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Back in the dark days of MP3 players with sub-gigabyte storage capacities, iRiver was something of a contender. Its premium MP3 products had unique designs, exceptional sonics and serious price demands.
Times have changed but iRiver's still carving out an interesting little niche for itself. All of its recent players of note have featured operation controlled by the unique D*click interface, and it's present and correct in the new L-Player.
D*click places soft microswitches at each edge of the screen, so navigation involves pressing the edge that takes you where you want to go. The on-screen icon system is intuitive so it's a nifty system to use.
It also means that the L-Player looks like a tiny, cute TV. There's a power and a volume switch, a covered USB port, a hold switch, a headphone hole and… that's it. It's certainly minimalist.
Those used to the flattened, metallic design of the iPod Nano may not be too impressed, but the L-Player's plastic build is solid and it more than atones for its girth with teensy horizontal and vertical dimensions. It's a true any-pocket player.
Not pleasing Vista
Loading music, movies and pictures to the L-Player is straightforward: if you want it for music alone, you can drag-and-drop in Windows or use Windows Media Player. iRiver provides software for video conversion, though our copy of Vista 64 didn't like it. XP, on the other hand, worked just fine.
It'll play all kinds of files and with decent quality tunes sounds quite good. 'Quite' is the operative word here: its slightly muddy delivery won't scare the iPod Classic but it has a pleasing overall balance with plenty of bass. The supplied headphones are articulate but small-sounding – best replace them.
Star of the (very) small screen
Video is similarly a 'quite' impressive story. The screen is great – high resolution, excellent colours – but very small. Short episodes or clips are fine but it's not made for prolonged viewing.
On the plus side, the L-Player's built-in FM radio is excellent. Unlike the FM radios on competitors such as Sandisk's Sansa Fuze, it picks up and holds a signal well, and it sounds surprisingly big, too.
Another boon is voice recording – you may not need it, but here you have it. But best of all is the price. Despite this extra functionality, the 8GB L-Player is £30 less expensive than the 8GB iPod Nano.
If it were our money, though, we'd spend the extra. The Nano sounds better, feels nicer, lasts longer on a charge and has a bigger screen. But if you want an FM radio and you like things that look like tiny tellies, the L-Player could be for you.


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What would you say you do here?
TPM's Greg Sargent notes [1] that CNN's Candy Crowley doesn't think it is her job to tell viewers which candidate is lying more.
But it is her job to baselessly speculate [2] that people won't vote for a candidate who drinks green tea. It is her job to falsely characterize [3] the Democrats' message as "we don't support the troops and we're not tough on national security."
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Congrats on your healthy pregnancy and little girl to be! I've had nothing but trouble finding maternity clothes too. Apparently if you're a fluffy mama, you're either a. not supposed to get pregnant, b. supposed to be ok with just getting bigger clothes, or c. not supposed to care how crappy and tacky most of the plus size maternity styles are, IF you are so fortunate as to find them big enough. Very frustrating! You would think with as much as everyone has complained about America's expanding waistlines, SOMEONE out there would get a clue that there just MIGHT be a market for nice looking fluffy mama maternity!
So my husband took a picture of me on his camera phone and I looked at it and cried. I look like Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars.
Anyone else feeling a little low due to weight gain, etc?
|The thing that upsets me most about having a plus size pregnancy is that even at 38 weeks pg I don't look pg to most people. when I was in the hospital room waiting to be induced with #1, the nurse came in and actually said "where's the mama?" grantid I was clothed and sitting in a chair and not on the bed, it was humiliating.
mom to all boys B: 08/01, C: 07/05 , N: 03/09 , M: 01/12 and far too many lost ones
I'm crunchy... Like a Dorito.
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It's great to come and see an area where I finally feel I belong. Not that the other threads weren't helpful but it is nice to have a place where there are other people like you.
I was 19 when i got pregnant with my first and I was 243 lbs. I had severe morning sickness (or what i thought was severe until this one came along) and therefore ended up giving birth via c-section (pelvis was too narrow - found that out after 64 hours of labor) By that point I was 220lbs but had gained it all back after breastfeeding ceased and then some.
So now with this baby I started out at 266 and within three weeks I lost 6 pounds....can't keep anything down even though I'm on Diclectin. I don't know where I'm at these last two weeks because I don't have a scale here at home.
With the first one the doc was like you don't have to gain much - aim for 15-25 pounds at the most. But he never mentioned it this time. I just hope that everything turns out to be healthy and okay.
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Vin Scully is back, and for that we can all be thankful.
The 82-year-old Hall of Fame broadcaster arrived at the Los Angeles Dodgers camp in Glendale, Ariz., to call his first game of the spring. He was hurt in a fall at his home on Thursday but said the injuries were never not life-threatening.
"I'm supposed to cut back on dangling participles, and I'm not allowed to split any infinitives for at least another week," Scully told reporters.
Scully said he had been battling a cold when he he was walking across a marble floor to his bathroom and blacked out. He lost consciousness but said his wife called 911 and short time later he was at the hospital receiving five staples to a cut on the back of his head.
"I was embarrassed, and I am embarrassed because it was such a dumb thing to have happen," Scully said. "I am embarrassed over all the fuss and feathers. But somehow, I did it to myself, and I hope not to do it again."
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Despite technology advances that have steadily improved vehicle efficiency, power, emissions performance, and safety, our automobiles have the same DNA as those built 100 years ago. Almost all of today's cars and trucks are mechanically driven, powered by the internal combustion engine, and energized by petroleum. For the most part, they also are controlled mechanically and operate as stand-alone devices.
As General Motors (GM) embarks on its second hundred years, our company is focused on fashioning a new DNA that will allow us to reinvent the automobile. We will use this DNA to create electrically driven vehicles powered by electric motors, energized by electricity and hydrogen, controlled electronically, and connected to other vehicles and the infrastructure.
GM believes adoption of a new DNA is absolutely critical to the future of our industry. From what we know about the market and the universal aspiration for automobiles, by 2020 there could be more than a billion vehicles on the planet. To put this in perspective, if we were to park all the vehicles end-to-end around the earth, they would circle the globe 125 times.
Our challenge, clearly, is to make personal mobility sustainable.
One of the most important steps toward realizing this goal is to reduce the automobile's 96% dependence on oil. There is no single "silver bullet" solution to achieving energy independence. It will require a wide range of technologies, some that we are implementing now and others that we are readying for the future. In 2009, GM will once again lead the U.S. industry with 18 models achieving 30 mpg or better on the highway. We will add to the three million E85 flex-fuel vehicles that we have built in the U.S. And we will increase our hybrid offerings to nine models. In addition, we will continue our development of battery-electric and fuel cell-electric vehicles. These vehicles have the potential to provide substantial increases in efficiency, zero emissions, and petroleum-free operation. They also promise to drive the growth of diversified and, ultimately, cleaner energy sources.
In 2007, GM's Chevrolet Sequel concept was the first electrically driven fuel cell vehicle to achieve 300 miles on one tank of hydrogen. During 2008, we have put more than 100 Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicles into the hands of everyday drivers as part of Project Driveway, the largest-ever fuel cell market test. We also have announced our plan to bring the Chevrolet Volt to market in 2010. As an extended-range electric vehicle, the Volt's 16-kilowatt lithium-ion battery will provide up to 40 miles of all-electric driving. A small internal combustion engine will generate additional electricity using either gasoline or biofuel after the battery charge is depleted, extending the vehicle's range by several hundred miles.
Beyond substantial energy and environmental benefits, the electrification of the vehicle also is hastening the day when we have cars that don't crash and vehicles that can drive themselves.
GM is already the leader in vehicle telematics with our OnStar system. OnStar uses GPS and wireless technology to connect five million subscribers to capabilities such as turn-by-turn navigation and automatic crash notification. GM also has demonstrated a prototype vehicle-to-vehicle communications system that supports automated safety features like lane change alert, blind-spot detection, and forward collision warning with automatic braking. Last November, we teamed with Carnegie Mellon University and supplier partners to win the DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for autonomous vehicles. A Chevrolet Tahoe called "Boss" won the six-hour, 60-mile race by finishing 20 minutes ahead of the nearest competitor. "Boss" successfully negotiated the course while obeying all traffic rules and avoiding other cars and objects, all without any human control.
Vehicles like the Chevrolet Volt, Equinox Fuel Cell, Sequel, and "Boss" showcase the new DNA that GM is developing to reinvent the automobile for the 21st century. GM is working hard on virtually every technology front because we are totally committed to being part of the solution. We are convinced that we can make personal mobility sustainable, exciting for our customers, and affordable for the world.
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Things That Happened, Things To Do: Week of October 24
Our regular recap of goings on at the College and a look ahead to events on the horizon.
As always, we hope to call your attention to items that captured ours and alert you to events that you won't want to miss. If you have a news item that you think we'd be interested in, drop us a line at email@example.com.
We're still two months (and change) away from the first U.S. presidential primary, yet our airwaves are filled with seemingly nonstop political chatter. If you're tired of sound-byte, flavor-of-the-week journalism, we'd like to offer a more thoughtful and (gasp!) non-partisan take on presidential politics. This week, poli-sci professor Matt Dickinson blogged about the issue of whether anyone is truly prepared to be president. Meanwhile, Professor Dickinson has been so kind as to pair up with his colleague, Bert Johnson, for what we hope will be a series of discussions about the 2012 race for the White House.
- Middlebury's Student Government Association elected a new president.
The College recently created a task force on alcohol and social life, and last week Dean Shirley Collado called on students to offer their thoughts and ideas on the important campus issue.
The Panther football team is at the halfway point of its season, and quarterback McCallum Foote '14 has established himself as one of the premier passers in the nation.
Speaking of football, this weekend brings Homecoming 2011 to Middlebury. There are plenty of athletic contests on tap, as well as the kickoff to the College's theatre season, and much more.
Finally, it's time to say good-bye to the twig hut sculptures that have stood sentry outside the Mahaney Center for the Arts during the past four years. As planned, the installation will be taken down in the coming days, but not before the artist returns to campus on Friday to talk about his work.


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In a move that is sure to light up both the Mac rumor sites and the punditry like few press-releases in recent history, Apple today announced that 1) Phil Schiller will be standing-in for Steve Jobs during the Macworld Keynote in January, 2009 and that 2) nobody will be standing in for Apple at any future Macworld event, ever.
Why? The official reason, given as part of today's press-release, is direct ... and plausible:
Apple is reaching more people in more ways than ever before, so like many companies, trade shows have become a very minor part of how Apple reaches its customers. The increasing popularity of Apple's Retail Stores, which more than 3.5 million people visit every week, and the Apple.com website enable Apple to directly reach more than a hundred million customers around the world in innovative new ways. SOURCE
In short: "Why pour millions of dollars every year into an event which we don't need to attend?"
Still, is that the whole answer, or merely the answer that will be enough to satisfy bloggers and journalists?
This is, of course, wild speculation, but I'd suggest that there are two other possibilities and that all three may add up to a more complete explanation:
- Macworld poses problems when it comes to product announcements.
Apple is obsessively secretive. That's the way it's always been, and that's the way it'll always be. Over the last ten years, bloggers and other outlets have been hit or usually miss when it comes to speculation and scoops about soon-to-be-unveiled products, speculation which often resulted in take down notices and sometimes even legal action against sites like (the now-defunct) Think Secret and Appleinsider.
The problem is two-fold: When they're right, they completely rob Apple of a chance to deliver a surprise by stealing Jobs' thunder. When they're wrong, they're usually spectacularly wrong, driving up expectations, and subsequently driving down stock value, after absurd expectations aren't met.
Macworld happens every January and Apple generally unveils something new - something big - every January at Macworld. Short of sending out an email inviting curious fans and journalists to pry into Apple's secret bidness, there's no surer sign that it's time to start spreading and/or reporting ridiculous rumors than the two months leading up to a Macworld Keynote.
What if there is no annual event? Apple is suddenly able to play with the calendar a little bit, they're able to send out invitations with less advance notice, resulting in expectations which build over a period of weeks, rather than months, and with no advance warning. The cycle can be broken.
Take away the roadmap, and Apple gets to navigate.
- Steve Jobs' role at Apple.
The only thing Steve Jobs' seems to value more than company secrecy, is personal privacy. The ongoing saga regarding his health (Is he sick? Is he well?) is the most recent reminder that Steve Jobs wants to unveil really great products, yes, but that he has no interest in pandering to analysts, shareholders or a concerned fan base when it comes to his personal life.
A Macworld keynote, without Steve Jobs, is regarded by many as evidence to bolster the notion that Steve Jobs may, in fact, be dying. Rumors that Steve Jobs "may be dying" have been known to cause massive drops in stock value. A massive drop in stock value is known to cause paranoia amongst Apple's excitable fan base. Paranoia amongst Apple's fan base is known to be annoying as hell.
You can see the dilemma.
More seriously, if there is no annual Macworld, Apple can more easily transition other senior members of the Apple team onto the stage when announcing or unveiling new products in more intimate settings, and the public can be weened off of the necessity of seeing Steve Jobs every ten days or risking a panic attack.
CNBC notes:
Sources tell me that if Jobs for some reason was unable to perform any of his responsibilities as CEO because of health reasons, which would include the Macworld keynote, I should "rest assured that the board would let me know." SOURCE
Perhaps leaving Macworld has more to do with avoiding the ongoing speculative questions about his health (and his importance to Apple, in general) than any real concerns regarding his health?
What does this mean for Macworld Conference and Expo, in general?
It's over, or nearly over.
The conference and expo will probably linger on for a few years, but attendees will drop off quickly, as vendors pull out. (It doesn't bode well that many vendors [Adobe, Belkin] pulled out this year, due to the economy, and may see that as a clean enough break to explain away an absence at next year's Expo, as well.) Compounding the situation, as massive as CES has become, and given that it nearly overlaps Macworld, it may be seen as more of a draw for vendors, as interest in an Apple-less Macworld Expo dissipates.
The last time Apple abandoned a Macworld conference, they dropped out of the bi-annual New York City/Boston event in 2003, and by the end of 2005, there was no New York City/Boston event.


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Ted Nugent insists that he's a fan of African Americans, and that President Obama and the Democrats are the real enemies of Black America.
In a column for WorldNetDaily (in honor of Black History Month), Nugent says that African Americans have been duped. Though president Obama boasted 93 percent of the black vote, his policies have made it apparent that he is "the clear and present engineer of the destruction of black America."
"The economic and social policies he endorses are destroying what is left of a once proud and strong black America," Nugent says. "As a MotorCity Motown guy whose gravity-defying career pivots on my intense adulation for my black musical heroes, it pains me deeply to witness this self-inflicted destructo derby. The destruction of blacks has been engineered by President Obama's party for at least the last 50 years."
Mediaite points out that Nugent does use several statistics in defense of his version of Obama's "destructo derby." He argues that Obama's social welfare policies have caused vast disparity between black and white unemployment rates, dropout rates in inner cities, and an "epidemic" of black-on-black crime in Democratic cities designated as "gun free zones."
"With all this unbelievable negative information, what is more unbelievable is that black Americans continue to support Democratic politicians who have raped and plundered black America forever," Nugent wrote.
"I don't celebrate Black History Month. I celebrate it every day, as my very black-inspired musical dreams could not have been successful were it not for black Americans," he, citing Bo Diddly, James Brown, and BB King as big influences on his music.
Nugent also said that he plans to name his 2013 tour Ted Nugent Black Power 2013. "Say it loud: my music is black and I'm proud!"
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For a real estate transaction, most tests are conducted during the contingency period after you have made an offer on the property. In most cases, the contingency period is approximately 10 days within which time you would take care of things like a home inspection, pest inspection, etc. and the radon test. Please read the Iowa Radon Home Buyers and Sellers Fact Sheet prepared by the Iowa Department of Public Health. It explains radon and discusses the high levels of radon in Iowa. You will want a radon test. You, or your agent, may call us (319 929-4443) to schedule the test.
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After the testing period has elapsed, the data is retrieved via Bluetooth to a smartphone and then immediately uploaded to Radalink, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Radalink processes the data, reviews the data for evidence of tampering, prepares a complete report, and delivers the result via cell phone and email as a PDF attachment back to the technician. This entire process is completed in a timely manner such that the report of the test is usually available within the hour. Here is an example radon report in PDF form.


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Mobb Deep & the Lox Deliver 'All A Dream' Video
Sometimes our dreams are so detailed and vivid, we mistake them for reality. That's the concept of Mobb Deep's new video for 'All A Dream' featuring The Lox. Each MC details what they envision during slumber in the visual.
"Jumped up from sleep, soaking in sweat / Heart beating crazy from a dream I had / We was doing it up, cash flowing, I know you hear me n—- / But you not knowing champagne bottles and hundreds flowing in the pool / So much poppin' the jacuzzi was full / Mad hoes for the bro and everybody rolling up, we could all smoke," spits Prodigy.
Although all five MCs do a decent job of sticking to the song's concept, Styles P is the only one who goes off the rails and spits a verse that barely mentions anything about dreams. "Coke on the scale, money for the bail / Looking in the rear view, feds on the tail / Used to mix E&J with Ginfer Ale / Sold crack when mom's drank pink champagne," he rhymes.
The Mobb rented out a mansion for the shoot and hired a bunch of scantily-clad video vixens. The visuals are very similar to their 1999 video for 'It's Mine' featuring Nas.
'All A Dream' is off the Queensbridge duo's latest album, 'The Infamous Mobb Deep.'


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Participation of Brilliant Telecommunications, Inc. as an Associate of ITU-T Study Group 15
Episode 1 of TelecomTV's Green Planet features Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, ITU, talking about ITU's ICTs and Climate Change initiative.
The Green Planet series provides an overview of different elements of Sustainable ICT. Featuring leading scientists, politicians and heads of industry from across the globe, Green Planet is a timely and fascinating examination of issues and solutions that will change the world.
Participation of Yaana Technologies, LLC as an Associate of ITU-T Study Group 17
Telecommunication Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) concluding its
three day meeting 30 April agreed on how work on ICTs and environment
including climate change and recycling will be distributed in ITU-T. This
follows its approval of the report of the Focus Group on
ICTs and Climate Change and will formalize the Focus Group's output as ITU-T
Recommendations (see previous newslog)
– including a methodology for evaluating the effects of ICTs on climate change -
both in direct terms and how ICTs can reduce emission in other industry
Study Group 5
will next meet 25-29 May in Geneva and is likely to establish a new working
party to address these issues. The many organisations that contributed to the
work of the Focus Group will be open to contribute at the invitation of the
Study Group chairman.
In addition a
Joint Coordination Activity (JCA) will ensure that the work across ITU-T's study
groups is focused on delivering climate change focused standards in a timely and
efficient way. Essentially the group will aim to see that standards are
developed in the most appropriate way and that no duplication of effort occurs.
It will also provide a single point of contact for ICT and Climate Change
activities in ITU-T and seek collaboration from external bodies working in the
field. It is expected that the work of the JCA will be carried out mainly via
web-conferencing tools.
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A new white paper by Polycom highlights "G.719: The First ITU-T Standard for Full-Band Audio".
Recommendation ITU-T G.719 describes a coding algorithm for conversational speech and audio supporting the full human auditory bandwidth (from 20 Hz to 20 kHz), that is, all sounds that a human can hear.
The paper concludes that "major technical achievements of the G.719 codec are its high quality and low complexity that make it perfect for devices ranging from telephones and low-power mobile devices to soft clients and to high end video and telepresence systems." First products implementing ITU-T G.719 are expected to appear in 2009/2010.
The standard was developed in Study Group 16, ITU-T's lead Study Group on multimedia coding, systems and applications, and adopted in June 2008.
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Robb Salant coached boys tennis at Catalina Foothills for 20 years and led the Falcons to eight state titles, including seven since 2005, but left a void when he retired after last season.
The timing couldn't have been better for recent Tucson transplant David King.
Replacing the only coach the program has even known wasn't going to be easy, but the Falcons may have landed the right man for the job in King, a well-traveled English teacher, who moved from Madrid, Spain, to Tucson after his wife, Judy, was transferred here by the Air Force.
The 42-year-old Alabama native, in his seventh year of coaching at the high school level, has Foothills undefeated. But King and the Falcons will have their toughest test of the year so far when they face Salpointe Catholic today at Tucson Racquet & Fitness Club.
The Star recently sat down with King to find out more about him and his team:
Q: How does it feel replacing legendary, long-time coach Robb Salant?
A: "Everywhere I've been, I've been associated with programs that have done really well. Certainly not as successful as this program has historically been, but I know what winning looks like, and Robb is not far away so if I have questions I can ask him. We've talked a few times. He's really sensitive about not trying to get in the way, but he's really supportive of the team, even coming out to our first match."
Q: What is it like inheriting the program you did?
A: "I inherited an excellent young program. There's a lot of talent, and the majority are just sophomores and only one senior. Where I can, I play my guys up. We're only going to get better as these guys get older and develop their skills and mental game. So much of that happens between the ages of 16 and 18."
Q: How can Foothills remain as one of the top programs in the state?
A: "A lot of it we've kept the same. It's my job to not get in the way and just try to maintain the tradition of success they've had here. Keeping a large team is something Robb did that I feel was important as well. With 22 players we have a lot of depth."
Q: What are your thoughts on facing Salpointe today?
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At Wed, 29 Dec 1999 19:07:59 +0300 (MSK), kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: Hello Alexey ! > > RFC2553 says in section 2.4 that follow > > Linux does not follow this RFC. It complies to previous RFC. Hmm... OK. I understand YOUR opnion. YOU don't like the idea of scope_id. But I DON'T AGREE... I think many plathomes such as Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, WinNT and other commercial operating systems may support RFC2553. Even in such situatuon, aren't you willing to support it ? If Linux kernel don't support it, I think that Linux will become a peculiar IPv6 implementation... > IPv4 has the same problems as IPv6 does. Yes, That's why I think we should improve this problem in IPv6. > After thinking a bit, you will understand that IPv4 has both link local > and site local and all the kinds of addresses. The only difference of IPv6 > is returning to brain-dead "classful" addressing, which was rejected > in IPv4 years ago. No. In case of IPv6, all interfaces have link-local address(es). In case of IPv4, if some interfaces have a link-local address (as you say), each addresses has different network address respectively. (e.g. eth0 belongs to 192.168.1.0/24 and eth0 belongs to 192.168.2.0/24) However in IPv6, all interfaces belong to the same network address (fe80::). So, we must specify an outgoing interface because kernel can't select outgoing interface automatically when destination address is link-local. we will try to make patch for sin6_socpe_id... -- SEKIYA Yuji USC/ISI Computer Networks Division 7 <sekiya@xxxxxxx / sekiya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx / sekiya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Obtaining a Student Visa
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1Find a home in Australia after you have been accepted.
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- Contact anyone you know in Australia for recommendations.
2Find an international mover.
- A simple search on an internet search engine will help you choose the best international mover.
- Contact anyone you know who has moved internationally for recommendations.
Moving to Australia
Community Q&A
I have family members who live in Australia. Would it be possible for me to use them to get into Australia?wikiHow ContributorOn a visiting basis, yes. As for living there full-time, you would have to prove that you can contribute to the Australian economy and apply for a citizenship.
At what stage can you ship your belongings?wikiHow ContributorIt's usually not permissible to move all your wordly possessions to another country until you have a resident's visa. Ask the consul or visa provider for exact details but you'd be risking financial loss on the shipping if you don't have permission to reside there.
Is it possible that an arranged marriage with an Australian could help me become an Australian citizen?wikiHow ContributorIf the arranged marriage is part of your culture and is intended as a lifelong commitment, the Australian authorities may recognize it. Otherwise, they will recognize it for the scam it is and send you packing. Australia has very strict immigration policies. Find a better way to get your citizenship, such as getting employment there or applying through the usual channels.
I am following bsc course, this is my first year. How can I apply for studies in Australia?
I am from the UK and have resided in Australia now for 12 years. Can my husband and I sponsor my 38 year old son to come and live with us and work, even though he does not have the required skills?
Can I move to Australia if I am 70 years old and have a 1500 per month pension?
How can I go to Australia with my family, my husband to work and 3 children to study?
How do I get a family visa to Australia?
- Skilled visas require that you are under age 45 at the time of application, have sufficient English language skills to work, a post-secondary education, an occupation that is on Australia's Skilled Occupations List, recent work experience, can pass a skills assessment, a health assessment and a character assessment.
- If you qualify for a visa, a migration consultant will contact you via telephone with further instructions.
- Note that Australia and New Zealand have an agreement for a free flow of people among the countries.
- To apply for a visa, complete the relevant assessment at http://www.visabureau.com/australia/online-visa-assessments.aspx.
- Skilled visas require that you pass a points test, which can be viewed at the following URL: http://www.visabureau.com/australia/immigration-points-test.aspx.
- If your assessment does not appear on the above site, contact the Australian visa bureau at http://www.visabureau.com/australia/contact.aspx.
Sources and Citations
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/emigrate-to-australia.aspx
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/australian-business-visa.aspx
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/spouse-visa.aspx
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/work-visas.aspx
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/investor-retirement-visa.aspx
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/student-visa.aspx
- http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sheets/17nz.htm
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The break was fabulous from start to finish, we were made to feel welcome throughout the stay.
The staff were very friendly and nothing was too much trouble. The room was everything we needed and in a lovely area, would definitely come again!
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This is a nice comfortable inn.
The room was big, had a flats-creen TV and a big armchair. The view out of the window was impressive, sea and open country-side. Bathroom very nice but let down by a few maintenance issues, I'm sure they will be dealt with. The food was very good quality at both dinner and breakfast. I was going on to Whitby, but I had a quick look at Staithes village, and it is very pretty - rather like Robin Hood's Bay, if you have been there.
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Excellent 4 night stay.
This is our third time at this hotel. Each time gets better. Staff excellent and very accommodating, room clean and comfortable and food excellent and at great prices too. Will return.
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Our day at staithes
A very nice place to stay.
The room was lovely and clean the the breakfast was really nice. It was difficult to get to sleep because of the noise coming up from the bar and kitchen below. Maybe rooms on a higher floor would be quieter.
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Friendly staff, great room and food.
Need to spend longer next time.
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Comfortable, but not the place to book for an early night!
Large, comfortable, clean room, but the noise from the bar below 'bleeds' through into the bedrooms above.
The pub appears to have a late licence, so does not close until well after midnight. If you are someone who needs quiet to sleep, then maybe this is not the place for you, unless you are happy with late nights. However, staff very friendly and breakfasts good. Free parking is a bonus for Staithes as visitors cannot park in the village. Just the noise from the bar was a problem for me.
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Just right for a short break.
Staff were friendly and welcoming and we felt relaxed as soon as we arrived. Our room was clean, warm and well-equipped with sea views. Breakfast was excellent and again served by friendly staff. The hotel was easy to find and perfectly placed for Staithes, Whitby and the surrounding area.
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In the bathroom there were towels left from previous guest and the shower didn't work properly.
We hardly slept due to, firstly, banging doors, then there was the sound of a generator going on and off all through the night. Also the green emergency lighting was on all night in the room. This hotels saving grace was breakfast which was superb.
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Social sharing features are oftentimes called viral loops. A company's goal with a viral loop is to incentivize a user to share the product with her friends. The thinking being that if she likes the product, and she gets a small incentive for sharing, she will tell all her friends, and the product will grow in popularity.
In this post we'll look at viral loops, how they work and how we measure them. Then we'll look at social-donations. And finally I'll talk about where this space is headed.
Basic Viral Loop
Let's start with one that you may be familiar with: Dropbox – share Dropbox with friends – and get extra storage.
This is fantastic because the storage upgrade has a high perceived value to a current Dropbox user, yet it is a very high margin product for Dropbox, so the customer is getting something that costs $10 but Dropbox is only spending $2 to give it away.
Savings-Driven Viral Loop
The more commoditized version of this is something many companies do – give both sides a coupon. The coupon for both users has a % breakage rate (only a fraction of people will redeem it), so the perceived value is high, and the cost to the company is low. The credit gives the existing customer a reason to come back, and the new user a reason to come now. This is easy, and very effective. This is what every company from Uber to Zappos is doing. And it's probably not going out of style soon.
This is a slightly more evolved version of the commoditized viral loop – and something that my very own BookRenter.com offers – $5 for $5 – share a $5 off coupon with your friend, and earn $5 in store credit for yourself. The thing that made BookRenter's sharing feature more impactful than others in running similar programs is that we aligned the share message to our value proposition. BookRenter saves you money on books. So the share message was "I just saved $132.49 using BookRenter! Here's a $5 coupon ." It took a lot of extra work to get the actual savings number into the share message,
The best example of this is Living Social's Me+3. If you buy a massage for yourself, you might be interested in going with 3 girlfriends and making an outing of it. Now here's the incentive – Living Social gives you a custom share-link
Socially Responsible Business
The other type of soft-touch play that many companies are now making is "a portion of the proceeds go to charity." In some cases, this aligns very well to their mission, and a new generation of simple-yet-effective socially-responsible businesses are emerging. Chegg, for example, plants a tree for every order. And BookRenter donates $1 to FirstBook. However recently BookRenter dropped FirstBook, and chose to put that money toward scholarships for students instead. Our research found that students, especially in our great recession, simply needed all the help they could get, and would rather that money go back into savings for them. We'll come back to donations. If you don't want to offer a coupon, this is a good feel-good reason to share you can offer your users.
Measurement and Tracking
We can actually measure the effectiveness of this program all the way through the share process from the # of customers who see the share-button, to the % who share (advocates), to the # of people who view the shared message (impressions), to the % who click (referral-visits) to the % who purchase (referral-orders) and total how much marginal revenue we drove. With all of this, we can establish the exact value of a share, and then optimize the referral-conversion process. In our acquisition model, we can eventually assume that for every customer we acquire, we actually monetize 1.5.
Long-Term Impact
Something CFO won't care about, but that you and I know is important, is the long-term value this sharing can drive. Only a small percentage of the people who see the advocates share message will click, but they will be free impressions. And if you did a good job of crafting a good share-mesage that aligns to your value and perhaps shows some data – like the BookRenter Savings $$. "Prasid chose BookRenter and saved $124.29 and wanted you to know." That's kinda powerful.
I've actually done quite a bit of testing on how to optimize these share-rate against different variables. At BookRenter, we tested 2-3 different combinations of incentives and share messages per season.
There are a number of things that can have a huge impact on the share-rate.
* Generate the share-link for every customer – don't make them click to create one – it saves one step and is psychologically very powerful
* Optimize to minimize the number of clicks in order to share
* Don't make the user log into Facebook – again – have them log into your site using Facebook at the beginning of the experience, so that at the share-page there is as-little-extra-work required as possible
* Fewer choices – why give them the option to Tweet, Pin, and Email the coupon, if you know that Facebook's conversion rate is significantly higher?
* Who do you want to send it to? If you're on a fashion site, you may not care to share that with everyone in your newsfeed, but you might want to send a deeper-discount to just a few select friends.
* Follow-up email – send them the share-link in a follow-up email
* Reminder emails – this is starting to get obvious – but make sure you send them reminder emails with their share-link at key seasonal moments
State of the Industry
The proliferation of viral loops has been tremendous. There are entire companies whose business models are to provide plug-and-play viral loops to companies. The trouble with these is that they are usually highly unimaginative. In lieu of offering extra storage or free product, a lot of referral programs today simply offer cash – a Visa Gift Card or PayPal credit. Companies have even emerged that, instead of paying people PayPal credit, will let you chose to make a donation to your choice of a few charities. Which is, again, a more commoditized version of what BookRenter and Chegg do, and is a halfhearted nod to corporate social responsibility.
The newer trend, among the more advanced companies, is rather than plug-and-play widgets, an API-based integration that can be skinned completely. SociableLabs is my favorite pick for companies doing this right now. I think the API-based approach can create really tailored experiences, where the share message, the offers, and the # of clicks to share, can all be optimized to yield the best conversion possible. RueLaLa uses SociableLabs to power their share-widgets and creates a seamless experience that looks less bolted-on and more integrated into the experience. The more sophisticated RueLaLa actually pre-populates the share-widget with people that are interested in the brands sold on RueLaLa according to their Facebook likes, which adds an extra layer of value.
I envision that companies that do plug-and-play will slowly recede. That companies for whom sharing widgets make less sense will start to get off the bandwagon in favor of things that make sense to their core business. Loyalty programs – which have another set of plug-and-play widgets – will also recede in popularity – as they also only make sense for certain businesses. And finally, we will all learn to identify things that are core to who we are, and integrate those seamlessly into our products.


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GALATIA, Ill. (AP) -- A coal producer owned by a longtime critic of President Barack Obama's energy policies is laying off nearly 160 workers at Illinois and Utah mines in the wake of the president's re-election.
In a statement, Murray Energy blames what it calls the Obama administration's "war on coal" for the pink slips being given to 102 workers at its West Ridge Mine in Utah and 54 at its operation in the southern Illinois town of Galatia.
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Muslims vow to unseat Zionists
The Muslim organisation that claimed responsibility for unseating "pro-war, pro-Israel" Labour MP Lorna Fitzsimons from her Rochdale constituency at the last election has launched its campaign for the 2010 election.
The Muslim Public Affairs Committee, which has an openly anti-Zionist agenda, has said it will target MPs and candidates known to support Israel and those they have identified as "Islamophobic". It claims that 82 constituencies now have a Muslim population larger than the incumbent's majority.
MPAC will concentrate its resources on the Oldham seat of Immigration Minister Phil Woolas, who recently raised concerns about the prevalence of marriage between cousins in the Muslim community.
"Muslim voters can no longer be taken for granted by Labour, as a new politicised generation are becoming swing voters who demand action, on issues from Palestine to anti-terror laws," said Rukiya Dadhiwala, MPAC's campaign co-ordinator.
The organisation has also warned Muslim voters in Hendon to vote for anyone but sitting Labour MPAndrew Dismore, who is considered an arch-Zionist.
It claims 2,000 leaflets attacking the Labour candidate were distributed outside Hendon mosque at Friday prayers.
However, his opponents, Conservative Matthew Offord and Lib Dem Matthew Harris are also both strong supporters of Israel. "They may be Zionists, but they are not as bad as he is," said spokesman Tahir Shah.
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EBay user Aimi Jones, who goes by the eBay username "sugartit_2," posted an Asos Yellow Skater Dress on the site for a price of £15.99. The photo shows the yellow dress hanging on a door, but a mirror to the side of the door reveals something entirely different: a naked Jones.
Jones is only wearing a bra in the mirror's reflection as she points the digital camera at the dress. After the photo started spreading around the Internet, Jones took the listing down and later re-posted another. In the new photo, she is only wearing a parka -- still exposing her genitalia.
This goes to show that the naked picture likely wasn't an accident, but more of a scheme to get people to notice her listing and drive up the price. Fortunately for Jones, it worked. She ended up selling the dress for £153,911 ($245,000 USD) after the photo caught a ton of attention around the Web.
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The wave of corruption scandals that is engulfing Italy prompts me to ask if we are witnessing a "1992 moment" – that is to say, the start of an unstoppable process that will sweep away much of the political establishment.
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Secretive networks of influence and self-indulgence at the expense of taxpayers continued, and continue, to shape the activities of the political classes. The mafia, rampant in the 1980s and early 1990s, shrank to some extent into the shadows, but it has never loosened its connections to politics, business and state administration. Read more
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As the stock market plunged Monday, ratings for the cable news networks jumped up. Fox News Channel led the rally with 1.3 million viewers in total day, 29% higher than its July averages. CNN drew 538,000 viewers, up 21%, and MSNBC (455,000) was up 2%. On Monday night, Anderson Cooper made his debut at 8 p.m., which was on par with his numbers from last July, while Fox News' Glenn Beck replacement, The Five, hit a series high in total viewers (1.8 million).
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Wait a minute! This can't be right. Why would people flock to Fox News? Could it be that people are fed up with the failing liberal agenda? Could it be that most people buy into the conservative philosophy and now realize they were hoodwinked by the Hope and Change crap. Or is it so plainly obvious that every liberal Media station that has to stand on it's own without public money or George Soros money, is a failing endeavor. No matter what left wing nut or liberal playing like a moderate they put on, they can't come close to the ratings of fox news. So encouraging.
I believe most of the "folks" that wartch Fox are retired and leaning right. Therefore they have time to follow the people they like. Personally I believe that no one has the answers to the nation's problems but can only complain about them.
I think that's what you'd like to believe Ernie. The truth is. Voters of all ages watch Fox News. That is a great thing.
Rocky, you must make a lot of money, the working class and poor are suffering and Fox news is promoting tax breaks for the rich, not for you or are you rich? That would be OK. Fox also promotes health insurance, keep the government out of my health care. Well if you have health care you are not from the USA, we have a for profit health insurance system that costs 4,000 lives every month due to the lack of health care. Fox created the tea party, they must be pretty rich, they won't tax people over one hundred thousand dollars annual income but want to get rid of tax breaks for working class and the poor. Rocky you should be proud of killing all those sick people for money and sticking it to the poor, what a guy! Fox news lies where are the jobs? Jobs? Jobs? Remember the shellacking republicans? Well where are they?
Every news outlet lost credibilty (except fox) when they masked obama's political ties to liberal nut jobs and his agenda. Long live the free markets!!! Or else we'd get our news from msnbc.
Our cable system has never even bothered to carry MSNBS. Somehow I don't think AlTawana Sharpton will change that.
Neil Cavuto is the one to watch for business news and analysis.
A great thing? Or else you would have to get your news from MSNBC? Far right fox is fighting socialized medicine? We see just as many people die each month due to the lack of health care as died at 911, or Americans that died in Iraq, each month! Each and every month four thousand Americans die from the lack of health care. Where are the organized religions? The greed has to stop and Fox news promotes death to Americans for money! The Roberts court and Roves gave our elections away to the corporation that wants to spend the most money, sold America. A great thing? Fox created the tea party, cut education when education is the only hope we have. Fox news lies, where are the jobs republicans? Remember? Jobs? Jobs? Jobs? Well where are they?


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SYRIA has rejected international envoy Kofi Annan's call for the regime to halt violence first just days after the government agreed to a ceasefire plan. A senior official declared victory over the opposition.
It was the government's first response to an appeal by Mr Annan, the UN-Arab League envoy, to stop military operations first as ''the stronger party'' in a ''gesture of good faith'' to the lightly armed opposition.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdessi said the government would not pull tanks and troops from towns and cities engulfed by unrest before life returned to normal there.
''The battle to bring down the state in Syria has already ended and the battle of reinforcing stability has started,'' Mr Makdessi said, in an apparent reference to a string of recent regime offensives that drove rebels from strongholds.
The Foreign Ministry statement raised serious doubts about whether Mr Annan's plan to end the conflict would even get off the ground.
The six-point proposal requires the government to immediately pull troops and heavy weapons out of cities and towns, and abide by a two-hour halt in fighting every day to allow humanitarian access and medical evacuations. The government stance was reminiscent of a failed mediation attempt by the Arab League around the start of the new year. President Bashar al-Assad also agreed to that plan to pull tanks and artillery out of cities and allow in foreign monitors to assess compliance. But the mission ended in failure and Dr Assad ultimately did not comply with the terms of the agreement.
The government blames armed groups carrying out a foreign conspiracy for the violence. The opposition said the government appeared to be playing for time by indicating broad agreement with the plan but then quibbling over or ignoring the details.
Burhan Ghalioun, the head of the opposition Syrian National Council, said it was clear Dr Assad's acceptance of Mr Annan's peace plan was another ''lie and a manoeuvre'' to gain time.
''It will soon become obvious the regime won't even implement the first clause of the agreement,'' he said.
Syria's uprising has become increasingly militarised and opposition groups now say their only hope is to drive out Dr Assad. International opponents of Dr Assad are struggling to pin down a strategy, as the peace plan put forward by Mr Annan falters right out of the gate.
''The government must stop first and then discuss a cessation of hostilities with the other side,'' Mr Annan's spokesman, Ahmad Fawzi, said. ''We are appealing to the stronger party to make a gesture of good faith … The deadline is now.''
Dr Assad promised last week to ''spare no effort'' to make sure Mr Annan's plan succeeded. But he demanded that armed forces battling his regime commit to halt violence as well.
Mr Makdessi said the military was in populated areas ''in a state of self-defence and protecting civilians''.
''The Syrian army is not happy to be present in residential areas. Once peace and security prevail in these areas, the army will not stay nor wait for Kofi Annan to leave. This is a Syrian matter.''
Syrian news agency SANA said Syrian troops foiled an infiltration attempt by gunmen from Lebanon into a village near the western town of Talkalakh. SANA said troops confiscated weapons and killed and wounded some of the infiltrators as others fled back into Lebanon. In other violence, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government troops killed at least 25 people on Saturday, mostly in the southern province of Daraa, the north-western province of Idlib and the central region of Homs.