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Ericsson and Ciena have signed a global agreement to develop joint transport solutions for converged IP and optical networks that also use SDN (software-defined networking) features.
Service providers will be able to launch Ethernet services more quickly and make them work across other carriers more easily with a new set of standards for carrier Ethernet equipment, backers of the specifications say.
After several days of gains, tech stocks dropped Thursday as markets declined on disappointing news from Europe, where government officials are meeting to try to solve the sovereign debt crisis afflicting several countries in the euro area.
Major U.S. stock markets on Friday closed for a sixth straight week of losses, the worst weekly losing streak since the third quarter of 2002, during the dot-com bust.
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The Pedras Rainha complex Tavira is located 800 metres from Cabanas Beach. The Algarvianstyle whitepainted buildings are surrounded by 17 hectares of farmland pretty gardens and olive almond fig and carob trees. An ideal yearround holiday destination.
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Coober Pedy: The Town Bill Bryson Missed
After our Flinders excursion, we spent two days in Coober Pedy, the opal mining capitol of the world and one of the most offbeat places in the world. Surprisingly, Bill Bryson missed it in "In a Sunburned Country".
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... and head on to Coober Pedy. We stop for lunch at Marla and dispose of items on the list for quarantine. Driving along we cross a section of the road which has been widened to accommodate emergency plane landings for the Royal Flying Doctors Service. Another sight we see is a wedge tailed eagle feeding on road kill standing it's ground even when cars go past.
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London, Oct 14 : Scientists have detected new spots breaking out on the face of the Sun, which may signal the end of a dry spell in solar activity.
Sunspots are cool, planet-sized areas on the Sun where magnetic fields punch through the star's surface.
The number of sunspots rises and falls on an 11-year cycle, along with flares and other solar activity.
The Sun began a new cycle this year, and solar physicists have been waiting for new sunspots to emerge to track the cycle's progress. The faster sunspots return, the more severe solar weather will be in the coming decade.
But since the beginning of 2008, the Sun's face has been virtually spot-free.
According to a report in New Scientist, on October 11, a new spot erupted, the third to have emerged in the last three weeks.
"We're even looking at a possible fourth one that we can see in Stereo B spacecraft images," said Doug Biesecker of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, US.
The sunspots' appearance could mark the end of a period of extremely low activity on the Sun.
Researchers are still counting sunspots to pinpoint the low point in the cycle, called solar minimum, but early data suggests it may have occurred in March, according to Biesecker.
"At the moment, March 2008 shows the smallest number of sunspots for this phase of the cycle and is a very likely candidate for solar minimum," he told New Scientist. That is, so long as this month and the next few months show at least moderate amounts of activity," he added.
Watching for more spots in the coming months could help determine how severe - and potentially damaging to Earth's satellites and power grids - the next solar cycle will be.
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The following three days passed in somewhat of a blur for Laoch. He regaled his kind hosts with tales of heroes long past, men and women alike who had played a significant role in history. He recounted the awe-inspiring battles which had taken place; from the war of the North to the struggle to defeat the tyrant Alucard Revilo. The couple listened intently, their minds amazed by the world beyond the confines of their city walls. All the while, Laoch continued his recovery.
On the fourth morning following his arrival in An Chathair Solais, Laoch and Ahren sat in silence. Ahren leaned forward.
"Tell me, Laoch, do you intend to find the thieves who did this to you and gain justice?"
Laoch sensed the other man had desired to ask him the question for a while, but had been waiting for an appropriate moment. He did not answer immediately. He had not come to a decision on the matter himself. Vengeance would be sweet, but it was not his way to attempt to gain revenge. But the assault had left him with a bitter taste in his mouth.
"To be honest, Ahren, I do not know where my intentions lie. I need to deliberate a little further on the topic".
"That is understandable".
They sat in silence,, and after a time, Laoch retired to bed.
Laoch awoke with a start. Someone was crashing about downstairs. He listened carefully. Suddenly, footsteps thundered down the stairs. There came the sound of yelling.
"The old hag has a rolling pin!"
"Get her!"
A scream echoed up the stairs, undoubtedly from Belnine. It was followed by a roar. Ahren's footsteps stamped down the stairs. More yells and the sounds of a scuffle followed. Then Laoch heard the intruders fleeing. He raised himself from the bed, grimacing at the effort. He shuffled to the door and down the stairs.
Ahren was crouched over Belnine. He looked up as Laoch entered. Belnine was moaning, and her leg stuck out at an odd angle. Glancing through the window, Laoch saw the thieves who had ambushed him on his journey dash by.
"Those are the same people who attacked me".
"I don't know about you", Ahren began, "but I mean to find them and make them pay for what they have done to my wife and to my home".
Laoch looked at the other man. "And I mean to accompany you".
It was beginning to snow again. It had snowed often in recent times. The flakes fell obliquely. They crowded together at the base of the window-frame and began their ascent, slowly crawling up the pane of glass. A blanket of white covered the ground outside the window. It was probably snowing throughout the entire kingdom.
Laoch returned his gaze to the living area. A bright fire was burning in the hearth. The flames reach high, licking the charcoal black of the fireplace walls. Ahren entered the room and deposited a travel pack on the floor. Laoch had his ready beside him.
"I have been thinking," Laoch began, "it would be wise for us to hire the services of a hunter. Their skills as trackers and as warriors may be of benefit to us."
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- A futures product is a financial derivatives contract obliging the buyer to purchase the contract or the seller to sell the contract at a predetermined future date and price.
- S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures can be used either to hedge or to speculate on movement in the S&P/ASX 200 VIX based on whether the investor expects high or low levels of volatility.
- They can be used to exploit the negative correlation between S&P/ASX 200 VIX and the S&P/ASX 200 to hedge equity portfolios.
- Enable investors to diversify their portfolios by adding volatility as an asset class, with a low or negative correlation to other asset classes including the AUD/USD exchange rate.
- Allows users to take advantage of pricing differentials between other volatility indices and the term structure of volatility.
SYDNEY, Oct. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ASX today commenced trading of S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures, a new exchange- traded product that allows users to trade, hedge and arbitrage anticipated volatility in the Australian equity market. The new S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures will allow market participants to trade anticipated changes in volatility in a single transaction and in a manner independent of the factors that normally complicate volatility strategies, such as expiring options and price movements in the underlying market. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX index (A-VIX), Australia's equity market volatility benchmark and gauge of the near-term volatility in the Australian equity market over the next 30 days, will be the underlying for the new futures contract. S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures will allow users to isolate local equity market volatility and avoid the timing, currency and matching risk incurred when using volatility products based on offshore indices. ASX Deputy CEO Peter Hiom said: "ASX is committed to providing new products to meet the changing needs of the market. One of those needs is the ability to trade in volatility as an asset class in its own right. S&P/ASX 200 VIX futures will provide users with the opportunity to more easily and efficiently hedge their investment portfolios against volatility, while also providing new trading opportunities." "The launch of S&P/ASX VIX futures is set to change how investors can measure and trade the financial markets in Australia," says Alex Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Combining the premier global measure of market volatility, the VIX, with the principal Australian equity benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200, will provide Australian investors with an essential means of managing equity market risk in their portfolio." Dedicated market makers will provide liquidity for the futures contract which will be listed alongside the current ASX SPI 200 ™ contract to provide additional trading opportunities. S&P/ASX 200 VIX Futures:


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BestBuy's Reward Zone, Not So Rewarding:
The Issue:
I obtain the BestBuy's reward zone in anticipation that it will give me a true reward for being loyal to their brand. However, I have been proven wrong. When purchased my Nikon D5000 camera as a bundle for approximately $970 dollars plus the camera bag, the only goods I was rewarded to was the bag I purchased at a full price. The Camera and lenses were not considered as the purchase for the reward point as they were 'instantly discounted' from the original point.
I did not have time to fight for the reward, thought, there must be some explanation to this discrepancy. Late November, I purchased a JVC camera ($130 dollars instant discount) from the base price of $599 for $469.99 dollars along with the camera bag at a full price of $20 dollars; I was given the credit only for the camera bag.
The Investigation:
The second similar event got me started to investigate the root cause. I asked the salesman, the cashier and even the floor manager on the discrepancy, and they all had simply one answer: Please visit 'myrewardzone.com' for any questions, concerns. We do not address any issues in stores.
Root Cause:
BestBuy, out of their corporate heart, decided not to reward anything that has been discounted, given an instant rebate or have mail-in rebates. BestBuy indicates their newest 'rules' for non-qualifying purchases:
Non-Qualifying Purchases
The following items are considered non-qualifying purchases for which points will not be awarded: instant rebates and the value of mail-in rebates on purchases, purchases made for resale or paid with a Reward Certificate or Best Buy Gift Card, sales tax, state fees, shipping charges, delivery charges, service charges, restocking fees, commercial purchases, other excluded charges, and certain items that are excluded in particular promotions. Reward Zone program points will be earned on Best Buy Gift Card purchases but not on Best Buy Gift Card redemptions. Gift Card purchases are excluded from all double, triple and similar point promotions. Members will earn 1 point for every $1 of Gift Card purchases. Other exclusions may apply.
The Scam:
The only way BestBuy can have a competitive advantage is by lowering their prices. To lower their prices, they MUST give instant rebates, mail-in rebates and discounted prices to lure the potential customers. If consumer purchased a good at a discount price, almost always the reason to purchase the goods, then their purchase falls under the Non-Qualifying Purchases clause. Hence, BestBuy generates a potential false marketing ploy to assure their customers to give rewards for their loyalty, yet, not give them any based on technical classification of the goods purchased.
BestBuy's reward program is fitting only for goods that are sold at regular prices. This clause can deter any potential buyers to think before they make any purchase. Most people may not care about the reward program, but those who do, will think twice before they make a final purchase. Besides, Amazon.com, Walmart.com and Buy.com are fairly competitive to sink BestBuy, if they continue their ill practices of deceiving customers. We all remember Circuit City, don't we?
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BestBuy, learn to appreciate your existing customers. Gain their loyalty, not their disdain.


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The brick of banknotes was nine inches thick, delicately wrapped in the finest hand-made paper. Bowing deeply and with profuse expressions of thanks, the small-town politician presented it to the frowning retainer. Once the business was completed, he was led to the back of the big house for an audience with the real recipient of the cash - his town's patron, Mr Big himself.
The scene, described by the mayor of a small city in central Japan, is familiar from a hundred Japanese movies. But in this case there was a difference. For this Mr Big was not a gang chief or corrupt politician trading favours for cash, but the late Prince Takamatsu, a member of the imperial family and an uncle of the Emperor. The contents of the mayor's parcel, and his annual visits to the prince's Tokyo residence, have publicly embarrassed Japan's reclusive imperial family.
The scandal has innocent origins. Every year Otsu, a humble lakeside city near Kyoto, holds a bicycle race, the Takamatsu Cup. The prince, a keen sportsman who died of cancer in 1987, attended regularly as a young man. The six-day race brings crowds of visitors to Otsu, and 32bn yen (pounds 200m) in bets. But the bookies have not been the only beneficiaries. Since 1950, Otsu has been paying the Takamatsu family large sums of money simply for the use of its name. In 1978 the "gratitude money" amounted to 500,000 yen (pounds 3,150 at today's rates). But last year, the prince's widow received 10m yen (pounds 63,000). "We wanted to give a respectable gift," the embarrassed mayor explained, "the kind of sum that wouldn't appear discourteous.'' Records for the first 20 years of the race are lost, but since 1971 the city's courtesy to the Takamatsu family has amounted to 122m yen (pounds 766,000).
The arrangement, unknown to all but a few city officials, was uncovered by a Communist member of Otsu council, and the scandal quickly spread. Potentially, this was more than an embarrassment. Apart from the shady details about wads of bank notes and the secret hand-overs, the affair raised serious legal questions. Article 8 of Japan's constitution states: "No property can be given to, or received by, the Imperial House", and the Imperial House Economy Law requires permission from the Diet for gifts of more than 1.6m yen (pounds 10,000). The prince's family clearly had broken the law.
Within a week, another gratitude scam had been uncovered, involving the Emperor's cousin, Prince Tomohito, who netted 22m yen from a cycle race in another city. Last week, after an investigation by the Imperial Household Agency, the ministry which overseas royal affairs, the matter was brought to a hasty conclusion. Both city councils received cheques recouping their donations.
"Gratitude money above 1m yen is far above the socially acceptable level, even if the money was offered to the imperial families," the agency said. "The public does not condone such practices." The agency's director general declared: "The families accepted the money as donations. They must not have been aware of proper procedures required by the law."
Plenty of questions remain unanswered. Could members of the imperial household have been unaware of an article of the constitution? And, as servant, treasurer and social secretary to the princes, was the agency as ignorant of the donations as it suggested?
Even more interesting is the light the affair casts on the status of the imperial family. Direct criticism of the imperial institution is still taboo in Japan, partly for fear of ultra-nationalists who threaten radical journalists. But if the media seldom makes a target of royalty, it does not display exaggerated respect either, as the recent scandal showed. The story broke in the liberal Asahi Shimbun, but even the conservative Yomiuri was outspoken in its criticism, urging an open debate and expressing incredulity at the Imperial Household Agency's explanation.
The most poignant aspect of the affair is the light it casts on imperial finances. Outside the Emperor's immediate family, an imperial prince receives an annual stipend of 27.1m yen (pounds 170,000) a year, and a princess half of that. All other income, from books and speeches for instance, is taxed, as are inheritances. When Prince Takamatsu died, his widow was forced to give the nation most of his estate, to keep a small part of it. The mayor of Otsu told a sad story about this. "On one occasion, when I'd given the money to one of the officers, the princess smiled at me. 'I don't have any voting rights', she told me, 'but I still have to pay inheritance tax'."
Prince Tomohito, the other race sponsor, suffers from cancer and recently came out of hospital. Unlike a commoner, he receives no social security.
In medieval Japan, some emperors were reduced to such poverty that one was forced to sell his autograph to buy food. Things are not that bad yet, but the most surprising thing about the cycle-race scandal is that Prince Takamatsu and Prince Tomohito genuinely seem to have needed the money.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Sabrina Rubin Erdely's masturbatory tale
Social Justice Warrior (SJW) women need to put down 50 Shades of Grey and cool their hormones. There seems to be a rash of Marxist women writing about their right-wing sexual domination fantasies. The problem is that they are presenting their works of erotic fiction as fact. This is causing police to waste time and money investigating these hysterical claims.
This trend started with a University of Wyoming fat girl claiming Republicans were making rape threats. The police investigated and determine she made these threats.
Then Anita Sarkeesian joined the hysteria:
Now we have Sabrina Rubin Erdely writing about some supposed gang rape as part of a fraternity initiation at the University of Virginia. Her story reads as bad porn. The trouble is that she presented this fantastical story as non-fiction.This has caused a general hysteria on campus with demands of more laws being passed to stop all these evil White men.
As a supposed "journalist" Sabrina did not bother to source or check any of the claims.
Bloggers were the first to discover the many inconsistencies with this lurid tale:
Now even the mainstream media is starting to suspect that her story is complete bullshit.
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Is it conceivable that you have a Nigerian Doppelganger Ramz?ReplyDelete
It's very odd. I think a lot of female SJWs have a predilection for nazi rape porn, or something like it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Women have this masturbatory fantasy wherein they enjoy sex but take no responsibility.Delete
It's a very common theme and serves to help them avoid responsibility for their actions and place then upon men.
Interesting. I just read about the apparently fabricated rape of some D-list actor at Oberlin by a republican called "Barry." I guess it's an epidemic.ReplyDelete
What always blows my mind is that we have all these hoaxes, and they're exposed as hoaxes, and instead of the mea culpas from the idiots who believed them, we get, "the truth isn't important, there's a valuable lesson here." Ferguson is a great example, but it's only the latest. Look at all the hate crime hoaxes where the campus brass used it as a teachable moment to make everyone sign up for diversity training. Pish tosh.


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By Marilyn Elias, USA TODAY
Talking on a cellphone while driving sharply reduces brain activity needed to keep track of road conditions and leads drivers to gaze at things without their brains actually seeing them, according to a psychologist at the University of Utah.
Hands-free phones pose the same safety hazards as handheld phones, says psychologist David Strayer, who presented his findings Thursday at the American Psychological Association meeting in New Orleans. His findings were based on lab studies using driving machines with about 500 adults. Among the key findings:
• Conversations with passengers reduce a driver's attention, but they aren't as unsafe as talking on a phone. "Passengers tend to help the driver if they see something hazardous. They might point it out or at least stop talking," Strayer says.
• Studies show that talking on a cellphone cuts a driver's brain activity in half in a key area of the brain needed for noticing traffic conditions.
• Eye-tracking studies show that when drivers eyeball objects on a road, they're much less likely to recall seeing something if they're on the phone at the same time. "They're as blind to dumpsters along the road as to a child running across the street," Strayer says.
The brain has a limited capacity for attention, so whatever is siphoned off by a phone conversation is subtracted from attention for driving, he says.
In Strayer's lab studies, adults on cellphones drive and react more slowly. "Twentysomethings on a cellphone have the same reaction time as 70-year-olds, and older drivers are super-slow," he says. Strayer thinks the widespread use of cellphones is slowing traffic and increasing commute times.
Emotional conversations, particularly those on unhappy topics, are most likely to divert attention needed by drivers, suggest studies by University of Kansas psychologist Paul Atchley, who also reported at the APA meeting.
But rational decision-making falters too, according to Strayer's research. His experiments show adults make poorer decisions when they're on the phone and driving. "Some people try to work from their cars, and I wonder about their decisions," he adds.
About 8% of drivers are on cellphones at any given time, according to a 2005 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). But the number is believed to be rising, "and it doesn't include those using other electronic devices like Blackberrys and Palm Pilots," says Rae Tyson of NHTSA.
The majority of traffic accidents don't involve cellphone use, says Joe Farren of CTIA-The Wireless Association, the trade group for the wireless industry. "We don't want people to use phones in their cars if they think it's going to distract them, but there are a lot of other things that are equally or more distracting for drivers," he says.


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Pier Fumagalli wrote: > If, instead, I were able to do content aggregation directly on the view, > well, then that would be _MARVELOUS_, because I won't have to prepare any > extended dataset when the editorial team decides that they want some extra > information on the page, right? Editorial talks to graphic, and development > flies straight out of the picture... You are right. The push-only view model requires a deep contract between the style and logic realms, which is against our pyramid of contracts. > So, yes, the view should be "pushed" data (in term that it should not > control its generation), but at the same time the view should be able to > "aggregate" different data sources, because I (who manage the data), don't > want to know ANYTHING about what the graphic and editorial team wants to > display to our visitors... Great point. >>IMHO, the template language which is closer to the optimum is XSLT > > The problem I see that I see with XSLT is that XSLT is an transformation > language, not a templating engine (templating, in my vocabulary, means "fill > in the blanks" kind of thing). Read http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt#result-element-stylesheet then think about adapting the syntax of   <title>Expense Report Summary</title>
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   and voila', XSLT as a 'fill-the-blanks' generation-based template engine with a human syntax, with all the beauty and implementation facilities of XSTL. See what I mean? > Again, my graphic team knows only HTML, they don't want to think about how > the data is organized in the back, they could care less (as I could care > less about their CSSes). They want to design a page like > >  >  > <TITLE>The title goes here</TITLE> >  >  >
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That night, I struggle not to panic. I know I need to find out quickly if what Daniel and Evan said is true, but I don't know how.
If I ask Seb about his scars again, he'll get angry. But if I ask him the direct question, he might lie.
He remains silent throughout the entire evening, and he does his best to eat most of his dinner. It's something he only does when he thinks something's wrong, so I know he can tell I'm worried.
I sit on the floor while we watch TV, and after half an hour, he sits beside me and puts his arm around my shoulders.
He shifts slightly every five minutes, and he's tapping his fingers on the floor. Then his breathing starts to shake slightly, and I have to ask if he's OK.
"I'm fine, I'm fine," he insists quickly, then he kisses my forehead and darts upstairs.
After turning off the TV, I follow him slowly. I can hear furniture being dragged around in his room.
It's a good five minutes before I go into my room, as I stand looking at the door, dreading the moment I enter.
When I do, I sink to the floor as soon as the door is shut. All the worry and doubt and stress and fear taking control of my body.
Seb knocks and comes in while there is still salt water leaking down my face.
He sits opposite me. "I'm sorry. I stressed you out today. I made you worry."
"I always worry about you, Seb."
"No. More than usual. But if it's any consolation, I'm scared too," he admits.
I look up and I can see the emotion raw and real in his features. He has never admitted to how he really feels before. Never shown it so freely.
And I have to ask him. I have to.
"Seb, are you hurting yourself?"
"What do you mean?" He shifts. He's nervous. He knows what I mean.
"Your scars," I say. "There's too many for-"
He gets up very quickly. "No, Lola. I told you not to talk about this. It has nothing to do with you."
"Seb, please," I beg through a fresh wave of tears.
He drops to his knees. "No, Lola. No. I don't hurt myself." He's speaking very quietly, almost a whisper. His eyes are fixed on the floor.
"Promise me!" I'm panicking so much that I find myself screaming at him. "Seb, promise me! Look at me and promise me!"
He places a hand at either side of my face and our eyes lock. "I promise. I promise you, Lola, I am not doing anything to hurt myself."
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| TheCrimsonGhost309 chapter 1 . 8/18/2015
That was both hilarious and cute! :D
| Ruingaraf chapter 1 . 10/24/2007
Aww, that was adorable. Noishe is such a funny creature. He even got the two of them to stop bickering so they would come after him! :P
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Ok first of all if there is anybody that does a rebuttal to this report talkin about what theeir store does or doesn't do, or that talks about how I am probably the sorry one, or that even says that RAC is the best company it would be in your best interest to shut your traps cause unless you live here you DO NOT know what goes on here. Now this is for everyone that has an account at the Gadsden, AL store. If you have ran late at all or even had financial problems and they still had to come pick you up then you need to get a lawyer NOW!!! The store manger, TRACY CARR, has been giving away free merchandise to people and letting only certain people get by on their accounts because he is either sleeping with them or he is good friends with them. He treats his employees as if they are a bunch of dogs running aroung looking for scraps. Also he cusses out and treats customers very disrespectfully and expect them to kiss his butt. Now if you in anyway have dealt with him doing this to you at all your best bet is to get a lawyer and do a law suit against him and RAC. The reason I said to do the suit against RAC is because he has been reported a number of times over the past several years and RAC never does anything about it. So don't waste your time calling the corporate office because they will not help you. They will think you are just some disgruntal customer who couldn't get their way and trust me I know that it is not the case. I have seen for myself first hand how he treats everybody that he isn't friends with or sleeping with. By the way if his wife happens to see this HE IS SLEEPING WITH ANOTHER WOMAN THAT ISN'T YOU!!! Back to the report. He talks to people in any kind of way what so ever and as I said before if you have ever had a problem with TRACY CARR either having your merchandise picked up only after a day or they have called and harassed you due to TRACY CARR "WANTING HIS ****" as he always says, they get a lawyer and start up a law suit because like I said I know for a fact that he rents merchandise out to people and will let them slide on their payments or he will give away free merchandise and I mean like a WHOLE BEDROOM SET!
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Aparthotel Adagio access Nice AcropolisApartment
The Adagio Access Nice Acropolis is located a short walk from the city center and the Acropolis business district. Its 121 air-conditioned, furnished apartments, range from studios to 2-room apartments and are fitted with a kitchen. The Aparthotel also has a seasonal rooftop pool. Why not explore Nice, with its full calendar of events, fine architecture and the Promenade des Anglais?
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Services in the hotel and nearby
Online check-in
Online check-in: Your arrival will be carefully prepared by our team
Fast check-out: Simply return your key
WIFI/Internet Access
- WIFI at the hotel
- WIFI in your room
- Private indoor parking (Paying)
- Well-lit parking
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Wheelchair access
- Reduced mobility facilities
- Pet allowed 8 EUR
- Outdoor unheated pool
Services and practical information
Online check-in
Online check-in: Your arrival will be carefully prepared by our team
Fast check-out: Simply return your key
WIFI/Internet Access
- WIFI at the hotel
- WIFI in your room
- Private indoor parking (Paying)
- Well-lit parking
Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Reduced mobility rooms
- Wheelchair access
- Reduced mobility facilities
- Pet allowed 8 EUR
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- Air Conditioning
Leisure and activities
- Outdoor unheated pool
Business services
- Copy/print service available
Hotel location
42 boulevard Risso
Tel: (+33)4/92278200
Fax: (+33)4/92278201
- NICE COTE D'AZUR At 9.5km / 5.9 miles
- NICE PACA At 10.7km / 6.65 miles - Shuttle paying
- FERRIES At 1.7km / 1.06 miles
- NICE EST At 5.3km / 3.29 miles
- NICE VILLE At 2.5km / 1.55 miles
Currently, close to our hotel
Our apartments
Studio for 1 person
Lounge with 1 single bed, equipped kitchen, desk space, telephone, bathroom with tub or shower and toilet, TV, high-speed Internet.
Studio for two people
Studio measuring 215 sq. ft. (20 m²), comprising a lounge with 1 double bed or twin beds, fully equipped kitchen, desk area, telephone, bathroom with shower and toilet, TV and WIFI.
Superior Studio for 2 people
Studio measuring 248 sq. ft. (23 m²) comprising a balcony, lounge with 1 double bed or twin beds, fully equipped kitchen, desk area, telephone, bathroom with tub and toilet, TV and WIFI.
Apartment with 1 bedroom for 4 people
Lounge with double sofa bed, 1 bedroom with double bed, fully equipped kitchen, bathroom with bathtub and toilet, TV, telephone and high-speed Internet.
- 121 apartments
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 4 apartments for people with reduced mobility
- Crib on request
- Air conditioning
- Safe deposit box in room
- Telephone
- Opening windows
- WIFI in your room
- Work desk in all rooms
- Manual temperature control
- Crib on request
- High speed transmission line
- RJ 45 outlet
- Full kitchen
- Microwave in room
- Shower
- Hair dryer at reception
- Security peephole
- Emergency info in rooms
- Alarm clock
- Automatic wake up call
Our customer reviews for Aparthotel Adagio access Nice Acropolis
Reviews collected from customers who booked on AccorHotels.com
I recently stayed for three nights - the first time I have tried the Adagio brand of Accor. I think the hotel offered exceptional value for money. My room was excellent - larger than most hotel bedrooms - and it included a small kitchen area with a microwave/fridge etc (not that I needed that). I do a fair amount of travelling and stay in a lot of hotels. This is not a 4 or 5 star hotel but it is a very welcoming place if you are more interested in being out on the town sightseeing etc. I would recommend it highly and have just booked another 3 night stay for April.
The check-in did not start well at this hotel, we had requested for two single beds but instead got a double bed which we had to make do with. The bathroom is really basic and disgusting, it had a very basic setup with a shower with a curtain that is very old and probably has something growing on it, it also did not help that the drain was partly blocked, the bathroom was also too small. The lady at the front desk was not at all helpful and kind of rude. I will definitely never be staying there again.
Dear Madam, Sir, Thank you for your message. My team and I would like to apologize for the disappointment you experienced during your stay in our establishment. We will put in place the necessary measures concerning your comments about the front desk and prevent it from happening again in future. We also would like to inform you that we do our best to provide to our guest the type of flat they deserve, but double beds or separated beds requests are upon availability on check-in day. We will send your comments concerning the bathroom right away to our maintenance service so that he can take the necessary measures to ensure that the problem is solved quickly. We hope to see you again very soon in one of our Adagio or Adagio Access in Europe. Best regards Steve – Chef de Réception
It wasn't an apartment. It was a small room with a small kitchenette that was squeezed in the small bedroom. Bed was pretty small, you couldn't roll in it, shower curtain was moldy, and bathroom smelt the mold. Not at all close to the picture advertised on the web site.
Dear Guest, Thank you for sharing your opinion. My team and I would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. I will send your comments right away to our Technical service and Housekeeping so that we can take the necessary measures to ensure that the problems are solved quickly and ensure that it does not happen again in future. We would like to inform you that our Adagio Access can propose you different type of flats. For more space, we can suggest superior studios or apartments. We hope to see you again very soon in one of our Adagio and Adagio Access in Europe. Best Regards, Steve - Chef de Réception
We had a nice quiet room. In fact we got an upgrade to a one-bedroom apartment (from a studio) as there were problems when we checked in. The sofabed in the living room was easy to work and comfortable. This is a no-frills place but clean, quiet and we got it at a good price. Pool is tiny.
Dear Customer, We would sincerely like to thank you for taking the time to leave your comments We are pleased you appreciated our apartment. We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you again to one of our aparthotels. Kind regards,
Room was a bit tired decoration wise but all was very clean and tidy. Staff were helpful and polite. This is our second stay and for us its a perfect place, good value and its within walking distance of the old town and sea front.
Dear Customer, Thank you for taking the time to send us your comments. First of all, I would like to apologies for the inconvenience you experienced during your stay. We attach a great deal of importance to correcting any errors that occur, with a view to enhancing our quality standards and customer satisfaction levels, and your remarks regarding the outdating of our flat's decoration have therefore been duly noted. We shall make every effort to remedy these problems and ensure that your next stay with us proceeds smoothly. Kind regards,
This was by far the worst experience I ever had with Accor. I have tried pretty much all flags of the company, but never I could have expected the kind of treatment me and my wife had there. The place was filthy, we were given 2 single beds and they wouldn't change it saying they were fooly booked (considering I paid for a double), no parking (even paid), and the way we were treated by the staff... i can barely describe it. Considering never staying with Accor again altogether.
Dear Customer, Thank you for your comments. We were extremely sorry to learn that you were disappointed with the quality of our establishment, and in particular with the bedding of your flat. Please accept our sincere apologies. We are sorry to learn that the service provided by our staff was not up to standard. So that we can improve the quality of the service we provide, we would like to receive further details regarding your stay. We hope to have the pleasure of seeing you again soon at one of our Adagio aparthotels in Europe. Best regards
Staff were reasonably helpful, room was dusty around the window with a poor shower in the bathroom and non working air con. Decoration was dirty and needed updating, only one powerpoint worked …..won't stay there again.
Dear Madam, Sir Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion about your stay in our Rental Apartment. We are sorry that it did not meet your full expectations, and we would like to offer you a sincere apology. We would like to let you know that our Apathotel will be refurbished between the end of 2014 and begining of 2015. Rest assured that we will do everything we can to meet your expectations and to provide you with quality service in your next stay in ADAGIO or ADAGIO ACCESS en Europe. Yours faithfully,
A great aparthotel in a ideal and quiet location, close to a big Carrefour supermarket, velo blue bikes, tram and airport bus no 98. I've stayed here once before and was very happy to stay again for all the above reasons. Compact well equipped rooms, very good wireless internet and helpful and friendly staff.
Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for taking the time to share your opinion about your stay in our Rental Apartment. My staff and I appreciated your comments, which will encourage us to keep up our efforts to serve our guests and live up to their expectations. We hope to see you again very soon at an Adagio aparthotel. Please go to adagio-city.com or full details of the destinations we offer, and to take advantage of our best offers. Kind regards,
I was staying here for 6 nights for a conference in the Acropolis centre directly opposite, the location could not have been more convenient. The Adagio Access is *not* a full service hotel, it is more on the model of short-stay, self-catering apartments so cleaning services are optional in some cases. I didn't have any problems with this and it seems to have kept the cost down. The 'studio' was modern and well maintained with a fridge, small electric hob, sink and microwave and cutlery etc., in addition to the usual furnishings for a hotel room. The staff on reception were generally helpful and on the one day when it poured with rain they found an umbrella to lend me. The one drawback I experienced was traffic noise since the front of the building is near a major road, but this wasn't a constant problem.
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BOOK REVIEW: Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love and Language from the Insect World by Marlene Zuk
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By Science News, 12:06 PM September 8, 2011
People are more afraid of insects than of death, or so says a survey that Zuk cites a bit skeptically. (Heights and public speaking are supposedly scarier than both.) Surveys aside, bugs certainly have a PR problem, and Zuk is out to win friends for them.
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Security threats come at us from all sides these days, and it's a constant battle of "us vs. them" to find and catch the bad guys before you end up in the news and people get fired or resign.
Organized cyber-criminals and nation state cyber-terrorists strike deep and lingering fear in us all for the extent of the damage they can cause with one breach.
But the fact is most reported breaches are not caused by elegant external attacks. They are caused by careless employees who click the link before they think, despite our best efforts to make them aware of risks and train them in security basics.
As one IT pro put it, "Don't open that attachment it's a virus…" A few minutes later, "I opened it by accident sorry."
A 2013 Forrester study indicated that over 50% of breaches are the result of an employee losing or misusing company assets.
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In closing, as Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us." So yes you need to do all the standard things like with employees like screening, training, and policy enforcement to minimize risk.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|May 31, 1994
|Filing date
|Jul 31, 1992
|Priority date
|Jul 31, 1992
|Fee status
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Ghanshyam H. Popat, Stephen M. Sharp
|Original Assignee
|Avery Dennison Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (45), Classifications (9), Legal Events (9)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The subject matter of this application is related to the subject matter of copending application, Ser. No. 07/668,991, filed Mar. 12, 1991, entitled "INDEX TAB LABEL ASSEMBLY," and is related to copending application, Ser. No. 07/874,067, filed Apr. 24, 1992, entitled "METHOD OF MAKING AN INDEX TAB LABEL ASSEMBLY," both of these copending applications being assigned to Avery Dennison Corporation, the assignee of the present application.
The present application relates generally to stationery and labels, and more particularly to stationery using printable labels.
In the past, office personnel first print stationery, such as a letter, and then print forwarding and return addresses on an envelope. This requires two printing steps. Typically, a letter is prepared by sending a sheet of paper through printing equipment, such as laser printing equipment. Labels with forwarding and return addresses are then printed for an envelope using a typewriter or printing equipment, or addresses are directly printed on the envelope using a typewriter. This requires considerable time by office personnel when a large amount of stationery is prepared.
Typical labels are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,007,663, issued to Moran on Apr. 16, 1991, 4,993,752, issued to Juszak on Feb. 19, 1991; 4,938,414, issued to Lippert on Jul 3, 1990; 4,771,891, issued to Sorensen, et al. on Sep. 20, 1988; 4,664,416, issued to Steidinger on May 12, 1987; 4,379,573, issued to Lomeli, et al. on Apr. 12, 1983; 4,029,341, issued to Neill, et al. on Jun. 14, 1977; and 3,822,492, issued to Crawley, on Jul. 9, 1974. Adhesives are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,925,584, issued to Suzuki, et al. on Dec. 9, 1975; 3,107,195, issued to Stegler, et al. on Oct. 15, 1963; and 2,109,583, issued to Bennett on Mar. 1, 1938.
It is an object of this invention to provide stationery with removable printable labels which may be used with laser or other printing equipment.
It is another object of this invention to provide stationery with removable printable labels which may have indicia printed thereon by passing the stationery through laser or other printing equipment in a single printing step.
It is still another object of this invention to provide stationery with removable printable labels which is easy to use and economical to manufacture.
These and other objects and advantages are attained by a stationery sheet having labels removably attached thereto by pressure-sensitive adhesive. The sheet may be sent through a laser printer or other printing equipment for the purpose of printing indicia on the sheet and the label. After the sheet exits the printer, the labels may be peeled off the sheet and attached to a letter or some other document. A release coating may be applied to the sheet at the areas where the labels are attached to facilitate peeling the labels from the sheet. A high temperature, stable, pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to facilitate passing the sheet through high temperature printers without contamination of the printers.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the stationery sheets may be substantially rougher in smoothness qualities than the envelopes so that the labels will adhere firmly to the envelopes but may be peeled off the stationery sheets.
In accordance with a further feature of the invention, it is preferable that the thickness of the stationery assembly including the stationery sheet and the label be limited to the thickness of these two elements, the sheet and the label, with the adhesive associated with the label.
The various features of the present invention will be best understood together with further objects and advantages by reference to the following description of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a stationery sheet with printable removable labels illustrating the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of a stationery envelope having one of the labels applied thereto; and
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction of arrows 3--3 shown in FIG. 1.
The following specification taken in conjunction with the drawings sets forth the preferred embodiment of the present invention in such a manner that any person skilled in the art can make and use the invention. The embodiment of the invention disclosed herein is the best mode contemplated by the inventors for carrying out their invention in a commercial environment although it should be understood that various modifications can be accomplished within the parameters of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a stationery sheet 10 having labels 12 applied thereto illustrating the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the labels 12 are removably attached to the sheet 10 by a stable, pressure-sensitive adhesive 14 of a type which will not flow at a temperature of a few hundred degrees Fahrenheit. However, it is preferred that the pressure-sensitive adhesive 14 will remain stable when subjected to temperatures in the range of up to about 300 to about 400 degrees Fahrenheit to facilitate printing by passing the sheet 10 and labels 12 through laser or other high temperature printing equipment, as discussed below.
The adhesive 14 may be any suitable, stable, pressure-sensitive adhesive which facilitates printing at high temperatures, peeling from the sheet 10, and adhering the labels 12 to an envelope 16, as discussed below.
The stationery sheet 10 is preferably a sheet of paper such as used for letters. Likewise, the envelope 16 is preferably made from paper. However, the sheet 10 and envelope 16 may be made out of any desirable material such as plastic, etc.
Any number of labels 12 may be removably attached to the sheet 10 by the adhesive 14. The sheet 10 may be sent through laser or other printing equipment in order to print indicia 18 and 20 on the labels 12 and sheet 10, respectively. Sheet 10 may, for example, be a letter and indicia 20 would represent the printing on the letter. Indicia 18 on the labels 12 may, for example, represent the forwarding and return addresses for the envelope 16. Note that only one label 12 with a forwarding address 18 is shown in FIG. 2. However, another label 12 with a return address 18 may be used instead of the printing 22 on the envelope 16 shown in FIG. 2.
Sheet 10 may represent any other document such as a business form, advertisement, or the like, with printing 20 thereon, and any number of labels 12 with any type of printing 18 may be used on such a document.
The labels 12 may be made out of any desirable material such as paper, polyester film, or the like, and may have a coating thereon to facilitate printing thereon, if desired. It is intended that any material may be used for the sheet 10 or labels 12 that allows indicia to be printed thereon.
Preferably, the surface of the envelope 16 is smoother than the surface of the stationery sheet 10. As such, the labels 12 will adhere more firmly to the envelope than to the stationery sheet 10. Alternatively, a silicone release coating 24 (see FIG. 3) may be applied to the sheet 10 at the areas where the labels 12 are applied to the sheet 10. Any other type of release coating 24 may be used. For example, a fluorinated or amino-based release coating 24 may be used.
Preferably, the Sheffield smoothness values of the stationery sheet 10 and envelope 16 are about 280 and about 145, respectively. Also preferably, the difference between the Sheffield values of the sheet 10 and envelope 16 ranges from about 50 to about 400. The sheffield values may be measured, for example, by a Hagerty Technologies Model 538 paper smoothness tester.
The nature of an adhesive, whether permanent or removable, is often specified by a peel force, or by the force required to peel a one-inch wide sample strip at right angles from a stainless steel surface to which it has been adhered. Standards and procedures for measuring peel forces have been established by the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council, and the peel forces as used herein relate to tests made pursuant to such standard procedures. The designation "permanent adhesives" is normally applied to adhesives having peel forces in the order of 3 pounds or more, while adhesives having a peel force of less than about 2 pounds are normally referred to as removable adhesive coatings.
The adhesive 14 and Sheffield values of the stationery sheet 10 and envelope 16 are chosen so that the force required to peel the labels 12 from the stationery sheet 10 or envelope 16 facilitates keeping the labels 10 secured to the sheet 10 when the sheet 10 is passed through printing equipment, but allows the labels 12 to be easily peeled from the sheet 10 after printing, and then securely attached to the envelope 16.
Preferably, adhesive 14 is Avery Dennison Adhesive AS3664 which is a suspension of microspheres of adhesive in a heptane solvent. However, any suitable solvent based removable adhesive may be used. For example, heptane solvent may be used in combination with other solvents, or other solvents may be used without heptane solvent.
The above-described adhesive 14, preferably, has a peel force in a range of from about 100 grams to about 500 grams when peeling a one-inch wide strip from a stainless steel surface at a speed of 300 inches/minute, and a peel force in the range of from about 20 grams to about 100 grams when peeling a one-inch wide strip from the sheet 10 or envelope 16 at a speed of 300 inches/minute.
It is further noted that label stock coated with Moore's CleanTac™ could be employed for the labels employed herein.
It is important to note that any suitable adhesive 14 may be used for the present invention, and the adhesive 14 may have any desired composition.
In use, the stationery sheet 10, with labels 12 removably attached thereto is sent through a laser printer or other printing equipment. After sheet 10 exits the printer, the labels 12 are peeled from the sheet 10 and applied to the envelope 16. However, labels 12 may be applied to other documents or papers, if desired, and may be used for any other purpose such as being placed on a file folder, container, etc.
The above description discloses the preferred embodiment of the present invention. However, persons of ordinary skill in the art are capable of numerous modifications once taught these principles. For instance, by way of example and not limitation, sheet 10 may be sent through electrostatic (Xerographic) copiers. The labels 12 may be transparent, opaque, or of different colors. Accordingly, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that changes in form and details may be made to the above-described embodiment without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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|Avery Dennison Corporation
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|Jennifer Johnson
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|283/81, 283/116, 283/67
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 31, 1992
Owner name: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION A DE CORP., CALIFORN
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|Reexamination certificate (1st level)
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|Reexamination certificate first reexamination
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|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Mar 23, 2006
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|Mar 23, 2006
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There's no doubt about it—the familiar jingle played by many of the nation's ice cream trucks is a lot like a de facto summer soundtrack for many Americans. The ice cream truck tune is every kid's favorite song, signifying the promise of a cold sweet treat to cool you down.
But a blog post that has been getting a lot of buzz lately uncovered that this sickly sweet tune actually has a racist origin. The song, which played on some very ugly stereotypes about black people, was released in 1916 by Columbia Records.
With the weather heating up and that sound on the horizon of neighborhoods across the country, The Takeaway decided to come up with our own ice cream truck song. We aimed to find an alternative that kids will love, won't drive parents or the truck drivers crazy, and isn't overtly racist.
But it turns out our friend Michael Hearst already did the job for us. Michael is a vocalist and instrumentalist for the band One Ring Zero. Back in 2007, he released a whole album of songs for ice cream trucks.


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Silently I walked, my hood pulled over my head. The night was cold, but it was always like that nowadays. I had my hands shoved into my pockets to keep them warm, but it wasn't doing much good. The horizon was dark over the crest of the hill. The sun had gone down over an hour ago, and the night was quiet.
But suddenly a surprised cry tore through the air. I started and turn, looking from where the sound came from. I saw a strange glow from over the crest of the hill and slowly walked towards the hilltop. When I got there, I saw a building on fire. I saw Neit there, Freya's little brother. He was jumping around and I saw his sleeve on fire. He scuffed it out and then ran off.
Neit set the stable on fire? That didn't seem right. Neit was thirteen. He helped his sister with the army ranks and town meetings. He couldn't have set the stables on fire.
Freya arrived about three minutes after and ran inside.
"Freya!" I yelled. Was she trying to kill herself? If the flames and heat didn't get to her, the ashes she was breathing in would. A horse ran out of the stables just then, and reared. Neit ran and caught the horse. I ran down the hill to help him.
"Margo?" he shouted. "Is that you?"
I pulled my hood down and ran over. "Yeah. What's up with Freya? Is she okay?"
"I don't know," he said, pulling the horse down. "She went in there and hasn't come out."
"Alright. Stay here, I'm going in there." I ran into the stable and saw her crumpled in the straw. I pulled my hoodie over my mouth and started coughing--not just a small cough. A deep, hacking cough that sent shivers through my whole being. She seemed to have breathed in too much ash and fainted from lack of oxygen.
"Freya?" I couldn't tell if she was breathing or not. I took her arm and pulled her up. "Come on, stand up. Your brother needs you."
At the mention of her brother, her eyes fluttered. "Where...?"
"Outside, come on." I could tell she was trying to walk, but the best she could really do was not resist. I pulled her as fast as I could and dove out the front door just as the building collapsed.
Then we sat there in the grass, dry coughs sending shivers up our bodies.


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Lack Of Trust - Poem by Petra Soliman
Pierce my heart deeper,
It doesn't matter how bad it hurts now,
For all we care about is just oursevles.
Pierce it deeper,
So that the pain controls my body,
And take you, and everyone else, off my mind,
Just for a little while,
And everythings going to be alright.
If you could only not just hurt me,
But rather throw daggers at me,
Or even a punch would do fine.
If I must tell you,
I don't believe you,
Would that get us parting already?
Maybe I was wrong when I thought your different,
But now you dont hold anything special that could
Make you different among everyone else.
How did you fall down to a low level, I don't know.
And I'm not hoping this could get better between us,
I'm just letting it be.
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When does Transition become Development
UNDG-ECHA Workshop on Transition
Session 6
Maldives Country Presentation
June 2004
2020 Vision
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Development Plan
Presidential speech announces Constitutional Reform process
2020 Vision
President elected to an unprecedented sixth term in office
Millennium + Five Summit
Maldives selected as pilot country for Harmonized UN Office
Jan 2006
Jan 2008
Jan 2005
Sept 2005
Sept 2005
Jan 2005
Sept 2005
LDC Graduation
MDG Report
Seventh National Development Plan
National impact with over one third of the population directly affected
28,000 people displaced
Over 6000 house damaged or destroyed
Significant losses in the tourism and fishing economy with losses equivalent to 62% of GDP
Cost of reconstruction estimated at around $340m
GOM-UN-WB Joint Assessment
UNDAC Team Arrives
UN Flash Appeal Launched
Feb 2005
Jan 05
Jan 31
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Dec 26 2004
Dec 28 2004
Jan 2005
National Recovery and Reconstruction Plan
Relief Phase Ends
NDMC Established
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The Seventh National Development Plan drafted and will incorporate the last two years of the recovery effort
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