pequot Lake/Pine River/Backus 177, 4-Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton 107, 5-Detroit Lakes 100, 6-Pelican Rapids 99.5, 7-Barnesville 95, 8-United Clay Becker 70, 9-Crosby-Ironton 64, 10-Park Rapids 58, 11-Staples-Motley 43, 12-Breckenridge-Campbell-Tintah 40, 13-Wadena-Deer Creek 29
106: Championship-Anthony Phillipson (PLPRB) dec. Caleb Krietter (C-I) 2-1; Third-Brady Tweeton (BAR) dec. Eric Lisson (STM) 6-2
113: Championship-Tanner Reetz (FR) Dec. Danny Franco (Pelican) 7-1; Third-Ben Nelson (PER) Dec. Isaac Manthei (PLPRB) 4-2
120: Championship-Conrad Kondos (BREC) Dec. Chase Curtis (PER) 5-0; Third-Byron Byer (FRA) Dec. Spencer Richards (PLPRB) 5-0; Fifth-Gage Brown (STM) Forfeit Tristin Godel (WDC)
126: Championship-Sam Pirotta (PER) Dec. Grant Jepson (FR) 3-1
145: Championship-Mason Swegarden (UBC) Dec. Colin Nietzke (PER) 4-0; Third-Devin Barthel (WDC) Dec. Rylee Anderson (BAR) 3-2; Fifth-Dillon Nichols (PLPRB) pinned Cody Dravis (Park Rapids) 1:54
152: Championship-Nick Gravdahl (PLPRB) Dec. Parker Jackson (DL) 19-12
160: Championship-Patrick Glynn (PER) pinned Ozzy Miller (PLPRB) 5:44
170: Championship-Jonah Lange (UBC) pinned Cole Schmitz (PER) 4:45; Fifth-Joe Harrison (PLPRB) pinned Rayne Jacobson (DL) 1:33
182: Championship-Kody VanDeneykel (FRA) Dec. William Parks (PER) 1-0; Fifth-Drew Peterson (STM) Dec. Justin Neumann (PLPRB) 8-3
195: Championship-Justin Mackenthun (PLPRB) Dec. Dana Berg (BAR) 9-3
285: Championship-Garrett Malstrom (FRA) Dec. Jared Adkins (PLPRB) 1-0; Third-Cole Grinsteinner (C-I) Dec. James Huwe (DL) 1-0
Perham 35, Road Crew 15
The Road Crew suffered just their second dual meet loss in 16 matches on Tuesday, Jan. 21, when they were defeated at Perham 35-15.
Manthei, Nick Gravdahl, Miller and Mackenthun registered the only wins for the Road Crew against the Class 2A's ninth-ranked Yellowjackets.
The Road Crew, who surrendered just one pin against Perham, was missing four varsity wrestlers, including two that are rated in the state.
Perham 35, PL/PR-Backus 15
106: Dylan Fudge (P) dec. Darion Anderson, 7-1
113: Isaac Manthei (PLPRB) dec. Ben Nelson, 4-3
120: Chase Curtis (P) dec. Spencer Richard, 8-4
126: Sam Pirrotta (P) dec. Brandon Mager, 7-2
132: Tyler Fudge (P) dec. Dalin Sonenstahl, 13-5
138: Zach Peterson (P) dec. Devyn Richards, 6-1
145: Colin Neitzke (P) dec. Dillon Nichols, 7-2
152: Nick Gravdahl (PLPRB) pinned Jake Monson, 3:34
160: Patrick Glynn (P) dec. Joe Harrison, 9-0
170: Ozzy Miller (PLPRB) dec. Cole Schmitz, 9-6
182: Justin Mackenthun (PLPRB) dec. William Parks, 5-3
195: Jesse Klatt (P) dec. Chris Foster, 8-3
220: Trent Jahnke (P) pinned Cadel Roeder 5:28
285: Jesse Bucholz (P) dec. Jared Adkins, 4-2


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If simply reading A Song of Ice and Fire, watching Game of Thrones and wearing the many t-shirts is just not enough for you and you're looking for a more definitive way to show your allegiance, then perhaps these wall plaques are the answer?
Pick your side and display either a wooden wall plaque painted with the direwolf of House Stark (along with the motto Winter Is Coming) or the dragon of House Targaryen (with the motto Fire & Blood).
Or… split your house down the middle and display both!


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2004-07-30 / Community
Blood Drive At St. John's Episcopal
St. John's Episcopal Hospital is holding a blood drive on Thursday, August 5 from 10:30 a.m. till 4 p.m. As certain blood types are beginning to be rationed, the Mayor and the New York Blood Center have called upon New Yorkers to donate blood.
Donors must be at least age 17, weigh a minimum of 110lbs and be in good health. For more information about the drive contact the hospital at 718-869-7000. The hospital is located at 327 Beach 19 Street at Brookhaven Avenue in Far Rockaway.


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What's up guys, very recently I blew my transmission in my MKIII.
Sooo, I'm taking the time I have now to take this thing apart (somewhat) and install the part's I've had stacked against my bedroom wall for months now.
The canvas is an already "slammed" Trek on Miro STP-1 Wheels. All work thus far been done by myself.
Official "Before" Photo.
This is how the primary setup is going to be.
Garrett GT2541r Dual BB Core Oil & Water-cooled Turbo GT2876r
Frozenboost 600hp Air/Water Intercooler Kit (No I'm not trying to push that number)
2.5" Polished Charge Piping
MK4 2.0 Manifolds and corresponding parts.
C2 Stage 2 Software
Bosch 42lb Green Top Injectors
When the build is over I'm swapping out the blown 020 Tranny for an 02A to give me peace of mind and for better gearing.
Also, I will only be running 8 PSI when the build is "completed" after I get the tranny paid for I'm buying a set of JE pistons and IE rods to lower my compression so I can raise the boost. Just so your minds don't wander..
Day One of Build, Deconstruction Time.
Sittin' down takin' a break before I get at it, garage view.
Stock MK3 Upper Manifold Off
Stock Fuel Rail pulled off, probably going to be re-used.
Myself taking the time to pose for a 10 sec timer pic,
MK3 Lower Intake manifold, so damn restrictive.
Shot of the head & cam. Wish I had the money to go to a more aggressive cam but that will come later.
Pile of USELESS junk.
End of Day 1,
Day 2
Here's a peak what the bay is going to be looking like , took about 10-15 hours polishing the AEG Upper Intake.
Here's the baby of a Turbo I'll be workin' with.
Stay tuned men, I'm 19 years old and I'll be doing ALL of the work myself. This is my first turbo build and first time working with a VW's engine. I've got a pretty solid background on what I'm doing. Sub if you support boosted ABA's


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Sibley County commissioners this morning took another step toward providing high-speed Internet to farmers and other rural residents of the county, about an hour and half southwest of the Twin Cities. By a 3-2 vote, the commissioners opted to join a joint powers board with many or all of the county's cities to continue studying the issue.
For months, Sibley has been debating a plan that could run fiber optic lines to every home, business and government office in the county, providing telephone, cable TV, and Internet. If the $63 million network is built, it would be jointly owned by the cities and the county, and would make 20 megabit-per-second service available to every resident. That's faster than most people have in the Twin Cities.
Right now, many of those outside Sibley County's cities are stuck with dial-up connections.
Around 30 people attended the commissioners meeting, many standing when the chairs ran out. Linda Kramer, president of the county library board, attended with her 5-year-old daughter, Anna, who played games on an iPad. Kramer says many students in the county come to the library to use its relatively-fast connection for homework, since they don't have high speed at home.
Kramer, whose husband is a corn-, soybean- and wheat-farmer in Moltke Township, says their DSL connection of 1.5 Mbps is too slow. "My husband tries to upload USDA maps," she says. "We stream the occasional movie. It's not nearly enough. We're as frustrated with that as we were with dial-up 10 years ago."
Without county participation in the project, it likely would have been limited to residents of the county's towns.
Concerned about how to fund the broadband project, Commissioner Jim Swanson said, "I've talked to township board members. They'd love to have it. If you ask people they say they'd love to have a Cadillac. But how do you pay for it?"
Mark Erickson, city administrator for Winthrop and a champion of the broadband plan, argues there likely would be few, if any, taxpayer dollars on the line. "We're going to build a Chevy, not a Cadillac," he answered.
But settling on a concrete funding scheme is still a few moves down the line.
The next step is to run a campaign to measure interest among residents. The commissioners also voted to give the joint powers board up to $50,000 for the campaign. Quipped commissioner Bill Pinske, one of the no votes, "If you have to come back for more money, bring bigger people."
If the project is ultimately approved by county residents in a referendum, it would rely on paying for itself with user subscriptions. Project backers have said they would need 70 percent of the county's residents to sign up for at least two of the services. Existing Internet providers already have expressed opposition.
Following the vote, Erickson was pleased but also a little disappointed. "This was the first group that didn't vote unanimously in favor," he says, referring to the cities in Sibley that have voted to join the joint powers board (four cities haven't voted yet). "This is how kids are going to learn," he says. "This is the way governments are going to reach out to citizens. Broadband will be the catalyst for our lifestyles in the future."
In some ways, farmers have an even greater need than people in the cities, argues Tim Dolan, the county's economic development director who also farms beans and corn.
Dolan has a dial-up connection at his home. What's more, the wire runs along the ground and has been cut twice by snow plows. He acknowledges that it can be tough to sell people on the economic advantages of a technology whose uses haven't all come to light. "Farmers could order parts online," he says. "They could use it for marketing. The uses are only limited by the imagination."


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Act now for a fair EU investment policy!
In March and April this year the European Parliament will vote on a new set of rules for investors when operating abroad. Yet the draft policy on the table looks like a one-sided charter of investor's rights that will limit the ability of governments' to regulate business for the public good.
We need to urgently let Parliamentarians in Brussels know that we want a balanced EU investment policy for decent work and sustainable development.
Why does investment policy matter?
Investment in Britain and overseas can undoubtedly create decent jobs and sustainable development. But under the wrong conditions, it can also undermine them.
EU member states currently have about 1200 bilateral investment treaties with other countries, mainly to protect their investors from host states confiscating their assets or discriminating against them. Yet these agreements have been notoriously one-sided in favour of investors, often tying the hands of governments to regulate over social and environmental issues, and provide quality public services.
Such treaties also have 'investor-state' dispute settlement procedures that allow investors to by-pass domestic legal systems of host states to seek enforcement of their rights through notoriously secretive international arbitration panels, with no right of appeal, and overseen by arbitrators drawn mostly from the ranks of international investment lawyers. Several high profile cases have seen social and environmental regulations overturned by investors.
The rights of multinational investors are well protected, yet the rights of workers and affected communities are often unenforceable and easily abused. Companies should have a responsibility to respect human rights, especially when investing in places where the governments are unable or unwilling to protect people under their jurisdiction.
Under the Lisbon Treaty, Brussels now has the power to make new Europe-wide treaties on investment. This is a real chance to restore some balance to investment policy by adding investor responsibilities to the mix. Yet these issues have not been dealt with by the European Commission's recent communication on investment - a good indication of the future direction that Brussels will take. So the time to act is now.
For more information see:
EU investment treaties: can we have labour standards with that? (TUC, August 2010)
An EU trade policy for Decent Work (TUC, August 2010)
Change EU investment policy - now is the time (Seattle to Brussels January 2011, briefing note)
Adding investor 'responsibilities' to the mix
EU investment chapters and agreements should include both the rights and responsibilities of investors. To achieve this balance, the European Union should take the following points into account:
No lowering of standards: to ensure that investment agreements do not erode state obligations regarding human rights, agreements must contain non-derogation clauses preventing host states from lowering their labour, social or environmental standards to attract investors, a commitment extending to all parts of their territory, including export processing zones (EPZs). Similarly, agreements must not include so-called 'stabilisation clauses' that protect investors from any new regulations applying to them. Such agreements should also deem that stablisation clauses in commercial contracts between investors and states are invalid on the grounds that they are limiting regulation in the public interest.
Protect government policy space: vaguely worded 'expropriation' and 'fair treatment' clauses in investment treaties have led to arbitration panels awarding compensation to investors because legitimate government regulations on social and environmental issues were deemed a form of 'indirect expropriation'. This has promoted a 'regulatory chill' - the reluctance of states to regulate for fear of being sued under such agreements. To remedy this problem, bona fide, non-discriminatory measures taken by a host state to protect or enhance legitimate public welfare and environmental objectives should not constitute a form of expropriation under such agreements.
Respect international norms: such agreements must commit the parties and their international investors to respect key international norms including those on preventing corruption and bribery, the ILO Declaration on the Fundamental Principle and Rights of Work, the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the ILO Declaration on Multinationals, and the UN Framework and Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as measures to prevent tax avoidance through transfer mispricing and promote tax transparency through public country-by-country reporting.
Reform investor-state dispute mechanisms: international arbitration panels set up under agreements to hear 'investor-state' disputes have been notoriously secretive, undemocratic, ignoring basic rules of procedural fairness and have a strong perception of bias in favour of international investors. They also provide more protection to foreign investors than domestic ones. Going forward, the EU should ensure that investment disputes are heard by domestic courts in the host state. To ensure that such legal systems are fair, the agreement could require host state legal systems to adhere to basic principles of procedural fairness and the rule of law, or failing that, the investor could use the domestic legal system of its home state.
Investor liability: to balance investor rights, investors should also be subject to civil actions for liability in the legal system of their home state for the acts or decisions made in relation to the investment where such acts or decisions lead to significant damage, personal injuries or loss of life in the host state.
Capital controls: Given the increasing depth and frequency of financial crises, the rights of an investor to transfer its assets abroad should be limited by the right of the host state to institute capital controls in such circumstances.
Impact assessments: very little is known about the impact that investment agreements have on the scale and type of foreign investment they attract, and on the impacts such investment has on human rights, decent work and sustainable development. To better tailor investment agreements to drive human rights and sustainable development objectives, an impact assessment should be conducted by the European Commission prior to any investment agreement or chapter being concluded, paying particular regard to the likely impact on the quality and quantity of employment, and on the access to essential services and goods. The assessment should contain binding recommendations on how to avoid, or mitigate any potential harm identified.
Market access: 'pre-establishment rights' that provide market access to foreign investors should be offered through a 'positive list approach', rather than the current blanket approach, which can lead to sweeping and unforeseen liberalisation.
Investor definition: the definition of 'investor' and 'investment' needs to be restricted to genuine investments. Definitions that are too broad lead can lead to unwelcome forum shopping, where companies set up shelf companies to access more favourable investment agreement to sue states under.
Supporting industrial policy: Governments need the policy space to provide strategic support to industry, often through procurement policy measures. Government procurement policies for the purchase of goods and services by any level of government should be exempt from agreements.
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Niall Stokes
|Niall Stokes
|1951 (age 65–66)
Dublin, Ireland
|Bachelor of Arts
|Alma mater
|University College Dublin (UCD) Synge Street CBS
|Music journalist, editor
|Notable credit(s)
|Editor of Hot Press,
Editor of the Year (2008 PPAI Magazine of the Year Awards),
Industry Award (2009 Meteor Awards)
|Mairin Sheehy
Niall Stokes (born Dublin in 1951)[1] is the award-winning editor of the long-running fortnightly Ireland music and political magazine Hot Press based in Dublin. He has edited the magazine since 1977. He has been a longstanding champion of Irish music, most famously U2 in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. He was involved with The Music Show, an exhibition of the Irish music industry held in the RDS in October 2008.[2] He was Chairman of the Independent Radio and Television Commission (now the BCI) between 1993 and 1998. He has written a book called Into the Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song.
He graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Whilst in college, Stokes was a member of a band called Eyeless, alongside Neil Jordan. He also did some freelance work before Hot Press began.[1] He lives with his wife, Mairin Sheehy, in Dublin.[3]
On 20 June 2002, he appeared on an episode of Rattlebag which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Hot Press.[4] In January 2008, he attended the recording sessions of "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" in Windmill Lane Studios.[5] He has appeared on the interactive music series The Raw Sessions.[6]
Stokes has also appeared as a panellist on Questions and Answers.[7] On radio he has featured on Five Seven Live,[8] This Week,[9] Morning Ireland[10] and Drivetime.[11]
In 2007, he pursued a High Court action against Denis Desmond, Moya Doherty and John McColgan.[12]
Stokes won Editor of the Year at the 2008 PPAI Magazine of the Year Awards.[13]
Stokes received an industry award at the 2009 Meteor Awards.[14] Tributes were paid by Niall Breslin, Tom Dunne, Snow Patrol, Bono and The Edge.[15]
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|PPAI Magazine of the Year Awards – Editor of the Year
|Niall Stokes
|Metor Music Awards – Industry Award
Other accolades[edit]
Niall Stokes was presented with a lifetime achievement by Magazines Ireland in 2011 8 March 2011: "Niall Stokes founded Hot Press in 1977 and has steered the magazine through over 30 years to be one of Ireland's most successful magazines. Niall launched the career of some of the most prominent journalists in Ireland" – John Mullins, Zahara Publishing & Chairperson of Magazines Ireland.[16][17]
The Irish Examiner included Stokes in its top fifty list of "most important and influential people in Irish music during 2005".[1]
- ^ a b c "Those who called the tune in Irish music during 2005". Irish Examiner. 4 January 2006. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ "Music to their ears". Irish Independent. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Editor recounts Hall of Fame's downfall". Irish Independent. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ^ "Rattlebag – Thursday, 20 June 2002". RTÉ. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Taylor, Richie (18 January 2008). "Cream of Irish music in tribute to Dubliner as he battles with cancer". Irish Independent. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Sony Ericsson Raw Sessions: catch it this weekend". Hot Press. 15 May 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ "Questions And Answers – Monday, 20 June 2005". RTÉ. 20 June 2005. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Five Seven Live – Thursday, 15 April 2004". RTÉ. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "This Week – Sunday, 24 April 2005". RTÉ. 24 April 2004. Archived from the original on 26 April 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Morning Ireland – Tuesday, 28 June 2005". RTÉ. 28 June 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Drivetime with Dave – Tuesday, 21 November 2006". RTÉ. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Hot Press in court over Hall of Fame". RTÉ. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Hot Press Wins Editor of the Year". Hot Press. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ^ "Guest presenters join Meteors line-up". Hot Press. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ "The Script and Sharon Shannon bag Meteors". Hot Press. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ "Niall Stokes gets Lifetime Achievement Award". The Sunday Business Post. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "Award for Hot Press founder". The Sunday Business Post. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
External links[edit]
- Hot Press website
- Hot Press on site at The O2 feat. Niall Stokes (#19)


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Ever since the Army held a contest for iPhone and Android applications in March, software developers have drooled at the chance to get in on the military market. Judging by what's on display at the annual Association of the U.S. Army confab in Washington, get ready for a lot of apps that map — keeping track of both allies and enemies.
The above display on the iPad of a Textron Systems employee shows a map of friendly and hostile locations — the blue houses have U.S. troops in them — that soldiers can gather out in the field and send back to their command stations for further analysis. It's running through SoldierEyes, a secure cloud that runs lots of little applets for intelligence, command-and-control and battlefield awareness, developed by two Textron subsidiaries, Overwatch and AAI.
The SoldierEyes Common Operating Picture, for instance, is like a mini Blue Force Tracker, explains Evan Cormin, who works on the project: a real-time way for soldiers to monitor where friendly forces are at any given time, represented by little blue boxes. And not just friendlies: Plug in an enemy's position, and the cloud shares it with anyone else running SoldierEyes, whether out on patrol or back at the command post. Its GPS components allow soldiers to use the map for navigation while they see where their friends and foes are.
Load Augmented Reality, another SoldierEyes sub-app, ditches the map. Instead, it uses your handheld's camera to give you a picture of what's in front of you — but with the colored boxes of friendlies and enemies in position on the screen. The idea is make sure that soldiers getting out of their vehicles don't lose a sense of their surroundings once the Humvee doors swing open and they aren't behind a computer screen anymore.
Not to be outdone, Raytheon has designed its own smartphone, called RATS, for Raytheon Advanced Tactical Systems. Mark Bigham, a company vice president for business development, shows off the RATS apps on his own touchscreen Android phone. Running over a 3G network using a server hosted in a laptop called Ratman, RATS runs maps that represent friendlies and hostiles ID'd by any individual user.
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The development of science concepts emergent from science museum and post-visit activity experiences : students' construction of knowledge
Anderson, David (1999) The development of science concepts emergent from science museum and post-visit activity experiences : students' construction of knowledge. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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This research investigated students' construction of knowledge about the topics of magnetism and electricity emergent from a visit to an interactive science centre and subsequent classroom-based activities linked to the science centre exhibits. The significance of this study is that it analyses critically an aspect of school visits to informal learning centres that has been neglected by researchers in the past, namely the influence of post-visit activities in the classroom on subsequent learning and knowledge construction. Employing an interpretive methodology, the study focused on three areas of endeavour. Firstly, the establishment of a set of principles for the development of post-visit activities, from a constructivist framework, to facilitate students' learning of science. Secondly, to describe and interpret students' scientific understandings : prior t o a visit t o a science museum; following a visit t o a science museum; and following post-visit activities that were related to their museum experiences. Finally, to describe and interpret the ways in which students constructed their understandings: prior to a visit to a science museum; following a visit to a science museum; and following post-visit activities directly related to their museum experiences. The study was designed and implemented in three stages: 1) identification and establishment of the principles for design and evaluation of post-visit activities; 2) a pilot study of specific post-visit activities and data gathering strategies related to student construction of knowledge; and 3) interpretation of students' construction of knowledge from a visit to a science museum and subsequent completion of post-visit activities, which constituted the main study. Twelve students were selected from a year 7 class to participate in the study. This study provides evidence that the series of post-visit activities, related to the museum experiences, resulted in students constructing and reconstructing their personal knowledge of science concepts and principles represented in the science museum exhibits, sometimes towards the accepted scientific understanding and sometimes in different and surprising ways. Findings demonstrate the interrelationships between learning that occurs at school, at home and in informal learning settings. The study also underscores for teachers and staff of science museums and similar centres the importance of planning pre- and post-visit activities, not only to support the development of scientific conceptions, but also to detect and respond to alternative conceptions that may be produced or strengthened during a visit to an informal learning centre. Consistent with contemporary views of constructivism, the study strongly supports the views that : 1) knowledge is uniquely structured by the individual; 2) the processes of knowledge construction are gradual, incremental, and assimilative in nature; 3) changes in conceptual understanding are can be interpreted in the light of prior knowledge and understanding; and 4) knowledge and understanding develop idiosyncratically, progressing and sometimes appearing to regress when compared with contemporary science. This study has implications for teachers, students, museum educators, and the science education community given the lack of research into the processes of knowledge construction in informal contexts and the roles that post-visit activities play in the overall process of learning.
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Servings: 6
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- 1 medium onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces kale leaves (tough stems discarded), chopped, washed and drained (about 5 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
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- 64 ounces low-sodium vegetable broth
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Heat a soup pot over medium heat; add the oil once the pot is hot.
Drop in the pieces of chicken sausage and cook for about 6 minutes until browned, stirring as needed. Add the onion and garlic; cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onion begins to soften.
Add the chopped kale and stir to incorporate. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring, until the kale leaves wilt and turn a deep green. Add the crushed red pepper flakes and beans, mixing well, then add the vegetable broth. Cover and cook until the broth just begins to bubble at the edges.
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Eliminate the Temptation – Best Ways to Prevent Your Teen from Texting While Driving
The recent and tragic case of the 17-year-old young man from Northern California who, while texting and driving, plowed into a family of three while they were riding bikes, killing the father and 9-year-old daughter, left me hyper-aware. Hyper-aware because that young man could've been one of my own sons; hyper-aware because in the bicycle-friendly town that I reside in, a young college student who was riding his bike to school on the very same day as this incident veered right in front of me as I was driving. If I had been texting, I'd have hit him.
Regardless of the state you live in, texting while driving continues to be a huge safety risk to you, your teen and everyone on the road. While I or you may be hyper-aware of the risks, most teens, especially when they've gotten "comfortable" with their driving skills, fail to have the same awareness. Texting, checking their social media notifications and tweeting have all become such an integral part of their everyday lives, they don't really think about where they do it or when they do it.
While your teen, like mine, may consider themselves a "safe driver" because they use their ear buds or voice commands to communicate while driving, the fact is they are still communicating, and thus distracted, while driving – even if it's legal.
Last year a NHTSA study found that "drivers that use cell phones are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves" and "cell phone use was reported in 18% of distraction-related fatalities in America." Read more.
Though it's important to keep a consistent dialogue with your teen about the dangers of texting while driving, your parental guidance may only go so far. After all, ask yourself, how often do YOU pick up your phone to send a "quick" text? Probably more than you'd like to admit, and all the while, even when you know it's wrong, you still do it.
You can rationalize to yourself that "nothing will happen to me", but we both know no one is an exception. My question to you is: Are you willing to recognize that same truth when it comes to your teen? If you are, then there are some things you can do to make it easy for your teen to follow your safe-driving rules, and perhaps, a state law.
Here are my recommendations:
Available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for a one-time fee of $4.99.
MobiLocPlus is an application available for both the iPhone and Android smartphones. It disables the phone from receiving texts, emails, phone calls, and application activity such as Facebook notifications and tweets when the phone's GPS senses that it is moving faster than 10mph. Once the phone has stopped moving, the phone returns to normal with all the missed texts, emails, calls, and application activity able to be viewed as normal.
Installation of the application is very simple and only took about two minutes. Once you've downloaded and installed MobiLocPlus, everything is ready to go. The application will start itself when the GPS system detects that the phone is moving faster than 10mph. Note: The GPS system has to be on for the application to work.
- iPhone: Settings > General > Location Services > Set to "on"
- Android: Settings > Location and security > Make sure "Use GPS satellites" is checked
We tested the application on multiple Android smartphones and it worked perfectly well on all of them. The application itself loads quickly, is fairly unobtrusive, and as long as the GPS is on it automatically activates. Like it said it would, MobiLocPlus blocked all texts, calls and Facebook messages that we sent to the phones and all the blocked activity appeared on the phone when we stopped driving. Below is a screenshot of the application's user interface.
Are there ways for my child to disable the application? And how do I prevent that from happening?
The application relies on the phone's GPS system in order to determine the speed at which the phone is travelling. Your child could disable the GPS on their phone, thus rendering the application useless. Or they could delete the application and simply re-download it later. On Android, you can stop them from deleting the application and re-downloading it later by setting up a PIN. And on the iPhone, you can set a restriction on the App Store to serve a similar purpose.
- Android: Open the Google Play Store > Settings > "Set or Change PIN" > Simple enter the PIN and you're done.
- iPhone: Settings > General > Restrictions > Enable Restrictions (or type in your pass code) > Set "Installing Apps" to the "off" position.
Unfortunately at this time there is no solution to preventing your teen from turning off the GPS function on their Android smartphone. There is, of course, you, and I highly suggest you talk to your teen about the importance of having this app, or any other app like it, on their phone.
At the end of the day this application is a great tool that can be used to help reinforce safe cell phone use while driving, but it isn't the silver bullet that will stop your child from texting/talking while driving. Like with cyberbullying, sexting and online safety, we need to take a two-layered approach that combines constant communication about these issues with implementation of the tools that are available.
If an app doesn't do it for you, you may want to consider looking into the options available from your wireless provider. Those options include:
DriveSmart – free (Basic version), $4.99 a month (Plus version):
- DriveSmart Basic is free and limits calls, texts and application use if the phone is in a moving vehicle. The Basic version doesn't automatically detect driving movement, requiring the application to be manually activated by the user before they start driving. If you want automatic driving detection and parental controls you'll have to upgrade to DriveSmart Plus for 4.99 a month.
Drive First ($2.00 a month after 15 day free trial):
- Drive First automatically detects when a phone is in a moving vehicle travelling more than 10 mph and locks the phone to prevent access to calls, text messages, and applications. Incoming calls are sent straight to voicemail and texts can be auto-replied to with a customizable message from the phone's owner. The application will also alert parents if their children disable the application. Something T-Mobile and AT&T's applications don't do.
DriveMode (Free):
- The DriveMode application has to be manually activated since there is no automatic detection feature. When the application is activated, it will limit texting, emails and phone calls. You can also set up the application so that you can send and receive calls from up to five people and access one "music" and "navigation" application.
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Rihanna announces 2013 'Diamond' tour
The singer will play five stadium and arena shows as part of a massive world tour set to take place next year
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According to the Daily Star Riri has begun secret rehearsals for the show, and was asked to perform as soon as the British band signed up for the show themselves.
"All the closing ceremony details are top secret but Rihanna has already started rehearsing," a source told the newspaper.
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|M. capricornis
Common Names: Orange Cap, Orange Leaf Plate Montipora
Scientific Name: Montipora capricornis
Veron Corals of the World:
Characters: Colonies are flat plates in tiers or whorls, sometimes with columns, sometimes encrusting or forming irregularly contorted laminae. Corallites are immersed. There is no tuberculae or papillae. The coenosteum is coarse. Color: Uniform purple, blue or brown. Similar species: Montipora turgescens which has smaller corallites and a finer coenosteum. See also M. florida which is much more delicate with thinner fronds and smaller corallites. Habitat: Mostly lagoons Abundance: Sometimes common.
M. capricornis grows in upwards facing whorls or outwards facing plates with multiple tiers. They may also encrust onto nearby surfaces. The surface of the coral is bumpy with inconspicuous polyps. Color is a uniform orange color that can range from light orange to a dark reddish-orange color. The growing edge of the coral if often lighter in color.
Natural Environment:
Lagoons and similar environments.
M. capricornis is one of the hardier SPS corals and can usually adapt to sub-optimum conditions.
Moderate to intense lighting.
Water Current:
Moderate to fairly strong water current.
Low. If the M. capricornis comes into direct contact with another SPS coral, it will tend to be the loser. These battles limit the growth of the coral in those areas and may cause some die-back, but it will not cause significant harm the coral.
M. capricornis is photosynthetic and require no direct feeding. It is unknown whether they will take any offered foods.
Supplements & Water Chemistry:
Salinity should be maintained between sg 1.024 and 1.026.
Alkalinity should be maintained in the dKH 7-12 range
Calcium should be maintained at 400 ppm or higher.
pH should be maintained between 8.1-8.4
Does well within a range of at least 74º to 84º F
Tank Positioning:
Best positioning is in moderate to fairly strong but not laminar water flow, in a moderate to bright light area of the tank placed placed so that the coral can grow out horizontally unencumbered. It has a fairly weak skeleton and is best positioned where it won't get bumped during tank cleaning. Also keep in mind that as the coral grows and the plates extend out, they will shade whatever is below them.
The large plates are susceptible to catching debris on the top or bubbles on the bottom which can cause small areas of die-off if not removed.
The branches of the coral can be broken or cut into small fragments and glued flat (usually) or on a cut edge to a suitable substrate.
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The city of Sulphur has recently completed a second project to help children walking to school get there safely, Mayor Chris Duncan said.
He said the city applies for grants through the Department of Transportation and Development's Safe Routes to School program to repair or rebuild sidewalks that lead to and around elementary schools to ensure a safe route for students who walk or ride bicycles to school.
The city completed its Frasch Elementary sidewalk rehabilitation project this month, replacing sidewalks around the perimeter of the school on Huntington, Church, Bryan and Ruth streets.
"The sidewalks around the school had buckled, and we have a lot of kids that walk to Frasch and use these sidewalks," Duncan said. "We applied for the grant through the Safe Routes program so that we can see to it that these kids have sidewalk to get to school safely."
The total cost of the project was $164,375, Duncan said, and DOTD funded $70,400 through the Safe Routes grant.
The next phase the city is applying to receive grant money for includes sections of Pearl and South Stanford streets.
The estimated cost for Pearl and South Stanford streets is $175,026, and the city is requesting a $146,480 grant from the DOTD.
The first sidewalk rehabilitation project included areas around E.K. Key Elementary, where sidewalks along North Burton Street and sections of Lewis Street were repaired.
The project, completed in August, cost $277,683, with the DOTD providing $130,000. Duncan said the difference was paid through the city's sidewalk rehabilitation fund.
"Every year we apply for these grants," he said. "Sometimes we get them and sometimes we don't. As long as the grant is available we are going to continue to submit these projects so that we can get the sidewalk to our elementary schools fixed."


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I want to make my nose smaller its too big for my face, what are my options?
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Making the Nose Look Smaller
I would suggest then lowering the entire profile including the tip, which means resecting a portion of tip cartilages allowing a setback of the nose. I have done this hundreds of times, and it is quite predictable. In my hands, this method has given high patient satisfaction with a more proportional nose — but surprisingly subtle results. Talk to a qualified and experienced nose surgeon about this option.
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Rhinoplasty to make the nose smaller
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Nose too big for your face
Digital imaging will assist in helping you and your surgeon come up with a proposed end result that you would like. Make sure you are realistic as your nose is only minimally too large.
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Find a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of rhinoplasties and rhinoplasty revisions each year. Then look at the plastic surgeon's website before and after photo galleries to get a sense of who can deliver the results.
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Options for my rhinoplasty
- From just looking at your pictures your nose does not look like it should be that difficult of a rhinoplasty to give you a much better appearance. Think also of a chin implant at the same time to make your prolfile more in a verticle or more beautiful plane.
Rhinoplasty can help your nose
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BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday called on all parties involved to cooperate with the international investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a press release that China believes the UN resolution on this issue will be fully implemented.
China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, voted in favor of Resolution 2166 at a meeting of the Council a few hours ago. The resolution, passed unanimously, condemns "in the strongest terms" the downing of flight MH17 on July 17 in Donetsk, resulting in the deaths of all 298 passengers and crew on board.
Hong said the unanimous passage of the resolution is conducive for all parties to enhance mutual understanding, strengthen cooperation and push for progress in the international investigation.
"China supports an independent, fair and objective international investigation into the crash of the Malaysia Airlines flight," he said.
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I have this machine
if i give you $1000 to upgrade this machine.. what all you will upgrade?
I have this machine
if i give you $1000 to upgrade this machine.. what all you will upgrade?
Personally, I would say none of it, I would save the money and add to it so that when this one died I could buy a decent replacement.
If, however, the money is burning a hole in your pocket then a 256Gb SSD would be my first upgrade - speeds up everything, then, if you are into gaming, a better graphics card. After that I'd still save the money for the future replacement.
This is a nice system. I also would only put an SSD in - only for the OS, The user files go on the spinner. A 60GB SSD will suffice, 120GB max. Check on Newegg ==> they all run under $100 on sale which they have all the time.
Here is how to transit the OS to the SSD: http://www.sevenforums.com/tut.....ystem.html
The remaining $900 you can save for a new system in a few years from now.
whs, he may need more than 60GB SSD if he installing progs/games that only install to the system drive.
Agree for games. But he can direct those to the HDD. Even change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion and modify the strings called ProgramFilesDir and ProgramFilesDir x86.
I have 60GB SSDs in all my 3 desktops and over 30GB of frespace. On the laptops I use bigger SSDs. Mine are a few years old when they still were expensive, but today you can buy a Crucial M4 120GB for under $100. This one was on sale yesterday for $78,74 (with promo code) http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....20-148-442
Sorry whs, but I disagree. And even the registry re-direct won't always work. I know, I have tested it.
I disagree as well. Having just the OS on an SSD is fine if you just want a quick boot time, but if you want to speed up all of the software you use then you want it all accessible from the SSD. I currently have a 250Gb Crucial M4 (about £130) and it uses about 90Gb, without my Documents folder (which wouldn't fit on it anyway), and the only delays I get are when the documents folder is being accessed/refreshed. Using Photoshop run from the second drive would remove any advantage of the SSD.
I guess everybody has different requirements. On this system, I have 3717 files in Program Files and 19661 files in Program files x86 and there is still over 30GB of freespace on the 60GB SSDs
Possibly add a Blu-Ray Burner, if you would ever need it, but I agree with an SSD.
The Graphics are good anyway.
What OS is it - the product spec says Home Premium, so consider windows 7 Ultimate.
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"Quick and Easy Computer Scrapbooking" by Ellen Wardle
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Benefits of Digital Scrapbooking
While some people are firm believers in the superiority of either traditional or
digital scrapbooking over the other, I do both.
I produce some traditional scrapbooks with real buttons, newspaper clippings
and other materials for sharing with and handing on to other family
I also produce some scrapbooks in digital form so that I can send them to
other family members and friends over the Internet.
This lets me share information and images much more widely than would be
possible if I only had the printed and bound scrapbooks. The people I send
the digital scrapbooks to can keep them and read them as many times as
they want to.
I don't risk losing any original documents or the scrapbooks when I share
digital copies.
I also use my computer to organize the materials, notes, resources and
sources of information and supplies for my Scrapbooking. This saves me
hours of time and reduces the chance that I will buy some supplies but forget
that I have them.
Re-using clippings, pictures and other items which have been glued into
paper scrapbooks is difficult and, of course, ruins the project I take them
from. Digital images of those items can be copied and use for as many
projects as you want.
When you use real pages to assemble a project, you have to be careful not to
damage any of the supplies – they can all only be used once. Most computer-
based supplies can be used over and again.
Real pictures, clippings, tickets etc cannot always be fitted into a page
together because of their original size. When you prepare a digital version
you can usually adjust the size of each item so they will fit.
When you use a memento in a paper scrapbook, you cannot use it for
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In January-July, Azerbaijani oil transportation via BTC made up 16,859,504 tons.
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On Sunday, November 3, Hagerman Baptist Church celebrated the 10 years of ministry that they've had with Pastor Adam and Kellie Standley, along with their daughters, Makenna and Auna. Pastor Adam came to Hagerman as an intern in November, 2003, and then came on staff fulltime after graduation from FBBC in June, 2004.
The day of celebration included a challenge from Pastor Dave Peters, Adam's father-in-law, in the morning service, a fellowship dinner, and then an afternoon service. That service included special music from former and current youth group members, and then many personal testimonies from those in the youth group, former youth group members, and from adult church members. They gave testimonies of praise to God for the faithful years of ministry, and the steadfast message of being a servant of Jesus Christ.
The service concluded with the deacons, trustees, and Pastor Peters surrounding them in prayer for the family's next ministry. Pastor Adam will be moving to Grace Baptist Tabernacle in Centerville, Iowa, becoming the church's senior pastor there.


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Dutch colonial architecture is the type of architecture prevalent in the construction of homes, commercial buildings, and outbuildings in areas settled by the Dutch from the early 17th to early 19th century in the area encompassing the former Dutch colony of New Netherland.
In the early 17th century, the original portion of most dwellings started out, as a matter of immediate need, as simple one-story dwellings constructed primarily of local available material. When available the house would be constructed of fieldstone such as the Abraham Manee House on Staten Island. The wood for the joists and rafters were trimmed with an adze from trees felled on or near the property.
The ceiling and interior walls when built after the initial construction were usually framed then plastered with clay from local deposits, mixed with horse hair for strength, over rough trimmed wood laths.
Common characteristics of Dutch colonial architecture are they typically, but not always had Gambrel roofs with flared eaves, Dutch doors and brick chimneys built at the gable ends.[1][2][3]
c.1737 Luykas Van Alen House, Kinderhook.
Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House (c. 1652)
- ^ The Dutch Colonial House: Its Origin, Design, Modern Plan and Construction; by Aymar Embury (1913)
- ^ Dutch colonial homes in America by Geoffrey Gross, Susan Piatt, Roderic H. Blackburn
- ^ The New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon by John Fitchen and Gregory D. Huber