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Thank you for another detailed review. I'm wondering whether this 32 inch shares the same feature set as its larger brethren, specifically the 46C6530? I've always been a little unclear about the 'series 6, 7, 8, 9' numbering structure. Certainly the 46C seems better priced as the 7000 series as not really interested in 3D at all.
Also, as far as I can see, TR have not really covered the streaming functionality of these TVs. I'm interested in streaming from a NAS with Twonky on it ideally (as opposed to keeping the PC on). Does anyone have any experience of this? How well do MKV or Xvid files work? What about those with AC3 5.1 audio?
Not 100% sure about the C series, but there's a thriving firmware scene on the older B series. With the 'samygo' firmware or applets, you can mount an NFS or SAMBA share and play MKVs directly from your NAS. They recently even added DTS decoding so I no longer have to run dts2ac3!
See: http://samygo.sourceforge.net/
Ive just purchased the 40 inch UE40C640, Its basically the same set as above but is bigger and adds widgets for youtube and iplayer etc that work flawlessly. However youtube is pretty basic.
Its currently going for £599 at a popular electronics superstore. Very good value considering the smaller set reviewed here isn't much cheaper.
Im streaming from my imac using a free UPnP/DLNA media server called Tvmobili as the official samsung pc software isnt mac compatible. The tv is plugged directly into my (old) router and thats connected wirelesly to the imac.
Ive streamed 4 or 5 half an hour to an hour long xvids with no buffering at all and no out of sync issues and also watched 3 longish movies in 1080p .mkv format with no issues at all. Just 3 or 4 seconds buffering before the large .mkv movies begin. I had a particularly large mkv at over 8gb that i thought it may struggle with but again worked perfectly, i am really surprised with the quality! Apparantly it also plays subtitle files but i have yet to try this.
When i first got the set i purchased a 16 gb usb stick as i thought the large mkv's would struggle to play over my network, ive only used this a couple of times due to the network coping but it plays every file format ive tried on the stick so imagine a connected usb hard drive would work the same. Not sure about Nas but from the threads ive read its easy to set up. Plus as SNXavier says, no need to keep the pc on!
sorry the model number is UE40C6540, so confusing!!
Is this the right model number? The model numbers on the Samsung website refer to a 6600 but not a 6000. http://www.samsung.com/uk/c...
That said, Currys, Dixons, PC World etc seem to be selling the "6000" model (although they are currently out of stock).
In a related query, is the only material difference between the 6000/6000 model and the 6510 model the stand?
The model numbers are so confusing, ive heard that certain model numbers arnt on the samsung website because some models are sold exclusively to specific shops as limited runs with varying features. Again i dont know for sure but i think apart from the stand the 6000 model doesn't have internet@tv, i.e the iplayer and other internet based widgets.
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Lot's of people want OC laws for that very reason: in case their gun becomes accidentally visible.
I'd suggest just being a little more careful concealing.
This is a discussion on When concealed carry becomes open carry within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Ok not sure where to start. In some states open carry is illegal but concealed carry is ok with the proper paper work. Now if ...
Ok not sure where to start. In some states open carry is illegal but concealed carry is ok with the proper paper work.
Now if for some reason your weapon becomes visable its now open carry and illegal. I guess you are subject to a fine or arrest if someone reports it or a police officer see it. The question I have is how does that work in states Like Virginia
where open carry is legal and concealed carry is legal if you have a permit. What is the issue if your conceal firearm becomes unconcealed. Seems like a poor job of concealment would just get you funny looks or the usual that man has a gun over there you need to call the police. I'm just not sure if that issue is universal in like states. Anyone ever had this crop up during carry?
Lot's of people want OC laws for that very reason: in case their gun becomes accidentally visible.
I'd suggest just being a little more careful concealing.
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If OC is legal, then no foul. The question by a LEO at that point would be if you had a CC permit.
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Why not just make sure that you have a permit and erase all worry?
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I'm in VA and I CC but I work outside and sometimes I take off my shirt and I don't care who sees it. No big deal.
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I lived in Virginia for 14 years. Back before you could conceal carry in a place that serves alcohol in Virginia, we had to do the "Virginia Tuck." Just before entering the establishment, I had to tuck my shirt behind my holstered handgun so that it was openly visable. No problem.
In Virginia, you can open carry without a permit (which I did for some time before I got mine). If you have a permit and are concealing and it becomes unconcealed, no big deal. If someone says something, just cover it up and say "oops, thank you." If they call a police officer, show him your permit and say it accidentally was exposed. Sometimes, it happens.
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Florida has a law covering brief exposure as long as it is not intentionally displayed
In MI it doesn't matter because OC is legal. No "OC license" needed.
The bigger problem is if you are OCing and your gun accidentally becomes covered - and you don't have a concealed pistol license...
Kentucky has both. Just because you are printing doesn't mean you're doing a bad job concealing. Since both are legal here I don't go out of my way to completely conceal all the time.
I'm not worried about deep concealment when I walk to get coffee at 4am!
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We also have an open carry-no permit law in Wisconsin ("Constitutional Carry"). Concealed carry requires a license, open carry doesn't. From reading the various forums it seems that many states have a different policy on open carry, concealed carry & accidental display of a concealed firearm including "printing". Hopefully someone from Virginia will spell out your particular law for you right here on this forum. I'm sure others have wanted to know, too, & checked it out. That failing, I guess you'll have to dig out the law yourself. Sometimes even law enforcement agencies are unaware of gun laws. That would be a good place to start, though. Try to Google "gun laws, Virginia" & see what comes up if your questions go unanswered here.
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In Va. it is a non issue. You are legal. I open carried in Cheasepeake and Hampton area with no problems. In CO it is a non issue except in Denver. Even in Denver accidental exposure is not a problem with LE if you have a permit.
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On September 18, 2009, an amendment to the NACHA Operating Rules became effective that has the potential to impact most U.S. businesses that send or receive ACH payments. This amendment requires all payments funded internationally or sent to another country via the ACH Network to be identified as International ACH Transactions using a new Standard Entry Class (SEC) Code IAT. The new rule will require that IAT payments include specific data elements defined by the Bank Secrecy Acts (BSA) Travel Rule.
What is an IAT?
The IAT is a new Standard Entry Class code for ACH payments to identify international transactions. International transactions are those payments that have been funded internationally or are being sent to another country and a part of the transaction will be processed via the ACH Network.
By definition, the IAT is an ACH entry that is part of a payment transaction involving a financial agencys office that is not located in the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Specifically, an office of a financial agency is involved in the payment transaction if it:
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As a Corporate Originator, does OFAC impact me?
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How do I determine if the IAT applies to my company?
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October 6, 2008 By Chandler Harris
When hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Louisiana's West Baton Rouge Parish and Port of Greater Baton Rouge were unprepared to become the hub of rescue and relief operations.
But as it turned out, Greater Baton Rouge was the only deep-water port on the Mississippi River that hadn't sustained storm-related damage. Plus, the parish is close to Interstate 10 and rail lines, which made the region the impromptu post-Katrina headquarters for emergency relief and rescue operations. The port was quickly inundated by diverted vessels, residence ships and emergency supply ships. It became a staging area for emergency equipment, supplies, food, water and fuel being sent to the ports of New Orleans and St. Bernard and also Plaquemines Parish. The West Baton Rouge area became a central location for rescue operations.
The port could only rely on its communications system used during regular business operations, including cell phones, Internet, marine radios, and communications from river pilots, other emergency personnel and evacuees.
"All these forms of communications were intermittent in their service, if they worked at all," said Larry Johnson, current member and former president of the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. "These agencies were inundated with calls and requests for assistance from everywhere. Responding to the disaster came down to identifying and using available resources, and people helping people."
When the proverbial smoke cleared, local officials realized that coordinating rescue and recovery efforts through communication between the parish, port and other interagency groups at the local, state and federal levels was needed. Johnson worked with local agencies and officials to help create interoperable communications. He looked to neighboring state, Texas - specifically Harris County, which had a highly successful interoperable communications system.
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Harris is the third largest county in the United States, covering 1,788 square miles, and includes Houston, the fourth most populous U.S. city. The county has an impressive regional communications network with 133 channels and 17 tower sites serving itself and parts of eight other counties. The system supports approximately 32,000 users and 512 agencies with a coverage area larger than most states' total land area. Two additional counties are expected to join the network this year, which will increase the user base to 35,000 and 550 agencies. Regional subscribers include federal, state and local public safety and law enforcement agencies, fire and public works departments, cities, counties, public schools and university systems, as well as the Texas Medical Center and private air ambulance services.
"We built this system on the concept of sharing and pulling resources and frequencies so that we can base all frequencies across multiple infrastructures to provide the most enhanced function and use of frequencies," said Steve Jennings, CIO of Harris County. "We're looking at a holistic management system."
The system was built in 1989, when the county had a patchwork of more than 15 different independent radio networks. With the help of Motorola, it took only nine months to build an 800 MHz network to consolidate and centralize those systems into a six-channel system.
"One of the things about having different radio systems that are incompatible is, living on the Gulf Coast, we knew communication was absolutely critical," Jennings said. "There are lots of instances that require resources beyond the scope of any jurisdiction."
After the initial system was built, Jennings realized that the network was powerful enough to serve neighboring counties. Harris County then expanded to a 25-channel system.
Jennings compares the communication system to a utility company, where frequencies can be allocated in select areas across large territories. Agencies that join the network pay a monthly service fee and get spectrum access, tower capacity and technical assistance. Member agencies continue to control their own communications while maintaining standard operating procedures, but have affordable access to more than 130 frequencies.


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The fifth of September really can't come any sooner, allowing us Europeans to get our hands on Spore, definitely my most-anticipated game of 2008. For those of us who really can't wait another two-and-a-bit months, though, Maxis and EA have devised a cunning a solution: sell the Creature Creator segment of the full game prior to launch. Tomorrow, the 17th of June, in fact.
This is a pretty clever idea for two reasons. For one, it means that the Spore servers will already have a large supply of creatures with which to populate peoples' planets when the game goes on sale and for two it's a pretty clever way of making some money from an as-yet unreleased title. Not that we mind - I need to get started creating the HugoThon race.
If you really can't wait to get your hands on the real deal, the demo version of the Creature Creator which should have launched alongside the paid-for 'game' has already been leaked. We can't tell you exactly where (piracy is bad mmm'kay), but if you want to find it using something that begins with 'G' and rhymes with 'Moogle' might help.
Price wise EA will charge you £4.99 for the privilege of downloading the Creature Creator, but will give you a discount code for the full version of Spore - as long as you buy that direct from EA's online store too. If you are definitely going to buy Spore and don't mind not owning a physical copy EA is in effect offering you the Creature Creator for free. By that summation you really should be downloading it by now.


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I haven't had a puppy in a very, very long time. (17 years!) I wanted the opinions of you guys... How much (in cups) should I be feeding my new pup?
She's a 24 pound, 4 month old Border Collie/Basenji mix. I just got her yesterday, so we're weaning her onto Acana (grasslands) from Natural Balance; I'm feeding her a half-cup in the morning, and a half-cup in the evening, plus a spoonful of Wellness wet food mixed in. Is this enough for her? Everything I'm finding, based on her weight and what brand I'm feeding her, says this is right, but I feel like it's so little. Should I be feeding more?


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Hong Kong parents do not often take to the streets to protest unless there are compelling reasons to do so. On Sunday, tens of thousands of people braved scorching heat and brought along toddlers and babies in pushchairs to protest against the compulsory national education programme. The controversy has quickly turned into an election issue in the September polls. Calls to boycott classes in the new academic year have also been heard. It is only wise for the government to cool down the boiling sentiment and put the curriculum on hold.
The protest organiser said 90,000 had participated. The police put the figure at 32,000 at the peak. Regardless of the actual turnout, it was a sizeable crowd. The protesters took to the streets for a simple but important reason. They want their children to grow up in a liberal environment. They do not want them to be brainwashed with pro-communist ideologies. In response, the government offered to set up a broad-based committee to monitor the curriculum. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying went further to ease people's worries, saying the reference teaching materials will be uploaded to a government website for public perusal. Although he denied national education was a political assignment from Beijing, he stopped short of delaying its implementation.
One can only speculate whether the deadlock could have been averted had the government rolled out the measures earlier. But the outcome speaks volumes about the education chief's lack of experience in weathering a political crisis, which was sparked by a biased booklet produced by a government-funded education centre. While some may find the additional safeguards assuring, those who marched are unlikely to have their minds put at ease. The turnout is a clear message to Leung that the curriculum lacks public support. Insisting on the timetable will only fuel scepticism and mistrust.
There is nothing wrong with enhancing students' understanding of the country. After all, the city was returned to China 15 years ago. National education remains a right step forward as long as different perspectives are presented impartially for students to make informed judgments. Instilling a stronger sense of patriotism and Chinese identity is clearly different from nurturing support for the state and the Communist Party.
A decade ago, former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa upset parents and teachers when he hastily pushed through a series of education reforms. The painful experience is a good reminder that all reforms require stakeholders' support. If schools and parents remain unconvinced that the government has adopted the right approach, the new curriculum is unlikely to be successful.
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Eating Disorder Warning Signs
Signs and Symptoms of an Eating Disorder
Anorexia and Bulimia
- Dramatic weight loss in a relatively short period of time
- Wearing big or baggy clothes or dressing in layers to hide body shape and/or weight loss
- Obsession with weight and complaining of weight problems (even if "average" weight or thin)
- Obsession with calories and fat content of foods
- Obsession with continuous exercise
- Frequent trips to the bathroom immediately following meals (sometimes accompanied with water running in the bathroom for a long period of time to hide the sound of vomiting)
- Visible food restriction and self-starvation
- Visible bingeing and/or purging
- Use or hiding use of diet pills, laxatives, ipecac syrup (can cause immediate death!) or enemas
- Isolation, fear of eating around and with others
- Unusual food rituals such as shifting the food around on the plate to look eaten, cutting food into tiny pieces, making sure the fork avoids contact with the lips (using teeth to scrap food off the fork or spoon), chewing food and spitting it out (but not swallowing), dropping food into napkin on lap to later throw away
- Hiding food in strange places (closets, cabinets, suitcases, under the bed) to avoid eating (Anorexia) or to eat at a later time (Bulimia)
- Flushing uneaten food down the toilet (can cause sewage problems)
- Vague or secretive eating patterns
- Keeping a "food diary" or lists of food and/or behaviors (for example, purging, restricting, calories consumed, exercise, etc.)
- Pre-occupied thoughts of food, weight and cooking
- Visiting websites that promote unhealthy ways to lose weight
- Reading books about weight loss and eating disorders
- Self-defeating statements after food consumption
- Hair loss
- Pale or "grey" appearance to the skin
- Dizziness and headaches
- Frequent sore throats and/or swollen glands
- Low self-esteem, feeling worthless, self-deprecation and need for acceptance and approval from others
- Complaints of often feeling cold
- Low blood pressure
- Loss of menstrual cycle
- Constipation or incontinence
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A treasure of the international cinema canon and winner of eleven of Mexico's top film prizes — including Best Cinematography for Gabriel Figueroa and Best Director for Luis Buñuel — Los olvidados is a master work of both social realism and social surrealism. Figueroa's aptitude for capturing shadow and visually unearthing Mexico City's dark underbelly makes possible Buñuel's unflinching look at a group of street urchins, their dreams, and their sins. Far from the humorous criticism of bourgeoisie lifestyle that would color much of Buñuel's later work, Los olvidados plunges the viewer into the daily traumas and villainies of Mexico's street kids without the romanticism that typically colored the social realism of the day. As famed film critic and theorist André Bazin noted upon its Cannes debut, Los olvidados "lashes the mind like a red-hot iron and leaves one's conscience no opportunity for rest." This is in no small part due to Figueroa's camerawork, which puts the viewer face to face with the dark spaces of Mexico's urban environs and the dismal dimensions of its characters' souls.
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posted at 5:02 am on March 12, 2013 by Ed Morrissey
The start of the conclave is still more than six hours away, but the day will start with a special Mass for the faithful, at 10 am local time – right about now, in fact. Two hours ago, when I first arrived, the line to enter St. Peter's Basilica had already begun to stretch from one colonnade to the other:
Looking at the monitors in the media center, the basilica is packed. I had thought to attend the Mass in person, but the media center has it live, and they didn't reserve any space for print journalists (a small number of photo and video journalists got into a special area). To have any chance of getting in behind the cardinals, bishops, and nuns — including a significant number from Mother Theresa's order, the Missionaries of Charity — I'd have had to arrive around 6 am.
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Starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Leigh Whannell
Directed by James Wan
So, you've seen the first installment of Insidious and you've seen the smash hit haunted house horror roller coaster ride called The Conjuring. Congratulations! Now, that you've walked trepidatiously along that path, your reward is to bear witness to Insidious: Chapter 2, a sequel that tries to entertain as much as the first installment but also aims to completely annihilate the tried but true construct of the typical ghost story. That sounds like a bold endeavor, but it seems like director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell are hell bent on blowing their original concept completely out of the water.
The Lambert family has just undergone one of the most hellish experiences any one family could possibly endure, but what happens if what you think is the end is actually just the beginning? Josh (Patrick Wilson) begs his wife Renai (Rose Byrne) to just ignore all of the continuing oddities within the household, so the usual jump scares and setups that were effective in the first installment play out as a joke that should be ignored at all costs. As a result, the scares that were effective in the first film become a minor annoyance in the first reel of Insidious: Chapter 2, almost as if Wan himself is bored with what is quickly becoming a construct instead of a legitimate foundation.
Early on, it's obvious that Wan and Whannell are attempting to reinvent the haunted house formula by adding on a subplot that delves into the family's past instead of just dealing with the usual tropes of a family terrorized. The concept of The Further is expanded upon, revealing a deeper family history that dovetails nicely with Josh's past and his mother (Barbara Hershey) and how her associations actually springboard another sinister character that haunts the Lamberts even more deeply than that somewhat laughable demon from the first installment.
The first half hour of Insidious: Chapter 2 would have been a great setup for a haunted house movie, but with the first film's success, Wan and Whannell are smart enough to turn the tables on the now tiresome aspects of a story revolving around a family haunted. They exhausted almost all of their camera tricks in the first installment and then Wan made The Conjuring, limiting their options even more.
As a result, Insidious: Chapter 2 feels more like a giant middle finger pointed at the audience instead of a genuine interest to continue on with the Lambert legacy. Wan and Whannell used this sequel as an opportunity to lambast the haunted house subgenre, and as a result, the initial scares fall flat and feel tired, and the manic plot doesn't reinvent the genre as much as it actively tries to torpedo it.
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In games against Siena and Marist, Arvin posted a goals against average of 0.45 and a save percentage of .917 to help Canisius to its best start to MAAC play since the 2007 campaign. The sophomore earned his first collegiate win in Friday's contest against Siena, recording five saves in a 2-1 overtime victory. Arvin then followed by matching a career high with six stops in a 0-0 draw versus Marist, his first collegiate shutout.
Through five games during his sophomore campaign, Arvin owns a 1-2-1 record, 0.84 goals against average and .846 save percentage. He currently ranks second in the MAAC in both goals against average and save percentage.
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Rheem Outlasts Lindgren for $1.1m at WPT Championship
The up-and-down career of Chino Rheem definitely hit an up again last night in Las Vegas as he topped poker vet Erick Lindgren heads-up for the $25k WPT Championship title.
Rheem, who has mixed seven-figure scores with crippling gambling debts throughout his long career, earned $1,150,297 for the win.
It was his second WPT title - Rheem also won the WPT Five Diamond Classic at Bellagio in Season 7.
Lindgren, who coincidentally has also been hamstrung by massive sportsbetting debts alongside a very successful poker career prior to Black Friday, earned $650,275 for the runner-up finish.
Roy Third, Salsberg Takes WPT Player of the Year
WPT Montreal winner Jonathan Roy had a chance to take home Player of the Year honors with a win but fell just short in third place.
Busting out with a set of eights against Rheem's made flush, Roy came up shy of a second title this season and sealed the POY title for former Weeds producer Matt Salsberg.
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WATCH: Mixtapes Explained to Modern Kids
Remember mixtapes? Yes it seems like ages ago, but for most of us, we built our favorite playlists on mixtapes. Kids today; however, may not realize the sometimes painstakingly long process that creating a mixtape turned into. This video explains to modern kids that finding and saving your favorite music wasn't always so easy.


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Bowling Green, KY (The Weekly Vice) - Rose Marie Woolbright, a 30-year-old Kentucky woman was jailed Thursday after she allegedly pimped out a 13-year-old relative to two men in exchange for money.
According to Warren County Prosecutors, Woolbright allegedly allowed two men to engage in sex acts with a 13-year-old girl in exchange for cash.
Investigators say the two men, on one occasion, had a threesome with the girl and videotaped the encounter.
The case marks the first time an arrest like this has been made in Warren County and is only the 13th such incident in the state of Kentucky.
Woolbright was booked into jail and charged with human trafficking, unlawful transaction with a minor and second-degree sodomy.
The two men involved in the alleged incidents were also arrested and charged.
Chad Simmons, 37, was charged with two counts of sodomy and two counts of first-degree unlawful transaction with a minor.
Pedro Diaz, 28, was charged with second-degree rape.
The case will now be presented to a grand jury for indictment.
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I had a lot of LEGO, and I used to go home and redesign my neighborhood.
Tellingly, both still trail the haul stacked up by The LEGO Movie back in February.
"No," the clearly annoyed 77-year-old star of The Shawshank Redemption and The LEGO Movie told The Daily Beast.
"I enjoy the fact that I'm bringing classic photographs and photographers to a new audience through my LEGO recreations," he says.
"When I was in South Africa I was meeting with people who never heard of LEGO bricks," he says.
What if we could deconstruct a LEGO block into more fundamental parts: the plastic, the adhesives, the coloring agent.
And, just in time for the release of The LEGO Movie, it is about to return to Manhattan.
But I wonder what happens when Mr. Wolfe and Anonymous Mom are high and a LEGO piece goes missing?
LEGO eisdem libros meos episcopales, majorem et minorem, quos ego compilavi.
It was divided into centuries, each led by a centurion; and the whole body together was called a legion, from LEGO, to choose.
1954, proprietary name (in use since 1934, according to the company), from Danish phrase leg godt "play well." The founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, didn't realize until later that the word meant "I study" or "I put together" in Latin.


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A randomised controlled trial of a tele-based lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer survivors ('CanChange') : Study protocol
Hawkes, Anna L., Pakenham, Kenneth I., Courneya, Kerry, Gollschewski, Sara E., Baade, Peter D., Gordon, Louisa S., Lynch, Brigid M., Aitken, Joanne, & Chambers, Suzanne K. (2009) A randomised controlled trial of a tele-based lifestyle intervention for colorectal cancer survivors ('CanChange') : Study protocol. B M C Cancer, 9(286), pp. 1-8.
Colorectal cancer survivors may suffer from a range of ongoing psychosocial and physical problems that negatively impact on quality of life. This paper presents the study protocol for a novel telephone-delivered intervention to improve lifestyle factors and health outcomes for colorectal cancer survivors. Methods/Design
Approximately 350 recently diagnosed colorectal cancer survivors will be recruited through the Queensland Cancer Registry and randomised to the intervention or control condition. The intervention focuses on symptom management, lifestyle and psychosocial support to assist participants to make improvements in lifestyle factors (physical activity, healthy diet, weight management, and smoking cessation) and health outcomes. Participants will receive up to 11 telephone-delivered sessions over a 6 month period from a qualified health professional or 'health coach'. Data collection will occur at baseline (Time 1), post-intervention or six months follow-up (Time 2), and at 12 months follow-up for longer term effects (Time 3). Primary outcome measures will include physical activity, cancer-related fatigue and quality of life. A cost-effective analysis of the costs and outcomes for survivors in the intervention and control conditions will be conducted from the perspective of health care costs to the government. Discussion
The study will provide valuable information about an innovative intervention to improve lifestyle factors and health outcomes for colorectal cancer survivors.
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In honor of THB's bravely revealing post, I'll share a vaguely embarrassing moment of my own.
I was interviewing a client today who is a delivery boy for a Chinese restaurant. It was key to the case that I understood where everything took place... where the restaurant was that he left from, where he had stopped to make deliveries, where he was headed with his next delivery, where he was stopped by the police, and where he was arrested.
At first, my delivery boy client was telling me the address of each thing. "I left from 1624 Main Street. My first delivery was at 6802 First St..."
I was trying my best to visualize where everything happened, but I just wasn't getting it. I told him, "I think I know the area, but I need you to give me some landmarks."
So, he was describing, "There's a pizza place, then there's a nail salon..."
All of the sudden, I got it. "Oh, is there a doctor's office right there?"
"Yeah," he told me, "Do you know it?"
"Sure," I told him, "I know that whole area. That's where I go to the doctor's."
"Oh yeah," he said, "That gynecologist's office. I deliver lunch there like once a week. Good tippers. So, that's where you go to the gynecologist?"
Um, what the heck was I supposed to say to that?
"Um, yeah." I'm positive that my face must have been bright red.
"That's good, they're nice. You should totally come for Chinese the next time you go to the gynecologist. I'll hook you up."
Um, yeah, totally. Because I really need to associate my yearly exam with my client and Chinese food.
I'm laughing just thinking about showing up at the Chinese restaurant saying, "Hey, is my client here? Can you tell him his lawyer is here? Oh, hey there, I just stopped by for some Kung Pao Chicken after my pap smear."
"Cops wanna knock me, D.A. wanna box me in. But somehow, I beat them charges like Rocky." - Jay-Z
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I'm trying to remember the age I was when I understood what gynecologist meant. Maybe he thinks it means something like Dentist and thats where you get your cavities filled.ReplyDelete
Or not.
Thanks for that last line, I almost shot diet coke out of my nose I laughed so hard.ReplyDelete
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Lily Evans stepped off the Hogwarts Express. She tucked her fiery, shoulder-length, red hair behind her ear and continued to pull her trunk off the train. Her emerald green eyes looked at her friend, Emma Scott.
"Hey, Em, are there any trolleys left?"
"None that I see," Emma said, she had already gotten her trunk down and was now sitting on it, as she pulled her curly blond hair up in a ponytail.
"I hate getting these stupid things off the train!" groaned Lily's other friend, Cassie Denver.
"I know, me too," agreed Lily, "but look at this way, we only have to do this one more time." With one final tug, the luggage landed on the ground with a small bang.
Cassie rolled her light blue eyes.
"I can't believe we only have one more year left," said Emma.
"Yeah, neither can I," said Lily.
She looked over and saw four figures coming their way, causing her to groan: The Marauders. James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew. The main source of Lily's displeasure was James Potter.
Emma looked over to see what Lily was groaning about. 'Oh,' she thought to herself. Then, she looked at Lily. "I don't see why you don't just give James a chance. Personally, I think he's kind of hot."
"Yeah, but his personality bites," Lily said bitterly.
"So, you think he's cute?" Emma asked, grinning.
"I did not say that!" said Lily.
Cassie was not listening to their conversation. She was still trying to push her trunk off the train. Finally, she became so frustrated with the over-sized box that she kicked it. The Marauders were now up the girls. James' hand jumped to his, already messy, jet-black hair; it had a habit of doing that when he was around Lily.
"Cass, baby, kicking it won't help," Sirius Black said, going over to help his girlfriend.
Cassie put her arms around his neck and kissed him. When they pulled away and Sirius picked up her trunk.
"So what do you guys want?" asked Lily.
"Well, we saw three lovely ladies in need of help," replied Remus, his eyes looking right at Emma when he said 'lovely.'
Sirius walked over to the others carrying Cassie's trunk, as James reached down for Lily's trunk.
"Potter, leave my stuff alone."
"Can't I do anything nice for you?" he asked even though he didn't pick up the trunk.
Lily just crossed her arms and looked over to see Emma and Remus talking. Emma was in the middle of saying something when Remus reached his hand to her face.
"You've got an eyelash on your face," he told her. His hand moved closer to her eye, and she blinked, he asked her not to. His hand touched her face as he brushed the eyelash off with his thumb. Transferring the lash to his index finger, he held it in front of her face. "Make a wish."
"If you have an eyelash on your face then you wipe it off, make a wish, and blow it away. Then your wish will come true."
"I see," said Emma. "Well, I think you should make the wish, since you wiped it off."
"Yeah, but it's your eyelash, so you make the wish."
"Alright," said Emma. She thought about it for a moment. "Okay, I got it. I wish-"
Remus stopped her urgently. "No, you have to say the wish to yourself, or else it won't come true."
"Oh, okay," Emma closed her eyes. A few seconds later, she blew the eyelash away. She opened her eyes to find Remus smiling at her; she was unable to stop the smile that had formed on her own lips.
"So," began Emma, "have any of your wishes ever come true?"
"A few; but there's this one in particular that I want to come true."
"Care to tell me what it is?"
"Now, I can't do that because then it wouldn't come true."
"Oh, yeah."
"You guys, we should probably get off the platform," said Lily and the others agreed.
Lily looked over as James picked up her trunk.
"Potter, I told you, I can get it myself."
"Evans, there is no way you're going to be able to carry this thing."
"Fine, then carry it," Lily said. She heard Remus and Emma talking again.
"Er-I can carry your trunk for you, if you'd like," Remus offered.
"Uh, sure," said Emma. "Thanks."
Remus picked up her trunk and moved next to James, while Lily walked with Emma.
"He totally likes you," said Lily.
"Who? Remus?" asked Emma.
"No, Santa Claus," Lily said sarcastically. "Yes Remus!"
"No, he doesn't," Emma said uncertainly. "Does he?"
"Yes, it's so obvious. I mean, when he said lovely, he looked right at you. And, he was flirting."
"He wasn't flirting."
"Oh, yes he was," Lily said. "And if he wasn't, then what was that whole eyelash thing about?"
"I had an eyelash on my face, and he wiped it off."
"He told you to make a wish; he was totally flirting with you, and you flirted back."
"No, I didn't."
Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, maybe I did, just a little."
"So, do you like him?"
Emma was about to deny it, but knew there was no point. "I guess, I mean, he's cute, with those blue eyes and sandy brown hair. Plus, he's nice and strong too."
Lily asked why she didn't just tell Remus all of that.
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The University of Notre Dame announced the results of its services and support for students who are "LGBTQ" (I confess, I had to check to see what the 'Q' stood for - 'questioning') on campus. Among other things, the university will permit a student group for LGBTQ students, and appoint a full-time staffer to oversee the implementation of the policies recommended by the review. You can read Father Jenkins' announcement, with links to the various statements, here.
Predictably, the Sycamore Trust, which suggests its goal is to protect the Catholic identity of Notre Dame but in fact is more concerned with protecting a certain variety of conservative identity on campus, expressed this concern:
Surely it is predictable that a group whose organizing principle is same sex attraction is likely to be a forum, overt or covert, for opposition to the Church's teachings about homosexuality. It may also become an instrumentality in the student "hookup" culture.
Are we to assume that the Sycamore Trust would oppose an on-campus chapter of COURAGE, the organization for gay men and women who try to live in full accordance with the Church's teaching?
The Cardinal Newman Society was surprisingly muted in its commentary.
And, big kudos to Bishop Rhoades of Ft. Wayne-South Bend, who issued this statement on Notre Dame's plan:
One of the essential characteristics of a Catholic university is "fidelity to the Christian message as it comes to us from the Church" (Pope John Paul II, Excorde ecclesiae). In its recently released Pastoral Plan, the University of Notre Dame clearly affirms its fidelity to Catholic Church teaching on human sexuality by affirming that "sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman" and that "the deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose." It affirms the teachings of the Church on the commandment and vocation of love, the virtue of chastity and its expression in friendship, the importance of self-mastery, and the call to holiness. The Planaffirms Catholic teaching that men and women who have homosexual tendencies "must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity."
It is vitally important that the Foundations of the Pastoral Plan, which express Notre Dame's fidelity to Catholic teaching, inform and guide the implementation of the Plan, including the vision, programs and activities of the new student organization that is being formed. The Pastoral Plan states that "the organization's purpose arises directly from the University's Catholic mission and its aspiration to create a community where all may flourish and feel welcome, where we aspire to an even deeper understanding and appreciation of Catholic teaching, and where the human dignity of each Notre Dame student is valued." It is my hope and prayer that the rich Catholic teaching on sexuality, teaching that serves the true good and happiness of the human person, will be embraced by the students and all involved in the implementation of the Pastoral Plan. I hope that the organization will be helpful in providing support for the students, thus preventing the experience of isolation and alienation which are "risk factors for an unhealthy life, including unchaste behaviors" (USCCB, Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination). I also hope that the Pastoral Plan will be of support to all students at Notre Dame in living a chaste and holy life according to the teachings of Jesus and His Church.
Here is the bottom line for me on these issues. The Church's theological reflection on homosexuality is inadequate at the moment, usually crammed into the worldview that existed for a very long time that assumed that the sexual activities of gay people were the perverse acts of straight people. But, in the past forty or fifty years, it has become obvious that homosexuality is, in some sense, constitutional, it is not an aberrant choice made by a heterosexual, but an experience of self by a non-heterosexual. The language about "intrisically disordered" should be dropped entirely because it ran the danger of creating a new category of sin, not a vice like the seven deadly to which we are all prone, nor a specific act like stealing a car, but a disposition that was itself flawed and unique to certain persons. I have no idea how the future debates about the moral issues raised by homosexuality will play out, but I do know that Notre Dame is here insisting on the fact that, whatever our theological views on human sexuality, we also have a Christian obligation to "create a community where all may flourish and feel welcome, where we aspire to an even deeper understanding and appreciation of Catholic teaching, and where the human dignity of each Notre Dame student is valued." That, too, is part of our Catholic moral tradition. Notre Dame is right, and even courageous I think, to insist that this new initiative is no appeasement to the ambient, secular culture but is, instead, a distinctly Catholic expression of human solidarity and Christian compassion.
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I know all parents go through varying degrees of anguish with their kids, especially where medical and other health issues are concerned.
A recent trip to the dentist elevated my blood pressure and torment to the point I could barely take it.
I admire any parent that has a child with a constant medical need. Seeing Addy in pain for only a millisecond was agony enough for me.
Of course, even minor dental work on a 3-year-old is a major ordeal.
And believe me, her mom and I have learned our lesson on this one.
The kid has a bit of a sweet tooth already, but revelation that she had a few cavities and had to have a tooth that had split in the front pulled certainly got our attention.
Another appointment down, and we learned the "laughing gas" wasn't going to do anything to Addy except make her goofier than normal.
That was fun to watch; ineffective to do dental work, however.
So, anesthesia was the only route. And we all were dreading it.
The gas smells terrible. The notion of a stranger holding your daughter and having to, somewhat forcefully, hold the mask over until she goes limp sounded awful.
The reality was, in fact, worse.
I'm emotional to begin with and, while I understand the need to be in the room to comfort and support, I can certainly empathize with any parent that cannot watch that.
I can say the staff at this particular dentist office did do well feeding us information, including a step-by-step explanation of the above process. So at least we knew what to prepare for.
Addy didn't, though. And it broke my heart seeing her scared.
And as unprepared as we were for the beginning, the "coming out" of the anesthesia was almost worse.
I know how confused and foggy I was coming out of my hernia surgery a few years ago. For a little one, I can imagine that is magnified a thousand times.
I guess life is one big cause-and-effect mechanism, though.
I always take her health seriously but will certainly watch out for any dental issues in the future, make sure to brush after meals and keep an eye on the amount of HyVee cookies this kid consumes.
Since then, our little toothless wonder has not been shy to show everyone the tooth up front that was pulled, or explain that she has to be careful with "crunchy food."
She also wants to "pretend" pull a tooth out of my mouth so we can match.
I better keep one eye open at night.
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Brian Austin was a Queensland politician and Minister of Health (1980 to 1983) who represented the state seat of Wavell for the Liberal Party (1977–1983) and then for the National Party (1983–1986). Austin switched to the National Party (along with Don Lane, who was the Minister for Main Roads) in 1983 after Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen lobbied several Liberals to cross the floor, thus enabling the National Party to form government with a very slim majority, as prior to the swap the Nationals were one seat short of governing in their own right. At the 1986 Queensland state election, Austin became the first MP for the new Queensland electorate of Nicklin (1986–1989).
In 1987, Austin was one of three ministers who told Governor Walter Campbell that Petersen no longer had enough support to govern. This was a key event in the caucus coup that saw Bjelke-Petersen deposed as premier later that year.
Austin was subsequently implicated in the Fitzgerald Inquiry and was forced to retire in 1989. Austin was convicted on 25 counts of misappropriating public funds, regarding $8700 spent on private accommodation, travel and meals, and was sentenced to 15 months' jail. In 2010 his profession was reported by the Courier-Mail newspaper to be selling real estate in the exclusive Brisbane suburbs of Ascot, Hamilton and Clayfield.


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These body washes have kept my skin soft during the dry winter months. I have sensitive skin and have been fine with all of the body washes.
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These body washes have kept my skin soft during the dry winter months. I have sensitive skin and have been fine with all of the body washes.
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olor refrescante, pero caro
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Este gel huele muy bien, aunque el olor no perdura en la piel. Sin embargo no repetiré porque resulta un producto caro.
Bueno, pero el olor no tanto
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Hace mucha espuma y no reseca nada la piel, pero el olor no me acaba de gustar(cítrico, pero con algo extraño). Creo que la próxima vez probaré el mismo pero con otro perfume
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I'm in love with all deep steep products and this one is no exception! It smells somewhat lemon-ish, cleanses the skin and leaves it feeling fresh and hydrated. Super!
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Really good price for an organic personal care product
good body wash
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This is a good one, but for some reason I am not in awe, though I absolutely love both grapefruit and bergamot! The smell is nice and the consistency also but I think it could be more intense
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The scent is lovely but won't last. The soap is quite watery and one tube usually last only one month.
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The lights are on
Honestly, i wasn't too syched about this game because most of them are the same. Save the princess and win her heart, woop dee dee. i say that you should never waste your time on this game.
did you even play it? shes not even a princess in the game for one im fine with you not liking the game but at least be factual.
I give this review a booooooo.
Is not the same. It's open world. Think
different storyline I really enjoyed the game and you sir don not sound like you played it.
youve never beaten a single zelda game. otherwise you would know how moronic your statement is.
Booooooo you! You probably have never even played Skyward Sword, actually, you probably have never played a Zelda game at all! You don't even have an excuse or a valid fact as to why this game "deserves" a 0.25/10! I give you a -10/10! Here's a tip, before you review a game you should actually play it! Don't write a "review" just to get 5 points from Gameinformer! Write a real review like mine or pretty much everybody else's review!
Wow, Really, were you born yerterday?
Im going to overlook your off comment. If you hate it so much, why even review it?? At least play it first!


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MonkeyParking, an application that allows motorists to auction off parking spots for money, has been "temporarily disabled" in San Francisco following a June cease-and-desist order by the city attorney, the company blogged today.
In light of the cease and desist letter that we received from the City of San Francisco, we are currently reviewing our service to clarify our value proposition and avoid any future misunderstandings.
Street parking is currently not a first-come-first-served process, but still a random-served one. You can go in circles for hours while a lucky driver can find a spot in a minute, right in front of you. It is an old and painful problem, and we believe that drivers deserve a better solution.
Earlier the company had argued that it was selling "information" about parking spaces rather than the spaces themselves.
On June 23, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera sent a letter to MonkeyParking threatening to sue the company if the app wasn't removed by the close of business this Friday, July 11. Herrera wrote that the app violates a San Francisco ordinance that forbids renting, leasing or selling street or sidewalk space. MonkeyParking would have been subject to penalties of up to $300 per violation and potentially liable for $2,500 per violation in civil penalties under California's Unfair Competition Law.
The MonkeyParking app, as downloaded from the iTunes App Store in June, was explicit about what users were buying and selling. A setup screen says, "Make up to $150/month by selling your on-street parking spots."
"You couldn't decide that you were going to park a car at the end of your street and charge people a toll, you couldn't take orange cones before the Internet and block off parking spaces and decide to sell them. It's not your property to make a profit off of," said Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for Herrera.
Two other parking applications have also stopped serving San Francisco. ParkModo also disabled its app in San Francisco and Sweetch open-sourced its code, now calling itself Freetch.


text: Raja 2, the Mammootty starrer which is a sequel to the 2011-released blockbuster movie Pokkiri Raja, is one of the most awaited projects of the year. Here is an interesting update about the Vysakh-directed project.If the reports are to be true, the team is planning to rope in a senior Bollywood actress, to essay a pivotal role in the movie. According to the sources, Kajol and Preity Zinta have been considered for the roles.Reportedly, Mammootty will not have a pair in the movie, just like the first part Pokkiri Raja. The senior Bollywood actress is playing a very important role in the movie, which is scripted by Udayakrishna.Some other sources also suggest that popular actor-director-choreographer Prabhudeva will also be a part of the project. However, the makers are yet to confirm these reports officially.Recently, director Vysakh had revealed that Raja 2 is not the exact sequel of Pokkiri Raja. Instead, the movie is just the continuation of the central character Raja played by Mammootty.The team is yet to reveal the rest of the star cast and technical crew of the project. Raja 2 is produced by Tomichan Mulakupadam, the producer of Pulimurugan, under the banner Mulakupadam Films. Mammootty Mammootty Mammootty Overview Biography Fan Speaks Fan-tastic Photos Photos Videos Upcoming Movies Wallpapers


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small trash can for coffee grounds, for composting?
I'd like to find a decent trash can for under the counter (in a cabinet) for dumping my grounds (for later composting).
The trick is I'd like to have something relatively easy to use. As in, one-handed, open the cabinet door and be able to dump the drip basket into it. Without a lot of fiddling and preferably sturdy enough to allow knocking the basket against it a few times to shake it loose.
Any suggestions? I'm willing to spend a decent bit for something that does the job. I've checked out most of the local bed/bath sorts of stores and those aren't what I'm after. Nor do I have a clear shot from above to allow for a through-counter arrangement. THAT is something I should have planned ahead of time, ah well.
So, any recommendations? Or advice on what to avoid?
We just use an empty Folgers coffee container.
Snap on lid, handy handle made into the outside, air tight, and free.
We use it for all our compost waste.
Are you thinking like a rollout trash can that fills a base cabinet?
We use a 2 quart rubbermaid container with a lid. It's easy to take out and clean.
The cabinets that're available already have a drawer or a sink base, with a single door on each. I suppose I could retrofit one of them to be a pull out arrangement, but I don't really need a 'full size' trashcan there. That and it'll be only coffee grounds going into it, as it's a butler's pantry sort of arrangement with the coffee machines on it. If it were a pull out can I'd end up with regular trash being put into it.
I'm kicking myself for not thinking about integrating the through-counter kind. I could still have one of the drawer boxes remade, either to accommodate a through-counter setup, or to omit the drawer entirely. But I'd rather avoid losing a drawer for this 'one trick pony' kind of use.
The biggest issue here is I'm not the only one that'd be emptying the grounds. My wife would also have to use it and she's notoriously slow on the uptake for going through extra steps for stuff like this. Something easy to use gets used. Too many steps and then I'm dealing with cleaning grounds up between there and the trashcan in the adjacent kitchen.
Does anyone make a roll-out shelf that can pull out with the opening of a regular hinged door? Then a can with a heavy enough lid to make a reasonable seal might work. I'd probably do something like have the shelf cut to fit the can to help hold it in place.
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How about this set up. The bin is lined with bio degradable bags.
Where I live we have a composting program. All kitchen waste goes in there,...plate scrapings, including paper dinner napkins and meat bones. The little bag is then placed into a large green container with an animal proof lid. The truck comes around once a week to pick it up.
We also have separate blue boxes for recyable bottles and one for cardboards and newspapers.
These containers are given out free by the municipality.
Would you like me to mail you one minus the need for the bag liner?
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If you're going to have a coffee station, then how about a decorative
container that would grace your coffee station area. :yes:
It would sit on the counter next to the coffee pots,
and be convenient to use.
I can relate to the Mrs...as I know how important it is to be able
to do everyday tasks easily, without the fuss and most importantly
without the bending; once to dig out the can and once to put it back.
oh, my aching back...:(
I like this one, especially the red one...
Sounds like you want a mounted mini-trash can. There are a bunch on Amazon (won't let me link)
I was going to go with a 5gl paint bucket and use the lid it comes with. It's a decent size and lid snaps on tight to prevent animals from getting into it, plus it has the handle. Affordable and available all over basically.
If you know anyone in Ontario Canada they can send you one - it's part of the composting program there. Hope the OP worked that out when they posted
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