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I watched live and I was impressed Brian. I don't recall seeing a Sixers game like this, honestly
I recall Lakers erasing a 31 point deficit vs Dallas to win the game like two years ago but this was even more surprising
Our team remains a crappy one of course (I also made some of your same critics) but they gave us some real excitement and something to remember for a long time
I'm glad I can say "I was there" :-)
Great post Brian. I agree on all points. Even in that sort audition it proves to me that Thad is way better and more comfortable than Rodney has ever looked. Reggie Evans is too much of a offensive liability to start in my opinion. It's truly 4 on 5 which indirectly means another defender for Andre Iguodala. Jason Smith should start. I also think that Kevin Ollie was a BIG spark with his defensive energy. Hopefully some adjustments are made based on this game because if they aren't, this is bound to happen again.
The best thing about the second half was zero turnovers for Iguodala.
I don't have a problem with Evans starting, but they need to keep him on the weak side of the floor so his man can't easily double off of him. Eventually, Smith will work his way into the starting lineup, but I'm happy with that part of the rotation, for now.
I just want Cheeks to get Thad minutes, cut Green's role and forget about Carney altogether. Maybe even trade him. I'm sure Carney has more trade value than Willie does.


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I'm using jQuery+drupal and some jQuery plugins. All is ok withFirefox. But in IE's i'm receiving problem like this.
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I have included .js files. How to know where is the problem? In whichfile? Line 1? Which file?
If you need source code say me I'll PM you address.
IE is like that. It cannot say the exact location of the problem/error. Try to see the Error console of FF even if it is working. There might be some errors/warnings. Otherwise remove the JS files that you have used in the page one by one and see which file is causing the problem.
It would be good if you can show us the running page rather than the particular code.
Page you can find here: bus inessway.am. Remove whitespace. One guy from stackoverflow help's me, and I fixed problem in IE7 and IE8 by removing some javascript code. But in IE6 I'm receiving same problem.
Oh... sorry dude I don't have IE6 at my laptop.
ok no problem If you want to use IE6, IE7 and IE8 you can download IETester software.
I had already tried this. There were lots of problems using them together in a system and it is not good to trust on such cracked software. I have an experience while using them in a system. Regarding a JS and a simple CSS issue we spent whole day testing in that IE6 and could not fix the problem finally when we tested the page in original IE6 (that comes with the Windows XP) it was already working fine. So i just uninstalled that application right away and never tried it after all.
A lot of those IE6-emulators don't include IE6's native default JS engine (they may have some version of IE7's for example) so for testing Flash or JS, I would always have a real native IE6 available.
For CSS and rendering, those testers generally seem fine.
IETester comes with a completely separate suite of engines for each version.
Test it for yourself - you'll be hard pressed to find where it differs.

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Posted by Seth
Matthew is so KNOWLEDGEABLE, TRUSTWORTHY & RESPONSIVE. He KEPT ME INFORMED & up to date with everything that was going on. He made an assessment of the case & he agreed to take it. He didn't get my hopes up & out of control. He kept me inline by telling me his realisticrealistic game plan. He under promised & over delivered. I came out of this seemingly messy situation smiling. I was more then satisfied with what I was thinking would be the best possible results for me.
Posted by AJ
I am a current client of Matthew's and I definitely recommend him. He knows Family Law inside and out, and is trustworthy and compassionate. He always goes above and beyond to research and prepare for court filings and appearances. With Matthew, I am able to relax and know that I am being represented by the best.
Posted by anonymous
Matthew is by far the most knowledgeable and genuine family law specialist in the Los Angeles County area. He has handled my case with care and has maintained a classy, professional manner. He is compassionate and 100% reassuring which alleviated any stress or worry related to my case. He is def. heaven sent and should I need an attorney in the future I will most def. hire him! Worth every penny!! 5 star attorney.
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I needed to a Divorce Attorney in the CA area, I wasn't sure where to turn since this was my first and hopefully my last Divorce ever. A friend who recently went through a Divorce recommended I go with Family Law Attorney, Matt Bogosian. Mr. Bogosian was very sensitive with the issue, and truly worked hard for what I wanted both financially, and custody wise (I have three children). He did a great job on getting my demands met with grace and dignity! I am very pleased with the outcome, as pleased as one can be by a Divorce that is.
Posted by Michael Giulianti JD
Matt Bogosian is a passionate, caring, intelligent Family Law Lawyer in Calabasas and the BEST divorce attorney in Southern California…He is a tremendous "ring-side" coach as well as a "prize fighter" when it comes to Los Angeles divorce law…
A zealous advocate…A Friend…A true divorce strategist like I have never experienced. My third, and final family lawyer…The only divorce and family attorney I would ever suggest to ANYONE in the State of California, better…all of the USA…Top family attorneys are few and far between…
Even though he is not admitted to practice divorce law in all 52 states…I would ask the court to admit Matthew Bogosian, Calabasas and Burbank Divorce attorney, and argue YOUR divorce or family law case "pro hac vice!" His divorce law tactics and strategies and sophistication
would mean he would likely do a far better job, a more thorough job, a more passionate and caring and divorce trial ready job, then any other divorce lawyer in California or any other STATE for that matter!
Why? Bogosian is an LA County family attorney that truly KNOWS your plight…Been there, done that, has personal divorce under his belt I have come to learn…
He Understands YOU and THE LAW, and more importantly, he is a Southern California Divorce Lawyer with negotiating, mediation, and arbitration in his background and litigation in HIS BLOOD…
He is a Family lawyer that knows how NOT to act like other family attorneys…He is not here to waste time, energy, money on nonsense…He runs a super tight divorce case and his maturity, skill, and knowledge are far beyond his age…
Divorce strategy or tactical considerations seem to be second nature. He understands men, women, children, and as I may have mentioned, has been through his own divorce case, trials, tribulations, and for that, there is no substitute!
He serves US, his California Divorce Clients by creating a compelling and comprehensive strategy or plan. For a guy with heart, he has the instincts and abilities of a trained "professional," if you catch my drift;-) Seriously, he is a winner because he is precise…He is a winner because he listens…he is a winner because he makes sure that he keeps track of all that must be kept track of…In other words, if I, as a pro per, and I was prior to the PANACEA that is MATTHEW BOGOSIAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, sent out a letter, offered evidence, or responded to any number of time wasting legal "weapons" from opposing divorce counsel, they were either rejected for bad form (I.e. Form in civil court, family court, is as important, or more important almost then content…hard lesson to learn as a pro per…) or fell on "deaf ears." Bogosian makes sure that he sends everything to opposing counsel with a clean, succinct, impassioned, well-drafted letter…Files divorce papers that need filing, and can retrieve them in seconds when opposing SoCal family attorneys act as if they have yet to receive them… He writes like John Grisham (powerful), speaks to US like a friend (Howard Stern for me…maybe Dr. Laura for you), but you feel as if he has been a confidant for years. He is a Los Angeles attorney based in Calabasas who pays attention to the details and, like a master of any craft, articulates and educates his family law clients because he wants to make us understand where we are, where we are headed, and what we can and cannot do to protect our financial, family, spiritual, and emotional health…He is organized and efficient. He is an attorney in California that uses his words wisely and always keeps his word…Thanks Matt for being the one divorce lawyer who actually cares about ME, the family law client, and who has lead me down a path I never thought possible in a family law case, not to mention, my own divorce case…Matthew Bogosian is a rock...MY rock, and has changed the way I feel about my future, the future of my children, and is one of the most dedicated, diligent, and competent PEOPLE I know…one I can now call a friend and MY California divorce lawyer…I truly believe he is a gem.


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Up until I found Project Flow I was using the Windows Sticky Notes function to try and keep track of what I had done, needed to do, how much everything costs, and when money is due. Works great, just not when it's spread out between the desktop and the laptop.
With Project Flow I can do practically the same thing, but it's all in one place; easily accessible from home, school, or my laptop. So how does it work? Well I'd suggest you start off by scrolling down to the See Sample Boards in Action section and pick a project to look at. This will give you an idea of the functionality you can expect from Project Flow for your own projects. After you've played with the sample projects and have decided to create your own, you'll need to register for an account.
To register, click the green Create A Free Account button. This will whisk you away to the registration form where you'll need to provide a working e-mail address, and then create a username and password. You'll be automatically logged in, and can start organizing your project right away, but I'd suggest you go watch this how to video [1] first. It was very helpful for getting started quickly and smoothly.
What I love is that it really lets me plan each phase of my mission to get into a good graduate school. Phase 1 for me is reasearch, phase 2 is selecting the writing samples I'll be using, phase 3 is writing the statements I need to and asking for letters of recommendation, phase 4 will be turning everything in on time.
This has a real practicality for keeping small business organized, too, so I will probably also use it when I start selling knit items and patterns on Etsy. I'll easily be able to keep track of my tasks, any custom work I have to complete, and stay up to date with my goals.
Project Flow is an amazing site that will add to your productivity by keeping you organized and on task! Check it out today!
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text: The Sami Järvi wiki last edited by bigjeffrey on 10/24/14 07:20PM View full history Overview Sami Järvi or (Sam Lake in English) is a Finnish writer, who's most notable video game credits come from writing the script and story for Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne and now Alan Wake. Sami also took up other roles in the development of Max Payne. Due to the game's low budget, Sami appears as the basis for the character model of Max Payne (in the first game) as well as modeling as Max Payne in the in-game graphic novels. In the second game, Sami appears as several characters in the TV shows that can be watched throughout the game. He also wrote the poem that inspired Poets of the Fall to write the closing credits song 'Late Goodbye'. Sami is a public supporter of Poets of the Fall, sporting the band's t-shirt during the stage demo of Alan Wake at E3 09.Sami is also credited with character development for the film adaptation of Max Payne.Sami personally chose the song 'War' by Finnish band Poets of the Fall to be in Alan Wake. Unlike 'Late Goodbye', 'War' was not composed for the game, but Sami felt it complemented it well. The song can be heard on one of the in-game radios in episode five, 'The Clicker', as well as at the end of the episode. Additionally, Poets of the Fall enjoyed the Alan Wake experience so much that they themed the music video for 'War' after the game, going as far as to use elements lifted directly from the game as imagery and having it star the Finnish actor who was the visual model for Alan Wake.Sami also briefly cameos in Alan Wake as a guest on the fictional television talk show "The Harry Garrett Show". As the show ends, the host asks him to "once more, do the face for us," prompting Sami to scrunch up his face in a recreation of his Max Payne grimace, to the laughter of the show's studio audience.Sam Lake is currently overseeing Quantum Break as his role as Creative Director at Remedy.


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Reviews - BW Premier Collection The Richmond4
24 Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AA
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84% would recommend it to a friend
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The staff were very friendly and accommodating.
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Lovely place, lovely staff bit expensive for the valet parking but that's me being picky.
Would definitely stay there again.
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Great classic hotel
Wonderful, very comfortable room with 5 star facilities.
Friendly, helpful staff. Ideal location for our first sight-seeing visit to Liverpool. We would highly recommend this hotel to other visitors.
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On arrival checking in the receptionists were pleasant.
Went to room very basic considering the price for the room we were disappointed. So to add to this the receptionist on check out particularly one who had no knowledge about laterooms and how myself had paid laterooms directly then laterooms pay using there credit card so the customer myself has the voucher off the room price. So the rude receptionist took great pleasure in informing I hadn't paid and the card was declined as this was not my card she was rude and wouldn't listen constantly saying it was declined on leaving the hotel I called laterooms customer care they contacted the Richmond and they had got the payment. I would not recommend this hotel totally disappointed with the room and especially that receptionist it is apparent the receptionist need to be trained on how laterooms vouchers are used. Also you are able to hear the people talking in the next rooms walls are thin terrible.
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A night in Liverpool
The hotel staff were very welcoming & helpful when we arrived.
The room had some damp patches which didn't look great and the condensation off the windows was running down the wall. Otherwise it was a nicely presented room although smaller than expected for the money. The bathroom was lovely despite a fews cracks and dodgy looking floor to the shower. Breakfast was really good and so much choice. Kept us going for most of the day!*
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Zero customer service and noisy room
Noisy room Slug on carpet Room was small and dark Purposely chose a hotel with parking but it turned out the parking was 3 roads away.
Hotel asked for feedback and asked for an email if it was negative but post to travel zoo if positive. I emailed them and had no response.
Check in took a while and I was ignored by 3 members of staff. I felt invisible.
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Lady at reception on check in didn't seem to be bothered about us.
However lady the next day in the morning was lovely and polite.
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Really enjoyed our stay at the Richmond.
Room was abit boxy and not great view however, great quality for money paid. Bathroom was very modern and bed really comfy. Would visit again. Thanks
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Feeling Rich at the Richmond!
We had a lovely stay at the Richmond.
The bed was very comfy, the breakfast was great and the staff were very friendly and great at what they do. We would definitely stay there again as I didn't try the cocktails or sample the spa.
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Food was lovely, however we ordered a medium steak and it arrived very well done.
We also ordered a curry and it arrived without naan bread, although it was advertised to come with the food. Although this was a little disappointing, it was still good food and service.
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A peaceful hotel by the sea. Location is not that good and taxi seemed to be somewhat difficult to arrange, though the staff made a big effort and finally made it happen and we got a taxi. Only one person of the staff spoke english and he wasn't around much, but the staff was very patient in understanding us and we got everything we needed. Garden is pretty and the restaurant hut by the beach is nice. Hammocks and sunbeds with mattresses were available all the time. The beach itself was not very impressive, kinda small, but the sunsets were beautiful. Generator seemed to be working just fine when the electricity went out once and the wifi was working fine all the time. The room was nice and clean. Breakfast was included, but not very impressive, just a few pieces of toast with jam and coffee and orange juice. You could order other stuff of course, it just cost you more. The restaurant closed at 5pm, which surprised us and sometimes you had to go all the way to the reception to find a waiter, but all and all I'd say it was a nice little hotel and I'd go there again if need be. There's a Diners logo by the door, but our cards didn't work?!
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by CowboysFan02, May 13, 2004.
Are there any other hockey fans here?
Nope sorry....
I'm a big hockey fan. I'm a Flyers fan, so I'm a little nervous at the moment. Tomorrow is a crucial game and we MUST win, but we are a bit banged up defensively, given we're already missing Desjardens for the playoffs and now we just lost Ragnarsson for the playoffs too. And Jonsson is playing with a badly hurt hand. I do think we have a coaching edge against Tampa and hopefully we'll come out with our best effort tomorrow because we'll need it. We can't afford to go down 3-1. It's over if that happens.
I am a Coyotes fan. Great looking gear. Wish the team looked as good.
I'm a NY Rangers fan but to tell the truth, rarely follow the sport anymore since I moved out here to San Diego. My wife was my Madison Square Garden connection so we used to go to games all the time - same with the Knicks ... but those days are long gone now.
Well they got the win, didnt realize the game was on untill the last couple minutes of the game. That was a nice shot by Lecavalier in the last 30 seconds though.
Oh and I am Ducks fan being from So cal and I started playing hockey when the Ducks came into the league when I also started to watch too.
Yes. I like the Colorado Avalanche and the Dallas Stars. It sucked to see them have to play each other in the first round.
I rarely watch Hockey during the season though.....playoffs Hockey is fun though.
That was a nice shot indeed. Lecavalier is a dangerous player, as is Richards and of course St Louis. But it's funny because with a minute left and a 2 goal lead I was thinking the game was over. Then Lecavalier scored with 30 secs left and my heart starts pounding again. But Primeau played that last 30 seconds really well and just controlled the puck and kept it in their zone for a good while. Game 5 should be awesome.
I have a feeling I'll be at least a little bit of a Ducks fan someday. Good run they had last year.


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Bonnie and Clyde
Serial bank robbers, sometime lovers and folkloric heroes Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) barrel across Depression-ravaged America on a shooting spree that ends in a deadly rain of bullets and tragedy. Directed by Arthur Penn, this stylish and sexy film shattered the mold when it came to crime pictures, layering comedy onto mayhem and youthful criminality. Gene Wilder makes his big-screen debut.


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In contrast to the veteran anopheles, the Aedes mosquito did not arrive until the 1980s.
Some observers maintain that anopheles does not "sing," like the common mosquito, and its bite is much less irritating.
The other division of malaria-hunters pursued the trail of the anopheles to her lair.
In the stomach of an anopheles, the gametocytes quickly proceed to gamete-formation.
Usually it can be definitely shown that no anopheles occur there.
For now anopheles had flown away; and had I not been thus startled, I should certainly have had him.
This is the anopheles, which "travels in" malaria and elephantiasis.
The first anopheles with its salivary glands infected was found on 14th June.
Fig. 250d shows lower and upper side of the anopheles's egg.
The anopheles, small, grey and quietly persistent, carries the malaria that has laid our army low.
Anopheles A·noph·e·les (ə-nŏf'ə-lēz')
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Who knew golf was so sexual?
Bill Murray gets a spanking.
Andy Garcia and his oral fixation while bending his knees.
Hootie shows everyone how he likes to work it.
And Josh Duhamel shows what it is like when he orgasms.
Speaking of sexual, Chris Brown had some hair growth cream. Probably for his testicles.
Colin Farrell and Jennifer Connelly filming their latest movie.
Carey Mulligan has looked depressed for three months.
Elizabeth Olsen matches the flowers while
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This article contains plot details about quests.
What are Quests?Edit
Quests are generally started (or finished) when someone comes into your shop with an exclamation point (!) over their head. There are two main types of quests - storylines and adventurers.
Adventurer questsEdit
Adventurers randomly occur as visiting customers wandering into your shop, usually involving an attempt to kill a monster -- and all of these requests follow the same format. An adventurer will come in like a customer and ask you to sponsor their quest. You can either give them the exact item they're asking for, suggest an item, or assign them to one of your own quests (this is known as outsourcing quests and is used for storyline quests).
To get the best chance of success, give them the specific item--or something very close in price and item type that is applicable to their class. The probabilities of their quest succeeding seem to follow the same as just suggesting an item to sell, only there is always a chance of quest failure, even with the preferred item (this chance can also be increased with a high adventurer skill). However, the reward for success will always be proportional to the item asked for, even if you gave them something completely different (e.g. giving a Vial of Mana when asked for a Gungnir will still have a good reward because the gungir was asked for). This is currently being researched at this page.
The rewards from the adventurers quests are sometimes items that you can only acquire through tokens otherwise, or 2-4x as much gold as the asked for item's market-value; after shop level 100 there is a small chance that the reward may include 20 to 30 rare resources. The amount of gold is strongly increased but the chance of acquiring items is greatly reduced. As of the September 2011 update, successful adventurers now return XP as well. The amount of XP returned is equal to the price of the item that was asked for.
Quest listEdit
A list of quests with prerequisites, what to do, and rewards is located at vkapadia.com.
Quest storylinesEdit
Most storylines start out with requests for money. It is recommended to pay them, since they lead into scripted quests with great rewards. Some of the quests will need to be outsourced and tasked to wandering adventurers. Others are simply paying money, or having crafters fetch something where sometimes they need to co-operate to make it happen. Some quests require points from your craftsmen. These points can only come from your own craftsmen, guild members cannot help you in these quests (entirely opposite of how improvements work)
Every 5 shop levels (shop level 5, 10, etc) you get a major quest. This is selected randomly out of the available major quests. If you refuse to pay, the entire quest line may be lost forever! However you can always have the quester return later by clicking WAIT if you feel short on funds. You can click wait as many times as you want and not lose access to the quest line. Quests that don't have a shop level requirement can show up at any time.
Note: It is not possible to have more than three different storyline quests active at once. If a player has three active quests and achieves the requirements for a fourth, the initiation of that quest will be delayed until such time as the player has completed one of the active quests.
The Guards questlineEdit
- Lost clovers - outsource quest, to start this questline you aren't asked to pay anything (for once) reward is 5K gold. Triggered at shop level 2.
- Arena Improvements - needed 2K/2K carpenter and blacksmith points, reward is 10K gold and 2 skill points. Triggered when carpenter and blacksmith are both level 10.
- Thieves and beggars - pay 12500 gold (Needs 25k at start of day to start), reward is a 7 day long very strong increase in Famous and Mercantile skills. Triggered at shop level 30. (claims are made that this is also triggered with only 16.5K gold at start of day and have been confirmed)
- Forest Mystery - outsource quest, reward is 5 Mythic feathers and a Frost axe from the adventurer and 60K gold from the questgiver. This quest is triggered by shop level 35.
- Annoying spirites - Requires 4k Sorceress points, reward is 100k + 2 skill points. Triggered at shop level 70 and level 50 sorceress.
The Royal questlineEdit
Important: Due to frequent editing of this section (a.k.a. editing wars):
False King: This seems to be giving either Gaia's spine for some but Red dragon for others.
Metal Trojan Horse is triggered at level 210 for some and level 220 for others. No need to change that either.
Both possible differences SHOULD always be on there.
- Welcome Tax - pay 4500 gold; start of the questline at shop level 5;
- Repair Armor - (triggered at shop level 10 plus blacksmith and tailor at level 10) needs 2.5k Tailor and 2.5k blacksmith points, reward is 25k gold
- Repair the king's throne: Trigger at shop level 25 - requires 5k Carpenter points. Reward is 40k.
- Palace Levitation - triggered at sorceress level 40 (and shop level 40); needs 5.5k sorceress points, reward is 70k gold.
- Repair King's Trousers - triggered at shop level 48 and tailor level 50; needs 8k tailor points, reward is 90k gold. It is possible to receive this quest before Palace Levitation if you meet the requirements of shop level 48 and tailor level 50.
- Palace Investigation - outsource quest, triggered at shop level 85; reward is 20 Feathers, Gaia's spine + 225k gold.
- False King - outsource quest; triggered at shop level 155; reward is 10 Mithril, Gaia's spine OR Red dragon + 750k gold. 750K gold when failure to complete quest.
- Trojan Horse - triggered at shop level 180 and level 100 carpenter; needs 10k carpenter points; reward is 1M gold.
- Metal Trojan Horse - triggered at shop level 210 OR shop level 220 plus blacksmith and carpenter at level 100; needs 10k carpenter and 5k blacksmith points; reward is 2M gold.
- Assassinate False King - triggered at shop level 250, outsource quest; reward is 20 mithril and a Meteor shower scroll from the adventurer + 2.5M gold from the questgiver.
- A Traitor's Affairs: shop level 280 and possibly 2M gold; pay 1M, traitor disappears, so no result.
Landlord's (Madella) questlineEdit
- Money problems - need to give 5K gold (needs 10k+ to appear), and it unlocks the following quests:
- Torn dress - needed 5K tailor points, reward is 45K gold. Triggered at shop level 25, tailor level 20.
- Financial problems - pay 85K gold, triggered at shop level 50 and must have roughly 120K+ gold. No reward, unlocks the next quest. (Has triggered at level 48)
- Deep Ocean - outsource quest; triggered at shop level 90; reward is 30 pieces of gems and a Silence of the deep.
The community-aid questsEdit
- Help the poor - pay 1K gold (possibly used to be 2K gold? At least, I have always seen 1K gold); unlocks the questline. Triggered at Shop Level 5.
- Build shelter - triggered at shop level 10 - 15 + carp and bs lvl 10, needs 5K / 5K carpenter and blacksmith points, reward is 3 skill points.
- Sewer secret - outsource quest, triggered at shop level 25, reward is 5 pieces of mithril and a Dark staff (4.4K).
- Community storage - requires 5k carpenter points, reward is 2 skill points. Seems to trigger after shop level 45. (Has been triggered at shop level 37 with level 11 carpenter.)
The Farmer questsEdit
- Farmer Bridge (Build bridge with recent updates) - needs 8K/8K carpenter and blacksmith points, reward is a 7 days long customer number boost (+16 famous!). Triggered at carpenter lvl 20 and blacksmith lvl 20 and Shop Level 14.
- Spoiled crops - pay 25K gold, reward is a Fine great sword recipe. Triggers at shop level 35 and having 35K gold or more. Farmer Bridge does not have to be completed for this to trigger.
- Forgotten ruins - Triggers at shop level 50; outsource quest, reward is 15 pieces of gems, and a Flute of wonder (worth 16.4K gold).
- Kurtey snatcher - Triggers at shop level 100; outsource quest, reward is 15 gems from adventurer and 275k from questgiver.
- Gates and locks - triggers at shop level 180, blacksmith/carpenter level 85; needs 5k blacksmith and 8k carpenter points; reward is 1M gold.
The Trade guild questsEdit
- Trade guild scrolls - Triggers at shop level 12 and tailor level 20: needs 4K tailor points, reward is 30K gold.
- Borrow from traders - Triggers at shop level 45 (or in some cases 47): Pay 50K gold, reward is 80K gold. You must have 75K gold before he appears.
- Green dragon - outsource quest, reward is 20 pieces of Dragon blood and a Sky dragoon armor (triggers at shop level 65).
- Publicity banner - Triggers at shop level 110: pay 250k gold, then you need to put 2500 tailor points, reward is boost of Mercantile skill (~20-110% [rarely] higher than market price), and more customers, for 5 days.You must have +500K gold before he appears.
The priest's questsEdit
- Donate to Temple - pay 40K gold and it unlocks the questline. This is triggered by shop level 30 and having 50K or more in gold. (it's also happened with only 47K gold)
- Broken relic - triggered by level 60 blacksmith; needs 15K blacksmith points, reward is 100K gold and 3 skill points.
- Leaking roof - triggered by shop level 65 and level 60 carpenter, needs 15K carpenter points, reward is 5 skill points. (It is possible to receive this quest before Broken Relic, additionally both quests may be started and kept alongside each other).
- Lost scroll - triggers after Leaking roof has finished; outsource quest - reward is 30 pieces of mithril, 200k gold.
Mederina's questsEdit
- The secret mission - pay 40K gold and it unlocks the questline. This is triggered by shop level 30 and having 50K gold or more.
- Magic potions - need 8K sorceress points, reward is 5 skill points, triggered at shop level 45 + level 40 sorceress.
- Lost master - triggered at shop level 55; outsource quest, reward is 20 pieces of mithril, a Megalixir, and 125K gold. Magic Potions must be completed.
- Red dragon - triggered at shop level 75; outsource quest 30 pieces of Dragon's blood and a Phoenix baton from Adventurer. Attribute seed recipe from Mederina. Also if one does not succeed the first time you might get 162K gold and a Crushing fist.
The Thug's questsEdit
- Vandalism insurance -This quest is triggered after Welcome tax and if you have at least 5K gold. If you decline to pay 2K gold, the thug will vandalize your shop, resulting in fewer customers for 7 days. Declining will still allow you to get the follow-up quest.
- Intimidation insurance - Pay 20k gold. If you decline to pay the fee, the thug will intimidate your workers, resulting in lowered skills for 7 days. This will make crafting and researching take significantly longer. Declining will still allow you to get the follow-up quest. Triggers at shop level 35.
- Thief hideout - needs 7.5k sorceress points, the reward is a temporary Thug attack bonus. This quest is triggered with both Sorceress level 60 or above and Thug level 50 or above.
- Dragon stash - outsource quest, reward is 40 pieces of Gems and Lord of darkness.
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- A great captain without ship - pay 250K gold (needs 300k+ plus shop level 45).
- Hull repairs - need 25K carpenter points, reward is 5 skill points (carpenter level 80).
- Ripped sails - need 25K tailor points, reward is 5 skill points.
- Broken rudder - need 25K blacksmith points, reward is 5 skill points.
- Mysterious island - outsource quest, reward is 40 Mythic feathers, a Demon plate and 275k gold.


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Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC) provided its preliminary operating results for the full-year 2011 and outlook for 2012, and announced a project optimization process to improve capital allocation, project sequencing, and investment returns.
Kinross' 2011 full-year production is expected to be approximately 2.6 million gold equivalent ounces, within the previously-stated guidance range. The Company's average 2011 production cost of sales is expected to be approximately $600 per gold equivalent ounce, within the previously-stated guidance range.
In 2012, Kinross expects to produce approximately 2.6-2.8 million gold equivalent ounces from its current operations. Production cost of sales per gold equivalent ounce is expected to be in the range of $670-715 for 2012.
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§ 4310.12. Irrevocable/court-ordered burial accounts and restricted trust accounts.
If a client has a burial or trust account, the status of the account shall be determined and documented. The only burial reserve or trust account that is not considered a resource to the client is an irrevocable or court-ordered burial account or restricted trust account.
(1) Irrevocable/court-ordered burial accounts. Those accounts that can only be released to a funeral director or legal representative upon the clients death. Documentation is required in all cases to verify irrevocability.
(2) Restricted trust accounts. Those trusts that have been established in the clients name that are legally restricted from invasion of the principal amount for care and maintenance. Income only may be assessed from such trusts. Documentation is required in all cases to verify the status of the trust.
(3) Clients with legally liable relatives and with income or assets restricted to their own use.
(i) Clients with income or assets restricted to their own use are assessed liability against income or assets or both.
(ii) Liability of the clients LLR is based on the monthly liability scale. Charges are first assessed on the clients income or assets or both and then on the LLRs income.
The provisions of this § 4310.12 adopted December 3, 1982, effective December 4, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 4149.
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I actually was with teddy that night, up in his room at the Waldorf Astoria after he gave that speech.
Over that weekend, teddy stayed up with friends one night, drinking and swapping bawdy tales about the party times with Jack.
Like teddy, I played golf with him on occasion at Los Angeles-area country clubs.
Usually they were Democrats, although back in the day some were Republicans, including teddy Roosevelt.
teddy Thompson sang This Little Light of Mine and Rufus Wainwright sang Over the Rainbow.
While he worked, polishing and oiling, Mose and teddy came out of the cabin arm-in-arm!
"We must advance to meet it," said teddy Poe, who was ever of an adventurous nature.
teddy was floating on a block of ice across the wide, green Polar sea.
He walked back into the tap-room just as teddy began his tale.
Ah, Molly, why did you not come with teddy and me this day, as usual?
pet form of masc. proper names Edward, Edmund, and Theodore; meaning "women's undergarment" (with lower-case t-) is recorded from 1924, of unknown origin, perhaps from some fancied resemblance to a teddy bear (q.v.), a theory that dates to 1929. In British slang phrase teddy boy (1954) it is short for Edward, from the preference of such youths for Edwardian styles (1901-10). Teddies (probably from Teddy Roosevelt) was one of the names given to U.S. troops in France in 1917.
the family in America originally bore the name Van Roosevelt, "of the field of roses," descriptive of their estates in Holland. Claes Martenszen Van Rosenvelt, born August 1649, emigrated to New Amsterdam. His son (1653) and all his descendants dropped the "Van." Related: Rooseveltian.
A one-piece women's undergarment serving as both chemise and panties
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Given the intense drilling from Supreme Court justices hearing oral arguments in the Arizona immigration law challenge, writing is on the wall says the law may likely be upheld.
Eight justices – Kagan recused herself because she worked on the case while Solicitor General before being sworn in – didn't appear to think the Arizona law unlawfully encroaches on the federal government's authority to enforce U.S. immigration policy.
Justice Scalia was obvious about it: "what's wrong about the states enforcing Federal law?" Even Obama appointee and the only Hispanic on the bench Justice Sonya Sotamayor was skeptical at one point suggesting she agreed with Chief Justice John Roberts' suggestion that the Arizona law may not precisely be inconsistent with federal immigration laws.
In its brief to justify the law, Arizona complained that criminal aliens make up over 17% of the prison population. The county serving Phoenix includes 21.8% felony defendants in the country unlawfully. It stated that Arizona spends several hundred million dollars providing education and healthcare to aliens unlawfully in the state.
"Private ranchers living near the border constantly face the epidemic of crime, safety risks, serious property damage, and environmental problems (including large deposits of trash and human waste,and cut water lines and fences) associated with a steady flow of illegal crossings on their land," the state argued.
If the court upholds the law, it may be acting in concert with the American public. A recent Fox News poll showed 65 percent supporting the law. Even among Hispanic Americans, a key demographic presumed to be against the law, there is a split. Twelve percent of second-generation Latino voters in the state say they support S.B. 1070, according to a recent Latino Decisions poll. That jumps to nearly 30 percent in the fourth generation.
Those who support the law may think that increased stops and delays on legal and American citizens of Hispanic origin is a price to pay. Tell that to those who may be subject to a substantial increase of stops that disrupting travel and daily life.
But the case will hardly go away. Alas, it has only just begun. If upheld, other border states may follow suit and legislate their own version. However, as soon as the law is applied, it becomes ripe for a subsequent lawsuit that stipulates it violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment if only applied to one race of people. The challenges to the law's application will likely be based on the Historic Civil Rights cases and more recent cases about racial profiling in police stops.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
6 comments:
- Ness said...
beautiful layouts Kerry, hope santa finds you and leaves you all lots of goodies this year!! take care Love Ness xx
- 15 December 2009 at 7:21 pm
- lindy said...
Beautiful layouts kerry
- 15 December 2009 at 8:15 pm
- Kate said...
Hehehe Glad you were able to re-do your LO fro Scrap the girls Kerry, it was worth the effort!! totally stunning....Love your LO from Flis' class too beautiful!!
- 16 December 2009 at 4:32 pm
- Charmane said...
they both look FABULOUS Kerry!!! I so hope we can catch up sometime while i'm over... wahooo!!!
Love Charmane
PS - Have an AWESOME Christmas!!!
- 17 December 2009 at 8:07 am
- Janinek said...
lovely LO's the pic in the second LO is just soooo cute
- 20 December 2009 at 9:41 pm
awesome photos Kerry!! i always adore your pages, so very pretty - how can they not be with miss M smilimg sweetly on them!!
- 23 December 2009 at 6:25 pm
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TV Tonight: The Reaper Finale
I'm not happy to see any of my favorite shows end for the season, but tonight's Reaper finale is particularly poignant, as the show was not picked up by the CW for another season and several of the show's people have already signed on for new things (including Tyler Labine and the show's creators Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters). All is not totally lost, though, as there's talk of possibly continuing the show on ABC. Anyway, I have absolutely loved this season — perhaps even more than the first — as we've gotten to know Sam's half-brother Morgan (the ever-dashing/sleazy Armie Hammer) and Ben's demon girlfriend Nina (Jenny Wade). And, of course, my two favorites, the Devil and Sock, have been consistently amusing as well.
In tonight's finale, "Sam (Bret Harrison) and Andi (Missy Peregrym) try to find Tony (guest star Ken Marino) to help them translate the scroll Nina brought back from Hell. . . . Sam challenges The Devil (Ray Wise) to a game of quarters, but they play to a draw and The Devil refuses a rematch, so Andi offers her soul as collateral." Yikes! I can't wait, and yet, I'm also dreading having to part with one of my most beloved shows. Reaper fans, what are your favorite things about the show? We can get through this together. To check out a promo for tonight's finale and share your thoughts,
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However, his faith was rewarded as the likes of Currie, Dacres, Ollie Frost, George Porter and Ollie Hayes all impressed to claim a 24-13 win in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
"Young Nile Dacres came on and did very well to win the penalty at the end that we tapped and went to score. He contributed and James scored the try to get the bonus point so I am very pleased with that," said Hill.
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By Christine Brennan, USA TODAY
There is so much we don't yet know about disgraced Canadian doctor Anthony Galea and the very interesting house calls he has made to some of the world's top athletes, but what we do know is enough to restate the obvious for those commissioners, athletes, sponsors, agents and other apologists who want you to believe that we're winning the war on performance-enhancing drugs:
We're not.
"If you and I could live 100 years longer, they're still going to be doing this," Penn State professor emeritus and noted performance-enhancing drug expert Charles Yesalis said Wednesday in an interview.
"It will be gene doping, or whatever comes next, but where there is tons of money involved, to think athletes are not going to try to get an edge, well, of course they are."
The news this week that Galea's assistant told police she watched him inject substances, including human growth hormone, which is banned in sports, into at least seven unnamed athletes in the United States and one in Canada is only the latest reminder that we are still very much caught up in the Steroid Era in sports.
Once upon a time, Ben Johnson, the Canadian sprinter whose failed 1988 Olympic drug test opened the eyes of the world to doping, met with a nefarious doctor on a remote Caribbean island to receive shots of an anabolic steroid before the Seoul Games.
Now, according to federal authorities, the doctor comes right to the stars' homes, or nearby hotels.
Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez are among the athletes who have said they were treated by Galea, who was arrested in October, but both have said they did not use illegal substances.
The more we learn about Galea, however, the stranger these house calls become. Galea is not licensed to practice medicine in the United States. Yet he said he went to Woods' home at least four times, and Woods confirmed last month at the Masters that Galea did come to his house to give him plasma-rich platelet injections in his injured leg.
Let's consider this information for a moment. To fellows like Woods and A-Rod, the saying applies: Their body is their temple.
And yet these two, among other multimillion-dollar stars, including some from the NFL, apparently thought it was just fine for a man who is not licensed to practice medicine in this country to come across the border and walk right through the front door to draw blood from their arm, spin it around in a centrifuge and inject it into their ailing leg or hip.
If that's all Galea did, it would be legal, but still quite bizarre.
"I don't know where their minds are," Gary Wadler, chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's Prohibited List and Methods Subcommittee, said over the phone. "Certainly you would think that their body is their Stradivarius violin. Everybody who plays a Stradivarius violin protects it in every conceivable way. To have clowns out there mucking around with it, I can't imagine them putting themselves in jeopardy like this.
"We have some very fine orthopedic institutions in the United States, so why would they reach outside of the country, to somebody they know very little or nothing about, with this much at stake?"
Woods said he chose Galea because "he's worked with so many athletes … there's a certain comfort level to that when a person has worked with athletes."
A few years ago, some PGA Tour players said with straight faces that they didn't need drug testing because they are so honorable that they call penalties on themselves. (Woods, to his credit, consistently pushed for drug testing.) Just this January, baseball Commissioner Bud Selig pronounced the Steroid Era "clearly a thing of the past."
Athletes and leaders of sports in America hope you'll buy this. They also desperately hope you'll keep buying tickets and jerseys and premium TV packages, and not ask any questions about the legitimacy of the product you're paying for out there on the field of play.
But by now, nearly 22 years after Ben Johnson, you should know better.
"Doping will continue to morph into different drugs, different techniques, different methods," said Wadler, one of the world's foremost experts on the subject.
"It's not going to go away."
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Hong Kong (AFP) April 12, 2011
Almost 80 percent of Hong Kongers now consider it socially acceptable to leave shark fin soup off the menu for a wedding banquet, a survey by a shark conservation group said Tuesday.
Some 78 percent in the south Chinese financial hub believe it is allowable not to offer the coveted fins at a wedding, a survey by the nonprofit group BLOOM said -- a small sign of hope in efforts to protect the endangered fish.
But the survey also showed more than 70 percent of people in Hong Kong consumed shark fin soup, viewed by many Asians as a rare delicacy and traditionally served at wedding feasts, at least once a year.
"Our research shows that, whilst tradition is important to Hong Kong people, in reality shark fin soup won't be much missed from wedding banquets," Claire Nouvian, founder and president of BLOOM, said in a statement.
The survey, which interviewed 1,000 people between 2009 and 2010, found about two-thirds of interviewees said they were uncomfortable with eating endangered fish, while 85 percent supported banning shark fin imports -- despite the majority of respondents having eaten the soup.
Almost all shark fin soup, or 87 percent, was consumed as part of a set menu rather than ordered individually, the survey found.
Scientists blame the practice of shark-finning -- slicing off the fins of live animals and then throwing them back in the water to die -- for a worldwide collapse in shark populations.
Hong Kong was the largest importer of shark fin globally in 2007, buying about 277 million US dollars' worth of fins, according to UN figures. One kilogram (2.2 pounds) from certain species can sell for 120 US dollars or more in the city.
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There are three types of fencing - epee, foils and sabre.
In all three, weapons are wired electronically to record when a hit is scored.
The foil blade is usually made from low-carbon steel and designed to bend when striking an opponent to prevent injuries and the blade breaking.
The foil is used as a thrusting weapon only and so any contact with the side of the blade (or a slap) does not count as a score.
This weapon uses the 'right of way' rules. This means that the first fencer to hit does not always receive the points, but rather the fencer who hits with priority.
Moves, such as making a parry, follow to initiate a counter attack or riposte. The priority continues to exchange between the fencers until a hit is scored.
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Located in Antwerp, Belgium, RA rivals any concept store out there. On the backs of founders Romain Brau and Anna Kushnerova, the two designers both earned their accreditation at the famed Académie Royale des Beaux Arts. RA (a combination of their first names) features a true lifestyle experience over a massive 2,000 square meter space. Located within an antique and art district, within the walls of RA are a gallery, cafe, primary retail space and a second hand space. Beyond the diversity is the way in which the store is set-up with some carefully chosen props and interesting pieces throughout.
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Paris Hilton Spills Her Fake Guts on MySpace
On her MySpace blog, Paris Hilton gushes about the new reality show in which she searches for a new best friend. The star of The Simple Life says the experience was "a blast!"
With Hilton's mood at the time of posting listed as "excited," she does her best to hype the upcoming airing of her show on MTV, describing the contestants "fun, crazy girls."
Quoth Paris: "It's so much fun to take your friends to places they've never been and show them experiences they'd never even think of. It's quite a site and its going to be an amazing show and I'm so happy and thrilled with what's happening every day."
Awww, nice touch by the paid assistant writing this—they misspelled "sight" in order to make the blog appear more authentic. Someone's done their research.
As for Ms. P's love life, the XXX-video vixen says of her relationship with Benji Madden, "I am still very much in love and happy." TRANSLATION: Benji's mental deficiency is a long-term condition.


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Just the ">other day we reported on a rumored adaptation of the small press title The Anubis Tapestry: Between Twilights from Bruce Zick that might be coming from Blue Sky Studios (Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age). This morning Variety confirmed and clarified the rumor, so we shall do the same!
In actuality it's Fox Animation who has the rights to Anubis, whom the trade says will do a "loose" adaptation of the book. The novel's story follows a boy who has to become a mummy and battle monsters in order to save his father from an eternity in the Egyptian Underworld. I wonder what they're going to change and why; sounds like a lot of fun to me!
Hit up the official Anubis Tapestry site at Actionopolis to read a sample chapter and learn more about the book, and learn more about the mythology it creates via the book's MySpace page.
We'll keep an eye on this and let you know when we hear just what they'll be changing about the story. Hopefully it ain't much, but the words "loost adaptation" don't fill me with confidence…
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The terms collaborative writing and peer collaboration refer to projects where written works are created by multiple people together (collaboratively) rather than individually. Some projects are overseen by an editor or editorial team, but many grow without any top-down oversight.
Practical approaches Edit
In a true collaboratives environment, each contributor has an equal ability to add, edit, and remove text. The writing process becomes a recursive task, where each change prompts others to make more changes. It is easier to do if the group has a specific end goal in mind, and harder if a goal is absent or vague.
A very good method of discussion and communication is essential, especially if disagreements arise.
Examples Edit
Collaborative writing projects include:
- co-write.me.uk A collaborative project, where authors submit their short stories, and users vote on the stories. The winning entries are published ( in print ) and sold through Amazon.co.uk (wiki) - amazon.co.uk (web) and lulu.com(wiki)-lulu.com (web). The co-write.me.uk forum is a true collaborative writing project where users can continue stories started by other users.
- Everything2
- Ekşi Sözlük
- New Worlds Project - Online collaborative writing project
- adjute.com - a collaborative writing experiment
- OOoAuthors
- The International Writing Exchange
- The Linux documentation project
- Ilf and Petrov
- Boris and Arkady Strugatsky
- Kozma Prutkov
- Nicolas Bourbaki
- Trillium Report
- Wikipedia and many other wikis (see Who writes Wikipedia)
- Reena Spaulings (a collective novel by The Bernadette Corporation) http://www.bernadettecorporation.com/novel.htm
- [www.relaywrite.com - Relaywrite.com is a story factory. Writers from all over the world assemble fiction stories piece by piece until they are completed.(everyone has the ability to start their own story)]
Some collaborative writing projects are also open content.
"Collaborative writing is working in a group as small as two or as large as one can imagine to create a document. The group members can work in a synchronous environment (face to face, at the same computer, in the same classroom) or asynchronous (discussion board, email, letters). The group collectively negotiates, coordinates, researches and monitors their writing process to accomplish their task. Often group members will be assigned roles such as monitor, consultant, editor, reporter and leader to streamline the process. They will often follow a schedule of brainstorming, outlining, drafting, reviewing, revising and copy editing to produce the document. This coordinated consensus will produce many benefits. Maximum input, increased learning, varied points of view and fraternization are benefits of this style of work. It is believed this method of writing will produce a higher quality of work as opposed to a single writer/single reviewer method. Collaborative writing is utilized by members of academia, business and government."[How to reference and link to summary or text] - Lowry Curtis Lowry, 2004
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- Stanford - Collaborative Writing and Research in Higher Education
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- Analysing interactions during collaborative writing with the computer: an innovative methodology
- SAC98 - Ceilidh: Collaborative Writing on the Web
- Building a Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Collaborative Writing to Improve Interdisciplinary Research and Practice
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About the Book
The Common Man Opinion Vol. 2
by D W Curry
Curry will tell you what the common guy in the U.S. is up against. He will fill you in on what is REALLY going on, not what the media and the politicians want you to think. He will translate the double talk and let you know what is really meant.
In this volume, Curry tells you what to look for from Washington in the future. So many are looking at a tree they are failing to see the forest.
This is bigger than just one bureaucratic program being passed. What is happening today is nothing more than a secular progressive movement run amok and unchecked for decades. Curry looks at each key point and defines the parameters of what the common man wants not what the government wants.
If you can take BS, suffer through mindless droning on about nothing, and be objective when your brain screams this is nothing more than conspiracy drivel, then this book is for you!!!
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D W Curry is from Georgia and has been in business, manufacturing, and design all his life. As a U.S. patent holder in the sports arena, Curry has had equipment he designed and made used to achieve wins on various professional golf tours. Currently residing in Georgia, Curry continues to light a fire under the apathetic, the non-opinionated, and the non-comedic. Sometimes not knowing whether Curry's tongue is stuck in his cheek lends a little electricity to a discussion only to find that he may have been yanking your chain all along. His books are his latest undertaking as he describes himself as having a "rather uneventful life of painting, photography, sculpture, politics, sports, car payments, mortgages, tournament victories, squirrel chasing, and other mundane moments that the U.S. elitist society refer to as, "what the hell are you talking about?."" His books will probably make you scratch your head, get mad, or not care anymore as Curry discusses what the real common man thinks.
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Celebrating Veterans Day
All around the United States today, celebrations will take place honoring those who have served our country in the armed forces. "Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11." (from the HIstory Channel) Some recognitions will be solemn, memorializing brave soldiers lost in battle, and others will be celebratory. Either way, today's the day to say "Thank You" to our veterans and remember those who have gone before us.
What do Michele Obama and Dr. JIll Biden have to say about their children joining the armed forces?
*Source: 2010 American Community Survey, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, as found on the Christian Science Moniter
*1. Vietnam War
Vietnam War(1964-75): Many of the 8.8 million who served in uniform were draftees; 7.6 million are alive today.
*2. Korean War
Korean War(1950-53): Often called "the forgotten war," it finally had a memorial dedicated to it in Washington in 1995. Of the 5.7 million Americans who served, 2.7 million survive.
*3. Operation Desert Shield/Storm
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm(1990-91): America's first encounter with Iraq's Saddam Hussein involved 2.3 million military personnel, of whom 2.2 million are still present.
*4. World War II
World War II(1941-45): America's most massive mobilization involved 16 million men and women, of whom 2.1 million are still alive.
"American effort during World War II (1941-1945) saw the greatest mobilization of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force in the nation's history (more than 16 million people); some 5.7 million more served in the Korean War (1950 to 1953). In 1954, after lobbying efforts by veterans' service organizations, the 83rd U.S. Congress amended the 1938 act that had made Armistice Day a holiday, striking the word "Armistice" in favor of "Veterans." President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the legislation on June 1, 1954. From then on, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars."- History Channel
*5. Global War on Terror
Global War on Terror(2001- ): Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have involved 1.4 million military personnel.
And what will President Obama being doing on this commemorative holiday? The Huffington News reports:
"The president is hosting a veterans breakfast Friday at the White House, then laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns before speaking at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Soon after, Obama flies to California to take part in the first-ever Carrier Classic, basketball game between Michigan State and No. 1 North Carolina aboard the USS Carl Vinson.
The Veterans Day observances come a day after the Senate approved Obama's call for a tax credit for those who hire jobless veterans. In a written statement, he said the vote is a fitting way to help honor those who've served their country."


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The official site for SHAFT's new magical girls anime project Magical Suite Prism Nana posted a 1 minute 55 seconds new promotional video yesterday. The video was first introduced at the 83rd Comic Market/Comiket, the largest doujinshi event in the world, in the end of last month.
The flyer for Comiket 83
The booth for Prism Nana at Comiket 83 showed the PV
*all of the photos were taken by Mikikazu Komatsu with the organizer's permission
Source: Magical Suite Prism Nana official site
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Bill Gates thinks that passwords are a bad idea, and looks forward to a world where we can do without them.
He would much rather we all used digital certificates managed through the InfoCard system in Windows Vista.
Speaking at the RSA Security conference last week, Mr Gates admitted that Microsoft has "an overly complex system today", and promised a simpler, easier and safer model for future Windows users.
It's a compelling vision, and since I've argued repeatedly that we need to deal with the problem of how we tie our real-world identities to our online activities, I have to support Microsoft's new-found interest in the issue.
What it is proposing is certainly a much better plan than its first attempt to do something about online credentials.
Proof positive
The Passport service, launched in 1999, was supposed to let websites and web services verify user identities.
It was an expensive failure, largely because nobody was willing to trust Microsoft as the intermediary at a time when the company's reputation for security was being undermined by regular reports of software flaws and compromised systems.
Although Passport is now consigned to the backwaters of checking Hotmail and Messenger logins, we should not underestimate Microsoft's ability to learn from its mistakes.
The company has a habit of entering a market with a poorly-designed offering, failing badly and then learning the lessons from those who eventually succeed.
When it comes to online identity, it's clear that Microsoft has looked closely at the work of the Liberty Alliance, an industry consortium that has been struggling for years to persuade users and service providers that digital identity is a serious problem.
Their approach is based on what they call a "federated identity". Each organisation I deal with, whether it's a bank or a bookseller or a government department, keeps its own data, but once one of them knows who I am then the others will accept that identity.
So I can log on to my bank using a secure smartcard and then buy books without needing a password. What's more, I don't need to rely on one company to provide security software or authentication services, as long as they all agree to use the same standards.
Federated identity is a sensible way to solve the problems of linking real-world and digital identity, and the open approach advocated by the Liberty Alliance has already received support from major companies like General Motors and Japan Airlines, among others.
Standard issue
We should not be surprised to learn, given Microsoft's new-found interest in the area, that last November the Liberty Alliance announced a project to make better use of smartcards, tokens and other alternatives to passwords for authentication, making many of the arguments used last week by Bill Gates.
The work being done by its Strong Authentication Expert Group is already well advanced, yet strangely enough Microsoft has chosen to build its InfoCards around a different set of Web security standards so the two approaches will not work seamlessly together.
You don't always need military-strength encryption, digital certificates that have been approved by a notary public or a federated identity infrastructure for online security.
Since October Lloyds TSB have been trying out a token-based system which uses a key ring-sized device to generate a six-digit code that has to be entered as well as a password. Similar systems are already used by many companies, including the BBC, to control remote access to their networks.
Is that me?
But whatever the chosen technology, we urgently need to do something about the problem of online identity, and not just so that we can bank safely or buy even more consumer goods.
One area that has achieved too little attention is the growing use of comments in blogs and news pages. Many blogs will let you post comments under any name you like, since all they try to check is that you are a real person rather than a spam-posting piece of software.
Even reputable news sites often only check that the e-mail address you have given is valid, but make no effort at all to verify that you are who you claim to be online.
As a result it is frighteningly easy to pretend to be someone else, and although it would be possible to work out that a posting signed "bill thompson" was not really from me, it could cause problems at work or in a relationship.
While it isn't surprising to see Microsoft and other players manoeuvring around each other, it is worrying to think that this vitally important area will be compromised for the sake of corporate advantage.
We urgently need a better solution to the problem of online identity, and it should be one area where the companies involved recognise that working together will benefit them all, even if it does mean having to give way to your rivals or conform to standards that you didn't write.
For one thing, in a secure world there should be a lot more business for everyone as we all feel safer online.
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As construction and agriculture show signs of improvement in many US and Canadian regions this summer, equipment theft reports are keeping pace...sort of.
Reports to National Equipment Register show surging theft activity in some areas (particularly Texas, Oklahoma, Florida), while other areas we expected to see increases seem to be steady or reduced from 2012 levels, so far (most notably California and the North East).
This is not to say that equipment owners and Law Enforcement in any area should consider equipment related crimes to be unlikely this Labor Day holiday.
Regardless of the current report levels, thieves nationwide may not be able to pass up the opportunities of vacant job sites, understaffed dealerships and overworked rental yards to commit machine thefts and burglarize businesses before and over the holiday.NER continues to advise the industry and Law Enforcement to take steps to prevent equipment crimes in your community.
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Gotta Run: How to Get Tardiness (and Your Schedule!) Under ControlSubmitted by SharpMan Editorial Team on Friday 15th October 2010
- Are you always late?
- Seven reasons why people run late.
- How to sabotage lateness–yours or someone else's.
Does this scenario sound familiar?
It's 7:00 a.m. and your flight departs at 7:30. You're steadily growing more impatient with the ticket counter; finally you've got your boarding pass and are rushing through the terminal to make it to the gate, just as they're announcing the last call for passengers. You've made it on the plane–but just barely.
You're the guy who's always punctual or ten minutes early and generally having to wait for your buddies, boss or coworkers to stagger in. You're always on time; why can't they be?
Whether you're perpetually trying to beat the clock or incessantly waiting on someone else, tardiness affects you. Being late or working with someone who does not comprehend the concept of timeliness leads to stress, resentment and bad impressions.
Wanna learn how to avoid being late — or get buddies, your boss and your coworkers to stop wasting your time by way of consistent tardiness? Read on for the SharpWork lowdown:
Seven Reasons for Being Late
It's just who you are. It's easy to think of excuses for why you're running behind schedule, and if you're not cautious this pattern of arriving late could become a habit–labeling you an unreliable and unprofessional. Coworkers appear to accept your behavior and actually come to expect it; thus inadvertently labeling you as the "late guy." You're OK with this label and begin to believe it; therefore, you begin living up to your reputation. Ah, the vicious lateness cycle…
Why not? If you're always running late and no one ever confronts or reprimands you, then why should you make that extra effort needed to change your habits? Human behavior is usually motivated and influenced by four main factors: pain, fear, anger and boredom. So if none of those factors exists and lateness is accepted as a normal occurrence, then there is no reason or motivation for you or someone else to change behavior.
Getting high off adrenaline. For some guys, the rush they get from flying down the freeway or contriving exotic reasons why they're twenty minutes late for a luncheon is as exciting the thrill of a massive roller coaster ride. It's a rush: you've got 10 minutes, 15 miles to cover and it's bumper-to-bumper traffic. Can you do it? No you can't, but there's always that shot of adrenaline. That anticipation. That challenge.
No one cares. If you're continuously tardy and not a word is said about it, you begin to automatically assume that either:
(1) no one cares,
(2) being late does not affect anyone else, or
(3) everyone else was late, too. No harm, no foul.
If no one communicates how your behavior is sabotaging his or her work efficiency (or leisure time), then you never have a clue that you're impacting another person. Basically, you believe your dilatory arrivals only concern you and have no outside consequences.
It's a power thing. When you walk into your financial advisor's building, he seems to always have another client in his office, forcing you to peruse dusty magazines from 1998, while you wait for him to acknowledge your existence. Is his schedule really that booked that he has to overlap meetings–every time? The answer is most likely "no."
In this instance, keeping you quarantined in the waiting area is more of a power statement than anything else. He wants you to perceive him as busy and important. The same is true for executives who schedule a meeting with you and then have you wait outside his or her door for 15 minutes. How do you know if this is a one-time deal or a power game? Observe his or her promptness when a superior schedules a meeting. If suddenly, he or she is on time or even early, then take the hint and understand that this person has some serious superiority issues.
Ask yourself: are you pulling a power game on your buddies when you book with them for lunch? Would you prefer to think that the party doesn't begin until you get there? Is your buddy pulling this on you?
"Pollyanna" syndrome. These guys are well intentioned, but just way too hopeful. They're the guys who believe they will be able to zip through rush hour in less than 20 minutes, always land a parking space and everything will run smoothly. Consequently, they fail to plan for extra time or even enough time. They're vainly optimistic.
The contradiction. Attention: beware of the "yes man" who agrees or volunteers, but is actually thinking the opposite. Here's how it goes: you ask this guy to do a favor, he acts enthused, says yes and then is always behind schedule or missing deadlines. His performance is so bad that it makes you question whether or not you should ask him to do anything else.
Coincidence? Nope, that's the goal. He's a guy/gal who can't say "no." He or she wants to be liked and to be perceived as someone who can take on lots of tasks. But the irony is that he/she actually does not want the responsibility, and will try to dissuade you from asking him to do something again by not completing the project on time.
Are you "passively" saying "no" to work by making yourself look unreliable? Is your coworker or support staffer?
Now What?
So now that you've identified either yourself, your buddy, your coworker or your boss as a late-addict, what can you do to help change or transform this behavior?
You're the late guy. If you're the perennial slacker, then take note and give yourself a big kick in the pants. You look bad, buddy. Even among friends, being unreliable can cost you in valuable leads and referrals. Being a professional means that you can be counted on. Unfortunately, without an understanding of the clock, you can be neither. And without those, your career isn't likely to go far. After all, no one is looking to promote the guy who doesn't look professional, right?
The good news is, it's not too late. Start showing up and delivering early, and you will revamp your professional image. Like in politics, people quickly forget when they hear a new message…
You're friends with, or you work with the late guy. if you're at the receiving end, then take heart in the fact that you can curve this behavior. Check it out:
Sabotage Lateness in Others
Step One. Tell it like it is. Set a meeting or take the offending parties aside and communicate how their behavior affects the company's efficiency. Be direct and be professional. No need to set your radar on their lack of maturity–just stay focused on how the behavior impacts your performance. Speak in terms of efficiency, rather than focusing on how annoyed you are. Everyone wants to meet the bottom line, but very few people want to deal with anger and annoyance.
Dealing with a friend? Be direct. Tell him or her that you'll have to cut your lunch short due to the late start. You started your lunch earlier than he did in order to be on time, remember? Next time he calls, let him know that you may not have the time for lunch, when taking his tardiness into account. Let him know you expect him to be prompt, or you'll have to bail out.
Step Two. Set a time limit. When you're meeting a coworker for lunch, give him or her a set time to arrive. Say "I can meet between 2 and 3, and then after that I have to be back in my office." And then stick to it. By designating a time period you can go ahead and order and eat — without feeling rude if they are not on time. Establish the rules and follow through.
Step Three. It's not a joke. If you want someone to take his or her promptness seriously, then don't joke about it. Also skip the sarcastic comments if they happen to arrive on time one day. Expect that he or she will arrive on time, communicate this expectation and watch what happens.
Step Four. Welcome to the "Real World." For those bleary-eyed optimists who believe that every traffic signal will blink their way, jolt them out of their cave by directly telling them that they need to allot more time to their schedule during rush hour or the lunch hour — let them know that parking near your meeting spot will take extra time.
Step Five. Take away the drug. For those guys getting high the adrenaline of "making it," take away their needle. When you have a scheduled appointment and they're more than 15 minutes late, leave. Give them a time frame, stick to it and then take away the thrill by leaving if they don't make it on time.
Step Six. Give them a reason. Encourage and reward promptness. Use simple human psychology to your advantage. People can't help but respond to praise. By encouraging their timeliness with positive reinforcement, you are more likely to make the behavior more common, and over the long run, transform the perennial late person into Mr. Punctual — at least with you.This article last updated on Friday 15th October 2010


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