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The first example is given by the so-called law or principle of Mendel in heredity.
But Mendel's mind, sharpened by misfortune, was not dormant.
Mendel burst into tears, the first he had shed since his enforced departure from home.
"Come, Jacob," murmured Mendel, helping his brother to rise.
Mendel never missed an opportunity of passing Harretzki's house.
Mendel had in the meantime reached the village and knocked at the first house.
While Mikail was speaking, Mendel gazed at him as though fascinated.
It was just a week since Mendel and the Rabbi had walked out together.
One of the things the monk Mendel worked out in his studies of heredity in peas was this particular problem.
"We never read history," interposed the childish treble of Mendel.
Mendel Men·del (měn'dl), Gregor Johann. 1822-1884.
Austrian botanist and founder of the science of genetics. He discovered Mendel's laws.
Austrian botanist and founder of the science of genetics. He formulated the important principles, known as Mendel's laws, that form the basis of modern genetics.
Our Living Language : In 1851 Austrian monk Gregor Mendel was sent by his monastery to the University of Vienna to study mathematics and science. Upon his return in 1854, be began teaching science, and several years later he began his now-famous series of hybridization experiments with garden peas in the monastery's small garden. There Mendel cross-pollinated plants of different sizes and shapes as well as plants that produced different colored flowers or peas. Analyzing each generation of new plants, he observed that some characteristics remained constant (or dominant) in every generation, while others remained hidden (or recessive), appearing only in later generations. Mendel called the units of inheritance factors and proved that two such factors, one from each parent, exist for each trait. A dominant trait requires only one factor for it to appear, but a recessive trait requires both. We now call the units of inheritance genes, and we know that each gene, which is composed of a DNA sequence, occupies a specific place on the chromosome. Although Mendel's rules of inheritance were published in 1865 in his article "Versuche über Pflanzenhybriden" ("Experiments with Plant Hybrids"), his work was ignored until 1900, when it was rediscovered by the Dutch botanist Hugo de Vries (1878-1918).


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Levittown is a great place to base yourself while you are exploring Puerto Rico Island as a large number of the area's star attractions are close. The Plaza Rio Hondo and Casa Bacardi are amongst the popular places to visit. Also, well worth the effort are the Luis A. Ferre Science Park and the Museo de Casa Blanca.
Be sure to visit some of the nearby museums and galleries, which help make this region such a unique vacation destination. Walk through the exhibits and enjoy the quiet atmosphere of the Casa del Libro in San Juan, the Museo de Las Americas and the Museo de Arte e Historia de San Juan. Enjoy seeing established and up-and-coming artists strut their stuff at Teatro Tapia in San Juan.
Sights such as the Plaza de Armas in San Juan, the San Juan Cathedral and the San Juan Cemetery are popular places for visitors to Levittown. If your spirit could do with a little renewal, you'll be moved by the serene atmosphere at Levittown's holy places like the San Jose Church in San Juan and the Chapel of Christ the Savior.
If you have a passion for golf, visit the Rio Bayamon Golf Course in Bayamon. It's a great way to enjoy the fresh air.
To enjoy some retail therapy, visit the Mercado Agricola Natural in San Juan.
If you have a passion for sports, don't miss the opportunity to see Levittown favorites, the River Plate Puerto Rico, doing battle at Sixto Escobar Stadium, San Juan. Make sure to wear red and white, the colors of the River Plate Puerto Rico.
At the end of a day enjoying the charms of Levittown, relax for the night at one of the area's hotels or serviced apartments. For a good night's sleep check out the Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel & Casino, the Hotel El Convento, San Juan, and the popular Hotel Plaza De Armas, San Juan.

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The government of Niger says that three regional opposition leaders have been arrested after a weekend of political violence.
The Interior Minister, Souley Abdoulaye, said that the security forces were hunting four other opposition figures after protesters demanding the resignation of President Mainassara set fire to several buildings in the city of Zinder.
Mr Abdoulaye said those arrested would stand trial on charges of inciting violence, assault, arson and damanging public and private property.
Opposition groups have been calling for the resignation of the president since he won elections following the military coup which brought him to power in 1996.
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The SR-71 Blackbird was a famous CIA spy plane—the perfect choice for Lego builder Sariel who has been longing to build an aircraft from blocks for a while. The plane is legendary so Sariel really wanted to do it justice. It all started with a basic frame:
The model was built around a simple Technic frame running through all the central hull. The frame was reinforced around the model's center of gravity, where a mounting point for the control mast was located. Since there are no wing-shaped tiles by LEGO, only regular plates, I decided to build the winds sideways to make them smooth. That resulted in all leading edges being a whole 1 stud thick, but it allowed to model the plane's silhouette reasonably well, and to include bricks with grille to recreate the corrugated "wing skin". Each wing consisted of two parts with the engine in the middle, and the whole wing was attached to the hull at 5 points. I have put a lot of effort into making the model structurally solid despite its size and thin surfaces, so most connections used Technic pins, and some used axles.
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The ADVENTURE TIME annual is a testament to how delightful (and popular!) the series is -- more than 15 creators pooled their talents to make this anthology-style issue happen, and it's obvious that they had fun doing so.
Each story is both true to the land of Ooo and specific to its creative team, continuing the precedent set in the series' back-up stories and tie-in miniseries. It's fun to flip through and see Finn and Jake in Dustin Nguyen's watercolors on one page and in Jason Ho's bright, bold illustrations on the next.
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One Direction, Rod Stewart, and Mumford & Sons also nabbed spots in the top 10 list, proving that the UK's music is among the best in the world.
Prime Minister David Cameron told press, "We should be extremely proud of how our world-leading music industry continues to go from strength to strength, with a record share of the global market and with British acts having the world's top selling album for five of the last six years."
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Mila Kunis accredits That '70s Show for a lot of her first time experiences.
During an interview with W magazine, the 30-year-old actress and mother-to-be recently recounted a lot of her fondest moments on the hit comedic sitcom. Kunis revealed that she and her boyfriend Ashton Kutcher actually shared a lot of those memorable moments together.
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Driver Justin Vincent captured three races at Rosecroft on Tuesday night, but father Kim Vincent also recorded a driving double while putting a lifetime marks on both of his winners.
Justin won the second, fifth and tenth races, while Kim won races six and eight.
Justin won with the second race via a front running style with RT Phoebes Giant who is trained by co-owner Eileen Lineweaver and Ellen Warren. RT won for the first time this season and the twenty-sixth time in his career. The winner paid $32.00 to win and triggered a ~$150 exacta. Kim got loose too late with Yankey Conway and was flying late to complete the "all-Vincent" exacta.
Justin returned to the winner's circle after the fifth race with Vinegar Hill for owner-trainer Kenny Schlotzhauer breaking that one's seasonal maiden. He concluded his night with another win for trainer Schlotzhauer setting a lifetime mark on the impeccably bred Rocknroll Jewel who battled courageously while facing pressure most of the mile in 1:54. Kelley Rogers owns the winner. This was the co-fastest mile of the evening.
Kim set a lifetime mark winning with Matts All Star in the sixth race. This one got away slowly as usual but found another gear and roared him in 56.3 to win going away. Isreal Collazo lessees the winner and Freddie Collazo trains the five year old son of Village Jove who has suddenly "figured things out" this season under Collazo's handling.
Kim blew up the toteboard in the eighth race cleverly quarter-moving back to the front end with Michael's Dream and stealing a 29.4 second quarter before cruising home in 56.4 to hold off the two hole sitting Gold Like U (Donnie Russell). Michael's Dream shaved over a second off his lifetime mark for owner-trainer James Whalen Jr. The winner paid $27.60 for the win and set his lifetime mark of 1:54.
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Destination: South Pacific
Embarkation: Sydney (Australia)
Embarkation - easy and quick, we had a12:00 boarding and were at the OPT about 11:30, dropped our bags off, and thought we would just see what was happening with boarding, no problems, joined a very short queue and within 15 minutes we were walking onto the ship, customs done, sign&sail cards in our hands. Plenty of staff in red shirts with "ask me" welcoming us aboard and directing us to the lido deck for lunch. We had the buffet with friends and were in our cabin about 1pm.
Cabin 7200 - extended balcony - great room, good location, not too far from the elevators which take you to the buffet and pool areas. The extended balcony was bigger than I was expecting, 2 chairs and a little table. We took a bungee cord to keep the door open as I like fresh air and the door is not a sliding one, however wwe just used the little table to keep the door More open. This cabin has no rooms opposite so there is very little noise and passing traffic.
Storage, ample for the 2 of us, and yes the bags fit under the bed. Unpacked, time to explore, camera in hand we were off. The restaurant is at the back of the ship and again into the lifts and not too far to walk.
Dining - lido deck buffet is is 2 sections with plenty of seating or you can go out near the pools or to the serenity (adults only) area to eat. Food was good, hot and fresh at all times. Breakfast starts at 6:30 with bakery items, juice, cereal, yoghurt and at 7:00 they start with the cooked items, omelette /egg station also. Coffee/cappuccino type machine also, orange/apple juice also. We had breakfast here a couple of times, but mainly went to the dining room which has a set menu as we like the idea of a quiet start to the day and also we don't eat as much!! There is pizza, coffee, tea, lemon cordial and the ice cream machines available 24 hours. The lido closes at 9pm, but it is till ice to go up after a show and have a coffe and a chat and fill up our dink bottles before bed - the water taste ok.
We had the early dining at 5:30 which is a little early when all you do all day is eat and when you at the ports not back on the ship until 4-5. We would go about 6 and there did not seem to be a problem, we were at a table with our friends and all went at the same time. The waiters do a show time during your dinner, they sing or dance and try and you sometimes are waving your napkin over your head or doing the conga and wonder why - ok for the first couple if times, but after 9 days I had had enough.
Entertainment - a couple of wonderful production show by the carnival spirit dancers, the costumes were beautiful. We also saw a couple of comedians a magic show and one singer in Pharaohs palace. There could be some improvement here, but still nice to see.
Daytime activities - trivia, name that song, art auctions, bean bag throwing, golf putting, hairy chest competitions, we did the activities that suited us. The activities did not seem to be scheduled at suitable times always and quite often around 4-6 when you are relaxing or getting ready for dinner.
Gym & Day Spa - seemed busy most of the time, not with me though. We used the spa in the gym area as it was normally quiet in the mornings and they clean it before they open it at 9am so we would go then.
Pools - too many children here for me, but they were having a great time.
Decor - it is a beautiful ship- not everyone will like it, but I thought it was ok, plenty of places to go and sit and chat, more than on p&o and princess.
Serenity Adults area - love this part of the ship, a bar some lounges, pods (I felt like Alice in wonderland) and a couple of hammocks. We would use this area early in the morning and late at night and on many occasions we were the only ones there. During the day pretty busy and yes people hog the spots.
Overall - we thoroughly enjoyed this holiday and would recommend travelling out of school holidays if you want to reduce the amount of children on board. I understand this is a famiy ship and there were not a huge amount of children on the particular cruise and those that were there were generally well behaved. We did hear stories about them running up and down the corridors late at night and in the elevators, but we had no issues. Less
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Good room location, close to elevators but little through traffic. No rooms opposite so you don't hear doors banging closed. Good storage. Extended balcony, just gives you a bit more space. Bathroom good, bigger showers than p&o and princess. I would recommend this room.
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Thanks to all the people who downloaded my source code, installed it, played with it, and had interesting comments and questions. However, since the market was flooded, it was just too hard to compete.
Instead I've focused my spare time into [http://www.share-house.com.au]. It's all about niche markets these days :)
If you're still wanting to see FreeHouse's source code, [http://www.share-house.com.au/ramblings/freehouse.com.au.tar.gz you can find it here]. I'm still willing to help out installing it on your server and getting your hands dirty with HTML::Mason.
[http://www.share-house.com.au/ramblings/ alfie {at} share-house.com.au]
Ever since I read The Art of Unix Programming, I fell in love with the ideals of the hacker culture and the Open Source way.
This book started me on a wild journey down the adventurous path of the GNU. It talked about the advantages of using "higher level languages" and that C/C++ wasn't always the answer. This prompted me towards learning Perl. As they say... the rest is history.
The Perl programming language has taught me a lot. Not just about the way I code, but about community. Perl has this great thing called the CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) that is totally community driven which no other language can even compete with, not even Python and PHP combined.
So when I received an email asking to help out another real estate start-up, I was at first apprehensive. But then it came to me. Instead of just helping the sender, why not help the community out there who might be learning how to use Perl and HTML::Mason to build their website or just dipping their feet at Web 2.0.
That's why i've decided to [http://freehouse.com.au/blog/source.tar.gz release the entire source code] to Freehouse.com.au.
Just be nice. It wasn't made for public consumption so there is no documentation or comments. although I did try to make it as maintainable as possible.
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Pinnacle Number
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Pinnacle Number
No:1 Pinnacle Number
This is the period in your life when much courage and resilience are needed to bounce back in life after much hardships. You need to have faith in yourself. There would not be much support from those around and you ought to stand alone against the tide. But you need to focus your energy. This period requires an iron heart to move around difficult situations and to accept times of adversity. During this time you can put all your talents to good use for better results later in life. Hardwork is much warranted. Much energy is to be spent during this time but it brings in better rewards too. Get opinions and ideas from others but ultimately it is your will to take heed. This period brings in much strength both physical and mental for the native. There are ample opportunities to show your leadership skills too. You need to convert your non-conventional energy into practical affairs. You shall be bestowed with leadership skills and the ability to get things organized. This period shall give you much success in life, though the route would not be a bed of roses.
No:2 Pinnacle Number
This pinnacle period causes you to be sensitive to your environs. You need to be patient in whatever you do and encounter in life. Little effort need to be put to attain the ambitions you have in life. Any amount of force used shall backfire on you with no results in your favor. You have a good sense of judgement when it comes to people around you.You make a good advisor and counsellor. You will be able to see both the sides of any argument and can take the centrestage. You put in all efforts so that poeple stick together despite difference in opinions be it in perosnal or in professional life. Your main negative point is being overtly sensitive. You get hurt easily by words and deeds. But your sensitive nature shall bring out the artist in you. You develop an aptitude for music, painting and other forms of fine arts. If not already hooked to any of the arts, now is the time to get playing something.You are shy at times and feel that your talents are not given much importance. You look at details and precision in anything is your motto. To sum up you maintain harmony and that is what the world yearns for!!
No:3 Pinnacle Number
This pinnacle period is the most creative period of your life. Make sure that you put good utilization of this opportunity to help you rise in life. This pinnacle brings out the writer/singer/artist in you to the fore. You embrace success easily. You gain much name and fame in life during this time of your life. You make friends easily. You are loaded with much luck and fortune for the period. But you are likely to get complacent with life with all the loaded stuff around. You might then turn unproductive and depressive later on. But the key to stand off this tide is to put in continued hardwork. Keep a limit on everything you do, be it finances or relationships. Those under this pinnacle number must be disciplined harder for better results. Once you catch the train, you shall reach the destination easily without much effort...
No:4 Pinnacle Number
This is a period when you shall be rewarded for your hard work and efforts. This is the ideal time to put up a foundation be it in personal or professional life. You make a good organizer and your perseverance shall pay you well in future period. You take up any work step by step. Your family and friends need your financial support during this period. Though you might eb able to support them, you might meet with frustrations en-route. Do drop the idea that things should grow or move faster. If it is so, then it would not come out perfect. Anything done slowly at an organized pace shall end up well. You have a methodical approach to problems and need a perfect result for anything. But you ought to be flexible at times. You are bound by financial limitations in life. Do not jump into the bandwagon of life too early. You shall end up frustrated so soon. Instead, relish life slowly and orderly as it comes your way. That is the secret to a successful life.
No:5 Pinnacle Number
This is a time when you shall learn about the realities of life. Also much freedom and independence shall come for you. During this time you shall come to learn a lot of things through many tours around the world. You shall have a better bent with words which can be utilized to promote yourself. During this pinnacle period you are likely to wander or hop from one position to another in the professional arena. Learn to stick to a single post come what may atleast for a few years together. This hopping around might land you in broken relationships as well. Hence maintain caution in this area. Find the real meaning of freedom and its positive limits. You are in for some sort of spiritual inclinations as well during this time of your life.You can nurture your reading or writing skills by getting youself exhibited to the outside world. Do note that feedome without limitations is a dog without a leash.
No:6 Pinnacle Number
During this pinnacle period there would be much socializing in your life. You would be bound to family and relationships. Partner, children and elder members of the family call for your attention. You need to shoulder much responsibilities in life. There would be an increased burden on you but you can take it in the right perspective. You would be needed to settle conflicts in relationships around you. During this pinnacle period, one gets married, hence there would be new relations coming into the circle. You need to make certain sacrifices and compromises but make sure that you are not trodden-on repeatedly. This is also a time when finances start to stabilize. You fare well in business and you also make a good counselor. Health issues start up during this pinnacle period. This is a time for growth and development in life, a time when you grow as a better responsible citizen of the society. However a balanced life is needed else you might land in troubled waters.
No:7 Pinnacle Number
This is a period of spiritual growth and enlightenment. A time when you start to think about the true meaning of life and its consequences. You shall have an appreciation of nature and its works. Your ability of concentration would be great that you shall resort to majoring in something. Your intuition would be at its best and this help you to know what happens next in your life. You shall be well-versed in your area of specialization. You need to develop a better bond with friends and relatives. During this pinnacle period there would be much scope for spiritual and knowledge-based growth in your life. You should not find fault of others in every matter as you are prone to faults too. You need perfection in everyhting you see and do which is not practically applicable. This might make you miserable in life. But you need to lvoe yourself and those around taking faults in the right sense.
No:8 Pinnacle Number
During this pinnacle period you shall grow professionally and financially. You shall be blessed with much material wealth. You shall be armed with much power one of the keys to your success. You have a great sense of judgement that people come to you for solace and settlement in life. They shall have faith in you and with this you can run great enterprises or business concerns. You have the tact to influence anything that comes your way. You have much clarity and confidence with life. Your main task would be to have a balance between your physical and spiritual realms. You shall have ample opportunities to make money the wrong way. Only your conscience need to help you in this regard. You have to forego your likeness and attraction towards money or other financial benefits for a better life. This is a period when you can grow maintaining a balance in life.
No:9 Pinnacle Number
This is a period when you can attain a big goal or target in your life. You love to serve people and see the gratification in their eyes. You are most suitable for social and charity works that call for more selfless acts. During this pinnacle period you shall concentrate your energy for the weel-being of the society at large. You would be willing to sacrifice your likes and dislikes for the benefit of those around you. It is a rare charismatic act of yours that brings attention. This is a good time for your finances to improve considerably much to your delight. Your artistic pursuits shall be brought to the fore and might get you into limelight. You would be in a position to support arts and related fields. Philanthropy comes naturally to you without any asking. You cannot be stopped on the basis of class, caste, country, religion. You work above all these demarcations in soceity. You shall have great ideals in life and would travel around the world to spread the message of love and deeds. Success, name and fame come naturally to you in this period without much effort and strain.
No:11 Pinnacle Number
During this pinnacle period you would be very sensitive to stuations around you. There would be worries, anxieties and complexities out of life. Your life seems to lack a proper footing and direction. But you are likely to come out unscathed through the spiritual path. Spiritual and charitable and social pursuits shall give you the much wanted peace in life. You shall be bombarded by knowledge from all quarters. You need to have faith in yourself and those around you. Also a practical approach to problems shall see you through life singing a song.


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Currently, we have the whole spectra of growing conditions in Iowa. Northern Iowa probably has the best conditions they have seen for awhile; everyone was able to get their crop planted at a decent time. In central and southern Iowa, excessive rainfall during the past six weeks left many thinking about buying a canoe instead of a four-wheeler for their scouting. I know that I have been frustrated by all this, but Mother Nature's actions are beyond our control. Remember that a little bit too much rainfall is better than no rainfall at all.[1]
Eastern Iowa has been on the dry side, but with the rain they received last week, they should be in a good shape.
For the farmers in southern and central Iowa who haven't been able to plant yet, there are a few things to take into consideration. Many fields are now very weedy, so be sure to have a clean field prior to planting. Since soybeans now are planted so late and the yield potential already has dropped off by 30-50 percent in some areas, the crop can't tolerate a lot of stress and competition from weeds. Seeding rate should be the same as in late April; the final stand should be about 100,000 plants per acre at harvest. It is recommended to plant the "original" variety unless replanting is beyond mid-June in northern and central Iowa and beyond late June in southern Iowa. Row spacing is another question that arises. Through checkoff-funded research conducted over the last three years, it was concluded that less than 30-inch spacing yields greater than 30-inch rows.
Replanting is another issue right now. There is some speculation on how soybean responds to water logging or poor aeration associated with floods. Standing water in low-lying fields can result in significant soybean yield reduction and can last many days due to lack of soil permeability or surface drainage. It is generally recognized that soybean prefer adequate soil oxygen for maximum productivity. Research from Minnesota shows that flooding for six days or more may result in significant yield loss or losses of the entire crop. However, temperatures during flooding determine the recovery rate of soybean. Soybean plants may only survive a few days with current high temperatures because higher temperatures cause the plants to deplete stored energy more quickly. Research from Ohio showed that plants in flooded fields are injured from a buildup of carbon dioxide, which is up to 50 times higher in flooded soils than in nonflooded soils, and concluded that plants are injured from the buildup of carbon dioxide and not from lack of oxygen. Cool, cloudy days and cool, clear nights increase the survival of a submerged soybean crop.
Finally, it is important to remember that fields that have been subjected to flooding are more susceptible to nitrogen and other plant nutrient deficiencies and to some root rot diseases, including Phytophthora root rot.
Accurately estimating soybean plant population is important before making replant decisions. Plant population should be based on an accurate stand count along with factors such as yield potential of the existing stand, date of replanting, and the true cost of replanting. The existing stand should be determined by evaluating uniformity of stand and overall health of plants. Only some areas of the field may require replanting if the majority of the field seems to have enough viable plants remaining. This is the reason why multiple locations in a field should be used to evaluate the uniformity of the stand count. Previous studies from Iowa State University have shown that a final stand as low as 73,000 plants per acre have consistently yielded more than 90 percent of the optimum plant population. The reason is that the soybean plants can compensate for missing plants by branching out to make up for a thin stand. Keep in mind the lower the stand count, the more weeds will become a problem due to less shading, especially later in the growing season. If a reduced stand is saved, weed control must be a priority.
More information on soybean replant decisions is available at www.soybeanmanagement.info [2].
Palle Pedersen is an assistant professor of agronomy with research and extension responsibilities in soybean production.
This article originally appeared on page 169 of the IC-498(13) -- June 4, 2007 issue.


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So, today is my last day of gainful employment. Don't worry, it is by choice. I have chosen gainful unemployment not due to "this troubled economy" but rather in spite of it.
For me, this day has been a long time in coming. I am grateful for everything I have learned during the 8 years I spent in my job, and also for all the wonderful people I had the opportunity to collaborate with during that time. I do believe that a life progresses in cycles, though, and that it is not good for us to remain stuck in an old place when a new cycle is ready to begin. I seem to start a new phase every 10 years or so. First, I was a child, and then a student. Then I was a writer, and then a project manager at an international nonprofit. Now… who knows? But I am excited to find out.
I am planning to be a full-time mom for a while, while I figure out a direction for the next phase of my life to take. I already have some possibilities in mind. But for now it is good to take a breath, pause, be in that moment of stillness between the end of one thing and the beginning of another.


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Premium rate culture: The new business of mobile interactivity
Goggin, Gerard & Spurgeon, Christina (2007) Premium rate culture: The new business of mobile interactivity. New Media and Society, 9(5), pp. 753-770.
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This paper considers a neglected but crucial aspect of the new business of mobile interactivity: the premium rate data services industry. We provide an international anatomy of this industry model, and the ways in which it has been used to capitalize upon the surprising success of short message service (SMS) to provide a basis for the development of consumer markets for mobile data services. We situate this analysis within a wider consideration of the role of premium rate culture in the social shaping of interactivity in convergent media. Specifically, we look at how premium rate services are being constructed in relation to telecommunications, television, and the Internet. We conclude that although premium rate culture has rejuvenated innovation in broadcast television it may potentially constrain the interactive potential of the mobile Internet.
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AN ICE cream seller caught on film in a fracas with a rival vendor has been spared a jail term.
Zeheer Ramzan, 34, was found guilty of assaulting father-of-three Mohammed Mulla, in Palatine Road, Blackburn, in an apparent turf war.
The argument, in which Ramzan was armed with a crowbar, was caught on video by horr-ified neighbours, and led to one million 'hits' on YouTube.
ABOVE: The YouTube video of the incident
He was seen breaking a window in the Mr Whippy van of Mr Mulla, who then hit the back of Ramzan's Mr Yummy van, on June 2, as he tried to get away.
The clash happened as the sellers refused to allow each other to scoop away their business. Ramzan, of Kingston Close, Halifax, had previously pleaded guilty to criminal damage, and possession of a weapon in a public place.
After a trial in November, he was found guilty of assault with intent.
Blackburn magistrates accepted Mr Mulla's version of events, that he had been struck on the arm with the crowbar, and then showered with glass from a smashed window.
Ramzan had claimed that the glass smashed accidentally.
During sentencing at Preston Crown Court yesterday, Ramzan was given a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years. At an earlier hearing, Ramzan had been warned that he could be sent to prison.
The judge also ordered Ramzan to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work, pay £100 compens-ation, and £800 costs.
Ramzan was also made subject of a two-year restraining order.
Speaking after the verdict, Mr Mulla said: "It's a relief to see justice done. The incident was terrifying and I was frightened to go out afterwards.
"I am very relieved."


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Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, our national debt is now $8.3 trillion. Each day we add another $1.7 billion to it. Each American's share is about $28,000. Think about that. In order for the United States to be debt free, every American, all 299 million of us, would have to write a check for about $28,000. Each year the Department of Agriculture writes checks underwritten by the American taxpayer to foot the bill for the Market Access Program, MAP, a program that pays industry associations, cooperatives and State and regional trade groups to market their wares overseas.
Now, should these groups market these wares overseas? Absolutely. We want them to be successful. We want them to create jobs. But they ought to do it on their dime, not on the dime of the American taxpayer.
Mr. Chairman, we have spent more than a billion tax dollars on a program with dubious economic benefits. We cannot even be sure that these tax dollars are not simply saving those groups money that they would have spent on overseas marketing anyway.
So who is receiving those tax dollars? The National Potato Research and Promotion Board has received well over $1 million. The Raisin Administrative Committee has received nearly $3 million, and a group called Asparagus USA has received hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of funding. That is a lot of asparagus.
It is also the type of wasteful spending that leads to big deficits and higher taxes. Mr. Chairman, in these difficult budget times, if we cannot cut a program like MAP, I think we are in serious trouble.
While MAP at a cost of a couple hundred million dollars annually might by some be just considered a blip in a $2.7 trillion budget, the cost of these programs add up, and the cumulative effect of programs like MAP is the reason that we have this $8.3 trillion debt.
Mr. Chairman, my amendment is straightforward. It would simply prohibit the Agriculture Department from funding the MAP Program. It is supported by groups like the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, and Taxpayers for Common Sense, to name a few. It is a commonsense amendment, Mr. Chairman.
We are spending too much money, and it is time to start cutting wasteful spending program by program and restore some fiscal sanity to this House.
I urge my colleagues to cast a vote for taxpayers and support this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of our time.
Mr. Chairman, I would also like to read another portion of the National Taxpayers Union letter. They say that the National Taxpayers Union and its members strongly favor free trade and the private efforts of American businesses that engage in both export and import operations.
However, it is absurd to force overburdened taxpayers to subsidize commodity producers as diverse as the Cherry Marketing Institute and the Mohair Council of America in their strategies to market their products overseas.
In fact, taxpayer subsidized trade is not really free trade at all. The more U.S. taxpayers are forced to support economically dubious programs, such as the MAP, the less credibility our Nation has in adhering to free trade principles. One would think that with the Federal deficits looming far into the future, and government spending out of control, Congress would take swift action to abolish some of the most wasteful and unnecessary Federal programs.
Although MAP is indeed relatively small when compared with other massive bureaucracies found in Washington, the elimination of smaller programs will hopefully present Congress with an opportunity to begin trimming corporate welfare and pork barrel spending from the Federal budget.
Mr. Chairman, again, I just want to emphasize in concluding, we want these organizations to advertise overseas. We want them to be successful. We want them to create jobs, but they need to do it on their money and not on the taxpayer's money.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.


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hey now this isnt the i do drugs and brag about it thread
dont make me actually do some work around here!
hey now this isnt the i do drugs and brag about it thread
dont make me actually do some work around here!
Kickin' it
Ferreal. I know some of y'all got questions about shit.
Fuck You
bout to do some dmt for the first time today any advice?
Relax. Expect the unexpected haha. Don't listen to anyone thats taken it before because it affects every one differently...and the trip is different every time...um, prepare to have your life changed lol..thats it. Have fun and embrace it.
and don't hate reality after its over haha.
Best advice you can get right there ^ honestly.
Just picked these up. uhhhh i have a drug test tomorrow for a job and i smoked today without knowing, FML. these are both for sale btw, 20 each. Icall the green one lacoste ;] and the colour changing one octane due to the 8 ;]
That's exactly how I attempted to walk some 20 miles one night and got lost one night.
Fuck You
Lol I just posted a DMT trip five or so pages ago.
And I just had m third one ever two nights ago. My chick said I was altogether unresponsive to the head she was giving me. I wonder why.
can weed fuck your brain up if you do it a couple of times?
I was getting shit at work cause I smoke weed and they don't and I forgot to put some piece on a pipe (i'ma plumber) and they start saying oh yeah weed fucks with your head and makes you forget shit and all this. Real stupid fuckers and I can't argue with them cause they won't take me seriously. But weed is like the healthiest 'drug' you can do I guess. Better than alcohol.
Last edited by NiL; 06-20-2010 at 03:47 AM.
Don't fuck with that poison mang. It causes delirium, its not a recreational hallucinogen. But if you have a death wish go for it.
"There is no way to guess a reasonable dose, because potency of the plant material itself and appropriate dose for an individual appear to vary so much. The question of what "reasonable" means for something that so often leads to such ridiculously negative effects is hard to say.
As an admixture plant in some traditional ayahuasca brews, smoking blends, or other preparations, parts of these plants are generally used in very low doses. Because of the serious adverse consequences associated with tropane alkaloids (scopolamine, atropine, hyoscyamine) intoxication and the wide variation in doses used, we are unwilling to even speculate about specific dosages for the leaves, flowers, and seeds of these plants.
If you are considering ingesting Datura-group plants, please read extensively from the collected experience reports and never take them without a reliable, sober sitter who understands the likely health issues and who can stop you from walking in front of traffic. Please note that fatalities from ingesting Datura do occur and hospitalizations seem to be quite common, in spite of the relatively low rates of psychoactive use of these plants."
Fuck that. Your either going to waste money on something that won't work or end up taking too much and die.
Weed affects your short-term memory.
That's why when you're really stoned you say "wait, what?"
But its temporary.
I never heard of datura until yesterday. Just curious.
Those who say they've done it more are lying, don't believe the hype, never take drugs it fucks with your head and will kill you. You might overdose if you smoke too much.
I've smoked 3 times.
True story.
Dont believe you man..
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Founded in 2007 WRD Systems has quickly found its place in the global technology market. Our aim is to bring together talent from a broad spectrum of specialties to develop exciting new products and grow our network of partners.
One of the things we pride ourselves on at WRD is our commitment to creating jobs in local markets. Our commitment to the communities we operate in is one of our founding principles, from north Africa to south America and across Europe WRD works in partnership with local communities create jobs and develop sustainable business models. We also work closely with universities in both Europe and the US to help students develop their skills, work on new technology and find new employment opportunities.
Intelligent Asset Management is our Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) platform that offers flexible hardware and software to suit your specific applications. Not only is the base software platform the same for all the applications, but the hardware platform is as well. This means we have one common platform to secure and service, and all the applications on top of it will be secure as well. This also means that all of the data is in the same format, and that we can easily add compatibility with third parties if so requested. We can easily expand on existing projects if the need arises, or add new metrics when required.
For more details on IAM please see the dedicated site www.iam-tracker.co.uk
Andy is one of our co-founders and serves as managing director.
He has more than fifteen years of experience in sales, marketing and business development, having worked on projects for companies around the world. He has published hundreds of articles on marketing and regularly contributes to a number of marketing and business journals.
Andy works closely with our development teams to help bring our products to a wider audience and broaden our client base.
Under Andy's management WRD has seen annual growth of over 20% per year since 2008
Johan co-founded WRD Systems with Andy in 2008 and has been the lead developer in every project we have undertaken since then. As our Chief technology officer, Johan oversees the work done by each of our developers and ensures that everything is up to scratch before it goes out to our clients.
During his professional career Johan has been involved in hundreds of projects around the world in fields such as embedded systems, software engineering and systems and security. He is a published researcher working in the fields of cryptography and robotics and has over ten years of experience running software teams and managing projects.
With over 30 years business experience working with some of Americas biggest brands, including IBM, Motorola and Freescale, Dave heads up our U.S business.
Dave works closely with a number of partners to develop new products and services as well as liaising with our American client base.
As our office manager Emma provides daily supervision of the administrative staff as well as oversight of our customer services team.
Emma also edits our Smart Energy Journal site and contributes to a number of other publications
Maria is an all-round International Business expert. She has represented major companies in international affairs, especially focusing on the Finnish – Russian market segment.
She has worked as a professional translator during critical business discussions and has mentored the international cooperation between various universities worldwide.


text: K1 children of Orchids The International School – Mysore Road, one of the best schools in Kengeri, were taken to the Car Spa at RR Nagar as a culmination activity to the theme 'Transport'. The children were shown the washing area where the cars get washed and a demo of a car being washed was also shown to them. It was an informative trip and children were excited to see the equipment used for car wash. After the field trip children had an activity of washing their toy cars during which children were guided to clean different parts of the car like door, wheels, trunk etc. Children had a fun time doing this activity with their classmates.


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Contributor's Marginalia: Kathleen Winter on "Winchester .351 High-Power Self-Loading Rifle" by Alexandra Teague
I read, admired, and chose to write about Alexandra Teague's sonnet early in December, before the Dec. 17, 2012, Newtown, Connecticut school massacre. I can't read this poem now without considering the mass killings by gunmen last year, and our national debate over gun control. And also thinking about the different ways journalists and poets are able to take on issues of deep communal importance.
Of course Teague's poem, written earlier, doesn't address December's events, but it does speak to the fundamental issue of people using guns to take lives. Powerfully, movingly, the poem questions a hunter's use of the Winchester rifle to destroy a cougar. Teague shapes her critique with the verbal subtlety and sophisticated emotional insights that poets and poetry make time for. The sonnet's gentle rhyming vowel sounds (love/rush, roots/lose) and rhymes of last letters (handsomest/scent, devil/recoil) keep readers focused on the sonnet's imagery and syntactically unfolding reasoning, rather than on its Shakespearian form.
The epigraph from Calvino effectively signals the poem's critical view of a hunter who can only show love for living things by shooting them. The tone in the epigraph from Calvino is sharper than the poem's delicate irony. Teague achieves a calmly ironic perspective by adopting Calvino's claim that the hunter is a lover, and adding her own claim that the cougar is a lover as well. The poem's overriding metaphor is the romantic relationship charged by passion and danger. To bring in the language of romance, Teague weaves in text found in a 1909 advertisement: ". . . the lightest, strongest, handsomest/repeater ever made…." The poet anthropomorphizes the cougar and makes him sympathetic by portraying him as a lover who wants what the speaker and reader also are assumed to desire: "A love/ that 'can shoot through steel.' " The cougar/lover is presumed willing to "lose/this skin for an instant of lightning." The hunter is both lover and devil, but the speaker's perspective, and therefore most likely the reader's, is aligned with the cougar.
The closing couplet is gracefully restrained in its music, but the poet's choice to close the poem with the word "recoils" suggests an emotional response to the hunter/lover who, at the moment the poem ends, kills the cougar we've just been admiring for being passionate, aware, and "unflinching" as he waits. I'm delighted by how Teague's poem modernizes the conventions of 16th century love poetry, adding found language and social critique to the consistent challenges of writing in a fresh way about the dangers and compulsions of desire.
—Kathleen Winter
Kathleen Winter's first book, Nostalgia for the Criminal Past, won the Antivenom Poetry Prize and was published by Elixir Press in 2012. Her poems are forthcoming in Tin House, Sentence, New American Writing, and Studio (U.K.). Her work has appeared in 32 Poems, AGNI, The New Republic, FIELD, Memorious, VOLT, Barrow Street, Anti- and The Cincinnati Review. Kathleen grew up in Texas and graduated from the MFA program at Arizona State in 2011. She teaches at the University of San Francisco. Her poem,"Noir," appears with Alexandra Teague's "Winchester .351 High-Power Self-Loading Rifle" in 32 Poems 10.2.


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|Centurion Consulting Group
|Market and Communicate to Grow Your Firm
If You
Fail to Plan
Plan to Fail
The end of the year is the time to review the past year and plan for next couple of years. Known as strategic planning, the session is the big-picture view of where the firm or the individual attorney is headed. As the foundation, the strategic plan is the first type of plan that an attorney should undertake. Attorneys with no strategic plan will find it more difficult to accomplish their goals, since they have not clearly defined their future. The strategic plan is comprised of four elements: Mission, Vision, SWOT Analysis and Goals.
The Mission
The mission, an easy piece of the strategic plan, defines who you are and where you are today. If you were riding in an elevator and someone asked you what you do, you would respond with your mission.
The Vision
The vision is a critical and, oftentimes, the hardest piece of the strategic plan to develop. For many attorneys, little or no thought has been given to where they want to be in three to five years. During a discussion of the vision is where partners may find that their views of the future are dissimilar. One partner may want the firm to grow, whereas another partner may be interested in keeping the firm at the current size. Understanding the future view of all the partners is important when deciding what the vision will be and, subsequently, developing a plan to accomplish the goals.
From the mission to the vision that is the direction that you want to travel. Influencing how you get there is the next portion of the strategic planning process the SWOT analysis.
The SWOT Analysis
The four components of the SWOT analysis are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The former two are internal qualities, which can be controlled by you. For example, a strength may be a large group of referral sources. The opportunities and threats are external qualities that you have no control over. For example, the economy may be an opportunity, but you have no control over it.
The Goals
The final section of the strategic planning process is identifying your goals. Now that you know where you want to go and you have defined your strengths and weaknesses and the opportunities and threats, you brainstorm all the goals that you would like to accomplish within the next few years. The goals are then segmented by functional areas, such as marketing, operations, finance, personnel, etc. and partners who champion each function area.
The strategic plan, the forerunner of all future planning, is an integral part of a business plan and a marketing plan, and the groundwork for many other types of plans. Oftentimes, plans are developed and shelved. The ideal plan is a working document with an action plan that should be reviewed on a monthly basis. As the curtain drops on the final weeks of this year, now is the time to reflect on the past, define your future and to develop a strategic plan to ensure success.
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After only one year and a half the official launch of the new "3 cavallini"-branded tractor series, the new Carraro Agricube 100 VL tractor has been nominated among the finalists of the 2012 edition of the prestigious contest TRACTOR OF THE YEAR, whose awarding ceremony will take place on the occasion of the Agritechnica fair, in Hannover, next November.
This is the list of the finalists of our category (specialized tractors):
Ths short list was selected by an international jury among all the main tractor brands worldwide, it is therefore for us another recognition of our capacity to design, develop and manufacture very high level products. Products in which, by the way, also the core business of the transmission systems, with axles and transmissions from Carraro Drive Tech, as well as the gears and clutches from Gear World find a perfect implementation.
This is a very positive message for Carraro partners too, who can see that our design conception is once again awarded.
The 'Carraro 3 cavallini' range of specialised tractors returns to a lead role, with a highly innovative project which features a completely overhauled design and new technology. Three different engines, ranging from 80 to 100 horsepower, and six different configurations:
Orchard, Wide Orchard, Low Orchard, Vineyard, Wide Vineyard and Wide Low Vineyard. This goes hand-in-hand with the restyling of the classic trademark, now updated with more contemporary designs and colours in a step towards the future.
Cavaion Veronese (VR), 29 June 2017 – The 2017 edition of Enovitis in Campo, the most important trade fair for the wine-growing sector, served as the perfect backdrop for Carraro Tractors to showcase its new ...
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Shares in Aristocrat Leisure slumped almost 20 per cent on Friday, after the poker machine maker said it expected operating profit after tax of $50 million to $60 million for the year to December 31, 2010, citing a slump in US and Japanese demand and a strong Aussie dollar.
That compared with $116.4 million the year before.
The gaming group's shares closed 63¢, or 18.92 per cent, weaker at $2.70 on Friday.
There had been further contraction in demand in north America due to weak economic conditions, while a lack of competitive product releases meant continuing poor earnings in Japan, Aristocrat said.
The stronger Australian dollar and weak second-half earnings in Australia contributed to the situation.
Growth momentum in these key markets was unlikely to build materially before 2012, Aristocrat said.
The company said it remained within its debt covenants, with significant headroom available within its current three-year facilities, renewed in June this year.
Earnings in the North American operations were expected to be lower than in fiscal 2009, Aristocrat said.
Aristocrat said it expected that market to decline marginally in 2011 because of reduced expansion.
In Japan, intense competition and weaker than expected sales of its key licensed game were the main contributors to weaker-than-expected earnings.
Two new games were planned for release in 2011, and it expected to acquire new licences.
In Australia, second-half earnings were expected to be in line with the first half.
Aristocrat had lost market share overall, with improved traction in Victoria outweighed by share losses in NSW, it said.
The domestic market was expected to remain flat in 2011, but Aristocrat said it would bring forward the release of several new products in the first half of the year.
Aristocrat will release its audited results for the year ending December 31 in February.


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Dispelling the myth that lefties are cleverer and better at sport, prof Mike Nicholls says his research reveals pupils trail behind right-handed classmates.
And he reckons his findings are backed up by other surveys in Britain and the US.
Prof Nicholls, from Flinders University in Adelaide, analysed 5,000 children aged five, 10% of them lefties. He examined their performance at school and heard feedback from school teachers. He concluded: "Left-handers tend to do worse as a group than right-handers."
The psychologist – a left-hander himself – also said it was untrue to say being left-handed was a result of "something going awry at birth". However, the reduced learning ability of lefties was similar to the "negative outcomes" of being born prematurely, he claimed.
"The amount of deficit we are observing as the result of being left-handed is around about the same magnitude as being born pre-term. It's a small, but nevertheless significant, negative result that we're observing," he explained. But international left-handed groups scoffed at his claims. They point out four of the five original designers of the Macintosh computer were left-handed, as was an Apollo astronaut.
And Barack Obama has managed to rise to his position as leader of the free world despite also being a southpaw.
However, our bungling Prime Minister David Cameron is left-handed... so perhaps the professor has a point after all.


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February 22, 2016 — To experience Montréal by night is to truly get to handle on the city and feel its contagiously pervasive joie de vivre! The night is yours: will it begin with a few drinks at happy hour? Then a concert? Supper at 11 p.m.? On the dance floor until the wee hours of the morning? The choice is yours…and what a choice you have!
5 à 7 Happy Hour
Once thecomputer shuts down at the end-of-day Thursday, it's Montréal's unofficial kick-off to the weekend: the ball gets rolling with happy hour (5 à 7) in bars, pubs, microbreweries and patios across the island.
Dine and dance in the same place
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Off to the Casino!
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mafloral said
Hey there, i would start on the colors. To me it looks old and out of date. The menu font look terrible. I mean it has potential and a lot of content but i think you have to spend more time on some of the issues the reviewer pointed out.
I think if you change some of those you will have a good chance of getting it accepted.
Cheers and good luckLester
Hi Lester,
Thanks a lot for your feedback, it is definitely useful. The think is this theme is very flexible in term of design (I don't know if you saw the other 5 skins) but it seems like I have chosen a bad one for the default look and feel, I wanted to do something different but I have failed big time. I guess I have to re-do the default skin as something a bit more corporate with nice colors but I was scare it would be rejected cause of the uniqueness.
For the fonts, I use the google fonts but strangely on Windows it does not look nice, do you have any idea? On my mac it looks fine…
Thanks a lot anyway, I will work on that asap and re-submit it. Hope this time will be good.
jonathan01 said
you can't use the logos at the bottom as they are copyright – and I believe one of the pictures in your slider is an actor – you should replace those for sure.
I would show drop down menus also.
apart from that pretty much what is outlined in the reply you received.
Hope that helps.Jonathan
Thanks for the tips about the logos, I didn't know, I'll change that. Either than that I still can't see what to change with what is said in the reply as I've been looking at it for too long, that's why I need some external feedback.
Well, another disappointed thread here. I have submitted my theme 2 days ago and it is rejected:
Unfortunately your submission DIY Multi-Purpose Versatile WordPress Theme isn't quite ready for ThemeForest and requires significant improvements and changes before it can be resubmitted and reconsidered.
Additionally, we have some extra feedback for you:
1. Your file has some well done design concepts, however it does not meet the current and very stringent quality guidelines and we can not accept your file at this time. You will need to make some additional improvements in overall aesthetics.
2. There are a few inconsistent spacing issues throughout the design.
3. Overall typography needs additional refinements and improvements before it will be ready for sale.4. Even with the current design, a significant increase in the polish of the various aspects of the item may just swing the decision in your favor.
Here is the demo: http://themes.monkeethemes.com/demos/?theme=diy
Looking forward to your feedback please.
I am using timthumb because it can also resize images that are not from the media uploader but external websites.
Good script anyway! Thanks for sharing.
I believe responsive is not a issue itself but more the way it has been integrated. A good responsive approach shouldn't be removing/hiding content that you could find on the desktop version for the sake of been mobile but should simply display the same content flawlessly for smaller screen and keeping the content easy to find.
I would happily stay on a mobile version on my phone rather that the desktop if it has been well thought.
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I like it pretty much, very good attention to detail, well done! For the menu, I would have reduced the white gradient a little. Is it going to be a WP theme?
SyamilMJ said
Nice one, works like a charm!
Looks like a pretty big slider.
Let's say you want 1 pixel to jump every 200 000 with a max of 1 000 000 000, that means your slider has to be 5000 pixels width (5000×200 000), unless your slider move when you reach the end of your 800 pixels, it is not very user friendly. I would recommend to use a simple input tag, unfortunately.
It looks like the marketplace will be crowded (or already is) with a lot of themes that are no more being bought.
My idea would be to have rules over templates and say that a theme that hasn't been bought more than 20 times or something over 3 months should be removed. That's just a example.
If nothing is done to do a spring cleaning the marketplace will be over crowded… How do the buyers to search a theme anyway? Me, filter by sales or by ratings.


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Christmas events in Metro Vancouver up the holiday-cheer ante
From plays to craft fairs to visits with Santa, there's a little seasonal spirit everywhere.
Traditional attractions Heritage Christmas, Vancouver Trolley Karaoke Christmas Lights Tour, and Christmas at Canada Place present activities for young and old alike. Canyon Lights, Festival of Lights, and Bright Nights in Stanley Park all offer original lighting displays with a dose of chilly winter air. You can learn how to make treats at the Italian Panettone & Holiday Sweets Workshop, sip hot cocoa and watch a magic show at the Vancouver North Pole Express, sing songs at A French Christmas, and decorate the tree at Christmas at the Castle. Robson Square Ice Rink promises free ice skating until February 28, so lace up those skates!
Haven't finished your shopping yet? If your present pile is looking decidedly sparse, check out the artisanal crafts and gifts for sale at Christmas Boutique Fine Craft Market, Woodward's Winter Aboriginal Market, the Great Canadian Craft Fair, the East Van Bazaar-Holiday Edition, Gifts-a-Go-Go, Women's Winter Faire, Vancouver Farmers Market's Holiday Market, Blim Annual Holiday Market, and 420 Flea Market & Christmas Craft Show.
Local theatre lovers have a bumper crop of holiday plays to choose from this year. Yuletide entertainment can be found in classics like the Arts Club's White Christmas: The Musical and It's a Wonderful Life, as well as Bah! Humbug! and The Christmas Carol Project, versions of Dickens's holiday tale. There's also Hotel Bethlehem (a new take on what really happened in the stable), Santaland Diaries (one department-store Christmas elf's story of mayhem and drudgery), and Dear Santa (a tale of the preparation for Santa's big delivery).
Both the Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Goh Ballet are doing renditions of beloved holiday ballet The Nutcracker, which tells the story of a young girl who gets whisked into a magical dream world by her Christmas present, a nutcracker that has magically come alive.
Dylan Thomas's tale of a Welsh Christmas gets a refresh in A Child's Christmas in Wales in Concert and A Dylan Thomas Christmas: A Child's Christmas in Wales. You can find a mix of traditional and modern holiday music at A Traditional Christmas, Sing Noel: Gospel Tidings of Comfort and Joy, Stars and Promises, Hark the Herald Angels…the Voyces of Christmas, Love Came Down at Christmas, Resounding Joy: A Phoenix Christmas, VWMC Christmas, Home for Christmas, Sinfonia's Suite Christmas, Christmas Carol Sing-along, The Mystery of Christmas, The North Shore Chamber Orchestra, and A Christmas Reprise 2012. Winter Harp 2012 relays festive medieval music, Festive Bach Cantatas for Christmas revisits material by Bach, El Nino: A Nativity Oratorio presents the Canadian premiere of John Adams's work, Handel's Messiah features the composer's classic holiday work, and Luminous Night features favourites by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
While many activities are designed to be family-friendly, there's also a small selection of events designed specifically for children. Kids can get theatrical with holiday-themed plays like The Magic of Santa and Monster Theatre's A Christmas Carol. If your young ones like arts and crafts, there's ample opportunity for creativity at Tot Tour: Jingle Jolly Santa, Crazy Christmas, Cool Yule, and Breakfast With Santa, as well as chances to visit with Santa himself.
If you still need a tree, check out Aunt Leah's Tree Lots at one of three locations in Vancouver, Burnaby, and Coquitlam. Proceeds from the sale of trees go to programs that help prevent youth homelessness.


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Backers Plan 'Wild West,' Water Parks Near Houston
Investors, undisclosed to the public, have bought about 600 acres of woodlands in the Houston area for proposed amusement parks with Wild West and water themes.
Later this year, construction for the Grand Texas Theme Park and the Big Rivers Water Park near New Caney is scheduled to begin.
Early this week, developers announced the purchase but not the price. Local reports say developer Monty Galland previously estimated the total project cost could reach $220 million.
The famed AstroWorld amusement park in Houston shut down in 2005 after 37 years in operation.
The Grand Texas-Big Rivers site about 30 miles northeast of Houston will be managed by Innovative Leisure Partners. Founder and CEO Chuck Hendrix is a former Six Flags executive who was running AstroWorld when it closed.


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With this I shall return to our regular schedule… Last Sunday we went for a little art tour all around town – we, that is Shayma, Hisham and me. Sunday's are the typical day to do such a thing, not because they are part of the weekend – Sunday is a normal working day in Egypt – but because openings usually take place on Saundays. We started at a palace close by Ibn Tulun Mosque. The gallery there is showing Rembrandt copies, which however are supposed to look magnificent in the setting of the palace. However government galleries and museum close at four o'clock and therefore we had to do without. From there we passed Ibn Tulun Mosque, which was also closed already and continued to Dokki. In the second hall of the supposedly most relevant private collection of Egypt, which I could not see because it was closed at 5 o'clock, the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum is showing city sketches by Wesley Willis from Chicago and Ingo Giezendanner from Zürich. The exibition was very nice and it is interesting to see these two artists face to face. Finally we walked to down town to see the opening at the Townhouse, where currently a photo documentary on the situation in Gaza is shown. As usual, you can find more pictures and better quality on Wuala.
I just walked down the road on the way home and a guy comes up to me and asks me if I have an Anti-Virus CD-ROM. What was that about? Follow the white rabbit? Some weird code? Is that a local pick up line in the gay community or was I supposed to answer something equally abstruse to be able to join some strange club or political conspiracy? Or was he really just looking for an Anti-Virus software? He looked like someone who owns a computer. I imagine him writing an important paper, trying to finish it before the morning, and now at eleven o'clock his computer crashes because of a virus. Cairo is a good place for late night shopping, but software might very well be an exception. And so the poor man is roaming the streets talking to strangers like a beggar in despairing need for this piece of software. When I shook my head in surprise he merely smiled and marched on, determined in his quest, as it seemed.
This time I have more updates than anything else. But let's see how it goes. TED, a quite amazing conference series, now has an online archive of their talks, free for all. There is many talks on art, architecture and technology. A very good talk by Lawrence Lessig covers the issue of how copyright law is not suitable for the Web 2.0 modernity. Besides copyright and Web 2.0 I have been continuously blabbering about Web 2.0 and science. Others do as well. The National Endowment for the Humanities (US) has even opened a special office for this, the Office of Digital Humanities. Technology has been very relevant for another of my favorites topics, the political situation in Egypt. Not only did Twitter take part in saving a man from custody, blogs are also relevant for organising a potential second strike. Was the last strike after all only the alpha version, or does Mubarak hang on, whatever might happen. No matter of the point of view, the problems are due to the inflation and the low salaries, even for educated jobs like doctors. Another relevant issue in Egypt of course is the gender question. Be it because women are fighting for the right to wear a veil or for the right not to be considered as sex symbols, it still is central. Getting back to inflation and salaries however, one main problem is the rising global food prices. This effects also the rest of Africa. The inflation in Zimbabwe however, which hit onehundredsixtyfivethousand per cent recently, is not due to global markets. The question is however, how bad is Mugabe really, compared to other dictators in Africa? The same could be asked about the Chinese. Are the evil, as our media tries to portray them, or is this a simplification. Sometimes news in media can not be just considered in the dichotomy of true and wrong, especially on April the First. But instead of analysing text in such a way, one could simply try to visualise it in a graphic. Or of course one might try to make a concrete wall display it. Or you could leave your message on your computer. Someone who really needs no words to communicate is Gregory Colbert, whose pictures are surreal and sometimes even ethereal. Surreal is also the sand David Horvitz offers to send you in an envelop, given you sponsor him with an equally surreal 1642 US$.
Below my attempt to visualise the state of the Egyptian state.
Most sausages you can get in Cairo taste boring. They usually do not really taste like sausages at all. My theory used to be, that you can not make good sausages with halal meat. However on rare occasions even halal sausages taste reasonable. Nevertheless I still wonder what they want to say with that label.
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Part 4: The exculpation of Wikis
Part 5: Information Overload
Part 6: Hello World
When discussing the issue of availability of books and journals in humanities I argues, that this is a slightly overlooked problem, as it does not occur in well funded Western universities. I continued my argument: "However for a researcher in poorer countries, this usually means that he has no access to most of the relevant publications" which I pointed out, is a major problem in "area studies, non-european history and anthropology." However I believe now that this focus is not the central aspect of the problem. I would still argue that low availability of books and journals in the universities of the developing world is a central issue, but there is something even more central.
Recently we had the pleasure of hosting Adrianne Koteen at our flat. She conducted a photography workshop at the Townhouse at the time. Having a good photographer around of course has the side effect of getting some good photgraphs. I will just add two of her shots (and try to convince her to upload some more on Wuala). On the first one you can see the local fruit guy and me (don't worry, the beard is gone by now). The Second shows our "bawwab", which could be insufficiently translated with doorman.
"The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any."
Marilyn Monroe
Censorship is an interesting phenomenon. Especially in modern times, when most countries are not able to censor anything but the official market for physical media. Recently the Egyptian government decided to censor the SPIEGEL SPECIAL edition on Islam. The decision was taken, because, as the government points out. the magazine is insulting to the prophet Muhammad. While censorship in case of the SPIEGEL magazine has become a lot more subtle in recent years, this is a stark reminder that it is still in place. Articles in the normal magazine covering Egypt or Islam are not anymore removed from the magazine, as they used to be five years ago and even naked women, when not printed too large, seem to be acceptable these days in a foreign language magazine.
There has been comprehensive "discussions" on the relay of the Olympic torch in the recent days. Some people argue that it is a mere show of Chinese propaganda. I encountered the connection between fire and Chinese propaganda in a completely different field recently. When buying cigarettes at my local kiosk I also got a lighter. Most lighters available in Egypt are made in China. Nevertheless I was rather surprised about the motive chosen for the decoration of the lighter. A similar version, which I lost however, shows a soldier in the same pose, as the lighter depicted below.