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Carl may now be one of Australia's most popular comedians but he is truly an international artiste having performed live and on television in Australia, New York, London, Edinburgh, Montreal and Auckland.
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During November 1999, Carl appeared in four TV Specials – World Cup Comedy – for the Seven Network and BskyB in the UK which featured four of the best comics from Australia up against four British comedians. In January 2000, he made three appearances on the fifth series of UK Gold's Live At Jongleurs.
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Date: Thursday, 11 November 1999, at 8:54 p.m.
I went to my LFS planning to buy some clown loaches but i was shocked when i saw the price of them ! They were labeled jumbo clowns but they were only about 4 inches ($20 a piece)So i looked around sure enough found some smaller ones but he had these labeled large and they were $13(only about 3 inches)Is this the normal price of clowns ? i was shocked and didnt end up buying any and i really wanted to but i know they are hard to keep bec. they get diseases easily. I dont know what to do are they always this much money?
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- Newsmap. Monday, March 15, 1943 : week of March 5 to March 12, 183rd week of the war, 65th week of U.S. participation
- Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Air offensive, Unrest (France, Belgium, Norway), Southwest Pacific, Tunisia. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Russia, Tunisia. Includes photographs: Convoy to Russia; American tank in Russia; Joint Assignment; Airborne engineers; Shower bath - desert style. Back: Learn to recognize these vehicles (half-track vehicles). Labelled illustrations of American, Canadian and German vehicles with a quick guide to features for comparison.
- Newsmap. Monday, August 30, 1943 : week of August 19 to August 26, 207th week of the war, 89th week of U.S. participation
- Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Italy, Russia, Kiska, Berlin, Conference, Burma, China, New Guinea, New Georgia. Maps show Russian front -- Southern Italy. Includes photographs: Kiska, Sicily. Back: Weapons of the German Infantry Division. 17 weapons are identified and described, including the size, maximum range, and number found in various German Army units. Each weapon is keyed by number to a battle illustration.


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Even judge Simon Cowell called their graceful dance "rubbish, but brilliant" and "incredibly infectious."
Months of occupation have not been kind and rubbish is strewn across the entrance hall.
They make a big deal of his being in a wheelchair, but that is rubbish.
Publishers print stacks of rubbish – "Beach Reading" – for your sake.
I have been telling my students for years that such language strikes me as rubbish.
They proved to be two heaps of rubbish, from constructions of stone.
Beatrice privately thought that she would prefer not to know all that rubbish.
If there is anything more worthy of the name of rubbish, pray let us know what it is.
There was no malice in my rubbish; but it laughed at the captain.
This being removed, they reached a larger opening, but filled with rubbish and sand.
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Now before i have people yelling at me to use the custom search bar, i just want to let you guys know that i have used it and have not found a direct answer. I have a 96 1.9l and im just looking for an exhaust that will give me a more appealing sound than the stock one. I have not been able to find many videos online so i decided to come here to look for some help. Do you guys have any recommendations?
Ansa. I have it on mine.
you could check with some exhaust shops just for the heck of it. might be way cheaper
Alright ill check it out. And what rims do you have on your car? They look really good.
The attraction was that it was bolt on. Current Supersprints are cheaper but apparently come with a separate front connector pipe carrying the flange, that must be welded onto the end of the muffler's pipe.
I am pleased and fascinated by the Supersprint's complex and varied sound. There is a rasp when started and blipped, and when releasing the clutch on take off. Underway there is a hoarse, windy, muted mutter, not very audible except under heavy throttle and when going under a bridge etc. I have had aftermarket mufflers on two BMWs and a Rabbit and a Scion, and this is the best one yet. The sound is perfect.
A shop installed it, and the muffler did not hang centered in the bumper opening -- it touched the right side. I took off the two rubber muffler hangers and the muffler did not shift. So I cut up an extra rubber hanger to make a rubber spacer washer which I installed on the inside of the right rear rubber hanger, and that pushed the muffler to the right, centering it perfectly.
I swear by supersprint, completely drone free and plenty loud. Don't worry never figured out the search bar myself :p
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Skip to comments.No On Roberts (Joseph Farah Slams Conservatives For Being Bamboozled By White House Alert)
Posted on 08/07/2005 10:20:55 PM PDT by goldstategop
I don't know who makes me sicker President Bush or the "conservatives" who continue to back him and his sell-out choice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
The conservatives eagerly jumped in to throw their support to the unknown John Roberts as soon as the choice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor was announced.
On what basis? The guy was a blank slate like David Souter and Anthony Kennedy before him.
Then, last week, the Los Angeles Times broke the story that Roberts had volunteered his services pro bono to help prepare a landmark homosexual activist case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court.
He did his job well. But he didn't serve the public interest. And he certainly no longer sounds like the carefully crafted image of a jurist who believes in the Constitution and judicial restraint.
The 1996 Romer vs. Evans case produced what the homosexual activists considered, at the time, its most significant legal victory, paving the way for an even bigger one Lawrence vs. Texas, the Supreme Court ruling that effectively overturned all laws prohibiting sodomy in the United States.
There was some immediate concern expressed by conservatives following the story. But after being assured by the White House that everything was all right, they quickly fell into line, quietly paving the way for what I predict will be a unanimous or near-unanimous confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate.
Some conservatives even suggested the story in the L.A. Times was designed to divide conservatives. If that isn't a case of blaming the messenger! No, the point of the L.A. Times story was to bring the Democrats on board to reassure them that Roberts is definitely in the mold of Souter and Kennedy.
As disappointing as Bush has been as president, I really didn't expect him to nominate a constitutionalist to replace O'Connor.
But the vast majority of establishment conservative leaders have no idea how they are being manipulated.
It's really sad.
They simply buy into the White House talking points, which say Roberts was merely being a good soldier for his law firm.
Roberts was a partner in the firm. His job was not in jeopardy if he excused himself from the case on principled moral grounds. That would have been the honorable thing to do either that, or resign from a law partnership that took such reprehensible clients.
Now that would be the kind of jurist I could support to serve on the Supreme Court for a lifetime appointment.
Walter A. Smith, the attorney in charge of pro bono work at Hogan & Hartson from 1993 to 1997, who worked with Roberts on the Romer case, said Roberts expressed no hesitation at taking the case. He jumped at the opportunity.
"Every good lawyer knows that if there is something in his client's cause that so personally offends you, morally, religiously, if it offends you that you think it would undermine your ability to do your duty as a lawyer, then you shouldn't take it on, and John wouldn't have," he said. "So at a minimum, he had no concerns that would rise to that level."
Keep in mind the intent and result of this case. It overturned a provision of the Colorado Constitution that blocked special rights for people based on their sexual proclivities.
Roberts did not have a moral problem with that. He did not have a moral problem with helping those activists win a major battle in the culture war. He did not have a moral problem with using the Supreme Court to interfere in the sovereign decisions of a sovereign people in a sovereign state. He did not have a moral problem coaching homosexual activists on how to play politics with the court.
This was not just an "intellectual exercise," as some have suggested. Roberts' actions had real impact on the future of our nation.
He ought to be ashamed of himself as a self-proclaimed Catholic. In some dioceses, he would be denied communion for his betrayal of his faith.
He ought to be denied a confirmation vote by the U.S. Senate. But I predict he will get every Republican vote and nearly all of the Democrat votes.
Sad. Tragic. Pathetic.
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The White House said Roberts worked on the 1996 case for less than 10 hours and that he always agreed when someone at his law firm asked for help on a pro bono case in his area of expertise, appellate and Supreme Court arguments.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Never mind all that now.
These people NEED something -- anything -- to bash this good man with.
Roberts may yet turn out to be okay. We have no alternative but to wait. Bush has made his decision and will not recall it. And, as Farah points out, Roberts' support from Senate Democrats will be unanimous or close to it.
If Roberts turns out to be a mistake like Souter we'll be stuck with it for 30-35 years at least. That's long enough to ensure the social liberal agenda becomes a permanent and unchallengeable part of our laws and lives and the lives of our grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
May God have mercy on us and this nation and may He guide George W. Bush appropriately to that end.
I can't guarantee a damn thing, up to and including that I will live to see the shuttle land tonight.
FGS, run for office if you think you can do a better job.
In contrast, Roberts is a blank slate.
No kidding? Then why did you put this thread up? I mean, are we or are we not DISCUSSING some of his legal work?
Any one can read anything they want into him.
So I see; even things that are not there.
Frankly, I'm sick of all of you who have to find SOMETHING to carp about in every single issue.
I guess now Jerry Falwell is also a liberal.
Excepting those who've bought into the LA Times line of bullcrap...
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I do not hold that we should put on the Court only judges who oppose gays in all cases. I hold that we should put on the Court only judges who uphold the constitution in all cases.
Now and then, anyone, even gays, may find that the plain text of the constitution is on their side in a case. So be it.
The gay baiting of this post and its transparent use as a tool to divide us is disgusting.
Here is the summary text of the actual ROMER v. EVANS, ___ U.S. ___ (1996) Supreme Court decision:
A clear and substantial case is made here that the Colorado Ammendment 2 violated the plain text of the 14th Ammendment.
Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause. Pp. 4-14.
(a) The State's principal argument that Amendment 2 puts gays and lesbians in the same position as all other persons by denying them special rights is rejected as implausible. The extent of the change in legal status effected by this law is evident from the authoritative construction of Colorado's Supreme Court - which establishes that the amendment's immediate effect is to repeal all existing statutes, regulations, ordinances, and policies of state and local entities barring discrimination based on sexual orientation, and that its ultimate effect is to prohibit any governmental entity from adopting similar, or more protective, measures in the future absent state constitutional amendment - and from a review of the terms, structure, Page II and operation of the ordinances that would be repealsed and prohibited by Amendment 2. Even if, as the State contends, homosexuals can find protection in laws and policies of general application, Amendment 2 goes well beyond merely depriving them of special rights. It imposes a broad disability upon those persons alone, forbidding them, but no others, to seek specific legal protection from injuries caused by discrimination in a wide range of public and private transactions. Pp. 4-9.
(b) In order to reconcile the Fourteenth Amendment's promise that no person shall be denied equal protection with the practical reality that most legislation classifies for one purpose or another, the Court has stated that it will uphold a law that neither burdens a fundamental right nor targets a suspect class so long as the legislative classification bears a rational relation to some independent and legitimate legislative end. See, e.g., Heller v. Doe, 509 U.S. 312, 319 -320. Amendment 2 fails, indeed defies, even this conventional inquiry. First, the amendment is at once too narrow and too broad, identifying persons by a single trait and then denying them the possibility of protection across the board. This disqualification of a class of persons from the right to obtain specific protection from the law is unprecedented and is itself a denial of equal protection in the most literal sense. Second, the sheer breadth of Amendment 2, which makes a general announcement that gays and lesbians shall not have any particular protections from the law, is so far removed from the reasons offered for it, i.e., respect for other citizens' freedom of association, particularly landlords or employers who have personal or religious objections to homosexuality, and the State's interest in conserving resources to fight discrimination against other groups, that the amendment cannot be explained by reference to those reasons; the Amendment raises the inevitable inference that it is born of animosity toward the class that it affects. Amendment 2 cannot be said to be directed to an identifiable legitimate purpose or discrete objective. It is a status-based classification of persons undertaken for its own sake, something the Equal Protection Clause does not permit. Pp. 9-14.
It's simple,either support the president and his nominee,or don't.
Farah doesn't,I do.Screw Farah.
Falwell supports Roberts and had no problem with his work on some of these cases - therefore, Falwell must be a stealth liberal.
Why is it that your "concerns" are so much more important than people who have actually dealt with this man and who actually know what kind of lawyer he is? You know, the people who support him?
What should anybody give a rat's butt what Ann Coulter or Joe Farah or Carl Limbacher think about this guy?
P.S. Roe v. Wade is NEVER going to be overturned, so if that's what you're looking for you're going to be disappointed for the rest of your life.
I agree... I'll go with Mark Levin's opinion anytime.
Same goes for James Dobson. Guess Dobson's a lib. Plus Roberts worked for Reagan. Reagan must have been a stealth liberal as well.
Now I understand that Farah is lukewarm in his support of Bush, as I am, but c'mon. Every thing Bush has done Farah has resorted to wild-eyed conspiracy shilling that makes a New York Times article look as if it was written by Ann Coulter.
Hence, the Weekly World News graphic...
Of course it could be. Bush has the power to make that happen with his appointments.
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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends a session during the 25th Extraordinary Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on South Sudan in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, March 13, 2014.
East African states say they will start deploying troops in South Sudan by mid-April. East African heads of states met in Addis Ababa to discuss the size and mandate of a stabilization and protection force in the three-month old conflict.
Lead mediator Seyoum Mesfin says that troops from East African countries should be deployed by mid-April, but he did not specify numbers.
"We should not wait until all the countries prepare and tell you that they send," he said. "The usual U.N. mission, they prepare the camps first and it takes them 6-9 months. We don't want to see this. We want to see the effective implementation of this mechanism at the earliest possible time."
Kenya, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Burundi will send troops, and possibly also Djibouti. Each country is being asked to also prepare a standby force in their respective capitals, in case the troops in South Sudan need reinforcements.
Soldiers loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir have been fighting rebels believed to support former vice president Riek Machar since mid-December, following a political rift.
A cease-fire was agreed to in January but has been repeatedly violated by both sides. Part of the truce deal called for monitoring and verification teams to be sent to South Sudan.
Seyoum says leaders at Thursday's summit agreed that the stabilization force will, in part, protect the cease-fire monitors.
"The mandate is protection and deterrence. They will protect the mechanism for the verifying and monitoring mechanism for the cessation of hostilities," said Seyoum. "They will also deter from any attack of critical areas that are of paramount importance to the country."
A request to deploy the protection and stabilization force by mid-April has been sent to the African Union and the United Nations Security Council. The deployment, if approved, will be paid for by the international community.


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> This makes me curious of what other Net45xx users are seeing with
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> And why would the upgrade from 1.11 to 1.2b10 have worked for me
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As always, YouTube is available for free in the Android Market.
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how is it "nothing new" when in fact...it is new to the app?
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I have a Motorola Atrix 4G, I downloaded this youtube update and the videos freeze up about half way though but the sounds still plays, I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and uninstalled it again it did the same thing... so finally I just uninstalled the update permanently... something's wrong...


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Fannie Mae sues nine banks over Libor losses
America's biggest mortgage company Fannie Mae is suing nine of the world's biggest banks over losses relating to the Libor scandal.
Libor refers to the London interbank offered rate, which is an interest rate used by many banks, mortgage lenders, and others to set the price of borrowing on trillions of dollars of financial contracts.
Several banks have indicated that they colluded to set the rate artificially low, which could have deprived lenders like Fannie Mae of higher profits.
The lender is seeking more than $800m (£499m) in damages.
The nine banks being sued by Fannie Mae are Barclays, RBS, Rabobank, UBS, Bank of America, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase.
Mariko Oi reports from New York.
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Crowd-funding dark side: Sometimes investments go down drain
Glenn Stark couldn't wait to get his hands on a pair of Eyez, high-tech glasses that promised to record live video. The problem was, they didn't exist yet.
No problem. Stark last year joined more than 2,000 others dazzled by the glasses' design to collectively contribute more than $300,000 to the entrepreneurs developing them. The two-man team behind the company, called Zeyez, developing the glasses told these financial backers they would receive the glasses ahead of the fall 2011 goal. Tech press gushed over the idea.
Yet even today, Eyez glasses still aren't being produced and individual backers including Stark haven't received a pair. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurs have curtailed providing online updates on the project and won't answer questions from backers, Stark says. Stark figures he is out his money: $150 plus $15 for shipping to Switzerland. "It's hard to find a real address and even harder to find a legit phone number," Stark wrote in an e-mail to USA TODAY. Carlos Becerra, who is listed as the company's CEO, declined to comment.
Seeing such a small unproven project lure $300,000 in a short period of time highlights the potential power, but also the risks, of so-called crowd funding. Crowd funding harnesses the power of the Internet to funnel money from interested individuals to entrepreneurs building products considered too risky or too small for big companies, banks or venture capitalists to back.
Hopes are high that crowd funding could be one answer to help fix the USA's economic rut, where job and business growth has been anemic in part because of tighter lending. Crowd funding is supposed to give entrepreneurs a direct line to individuals willing to bankroll relatively unproven companies. Some think crowd funding could be an alternative to a stock market that has turned hostile to new companies as investors demand higher returns and companies face higher costs to comply with securities regulations.
Such optimism over this new way of raising money is giving crowd funding political power that will make it available on a much grander scale. Currently, crowd funding is very limited and is really just a twist on a traditional donation. Many crowd-funding efforts support art projects or humanitarian causes. Consumers may also help business projects by contributing money in exchange for T-shirts or by prepaying for products before they're released. More than $290 million has been pledged for more than 26,000 funded projects on Kickstarter, the largest U.S.-based crowd-funding site.
But crowd funding will soon reach a much broader level. As soon as next year, due to the Jobs Act, which was signed into law in April, individuals may invest a limited amount of money in companies using crowd funding. The Securities and Exchange Commission, despite its public concerns about crowd funding, has 270 days from the enactment date to set rules, putting it around January 2013, though delays are possible. Suddenly, crowd funding will become not just a way to contribute to a cause, but to take stock in a company without having to go through the U.S. stock market.
Companies are rushing to be major players in stock-based crowd funding, even before the rules are put in place by the SEC. While Kickstarter hasn't expressed interest in the stock-based crowd-funding area, there are others at various stages of pursuing it, including Crowdfunder, EarlyShares, Crowdcube, Symbid, RelayFund, Grow VC, PeoplesVC, Indiegogo and more. SoMoLend is setting up to allow crowd funding of a company's debt. Some brokers may also choose to participate.
But there are risks
Despite the theoretical allure of allowing consumers to fund such early-stage companies, though, lessons from crowd funding's very early days shows the risks, including:
•Large chance of delays. Just a quarter of Kickstarter projects have been completed on time and another 33% had yet to deliver, according to an analysis of 471 projects in the design and technology categories by Ethan Mollick, professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Larger projects and those that pooled more money than the entrepreneurs originally asked for are the most likely to be delayed. Just 75% of projects delivered any product even eight months after their promised delivery date, Mollick says.
Some examples of delayed projects include Levitatr, a keyboard for mobile devices that raised nearly $70,000 in contributions. The product, which was expected to be released late last year, is still not available. The company could not be reached.
And the High Roller adult-size tricycle, designed to be a Big Wheel for grownups, raised nearly $90,000 in October 2011 and was originally to be released by December 2011. But after starting the project, the entrepreneur behind it, Matt Armbruster, learned that the estimates he was given for manufacturing costs and scheduling were way off. Armbruster, trained in aerospace engineering, found a new production facility in Taiwan and then learned the product wouldn't be available until late this summer. He says the original run of 300 High Roller cycles will be done by September and will be mailed to backers. "The learning curve is up a wall," he says. "But, it's happening."
•Higher hazards than IPOs. Facebook's initial public offering provided a high-profile lesson in how risky a traditional IPO can be. Investors have lost 90% or more of their money on 16% of the companies that went public that were less than a year old, says Jay Ritter of the University of Florida. The odds of losing 90% was even higher, 21%, for companies that went public when they were 2 years old. And this high failure rate is among companies that have the financial resources to go public. Crowd funding means taking an even bigger chance than a traditional IPO because of how small and unproven the companies and their products are.
•Risk of misrepresentation. The chances of outright busts in crowd funding have been rare on Kickstarter. Only about 5% of the Kickstarter projects studied were complete failures, Wharton's Mollick says. But sometimes people who provide crowd funding walk away feeling they didn't get what they bargained for — or worse.
Complaints by consumers who didn't get what they feel they were promised are on the rise at Ripoff Report, an online registry for consumer complaints, says Ed Magedson, who founded the website. The difficulty in researching the companies and people behind the companies is problematic, he says. Consumers have little recourse if crowd-funded companies don't deliver on their promises.
One example was Mythic, a video game project, which last year raised nearly $5,000 based on attractive artwork and plans for the game. The project was canceled this year before any money, pledged by backers, was taken. Alfonzo Burton of the Burton Design Group says that the pitch for the Mythic game used photos and images from Burton's games. No one at the company behind Mythic could be reached for comment.
Even so, Burton says rare misrepresentations like that shouldn't condemn the practice. Crowd funding has become a top way for independent makers of video games to raise money, he says. Video game Double Fine Adventure has raised more than $3.3 million on Kickstarter. The game is due to be released next year.
People should not seek financial gain when contributing to projects, Burton says, but should do it to help entrepreneurs produce new and interesting products. "These websites allow us to do something with our passion," he says.
Most of the contributions, too, are fairly small, says Francis Gaskins of IPOdesktop.com. He says that crowd funding is fine as long as investors understand they're doing it for fun, not in a way to try to make money. Whether investors will continue to understand that once crowd funding goes beyond donations and becomes actual investing in companies is yet to be known, he says.
Vetting the companies
Meanwhile, efforts are already made to add order to the chaos, says Sara Hanks, CEO of Crowd Check, a service that will review young companies and vet the ones that seem legit. Companies raising less than $100,000 will likely need to have financial statements certified by an officer of the company, she says. Companies raising $100,000 to $500,000 will need to have financial statements reviewed by a certified public accountant, and those raising more than $500,000 will need to be audited, Hanks says, based on her current interpretation of the Jobs Act.
Additionally, safeguards will be put in place to limit losses. Most regular investors will be allowed to invest only up to $2,000 a year in crowd funding, she says.
Despite these safeguards and fanfare, though, Ritter thinks crowd funding will never amount to more than a sideshow. Just a small number of these companies will be winners, leaving most investors discouraged and holding stakes in worthless investments, he says.
There's not a shortage of money to be invested, but instead, a dearth of good ideas worth investing in, Ritter says. Venture-capital returns have been lackluster since 2000 largely due to the scarcity of winning ideas, not a lack of investment money, he says.
The problems may intensify as crowd funding evolves from being a place to donate for altruistic reasons to one to invest for profit, says Wharton's Mollick. "You will have many disappointed people. You'll have people backing things, most of which will go bad."
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David Cavanaugh wrote:
> Thank you the help James.
> However, I found what might be a clue. At the end of Chapter 7 in
> user's guide: "Network Neighborhood in Windows does not work over
> connections because broadcasts are not forwarded across the PPTP
> connection"
> Maybe that is why it does not work. Moreover, if it does not work
> because broadcasts are not sent over the PPTP interface, is there a
> way to enable broadcasts over the PPTP interface?
> And, if it absolutely cannot work, I would like to know,
> authoritatively. I will just have to attempt to use RRAS on 2003 for
You are correct, broadcasts will not work and Windows networking
(generally) needs broadcasts to resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses.
Unless you supply your client machine the IP of the server you with to
access. This is where hosts/lmhosts or WINS comes in. With
hosts/lmhosts you can tell your client machines that <server> is at
<IP Address>. WINS does this in a nice automated manner (until the jet
database gets corrupt...)
Are the remote clients laptops or home computers? If laptops, just add
the appropriate lines to the hosts file (or lmhosts if you follow the
link in my last post...) next time they are in the office. If the
machines are home computers you may need to walk the users threw
adding the lines.
Home/hotel networks may cause a problem if they use the same subnet as
your office LAN.
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A poll gauging public trust in TV news has found that PBS is the most trusted name in news, while trust in Fox News has dropped significantly. ~~~ According to a survey from Public Policy Polling, "a year ago a plurality of Americans said they trusted Fox News. Now a plurality of them don't."
Poll: PBS is the most trusted name in TV news as Fox plummets. The price of being O'Keefe'd ~~~ Murrow - Cronkite Nostalgia?
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The loss of muscle mass and strength with aging (
The progressive loss of muscle mass and strength with aging, often referred to as sarcopenia [
The branched chain amino acids (leucine, isoleucine, and valine) account for 14%–18% of the total amino acids in skeletal muscle protein [
Aging is known to suppress muscle protein synthesis, especially the synthetic response after feeding, which may alter net muscle protein balance leading to sarcopenia. Although sarcopenia is a multi-factorial affliction [
Next to the anabolic properties of BCAA on muscle health, amino acids can also have profound effects on insulin production/secretion, which could further augment the anabolic response and also be used as a modulator of glucose homeostasis.
The insulinotropic properties of amino acids or protein were reported for the first time in the 1960s [
However, no long-term studies have focused on the question of whether the insulinotropic potential of amino acids remains after being on a high protein diet or amino acids supplementation. It therefore remains to be seen whether such a nutritional intervention represents a feasible long-term strategy to improve glycemic control. Next to the insulinotropic properties of amino acids and dietary protein there are several other beneficial effects that could result in a better health status for both diabetics, elderly or obese subjects.
In long-term dietary interventions, protein and leucine supplementation would eventually lead to changes in the macronutrient composition of an
Simplified overview of amino acid induced insulin secretion in the β-cell. Glucose is metabolized in the cell via glycolysis into pyruvate, which is subsequently metabolized further by the tricaboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) to form ATP. Increased ratios of ATP/ADP result in depolarization of the plasma membrane through closure of ATP-sensitive K+ channels. This depolarization opens voltage activated Ca2+ channels, leading to increased concentrations of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and subsequent insulin exocytosis. Intracellular catabolism of all metabolizable amino acids will increase the intracellular ATP/ADP ratio, thereby closing ATP-sensitive K+ channels, leading to the depolarization of the plasma membrane. Leucine both induces and enhances pancreatic β-cell insulin secretion through oxidative decarboxylation and allosteric activation of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) increasing ATP/ADP. Leucine can also be transaminated to α-ketoisocaproate (KIC) that is converted into acetyl-CoA before entering the TCA-cycle. Amino acids such as arginine can directly depolarize the plasma membrane of the β-cell, opening up voltage activated Ca2+ channels leading to insulin secretion. Adapted from Newsholme
Though there are ample suggestions that amino acid or protein supplementation could represent an effective dietary strategy to improve blood glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes, future research should determine if these insulinotropic properties are retained after prolonged increase of dietary protein or BCAA supplementation.
In addition to the potential for BCAA (and leucine in particular) to benefit metabolic health through hypertrophic or insulinotropic pathways (as described in previous sections), there is emerging evidence that BCAA may also influence skeletal muscle metabolism. Because skeletal muscle is responsible for ~75%–80% of glucose disposal in response to carbohydrate ingestion [
Recently, D'Antona and colleagues [
These potential positive effects of BCAA supplementation for metabolic health and aging must be balanced against any negative outcomes. In this regard, recent human studies have found potential links between elevated plasma BCAA and obesity/type 2 diabetes. Using metabolomics profiling, Newgard and colleagues [
With increasing prevalence of both sarcopenia and type 2 diabetes, there is a great need for novel interventions that effectively combat the loss of skeletal muscle mass and increased insulin resistance that play a pivotal role in both afflictions. Amino acids in general, and the branched-chain amino acids in particular, are likely to represent a nutritional approach that is able to reduce or revert the age-related loss of muscle mass and function, overcome anabolic resistance and improve glycemic control. Leucine consumption increases the activation of the mTOR signaling pathways involved in muscle protein synthesis through insulin-dependent and independent pathways and may therefore overcome the anabolic resistance to nutrition and help to maintain muscle mass in an aging population. Apart from their anabolic properties, amino acids also exhibit strong insulinotropic effects as they can either directly induce insulin secretion or function as a substrate to increase ATP/ADP ratio's that stimulate insulin exocytosis. The insulinotropic effects of BCAA may exert further influence on positive muscle protein balance by reducing muscle protein breakdown. Furthermore, the same signaling pathways that lead to skeletal muscle protein synthesis also play a role in enhancing β-cell mass and function. BCAA can also influence skeletal muscle metabolism by improving the quantity and quality skeletal muscle mitochondria, and as such, increase, or preserve, muscle mitochondrial function that may have therapeutic benefits in aging. However, more long-term studies are warranted to fully elucidate the true potential of the anabolic and insulinotropic potential of amino acids.
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Development History
Pelamis is the result of over a decade of dedicated testing, modelling and development.
Since 1998, the Pelamis development programme has covered all aspects of the design from the fundamental concept refinement through to accelerated cycle testing of individual components for reliability.
During the first phase of Pelamis development prior to full-scale operations in 2004, extensive numerical modelling and analysis and a range of technology demonstration models at different scales were used to understand survival characteristics in extreme waves and verify the accuracy of our simulations. Numerical modelling and scale testing continues to be an important part of the research and development of Pelamis technology, and is discussed in more detail under 'Testing & Verification'.
The Pelamis Prototype
The Pelamis full scale prototype machine was tested at the European Marine Energy Centre between 2004 and 2007. It was launched in early 2004 and first installed at EMEC in August 2004 following a series of sea trials in the North Sea.
The Pelamis prototype was the world's first commercial scale wave energy converter to generate electricity to a national grid from offshore waves.
In 2006 the prototype was upgraded to the same specification as the production machines used in the Aguçadoura project. Further sea trials were carried out on the upgraded machine before it was reinstalled at the EMEC site in March 2007. The machine then completed a further extensive phase of testing, meeting a large number of critical test objectives.
The prototype was 120m long and 3.5m in diameter and comprised four tube sections linked by three, shorter, power conversion modules. Testing of this machine proved the Pelamis concept, machine handling, grid connection, and that power generation and behaviour was matched with numerical models.
Aspects of the testing of the prototype were supported by the npower Juice Fund.
The Aguçadoura Wave Farm, 2008
Following on from the successful testing of the prototype machine, Pelamis Wave Power secured an order from Portuguese electricity utility Enersis to build the world's first wave farm off the northwest coast of Portugal at Aguçadoura.
The three machine farm had an installed capacity of 2.25MW.
Pelamis carried out the main structural fabrication and project assembly of power conversion modules in Scotland before shipping the main units to Peniche, Portugal for final assembly and commissioning.
The three machines were installed and operated in 2008, generating sustained power to the grid with close agreement to the Pelamis simulations. However, the project ended earlier than planned, with the three machines returning to harbour, due the financial collapse of Enersis's parent company, Babcock & Brown. Despite this disappointment, the project was an extremely important milestone for Pelamis Wave Power, proving the company's ability to deliver, construct and control a farm of machines and to understand and solve the engineering challenges encountered along the way.
Two main technical issues were encountered. The first affected the foam buoyancy attached to the subsea quick connection system (not part of the machines), the replacement of which caused a delay to the first machine installation in July. The second involved the cylindrical bearings of the machine where online instrumentation detected a higher wear rate than was expected. This was discovered to be due to faulty lateral movement of the cylindrical bearing face which was subsequently resolved.
The experience of building and operating the three P1 machines transformed Pelamis into an organisation with a much more advanced understanding of all aspects of machine design, build, and operation. The experience gained feeds directly into the intensive two year development programme for our second generation, P2 Pelamis.
Some achievements from the Aguçadoura Wave Farm:
- Built and operated the world's first wave farm
- Power matched very closely with simulations, giving confidence in design tools
- Proved reliable and automated generation and transmission systems
- Developed build procedures and processes – refined for application on subsequent builds with great success
- Proved remote control & monitoring of the farm
- Created a safe & cost effective maintenance base
- Maintained high safety record in all operations
- Installed all offshore mooring and electrical infrastructure without the need for large expensive vessels
- Successfully demonstrated the off-site maintenance strategy
- Demonstrated installation of 2 machines in less than 24 hours, with 5 hour towing time
- Highly competent and experienced team was developed and maintained into the future
- The supply chain for the Pelamis was further enhanced and developed
Pelamis P2
The Pelamis P2 machine is the second-generation Pelamis machine and includes a number of significant design improvements. The P2 design machine has been sold to utility customers E.ON and ScottishPower Renewables, and P2 machines are currently being tested for a number of commercial scale projects.
- At 180m long, 4m diameter and approximately 1350 tonnes in weight (mostly sand ballast), the P2 Pelamis is wider, longer and heavier than the P1 design machine. This allows the Pelamis to capture more energy while substantially reducing the cost per MW.
- Comprising of five tubes and therefore four joints, the P2 has an extra tube section and an extra power module.
- Improved power take off system for the P2 allows higher efficiencies, enhanced control resolution and increased reliability.
- The joint angle envelope has been increased allowing larger joint movement to significantly increase power absorption across sea states.
- Rather than the separate sections of the P1, power modules are now integrated into the main tube sections. A universal joint allowing two-degrees of freedom replaces the single degree hinged joints. These changes reduce the number of costly end-cap fabrications in the machine.
- The tube connection process has been simplified and de-risked for the P2, expanding structural and mechanical supply chain options.
Details of how the Pelamis P2 works can be found in the overview of Pelamis technology.


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In recent history in particular, it feels like more and more timeslots have grown increasingly dangerous.
The intros of comedy-heavy Tuesday bring with them poppy pop songs and montages full of stars having a lot of fun.
The hospital-as-high-school dramedy has become The CW's only cancellation of the season, lasting just a half-dozen episodes.
Plus: More episodes and more scripts for more shows, Adam Baldwin finds a new job, and Louis C.K. will host Saturday Night Live.
Plus: TNT has created a man-made monster, CBS holds a bake sale, and everyone's favorite... ratings!
Overall I liked the pilot, but I felt like it had more weaknesses than strengths.
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It's Grey's Anatomy meets every other CW show out there, and it's online for free a couple weeks before its official series premiere.
We've screened the premieres of nearly every new series to bring you our humble take on what's looking good, bad, average, and just plain ugly this fall.
Hart of Dixie and Supernatural will kick off the network's fall season after everyone else.
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A POEM by an unknown World War One soldier while he served on the Western Front has been unearthed.
John Duffell, of Clover Leas, in Epping, has been researching dead soldiers from the First World War and came across the find at the Newspaper Library, in Colindale.
It was written by an unknown Epping soldier serving on the Western Front in 1916 and was published in the West Essex Gazette, a forerunner of the Epping Forest Guardian, in 1916.
Mr Duffell said: "I would assume that it has not seen the light of day for 92 years."
The local newspaper played a big part in Epping during the First World War with the editor organising Christmas parcels each year for servicemen abroad and sending copies of the paper every week to all fronts.
With the anniversary of the end of the war coming up, Mr Duffell has put together his findings which include letters published in the Gazette and a diary of events for Epping.
It tells how a 'Feed the Guns' campaign was launched in Epping in November 1918 before the guns finally fell silent at 11am on Monday November 11.
A large crowd gathered in the market area to listen to a speech from the district council chairman, Ernest Harris.
The war claimed the lives of 108 Epping men, with two more dying within a few days of the Armistice and three more in 1919.
In January 1918 a letter was published from Trooper A Juniper who died in October 1918 of bronchial pneumonia, just before the end of the war.
He said: "I cannot express my feelings in words, but I am sure that you all understand how much it helps us out here to know that people of the old town are thinking of us. I don't think I have missed the Gazette one week since I have been out here."
While J. Bushmill wrote in February 1915: "Very many thanks for the fine boxes of tags. They were very welcome, especially as they came when we were all short. The whole section has shared them with me."
And James Tredgett who was killed in 1918 in an accident involving a submarine, wrote in May 1915: "Thanks for the papers you send me every week. I get them quite safely. I hope that all the lads in Epping have joined the army. Epping ought to have its share in the Roll of Honour, and every Epping lad should come and do his bit."
Often in the trench I think of those poor chaps at home,
Of perils that surround them, wherever they may roam;
The train and tram collisions, the deadly motor car, Bacteria in cow's milk, and Zeppelins from afar.
How awful it must be at night, within a feather bed,
How terrible at breakfast to find butter on your bread;
With all those shocking worries, a man's life must be sad,
And to think that I am missing them, makes me exceeding glad.
Now out here things are different, and life is fancy free,
We have no butter on our bread, no cow's milk in our tea,
There are no train collisions, no feather beds at night,
And Zeppelins never trouble us, they keep well out of sight.
For all we have to worry us are bullets, bombs and shells,
Some bully beef and biscuits, and nasty horrid smells;
So to the chaps in England, I send my sympathy,
And ask them, for their safety, to come out here with me.


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Laksa on a pink table
Last night I had a date with Johan at Santa Cantina to share this beautiful set up. Tofu with a chili dressing and laksa with seafood, chicken and tofu - so yummy.
Haven't made my own laksa for ages, about time to put one together soon. It's one of my favourite soups. Made it the first time 15 years ago, following this recipe and it's totally amazing.
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Pictures of love
What a week I had with my family! Every morning I woke up from the scent of coffee and got up to have a cup and a cinnamon bun with my mother. One and one woke up and all of a sudden we were all in the kitchen. This is my niece Lo, she loves to do make-up and we all got styled by her.
When everyone was up, we made breakfast together.
My plate one of the mornings.
My mother getting her beauty treatment by Lo.
Most of the time we were hanging out at the dining table together, playing Yatzy and cards, as it was raining heavily (Johan took this picture).
Took the chance to eat fish and Swedish shrimp salad.
Next up for make-up was my sister Lisette.
This is Alice, my oldest niece, soon to be 14 years old. I love these kids like they are my own, they say I'm also their mother ;) Another comments was Auntie, I need to rest a while, you are so intense!
This is love.
It took me a couple of days to adjust to being back home again, now I feel I'm back on track and will spend a lot of time alone working and taking walks with Johan. I also plan to take it easy with partying, which can be a bit difficult when you live in this crazy party city and you have crazy party people as friends (myself included). We enjoy our fun! I have a big outdoor rave to go to on August 6 and knowing that makes it easier to hide for a while. Listen to this old lady, omg.
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Tags: family, food, luleå, norrbotten, sweden
Garden party
My mum is the best. Summer flowers in the bathroom and she threw a garden party to which she had invited a bunch of relatives so I could see everyone at the same time.
One of my most beautiful food pictures ;) We prepared ourselves with some pizza to get ready for the party preparations.
Johan prepared the sound system.
And people came by for food and drinks. Some of my relatives I hadn't seen for almost ten years!
I had one of those as a kid.
Here it's almost 10pm and still bright outside.
One more post from Sweden and then it's Berlin time again, OK? :)
Tags: family, luleå, norrbotten, sweden
Swedish overdose
Last Saturday Johan, mum and I went to Hägnan in Gammelstad Church Town. We had a LOL moment in the car as my mum all of a sudden said elephant tampons about those white hay things.
The open air museum Hägnan. We thought it was time to get some proper Swedish impressions. I start to see Sweden with different eyes, it feels a bit exotic.
My blondes.
Moving in.
Hello, pig! Johan, the pig looks like you when you're relaxing!
We were watching those tiny goats wondering if it was sexy time or a fight about the swimming pool.
This horse was dressed for a techno club.
The Church Town.
Tags: luleå, norrbotten, sweden
Friday BBQ
Last Friday we celebrated my mum's vacation with a BBQ.
It was me, Johan, my sister, her boyfriend, my mum & her boyfriend.
We ate a lot, as usual.
And drank red wine, laughed and talked about important and stupid things.
Summer flowers on the kitchen table.
I can't tell you how happy I feel after the week in Sweden, I could truly enjoy it this time. Thank goodness for getting older and happier. Someone asked me what it feels like to get older and I answered Getting older is my hobby. Here's to something new!
North Swedish countryside
Last week I went to Sweden with Johan, to visit my family. We started the week at my dad's summerhouse.
This is the sauna he built himself. Highlight of the trip!
Forest forest forest. He's had the summerhouse since 1995 and this was the 3rd time I spent a night there. 1st time I didn't freak out from the silence.
He made us dinner, Baltic herring as a starter. And then some BBQ and salad. Yum!
After dinner, it was time to hit the sauna.
I took some pictures and some deep breaths. After so many years in Berlin, I think nature smells lovely.
The woodland lake.
It was raining every day except for one, when my mum threw a garden party.
It doesn't get dark up there at night.
This is right before midnight, Johan found his post sauna catwalk.
The next day, dad woke us up with waffles.
Tastiest ever, with whipped cream and cloud berry jam.
We decided it was time to hit the second hand shops, our tradition.
On our way we said hi to this lady moose. Beautiful, isn't she?
Now I'm back home and I have a few more pictures to share :)
I feel happy. I love my family so much.
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Tags: family, food, luleå, norrbotten, sweden
Not afraid of dying
This week has been a lot of fun. On Tuesday Johan and I took a walk down by the river and looked at people partying.
I met a friend who had a surgery and we had coffee.
A sunny head and today I had breakfast on Eili's balcony.
Tomorrow I'm going to do a job where I will ride a scooter all over Berlin, it's going to be exciting and I told my friends on Facebook that if I die, I want my funeral to contain Champagne, Oysters & Pet Shop Boys. I promise to drive safely. I'm not afraid of dying, but I'm afraid of getting hurt. Fingers crossed I'm gonna be fine!
Thank you all for answering my questions on my previous post, it's been so great getting to know you better and within a few weeks, I will make a post with my answers to your questions. If you have any questions, feel free to post them here and I'll include them in the post :)
Splashes of colour
Saw some colourful simple things today, like this hot dog wrapping paper - I felt like I was a kid in the 80's again.
Beautiful colourful origami.
Passed by Herr Nilsson and bought a small bag of pick and mix candy.
Then it was time to walk back home to the studio again and work.
I think I'm going to spend the rest of the evening in my studio.
Happy to be blogging more again and I'm grateful for those of you who are still here, I would love to know more about you! Feel free to share a small presentation of yourself in the comments. Write however you want, or if it's easier - use this list:
1. Your name and where do you live?
2. What is your passion?
3. What is your favourite food?
4. What are you looking forward to?
Looking so much forward to getting to know you better :)
If you have a question for me, feel free to ask and I will make a blog post with my answers.
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Collecting Data: IBM Connections Communities
Technote (troubleshooting)
Gathering this information before calling IBM support will reduce the time that it takes to understand and resolve your problem.
Diagnosing the problem
Collecting the following data before contacting support will help expedite problem determination and resolution of the problem:
1. Provide a precise description of the issue, screenshots, error messages, and steps to reproduce.
2. Please provide Connection environment details:
-IBM Connections version and fix level.
-LDAP type, version, fix level
-Amount of RAM on each of the server nodes
-Is this a pilot or production installation?
-Is this a new installation or an upgrade from an earlier version?
-How many nodes in the cluster and are components installed to a single or multiple jvm's?
-Is the problem reproducible on all nodes?
-What browser types and versions are in use?
-Is there an SSO solution in front of IBM Connections (Siteminder, TAM, Spnego)?
-Please outline any customization that you may have.
-What changes occurred in the environment prior to the issue
3. Tracing can be very verbose. If tracing is requested by support, follow these steps.
a. Log in to the IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) administration console using an administrator ID
b. Go to Troubleshooting -> Logs and Trace -> Logging and Tracing -> Server 1 (or server Communities is installed on) -> Diagnostic Trace Server -> Change Log Detail Levels -> please add the following *string and click Apply -> OK
Component Trace:
|Database related issues
Community Catalog trace --- crawler trace for Communities
com.ibm.lconn.comm.catalog.*=all: com.ibm.lotus.search.*=all: com.ibm.connections.comm.seedlist.catalog.*=all: com.ibm.tango.web.ui.actions.catalog.*=all
c. Restart the WAS server after moving existing logs to another directory (or deleting)
d. Reproduce the problem.
Note: If the issue can be reproduced on a single node, shut down all other nodes prior to reproducing the problem.
e. Provide support a compressed copy of the logs directory %WAS_HOME%/profiles/appSrv01/logs ( trace.log, systemout.log, systemerr.log and FFDC logs) from the node.
along with LotusConnections-config.xml located in directory %WAS_HOME%\profiles\(your profile)\config\cells\(your cell)\LotusConnections-config
f. Additional files to collect for Communities would be the following.
Communities-config.xml, Communities-policy.xml and Widgets-config.xml
These files are also found in located in directory %WAS_HOME%\profiles\(your profile)\config\cells\(your cell)\LotusConnections-config
Collect a Fiddler Trace
Fiddler is a tool for monitoring requests made and received by a web browser. This information is often invaluable when troubleshooting a problem with IBM Connections. Due to the AJAX nature Connections, an error message may not always display the true cause of the error. A fiddler trace helps all requests or responses that may have been made.
Fiddler can be downloaded from http://www.fiddler2.com
Close all other browser windows before opening fiddler, log into connections. Run the fiddler application. Have the user perform the operation that is causing the error. When the action has been completed, save the results in fiddler by choosing "File"->"Save"->"All Sessions".
Please configure fiddler to decrypt the https request:
Select "Decrypt HTTP traffic" and ""Ignore server Certificate errors
Document information
More support for:
IBM Connections
Software version: 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0
Operating system(s): AIX, Linux, Windows
Reference #: 1610336
Modified date: 02 August 2013
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I lost a pair a few weeks again and my daughter was so upset. Ordered another pair right away. She says it makes her turn so much better.
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I belly dance and bare feet are hard for me because I have sensitive skin, so flat footed turns are incredibly painful. I've tried jazz shoes and the classic modern sandal, but my feet would still hurt after class and practices, and neither of those look very good in performance. Then I got these shoes. My feet don't hurt at all after class, they're beautiful and perfect for performances, they're not too slick or sticky, and I don't even notice I'm wearing them half the time.
There is a little bit of an adjustment to dancing with something between your toes, especially as I have very short toes, but it's not a painful adjustment.
I cannot more highly recommend these shoes.
Age: 22-29
I wear these with my pointe shoes and it has taken away the fatigue, aches and strains that come with dancing on pointe. It really seems to have extended my ability to dance. Love the support - would highly recommend them.
These shoes are really well made. Soooo comfortable, and I wear them after class when it isn't a modern class just for the compression (as suggested on their website) makes a huge difference on tired feet right away. Look beautiful, no rug burn on the tops of my feet, AND the pinky toe is dsafe. The fabric is super soft without all the awful seems that toe undies and dance paws have. GET THESE SHOES it is worth the few dollars extra. (came in a nice carrying case) I will be trying out their leather ballet flats next. New favorite!
PS 4 out of 5 on durability only because I over stretched the top whole thinking that I would need to and snapped a stich (easily sewed it up on the spot) they look good as new, really that is my flaunt not theirs.
I am so happy to have found these shoes.
As someone who prefers to do contemporary classes in bare feet I was reluctant to try the shoes but after working in them for a couple of weeks I have been totally won over.
Firstly, they are light and you hardly know you are wearing them.
Secondly, I used to have a constant scab on my insteps caused by contact with the tarkett during floor work. These sores have completely healed being that they are protected by the shoe.
Lastly and most importantly the compress fabric seems to lift my arches giving me a better line than barefoot.
Very happy I can order my next pair online.
Age: 19-21
We were looking forward to ordering them from you, but saw you guys have stopped supplying them. Will you guys be bringing them back?
This item has been discontinued through the vendor. We are sorry for the inconvenience.- DDS Customer Service (01/28/2016)
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Does this product have a heel pad? In one photo it does, but in the other photo the heel is bare. Please let me know
Thank you
The picture shows no pad on the heel, the heel and toes are completely bare. The pad is located right underneath the toes, or the ball of the foot.- DDS Customer Service (04/04/2014)


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Several juveniles have been taken into police custody over the bashing death of a man in a Mandurah car park 10 days ago.
Tauri Litchfield, 28, was bashed in a car park at a business premises on Pinjarra Road, near the intersection of George Street about 7.15pm on March 17.
He later died in hospital.
Channel Seven reporter Grant Taylor told 6PR radio that five or six young males are being questioned after police swooped on a number of homes in the Mandurah and Rockingham areas.
Sister Kirra Litchfield, who returned from Fiji where she was working for the Red Cross, said the whole family was struggling with not knowing the events surrounding her brother's death.
Ms Litchfield, 30, described her brother as an "overachiever" who "shone at everything."
"But what really set him apart was how genuinely kind, caring, enthusiastic and moral he was," she said.
Mr Litchfield, who worked as a sailmaker in Mandurah, was passionate about water sports and had dreams of starting a surf or wakeboarding school.
Tauri's family are planning to start a trust fund in his honour to teach water sports to children.
Ms Litchfield said Tauri had a "real passion and patience for teaching".
"When he was out kite surfing, there were always children who would gather around him and he would happily spend an hour giving them tips and showing them the ropes," Ms Litchfield said.
Ms Litchfield said the family hoped to fund a program for those who were disengaged from society.
"The program should also help people who need an emotional release, because that's what water sport did for Tauri," she said.
"It was his outlet, where he got his energy and vitality for life.
"We want the trust to reflect everything he loved and everything he was good at."
Mr Litchfield's partner of three years, Lisa Emes said another aim of the program would be to spread an anti-violence message.
"If young people find an outlet to let off steam, that can be a real saviour," Ms Emes said.
"If the people involved in Tauri's death had had an outlet, who knows, maybe this senseless violence wouldn't have happened."
Ms Emes, a land development company worker from Britain, and Mr Litchfield, from Gippsland, Victoria, moved to Western Australia about 15 months ago with big plans for their new home.
"It's such a beautiful place and it had been good to us until now," Ms Emes said.
"But I don't think I'll be able to continue to live here with these reminders."
Ms Emes was travelling in Australia as a backpacker when she met Tauri in Queensland three years ago.
She said Mr Litchfield had the energy and positivity to "befriend everyone he met".
"It sounds really cliché but he was the epitome of friendly," she said.
"He talked to strangers like they were his best mate."
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David Foster Wallace touched on this risk in his essay on television and fiction.
Teles' essay is important - even if its own argument explains why its powerful message is likely to go unheeded.
There is, as he mentioned in a brilliant 1973 essay on bestselling novels, a Russian phrase that describes this condition.
Former Artforum critic Thomas Lawson, also profiled in the essay, felt like he got off the hook.
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April 12, 2013
Verna Mae Bergthold, age 82, passed away on March 30, 2013 into the hands of the Lord whom she loved and served after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease at Golden Empire Convalescent Home in Grass Valley.
A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, 12 April 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Calvary Bible Church, 11481 State Highway 174, Grass Valley, Ca
She was a former public accountant who was a member of Calvary Bible Church in Grass Valley, California. Mrs. Bergthold was born in Whittier, California in 1930 and raised in Fresno, California where her father was an itinerant farmer and golf course grounds keeper. She graduated from Fresno High School in 1948 before moving to Santa Cruz, California where she worked at County Bank and Bogard Construction. She eventually started her own business as a public accountant and tax preparer. She was very active at Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Santa Cruz, California and in the lives of her three children. She loved knitting, swimming, camping, water skiing, and any activities her kids were involved in. Her husband of 64 years, Marty Bergthold, continues to live in their home in Alta Sierra.
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Paul Maliszewski is a friend of mine. He recently published a short-story collection called Prayer and Parable. Around the end of last summer, I asked him if I could interview him about it. We exchanged questions by e-mail for a week. Several times I said that I was incompetent—forget the whole thing—but Paul reassured me I was doing fine. What I especially like about the book is that Paul doesn't compromise when it comes to portraying reality. He's a little like Fellini in 8 ½: he preserves the confusion, meaninglessness, suddenness, and asa nisi masa of the everyday.
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New Dalston CLR James library opens
Hackney's new mega-library in Dalston opens its doors, keeping the name C.L.R. James, following a concerted local campaign
The new Dalston C.L.R. James Library, which attracted a storm of protest over plans to drop the famous Caribbean writer from its name, was abuzz on Tuesday (28 February) as acclaimed novelist Nick Hornby was on hand to help officially open the new premises.
"A new library in the year 2012 is a miracle — it's unbelievable that you've managed to do this here when everyone else is closing theirs," he said. "I was one of those kids that was taken to the library every Saturday morning, and that was a really big deal for me. […] Coming back with three new library books to try and read in a week was something that changed my life. I think libraries change everyone's life if you use them frequently."
The £4.4m facility is to house over 30,000 items and is the first new library built in Hackney in over two decades. Hornby was particularly enthusiastic about opening a library named after a writer who had personally inspired him.
"[CLR James] was somebody who made a difference to me when I was younger because my first book was about sport, and I wanted to try and write a book about sport that wasn't stupid," he said. "He was somebody who taught me you could write about sport intelligently, that sport could tell you a lot about class and politics and culture and tradition."
The £4.4m project hit the headlines last year when Hackney Council announced plans to ditch the late C.L.R. James, a popular Afro-Trinidadian historian and journalist, from its name. Diane Abbott MP described the move as "an insult" to the author's memory – he opened the previous Dalston library which bore his name – and 2,500 people signed a petition which helped reverse the decision.
Hackney's directly-elected mayor Jules Pipe unveiled the plaque commemorating the library's opening.
"Opening a library at any time should be a huge cause for celebration, but to do so against a backdrop of cuts and quotas to library services elsewhere in the country — I think that makes it a fantastic achievement," said Mayor Jules Pipe. "Libraries are about so much more than simply lending books, as incredibly valuable and important as that is. Libraries are at the very hearts of their communities. In difficult times, I think it's more important than ever we remember exactly the kind of society we want to build."
Poet John Hegley entertained the crowd, with Cllr Jonathan McShane acting as master of ceremonies. "We're just delighted it turned out how we wanted it to be, and you never know until it's opened," said Cllr McShane. "With any new project, until you open the doors, you don't know if you're giving people what they want, and the fact that twice, three times as many people as used the previous library are coming here shows we've done something right."
Cllr McShane echoed Mayor Pipe, saying central government budget cuts have forced local councils to make difficult funding decisions, making the library's opening an even greater victory as a result. "It's a very long process, and doing it at a time like now, when money is so tight and people are having to shut libraries in other places, the fact that we've gone ahead with it and it's still just as ambitious as when we started planning it shows our commitment to libraries," he said.
"There could have been an argument for scaling down that ambition and doing something that was fine but not great; but I think we felt that Dalston needed something that was great, and it needed something that could really become a community hub."
The event was one of several celebrating the library's launch during the last week of February./ 1 March, 2012
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HenryMarch 1, 2012 at 5:51 pm
What an addition to the Dalston community!
Beyond the BoundaryMarch 1, 2012 at 8:37 pm
Err Nick Hornby, Southwark Council recently opened a fantastic new library next to Canada Water. I'd like to know how much Hornby and Hegley got paid to turn up? Pity Pipeshaft didn't invite Ian Sinclair to tell us like it really is
i somehow doubt nick hornby needs the money and he has set up ministry of stories, a literacy project in hoxton, so leave it out.
Keeping the CLR James name was not the result just of a natural outpouring of opposition. A lot of people worked very hard to keep the name, especially the Black and Ethnic Minority Arts Network. They deserve congratulations.
The council seems to want everything to be the same. grey and dull.
I used the old library and I am glad the name is staying.I look forward to visiting the new site.
good new stock on shelves and the study room is a great resource but a certain lack of thought to the design of the interior
lighting much too bright, a library needs some sense of intimacy, it isnt an operating theatre or a component assembly factory…
staircase is lovely but too narrow for two people to pass easily
shame some of the lovely old wooden shelves from clr james couldnt have been cleaned up and moved to the new library as they would have added a bit of much needed character to the internal space
still pleased to have it in E8
…and very pleased to see the great man CLR James' name displayed in large as you enter Dalston
Wonder how many of the ethnic minorities of Hackney who voted for the name to be kept, will be popping down to visit the library from the expensive 'apartments' it sits under…
Nick DMarch 2, 2012 at 1:11 pm
Seems like a total waste of time – its 2012 – we've moved on, we have the internet – books are so last millennium.
Money could be spent far better on other community facilities & services – or saved & returned to voters.
Mmm Please can someone tell me the connection C.L.R James had with Hackney? He lived and worked in Brixton and as far as I know only visited the Peoples Republic once.
What I also want to know is are the council going to preserve the name of Rose Lipman from the building where the archives used to be base in De Beauvoir. I'm expecting the council to flog off this prime corner site to a property developer.
Rose Lipman was instrumental in establishing free Jewish schools in the borough. She was also a Zionist so doubt not very popular with the Nu Labour rulers in Hackney.
Bema Arts LtdMay 19, 2016 at 11:18 am
I know this is a very late response. Is it a prerequisite that an individual has to have lived and worked in an area for his/her name to appear on a building there? I think you will find that there are countless examples of people's names appearing on buildings in areas they did not live or work in, try every country in the Commonwealth and former British empire for instance.
Maybe you will be campaigning for CLR's name to appear on a library in Brixton. Maybe also you will be campaigning for the name of Rose Lipman to be on a public building in the area since you feel so strongly about it, just as we who felt strongly about the CLR James issue did.By the way, I doubt I am not the only person perplexed by your reference to the Peoples Republic'.
By the way, you sound like a remarkably intelligent person, you should be elected to something or another.


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A really funny german film about a boy who tries to recreate East German for his ill mother
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Good Bye Lenin! is a very original film, with humor and and interest. It's follows a young man (Daniel Brühl ) at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. His mother is ill, so he tries to pretend nothing happened, and that they are still living in communist East Germany. There are some very funny moments as well as some reflective ones. It gives you a bit of a feel of how Germany was at the time. Soundtrack is by Yann Tiersen (of Amélie fame) and is pretty but sparse; if you like his music you ill like it but it is nothing ground-breaking. However, it does fit well into the film. I recommend watching this film.
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The Berlin wall has just come down and a young man living in East Germany can't tell his mother who suffers from a delicate medical condition. While the world is drastically changing around them he must conceal it as best he can.
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