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I am also a Certified Personal Trainer with a Fitness Nutrition Specialist Certification. I have been Personal Training for over 2 years. I personally have struggled with weight for most of my life. Through that struggle I have developed a true passion for nutrition, fitness, health, and weight loss. I am eager to spread my knowledge and experience to others and help you reach any goals you may have!
On top of that, I have spent the past 6+ years honing my skills for Training, Coaching, and Developing. So, I can promise two things. You will get results and you will have FUN!
I will design your training aro
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Ultimately, my goal is to make sure you enjoy yourself and want to keep coming back. In that process I will make sure you get results.
I am laid back and very patient. Two qualities I feel are necessary to be successful in this field.
I design my curriculum for each individual. This is because everyone has their own goals, there own level of ability, and their own needs as far as how to get there.
1) Rehearsal Studio is my rehearsal studio. I have a full drumset, PA, guitars, and amps available at this location.
2) Apartment is my apartment in Hawthorne. Students are welcome to come here but we have limited options for instrumentation here. Practice Pads, hand drums, and acoustic guitars are the only options at this location.
*** Studio Equipment ***
5 piece Yamaha Drumset with Zildjian Cymbals. PA system. Amps, Guitars, and Keyboards.
*** Travel Equipment ***
I have acoustic guitars, a practice pad, and a djembe. I expect my students to have their own drumsticks and, ideally, their own guitar and practice pad or drumset.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in rock/contemporary & marching band style percussion/drums. I also specialize in folk style guitar and bass.
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Joseph T.
Joseph T.
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Christine specializes in vocal production, has a three-octave range and is adept at various character voices, accents and musical styles. She has sung in several musicals, wedding and church bands, and has given several solo performances since her childhood.
Christine's personal developments are around creating new musicals, composition, songwriting and exploring fusion methods in several musical styles including pop, jazz, rock, blues, neo-soul, new age, electronica, experimental and ethnic music.
Christine also plays piano, rhythm guitar and percussion, and has served as a director, soloist and accompanist for severa
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Making music and singing should be fun, and everyone deserves to have a great experience with their instrument for the rest of their lives. I take pride in guiding my students in exploring their potential in a safe, creative and non-judgmental environment. My students will learn to develop courage and confidence, grow their ears and appreciation for music in all its forms, and expand their range, power and musical skills.
Your lessons will be tailored according to your goals, dreams and personal motivation. I will offer you resources and show you how to use research as way to become independent when preparing your lessons, auditions and performances. If you are an aspiring guitarist/songwriter, I will teach you the basics of playing the guitar and offer you fun techniques to build those callouses, play rhythmically with confidence and coordinate your playing with your singing.
Whether you are completely inexperienced, naturally gifted, shy, ambitious about a professional career or just looking for an outlet that feels good, I am here to help you. You will not only learn technical skills and many tricks for beating stage fright and crafting a performance, but you will also learn to share your unique personality on stage, and learn to perform with feeling, heart and honesty.
Everyone has something beautiful and wonderful to offer the world and I look forward to meeting you and discovering your special voice and sound!
*** Studio Equipment ***
My lessons are conducted in my home in an open living room area. I have a keyboard and a guitar. You must bring your own guitar (an acoustic or acoustic electric - sorry, I do not teach lessons with electric guitars) and, if you have "accompaniment" karaoke CDs (or mp3 on your phone or laptop) and/or sheet music that you have been working with, I encourage you to bring those.
*** Travel Equipment ***
Home lessons are negotiable and I would bring a guitar and/or a percussive instrument. Your home must have a room where lessons can be conducted free from distraction (incl. pets and siblings) and have enough space for exercises and instruments. It must also be in-view of the family and have an open. Group lessons are negotiable. :-)
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in singing, songwriting, voice, speech and acting. I also teach beginning lessons in guitar and piano. Other specializations: International Phonetic Alphabet, Accent Reduction, Musical Theatre, Classical Theatre (Shakespeare, Greeks), Movement Theatre (Mime, Period Movement, Stage Combat), Singing Styles (Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classical, Gospel, Musical Theatre, Sacred Chant).
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· Singing · In home
· Guitar · In home
Christine J.
Christine J.
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If you can Speak you can Sing- Always wanted to learn how to sing and learn a new language? In this package we will do both! With 4 singing lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) to learn the proper technique to improve the voice and 4-languages lessons (English, Spanish or Japanese, 30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) ) to learn the grammar structure and get you conversing with a native speaker! Plus you will learn how to sing a song in the language you chose! This will be 2 classes a week or 2 classes every other week. This means one singing lesson a week and one language lesson a week. If you have kids this is perfect for the summer!
$225 for 30 minute lessons.
$300 for 60 minute lessons.
Let's Sing Anime! Do you love singing to those openings and Ending theme songs when watching your favorite Anime? I do! What can I say I'm an Anime Nerd. With this package you'll get 4 Singing lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) and 4- hour Japanese lessons (30 minutes each for kids 60 minute each for adults) ! Let's learn how to sing those songs right and know what they mean without reading those subtitles!
$225 for 30 minute lessons.
$300 for 60 minute lessons.
If you will like more information Click "Ask a Question" and all questions will go directly to me!
I have been singing and studying voice for over 23 years since I was a child! I hold a Bachelors from Musicians Institute and other accomplished degrees from American Musical Dramatic Academy to conclude my quest for vocal excellence and the ability to sing in multiple languages ( English, Spanish, Japanese and Italian) I have been lucky enough to study with some of the top teachers in the country and now I bring the experience I have gained directly to you!
I am proud to share my student's vast array of musical successes. From being cast on short anime films and musicals to being accepted into prestigious performing arts academies to conquering the Karaoke scene. My passion for multiple languages and love of music is the desire driving me to share the gifts for teaching young children to open the door to their own musical abilities and hidden artistic desires. I am currently writing a musical which will be debuting in 2020. I'm currently the vocal coach and choir director at Iglesia Elim Central.
I will make sure my students have fun and help them get in the right track to their musical goals.
Also, I constantly upload videos on Singing, The Spanish Language, and Japanese! So keep Checking in! It ranges on tips and answering the most common questions on those particular subjects!
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I do my absolute best to create a positive atmosphere for my students. Even when the students feel frustrated or stressed, it is important to inspire them and give them the fuel that they need. Though I am strict when it comes to homework and their about their studies. Every lesson at the beginning I will review what we learned previously and test them.
then begin with proper breathing technique exercises, the cornerstone of all vocals. We move on to vocal exercises to condition the voice. Then we work on the songs that you are eager to sing!
I will use a piano when doing vocal warm ups and conditioning exercises. Students that play other instruments and accompany themselves when performing (such as a guitar) are encouraged to bring that instrument to their lessons. My goal is for them to gain the knowledge that they need to help reach their artistic goals.
With all my lessons every student will be taught a basic run down of Music Theory. My students will always progress in what they do. They will have the discipline that they need and yet have fun and be filled with inspiration. Which is the most important thing, to be Inspired to do better.
*** Studio Equipment ***
iMac, condensing mic...performing mic, keyboard, mixer...living room of apartment.
*** Travel Equipment ***
I do have a portable keyboard. Though I do expect the student to have their own recording device and karaoke tracks. At Home I do have a studio, and if the students has an iPod or an Mp3 player I can attach it to a device where all of us can hear the tracks. I do have a recording studio as well.
*** Specialties ***
I specialize in Musical Theatre, and Pop rock genres. When I teach my students I always have them learn a song of another language whether it's Spanish or Japanese. It helps with diction when they learn a song outside the English Language. Also It helps them to learn another Language at the same time. Also I give them a little anatomy class when they are learning how to sing. I give them a model of the vocal Chords and different areas of the Larynx and which part works for the chest voice and the head voice.
· Singing · Online
· Spanish · Online
· ESL · Online
Rosita R.
Rosita R.
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Self-awareness is at the foundation of everything I teach. I have a varied skill set, but no matter what we work on you will receive from me powerful tools to take better care in approaching and enjoying your overall wellness.
Ask me as many questions as you like- I'm here to help YOU :)
I am willing to travel up to an hour for lessons. Let me know if you have location questions and check out my available locations! I also have Skype lessons available.
Teaching groups of kids or adults is what I do too. If you and your friends want a fun and powerful class in meditation, wellness goals or communication in acting or life let me know :)
" There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. "
- Buddha -
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Ash A.
Ash A.
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Film/TV Acting & Production
Scuba Diving
I teach the basics of movement and alignment in the arts of Freerunning and Parkour with plenty of tumbling involved.
Film/TV Acting & Production
I teach both sides of the camera to individuals who need either quick tune ups or beginners looking into a career in entertainment.
I safety dive with others to give them the benefit of having someone watch your back while you dive. I also teach basic scuba instruction.
My Academy trains individuals seeking a better understanding of the sport of football without the complications of the equipment involved in a live action football game. I believe that everyone can play football. I provide training courses to individuals seeking a better unders
· Gymnastics · In studio
· Football · In home
Christian M.
Christian M.
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I received an educational grant for my service in the United States Navy and studied health, fitness and exercise science. In 2014 I received my associates degree in Advanced Health & Fitness from Bryan University(Deans List) and was certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a personal trainer, Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Core Specialist
Perry J.
Perry J.
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I'm Sarah, your next tutor. :)
I have experience both teaching and tutoring. I have also passed the CBEST (the California Basic Education Skills Test).
I look forward to tutoring you!
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I really appreciate all your time and efforts.
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Sarah K.
Sarah K.
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Donna is an Astrologer and Feng Shui expert with more than 25 years' experience. She's the author of 10 books including Feng Shui Form and the latest installment in her best-selling series, Chinese Astrology 2015 Year of the Wood Sheep. She's spoken at the Build Boston Architectural Conference, the Women of Wisdom Conference in Seattle and been on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. She has clients all over the world and does consultations and classes by phone and Skype.
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Donna S.
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For Dance - Lindsay teaches ballet, social club, and basic hip hop
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My coaching style is fun and experiential. For many years, I was fortunate to coach clients here and abroad. Each client is unique so I use transformational coaching skills to coach them either in-person or online.
It will be a great honor for me to be part of your journey! Together, let us harness your talents and skills inside of you and present it to the world! Thank you, salamat po, y muchos gracias!
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O Captain! My Captain!
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
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Camps Of Green
NOT alone those camps of white, O soldiers,
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Obito hasn't used any Rinnegan techs. except 6PoP. That makes his Rinnegan pretty much irrelevant. Of course it'd be tougher for Minato, but the result would most likely be the same as the last time they fought.
Minato more than likely knows of Hashi's techs., while Hashi doesn't know of Minato's. Like I said, it's understandable if Hashi won.


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Saturday update:
Staff at The Center for Conservation Biology say it looks as if Chinquapin made it through the storm and is okay. "We have had several locations that put the bird on that island and the collective locations and sensor data suggest the bird is fine. After that hard flight it will likely stage within this site for days before completing its migration to the northern coast of South America," says Watts. The Center, based in Virginia, is in the middle of Irene right now and so won't be able to give further updates until Sunday, "if we have power," he says.
Friday update: Chinquapin appears to be alive and down safe on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas. The data comes from just a single satellite fix, received at 4:20 EDT on Friday, so the researchers are waiting for another signal Saturday to be able to confirm, but the news appears to be good.
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Researchers in Virginia are pulling for a small shorebird that stands just a foot and a half high who seems to have survived flying through the most dangerous segment of Hurricane Irene Wednesday on its way to winter grounds in South America.
The whimbrel left the far north of Canada on Saturday, flew down across New England, then out over the open ocean and appears to have encountered the outer bands of Hurricane Irene on Tuesday.
He's part of a tracking program to understand the migratory path of the whimbrels and carries a tiny radio transmitter that's been allowing researchers to follow his path.
His forward progress was impressive, says Bryan Watts, director of The College of William & Mary's Center for Conservation Biology. "When he was in the outer bands of the storm he was flying at 30 miles per hour."
Whimbrels have been clocked at 40 to 50 miles per hour in clear weather.
The bird was named Chinquapin by the scientists who tagged it. Pronounced 'chink-a-pin,' it's the name of a shrub in Georgia.
Chinquapin flew through the dangerous northeast quadrant of the storm during the day on Wednesday
Whimbrels are "capable of really amazing migration flights" of up to 3,500 miles without a rest," Watts says. Chinquapin had already been flying for four days straight without stopping when he ran into Irene.
"It's sort of bad to hit a big storm at the end of a flight that long."
The scientists think Chinquapin found his way to some of the islands in the Caribbean to rest. "We think he's going to make it through the storm," Watts said.
What's truly surprising to Watts is that Chinquapin knew where to turn to find an island out in the middle of the ocean. "They seem to have this amazing ability to know exactly where they are at any time. We've had birds go 1,000 to 1,500 miles off shore of Bermuda and still be able to navigate effectively," he says.
The transmitter Chinquapin carries weighs about a third of an ounce. It sends a signal to a satellite allowing scientists to triangulate the bird's position. The transmitter is attached with a leg loop harness and sits on the bird's lower back.
The researchers expect to receive the next update on Chinquapin's location Friday morning.
Chinquapin is probably about three years old. The scientists don't even know how long whimbrels usually live but they suspect it's about ten years, so Chinquapin is most likely in his prime.
Whimbrels made an extremely long migration between James Bay in the Canadian Arctic in the summer and Brazil and Suriname in the winter where they breed. They often stop along the tidal creeks and marshes of Virginia's Eastern Shore to gorge on fiddler crabs before continuing their flight down south.
One of the goals of the research project is to understand how migratory birds navigate and survive storm systems. The Caribbean Basin is a major flyway for many bird species moving between feeding and breeding grounds in North America and South America. Their migration coincides with the period of highest hurricane formation. Changing climate patterns could be affecting storm frequency, intensity, or distribution, all of which could have implications for timing and routes of these long-range fliers.
The tracking project is a collaborative effort between the Center for Conservation Biology, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program and Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences. You can see other tracked flights here.
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'Spring Breakers' Hollywood Premiere: Who Was The Best-Dressed Star?
Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez and Ashley Tisdale treated the Hollywood premiere of Spring Breakers like Fashion Week on Thursday as the former Disney tweens stepped out in stunning gowns and flirty dresses.
Gomez, 20, appeared to be saying "Justin who?" in a gorgeous red gown by Reem Acra, which she matched with Giuseppe Zanotti heels, a Jimmy Choo clutch, and Lorraine Schwartz jewels.
Meanwhile, Hudgens got in touch with her fun side in black-and-white ensemble by Naeem Khan, adding jewels by Neil Lane for an added adult touch.
But it was arguably Tisdale — who isn't even in the movie — who stole the whole shebang in a patterned sleeveless dress by Armani.
Also at the premiere: co-star James Franco, who looked fittingly dapper as always; and, Modern Family star Sarah Hyland; and Marilyn Manson, of all people.
Spring Breakers opens in select theaters on Friday.
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We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.
The stain of congressional Republicans seems to be rubbing off on the GOP presidential candidates as well.
THE CLAIM: At an anti-tax event in Iowa in January, Bachmann called slavery a "stain on our history."
The black stamp bleeds like a stain in all directions and the message appears, We have to stand against these laws!
Their actions bring shame to all of us and are a stain on our community, our religion, and the Jewish state.
Probably the address, bunglingly adjusted on the side instead of the top, or else a stain of mud from the late rough drive.
But I do blame you for leaving them with a stain upon your character.
Of course by "moral qualities," a character without spot or stain is not intended: we may take that for granted.
The stain of blood is in every scarlet thread of your carpets, rugs, and curtains.
He immediately demanded the cause of the stain on it, and she hesitated, at a loss what reply to make.
late 14c., probably representing a merger of Old Norse steina "to paint" and a shortened form of Middle English disteynen "to discolor or stain," from Old French desteign-, stem of desteindre "to remove the color," from des- (from Latin dis- "remove;" see dis-) + Old French teindre "to dye," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Stained; staining. Stained glass is attested from 1791.
1560s, from stain (v.).
stain (stān)
A reagent or dye that is used for staining microscopic specimens.
A procedure in which a dye or a combination of dyes and reagents is used to color the constituents of cells and tissues.


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Second, I have several more raw tapes that need to be placed inside an already existing template for a 28:30 program, rendered and fully completed project and more to come over a period of time the need to be edited into to program template.
When responding please provide pricing for both projects. The second project is a long-term project for the right person who is able to provide a low-cost solution for a long-term project. Small income but steady work to help pay the lights!
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Growing up I thought of vinegar as oil's best bud and the tangy liquid that made cucumbers spicy and delicious. But over time I've learned just how versatile vinegar can be–and not just as a salad dressing.
For starters, I've discussed how vinegar can deodorize wet laundry that's sat for too long in the dryer, and how "brewing" a pot of vinegar can work the gunk out of an overused coffee pot. I remember my mother teaching me that a combination of vinegar and baking soda poured down a drain can clear out a clog as well as chemicals, without the same caustic effect on pipes (though I have to wonder if the exploding Diet Coke-and-Mentos concoction that the guys on "Mythbusters" favor would clear out drains as well).
I just got finished writing a story for All You Magazine on how going green can save you green (gee, why does that concept sound so familiar?!). In researching how to make your own cleaning supplies, a suggestion in my story, I came across tons of innovative uses for vinegar. Here are some of the uses that didn't make it into my story:
* Vinegar can act like pest control.
Pour it in a place where ants are congregating to "encourage" them to get out of dodge, or put out a small bowl of vinegar to suck in fruit flies that might be buzzing about your fruit. (You can visit this vinegar tips website for more ideas like these.)
* Vinegar works well to "fix" a pet's accident.
If your dog gets skunked or your cat pees on the rug, vinegar can help get the odors out. With the peeing-on-the-carpet instance, the lingering smell of vinegar will likely dissuade the animal for peeing there again. Hopefully she chooses her litter box the next time and not a patch of carpet six inches away.
* Vinegar makes your hair shiny again.
If you're a styling-product junkie, you're probably spending money on and using clarifying shampoos on a regular basis to wash away that build up (or at last you should be). Turns out that a vinegar-and-water combo hair rinse does a great job getting rid of styling-product build up, too. I find this idea kind of icky but folks tell me that if you shampoo after the rinse, the smell disappears. (I guess this can't be any more icky than when my daughter brought home lice and we soaked our heads with olive oil to get rid of the little buggers–and it worked.)
For more ideas on what you can do with vinegar, check out The Vinegar Institute, a trade association of vinegar manufacturers. (Who knew such an association existed?)
In the meantime what are some ways that you use vinegar around the house–and I don't mean in salads?
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>Rich=Gautier writes: > > 1) encryption is common place (read: readily available) on the internet > but isnt on the 'common' telephone connection I'd suggest that a more meaninful measure would be readily available as opposed to common-place. Most electronics catalogs have little, scrambling devices you can attach to your phone for little cost. While perhaps not "common-place", they are readily available. also a point: while not necessarily harder to get information off a spoken phone conversation than an internet connection (and possibly easier) it is much less likely because: 1) there are promiscuous packet grabbers out there that just grab information and filter out the juicy bits (passwds) on computers - there is nothing analgous for phones because of the point to point nature. (it's unlikely that somebody would have something listening for the word "password" and even less likely that it would actually catch it) 2) a phone connection can go through many different circuits before reaching its destination, depending on, PBX, local carrier, long distance carrier, available trunks.. Heck, you can even call from your co-workers phone! whereas an internet connection is much easier to figure out. (traceroute) and less likely to change. This is just for casual use one-time exchange.. Obviously, if somebody is targeting a person specifically, all bets are off. But you're less likely to be casually "caught" on the telephone. Just my $.02 -- ____________________________________________________________________________ Doug Hughes Engineering Network Services System/Net Admin Auburn University doug @ eng . auburn . edu "The Light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train"


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As we approach Election Day, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is concerned by the growing trend towards preemptive censorship of political expressive activity on our nation's college and university campuses.
At the University of Illinois, for instance, faculty and staff members were recently told that they could not participate in a wide variety of political activity on campus, even including wearing a pin or button in support of a political candidate or placing a partisan bumper sticker on one's car. At the University of Oklahoma, students and faculty were recently notified that they could not use their school e-mail accounts to disseminate any partisan or political speech, including political humor and commentary.
These and similar cases have demonstrated to FIRE the need to reiterate and emphasize the protections that apply to political speech on campus. In determining policy regarding political speech, colleges and universities must heed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations, as well as state and federal law. However, we must remind university administrators that, correctly interpreted, none of these legal guidelines seriously conflict with the equally crucial duty to uphold the First Amendment and basic principles of free expression on campus.
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Currently if I try and add a vimeo video with media 2.x dev you get:
"http://vimeo.com/X could not be added. Only the following types of files are allowed to be uploaded: audio, video".
As per the media_youtube issue #1812976: Register video/youtube mimetype and provide an upgrade path here's a patch!
Attribution would be appreciated :)
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Comment #2steinmb CreditAttribution: steinmb commented
|» 7.x-1.x-dev
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Rolled against latest dev. and works just fine. Strait port of the 7.x-2.x one from what I can see. Let's get it in.
Comment #3Jackinloadup CreditAttribution: Jackinloadup commented
Comment #4Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
|Reviewed & tested by the community
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The update function should be removed since #1949520: Remove media_youtube_update_7202() and media_youtube_file_default_types_alter() landed.
Comment #5Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
media_vimeo_file_default_types_alter() is also unnecessary.
Comment #6kreynen CreditAttribution: kreynen commented
The update functions are only in the 2.x branch. This patch was to backport those to 1.x... which now looks like it is unnecessary as a result of #1911970: The audio, image, and video file types should default to a wildcard mimetype selector. I will take care of this along with revering the change if necessary in media_archive, media_bliptv, and media_cloudcast.
Comment #7gmclelland CreditAttribution: gmclelland commented
Sorry, I didn't see this issue. Here is the patch #1950188: Remove media_vimeo_update_7200() and media_vimeo_file_default_types_alter().
Comment #8DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
I'm having this problem with Media v7.x-2.0-alpha2 and Media:Vimeo v7.x-2.0-rc1, I had to add "video/vimeo" to the list of mimetypes at admin/structure/file-types/manage/video in order for it to work correctly.
Comment #9DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
So on my site, that has been running Media v2 since 2011, the MIME types list for the Video file type includes 54 different "video/[something]" values, whereas on a clean D7 testbed that was reinstalled a week ago it just says "video/*". I imagine this may ultimately be a file_entity problem, along the way it should have fixed its MIME types but failed to do so.
Comment #10DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
|Register video/vimeo mimetype else not recognised as a video
|» Fix video MIME types (was "Register video/vimeo mimetype else not recognized as a video")
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Moving this to the File Entity queue so that the video MIME type string can be fixed via an update hook.
Comment #11Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
|File Entity (fieldable files)
|» Media: Vimeo
|Needs review
|» Active
I don't believe this is actually something that needs to be fixed. This is why we were actually in the unstable state. The current export is correct and you could always just revert the file type to the default export. You also have the ability to alter the file type definition so this could be altered from a contrib module if needed. At this point we cannot alter what people have set in their file types.
Moving back since the mimetype was committed to 2.x of the Media: Vimeo module. I'm unsure of what further action needs to happen.
Comment #12DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
Dave: Might it be worth adding an update script to at least display a message for anyone updating in the past year / six months that the display system has changed substantially and it may be best to rebuild it from the defaults?
Comment #13Dave Reid CreditAttribution: Dave Reid commented
It might be worth documenting in a guide for unstable to alpha updates, or 1.x to 2.x updates?
Comment #14DamienMcKenna CreditAttribution: DamienMcKenna commented
|Fix video MIME types (was "Register video/vimeo mimetype else not recognized as a video")
|» Notify via hook_update_N / document that the file MIME types and displays may need to be rebuilt
|Media: Vimeo
|» Media
I never used v1 on this site, it has always been v2, however because I started using it in 2011 there may not have been much difference at that point, other than the Views integration.


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The lack of a northern front has allowed Iraq to concentrate its forces in the south.
By putting additional pressure on Baghdad from the north, where US deployments have been extremely thin, US commanders may be hoping to blunt any further temptation by Iraq to commit more forces against the coalition troops in the south.
The amnesty offer, one Kurdish official said, was an attempt to lure away less fanatical fighters who might be shaken by the US air strikes.
It would shield about 300 Kurdish Ansar fighters from criminal charges for actions during their 19-month war with the administration.
But the amnesty would not be granted to Arab Ansar members involved in last month's murder of a Kurdish legislator, Shawkat Haji Mushir.
As the amnesty deal was sent to Ansar, another militant Muslim group, Komaly Islami, agreed in a de facto surrender to move 1000 fighters out of its stronghold of Khurmal. US officials and their Kurdish allies had feared Ansar and Komaly would merge, raising the extremists' force to nearly 2000.
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War On Iraq
In brief
Months to victory, US warns
Pentagon pins all deaths on Saddam
With hearts and minds, up against hearts of darkness
From Russia with blood: missile attack kills four Americans
Prisoners say comrades forced them into battle
US opens northern front with troop drop
Basra mars road to Baghdad
Saddam learns wiles of the underdog
Bus attack a suicidal new tactic
Aid convoys form vanguard of mammoth operation
Powell crimps UN role in rebuilding
Business as usual for US once the battle is over
Shock and awe tactics that are employed on home soil
All eyes on Franks as war kicks into gear
UK commander steps up war of words with Al Jazeera
ASIO to monitor staff with access to airports
Police, protesters in stand-off over new anti-war march through city
Battlefront Iraq
Dramatic start for country's elite
Forces' strategy one of support
PM calls for Timor-style stewardship
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|ساعت ٩:۱٠ ق.ظ روز ۱۳۸۸/۱٠/٢٥ کلمات کلیدی: tcs ، کشش خودرو ، سیستم کنترل ، خودرو
TCS (Traction control system ) 1
Critical driving situations are not restricted to braking; they can also occur during standing start and moving acceleration (specially on slippery gradients) and during cornering. These conditions can present drivers with more than they can handle. The result: Dangerous driving errors.
TCS traction control is designed to solve these problems. The primary purpose of TCS, an expanded version of ABS, is to reduce the demands placed on the driver by maintaining vehicle stability and steering response under acceleration (provided that the physical limits are not exceeded).
TCS does this by adapting the engine torque to levels corresponding to the traction available at the road surface before the situation becomes critical (Figure 1).
By combining TCS and ABS it is possible to obtain higher levels of safety through dual-purpose application of system components.
Base system
The TCS traction control system must be capable of inhibiting wheel-spin during initial or moving acceleration under the following conditions:
When the lane is slippery on one or both sides
As the vehicle emerges from iced over parking lots and highway shoulders,- During acceleration when cornering, and
When starting off on a gradient (closed loop control of applied tractive force based on regulation of brake pressure at the potentially spinning wheel
The traction-control system must also intervene in the following situations:
When a wheel spins
The same as when it locks
The lateral forces that it can transmit are limited; the vehicle becomes instable and the rear fishtails.
TCS maintain vehicle stability for enhanced safety.
Spin-slip also leads to increased tread wear and drive train stress (e.g., differential). TCS avoids the drive train loads that occur when a spinning wheel suddenly finds traction on a high adhesion surface.
TCS must be ready to intervene automatically at all times. TCS employs the difference in slip rates at the drive wheels to distinguish between cornering and acceleration slippage. The tires do not "drag" in tight radius corners, as can occur with a differential lock. Limited slip and locking differentials cannot always inhibit wheel spin resulting from excess throttle applications. In contrast, TCS also regulates the engine output to ensure that the wheels retain traction.
The system responds to conditions in the physical threshold range by triggering a warning lamp to alert the driver.
MSR engine drag torque control
TCS can be expanded and complemented with the addition of a supplementary MSR engine drag torque control device. When shifting down, or when the throttle closes suddenly on low traction road surfaces, the engine's brakingeffect can lead to excessive braking slip at the drive wheels.
MSR responds by initiating a small increase in the engine's torque to reduce the braking effect at wheels to a level commensurate with vehicle stability.
TCS must be able to intervene irrespective of the driver's throttle input. It is therefore necessary to replace the mechanical linkage between accelerator pedal and throttle valve (on gasoline engines), or between the pedal and control lever on the injection pump (on diesel engines), with ETC "electronic throttle control" (alternatively know as "drive-by-wire" etc.). ETC assigns TCS control commands priority over driver inputs.
A pedal travel sensor converts the position of the accelerator pedal into an electrical signal. The ETC control unit consults programmed factors and signals from other sensors (e.g., temperature, engine speed) in converting this pedal signal into a control voltage for the electric servomotor. The servomotor actuates the throttle valve (or pump control lever on diesels) and relays the position back to the ECU (Figure 2)1
When the driver depresses the accelerator, engine torque and the resulting drive torque both increase. If the road surface is capable of providing adequate "support" for this increased torque, then the vehicle can accelerate without restriction.
However, at least one of the drive wheels will start to spin as soon as the drive torque exceeds the physical maximum that can be applied through the road. The result is a reduction in effective tractive force, while the attendant loss of lateral adhesion leads to vehicle instability.
Within fractions of a second, TCS responds by regulating drive wheel slip page down to the optimum level.
As figure 1 illustrated, variations in torque balance MB can be employed to influence the monitored wheel speeds v1 and v1 - and with them the drive slip λ - at each of the drive wheels.
The torque balance MB consists of the drive torque MA, braking torque MB and the road - surface factor MS (representing the torque that can be transferred to the road surface).
On vehicles with spark ignition engine, the drive torque MA is regulated using the following systems:
Throttle valve (throttle-valve adjustment
Ignition system (advance angle adjustment, suppression of individual ignition pulses- Injection system (suppression of individual injection pulses
On diesel equipped vehicles the drive torque MA is regulated by adjusting the control lever on the injection pump (reduction of injected fuel quantity).
The brake system can be used to control the braking torque MB at the individual wheels. For this, the ABS hydraulic system must be expanded accordingly.
Figure 3 compares the response delays associated with various types of TCS intervention in the engine management.
As the illustration shows, in the case of 2-wheel-drive vehicles, the relatively extended response delays mean that it is not possible to obtain satisfactory results with control based exclusively on throttle valve adjustments
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Twinkies to make early return at Wal-Mart stores
Twinkies are making an early comeback at Wal-Mart stores.
The world's largest retailer said it started selling the snack cakes at about 1,600 stores on Friday and that about 3,000 of its 4,000 stores across the nation should have them by Sunday morning, a day before Hostess had said the cakes would start hitting shelves nationwide.
By late next week, stores also will have Hostess Mini Muffins and fried Fruit Pies, said Wal-Mart spokeswoman Veronica Marshall. Coffee Cakes, Ho Hos, Orange CupCakes, Suzy Qs and Zingers will be available by August. Sno-Balls will arrive in the fall.
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Julia G. Munn, born Julia Gertrude Pierce 17 Jun 1901 in Haddonfield, Camden County, New Jersey, was my grandmother. She died in a nursing home in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina 28 Apr 1988. The Social Security Death Index does not actually list the decedent's last home, but the address to which the final check is sent. My mother and father were full-time RV travelers who used a mail-forwarding service based in California, so the last check was sent to them via the service. My grandmother never lived in California.


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This paper will report on a study of reading comprehension which took place in two widely different cultures: Hong Kong, China, and Namibia, southern Africa. Introductory comments will define reading comprehension as being made up of a variety of components or skills, such as word knowledge, syntactic knowledge, schematic knowledge etc. Consideration will be given to the effects of social and cultural values on the process of reading. One aspect of reading will be identified as having particular importance in the comprehension of text: rhetorical structure. After a brief survey explaining why this feature is of importance, an experiment will be described which took place in Hong Kong (sample size 490) and Namibia (sample size 584) to assess the effect on reading comprehension of different rhetorical organizations.
The experiment assessed students (average age 14) in six schools. Hong Kong students were all Cantonese first language speakers. Namibian students spoke a range of different languages as their mother tongue (broadly designated as part of either the Khoisan, Bantu and European language groupings). All students were presented with a text, in English, on the topic healthy eating. The texts were, as far as possible, identical, except that they had been organized into four different rhetorical forms: description, cause-effect, problem-solution and listing. Comprehension was assessed with a text based cloze and recall protocols. Results suggested clear differences in the comprehension of the texts related to which rhetorical organization had been read. There were also clear differences related to language grouping. The reasons for these differences may be related to intercultural rhetoric, but also to differences in pedagogy and to differences in the linguistic construction of English, Chinese, Khoisan and Bantu languages.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Rhetorical Organization, Hong Kong, Namibia
Dr. Alastair Sharp
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Chu-Young Park is expected to return to Watford's squad for tomorrow night's match after missing the Leicester City draw through injury.
Fellow new arrival Samba Diakite also missed the weekend trip to the King Power Stadium with a slight calf strain but is unlikely to be fit for the visit of Birmingham City.
Speaking on Saturday evening, Beppe Sannino said: "Park had a little problem with his knee two days ago but it was minor and I expect him to be OK for Tuesday."
He added: "I don't think Diakite will be in the squad on Tuesday but I don't think it will be too long. I hope he will be fit as soon as possible."


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I appeared on a panel about a month ago at the Progressive Australia conference in Sydney, organised by the Chifley Research Centre. Although this wasn't a stand-alone presentation (I was speaking in response to a keynote speech by Patrick Diamond), I thought my slides might be of interest.
Peter Martin has an interesting piece regarding the Commission of Audit in today's Fairfax papers. He looks back at the 1996 Commission of Audit to draw some lessons for the current Commission. He notes that the 1996 Commission recommended scaling back tax expenditures to businesses and high-income households, reducing politicians' entitlements, and changing the model of school funding.
When the Hawke Government came to power in March 1983, the unemployment benefit for a single adult was worth $192 in today's dollars. By the time Labor left office in 1996, it had lifted the real (inflation-adjusted) benefit, renamed Newstart Allowance, to $245 a week. Over the course of those 13 years in office, the Hawke and Keating Governments raised the real value of the unemployment benefit by $53 per week, a 27.4% rise. Contrary to the recollections of some, increases in unemployment benefits were part of the "Keating model".
Since Keating left office, the unemployed haven't fared as well. It's worth $252.70 a week now, including the Clean Energy Supplement, a $7.70 or 3.2% increase over 17 years.
My last post consisted of the sort of Sisyphean snark about The Australian that I'd like to cut back on, but can't resist writing. I was a little taken aback that the same paper that labelled a modest trim to family payments for high-income households as 'class warfare' would unashamedly lament that "the old principle that welfare should exist only for those who genuinely need it appears no longer to hold."


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Use the large deck with a great view, or one of the inside sitting areas. The common area has a generously designed open floor plan, decorated with contemporary European and local art, European antiques and a fireplace, as well as comfortable lounging areas. Play the piano, a game of ping-pong, or go for a hike across the hillside and valley on 30 acres of private property. We also have two beautiful house cats that may greet you, Mitzi and Filou. They are a part of our family and love our guests.
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Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Please note that the reason we're having this discussion at >> all is that the init script may be used for purposes other than system >> shutdown. So the argument that "it's going to happen anyway" is wrong. > Believe it or not, you just disproved your own statement that the > initscript should not take it upon itself to issue the kill -9. How? > So, what if I issue '/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql restart' -- and > backends don't go away during the 'stop' phase, while postmaster may > actually have died? Or is it even possible for postmaster to drop out > with a running backend out there? The postmaster will certainly not do so voluntarily. If you kill -9 it, of course, that's the situation you're left with ... but your reasoning seems circular to me. "I should kill -9 the postmaster to prevent the situation where I've kill -9'd the postmaster." regards, tom lane
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The BBC is looking at ways to share its iPlayer and internet TV technology with other public service broadcasters as part of its submission to industry regulator Ofcom
The BBC is prepared to share its iPlayer technology and plans to develop a new internet-enabled set-top box as part of its £120m proposal for a range of partnerships with other public service broadcasters.
As part of its submission to Ofcom's public service broadcasting review, the BBC has also suggested sharing regional news offices with ITV and waiving the fees it charges for publishing TV listings.
It has been suggested the BBC is trying to avoid having to give Channel 4 a stake in the Corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, or share the licence fee with other broadcasters.
Ofcom is reviewing a range of proposals to try and plug a forecast public sector funding gap of up to £235m a year.


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Once again, the question isn't the quality of the themes, I've reviewed over a hundred before buying two and even the ones I didn't buy for the most part looked pretty slick. You authors are totally missing my points and are way too sensentive. You invest all your time in the sizzzle (hyping up your theme) by trying to put as much "wow" into it as you can, then you don't tell your customers HOW they too can get the theme to look like you did. You don't see something wrong with that "business plan"? Hint: It makes customers hopping mad! I don't mind learning Wordpress and will when I have time, BUT say you really need to learn Wordpress when your pitching your theme. If you don't, I'll wagger my response is typical, just that others haven't taken the time to tell you. Now you know. LEARN from it!
Step into my shoes. I didn't get close to what I thought I was getting. I feel cheated.
Now either I buy a third theme (I did) the one I wanted originally but yet wasn't ready for sale, or I'm forced to invest endless hours "learning" Wordpress, The very reason I bought the theme for in the first place…. to avoid that. My point and it is simple, the adveritsing isn't totally honest. At the very least it is misleading.
My assumptions in part are based on some of the comments here in this thread… it seems it is common and accepted practice to hide from potential customers that the theme won't look anything like the demo. In my opinion that's deceptitive. Now I only bought two themes, so I can't say all authors dodge giving real instuctions or sample code. The one I just bought not only provides good documentation, but a whole series of extremely well done how-to videos and also includes sample code. Maybe that's why he outsells almost everybody ten to one or better. Best of all he and his staff GO OUT OF THEIR WAY and in a friendly way to answer any and all questions, INCLUDING those from people that haven't even bought his theme yet.
There's a lesson to be learned there. Don't be so bullheaded.
You can't hide behind what you charge for the theme or what your cut is. That is beyond the customers's control. I may as well ask WHY are the themes priced as low as they are? I'm trying to HELP you guys. Before finding ThemeForest I found many sites selling themes for two, three, five times the price and they weren't as good. Maybe THAT is the real issue. You feel cheated, then take it out on customers if they "dare" to ask for a bit of help to get what they bought to work as shown in the demo.
In closing, another dose of reality. If you guys work has hard working as you say, you wouldn't have time to whine in this forum when somebody raises legimiate concerns. I'm not wasting my time just to complain, I'm actually trying to tell youhow you are preceived.
Hint: If I get good support, I'll shout it from the rooftops. If I get lousy support, I l'll shout that too. Wise up!
That made me laugh. Honest it did. There would be little need for a support forum if the author was capable of writing lucid and COMPLETE documentation in the first place. I noticed at least in the two themes I purchased the help forum was 90% filled with basic questions like how do I do this or your XXX doesn't work even after following instructions to the letter.
I'm not looking for a ready to go web site. Geez, I was developing web sites back in the early 90's when some of your were still probably crawling around in diapers.
I do DEMAND completeness. I'm a stickler for it and when documentation is incomplete, written sloppy leaving key instructions out or assumes you already know something or actually contains WRONG information I'm all over the author like white on rice.
Kindness of their heart to provide help? Get real. If the included documentation causes the purchaser to fumble, use trial and error and then get frustrated BECAUSE the documentation is lacking key information on how to implement features of the theme SHOWN in the demo then the fault totally lies with the theme author, not the customer. If anyone thinks different you are delusional.
I agree with what others said. At MIMINUM each theme should include at least a few basic samples. How lazy are theme authors anyway?
A few weeks ago, I got bit by the Wordpress bug. Then I found Themeforest. As a total newbie to Wordpress my first impressions with Wordpress and this site and its authors was joy. No more. That has been replaced by anger, frustration and disappointment.
Call what follows assorted gripes, nitpicking, whatever. It should also serve as a wake-up call to authors AND the folks that run this site. I literally reviewed and careful watched the demos of at least 50 Wordpress themes, carefully noting the pros and cons of each. To put it mildly I feel cheated after ordering two. The demos used to intice customers into buying are NOWHERE near what you actually get. This borders on deceptative advertising at best. That does not sit well with customers.
What perhaps annoys me the most are the following three issues:
A. The claim "well documented" used in nearly every theme by ThemeForest reviewers. Are you kidding? At best the so-called documentation is miminial and ASSUMES the buyer ALREADY knows Wordpress inside and out. Well duh… no I don't. WHY I bought a theme! I didn't want to or have plans or the time to invest months becoming a Wordpress Guru just to make the theme I purchased look like it does in the demo and THAT it doesn't, not even close, is the real sore point. I had assumed (foolish of me perhaps) that once installed, my job would be basically fill in the blanks. I wish. The point and lesson learned is to get the theme to look like it does in the demo requires MUCH effort and support to get it to that point simply isn't offered anywhere in the documentation and that sore point is not mentioned by ThemeForest reviewers.
My experience and I'm gusssing it is TYPICAL of at least newbies to Wordpress is I've wasted hours of my time TRYING to get either of the two themes I bought to work as advertised and getting no where fast. More annoying is I bought the bill of goods that Wordpress allows you to EASILY switch between themes and your content is untouched. Well I know that that is BS.
Case in point, one theme uses the term "slides" as a category to load images to the home page slider. Switching to the second theme I purchased and also a couple of freebie ones I installed, the slides show nowhere. Not what I was expecting. Another example is when trying out the second theme I had to disable plugins from the first or the second theme wouldn't have a working slider. This is not my idea of open source or transparancy…. a big selling point on using Wordpress is, easily switch between themes. Real World, NO YOU CAN 'T unless of course you undo or redo much of what you've already done because apparently it is common practice of theme authors to break Wordpress rules to get HIS theme to work, even if doing so messes up other themes you might have/want to install. Ditto for plug-ins. Claiming this is "professional" is commical.
B. Author Support. I should really call it lack of support and if you get any, it is offered up with a chip on the author's shoulder, hey I'm busy don't bother me kind of approach and by the way first read the other several hunders posts from others that couldn't get the theme to work as advertisinged either.
That isn't "support" in my book. The first author seems to get off mocking his customers IF they ask questions… not answered in his "documentation". Worse this author freely admits he screwed-up placing oversized buttons on top of one of his help videos, admits because of that it is hard to follow along and then says he isn't going to redo it after agreeing he messed it up. The second author's site is down more than it is up, the "well documented" insgturction he gave are ONE page, that skims over everything, making it necessary to try to find help in this guy's support forum… but you can't do that when you can't access it because it is down.
C. Perhaps the most annoying thing of all is you do NOT get anything close to what the demo shows. I has assumed, (foolish of me, but I take things literal) That a "theme" would be a outline, ie basically placeholders where you fill in the blanks with your content, bing, bang boom, you are done. Not even close. To say you get a blank canvas and YOU get to stumble through TRYING to make it look anything close to the nice demo you saw by using endless attempts and trial and error is what you really end up with.
A few suggestions:
1. Rather than just rating the theme, also provide a means to rate the author's support or lack of it. IF potential customers knew in advance how some of these authors are when you ask for help, they would sell zero themes. The two I dealt with think they are doing you a favor to address issues they left out of their documentation.
2. Authors should be REQURIED to include full working templates complete with the demo code so you have a starting place to work from to avoid struggling for endless hours, days, TRYING to match what you saw the demo do.
The problem here isn't that Theme X can't do something, rather the complete lack of the authors telling you HOW , step by step to get the theme to do what he shows it can do. Then if you get any "help" from the so-called "support" forums acting like they did you a favor to provide missing information.
3. Authors should be required to say important things like such and such plug-in needs to be disabled or that they are using non standard coding that will "break" other themes.
Finally, if you read this far… I was waiting for a third author to realease his revised version of his theme. I'm about to try that one. He's already sold a stack of them and I can tell from how he and others on his staff respond both in the comments section here and on his support forum and him even giving detailed PRE PURCHASE support. Guessed ALL theme authors did that. Yeah right.
Thanks for reading. I might of made you mad, but you know what I said is true.
Thanks Jack. I just took a quick look so far, pressed for time with other projects, which is another reason I was so annoyed not with you but PayPal and Activeden having set time aside yesterday, now I don't know when I'll have time to get back to it.
It isn't your fault. Beyond your control, I know. I've read about 10 pages cf comments already about the template and appreciate not only how fast you respond but your technical skill. I appreciate how well documented the XML files are and the ample seperate help files which are some of the best written I've seen.
MSFX , I'm hardly ranting. The so-called "support channels" over Activeden are actually part of the problem!
Nothing will piss off a customer more than having his credit card "refused" due to bungling by PayPal then trying to report the problem to Activeden only to again have the ball dropped by them having a poorly designed form that demands an imput fiield be completed that the customer can't, because the order didn't complete. That's BUSH LEGAGUE and you know it.
If I can't rant about it here, then where?
Update: A comedy of errors and gross stupidity!
I called PayPal again this morning. Initially they deny there was a problem yesterday. How typical of PayPal. I pressed them and then PayPal ADMITED they screwed up, but refuse to give any details of how they screwed-up or who flagged the account or why the account was flagged preventing the transaction from going through.
I had the PayPal representative remain on the phone while I attempted to place the order again using the same credit card. This time success… but:
The so-called "support" from Envato Marketplaces was/is LAUGHABLE .
I got several emails obviously from a autoresponder, so no help at all actually. Again they make the foolish mistake of asking in the email for the ticket number of the transaction WHEN THERE CAN 'T BE ONE if the problem is actually PayPal screwing up the processing, then denying there was a problem today.
This reflects badly on the lack of professionalism of Activeden and Envato Marketplace.
A personal message to all the authors that offer their services and products here: I've personally viewed many samples of your work. Not a few, literally hundreds. I see a high degree of professionalism in your work BUT that is totally offset by the sloppy and very amaturish ordering processing and the inability to accept credit card orders directly.
In all fairness to the authors, most every template I've looked at here and I've literally looked at hundreds most every one one can be CUSTOMIZED so text fields can be made larger via XML .
One gripe I have is a lot don't auto-size, which I think is this day is a BIG mistake. The Flash can and should look the same regardless of browser or how much the user shrinks down the window his browser is running in.
As far as they "all look alike" comment, well, to a point, but if you keep looking you find somw that go their own direction or again can be customized by the end user.
I am so frustrated and pissed! I'm a new member. About 4 hours ago I TRIED to order a template. My bank underwent a name change through merger. That means they (PayPal) won't process the order via check… for at least 3 days, because yeah, I was nice enough to inform them of the merger. Over a year ago. I shouldn't have to, they should be doing their job if they knew what they are doing which obviously they don't. Another reason I HATE using PalPal. I know I'm not the only one.
So I tried to use my credit card from ANOTHER bank. The order process went normally accepting my card number and showing what I ordered then nothing to finish the order. It generated no error report,no order confirmation, nothing. So I waitied and waited. No confirmation from PayPal or ActiveDen. Hours pass.
I call the fools at PayPal. Played phone tag and having first denying any order coming through some bozo finally admits they (PayPal) put a "security flag" on it, refusing the transaction. I get transfered to their "security" dept. What a laugh!
At no time did PayPal say why and as hard as I tried to get any answer or resolution, or even a hint what could have gone wrong, nothing but to get my blood boiling. Over 30 minutes on the phone, nothing accomplished. By the way I have a credit score of over 800. I used the credit card I tried for this order for years. Absolutely no reason of any kind for there to be a security hold and these morons won't/can 't say why there is one or when if ever it would be lifted. who put it on, why and nobody up the chain to talk do.
Why does Activeden use such #(#($$ idiots?
It gets worse!
So I tired and I use the word TRIED to report this to Activeden. I find the form to report the PayPal problem. Obviously if there is a form, this is nothing new. I go into details. At the bottom of the form it asks for the transaction number. Well duh if the order don't go through THERE IS NO TRANSACTION NUMBER TO REPORT !
Another 20 minutes wasted filling out a "complaint" form that can't be sent, so why I'm venting here. Understand how STUPID that is to a group that sells software? Damn funny, you are directed by ActiveDen to use a form to report complaints about PayPal screw-ups that crashes because you can't always fill in ONE field the form demans be filled in IF there was no transaction of course you can't. How dumb is that?
Hint to Activeden….. you know how things like that PISS OFF customers and probably sellers?
More time wasted and no progress and I'm more pissed then ever. I come here in good faith to buy and and only get the run-a-around. What a stupid way to run a railroad or web site. Stupid doesn't come close.
You authors should be pissed off too. Who knows how many people TRY to buy something and go through the kind of hell I have with PayPal, but don't tell anyone here about it.
I still want the template, it will be the second I bought in a couple weeks and had planned on more gooides I've seen here but sadly VERY unlikely I'll ever try to buy anything else if it forces you to use the buffoons at PayPal. That too is why I'm writing this. GET RID OF THOSE MORONS ! Get a Merchant Account and process your credit card orders direct. I do.
Authors, STAND UP and complain. This is costing lost sales. Obviously. This is beyond stupid and totally uncalled for. You never piss off a potential customer and I'm more pissed then I've been in years!
Thanks for your response I appreciate it. Actually I have done some scripting myself in the distant past back when Macromedia owned Flash, around 2004-05. I worked through "FlashMX 2004 Action script", which then was a pretty good entry level how-to book for some of the basic things you can do in scripting. I call myself a "newbie" again, since I'm afraid I forgot much, having done no coding since, so that explains the kind of dumb questions.
So you'll excuse another dumb questions. I have Flash 5, (not currently installed), are the alternative to Flash that can access/modify AS3 ? I just checked with Adobe and those greedy #$ $ ^(# want $700 for the "cheapest" Flash version. That's is absurd but typical of Adobe.
I've spend hours looking around and found some very well done templates, but a bit confused. Mainly I've seen various goodies from different authors and was wondering how or if I can combine modules from different authors, if so how.
For example several templates are very temping and are edgy graphically speaking but lack one or two meat and potato features, like a blog or if they have that feature they're rather bland from a graphics standpoint, can't use or change backgrounds, don't support sub menus, other wizz bang things.
So what I'm asking is can I buy a more flashy template that's heavy on graphics and bling then buy another from the same or different author and just access it from the main page of the first by adding a button or whatever?


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Employment Law Questions? Ask an Employment Lawyer.
Thank you for your question. Although I am an attorney, I cannot represent you. However, I will give you the most thorough information. Unfortunately, reversing a direct deposit is very difficult for an employer. When an employer reverses a direct deposit this requires the employer to make a withdrawal from your account. As many times an employer would not have authorization to make this withdrawal, many employers are not set up to handle reversals. Have you asked your employer whether they are set up to reverse direct deposits?
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if the bank does not give them the money back, then I will owe my employer money
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i spoke to my bank yesterday. and they state they can't reverse the process for me, but to talk to my employer
Did they mention why they could not reverse the process? Did they state that your employer can reverse the process? Or, can the process not be reversed at all?
when I spoke to them, they stated that they cannot reverse the process because my account was in negative balance before the payroll went in. They state I need to contact my employer; however, they did not state whether or not they are able to reverse the process with them
negative balance because of unauthorized charges
i have not used this old bank account for months. I had no notifications that charges were going through and overdrafting this account
and I do not have history with this old bank of having negative balance
Ok, if there is a negative balance then it is unlikely your employer will be able to reverse the deposit because a negative balance means that the bank no long has funds in your account from which to refund your employer.
I'm guessing the best way is to contact my old bank and dispute the charges
where do i go from here?
If you can dispute the charges that is a good way to go, it may bring your balance back to better standing to allow your employer to move forward. You may also want to let your employer know not to reverse the the direct deposit just yet. They may incur a fee for trying and/or face frustration in the process with the status of your account. You may consider letting them know that something is not right with your account right now and that you have to get it squared away before the reversal can occur.
okay. thank you very much for your time and help
Best of luck to you!


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A few weeks back, rumors spread that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were separating after he supposedly caught her having sex with Marc Anthony. Except here's Will and Marc in Miami last night for Salsa Skeletor's birthday, and the two couldn't look tighter. In fact, they almost look a little too tight… get me the lyrics to "Miami!"
Party in the city where the heat is on.
All night on the beach til the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami where I have sex with Marc Anthony's penis in Dolphin's stadium because Scientology will cover it up for me with its spacebeams
How long has that been there?! Adding, and now I feel racist for assuming "jig it out" was just something black guys said. Can we still be down, my homies?
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Mumbai, Nov 26: Loss to England in England and humiliation in Mumbai was no different as Team India registered yet another loss, which suggested that the team should not be over confident as England have taught them a lesson at Wankhede.
Having asked for turners at Wankhede, the decision came in as a blessing in disguise for England, as they exploited the conditions to the maximum extent while Indians looked helpless as they were bundled out for 142 in the second innings.
Dhoni blames spinners for Team India's loss
Who was responsible for Team India's 10-wicket loss to England? Was it Dhoni, as he asked for turners from Day One, or spinners' fault, or was it due to a batting collapse in the second innings?
The entire team needs to take the responsibility as they were totally outplayed by the visitors.
Were Dhoni's men over confident of their strenghts and assumed that England would falter again against spin?
Did Dhoni ever think that he was just the captain of the team, who is not bothered about his form or contribution and blame the pitch or others for the team's loss and defend himself?
Dhoni averages 13.33 in the series, having collected 40 runs off two matches, with a highest score of 29. His scores of 5, 29, 6 suggest that the skipper is totally out-of-form.
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His performance cannot be judged as he comes in to bat down the order, which helps Dhoni defend himself, but that doesn't mean he can come up with a reason everytime India loses.
Having criticised the pitch many a times, the skipper has started blaming his spinners for the team's loss, which is true to a certain extent but could have played well in the second innings to help India set a decent target.


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