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why didn't Sony put headsets in the box?
i mean dont get me wrong, home is bloomin awesome, a great concept and personally i cannot wait to be a part of it.
but if sony are trying to promote online to a new level of interaction and all that, and they had been planning this since the PS2, why didn't they offer a headset within the box at purchase?
i dont understand.
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03-11-2007 #1
with all this home stuff going on.....Wii # 8752-0092-2306-9612PSN ID : pez555
03-11-2007 #2REFLEXGuest
Because, its the same reason they didn't put HDMI in the box, the majority of people are NOT going to be online, especially right now. So why put it in the box? Its not like its expensive for you to personally go out and get one.
03-11-2007 #3
hold on, you dont get HD cables in the box either?Wii # 8752-0092-2306-9612PSN ID : pez555
03-11-2007 #4REFLEXGuest
No HD Cables, but you can get PS2/PS3 Component cables and Monoprice (or some other similar site) HDMI cables for CHEAP.
03-11-2007 #5
Yep. Here in Europe basically no one has a HDTV. There's really no reason since almost all of the TV broadcasts are still in regular definition...
I would want Sony to start bundling in a BT headset with the PS3's. It would just encourage more people to get online and try out the services they are offering. Plus, it would make things alot easier as there are still some problems with certain BT headsets.Working on a new sig...
03-11-2007 #6
All I say is when you buy a car, does the dealer put gas in it for the life of the vehicle, do they pay for full coverage insurance?
Not at all!
So if you are gonna spend 600 bux on a PS3, why the hell cant you pay 22 bux for an H3 bluetooth earpiece on ebay. I bought 2, one for my phone and one for the PS3.
If your big enough to buy the PS3, be big enough to get the headsets yourselves.Over 32 PS3 games in library and have paid for GTA4 Limited edition and JUST got Prolog......Yeah bud.... I'm playin BEYOND... now if only I can get a new hard drive.....9 gigs left...
03-11-2007 #7
Why should they? You want the PS3 to cost more?
03-11-2007 #8REFLEXGuest
I agree with that last statement mostly.
They can't just put everything in the box. Especially when most people won't use it, and I don't want to be given a headset I want to pick my own. So you see on their part it is a waste. Same with the cable, HDMI cables are not expensive at all, and the PS2/PS3 component cables aren't much either.
I have a 30 dollar Plantronics 320 bluetooth headset and it works perfectly. and it was CHEAP.
You'd think that the excitement of HOME, PSN and online gaming would entice people to get on line, not a free headset.
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2: those people that dit the purchase off the official headset for Ps2 don't need a headset anymore
3: A usb-headset is cheap, but it will cost you more if Sony need to make a sepperate vallue-box with all your goodies in it! (the more choices you make the higher the cost)
4: Why dit you made this tread! Isent it clear that 600$/ is already a bunch of money? could you not pass a pc-store/mediamarket and get a cheap headset are somthing? I don't want to pay 20$/ more for a headset i already own, and i think most people will agree with me!
03-11-2007 #13I don't buy Microsoft products because I don't support companies that want to control rather than contribute.
03-11-2007 #14
If you want a headset,buy a headset!WTF is the problem?[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Knowing is not enough,we must apply.Willing is not enough,we must do.
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Omg People!!!! People Spent 600 In A Ps3 And Now They Cant Get A Bluetooth Thas Sad!!!i Work In A Cellphone Store And We Get Bluetooth For Like $19-30.
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The issue isn't really the cost of a headset, it's that if you want to have a really interactive online experience with other people, everyone needs to have a headset. On the 360, anyone who goes online, probably bought the premium and has a headset. I barely use mine during online games, but I still have the headset so I could talk if I need to.For the PS3 to overtake the 360 by December 2007, it would have to outsell the 360 by 1.75M units a month worldwide. 7 million lead/4 months
By 12/08-437,500/month By 12/09 - 250,000/month
By 12/10 - 175,000/month As of 9-20-07
03-11-2007 #17RickyDeHaasGuest
OMG its not a big problem and some people dont even play online not even half of the ps3 owners!
03-11-2007 #18videlGuest
lol, ppl try it all day long. buy a headset if you want one, period.
03-11-2007 #19
does anyone have a link to what accessories are available to the PS3? i need to manage my funds!Wii # 8752-0092-2306-9612PSN ID : pez555
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When home fully launches then perhaps they will change the package.
03-11-2007 #22
Because not everyone wants a headset. Not everyone is going to be online. So why bump up the price of the console even more and scare off those who don't want a headset or aren't interested in online.
Sony aren't trying to cater for this fictitious "hardcore gamer" group. They're trying to do something for everyone. Well, everyone who can afford it.I don't buy Microsoft products because I don't support companies that want to control rather than contribute.
03-11-2007 #23branden1979Guest
Im glad they didnt include those things in the box. Because this gives me the freedom to buy any brand I want for any price.
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Category Archive for: "payday loan lenders"
Direct Payday Lenders Don't Always Offer The Best Rates
Lots of people think that the best place to get a payday loan is from a direct payday lender such as Great Plains Lending. And while Great Plains Lending is one of our favorite direct lenders, you don't always get the best rate or loan terms by going direct. Here's why…
Direct Payday Loan Lenders Don't Always Have The Best Rates
When you go with a direct lender such as Great Plains Lending, you know EXACTLY what your loan rate is going to be. In fact, their rates should be prominently displayed on their website to ensure they are complying with all state and federal laws, such as the Truth in Lending Act.
As an example, here's what Great Plains Lending has posted on their website right now:
This is a stark difference with non-direct payday lenders that don't state the loan rate on their website because they don't know what it will be yet until they share your loan application with their network of lenders. Once they find a lender for your loan, then you find out what the rate will be.
And while its nice to know up front what you are going to be charged, you don't really know how this compares to other online payday loan lenders without knowing which ones are reputable and then going to each of their websites to see what the latest rate they are charging is.
Speaking from experience, this is often a time consuming and tedious process. More often than not, you'll find one payday loan lender that has a substantially lower rate than all the others, but when you start reading the fine print on your loan, you soon realize that their loan repayment terms are not NEARLY as good as the lenders with higher rates.
Getting A Payday Loan From An Indirect Lender Can Be Better
A better way to find the best rate and loan terms is to go with an indirect payday loan lender, also known as a payday loan broker such as 100 Day Loans, 1 Hour Direct, 1 Hour Personal Loan, etc.
Payday loan brokers often have over 100 direct lenders within their network that they offer your loan application too. When they find a couple of lenders that would like to offer you a loan, they let you know and you get to choose whom you get the loan from based on their loan rates, repayment terms and online reputation. Quite often you'll discover that by going through an indirect payday loan lender, you'll get better rates and better loan terms.
Payday Loan Industry Controlled By Native American Indians
Payday loans are currently illegal (or HIGHLY regulated) in 14 states (Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia), but that hasn't stopped payday loan lenders from making loans in those states!
How exactly are they LEGALLY doing it? Some have partnered with banks with out of state headquarters, while others have partnered with Native American Tribes that have been, in essence, granted a free pass thanks to the Indian Reservation System.
CNBC recently reported on this loophole and showed us how Native American Indian tribes are not held to the same legal standard. In fact, as long as you get your payday loan online from a payday loan lender that is partnered with or is run by a North American Tribe, it's apparently not illegal at all.
To me, this is proof of how the payday loan industry will be run in a few years. As more and more states outlaw payday loans, the only place you'll be able to turn to for a fast, cash advance is the Indian Tribes. As far as I'm concerned, this is karma coming full circle. When our forefathers arrived in the New World, they decimated the Indian population and took their land from them, pushing the few remaining Indians to the least hospitable pieces of land known to them at the time. For years, Native American Indian tribes have struggled to find a way to survive and prosper the way they once had.
Indian casinos have definitely helped, but its not easy getting everyone to drive a couple of hours to your remotely located casino where they will gamble enough to pay for all the casino employees' salaries AND bring in enough money to help the rest of the reservation rise out of poverty.
Online payday loans are definitely the wave of the future for Native American Indian tribes that want to help their people break the cycle of poverty. They can lend to anyone in the United States at incredibly high rates (although often lower rates than other payday loan lenders offer) and are not restricted by any states boundaries. My prediction is that in a couple of years, most of the payday loans made in the United States will be made by Native American Indian tribes or their partners.
The truth of the matter is that Payday Loans are a necessary evil. According to a 2009 CNN article, 17 million people didn't have bank accounts in the United States in 2009. That number has risen to 30 million people in 2012 according to a recent Business Insider article! That's over a 76% increase in 3 years. That shows you just how hard economic times have become.
Most people turn to their bank when they need a quick, short-term loan, but if you don't have a bank account, you can't qualify for a loan from the bank. It's a Catch 22. You need money to open a bank account in order to get a loan, but if you had money in the bank, you wouldn't even need a payday loan in the first place.
So, if you ever find yourself in a situation where you NEED a payday loan, be sure to read as many online payday loan reviews as possible before proceeding with the lender you trust the most. Remember to always check out their lender rating and understand the terms of the loan before fully committing.
FTC Weighs In On Payday Loans
The FTC recently weighed in on Payday Loans and I couldn't agree more with their take on things. Payday loans are NOT loans that should be taken out for frivolous expenses like eating out or getting a new TV just because the sale ends before your paycheck arrives! Use common sense here people and ONLY get a payday loan in case you REALLY have no other choice.
To understand why you shouldn't get a payday loan for these types of discretionary expenses (wants versus needs), you first need to understand what a payday loan is and how a payday loan works.
What is a Payday Loan?
A small (usually under $1000), short-term (should be paid back at next paycheck: 2-4 weeks), high-rate loans (ranging from 7% if you have the most amazing credit score ever and don't mind waiting a week or two to receive the money) to 450% if you have terrible credit and need the money in an hour) by check cashers, finance companies and private lenders.
How Do Payday Loans Work?
When you get a payday loan online, you agree to let the lender withdraw the loan amount on your next payday. The payday lender will usually deposit the loan you requested (minus their fees) within 1 to 24 hours. The fees on pay day loans can be a percentage of the amount you borrowed or they can be based on increments of money borrowed (i.e. you pay a set fee for every $100 you borrow). If you ever need to extend (aka "roll over") your loan past the usual 2-4 weeks (one payday period), you will be charged new fees each and every time. These fees can really add up, so do your best to pay it off in the one pay period you originally agreed to.
Real Life Example of How A Payday Loan Works
Lets say you need to borrow $200 to pay for an unexpected car expense. You signup online with a reputable pay day lender for a $300 loan. The fee per $100 borrowed is $15. So, instead of getting $300 deposited into your bank account in 1 hour, you only get $255 ($300 loan – $45 in loan fees = $255 deposited into your bank account0. When the loan comes due in 2 weeks, the payday lender will auto-withdraw the amount you borrowed ($300) from your bank account. If you need to extended the loan because you don't have the $300 needed in your account, the lender will do it, but you'll need to pay another $45 loan fee! That's how the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) can climb all the way up to 450%+
The Federal Truth In Lending Act Is Here To Help
Just like when you're getting a car loan or a mortgage, every payday lender MUST disclose the cost of the loan to you. They must give you the finance charge (a $ amount) and the APR (the cost of the loan on a yearly basis) in writing before you agree to the loan. The APR is based on several different things, including the amount of money you borrow, the interest rate on the loan and credit costs you will be charged, and the expected length of your loan.
Here's one such disclosure chart from the popular payday loan / personal loan provider Great Plains Lending:
Cheaper Ways To Get a Short Term Loan
If you don't need the money in one hour or even a couple of day and you've got good a good credit score, then you should really consider getting a loan from a personal loan provider instead of a payday loan provider. Personal loans take longer to receive (up to a week or two) but are much, much cheaper than payday loans.
If you're not under a serious time crunch and you've got excellent credit, then you should really get a short-term loan from someone on Prosper.com where rates start as low as 6.59%. Learn more at www.prosper.com
100 Day Loans & Identity Theft
As you can read in my 100 Day Loans Review, one of the things I really like about 100 Day Loans (www.100dayloans.com) is how secure they are with your personal information.
When you're getting a payday loan, you shouldn't trust just any website with your personal data (driver's license #, bank account info, social security number, employment info, etc.), because this is all the info an identity thief needs to pull out a new credit card in your name or rent an apartment in your name!
Now, I'm not saying that one of the more reputable payday loan lenders would sink to this level. Not at all. After all, they're in the business of loaning money to people that need it quickly. They make enough money doing this that they don't need to steal anyone's identity.
No, I'm referring to one of those sites you see advertising on your favorite search engine that you've never heard of before but seems to have the lowest APR you can find for a payday loan lender. If it's too good to be true, then it most definitely is.
So, when you do find yourself in need of a payday loan, be sure to go with one like 100 Day Loans that has at least the same level of security in place to ensure your data is never misused or stolen by a random website hacker in Russia.
Here's what 100 Day Loans has in place to ensure your safety that most other payday loan lenders do not:
- They visually tell you that your info is safe with them:
- And they tell you how it's safe with them (265-bit SSL Encryption):
- If they're really good, they might even do it three times!
- And there is an easy way to check to make sure what they say on their website is true. If you are on a Mac, you can click on the green part of the URL address bar…
And it should pull up the actual SSL Certificate from VeriSign:
Not only will the SSL certificate show you who owns the website (Acquisition Media, LLC), but also where they are based: Scottsdale, AZ.
So remember, if you don't feel like your personal information is going to be safe with the payday lender you are going to get a loan from, then just don't do it! ALWAYS go with a payday loan company you can trust! If you're ever in doubt, be sure to check our payday loan reviews to ensure your payday loan provider is everything you hope it is.
1 Hour Direct Payday Loan Review
I was just finishing up my review of the payday lender 1 Hour Direct and noticed something really unnecessary on their website: http://www.1hourdirect.com.
As you start your loan application they have this stopwatch that starts counting down from 10 minutes. Here's what it looks like…
As you get going with the application (which should only take you 7 minutes), you can check back up and see how much time you have left…
You get the feeling like you really need to hurry things along or else you're going to lose the opportunity to get $1000 delivered to your bank account in the next hour. Well, let me put your fears at ease…that stopwatch is just to encourage you to complete your loan application sooner rather than later. How do I know? Because I accidentally ran out of time myself…
I clicked "OK" for more time and was magically given an extra 10 minutes to complete my application. YEAH!!! But this got me thinking…what happens if I click "CANCEL" the next time I run out of time? So, I let the clock run down again, clicked the cancel button and was instantly given a new message with no countdown…
So, the lesson here is to not worry about those unnecessary stopwatches you may find on payday loan sites like 1 Hour Direct. They may be there to help you along with your application, but as far as I'm concerned, they are totally unnecessary.
100 Day Loans Review – Do You Really Get 100 Days To Repay?
We just added our 100 Day Loans Review and I must say that I was pretty impressed with their service. They are not a payday loan provider themselves, but they do match you up with 1 of 122 lenders in their payday loan network. Because they aren't the payday loan provider themselves, they can't guarantee every lender will offer you a 100 day repayment period, but when I got my payday loan through them, I was given 100 days to repay the loan versus the usual 14 to 30 days. A very nice bonus as far as I'm concerned. After all, having to repay the loan in 14 days is sometimes a tough deal.
So, here are the pros and cons I found when getting a payday loan from 100 Day Loans:
100 Day Loans Pros:
- Get up to $1000 in cash within hours
- Even people with bad credit can get a loan
- You may get up to 100 days to repay your loan
- There is usually no faxing of documents required!
- Your information is ALWAYS safe thanks to them using Verisign SSL Encryption
100 Day Loans Cons:
- 24 hour customer support is only by phone and email, which means you can't physically go visit them to get your payday loan
- Not all the payday loan lenders featured in their network offer the 100 day loan repayment option
Learn More @ http://www.100dayloans.com
You can read our entire 100 Day Loans Review at http://www.payday-loan.org/reviews/100-day-loans-review/
Latest City Considering Rezoning To Prevent Payday Loan Lenders
In another sign of the times Iowa City, Indiana is considering a plan to limit the number of payday loan lenders. In essence, the plan would restrict the location of payday loan venues (i.e. a physical business you could walk into for a payday loan). While this is good news for online payday loan providers like the ones we've listed on our site, it's the exact kind of free market interference that often backfires.
In fact, the poll on the side of The Daily Iowan article that brought this issue to light clearly shows that 78% disagree with the decision to restrict payday lenders in Iowa City.
The good news for Iowa City is that all the existing payday loan lenders that are currently there will be allowed to stay. They're basically grandfathered in. This had to be done in order to prevent massive lawsuits for putting people out of business. The ironic part is that by limiting the number of payday loan lenders in a city, you basically give the existing lenders a monopoly to charge whatever they want. I'd bet $1000 that collusion is on the minds of the existing payday loan lenders in Iowa City if this passes.
Payday loans have been given a bad reputation by the media due to charging exorbitant rates. But the fact of the matter is that there are a certain percentage of people that can't get a loan from their banks, no matter what their credit score is, and thus NEED payday loan lenders. Payday loan lenders serve an important purpose in our society and the high interest rate is due to the amount of risk in loaning in this manner.


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In case you missed it, here's a great story about Kaepernick by USA Today's Robert Klemko. It talks about his childhood, his family, his turtle and his NFL career so far.
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In case you missed it, here's a great story about Kaepernick by USA Today's Robert Klemko. It talks about his childhood, his family, his turtle and his NFL career so far.
The University of Nevada's Media Relations Office wrote a great story about the Phi Delta Theta fraternity which has donated its time to the Wolf Pack Recycling program on campus after football games this year.
According to the story, the group collects approximately 50 pounds of recycling after each home football game.
The University of Nevada posted this great time lapse video from last week's Homecoming win over Wyoming at Mackay Stadium on its YouTube channel.
Wolf Pack fans have just three more chances to see the football team in action at Mackay Stadium this season, starting with next Saturday's game with San Diego State.
If you still need tickets for the three remaining home games vs. San Diego State, Fresno State and Boise State, check out the new State Pack that we just created. Prices range from $60-$81 each plus a $6 delivery fee. Click here to buy your State Pack now.
Don't miss your chance to see the Wolf Pack in action at Mackay Stadium this season.
The game is being produced and broadcast on the new Time Warner Cable SportsNet, which launched Oct. 1. To find out if your television provider has TWC SportsNet available, visit www.twcsportsnet.com.
Charter Communications in Northern Nevada will carry the exclusive broadcast of the game. It will be on Charter channel 3 in Reno, Fallon, Fernley, Silver Springs and Lake Tahoe. In the Carson City and Gardnerville areas, the game will be carries on Charter 15.
Kaepernick had a good game for the 49ers overall but he might be receiving more attention for the touchdown he didn't score than the one he did. The USA Today explains here.
Coach To Cure MD is a partnership between the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), a professional organization for over 10,000 college football coaches and staff, and Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), the largest national charity devoted exclusively to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
In 2008 the AFCA adopted PPMD's Coach To Cure MD program as one of their charity efforts. One reason the AFCA was drawn to Coach To Cure MD was because of the unique parallels between Duchenne, a disorder which robs young men of precious muscle strength and college football, a game where young men are at the peak of their muscle strength.
How can you help? Here is a simple way: Text CURE to 90999 to donate $5.
Wolf Pack running back Stefphon Jefferson has been getting a lot of national attention lately, including being named the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week after tying the NCAA record with seven touchdowns scored in last week's win at Hawai'i.
Bruce Feldman, the senior college football columnist at CBSSports.com, mentioned Jefferson today as one of his top 10 pleasant surprises so far this season. Feldman's column features a great photo of Jefferson and also a link to a nice feature story on Jefferson (written by the Reno Gazette-Journal's Chris Murray and reprinted in his hometown paper, the Visalia Times-Delta).
Both articles are worth checking out to learn a little more about the nation's leading rusher.
This week's game at Hawaii (7:30 p.m. Pacific) will be carried on the NBC Sports Network, which was formerly known as Versus. Below are links to cable and satellite providers in Northern Nevada for you to check to see if your carrier has NBC Sports Network. Most do, but sometimes it is on a "sports tier" package.
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Also, next week's game at Texas State is being broadcast on the Longhorn Network, which is owned and operated by ESPN. To our knowledge, none of the carriers in Northern Nevada have LHN but for Pack fans in other parts of the country, it may be available. Click here for more info. The kickoff time for the game was announced this morning. It will begin at 11 a.m. (Pacific).
From the desk of Mike Samuels, Nevada's associate athletics director for marketing:
As we settle into the digital ticketing age, we here at Nevada are continuously looking for ways to make the ticketing experience as convenient as possible for our customers. As you may recall, last season we introduced ticket scanners, which allowed us to issue print-at-home tickets to our fans. Fans no longer have to come to the box office to pick up tickets or wait for them to arrive in the mail. You can order online and print from the comfort of your own home.
Recently, we have unveiled another digital ticketing option for our fans: Ticket Transfer. Ticket Transfer is part of our "No Ticket Left Behind" campaign and encourages fans to ensure that every seat they have purchased is filled on game day.
We know it can be a hassle to distribute tickets you cannot use due to the logistical nightmare of, not only finding someone to use them (that tends to be the easy part) but also physically delivering the hard tickets (especially on short notice). Generally, this requires making a trip to someone's home or office, waiting outside the stadium to meet them, or going to Will Call to drop them off (which forces a trip to Will Call for the recipient).
Ticket Transfer makes the delivery and pickup of tickets a simple process that can be done (by both the ticketholder and the person receiving the tickets) from the comfort of their own home.
Ticket Transfer allows ticketholders to go online, log into their online ticketing account and transfer selected seats (on a game-by-game basis) to others. It is an extremely simple process that takes less than two minutes. The only information you need for the recipient of the tickets is a name, phone number and email address.
Once you click "transfer," the recipient will receive an email allowing them to print the tickets from home (this must be done within a 24-hour period, or the tickets return to the original owner for security purposes).
How does this help? Well, aside from being a great benefit to ticketholders by making it easier for them to invite family, friends or clients to games, it also makes it easy for fans to help fill Mackay Stadium. We have all been in sports arenas and heard the attendance announced, only to look around and say "That can't be right." The reason? Unused seats. We hope that this system will mean there is No Ticket Left Behind and help fill the stands for our fans and teams.
For step-by-step instructions on how to use Ticket Transfer, please click here.
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Hurry, Jane and Sylva, Kathy (2007) Long-term outcomes of early reading intervention. Journal of Research in Reading, 30 (3). pp. 227-248. ISSN 0141-0423. DOI UNSPECIFIED
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This study explores the long-term effectiveness of two differing models of early intervention for children with reading difficulties, Reading Recovery and a specific phonological training. Approximately 400 children were pre-tested, ninety-five were assigned to Reading Recovery, ninety-seven to Phonological Training and the remainder acted as controls. In the short and medium-term both interventions significantly improved aspects of children's reading, Reading Recovery having a broader and more powerful effect. In the longterm, three and a half years after intervention, there were no significant effects on reading overall, though Reading Recovery had a significant effect for a sub-group of children who were complete non-readers at six years old. Phonological training had a significant effect on spelling. The short and medium-term effects demonstrate that it is possible to substantially reduce children's reading problems. The long-term effects raise doubts about relying on early intervention alone.
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The Untouchables
1987 (2001) - Paramount
review by Greg Suarez of
The Digital Bits
Film Rating: A-
Disc Ratings (Video/Audio/Extras): A-/B+/D-
Specs and Features
119 mins, R, letterboxed widescreen (2.35:1), 16x9 enhanced, single-sided, RSDL dual-layered (layer switch at 1:03:09, in chapter 15), Amaray keep case packaging, theatrical trailer, film-themed menu screens, scene access (24 chapters), languages: English (DD 5.1 & 2.0) and French (DD 2.0), subtitles: none, Closed Captioned
"You wanna get Capone? Here's how you get him - he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send of one his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way... and that's how you get Capone."
Brian De Palma's
The Untouchables
is a classic gangster film through and through. From its extravagant set design, recapturing prohibition-era Chicago, to its exciting Tommy-gun shoot-outs, all the way to the hot jazz score by Ennio Morricone, this is the way they used to make gangster pictures. And the gangsters are so deliciously prototypical, that they do everything except say, "You'll never get me, copper! See?" with all of the nasally gusto of James Cagney. To the uninitiated, this sounds all too cartoonish, however it absolutely works. David Mamet's script is serious, but old school enough to tip its hat to the mobster films of yesteryear, while De Palma's style (and stellar performances by Robert De Niro and Sean Connery) rescues the film from self-consciousness and camp.
Between the years of 1919 and 1933, the Volstead Act ruled the land, and alcohol was illegal to sell and consume. Not a popular law, many Americans decided to still take a drink now and then. But the question was, how did they have access to these illegal substances? Al Capone (Robert De Niro), Chicago's most reputed gangster, headed a multi-million dollar operation that supplied the city with illegal hooch. And as any self-respecting gangster boasted, nothing and no one stood in the way of his business. Fed up with the state of affairs in Chicago, the U.S. Treasury Department sent wunderkind Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) to dry up the corrupt city. Full of lofty ideals and high expectations, Ness gathered a crackerjack team of cops (labeled "The Untouchables" by the media, for their fearless attitude toward the Mafia) to help him wipe out the criminal element. As The Untouchables grew more and more successful stopping Capone's shipments, the danger they faced quickly elevated to extreme proportions. Any self-respecting American knows full well that Capone went down in the end, but those unfamiliar with history might be surprised to learn how he was actually brought to justice.
While there are some great performances in
The Untouchables
, Kevin Costner is a real liability to this film. He drones through his portrayal of Eliot Ness as if he were reading most of his lines, and his facial language and reactions are so forced, that they seem unnatural and silly. While I will admit that he didn't always have the best lines ("Okay, gentlemen - let's do some good!"), there were many other opportunities for him to show off his acting chops, but he performed as if he were on Prozac. Not to worry - Sir Sean Connery turns in an Oscar-winning performance (as Untouchable member Jimmy Malone) that more than makes up for Costner's narcolepsy. Malone is a bull-headed old street cop who's willing to bend the rules a little if it means bringing down the bad guys. Connery gets all the best lines, and doesn't let one opportunity pass him by to make the performance count.
The 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation of
The Untouchables
on DVD is generally very pleasing. Fine picture detail is normally good, but the overall image seems ever so slightly on the soft side. Colors and skin tones are usually accurate, but suffer from a little in some of the darker scenes. Compression artifacting is never bothersome thanks to the use of the dual-layer disc format, and the source print appears very clean. The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack is generally engaging, but dialog can tend toward a slightly boxy, congested tone and the overall track sounds a bit veiled. However, the sweeping, jazzy score is nicely mixed and the entire soundstage is used to convey a sense of depth. Unfortunately, the only extra is the film's theatrical trailer (Paramount wanted to do more with this title, but other factors prevented the addition of more special edition materials). Still, this is a fine effort by Paramount, and it's certainly the best I've ever seen this film look and sound.
Tipping its hat to the age of more flamboyant gangster films,
The Untouchables
contains a nice blend of dramatic storytelling and extravagant style. David Mamet's script is snappy, De Palma's style is in full evidence and Connery steals the show. Load up the ol' Tommy gun and pop in this disc. Just keep your mitts off of the hooch!
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Apartment fire in Eureka sends man to hospital
EUREKA- A man was sent to the hospital with major injuries on Monday morning when an apartment building caught fire in Eureka.
Just before 8:30 a.m., Humboldt Bay Fire responded to the 100 block of 5th Street, where an apartment on the second floor of the building was engulfed in flames. Crews extinguished the bulk of the fire in 10 minutes and continued to fight patches of flames for another 90 minutes. One occupant sustained non-life threatening 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his torso and was taken to Saint Joseph Hospital. Authorities believe the fire started on the couch that man was sitting on, but the exact cause is still under investigation.
"As we were trying to suppress the fire and do searches to look for victims inside, occupants kept attempting to reenter the building and once you've identified that the fire is beyond your ability to control, as in a very, very small fire, we ask that everybody stay out of the building and don't try to reenter for pets or any of their belongings. That's what we're here for and we'll do our best to keep everybody safe," said Battalion Chief Chris Jelinek with Humboldt Bay Fire.
The total damage is estimated to be at $40,000. Fifth Street from A Street to C Street was closed for about 90 minutes as a result of the fire.


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> I would put forth a vote of YEA on the miniBSD binary. It would allow us
> to
> get ahold of the "dough" of monowall, and users could form it into exactly
> what they wish.
OK, let the baking begin! ;) Seriously, I'm now convinced that providing a
readymade image is a Good Idea [tm] - better than stuffing m0n0wall with
things I don't really like to see in it (like SSH) for fear that users
would have to work against the system rather than with it when
customizing. Besides, being able to work with a more or less standard
FreeBSD system (albeit stripped of unnecessary frills, but not as
minimalistic as m0n0wall) means even less BSD-experienced people can take
a stab at it, since there's excellent documentation (like the FreeBSD
handbook). I'd try to make it fit on a 16 MB CF card. More ideas floating
through my head... what about an automated image builder web site where
you can check all the things you want (like MPD, DHCPD, etc.) and get a
custom image? Wait, that would be too much of a luxury. ;)
I've already found a name for it, too... "miniBSD" =~ s/i/0/g; -> m0n0BSD!
That's it - I'll definitely take a look at it soon.
- Manuel


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"Katherine agreed to it because she knows Paris is hurting and has no idea how to help her really," said the family friend.
The children live with their grandmother, Katherine Jackson.
Thanks to astrophysicist extraordinaire Katherine Mack for helpful discussions in putting this article together.
Those pushing the change have a name for Katherine and her cohort: "anchor babies."
And if Katherine really cares about the kids, she will invite Nanny Grace to live with her and the children.
Presently he was speaking with a simplicity and openness that he had not yet used with Katherine.
When he woke again Mother was sitting by the bed, talking to Nurse Katherine.
Katherine had abandoned the position, and poor Hilda had merely stumbled on its vacant lie.
Not to flatter you, Katherine, you are a beauty, my dear—if your photo is to be trusted.
Bian'ca, the younger daughter of Baptista of Pad'ua, as gentle and meek as her sister Katherine was violent and irritable.


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VMware said Wednesday that an enhanced feature of its vSphere 4 virtual machine management software can improve application performance by up to 47%.
The Distributed Resource Scheduler in vSphere 4 monitors virtual machine usage across a server cluster to see whether the virtual machine is loaded on the server that best meets its needs. DRS can perform load balancing in the cluster to ensure the best possible application performance.
VMware conducted lab tests with the revised DRS to see how well it coud balance a load of both lightly and heavily utilized copies of Microsoft SQL Server databases on a vSphere 4 managed cluster of four hosts. The latest version of DRS shifted workloads among the servers until they showed a 47% improvement in results, said Stephen Herrod, VMware's CTO.
The intelligence now included in DRS indicates that mission-critical business applications can be put on virtual servers and still perform at a level consistent with their business role, he said.
"DRS optimizes efficiency while providing guaranteed levels of performance. This allows customers to maximize the potential of their data center resources," he said in the announcement.
Application performance in virtual machines remains something of a black art for many early implementers.
Instead of overprovisioning an application with extra, raw server CPU and memory, system administrators are being called on to save resources by virtualizing the application on a shared server, while guaranteeing its continued successful business operation. Traditional systems management systems can confirm whether the application is running but can't tell what user response times are.
VMwares DRS was first launched in 2006 as part of vSphere's predecessor product, Virtual Infrastructure 3. VSphere 4 was announced last September at VMworld in Las Vegas and became available April 22. It included many feature updates of Virtual Infrastructure 3 and added new ones aimed at managing the data center as a fully virtualized resource.
The announcement included a statement from Fazil Habibulla, VP and system engineer at Natizis Capital Markets, that his firm had been able to nearly double its server consolidation to eight to 10 per ESX Server host with the improved application performance. The increased number of virtual machines were run on the same hardware as the four to five VMs per physical server that preceded them.
The same announcement quoted another customer, Brian Doyle, network specialist for Jenner & Block, as saying DRS's automated monitoring and load balancing saved administrative time formerly spent watching for virtual machine overload.
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Sep 2, 2012 - StaffBuilding mover Martin Mazurie of Maz's House and Mobile Home Movers in Lander provided more information during the week about this moving job in 1984. Mazurie moved the old Riverton Lions Club Youth Center building not one, but twice. First came the move to the HISR00;Youth Ranch in rural Riverton, pictured here. Several years later it was sold, and Mazurie's company was called upon again to move the log structure. The second move was more complicated, all the way to Pinedale. That's Mazurie crouching under the building (dark shirt), with fellow mover Dana Finlyason (white shirt) on the original move in August 1984. File photo
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How did the cat on the mat get flat?
Why did Ed and Ted and Ted's dog Fred get spat out of the head of a whale called Ned?
Where was Harry Black when Jack the Yak stole the snack from his sack?
What happened to Buck the Duck's brand new muck-sucking truck?
Who else, apart from Andy G and Terry D, was chased up a tree by an evil bee?
The answers to these stupid questions – and many other stupid questions – are contained in this deeply stupid book... Well, what are you waiting for?
Open the book and start reading!
-Suitable for ages 4 – 104
-Rating: Stupid
About the Author
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton are a creative partnership that began in earnest with Just Tricking! in 1997 and now extends to five Just books and over a million copies sold, and the award-winning Bad Book. They are now published all over the world including the US where Andy's Bum books have made the New York Times bestseller lists.
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I teach children with additional needs on a program called Reading Writing and Riding. It couples Horsemanship with literacy. The range of Andy Griffiths early readers are excellent in their genre of literacy. The themes and dialect are specific to Australian children.
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The book was given as gift to adult daughter. The Flat Cat has a history in the family that is too difficult to explain, but the book was much enjoyed.
'Alas! Alack!' said Harry Black. / 'I cannot give that yak a whack! / or he'll attack me with that tack!' " The creators of the aptly titled Just Disgusting (2004) reunite for nine rhymed romps, including the adventures of ducks Chuck and Buck and a muck-sucking truck, Ed and Ted co-habiting a shed and the pursuit of the ill-fated titular feline by a rat with a baseball bat. Paired to a few lines of primer-sized verse on each page, Denton's scribbly line drawings of frantic, stick-limbed figures add appropriately frenetic touches. Definitely not your parents' easy reader, but perfect for fans of Lane Smith's Happy Hockey Family (1993). (Poetry. 6-8) (Kirkus Reviews)
Audience: Children
For Ages: 6+ years old
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 180
Published: August 2006
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Country of Publication: AU
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 13.1 x 1.2
Weight (kg): 0.16
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One of Tucson's first health-food proprietors is remembered with a southwest-side street that bears his name.
Walter Bopp was born in Switzerland around 1902. In 1925, he left the village of Thun, where he had been a farmer or farm laborer, and headed to Bremen, Germany. There, he embarked on the S.S. Stuttgart for the U.S., intending to settle in Oregon.
Doing farm work, he made his way to California, and just prior to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, he sent for his childhood sweetheart. Soon the young Englishwoman who had attended school in Bopp's Swiss village arrived and that year, Walter and Mae married.
Any money he had saved apparently had been squandered in a get-rich-quick real-estate scheme, and at the onset of the Great Depression he was employed as a dishwasher. An offer to be a salad chef at the Pioneer Hotel sold him on the idea of moving to Tucson.
In 1934, Bopp Health Food Store, the first of its kind in Tucson, opened in a small downtown storefront, at 43 S. Sixth Ave. The shop sold items such as teas, grains, herbs, oils and supplements. Walter continued his job as a salad chef while Mae ran the store. After a few years, both began working, without vacations and through weekends, to maintain the only health food store in the Old Pueblo for a little over a decade.
In the 1930s, health food wasn't part of the popular consciousness of America, nor was there much money in it. But the store had loyal customers, many of whom had relocated to Tucson on doctor's orders that the dry climate would be good for their asthma, allergies, emphysema and other illnesses. When they came into the store, Walter advised them on nutrition and possible natural remedies. He also supplemented his income by supplying grain and cereal, in bulk, to ranchers.
During the 1950s, and throughout his time in Tucson, he was involved in real estate and mining activities. On Jan. 2, 1952, Bopp signed a petition with other land owners and interested parties to make an unnamed dirt path into a public highway. The Pima County Board of Supervisors established Bopp Road or Road No. 744, on April 21, 1952.
Around 1960, Bopp opened a second, much bigger store at 3838 E. Speedway, roughly where CVS Pharmacy just west of Alvernon Way now stands. By 1972, health food had become much more popular and the store faced new competition from other independent stores, such as Cher's Market at 3319 N. 1st Ave., and the Sacred Toad at 612 N. 4th Ave., as well as from chain stores, such as New Life Health Center, 4841 E. Speedway.
In 1976, Walter and wife Mae divorced, and soon after he remarried a woman named Blanchie.
On December 5, 1980, at around 10 p.m., Bopp was beaten and tied up in the back of his Speedway store. He was hospitalized the following day, and died of heart failure and other complications from the beating on January 3, 1981. Three men, including his stepson, were later charged with first-degree murder and armed burglary, allegedly seeking $1 million or more in gold and jewelry that was believed to have been kept in the store.


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My degree is from Temple University in business management and entrepreneurship. One of my greatest moments in life was taking my education to start up a family business. My family is a large part of my life and a they are great deal of fun. Outside the family business I also have a good career at a finance company.
Reading: BAT 21, Running Man, Yahoo Finance
Music: I'll listen to just about anything.
I'm looking for someone to eventually share a long term relationship with, so if this is also your goal message me.


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Autism Research Institute http://www.autism.com
Autism Society America http://www.autism-society.org
resource site, contains downloadable or printable picture cards!
Independent Living Forums http://www.inlv.demon.nl
These are a series of support lists/forums for individuals with
autism/Asperger syndrome and related disabilities.
John Mark M. Nabaza's web site http://members.tripod.com/~jm_7
Another web site dedicated by a father to his son. William (the dad) is also an
email discussion list/forum. Check this site out.
Links to resources http://members.spree.com/autism/
There are a lot of sites I
would have included in this page. But most of them are already on this site made by Gary
Heffner. Why duplicate a job well done?
http://www.momsworld.com.ph Enough said!
http://www.playsteps.com Site
for (ABA) program page for teaching constructive play
available for download as well as suggestions for encouraging play.
Pyramid Educational Consultants http://www.pecs.com
Information source for the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).
Philippine disABILITY Resources http://www.disability.com.ph A
web site by Shiela de Torres, parent of an autist & a member of Autism Society
Philippines, and Web Philippines, Inc.
The Autism Treatment Center of America http://www.son-rise.org Web site for the Son-Rise Program
made by Barry Neil Kaufman & Samahria Lyte Kaufman originally to help there son
Their story is known in the NBC TV movie Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love & the book
Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues.
The Autism File http://www.autismfile.com
The National Autistic Society http://www.oneworld.org/autism_uk
Behavioral Management for Autistic Children Foundation,
Rm. 313 Medical Towers Makati
Herrera cor. De La Rosa Street
Legaspi Village, Makati City
Phone: (63-2)-898-9220
Cahbriba Autism Center
Mt. Pulog St., Los Baños Subdivision (formerly Umali Subdivision)
Los Baños, Laguna 4009 Philippines
Phone: (63-49)-536-0186, 536-1298
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
A898 Palace Road. , BF Homes
Las Piñas City, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-820-8719 Fax: (63-2)-825-0058
CEFIL, Asia (Center for Integrated Learning)
15 Sulu St., Nayong Kanluran
Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-413-0780 Fax: (63-2)-413-9728
Center for Speech and Language Intervention, Co.
2/F AM Building
28 Quezon Avenue
Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-410-1525
Child Development Consultants
Unit 52, 2/F Villa Ortigas II
Granada cor. Santolan Rds., Brgy. Valencia
Quezon City, Philippines 1100
Phone: (63-2)-413-4611 Fax: (63-2)-413-4613
Child's Inn Co.
#15 Unit 17 Potential Townhomes
15th Ave., Cubao, Quezon City
Contact Person: Ms. Clarette C. Canoy
Phone: (63-2)-911-0360 / (63-2)-868-8772
Celphone: (63-917)-365-8486 / (63-919)-751-1383
EMail: email@example.com
Child's Inn Co. (Satellite Branch)157
Pinagkrusan, Alitagtag
Phone: (63-43)-772-0239
CommuniCare Therapy Center for Children,
125 Tropical Avenue
BF Homes, Las Piñas City
Phone: (63-2)-826-2206
Celphone: (63-917)-536-8264
EMail: email@example.com
De Novo SPED School
Damar Loop Street, Immaculate Conception Parish Church
Damar Village, Sgt. Rivera St., Quezon City, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-364-9517
Divine Angels Educational Center for Exceptional
& Methodical Learners, Inc.
Blk. 14 Lot 9 Camia St., corner Daisy St., Garden Ville
PagAsa II, Imus, Cavite, Philippines
Phone: (63-[0]-918)-910-6837 [Smart Cell Phone]
Emmanuel Center for Special Children
Quezon Street
Iloilo City 5000 Philippines
Phone: (63-33)-336-9752 Fax: (63-33)-336-9753
Francis Xavier M. Dimalanta, MD
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
St. Luke's Medical Center
279 E. Rodriguez Sr. Blvd., Quezon City 1102 Philippines
Phone (63-2)-723-1088
Foundation for Children's Education, Inc.
808 E. Quirino Avenue Villa Ver Compound
Tambo, Parañaque City
Phone: (63-2)-551-7623
Kiddie Corner
Learning Partners School, Inc.
189 Pilar Street, Addition Hills
San Juan, Metro Manila
Phone: (63-2)-725-7610
EMail: email@example.com
New Hope Special
Education Center
14 Kasing-kasing St.
1102 Kamias, Quezon City
Phone/Fax: (63-2)-921-8758
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
New Horizons Center For the Developmentally
Disabled, Inc.
4 Justice Arellano Street
Industrial Valley Subdivision, Marikina
Phone: (63-2)-681-5739
St. Catherine Special Learning Center
Phase I, Bankers Village III
Antipolo, Rizal, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-650-3176
Stepping Stone Learning Center
MRCFI Bldg., Camia Street
Guadalupe Viejo, Makati City, Philippines
EMail: email@example.com | email@example.com
The Learning Center Inc.
134 Carmelite Street
Merville Park Subd.
Parañaque City, Philippines
Phone: (63-2)-824-9962, (63-2)-824-9964


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Heart & Soul Post-Isolation Potluck and Open Space at The Ground Floor
June 20, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
Our 'post-isolation' potlucks have become a monthly event that the lovely folks at The Ground Floor have graciously agreed to host on an ongoing basis. Potluck dinner is from 6 to 7:15/7:30, then open space small group discussions until around 9. Topics for open space discussion can be proposed on the night, and those interested gather in small groups in different parts of the venue. There is no charge, although a donation to The Ground Floor is requested.The Spirituality In Transition…See More


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from Kathleen McIntee of Spokane, WA I have been using a Rexair (now Rainbow) for about 44 years. I will not use any other.
My husband and I had allergies and this was like injecting fresh air into your home. I could put aromas in the water and I never ever wanted to use anything else. My husband went to the Thrift stores and seeked out Rexairs that had been discarded and he rejunvenated them and gave them to our children to use as adults.
What an experience and what a great suggestion that kind person in Tacoma made to me in 1964.
The unique difference is the water. All dirt and dust is trapped in a basin of water so that no debris can re-enter the home atmosphere. The machine is expensive but well worth it. I figured I will save about $4,000 over a period of 15 year by using the Rainbow over the Electrolux I was using. Buy it you will like it.
I love the Rainbow e-series vacuum cleaner - my house has never felt cleaner. I use it to clean everything we even use it to air up air mattresses and beach toys. The uses for this vacuum are endless. Yes, the Rainbow may seem pricey and trust me it did to me too.
We are a one income family with 5 children, but it is a great investment and it will last for years to come.
My aunt has been using the same Rainbow for 15 years now and it still works great. I say buy it there is no better cleaning system out there!!!
We were absolutely dead set on not buying one, we just agreed to a demo to get the free room purifier that she had been seeing at the vet. We have a cat and two kids. I have allergies, asthma and sleep apnea so I'm incredibly sensitive to dust and other allergens.
After we saw what the Rainbow could do, we bought it. It was very expensive, but we looked at the total cost of owning one over a 20 year period. Her grandmother had one for over 30 years. No bags, plus the water catches all the dust. It's actually fun to empty the water and see the results of your labor!
I can even vacuum and it doesn't bother me because it's not kicking up anything. We vacuumed our beds and the water was grey from dust mites and skin cells... gross, we were sleeping in that.
It's coming into allergy season now and I've never felt better. The air in our house feels clean and I'm thrilled. It's everything that the demo sales lady said it was. I highly recommend the Rainbow E2 system for allergy and asthma sufferers, pet owners, parents or anyone that just wants a really clean house.


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BARRY Award-winning Sammy J and puppeteer Heath McIvor are probably incapable of a bad show. Here, Randy (McIvor) inherits a fortune. With Sammy J in tow, he heads to his late uncle's manor, where ghostly laughs ensue. But beware: just because Randy's a puppet doesn't mean this show is suitable for kids. The parents of the young girl sitting behind me realised this a few seconds in, when Randy dropped his first c-word.


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Today we have a special guest... my Mom. I get my love of family games from her. Since she's the one who taught M and M how to play Mancala, she's the perfect person to share her tips with you! Yippee. I am so excited to come back and share with you one of my favorite childhood games, The Marble Game. As I mentioned before when I shared the Card Game GOLF we come from many generations of game players. When I was very young, my Dad made us a marble game board out of plywood and my Mom made us a marble bag out of some very cute, carrot fabric, which was filled with colorful marbles. I only knew this game by the name marble game until I Continue Reading
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People in the legal and law-enforcement fields got a look at a new tool that uses GPS technology to protect people who seek restraining orders or have suffered domestic violence.
Unlike current ankle bracelets, which use passive technology, a product from an Anaheim Hills-based company monitors the ankle bracelet wearer's location and warns victims and other protected people if danger is near.
Supporters of the new solution from GPS Monitoring Solutions recently demonstrated the equipment in Rancho Cucamonga and Victorville for court personnel, lawyers and victims of domestic violence.
"The interesting thing I see is that everybody sees what an incredible asset this can be to the court system," said Petra Fuhriman, co-owner of GPS Monitoring Solutions. But getting the courts to begin using the system has been a hard sell.
"We're trying to show them in person that it works," Fuhriman said. No judges attended the lunchtime sessions, she said.
The technology works like this: The person being restrained wears the ankle bracelet, while the victim is given a device that actively monitors the ankle bracelet.
If the bracelet wearer gets too close, the victim or authorities are alerted by phone or text message. The device isn't just programmed with fixed locations, like a job or school.
The device also alerts the victim if the person wearing the ankle bracelet gets within a certain range.
If the bracelet-wearer tries to tamper with or cut off the device, it emits a siren and sends a warning to the victim. Fuhriman also said she doesn't advocate using the solution for every restraining order, just ones where a history of domestic violence exists.
Ed Montgomery, a family- law lawyer running for judge in San Bernardino County, has seen first-hand how problematic passive ankle bracelets can be. In San Diego County, a person with an ankle bracelet cut it off, and authorities didn't find out for two days, he said.
With passive technology, an officer or someone must periodically log in to a computer system to see a history for the bracelet wearer. Montgomery would like to see the family courts use the active technology to help protect victims of domestic abuse.
"This is very definitely a solution for that," Montgomery said.
Bonnie Russell, who writes at www.familylawcourts.com, said the solution has many upsides and she disputes arguments about it violating civil rights.
Restraining orders already legally curtail civil rights, and most people already carry GPS and tracking technology in their cell phones, she said.


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One of the best ways to employ Radiolab in the classroom is to treat it as a text. The difficulty? This text requires students to listen and respond without visuals. This means a bit of explanation and modeling upfront.
A good opener is a Ted talk by Julian Treasure: 5 Ways to Listen Better. In under eight minutes Treasure highlights the value of listening and skills to become better listeners.
During the video, have students watch, listen, and take notes on the following questions:
- Identify two of Treasure's arguments about modern society and listening.
- List two things Treasure identifies as making listening difficult.
- List the ways in which Treasure claims we can become better listeners.
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Effective July 1, 2009, computers manufactured and sold in China must contain a web filtering software package known as "Green Dam." According to a June 12th article in PC Magazine, Green Dam is not only based on, appears, and functions like the well-known American software package CyberSitter, but also contains a large percentage of pirated code from that package as well, including DLLs (digital library links) that even make "call backs" to CyberSitter's servers for updates (Hachman, 2009). As of June 8th, it was estimated that 3.2 million copies had been downloaded directly from Green Dam's website, including thousands of Chinese schools that were required to have the software installed by May 31st.
Completely aside from concerns over China's ever increasing attempts at Internet censorship, raised by such international advisory groups as the Internet Society, researchers and computer analysts have been quick to highlight the bevy of technological flaws this CyberSitter clone reportedly suffers from (Jacobs, 2009). These flaws include vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers as well as programming errors that can cause the operating system to crash (Dignan, 2009).
From our perspective here at Middle Kingdom Life—within the limited context of foreign teachers and other expats living and working in China—while the media and myriad of China-related blogs have been quick to jump all over this story, we feel that all the fervor over this Green Dam requirement is "much to do about nothing." The fact that China has a vested interest in controlling Internet usage is certainly no longer late-breaking news and, the fact of the matter is, we are discussing a computer software package here, not a mandated country-specific firmware revision. Most Westerners who purchase laptops and desktop computers in China end up conducting a clean install of the English version of Windows XP or Vista anyway, as the Chinese version that is typically provided is useless unless one can read Chinese.
As we see it, the grossly limited, unreliable, and often impeded Internet bandwidth outside of China is what Western expats living in China should really be concerning themselves with. Not everyone can wake up at four o'clock in the morning to surf their favorite international websites so that they don't have to wait up to one minute for each page to load (assuming they can even access the page at all).
UPDATE June 23, 2009
The latest word is that the Chinese government has rescinded its Green Dam software mandate and that installation of the software will be entirely optional. According to an article in the Guardian by Jonathan Watts, June 16, 2009, "The Green Dam Youth Escort program, which restricts access to pornography and politically sensitive websites, was due to be compulsorily incorporated in the hard drives of all new machines sold after 1 July, but the state-run media announced today that it would instead be an optional package" Retrieved June 23, 2009 from http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/16/china-backs-down-censorship-software.


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The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant | 1970
A scientist has been experimenting with head transplantation. So when a psycho-killer invades his home and is shot, he grafts his head onto the body of his caretaker's son, a man with a child's mentality. Then the ...more
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Wealthy research scientist Dr. Roger Girard has been experimenting with head transplantation. The caretaker on his property has a grown son, Danny, who has the mentality of a child and is powerfully strong. A psychopathic killer invades Girard's home, murdering the caretaker before being shot to death himself. Girard takes the opportunity to transplant the dead killer's head onto Danny's body and before long, the two-headed creature has run off into the surrounding countryside to cause mayhem.


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October 4, 2010 Todd Bailey, (802) 917-1227
The Vermont League of Conservation Voters Announces Endorsements
Montpelier, VT – The Vermont League of Conservation Voters (VT LCV) announced today that it has endorsed Senator Patrick Leahy in his re-election bid for the US Senate, Congressman Peter Welch in his bid to return to the US Congress for a third term, and Senator Peter Shumlin to replace the retiring Jim Douglas.
This is the first time that the VT LCV has endorsed in federal elections. In previous years, the state league did not have a formal relationship with the National LCV which has changed in recent years. This is also an election year where the VT LCV has re-engaged in statewide elections after sitting out all of the 2008 statewide races, instead choosing to focus exclusively on legislative races.
"We are extremely fortunate to have Senator Leahy and Congressman Welch representing Vermonters in Washington DC. They have proven time and time again that the issues of Climate Change, clean energy, clean water, and our environment in general are priorities to both of them," Todd Bailey, the VT LCV executive director, said. "At this critical time in Vermont's history we need a governor who shares these values, knows how to get tough things done, and will ensure that the Green Mountain State is a national leader in creating good paying jobs for Vermonters in the emerging green economy," Bailey went on to say.
The National LCV, like the VT LCV, produces an environmental scorecard. Every member of Congress is scored after each session of Congress. The National LCV also publishes a report card assessing the President's performance on environmental and conservation issues. This past year Senator Leahy scored a 100% and has a lifetime score of 92%, while Congressman Welch scored a 93% on the 2009 scorecard and has a lifetime score of 94%. Senator Shumlin's Vermont scores are equally impressive, with a lifetime score of 94%.
The VT LCV also cited all three individuals as leaders on climate and renewable energy issues as the rationale for each of them earning this critical endorsement.
"Congressman Welch's opponent does not think climate change is real, while Senator Shumlin's opponent needed two tries before he would acknowledge that climate change is a reality," Bailey went on to say. "If Brian Dubie is not 100% certain on these globally significant issues, which have a tremendous impact on Vermont, how can Vermonters be confident that he is in line with their desire to maintain Vermont's quality of life? During the recent environmental and renewable energy debate, Brian made it perfectly clear that he does not support our state's conservation efforts, that he supports relicensing the 40 year old nuclear power plant for another 20 years, and would do nothing to regulate CO2 emissions, " Bailey added.
Senator Leahy, Congressman Welch, and Senator Shumlin have all referenced their work on environmental issues during the 2010 election cycle as a reason to vote for them on November 2nd. Senator Leahy was recently awarded his second "Connie Award," which is given by the National Wildlife Federation to the elected official who most embodies a conservation ethic.
Congressman Welch has been a champion of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and has quickly become an active and effective member of Congress. He has introduced several key pieces of legislation, including: The Home Star Energy Retrofit Act; End Big Oil Subsidies Act; and recommended an extension of the Renewable Energy Expansion Act
Much like his cohorts, Senator Shumlin has been an active leader on environmental issues. He is largely credited with passing comprehensive clean energy legislation, making climate change a state priority, and leading the Senate this past February to the historical 26-4 vote to retire Vermont Yankee as scheduled.
To find out more about the VT LCV's endorsements, go to their website, www.vtlcv.org or go to its Vote Green Vermont initiative at www.votegreenvt.org to review the gubernatorial candidates' answers to the VT LCV candidate questionnaire.
October 5, 2010 Todd Bailey, (802) 917-1227
The Vermont League of Conservation Voters Announces Endorsements
Montpelier, VT – The Vermont League of Conservation Voters (VT LCV) announced today that it has endorsed Representative Steve Howard in his bid to become Vermont's Lieutenant Governor and former state Senator Jim Condos for Secretary of State. In addition to these endorsements, the VT LCV announced its entire slate of legislative endorsements.
The VT LCV endorsed 24 Senate candidates for the 30 seats available and 107 Vermont House candidates for the 150 seats available. Its endorsements included candidates from all three major Parties as well as several Independents.
"This was the right time for the VT LCV to get involved in the Lieutenant governor's race. Steve Howard has a lifetime score of 93% on our environmental scorecard while his opponent scored a 25% this past year and has a lifetime score of only 54%". Todd Bailey, VT LCV executive director said. "Voting records matter a tremendous amount in making this decision but it also Senator Scott's position on the aging nuclear power plant, Vermont Yankee, that made the decision a clear cut one" Bailey went on to say.
In addition to being involved in the Lieutenant Governor's race for the first time since 2002, the VT LCV also endorsed a candidate in the Secretary of State's race for the first time in its history. The organization cited its one-of-a-kind structure in the environmental community that allows it to participate directly in elections and the concern for how the office is managed in overseeing the electoral process as the rationale for offering an endorsement in the race.
"The ability of the VT LCV to carry out its mission is directly impacted by how the Vermont elections are run. Those elections being run fairly and being open to as many people as possible is a critical for all Vermonters" Bailey added "The VT LCV supports Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) and Election Day Registration (EDR), both measures Jim Condos supports and his opponent opposes. These issues in addition to Senator Condos superior work regarding open and transparent government led to our decision to back his bid to be Vermont's next Secretary of State" Bailey said.
To find out more about the VT LCV's endorsements, go to their website, www.vtlcv.org


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Bird Feeding Tips: Fruit Attracts Variety
Drs. Foster & Smith Educational Staff
Have you ever wondered how to attract a variety of less common wild birds to your backyard feeders? Offer fruit!
No matter how you serve them – whole, sliced, or dried – you'll almost surely see birds you haven't seen before in your backyard. There are several ways to present fruit offerings. Offer a whole or sliced apple, a plum, or a handful of strawberries on a hanging skewer or on a
Metal Fruit Feeder
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The following fruits are available at many grocery stores year round; check out the variety of wild birds they attract:
Rose-breasted grosbeaks, common flickers, catbirds, towhees, robins, mockingbirds, cedar waxwings, blue jays, and more
Cedar waxwings, evening grosbeaks, pine grosbeaks, blue jays, common flickers, chickadees, red-headed woodpeckers, robins, bobwhites, mockingbirds, house finches, and more
Mockingbirds, orioles, red-bellied woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeaks, gray catbirds, scarlet tanagers, and more
Tufted titmice, towhees, orioles, common flickers, black-capped chickadees, robins, and more
Evening grosbeaks, robins, brown thrashers, blue jays, cedar waxwings, magpies, cardinals, western tanagers, mockingbirds, orioles, towhees, house finches, steller's jays, bluebirds, acorn woodpeckers, and more
Metal Fruit Feeder
Put fruit or berry pieces on the skewer style feeder and watch your backyard come to life.
Clementine Oriole Feeder
Features a glass jelly dish and two spikes for holding orange halves.
Compact Ground
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The Compact Ground Feeder Tray is the perfect place to offer cherries, raisins, or grapes.
Fruit & Berry Cuisine
Fruit-scented and packed with fruit, nuts, seeds, and berries, our Fruit & Berry Cuisine seed will tempt birds to your feeders!


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New Bill Protects Domestic Violence Victims' Pets
A new Texas bill protects domestic violence victim's pets, placing 'protective orders' on their animals, assuring their abuser cannot potentially abuse or kill them.
Patt Nordyke, the director of TFACS or the Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies, says it's a huge win giving victims piece of mind.
"In domestic abuse situations there, frequently the abuser will use pets as a leverage to keep the humans in the situation," she said. "This bill gives them the knowledge that their pets will be protected and give the confidence to seek help."
The bill took four legislative sessions before it was finally passed in 2011. Both Representative Jodie Laubenberg (R-Collin) and Senator Wendy Davis (D-Fort Worth) helped to push the bill forward.
"The bill originally passed in 2011, but the language in it was not widely accepted by the county or district attorneys," Nordyke said. "After several changes to the bill in both the Senate and House, protection for pets will become law September 1."
What this bill does it that includes the pets in protective order so that the abuser cannot do anything to them, kill them or beat them, Nordyke said.
"Generally if there is an abuser, the pet is the only solace the human gets from beatings and conversely the only solace the pet gets," Nordyke said. "This bill was a long time coming."


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Very long back I had done a post on onion for hair growth. So, I had mentioned that I had been facing hair fall in the months of November to January and gradually my hair fall did reduce after using the Biotique Musk Root hair pack. But, my hair had thinned to quite and extent so I recalled that I could use onion juice remedy. So, I used it every time I used to oil my hair and my hair thickened visibly within 15 days.
How to use onion for hair?
An easier way to use onion juice for hair is to mix it with the hair oil. I grated onion and squeezed the grated onion to extract the juice. Yes, the whole process is a little difficult coz it stings the eyes badly and onion does stink badly too :( So, mix onion juice with hair oil. You can mix in the proportion of 50-50 or 75-25 for onion juice-hair oil. Both would not mix properly coz juice is watery and water and oil don't mix well so shake the whole mixture well while applying. Start by applying the mixture on the scalp first properly and then apply to the complete hair. It will stink a lot definitely but trust me results are definitely worth it. Using essential oils may be useful in reducing the stink of onion so you can try that. Another advice I can give is to use rosemary essential oil too (5 drops per application) coz Rosemary is amazing for hair growth.
You can also do a hot oil treatment using this mixture every time you are about to wash your hair. You can keep this mixture overnight or for at least an hour before shampooing off. Another thing I would mention is that do not worry about the onion stink remaining in the hair coz it gets washed off while shampooing and conditioning the hair. So, don't worry about that. You can also mix onion juice in the hair packs you use weekly. It also helps with controlling hair loss.


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The Year of Mercy
from the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
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to the Feast of Christ the King
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A little about us...
Our present community is the result of three parishes coming together under the charge of one priest. St Augustine's serves Meir, which is a large housing development on the southern edge of Stoke-on-Trent. This was joined by St Mary's, Cresswell in 2001. St Mary's is to the south east of Meir and situated in open countryside on the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands. Then, in 2012, St Filumena's, Caverswall became the third parish to join us to make our present community. Caverswall has a boundary with both the Meir and Cresswell parishes.
St Augustine's parish goes back to 1934, and the building to 1957.
On the other hand, St Mary's was built and consecrated in 1816 (according to legend, by the Parish Priest of the time personally!). Catholicism in this area never really went away after the Reformation, and St Mary's was the first church to be built in North Staffordshire when the law was changed to permit Catholic worship.
St Filumena's has an equally interesting history. In 1811 a community of Benedictine sisters, originally from Ghent in Belgium, settled in Caverswall Castle. In 1864 the present church of St Filumena was built for the people of the area of the present parish covering Caverswall and Weston Coyney and most of Blythe Bridge.
You may be new to our area, visiting, or perhaps are interested in learning more about the Catholic faith; whatever your reason, we invite you to visit one of our churches. We would be delighted to meet you. After all, the Good News about what Jesus has done for us is for everyone. Full details of how to contact us are provided in the Contacts section to the left, or please
Our website serves two purposes.
Firstly, it serves as a point of reference for members of our own community.
Secondly, it provides information about us to the rest of the world.
Firstly, it serves as a point of reference for members of our own community.
Secondly, it provides information about us to the rest of the world.
We hope you enjoy your visit. If you have suggestions or comments which you would like to pass on to us, please