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text: Holme Bush Inn (2 reviews) from £12.00 to £15.00 Family + unit Contact Us Select Section Overview This is a Certificated Site (CS). These select sites are small, privately run campsites that operates under the Club's jurisdiction and can only accommodate up to 5 caravans or motorhomes and up to 10 trailer tents or tents, unless express permission has been given by the Club to accommodate more. They range from secluded Hideaways to fully facilitated family friendly sites, and are often found in locations where larger commercial sites are prohibited so you could be camping close to a beach or in the National Park, for example. Site Details This site was last visited by a Site Officer in 2017. 1.25 acres, level. Adv bkg ad. Directions Directions to this site are available to members when logged in. Facilities Holme Bush Inn has the following facilities on or around the site. Touring Caravans Trailer Tents Grass only pitch (no electric) Washbasins Parent and baby room Chemical toilet disposal point Childrens play area Television room (not for hire) Bar Designated dog walk Coastal Battery charging facilities Public transport within 1 mile Motorhomes Tents Flushing toilet Dedicated accessible facilities Backpacker facilities Ice pack freezing Ball games Restaurant Pets welcome Electric hook-up Grass only pitch for larger tents Public House Wi-fi (Other provider) Reviews Review Expand review Recommended: yes 5 Lovely small site with basic facilities but the welcome was very warm. Caroline Page-Brown (Club Member) stayed Jul 2013 This review is for Holme Bush Inn Lovely small site with basic facilities but the welcome was very warm. Toilets and wash basin only (no showers) are in the pub and these are closed overnight so would recommend having a portaloo. Only stayed one night but we were made to feel very welcome by the owners. Their two German shepherd dogs are gorgeous and loved the children. Would highly recommend a stay here - we will definately be going back Location: Country,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Groups,Active break,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 this is a very versatile site offering something for everyone . wendy and pete (Club Member) stayed Aug 2012 This review is for Holme Bush Inn this is a very versatile site offering something for everyone .The owners were very welcoming and the site is immaculate.Good walks on offer without driving to find them. We were able to enjoy a quiet drink with our dog too. However we were able to enjoy peace and quiet on site. A good choice for people who wish to visit the local tourist attractions but could return for a quiet evening at a friendly pub with the option to eat out - no driving to worry about. This could be a great meeting place for a group of camping friends. The main road is a little close but not noisy and dogs /children are not at risk as there is a gate securing the land.we will be going again! Towing: Easy Location: Country Suitable For: Older couples,Groups,Active break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Pricing The fees for Holme Bush Inn were last updated in 2014.The following fees are just given as a guide, so please always check with the site.The fee for staying on site for one night is :£12.00 - £15.00 for 2 Adults, 2 Children, 1 Unit including Hook-up * Please note the site open dates are 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017


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Through The Jim Rohn Legacy Series, Chris Widener imparts wisdom and knowledge gained through the seven years he was personally mentored by Rohn. Chris shares his insight on what made Jim Rohn tick and provides an intimate look at the ideas that shaped the career of this motivational legend. This audio program will give you a rare glimpse into the greatness of the man who was hailed as America's number one business philosopher.
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I love Jim Rohn, I have listened to so many of his talks.
This has little to do with Jim and 80% a sales pitch for Multi-Level-Marketing.
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So sad this has Jim's name on this.
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NORTHWOOD College for Girls in Maxwell Road opened its doors for the first time today.
Headmistress Jacqualyn Pain was joined by the Deputy Mayor of Hillingdon, Cllr George Cooper, and other key guests to mark the occasion.
Northwood College and Heathfield School for Girls in Pinner announced in September 2013 they were to join forces to create the latest school in the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) network.
GDST has an outstanding record in innovation and standards of teaching.
Miss Pain said: "Good schools help their pupils to achieve the best possible grades, but outstanding schools such as Northwood College for Girls do more than this.
"We will equip our girls with the knowledge, skills and love of learning they need to exceed all expectations and truly flourish."
There was frantic activity during the summer holiday at the Northwood campus to ensure the 930 girls arriving today would be welcomed by a new IT system and new classrooms.
Stage two of the redevelopment is still in its early progress, but rough sketches feature a permanent science block with 11 new classrooms and a new reception and entrance area.
Girls from both schools have had the opportunity to get to know each other over the past year with events and activities for all age groups at both Northwood and Heathfield.


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After arriving in San Diego around 10:30 am, my Tuesday afternoon was spent exploring the city on wheels and enjoying some of the best pizza I have ever had, while on lovely Coronado Island. Our location gave us a great opportunity to take a picture of San Diego's skyline behind some palm trees.
As you can see, the beach was stunning.
I went on this trip with my best friend, whose grandmother was kind enough to let us stay with her at her condo, only a short walking distance from the beach. So naturally, the next day was a lazy day at the beach spent under the sun. It wasn't wasted however, due to watching the surfers. Let me tell you, they are a wonderful sight! Walking out onto the pier, Hannah took some candid shots of me against the shoreline. The weather was just fantastic, but the water is always cold so don't be fooled!
The next two days were filled with adventure. As Hannah and I traveled to the top of a mountain in Dana Point, we got out of the car once we had reached the top to get a picture of an amazing view of the Pacific. To our misfortune, a troubling engine noise arose from the engine of the car followed by smoke and a leaking green liquid. Great. We laughed until we cried. The irony of the situation, because as we were driving up we joked about the car breaking down.
After numerous calls, and a frightening hobo encounter, AAA came to pick us up. Followed by being ripped off $18 for the drive to the auto shop. Never say you are from out of town if you want to keep your money, because people will take advantage of you.
Once the car was repaired, we traveled down to La Jolla to go kayaking. Such a fun experience, and a great workout! It certainly is thrilling to see all the sea life and cliffs with corresponding caves. Didn't expect to get soaked, so definitely wear a swimsuit if you go.
We also got the opportunity to take out a Jet Ski on the water, made the acquaintance of some seals. Cute or scary? I can't decide.
This random rock formation off the coast was covered with about 40 seals, and a flock of birds. I love how the water is spraying up against the rocks in this.
On our last day, we visited a zoo, a branch of the San Diego Zoo. We didn't spend a lot of time there, but took a little bus tour. It was eighty-eight degrees and felt like Texas that day. Not my favorite weather, but the zoo was a good time.
Overall thoughts about California? Very enjoyable to visit, but I wouldn't live in SoCal. Not my scene. But I hear the north is different, and I think that might be more my liking living wise. Would love to visit Berkeley and San Fran. I'm really glad I got to spend my break in San Diego. The trip was filled with some unexpected twists, but it just added to the excitement! What a week, I will never forget it, that's for sure!


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General Specs
- Modes: CDMA 850/CDMA 1900
- Weight: 3.26 oz (92 g)
- Dimensions: 3.89" x 1.93" x 0.58" (99 x 49 x 15 mm)
- Form Factor: Clamshell
- Internal Antenna
- Battery Life (Talk): 3.67 hours (220 minutes)
- Battery Life (Standby): 398 hours (16.6 days)
- Battery Type: LiPolymer 800 mAh
- Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD)
- Colors: 262,144 (18-bit)
- Size: 176 x 220 pixels
- Memory: 23.6MB (??)
- Phone Book Capacity: 500
- FCC ID: BEJVX8600 (Approved Jun 7, 2006)
Source(s): LG Features support
This phone has A-GPS and works with VZW Nav for navigation.
- Digital TTY/TDD
- Hearing Aid Compatible w/ M3 rating
- Multiple Languages
- Alerts
- Front External Display (65,000-color TFT LCD / 160 x 128 pixels)
- Polyphonic Ringtones
- Vibrate
- Bluetooth 1.1 (Supported Profiles: HFP, HSP, DUN, OPP, FTP, A2DP, AVRC)
- Multiple Numbers per Name: 5 plus 2 email addresses
- Picture ID
- Ringer ID
- Voice Dialing
- Custom Graphics
- Custom Ringtones
Data & Network
- Data-Capable
- Flight Mode
- Packet Data (Technology: 1xEV-DO r0)
- WAP / Web Browser
- Predictive Text Entry (T9)
- Side Keys
- Memory Card Slot (Card Type: microSD / TransFlash)
- 2-way Text Messaging
- Text Messaging Templates
- Music Player (Supported Formats: MP3, WMA)
Photo & Video
- Camera Resolution: 1+ megapixel (self-timer, white balance, night mode functions)
- Streaming Video
- Video Capture (Max. Length: 1 hour / QCIF resolution / 3GPP2 format)
- Alarm
- Calculator
- Tip Calculator
- Calendar
- Voice Memo (up to 1 minute each / plus call recording up to 5 minutes)
- Games
- Speaker Phone
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Known Problems
Low Speaker Volume
Many people are experiencing low speaker phone volumes. As of now there is no fix for it but future firmware upgrades may solve this problem.
Music Player
Hook Up Your Headphones
There are two options for this, Verizon sells an adapter, available online, for $14.99 which includes a call answer and end button or there is an adapter available online for $2.40 at gamebaz.com.
NOTE: According to http://vx8500.rowdyruff.net/faq.php you cannot buy the adapter from radioshack because the ones they sell don't have enough conductors on the 2.5mm end.
Adding Music
You will need a microSD card which can be purchased online
This has become pretty simple and there's no real need for the Music Essentials Kit. All you have to do is transfer MP3 files to your microSD card under the my_music folder.
Note: Filenames must be less than 32 characters and can not contain any punctuation besides the dash (-) and underscore (_).
Mods & Hacks
Ringtones w/ Bluetooth & SD Card
- Using Audacity, crop songs to about 30 seconds, mono, lower to -6 gain, export as MP3
- Copy all your ringers over to a folder on your SD card called "ringers" with no caps
No Password for Voice Mail
This makes checking your voicemail extremely easy, but it's not recommended if you're worried about people checking your voicemail from your phone.
- Menu->Messaging (or from default menu select left soft key (Message)
- Left Soft Key (settings)
- All Msg (1)
- Voicemail # (4)
- Change the number to *86 then hit the right soft key to select pause and hit 2 to insert a 2-Sec Pause, do this twice then enter your password followed by a # symbol. The final number should look like *86PP<PASSWORD>#
After downloading a free trial of VZW Navigator, it will expire of course. But you can go into BitPim and delete a file, allowing you to download another free trial. Browse to / > brew > sys > priv and delete the prefs.dat file. After disconnecting from BitPim and rebooting, you should be able to go back into GIN and download another free week of VZW Navigator. Source: HowardForums:DrkDad22
Open/Close Animations
In / > bootlogo, you can get rid of the VCast animation when you turn on and off your phone. There is a sequence of jpgs within each of the open and close folders. There are 23 opening and 14 closing jpgs. You can replace the VCast with your own animations with the same number of jpgs, just use the same file names. You can also use programs to split animated gifs into jpgs as well. I'm not sure about using fewer or more jpgs as I haven't gone into this too much. Source: HowardForums:DrkDad22
Free WAP
The information was taken from this website for the VX8300 but it works perfectly on the 8600: http://vx8300.blogspot.com/2006/08/free-wap-internet-on-vx8300.html
First you have to make sure that you can edit your WAP settings. By default they are locked. It is remarkably simple to unlock them.
- Connect to your phone using BitPim.
- Click View > View Filesystem. This will add a filesystem link to the left pane. Click on it.
- Navigate to /OWS in your filesystem. Right click on paramtable1.fil and save it to your hard drive. Keep an unmodified backup copy of this file in case something goes wrong.
- Open your new copy of paramtable1.fil in a hex editor. A good Windows hex editor is XVI32 (http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm#download). A good OSX hex editor is 0xED (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/development_tools/0xed.html). Change the third byte from "00" to "20". (Thanks to Rodstree for figuring this out.) Save the copy.
- Right click on paramtable1.fil back in BitPim. Overwrite it with your new modified version.
- Once the file is transferred, turn off and turn on your phone.
Now you have to update the wap settings to make them work with your proxy.
- Press OK to open the menu on your phone. Press 0, and then six more zeros to open the service menu.
NOTE: on newer firmware, you should enter: ##PROGRAM8600 (##77647268600) + send, then enter the six zeros.
- Press (8)WAP Setting
- Under Proxy Address Setting and Proxy Port Setting, you'll find Primary and Secondary configurations. The Primary Address goes with the Primary Port, and likewise with the secondaries. Edit the Primary and Secondary settings with the gateways of your choice.
- Change the Homepage to http://mobile.google.com or another suitable WAP homepage.
- Voila! Access the Minibrowser. Free WAP!
There are many ways to get a free proxy working. One that seems to be popular is HoTTProxy. You can also find free WAP proxies with a lot of patience, trial and error. Source: HowardForums:salparadi
Here's a great tutorial from randyman on HowardForums: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=938352


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Aleksandra Vrebalov was born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia,
on September 22, 1970. She studied composition with Miroslav Statkic at
Novi Sad University for her B.M. (1987-1992), Zoran Erich at Belgrade
University (1993-1994), Elinor Armer at the San Francisco Conservatory
(1995-1996), and Ivana Loudova at the Prague Academy of Music (1997).
Her compositions have been played by the Kronos Quartet (USA), Jorge Caballero (USA), Sausalito String Quartet (USA), Utrect String Quartet (Holland), Tanglewood Music Center Fellow (USA), Moravian Philharmonic (Czech Republic), Robert Aitken (Canada), San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra (USA), Ad Lbitum Ensemble (Yugoslavia), and Jeunesse Musicale Choir (Yugoslavia).
She has received commissions from the Kronos Quartet, Merkin Concert Hall Zoom Series, Ad Lbitum Ensemble, and Jancic Fund. Her compositions have been recorded for Nonesuch, TRV Novi Sad, TRV Belgrade, Croatian Radio, Macedonian TV, Novi Sad Academy of Arts Sound Series, and Vienna Modern Masters. She has received the Vienna Modern Masters Recording Award (1997), and an award for the Highsmith Composition Competition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She was a Mac Dowell Fellow in 1998, a Tanglewood Fellow in 1999, and most recently, a Rockefeller Bellagio Center Fellow in 2000.


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2012 Ponderosa High School graduate Amy Silverbush left June 27 for Colorado Springs, Colo., to join the United States Air Force Academy.
Silverbush is one of 1,200 freshmen entering the academy for the 2012-13 school year, according to her acceptance letter. The daughter of Brad and Kristen Silverbush said she's not certain how many girls are entering the academy. In spring 2016 Amy will graduate from the academy as a second lieutenant, holding a bachelor's of science degree, then serve at least five years of active duty.
She is the third Silverbush to enter the Air Force and the second to enter the academy; her older sister Angela, a 2010 Ponderosa High alum, enters her third year this fall. Their grandfather, Lt. Col. Edward Silverbush, served in the Air Force and fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
"Makes me feel proud; sort of like I've accomplished something," Amy said in an interview prior to her departure. "I have to work my way up a little bit harder than the boys."
The times that the Silverbush sisters will see each other at the academy will be few and far between, Amy said. They will exchange regular e-mails and text messages. "I'll probably see her once in a while," Amy said. "There are 40 squadrons at the academy."
Amy, who has another sister Jacquelyn, 13, and a brother, Eddie, 11, went through the rigorous process for acceptance into the academy that included obtaining a nomination from Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Roseville. She had to fill out an application with the Air Force both online and a printed version that had to be mailed, plus take part in interviews and a physical. The Air Force contacted her toward the end of February.
"The hardest part was waiting," Amy said. "I wasn't expecting to hear until early March. I was surprised to get the letter in the mail."
Amy said she was "shocked" but filled with "happiness" upon learning of her acceptance and her career path for the next nine years. "I was relieved, too, because I was really afraid I wasn't going to get in," she added.
Amy will need to adjust to the climate in Colorado Springs fast. The elevation is more than 6,000 feet; the elevation in Shingle Springs is just higher than 1,400 feet.
Amy entered boot camp in good shape. She played on the Ponderosa girls soccer team this spring, playing in 19 of the Bruins' 22 games. She also likes jazz and ballet dancing.
"Now I'm working on trying to do more pull-ups," joked Amy. "Dancing to me is a sport. I did tap for a long time, and hip-hop."
From fifth grade through her recent graduation, Amy said she missed only one day of classes — but with good reason. During her junior year she was visiting her sister Angela.
"I hate missing school," Amy said.
After her recent graduation Amy spent time with family and friends before leaving for the academy and took a special family trip to Disneyland.
It sounds like Miss Amy Silverbush's varied interests, talents and hard work could have allowed her to succeed in any chosen career path. Her extended family everywhere sure is proud of her! She is an honor to us all--including to the memory of her grandfather, Lt. Col. Edward Silverbush. Very best wishes to you, Ms. Silverbush.Reply
Dear Miss Silverbush. I am proud to say that I was a Sergeant at Cannon AFB in New Mexico (3/71 -4/74) and I was a personal friend of your late grandfather. He was one of the nicest men I have ever had the privilege to have known. I am sure that he is (in heaven) extremely proud of you.Reply


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 28/4/2012 (1915 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
First-time Winnipeg novelist Esmé Claire Keith was the surprise winner of the biggest prize at the Manitoba Book Awards gala on Saturday night.
Keith, a 48-year-old English teacher at St. John's-Ravenscourt School, took home the $5,000 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award for her debut novel, Not Being on a Boat.
She beat out Wayne Tefs, George Amabile and Allan Levine, all authors with many titles under their belts.
"I was very surprised to win," the soft-spoken writer said after the ceremony, attended by more than 200 people at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain.
Keith's novel is a dark satire about a wealthy man with an attitude of entitlement who takes a Caribbean cruise that goes horribly wrong.
"He's not a nice guy," she said about her protagonist. "He's got lots of horrible traits... He wants to buy happiness."
Here's the full list of winners from the 24th annual awards gala, presented by the Manitoba Writers' Guild with the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers:
Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry: Poème Pierre Prière, by J. R. Léveillé (Les Éditions du Blé)
Best Illustrated Book of the Year: David's Trip to Paraguay: The Land of Amazing Colours, by Miriam Rudolph (CMU Press)
Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year: Poème Pierre Prière by J. R. Léveillé, designed by Bernard Léveillé (Les Éditions du Blé)
Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book: A Large Harmonium by Sue Sorensen (Coteau Books)
Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award: Ravenscraig by Sandi Krawchenko Altner (Heartland Associates)
Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction: The Thirteen by Susie Moloney (Random House Canada)
Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction: The Girl in the Wall by Alison Preston (Signature Editions)
Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction: King: William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny by Allan Levine (Douglas and McIntyre)
John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer: Jennifer Still
Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher: Butterfly Winter by W.P. Kinsella (Enfield and Wizenty/Great Plains Publications)
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, younger category: S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet by Larry Verstraete (Sleeping Bear Press)
McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award, older category: Tori by Design by Colleen Nelson (Great Plains Teen Fiction)
McNally Robinson Book of the Year: Not Being on a Boat by Esmé Claire Keith (Freehand Books/Broadview Press)
-- Alison Mayes


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Westpac may have delivered another record profit - a 17 per cent rise in interim earnings to $1.225 billion - but the results have done little to douse market concern that the banking sector's best days are behind it.
Its shares were marked 51c lower yesterday to $17.41 as investors said the result did not justify its share price, which is up 9 per cent in the year to date and one of the best performing banks.
"The problem Westpac had was St George had a very strong result and the market got very excited ahead of the result," Citigroup Smith Barney's banking analyst Mike Macrow said.
As expected, Westpac revealed it would buy back $500 million of its own shares in an off-market buyback, but revenue growth was relatively low at 2 per cent considering the strong credit growth the bank enjoyed. However, Westpac is still likely to do well in the second half despite a likely slowdown in home loans, because it will enjoy the favourable profit impact of reducing the generosity of the loyalty points system on its main credit card product.
During the half, the bank more than offset the fall in interchange fee income from credit card reforms with fee repricing, with fees and commissions rising $32 million compared with the $27 million cost from the reforms.
Interim dividend rose 2c to 42c, fully franked and payable July 2.
Brett Le Mesurier of Wilson HTM said Westpac's expense control offset the pressure on margins (a 9 basis point fall, not as severe as ANZ's) from adverse rate moves and emerging home loan price competition.
Westpac's result was also helped by a lower than expected bad debt charge, aiding the 11 per cent rise in cash earnings per share to 66.7c in the half to March.
Non-interest income was crimped by a 20 per cent fall in financial markets income, but Dr Morgan denied there were any NAB-style forex trading problems within Westpac and denied rumours of a large forex loss during the half. A review had resulted in some changes to the running of the division.
While Westpac again refused to provide any earnings forecasts, based on a consistent first and second half profit split in recent years it is expected to generate double-digit earnings per share growth for the full year, outdoing ANZ and National Australia Bank.
Chief executive David Morgan said: "We do have good momentum from the first half but also the housing slowdown will arrive and that will not be fully offset by other lending so we will have a slowing in total credit growth for the system as a whole."
Westpac's housing loan growth was 18 per cent, below the 24 per cent recorded by the banking system, but it increased business lending by 18 per cent versus the market growth rate of 6 per cent.
The home loan performance meant Westpac dropped 1 per cent market share to rivals but Dr Morgan said Westpac was only interested in growing profitably and took a cautious approach. "There's some pretty fine pricing going through third-party channels that we were happy to stand aside from," Dr Morgan said, adding system growth in housing lending would probably fall below 20 per cent by September.
He said the bank had delivered on its targets after buying BT in 2002. The fund manager's investment performance had improved but, disappointingly, suffered net outflows of $82 million in the March quarter.


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Do you have what it takes to R.I.S.E. to the challenge of academic success here at UNLV? Do you feel like you could use more information about resources available on campus to help you R.I.S.E. to academic success?
In preparation for Rebels R.I.S.E., come to our academic success workshop to hear from various campus resources about how they can help you succeed on campus. Your attendance to either workshop will put you in the running for additional prizes given out during the main event on Oct. 29.


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Debit and credit cards have added an ease to life that most people have grown accustomed to.
However, they also have created an easy way for thieves to steal money.
Newton County has seen its share of credit thefts and fraud with roughly 15 cases reported last week and an estimated 20 cases apiece reported to the Covington Police Department (CPD) and the Newton County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) since Feb. 1
The stealing of funds, credit/debit card numbers and information has been occurring at businesses, over the phone, over the web and through cash machines, resulting in money missing from accounts and being spent all over the world.
One report to the NCSO said more than $600 was spent at Walmart March 11 after the physical card went missing, another one told of an unknown charge of greater than $300 made in Lithonia on March 22 and another had reports of checks bouncing after discovering there were transactions made in Florida on March 22. The incidents are occurring with cards from all different institutions, credit unions and banks. According to both CPD and NCSO, many of the thefts get reported straight to the banks.
One local restaurant has gone through multiple measures to stop any possible theft after an investigation of on-site thefts turned out to be nothing. (See sidebar for the restaurants efforts to stop the hard-to-fight crime.)
According to authorities, the physical cards don't even need to leave your possession for your information to be stolen.
"In all of these cases…the victim is unaware as to the location in which the information was compromised," NCSO Public Information Officer Cortney Morrison said about the cases since Feb. 1.
Almost every business operates with a computerized financial system these days, and software struggles to keep up with the advancements in criminal technologies, officials said.
Covington Police Captain Ken Malcom said it's hard to identify the root of the problems at times because of the lack of pattern.
"Periodically, a record system would be compromised, because it compromised multiple card numbers which are hit hard and quick," Malcom said. "It may not happen again. There is no common denominator, just strangers who don't always go to the same place or visit the same websites."
Thefts are also occurring via phishing systems used to grab large quantities of credit card numbers out of gas machines.


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The high-profile resurgence of the Birther claims on cable television provoked much self-satisfaction from liberals as the latest evidence of the influence of wingnuts on conservative politics.
But there's an inconvenient truth liberals are going to have to confront: The Birthers began not on the right, but on the left.
Investigations for my new book, Wingnuts, revealed that the Birther conspiracy theory was first concocted by renegade members of the original Obama haters, Party Unity My Ass, known more commonly by their acronym, the PUMAs. They were a splinter group of hard-core Hillary Clinton supporters who did not want to give up the ghost after the bitter 50-state Bataan Death March to the 2008 Democratic nomination.


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Kenmore Washermodel #41743142200
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replace soap dispenser drawer on Kenmore front loading washer
The drawer (part # 131271910) that dispenses soap needs to be replaced because it was chewed up by a rat! Looking at the schematic and into the dispenser hole with the drawer removed, I can see no other damage except some nibbling around a 1 x 2 inch rectangular hole on the left side of the plastic wall. The bleach and softener covers are destroyed, however I never use either of these so prefer not to buy if I don't need them. I only pour liquid down the soap dispenser hole. I have actually washed twice since the damage occurred because I didn't realize exactly what had happened. (I knew there was damage, so I pushed the drawer back in and put the soap into the bottom of the wash basket before starting the machine.) The machine worked fine except water came out of the dispenser door and I forced a bath towel against it to soak up the water. The clothes came out clean and fresh afterwards. There was not a great deal of water on the floor and none under the machine when the kick plate was opened. It looks like a simple job of replacing the drawer which just slides in and out. The Sears technician who came out wrote a $437 estimate and then discussed buying a new machine. I do not know what he thought it would need. Probably everything close to the drawer to be that amount. I ordered a new washer, but it has been an ordeal because the same model is not available and the delivery people came but refused to remove the dryer in order to put the washer under it. They said I needed a mounting kit, but the sales person says it comes with the dryer. All this will cost over $700. I am getting annoyed and ready to do it myself. What do you think?
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ES111010, December 28, 2010
the model number is 41743142200
biker dave, December 30, 2010
thank you for explaining the details; sorry to hear about those dirty rats trying to destroy your washer. it sounds like all you want is the drawer replaced. you can order the drawer from sears or purchase one locally. once you get the drawer installed (you will need to swap over the latch & magnet) get back with us if you run into problems.
i'm not real sure why you want the complete washer replaced & how did sears come up with a $437. est for this type of repair??


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Addendum to Course Description
The Flight Instructor ground school course is designed to teach the aeronautical knowledge areas necessary to take the FAA Fundamentals of Instructing and CFI - Airplane knowledge tests. Lectures, discussions, videos, handouts, and written tests will provide the student with the information needed to accomplish this. Class participants will be expected to invest time outside of class to master the course content. Material missed by students during an allowed absence will be made available to them as selected by the instructor and the applicable FAR requirements.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Schedule, take, and pass the FAA Fundamentals of Instructing and CFI knowledge tests.
- Plan and teach a lesson about private or commercial pilot knowledge areas.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
At the beginning of the course, the instructor will explain the methods used to evaluate and record student progress, and the criteria for assigning a course grade. Evaluation methods may include one or more of the following: Tests and quizzes, attendance, participation, class assignments, and class projects.
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Course Content and Outcome Guides are prepared by the Aviation Science Subject Area Curriculum Committee and approved by College management.
Aeronautical knowledge training will be provided in the following areas for this course as outlined in FAR 61.185 (a) and FAR 141 appendix F (3):
1. The fundamentals of instructing including:
- The learning process;
- Elements of effective teaching;
- Student evaluation and testing;
- Course development;
- Lesson planning; and
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The Structure of the United Nations
193 States belong to the United Nations – almost all the States in the world. In the United Nations, Member States are represented by their respective governments. The principal organs of the United Nations, according to the United Nations Charter, are
- General Assembly
- Security Council
- Secretariat with the Secretary-General
- Economic and Social Council
- International Court of Justice
- Trusteeship Council.
The General Assembly (GA) is the organ of the United Nations with all-encompassing responsibility. In the GA, all 193 Member States have the same rights ("one country, one vote"). As the sole plenary organ, the General Assembly assumes a special political position that makes it pivotal for all United Nations activities.
The GA's six main committees are:
- The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security Committee) deals with disarmament and related security questions
- The Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee) is concerned with development and economic questions
- The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee) deals mainly with human rights issues
- The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) addresses a variety of political subjects not covered by other committees, as well as remaining cases of decolonization
- The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) is in charge of the United Nations' budget
- The Sixth Committee (Legal Committee) deals with matters of international law.
Among the six principal organs of the United Nations, the responsibility for maintaining world peace and international security lies with the Security Council, composed of five permanent and ten non-permanent members. It is the only organ that can adopt resolutions which are binding for the Member States.
The Secretariat, headed by the Secretary-General, coordinates the work of the United Nations in its different fields of activity. Ban Ki-moon, former Foreign and Trade Minister of the Republic of Korea, has been the Secretary-General of the United Nations since January 1, 2007.
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the central coordinating organ of the United Nations in the areas of development, economic and humanitarian affairs. It also plays a coordinating role vis-à-vis the United Nations funds and programs, such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) or the United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF).
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), based in The Hague, is the United Nations' principal organ for the settlement of disputes among states. The ICJ can deliver non-binding advisory opinions on request of other United Nations organs. It can also issue advisory opinions which have consultative character. The Court is composed of 15 independent judges, chosen by the General Assembly and the Security Council for nine-year terms.
The Trusteeship Council was originally given the task to oversee the management of the international trusteeship system of subordinate colonial regions and to support them on their way towards independence. With the conclusion of the last trusteeship agreement for the Pacific island nation of Palau in 1994, the work of the Trusteeship Council de facto ended.
In addition to the principal organs, there are a multitude of subsidiary organs, special organizations, specialized agencies, funds and other intergovernmental institutions that, for the most part, were established after the founding of the United Nations in 1945.


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The Brotherhood VI: Initiation
Nothing says terror like a fraternity initiation in a secluded cabin while a homicidal lumberjack is running around loose. Director David DeCoteau cooks up another lethal thriller in his gay-themed Brotherhood series. Bryan McMullin and Aaron Jaeger star in this tale of murder and boyish passion, as a young man exacts bloody revenge for his brother's death in a previous fraternity ritual that went horribly wrong.


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Today, while working at the pet store, I had to feed the snakes. I'd thawed too many mice, so instead of wasting one, I fed it to our turtles. They decided to play tug of war with it, ripping it in half in front of several terrified children. FML
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A lot has been said about the legitimacy of certain penny auction sites. In fact, these past years has seen a drop in the sites' prestige as they fail to meet the quality standards they advertise so much on their sites. But what is the difference between false advertising and scam? As much as many purists would like to see penny auction sites disappear from the face of the Earth, the truth is that they are legitimate –most of the times. Where do all the unhappy reviewers come from then? Are they part of a campaign to bring the sites down for good?
There is a fair chance that many alleged conned penny auction site users have been paid to say that they have been scammed. There is also a chance that many of them, have really been scammed and wish to share their outrage with the rest of the world. This ongoing debate has generated more spark than most talk shows, and many uncertainties remain. There is a general consensus, however, that penny auction site users should be very careful when engaging in this pseudo shopping, pseudo entertainment activity.
Terms and Conditions
What you fail to know: The key to prevent scam in any of the existing forms lies in reading the terms and conditions thoroughly. Except for some cases of blatant fraud, most arguments put forward by angry bidders are included in the terms and conditions section. This means that the whole issue turns out to be a complete misunderstanding. Generally speaking, participants do not understand what to expect. The fact that most of these cases cannot be resolved successfully, as far as the user is concerned, leaves dozens of people feeling they have been either scammed or ill-treated in most cases: bad publicity for penny auction sites.
What you should know
Some of the most argumentative aspects surrounding cases of scam accusations fall under three major categories.
Bids: cost, purchase and refund: Many people plunge into the sites without reading about bid purchase and how this purchase will be billed to them. Moreover, many first time participants claim to have understood one thing and then get a nasty surprise when they found their credit card had been charged heavily with costs they did not know of. On of the trickiest issues surrounding this topic is a registration fee which some sites insist on charging. Read carefully and find out whether the site you are joining features such fees or not. If they do, you will be able to decide what to do with the registrations process. Not knowing will put you in a vulnerable situation most of the times because once the charge has been made, there is no going back.
Yet another tricky issue concerns bid purchase. Make sure you check well what type of bids you are buying and when you can use them. As you see, the fine print in most penny auction sites explains really carefully what kinds of bids are available on the site and what they can be used for. For instance, promotional bids may not be used for regular auctions, whereas guaranteed win bids can be used only in guaranteed win types of auctions and so on. There are dozens of angry reviewers who shout their anger because they got stuck with a bid pack they could not use for a certain auction they were interested in. The sad news is that most of this information is available for the public to read.
Finally, when players who have failed to win, wish to change their used bids in order to help pay for the product using the "buy now" alternative, they may find another even more unpleasant surprise. Some sites now allow only a small percentage of the item's value to be paid with bids. Furthermore, some sites have gotten rid of the "buy now" feature altogether, or have left it only to be used if you are going to pay 100% with real money. Make sure to inquire about regulations before you set yourself out to purchase anything on any site.
Billing and Shipping Issues: One of the most controversial issues in the world of penny auction sites. To begin with, many participants remain ignorant of the procedures they should follow after they have won an auction. It is essential that participants read conditions and time limits very carefully. You cannot leave an item unclaimed after winning an auction. If you do so, you risk losing the item and all the rights to claim it. There are certain steps a winner should follow in order to claim for the prize and then, eventually pay for it.
You would be amazed to know that a large number of bidders forget to claim their prizes, or even worse, yet. Claim them, but miss payment and therefore lose their bounty. There is a set time limit to fill in the forms and issue the payment which of course, will include billing and shipping charges, where they apply. You should always ask for customer support or check out the help section if you are not sure about what you are supposed to do. Last but not least, check the free shipping conditions: remember that even when the promotional ads on the site say "free shipping" the fine print in the terms and conditions sections may say something else.
Warranties and Returns: This section is usually neglected and rarely taken into account until something happens and then reality sinks in. Even when products boast "factory warranty", there may be exceptions depending on the categories or types of products. The same may happen with item substitution policies which give the sites the right to change an item for another one should the original product be missing or not available in stock. Remember that in most cases of returns, refunds or product claims, all shipping and handling costs should be covered by the participant and not by the penny auction site.
Word to the wise: always read terms and conditions; fine print counts, too.


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Matthias Clasen, Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:50:43 -0400: > The next 'fit and finish' test day will take place on July 21, which is > next Tuesday. We want to look at issues with the user experience around > batteries, suspend and power management in general. Could somebody point me to the bug (if there is a one) where Thinkpad T400 needs at least three tries when running from battery to resume? Usually (like 80% of the time) first two attempts end up in computer suspending itself again after couple of seconds. Another one is that mouse is frozen for couple of seconds after resume. I was asking on this one whot, but he felt that it has to be something down in the USB stack. Maybe it just needs some time, but as user it feels like a bug. MatÄj -- fedora-test-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
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Top National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials say newly revealed surveillance programs have helped to stop more than 50 terrorist attacks in 20 countries around the world. The officials delivered a strong defense of the exposed surveillance programs to the House Select Committee on Intelligence, saying they are essential to national security and have not violated any laws or Americans' privacy rights.
FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce outlined four terrorist plots that he said were foiled with the help of the top secret surveillance programs. Joyce said the NSA discovered one of the plots while monitoring a known extremist in Yemen who was in contact with an operative in Kansas City, Missouri.
"We found through electronic surveillance that they were actually in the initial stages of plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange,"Joyce said.
Joyce said those involved in the plot were arrested and later convicted. Joyce also said an NSA intercept of an email from a terrorist in Pakistan in 2009 led authorities to Najibullah Zazi, who later pleaded guilty to a plot to bomb New York City's subway system.
Joyce said the program also linked an American citizen, David Headley, in Chicago to the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India, and to a plot to bomb the offices of a Danish newspaper that published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. Joyce said the FBI would release details of more than 50 thwarted plots to the House and Senate intelligence committees in a classified setting, but not in an open hearing because of security concerns.
NSA chief Keith Alexander told the congressional panel U.S. intelligence officials were criticized after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks for not connecting the dots on pieces of information, and he said the surveillance programs are providing those dots. Alexander sought to answer concerns about privacy, saying the surveillance programs are limited and properly supervised throughout the process.
"Let me start by saying that I would much rather be here today debating this point than trying to explain how we failed to prevent another 9/11," Alexander said.
The intelligence officials stressed that no phone calls can be monitored without a court order. But some lawmakers expressed concern about the collection of ordinary Americans' phone records. Rep. James Himes, a Democrat, said the recent disclosures by NSA contractor Edward Snowden still trouble him.
"They trouble me because of the breadth and the scope of the information collection. They trouble me because I think this is historically unprecedented in the extent of the data that is being collected on potentially all American citizens," Himes said.
Another Democratic congressman, Adam Schiff, suggested that perhaps changes could be made to the Patriot Act provisions so that telecommunications companies could collect and store Americans' phone records instead of the government, and the government could ask for access to a specific individual's records only when there are substantial suspicions of a terrorist connection.


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Why You Need a Savings Account
Five great reasons to start saving now
Saving money is an important part of a healthy financial future. Life isn't predictable, and knowing that you have cash on hand for emergencies, education and even the down payment for a home or car can be both comforting and vital during economic shifts. Additionally, you can play an important part in teaching your children or grandchildren about saving for a rainy day by helping them open their own savings accounts.
eHow Money offers five great reasons to start a savings account:
Small minimums, big convenience
The great thing about opening a savings account is that, while the interest you earn may currently be low, the minimum balance is small. Plus, it's convenient. You can make deposits and withdrawals at your local bank, or enroll in online banking and make transactions with the click of a mouse. You can monitor your account 24/7 and download your savings account statement too.
Protected and FDIC insured
Depositing money into a savings account is safer than socking it away in your mattress. Should a burglar ever enter your home, at least he won't leave with cash in his pocket. Plus, you can monitor your account anytime, especially if you choose online banking. Also, you'll have peace of mind that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insures your savings account up to at least $250,000.
Large purchases
Saving money for a new car or a cozy home is part of the American dream. Contributing regularly to a savings account is the beginning of achieving the things you want in life. Once you've accumulated enough money, you can graduate a portion to higher-yielding interest-bearing accounts, such as Certificates of Deposit (CDs), money market accounts or mutual funds*. Just beware that with some funds, you can't access your cash immediately, as you can with savings accounts.
Higher education
A savings account is a great way to have your child or grandchild begin putting money away for college or trade school. This money can also be used for textbooks, meals, dorm furniture and other costs associated with school. Alternatively, you might choose to set up a "529" plan for your child's higher education, which offers tax benefits.
Money for emergencies
Setting aside money for an unexpected transmission rebuild or a speeding ticket ensures that you can pay for emergencies without going into debt. A traditional savings account can bring you peace of mind when things get rocky. Many financial experts recommend having at least six months' worth of savings for emergencies, while others - like those at squirrelers.com - recommend nine to 12 months' worth.
Having a savings account in place can help you stick to your household's budget more easily. You'll not only be saving money for the future, you'll be more judicious about how you spend your cash, which is a great lesson for youngsters to learn too. Sticking to your savings plan can help you meet your financial goals. Talk to us about savings products and services for the entire family.


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Tower gallery - Dobruska, Czech Republic
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An observation gallery of Renaissance Town Hall in Dobruska.
posted by: ToRo61
location: Kralovehradecky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 10/28/2014
last visited: 12/4/2014
Cascade C&W Bridge - Christina Lake, BC
This old CPR truss bridge was a part of the Columbia & Western Railway, built by the CPR in the late 1800s.
posted by: BK-Hunters
location: British Columbia, Canada
date approved: 10/25/2014
last visited: never
Plateforme d'observation - Parc régional éducatif Bois de Belle-Rivière
Plateforme d'observation is located in Parc régional éducatif Bois de Belle-Rivière.
posted by: tatie
location: Quebec, Canada
date approved: 10/24/2014
last visited: 3/4/2017
Feldbergturm - Feldberg, BW, Germany
The look-out tower on Feldberg, a former transmission tower with a height of 45 meters.
posted by: fi67
location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
date approved: 10/21/2014
Hasenhorn-Turm - Todtnau, BW, Germany
The look-out tower on Hasenhorn south of Todtnau.
date approved: 10/19/2014
last visited: 9/11/2016
Look-out Tower Olten
Enjoy the magnificent views of the Rutigertal or direction Jura chain and direction Aarau.
posted by: the-stooss
location: Espace Mittelland (BE/SO), Switzerland
date approved: 10/9/2014
last visited: 11/20/2014
Kollhoff Tower, Berlin, Germany
One of Berlin's tallest buildings and the second highest viewing point in town.
posted by: Bernd das Brot Team
location: Berlin, Germany
date approved: 10/7/2014
last visited: 4/20/2013
Margaret Island Water Tower - Budapest, Hungary
The octagonal water tower on Margaret Island, built in Art Nouveau style in 1911, is becoming the newest must-see attraction in Budapest.
posted by: marcius
location: Hungary
date approved: 10/5/2014
last visited: 1/1/2017
Gedimino pilies bokštas / Gediminas' Tower - Vilnius (Lithuania)
Gothic Gediminas' Tower (Gedimino pilies bokštas), a part of Vilnius' Upper Castle by Grand Duke Vytautas in 1409, serves also as a look-out tower offering the best panoramic views over Lithuanian capital...
posted by: Dorcadion Team
location: Lithuania
date approved: 10/4/2014
last visited: 6/29/2016
Zámecká vež / Chateau Tower - Zruc nad Sázavou (Central Bohemia)
Visitors gallery of the depicted neo-Gothic tower, from a far visible part of Zruc Chateau, offers great views over town Zruc nad Sázavou and surrounding landscape with pictoresque Sázava river valley...
location: Stredocesky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 9/30/2014
last visited: 5/21/2015
Mt Danaher fire lookout - Camino CA
Built in 1949 on land donated in 1930. It is 100 feet tall. No.399 on the list of National Historic Lookout Register -
posted by: sbcamper
location: California
date approved: 9/27/2014
Rozhledna Kostelni Hlavno / Look-Out Tower Kostelni Hlavno
CZ: Mala rozhledna s velmi peknym vyhledem.
EN: A small tower with very good view.
posted by: von Bronin
last visited: 12/30/2015
Rozhledna Vysoka / Look-Out Tower Vysoka, Czech Republic
CZ: Rozhledna Vysoka. Krasny vyhled do krajiny.
EN: Look-Out Tower. Fantastic view of the country.
date approved: 9/24/2014
last visited: 5/17/2015
Vez hradu Jenstejn / Look-Out Tower Jenstejn castle, Czech Republic
CZ: Paradni vyhled do krajiny z teto veze.
EN: Fantastic view of the country from this tower.
date approved: 9/23/2014
last visited: 12/13/2016
Aussichtsturm Schleifenberg - Liestal, BL, Switzerland
The look-out tower on Schleifenberg is one of the landmarks of Liestal.
location: Nordwestschweiz (AG/BL/BS), Switzerland
Rozhledna Chlum / Look-Out Tower Chlum, Slatinany, Czech Republic
CZ: Historicka rozhledna v nadhernem koutu prirody.
EN: A historical Look-Out tower, very nice nature.
location: Pardubicky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 9/21/2014
Aussichtsturm nahe der Autobahnausfahrt Windischeschenbach/ Bayern/ Germany
Schöner neuer Aussichtsturm im Rasthofkomplex nahe Windischeschenbach!
A new Look-out-tower near Motorway A93 near Windischeschenbach!
posted by: *Team Krombaer*
location: Bayern, Germany
date approved: 9/18/2014
Cerovka-Milohlídka Look-Out - Jicin, Czech Republic
Cerovka-Milohlídka Look-Out.
date approved: 9/15/2014
last visited: 6/21/2016
Valdicka Gate - Jicin, Czech Republic
The Valdická Brána - Valdice Gate is a Renaissance structure that was built between 1568 and 1578 as a part of the town fortification...
last visited: 7/7/2017
Look-Out Tower Wisenberg - Häfelfingen, BL, Switzerland
The look-out tower on mount Wisenberg offers a great view over the eastern Jura.
date approved: 9/14/2014
Observation Tower - Longhorn Cavern State Park, TX
This observation tower, built it 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps ("CCC"), offers a 360-degree view of the Texas Hill Country.
posted by: Raven
location: Texas
date approved: 9/13/2014
last visited: 8/15/2014
Bílá vež radnice v Kadani / White Tower of the Kadan Town Hall - Kadan, Czech Republic
Bílá vež radnice v Kadani / White Tower of the Kadan Town Hall
posted by: puczmeloun
location: Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 9/9/2014
last visited: 4/23/2016
Velká vež hradu Bezdez - Czech Republic
Velká vež hradu Bezdez
location: Liberecky kraj, Czech Republic
last visited: 6/28/2014
Schlossturm - Karlsruhe/Germany
Der Turm des Karlsruher Schlosses bietet einen fantastischen Blick über die Stadt Karlsruhe.
The tower of the Karlsruhe castle offers a fantastic view over the city of Karlsruhe.
posted by: KaPsTeam
date approved: 9/6/2014
last visited: 9/12/2016
Rozhledna - Zernovnik, Czech Republic
CZ: rozhledna Zernovnik // EN: Look-Out Tower Zernovnik
posted by: Olii05
location: Jihomoravsky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 8/30/2014
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They are renters, never EVER home, dogs are still there. Would I contact the owner of the the complex (small apartment type, but detached homes with back yards)? I filed a police report as well as called animal control. They received a letter but animals are still there and no one has come to fence the broken fence.
If the fence belongs to you, you are entitled to be reimbursed for the cost of repairing the fence. You are also entitled to recover the replacement value of your dog and/or veterinary bills if your dog received treatment prior to its death. Unfortunately, the law in California still treats pets as personal property although the law is gradually evolving in recognition that companion animals have a unique and familial relationship with their owners.
While it is clear that the owners of the dogs are strictly liable for the damages caused by their pets, as indicated above the amount of damages that you can recover is still very limited.
There is very little that attorneys can do to help you considering that translating a personal property loss into compensatory damages generally results in very limited recoveries. You do have a right to sue but ultimately the cost of litigation will not be warranted by your financial recovery.
The tenants may or may not have renter's insurance for this loss. If the tenants have no renter's insurance, you may find it difficult to collect anything. The owner of the apartment building would be insured but would only be legally responsible if the owner's negligence in some way contributed to your loss.
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Augustine "Buddy" Leo '45
Fairfield on Oct. 9, 2011. Leo was
retired from the Social Security
Administration and was a member
of Town and Gown Theatre.
Rose Alford Newport '46
Tarrant on Nov. 6, 2011. She was a
graduate of the BSC Conservatory
of Fine and Performing Arts. With
her sister, Newport traveled the
country, entertaining with the
USO stateside. After World War
II, she continued playing the piano
with the Bill Nappi Orchestra and
other Birmingham mainstays as
well as teaching piano to three
Jeane ReynoldsWingfield Parks
of Winter Haven, Fla., on June
16, 2011.
News of her death was
shared by her daughter, Katherine
Parks Fleming, who stated "My
mother talked with pride about
BSC and always let people know
she had graduated from there."
Henry Scott Balch '47
of Vestavia
Hills on Oct. 17, 2011. Balch
entered the V-12 program of the
U.S. Navy in 1944 and served
in both Atlantic and Pacific
theatres. He was discharged
in 1946. Balch retired in 1988
fromWVTM television as the
vice president and treasurer after
years of service. He was a
member of Vestavia Hills United
Methodist Church.
Mary Elisabeth Kirk '47
Birmingham on June, 22, 2011.
Kirk graduated from the UAB
School of Dentistry and practiced
at first with her father, Dr. Jesse
Kirk. Later, she established
her own dental practice at the
professional offices of Baptist
Montclair Medical Center. Kirk
was a lover of animals. She was
a member of Our Lady of Sorrows
Catholic Church.
Edgar M. Elliott III '50
Birmingham on Feb. 27, 2012.
With a career spanning more
than 45 years, Elliott was a
skilled trial lawyer with the law
firm of Christian & Small, and
its predecessor firm, Rives &
Peterson. He graduated from the
University of Alabama School of
Law. He received many accolades
during his distinguished legal
career, including being a fellow of
the American Bar Foundation. He
also served as president of the
Birmingham Bar Association and
the Alabama Defense Lawyers
Association. He is survived by his
BettyWilliams Elliott '60
Dr. John Paul Pool '50
Calera on March 19, 2012. Pool
received a scholarship to Harvard
University, where he received his
master's degree. He received his
doctorate from the University of
Alabama. Pool served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II on the
U.S.S. Avery Island and U.S.S.
Baham. He was preceded in death
by his wife,
Ernestine Bowen
Pool '67
Survivors include a
Margaret A. Pool '72
Albuquerque, N.M.
Harold RalphWalker '50
Shelby, formerly of Cullman,
Rev. Dr.William
Bill" Crawford Davis
of Talladega passed away
on July 7, 2011.
Davis received his
master of divinity from
Vanderbilt University.
He served numerous
churches throughout
North Alabama,
including in Talladega.
Over nearly 44 years in
the United Methodist
ministry, he also served
as the Conference Council on Ministries director and held two stints as district
Davis retired in 1992 from the First United Methodist Church of Florence. In
retirement, he remained active as a supply preacher and teacher of DISCIPLE and
Christian Believer study groups. He also loved history and was involved with the
United Methodist Historical Society.
In 1982, Davis was awarded an honorary doctorate from Birmingham-Southern.
He was instrumental in establishing the Hiram Glass Davis Scholarship for
ministerial students at BSC. His late wife was
Vivian Stubbs Davis '48
three of his four sons graduated from BSC: the late
Dr. John Benton Davis '74
Theodore Stubbs Davis '85
of Linthicum Heights, Md., and
Rev.William Gerald
Davis '78
of Asheville, N.C. Two of his eight grandchildren attended BSC as well.
Both he and mom had a great love for BSC," Rev. Davis noted.
At the request of the family, memorial contributions can be made to the Dr. John
Benton Davis Scholarship at Birmingham-Southern through the
Office of Institutional
Advancement, 900 Arkadelphia Road, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254
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Home Data
The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values advanced 13.3% after increasing 12.8% a month earlier. More applications for home construction were issued in October than at any time in the past five years, figures from the Commerce Department showed today. The agency postponed publishing housing-starts data due today to Dec. 18 because of a lapse in funding after a 16-day partial government shutdown last month.
Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly declined in November to a seven-month low as Americans grew more pessimistic about the labor-market outlook, the Conference Board report showed. The overall business activity index for mid-Atlantic region factories rose to 13 in November, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
"Investors want to start closing their risk-profile into the year end, particularly after very strong returns for the market this year," Gerry Fowler, head of equity and derivative strategy at BNP Paribas SA in London, told Francine Lacqua on Bloomberg Television. "They want to lock that in and don't want to take the risk."
Tiffany Gains
Lennar Corp. and PulteGroup Inc. climbed at least 3.8%, leading a rally among homebuilders. Tiffany & Co. jumped 9% after profit topped analysts' estimates and the jeweler boosted its forecast. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. surged 11% after Men's Wearhouse Inc. offered to buy the apparel company for about $1.54 billion. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. lost 5.2% as the gaming company said it bought back all 12 million shares held by Icahn Group.
Remy Cointreau SA led European shares lower after the maker of Remy Martin cognac said it expects a "substantial" drop in annual earnings, while Hugo Boss AG postponed a profitability target.
More than three shares fell for every two that gained in the Stoxx 600, which closed yesterday within 0.2% of a five-year high reached on Nov. 18. Trading volumes were 22% above the 30-day average today, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The gauge has climbed 15% in 2013, headed for its best year since 2009.
Remy, Hugo
Remy lost 8.3% after posting first-half adjusted operating profit that declined 7.3% to 132.7 million euros ($179.5 million) on an organic basis. Hugo Boss, the German luxury-clothing maker controlled by buyout firm Permira Advisers LLP, fell 2.1%.
Repsol SA advanced 4.3% after the governments of Spain and Argentina reached a preliminary agreement to compensate the Madrid-based oil company for its stake in YPF SA.
Treasuries gained after the U.S. sale of $35 billion of five-year notes drew a lower-than-forecast yield.
The notes yielded 1.34% compared with a forecast of 1.347% in a Bloomberg News survey of nine of the Federal Reserve's 21 primary dealers. The bid-to-cover ratio, which gauges demand by comparing total bids with the amount of securities offered, was 2.61 versus an average of 2.67 for the past 10 sales.
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Police doubted Lees, then found evidence backed her story
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Three weeks after Peter Falconio was murdered police were so worried about 12 "apparent inconsistencies" in the account of his girlfriend Joanne Lees that she underwent hypnotherapy for two days and was subjected to a third day of intense interrogation.
Then, two-and-a-half months later, police found evidence at the crime scene that backed up her story, evidence that had been missed in the original search.
These events were outlined yesterday at the committal hearing of Falconio's alleged murderer, Bradley John Murdoch, 45. He is also charged with assaulting Ms Lees, 30, whose escape on the night of July 14, 2001, launched the biggest manhunt in the Northern Territory.
By August 3 police had made no headway, so Ms Lees agreed to undergo hypnotherapy for two days in an "attempt to elicit more information", Superintendent Jeanette Kerr of the Northern Territory Police told the court.
On August 7 police videotaped a three-hour session in which then Senior Sergeant Kerr and another detective questioned Ms Lees in an "attempt to clarify apparent inconsistencies" in her account of the crime.
A defence lawyer, Grant Algie, said police became concerned about Ms Lees's account of how she was thrust with her hands bound behind her from the front seat of a four-wheel-drive utility into the rear tray.
Superintendent Kerr confirmed Mr Algie was correct when he said police had questioned mechanics, panel beaters and vehicle modifiers and had not found "a single vehicle" that permitted direct access from the cabin to the tray.
She confirmed police were also concerned about Ms Lees's description of a scroll on the barrel of a revolver that she said was thrust in her face, because the scroll she drew for police was similar to one painted on the side of the British backpackers' Kombi.
Superintendent Kerr agreed other concerns included the lack of a pursuer's footprints as she fled into the desert and trackers' doubts she had spent five hours under a bush, until long after the killer stopped hunting her.
But she described how she had visited the crime scene for the first time on October 15 and had gone to the bush and found two pieces of tape and a tube of lip balm under leaf litter that had been searched and photographed by forensic detectives on July 16, when the lid of the lip balm had been found in the same location.
Superintendent Kerr said the discoveries backed Ms Lees's story of how she had pulled off ties with which the killer had tried to bind her legs and had used the lip balm as a lubricant when she tried to get manacles off her wrists.
The hearing continues.


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Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin (www.beg.utexas.edu).
AAPG 2003 Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1114, 2003
Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology of Belanak and Gabus Fields, West Natuna Basin, Indonesia
Mochammad Fachmi and Lesli J. Wood
The West Natuna Basin (WNB) is located in the northeast part of Indonesia and the south part of the Gulf of Thailand. It is bounded by the Indo-Australia plate to the south and west, the Eurasian plate to the north, and to the east by the microplates of the eastern Indonesia archipelago. The WNB has undergone an early history of Oligocene and late Oligocene to Miocene inversion, later erosion of inverted structures and graben fill, and finally passive deltaic and fluvial sedimentation.
The WNB is a prolific hydrocarbon basin whose reservoirs are deltaic and fluvial. Reservoir systems are architecturally complex and incredibly well imaged in two 3-D seismic volumes that cover 3,154 km2. Fifteen well log suites located within the study boundaries provide deterministic data on lithology.
The geomorphology of the preserved reservoir system can be quantified by measuring element sinuosity, meander wavelength and radius of curvature, channel and valley width:thickness, meanderbelt width and rates and directions of meander migration. These quantitative values are used to examine the size range of reservoir elements, calculate reservoir rock volumes, and ascertain drainage radius.
Elements differentiated in seismic data include high- and low-sinuosity and straight channels, crevasse splays, large incised valleys filled with accretionary bedding architecture, and small dentritic valleys. Channels are 160 to 660 meters deep and 160 to 715 meters wide. Sinuosities are as low as 1 and as high as 1.7. Meander lengths range from 390 to 10,000 meters, and meanderbelt widths range from 230 to 5,100 meters in width.


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How to Toast Nuts on the Stove
Toasting nuts before you use them to bake or make pesto brings out their intense richness. It gives the nut a deeper, nuttier flavor. Although many recipes say to toast the nuts in the oven, you can just as simply toast them on the stove. Since I'm usually toasting a small amount, I actually prefer to toast them on the stove because they are less likely to burn. Here's the technique I practice:
- Heat a large dry frying pan — you want all of the nuts to fit in a single layer — over medium-high heat.
- Add the whole nuts and toast, stirring often. When they are fragrant with a light-brown color, remove from the heat. It shouldn't take longer than a couple of minutes.
- Let nuts cool on a plate or paper towels before using.
How about you? What's your nut-toasting technique?


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No-surrender Gunners hit five
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Thierry Henry celebrates as Arsenal matches Nottingham Forest's record of 42 unbeaten matches.
Try telling Arsenal the Premier League is a marathon, not a sprint.
The champion has racked up nine goals in two games, equalling the 42-match unbeaten league record of Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest side of 1977-78 with its 5-3 win over Middlesbrough.
Clough's side, however exceptional, never hinted at the verve and velocity of Arsene Wenger's Musketeers.
Even when Arsenal looked to have hit the wall against Middlesbrough on Sunday, even trailing 3-1 eight minutes into the second half, it simply went through the gears again.
"We are unbeatable," the North Bank and Clock End chorused, gleefully aware that it is 474 days since Arsenal last lost in the league.
Boro played its part, thrillingly so. Australian Mark Schwarzer conceded five yet still impressed.
Franck Queudrue was outstanding defending, creating and scoring, yet ended prostrate like a vanquished heavyweight who had given everything.
Arsenal? Jose Antonio Reyes, the little ray of light from Sevilla, shines like the sun in a cloudless Andalucian sky, dazzling opponents. Dennis Bergkamp's Indian summer stretches ever longer. Robert Pires was unleashed from the bench to devastating effect. Cesc Fabregas is younger than many school students but is graduating with honours in tackling and creating. And Thierry Henry's acceleration and eye for a goal added to a game of unremitting drama.
The opening chapter was scripted by Reyes, whose 50-metre pass was seized on by Henry and lifted arrogantly over Schwarzer.
He then threatened to dismantle the crossbar before Boro hit back. Queudrue embarked on a prodigious dribble, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink accelerated the move and Joseph-Desire Job's shot finished it.
Belief flooded through Steve McClaren's men. More good work from Queudrue and some lax marking by Pascal Cygan allowed Hasselbaink to beat Jens Lehmann. Then Queudrue embarrassed Lehmann with a left-footer that swerved away from the German.
Arsenal's back-four will be better shielded when Patrick Vieira regains fitness within the fortnight, although whether Wenger drops Gilberto, as he should, rather than the richly promising Fabregas remains to be seen. "Fabregas does not play like he is 17, more like he is 25," said Wenger.
"He has good composure, mental strength and great stamina, but he will need to be rested during the season."
What is so admirable about Fabregas, and Arsenal, is that their heads never go down.
Indeed, Fabregas always has his head up, seeking out teammates with unhurried passes. With even its teenagers refusing to yield, Arsenal conducted its salvage operation.
Within a minute, Bergkamp was shooting in from 20 metres, and then Fabregas and Henry combined to fashion a far-post equaliser for Pires, who had just loped on.
Bergkamp ushered Reyes through; the Spaniard turned Michael Reiziger and drilled the ball past Schwarzer: 4-3.
In the last minute, that great conductor Bergkamp encouraged Pires to glide upfield and set up Henry from close range. "At 3-1 down, we were thinking it was not good. But thank God Dennis plays like he is 20, not 35," Henry said.
Wenger marvelled at his players' fortitude. "We were on the ropes at 3-1 but our mental resources and individual quality helped us to bounce back," said the Arsenal manager.
Respect flowed from the defeated dressing-room. "If you had met Arsenal six to eight months ago and gone 3-1 up, you would think you would go on to win," McClaren said.
"But there is an air of invincibility about Arsenal now. They had a shock today but we never felt safe. I have never seen a team with so many attacking options."
In Sunday's other Premier League game, West Bromwich settled for a 1-1 draw at home to Aston Villa. Celtic returned to the top of the Scottish Premier League with John Hartson hitting two in a 3-1 win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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One of the world's foremost experts on climate change is warning that if humans don't moderate their use of fossil fuels, there is a real possibility that we will face the environmental, societal and economic consequences of climate change faster than we can adapt to them.
Lonnie Thompson, distinguished university professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State University, posed that possibility in a just-released special climate-change edition of the journal The Behavior Analyst.
He also discussed how the rapid and accelerating retreat of the world's glaciers and ice sheets dramatically illustrates the nature of the changing climate.
It is the first time in a published paper that he has recommended specific action to forestall the growing effects of climate change. During the last three decades, Thompson has led 57 expeditions to some of the world's most remote high altitude regions to retrieve cores from glaciers and ice caps that preserve a record of ancient climate.
In the past Thompson has let his research data and conclusions speak for him but in this paper, intended for social scientists and behavior experts, he voiced his concern regarding the risks that ignoring the evidence of climate change may bring.
"Unless large numbers of people take appropriate steps, including supporting governmental regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, our only options will be adaptation and suffering," he wrote in the concluding paragraph.
"And the longer we delay, the more unpleasant the adaptations and the greater the suffering will be."
In the paper (available here), Thompson said that virtually all climate researchers "are now convinced that global warming poses a clear and present danger to civilization."
His opinion isn't hyperbole, he said, but instead is based on a "very clear pattern in the scientific evidence documenting that the Earth is warming, that the warming is due largely to human activity, that warming is causing important changes to many of the Earth's support systems, and that rapid and potentially catastrophic changes in the near future are possible.
"Such future scenarios," he says, "emerge not, as is often suggested, simply from computer simulations, but from the weight and balance of the empirical evidence as well."
Thompson listed three options humanity has for dealing with global warming which, he says, "is here and is already affecting our climate, so prevention is no longer an option."
"Clearly mitigation is our best option, but so far most societies around the world, including the United States and the other largest emitters of greenhouse gases, have done little more than talk about the importance of mitigation," he says.
He says that there are currently no technological quick fixes for global warming.
"Our best hope," he says, "is to change our behavior in ways that significantly slow the rate of global warming, thereby giving engineers and scientists time to devise, develop, and deploy technological solutions where possible."
Thompson prefaced his advice with examples of the Earth's diminishing ice cover, examples that constitute some of the strongest supporting evidence of the current threat of global climate change:
+ The ice fields atop Mount Kilimanjaro have lost 85 percent of their coverage since 1912;
+ The Quelccaya ice cap in southern Peru - the largest tropical ice field on Earth, has retreated 25 percent since 1978;
+ Ice fields in the Himalayas that have long shown traces of the radioactive bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s have since lost that signal as surface melting has removed the upper layers and thereby reduced the thickness of these glaciers;
+ All of the glaciers in Alaska's vast Brooks Range are retreating, as are 98 percent of those in southeastern Alaska. And 99 percent of glaciers in the Alps, 100 percent of those in Peru and 92 percent in the Andes of Chile are likewise retreating;
+ Sea levels are rising and the loss of ice coverage in the North Polar region continues to increase annually.
"Everyone will be affected by global warming," Thompson wrote. "But those with the fewest resources for adapting will suffer the most."
A research scientist with Ohio State's Byrd Polar Research Center, Thompson is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In 2007, he received the National Medal of Science, the highest honor the United States gives to American scientists.
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Gina David's Breakfast
Zach Fowle
Yesterday, we met Gina David, veteran bartender at south Scottsdale's Rogue Bar. Today, she shares with us the recipe for Breakfast, a cocktail she says she and her friends are loving right now -- mainly because it tastes like pancakes and OJ.
The ingredients:
1.5 oz Blueberry vodka
2 oz. Red bull
2 oz. Orange juice
How to make it:
Toss all three ingredients into an ice-filled shaker and mix well. Strain into a chilled rocks or bomber glass. Slam it down or sip it thoughtfully -- breakfast is the most important meal of the day, after all.
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