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The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Financial Institutions) Ordinance ("AMLO"), Cap 615, Laws of Hong Kong came into operation on 1 April 2012.
Under AMLO, any person who wishes to operate a remittance and / or money changing service is required to apply for a license from the Commissioner of Customs & Excise, who is the authority to administer the licensing regime for Money Service Operators ("MSOs") (i.e. Remittance Agents and Money Changers / "RAMC") and supervise licensed MSO's compliance with the customer due diligence and record-keeping obligations and other licensing requirements.
With effect from 1 April 2012, the appointment of the Chief Superintendent of Narcotics Bureau as the responsible officer for the purposes of section 24B of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance is nullified; the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit of Narcotics Bureau stopped processing the registration of RAMC.
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Although JFIU has stopped processing the registration of RAMC, you are obliged to report to us any suspicious transactions that you encountered during your business. You can find more information on the reporting of suspicious transactions at here.
Here are some of the common red-flag indicators for your reference:
- Unusual large cash transactions made by an individual or company whose ostensible business activities would normally be conducted through cheques and other financial instruments.
- Substantial increases in transactions of an individual or business without apparent cause, especially if such transactions involve transfers within a short period out of the account and/or to a destination not normally associated with the customer.
- Customers who exchange or remit cash by means of numerous smaller transactions so that each transaction is unremarkable, but the total of all the transactions will exceed the threshold.
- Customers who seek to exchange large quantities of low denomination notes for those of higher denominations.
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- Frequent exchange of travellers' cheques, foreign currency drafts by the same customer.
- Customers receipt of numerous transfers but each transfer is below the reporting /identification requirement in the remitting country.
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Aug 16, 2011
As above, struggling to find one with it having a boot spoiler....
Cheers guys
Yep, a Renault Scenic
honestly I always prefer to stick mine in the back these days in it's bag. If i am forced to stick it on a rack, I prefer a roof rack, always seem to be more stable to me, unless you have a tow bar, which I doubt you do?
Lol @ tufty
No towbar.. never thought of the roof rack type i will have a look cheers
I never could trust a cycle rack always had to take my xc/dh bikes to bits and put it in the boot up until last year i bought a T4 transporter to put them in lol....nice cheap option..... keeps the S3 nice n clean now
Staying in Innerleithen and near Glentress we get loads of bikers and i have seen 2 S3's recently with bikes attached one had them attached to the boot and the other had them on the roof.
Having used various racks over the years roof mount ones are more defo more stable but cause more drag ....towbar ones are great but i wouldnt want a towbar on my S3 either lol
All i can say is dont do it on a budget buy a decent one !! look up Thule cycle carriers
Thanks for that what do you think of this..Genuine Audi Cycle & Bike Carrier / Rack - UNIVERSAL | eBay
Dave do a search for tow bars on here, there was a member who fitted a removable toe bar and used a thrule bike carrier, looked really smart, no cutting of the bumper required and with the toe bar removed there was no sign at all that he had one.
bike rack for S3's - with pics
I was just about to post this link.
This is what i'm looking at also but it is quite pricey if bought new.
Hmm £175 now, thats not to bad....thanks for the link
another link, useful guide if you go down the toe bar route http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/a3-s3-...3-8l-westfalia-detachable-towbar-install.html
I knew i'd seen those pics somewhere! I spent ages searching for this thread. Cheers for posting the link, you legend :thumbsup:
I just can't imagine a cycle rack on the back of your S3 s3dave! It'd fall off with one good boot of the throttle!
Yeah im going to go for the detatchable toe ball, nice bit of kit...
yea good choice ......mate had one on his octavia rs dead easy to use and funnily i used to fit these way back when i worked for Skoda main dealer too ....locks were bad for corosion and seizing if not looked after
I can imagine, thanks i will make sure its lubed....
Dave can you list price's when you get round to doing this as im interested in fitting one too
Will do but off hand its £175 for the hardware and around £20 for the electrics...
I always carry my bikes on a Thule roof carrier, personally I feel they're far safer up there out the way.
Bikes hanging off the back of a car are far too vulnerable for my liking, not just from other traffic but also little tow-rags with light fingers!
Just my opinion though
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Cauliflower Cheese and Broccoli Soup
A lovely fresh-tasting soup this. You can choose the cheese here – basically whatever you have: Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Cheddar – but this one's made with Parmesan simply because it's always there to hand. Not much cheating, in fact, just a bag of fresh, ready-prepared florets of cauliflower and broccoli, and a tub of fresh ready-grated Parmesan. True vegetarians don't eat Parmesan but you can buy a vegetarian 'style' parmesan from www.bookhams.com
This recipe is from How to Cheat at Cooking. Serves 2-3, or 4 as a starter
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In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over a low heat, add the onion and soften it for 5 minutes before adding the cauliflower and broccoli.
Keeping the heat low, put a lid on and let the vegetables sweat for 10 minutes.
After that, add the rest of the ingredients and some seasoning, stir well, put the lid back on and keep it at the very gentlest simmer for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
Now fish out the bay leaf and purée the soup in the saucepan with a stick blender, tasting to check the seasoning.
It's very luscious and creamy, so doesn't need anything to go with it other than some good bread.
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Location: The Portland Expo
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Portland Me
Time: Doors open at 5pm Action is promptly at 6pm
Things are heating up for the month of May as the Port Authorities take on the New Hampshire Skate Free or Die All Star team. The two all star teams had a closed bout last season where New Hampshire walked away with the victory. The Port Authorities have been honing their skills as a newly formed team, this is expected to be aggressive, action packed, and exciting. Both teams are looking to get to the National Division tournaments, this bout is going to decide that, expect some very fierce competition. Maine Roller Derby's B Team just had success in winning over the Queen City Cherry Bombs from New Hampshire, will the Port Authorities do the same? You should be there to find out. Family friendly and tons of fun, that is what roller derby is all about get your tickets and have a blast. There is an afterparty at the Frosty Pint following for our 21+ guests.
Port Authorities Roster: Captains- Grim D. Mise, Crystal Whip, Lil Punisher
Team- A-Block, Spry Icicle, T-Storm, Bea Nimble, Nauti Roller, Cherry Clobber, Dollipops, Red-Demption, Kissy Kicks, Tri-Scare-A-Tops, Crazy Buchanan
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Welcome to FWMK law firm.
From the day our firm was founded, we have strived towards one goal - the business success of our clients!
Whether they are leading Israeli companies, international clients, public companies, high-tech companies, entrepreneurs and startups in various fields, technological incubators, private, institutional, and other investors – all our clients benefit from a team that has their business success at heart, offering professional excellence, focus and expertise served with direct and warm personal attention.


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How long did it take people to decide to have a breast reduction?
- Missy CT
- Last updated: 5 years ago
I am 27 years old this year and have been considering a breast reduction since I was in school. My boobs are 34 G and im a size 12 on my hips I just have always hated them, i feel so out of proportion. My back aches, i have dents in my shoulders and often have nasty rashes due to them. Also, I look at pictures of my friends and I look fatter then them even tho I know im a smaller dress size, no clothes fit ever and I have been in trouble with work over what I wear because shirts do not work and everything seems low cut on me. I have been putting it off due to the fear of having an operation (my parents are doctors and tell me all the horror stories) and feeling i should like them but as I have gotten older and became single I feel i just get the worst attention from men and just cant trust men not to only be intrested in them not me (yes that might be in my head but my friends have noticed the difference too) I have also started running, after not exercising due to the pain they cause, in order to loose weight in hopes if i loose enough it will make a difference, i have lost a stone so far and if anything i think soon I will need a 32 H :( I also dont want to become unhealthly skinny to have any affect. I am just unsure of what to do or how to decide? If anyone can give me things to consider, good stories or bad stories. Anything really as i hate how i look and I do want rid of them somehow. Any advice would really help. THanks


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Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, said Wednesday that the two American continents are called to be "a land of generosity" where "different peoples come together."
Writing in a message to mark Thursday's feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an apparition of Virgin Mary who is recognized by the church as the patroness of the Americas, Francis said Mary gives a "prophecy of an embrace."
"Mary's embrace showed what America – North and South – is called to be," the pope writes. "A land where different peoples come together; a land prepared to accept human life at every stage, from the mother's womb to old age; a land which welcomes immigrants, and the poor and the marginalized, in every age."
"A land of generosity," he writes. "That is the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and it is also my message, the message of the Church. I ask all the people of the Americas to open wide their arms, like the Virgin, with love and tenderness."
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Air Compressors? What size is big enough to run orbital sanders, air chiesels etc..
Posted 09 February 2011 - 12:34 PM
Starting out on my beetle project and looking to invest in a compressor, but it has to be big enough to run an orbital sander.
The debate started when i went into my local machine mart to get a budget air orbital sander for my current (30L) compressor, he said i had no chance of running it and i would need at least a 150L Compressor, then he started the hard sales pitch trying to get me to buy a £1000 compressor....NOT LIKELY.
So my question is, ive seen that Airmaster Do a Tiger 100L 3HP Compressor, will this do eveythign i need? Spray, Air Chiesel, Impact Wrench and most importantly orbital sand?
Cheers Guys, Any Help is much appreciated
Posted 09 February 2011 - 12:41 PM
My 50ltr compressor really struggles with a DA and is constantly charging.
Air chisel's I've not a clue bud.
Posted 09 February 2011 - 12:50 PM
You think this would be cool Shakey?
Posted 09 February 2011 - 03:01 PM
Posted 09 February 2011 - 04:08 PM
Also Whats the deal, if you i get someone whos in the trade to buy it for you VAT Free?
Posted 09 February 2011 - 06:40 PM
Cheers Dude, so a 100L would suffice?
You think this would be cool Shakey?
That'll do you mate for a home project
Posted 13 February 2011 - 11:27 AM
check out screw fix, i bought one of their electric DA's 125mm pads (they do bigger)
its just as easy as the air ones i have, quicker setup and consistant speed variant too.
if you try running one off a too small compressor it just gets annoying as it doesnt run at good speeds and then you spend double the time doing everything as you wait for it to charge.
mines been used on 4 cars so far and is a clean and smooth as the day i bought it, but at like £35 if i use one a year im happy.
Posted 13 February 2011 - 11:45 AM
Get an electric one, work just the same, cheaper, don't have to wait to charge and prob better on the energy if you were thinking green ha ha
random obital sander
or a flat orbital sander
I used both
Edited by J.T., 13 February 2011 - 11:46 AM.
Posted 13 February 2011 - 01:14 PM
Posted 13 February 2011 - 02:24 PM
Posted 13 February 2011 - 09:31 PM
really want to run everything in my garage on air, only things i really need on electric is my jigsaw and grinder. i would buy a second hand one, but your unsure of its history or use?
for £359 you can get a 100L Air Master tiger 3HP and a 150L Clarke for £505 but £500knicker is alot, too much im not rich enough.
id love a 150L but 2nd hand isnt looking likely?


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Don Alvaro is a Spanish municipality, belonging to the province of Badajoz (region of Extremadura). It is located on the right bank of the River, halfway between Las Vegas High and Low of that river. Belongs to the region of Tierra de Mérida - Vegas Low and the Guadiana judicial party of Merida. While maintaining an agricultural tradition, this is no longer the most important activity of the municipality, whose main business has become the service sector, due to the proximity of the city of Merida.
Extremadura (Estremaura in Extremadura and the fala). It is a Spanish autonomous community located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It is composed of the two largest provinces in Spain: Cáceres yBadajoz. Extremadura bounded on the north by the provinces of Salamanca, Ávila (Castilla y León), south conHuelva, Sevilla and Cordoba (Andalusia), on the east, with Toledo and Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha) and west conPortugal. Its capital is Mérida (Augusta Emerita old), the city recognized by the Statute of Autonomy as the seat of the Government of Extremadura.


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Every country should be so lucky as to have Sweden's problem: It doesn't produce enough garbage.
As reported by Public Radio International, Sweden has a remarkably effective recycling program. Only 4 percent of the country's waste ends up in landfills, with the other 96 percent being reused in some way. There is one problem with that, however: The country has incinerators that burn waste to create heat (a must-have in the region) and electricity. And too little waste means not enough fuel for those fires.


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Invocator creates a thrash masterpiece with the album, but beware, this is a different form of thrash than you're used to, and may be too "groovey" for some. Having said that, if you like Exhorder, Pantera, or Metallica, you'll probably find this album to be great. Indeed, it blows the shit out of anything that Pantera has ever done.
So what do we get? What makes this album such a great thing? Answer: nearly everything. When I say that, keep in mind that the vocals are pretty strange and take some getting used to (hence, I had to suptract a point). Other than that, I can't find a single weak moment on this album (except parts of "Condition Critical" which apart from having a good riff in the beginning, goes onto kind of a political/hardcore-ish thing, especially the chorus--another point lost).
Guitars are similar to the Metallica tone, but much more varied. I can't really describe what's going on here, because Invocator uses a varitety of shifting, semi-groovy riffs, but at times you'll also hear some Morbid Angel and Suffocation influences a few times. Also, in "Desert Sands," there's a weird little tremolo solo that reminds me of Pestilence. There's a lot of twisted riffing going on as well, with serpentine tones and a few squeals.
The drumming on here is really good, coming from Per M. Jensen (yeah, he's played with the Haunted and Nightrage). This man clearly knows how to use fills and the occasional strange beat very effectively. His playing is incredibly tight and powerful, which brings to mind Gar Samuelson (on Peace Sells...)and Dave Lombardo.
If you like Exhorder's Slaughter In The Vatican, but can deal with a more streamlined and less-rude version, this will be up your alley. It's a total about face from their first album, but Weave the Apocalypse is something that is totally different and a true testament to Invocator's mastery of heavy riffing.


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ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. – The Dodge City baseball team saw its 2014 campaign come to a close in the opening round of NJCAA Region VI competition.
Cowley County topped the Conquistador in the opener 8-7 (10 Inn.) and dispatched DC3 in the elimination game 10-2.
The Conqs finish their season with a 31-27 overall record.
In the opener DC3 jumped on the Tigers early. Conner Koepp (Norman, Okla./Norman HS) opened the scoring with a RBI double and Trent Troxell hit a sacrifice fly and the Conqs led 2-0 after the first inning.
Damion Orr (Midwest City, Okla./Midwest City HS) made it 3-0 with a solo homerun and DC3 led 3-1 after three complete innings.
However, the Tigers (36-15) clawed back in the fourth inning with four runs and captured a 5-3 lead.
The teams traded runs in the seventh and eighth innings and Conqs tied it at 7-7 in the ninth.
However, the Tigers plated a run in the bottom of the tenth to secure the win.
Sam Brunner (Ft. Collins, Colo./Ft. Collins HS) started the game and earned a no decision. He tossed 5 2/3 innings and allowed eight hits, five runs and four walks and fanned two.
Giles Fox (Ashland, Kan./Ashland HS) was tagged with the loss. He threw 1 2/3 innings and allowed four hits and one run.
Jordan Doan (Dodge City, Kan./Dodge City HS) finished 1 for 5 with a pair of RBIs and Koepp batted 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs.
In game two the Tigers opened up an early 3-0 lead en route to the 10-2 decision.
Andrew Riddell (Nsw, Australia/Oakhill College) was tagged with the loss. He tossed five innings and allowed seven hits, six runs (two earned) and three walks and fanned two.
Parker Jones (The Colony, Texas/The Colony HS) and Doan each helped out with an RBI.


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By George Gunby
Belper Arts Festival
With the Arts Festival over for another year it's time to reflect. "Educating Rita" was a resounding success with Sali Gresham and Jeff Foster providing stellar performances.
Plans are afoot to take the production out on the road towards the end of the year and it might get another outing in Belper. Belper Players with "Mixed Doubles" scored a great hit and the evening featured a few new faces, bringing new talent to the fore.
An aim of the festival is to encourage new writing and new talent and that featured in abundance.
The Belperamble contained new writing based around Belper stories and places. Plays such as "American Goddess" and "Light One Up" are works in progress that benefitted from a performance. "Elderflower", a piece of movement theatre, was outstanding.
The winner of the Short Play Competition, "A Serious Person", featured Nick Mothershaw and an outstanding performance from Vanessa McAuley as the opinionated young woman.
The writer, John Doble, came from New York to see the production and he was thrilled and delighted in equal measure. "Pentrich : The Last Uprising" is certainly a play for the future.
It was staged with imagination in the basement of the North Mill by Sara Noble – Nesbitt, cleverly lit by Jamie Vella and the setting gave the words of the writer, Peter Darrington, a resonance.
Look out as this play develops, particularly with the 200th anniversary looming in 2017. I need to say a big thank you to the directors and actors, some of whom doubled and tripled roles to make everything work. The rest of the year?
Belper Players are planning a large cast production for the autumn along with an evening of Noel Coward short plays. December will see a large production entitled "We'll Be Home For Christmas" at St. Peter's Church. This is a community based project and I'd be happy to hear from singers, musical groups, dancers, writers and actors about taking part. There will be no production of The Belper Passion next year but the film version, along with a new play, The Resurrection, will be shown at St Peter's Church some time over the Easter weekend. Casting for the film will take place in July with filming in October.


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YOUNGSTERS at Wellgreen Primary in Hale are backing efforts to restore Halecroft Park to its former glory.
Residents and businesses are also helping the recently formed Friends of Halecroft Park group to return the park to its previous prize winning level.
And pupils from neighbouring Wellgreen Primary pitched in when they visited Halecroft Park to plant poppy seeds.
Four flower beds have been sown with hundreds of poppy seeds to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War.


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LINC Energy could be producing gas from a new plant in China by Christmas, after finding a new cornerstone investor and joint-venture partner for its underground coal gasification technology.
Shares in Linc were the best performing stock on the ASX yesterday, after the company announced a new partnership with Hong Kong company Golden Concord Holdings to commercialise the technology.
Underground coal gasification transforms underground coal into a less carbon-intensive gas without having to mine the coal and bring it to surface.
Under the deal, Golden Concord will spend $120 million buying 5 per cent of Linc, and commit $15 million to a new Chinese joint venture that will develop an underground coal gasification plant.
Golden Concord will hold about 66 per cent of the joint venture, not expected to be listed at this stage.
Linc boss Peter Bond said the Chinese joint venture - which would be 33 per cent owned by Linc - would put the technology on the ''world map'' and he expected it to be producing gas shortly.
''I would like to have first gas by the end of the year, but definitely within 12 months of today,'' he said. ''China is short gas and short liquids so the joint venture is the perfect segue for the technology into an energy-hungry market.''
The deal is a rare piece of good news for underground coal gasification, which was dogged last year by an environmental dispute between one of Linc's rivals - Cougar Energy - and the Queensland government. That dispute led to the latter putting a temporary pause on any new underground coal gasification developments in the state.
It also reinforces Linc's commitment to the technology, which was questioned by some last year when the company bought several conventional oil assets in North America.
Linc shares rose 20¢, or almost 19 per cent to close at $1.27 yesterday. It was at $3.28 11 months ago.


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In the episode, Samuels said he was 18 when he joined Terra Prime (though he later left the group). While the character's age in 2155 is unknown, if we assume he's the same age as the actor (Harry Groener, born 10 September 1951 according to the Internet Movie Database), Terra Prime may have been around since at least 2102. Possibly earlier, if Colonel Greene had a direct role in its formation, though this is utter speculation. --Sasoriza, 0200 8 May 05
To be consistent with naming, I think that Terra Prime (organization) should be moved here, a redirect should go in the old article, and a note at the top should be created to go to Terra Prime (episode). I don't think it makes sense to have two articles both with extra info in the parenthesis (sp?) and the one without them to be a disambiguation page. Look at The 37's for a similar situation, even though with much less info. I'd just like to hear your opinions before doing that and then later getting it reverted. -Platypus Man 02:49, 29 Aug 2005 (UTC)
- Over some time with no one saying anything here, I've become content with how it is. -Platypus Man | Talk 20:26, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)
- Actually, I think, originally, you were right, and this disambig shouldn't exist. There is no need for a disambig with only 2 pages, especially if only one is in the Trek POV. In my opinion the pages should be moved accordingly.--Tim Thomason 21:31, 7 Oct 2005 (UTC)
Terra Prime in 23rd century and 24th centuryEdit
What happen to Terra Prime after the 22nd century (23rd century and 24th century)?.TyphussJediVader (talk) 00:13, August 9, 2013 (UTC)
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Terra Prime is Latin for "Earth first", right? Should we mention that in the article? - 22.214.171.124 05:08, May 8, 2016 (UTC)


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The best information now available shows that in 2009 the bottom 60% (yes, now it's 60%, not 50%) of U.S. households owned only 2.3% of total U.S. wealth.
Total U.S. household net worth -- rich, middle class and poor combined -- at the time the Forbes list came out was $53.15 trillion. So the bottom 60% of households possessed just $1.22 trillion of that $53.15 trillion, less than the Forbes 400.


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After a long day at the PRSA International Conference's Leadership Assembly, I wanted to share a few thoughts on PRSA. I know that few folks outside of PRSA understand the value of the organization. However, for the lucky few that come to these meetings, you understand. When you are in the room with the nation's brightest, most dedicated and talented PR folks – you want to be in their company, you are inspired by them and you challenge yourself to be the best PR practitioner possible. Through PRSA I've met educators, executives, mentors, colleagues and friends. You should join us – you won't regret it. If you'd like to follow the conversation and commentary, vist http://twitter.com/#search/%23prsa_ic
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Buyouts to cost Pittsburgh about $4.6M
Pittsburgh will shell out more than $700,000 for unused sick, vacation and personal time to 65 nonunion employees who accepted Mayor Bill Peduto's early retirement offer this year, according to city documents.
Documents obtained through a Right To Know Law request and from City Council show the city must pay $717,812 worth of paid time off to the employees, plus $280,554 in Social Security taxes to the federal government on the salaries.
That's in addition to the $3.6 million the employees will receive in salary and pension payments during two years for retiring early.
"It was a big waste of money," said Controller Michael Lamb. "We ended up paying almost $5 million to people who were probably going to retire anyway over the next two years with no bonus."
Peduto spokesman Tim McNulty disagreed, saying the administration stands by its assertion that Pittsburgh will realize $5.5 million in salary and benefits savings over five years by inducing longtime employees to retire and eliminating 30 percent of the vacant positions.
McNulty said the paid time off couldn't be avoided.
"These are not extra costs to the incentive package, because they would have been paid whenever the employees left the city anyway, even if the package didn't exist," he said in an email.
He said the Personnel Department budgets money each year to cover such costs for retiring employees, and the $717,812 is "well within what they budgeted for 2014."
Lamb, who has criticized the buyout from the beginning, questioned whether the administration will eliminate vacant positions as Peduto has promised. He also doubted whether the city will realize reported pension savings, saying the city is plowing about $5 million more next year into pension funds.
"So how is there a savings?" Lamb said. "They completely underestimated the costs and overestimated the savings."
Peduto, who is attending a leadership conference in Denver, lobbied for the buyout program, saying it would streamline city government.
"The numbers are not only spelled out in a report the administration filed with council, but they are incorporated into the (Act 47) recovery plan filed last week, too," McNulty said. "The controller will have plenty of opportunity to question the Act 47 experts if he likes."
City Council members offered mixed reactions.
"The city doesn't have money to burn like that," said Councilwoman Darlene Harris of Spring Hill.
Councilmen Dan Gilman of Shadyside and Corey O'Connor of Swisshelm Park said they weren't surprised by the numbers. They said the administration originally advised them that the retirements would cost about $5 million.
"These are always the costs to the city when employees retire," Gilman said.
Bob Bauder is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-765-2312 or email@example.com.


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Moon gymnasts chasing 3rd straight WPIAL title
The Moon gymnastics team is a loud bunch, and they're hoping to make plenty of noise at the WPIAL championships on Saturday.
The Tigers have captured the team title the past two years, and they'll be quite vocal in their quest for a three-peat, according to coach Amy Caprino.
"The girls are competing in different events all over the gym at the same time, but they're constantly cheering for each other," Caprino said. "That helps more than anything."
Moon's team roster is comprised of 21 gymnasts, seven of which are seniors who will be taking aim at their third WPIAL championship.
"They have their own motivation," Caprino said of her seniors. "They'll put the added pressure on themselves."
For Caprino, balancing the individual pressure to perform with the overall success of the team is paramount every time her team steps into the gym.
"If you keep it all about the team, you take the pressure off of any one girl," Caprino said.
During the course of a meet, Caprino's gymnasts don't know whether their score in a particular event will even count toward the team total.
"That way, they're all going in trying to hit their routines," Caprino said.
And while a mistake can hurt an overall score, it's important to put that aside and finish every routine.
"The worst thing you can do is let (a mistake) snowball," Caprino said. "You have to let it go and keep going.
"If you fall on the beam, you have to get up and restart your routine. You might fall once, but everyone else might fall two or three times. You just never know."
In addition to being the two-time defending champions, Moon hosts the WPIAL championship meet.
The Tigers hold their regular-season meets at the middle school, but the WPIAL championships are held at the high school.
"For me, the planning has been the same since we've been hosting the event for so many years," Caprino said. "The biggest thing is getting the equipment moved from the middle school to the high school.
"The maintenance crew does a great job with that. Everybody helps out."
Caprino's squad will enter the championship meet as one of the favorites to come away with the team title. North Allegheny, Pine-Richland, Hampton and Baldwin also figure to be in the mix as well.
"All of them have been doing really well," Caprino said. "It depends who is healthy, who is on and who hits their routines that day."
Kevin Ritchart is a freelance writer.


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There was no sign of Ferrier, and Hogue gave up the idea of retrieving her as well.
"She said, 'Bill wants us to come back over for dinner again,'" Hogue recalled.
Hogue is part of a growing number of expats making their mark as accidental entertainers in China.
"We all got to know each other and we had fun," Hogue recalled.
Hogue says that when he returned to the table and tried to enter the conversation, Cosby was dismissive.
Scarcely a man was saved from (p. 026) the Cressy, the Aboukir, or the Hogue.
Just as the Aboukir was heeling over, the21 Hogue was struck in two places.
As to the word Hogue, there are several places in Jersey called Hougues, which are always situated on a rising ground.
The news of the loss by submarine torpedoes of the three battleships, Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, perturbed me greatly.
Twenty-four men were saved on a target which floated off the Hogue's deck.


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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Guest Blog: Ginger Clark on How to Handle an Offer of Representation
So I'm very pleased to have a guest blog post today from my esteemed colleague and fellow Curtis Brown agent Ginger Clark regarding how one should handle themselves when offered the golden ticket of representation. For more information on the genres Ginger represents, her clients, and her submissions guidelines, please visit her PublishersMarketplace page.
Thanks, Ginger!!!
Dear Nathan's many, many readers:
Nathan very kindly said I could write an entry for his blog about handling an offer of representation. Recently, an author contacted me saying they'd been offered representation by another agency. I congratulated them, asked them a couple of questions…and things went downhill from there. I realized afterwards that perhaps this author just didn't know how to handle a situation where one agent offers representation and there are multiple other agents considering your work.
So here is what I expect to happen when I contact an author and offer representation:
1. I expect the author will tell me "Great. I need to think about it."
2. I expect the author to ask me a lot of questions, and to do a generous amount of research about me online.
3. I expect the author will then call or email any other agents who are considering their work and let them know they have an offer of representation.
4. I expect the author will, when asked by these agents, tell them that I was the agent who offered representation.
Here's why:
1. When you are deciding on an agent, don't rush into the relationship. I never, ever pressure a potential client for an immediate answer. Take a day or more to think over whether you want to work with me. And if an agent is pressuring you to give you an answer that day, be wary. (If an agent ever tells you, "I need an answer today," just say something like, "well, if you have to have an answer now, my answer is no. I don't make major career decisions without taking a night to sleep on it.")
2. Do your research. I have a Publishers Marketplace page, and I'm easily found on Google. Ask me as many questions as you want. If you want to talk to clients, that can be arranged. If you forget to ask me a question on the phone, you can email me later to ask.
3. This happens regularly to me, and while I grumble to myself about having to compete with other wonderful agents, I am perfectly fine with being in a multiple horse race. I'm positive I'd be the right agent for you--but I could be wrong.
4. Several times recently an author whose work I was considering told me they had an offer of representation from another agent, but then refused to tell me who the agent was. Look--I will answer almost all questions a potential client asks me; I'll chat with them at length about my experience and how I'd market the book; I've even let some authors speak to some of my clients (with my foreknowledge and permission, of course). I will be completely forthcoming with a potential client; and yet they would not do the same for me. I am immediately wary when this happens, and hesitant about working with the author further.
Further, I do have legitimate reasons for wanting to know. The first is, I want to make sure the author has not been approached by a scam artist, or a well-intentioned but incompetent agent. Secondly, I admit—I want to know who I am up against in the horse race. And thirdly, I'm probably going to have to bump some clients from the top of my reading pile in order to read work that has interest elsewhere. I want to make sure I'm putting aside work for my clients for something that really does have legitimate interest.
I'm sure most of you know this already, but in case you didn't, I hope it helps. Really, just be professional, calm, confident, and honest.
44 comments:
- Tammie said...
Oh it does help and thanks for blogging about it.
Now to getting that call so I can refer to it!
- October 30, 2007 at 12:54 PM
- Heidi said...
Thanks Ginger! Good etiquette is so important, but so tricky in this field! Thank you for letting me know what you expect both as an offering agent and a considering agent.
- October 30, 2007 at 12:56 PM
Thanks Ginger. I'm sure this is a problem we all hope to encounter one day. I had wondered how agents felt about the call/email - if it felt like pressure or not.
- October 30, 2007 at 1:19 PM
- Laura said...
Hi Ginger,
Thank you, it is helpful to know how to properly respond to the first contact from an agent. With so many unknowns in this business it's nice to have a little heads up.
- October 30, 2007 at 1:34 PM
- Michael said...
Oh, to have the problem of multiple offers...
Thanks for the advice on what to do should it ever arise.
- October 30, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- Marva said...
I would think that Point #2 should be handled before you even query the agent. Why would I send off a query to somebody I know nothing about? Of course, followup questions not answered by the other resources are appropriate.
All around good advice. Now, I'll have to practice saying "I'll get back to you after I sleep on it." Of course, authors always have the initial urgent desire to scream YES YES YES into the telephone.
- October 30, 2007 at 1:39 PM
- Mary said...
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- October 30, 2007 at 2:08 PM
- Mary said...
I started typing a comment about authors becoming so used to being the hunter rather than the hunted. Then my mind filled with scenes of deer being chased from the forest, and I completely lost my train of thought.
Too long in front of a computer screen, I think.
Nathan, enjoy your R&R.
Thank you, Ginger, for this excellent advice.
- October 30, 2007 at 2:22 PM
- Precie said...
Thanks very much for your excellent advice, Ginger!
- October 30, 2007 at 2:36 PM
- Ithaca said...
It would be great if doing research online turned up the kind of information one needs, but it never seems to. I am also a bit pessimistic (maybe unduly so) about getting to the bottom of things by asking penetrating questions. The thing is - there are people with a real gift for getting their way in a telephone conversation, and the people who are successful agents tend to be people with that gift. I once eavesdropped on a couple of publishing execs who were assessing contracts with a publishing company, all of which they thought were for ludicrous amounts of money. 'Barking,' said one. 'Positively barking.' 'Oh,' they kept saying, 'it's an Ed Victor deal.' In other words, Ed Victor got on the phone, and the rest was history. Writers tend not to be people with that gift. So if I were to get on the phone with Ed Victor or Andrew Wylie or, of course, anyone else with that very rare gift, I might ask all kinds of questions, and have many misgivings, but if Mr Victor or Mr Wylie had decided he wanted me for a client the result would be a foregone conclusion. Actually pretty much anyone who did not have an actual phobia of the telephone could talk me into pretty much anyone (this is why having an agent is so crucial in the first place).
I am not disagreeing with any of the points made in principle, just doubtful that the sort of person who is not herself agent material could stand her ground in conversation with the sort of person who demonstrably is agent material. One needs an agent to deal with one's agent. And an agent to deal with the agent who...
- October 30, 2007 at 2:51 PM
- Amanda said...
Thank you for your sage wisom Ginger!!!
BTW I luvvv your name! It's ADORABLE!!
If an agent called me I probably wouldn't ask any questions at all because I would be to busy SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF!! The neighbors would probably call the police and say the lady next door is getting murdered LOL
Not really but I would be excited!!
- October 30, 2007 at 3:01 PM
- Mystery Robin said...
That's excellent advice, thank you Ginger. I know that if I'm ever fortunate enough to be in that situation that I'd be very nervous about asking an agent for a day to think over other offers - as if they'd all go up in smoke in those 24 hours. It's good to know that you expect that and what professionalism looks like in this situation!
- October 30, 2007 at 3:10 PM
- Karen Duvall said...
I can't imagine why an author would refuse to reveal the names of the other interested agents. Unless *cough* there were no other *cough* agents making an offer. Heh. I'm suspicious like that. 8^) Mainly because I've heard this advice actually given to authors seeking representation. Desperate and bizarre, but true.
- October 30, 2007 at 3:37 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Ginger, thanks for the helpful advice. I'm not at the querying stage myself but I've heard many writers voice the concerns you've addressed. Just knowing we're not expected to agree to representation in the first five seconds makes this a little less scary.
Great article!
- October 30, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Bernita said...
Thank you very much, Ms. Chark.
- October 30, 2007 at 4:17 PM
"I want to make sure I'm putting aside work for my clients for something that really does have legitimate interest."
So it takes someone else being interested to jump the line. This is so frustrating.
- October 30, 2007 at 4:20 PM
- Precie said...
karen--I have a suspicious mind too! That was my first guess as to why an author wouldn't reveal the name of an offering agent. I've heard of people stamping "Requested Material" on their unrequested submissions for the same reason. Not very nice or professional.
- October 30, 2007 at 4:51 PM
- Jennifer L. Griffith said...
Thanks for your insight, Ginger.
There are so many details most unpubbed authors don't know about this process. I am so thankful for agents like Nathan who hosts a blog, and the guests who come along side of him, all offering valuable info for those who seekers.
Nathan is one blessed man to have such competent women helping him out when he's bombarded with first lines, paragraphs and the aftermath of all of the "self-imposed" above...May, Anne and now you, Ginger.
Rest up, Nathan. You never know what's around the next curve of the blogosphere. First 1000 words??? 2000?
- October 30, 2007 at 5:27 PM
- Neptoon said...
Mahalo Ginger for the enlightenment.
I shall keep your tips within reach. But do you really think a budding author could sleep...after an interested agent call?
- October 30, 2007 at 5:47 PM
Ginger, thanks so much for an informative post (and thanks Nathan for facilitating). Your suggestions will certainly help the lucky ones navigate an intense experience.
- October 30, 2007 at 5:54 PM
- Welshcake said...
Thank you Ms Clarke.
Karen and Precie - I thought that too. I've a suspicious mind.
Chessie - I understand your frustration but (and maybe I'm naive saying this) I do believe if the writing is good enough you'll snag the agent's attention and 'jump the line' whether or not there are other offers on the table.
After all if an agent sits on a project waiting to see if others show interest, they risk losing a potentially excellent client.
- October 30, 2007 at 5:56 PM
- A Paperback Writer said...
Hey, thanks, Ginger. I'd never thought much about what to do besides a little Snoopy suppertime/victory dance. I hope that some day I get to follow your advice.
- October 30, 2007 at 6:42 PM
- Tom Burchfield said...
Excellent advice. Thank you, Ginger! I wish to ad that of course, in just approaching any agent, I'll have already tried to some do advance scouting (or as they say in the legal field "due diligence").
- October 30, 2007 at 6:50 PM
- ORION said...
When my agent offered she was my top choice and I already knew I would say yes. She wondered who were the other agents considering my work and I of course I told her- I wondered later if I had done the right thing and in retrospect I realized I had.
I think the difficulty is when a writer is trying to use one offer of representation to turn into an offer from an agent they REALLY want.
It does make sense that when other agents are interested that ups the ante.
It's human nature.
- October 30, 2007 at 6:56 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
Karen, I'm with you! If was an agent and someone said they had multiple offers from agents, I'd say: Show me! Prove it! Send me the emails!
Ginger, thanks for the post and for giving Nathan a much needed break!
- October 30, 2007 at 7:26 PM
- Sophie W. said...
Thanks for the awesome post, Ginger. It answers a lot of questions. There's so much information out there about how to get an agent, but almost nothing about what to do after the fact.
- October 30, 2007 at 8:13 PM
- Colorado Writer said...
Thank you for the timely post!
- October 30, 2007 at 8:21 PM
No, I wouldn't want to loose that opportunity, so no cc's from me. :)
- October 30, 2007 at 8:49 PM
- October 30, 2007 at 8:50 PM
- midnight oil said...
Thanks for your advice! I looked at your page and found that you are into my type of book. That being said, what is the rule on querying two different agents within the same company? (not saying I will do this as I have been ghosting Nathan for some time now, so he gets first right of refusal.)and I thought it was a "no no" to call an agent unless they already represented you.
- October 30, 2007 at 9:17 PM
- Danette Haworth said...
Thank you, Ginger! Excellent post.
- October 30, 2007 at 9:39 PM
- JulieWeathers said...
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- October 30, 2007 at 9:40 PM
Thank you Ms. Clark, for sharing your insight. Here's to hoping I can put this into practice one day soon...
- October 30, 2007 at 10:59 PM
- JulieWeathers said...
Thank you for posting this information. It does help a great deal.
- October 30, 2007 at 11:12 PM
I'm planning on sending out a round of submissions pretty soon, so this information is very useful for me. Let me just see if I hae this correct. If I send out eight partials (in the UK, so the query process is bypassed), and I was to get an offer of representation from one agent, I assume the best thing to do would be to ask for some time to think, and then let the other agents know I have received an offer.
The thing is, if they then decide to request the full, what do I do then? Is it rude of me to ask the offering agent to wait a week or so while I see what the response is from the other agents? Or is that expected?
I only ask because in this post you mentioned a decision being made in 24 hours. Isn't it a bit ambitious to expect me to ship out a manuscript to the other agents (assuming they request the full) in time for it to get there the next day? And then to expect these agents to read the complete manuscript and make a decision in a matter of hours? I don't want to tread on anyone's toes here. Surely the offering agent wouldn't mind if I ask for a little more time than 24 hours?
- October 31, 2007 at 7:18 AM
- Southern Writer said...
That was nice. I like the simple and honest way you wrote it.
- October 31, 2007 at 7:49 AM
- Nathan Bransford said...
From Ginger Clark:
Midnight Oil: You really are not supposed to query two agents at the same time, but people do this all the time. Secondly, it is fine to call an agent if you have an offer of representation elsewhere. That is one of the few exceptions to the rule of never calling agents.
Anon 4:18 AM: I think I said take at least a day to make the decision about representation. The offering agent will probably be willing to wait longer if you want to talk to other agents—asking for a week is not at all rude.
- October 31, 2007 at 11:17 AM
It's Anon 4:18 here. Thanks a lot for responding to my question. I'm trying to make sure all my dealings with agents are conducted as professionally as possible, and it's so great to have helpful agents around that can offer advice on things like this.
- October 31, 2007 at 12:11 PM
- Michael said...
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on getting an offer of representation. I keep learning so many things about the publishing industry that writers are expected to know, but no one ever tells them. I appreciate tips like this very much.
- October 31, 2007 at 3:39 PM
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- October 31, 2007 at 4:33 PM
- midnight oil said...
Thank you for answering, I look forward to future blogs from you. The info was awsome for us unrepresented who do not want to step on toes.
- October 31, 2007 at 8:43 PM
- Denae said...
I'm reading your blog for the first time today but will be back often. I mostly write adventure articles for a UK publication but am thinking about proposing a book idea. (New territory here.) This site offers a wealth of FREE info and I wanted to say thanks.
- November 1, 2007 at 7:31 AM
Fabulous advice, Ginger. Thank you. Frankly, a few of your comments are some that I never thought about when sending a query to an agent. I've always tried to be honest when dealing with anyone in this business. I consider that common courtesy and would hope to have the favor returned.
Liz Kreger
- November 5, 2007 at 7:12 AM
- Paul Äertker said...
Ginger: Thanks for posting--would love to read your blog! ;)
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Oil prices will not drop below $100 per barrel in 2014, [2] according to Mohsen Qamsari, the director for international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company. Iran is not in favor of high oil prices, because it believes that high prices will damage the economies of oil exporting countries in the long term, the Mehr News Agency quoted Qamsari as saying on Saturday. On Friday, Brent crude, which is used as a benchmark to price over half of the world's oil, rallied to a two-and-a-half month high of just over $111 a barrel. The rally could continue if the outlook for global economic growth continues to improve, analysts say. On May 6, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that the country's crude oil output is projected to rise by 1 million barrels per day over the next four years. In January, Zanganeh said that Iran's return to oil markets will not lead to a decrease in prices. In a message to members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Zanganeh also said that unconventional oil production from shale reserves [3] by non-OPEC countries will not be a threat to OPEC. [4] He also expressed support for OPEC's policy of stabilizing its ceiling output at 30 million barrels per day. On March 12, Zanganeh said Iran's crude oil output was forecast to increase by about 200,000 barrels per day to 4 million barrels per day, and its daily natural gas output was forecast to increase by about 100 million cubic meters per day to 400 million cubic meters per day in Iranian calendar year 1393 (March 2014-March 2015). The country is currently exporting about 1.2 million barrels per day and has projected 1.5 million barrels of daily sales in the national budget for the year 1393, which includes 300,000 barrels of condensates. Iran is estimated to hold 33.7 trillion cubic meters of natural gas and 157 billion barrels of recoverable crude oil reserves. Thus, Iran possesses the world's second largest reserves of natural gas [5] and the world's fourth largest reserves of crude oil.
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Despite well rehearsed talk about how digital government would transform the relationship between citizens and government, we have erred in treating citizens as consumers of both information and services delivered online. It appeared harder and messier to contemplate using the Internet's interactive attributes to engage citizens as people who might have something to say about public policy issues.
Perhaps it was fear of the unknown, or fear of a harsh critique from those we purported to serve. On advice of counsel, it was common to declare that the government "does not intend that [the portal or other] Web pages be open public forums."
It meant one less thing to worry about, but it limited the horizon to commodity-style transactions with citizens.
Such an arrangement is short of the "new civic engagement" long anticipated by authors such as Robert Putman, Joel Kotkin, Andrei Cherney and John Eger. For his part, Eger anticipates what he calls the rise of "cyber-places" to respond to "the 'reverse flow of sovereignty,' in which local governments are assuming more responsibility than ever before for their residents' well-being ..."
It is a complex business -- requiring collaboration across jurisdictions and conversations that begin in neighborhoods. People are faced with the essential task of reinvigorating the public square, which is known for low voter turnout, and getting Washington's attention by taking to the streets and the Internet.
An experiment in Tucson, Ariz., deserves attention. Deceptively simple, the city created an unmoderated online public forum on the most contentious issue of the day -- the budget.
The instructions were simple: "You are encouraged to offer suggestions, discuss issues and even air gripes." The city got what it asked for on each of the three fronts.
There was talk about trash and a little trash talk. (Tucson is one of those rare places where residents do not pay for trash pick up.)
No more, suggested a dozen or so writers.
"The council has to suck it up. This is so simple it hurts," said one.
Another detailed an 18-point plan, and a city employee offered his own "5 Sure-fire Tips to Help Reduce the Budget Crisis."
Among the most succinct: "CONSOLIDATE! CONSOLIDATE! CONSOLIDATE! That's my nickel's worth!!"
A scroll through the messages reveals ideas about water, schools, public safety, and back-and-forth debates on the tax burden and service cuts -- punctuated by the occasional verbal jab at an elected official or city manager. It was, in short, a conversation -- and a self-policing one.
Writers took it upon themselves to scold each other for trying to spoil these new commons. "Isn't it wonderful?" wrote one contributor. "The city reaches out to its citizens for comments regarding the state of the city and [gets postings that are] belittling, jabbing, crabbing, venting and whining. What started out as a great idea, even symbolically, has turned into another forum in which people ... attack others' opinions."
Though Tucson is not alone, such an experiment is a hard sell in other places. The uncivil tone worries public officials -- even though they hear worse at public meetings. They also worry about additional workload, and the dubious value of the input -- citing orchestrated postcardlike campaigns used to overwhelm campus mail, switchboards and e-mail servers at the seat of government.
None of that happened in Tucson, where the city put up a sign in their cyber-place and courageously said: "Talk to me."
Perhaps overwhelming switchboards and servers is only necessary when the other party to a conversation isn't listening. As Tucson CIO Todd Sander is fond of saying, "There's a lesson in there for those who are paying attention."
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My parents were in Nicaragua--where they're building a hotel--in June. They were very close to the locations used for Survivor and took several pictures. I've included their pictures as well as an article from the local paper along with their descriptions:
This beach area is called El Toro and it is North of San Juan del Sur pics were taken when we went for a coastal hike on 10 June. Looks to be a camp area or something, there were two guards camping there.This is the guards camp looking toward the bay.
Here goes, these are all taken from a panga at Playa Hermosa just South of San Juan del Sur. We are on a surf boat trip (09 June) and surfed here for about 3 hours, at noon the survivor crew came out and surfed with us. A couple of days after this the boat captain got a call and was told that the beaches south would all be closed until September, prime surfing and fishing area. He went there later and thought he could at least drive by if stayed outside the islands, but was stopped by a Nicaraguan Navy boat and told he had to stay out at least 3 km. (or miles) can't remember.This one looks to be part of an obstacle course or a thing that you roll a ball up on the left and it comes down into buckets or something.
This area was where most of the work was taking place this day. Kinda looks like they are holding puzzle pieces. Also some kind of structure to the left?
More of the same area just to the right a bit (south) looks like some sort of platform or something.
This was just down the beach south of the pyramid looking things. Appears to have some sort of wheel things, maybe water wheels.
Article from paper.
PS. I'm a n00b, I know. I was going to contact one of the admins before posting to make sure I have done everything in keeping with sucks policy... but couldn't figure out how. Anyway, if I need to provide anything else to verify these images please let me know.


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Does option 43 matter ? WLC5508 ver 7.2 using internal DHCP server
I am using a WLC 5508 and its internal DHCP server. I cant find anywhere I can setup option 43. However, the access points are connected in just fine. Do I need to worry about setting up a seperate DHCP server to get option 43 setup properly ?
Thank you.
If you want to have AP on a different subnet from the WLC, then yes you would want to configure another server and option 43.
If you're fine wtih your current setup, then no.
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"verified" Servers List How do they "verify" ?
Posted 31 January 2007 - 05:58 PM
Certified servers list, guaranteed fake-free.
Right now this list includes 6 Donkeyservers, 3 Bytedevils, 13 Big Bangs and 3 other servers.
Together 25 "certified" servers.
Their "no-fake" list has 53 servers.
Don't get me wrong, i don't question their intention, as far as i can tell, the lists are valid.
Does someone know how they "certify" servers and keep them "certified" ?
Do they know something we don't or are they just guessing and making things up ?
Anyhow, another alternative source for serverlists.
Btw, if anyone from this website is reading this post, feel free to comment.
P2P is not piracy, it's marketing.
In fact, if your music or movie is NOT being downloaded, you should be WORRIED !
If you can't even give it away for free, how do you expect to sell it, stupid ?
Posted 31 January 2007 - 06:22 PM
I hope these topics will answer some of your questions, but maybe you already have read them.
This post has been edited by Nissenice: 31 January 2007 - 06:23 PM
Posted 31 January 2007 - 06:39 PM
Thanks for providing those links, continuing there, if needed.
Damn, i knew i forgot something.
Like, "searching" ...
P2P is not piracy, it's marketing.
In fact, if your music or movie is NOT being downloaded, you should be WORRIED !
If you can't even give it away for free, how do you expect to sell it, stupid ?
Posted 01 February 2007 - 02:15 PM
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Posted 01 February 2007 - 02:29 PM
Dick_Manitoba, on Feb 1 2007, 03:15 PM, said:
I think "evaluated" could have been a better word. Certification is supposed to be done by a well known authority. And that respect peerates still has to gather. The idea is however better than the current gruk.org who just provide the server list and do not tell how they gathered it.
Trouble connecting to a server? Use kad and /or refresh your server list
Strange search results? Check for fake servers! Or download morph, enable obfuscated server required, and far less fake server seen.
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Posted 02 February 2007 - 04:25 AM
leuk_he, on Feb 1 2007, 03:29 PM, said:
you're right one more time.
'guenine' will be changed for 'checked'
'certified' will be changed for 'powerful' ...
now, i do not provide the .met files for 'all' and 'fakes' servers lists,
but the content of these files is showed in a text file.
next, i think to publish an analysis page for each others met files i know.
(corpo,gruk,ocb maurice, server-list.de, ect ...)
because somes faked server ip are already provided by these lists.
at this time, only the ocb-maurice 'best servers' list is really clean.
thank's 4 yours comments.
This post has been edited by Peerates: 02 February 2007 - 04:50 AM
Posted 07 February 2007 - 04:17 PM
This page display several servers lists which provide edonkey servers adresses.
As you see, most of these lists are provided with faked servers.
(in fact, only 3 lists are really clean.)
About this :
nota bene
-''not faked' do not means 'sure' -> a 'good' server can spying users too.
-'faked' do not means 'dangerous' -> some of 'faked' servers returns 0% of valid result for a file (or/and sources) search, perhaps only for the law respect in concerned country. (if server do not provide valid response for licenced stuff, in france for example, it can't be attacked by the law. so , this type of server is not really dangerous, but it doesn't contribute for any thing on the donkey network, and i think it's better to not use them for a best network use.)
but some of these faked servers are powered by the 'p2p' ennemies ...
so, we have to be careful and, if possible, use only 'good' servers in our client software.
today, at least 60% of edonkey servers are faked.
If we want cleaning our network of this pollution, all users must use good servers lists.
and OCB-Maurice provide a good list too ...
(THC powered ... but clean. :-))
Posted 09 February 2007 - 10:54 AM
Peerates, on Feb 7 2007, 05:17 PM, said:
As you see, most of these lists are provided with faked servers.
(in fact, only 3 lists are really clean.)
What is the fake server in gruk and jd2k list ?
Parce que nous ne sommes pas devin: /!\ A Lire Avant De Poster /!\
Parce que certains ont bossé pour proposer des 'tutoriels' le plus clair possible: TADELU
Parce que VOUS êtes intelligent > High ID: comprendre les tutos pour mieux les appliquer
TRFM >> Des infos sur les Mods
> Le libre à Lille - -
If you are in english section: sorry for my bad english .... I 'll do my best .... ;)
Posted 09 February 2007 - 11:55 AM
Firnus, on Feb 9 2007, 11:54 AM, said:
Ships computers, aka search, show that one of the 2 links provided by Nissenice contains at least the following :
Presumed FAKED : 184.108.40.206:4321 -> indexation score : 0%
Presumed FAKED : 126.96.36.199:50135 -> indexation score : 0%
Presumed FAKED : 18.104.22.168:4242 -> indexation score : 0%
Invalid server IP : 220.127.116.11:4321
Presumed FAKED : 220.127.116.11:4242 -> indexation score : 0%
Invalid server IP : 22.214.171.124:9661
Presumed FAKED : 18.104.22.168:4321 -> indexation score : 0%
Presumed FAKED : 220.127.116.11:4321 -> indexation score : 0%
Invalid server IP : 22.214.171.124:9661
Presumed FAKED : 184.108.40.206:4242 -> indexation score : 0%
Server IP : 184.108.40.206:4661 -> indexation score : 40%
The meaning of the indexation score is encrypted with a Cardassion recursive encryption method.
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To go bald where no helpdesk has gone before.
And please report back to sickbay after curing your problem. Other patients may be helped by this as well.
If you note errors in my help please keep in mind that my holomatrix can get defects due to bad prolonged interaction. In other words, shut of the EMH when leaving the topic.
Posted 11 February 2007 - 07:01 AM
(also called 'Stolichnaya effect' )
By requesting the 10 or 20 best edk servers on a specific research, establish a 'reference' score for this specific file search.
(balanced to obtain an answer average for a users volume)
send the same request to a server.redo 4 or 5 times this operation with different file searches, on the same server.
then, compute the server's score by comparing the answer with the reference score value.
0% means that server do not send any result, for any request.
At this time, only files searching is evaluated, but soon, the sources search (for specific files) will be evaluated too.
by example, "jd2k" edonkey server do not send any result, for any request.
but it's not alone. (only 2 of 5 french servers are responding)
keeping these servers IP in the meta list is useless.
Except, perhaps, for the displayed advertising ...
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This post has been edited by Peerates: 11 February 2007 - 07:13 AM
Posted 12 February 2007 - 12:00 AM
For jd2k server .... (and other french), yes , they are all dead ..... (like french moddeur)
But still jd2k server (for example) isn't a RIAA/MPAA server ....
Parce que nous ne sommes pas devin: /!\ A Lire Avant De Poster /!\
Parce que certains ont bossé pour proposer des 'tutoriels' le plus clair possible: TADELU
Parce que VOUS êtes intelligent > High ID: comprendre les tutos pour mieux les appliquer
TRFM >> Des infos sur les Mods
> Le libre à Lille - -
If you are in english section: sorry for my bad english .... I 'll do my best .... ;)
Posted 17 July 2008 - 02:48 AM
Their "no-fake" list has 53 servers.
How do you add links like that into e-mule? It says "invalid link"...
Posted 17 July 2008 - 03:44 AM
Muule, on Jul 17 2008, 12:48 PM, said:
Their "no-fake" list has 53 servers.
How do you add links like that into e-mule? It says "invalid link"...
You use the http protocol in the server window like:
by adding it to the webservices.dat as an entry like:
Peerates server.met, ed2k://|serverlist|http://peerates.net/peerates/trueservers.met|/
Take a look here at the Quick Help & guides:
Posted 17 July 2008 - 04:58 AM
Posted 18 July 2008 - 11:37 AM
There's only one peerates list now, whose URL is http://peerates.net/servers.php
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Posted 18 July 2008 - 04:26 PM
jestheonlyone, on Jul 18 2008, 09:37 PM, said:
Yes that's true, officially.
Posted 19 July 2008 - 08:39 PM
moloko+, on Jul 18 2008, 11:26 AM, said:
jestheonlyone, on Jul 18 2008, 09:37 PM, said:
Yes that's true, officially.
Great topic and thanks for the info.
I've always used E-Mule to download old and rare stuff.. there is no other peer to peer on the net that provides this
service mainly because everything is based on new stuff.
Posted 22 July 2008 - 10:06 PM
is everything ok with emule?
im using the 2 following links
and followed the instructions i got here in this forum
and here is how my servers list looks like - where have all the servers gone?
i remember the times where servers had over 100m of files, now a bit above 18m?
Posted 22 July 2008 - 10:15 PM
This post has been edited by gav616: 22 July 2008 - 10:15 PM
Posted 22 July 2008 - 10:25 PM
murphys, on Jul 23 2008, 08:06 AM, said:
That link is broken


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Make no mistake, this was the Duke-killing Maryland team that Carolina faced Sunday night, not the inscrutable outfit that laid giant turtle-sized eggs at home to Clemson and N.C. State. Yet at the end of the day, Carolina--minus Rashad McCants--went on the road, took a top 30-caliber team's absolute best shot, and still came out on top. Inspiring stuff, and not just because Carolina now has a chance to claim its first outright ACC regular season title in 12 years on home territory over the next week. While there is reason to be concerned about some of the lapses in concentration Sunday night that let Maryland extend this game to the wire, consider this: for the first time this season, Carolina pulled out a win in the final minute of a game that easily could have gone either way.
To be fair, Carolina has only had one other razor-close game this year: the loss at Duke. If you can win 24 games by the end of February and put 23 of them away well before the final minute, that's a good thing. But to win championships, you have to be able to win close games--period. And frankly, the track record with this group of players in tight situations over the past two seasons has not been the greatest.
A different precedent, it is to be hoped, was set Sunday night. No mental blackouts from Raymond Felton with the ball in his hand in the last minute on this night: instead, after some patient passing around the perimeter, the junior capped a generally brilliant offensive display by using picks from Jawad Williams and Sean May to ghost in for a lay-up.
But more impressive was what happened next. If you are defending a two-point lead in the game's final seconds, good outcomes, okay outcomes, and disastrous outcomes are possible. Carolina's first priority had to be to take away the possibility of a disastrous outcome--that is, to deny any Terrapin an open or semi-open look from 3-point range. Jackie Manuel did that extremely well, forcing Mike Jones to put the ball on the floor and take it to the basket in the game's final five seconds.
That minimal goal having been accomplished, the question became, could Carolina make an aggressive play to end the game then or there, or would they let Jones do his thing and hope for the best? Just 14 months ago, a miserable Roy Williams told reporters in Lexington, Kentucky of his bewilderment at his team's collective attitude of sitting around and waiting for the opponent to mess up, rather than going out and making something happen.
That rant felt like a very long time ago when Sean May provided defensive help to Manuel, coming across the lane to block Jones's shot and end this game. To be sure, May took a slight gamble--in providing help there was a slight possibility that Jones might somehow slide the ball to Garrison for a lay-up, or more likely, that Garrison would be in position for an uncontested tap-in of any miss. Even so, this was a risk worth taking--that was Mike Jones driving to the basket, not Steve Blake or even John Gilchrist. Manuel simply could not afford to foul in that situation, and had Jones gotten his shot off cleanly, overtime would have been the most likely result. Instead, May took full advantage of his outstanding conditioning and newfound athleticism to put Carolina on the brink of a regular season title.
Just moments before, junior David Noel also took a risk on the defensive end–providing baseline help on an attempted drive by Gilchrist, allowing Jones to float away to the 3-point line. Noel's help seemed to surprise Gilchrist, who got caught in a trap and saw his attempted pass to Jones deflected out-of-bounds by Felton.
That sequence of events worked out relatively well for Carolina, and marked another chapter in the evolution of Noel as a surprisingly savvy player. All year long I've been waiting for the article to come out noting that Noel is "this year's Jackie Manuel." To my knowledge it hasn't come out yet, so I'll come out and say it: David Noel is the Jackie Manuel of 2005.
Simply put, while the increased athleticism of Sean May and mental toughness of Jawad Williams are major factors in this team's success, no Carolina player has made greater strides in his floor game and overall decision making than Noel this year.
What is Noel doing well? Making plenty of good passes for assists, especially in transition situations, and avoiding bad ones. Putting the ball on the floor when needed, but not forcing the issue. Shooting a high overall percentage, while being very selective about when he takes the jump shot. Getting the job done on defense, and on the boards.
And--perhaps most impressively--he's doing all this in a limited number of minutes, without a hint of complaint or frustration.
The improvement of Noel stands in vivid contrast to a frustrating sophomore season in which a lingering hand injury made every catch and every rebound attempt an adventure. Some doubted whether the athletic forward would every really flourish in Roy Williams's system.
The junior has put those doubts to rest this year, and count this observer among those feeling quite agreeable to have Noel involved in crunch time situations like Sunday night. True, in the Maryland game, Noel was not perfect: he did force a couple of first half shots, and did make a woefully errant entry pass with the score 80-78 in the final two minutes.
But consider what Noel did right: five field goals made (in seven tries); sneaking away for the dunk at the end of the first half which gave Carolina a huge lift going into the break; a nifty pass on the fast break to Manuel for a 61-51 lead; a critical three-pointer to give Carolina a 72-68 lead; and a final stat line that included 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and a blocked shot, against just one turnover and one foul. That's a good night. If Melvin Scott got the Stepping Up award in Rashad McCants's absence Tuesday night, the honor from Sunday's win surely goes to the Durham junior.
More significantly, the truth is that this year's version of David Noel is like having an entirely new player. That development should not be overlooked in considering why this Carolina team finds itself in such a promising position as March rolls around.
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On Christmas morning, Sneaky Tiki owner Jennifer Hill received an unexpected knock on her door. It was the Long Beach Police Department with news no business owner wants to hear. Her Retro Row boutique had been broken into and thousands of dollars in hard-to-find merchandise had been stolen.
Police say that the burglary occurred at some point between 5PM on Monday and around 8AM Tuesday when a passerby called to report a broken window at the shop. A sign currently posted in the storefront's 4th St.-facing main window lists off the items stolen: Pendletons, car coats, leather jackets, Mexican biker rings, jewelry, woman's SourPuss clothing, vintage studded belts and Evil Denim jeans.
Many of the items stolen are unique to Sneaky Tiki, something that Hill told the Gazettes she hopes will eventually lead to finding out who did this crime. She also said that she believes that the perpetrator had been in the shop before to scout out what was going to be stolen. No doubt, the burglary was targeted; hers was the only Retro Row business to report a break-in during the time span in question.
Though police said Tuesday that there are no known witnesses and no suspect descriptions, the stretch of 4th St. where Sneaky Tiki resides is well equipped with cameras, which are currently being reviewed for footage of the robbery. Retro Row's official Twitter account said at noon Tuesday that surveillance photos were "coming soon."
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Emma Roberts has been caught canoodling with Chord Overstreet over the weekend. Us Weekly reported that an eyewitness has seen the "Scream 4" beauty and the "Glee" hunk making out at the A|X Armani Exchange and 944 Magazine carnival in Indio, California last Saturday, April 16.
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