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There may be fewer Friendly Manitoba licence plates in Grand Forks and Fargo parking lots starting today.
That's because one of the longtime draws for Winnipeggers to make a run for the border has finally arrived here.
Target Canada will have a soft opening in a pair of stores in Winnipeg -- at Kildonan Place Shopping Centre and Southdale Centre -- as well as a third at Shoppers Mall in Brandon. All three will open their doors at 8 a.m.
Derek Jenkins, senior vice-president of external relations at Target Canada, said he's confident the Minneapolis-based retailer's arrival will be a bull's-eye with consumers. He said once you've been inside the store, you'll quickly realize it is not "Target Light."
"We want to reassure everyone that we really did our homework and listened to people. We're bringing some of the uniqueness of Canada (to the stores), but you're not losing the Target experience that you're used to," he said.
Target will open 22 stores across Western Canada today plus another two next week, bringing its Canadian total in the last two months to 48. It plans to cut the ribbon on 86 more before the year is out and long-term plans call for a total of more than 200 in the next decade.
Another store at Grant Park Shopping Centre is scheduled to open this fall or winter. Target is expected to build a stand-alone store on the former stadium site near Polo Park mall.
This is the biggest retail invasion Canada has seen since Walmart stormed the 49th parallel in 1994 with the acquisition of 122 Woolco stores.
Inside the Kildonan Place store, Target employees were putting the finishing touches on shelves and displays early Monday. Outside, curious shoppers walked up to the doors in the hopes Monday was the opening day.
Jenkins acknowledged the criticism of the company during its initial rollout in Ontario two months ago because prices weren't as low as consumers expected from their experiences at U.S. locations. He said Target will undertake regular shops at competitors around Winnipeg and will be very price competitive in the local market. He stopped short, however, of saying prices will be on par with Target stores in Grand Forks and Fargo.
"Because (those stores are more than two hours away), we'll stay with trying to make sure we're competitive in the marketplace that's right here (in Winnipeg). We want to make sure in any marketplace that we have (some) of the lowest prices and that we offer a great experience," he said.
Target Canada has spent about $10 million in renovations to each store, which used to be under the Zellers banner. The average footprint is 114,000 square feet, of which 67,000 will be for the sales floor.
In 2011, Target bought the rights to 189 Zellers' leaseholds from its parent company, Hudson Bay Co., for $1.83 billion. After reviewing the sites, it eventually decided to keep 124 of the stores from coast to coast, sell some to Walmart and return the rest to the landlords.
"The way this deal worked out, it was advantageous for us to get scale and be able to have enough stores across the country to make it work for us," Jenkins said.
He laughed when told Winnipeggers typically go bananas for new store arrivals -- hundreds of people stood outside for hours in frigid temperatures before IKEA opened its doors last November -- but if people are lined up prior to 8 a.m. there are contingency plans to make sure they all get into the store safely and can go through the checkout lines as quickly and efficiently as possible, he said.


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A sheltered housing scheme for over 55s in Carshalton has been awarded £58,000 to build facilities for residents with dementia.
Admiral Court in Blake Close, off Welbeck Road, has been given the cash by the Department of Health, to help towards the cost of a new sensory garden and other facilities recently installed at the site.
Sutton MP Paul Burstow visited residents on Friday, June 19, to help celebrate not just the grant but National Care Homes Open Day.
Mr Burstow said: "It was very much a celebration of all the good that residential homes and sheltered housing can deliver for older people and disabled people.
Admiral Court residents enjoy a cup of tea during the MPs visit
"We only tend to hear about care homes when things have gone wrong, but in fact there are hundreds and thousands of people living very happy lives in these homes.
"I met some residents who have been living there 10 or 20 years who have had really good lives, and we just had some tea, a bit of cake and a chat.
Admiral Court has been awarded £58,000 by the Department of Health
"I was impressed with Admiral Court. It's sheltered housing, so the people living there are more independent, but it's a very effective way of dealing with loneliness, one of the greatest scourges in our society.
"Judging by the people I met at Admiral Court yesterday, they certainly weren't lonely. They felt part of a community."

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The Canadiens came into Saturday's Madison Square Garden game against the New York Rangers having won five of their last seven, impressive 5-2 victors over the Boston Bruins on Thursday to begin a four-game road trip. Their Big Apple hosts, meanwhile, had lost five straight.
All of which goes to show that any National Hockey League team can beat another on any given night. Especially when one forgets to take off its skateguards.
The Canadiens' league-leading power play went a dismal 1-for-8, getting nothing on two lengthy 5-on-3s, and a fired-up Rangers squad took full advantage of its opportunities to hand a 4-1 loss to a visitor that was outshot 41-19 and showed little interest in putting up a fight.
Montreal's terribly flat first period set the tone for the game, being outshot 13-6 and going 0-for-2 on the power play, only two of Montreal's shots coming at even strength.
An Andrei Markov giveaway helped get the Rangers on the scoreboard early. Chris Drury and Marcel Hossa charged back to the Canadiens end to combine on a fine give-and-go passing play and a great Drury deke of Montreal goalie Cristobal Huet converted the rush at 3:17.
The Habs appeared to be in pause 10 minutes later when Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr was allowed to stickhandle unmolested to Huet's side, four Canadiens impressed enough to stand around and watch. Martin Straka wound up taking a pass and whipped it home to give New York a 2-0 advantage.
Montreal's woes continued early in the second period, coming up empty on a minute-long 5-on-3 power play, before Petr Prucha put the Rangers up 3-0 on a left-alone-at-the-goalmouth score that hit the white frame high inside the crossbar behind Huet. The play required video review after it was first waved off, but it was a goal beyond a doubt.
The Rangers continued to play with fire, giving the Canadiens another 5-on-3 for 1:41 midway through the second. But that yielded nothing for the Habs, leaving them 0-for-6 on the power play.
On a delayed penalty call to Montreal, the Rangers made it 4-0, Nigel Dawes beating Huet on a very stoppable shot to the short side at 19:38. New York held a 15-8 in shots in the second period; eight of Montreal's 14 shots had come with the made advantage.
Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau decided to sit Huet for the third period and replaced his veteran with backup Jaroslav Halak, who'd been called up last Tuesday afternoon from the Hamilton Bulldogs in the move sending Carey Price back to the Habs' AHL affiliate.
Halak stopped all 13 shots fired his way in the final period.
The Canadiens finally solved Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist 7:10 into the third period on the power play, Markov feeding Andrei Kostitsyn from the blueline to the faceoff circle, Kostitsyn then perfectly feeding his brother, Sergei, parked at the edge of the crease, for his third goal of the season.
The Habs were scheduled to have Sunday off – though that might be subject to change given the team's effort at MSG – before practising on Monday for Tuesday's game in Long Island vs. the Islanders. The road trip wraps up Thursday in Atlanta before next Saturday's home date against Pittsburgh.


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The Crap We Missed – Friday 1.17.14
Welcome to another larger than usual The Crap We Missed, thanks to a surprisingly bountiful Critics' Choice Movie Awards. These second tier award shows usually suck, but when Jeremy Renner starts tweaking his nipples for the paps, you know it's a party. We've also got Bill Murray so completely out of fucks to give even Clooney couldn't clean him up, and Jackie Chan making his buddy do his "spot on impression of Brett Ratner at a shrimp buffet."
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Well, I finally had some time to be able fire up the smoker and do something other than just grilling this past Sunday. I started out by planning to fix some babybacks and beef ribs. My wife asked about inviting some friends over to join us and I of course said yes! The menu expanded from ribs and corn on the cob to include cole slaw (which my wife makes) and chicken bombs as an appetizer.
I fixed the ribs with a simple coating of EVOO, kosher salt, and fresh ground pepper. I ended up cooking them about 6.5 hours or so with 2.5 hours of that time in the foil. They came out nice and moist
For the chicken bombs, I mixed up some cream cheese and grated cheddar cheese and put a generous amount in each of the jalapeno halves. I gave the chicken thighs a coating of salt and fresh ground pepper and then wrapped them around the cheese filled jalapeno and then came the bacon. I ended up cooking them for almost an hour, indirect, on my Weber Kettle. I used a couple chunks of cherry for smoke.
My wife and her friend thought they were a little warm (I left some of the vein and seeds in for the heat) while I and my friend thought they were just right. He said the girls were "wussy." In the future, I'll make some a little "more tame" for my wife. Chicken Bombs are certainly something I'll fix again and experiment with different cheeses and spices/rubs. Thank you Dyal for sharing
Here are the chicken bombs on the grill:
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December 2010
Happy Christmas Activities
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With most people having closed up shop for the holidays and most schools now broken up, many of us will find ourselves with a bit of time on our hands to entertain the kids until the 'big day' (unless you are still running around like a mad thing!). And with freezing temperatures and knee-deep snow, playing outside only lasts all of about half an hour, meaning quite a number of hours of indoor activities that need to be planned to avoid boredom setting in for the kids (and grown ups too!). So we thought we would give you a helping hand and a few ideas so that these hours become quality hours for everyone. (Now, you may have been doing a number of these activities already in the run up to Christmas but hopefully there will be at least 1 or 2 activities that we've listed that you've not tried yet). Enjoy!
Salt dough decorations
Salt dough is the easiest thing in the world to make and even if you do mess it up, the ingredients are so cheap that you can just start over. The results are fantastic and it keeps even little ones busy and interested for a decent chuck of time. Here is a step by step guide to making salt dough decorations from the fabulous Kirstie Allsopp: http://www.channel4.com/4homes/design-style/how-to-guides/how-to-make-salt-dough-for-christmas-decorations-09-11-26_p_1.html
If your Christmas tree is already bursting with decorations you could make gorgeous and personal place settings for your Christmas lunch guests, for example the first letter of their name. Here are the decorations I made with my 3 year old son who absolutely loved this activity.
Paper snowflakes
Very, very satisfying activity (probably even more so for the grown up) because it is very hard to mess up, in fact I still have not messed one up yet which is saying something. The results are pretty amazing considering you can cut pretty much anywhere. Here is your step by step guide (with diagrams and a video which is quite helpful) http://www.highhopes.com/snowflakes.html. You will end up with a decent pile of these by the time your little one gets bored which can then be fashioned into some festive bunting. We used ours to decorate the fireplace.
Baking Christmas treats
Pretty much any baking recipe can be made into a 'Christmas treat' recipe. All you need are silver balls or Christmas cookie cutters. Here we made 'Christmas' fairy cakes – see how the silver balls magically transform them! Always a winning activity because the house smells divine and you get something yummy to eat.
Making Christmas cards
As it is very special for a person to receive a handmade card by a child, this activity is quite rewarding. As your Christmas cards should have already gone out in the post by now, your little ones could make cards for the special people you will be spending the day with or brothers / sisters / mummy and daddy. Here are 2 that we have received this year for a bit of inspiration.
Another idea is to create a reindeer card with your little one's footprint as his face, 2 handprints as his antlers, a big red nose on the heel of the footprint and 2 little eyes. Viola, it's Rudolph! (Unfortunately no picture of this because no one kept my, I mean my son's effort from last year. I'm pretty gutted about this actually!).
Making reindeer food
Get them ready for Christmas Eve by getting them to make some reindeer food. Pretty simple actually – some oats, raisins and the key ingredient, glitter (this, sparkling in the moonlight, will help Rudolph find your house!). Top tip: make sure you get rid of the evidence before they wake up on Christmas day or else it could lead to some awkward explaining!
Homemade presents
Something as simple (and cheap) as a jar of sweets can be turned into something beautiful with a bit of decoration. You could maybe even use one of the salt dough decorations that you made. Check these out – simple, stylish, rewarding!
Decorate a key
For those of you with no chimney for Santa to scoot down or if your child cannot get his head around the fact that some fat man is coming down the chimney (my son keeps telling me that he doesn't want Santa to make a hole in the roof because all the snow will fall inside – bless!), you could get your child to decorate a spare key you have lying around the house which will then be turned into a magical key. Then they need to leave it outside for Santa on Christmas Eve which he (and only he, hence the term 'magical') will use to get inside to drop off all their presents.
Hope you all have a fabulously Christmassy week!
Hello Winter!
added 19th December 2010
Well, winter started with a real bang this year – before its official start date and in full crowning glory! Our warehouse, where we dispatch all our products, is located in the Midlands and we wanted to share with you what we have been dealing with for the last few weeks. We started off with a lovely covering of snow on the 27th of November, just enough to go sledging and make a snowman and beautiful bright blue, crisp skies. It was on a Saturday as well which meant we were able to enjoy it with the kids for a change instead of being hampered by it. It was a lovely weekend!
A few days later it started snowing again – it snowed and snowed and snowed and then snowed some more! Seriously, there was more snow than I had seen, in this country or any other snowy country we have visited before. Needless to say this made dispatching orders, or even walking outside the door, somewhat tricky! So, thank you very much to everyone who was affected for bearing with us and being so patient – we appreciate it!
With snow covering much of the UK again (fortunately the worst of it missed us this time) all bets are on for a white Christmas this year. Woo hoo!
A Happy Spaces 'goodbye' to autumn
added 1st December 2010
I love living in a country that has 'proper' seasons – the gorgeous flowers in spring, long warm days in summer, the amazing display of reds, oranges and yellows in the autumn and snowy winter wonderland in winter.
Autumn is probably my favourite with its crisp blue skies, gorgeous array of colours, piles of crunchy leaves and fabulous harvest festivities; it really is a feast for the eyes.
So as we say goodbye to this fabulous season for this year, we'd like to salute it by sharing with you a few of our pics taken on lovely autumn walks.


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Yes…I'm back to making videos. Well, I'm going to try. LOL! I have a new feature for you called "Beauty Buzz for Less." It's pretty much like the feature I have on this blog, but it's going to be quick reviews about beauty products that are inexpensive.
The first review is about Forever 21's Love & Beauty Rose Make-Up Cleansing Tissues. Watch the video below and you'll see what I have to say about them. Excuse my flubs here and there, I'm super rusty when it comes to making videos…not that I was a pro before, but you get the idea. LOL! Enjoy!
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I'd like to use a remote host for git, such as github.com. What worries me about it is that I'm putting our source code into the hands of a third party. Who knows who has access to it on the other side of the wire.
So I'd like to know if any of you been able to solve that somehow, maybe via encryption, perhaps? Traditional encryption would cause the entire file to change every time it's encrypted, thus git would get confused and all of it's wonderful diff/merge stuff would be disabled.
Is my only option to get a server and host git myself? I was hoping to not have to do that, as it's more expensive and more time consuming to set up.
Why don't you ask the folks at github on who has access to the Private git repositories?
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I did ask them, twice. No email response in the past 48 hrs. Thanks, it looks like they do have access "but only with my consent". Not good enough. I guess I have to host my own unless another host can do it right, like beanstalk or cloudforge.


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|Home Sweet Home
A beloved Trumpy is restored to her former glory and comes home to cruise the Chesapeake.
By Eileen Mansfield — October 2002
In the early 1960's Roger Firestone, son of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey S. Firestone, commissioned a 68-foot Trumpy. He didn't have to go far to find the famed builder. The Firestones had a summer home on the Sassafras River, which opens up into the northeastern shores of the Chesapeake Bay, and the John Trumpy & Sons boatyard was located about 50 miles south of the Sassafras on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake in Annapolis, Maryland.
Firestone must have had a sense of humor, since he named his new motoryacht Tireless. (Her tender was named Tubeless.) When she wasn't cruising, Tireless spent part of her time at the family dock on the Sassafras. Locals grew to love her and missed her when she was eventually sold.
Years later Capt. James Silva, a lifelong boater who was living on the Sassafras, got a phone call from his friend Marty Eisenberg, a yacht broker. "He told me there was a boat down in Fort Lauderdale that I absolutely had to see," recalls Silva. Silva and his companion, Dale Fetterolf, were planning on house hunting (not boat hunting) at the time. Eisenberg told them, "Forget the house. Come see this boat." Both Silva and Fetterolf were familiar with the Trumpy name, but not with this particular boat, which had been renamed Principia. According to Silva, as soon as they laid eyes on her, they both fell--hard, even though she had been run down and neglected. Silva quit his job as a broker, and the pair started devoting all of their time to restoring her. The months of hard work included using a toothbrush-size scraper to remove the layers of white paint the previous owner had applied over her teak transom. When the work was finished, they renamed her Tireless and took her back home to the Chesapeake.
She is docked at the Sassafras Marina in Georgetown, Maryland. When I pull into the parking lot on a sunny day in July, I have no trouble spotting Tireless. Even if you've never seen a Trumpy, you know when you've spotted one--especially if she is as lovingly cared for as Tireless.
We're about to embark on a four-day cruise down the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake, an area rich in boat-building history with many unique boats native to its waters: the Trumpy, skipjack, and log canoe, for example. I was going to see the Bay from the decks of one of its own.
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The holiday season is upon us again and most of us are racking our brains trying to think of unique and special gifts to give to our friends and families. Why not give a gift that could be a lifesaver?
A smoke alarm, fire extinguisher, or portable escape ladder is an item most people will not purchase for themselves. What better way to show someone how much you care than by giving a gift that can save their life?
When purchasing a smoke alarm, choose the battery-operated kind. Buy some extra batteries as well. Why not include installation as part of your gift to assure it will be put up immediately? A screwdriver, two screws, and less than one-half hour of time is all it takes to install most models.
If you plan to give fire extinguishers, give the ABC multipurpose type. This type of extinguisher can be used on any small fire to extinguish it quickly. Make sure you take the time to explain the operation of the extinguisher to the recipient. Extinguishers are not difficult to operate, but you need to learn how to use them before the need arises. Fire extinguishers should be kept in homes, cars, boats, campers, and trailers.
Portable fire escape ladders should be kept in every bedroom above the ground floor to provide emergency escape routes. When purchasing escape ladders, look for a model that is long enough to reach ground level but light enough to be used by children.
When purchasing any of these life-saving gifts, be sure to look for the Underwriter's Laboratories label. The UL label means the device has passed certain safety tests.
While you're at it, do yourself a favor this holiday season. Be your own friend and buy one or all of these items for yourself.
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The Winnipeg Jets' 2013 opening-day roster is starting to take shape.
The Jets announced this afternoon that three players – forwards Spencer Machacek and Maxime Macenauer and defenceman Derek Meech – have been re-assigned to the St. John's IceCaps. This move comes after the Jets earlier claimed forward James Wright off waivers, following his release by the Florida Panthers.
The transaction also leaves Zach Redmond and Paul Postma with the big club, as well as rookie Mark Scheifele, who was working Friday on a line with veterans Jim Slater and Chris Thorburn.
Asked about changing expectations this year, Jet coach Claude Noel stressed the goal remains the same as a year ago: securing a playoff spot.
"The expectation should rise," said Noel. "I think the fact that we didn't make the playoffs is not something we're happy with. We should be expected to make the playoffs. You watch the shows and the rankings… I don't put much stock in that stuff, but that's just fuel for us. And in a shortened season, who knows how it's going to go."
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CES 2012: Windows 8 Beta In Late Februaryby Ryan Smith on 1/9/2012 11:30 PM EST
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noxipoo - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkhopefully there will be an improved old UI for business. metro is complete waste of time when you need to real work, last thing i need is people checking facebook and twitter at work more. Reply
B3an - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkTheres already an improved desktop UI in the dev preview. Works the same as usual for the most part. And you access the new Start Screen (metro) to get to programs the same way as you would by clicking on the Start button on the desktop.
Programs are now alphabetically displayed full screen using the metro UI - it's a lot easier to find stuff. No more hunting through folders in the "All Programs" start menu thats inside some tiny area that you constantly have to scroll. So no, metro isn't a waste of time even for work, it also makes stuff quicker. You dont even have top open a search box, just start typing and it will display results. Reply
JPForums - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkUnder my start menu at work (WinXP) I count 32 applications that I use (3/4 of which I use on a regular basis). Most of these applications have multiple Icons for settings, documentation, and the likes.
The above screenshot shows 17 Icons across the entire screen (if you include the ones that are half cut off). You could get 24 Icons if they were all square types. I find it far easier to get to what I want to use with the old start menu as I can see a much larger subsection of what I have in a logical (alphabetical) order. As shown in the above screenshot, the default ordering in metro, by default, scattered. To get to the rest of your programs, you have to swipe the whole screen. While this works very well for a tablet interface, it is quicker for a mouse to click or double click that to drag the entire display. Further, even though they don't get used often, settings, documentations, and the likes that get bundled in a folder in the old scheme don't have a logical binding in the metro scheme. You would have a harder time finding the associated settings and documentation, especially when you can't easily check whether or not they exist.
Eventually developers could simply integrate this functionality directly into the UI of the program in questions. However, in some cases it doesn't make sense to do so as you need to exit the application and do things outside of the program with the information (think shells, environmental variables, settings in applications that the current one is dependent one, etc.). Even when this isn't the case, it's just one more thing to clutter up the application UI, so what do they gain by changing.
That said, the above statements aren't really an issue for the average home user. Even an office worker that does a limited number of tasks probably wouldn't really be inconvenienced by the metro scheme. However, the IT professional, Engineer, program manager, enthusiast, and office workers that use many programs may find the new interface less efficient. I'm still unclear of any set of users (outside of tablets) that would find the metro interface functionally superior to what is currently available. Reply
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkCtrl+arrow key instantly moves the focus from one screen to the next left or right depending on the arrow key pressed. Reply
dcollins - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkYou can zoom out on the new start screen, persistently. This allows you to view many more applications at once than the current Start Menu, which only shows 20 by counting. Reply
B3an - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - linkWhat you see in the screen shot is just one part of Metro. It's not the replacement for the cluttered "All Programs" list found in Vista / 7 that shows a very limited area space to scroll through.
This is what i was talking about...
It's accessed in a similar fashion too but it's also one less click away now. Reply
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkImproved? The users here come into work and sit there at their desks and hardly EVER touch the start menu... ever. They launch applications from the task bar and files from the desktop. That's it.
All I have to do is move those files to their working drive and attach links to those files as tiles on the front of Windows 8. Done. They won't need anything else. Ever.
As for Facebook... that's stopped at the firewall. Reply
crispbp04 - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkYou've just solidified his argument by confirming that users are confused as shit by the classic start menu. Metro fixes that. You will see "normal" users actually using it regularly. Reply
lbeyak - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkI don't know if I agree with that. I am not at all confused with the start menu, but I VERY RARELY use it. Only if I have to search for a program that I use once in a blue moon, and even then, I usually prefer just opening up explorer and finding it in Program Files. Reply
damianrobertjones - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkThat's what I'm saying... standard users will love Metro Reply
Mundtly - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkWhat a broad, ignorant statement to make. You sound more like someone who resists change because you're inept at adapting to new user features, than someone who's trying to get "real" work done as you so eloquently put it. Microsoft is trying to improve it's products by innovating to a more user-friendly experience. No one is stopping you from continuing to use Windows 7, nor will it's security updates stop anytime soon. But if you're hoping for Microsoft to continue printing the same OS year after year, perhaps you should exit the technology sector, and switch to a craft that doesn't cause you to rely so heavily on computers. For the average user (by that I mean non-technical types), this is will most likely be hands down a huge improvement in daily tasks and productivity. If you're really concerned about a Facebook app being part of the home screen by default, you should easily be able to disable it via the operating system or worst case block it via your business firewall. How exactly do you deal with this issue now anyway?
This is the kind of mentality that caused us to see very little change between Windows 95 and Windows XP. It's also the reason Microsoft is slowing losing it's market share in the home sector. Microsoft has been productive for the first time in many years, and all you can do is shun them for any innovations they attempt to make. Reply
sigmatau - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkThank You! People are just scared of change. We still have people (even on these boards) that won't switch from XP to 7 because they think XP is good enough! Now Metro is a bigger change, but Windows 8 still has the standard OS view if you don't like the Metro look. Reply
danrien - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkI've using the Windows 8 Dev preview on a VM a few times, and to say the least, it's a jarring experience switching from the "old" Aero desktop to the new Metro UI. I wish the UI would at least have some consistency, so everything is Metro themed or everything is Aero themed. I would prefer Aero themed, I like the glass look, and I think even just removing the green background and making it Aero transparent instead would remove a lot of this "whoa what's happening moment" experience i have everytime i move my mouse down to the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Reply
TEAMSWITCHER - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkMac OS X (Lion) has a start screen very similar to what you describe called Launch Pad. I never use it. Like a Windows 7 user, frequently used apps are on my Dock, and everything else I can get to using Spotlight desktop search (Command+Space Bar). The new Metro Style start screen is complete "Over Kill" and I think Desktop/Laptop users are going to hate it. It's really a Tablet feature. Reply
danrien - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkYep, so does Gnome 3. I thought about mentioning it, but didn't want to confuse my point.
I agree it is overkill, but as far as when you're in that situation where you have to find that program you use very occasionally, a nice interface doesn't hurt. Really, the Gnome interface is like a google image search (but for programs) that automatically filters as you type text in, which is neat. Of course, it also has an up/down scroll for when the filtered list is bigger than the screen.
Still, it sucks to not have the old interfaces for when you need to quickly get somewhere that you often go. Reply
Malphas - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkPretty much every time there's an sort of article about Windows 8 there'll be a bunch of people whining about the new interface, with hackneyed soundbites like "I use my PC for work, not Facebook and Twitter" etc. etc. Just like they did with Windows 7.
The Metro UI's main screen is just a grid of shortcuts with your most used applications closest to the bottom left since it's pretty well established by Fitt's law as the fastest area to click. It's hard to think of a faster and more efficient interface, certainly a big improvement for 90%+ of users. Reply
karma77police - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkPC is not a Tablet Reply
WPLJ42 - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - linkMetro UI is for tablets and touchscreens. I HATE it, and will either stay with Windows 7 or return to the Mac. Reply
Toxin07 - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - linkAll you dumb asses complaining about how it looks has now place here.This topic is stating when beta will be released.Its not not a post saying anything about how the start menu looks.if you wanna bitch about it go to those areas.Or complain to microsoft but i doubt they will listen to you cause this feature is what most people want otherwise they wouldn't bother making it in the first place.There will be an option to change it to the classic start menu that you so dearly love.And this new interface is so easy to use.you can even change where you want the news feeds to be placed and put all of your apps that you use right at the front instead of the back.this feature is laptop and desktop friendly as well.use your arrow keys to move to the side or use your scrolling mouse to move to the side.I agree that the old start menu is to small for my taste.And any haters that try to prove me wrong.dont bother your just wasteing your time and makes you look even more stupid.If you dont like it dont get it.its as simple as that so dont hate. Reply
WPLJ42 - Friday, January 13, 2012 - linkYour insults are not welcome on a respectable website like AnandTech. Reply


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4th of July party snacks on Dads gasser.
This is a modified version of Huli Huli Chicken
First I Frenched the chicken legs.
Then maridated with 2cups of dole pineapple mango juice, 1cup soy sauce, 1cup katchup 1 cup raw cane sugar, and table spoon each of garlic, and onion powder. Marinated overnight. saved about a third of the sauce to sauce on the grill.
Grilled and served pool side. I just turned off the grill and let them rest for a few minuets then let people grab them by the bone right off the grill. Good times.
Little pig, no head or skin. A gift from my little brother. It was an accidental cross bread of Vietnamese pot belly (pet) pig, and Blue butt (meat) pig.
Cuban style, but with a little smoke. Rubbed with Mojo Mama original dry Mojo, and injected with Publix liquid mojo then marinated overnight. used the SFB to get the temp up to 325 Using Kingsford competition briquettes, and a few chunks of hickory. cooked for about 4 and 1/2 hours, then let rest for 1/2 an hour. had a great bark, and super moist inside.
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RYAN Aldridge insisted his Wildcats side needs to start putting away the teams at the bottom of the EPL as they prepare to take on Peterborough and Bracknell this weekend.
While games against the league's bottom side and the team sitting eighth in the table appear to produce an easy weekend on paper, the Link Centre head coach knows it won't prove so routine when they get out on the ice.
Aldridge is happy with the way his players raise their game against the sides battling away at the top of the table but needs to see more from them against the league's strugglers, starting tomorrow night against the Phantoms.
"For us these are two very tough games against two teams who always battle hard and Peterborough have shown, with the changes they've made, that they can beat anyone in the league," he said.
"Bracknell always give us a hard game too and make it tough whenever we play, so even though it's an easy weekend on paper perhaps we have to keep pushing.
"We seem to struggle against the easier teams but are able to raise ourselves for the matches against the sides at the top of the league and that needs to change.
"We have a young team and sometimes that happens but on Sunday against Guildford (5-2 victory) we showed we can raise it against the best teams. At the start of the season we always seemed to play at the level of our opposition and that can be dangerous.
"We have to come out and play well because they are two good teams who can turn you over on any given night."
Aldridge is expecting to once again be without Sam Smith due his ongoing concussion issues while Ryan Watt is banned for Saturday's game with Peterborough having picked up his 10th penalty point of the season at Milton Keynes last Saturday.


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Black Flamingo 09:10, June 19, 2010 (UTC)
|I read Roger Ebert's reviews habitually, so I was smiling to myself as I read this. You've gotten Roger Ebert's written style nailed, right down to the amusing ancedotes about parts of the film that suck. I especially liked the "Answer Man" joke with Gene Siskel.
However, it's still a bit rough around the edges. For one, you've got some of the casting off. Roger Ebert's wife is black, so you obviously can't put Anne Hathaway in. Try changing it to an African-American actor. Same with Richard Roeper-he's white. Also, shouldn't Roger refer to himself in the first person if the film is about him? You might want to change the way he narrates the plot of the movie, as it's a little awkward at the moment. Perhaps you could include running commentary in the form of footnotes? It is about him, after all. By the way, he gave The Godfather Part II three out of four stars in his original review, and he later added it to his "Great Movies" collection, so that joke kind of falls flat. I suggest changing it to a film that he actually disliked, but that everyone else loved ("The Usual Suspects", "Blue Velvet", and "Full Metal Jacket" come to mind).
|Love the concept. Roger Ebert is naturally a great target for satire, since he's pretty much the world's leading expert on film criticism. I also like the way you've set up the article as one of his reviews-very clever, and very high humor potential. Like I said above, it still needs a bit of polish, but for the most part, very good template to make an article out of.
|Prose and formatting:
|As I said in the Humor section, Ebert's narration and critique of the film is a little awkward. Also, the images on the side of the article, while funny, seem a little disjointed and out of place where they currently are. Perhaps you should put them in between paragraphs, as Ebert does on his blog? (Look up "Roger Ebert's Journal", and you'll see what I mean). Also, consider expanding the "Latest Reviews" section- since it only has one review, it's kind of unsatisfying as a standalone part of the article ATM.
|I'm kind of split on the images. For one, they're clever photoshopping jobs. On the other hand, they don't really add anything to the article, and they don't really seem like things Ebert would say (with the possible exception of the "I hate Rob Schneider" one). I suggest either removing them and replacing them with "screenshots" from the movie, or changing their position. If you're looking for photos of Ebert's early life, his latest blog might help you out. Also, the star grade was a little strange, since Ebert said he enjoyed the film at the end of the article-one star usually leads to a scathing review. Given the tone of the review, i'd recommend changing it to two and a half or three stars.
|My overall grade of the article.
|Final Score:
|You've got a solid, entertaining article here, and I enjoyed reading it. If you're willing to put a little more effort into fine-tuning it some more, it might just land on VFH. Overall, stylistic and formatting changes are the most crucial. Good luck!
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The average European hotel room takes up about a quarter of the space of a typical Motel 6 room. The Poang armchair represents the height of comfort at Ikea, while America came up with the La-Z-Boy recliner. Obviously, different notions of luxury prevail in each region.
I was reminded of these differences while driving the 2012 Ford Fiesta SES, a subcompact designed in Europe. We Americans would look at the cabin and think three could fit, as long as it was a short trip. Europeans will see room for a family of five on a summer vacation.
Americans are unlikely to drive the hatchback version of the Fiesta, the model delivered to CNET, as hatchbacks make up less than 20 percent of compacts solid in the U.S. Hatchbacks are much more popular in Europe. Personally, I do not understand that difference, as hatchbacks have more practical space and are just so much cooler-looking than a small sedan.
The Fiesta's European influence makes itself felt in the ride quality, which comes across as a bit hard. There is little in the Fiesta that shields the passengers from the outside world. Although the front suspension uses Macpherson struts, the rear is a simple torsion beam. Similarly, the Fiesta sports rear drum brakes instead of the discs it uses up front.
Along with the hard ride, the Fiesta shows another, more positive aspect of its European heritage. Roads in Europe were mostly designed for a single horse pulling a cart, and were not much expanded with the advent of the automobile. As such, European cars need to be very maneuverable, and the Fiesta exhibits this characteristic in its quick response to driver input.
Its electric power-steering system always feels connected, and that hard suspension feels taut when making turns. In fact, the whole car moves as if it is a single piece when driving down the road, with no squeaking panels or loose parts, imparting a sense of quality construction. I have driven a few rental cars in Europe that displayed a similar tautness, but American and Japanese economy cars just do not behave with this kind of responsiveness.
The controls on the Fiesta's dashboard also follow an arrangement that showed a non-American influence. Having driven a number of Ford cars equipped with the excellent Sync voice command system, I was surprised to find the voice activation button not on the steering wheel, but hidden away on the turn-signal stalk. Ford keeps the steering wheel buttons limited to two small sets, one on each spoke. There is also no volume control on the steering wheel, but it is not exactly difficult to reach the volume dial on the center dashboard.
Ford Sync, based on technology from Microsoft, does have American origins, and blends perfectly well into the Fiesta's cabin. A USB port sits on the center console, and connects to USB drives, iPhones, and MP3 players. The really impressive feature of this audio source is that it treats any music storage devices plugged into it in exactly the same manner. The Fiesta performs the same indexing on a USB drive as on an iPhone. That means I can look up music on a USB drive by album, artist, and genre using the car's stereo interface.
However, using the buttons in the car to select music is not all that straightforward. After tugging the quad-directional button on the center dashboard around to no avail, I started pushing other buttons, finally digging into a series of menu items, and finding I had to be in the Play menu before I could drill down into categories. The buttons are not particularly intuitive, and despite the index-card-size of the monochrome display, it only shows one line at a time from a music library.
Voice command is the easier way to choose music, and it works extremely well. Whether with an iPhone or USB drive plugged into the car, I could always request music by album or artist name. I only had to remember what I had in my music libraries. Likewise, the voice command system worked great for controlling a paired phone. I could make calls just by saying the name of someone in my phone's contact list. That feature is one many automakers have copied.
More interesting is Ford's effort at app integration through its AppLink feature. The Fiesta currently supports about 10 apps, all audio-oriented. Music apps include Pandora, Slacker, MOG, and iHeartRadio. Drivers can also get news through Stitcher and NPR News apps. Openbeak will read out a user's Twitter feed, but this app is only available for BlackBerry.
In its current state, the iPhone does not work very well with AppLink. To use mine, it had to be plugged into the car's USB port and I had to launch the app I wanted on the phone before I could control it through the car. I found it safest to start AppLink on my iPhone while parked, and I did not switch apps while driving. A Ford executive told me that iOS6 might work more smoothly.


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Public Service Announcement Campaign Using Social Media
Rural PSA Social Media Use
Social media is a great way to promote your campaign and amplify your message. Posting often and including a variety of content will keep your online community engaged. Utilize Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to promote the campaign by posting messages and videos.
Twitter is a service for friends, family and co-workers to stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent messages. Tweets are short updates written with 140 characters or less, sent by Twitter users.
To help with promotion of the campaign we have developed a Tweet Sheet of tweets for different occasions to tie into the SAAM campaign as well as other community events. If you are new to Twitter please see How To Tweet: Twitter 101, this provides detailed information on using Twitter. We also developed some tips that will help you promote your campaign.
Do I need anything special to use it?
All you need to use Twitter is an internet connection or a mobile phone. Once you're in, type your first update into the web box.
How do I find my friends?
When you create an account, you can search for people by name or username, or invite friends via email. Once you've found your friends, click on "follow' to start getting their updates.
What does it mean to follow someone on Twitter?
Following someone simply means receiving their Twitter updates. When you follow someone, new messages are added to your home page as people post the, so you always get the updates in real time.
Who reads my updates?
It's up to you. Your followers read your updates, and anyone else who comes across them in a search. Your twitter profile is public by default; you can change your profile settings to approve followers and keep your updates out of search results.
What are @Replies?
An @reply is a public message sent from one person to another, distinguished from normal updates by the @username prefix. Reply publically to any update on Twitter by using the @username format. If your account if private, users who are not following you will not see your @replies or mentions.
What does RT, or retweet mean?
RT is short for retweet, and indicates a re-posting of someone else's tweet. People add RT somewhere is a tweet to indicate that part of their tweet includes something they are re-posting from another person's tweet, sometimes with a comment of their own.
What does #, or Hastag, mean?
A hash tag is simply a way for people to search for tweets that have a common topic. For example, if you search #sexualassault (or #SexualAssault, because it is not case-sensitive), you will get a list of tweets related to this topic. This is also a useful way to see how often your campaign has been tweeted or retweeted about.
Some #Hastag options you can use for this campaign include:
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When you type something in the IDLE/Python Shell you get al these fancy colors for methods, import, print statments, and what-have-you's
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I want to draw a tank using pygame.draw with a square(the body) and a triangle(the canon). To account for collision I'm using the sprite module, and because of that I think I have to use a pygame.surface-square to draw on (?). After drawing the square and the canon on the surface, there is some space left (not drawn on) on it, and I would like to make it transparent.
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Prior inductees include Floyd Mabry, Jackie Hewlett, R.D. Hull, Bob Kemp, Nick Crème, Charlie Inman, Sugar Ferris, Leonard Ranne, Earl Golding, Kathy Magers, the Sabine River Authority, Skeeter Boats, Michael ("Shorty") Powers, Ray Murski, Albert S. Bradley, Richard M. Hart and William B. ("Doc") Shelton.
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Sleepy Bill Burns
William Thomas "Bill" Burns (January 27, 1880 – June 6, 1953), nicknamed "Sleepy Bill," was an American baseball player who played as a pitcher in Major League Baseball for five different teams from 1908 to 1912. Burns earned his nickname for his noticeable lack of intensity on the mound.[1]
Bill Burns is best known for his involvement in the alleged fixing of the 1919 Chicago White Sox World Series, dubbed the Black Sox Scandal.
In his five-year career, Burns played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and Detroit Tigers.[2] In his rookie season, 1908, Burns had a 1.69 ERA (sixth best in the American League). However, he had a career record of 30-52 as a pitcher and never won more than eight games in a season.
Prior to the start of the 1919 World Series, a group of players from the Chicago White Sox agreed to intentionally lose the world series in exchange for money from gamblers. Burns met with Eddie Cicotte and Chick Gandil at The Ansonia, a hotel in New York City during the formative stages of the event.[3]
It is likely that Burns operated on behalf of Arnold Rothstein, a New York businessman and gambler. Burns relayed messages back and forth between the players who had agreed to fix the games and a person whose initials were "A.R.".[4]
After news of the scandal broke, a trial took place in Chicago, Illinois. During this trial, Burns served as a witness for the prosecution.Assistant State Attorney Edward Prindeville examined Burns during the trial.
"I told them I had the hundred thousand dollars to handle the throwing of the World Series. I also told them that I had the names of the men who were going to finance it. I told them they were waiting below." - Testimony of Sleepy Bill Burns


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Schools delayed, not cancelled
Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 06:00 am
Parents across the province, and in St. Albert too, listened intently this week to hear Infrastructure Minister Wayne Drysdale announce that the 19 remaining schools from the PC�s 2012 promise list will be delayed because they�re going to be tendered separately.
The government already spoke openly last year about a lack of interest the construction world has shown in the �public-private partnership� approach being applied in this case. The province expected numerous companies to bid on the 19-school project, complete with maintenance contracts for the next 30 years. Only one company bid and the bid was actually higher than if the government went it alone on the project.
A company pledging to build 19 schools on deadlines is a serious commitment in a province where construction companies have a variety of high paying oil patch-related work to bid on every year. In this case it was obvious the contractors, already short of staff and long on other projects to tackle, weren't interested in taking on the risks. Keep in mind that P3s come with some pretty onerous penalties for late delivery, etc.
St. Albert�s two new schools, Lois Hole Elementary and the francophone high school, will be built, however. Individual tendering means it�s very unlikely the schools will be built by 2016.
Eldorado Drive�s vacant green-space may be hosting dog-walkers and soccer games a bit longer than expected.
Harper government shows its stripes
Changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program announced by Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney Friday barely make the program palatable in Alberta.
Announcing the changes yesterday, Kenney said the TFW program has been released from its federally imposed limbo. A new rule, however, is threatening to make the entire TFW program a farce.
Quotas placed on the number of temporary foreign workers a business can have are ludicrous. Employers, even if they�re in areas suffering a labour shortage, can only have up to 10 per cent of their staff as temporary foreign workers. Service industry businesses are going to have a hard time meeting those quotas, as fast food restaurants and hotels need staff 24 hours a day.
The program never should have been suspended in the first place. Kenney, who as an Albertan, should know better, put the program for the food services industry on hold because of the �hire Canadians first� outcry emanating from Eastern Canada. The voter-rich east has little need for the program as its economies are flat, or in some cases, in decline.
But the program is vital in Alberta to ensure worker shortages are addressed, as the oil patch and its high earnings have an effect on virtually every other employer in the province.
Once again the Stephen Harper government is taking Alberta for granted. To get elected, Harper needs Ontario and Quebec, especially now that Northern Gateway has B.C. in an uproar. It appears Harper is ready to forsake his home province in an attempt to curry favour with the east. Understandable as it may be, Albertans are growing very tired of taking a backseat to Harper's politics.


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Obama: Scarlett Johansson is not my 'e-mail buddy'
Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama is denying reports that he exchanges e-mails with Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett had told Politico that the senator responds to her personal e-mails and in one instance he referred to questions at a political debate as "silly." I always pegged him as ROFL kind of guy. Anyway, Obama decided it was time to shut this crazy train down, according to the Washington Post:
But speaking to reporters aboard his campaign plane, Obama said the actress doesn't have his personal email address. "She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me," Obama said, referring to his 26-year-old personal assistant, Reggie Love. "I write saying, 'thank you Scarlett for doing what you do,' and suddenly we have this email relationship"
Then Obama put his hand to the side of his mouth and whispered "White women?" Which caused everyone to nod in agreement because it's a fact them bitches be acting all crazy.


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HOUSTON - Game rooms are a booming business in Houston and Harris County, but police are concerned these cash cows are now attracting an increasing violent element.
"I think it's a big problem," said an undercover detective for the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "A growing problem."
Both the Sheriff's Office and Houston Police Department reported seeing an increase in armed robberies at the game rooms peppering neighborhoods and strip centers throughout the area.
"It's easy money," said David de Torres, a robbery investigator with the Houston Police Department.
"We've seen it where they've just robbed the attendant in there and we've seen it where they've robbed everybody in the game room," said another undercover detective with the Sheriff's Office.
Just this year, sheriff's deputies and police officers have responded to dozens of armed robberies at game rooms. Houston police report during this time period last year, 23 game rooms were held up. This year, officers have responded to 46 robberies. In the county, sheriff's officials report 15 robberies in 2011 and 11 robberies so far this year.
In 2012, two game room security guards have also been killed during robberies.
Police said they have also seen instances of well-armed police impersonators wearing bullet proof vests robbing these businesses.
"The crooks know there's a lot of cash in these businesses," said de Torres, who believes the level of violence has increased because these businesses are now hiring armed guards for protection.
"Now there's somebody there who will try to stop them," said de Torres.
Investigators with both departments also said they believe not all game room robberies are being reported because business owners do not want law enforcement scrutiny.
"They really do not want law enforcement around their business," said a sheriff's detective.
Investigators said when a robbery gets reported, it is usually by a security guard who had a gun stolen or a patron who was held up. Investigators said owners of the businesses are largely uncooperative with detectives.
"They don't want to have it on file how much money they've lost," said de Torres. "They don't want it on file how much money they've made."
"It becomes a safety issue for the community," District D Councilmember Wanda Adams said.
Adams has long been pushing for tougher regulations of game rooms showing up in neighborhoods across Houston. Adams reports there are currently more than 200 game rooms permitted to operate in the city.
"People are getting hurt, people are getting killed because of the amounts of money they hear are inside these game rooms," said Adams.
The game rooms in Houston have to abide by city ordinances and the police department's Differential Response Team is charged with inspecting these businesses.
"These type of locations can be a public nuisance if they're not following the health code laws, the fire code laws," HPD Sgt. Mike Hill said.
Local 2 Investigates rode with Hill and two DRT officers as they inspected game rooms, looking for padlocked fire exits, whether the business had proper operating permits, health code violations and whether gaming machines had current city, county and state tax stamps displayed. However, this is the extent of the regulation.
"There's no one other than the owner of the machines who regulates what that probability is set for," said Hill. "One person could be playing game No. 1, could be winning because that machine is set with a higher probability of winning and the person on game No. 2 might not win all night."
Since gambling is illegal in Texas, these machines are allowed to operate because they are listed as being "for amusement only." This also means there is no oversight of whether the machines are calibrated to give players a fair shot at winning.
"The owner can adjust the machines to suit how much money he wants to make," said an undercover sheriff's detective.
This means to prove a game room is operating illegally, undercover officers have to play the machines numerous times to win and then determine if a businesses is giving cash pay outs higher than what the law allows. While sheriff's detectives have made numerous arrests and seizures over the years, these operations take time.
"It can take anywhere from one to three weeks just for one location," the undercover detective said. "A major obstacle is to even infiltrate the place."
Fear of law enforcement scrutiny and robbery has prompted several game rooms to force players to have "members only" ID cards. Other businesses have surveillance cameras watching who is approaching or a remotely operated cage at the front door that prevents people from walking in without first being screened by an employee.
Harris County sheriff's officials also said Houston's crackdown on these businesses is causing an unintended side effect.
"The more stringent Houston gets on these game rooms, this illegal activity, it's pushing it to the suburbs," said the undercover detective.
Sheriff's investigators estimate there are between 300 to 400 game rooms operating in the unincorporated parts of the county. Detectives said while the city can rely on numerous ordinances to regulate these game rooms, the county doesn't have the same restrictions. Investigators have to largely rely on state gambling laws.
"It's extremely frustrating and they're proliferating," said the undercover detective.
Sheriff's officials said they are now working with state legislators to try to craft tougher laws to regulate these game rooms.16753720
If you have a news tip or question for KPRC Local 2 Investigates, drop them an e-mail or call their tipline at (713) 223-TIPS (8477). Copyright 2012 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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TV licensing bosses are reminding students at the University of Worcester to claim a refund on their TV licence.
Students moving home for the summer may be able to claim a refund, worth £36.67, on their licence.
Students who purchased a TV licence at the start of the academic year will have a full three months remaining on their licence and refunds can be claimed for unused quarters. Students are encouraged to take advantage of the refund on the final unused quarter and enjoy summer with extra cash in their wallet.
To be eligible, students need to have a TV licence, be leaving their halls or rented accommodation and be moving to a licensed address.
Mark Binnersley, spokesperson for TV Licensing, said: "The student refund is brilliant news for students and we encourage those who bought their licence at the start of the academic year to take advantage of it. We want to help students understand the law when it comes to watching live TV on any device and help them avoid a fine of up to £1,000. Reminding them about the refund is part of knowing when you do and don't need a licence."
To arrange a refund, or for further information, visit: www.tvlicensing.co.uk/studentinfo, or call TV Licensing on 0300 790 6113.


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A preview of the 2010/2011 Big 12 men's basketball season
Part I (teams 7-12)
The more things change, the more they stay the same…
In what will be the final year of play for the Big 12 as we know it, Kansas will once again be the team to beat. It has become a familiar refrain: they lose several key contributors from the previous year's team, but through excellent recruiting and the continued development of guys who were once just role players, they come back and just keep winning.
Most years, they absolutely dominate this conference. But this year, there are a few teams that could actually challenge the Jayhawks' league supremacy, beginning with one just down the road. But until one actually knocks them down, they remain the favorites to win the league.
How it's going to look:
(12): Nebraska Cornhuskers
Clearly, Big 10 Conference commissioner Jim Delany was not made aware of the fact that in order to get the football team, they had to take the basketball team. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure he would have called the deal off.
Fact: Nebraska hasn't won a conference title since sharing the Big 8 title in 1950. In case you don't possess basic math skills (which if you're a Nebraskan, you probably don't), that was 60 years ago.
Fact: Nebraska is one of only 3 BCS programs (Northwestern and South Florida being the others) to have never won a single NCAA tournament game. Not ever. Not once. Never. Not even by accident. Doc Sadler does return 3 starters from last year's team, but considering last year's team won only 2 league games, I don't know how this is a good thing. Expect more of the same in their final year in this conference.
(11): Colorado Buffaloes
Also a lame duck team, the Buffs are off to the glamour of the Pac-12 Conference (nee Pac-10). A jovial Larry Scott acted as if he had pulled off a major coup by accepting Colorado into his conference, when in fact he did the Big 12 a great favor. In case nobody has noticed, Colorado has pretty much sucked at everything they've done for several years, with the exception of dragging down the strengths of schedule for their fellow conference teams. I'll give them credit, they are the best at that.
For their last season in the Big 12, there is some hope in Boulder, as they do return 2 fairly good players in Cory Higgins and Alec Burks. They won't be nearly enough and, like Nebraska, Colorado will go out on a low note. And I'm not entirely sure how, but SOMEhow, Cody Hawkins will enter a few of the basketball games this season and immediately throw a couple of interceptions. His dad will say, "That's my boy!", and then return to the unemployment line.
(10): Iowa State Cyclones
I remember vividly when noted Iowa State basketball fan Mother Teresa (she once dated Johnny Orr in college) came to Ames to speak. She was introduced to an enthusiastic crowd of thousands, and as she stepped to the podium amid wild cheers, she said, "Thank you so much. Thank you. God Bless you. Thank you. What a wonderful university you have here. By the way, why are the chicks in this town so fat and why does the entire state smell like shit?!" She had a point.
As for the basketball team this year, Fred Hoiberg returns to his alma mater and will attempt to restore the Hilton Magic of old. Eventually, Hoiberg wants to implement a fast paced, high scoring, exciting style of play. With the current roster of players he inherited, however, about the only thing they'll do quickly this year is exit the conference race.
(9): Oklahoma Sooners
There is a rumor floating around that there are actually other things to do in Norman besides sleep with your sister and watch football, but I have not been able to confirm that. One thing is certain: Jeff Capel's basketball team has more new faces than the Beverly Hills Ladies Auxiliary weekly luncheons. The good news is that these new players will almost assuredly have more chemistry than the highly disappointing team of last year, which went 13-18 for their first losing season since 1981. The bad news is that none of these new players are named Blake Griffin. Capel should get this team back on track, but it isn't happening this year.
(8): Texas Tech Red Raiders
As part of my crackerjack investigatory research, I sometimes am forced to employ questionable tactics. Such is the case a few years ago when the rumors were swirling that Bob Knight was about to resign. I knew that if I was going to get the story, I would have to use the old hidden camera/microphone trick. I just needed a safe place to keep it. Somewhere that it would never be noticed, somewhere that it would be safe from inspection, somewhere that not a single person would ever be tempted to look. So I put it on the inside of a Tech cheerleader's skirt. What I got was Coach Knight telling his son, Pat, that indeed he was abruptly retiring; Pat saying, "But you always tell the kids never to quit"; Bob punching Pat in the Adam's apple; Pat crying and screaming; Bob saying, "SHUT UP! It didn't hurt that bad!"; Pat saying, "That's not why I'm crying. I'm crying because you're leaving me in charge of THIS team!". And it's been downhill ever since.
The good news is that Pat Knight apparently didn't inherit the dickhead gene from his father – by all accounts he's a nice guy. The bad news is that he also didn't seem to inherit any of the coaching genes, either. One thing this team has going for it is that they will have 4 senior starters this year, including F Mike Singletary, the league's most underrated player. This team can score. The problem is that they gave up an average of 213 points per game last year, which was probably a record.
(7): Oklahoma State Cowboys
The loss of Big 12 player of the year James Anderson is really going to hurt Travis Ford's team this season. One of the things Ford has going for him is that this team is deep. So while no single player will be able to make up for Anderson's departure, a continuing rotation will ensure that players will remain fresh as the committee approach will be utilized. As always, another thing in Oklahoma State's favor is their building, Gallagher-Iba Arena. Named after legendary coach Henry 'Hank' Iba and his former assistent, a comedian who smashes watermelons with a giant hammer, this is one of the best venues in the country in which to see a college basketball game. But perhaps the most exciting thing for Cowboys fans this year is the 'Eddie Sutton Experience', a very unique program. For only $500, one lucky fan per home game will get the chance to be Eddie Sutton for an evening. Approximately 2 hours before game time, this fan will be escorted to a hospitality suite where they can enjoy appetizers that Sutton enjoyed, such as hot wings, onion rings, and Vicadin sandwiches. This lucky fan will also get a chance to look through Sutton's favorite drink menu, which is considerably thicker than the Oklahoma State media guide. And finally, this fan will get to sit in Eddie Sutton Seat on Eddie Sutton Court – the exact same seat where he spent so many seasons dozing off during games. Exciting times in Stillwater.
So there you have it, Part I of the Big 12 preview. I do realize that some people don't take me seriously and I know I have my share of detractors. Many of these naysayers have even started clubs (I believe they are called 'not-for-Prophet organizations'). But remember, I correctly predicted the outcome of every single NCAA tournament game last year. I mean, maybe not EVERY game, but most of them. Although I didn't have any of the Final Four teams, I came close. Other than the team I predicted would win it all didn't get out of the first weekend. Actually, come to think of it, I pretty much suck at this. At any rate, Part II shall follow later in the week…


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Did you know?
Traditionally, Zulu brides-to-be make two sets of bead necklaces in matching colours to let everyone know she and her partner are a couple.
KwaZulu-Natal's climate and diversity mean that weddings in this province are among South Africa's most attractive. Venues for weddings in KwaZulu-Natal range from five-star hotels to custom-built banqueting and wedding locations in a variety of settings: beachfront, countryside, bushveld or urban.
If you choose the beaches of Durban, Umhlanga, Ballito or Margate you can say your vows to the sound of lapping waves, with the warm Indian Ocean providing pre- and post-wedding fun, as well as beautiful views.
There are many beachside resorts in the province. Some, like the Palm Dune Beach Lodge and Hotel Izulu, are a convenient drive from Durban, while others may be further up or down the coast.
Historic inland towns like Pietermaritzburg, Winterton and Howick also provide romantic wedding venues. The province's scenic Midlands are dotted with gems like Mooi River, Curry's Post and Caversham.
These little towns lend a distinctive country charm to weddings, which are held on farms or in lodges and inns in the area. You will also find a number of country estates, many of which offer a fully inclusive wedding package.
In contrast to this temperate part of the province, further north along the Kwazulu-Natal coast, the climate is more tropical. Near here you will find some of South Africa's top game reserves, many within easy reach of the sea, and almost all equipped to cater for weddings.
The Isimangaliso Wetland Park is a World Heritage Site and a drawcard for visitors to the area. You can also opt for a traditional Zulu wedding near Ulundi or Nongoma, close to the world-famous Hluhluwe/Umfolozi national parks.
The province is also suited to trendy urban cocktail functions in the multicultural city of Durban, which has many hotels to choose from, some with views of the Indian Ocean. Other city venues include the Durban Botanic Gardens, the Japanese Gardens, the City Hall and the harbour.
The majestic Drakensberg mountains also make for beautiful weddings in KwaZulu-Natal. Hartford House near Giant's Castle has a stately ambience, perfect for a formal wedding, while Cathedral Peak Hotel has a quaint stone-and-thatch chapel in what is one of the most beautiful spots in South Africa.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
KwaZulu-Natal Tourism
Tel: +27 (0)31 366 7500
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
Durban is easily accessible by road or air, with the King Shaka International Airport connecting the province to cities around the world.
Best time to visit
KwaZulu-Natal has good weather all year round, while the Drakensberg offers beautiful summer weather and the chance of snow for a winter wedding. Summer months can be very hot and humid, with frequent thundershowers between October and April.
Around the area
KwaZulu-Natal has two World Heritage Sites, the Isimangaliso Wetland Park and the majestic Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park. There are numerous beaches, game reserves and historic sites, as well as its rich Zulu culture, to discover.
What will it cost
South Africa's favourable exchange rate means weddings in KwaZulu-Natal offer good value for money.
Length of stay
Weddings and honeymoons in South Africa offer great opportunities to turn your special day into a memorable holiday for you and your guests.


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"What was he like?" Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends.Read more...
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"What was he like?"Jack Kennedy said the reason people read biography is to answer that basic question. With the verve of a novelist, Chris Matthews gives us just that. We see this most beloved president in the company of friends. We see and feel him close-up, having fun and giving off that restlessness of his. We watch him navigate his life from privileged, rebellious youth to gutsy American president. We witness his bravery in war and selfless rescue of his PT boat crew. We watch JFK as a young politician learning to play hardball and watch him grow into the leader who averts a nuclear war.What was he like, this person whose own wife called him "that elusive, unforgettable man"? The Jack Kennedy you discover here wanted never to be alone, never to be bored. He loved courage, hated war, lived each day as if it were his last.Chris Matthews's extraordinary biography is based on personal interviews with those closest to JFK, oral histories by top political aide Kenneth O'Donnell and others, documents from his years as a student at Choate, and notes from Jacqueline Kennedy's first interview after Dallas. You'll learn the origins of his inaugural call to "Ask what you can do for your country." You'll discover his role in the genesis of the Peace Corps, his stand on civil rights, his push to put a man on the moon, his ban on nuclear arms testing. You'll get, more than ever before, to the root of the man, including the unsettling aspects of his personal life. As Matthews writes, "I found a fighting prince never free of pain, never far from trouble, never accepting the world he found, never wanting to be his father's son. He was a far greater hero than he ever wished us to know."
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