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Thrilling World Rally Championship Action - Coming To A Town Near You!
Building on the success of last yearâs Wales Rally GB â Britainâs round of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), which moved to north Wales in 2013 â event organisers have announced a revised route for this yearâs event (13-16 November), which will feature fan-friendly improvements and a more compact three-day schedule.
The move to north Wales attracted record numbers of spectators in 2013 and organisers are anticipating even bigger crowds in November, when the worldâs best rally drivers and teams will go head-to-head in the final round of the 2014 WRC.
This yearâs Wales Rally GB will be fought out over 23 exhilarating Special Stages, totalling 191.27 miles (307.82 km). The majority of these are set on legendary Welsh forest rally tracks, while two stages will be held in darkness on Saturday evening, providing a real challenge for the drivers and a dramatic spectacle for fans.
The teams will be based out of the new Service Park in Deeside, which was widely-praised and proved such a success in 2013. Just 8, 17 and 43 miles from Chester, Liverpool and Manchester respectively, the Service Area is a hive of activity throughout the three days, with free admittance and a number of Wales Rally GBâs key Stages nearby. To meet the eventâs spiralling popularity, plans are in place to ensure that the Service Park and stages have the best possible access for spectators coming from either side of the Anglo-Welsh border.
The itinerary on both Saturday and Sunday includes family-friendly âRallyFestâ stages, designed to provide families and casual rally fans with the opportunity to experience the excitement of WRC action in more accommodating surroundings, with enhanced facilities and entertainment. Meanwhile, the Thursday evening âCeremonial Startâ has been moved for 2014, to the Eirias Park Stadium in Colwyn Bay â a venue that is used to hosting top class sporting events and concerts. Entry to Eirias Park will be free and will also feature the popular pre-event autograph session with the worldâs leading drivers.
The dramatic high-speed action then blasts off early Friday morning. A long, challenging day in mid-Wales features runs through the well-known Gartheiniog, Dyfi, Hafren Sweet Lamb and Maesnant stages, either side of a free to access remote service in central Newtown.
Saturdayâs action then moves closer to Deeside, providing easier access for weekend fans travelling from Liverpool, Manchester, the Midlands and further afield. The schedule includes two spectacular stages in the famous Clocaenog forest, morning and afternoon runs through Aberhirnant and Dyfnant, a mid-day service in Deeside and the first of the two RallyFest stages in picturesque Chirk Castle, close to Wrexham.
The Chirk Castle RallyFest proved so popular last year that the number of spectators trying to access the venue created serious traffic issues. Responding to these, the organisers have created a completely revised traffic management system, increased parking and enhanced spectator facilities to ensure a truly family-friendly experience. Admittance to this yearâs RallyFest will be strictly by advanced ticket only, to help control numbers and assist planning.
The rally will conclude on Sunday with another RallyFest Stage at Kinmel Park, easily accessible from the A55, plus two challenging new stages in north Wales: Alwen and Brenig. The final run through the breathtaking scenery of Brenig is the eventâs dramatic, concluding âPower Stageâ for which extra points are awarded. It could be the 2014 world championship title decider, too.
The eventual winners will be crowned on Mostyn Street in Llandudno, where admittance to the Finish Ceremony is open to the public and free of charge.
World Rally Passes - providing access to all 23 special stages, including the RallyFests at both Chirk Castle and Kinmel Park - are on sale priced at £99. Forest, RallyFest and individual Stage passes are also available from £20, while Wales Rally GBâs âKids for a Quidâ* offer is valid for children aged 9-15 (children aged 8 and under go free).
âWales Rally GB is one of the truly great rounds on the world championship calendar,â said Ben Taylor, Managing Director of Wales Rally GB. âWe are determined to build on the success of last year and ensure that this yearâs rally brings the excitement to even more people.
âThe 2014 event has been put together with the interests of both competitors and spectators in mind. We believe that this will provide a challenging test for the drivers and some fantastic viewing opportunities for the fans. For the first time in many years, we have two British drivers â Elfyn Evans and Kris Meeke â at the forefront of the sport, so there is every likelihood that this will one of the best ever Wales Rally GBs.â
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Australian finance chiefs are among the most optimistic in the Asia-Pacific about their country's economic prospects but are gloomier about the impact here of global economic forces than their northern neighbours, says a regional survey out on Tuesday.
CFOs here are also one of the least keen on growth via acquisition than for many in Asian countries.
Fifty-four percent of the 50 Australian CFOs who responded to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey at the end of last year said they expected the Australian economy would expand in 2012.
This was the second-most optimistic forecast after India on 76 per cent. Australian CFOs also gave their economy the second-highest score (6.6 out of 10) out of the Asian countries surveyed.
Chinese CFOs rated their economy the strongest, but were among the most concerned about further rises in growth, with 55 per cent expecting growth to stay flat, and 19 per cent expecting a contraction.
One of the key concerns for Chinese CFOs was inflation, according to the 2012 CFO Outlook Asia survey.
Merrill Lynch's head of capital markets, Jason Murray, says the concerns in China are understandable.
"I think it is inevitable you will get [a reduction in expectations of further growth] in a high growth environment," he said. "And probably the fear is less about inflation and more about the central bank putting the brakes on in China."
Across Asia, however, expectations were mixed. Thirty-two per cent of the 465 CFOs in seven countries surveyed expected expansion in their own country, 38 per cent said it would stay the same and 27 per cent expected a contraction.
The European debt crisis and the US budget deficit were the two top concerns for both Australian CFOs and their Asian counterparts, followed by a slow down in China.
But on almost all measures, Australian CFOs rated the top three worries a higher concern. In addition, they were more worried about credit availability, rating this a 7.3 out of 10, compared to 5.9 out of 10 for Asian CFOs in general.
"Clearly Australian CFOs are more concerned about the European debt crisis and the US budget deficit than their Asian peers," said Janie Wanless, head of corporate banking, Australia for Merrill Lynch.
In fact, Murray said Australian CFOs are more concerned than CFOs across Asia in all areas except on terrorism, domestic politics and oil prices. "In general things seem more positive in Australia than in either Asia or the US, but Aussies are just more concerned in general," he says. "So maybe it is part of the Australian psyche to be cautious."
He suggests one reason for greater worries about credit availability in Australia is that more companies here operate globally, have higher credit ratings and rely more on investment grade offshore markets, including out banks, than in Asia.
Although many large companies tapping offshore debt markets in recent years at rates cheaper than our banks, 56 per cent of CFOs in Australia think the cost of capital will increase in 2012. Many of those surveyed may also not have access to offshore markets.
Murray adds that Asian CFOs "to a degree are more inward looking – and there's a real prevalence of Aussie corporates increasing their issuance of offshore debt".
In addition, most Australian CFOs were looking to borrow more than their Asian counterparts. Across the region, the survey found the percentage of finance chiefs that saw their borrowing needs increasing was identical to those that said it would remain the same (37 per cent). But in Australia 54 per cent of CFOs said borrowing requirements would increase.
Murray said if the survey had been taken now, the concerns about the cost of capital would probably have been less. "There has been a de-linking of macro versus specific corporate," he says. "A company can still go and issue bonds in Europe, even though the macro environment is falling down around them. We are doing bond deals in Europe that are 10 times over-subscribed at all time low coupons and Greece could default tomorrow."
Thirty-four per cent of CFOs in Asia expect to engage in M&A activity in 2012, but the figure drops to 22 per cent for Australia, with 52 per cent saying they don't plan to participate in any M&A this year.
More than 50 per cent of those planning M&A across the region said it would be centred on their domestic market, with most targeting China. Australia was no different, with more than 50 per cent of those looking at purchases favouring Australia, with 30 to 50 per cent considering the US.
Almost 80 per cent of Australian CFOs anticipate higher sales in Asian markets, and two-thirds of respondents said apart from their own country, growth in revenue would be more likely to come from selling to customers in other Asian countries, followed by South America (40 per cent), the US (35 per cent and Africa (34 per cent).
Dominoes Pizza's Australian and NZ franchise also owns Dominoes French and Netherlands franchises. For CFO, Richard Coney, his biggest concerns are margin pressure due to rising costs caused by regulatory change in both jurisdictions, as well as macro economic factors.
"With the modern [industrial] awards, our industry in the fast food sector has been transitioning into fairly large increases in terms of penalty rates for working on weekends and at night, which is when we are at our busiest," he says. In some cases he says labour costs have effectively doubled in the past couple of years.
One positive effect of the changes, however, is that staff turnover is reducing as their wages increase.
In Europe, countries there are moving to increase their consumption taxes to cover budget deficits, reducing the discretionary income available to consumers.
In addition, greater demand for food in emerging markets is driving up commodity prices, including food staples and energy.
As a result, Dominoes have accelerated moves to cut costs via online ordering, removing the need for staff to take orders. Instead these go directly to an order system.
He reckons banks will be increasingly wary of lending to retailers that don't have an online strategy in place.
"They are looking at retailers in Australia, and if they don't have a strong digital presence their margins are going to be continually eroded," he says.
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I'm leaving the Zend Framework project.
In my 2008 book Pro PHP I wrote of the criteria one must have in choosing an MVC framework. In it I wrote:
"The existence of community around an MVC framework is critical. You should look at what amount of participation is welcomed, and how long it takes members of the community to respond to a bug and produce a patch."
In 2006 when I became enamoured with the Zend Framework, it was because of the community. Under the leadership of Bill Karwin and Jayson Minard, the early ZF project was an open-source utopia. Community developers were respected and Zend's corporate motivations took a back seat to tested and true when-its-ready engineering. It truly was open-source collaboration at its finest.
We had great component leaders, people who knew their subject matter and who were passionate about development. We did great things and produced great code -- but then something changed with the project, and many of those community members that made Zend Framework so successful started leaving or worse, simply not contributing -- some of us even tried to fork components with limited success.
Decisions to move to formal versioning were made before it was ready and later, decisions moved ZF to enforce formal coding processes under the guise of increasing code quality [or at least the perception of code quality]. These decisions came at a grave cost.
The stable version requirement meant innovation in core ZF stopped, postponed instead for a 2.0 version which was to be the saviour of the architecture. A version 2.0 architecture that, it is clear to me now, will repeat the mistakes of the past and not deliver useful component re-usability or return ZF to an innovation architecture as a community project.
On formal code requirements, my contributions over the years have largely been as the result of client work. That is, when I improve a piece of ZF code for my clients, I've contributed it to the project. However, I can't justify to those clients that they spend time revising ZF's test suite, writing docs, or playing the politics required to get the patch accepted. Which means, in the early days, I contributed a lot, but today I am able to contribute essentially no code, despite the fact I do regularly improve the ZF library.
I feel Zend Framework is no longer innovating. It has become burdened by so much process and technical debt that many contributors find they can do nothing more than become disaffected with the entire process. I imagine today I feel much like Jurriën Stutterheim did when he penned his exit letter in May 2010 "Discontinuing my contributions to Zend Framework" saying:
"What it boils down to is that I've lost a lot of my interest in helping to develop ZF. The active involvement, of both the Zend team and the community contributors, that made ZF development so much fun seems to be mostly gone."
I agreed publicly with his statements at the time and worked for community reform -- and we have seen some effort, in the creation of a community-review team, and in the very recent return of the weekly summaries. There's a new IRC meeting process being tried out, but it is now clear to me that it is a complete and total farce, with a general consensus of: this isnt getting anywhere, lets charge ahead anyway.
Which brings me to why I am leaving the project today. The ZF 2.0 community engineering process is trying yet again to get off the ground. What Jurrien spoke of in May 2010 about the engineering of ZF2 holds true today -- over a year later. Progress towards community architecture development is still as absent as ever. The process is expected to happen in the silos of Zend and contributor RFC's, but no real collaboration is occurring. Conceptual ideas are met not with intrigue, but with pointers to formal processes that require the all concepts to be fully pre-formulated and defended as if thesis, [with even the ludicrous request for benchmarks before a concept has even been defined.]
I tried to push the rope towards discussion of a truly modular architecture for ZF2 -- but its now clear to me that I have failed, and the current process requirements and leadership from Zend will make the kind of community-driven engineering I envision simply impossible to achieve. The ideas are too conceptual to push through a formal proposal process, and I'm but one exceptionally busy developer and cannot be expected to have all the answers. My vision for the framework was one of collaborative architecture, but what I've found instead is a conflicted leadership more interested in time constraints and process than in creating innovative engineering solutions.
So with this message, I defer. I leave it up to those at Zend to make the next version of their Zend Framework product. Maybe it will be awesome, maybe it wont, but one thing is clear, it no longer meets my definition or requirement for choosing a community MVC framework.
I will continue to support Zend Framework 1.x in my client work, and evangelise its purpose and history, but given the current trajectory, its unlikely I'll advocate the ZF 2.0 transition -- instead I will prefer more progressive frameworks with a strong and elegant design for ground-up modular architecture and an active and engaged contributor community.
I do not come by this decision easily nor quickly, and I have met and worked with many truly amazing developers throughout my time with the Zend Framework project. I know that there are still those of you out there fighting for reform and I do truly wish you success and the ZF community well. I hope that the contributors, some of the most technically brilliant and exceptionally talented folks in the PHP community, continue to have a say in Zend Framework's path and development.
For now though, I'm going to refocus my spare-time efforts on my CIRA leadership campaign, security research, and making contributions to open-data.
Its been fun,
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Budding golfers honed their putting skills and tee shots in an inter-school tournament.
Arkley Golf Club hosted the event in Rowley Green Road, Barnet, where six school teams went head-to-head in a series of mini competitions.
Yavneh College in Borehamwood came first, followed by Belmont School in Mill Hill.
Individual prizes were also awarded, with Mill Hill County's Luke Jansen winning the Nearest to the Pin prize for the closest ball to the hole, and Yavneh's Logan Deyong, winning the Nearest to the Line contest for hitting a golf ball the furthest on the fairway.
John Casalaspro, who helped organise the competition, said: "Everyone really enjoyed themselves. Competitions like this are a good way of getting people to come and play golf and to get golf in the community."
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A cute black and white kitten has been taken for rehoming after its owner failed to come forward.
The adorable kitten, thought to be aged three or four months old, was found meowing outside a Raynes Park family's home on Saturday, August 9.
Savannah Williams, 21, has been looking after the kitten but has now taken it to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Her mother Mrs Williams said: "She was a beautiful kitten and we tried to find the owner but no-one came forward.
"Savannah was devastated but I can't look after her.
"Battersea guaranteed they would find her a good home."
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I got a question along these lines from a friend working in SP environment:
Customer wants to upgrade a 7200 with PA-A3-OC3SMI to ASR1001. Can they use ASR1001-2XOC3POS interfaces or are those different from "normal ATM interfaces"?
Both interfaces (PA-A3-OC3SMI for the 7200 and 2XOC3POS for the ASR1001) use SONET framing on layer 1, so you can connect them to the same SONET (layer-1) gear.
POS (Packet-over-SONET) interface behaves like a point-to-point serial interface above the bit transmission layer – you can run HDLC or PPP on it (maybe even Frame Relay or X.25; I never tried). You can use a POS interface to connect two devices (for example two routers) with an OC-x/STM-y link.
ATM interface is a totally different beast – it slices and dices packets into ATM cells, implements virtual circuits and allows you to connect a router to numerous remote devices across an ATM network.
If you used ATM interfaces for point-to-point inter-router connectivity across SONET infrastructure (sometimes you could get an ATM bundle that would be cheaper than buying a POS interface) you can replace them with POS interfaces. If a router's ATM interface connects to an ATM network (directly or across SONET infrastructure), you cannot.
And then there are Channelized SONET/SDH interfaces. You could treat SONET/SDH bit stream as a sequence of bits (like the POS interface does) or as a structure of layer-1 frames multiplexing bits from numerous lower-speed point-to-point connections (for example, four OC-3 streams or 12 DS-1 streams fit into an OC-12 link).
A channelized interface can demultiplex those bit streams. It contains numerous serial interfaces that you can configure independently, resulting in a high-density WAN concentration option (it's also pretty complex to configure – just check the configuration guide for the Channelized OC-12 module in a Cisco 10000 router).


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Sherine Abdel Wahab's adorable daughters, Mariam and Hanna, looked absolutely gorgeous in a recent photo shoot with their mother. The starlet posted the pix on her Facebook page, which received thousands of "likes" from her fans!
The girls were dressed in black & white dresses as they cutely posed next to their superstar Mama, who was also dressed in a little black number. Sherine's eldest daughter strikes an uncanny resemblance to her Mummy, except she has beautiful long Myriam Fares-like hair!
According to Laha Magazine, Sherine was asked if she considers having her two daughters participate in her upcoming music videos, and to her fans' delight, the singer said that the idea isn't "far-fetched."
Sherine said that she has a number of videos of her daughters on her cell phone and may seriously consider including one of them at the end of her new music video for the single "Wi Meen Akhtar" (Who to Choose).
Several months ago, the mother-of-two admitted to having had an abortion in the past. Sherine said the "hardest incident she's ever encountered" took place when she was married to the father of her children, reported Laha Magazine.
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Meth production and use is an ongoing problem that isn't slowing down…in fact, the number of meth labs seem to be growing each year. But we're not giving up. Mayor Winnecke's No Meth Task Force and the EPD's Meth Suppression Unit are working harder than ever.
On this edition of Wednesdays With Winnecke, we give an update on what's happening when it comes to legislation about the ability to buy pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient needed to make meth. And we hear from members of the No Meth Task force. Our guests are Detective Brock Hensley, who is one of only four men on the EPD's Meth Suppression Unit…Monte Fetter who represents the Property Owners Management Association…and Local 7 and Eyewitness News anchor Brad Bird who is hosting the televised town hall meeting this Sunday night. The show's second segment focuses primarily on this weekend's town hall and how you can get involved.
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Title: Dark Clouds May Hang
Author: Jinni R
Characters: Xander, Piper/Leo, Phoebe/Cole
Disclaimer: All things BtVS belong to Joss Whedon, et al. All things Charmed belong to Aaron Spelling, et al. Lyrics that will be used throughout, and inspiration drawn from, are from Dave Matthews Band's "Dancing Nancies".
Distribution: The normal places.
Author's Notes: Will include spoilers up to and through Season Six of Charmed and perhaps even Season Six of BtVS. This is fair warning.
Summary: They loved him enough to set him free…
x x x Prologue, Year 2008 x x x
The attic was quiet for all that it was scattered with people. Sad, teary eyes watched the couple in the center of things. Leo and Piper on one side, Paige standing with Chris and Wyatt on the other. They'd come far and tried so hard, but in the end it was coming down to this.
"I've known this day was coming since the second I got pregnant..."
"And yet it still hurts... as it should."
Phoebe nodded, gazing down at the tiny bundle in her arms. Small pink hands, curled into miniature fists, batted with breathless energy at nothing in particular. Just the random movement of a child not even two weeks old in this world, flailing about with innocence. A thin dusting of baby fine dark hair covered the tender flesh of his scalp and she knew that if he deigned to open his eyes she'd see his father in those dark depths.
"How do we know this is right?" she whispered to everyone and no one at all, leaning into the gentle yet firm hand he laid on her shoulder. She trusted that strength to keep her standing, to get her through this. Outwardly she might look calm… but inside a storm was brewing, raining down on her heart, drowning her in sorrow. She couldn't even take solace in the fact that once this was over…
He smiled softly, running a finger over the baby's cheek before giving a significant look upwards. "I think proof of it being the right thing to do is sitting Up There right now, Phoebe."
She nodded, blinking back tears. Her eyes savored the sight of Cole touching the baby with such tenderness. Hands that had done so much... killed so many... and yet he was more gentle with his son than one would be touching spun glass. She'd never even dared to imagine this moment until that day, years before, when she'd been told the impossible... and even then she'd tried to deny it.
And now the blessed impossibility that lay in her arms was ending.
"Shh," he whispered, laying a finger over her lips. "We don't have to do it if you don't want to."
The words meant nothing, just a sympathetic gesture to try to soothe her frazzled nerves, and she offered him a tremulous smile. "Liar."
They had to do this.
It was the only way to make sure...
... and wasn't the young man waiting Up There for the okay to come back down just proof of that?
She shut her eyes, cradling the sleeping baby to her chest.
"What if they find him?"
"They won't even be looking for him," Leo spoke up, taking a step forward.
"And..." Phoebe paused, eyes shifting to Cole before back to her son. Hard to think about that part of things, harder still to give voice to it. "What about the part of him that's... not human."
Cole raised his eyebrows at her and she fought back a flush. "The demonic part, I assume you mean?"
"Yeah, yeah," Paige sighed as she joined the group in the center of the attic with one more glance over her shoulder to make sure the two boys were content to sit and play with their toys. "Daddy's little gift to his son - what about when he loses control? No one will be there to stop him."
"Paige," Phoebe hissed, giving her sister an unfriendly look. No matter how much time passed, it would always come back to this. There weren't enough apologies in the world for some of the things Cole had done to them and she had given up trying to keep her sister in line when it came to things like that – the demonic stuff. Like now.
"What?" The other woman shrugged. "Valid question. We didn't really talk about that. Look at how much trouble your boy toy had... still has sometimes."
"He's only one quarter demon, not a half. Not like me," Cole interrupted, voice firm. "And binding his powers will do the rest. He won't be able to tap into the evil because he'll never come close to it."
He hoped.
They hoped, Phoebe corrected herself, looking down at her son. One quarter human, one quarter demon... and one half witch. He was something special. And for that reason they had to do this. Send him somewhere safe... somewhere where he stood a chance of reaching adulthood. They couldn't do that here and now. Not with both Wyatt and Chris needing protection. Two special children... a third had been unexpected.
And they just couldn't handle it. Not right now.
It wasn't fair, she fought not to scream. Later she'd break down. Later she would scream to the heavens about what was right and wrong, fair and unfair. She'd curse and yell and hit things. The thought lingered, though; it wasn't fair. Piper had never even dreamed of doing this with either of her boys. She got to keep both of her wonderful children near her.
But, then again, when had life ever been fair to any of them? She was thankful for the time she had... the husband that had come into her life... and this beautiful baby boy that she already knew would grow up to be a wonderful man.
"Alright," she whispered, her voice breaking only slightly. "Let's do it."
He was still sleeping as she laid him in the center of the circle, tears pooling unbidden in her eyes. She wiped at them, taking her place next to her sisters as Leo and Cole moved across the room to stand with Wyatt and Chris. The binding spell, so carefully prepared, was spoken in quiet, hushed tones. She didn't know if she'd be able to go through with it if he woke up... if she had to look into his eyes and know that she was sending him away.
He never stirred, tiny hands now snuggled carefully beneath the soft blue baby blanket that Paige had given her. It was one of the only baby things that she had for him. What had been the point in buying a room full when they had known all along what the future held?
"It's done." Piper murmured, wrapping an arm around her sister's waist. Phoebe melted into her embrace, silently accepting the comfort she was trying to offer. "That should hold his powers... for a good twenty years."
"Twenty-two," Paige corrected absently. "It'll hold for twenty-two years."
Phoebe nodded, moving away from the Book of Shadows, back towards her son. This time his carrier came with her, fetched from the side of the attic. Her husband beat her back to the circle and was holding the sleeping infant when she joined him. It looked... so natural to see the two of them together, for all that it was anything but.
"I'm going to miss him."
"We're not losing him," Cole offered the little reassurance that he could.
"Yeah, I know. Still..." Again the reassurance that the statement should have given her failed. She'd never see him grow up. Get his first tooth or take his first step. She wouldn't be there when he started school or did all those other things that little boys did. There would be no first dates for her to worry over or late nights wondering why he hadn't come home yet. She would miss out on the so-called best years of his life.
Yet it still came down to having no other choice. Not if she wanted to do what was best for him.
She stepped closer to the pair, breathing in the soft scent of the baby powder she'd used that morning, mixing with the spicy tang of Cole's cologne. His free arm pulled her against him, the baby safely snuggled between their bodies, and she sighed, letting that last moment of contentment with this...version... of her family wash over her.
"One more thing," she whispered. "We can't forget the --" She tapped the inside of one tiny wrist meaningfully. He nodded tightly, eyes betraying the fact that he was least happy about this part, of all of it. "They'll be hidden," she reminded him. "Until..."
"Do it."
Phoebe nodded and placed her hand over the small wrist, murmuring the words that they'd worked hard to come up with. They didn't want to change anything, not even this. If it meant marking their son... then so be it. The glyph appeared on his skin as she chanted softly to herself, a mixture of the Triquetra and the symbol for Cole's demonic form, something so old that he had only barely recognized it when she showed it to him in the Book. It flowed in rich blackness over the smooth pink skin, flaring to life in a moment of golden light before fading away to nothing. One day it would show itself, at the right moment in time, when proof was needed, but for now it was dormant and hidden.
She nearly broke down and sobbed openly as Cole stepped back from her, placing the baby in the carrier she'd brought into the circle. Knees trembling, she knelt beside it, fumbling for her husband's hand in support even as she placed one last kiss on her son's baby cheek.
"I love you, Alexander," she whispered as she allowed herself to be pulled to her feet, drawn out of the circle and back to the Book of Shadows by her husband. They had to finish this, of course.
"And one day you'll show him just how much you love him," Cole murmured into her ear. His voice broke and she felt the grief well up in her own throat again. She didn't know if she'd be able to do this if –he- broke down. Not now. Not when they were so close to finishing. Her own delicately balanced composure would collapse if that happened. He backed up a step and she could see the wetness in his eyes, knew that the tight rein he'd kept on his emotions was rapidly reaching a breaking point. Demons... especially half-demons... still had feelings. He was living, breathing proof of that. She squeezed his hand and turned to her sisters before she could see anything else that might break her resolve.
This was for the best.
Lights swirled as the spell was begun, the carrier shielded and protected before the portal even began to grow beside it. With a gentleness that finally tore a cry from her throat, the carrier disappeared.
Now Phoebe collapsed, tears pouring unheeded down her face, as the portal slipped closed. Watching him go was like losing a part of herself. She hadn't expected it to hurt like this. Hadn't thought for a minute that she would cry so hard for a child that she would, without a doubt, see again one day. She sobbed, her very heart and soul aching for the baby she had just sent away 'for his own good'.
She heard Piper speak, but the words barely registered as Cole's strong arms slipped around her, his body sinking to the floor next to her. They were just parents… not Pheobe and Cole… or a witch and a half-demon… Right then and there they were just parents grieving.
The bluish-white of orbing caught her eye as she looked back towards the empty circle and she turned her head without thinking, watching as Leo materialized... watching the shimmer that coalesced right beside him. Her breath caught in her throat as it took shape and she wanted to speak... to say something.
"Mom? Dad?"
The young man was crossing the room before she could re-gather her wits, falling beside the two of them and into a hug that she wasn't sure she ever wanted to let go. She breathed deep, nestling her face into the crook of his neck, and for a second she could imagine that she smelled the baby powder, even though she knew it was impossible. For her it had only been a few minutes...
But for the young man that was currently telling his father how boring Up There really was... it had been a lifetime.
She touched his arm, smiling as he turned to face her, brown eyes sparkling.
"I missed you, Xander."
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This is a follow up to something I?d mentioned in a previous post. I had made the double-chocolate-whammy groom?s cake from RHC in the Wilton guitar pan and complained that the neck of the guitar was baked far sooner than the body, resulting in that section of the cake being over baked and dry. I wondered if a flower nail would help eliminate the problem.
To test this, I really should have baked the same recipe with the flower nail but I have no plans to make that cake again. Instead, I baked Rose?s carrot cake. The flower nail helped immensely; the neck was baked only 5 minutes ahead of the rest of the cake ? much better than the 15 minute difference with the chocolate cake ? and with a layer of cream cheese buttercream and an overnight rest in the fridge, there was no difference in texture/moistness between the different parts of the cake.


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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal dash pc dot org> wrote:
>> It doesn't. The shaper can queue things in such a way that it will
>> slow downloads because of TCP's congestion control mechanisms. If you
>> can queue on both ends though, that's preferable. Most of the time
>> that isn't an option.
> And it really isn't absolutely necessary.
No, especially with faster connections, but with something as slow as
a T1 the serialization delay can create a decent amount of jitter
where a few large packets get into the queue ahead of high priority
traffic that you can avoid if you can prioritize on the remote end.


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Croatian incumbent Hrvatski Telekom has filed an application to participate in an auction of 800MHz airwaves that regulatory authorities failed to sell a year ago.
The operator – controlled by Germany's Deutsche Telekom (Bonn) – was one of two companies to win a 2x10MHz block of 800MHz spectrum during an auction in October 2012, paying €20 million ($27.6 million) for its license.
Rival operator Vipnet, the other license winner, also paid €20 million for its concession, but the remaining 2x10MHz block remained unsold at the auction's conclusion.
In August, Hakom, the Croatian telecoms regulator, announced plans to auction the spectrum in two 2x5MHz blocks, raising the possibility that Hrvatski Telekom (Zagreb, Croatia) and Vipnet (Zagreb, Croatia) capture the remaining frequencies and prevent a third 800MHz operator from emerging.
However, the process could also attract interest from Tele2 (Zagreb, Croatia), the country's smallest player, which owns 2G and 3G spectrum but did not emerge as an 800MHz buyer in October 2012.
European operators have typically prized the 800MHz band because of its ability to cover wide areas and provide good in-building coverage compared with higher frequency spectrum.
As a consequence, the airwaves are generally seen as a more economical option for the launch of 4G services in less densely populated regions.
Hakom aims to reach a decision on the allocation of frequencies by November 26.


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Ending an 11-year program that drew mixed reviews on whether it improved public safety, the City Council voted Wednesday to turn off red-light cameras at 32 busy intersections.
Despite its 13-0 vote, the council remained divided over what to tell the nearly 65,000 motorists who were photographed running a red light, but haven't yet paid the $480 fine.
"We had one officer come up and tell us the fine was voluntary," said Councilman Dennis Zine, an outspoken critic of the camera program. "And, there are no (legal) repercussions since the court does not send the tickets on to the Department of Motor Vehicles to put a hold on a new driver's license."
But Councilman Bernard Parks, a former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, took a different view.
"If you get a citation, pay it," said Councilman Bernard Parks, former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. "You broke the law and you should take responsibility."
Despite the city's inability to force payment of the red-light citations, officials said there is no plan to offer refunds to the tens of thousands of offending motorists who paid the fine.
As they debated whether to extend the city's contract with American Traffic Solutions beyond Sunday's deadline, the council and Police Commission grew more and more concerned about the program's cost and effectiveness.
Although the council voted to switch off the cameras, it did not decide when the contract would be terminated. Arizona-based ATS manages the tickets generated by the cameras.
The LAPD and an attorney who specializes in traffic tickets cautioned that there could be unforeseen implications for motorists who opt not to pay the fine.
Police Cmdr. Blake Chow said an unpaid ticket shows up in court files as a failure to appear.
"When someone shows up in court for something else, they are told there is this outstanding matter to be taken care of," Chow said.
Attorney Sherman Ellison said that is where new problems could arise.
"The clerk will tell you there is the outstanding matter and ask what you want to do," said Ellison, who has a case pending against Culver City for its failure to put up notices about the cameras that could affect thousands of cases.
"If you tell the clerk you want to make the situation right, that's where you have stepped right into the court mechanism. The same thing happens for people who go online and ask for an extension. Once you do that, you're in the system."
Ellison said it is also unclear whether the county's collection agency refers the failure-to-appear to credit rating agencies.
Also, officials said even with the council's decision to end Los Angeles' program, cameras are still in use in several neighboring cities at transit crossings monitored by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Councilman Mitch Englander said the failure-to-appear notation could affect job applicants if a potential employer has access to court records.
"To say there are no repercussions would be wrong," Englander said. "We don't know what the impact will be."
But Zine said he was encouraged by the cameras coming down.
"This is one of the issues I get the most complaints about," Zine said. "And it's wrong. There's a $480 fine for this and it's too much."
Zine said the city receives $157 of the fine, the county gets $77 and the state gets $246.
Zine had tried to get state legislation passed that would make the fines an administrative matter and reduced for drivers.
Parks asked that the city try to negotiate with American Traffic Systems to keep the cameras operating, without issuing tickets, to see if there is an increase in violations once drivers are aware they not in operation.
The city Department of Transportation was instructed to look at other ways to improve traffic safety, including longer yellow lights or having a four-way stop at all intersections to give traffic time to clear.
John Fisher, assistant general manager of LADOT, said the city already has extended yellow lights at its intersections and has some with four-way red lights.
"We look at all the tools we have to try to help traffic and stop accidents," Fisher said.
The red-light cameras were brought in initially as a pilot project and expanded to permanent status after several years.
The LAPD supported the program and continues to do so since the cameras replace officers assigned to such duty.
Parks, who was police chief when the cameras were first installed, said he still supports the program.
"I think it will be a mistake to get rid of this program," Parks said. "There is no dollar (amount) you can put on a life. The ticket price is beyond our ability to affect. We have no control of that."
The City Council instructed its staff to talk with American Traffic Systems about ongoing needs to clean up legal work on the outstanding tickets as well as how the system will be dismantled.


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Viridian ComfortPlus Translucent is an addition to the successful Viridian ComfortPlus energy efficient range of single glazed low E products offering enhanced energy efficiency performance when compared to ordinary glass.
ComfortPlus ™ Translucent is made by bonding two sheets of glass together with a translucent interlayer to make a Grade A safety glass. Viridian ComfortPlus also has a microscopically thin, yet durable low e coating, that helps to control the flow of heat into and out of windows to make a home warmer in winter and cooler in summer.
Unlike traditional etched frosted glass it is less prone to finger printing because the translucent interlayer is sandwiched between the two pieces of glass. Being a laminated glass, ComfortPlus Translucent also blocks 99% percent of damaging UV light and is designed to hold the glass together upon impact.
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* TSX up 41.85 points, or 0.33 percent, at 12,564.09 * All 10 main index sectors advance * Gold-mining stocks make biggest gains By John Tilak TORONTO, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Resource shares pushed Canada's main stock index higher on Thursday as robust trade data from China signaled a pickup in global demand and boosted commodity prices. Investors were also encouraged by the European Central Bank's decision to keep interest rates on hold and by ECB comments that the euro zone economy will recover later in 2013. The index's materials sector, which includes mining stocks, jumped 1.5 percent, with gold companies making the biggest gains on a rally in gold prices. Goldcorp Inc added 3.6 percent to C$36.69, Barrick Gold Corp gained 1.8 percent to C$33.81, and Yamana Gold Inc jumped 4.4 percent to C$17.03. The three stocks played a major role in leading the index higher. Data on Thursday showed China's exports hit a seven-month high in December, a strong finish to the year after seven straight quarters of slowdown. "People are looking for evidence that (China's) economy is picking up. It's given the market a little bit of room for optimism," said Michael Sprung, president of Sprung Investment Management. At midmorning, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 41.85 points, or 0.33 percent, at 12,564.09. All of the index's 10 main sectors were higher. The energy sector was up 0.1 percent as Brent crude prices rose 0.7 percent rise on the Chinese data and on news that Saudi Arabia was cutting its crude oil production.. In the group, Suncor Energy Inc rose 0.9 percent to C$33.58. \ "We don't think it's going to be a blockbuster year, but it could be a better year for energy stocks in particular and hopefully some material stocks," Sprung said. Financials rose 0.2 percent, with Toronto-Dominion Bank up 0.5 percent at C$82.58.


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Rossi, Jomby, Roberts Power Kentucky Into Fourth-Straight Sweet 16
May 11, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. - For the first time in program history, the University of Kentucky men's tennis team advanced to its fourth-straight NCAA Sweet 16, as the eighth-ranked Wildcats won the Lexington Regional final, 4-1, over No. 41 Virginia Tech at the Hilary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center in Lexington, Ky.
"I am just happy for the guys, UK head coach Cedric Kauffmann said, who earns his first-career Sweet 16 appearance as a head coach. "They have been working hard since September and we have been stressing out the championship season. The SEC Championship, the SEC Tournament and the NCAA's. We are playing good."
With the win in the regional final, Kentucky advances to its fourth-straight Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. UK had twice moved through to three straight Sweet 16s before Saturday's win over the Hokies.
Kentucky raced out to a fast start in doubles play, dictating the play at courts one and three, where they would clinch the point.
No. 9 Tom Jomby and Kevin Lai only dropped one of the nine games played in the match, as the ninth-ranked tandem in the nation breezed to an 8-1 win over No. 80 Andreas Bjerrehus Hunter Koontz of Virginia Tech.
On court three, newly-formed tandem Anthony Rossi and Juan Pablo Murra fell behind an early break in the match at 1-2, but then rattled off wins in seven of the last eight games to win their match over Amerigo Contini/Marko Lovrinovic, 8-3.
Kentucky upped its record to 14-2 on the season when it wins the doubles point, as the Wildcats won both of the doubles points in this weekend's regional in Lexington.
In singles play, Kentucky dominated three matches, putting a swift end to the match by virtue of wins on courts one, two and five.
On court two, Tom Jomby won his 21st match of the season, putting No. 97 Andreas Bjerrehus in a hole early and never letting him back into the match. Jomby won 6-1, 6-2 to complete his 2-0 weekend, and collect his 13th win of the season over a ranked singles opponent.
On court one, it was more of the same for senior Anthony Rossi, who played his final match of his career at the Hilary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon. Rossi defeated No. 61 Amerigo Contin 6-0, 6-2, collecting his team-high 24th win of the season. Rossi defeated his 12th ranked opponent of the season, and upped his record in 2013 to 24-5. Rossi was the third win of the match for the Wildcats, as they took the early 3-0 lead.
The clinching match came again from Lexington, Ky., native Grant Roberts on court five as he downed Lucas Oliveira, 6-0, 6-2. The win was Roberts' second-straight clinching win as he now has clinched over six matches for the Wildcats this season. Roberts also clinched the match over No. 8 Oklahoma, No. 10 Mississippi State, No. 6 Georgia, and Friday's win over Western Michigan. The win was in an impressive one hour and six minutes as the junior brought home the win for the Wildcats.
With the win, Kentucky will next travel to Champaign-Urbana, Ill., as they will face ninth-seeded Duke for a spot in the Elite Eight. UK and Duke will face off at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 16 at the Atkins Tennis Center.
NCAA Men's Tennis Championship
Second Round - Lexington Regional - Lexington, Ky.
Hilary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center
No. 8 Kentucky 4, No. 41 Virginia Tech 1
Doubles: (Order of finish: 1, 3*)
1- No. 9 Tom Jomby/Kevin Lai (UK) def. No. 80 Andreas Bjerrehus/Hunter Koontz (VT) 8-1
2- Beck Pennington/Ryuji Hirooka (UK) vs. Amerigo Contini/Marko Lovrinovic (VT) 7-4 (Abd.)
3- Anthony Rossi/Juan Pablo Murra (UK) def. Joao Montiero/Lucas Oliveira (VT) 8-3
Singles: (Order of finish: 2, 1, 6, 5*)
1- No. 5 Anthony Rossi (UK) def. No. 61 Amerigo Contin (VT) 6-0, 6-2
2- No. 23 Tom Jomby (UK) def. No. 97 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) 6-1, 6-2
3- Hunter Koontz (VT) led Charles Minc (UK) 6-3, 4-3 (Abd.)
4- Joao Mintiero (VT) led Kevin Lai (UK) 6-2, 5-4 (Abd.)
5- Grant Roberts (UK) def. Lucas Oliveira (VT) 6-0, 6-2
6- Aaron Gomez (VT) def. Beck Pennington (UK) 7-5, 6-1
Kentucky Head Coach Cedric Kauffmann
Opening statement ...
"I am just happy for the guys. They have been working hard since September and we have been stressing out the championship season. The SEC Championship, the SEC Tournament and the NCAA's. We are playing good."
On how they played today ...
"I thought we played a little slow in the doubles and then kind of settled in. The round of 32 is always kind of a tricky match with the Sweet 16 on the line. I thought we played a lot better in the doubles. Throughout the year, our one two and (Grant) Roberts have kind of been carrying us on their backs. Beck (Pennington) has been playing really, really good through the year. At three and four, we didn't play so good, but if you play four good points, I guess that's all you need.
Virginia Tech Head Coach Jim Thompson
Opening Statement...
"Kentucky played really well. We thought we got off to a good start in the doubles, but then they came storming back and pretty much steam rolled us in the doubles. Then in the singles, we got a couple of courts where we got some momentum but at courts one and two we never got in the matches and UK played really, really well. Give them lots of credit, they are a very good team and had a really good year. We gave them our best shot."
On the positive aspects of the team going into next season...
"We have lots to work on, but we had a great year. We lost a lot of close matches but we start four freshman, one sophomore and one senior so I think we have a young team with a nucleus to build around and hope to be back in this same position next year."
For more information regarding UK men's tennis, log on to UKathletics.com.


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Greensburg Tribune-Review athletes of the week: Derry's Luke Ridilla, Penn-Trafford's Ashleigh Yanniruberto
Luke Ridilla
School: Derry
Year: Junior
Sport: Baseball
Claim to fame: Ridilla doubled to drive in the eventual game-winning run and drew three walks to lead Derry (1-0) to a 4-1 win over East Allegheny on Saturday. Ridilla, an all-section pick last season, will try to help Derry improve on last year's 8-10 record, which included a 5-9 mark in Section 2-AAA.
"(Saturday) went pretty well," he said. "I wish we pulled the bats out more and we could have done pretty well over East Allegheny. But overall, it was a pretty good game."
What are the team's expectations this year?
The team is aspiring to win the section. We are hoping we could make a deep run in the state playoffs. I think we have a solid team, and I think we can do it.
What will it take to accomplish that?
We need to pull out the bats. We definitely have some good sticks on our team. But sometimes they don't show up. But if we go into each game with a good attitude, I think we will do fine.
Personally, what do you need to improve on?
I started switch-hitting this year. I think it will help me with all the college scouting. I need to also improve with my fielding.
Who is the player you model your game after?
Derek Jeter. He is so good with his glove, and I love that he hits more for average than power.
If you could meet anyone in the world, who would it be?
Bill Gates. I would like to have a tech talk with him because I'm into gaming, computers and stuff like that.
Ashleigh Yanniruberto
School: Penn-Trafford
Year: Junior
Sport: Softball
Claim to fame: Yanniruberto had two hits and drove in two runs for Penn-Trafford (1-1) in a 6-0 win over Belle Vernon on Saturday. An all-section pick last year, she will try to improve defensively at shortstop after committing four errors last season.
"I thought I started off pretty well," she said. "We have been working on our hitting in practice. It paid off with the two hits and two RBI (against Belle Vernon)."
What are the team's expectations?
I hope we do really well this season. We hope to make it to the playoffs, which we missed out on last season. Our main goal is to win the section.
What do you need to do to win the section?
We need to have fewer errors and start playing a full seven innings. If we are up, we need to keep going and finish out the game.
What do you need to improve on personally?
I need to improve on both my hitting and fielding. I think I can always improve in both aspects. I want to get my average up higher and start hitting sooner this year. I started to hit late last year.
As a captain, what have you told the team to fulfill your goals?
We need to make sure everyone knows we want to go out there and win every game we play. We want to win as many possible games. We have the team to win the section only if we play to our capabilities. If we do, we can win against any team in our section.
Who is your role model?
My dad. He has gone through so much to get where he is today. He gives 100 percent in everything he does. It's how I am, too.


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Senate forced into secret session over Iraq
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Democrats forced the US Senate into a rare secret session today to demand that the Republican majority investigate the Bush administration's handling of intelligence related to the war in Iraq.
The surprise manoeuvre, exploiting last week's indictment of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff in the CIA leak case, caught angry Republicans flatfooted.
It shifted attention back to the increasingly unpopular war.
After a testy showdown that lasted more than two hours behind closed doors, Senate Republicans agreed to restart an inquiry into the administration's use of intelligence.
Still, furious Republicans called the move a "stunt" and a "scare tactic" designed to score partisan political points.
At issue was a long-standing promise by the Republicans to broaden an investigation into how intelligence was used to go to war.
A senate committee concluded last year that the intelligence was erroneous, but Democrats want an inquiry to determine whether it had been intentionally misused to justify the war.
Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada renewed his call for that portion of the investigation, invoking Friday's indictment of Cheney's aide I Lewis "Scooter" Libby on charges that he lied to a grand jury about his role in leaking classified information about a war critic's wife.
"The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared challenge its actions," Reid said, moments before springing the secret session.
A visibly angry Bill Frist, the Senate's normally unflappable Republican leader, immediately lashed back, noting that most previous closed sessions had been called by joint agreement of both party leaders.
What especially annoyed Frist was that Reid acted without consulting him.
"This is an affront to me personally," said Frist, of Tennessee. "It's an affront to our leadership. It's an affront to the United States of America. And it is wrong."
Under Senate rules, the Senate can go into closed session at the request of one senator, provided another senator seconds the motion.
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Stock market contagion in the early stages of the global financial crisis: the experience of the GCC countries
This study examines stock market contagion from the United States to the markets of the GCC countries during the period 2007-08. These countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) were also experiencing accelerating debt levels, overheated real estate markets, and drying up of liquidity. The main hypothesis under investigation is that the collapse of the GCC stock markets did not result purely from contagion, in the sense that these markets did not follow closely the US market during that period. It is argued that local factors were more influential in triggering the collapse and that those markets would have collapsed with or without the global financial crisis. The empirical results show rather limited evidence for the effect of U.S. stock prices on GCC stock prices and a much more important role for oil prices. However, neither of these variables alone can explain the behaviour of GCC stock prices during the period under investigation because of the role played by the domestic factors that caused bubbles and crashes.
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Moosa, Imad
"Stock market contagion in the early stages of the global financial crisis: the experience of the GCC countries,"
International Journal of Banking and Finance: Vol. 7
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Soswaewon Garden in Damyang
Gwangpunggak pavilion
Ogongmun gate
Soswaewon Garden, Damyang
Soswaewon Garden, Damyang
Soswaewon Garden, Damyang
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Name of Cultural
Soswaewon Garden, Damyang
4,399㎡(Designated Area), 117,051㎡(보호구역)
Designated Date
17, Soswaewon-gil, Nam-myeon, Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do Damyang-gun Jeollanam-do
King Jungjong of Joseon Period
National and Private Property
Soswaewon Garden epitomizes the literati gardens of the mid-Joseon Dynasty.
Nature and artificial elements are carefully harmonized in this woodland garden, which embodies the upright mind and restrained aestheticism of ancient Korean scholars.
Yang San-bo (1503-1557), a young scholar born in Damyang, built this garden after returning to his hometown and giving up his worldly ambitions when his teacher, Jo Gwang-jo, was sent to exile as part of a literati purge.
The garden is a wooded estate spanning approximately 4,060 square meters in the form of a trapezoid, with a stream gorge running through the center.
It is divided into several areas depending on the spatial features and functions: area around Aeyangdan Terrace, area around Ogongmun Gate, area around Jewoldang Hall, and area around Gwangpunggak Pavilion.
The woods have various trees including bamboo, pine, zelkova, and maple trees.
Main structures like pavilions, gates, and walls bear signs engraved on stone or wooden plates, such as Aeyangdan, Ogongmun, or Soswae Cheosa Yanggong Jiryeo (Free Man with Pure Mind; The Hut of Lord Yang).
A woodblock print of the garden, dated 1755, the 31st year of the reign of King Yeongjo, shows the garden in its original form.


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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:06 AM
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Faulty iPhone Burns Through $30,000 of Mobile Data
A supposedly "faulty" iPhone landed a man in severe financial trouble, after the phone racked up an astonishing $30,000 data billand UK network Orange tried to take the money from the bloke's account.
Chris Bovis realised he'd been cut off, so phoned Orange for an explanation. That was when he discovered the network had tried to bill him $14,000 for exceeding his data allowance. His bank had rather unsurprisingly refused the transaction, so Orange blocked his number. Orange also told Chris his next bill would be around the $16,000 level.
The actual source of the problem is a little vague. Chris said the iPhone was even downloading data while switched off, with Apple employees agreeing it was broken in some way and replacing the phone. Orange eventually caved in and agreed to reduce his bill to $450, before completely giving up and writing off the entire amount.
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Response to Earth_First (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:10 AM
onehandle (51,122 posts)
1. The word "Faulty" is in quotes. nt
Response to onehandle (Reply #1)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:12 AM
Earth_First (14,910 posts)
2. Indeed it is. n/t
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Tue Jan 8, 2013, 11:16 AM
madville (3,634 posts)
3. Here are some others, my favorite is
The guy who ran up $27,000 watching a Chicago Bears game on a cruise ship that was still moored up in Miami but it was considered international roaming.
We got a $300 bill in the Bahamas one time, international roaming was $1.99 a minute and my AT&T phone was the only one that got service in the group. Everyone had thrown me some cash to use it here and there though so it was expected.
Response to Earth_First (Original post)
Tue Jan 8, 2013, 12:33 PM
Control-Z (11,811 posts)
4. He is lucky he wasn't with Sprint.
They never give in, no matter what.
Response to Control-Z (Reply #4)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:06 AM
JoeyT (6,785 posts)
5. Yep.
I fought with Sprint and then a collection agency for damn near a year over a land line bill for an absurd amount. I was pretty adamant about not paying the bill, since I'd never had Sprint as a carrier in my entire life. It took threats of a lawsuit to make them piss off.
Sprint didn't give in, though, the collection agency did.
Response to Earth_First (Original post)
Wed Jan 9, 2013, 08:39 AM
Thegonagle (797 posts)
6. It can happen.
I'm not sure about the downloading while switched off, but it's definitely possible for a bad app (or a bad update to a good app) to make it freeze up or go into an endless loop or something while downloading data. With the speed possible on today's mobile networks, it could pull several gigabytes in a few hours.


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