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The federal government's drive for healthier nutrition will receive a massive boost from an initiative which will allow shoppers in supermarkets and food stores to get detailed product information using smart phones.
When the Go Scan service is ready, in March 2012, on present plans a customer will be able to scan the bar code on a product and get a detailed readout including information on ingredients, nutritional content, kilojoules, content of sugar, salt and fats, possible allergens, country of origin and any other useful data available.
The service is being developed by Melbourne-based GS1 Australia under chief executive Maria Palazzolo. It is a non-profit organisation that manages product bar codes in Australia as part of the global GS1 product number organisation.
The plans were unveiled to Australian food interests, in co-operation with the Australian Food and Grocery Council, at a function in Parliament House, Canberra on May 28.
A major purpose of this was to alert food processors and suppliers of the need to start providing additional product data to GS1, which will operate as a trusted content warehouse for data aggregated from individual enterprises, constantly updated through a new GS1 self-service internet portal.
To handle all this extra data, plus provide several other expanded internet services, GS1 is finalising a contract for a large, external data warehouse to supplement its own in-house computer database. It is beta testing two possible suppliers, for final selection in July for operational readiness from November.
Initially, the consumer scanning service will operate on Apple iPhones, and extend later to other smart phones and widely used mobile operating systems.
The idea is catching on worldwide, with several other national components of the global GS1 network (United Kingdom, France and Unites States) working on similar in-store shopping product information for mobile smart phones. T
The GS1 work dovetails with a 15- month review of food labelling laws and policy, carried out by a panel headed by former health minister
An initial public consultation that closed in November 2009 had more than 6000 submissions, while a second round for written submissions in May 2010 had more than 550 papers.
Labelling Logic, the final report, went to
Under the banner of extended labelling, various government and social policy groups have been pushing related-food initiatives. There is daily intake guide labelling, food allergen data, a move by the previous Victorian government to enjoin kilojoule guides on large chain restaurant menus and canvassing of so-called traffic light labelling by the Obesity Policy Coalition.
This last was established by the Cancer Council Victoria, Diabetes Australia –Victoria, VicHealth and the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention at Deakin University in 2006.
GS1's Go Scan initiative is a timely development for production and marketing groups such as the Australian Food and Grocery Council. GS1 seeks a high standard of quality control on data, to ensure consumers will trust Go Scan.
"The data we do not own, though we are housing it," said Stephen Pereira, chief information officer GS1 Australia.
At present the organisation has about 17,000 members and covers close to a million products.
The Australian Financial Review


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by Eric L Hansen
About the Book
Award-winning body of work: Art of Photography 2008, George Billis Gallery 2007, Critical Mass 2006, Center for Photographic Art 2005. Published in Eyemazing Spring 2006
Features & Details
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Large Format Landscape, 13×11 in, 33×28 cm
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- Publish Date Mar 17, 2008
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Eric L Hansen's color images are deeply personal storyboards of his own connections to post-modern American culture. In the last five years, his work has been curated in more than twenty group shows, and three solo exhibitions. Dollhouse was featured in the spring 2006 issue of Eyemazing, the international fine art photography journal published in the Netherlands and distributed in the United States through museum bookstores such as MOMA and MOCA. Dollhouse was presented in 2007 at the George Billis LA Gallery located in Los Angeles' Culver City arts district. Eric began making photographs at the age of 12, and while he later studied drawing and painting, photography remains his enduring passion. He earned a BFA degree at Rutgers in creative writing and theatre: acting, directing, stage lighting, and set design… the art of telling a story with actors, color, light, shadow and space.
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text: Welcome to Public Engagement The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology is committed to engaging the public in discussion of our research. We carry out a host of activities to engage with the general public, school children, teachers and visitors to science festivals. Each year we are involved in and run a number of projects such as: Events, such as Life Through a Lens drop-in, at the Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh each year Midlothian Science Festival (each year in October) Glass Lab, the creation of stunning glass art that represents science Working with local Liberton High School with Life Through a Lens (each year in June) Facilitate local school pupil access to teaching labs and meeting our researchers (first time June 2016) Kickstart lab on campus for senior school pupils (each year in July) Working with SSERC to provide teacher training on site Edinburgh International Science Festival (2012) Orkney Science Festival (2012 & 2015) Athens Science Festival (2016) Touring schools with the workshop 'Life Through a Lens' Our overall aim is engage the public and schools in discussion of cell biology research. You can read more about how we will achieve this aim and how we govern and evaluate what we do in the two documents below. WTCCB Public Engagement Strategy WTCCB Public Engagement Evaluation Framework


text: Delightfully charming Abbi Lyn dog dress SEWING PATTERN for your little dog! Constructed of cotton and cotton blend fabrics, the dog dress is fully lined and uses velcro closures on the neck and belly tabs for ease of dressing. The dog dress pattern features frilly skirts, dainty lace trims, little girly bows and an optional collar which make this dress an absolute must for any little Diva's closet. Your little dog will look like the princess she is! Instructions included for optional D-Ring. The SEWING PATTERN includes easy to read instructions, photos, cutting layouts, a notions list and necessary fabric yardage. Alteration instructions are provided to get a perfect fit for your dog. The sewing pattern incorporates fusible interfacing for stability and top stitching to give a quality feel and structure to the garment. This is a PDF SEWING PATTERN. The patterns and instructions are computer drawn and written and print full size on standard 8 1/2" x 11" paper. Patterns are not refundable due to their digital nature. Selecting the proper pattern size is important so please read the following carefully. When selecting a pattern choose the one that will give your dog the best overall fit. Girth is most important then the Neck and then Length. How to measure your Dog (do not pull tape measure too tight) NECK: Measure around the widest part of the neck where collar sits. GIRTH: Measure around the chest behind the front legs. LENGTH: Measure from base of the neck (between the shoulder blades) to where the tail starts. PATTERN BODY MEASUREMENTS XXSMALL SEWING PATTERN Neck..........5 1/2" - 7" Girth..........9 1/4" - 10 3/4" Length........7 3/8" + XSMALL SEWING PATTERN Neck.......... 6 1/2" - 8" Girth..........10 1/2" - 12" Length........8 1/8" + _______________________________ SMALL SEWING PATTERN Neck.......... 7" - 8 1/2" Girth..........12" - 13 1/2" Length........8 7/8" + MEDIUM SEWING PATTERN Neck..........7 3/4" - 9 1/4" Girth..........13 1/4" - 14 3/4" Length........10" + ________________________________ LARGE SEWING PATTERN Neck..........9" - 10 1/2" Girth..........15" - 16 3/4" Length........10 5/8" + XLARGE SEWING PATTERN Neck..........10" - 11 1/2" Girth..........16 1/2" - 18 1/2" Length........12" + _______________________________ XXLARGE SEWING PATTERN Neck..........12" - 13 1/2" Girth..........19" - 21" Length........13 3/4" +


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Most antivirus programs identify vfdhost.exe as malware—e.g. Microsoft identifies it as Backdoor:Win32/Rbot.gen, and Kaspersky identifies it as Backdoor.Win32.Rbot.zfk.
The free file information forum can help you find out how to remove it. If you have additional information about this file, please leave a comment or a suggestion for other users.
The process vfdhost.exe has no company information.
Description: Vfdhost.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. The vfdhost.exe file is located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
The file size on Windows 10/8/7/XP is 1,220,608 bytes.
It is a file with no information about its developer. The program is not visible. The file is located in the Windows folder, but it is not a Windows core file. The process is loaded during the Windows boot process (see Registry key: MACHINE\RunServices, MACHINE\Run). Vfdhost.exe is not a Windows system file. The software uses ports to connect to or from a LAN or the Internet. Vfdhost.exe is able to record keyboard and mouse inputs, hide itself, monitor applications and manipulate other programs. Therefore the technical security rating is 100% dangerous.
Recommended: Identify vfdhost.exe related errors
Important: You should check the vfdhost.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.
The following programs have also been shown useful for a deeper analysis: ASecurity Task Manager examines the active vfdhost process on your computer and clearly tells you what it is doing. Malwarebytes' well-known Banti-malware tool tells you if the vfdhost.exe on your computer displays annoying ads, slowing it down. This type of unwanted adware program is not considered by some antivirus software to be a virus and is therefore not marked for cleanup.
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding PC trouble. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
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- "All the reports refer to this object as a living thing -- in other words, one of the hypothetical atmospheric life forms that would figure in early theories about unidentified flying objects"
- ―Vincent Gaddis
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One of the most bizarre cryptozoological cases comes out of a town called Crawfordsville, Indiana. During September of 1891, a story carried by the Indianapolis Journal reported that at two o'clock the previous morning a "horrible apparition" appeared in the sky overhead, where two men who were working on a wagon saw it. It was apparently propelling itself with several pairs of fins and circled a nearby house. It disappeared shortly after into the east but soon returned. The two men at that time fled for their lives. However they were not the only observers of this monstrosity; a Methodist pastor named Rev. G. W. Switzer and his wife also saw the animal. The creature writhed as though in great pain, "squirmed in agony" and sounded a "wheezing, plaintive noise" as it hovered at 300 feet. At one instance it swooped down on a band of onlookers who swore they could feel it's "hot breath." Another alleged sighting occurred on September 6, 1891, when the atmospheric creature reportedly flew over the town and was witnessed by over 100 people. Much of what is currently recorded about the creature comes from interviews conducted by Vincent P. Gaddis, a journalist working in Crawfordsville, and member of the Fortean Society. Gaddis contends that the monster was a living creature, and not a mechanical UFO. Some contemporary cryptid resources list the Crawfordsville monster as being a serpent or dragon, others label it an atmospheric beast. Charles Fort investigated the matter, he was convinced that there was no Rev. G.W. Switzer. To his surprise he learned that there was indeed such a man and corresponded with the man who did affirm the story. Later a reporter named Vincent Gaddis investigated the matter. He interviewed dozens of witnesses who all related the tale of the mass sighting, telling him the story was true. The final pieces of evidence, often overlooked is that this creature was seen a mere three weeks after the first electric lights were installed in the town, and also ignored is the final installment of the article, written a month after the sightings, in which the writer hunted down this thing until daylight and found it to be a vast flock of birds, acting in a large group movement, a sight common in more remote places, but not so in populated areas. Therefore, the Crawfordsville Monster, although a good story, is purely one of incomplete research, kept alive by selective reporting, and without the factors of the local population being completely unfamiliar with the effects and shadows of electric lighting, which was new to the area.
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The citizens of Crawfordsville described a violently flapping "thing" with a flaming red "eye", twenty feet long and eight feet wide. Descriptions of the creature vary, with some accounts suggesting that it had no head, and others describing it as having glowing red eyes and hot breath. Accounts generally agree that it is a large rectangular creature, possibly eel like in appearance, with several undulating fins down the sides of its body. Witnesses at the second appearance described the creature as writhing and squirming, and as producing a wheezing sound, as if it were in pain.


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Alex Chitu at Google Operating System has spotted some changes in Gmail that Google appears to be testing with some users. Google constantly tests new features in its products, and while some of them go on to become actual features, some of them fade away and never get integrated on a mass scale.
Chitu says, "Here's what I noticed: there are three links for 'mail', 'contacts"' and 'tasks' below Gmail's logo, there's a new button for composing messages, a 'call phone' option in Gmail Chat, a drop-down for switching between Google accounts and the options that let you select unread or starred messages use less space."
Chitu has a screenshot here.
Besides trying to get Grandma's using Gmail's Video Chat, Google has recently added several other features to Gmail, though it doesn't seem like the company has been cranking out the Gmail Labs experiments at the rat it was for a while.
This past month, they've added some existing HTML5-based functionalities for Safari, as well as rich text signatures.


text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - Oracle ( ORCL) has Google ( GOOG) by the nose. The Java dispute, while somewhat downplayed in the media, is a huge threat to Android.While Google's patent battles with Apple ( AAPL) over similarities between Android devices and the iPhone are getting all the attention, Oracle's shakedown should be taken more seriously. I guess everyone just figures it will eventually be resolved since the battle with Oracle is just business; it's not personal like the fight with Apple. For now, at least, that may be true. But I wouldn't want to get on the bad side of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Oracle originally sought $6 billion from Google. It may be only a coincidence, but that happens to be just enough to cover the cost of buying Sun Microsystems plus a little more (based on the $5.6 billion price tag net of Sun's cash and debt). While Ellison was delusional to think he could wring that much out of Google - and the judge in the case ultimately said he wouldn't allow that kind of gold digging -- Google CEO Larry Page needs to get some quick lessons in accounting if he thinks he'll be able to buy his way out this jam for less than the $100 million amount that keeps popping up. At the moment, it's just a question of how many zeroes should go at the end of the check Google will write. Page should be careful to avoid letting this turn into a feud with Ellison, who is a take-no-prisoners kind of competitor as we've seen with his assault on HP ( HPQ). The bottom line for Page, who's only been in the CEO role since January, is that he shouldn't try to play hardball with Ellison. Just pay the debt and no one gets hurt. --Written by Glenn Hall in New York. For more Outrage, check out the Today's Outrage blog or follow me on Twitter @GlennHall


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Yes, the day has finally arrived. Torico's Premium Homemade Ice Cream Parlor opened its doors promptly at 11am to very eager Jersey City residents. I was one of them and for the record — the ice cream is just as good as I remembered. There wasn't a line at noon, but I'm sure by tonight there will be. I thought it was more of a soft-opening, but they were stocked in just about everything. The only thing they didn't have yet was soft-serve because of a machine problem. The cases were chock-full of old favorites like mint chocolate chip, vanilla peanut butter and strawberry. There is a new case with what looks like gelato, but I was told that it's the same ice cream they always make, just with a different machine. Even their to-go case was full of fresh cakes, ice cream sandwiches and more. The store looks great after it's 18 month renovation and there are little tables to enjoy your ice cream inside and out.
Torico's is giving out free adult small-sized cups and small cones all day — so get over there and show them some love! They are open until 11pm tonight. 20 Erie Street, Jersey City. (201) 432-9458


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The American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources held its 19th annual meeting in Indianapolis recently. The program covered subjects from legal, regulatory, policy and highly technical perspectives. Fracking, smart growth, and environmental project management were among the topics available at the technical roundtable lunch. I selected the new contaminated sediment site paradigm, which adroitly summarized the recent findings of the USACE/SMWG workshop study. Without reservation, the best ethics program I have ever attended was the "Ethical and Professional Responsibility Issues Arising in Innovative Methods of Delivering Legal Services." The panel presentations were provocative, in particular Professor Henderson's projection of the new legal service models he anticipates seeing more of over the next few decades. In contrast to Professor Henderson's view, it was interesting to listen to in-house counsel minimize the usefulness of a "commoditization approach" to environmental litigation legal services and to articulate a much broader, more sophisticated analysis of criteria used to retain outside counsel, such as confidentiality issues associated with outsourcing. The energetic discussion among the panelists and the audience reflected lawyers' interest in the innovations and ethical issues emerging in the legal business sector.
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Where other pawnbroking businesses have fallen away amid changing market conditions and a lower gold price, H&T Group (LON:HAT) has emerged relatively unscarred.
Indeed, its recent year end-update suggested the beginnings of a turnaround and potential growth ahead, with positive news on the firm's stabilising pledge book and a debt position, which was better than analysts had expected.
The pledge book increased by 1.3% to £39mln as at the end of 2015 compared to £38.5mln at the end of 2014.
Cash generation was strong in the year and resulted in net debt at year end of £2.1mln (2014: £9.7m).
The company expects full year profit before tax for 2015 to be broadly in line with current market expectations.
Boss John Nichols told Proactive Investors he was pleased with the results.
"We have seen improvements in all our lending streams. What I'm not so certain of is the trajectory - or how it's now going to grow," he said.
H&T, over 100 years old, is a simple business to understand, with pawnbroking lending as its core, accounting for around 60% of revenues.
Much of the reason for its success and survival has been a willingness to branch out into other areas, such as personal loans, foreign exchange and retail, and Nichols expects this diversity to continue to get results.
The group established its est1897 Discount Secondhand Jewellers brand 18 months ago and now has 39 stores (of a wider estate of 189 units), selling quality second hand jewellery shops on the High Street.
"I think we can do much better (with est1897) and link it in more particularly with our online offering," he told Proactive, meaning people will be able to look on the internet and order jewellery to be delivered to a store or at home.
A split between bricks and clicks, he explained.
Though late to the e-commerce party, Nichols says H&T is now catching up, although concedes it's an area, which comes at an investment cost.
However, with a £50mln banking facility and £2.1mln in debt, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Another area of growth has been in the group's "buyback" division, underlining an evolving market, where notably 18-24 year-olds have been cashing in electrical items and mobile phones, which helped a 30% rise in group profits in 2015's first half.
Indeed, the group is seeing increasing transactions involving small electrical goods for small amounts of money.
After all, it has been an over-exposure to gold, the price of which then dropped off the cliff, which caused many of H&T's competitors (Albermarle & Bond (LON:ABM) being an obvious example) to go to the wall.
But more gold demand now can only be good for the firm, says Nichols.
"It's a cyclical thing. If you've got more gold out in the population, the more opportunity there is to lend against it," he said.
Recent personal debt figures for the UK underline how there is a continuing demand for credit, and as Nichols points out in a society seemingly built on consumerism, for many decades people have been encouraged to borrow.
"There's always been a demand for credit and not just the middle band that have got credit cards," he pointed out.
City broker Numis rates the shares 'add' and has a target price of 225p against a current price of around 197p.
".. with the pledge book now appearing to have troughed, debt well-controlled, initiatives in place to support progress, and an improving competitive outlook, we retain our positive recommendation," it said in a note.
Shares are at 193p valuing the firm at around £71.4mln.


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YouTube videos have become a regular source of entertainment and information for millions. They also provide an additional platform for our own informational services here at Worldstart. However, there are some tools provided by YouTube, that may not be familiar to all viewers.
The ones that will be discussed here are found in the video control toolbox. I was unable to find a proper name for this, so today it's called a toolbox. In the lower right corner of the YouTube video screen, you'll find several tools. Not all videos come equipped with the same tools, and their locations in the toolbox may vary.
This tool, usually found on the far left, adjusts screen resolution. The resolution range, depending on the video, is from 240p to 720p. The higher number will offer a clearer, sharper image, especially when the video is brought up to a size that fills your computer screen. Unfortunately, higher resolution may also slow the transmission of the video. You may have to experiment a little to determine which works best for you.
For full screen, click on the button with the 4 arrows pointing outwards from the center (generally located on the far right) and the video will fill your computer screen. When you're done watching the video, you can either click again on that button, or press the Esc key on your keyboard. This will reduce the video screen to normal size. Below, from our series, What The Heck Is Inside My Computer?, you can see the difference. The first shot is the standard view. The second, is a high resolution full size view. As you can see, the full size screen is especially helpful for viewing detail shots.
The button with the bent arrow pointing at right angles, approximately doubles the size of the video.
To the left of that, the one with what looks like 2 pieces of paper, the pop out, opens a separate window in which you can view the video. If you choose to use this, the YouTube website will remain in the background.
The pop out screen also offers a full set of tools.
There is at least one other tool occasionally found in the toolbox. This would be the red button with an arrow pointing upward. This controls closed captions (not available on many videos) and Annotations. There may be in the place of the arrow button, a red closed captions button with CC printed on it. It will be the same as the button framed in the image below.
Many YouTube videos include advertising. This will appear across the bottom of the viewing screen. If you don't want to watch the ads, you can click on the X on the lower right corner of the screen to make them disappear. Or, if you want the ads you can click on the Ad button shown below
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Chevrolet Repair Questions? Ask a Chevy Mechanic for Answers ASAP
These vehicles use a 2-piece intake manifold. Note that these pieces are cast aluminum. Use care when working with light alloy components.
NOTE: When removing the valvetrain components, keep them in order for installation purposes.
To install:
NOTE: Be sure the pushrods are properly seated in the valve lifters and rocker arms.
WARNING In order to prevent oil leaks, tighten the vertical bolts before the diagonal bolts.
NOTE: Refer to Section 1 of this manual for the lower intake manifold torque sequence illustration. The illustration is located after the Torque Specification Chart.
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Industry Pays Tribute to Don Johnson
Friends and colleagues gathered yesterday in Las Vegas at GlassBuild America to honor long-time Window & Door salesman Don Johnson, who is retiring. An industry veteran, Johnson attended his first glass show in 1969.
"The first time I saw Don in action was at the interGLASSmetal/Fenestration show in 1991," recalls Nicole Harris, publisher of Window & Door and Glass Magazine. "We were competitors back then, but what I saw holds true to this day: Don's a go-getter who gets results. He also
makes true friends of many of his advertisers. That's no small feat when you consider he's mostly calling about deadlines and money."
"I was lucky enough to start working with Don in the 1980s," says John Swanson, editor/associate publisher of Window & Door. "Don's knowledge of the industry and the long-term relationships with so many people at the time were key to start up of Fenestration, the first North American magazine to focus on the window and door industry specifically."
When asked to share their thoughts about Johnson, clients overwhelmingly had positive things to say:
"Don worked hard to make it easy for us to be his customer," says Amber Ballard, media director, Perry Ballard Inc., St. Joseph, Mich. "I always
felt important to Don and to the magazine. I'll be missing his smile, his scooter jokes, his encouragement and mostly his advice and friendship."
"When I think of Don from a business perspective, the word 'mentor' comes along," says Matt Kottke, marketing support manager, Truth
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text: The good news is obviously a glimpse at the Google Nexus 10 tablet, but the bad news is that the launch of this and other new Google goodies has been postponed.The reason for the latter is obvious. Hurricane Sandy is heading for New York at roughly the same time as the Google event was scheduled. With that in mind, Google understandably doesn't want to risk hosting anything while the city is in a state of emergency. Rescheduling is certain, but a date is yet to be announced.Google is likely to hold off launching its new hardware until the new event, which will be an inconvenience for retailers geared up for a selling date from tomorrow. Although you never know, the Nexus 4 might yet appear on the shelves. Time will tell on that one.The Google Nexus 10 wasn't mentioned as being an immediate launch, so perhaps this will be a headline act when the event does happen, even if the Nexus 4 smartphone slips out. Details have steadily trickled out over the past few weeks, but now we have an image of it and what's thought to be the final specification.It's a 10.1-inch tablet, said to house a dual-core, Cortex-A15-based 1.7GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, a Mali-T604 GPU, 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage (with no microSD expansion slot), a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and a Super AMOLED panel with an impressive 2,560 x 1,600 screen resolution. Android 4.2 will be showcased on it.No pricing, but with this being Google, it is likely to be competitive, but unlikely to be anywhere near the budget market this time. When we hear about a new official launch, we will pass on those details.Source: Engadget


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Late last year the talented and dynamic Jamaican reggae band Raging Fyah announced the follow-up to their successful debut album Judgment Day, released in 2011. Destiny is the title and it will drop this year.
But fans of Raging Fyah are now treated to four brand new tracks – one single and one EP. The uplifting and spiritual Jah Glory is taken from the album and Boarding Pass EP is produced by the legendary Bobby "Digital" Dixon and released via his Digital-B Records. All four tracks are excellent rootsy reggae and reminiscent of early Third World and Zap Pow.
This young group of Edna Manley College students have come a long way and over the course of only three years they have dropped a number of very potent tracks, including the brilliant Nah Look Back, a track included on David Rodigan's Masterpiece compilation.
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The Jerusalem District Attorney on Thursday charged four Beitar Jerusalem fans with racial incitement for their reaction to the January signing of two Muslim Chechen players by the Israeli soccer club.
The news came as police said they would work to crack down on racism in the club's fanbase, which has become notorious for displays of hostility against opposing teams players during games.
Three supporters, aged 22 to 24, were accused of shouting chants including "Death to Arabs" and "May your village burn" during a recent Beitar match against Bnei Yehuda in the capital.
Another indictment was filed against a 23-year-old Jerusalem resident who is accused of trying to break into the team's training ground with the intent of sabotaging the introduction of Zaur Sadayev and Gabriel Kadiev, who recently became the team's first Muslim players.
The Jerusalem district police said Thursday it was planning a large scale operation to penetrate and crack down on a tightly-knit group of 30 to 50 extremist supporters within the Beitar fan base known as La Familia. Police said they intend to use to surveillance and phone tapping in order to gain intelligence on the cell and and curb its activities.
Also Thursday, the Sports Betting Council said it would transfer NIS 200,000 to Beitar to help it in its efforts to root racism out from its games.
The signing of Sadayev and Kadiev came under fierce criticism by some of the team's fan base, who oppose having Muslims or Arabs play for the club. In the Bnei Yehuda match, some of the fans held up a banner reading "Beitar forever pure," and shouted racist chants — which included repeated calls of "No entry to Arabs."
Statements issued over the years by the team have condemned racism and violence, while acknowledging the "small cluster" of dedicated fans who loudly express their hatred of Arabs.
Much of the extremist fans' anger was directed at the team's co-owner Arkady Gaydamak, a Russian-Jewish millionaire who initiated the transfer. A very small group of "so-called supporters" — no more than a few hundred — were not representative of the greater Israeli public, Gaydamak said in January, and would not be allowed to influence what happens at the club.


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CRESCENT CITY- The Del Norte County Fair opened its gates to the public Thursday and with the fun came one plea: save our fair.
Nearly 25,000 people are expected to come out to the fair this weekend. This year the fair features many new events including: an alligator exhibit, an extreme dog show and a concert by country superstar John Michael Montgomery.
But fair officials say they hope the fun will be enough to convince voters to say "yes" to a bond measure in November that will provide funds to the fairgrounds. If the bond isn't passed, the fairgrounds will only have enough money to operate through 2016.
With the rodeo, animal auction and demolition derby drawing out thousands this weekend, those visitors are being asked to have a good time and save the fair.
"We're here to stay and we want people to know that and we need their support," said Fair Manager Handy Hatfield. "We start today [Thursday] and we go through Sunday and the weather is supposed to be nice so that's great. So we're just looking forward to a good year. "


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From September to December 2008, the vegan conservation group Sea Shepherd waged a fight to protect the ecosystem and all the animals of the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. This blog recounts what happened in that time, serving for the group.
The post below describes what the first part of the new campaign strategy was like. We had to tackle the first and most prevalent argument against SSCS's presence in the Galapagos.
Argument 1: Galapagos Pride
The first argument against our interference was one of cultural pride.
1: "You judgmental foreigners come here and try to crush indigenous Ecuadorians saying, 'Oh, you primitive people, THIS is how you should run your own culture!'"
This was a very interesting argument. The truth is, Ecuadorians actually aren't indigenous to the Galapagos. Indeed, no humans are. And probably over 90% of the Ecuadorian settlers came here within the past 20 years, more than a decade after the UN declared the Galapagos an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and long after all the conservation laws were put in place for the Galapagos.
Nevertheless, the PERCEPTION is that the Ecuadorians here are an ancient, indigenous tribe, and that no one, not even the government of Ecuador, has the right to interfere with any of the poaching or smuggling or ecological destruction they cause here. And the perception controlled how people acted and implemented policies in the Galapagos. And that doesn't even touch upon the most ironic aspect of this all.
The most ironic thing is, almost all of the poaching and smuggling problems that happen here are caused by FOREIGN companies. All of the giant poaching ships that come here are either Costa Rican or some other nationality; the giant tuna poaching vessel I saw and talked about in the first post in this series, the Rocio, actually belonged to a US company. When Sean O'Hean made all his busts in Ecuador, he was getting Chinese mob bosses arrested, and every time Sea Shepherd challenged a poaching vessel in the Galapagos, it was a foreign ship. But the perception was that Sea Shepherd was taking down Ecuadorians, even though we were trying to protect the vital ecosystem that so many Ecuadorians made their living off of.
Solution 1: Peaceful Rebels
If the problems of the Galapagos are to be solved, the Galapaganeans have to lead the charge. It wasn't just the perception of evil foreigners that made this so. It was the fact that the locals had an extreme amount of power. They were the ones all over the islands, they were the ones so powerful that they could effect people's perceptions all over the world, they were they ones who made everything happen on these islands.
So, I just started walking around and talking to people from every walk of life, telling them how I truly just wanted to help them shed foreign influence. That as a foreigner, I didn't want to be in control, why would I? It wasn't my country. All I wanted was to find out what they wanted and help them obtain it with any resource I had. And I found the Galapagos a very different place when I did this.
I found people who were sick of the military corruption that let the foreign poachers do anything they wanted here. Sick of all the poaching and the illegal trafficking on their island that delivered all of their natural resources to China. Sick of the problems that so many NGO's promised to solve but still existed. I started to encounter all sorts of people willing to help me challenge the status quo. People were very affable and actually offered many ideas on how to help. It was an unbelievable shift from the attitudes I encountered a few weeks before.
In a nutshell, this was the key. People wanted change but didn't know how to start. So, I actually did very little at this point. All I did was get people together, introducing various people from different islands to each other, and create a small consortium of former smugglers, minor politicians, rich and poor people. And I trained them to be peaceful rebel pirates, SSCS style.
Most of the organizing they did among themselves, and I just gave them some infrastructure, some training on how to rebel legally through information gathering, and I taught them how to gather evidence that would be useful to causing long-term change.
And already, this small band of nonviolent rebels had generated an impressive arsenal of work. They uncovered government corruption, they discovered many of the sources of smuggling, and most importantly, they started to gain evidence of organized crime. The world I tried so hard to penetrate for months, these people managed to find on their own in a matter of days. We now know which families are responsible for a lot of the organized crime on each island of the Galapagos. The amount of documents and other evidence they have would still be easily overcome by a system as connected and corrupt as the poaching and smuggling world I've had to deal with, but that soon will change.
Next week's post will cover the second argument against SSCS's presence in the Galapagos.
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The Galapagos islands have been part of Ecuador since 1832. The majority of the settlers were Ecuadorians from the mainland and some Europeans who came in the 20's and 30's inspired by Bebee's book and also fleeing the economic disasters and impending horrors in their continent.
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Ah yes, thank you for that, I wrote this up months ago but forgot to update this part. Yes, you're right, Ecuador first claimed sovereignty then, Darwin and the HMS Beagle arrived that decade, and the horrifying prison colonies followed soon after.


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Brian Lara set his sights on reclaiming his world record from Matthew Hayden after joining Don Bradman as the only players to score two triple Test centuries.
Almost exactly 10 years after he hit a world record 375 against the same team on the same ground, the West Indies captain smashed 34 fours and three sixes against England as he reached 313 not out on the second day of the fourth and final Test.
With his team at 5-595, Lara now finds himself in sight of Australia's Hayden who broke his Test best score by making 380 against Zimbabwe in Perth last October.
Lara admitted he'd be out to reclaim the record but was more concerned with resurrecting his team's status in world cricket after presiding over its first series loss to England on home soil in 36 years.
"When Matthew Hayden broke the record, it had no effect on me," said Lara. "I was not too disappointed or sad, I thought I would use it as a catalyst to get my game together and get the consistency and make a name for myself in other areas.
"It (the world record) will be in my mind and it's there for the taking. I want to bat until lunch and if it's there I'll go for it.
"I think I mentioned before the series started that I wanted to become the first man to make 400 in a Test, and so we're looking to pile on the runs tomorrow.
"We want in excess of 700 runs and if the record comes then so be it."
Trailing 3-0 in the series, Lara was keen to play down the importance of the record but said joining Bradman as the only players to make two Test triple centuries was a major achievement.
"I think the accolades and achievements will all fall into place at the right time," Lara said.
"The standing of the series has dampened the occasion.
"Ten years ago we were ahead in the series, I want the best for the West Indies and that means getting us back on top.
"At the end of the day, it is West Indies cricket and one individual getting whatever amount of runs is not what we need right now.
"We need a team that's playing well. We need a team that's playing a very competitive level and we are not doing that in recent times."
Lara hinted at the shortcomings of his teammates when noting how well the pitch was playing.
"It's the sort of pitch that if you remain in the middle, you can get a three-figure score," said Lara.
In 1994, Lara was 320 not out overnight before he returned to pass fellow West Indian Gary Sobers's test record of 365.
On that occasion, he rose early to play golf with Sobers. Not this time.
"I was 24 then. I am tired now," he said.
List of Test cricket's highest individual scores
(* denotes not out):
380 Matthew Hayden (Australia) v Zimbabwe, Perth, 2003
375 Brian Lara (West Indies) v England, St John's, 1994
365* Garfield Sobers (West Indies) v Pakistan, Kingston, 1958
364 Len Hutton (England) v Australia, The Oval, 1938
340 Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) v India, Colombo, 1997
337 Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan) v West Indies, Bridgetown, 1958
336* Wally Hammond (England) v New Zealand, Auckland, 1933
334* Mark Taylor (Australia) v Pakistan, Peshawar, 1998
334 Don Bradman (Australia) v England, Leeds, 1930
333 Graham Gooch (England) v India, Lord's, 1990
329 Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) v New Zealand, 2002
325 Andy Sandham (England) v West Indies, Kingston, 1930
313* Brian Lara (West Indies) v England, St John's 2004
311 Bobby Simpson (Australia) v England, Manchester, 1964
310* John Edrich (England) v New Zealand, Leeds, 1965
309 Virender Sehwag (India) v Pakistan, Multan, 2004
307 Bob Cowper (Australia) v England, Melbourne, 1966
304 Don Bradman (Australia) v England, Leeds, 1934
302 Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) v England, Bridgetown, 1974
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The Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) degree qualifies individuals who apply a broad and coherent body of knowledge in relation to Indigenous Studies in a range of local, international and global contexts to undertake professional ethical work and as a pathway for further learning.
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This course is an OUA Pathway course, which means there is a recommended series of units that, once successfully completed, can be credited towards this course.
OUA Pathway students also have the opportunity to study up to three free* preparatory units during their pathway studies. These units are ideal for students who either haven't studied before or haven't studied in a while, as they are designed to introduce them to online learning and what's required to achieve academic success. Students can enrol in these units at anytime during their pathway studies.
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*The three free preparatory units are PREP03 Preparing for University Learning Intensive, PREP04 Preparing for Academic Writing and PREP05 Basic Preparatory Mathematics.
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Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) degree will have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent life long in contemporary Australian and global societies and contexts.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) degree will have:
- cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge in Indigenous Studies, and the relationship within the Australian and international context
- cognitive and technical skills (including practical experience) to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in working and collaborating with the Aboriginal community
- cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying opportunities and solving problems related to colonisation and globalisation in contemporary societies and contexts with intellectual independence
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Graduates of the Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) degree will demonstrate the application of knowledge and skills:
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The Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) is the only completely online Indigenous Studies course in Australia. This degree ensures that graduates will display the specialist knowledge and analytical skills of the professions for which they have trained and will also possess broader, generic knowledge, skills and understanding.
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The degree is of interest to people in a wide range of professional studies including education, health, psychology, social work, community development, and the environmental sector. Employment opportunities can also be strengthened when students gain further skills and knowledge within Indigenous Studies, through the expansion of the number of courses within the program to include a minor stream in history that incorporates Indigenous knowledges.
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Neighborhood social networking service Nextdoor.com rolled out home improvements on Tuesday along with word it is flush with new funding and eyeing community-minded cultures around the world.
Launched in late 2011 as a modern variation on town squares where people get to know neighbors and catch up on local news, Nextdoor has taken root in more than 8,000 US communities and is adding nearly 40 neighborhoods daily.
"Neighbors really do want to bring back a sense of community," said Nextdoor co-founder Nirav Tolia.
Nextdoor is about matters such as finding babysitters or gardeners; getting rid of unwanted skis; finding out when a pothole will be fixed; tracking lost pets, and checking out suspicious activity.
"It doesn't mean people want to be friends with their neighbors, you do that on Facebook," Tolia said. "Now is the time for technology to play a real role in connecting the neighborhood."
Nextdoor is free. The only caveat is that users must verify who they are and that they live in the real-world location that comports with the boundaries of the online neighborhood they wish to join.
Watching how people are using the service inspired improvements that Tolia referred to as "Nextdoor 2.0."
Neighbors linked together online at Nextdoor exchange about a half-million messages daily, with a fifth of those said to involve concerns about crime and safety.
Nextdoor upgrades include a section dedicated to neighborhood safety and ways to get text message alerts about crimes, fires, police activity or other public safety emergencies.
"We hear stories of neighbors not only preventing crime but actually helping capture criminal because they communicated," Tolia said. "The service has started this notion of a virtual Neighborhood Watch."
Nextdoor.com was "redesigned from scratch" to be more intuitive for visitors and optimize layouts for smartphones or tablets as well as Web browsing software used on desktop or laptop computers.
The San Francisco-based startup announced that it has raised $21.6 million in a new round of funding led by Greylock Partners, which was an early investor in Facebook and career-oriented social network LinkedIn.
"We feel now we can build a similar company to Facebook and LinkedIn," Tolia said.
Nextdoor, which has yet to generate revenue, raised $18.6 million in funding in July of last year.
Tolia envisions eventually tapping into the massive local advertising market in the United States, with marketers reaching people where they live.
Nextdoor has hired a vice president to oversee its international expansion, which Tolia said would begin this year. The roster of backers includes investment arms for Google and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.
"Wanting to connect with neighbors is not uniquely Silicon Valley or the United States," Tolia said.
"This year, we absolutely will be in other countries," he continued. "Our foreign opportunity is probably better than in the US, because older countries tend to have a deeper ethos of neighborhood."
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