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Sri Lanka to start e-visa for 78 countries
Originally Posted by Max
[B][B]The online visas could be applied through www.eta.gov.lk, Sri Lanka's department of immigration and emigration said.
Max, eta.gov.lk doesnt work, the link you posted is correct?
Originally Posted by Skyline
Max, eta.gov.lk doesnt work, the link you posted is correct?
The online portal being opened after September 30.... Today September 27........
eta.gov.lk - will work after September 30....
Only Visa on arrival for Maldives and Singapore, Others need to get electronic visa (e-visa)………
Good move, let's keep trouble makers out…..
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Asiantribune - Sri Lanka introduces an On-Line Visa System
Originally Posted by Max
Only Vista on arrival for Maldives and Singapore, Others need to get electronic visa (e-visa)………
Good move, let's keep trouble makers out…..
Max I disagree , this is a deterrant to would be tourists to Sri Lanka , if it is an exercise in collecting $$$ from VISA's then why not pay upon arrival like Indonesia , if we are to grow tourism to Sri Lanka , we need to make as straight forward as possible .........
Originally Posted by Aussie Lanka
Max I disagree , this is a deterrant to would be tourists to Sri Lanka , if it is an exercise in collecting $$$ from VISA's then why not pay upon arrival like Indonesia , if we are to grow tourism to Sri Lanka , we need to make as straight forward as possible .........
We need to support Sri Lanka Tourism Industry…..
But we need to think about security related issues also…….
Originally Posted by Max
We need to support Sri Lanka Tourism Industry…..
But we need to think about security related issues also…….
Security?? Are the soviets invading Sri Lanka ??
Originally Posted by ecureilx
Security?? Are the soviets invading Sri Lanka ??
There are some people in other countries working against Sri Lanka
Most Sri Lankan's know who are they and what they want!!!!
National Security most important…….
I have a serious doubt about the effectiveness and efficiency of the system. Today is Sep 28th and still the website is not active (at least no banner on front page to show "coming soon".) In the Department of Immigration website - no any new news except an old news item about the upcoming system. Other than news media; there should be some information on the system , specifically the transition period. For example if someone is flying to SL on Oct 01, - what will happen????
Originally Posted by Vilmos
Hi Everyone,
Banuthev was kind enough to invite me to post here my pictures from a whale watching trip in Sri Lanka. These images were taken in April 2011, off Mirissa, during a series of day cruises organized and lead by Dr Chas Andersson with Jetwing Eco.
We had excellent sightings of sperm whales as well as blue whales and smaller cetaceans, with great photo opportunities.
These are pictures I posted on Flickr:
Here is the link to the complete Sri Lankan photo series at Flickr:
There's also a bigger picture gallery at my personal website at this URL:
I hope you'll like it.
Cheers / Vilmos
Nice pics Vilmos! Thanks for sharing them with us!
Fast, reliable and efficient visa service through ETA
Originally Posted by Max
There are some people in other countries working against Sri Lanka
Most Sri Lankan's know who are they and what they want!!!!
National Security most important…….
not to get into a shooting match, but, why not just shut ALL TOURISTS, so you don't need to be so worried about alien invasion ??
Last edited by ecureilx; 29-09-2011 at 09:58 AM.
Sri Lanka launches web portal for tourist travel approvals
Sri Lanka to monitor foreigners electronically
Originally Posted by ecureilx
not to get into a shooting match, but, why not just shut ALL TOURISTS, so you don't need to be so worried about alien invasion ??
ha ha Well said Bro..lol
Sri Lanka launches hot air ballooning
Oct 18, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka Saturday launched hot air ballooning over Colombo with daily flights scheduled from November as part of plans to boost leisure activities in the city and attract both local and foreign tourists
Anyone know if they have been sucessful in getting a VISA online as yet ?? 04 Dec 11
Sri Lanka scraps visa on arrival policy
Preeti Kannan
Dec 23, 2011
DUBAI // Tourists will not be able to take advantage of Sri Lanka's lax visa laws after next month, when a rule requiring travellers to apply and pay for visas in advance comes into effect.
Officials said the revenue raised from travel visas - previously issued at no cost to nationals of some countries - would be used to revive the economy of the war-ravaged country.
"Earlier visas were issued free on arrival," said Abdul Raheem, the Sri Lankan consul general in Dubai.
"There was a conflict in the country and we wanted to encourage tourists to come. But now the country is stable and the problems are over. We want to reinvest the revenue for tourism," he said.
The new Electronic Travel Authorisation system requires tourists and business travellers to apply online before their departure from January 1.
"Within 24 hours, they can get the acknowledgement and travel," he said.
Previously, nationals from 78 countries were granted free visas on arrival. Others were charged between Dh5 and Dh280. Under the revised rules, only citizens of Singapore and the Maldives can obtain free visas on arrival.
Travel documents for a month can cost between US$10 (Dh36) and $25, depending on the nationality and purpose of the visit.
Travellers can also obtain visas at a consulate, but will be charged an administrative fee of between Dh5 and Dh100.
Emiratis will have to pay the highest amount based on reciprocity, as Sri Lankan nationals coming to the UAE for visits are charged US$250 (Dh918).
Transit visas for two days and travellers under 12 years of age will be allowed to enter the country at no cost.
John Podaras, a British resident, said though the move was a "minor inconvenience", it could have a negative perception.
"Any kind of bureaucracy at the border is seen as a negative step. But, ultimately one has to balance these considerations," he said, adding that the change could effect tourists making a choice between Sri Lanka and other destinations.
However, a travel agent said serious travellers would not be deterred.
"A small segment may think this is an inconvenience," said Premjit Bangara, general manager of Sharaf Travel.
"But serious travellers do not mind paying," he said, adding that the online process would facilitate quicker entry into the country.
Mr Bangara said Sri Lanka was moving in the right direction with the civil war behind them.
"The economy was booming before the war. But, once political issues came up, everything went south. Most tourism boards offer sops during periods of lull to stimulate tourism," he said, adding the income from issuing visas could contribute to Sri Lanka's economy in a small way.
Record number of tourists visit Lanka Qadijah Irshad
27 December 2011 COLOMBO - A record number of tourists visited Sri Lanka this year with the 800,000th visitor for 2011 arriving from London recently, marking a milestone in the countrys tourism records.
This is the first time ever; the tourism industry has received number of arrivals exceeding 800,000 in any given year, said a tourism statement. According to Sri Lanka Tourism, the countrys official tourism body, the total number of tourists visiting the country last year was 654,476, and this years growth has jumped by 33.1 per cent .
After 28 years of internal conflict that ended in 2009, Sri Lanka has emerged as one of the hottest tourism destinations in the region. Launching its campaign Refreshingly Sri Lanka Visit 2011, at the beginning of this year, Lanka has marketed its location, natural resources along with its new-found freedom promoting eight segments and experiences tourists can experience in eight days. This year the most number of tourists arrived from neighbouring India followed by visitors from the Middle East, Japan, Germany, UK, France, the Netherlands and Italy.
A five-year strategic development plan has been launched for the tourism sector by Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa promoting diversity, compactness and authenticity of the island.
During this five-year period the country targets to attract $3,000 million worth Foreign Direct investment (FDI) from tourism sector most of which will be invested in tourism infrastructure development. There will be an increase in the foreign exchange earnings from $500 million in 2010 to $2.75 billion by the year 2016. A huge increase is expected in the tourism related employment from 125,000 in 2010 to 500,000 by 2016, said Sri Lanka Tourism.
The government plans to achieve the target number of 2.5 million tourists by 2016 and expects the tourism industry to take a leap in the next five years.
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LONDON (Oct. 13)
Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Emperor, became the target of Syrian charges yesterday, on his arrival in Jordan from Beirut, of being part of the "Imperialist, Zionist plot against the Arabs," it was reported here today from Beirut. The Emperor evoked Syrian wrath by a statement he made at a banquet in his honor in Beirut at which he said: "That we recognize Israel is a fact. We accord this recognition to Israel not out of any urge to harm our Arab brothers but because of historical factors and national policy."
The Damascus press immediately interpreted his explanation as demonstrating that his visit to Jordan, with which Syria is currently in sharp dispute, was part of the "imperialist plot." In his Beirut address, the Emperor said that, when Ethiopia recognized Israel, "we neither lost sight of the misfortune in which the Palestinian refugees find themselves today, nor our responsibility to seek solutions to their problems. That is why we made it our policy to support at the United Nations their repatriation or compensation for their property in Israel."
Another press dispatch today reported that Ethiopia had asked Israel to train an Ethiopian force in counter-insurgency techniques, to cope with Egyptian efforts to enable Arabs in Eritrea to revolt against Ethiopia. Eritrea came under Ethiopian jurisdiction in 1962.

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Meechan was pleased with the showing and that so many of the younger Academy products had been able to get some game time and a chance to impress on the stadium pitch.
"The challenge for the side was to play as a team and to put together a performance on the back of the game with Leicester Tigers two weeks earlier," he said.
"It was predominantly the same players that started for Warriors on this occasion that had faced Leicester Tigers so there was an opportunity to endorse the values that are important to us in the Academy.
"We started to ring the changes during the second half; we had a very experienced back three which enabled us to bring on some youngsters.
"We had 12 replacements and all of them got on the pitch with a minimum of 15 minutes of game time, which is ideal for their individual development.
"In the second half we also had 11 of the 15 players on the field who were Under-19s. Some were playing for the first time as a Warrior - and not necessarily for the last time judging by that performance.
"It was a night of positives. The commitment shown by each and every one of the playing panel that played was terrific. The score also echoed the will and desire, as a group of youngsters, to play for the shirt and the guy next to them.
"Joe Garner, currently studying his first year at the University of Worcester, having spent the last two years within the AASE programme, played in the second row for us. It is a position he is not used to playing, but stuck to his task admirably.
"When I asked him what the major positive of the game was for him he said playing on the first team pitch - that just shows what it means to these players to be Warriors."


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Grand Piano Pavilion, Dré Wapenaar
5 - 14 August 2005
theatre festival Boulevard, Den Bosch
Dré Wapenaar designed the 4GPP: 4 Grand Piano Pavilion specially for the composer Simeon ten Holt whose music has a strong spatial effect. For the Boulevard theatre festival in Den Bosch, 5-14 August 2004, Wapenaar's mobile 4 Grand Piano Pavilion was erected in the Bossche Broek. Here Michiel Borstlap, Ramón Valle and others performed Ten Holt's music.
Ten Holt's music has been performed in concert halls as well as in churches, parks and once even in the hall of a railway station. Now for the first time a space has been specially designed for the music, one that represents a combination of elements: the spatiality of a concert hall like Vredenburg, the openness of a park, the silence of a church and the continual bustle of a station. The tent is a sculptural translation of Ten Holt's music, as it were. Moreover, the tent is mobile and meant to function in different places.
Concerts generally require sitting quietly in a space for two hours or more. During concerts in Wapenaar's tent the public, amounting to around 200 persons, can sit and stand, walk around, go outside or have a drink, and all this time Ten Holt's music can be heard, even in the toilets. In addition to this dynamic quality, the position of the public in relation to the pianists is also exceptional. The grand pianos stand in the corners of the pavilion and the audience sits in the middle. The pianists see each other's heads projected onto circular screens above them so they can see each other and communicate better. The projections are also visible from outside. The pianists' emotion is thus enlarged and made visible to all, so that the tension of the piece unfolds above the audience's heads.
Besides a homage to Ten Holt's music, the tent is also a comment on conventional performances where the audience often appears not to be involved in the piece itself, being only allowed to listen in at a distance. Wapenaar feels that a public performance should be aimed at the audience. Although the programme revolves around Ten Holt's compositions for piano, there is also room for other types of performances such as percussion, song and sound projects. Educational activities like workshops, masterclasses or a programme for young children can also take place in the tent.


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Eastern League notebook
'El Duque' hoping to reunite with brother Livan in Washington
By Stephanie Storm / Special to MLB.com | August 24, 2010 5:29 AM ET
For one, there's no chef. There's also no espresso maker and just one clubbie to handle the needs of 25 players and a coaching staff.
But these days, the four-time World Series champion goes everywhere his Double-A Harrisburg teammates go as they wrap up the final few weeks of the Eastern League regular season, having just moved into a tie for second place in the Western Division with a series sweep over the Aeros.
So why exactly is the 44-year-old Cuban native hanging out with the 67-60 Senators?
"I love baseball," the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Hernandez said, gesturing with his hand placed on his heart. "Baseball is like my family. And I feel strong and in good condition. I think I can [still] pitch in the Major Leagues. Also, this is a good chance to play with my brother on the same team."
The last time Orlando Hernandez and his half-brother -- current Nationals pitcher Livan Hernandez -- were on the same Major League team was in 2003 with the Montreal Expos.
"But I had an injured shoulder all year," he said. "So I think God is giving me another chance [to play with Livan]. I thank the Washington Nationals organization for giving me another chance to come back."
When the news first broke that Hernandez was beginning a comeback, Livan Hernandez told ESPN: "He feels good. He's in better shape than anybody in baseball. He [threw] the ball well in the offseason in Venezuela, [getting] up to 93, 94 [mph]."
Orlando Hernandez began this comeback in the Gulf Coast League in July, where he went 1-0 in five relief innings, allowing two runs -- one earned -- on five hits before joining the Sens earlier this month.
Since then, he's been a terrific pitcher, going 1-1 with a 1.08 ERA in five appearances, as well as mentor, sharing baseball tips and personal triumphs with his much younger teammates.
"I try to talk to the young guys every day," said Hernandez, who picked up his first win Sunday against the Aeros after striking out four of the seven batters he faced in 2 1/3 innings. "I counsel them about my experience in the Major Leagues or even in Cuba, where I played a lot of baseball. It's a good group; they have a lot of respect."
Languishing in Double-A would probably be embarrassing for many former Major Leaguers trying to get to back to the bigs, let alone someone with Hernandez's credentials.
In addition to his famous pitching exploits with the Cuban National Team, Hernandez is 90-65 with a 4.13 ERA over his 10-year Major League career highlighted by suiting up for four World Series winners (three times with the Yankees, once with the White Sox).
But Hernandez isn't embarrassed at all.
"No, this is baseball," he said. "I signed late into the organization, and I have patience."
Hernandez was originally signed by the Yankees in March 1998 as a free agent after he defected from Cuba on Christmas Day in 1997, following in the footsteps of Livan, who'd done the same two years prior.
His best season came in 1999, when he went 17-9 and helped the New York Yankees win the World Series, the second of three with the team, while also being named the ALCS MVP.
His last full big league season came in 2007, when he went 9-5 with a 3.72 ERA in 27 games, including 24 starts, with the New York Mets.
"Orlando's got great a work ethic, and he's in great shape for his age," Harrisburg manager Randy Knorr said. "He talks to the pitchers in the bullpen, and he helps the other pitchers. He's great not only for the Latin pitchers we have, but for all the guys. He doesn't ask for special privileges -- he's just like one of the guys."
Shut down: Portland RHP Casey Kelly was shut down last week for the remainder of the season with a lat injury. Kelly, who also played infield last year, was 3-5 with a 5.31 ERA in his first full season in the Minors as a pitcher this season. Kelly, the son of nine-year Major Leaguer Pat Kelly, was the Red Sox's top pick in the 2008 Draft out of Sarasota High School. Mike Hazen, Boston's director of player development, told the Portland Herald-Press that Kelly's injury was "nothing serious" and that he expected the 20-year-old to resume throwing in the Arizona Fall League.
Boone baffles: New Hampshire RHP Randy Boone retired the final 25 batters to lead the Fisher Cats to a 7-1 victory over New Britain on Friday. Boone (4-8, 3.83 ERA) went the distance, allowing only a run on two hits while striking out six and walking none. The performance, which marked Boone's longest this year, set a team high for the most batters retired consecutively by a New Hampshire pitcher this season.
Durham delivers: For the second time in a week, Altoona RF Miles Durham provided the game-winning hit for the Curve in extra innings. Durham's RBI single through the right side of the infield in the top of the 12th inning Friday was the difference in Altoona's 6-5 victory over host Binghamton. Durham delivered a walkoff homer in the 19th inning against New Hampshire on Aug. 13.
Stephanie Storm is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Best Cups of Coffee in the Utica Area – Polly Wogg's Top 5
When we were asked to rate the best cups of coffee in Central New York, I volunteered. I'm a huge a coffee drinker. I usually have a pot or two before most people even start their day. There is nothing like a steaming cup of great coffee, first thing in the morning. And it has to smell as good as it tastes.
Holland Farms
The ladies at Holland Farms on Oriskany Boulevard in Yorkville are always on hand with fresh cup every morning. And the best part of getting your morning cup of joe at Holland Farms is, you get to have a jelly donut too. You can't just have coffee, when they have the best jelly donut ever made.
Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts not only provides a great cup of coffee, but they have a location right down the street from the radio station in Marcy. Tadpole's afternoon routine includes a cup of coffee before hitting the air at 3 every day. And on Fridays, he even brings in coffee for the office. I love Fridays. When we travel, we usually stop several times along the way for Dunkin' Donuts coffee.
Tim Horton's
Being Canadian, one of my favorite places to get coffee is Tim Horton's. I stop in every time I make it home to Gananoque Ontario. And I usually add a muffin or donut. They make the greatest muffins. And they have donuts you don't see anywhere else. The dutchie and honey crullers are my favorites. I've been told there are Tim Horton's locations in the Syracuse area but I've only been to the one at home or on the 401 while travelling through Canada. If you're a coffee drinker and haven't had Tim Horton's coffee, you're missing out. Next time you pass one, stop in and try it. You won't be disappointed.
My House
Now if you want the best coffee there is, you'll have to come to Clinton. There is nothing like my coffee, in my pot, at my house. My husband does a pretty good job of making it too. He'll even prepare it the night before and set the timer so it's ready for me each morning. That in itself, makes it the best there is. And since there is no pot, the clean up is so easy.
Big Frog Office Kitchen
From the best to the worst. Our coffee at the station isn't bad, and it is free, but there usually isn't any. It doesn't matter if you make a pot and come back two minutes later. Nine times out of ten, the pot has less than an inch left in it. Why is it, everyone can drink the stuff but no one seems to know how to make it? That's what makes this pot of coffee so unique. There is actually some in it.
Where is your favorite spot to have a cup of joe?


text: Shahdah of oneness of Allah and finality of prophet hood is one of pillars of Islamic belief. If a muslim does not believe that then he is not considered to be a muslim. This book is an effort to explain the meaning of shahdah to all the Spanish speaking muslims or those Spanish speaking people who want to know about Islam. This book is also a great source for dawah.


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Masters of the Universe Shadow Beast
The Masters of the Universe Shadow Beast will be going on sale February 15th and I want to give you and advanced look at this huge figure.
It is quite large window box packaging that allows you to get an idea of what you will be getting and seems to be standard for this toy line.
The back has a brief bio. This guy is an army builder? This thing is huge!! Who would have this much space? Man you get a few of these things and you would have gigantic army, if not is quantity in mass.
Getting him out involved pulling out a bunch tabs the followed the curvature of the box.
You have to take him out from the side by just sliding him out.
Once he is out, he is still attached to his plastic bed.
I think the head sculpt is a lot like Rottweiler with a horn and goatee.
Overall it is a nice sculpt all the way around.
They did a decent job simulating his fur.
They hands and feet look more like something that you would find on a chicken. What did they do on Eternia cross a dog, ape and a chicken?
His arms at least are very articulated.
He also comes with a club that is basically a tree trunk he put spikes on.
I was actually pretty impressed with this club; they definitely didn't phone it in. From the tree like texture to the leather wrapped handle, it really is cool.
The club fits into his claws nicely. I did have trouble putting in his hands and him holding it front of his body. He kept falling forward.
I did find the reason for his falling forward, he is hollow. You can squeeze his middle in without much effort. This isn't a knock because it a very good figure but you do need to know it. Notwithstanding I do wish he was more substantial.
I do wish the made some DC stuff this size.
Just Because You're Bigger Doesn't Mean You're Better
So don't forget Febuary 15th, build your army of Shadow Beasts!! Here is a link.
All in all, he is good figure, make sure to get on early and be ready. He won't last long.
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PORTLAND, ORE. -- Reflections of blinking white bike lights danced up and down the organ pipes inside St. Stephen's Episcopal Parish here on a recent Monday night. On the north wall, Lady Madonna had 35 bicyclists at her feet.
Pushing their bikes inside the church, the riders had escaped the autumn chill of downtown Portland. They had come to watch the Rev. Dennis Parker bless the nation's first known church shrine honoring the Madonna del Ghisallo -- patron saint of cyclists.
"Creator God," Parker said as he bowed his head in a corner of the sanctuary that held four long pews, "we ask that on this day you be with us in our travels."
Like any priest of an urban parish struggling to attract new followers, Parker wouldn't normally be thrilled about tearing seats out of his sanctuary.
But in a city where the U.S. Census Bureau says 6.4 percent of commuters go by bike, Parker said the shrine ultimately will be more welcoming than the pews it replaces.
An entire section of the 83-year-old, wood-and-stone sanctuary has been set aside for bike commuters to contemplate their travels and remember those who have died while cycling.
Read more stories like this on the NCR Spirituality page.
A painting of the Madonna del Ghisallo by local artist Martin Wolfe hangs above a tree of candles where cyclists can park and sit in reflection.
Visitors, Parker said, can offer prayers in whatever spiritual tradition is most comfortable for them. "The shrine and blessings are not limited to Episcopalians or Christians," he said.
Bike blessings are nothing new at Portland area churches. Around the country, churches also hold ceremonies for other forms of transportation. Recently, a Catholic church in San Francisco splashed a long line of taxis with holy water from a specially sanctified plastic bucket.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce's American Community Survey and information from the U.S. Census, bicycling as a mode of commuting has jumped 275 percent in Portland since 1996. At the same time, driving has slowly declined. Public transportation and walking have increased 25 percent and 15 percent, respectively, according to the data.
This year, there have been three cycling fatalities on Portland streets. In 2008, there were none. But 2007 and its six cycling deaths is one of the deadliest years on record.
"I really believe cyclists here need a place that respects their often-dangerous individual journeys," said Wolfe, the commercial artist behind the shrine's 3-foot-by-3-foot painting of the Madonna watching over a ghost-like riderless bike.
In 1949, the Catholic church officially recognized the Madonna del Ghisallo as the saint of cyclists because of stories and legends crediting her with miraculous interventions in which cyclists were kept safe from harm.
Parker said he was unable to find another church shrine dedicated to bicyclists or the saint.
Some cyclists at the ceremony were obviously moved by the prayers and Parker's blessing of every bike with a few drops of holy oil squirted onto the chains.
"From a welcoming perspective," said avid cyclist Mark Reber, who attends Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Northwest Portland, "it seems quite appropriate for the church. No matter who you are or how you get there, there's a place for you."
After the blessing, the Rev. Brian Heron, pastor of Northeast Portland's Eastminster Presbyterian Church, said a prayer for all commuters, asking that they share the road.
"We are one," he said. "We are one."
Joseph Rose writes for The Oregonian in Portland.
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Prisoners Compensation Bill Legally and Morally Flawed
Prisoners Compensation Bill Legally and Morally Flawed
"The Prisoners and Victims Claims (Continuation and Reform) Bill has no place in the legislative agenda of a government committed to the reduction of c rime, and reform of the prison system" Kim Workman, Director of Rethinking Crime and Punishment, told the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. The legislation will make permanent earlier legislation which allowed victims of crime to seek a share of compensation received by prisoners.
"The political and public environment that supported the introduction the original Prisoners and Victims Claims Act in 2005, brought with it a number of unforeseen and negative consequences. This Bill which perpetuates that negative environment is being introduced at an entirely time. The efforts of government to reduce crime and reoffending are bearing fruit. We understand what needs to happen within prisons, to maintain officer and prisoner safety, and reduce the reoffending of released prisoners.
This legislation is seriously flawed from a human rights perspective, in that it breaches the Victim Rights Act 2002, which required under Section 7 that all victims be treated with courtesy, compassion and dignity. This legislation denies victims' rights to prisoners that have been abused and violated by members of the state. The pre-assumption that victims of State abuse are not entitled to be treated as victims, on the grounds that they happen to be prisoners, is inconsistent with the government's own commitment to a victim-centric criminal justice system.
The original Act, and this amendment, sends out four clear messages:
Message One: Going to prison is no longer sufficient punishment. Punishment will take on new and imaginative forms. Offenders, by reason of their status, are no longer entitled to be treated with respect or decency; nor do they to have the same rights as other citizens who are victims of state brutality and violence.
Message Two: If you are a prison officer, you will be pleased to know that the state does not regard prisoners as fully human. If you ill-treat or brutalise them, the state will make it very difficult for them to complain, or to seek compensation.
Message Three: If you are a prisoner, don't waste your time complaining against ill treatment. You are not valued, and your complaint is unlikely to be seriously considered. If you are successful, you will not actually get all the compensation to which you are entitled. If you want justice, look for other ways of getting it. Like payback.
Message Four: If you are the victim of a crime, realise that the state does not have sufficient regard for your rights and needs of victims to compensate you in your own right. However, you are free to apply for compensation which has been taken from other victims of crime i.e. blood money" to meet your needs.
Essential to the new strategy, is a public commitment to the idea that offenders and victims have basic human rights that must be protected. The idea that every time you acknowledge the human rights of offenders, and observe due process in their treatment, you take something of value away from victims, is both morally flawed and fatuous. What is instead required is a government sincerely committed to address both the rights and needs of victims, and to preserve the human rights of all those affected by the criminal justice system.


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Illinois Eastern Community College (IECC)
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College has partnered with the Illinois Eastern Community Colleges to ensure that IECC students will transition smoothly to SMWC to complete their bachelor's degree. Students transferring from Frontier College, Lincoln Trail College, Olney Central College, and Wabash Valley College are encouraged to contact Chris Lozier to lean more about scholarship opportunities and to begin the application and transcript evaluation process.
Beginning with the 2013-14 academic year, SMWC will transition to The Woods Core, a new 39-hour general studies curriculum. During this transition time, all transcripts will be reviewed individually, case-by-case to ensure the smoothest transition possible to SMWC. Individual academic program transfer credits will be reviewed on an individual basis as well.


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At my last post op with the dr I was still unhappy. My nipples were still too high and I still had no volume and shape up top. He told me that it can take a few years for everything to "shape and settle". Well, I gave him a few years and guess what? I am still unhappy (to put it mildly)! I contacted the dr and told him that nothing has changed and nothing is going to change. My measurements are 14cm c2n and 17cm n2n...
What Can Be Done and Who is Responsible? Nipples too High and No Volume and Shape?
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How to squeeze Leopard to a SL-DVD
Posted 27 October 2007 - 09:55 PM
I made sure I followed the instructions properly though :/
Can anyone tell me the exact files they deleted and what they unchecked on the Customize Install screen?
Posted 27 October 2007 - 10:58 PM
I tried all the methods described here (Disk Utility and CCC, DVD-R and RW), none of them worked for me.
The problem is that the installation stops before the introduction screen: I can only see the cursor over the 'Sky' image background.
Any suggestions?
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:23 AM
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 02:24 PM
hope that brings the message across clearly enough...
Posted 28 October 2007 - 02:38 PM
Posted 28 October 2007 - 03:06 PM
I just cannot get it working
Posted 28 October 2007 - 03:15 PM
Ooooh, thaaat exlpains why it took so long to reach the installer! Anyways, just wanted to say that I successfully created a trimmed .dmg with this method, then I used "Converso!" to convert it to an ISO so I could burn it using Nero on my PC (because my iBook doesn't have a DVD Burner). The disc did indeed boot (after a long while but it did), but I didn't proceed with the install yet to see if any errors come up.Would Archive & Install work just fine with the trimmed SL DVD? I kinda want to avoid transferring those 13Gb of info on the laptop wirelessly... just transferring the Leopard DMG and the burn.sparseimage.iso back and forth was a pain in the ass...
anyway, if u do this method of creating a install DVD, the boot time is 15min before it reaches the installer... thats the downside of this method... YMMV...
If it's stuck on the Apple screen with the circle thingy below, and you hear the drive working, you are fine: thing is it takes about 15 minutes to get past this stage, it has been posted before on this very thread. However, I can only speak of my iBook G4, so I don't know how it would/should behave on an Intel-based system. Of course, this won't work on OSX86/Hackintosh, so if that's what you are trying you should stop.
i created a 8GB DL sparseimage from the original image (by restoring to it). deleted xcode, and unwanted langugages from the newly created 8GB sparseimage. now i restore the reduced image onto a 4,3GB sparseimage in order to burn it. only problem left is: it doesnt boot! i cant install leopard from a non-bootable dvd. what did i do wrong on the way?
Posted 28 October 2007 - 07:26 PM
Also, in the burning process, i should be burning the burn.sparceimage right? My main concern is the english.pkg, I think that's the problem but correct me if i'm wrong.
Cause in the installation, I get:
Install Failed
Mac OSX could not be installed on your computer.
The Installer could not locate the data it needed to install the software. Check your install media or internet connection and try again or contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Click Restart to restart your computer and try installing again.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 07:30 PM
When you see the error, go to the Window menu, then click Installation Log. It will tell you the missing packages needed. Mine was Asian Text Support.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:09 PM
Does anyone have it? Can someone upload it? I need it to continue the install without an error I think.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:10 PM
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:16 PM
You would have to modify your OSInstall.mpkg file. I deleted mine and it wouldnt install.
Can Asianlanguagesupport be removed like the other languages? I ask only because it's not listed as simply a language as the others are.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:17 PM
I had a bad feeling about taking it out, woops back to the bottom of the ladder I go.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 08:19 PM
Yes, keep it in. I removed it and it wouldn't install.
THANK YOU Meowy for the quick reply. Even if I only use English, I should keep it in, correct?
I had a bad feeling about taking it out, woops back to the bottom of the ladder I go.
Posted 28 October 2007 - 09:30 PM
- ONLY remove the printer drivers and languages you don't need. With no printers and only Japanese and Korean left, I was able to get the image size down to 4.2GB
- During setup, after you select which hard drive/partition, click "Customize" and uncheck everything you removed from the original DMG.
I don't think the guide on the first page covers the second point and I found that to be my problem my first time around. I also removed a few other pkgs that caused errors during installation.
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Posted 28 October 2007 - 09:55 PM
Customize install doesn't let me uncheck those files, so it's going to be hard to condense it.
6 try is a charm?
I'm not going to delete any languages this time. Can I get rid of the 120mb manual?
Posted 28 October 2007 - 09:57 PM
You need to click the Customize button before installing and uncheck all of the boxxes you can when installing.
Are the manuals safe to remove? I've gone through 5 DVD's so far. Using the installation log, I found out I need to keep Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Duthc, Danish, Finish, Korean, Norweigan, Sweedish, Simple Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, otherwise I'll get a missing file error
Customize install doesn't let me uncheck those files, so it's going to be hard to condense it.
6 try is a charm?
I'm not going to delete any languages this time. Can I get rid of the 120mb manual?
You can remove the manual.
AdditionalSpeechVoices is removable if you edit the installer script. I was able to fit it on my 4gb iPod mini without any Languages, Printers, X11, Xcode, Manuals, AdditionalFonts and AdditionalSpeechVoices.
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Following storms that battered the oastline during the first weekend of 2014, the people of Ceredigion showed their community spirit in their willingness to join clean ups at coastal locations.
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'Unutterably luminous and consoling', is how Van Gogh described those portraits he thought the best. That is how he had experienced the old masters and that is what he aspired to himself.
In the exhibition Van Gogh / Roulin, one of the masterpieces from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Van Gogh's Portrait of Armand Roulin, will be temporarily reunited with the portrait of Armand's father Joseph Roulin, the postmaster whom Van Gogh befriended. Peter Hecht, guest curator and professor of art history in Utrecht, tells the story of this friendship and of the portraits of father and son through the portraits and several of Van Gogh's letters.
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While the New York Yankees are looking for starting pitching at the 2014 MLB trade deadline, Martin Prado of the Arizona Diamondbacks could be an option for the Bronx Bombers to improve their struggling offense.
According to Bill Madden of the New York Daily News, the Yanks could potentially make a deal to bring Prado to the Bronx:
Actually, there's a dearth of third basemen everywhere, but assuming the Diamondbacks are serious about an impending fire sale, the Yankees ought to see what the asking price is for Martin Prado.
Prado wouldn't help the Yanks in the power department for sure, but he is a good hitter who could be an upgrade at either third or second base should the team choose to acquire him.
Going into Sunday's action, the D-Backs' third baseman was hitting .271 with three homers and 35 RBI, which is a bit of a disappointment considering he was a perennial .300 hitter when he played for the Atlanta Braves.
However, it must be said that Prado is playing in a pitcher's park in Arizona and that could explain his somewhat lackluster numbers, although he did have a career year in 2013 when he hit 14 homers and drove in 82 runs—both career highs—with a .282 average.
He could quite possibly revisit that kind of production should he move to a hitter-friendly ballpark like Yankee Stadium.
As of right now, New York has Kelly Johnson and Yangervis Solarte to play third base—both are struggling mightily at the plate in 2014—and Brian Roberts is also having issues at the plate as the starting second baseman.
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Prado's consistent bat would be a nice change of pace as opposed to what the Yanks are getting now, and he's also a solid defender at either infield position, so there would be no chance of a drop off there.
Prado's age is also a big plus, as the infielder will turn 31 in October and could be a long-term solution for the Bombers to be a starting infielder for years to come. His contract pays him around $11 million through 2016, so he can't bolt New York right away if that's his desire, thus giving up some prospects for him won't hurt as much.
It's a smart and very realistic option the Yanks should explore and it's more likely than not he'll be made available by Arizona. The D-Backs are doing horribly this season and are primed to miss the playoffs with a 12-game deficit to make up in the National League West.
That could spell a fire sale of epic proportions in the desert and if that's the case, the Yanks should attempt to take full advantage by landing Prado for a reasonable package of young talent while eating a pretty lucrative deal that the Diamondbacks would love to unload.Tags: 2014 mlb trade deadline, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball, Brian Roberts, Kelly Johnson, martin prado, MLB, New York, New York Yankees, Yangervis Solarte, Yankee Stadium


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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the country's police and anti-corruption agency to fight graft together, even as the two grapple over which should lead an investigation into alleged corruption within the police force.
The Corruption Eradication Commission, known by its local acronym KPK, and the police have recently launched simultaneous investigations into whether some high-ranking police officers stole from state coffers. While some good-governance advocates hoped the president would ask the police to allow the KPK to take over the investigation—to minimize conflicts of interest—he instead asked the two bodies to get along.


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A modest new lab at the Rosenstiel School is the first of its kind to tackle the global problem of climate change impacts on corals. Fully operational this month, this new lab has begun to study how corals respond to the combined stress of greenhouse warming and ocean acidification. The lab is the first to maintain corals under precisely controlled temperature and carbon dioxide conditions while exposing them to natural light conditions.
Using two Caribbean coral species as its study subjects, Montastraea faveolata (mountainous star coral) and Porites furcata (finger coral), the research team will study how the world's increasingly acidic oceans (caused by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide) affect these corals when accompanied with increasing ocean temperatures as well.
"I was interested in stressing corals at differing levels of carbon dioxide and temperatures much like they would experience in the next 50 to 100 years to see if skeletal development is affected," said Dr. Chris Langdon, one of the lab's creators and the scientist who developed a similar lab at the University of Hawaii studying corals at varying carbon dioxide changes alone.
Dr. Andrew Baker, co-creator and also a Rosenstiel School faculty, has spent much of his career looking at climate change impacts on corals and has geared his perspective towards understanding whether corals can adapt to any of these changes. "I's clear that corals of the future will see much warmer, more acidic oceans than we have now," Baker said. "By mimicking these same changes in the laboratory we get a much clearer idea of how these corals will respond."
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Moreover, every Republican I spoke with was quick to remind me that the sequester was "Obama's idea." They point in particular to Bob Woodward's book, The Price of Politics, the highly detailed accounting of the debt-ceiling negotiations in the summer of 2011, in which then-White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew proposes the idea of the sequester to Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Of course, 174 House Republicans supported this idea when the Budget Control Act passed the House on August 1, 2011, as did 28 Republican senators who gave it their vote when it came before the Senate for final passage the following day.
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It's tough for Republicans to cast Obama as the bad guy from a 30-point popularity deficit. This is not like the pot calling the kettle black. It's more like the pot trying to pick a fight with the stove.
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wow, so many responses...

I didn't see what everyone had to say but I definitely want to reply to the "we cant have nice things at noisebridge" thing. I think this is completely wrong. The last meter probably isnt stolen but is just behind some furniture somewhere...digging around yesterday I found another $6 multimeter behind a cabinet. There are so many nice things at noisebridge that are so easy to steal and are never touched. Just last week someone left a very nice ibook sitting on a desk for over a week. There are expensive laptops galore lying around and much more expensive equipment than a fluke meter that goes untouched. I dont think theft at this point is an issue.

I strongly believe we should have a fluke meter. the others pale in comparison and it is really the most important tool for any kind of hardware hacking. I would be OK if we ever padlocked it to a chain to the hacking table. I think there are many options to ensure safety from theft rather than just simply saying we cant have nice things. There's lots of nice things and more coming in all the time that dont get stolen and should actually take priority over a sub $200 multimeter.

We dont need more $6 meters as we have a bunch of them. We just need one decent one. I appreciate the offers to borrow one but honestly, I don't want to worry about having someone elses property. Thats the nice thing about NB stuff, you use it and leave it there-- no worries. And I'm sure I'm not the only person that could really use a fluke.

I have a fluke at home already, though it doesnt read capacitance. But I dont want to have to run home every time I want to repair something at NB. a fluke meter is standard for any electronics repair place and this is something everyone would benefit from.

anyway thats my 2cents. Ill be around tonight if anyone wants to talk about it. Im not much for email and listserv stuff as I have carpal tunnel and typing is not easy for me. but thank you for so many responses so quickly.

best,
Zach

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From: jim <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] New Multimeter needed....
To: "Taylor Alexander" <email@example.com>
Cc: "Jonathan Foote" <email@example.com>, firstname.lastname@example.com
Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 9:47 PM

 my guess is it depends on whether the fuse blows
before something inside fries.

On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:29 -0800, Taylor Alexander wrote:
> If you break a meter by measuring current, doesn't that just pop a
> fuse?
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> Also, I just remembered that these Sears meters are pretty decent for
> $15.
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> http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_03482146000P?sid=IDx20070921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=03482146000P
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> No capacitance on that model and not Auto-ranging, but they're cheap
> and well-constructed. We have one at work for basic stuff.
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> They have some nicer ones for $30. This one has capacitance, though it
> doesn't say how much it measures, or at least not with a quick look on
> the page.
> http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_03482344000P?sid=IDx20070921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=03482344000P
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> So maybe the Sears ones are a good cheap alternative to Fluke?
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> -Taylor
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> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Dr. Jesus <email@example.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:06 AM, jim <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
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> > Holy Moly! Thanks for the link to the $6 MPJA meter!
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> > For me, el cheapos work great, but i do power supply
> > and audio work where most of the measurements are
> > discovering catastrophic failures and continuity.
> > I'd love to know detailed criteria for assessing a
> > multimeter. One approach might be to point to the specs
> > of a good model (fluke 17{5,7,9}, which i looked up).
> > But it'd be really helpful to understand the why of
> > each criterion: in measuring capacitance, what are the
> > use cases and acceptable tolerances? For me, if the RC
> > figure allows, I can look to see if the "needle" moves
> > to know if it's working (can't do that with pfs, of
> > course); cap tolerances for me are +-50%, give or take....
> > Is there a need for a does-all meter or is it
> > acceptably useful to have a reasonably good VOA meter
> > along with separate cap and L measurement tools (maybe
> > a frequency generator and scope...)?
> >
> > As to "Why We Can't Have Nice Things at Noisebridge",
> > that issue makes me furious!
> > It's horribly inconsiderate to take things away: I'm
> > guessing mainly it's a sloppy, selfish mentality to the
> > effect that "I'll just use it and bring it back after
> > I'm done", which very often fails to "I'll just use it
> > and let it sit around unused and forgotten somewhere at
> > my house forever more after I'm done."
>
>
> Sometimes people break meters at NB because they don't know
> how
> current sensing works. Then they get thrown away.
> Noisebridge's
> mission is more about education than running a multimeter
> farm, so
> this doesn't bother me that much.
>
> I guess I'll make another poster showing how to use a
> multimeter
> without breaking something. That might help.
>
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Rescue workers have stopped the flow of water into a flooded mine in southern Russia where 13 miners have been trapped for five days, officials said, as drillers came within metres of the men's presumed location.
Rescuers were tunnelling through solid rock from an adjacent mine to reach the men. By yesterday morning, the tunnellers were two to three metres away from the area where the men were believed to have been stranded by the flood of icy water, said Major General Viktor Kapkanchikov, of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry.
Andrei Khudyakov, the leader of the rescuers, said his team had plugged a hole through which water had flowed into the shaft.
Hundreds of tonnes of rock, soil, and reinforced concrete pillars had been dumped into the shaft to seal the leak, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
"Maybe we'll punch through, and find them standing there alive," Mr Khudyakov told reporters.
He said rescuers were carrying video equipment to help them map approaches to the trapped men. The rescue teams were working in shifts, emerging from the mine with blackened faces and looking exhausted.
They have tunnelled through about 50 metres in four days, compared with the month that such a job would usually require, Russian state television reported.
The Zapadnaya mine is in the town of Novoshakhtinsk, in the Rostov-on-Don region, about 1000 kilometres south of Moscow.
The trapped miners were working about 800 metres below ground on Thursday when water from a subterranean lake leaked into a shaft above them, blocking their way to the surface.
Seventy-one men were working in the mine when the accident occurred. Twenty-five miners managed to escape to other pits and reach the surface after several shafts were flooded.
On Saturday, 33 other miners who had been trapped by the flood were rescued.
Alexander Kornichenko, the deputy chairman of the Russian mine safety authority, said on Monday that rescue officials believed the trapped miners had found a dry place to stay, and that temperatures in the mine were 24 degrees.
But he said evaporation in the mine could expose the men to cold.
"As long as they have oxygen and water, they have a chance to survive," he said.
ITAR-Tass said this was the second such accident at the Zapadnaya mine this year. It said water flooded the mine in February, but no one was inside at the time.
Accidents are common in the Russian coal industry, and miners stage frequent protests about wage delays and declining safety standards. According to the Independent Coal Miners' Union, 68 miners were killed on the job last year, and 98 in 2001.
The head of Russia's coalminers' union, Ivan Mokhnachuk, said the shaft should have been closed long ago for safety reasons.
"But there are no jobs for the miners, who have families that need to be fed," he said.
Relatives and neighbours of those still trapped stood weary and freezing outside the main shaft, wrapped in anoraks and fur hats.
"What am I to do with my children? He was our breadwinner," mumbled one woman, weeping and embracing her daughter.
Joined by an Orthodox priest, they clutched candles and prayed. "We hope that God will help," said Nadezhda, a woman in her 70s, whose husband used to be a miner.
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Although the folks at Jimmy Kimmel Live tried presenting it as a spontaneous skit, anyone with a lukewarm intelligence quotient knew they really were doing a five minute public service announcement for ObamaCare.
If you think guest Owen Wilson was able to create all the charts he had AND get Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to join him AND have a choir that included the band Panic! at the Disco sing a song about healthcare without any assistance from Kimmel or his staff, I've got some beachfront property in Florida to sell you (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
During his interview with Wilson, Kimmel asked, "I don't want to get too political, but how do you feel, what do you think about this government shutdown. Have you been affected by it?"
"Well," Wilson responded, "I don't even think you have to get too political. I mean, regardless of what you think about ObamaCare, your heart just kind of goes out to anyone who doesn't have health insurance."
After the two agreed that people are suffering, Wilson suggested he and Kimmel do a public service announcement.
Kimmel said he'd have to check his schedule, but Wilson said, "Let's do it now."
Wilson asked the band for a little music, and looked into the camera doing his best PSA-style voice as the lights were dimmed behind him. Kimmel continued to act as if he didn't know what was going on as Wilson began his pitch.
After getting Kimmel to say his name into the camera for his support, Wilson then walked downstage right to where there was an easel set up with charts detailing health insurance statistics.
He continued downstage right to introduce "ordinary Americans" standing on stage that don't have insurance.
Wilson then said as he walked further downstage right, "But don't take my word for it. Take it from a nineteen-time NBA all-star, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."
Guess who then walked through a door on stage to much applause from the studio audience.
After introducing himself, Jabbar continued with Wilson's health insurance pitch.
Wilson then asked everyone to "join me, Kareem, the Jimmy Kimmel Children's Choir, and Panic! at the Disco in calling on healthcare for everyone."
Cue music and choir to sing a song about everyone being insured. Standing with them but not singing was Jabbar with a little flag in his hand that simply read "Care."
"Together we can make a difference," Wilson said seated back next to Kimmel. "Won't you join me and Jimmy in calling for healthcare for all."
Kimmel continued to pretend that he had no idea about any of this as the audience began applauding.
"I don't know what happened there," he said.
Once again, if you believe that…well, you know.
It sure must be nice to be president and have television networks doing your bidding.
Of course, as Deadline revealed Wednesday, this might just be the beginning:
Will Obamacare become plot fodder for CBS' Hostages and Under The Dome? A $500,000 grant awarded this week to USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center's Hollywood Health & Society program certainly suggests it's a possibility. In the latest push to get Tinseltown to promote President Obama's Affordable Care Act, the decade-old program has received the money from the private California Endowment to give Hollywood producers, writers and execs details about the newly launched health insurance initiative. "Our experience has shown that the public gets just as much, if not more, information about current events and important issues from their favorite television shows and characters as they do from the news media and online resources," said Hollywood Health & Society's Martin Kaplan in a statement today. "This grant will allow us to ensure that industry practitioners have up-to-date, relevant facts on health care reform to integrate into their storylines and projects."
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by Bill Takeshita, OD
Computers can be one of the most valuable tools for people with low vision to perform their work, shop, bank, and communicate with their friends. Microsoft Windows XP and Macintosh OSX are the most popular software programs that allow computers to work efficiently. This guide is designed to help those with vision problems use their computers more efficiently. For VISTA computers, click here.
General Tips
Which glasses should I wear?
The first step of maximizing your vision when working on computer is to have the appropriate pair of glasses. Distance glasses are designed to focus on objects at 20 feet. Reading glasses are designed to focus at 12 to 16 inches when you look down. Computer screens are generally positioned straight ahead at a distance of 20 inches from your eyes. Ask your eye doctor to design computer glasses to focus specifically on your computer screen. These glasses should also include a filter to reduce glare and reflections.
Where to position Your Computer
Computer screens tend to reflect light from windows, doors, overhead ceiling lights, and bright walls. These reflections can cause eyestrain and make it difficult to see images on your screen. The following suggestions can help you to read on your computer more easily.
- Turn off the overhead room lights.
- Close drapes and vertical blinds.
- Place a small desk lamp on the desk, or a floor lamp slightly behind the monitor, making sure you do not see any reflections from the lamp on your screen.
- Use a dark desk or a dark blotter to absorb light.
- Position your computer monitor at the distance your doctor has recommended. The use of a desk mounted computer monitor arm can be very helpful to position the monitor at the best distance and optimal height.
- Use an adjustable chair that can be raised or lowered and has adjustable armrests.
Selecting a Computer Monitor
There are two types of computer screens. The most common is the CRT monitor, which has a cathode ray tube to project the image on the screen. These are the most affordable and are available in screen sizes from 15 to 25 inches. CRT monitors are available with "Flat Screen" designs, which reduce glare and reflections significantly. CRT flat screen monitors are excellent for general use and for those who play video games on their computer.
The second type of monitor is called the LCD Flat Panel Monitor. These monitors are more expensive than the CRT monitors but emit less radiation, use less energy, and take up much less desk space. When purchasing a monitor, it is recommended to purchase a 19-inch monitor or larger if you have blurred sight. If your clarity of sight is good but you need a brighter screen with more contrast, stay with a 17-inch monitor, which will be more affordable. The price of LCD monitors range from $150 to $300. Before purchasing a new monitor, try modifying the settings on your computer to determine if you actually need a larger computer screen.
Customize Your Windows XP Computer
When you first turn on your new Windows XP computer, it will display a screen that is different than your old Windows 98 or Me computer.
- The first screen will ask you to log in. Press enter on your computer keyboard
- You may then see a screen that displays a picture of clouds and a grassy plain.
- You are now ready to modify the settings on your computer by using the Accessibility Wizard Program. This will allow you to customize the size of the text, color of the background, size of the mouse pointer, and many other features.
- Click Start, Programs, and select Accessories.
- Click Accessibility Wizard. Click Next
- Select the size of the text that is easiest to see by clicking on the text. Click Next.
- If you want the size of the Title Bar and Menus to also be larger, click the box "Change the Font Size."
- Do not use the Microsoft Magnifier. Do not check the box that says "Disable personalized menus." Click Next.
- Click box "I am blind or have difficulty seeing things on screen." Click Next.
- Select the size of the Scroll Bar and Window Borders. Click .
- Select the Icon Size. Click Next.
- Choose the best Display Color Settings. Go to the Scheme box and select the best color scheme for you. High contrast black and High contrast white is often the most helpful. Click Next.
- Select the Mouse Cursor size and color. ClickNext.
- Select the Blink Rate and Width of the Cursor. A wider cursor is helpful when typing documents. Click Next.
- Click Finish. Your computer will now display all screens in the style that you programmed. Congratulations.
Customizing Specific Features of Windows XP
You can modify specific features of your computer without using the Accessibility Wizard Program. This is also helpful when you want to modify some of the settings after you have completed the Accessibility Wizard Program. For example, if you have used Windows 98 and want your computer to have the same style display as your Windows 98 computer, you can do so. Another helpful tool is to change the resolution of the computer, which can provide you with even more magnification. In order to change these settings, you must get to the Display Properties Screen. Here is how to get there.
- Turn on your computer and get to the Desktop Screen. This is the screen that is displayed after you log on.
- Move the mouse to an empty area of your desktop, NOT on an icon.
- Right click by pressing the right button on your mouse. You will see a menu on your screen. Select Properties.
- Now you are at the Display Properties Screen. You will notice that on the top portion of the screen, you will see tabs that read "Background" "Screen Saver" and other settings that you can change.
Another way that you can get to this screen is by using the Start button on the lower left area of your computer screen.
- Click Start
- Click Control Panel
- Click Appearance and Theme
At the Display Properties Screen, you can modify any of the settings. The first tab will customize the Background settings.
- Select the color background that you like. Go to the Wallpaper box and choose the style of background that you prefer. Many people with low vision prefer to have no wallpaper. Select "None".
- Click the Screen saver tab. This is next to the Background tab. Go to the box that reads Screensaver and select None. Screensavers can cause problems when using magnification software. Your computer will run faster when the screen saver is turned off.
- Click Appearance tab. This will allow you to change the way your computer looks.
- Go to the Windows and Buttons Box. Select Windows Classic.
- Go to Color Scheme box. Select the color scheme that works the best for you. Many patients see best with High Contrast White or High Contrast Black.
- Go to the Font Size box. Select the size that you want- normal, large or extra large
- Click the Settings tab. This will allow you to change the resolution of your computer screen. The lower the resolution, the higher the magnification. The higher the resolution, the smaller images will appear on your screen.
- Go to screen resolution. Click on the lever with your mouse and slide it to the left to 800×600 pixels. This will magnify the fonts on your screen.
When you have finished modifying the settings above, click Apply and then OK. These settings will remain on your computer.
How To Modify The Settings On Your Mouse
There are many things you can do to make the mouse easier to see. Windows XP has larger pointers, different color pointers, pointers that have trails, and even a sonar locator to help you locate the pointer of your mouse.
To make these modifications:
- Click Start, Settings, Control Panel
- Click Mouse
- Click on the Pointer tab.
- Go to Scheme. Select which pointer is best for you. I.e. Windows standard large.
- Click the Pointer Options tab.
- Go to the Motion box. This changes the speed that the pointer moves across your screen. Click on the lever and adjust the rate that is best for you.
- Look for the Snap to box. By checking the box, the pointer will automatically move to the default box.
- Go to the Visibility box. Here you can select to have Trails to help you see the pointer. You can also select Show location of pointer when pressing control key. These options can help you to see the pointer. Click Apply and OK.
Modifying The Appearance Of Internet Sites
You can customize the computer so that it ignores the colors, font sizes and styles of Internet sites.
- Click Start, click Internet to turn on the Internet
- You will see File, Edit, and View etc. Select Toolsand select Internet Options on the bottom of the menu.
- Click the Accessibility box.
- Click the boxes, "Ignore colors specified on web page." Click the boxes "Ignore the font sizes and ignore the font styles".
- Click Apply and press OK.
Specialized Accessories
There are many accessories that are available to help you to use your computer if you are unable to read the text on your computer after making the adjustments stated above.
- Screen magnification mouse such as the Microsoft Optical Comfort Mouse $30
- Magnification software such as AiSquared Zoom Text, Dolphin Lunar, and Freedom Scientific Magic
- Large Print Keyboards
- Screen Reading software such as JAWS, Window Eyes and Super Nova
- Scan and Read software such as Kurzweil 1000, Open Book, Cicero, and Zoom Ex
Macintosh Computers
Macintosh computers are now very accessible for children and adults with low vision. Macintosh desktop and notebook computers that run on the Macintosh OSX operating system have many built-in features that can help those with low vision to perform computing tasks more easily without the need to purchase additional software.
Screen Magnification
The Mac computers have excellent magnification features that allow partially sighted users to read print and access the Internet easily. Users can simply hold down the CTRL key (on the bottom left of the keyboard) and scroll the wheel of the mouse to alter the magnification. The clarity of the images on high magnification is quite sharp and the amount of magnification is more than sufficient for effective reading.
Contrast Enhancement
In addition to having quick access to change the magnification, the Macintosh computers have easy access to change the brightness of the screen by simply pressing the function keys F1 to reduce the brightness and F2 to increase the brightness of the screen.
Black Background with White Letters
Many people with low vision respond very well to a change in color of the background. Mac users can change the color of the background to a black background with white letters by holding down the APPLE Key, Option key, and the CTRL keys while pressing number 8. Although this sounds complicated, it is very easy to do by simply holding the three keys to the left of the space bar with the left hand and pressing number 8.
Screen Reading Software
The Macintosh computers also have a program called Voice Over, which functions as a screen reader to read the text aloud. We found it to be a very basic program that can be helpful to some people with low vision. However, the power of the Voice Over program does not compare with screen reading programs for PC computers such as JAWS, Window Eyes, and Hal. To turn on the voice, hold Function, Apple and F5.
Recommended Tips
Purchase a conventional PC Mouse used for personal computers. This is easier to use than the mouse provided by Apple Macintosh
PC users may feel more comfortable attaching their conventional PC keyboard.
Mac Shortcut Keys
- Hold CTRL and scroll the mouse wheel to change the magnification
- Press F1 and F2 to change the brightness
- Hold Apple, Option, and CTRL while pressing 8 to change the color of the background. For PC keyboard, ALT, Window, CTRL plus 8.
- Apple plus H hides the application window being used.
- Apple plus N opens menu to find new document.
- Apple Shift 4 takes a photo of the window.
- Fn Key Apple F5 turns on the Voice Over speech screen reader.
- CTRL Eject Enter turns off the computer.
- FINDER, APPLICATION, SYSTEM PREFERENCES and UNIVERSAL takes you to mouse settings to change the size of the pointer.
This article was provided by The Center for the Partially Sighted in Los Angeles. If you live in the area, they can help you with:
- Low Vision Optometrists – trained professionals insure that you get the proper low vision device to meet your visual goals.
- Licensed Therapists – counselors address any emotional issues that can accompany vision loss.
- Rehabilitation Training – instructors teach you how to perform daily living tasks and move about safely in your home, your community, or your workplace.
- Low Vision Store – offers products that promote independent living for people of all ages with impaired sight.
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In our tests we have found the rtl8187 driver to behave strangely in VMware environments. Eight out of ten times, the card would not go into monitor mode, and spit out this error:
root@bt:~# airmon-ng
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 RTL8187 rtl8187 - [phy0]
root@bt:~# airmon-ng start wlan0
Interface Chipset Driver
wlan0 RTL8187 rtl8187 - [phy0]SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
(monitor mode enabled on mon0)
To solve this, you can switch to the ieee80211 r8187 drivers, which will work just fine:
rmmod rtl8187
rmmod mac80211
modprobe r8187
And to make these changes permanent, modify your /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file to blacklist ONLY rtl8187. Entry should look like this:
blacklist snd_desktop
#blacklist r8187
blacklist rtl8187