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Reference: New England Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association Awards
On Thursday, May 24th, 2007, three members of the Portsmouth Police Department, along with members of the Hooksett, New Hampshire and Lewiston, Maine Police Departments, received the Special Achievement Award from the New England Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association. The awards were presented at the association's annual banquet, held this year in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Awards were presented to individual officers and units for outstanding contributions in the field of drug enforcement.
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Receiving the award for the Portsmouth Police Department were Lt. Rodney McQuate, Detective Stephen Arnold and Detective Mark Newport. They had previously received the New Hampshire Congressional Law Enforcement Unit Citation Award for their work on this investigation.

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This tutorial will help you configure your Android app to send and receive push notifications. App42 Cloud API provides push notifications using GCM (Google Cloud Messaging). You may then send push notifications from AppHQ console as well as shoot notifications by simply using APIs to your app users. The beauty of App42 Push is that you can schedule notifications and even send location based messages as well. Along with sending push notifications, you can also capture detailed insights of the response your push messages with the analytics. Please follow these easy steps to get started with the App42 platform and start sending push messages within minutes.
Sign up with App42 platform to create your first app after choosing App42 Cloud APIs and Android as your preferred platform
Connect your app with App42 by following the steps mentioned after you download the Android SDK
If you have created your first app already, simply login to AppHQ console to continue
Create a project in google developer console. Fetch your Project ID from the Overview section of your created project
Select your created project and click on APIs option in GCM to enable Google Cloud Messaging for Android service
To get your server key, click on Credentials and then on Create New Key
Keep Accept requests from these server IP addresses as blank and click on Create button
Now switch to AppHQ console click on Unified Notifications and then on Settings to view Android Settings as shown below:
Select your app, click on Add Key and insert the server key that was generated in google developer console and submit it
Download our [sample project here] (https://github.com/shephertz/App42-Android-Push-Sample/archive/master.zip)
Unzip the downloaded file and import the project in eclipse and add google_play_service as a library
Open MainActivty.java file in which you would have to pass the required information in onCreate and onStart method like API KEY & SECRET KEY which you must have received after the completion of integration steps in AppHQ Console, Logged In User is basically that user for which you want to register your device to push & Google Project No is received after the success of project creation from google developer console in the above steps
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); App42API.initialize(this,"<YOUR API KEY>","<YOUR SECRET KEY>"); App42API.setLoggedInUser("<Logged In User>") ; } public void onStart() { super.onStart(); if (App42GCMController.isPlayServiceAvailable(this)) { App42GCMController.registerOnGCM(MainActivity.this, "Your Google Project No", this); } else { Log.i("App42PushNotification", "No valid Google Play Services APK found."); } }
The code snippet provided will carry out most of the important work for you conveniently. Once your app gets started, it will register your application with GCM as well as with App42 platform in order to send push notifications. Just to let you know, it uses storeDeviceToken method to register your application with the App42 server. This is just a one time activity and will be done automatically whenever the app is opened.
If you want to know the details about the sample code, please go through App42GCMController.java which basically takes care of all the GCM related tasks. Once your application gets registered with GCM, you will get regId, which you will have to register using registerWithApp42 method defined in the class as shown below
public static void registerOnGCM(Context context, String googleProjectNo, App42GCMListener callBack) { GoogleCloudMessaging gcm = GoogleCloudMessaging.getInstance(context); String regId = App42GCMController.getRegistrationId(context); if (regId.isEmpty()) { registeronGCM(context, googleProjectNo, gcm, callBack); } else callBack.onGCMRegistrationId(regId); } //Method to get registered with App42 Platform public static void registerOnApp42(String userName,String deviceToekn,final App42GCMListener callBack){ App42API.buildPushNotificationService().storeDeviceToken(userName, deviceToekn, new App42CallBack() { @Override public void onSuccess(Object arg0) { App42Response response=(App42Response) arg0; callBack.onRegisterApp42(response.getStrResponse()); } @Override public void onException(Exception arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub callBack.onApp42Response(arg0.getMessage()); } }); }
The next step is to include the following permissions and entries that are necessary to complete the integration process of Push Notifications in your project. Sample Android Manifest contains these entries already, however, if you are integrating in your existing project then you would have to put the following code in your Manifest too. Just replace <YOUR_APPLICATION_PACKAGE_NAME> with the value of your package name. For example, if your application package name is com.abc.myapp, use it in place of <YOUR_APPLICATION_PACKAGE_NAME> defined in the below Manifest:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" /> <uses-permission android:name="<YOUR_APPLICATION_PACKAGE_NAME>.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" /> <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" /> <permission android:name="<YOUR_APPLICATION_PACKAGE_NAME>.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" android:protectionLevel="signature" /> <receiver android:name="com.shephertz.app42.push.plugin.App42GCMReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" /> <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" /> <category android:name="com.example.app42Sample" /> </intent-filter> </receiver> <service android:name="com.shephertz.app42.push.plugin.App42GCMService" > </service> <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /> <meta-data android:name="onMessageOpen" android:value="com.example.app42Sample.MainActivity" />
Build your project and run
After the successful run of your app, you can verify your registered users under Unified Notifications -> Push -> Users section as shown below.
Once your application is successfully registered, you may start sending push to your users using the following code snippet from any of the App42 SDKs
From API
PushnotificationService pushnotificationService = App42API.buildPushnotificationService(); PushNotification pushNotification = pushNotificationService.sendPushMessageToUser(userName,message);
From AppHQ Console
You may even send push notifications to your registered app users directly through AppHQ console. Follow these simple steps to send your first push:
Click on Unified Notifications
Click on Push -> Click on Users
Select your App and users
Click on Manage from table and click on send push button as shown below:
Enter your push notification copy and click on send button as shown below. This will trigger the push notification to your app users
Doesn't matter if you have registered your application for Android Push Notifications, you may send push with sound and badges to iOS devices as well. Just pass the following JSON string in the following format:
PushnotificationService pushnotificationService = App42API.buildPushnotificationService(); String userName = "Nick"; //Message format for iOS device with sound and badge String message = "{'alert':'Hi There...','badge':1,'sound':'default'}"; PushNotification pushNotification = pushNotificationService.sendPushMessageToUser(userName,message);
You may also do it through AppHQ console by putting this JSON format in message text area for sending message to an iOS device with sound and badge effects
App42 Push also supports subscription based model where users can subscribe to a channel of their interest to receive notifications related only to that channel. You can send message to a channel which will deliver your message to all the users who have subscribed to that particular channel.
// // First Subscribe User to Channel // String channelName = "cricket channel"; String userName = "Nick"; PushNotification pushNotification = pushNotificationService.subscribeToChannel(channelName,userName); // // Now send message on the Channel // String channelName = "cricket channel"; String message = "Mumbai Indians won IPL 6"; PushNotification pushNotification = pushNotificationService.sendPushMessageToChannel(channelName,message);
App42 Push enables you to target users based on their specific profile or preference. This feature requires user preference or profile persistence in Storage Service as a prerequisite. To identify a specific user segmentation, the user profiles or preference information should be saved on App42 cloud. For example, if you are building a media app and would like to send push notifications to all the users who like sports news, you should have the preference of those users stored in App42 cloud already. This can be achieved using Storage Service as shown below:
Saving User Preference
//Set Logged in User Name App42API.setLoggedInUser("USER_NAME"); String profileJSON = "{\"preference\":\"Rock\",\"age\":30,\"company\":\"ShepHertz\"}"; StorageService storageService = App42API.buildStorageService(); storageService.insertJSONDocument("DB_NAME", "COLLECTION_NAME", profileJSON );
Sending Push to Segmented Users
Once your app user's profile/preference information is saved, you can send Push Notification to the segmented user who meets specific criteria (Assuming your app user is already subscribed for push notification. For example, here you can send Push Notification to segmented users who likes Rock music as explained below.
Query targetQuery = QueryBuilder.build("preference","Rock", Operator.EQUALS); String message = "Did you watch the last night's match? We are excited to share the analysis!"; PushNotificationService pushNotificationService = App42API.buildPushNotificationService(); pushNotificationService.sendPushToTargetUsers(message, "DB_NAME", "COLLECTION_NAME", targetQuery);
You may even schedule message to your app users on a particular time through AppHQ console. Simply follow these easy steps:
Click on Unified Notification
Click on Push -> Click on Users
Select your App -> Select target user and click on manage
Click on Send button and type your message in the pop up and enter the desired time to schedule the message
Scheduling future push notifications on channels can also be done in the similar way. To do this follow the simple steps:
Click on Unified Notification
Click on Push -> Click on Channels
Select your App -> Select target channel and click on manage
Click on Send button and type your message in the pop up and enter the desired time to schedule the message
Push notification received on user device can be configured and can be controlled from the code written in generateNotification method as shown below
NotificationCompat.Builder mBuilder = new NotificationCompat.Builder( this).setSmallIcon(R.drawable.ic_stat_gcm) .setContentTitle(title) .setStyle(new NotificationCompat.BigTextStyle().bigText(msg)) .setContentText(msg).setWhen(when).setNumber(++msgCount) .setLights(Color.YELLOW, 1, 2).setAutoCancel(true) .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND) .setDefaults(Notification.DEFAULT_VIBRATE);
You can specify which Activity should be opened once user clicks on message. Its configured inside AndroidManifest.xml as shown below
<meta-data android:name="onMessageOpen" android:value="com.example.app42Sample.MainActivity" />
Push notification is shot from the App42 server to GCM server and then to the devices. The delivery of the push is not guaranteed by GCM to the devices and it is stated as a best effort. Once it is delivered on the users' devices, there are chances that a user clears it without actually reading the message
Using App42 Push Analytics, you can keep a track of how many push notifications were sent by you and out of them how many were delivered and subsequently opened by the users. You can monitor all this from the AppHQ console which will give you a better and detailed insight of the sent push notifications.
If you would like to track how many push messages were read/opened, you would have to put the following snippet after the message is clicked and lands to your activity. This will enable the tracking of push notifications and analytics can be checked from AppHQ console.
App42API.buildLogService().setEvent("Message", "Opened", new App42CallBack() { public void onSuccess(Object arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } public void onException(Exception arg0) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } });
By registering your application with App42 you are automatically empowered to send multilingual(UTF-8) push messages to your app user using the following code snippet from any of the App42 SDKs
String userName = "Nick"; String message = "Message which you have to send"; HashMap<String, String> otherMetaHeaders = new HashMap<String, String>(); otherMetaHeaders.put("dataEncoding", "true"); pushNotificationService.setOtherMetaHeaders(otherMetaHeaders) pushNotificationService.sendPushMessageToUser(userName, message, new App42CallBack() { public void onSuccess(Object response) { PushNotification pushNotification = (PushNotification)response; System.out.println("userName is " + pushNotification.getUserName()); System.out.println("Message is " + pushNotification.getMessage()); System.out.println("Expiry is"+pushNotification.getExpiry()); } public void onException(Exception ex) { System.out.println("Exception Message"+ex.getMessage()); } });
If you have integrated Push Notifications using old API of GCM, you have to migrate to new Google Cloud Messaging API. Here are some necessary steps which you have to follow:
Add Google Play Service as a library project and remove GCM.jar file from libs folder
Update android_support library from the new Sample application
copy plugin classes of sample project(com\shephertz\app42\push\plugin : package) into your project
Remove existing App42GCMService and App42GCMReceiver class from existing project
Modify App42GCMService and App42GCMReceiver path and add metaData for MeesageOpen and google_play_library version in AndoidManifest.xml of your application as mentioned in above steps
Remove "Util.registerWithApp42("<Your Google Project No>")" from onStart as well from Util class.
Modify Your MainActivity with use of following code snippet.
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); App42API.initialize(this,"<YOUR API KEY>","<YOUR SECRET KEY>"); App42API.setLoggedInUser("<Logged In User>") ; } public void onStart() { super.onStart(); if (App42GCMController.isPlayServiceAvailable(this)) { App42GCMController.registerOnGCM(MainActivity.this, "Your Google Project No", this); } else { Log.i("App42PushNotification", "No valid Google Play Services APK found."); } }
Also implement App42GCMListener interface and copy implemented method from the updated sample e.g.
//Error on GCM registration @Override public void onError(String errorMsg) { } //gcmRegId callback from GCM @Override public void onGCMRegistrationId(String gcmRegId) { App42GCMController.storeRegistrationId(this, gcmRegId); if(!App42GCMController.isApp42Registerd(MainActivity.this)) App42GCMController.registerOnApp42(App42API.getLoggedInUser(), gcmRegId, this); } @Override public void onApp42Response(final String responseMessage) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { } }); } //Registration on App42 Succeeded @Override public void onRegisterApp42(final String responseMessage) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub runOnUiThread(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { App42GCMController.storeApp42Success(MainActivity.this); } }); }
For more details and advanced features, please check out the Push Notification Documentation.


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Healthy Armstrong sponsors lunchtime walks
Finding time for exercise during the workday has just gotten a little easier for some area employees thanks to the coordinating efforts of Healthy Armstrong.
On Tuesday in East Franklin, ACMH Hospital staff and students participated in one of four 15-minute walks around the hospital during their lunch breaks.
The event was one of several workplace walks organized by Healthy Armstrong.
Last week, staff of the ACMH Patient Access in Ford City and employees of F& M Bank in Kittanning participated in similar events.
As Tuesday's temperatures hovered in the mid- to upper 70s, more than 50 hospital participants —many dressed in scrubs and sneakers — set out for a brisk walk.
Healthy Armstrong Director Kay Owen and intern Julie Lizik were there to hand out pedometers, bottles of water and energy bars and pairs of Exerstrider walking sticks for participants to try.
Owen said the walking sticks help burn more calories while reducing stress on knees and legs.
Glenna Kanish, instructor and education coordinator for the hospital's school of radiology, tried the walking sticks and passed them to colleague Jenny Sturgeon during the walk.
"It was a lot of fun," said Kanish, noting that 17 radiology students had participated.
Sara Shaner, a hospital LPN, said she usually tries to make time for a couple of laps around the hospital during her lunch breaks. Her walking regimen has helped her lose 20 pounds, she said.
Lizik said she received a lot of positive feedback from ACMH.
"Today was a good turnout," she said. "A lot of people use work as an excuse not to work out."
She noted that along with the physical benefits associated with exercising, a workplace walk also helps people destress.
Lizik, who graduated from Slippery Rock University in May with a public health degree, helped organize the Workplace Walk series as part of her internship with Healthy Armstrong. She said the goal is to encourage participants to continue with an exercise regimen on their own.
Owen said she hopes other area businesses and organizations will follow suit.
On Aug. 7, Armstrong County Courthouse employees will have an opportunity to take to the Armstrong Trail during one of three 30-minute walks.
And if the weather is less than ideal, it shouldn't prevent people from hitting the trails, said Owen.
"You just have to wear the right clothes," she said.
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so move out of the country azzwipe all you tea baggers should get on a couple of cruises ship go out in the middle of the ocean and jump off the ship LOL!Obama is an embarrassment to the United States of America. I am, however, more embarrassed for the folks who voted for him ... twice. For the first time in my life, I am ashamed to be an American.
you people voted in the last dumbass president bush twice and his war crime family. he ruined the country and the economy....hillary in 2016 hahahahahaa


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Trying to setup a little server for myself and my family for music and movies. I had an old ASRock board that I used in an earlier build, so I took it out of the old box it was in and laid it on a non-conductive surface for testing with an E4500.
With nothing but 20-pin, 4-pin, cpu fan, 1GB DDR400, vga, and usb keyboard installed I tried starting the thing up.
First couple tries - nothing. I tried reseating the HSF and replacing the CMOS battery with no avail. I then placed the board into a case, screwed it into place - still nothing.
Finally I took the board out and tried it one more time, and pop goes something at the corner of the board, which looks to me to be either a misc. IC chip or an SCR or something.
Anyhow, here's a picture of the burnt item. Is the board salvageable?
Topic URL: http://forums.ncix.com/forums/topic.php?id=2371121
Here's a better look at the item on the board.
assrock was junk quality back then. (i've heard they've improved of late... but I still don't trust assrock, the retarded little brother of asus)
I'm not sure it's worth trying to fix.
Googled it. It's a MOSFET. Looking around, random new MOSFETs seem to cost about 2.50 to a max of maybe five bucks if you're unlucky. This seems to be a bulk part, but Ebay has a couple of them listed for 2 pounds.
Quote: (QuantumNerd @ Jun 16 2011, 11:34 AM)Googled it. It's a MOSFET. Looking around, random new MOSFETs seem to cost about 2.50 to a max of maybe five bucks if you're unlucky. This seems to be a bulk part, but Ebay has a couple of them listed for 2 pounds.
Never thought of Googling the numbers, thanks. I'll check with my electronics instructor tomorrow, maybe he has a couple of these kicking around. I'll just have to be sure to solder it right.
hi FlyInTheGarden, I have the same problem, but when I tried to remove the burned chip, all the pads connected to it was unusable.
could you check, please, if the pads are like the ones i post in the image bellow
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A sleep-deprived couple are rejoicing after an electrical generator which has kept them awake for a week was finally removed this morning.
Brian and Amena Warner, of High Beeches, Banstead, said the generator was placed outside their house last Friday evening, four hours after a power cut left the street without electricity.
Mr Warner, who is self-employed, and his wife, a nurse at Epsom and St Helier hospital trust, said the noise from the generator was causing havoc with their sleep patterns.
He said: "We've just not been able to get any sleep, but thankfully the electricity has been resolved now."
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I really like the themeforest bear, and I think it would be really cool if you guys could add it somewhere on the homepage. In my opinion and experience in owning websites Mascots on a homepage really draw attention to a website and keep people coming back (I'm sure Envatos Marketers know that already) but I also think it would bring a cool spin on the homepage but it's just an idea. Because I honestly didn't even know there was a mascot until a couple of hours ago!
What do you guys think of this?
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Sorry, couldn't resist
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It's in a pipe. Be patient. Sorry, couldn't resist
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Stories from Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Former maintenance workers share their experiences
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Caltrans is known worldwide for building some of the most colossal and successful freeway structures ever seen. The maintenance of the freeway system requires brave and dedicated individuals. To keep the system running, maintenance road crew members, electricians, tree crews, and other maintenance workers have to dodge vehicles, repair guardrail with cars whizzing by, clean up trash and debris in booby-trapped homeless sites, respond to horrific traffic collisions, have occasional run-ins with mentally ill people and much more.
At about 2:30 a.m. on the westbound Ronald Reagan Freeway (SR-118) near Rocky Peak Parkway nearly eight years ago, Special Crews Worker I Peter Jones and his raised pavement marker crew were placing yellow reflective markers between the HOV lane and the mainline when he noticed that a set of headlights where headed his way. "At first I thought the headlights were on the opposite side of the freeway. It was a scary and intense moment because this was the first time I had ever seen a car headed straight towards our crew," said Jones who is now the executive assistant to Deputy District Director of Operations Frank Quon.
Jones quickly notified the California Highway Patrol (CHP) escort units by radio. What Jones saw was a drunk driver speeding in the wrong direction in the HOV lane. "Fortunately due to a swift and coordinated response by the maintenance crew, the CHP units were able to stop traffic and head off the vehicle," said Jones.
If Jones and his crew, along with the CHP, had not of seen the driver, the outcome could have been much worse.
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Maintenance Supervisor Rick Harrison and his crew came across a homeless encampment along the San Diego Freeway (I-405) near the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Westwood in 1987. What they found appeared to be more like a jungle military encampment. As Harrison and his crew began to enter the camp, one of the crew members who had prior military training recognized a booby-trap that was set up so that if an intruder stepped in the wrong place, a branch with spikes would snap back and gore the intruder's legs.
"As we entered into what I considered a compound we noticed that they had dug a trench about 15 to 20 feet wide. They had tapped into the water system so they could have running water and a shower. They were drawing electricity from a freeway landscape irrigation box to power their televisions and other electronics. They had everything except a toilet," said Harrison who is now the district's safety specialist. "It was almost like an architect drew up the plans for the camp."
But this is not the strangest or the most horrible thing that Harrison has seen in his many years with the Department. "We have found babies, dumped bodies, and abandoned puppies. These kind of things can be seen on any given day," said Harrison. "I remember coming across a family while cleaning up a homeless camp. They got up that morning, got dressed quite decently and went to work. They definitely were going to regular jobs."
Jones' and Harrison's stories are but a glimpse of what maintenance workers have to deal and even cope with while working to maintain the freeway and highway system in District 7.
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And the Latin mātrīx for "womb" comes from the same Indo-European root that gives us the English "mother."
(d) and last, general questions on the comparative grammar and syntax of the Indo-European languages.
It has no connexion with Indo-European, as has erroneously been supposed.
If they played so large a part in Indo-European culture, it is strange that they have left so few remains.
It is the very fons et origo of our Indo-European ancestors.
A second feature of Indo-European culture is the rise of the chieftain.
To be simply like the Greek is not enough; nor yet to be what is called Indo-European.
I believe that this determined the position of the Celtic in the Indo-European group.
Yet both of these equally belong to the Indo-European linguistic family.
In the Indo-European languages the numerals agree, even when many common terms differ.
1814, coined by physician, physicist and Egyptologist Thomas Young (1773-1829) and first used in an article in the "Quarterly Review," from Indo-, comb. form of Greek Indos "India" + European. "Common to India and Europe," specifically in reference to the group of related languages and to the race or races characterized by their use. The alternative Indo-Germanic (1835) was coined in German 1823 (indogermanisch), based on the two peoples at the extremes of the geographic area covered by the languages, before Celtic was realized also to be an Indo-European language. After this was proved, many German scholars switched to Indo-European as more accurate, but Indo-Germanic continued in use (popularized by the titles of major works) and the predominance of German scholarship in this field made it the popular term in England, too, through the 19c. See also Aryan.


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Eggcellent Egg Buddies - a thread for those IVFing in June/July/August(1000 Posts)
You don't have to be crazy to be on this thread but it helps
(Ladies, I thought I would jump in and start a non-sweary titled fred. Feel free to turn the air blue now!)
Fab- I think I will replace things like bread and pittas cos I can't do without them and was going to get flour so I can make pancakes for breakfast and my own cakes. And oats so that I can have porridge.
Mainly my big issue will be breakfast and lunch because my breakfast and lunch is loaded with gluten. Dinner is always protein plus veg so generally gluten free.
I have made pea and mint soup today which is gluten free so that is sorted. Think I will have mushroom and egg for breakfast tomorrow.
Sorry if I am boring you all with this- I hope you dont mind xxx
wish great news that you are going for a 5 day transfer and, yes, it's difficult to make a decision re how many to put back but the others have given some good advice and I always felt in very safe hands with the embryologist there.
mejust huge well done for getting to this point and will be thinking of you for tomorrow.
fish good news about your levels coming down and hope it continues
euro well done on your 4 eggs but crap to have such a stressful time. Hope some of the pain has subsided now?
motor look forward to hearing the news about donor's egg collection tomorrow
tame great that you are so proactive and respect for trying the gluten free thing. Re DHEA, I decided not to take it and kind of wish I had now. My reasons were mostly vanity related as I had read about side effects, but also had read something about it possibly having a detrimental effect on fertility in a small number of cases. When I told my consultant that he pooh poohed it, but then he is also not a huge advocate of NK cell tests.
joos exciting about the temps, sure you're not symptom spotting at all! So difficult not to
Hello to expat twinks - people just don't get it if they haven't been through it, do they? One of my friends has said a couple of times 'it obviously wasn't meant to be' WTF fab flowers and anyone else I am bound to have forgotten.
AFM, we now have our name down on the egg donor list at the Lister in case this next cycle doesn't work and just waiting to get a date for the scratch in a few weeks time and then start injections at the end of July - have I mentioned that I can't wait until then?!
Carry on tame, I love talking about food!
I'm having roast chicken, potatoes and broccoli for dinner. All organic <polishes halo>
I've got baked sweet potatoe, yesterdays left over roast chicken, baby sweetcorn and runner beans. None of it is organic <polishes devil horns>
We've got random stuff from the freezer all unhealthy for dinner tonight.
I've also drank today and yesterday not a lot but some
DH was very good today and only had two glasses.
D we know who is due to test and when? I'm Saturday but I think I'm going to test from Tuesday as that is when hcg could start. Although I know I won't be!
Im freaking out ,i was quite relaxed earlier but as the clocks ticking down im really nervous and scared of ec.
I just made an amazing stew, even if I do say so myself! Carrot, onion, garlic and mushroom served with lushus mash potato. Scrumdidily!
It's gonna be ok mejust. You're gonna wake up and think, what were those loons on about? It was absolutely fine! You'll also have enough eggs for you both. You'll be surprised I bet
It's good to hear from you choco, thanks for your advice. I trust the embryologist too, he seems to know what he's doing x
mejust you will be fine, honestly. Up until 2 years ago I had never had a GA and now I've had 4 and they really are ok. Hugs.
I forgot karbea nook and nokkie earlier - sorry! Great news about the scan nokkie
* mejust* what exactly are you scared of? Tell us and we will rationalise it for you
karbea I'll start testing out the trigger next weekend. Testing for real a few days after that. I got my BFP last time at 12 dpEC.
mejust <proffers hand> All I can say is that it is a lot better when you are out the other side. My acu lady suggested thinking about somewhere I felt happy and relaxed when I was getting wound up ("a happy place" in Friends speak). I picked our Maldives holiday last year. I told Mr euro and he put photos of that holiday on his tablet and pulled them out a few times. It's not a magic fix but it did help to calm me down a bit.
I've just had a lovely dinner of steak, asparagus and homemade rosti. I feel so much better (mentally) now EC is over. Physically I still feel like I have been oofed in the stomach quite brutally.
The lot really the bloody needle in the hand and the fluid hurts in my veins and you can feel the cold fluid im freaking out about the op i hate hospitals.
This time tm it will all be over. Euro gives a good tip.
The needles/ coldness etc will nly last a few seconds/minutes, shorter than it akes to boil a full kettle.
You'll be fine.
Dinner sounds lovely euro. Sorry your tummy still feels sore - are you taking it easy?
Yep, just chilling out on the sofa in my PJs. I'm hoping my stomach sorts itself out over night because I really have to make it into work tomorrow.
mejust for both ECs I have requested the needle go in the crook of the elbow and they have been fine with that. I felt no cold fluid at all. I felt slightly woozy and then the lights went out and I came round when it was done. Physically both times it has been fine. I can completely reassure you on that score. I just struggle with the mental side.
mejust ec is easy peasy dude you will be fine. Over in a flash xxxx
mejust seriously, I was you. The idea of hospitals etc literally makes me ill but EC was fine, truly. I talked (OK, forced him to talk) to the anaesthetist who went thru' pros/cons of GA v heavy sedation. I went for latter, felt/remember nothing and after EC at 9.30, was having a pub lunch at 12.30. You'll be fine.
PS No pain or problems after either. You will be fine, truly. Good luck.
Mejust I hope you're sound asleep in bed! But if not just wanted to pop in to say good luck. Can't wait to hear about all those eggs! X
mejust and motor all the very best of luck tomorrow ladies. I will be thinking of you and willing you on from the sidelines.
zammo I hope you get a knockout fertilisation rate with your eggies.
tame you are obviously super organised with the gluten free diet. I cannot believe that changing such a simple thing can have such a massive effect.
choco you are raring to go this time eh ? I didn't know you were considering DE. What prompted it ?
wish well done on getting them to blasto stage. Like the good and wise ladies on here said, be guided by the embryologist. So ET on Tuesday then ?
joos I have never done the temp thing so I am no help whatsoever. However, you appear to be hotter than the sun which is a good thing, yes ?
Hi to fish and res and flowers and twinks (some of my friends didn't get what i was going through either - people can surprise you sometimes and not in a good way. i decided to keep my distance from some of them in the end because i didn't have the emotional energy to try to explain how i was feeling. i couldn't rationalise what i was going rough to myself at times, let alone explain what I was going through to other people. Not all the time but some of the time. However you decide to play it, I hope you are ok and manage to reach some peace with it). Hi to fab and expat and nook too.
I am sure I have missed someone off of my list, because basically I am a colossal idiot. If I have, I am sorry. If anyone else has a big follie growing, egg collecting or embryo transferring day, best of luck lovelies !
Noks xx
Thank you everyone im just worked up,going to try and get some sleep soon and ill report back some time tomorrow x
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Hi mejust. I'm thinking of you today, and hoping it all goes smoothly. Just do everything you can to relax, and trust in those looking after you.
It feels bad not being able to contact my donor to wish her well, but I certainly do.
Will report back later.
big good lucks today....
Mejust for ec, motor for eggs, euro for fertilisation and joos for high temp and fish for even lower e2 xxx
wave to...
Nooknook, fab, choco, expat, wish, nokkie, flowers, rachel, respisa and anyone else I've missed...
Motor please let us know how D's EC goes. Have you ever had OE cycle (sorry, should probably know that )? Does it "feel" different (physical act of EC aside) to be waiting on someone else's eggs?
Fingers crossed for a full harvest!
Hi resipsa - how are you doing? No, this is my first IVF, so I can't compare the two. I was given 15% chance of success with my own eggs, so it didn't seem worth it. I'm not at all bothered by the idea of having a child who is not genetically mine.
mejust I'm cheering you on at the sides! Good luck for today, be brave. Think of Juicy and her kegs.
motor good luck for today, you must be on tenderhooks. I'm wishing your donor a bumper a- class crop.
juicy euro i'm envisioning that embryo getting more and more comfy. Only a few days left for you to find out all!
wish are you ET today? If not, i'm wishing those embies to split further.
tame just a mention because you really are a sweetie for remembering us all.
I'm back for bloods scans today. I feel very calm.
everyone I've missed hallo! Wisihing you a happy monday.
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New Orleans police say one man is dead and another critically wounded after a shooting in a Canal Street hotel room.
A 20-year-old man shot his 24-year-old friend twice in the chest before killing himself after a night of partying in the French Quarter.
Two other men who were staying in the room fled after the first shot was fired.
It happened about 6:30 a.m. Sunday in a 17th floor room at the Westin Hotel.
An NOPD spokesman says hotel staff let officers into the room, where a man pointed a gun at them.
The officers returned to the hall and called the SWAT team. Robertson says that after hours of negotiations, the SWAT team broke down the door about 9:30 a.m. They found one man dead and another shot in the chest.
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The killing of a popular Sydney dancing teacher as he slept in his bed had ruined the lives of his family, his sister said, as police announced a $ 100,000 reward to solve the cold case.
Anthony Attard, 38, was a rock n' roll dance teacher who taught students throughout the Sydney metropolitan area.
He was found dead with head injuries in his home at Girraween, in Sydney's west, on June 18, 1999. Police believe he had been attacked in his sleep.
Police on Wednesday announced a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for Mr Attard's death.
Mr Attard's sister, Donna Sim, said she wanted justice for her brother, who she described as a popular man who loved being around people.
"It's totally ruined our whole life since the day that we found out," Mrs Sim said.
"It has just destroyed us, totally destroyed us.
"My mum hardly ever gets out of the house. You find you can't trust people, you just don't know. I believe that it killed my dad, we lost my dad a few months ago."
Mrs Sim was pregnant at the time of her brother's murder, and her daughter Ashlee, who is now 13, said she felt hurt because she had missed out on knowing her uncle.
"He has given my family members a memory, and I'm the only one in my family who has nothing to remember him by and that really hurts me," she said, breaking down crying.
Detective Chief Inspector John Lehman, from the unsolved homicide team, said Mr Attard had taught a dance class at the Hornsby RSL on the night of his death.
He and a colleague then had returned to Mr Attard's Girraween home about 10pm and had a coffee, before the colleague left at 10.30pm. The colleague was the last person to see Mr Attard alive.
Mr Attard's girlfriend found his body in his bed the following morning.
He had suffered severe head injuries and police believe he had been attacked in his sleep.
A post mortem suggested a heavy weapon had been used, but that weapon has never been found.
"Tony, as he was commonly known, was a well-liked dance teacher who had many friends and was close to his family, including a young son from a previous relationship," Detective Chief Inspector Lehman said.
"He operated a successful 'rock n roll' dance school which employed several instructors and had numerous students who attended classes across Sydney.
"From all accounts, Tony was a popular man who had no known enemies. Whilst we don't know why he was targeted, we do believe his killer could have lived within the local community and might still reside there."
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Humming Noise During Kickdown After Accident in 2011 F10 535i
I was recently in a car accident (rear car rashed into me and caused me to hit the person in front of me). Just got the car back but...
When I accelerate (0-60), travel at high speeds 60-80mph, or kickdown the car makes a whirring/humming noise. It's not there when you accelerate normally but when accelerating aggressively there is a high-pitched whirring noise that is driving me crazy! It almost sounds like something is loose or a part is loose and is thus vibrating...
Driving the car aggressively is the beauty of owning such a magnificent car and if I have to hear a whirring/humming noise every time I do so then I'm going to be really upset (damn the driver who hit my baby!!).
I checked the ball-bearings and that's not the case. The BMW service guy said that this is normal with BMW cars but I personally think he's an idiot. I have had the car for over a year (purchased brand new) before the accident and there was no such sound. I do believe the accident caused it but I don't know what it could be.
Can anyone give me suggestions? You guys are such an amazing community, please help me get my beautiful car back to the pristine condition in which it was before the crash.
your description of kickdown isn't really what a kickdown is. Kickdown refers to a downshift with maximum or strong acceleration when already driving at speed. Sounds like you are talking about accelerating from a stop. I'm thinking it has something to do with the driveshafts.
something is probably loose take it back to
Thanks for the suggestion but I do understand kickdown - I just used it in the wrong sense. I have edited the post. But I guess what I meant was it's most noticeable when I floor it (pushing the accelerator all the way down past the "click") to go 0-60, I notice the noise the most.
Any other ideas? I will bring it to the body shop as well but they will probably charge my insurance company more.
drive it with the body shop or BMW shop foreman. Only way that this will get resolved.
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Ray /Daniel,
I came across something last night on the Wolfram Mathworld site,
Cayley-Menger Determinant - A determinant that gives the volume of a
simplex in dimensions.
This goes quite a beyond my experience, but I think it relates to both
Daniel's "... idea to find the "hyperarea" of the base, and multiply
by average of the heights." and Ray's solution.
Maybe a proof of Ray's solution passes through Cayley-Menger, but
Ray's seems somehow more elegant to my eyes.
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Conversely, the Democratic Party is poised to dominate in future elections. Nevermind that we heard this before in 2006 and 2008, with Clinton acolyte James Carville forecasted 40 years in the wilderness for the GOP. No, Martin insists that demography is destiny, and the GOP is bound to shrivel electorally as older white conservatives die off the voting rolls:
There's not much of a moderate wing left in the GOP, but the pragmatism versus purity battle that looms on the horizon could be as fierce as Republicans have seen since the 'Goldwaterites' sought to wrest control of the party in the 1960's.
Despite some of the moderate views held by a diverse cast of emerging party leaders, Martin was still under the impression that its uncompromising base is completely out of touch with the vast majority of its constituents -- or reality for that matter:
The GOP coalition is undergirded by a shrinking population of older white conservative men from the countryside, while the Democrats rely on an ascendant bloc of minorities, moderate women and culturally tolerant young voters in cities and suburbs. This is why, in every election, since 1992, Democrats have either won the White House or fallen a single state short of the presidency.
Yet again, Politico insists that all the congressional gridlock and the resultant frustration the public now has with the political system in general has solely been the GOP's fault. Democratic obstructionism in the Senate and the Obama administration's refusal to put forward a workable budget blueprint have remained unexamined.
Nowhere in the article is there even consideration of the idea that 'the party of the people' have their own imminent crisis either. Polling data show there are far fewer young people who still think racism and sexism are major issues in the country than the liberal media would have us believe. What's more, young voters are keenly aware of the ballooning costs of entitlements and the national debt at-large.
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Rated 5 / 5 stars
So close to being one of my favorites but I can't favorite this in good faith. It is missing that essential element of creativity. It is a great melody and I hope you use this on a different song.
oh well, but thank you :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I can easily see Capcom using this, specially for Ace Attorney. Awesome melody!
thank you so much. reviews coming your way :D
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I simply love piano, and i kinda like the robotic sound, just an opinion
thanks Pixel ;)
Rated 4 / 5 stars
I like the melody, but GdabZ has a point, it has a flat sound to it, and I think the reason why is that the velocity isn't set very well.
What program do you use to make music? I can give you some simple tips if your using fl studio, but if you want to work on making synths sound more human, you should take a look at velocity, trust me, it makes all the difference in the world :D
Hmm...I really like that melody though...
thank you, and I will send a pm asap
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
Melody's nice, but everything is too "flat" and a bit robotic. It's hard not to see the midi score behind the VST plugin. Good job though.
yeah I did absolutely nothing to it. I don't know anything when it comes to the mastering side. can't eq to save my life.


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(Mrs.) Kerry using 9/11 front group to for own political agenda. Behind recent "outrage" against the Bush re-election ads. " September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows - which, the group admits, has only a few dozen members and represents relatives of no more than 1 percent of the 9/11 victims." She also funds violent left wing extremists groups like "United for a Fair Economy, which has been involved in violent anti-globalization street protests" in Seattle, through a fund called "the Tides Foundation". What do you think?
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Thursday, March 04, 2004
The media as already started attacking the Bush campaign about the bush re-election campaign ads that just started. If you ask me, they are overreacting. It's just a bunch of Kerry supporters trying to find issues not related to the health and welfare of the USA. Oh, and I think I'll be voting for Nader again.
Tuesday, March 02, 2004
MyTheme Forums are really picking up. I've finally figured how to get the forums more fully indexed by the big G. Those session ids are nasty in so many applications and mess up the spiders.
Resume Writing Tips from me has just been added. I've actually turned in my old resume page to a tips page. I'm looking for people, especially software developers, who are unemployed or looking. I honestly don't know any! I put up the tips page because it was getting a lot of hits as a sample resume, and I really don't want my job history as an example!
Monday, March 01, 2004
Say it ain't SCO! I has come to my attention that this very server, a linux server at ev1servers.net, is now fully licensed for SCO IP. Meaning nothing really, other than that SCO made some money of this server, even though they did nothing to develop the software running it! It seems that EV1Servers has licensed all their linux machines for SCO IP. I can only hope that they only paid $1 for this, because it ain't worth anything other than protection money from a gang of thugs. However, EV1servers has been keeping there server prices very high, and so, I am now leasing my new servers from other places that charge 1/2 as much! Please EV1, don't waste any more of my money or I'll have to pack up everything and go!


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Spanish Lords
Members of the Spanish Lords.
The Lost and Damned
The Ballad of Gay Tony
GTA Chinatown Wars
|South Bohan, Bohan
Cerveza Heights, Dukes
East Holland
Alderney City, Alderney
|Hispanic street gang
|Lee Family
North Holland Hustlers
|Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers
Angels of Death
Korean Mob
Hillside Posse
|Yellow and Blue in clothes
Red and Gold in cars
Drugs Trade
Arms Trade
Drug Trafficking
|The Triangle Club (? - 2008)
|Trunchez Brothers (deceased)
Lyle Rivas (deceased)
Manny Escuela (formerly) (deceased)
The Spanish Lords are a primarily Puerto Rican gang based on the Latin Kings, a Hispanic street gang based in New York and Chicago. They appear in Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. They are one of the largest criminal organizations operating in GTA IV, having turf in South Bohan, Cerveza Heights, East Holland and south Alderney City; they maintain a strong street presence within these territories. Some notable former members of the gang include Manny Escuela and Lyle Rivas. Like the Latin Kings, they wear yellow and black; in addition to their gang colors, their clothing also usually features the Puerto Rican, Dominican, or Colombian flags. Some are seen wearing t-shirts with "Boricua" printed on them. Most often, the Spanish Lords are seen driving in Cavalcades and Primos painted metallic red with gold rims and trim.
Members often have "Pitchfork" or "Crown" tattoos on their neck/head, which along with the black and yellow beads, are symbols of The People & Folk Nations, specifically the People Nation.
There are four sets of Spanish Lords members — a short, fat, bald man with a black top and gold chains (looking somewhat like Manny Escuela); a taller, heavyset dark-haired man, usually with a mustache, in a puffy coat, with red, white, and blue and Puerto Rican colors; and a younger, slim man with a yellow or white t-shirt, a yellow, red or blue cap, and a baseball jacket. The last set all have shaved heads who wear camo pants or jeans/shorts. and represent by flying the Puerto Rican flag or wearing Puerto Rican colors. some member of the Spanish Lords don't wear yellow, but most the time Spanish Lords can be seen repping yellow as there primary color. Sometimes, if you hit a car belonging to one while he's in it, the gang member will come out with either a Knife or Baseball Bat. At night they usually walk around with SMG's and Pistol's.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, in a string of Wu Lee's missions (Carpe Dime, Store Wars, Copter Carnage and Kenny Strikes Back), protagonist Huang Lee must attack the Spanish Lords; after which, he can raid their warehouse to steal a Burrito containing drugs at any time. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, they engage Luis, Armando, and Henrique in drug wars, ironically though Spanish Lords and Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers can sometimes be seen together (in The Ballad Of Gay Tony). There is no hostility towards either gang. Both gangs fight by each others side..
Mission appearances
- The Puerto Rican Connection (Killed by Niko Bellic at Schottler LTA station for Manny Escuela after some gang members are seen getting off the train in Broker.)
- The Snow Storm (All gang members are killed by Niko Bellic at the old hospital in Colony Island so Niko can bring the coke back to Elizabeta Torres.)
- Undress to Kill (Some gang members can be killed by Niko Bellic at the Triangle Club in Bohan.)
- A Long Way to Fall (Gang members are killed by Niko Bellic while he goes up the apartment while in search for Teddy Benavidez).
Sometimes if Niko accesses the police computer through a LCPD vehicle while in Spanish Lords territory, goes into the "Current Crimes" section, and chooses to respond to "Gang Related Violence" reports, the gang memebers will be Spanish Lords and Niko can fight them.
- The Lost and Damned
- Encountered during Gang Wars
- The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Encountered during Drug Wars
- GTA Chinatown Wars
The Spanish Lords unique modified Cavalcade.
The unique supercharged V8 Primo also driven by the Spanish Lords.
The Spanish Lords' gang car in GTA Chinatown Wars, the Dukes.
The Lords' Burrito seen in the Drug Dealing side missions.
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The Triangle Club.
Two Spanish Lords, one of them firing his IMI Mini Uzi.
A Lords member aiming his Glock 22.
Another Lord aiming his Ithaca 37.


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Goldman Sachs and UBS top the Asia-Pacific M&A and ECM league tables for 2012 in a quiet year for deal makers.
Goldman Sachs headed the Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A league tables in 2012 as the adviser on 92 deals worth $US115.3 billion, putting the bank's market share at 19.1 per cent.
Citi ranked second with 68 deals worth $US97 billion and 16.1 per cent market share, and Credit Suisse was third, followed by Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan.
Credit Suisse, however, had the highest M&A revenue, at $US151 million, followed by Goldman Sachs ($US129 million) and Macquarie Group ($US113 million).
The biggest deal of the year in Australia was Hancock Prospecting's sale of a 30 per cent stake in its giant Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara to a consortium led by South Korea steel maker POSCO for $US3.6 billion in January. Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting was advised by Rothschild.
AGL Energy's $US3.1 billion buyout of its partners in Great Energy Alliance Corp, which owns Victoria's Loy Yang A power station, came in second. AGL was advised by Citigroup.
Third was Archer Daniels Midland's acquisition of Graincorp for $US2.9 billion. Graincorp was advised by Greenhill Caliburn and Credit Suisse.
Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) M&A volume totalled $US485.4 billion in 2012, down 9 per cent from 2011 ($US 535.8 billion) and the lowest volume since 2009 ($US395.7 billion).
M&A deals took longer to complete in 2012. Even small deals such as Dulux's $210 million acquisition of Alesco took seven months to close.
Globally, the average number of days to completion was 53, 10 per cent higher than in 2011 (48 days) and the longest period since 2005 (56 days).
Deals above $US1 billion took an average of 129 days to complete, up from 121 in 2011.
Global M&A volume reached $US 2.57 trillion in 2012, down 8 per cent on the $2.78 trillion recorded in 2011.
Equity capital markets
UBS was the Asia Pacific's No.1 investment bank in equity capital markets with 104 deals worth $US16.5 billion and 9 per cent market share.
Goldman Sachs was second with 72 deals worth $14.8 million and Citi came third with 63 deals worth $13.8 million, followed by Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan.
Asia-Pacific (ex Japan) ECM volume fell for the second consecutive year with $US183.4 billion worth of deals, 5 per cent lower than 2011's ($US192 billion).
Australian ECM volume was the lowest since 2002 at just $US16.5 billion through 593 deals.
In Australia, the biggest deal of the year was AGL's $US950 million capital raising to fund its acquisition of Loy Yang A power station, run by Citigroup and Deutsche Bank.
CP2's block trade of $US669 Transurban shares through UBS ranked second, beating Petronas's sale of $US563 million APA Group shares via Morgan Stanley and the Queensland government's sale of $US509 million shares in Aurizon (formerly QR National) through UBS.
The Americas was the only region to record a year-on-year increase in ECM volume in 2012 with volume up 18 per cent to $US302.1 billion.


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THE LOW-DOWN: The TZ25 and its sibling, the TZ30 (with GPS, $450) is the latest small upgrade of Panasonic's "travel" camera. It has a 12 megapixel sensor and a Leica-branded 24–384mm (film equivalent) zoom. There is a conventional PASM control knob for those who like to think for themselves and iAuto for those who prefer to leave it to the camera. There are the usual scene modes and some art filters. The body is well made with an attractive metal skin. Controls are well laid out, except for the need to slide a selector for image review and return to shooting mode. With most cameras a light press on the shutter release returns from review to shooting – the Panasonic arrangement is clumsy.
LIKE: Picture quality is good, up to ISO200. By ISO800 noise and noise reduction become unacceptable. The camera is responsive, except for the review/shoot selector. The lens is good enough to use at its maximum focal length, with excellent image stabilisation.
DISLIKE: The absence of a proper viewfinder was extremely aggravating when we took our "tourist test" around town on a bright autumn day. Some of the time we were shooting blind. The LCD was totally black. For a so-called travel camera that will be used in all light conditions this is intolerable.
VERDICT: This is generally speaking an impressive camera. We are not enamoured of the long zooms, but this is one of the best. It is only a small improvement on the model it replaces — which was good enough in itself — but for anyone looking for a small, light, versatile and competent camera to take on holidays the TZ25 (and TZ30 if you have trouble remembering where you have been) is a fine camera. The very good HD video quality is a bonus — truly two cameras in one.
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Police now acknowledge that the red-light district has mutated into a global hub for human trafficking and money laundering.
It points out that there are no controls on human trafficking and child labor when it comes to the production of the goods.
When Americans think about human trafficking, they tend to think about sexual slavery.
Now, the recent actions of ISIS and Boko Haram are drawing attention to the role of human trafficking.
He cited a program with MTV in Asia, where ads showed hotlines for victims of human trafficking and sexual slavery.
And later today, I will discuss our efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking.
She has been charged with one felony count of human trafficking.
Rather, human trafficking, like slavery in the past, is a way of demoralizing the conquered.
He talked to The Daily Beast's Lynn Sherr about the explosion in human trafficking and the shocking black market of coerced work.
From 2006 to 2007 he was the chief investigator for a U.S. State Department-sponsored study of human trafficking in Japan.


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Financial services group
IOOF, led by financial services veteran
IOOF now stands to buy nearly 14 per cent of Equity Trustees, which is a rival bidder for Trust Co.
Deutsche Bank said in a September note that the EQT stake was a "second prize but a good fallback position" for IOOF.
"The competition for control of TRU will alter the landscape of the Australian trustee services market significantly, and offers a unique opportunity to take out the number two player in the market," Deutsche analyst Wassim Kisirwani wrote.
IOOF's holding in EQT would provide the company with a "dominant stake" as the number four player in the trust services market. IOOF's share price has soared 47.6 per cent in the past year, compared with the 18 per cent rise of the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index.
Morgan Stanley analyst Daniel Toohey called IOOF's business the "purest play" on the wealth theme and investment platforms. It also had a good record for acquisitions. The stock however faces pressures from an "uncertain future" around investment platforms, and changes from the previous federal government's Future of Financial Advice reforms.
The corporate battle to woo Trust Co has captivated the attention of financial services players across the industry, with Perpetual now on the verge of taking over the company.
Perpetual increased its offer by 11 per cent last month in a bid to kill off rival offers, including a $232 million play from IOOF.
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It's strange cause when I use Kismet work fine my card is put in monitor mode... why?Code:iwconfig ath0 mode Monitor Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device ath0 ; Invalid argument.
My wireless card is an SMC WBC-G
I do:
ifconfig ath0 up
iwconfig ath0 mode Monitor
but I have that error
or another way is.......
airmon-ng stop ath0
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thanks againCode:wlanconfig ath0 destroy airmon-ng start wifi0
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I've just started to use Back|track 2.0, and i need a lot of practice
Actually i have a problem similar, and i can't change the mode of my card (ath0) to managed.
I do :
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Funny what you'll see coming home after, another, late night DIFF 2012 screening. The only folks on the road when I was nearing my home was this fancy "taxi". Anyways for DIFF 2012 Interviews with Directors Jeffery Schwarz, Karin Hayes, Famke Janssen, and Actor Rory Cochrane click thru. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, my point of order is quite simple. In the last 2 weeks, both the House Republicans and the House Democrats have passed sweeping anti-earmark resolutions. Moreover, the leadership of the House has said that they will ensure that earmarks are in the past. But, Mr. Speaker, this legislation is filled with earmarks, not the least of which is the Louisiana purchase, not the least of which is the Bismark provision. Mr. Speaker, the amount of earmarks violating both Republican and Democratic House rules against earmarks is beyond the counting of any of us. My [Page: H1829] point of order is intended to stop the bill until earmarks can be removed from the bill.
I might note, Mr. Speaker, last night until late at night, for more than 13 hours, Republicans offered 80 amendments, many of which could have fixed portions of this bill. None--I repeat, Mr. Speaker, none--were ruled in order.
Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order that an earmark is tantamount to a bribe. An earmark to receive a vote is clearly a way to get a vote in return for something of value.
Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a vast tax increase and a vast increase in the reach of government. It deserves to be considered on its merits, not based on promises and bribes for financial gain to various Members' districts. Therefore, it is clear we must remove all earmarks before this legislation can move forward.
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|Brownsboro pulls away from Purple Tigers
|By RANDY SHORTNANCY| News-Telegram Correspondent
Sept. 9, 2006 - BROWNSBORO - The Mount Vernon Tigers suffered their second loss of the season on the road to the Brownsboro Bears 25-13, on Friday.
The major concern on everyone's mind was could the Tiger offense get clicking and that they did totaling up to 257 yards in the loss.
Tiger quarterback Zach Jaggers tossed two touchdown passes and had a total of 143 yards in the air while tacking on 16 rushing yards giving him 159 yards on the night.
Mount Vernon took control of the game early when Jaggers found Chris Bonner for a 22-yard TD pass on the Tigers' opening possession. The point after attempt was no good by Landry McGonagill and the Tigers had an early 6-0 lead.
Brownsboro answered when Jordan Magee found David Rudd for an 18-yard touchdown pass capping off a six-play, 80-yard drive. The Bears' PAT attempt by Tyler Smith was no good and at the end of the first quarter the score was even at 6-6.
The Bears did not waste anytime tacking on six more points to get the second quarter underway. Magee hit Jonathan Johnson for 28 yards for his second touchdown pass of the half, capping off a nine-play drive that covered 67 yards. After the PAT failed, Brownsboro had a 12-6 lead.
After a key third-and-4 play from Magee to Johnson picked up 62 yards, the Bears again found themselves in Tiger territory at the 19. Then with 4:13 left, Ryan Epperson dove in from 1-yard out to cap the six-play drive that totaled 75 yards. The conversion attempt failed again, leaving Brownsboro with an 18-6 lead with 4:13 left in the half.
Jaggers set the Tigers up at their own 38-yard line and was looking to cut the gap on the Bears before the half. After executing an excellent drive and managing the clock, Jaggers threw his second touchdown pass of the evening, finding Kolton Stoker for 17 yards to cap off a 13-play. 62-yard drive. McGonagill's point after was good and at the half the Tigers had cut the Bears lead to 18-13.
Both teams put on a defensive clinic in the third quarter as they had fourth down stands and neither would be able to put any points on the board. At the end of the third quarter, the Bears still held the five point advantage.
Then with 6:18 left in the game, Brownsboro struck again when Johnson again scampered through the Tiger defense from 6-yards out and the point after from Smith was good and the Bears again extended their lead to 12 points.
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Cavalier Questions
As with any young up-and-coming team, there is plenty of uncertainty surrounding the Wine and Gold with Camp Scott rapidly approaching. We might not know the answers until April, but cavs.com decided to pose the questions now …
1. What will the big man rotation look like?
The Cavaliers will go into this season with a good stable of young bigs. Anderson Varejao will be 30 when the season starts, but the next-oldest forward on the roster is Luke Harangody, who's 24.


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PAUL McCartney performed live with Nirvana for the first time last night
at a concert in aid of Hurricane Sandy victims.
The former Beatle, 70, took to the stage of Madison Square Garden in New York
with Dave Grohl on the drums, Krist Novoselic on the bass and Pat Smear on
the guitar.
The band defied expectations to play Nirvana or Beatles numbers
playing a new song they wrote together.
Grohl, 43, said backstage: "We did a song that we wrote together. No one had
ever heard it before. I think people were expecting us to do a Beatles song
or a Nirvana song.
"But we wanted to do a new song. So we wrote and recorded a new song in a day
– and it's heavy as f***."
The "reunion" revealed by The Sun came as a
host of rock stars belted out hits to raise funds for those affected by the
superstorm that raged along the US East Coast in October.
The Rolling Stones, The Who and Eric Clapton took the stage in one of the
biggest charity gigs of all time.
Rolling Stone Mick, 69, told the crowd: "This has got to be the largest
collection of old English musicians ever assembled in Madison Square Garden.
If it rains in London, you've got to come and help us."
Coldplay's Chris Martin, 35, was easily the youngest British star to appear at
the show and poked fun at the wrinkly line-up.
He told the 20,000-strong crowd: "I know you really wanted One Direction but
it's way past their bedtime – so you got one quarter of Coldplay.
"If you're going to donate tonight think of a figure that might be the average
age of the performers – we'll raise billions."
Chris dedicated a song to a neighbour in his New York apartment block called
Anthony who lost his life in the tragedy.
Roger Daltrey, 68 who sang with his chest on display did
the old rockers proud by beating the conservative US TV censors by singing:
"Who the f*** are you." The TV networks did not manage to bleep out the
swear word in time.
Meanwhile, Kanye West brought a bit of dodgy fashion to proceedings – taking
the stage in a leather skirt.
The gig has raised £20million through ticket sales alone but that figure will
soar from the takings from telephone donation from viewers on the night.
The concert was available to two billion around the globe thanks to TV and
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As a former racecar driver, Jon Horgas is well aware that raw horsepower alone does not guarantee victory, and the fastest car does not always finish first. It takes a combination of finely tuned aerodynamics and suspension, fuel mixtures and gear ratios, driver skills and experience, a top-notch pit crew, tire composition, high quality components, and luck.
As owner and president of Tru-Bore Machine Tool Company (Westland, Michigan), Mr. Horgas is well aware that raw horsepower alone does not guarantee faster machining times, and a high speed spindle does not finish parts first. It takes a combination of machine accuracy, workholding and toolholder rigidity, tool material and geometry, setup personnel and operator skills, plus chip handling capabilities of the system. A little luck can pay off as well. And, as Mr. Horgas has recently discovered, the proper coolant selection has had a significant role in the success of his high speed machining operations, providing much faster machining times, better dimensional accuracy and improved surface finishes.
Mr. Horgas stopped racing and started Tru-Bore in 1987, with a primary business being the machining and assembling of articulated arms for mounting digital readouts to knee mills. But his passion for the racing circuit drew him back in, and Tru-Bore soon was producing racing related products from a variety of aluminum alloys in addition to the DRO mounting arms. Under the name of Precision Motorsports, the company manufactures and markets fuel system components and precision alignment platforms with their associated tools used by Indy Race League and CART teams, Formula cars and Trans-Am Series teams. Precision Motorsports is an official supplier to the Barber Dodge Pro Series race circuit. The company also manufactures its own line of machined aluminum racing wheels.
"Don't be misled by the name 'alignment' platform," explains Mr. Horgas, "because what the mechanics perform for the race cars is much more than just measuring and setting wheel alignment as with a passenger car. Before each and every run, race or practice, the car's chassis must be precisely calibrated as to its four corners. Depending on track conditions and ambient atmospheric conditions, the suspension at each wheel can be fined tuned to provide optimum handling characteristics, minimizing under- or over-steering tendencies. Our platforms provide the consistent and repeatable precision mechanics need to accurately calibrate corner weights, thus achieving top speeds while maintaining the highest level of handling and driver safety. Considering that sticker price for one of these racers is well in excess of $1 million, even the slightest bump against a wall can be devastating. It's critical that the car handle correctly."
It is in the machining of one of the components for the alignment platform that coolant created by Argent Limited made the big difference. The part is the main support bed, made from a solid billet of 6061-T6511 aluminum alloy measuring 21 ½ inches long by 10 ¾ inches wide by 1 ½ inches deep. To minimize weight (the units are portable and are shipped all over the world by teams to various race locations) without compromising strength, nearly 30 pockets are milled on the two large faces, leaving a web-like pattern. Each pocket is approximately ¾ inch deep. Other machining involves milling triangular mounting points on the two long sides, a tenon on each short side, plus drilling holes for assembly.
Before using the Argent coolant, the machining operation for this piece was performed on a Fadal VMC and included two rough cuts using a 3/8-inch diameter solid carbide end mill, at approximately 3/8 inch deep each, and then a finish pass. To run any faster or at greater removal rates typically caused a build up of chips on the end mill that led to galling, excessive tool wear and eventually tool breakage. Two different brands of cutting fluid were tested, with similar results and similar machining times of 2 1/4 hours.
That's when Mr. Horgas contacted Argent. "We need to manufacture the alignment platform at a reasonable cost yet still be profitable," he notes. "To do that, we have to push the tools and achieve maximum efficiency of the machine tool. The other coolants were preventing us from reaching that goal."
According to Mr. Horgas, the difference between Argent and the "other guys" was the fact that Argent personnel analyzed his application and provided a special formula dictated by the application's characteristics. "They didn't just ship in a barrel of some stock coolant," he reports. "The lubricity and viscosity are a perfect match for our parts, materials and tools . . . the tools last almost forever with no chip buildup. In fact, the metal removal rate is so intense that we had to install secondary screens to keep chips from flying out of the machine."
And the only change in the operation, except for increased speeds and feeds, was the coolant. "Actually, it sounds too good to be true," Mr. Horgas says, "that a change of coolant, with no other alterations in our operation, could make such a difference, but we've done it. We've slashed our machining time. We're running the machine's spindle at its top-end rpm, we've increased our initial rough cut feed rate by 20 percent, eliminated a secondary rough cut altogether, enhanced dimensional accuracy by reducing heat distortion, improved part surface finish, and, as an added bonus, eliminated part discoloration caused by coolant interaction with the workpiece material. We were lucky to find the right coolant," he concludes.


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I am running m0n0wall on a Soekris net4501 with sis0=LAN, sis1=DMZ and
sis2=WAN. There are two other machines on the DMZ subnet. I can ping
those machines from a machine on the LAN, but I can not ping them from
the Soekris. The ping output from m0n0wall says:
ping: sendto: No route to host
I am wondering if the firewall rules are set up not to allow this for
the optional DMZ interface. I can see "pass out" rules for sis2 (WAN)
and sis0 (LAN) for icmp, but none for sis1 (DMZ), so it looks to me like
it falls through to the "block out any" rule.
If this is what is preventing the ping from going out, would that same
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René Lalique "Bouquet de Faunes" Perfume Bottle for Guerlain
This is a fantastic perfume bottle by René Lalique. It was designed c. 1925 for Guerlain's "Bouquet de Faunes".
This highly detailed piece was catalogued by Lalique as "Vasque Louis XVI". This moulded piece on a stylized pedestal base depicts four "masques", two female and two male characters.
The glass has a frosted finish and is patinated in a grey tone.
Dimensions: Approximately 10 cm (4 in) high.
Signature: Moulded "Guerlain Paris" on the body of the bottle; both base and stopper have scripted "459" mark.
Reference: This bottle is shown on page 940 of Felix Marcilhac's "R. Lalique – Catalogue Raisonne de l'Oeuvre de Verre" (see photo)
Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs.
A Note About the Manufacturer:
René Lalique has become synonymous with French Art Nouveau decorative arts.
René Lalique was born in 1860 and first began designing fine jewelry in Paris in 1881. Lalique pursued increasingly more innovative experimentation in glass commencing around 1883.
Early works used the familiar "lost wax" technique by which the model is made in wax while a mold is formed around the model. Then, the wax is melted and molten glass is poured into the mold. Lalique glass was made in this manner until approximately 1905 at which time the factory was redesigned for a larger production. As such, the individual uniqueness of each example of Lalique glass came to an end with the end of the one-time only molding technique around wax models. The success of this venture resulted in the opening of Lalique's own glassworks at Combs-la-Ville in 1909.
During the art nouveau period, Lalique was well known for a wide variety of objects including perfume bottles, vases, inkwells, decorative boxes, and bookends. In 1921 a larger factory was established at Wingen-sur-Moder in Alsace-Lorraine. By the '30s Lalique was world renowned as the most important designer of his time.
Lalique glass is lead based, either mold blown or pressed. Favored motifs during the Art Nouveau period were dancing nymphs, fish, dragonflies, and foliage. Characteristically the glass is crystal in combination with acid-etched relief. Later some items were made in as many as ten colors (red, amber, and green among them) and were occasionally accented with enameling. These colored pieces, especially those in, black, are highly prized by advanced collectors.
During the '20s and '30s, Lalique designed several vases and bowls reminiscent of American Indian art. He also developed a line in the Art Deco style decorated with stylized birds, florals, and geometries. In addition to vases, clocks, automobile mascots, stemware, and bottles, many other useful objects were produced.
Most glass was clear or opalescent glass and signed via engraving or in the mold "R. Lalique". The R. Lalique signature was only used until 1945 with the death of René. At that time, René Lalique's son Marc took over the company. Production of many pieces produced prior to 1945 ceased following René's death although some are still in production albeit with a different marking.
The firm is still in operation today producing some of the world's most thought-after crystal.
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