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New Threats in Mali Deepen Humanitarian Crisis
Since the start of the military intervention in Mali's Gao region two weeks ago, the population's access to food supplies across the region has deteriorated significantly. According to our team on the ground, the local economy is in a downward spiral and residents are in survival mode. Our experts are also increasingly concerned that a potential armed intervention from Niger will further decrease access to food and humanitarian supplies across northern Mali.
Supply routes disabled
Following the recent closure of the Algeria-Mali border, an already isolated Gao has seen severe restrictions in the flow of goods as key commercial routes between Mopti and Gao shut down. The only open supply route remains on the river and roads between Gao and Niger, and we fear that Niger's planned armed intervention will cut off this last supply path for food, medicine, and other essentials to enter Mali.
Food stocks dwindling
Mali faces routine shortfalls in agricultural production, so the combination of poor harvests last month and the current political insecurity has proved disastrous. The majority of Gao-based traders have moved their goods to towns and villages outside the main cities as a precaution. Three-quarters of all shops in the city of Gao were closed yesterday, and most markets deserted by farmers who moved their herds away for fear their livestock would be stolen. In addition, many traders and buyers stayed home, fearing their safety.
Prices rising
Food prices have been increasing steadily in Gao for the past nine months; the region has seen a price increase of 38% on millet, 31% on rice, and 25% on cooking oil. The past few weeks have made much food completely unattainable, and households are stockpiling what they can, depleting stocks even faster than expected. The banking system in Gao has been crippled since April of 2012, and liquidity simply does not exist.
Responding in the face of uncertainty
The potential closure of the last remaining entry point poses a serious threat to access to much needed food and humanitarian supplies -- not to mention the likelihood of increased violence, banditry, and looting that could accompany another ground intervention. Action Against Hunger, along with other humanitarian organizations in Gao, have had to adapt to the hightened insecurity by decreasing telecommunications activities, and restricting existing programs to the region's main cities of Ansongo Bourem, Gao, and Menaka. We won't be able to resume travel to remote areas until hostilities cease and a climate of greater security is restored.
Still, our team spent the past week securing stocks of water purification tablets from Niger, and we are continuing our work treating individuals suffering from acute malnutrition. We've retained large stocks of nutritional products and are confident that our treatment efforts can continue. With over 15% of the region's children under five suffering from acute malnutrition (nearly 20,000 children), our priority remains delivering urgent care to the most vulnerable as efficiently as possible. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will scale up our response as soon as security conditions allow.
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Central's Horton honored again by league
PELLA—Central College sophomore and Iowa Conference cross country MVP Eli Horton (Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) is the league's male athlete of the week.
Meanwhile, Kevin Sheldon (sophomore, West Des Moines, Valley HS) is the special teams football player of the week and Liz Daniels (sophomore, Oconomowoc, Wis.) is the women's soccer defensive player of the week.
Horton captured the individual title at the conference meet Saturday and paced the Dutch to their first team championship in 53 years. He led the 8,000-meter race from start to finish and crossed the line in 25 minutes, 21.5 seconds. Horton is Central's first league champion since 1994. The Dutch swept the top three spots and tallied 33 points.
It's the fourth time this season Horton has been honored as the men's cross country performer of the week and his first time as the athlete of the week. The Dutch, last ranked No. 24 in the national coaches' poll, return to action Nov. 10 at the Central Region championships in Northfield, Minn.
Sheldon kicked a pair of field goals and made three extra-point tries in Central's 27-10 triumph against Loras College. He also had six kickoffs for 322 yards, averaging 53.7 yards per kick. Sheldon leads the league in both PAT percentage (20-for-20) and field goal percentage (9-for-11, 81.8 percent). The Dutch (4-4) close out the home schedule Saturday, hosting Wartburg College at 1 p.m.
Daniels headed in the game-winning goal off a corner kick in the final five seconds of regulation, lifting Central to a thrilling 2-1 win against Simpson College in the first round of the league tourney. Daniels also netted the game-tying goal from 40 yards out in a 1-1 double-overtime draw with Coe College in the regular season finale. Daniels anchors a Central defense that ranks second in the league in goals allowed (18), goals-against average (0.93) and shutouts (7). Central (12-5-2) faces Loras College at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the conference tournament semifinal.

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Meet Mr. Woodchuck. He's all dressed up and looking for a date to the Holiday Ice Cream Social. Who could say no to an animal in flannel and glasses. Please don't leave this furry little guy out to dry. Give this as a gift to the friend that thrives to be the center of attention, or at least doesn't mind being it (espeically with all of the looks he'll get while wearing this). Printed on 100% combed cotton and as soft as the clouds that rainbows land on.


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Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable combination.
- Henri Poincare
The Cloud House is a planned weekend retreat, which is situated on a promontory high along a ridge of the Colorado Plateau. The site offers panoramic views from numerous vantage points. The house is nestled in a grove of dramatic Aspen trees.
The design is a study in openness, transparency, lightness, and reflections. The house approaches near invisibility at certain times of the year. The floor plan is an abstract interpretation of a cumulus cloud shape transformed into a series of five rotated and elliptically shaped glass pods. The combined spaces have a softly nuanced suppleness based on the way the forms are hinged together. Each pod is an individual room having a distinct programmatic function. Room openings were created at the interstitial space where the pods meet. Interior doors have been reduced to a minimum. The overall design is a loose free-form assemblage which is informed by its unique relationship to the site, and offers an incomparable meeting place of earth and sky.
Programmatically the house contains an entry pod, kitchen/dining areas, bedroom/storage/bathroom, living area, and a study/bar/powder room. The spaces have a porous and smooth flow between one another which affords exceptional opportunities for living and entertaining.
Total Area: 2200 sq. ft., 600 sq. ft. exterior deck
Major Materials: Steel structure, curved architectural glass, anodized aluminum, epoxy flooring, and wood decking.
Design Team:
John Beckmann, with Jacob George
Renderings: Jacob George
Diagrams and model: Jacob George and Jessica Marvin
Axis Mundi is an interdisciplinary firm based in New York.
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EcoDual and Freightliner of Arizona Announce Distribution Agreement
BEAUFORT, S.C. — EcoDual, LLC, a leading provider of diesel-to-natural-gas dual fuel conversion systems for heavy duty diesel trucks and Freightliner of Arizona, a major dealership of Freightliner trucks, the largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer in the US, have announced a distribution and servicing agreement to deliver and support the EcoDual product line. EcoDual's natural gas-to-diesel fuel substitution rate is the highest among all available dual fuel conversion kits, providing enormous fuel cost savings of 30% and the shortest return on investment. The cost of the dual fuel system is often recovered in operational savings within one year without any government incentives.
"Freightliner of Arizona connects EcoDual directly into the largest original-equipment truck network in the US," said EcoDual CEO and President Scott Myers. "Freightliner of Arizona will be the conduit for bringing together a national network of Freightliner dealers to sell and support the EcoDual product line. This partnership reinforces EcoDual's position as the best supported dual fuel conversion system providing a 2 year/250,000 mile warranty and lease-to-own financing for immediate fuel savings."
Freightliner of Arizona will roll out the EcoDual product line through its four Arizona dealerships inTolleson, Chandler, Flagstaff and Tucson. "EcoDual natural gas conversion delivers tremendous fuel cost savings to our customers," said Freightliner of Arizona Owner and President, Danny Cuzick. "Additionally, we are building a network of natural gas stations through our sister company, EVO CNG. The EcoDual conversions will enable many more fleet owners to use our CNG stations and reap the cost-reduction benefits of lower-priced natural gas."


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When Cindy Crawford's 10-year-old daughter Kaia appeared in a photo for the Young Versace Spring/Summer 2012 campaign – people wondered if she would follow in her mother's footsteps and become a supermodel.
In an interview with Front Row Daily – Cindy talks about Kaia's possible modeling career and how she doesn't want to be a stage mom.
She said, "At this point, she's too young to pursue a career. There aren't even a handful of jobs for a 10-year-old girl. But if she's 17 and wants to try it…of course, what can I say? She's really into singing and acting. She kind of jokingly said—I'm not even sure if it was jokingly—'I might model first because you don't have to know how to do anything, but then I want to be a baby nurse.'"
So how did her daughter get the gig in the first place?
Cindy – who also has 12-year-old Presley with husband Rande Gerber – explained, "Donatella Versace had her PR person call me! Kaia isn't modeling, per se—she doesn't have a portfolio or an agent. I think Donatella thought it would be fun because I had worked with Versace so much in the eighties and nineties. She shot with Mert and Marcus, and I thought if she's ever going to do anything, that's about as good as it gets. So she did one picture and it ended up going everywhere! I didn't quite understand how much media play it would get. They were very smart to choose her."
She added that during the shoot she didn't want to get in the way stating, "Once she actually stepped on set, I definitely tried to stay back. I could hear and see everything, but I wanted it to be about her—not me.
Donatella kept saying, 'Come! Stand here by me and we'll watch on the monitor!' But I didn't want to be a stage mom and make her nervous. She knew I was there looking out for her. She's done little modeling things with me, but it was always with me, and this was just her. And I really wanted her to have that experience."


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Glasgow's music scene is vibrant and creative, and many successful pop artists began their careers in its pubs and clubs. Celtic Connections is probably one of the world's most important festivals of its kind, and the city's summer Jazz Festival has attracted some of the world's finest players.
When it comes to nightlife, the city center and the West End are alive with pubs and clubs
offering an eclectic mix of everything from bagpipes to salsa to punk. The biweekly magazine the List, available at newsstands and many cafés and arts centers, is an indispensable guide to Glasgow's bars and clubs.
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That being said, I rather enjoyed Craving, in part because it ended up being very different from what I'd expected. Based on the sisters' names and on the title, I thought this would be a Judeo-Christian morals in disguise kind of thing - Eva and Lilith? Yeah. Not very subtle, or so I thought. But most of the philosophy in the book centers around Buddhism, which is something I honestly don't know too much about, so if anything is inaccurate, I wouldn't know. It all sounded very well-researched to me, so either way, it made for some fairly rich storytelling. The vampire element was interesting and because of the nature of the rest of the plot, Meister has given the reader an "unconventional" take on that niche that might be at least a little more palatable to vampire "purists" than the sparkling variety presented by Meyers in the Twilight saga..."
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Reading Level: Adult
Recommended for: Anyone to whom it appeals
Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, suicide
My Thoughts: This is a very strange—but absolutely amazing—book, full of mysteries and hallucinations. The reader never quite knows if something is really happening or not, which can lead to a bit of confusion at times, but the story is beautifully written, with gorgeous language. In many cases, at least for me, this can make all the difference between loving a book and being so confused I can't finish it. An example of the sort of writing I'm talking about:
"The immense windows that made up the north-facing wall were tinted so that the entire scene had an aura of man beating materials into a sterile kind of submission. A bank of elevators shone behind the security guard's head in a vicious silver beam, but dinged cheerfully. Clones in every kind of suit moved around like ichor in the fat, hardened, corporate arteries, their leather shoes clicking impatiently."
Described as a metaphysical thriller, I've added "dark urban fantasy" to it, due to the monsters and mayhem that lurk at the edges of the story. Or do they? Again, I was never quite sure what was real, what had really happened, and what was just a dream in the main character's mind.
I spoke to the author of this book shortly after I started it to tell her I was enjoying it, and she wrote back to let me know that there are lots of little clues sprinkled throughout the book, things that will help with understanding the rest of the trilogy as it is released.
This is a trippy little story. It was certainly not what I was expecting from JournalStone, but I absolutely loved it. If you're interested in metaphysics, Buddhism, enlightenment, or just a wonderful story, check out this book. I'm already looking forward to reading it again, when the second book in the trilogy is released. Highly recommended.
Disclosure: I received a copy of this e-book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewer's program in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Synopsis: After a messy divorce and the suicide of her younger sister, Lilith Pierce sets about the responsible task of cleaning up Eva's final mess. She orders the casket, cleans the apartment, but is plagued by a frighteningly prophetic conversation preceding Eva's death. When Lilith begins to investigate the bizarre details of Eva's life, she has no idea the path of personal transformation she has embarked upon. Down the rabbit hole, she dives, into a world of strange powers, koan-spouting immortals, and dangers to humanity only she seems destined to prevent.
"Angels, Demons, villains, vampires . . . they don't stand a chance."
Stephenson's "Snow Crash" meets "Siddhartha" in this fascinating metaphysical thriller from debut author Kristina Meister. "Craving" is a suspenseful tapestry woven through with the golden threads of myth, philosophy, and sarcasm, exploring the nature of love, faith, and how ideas can change the world.
This book starts off incredibly strong. I started this book in the middle of the day, but I found the first two chapters to be really creepy. It was a promising start with a "who-dunnit" kind of premise. The writing was fantastic, and the beginning really drew me into the story. I wanted to know Lilith and I wanted to take the journey with her to find out the mystery surrounding her sister's death. I was addicted to the first 30% of this book. The strong writing, the interesting characters, the mysterious elements combined with the slight philosophical writing made for a great combo. I was forced to expand my mind to understand some of the ideas and I really liked it.
And then it lost me. It went from a mystery story with some philosophy to a philosophical book, completely putting the mystery on back burner. Lilith started to grate on my nerves and it was a chore to plod through this book. I don't think I've sighed so much in all my life. Half of the time, I couldn't even understand what they were talking about. It wasn't the Buddhist philosophy I had trouble with, it was the fact that these characters seemed to spout wisdom without any reason to. Every sentence was so pretentious. I finished this book, though not happily. The best thing I can say about it is that it ended.
If only the end had been as great as the beginning. Alas.
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"When Lilith Pierce's younger sister commits suicide, Lilith consoles herself with cleaning up Eva's final mess. But when she returns to the coroner's office to collect the body, she finds that the last few days were all a bizarre waking dream that never actually happened. Aided by the detective who witnesses her brush with the paranormal, she tears apart her sister's shadowy new life. Yet after reading hundreds of Eva's detailed journals Lilith still has no explanation and no suicide note. Her search becomes a maddening obsession uncovering tantalizing questions but no answers...until she meets a stranger at her sister's funeral. Drawn to the mysterious man in a way she cannot explain, Lilith seeks the help of his crew of equally bizarre friends, including an immortal, blue-haired hacker and a Desert Storm veteran. As her prophetic visions intensify and she begins to develop even stranger powers, she uncovers a culture woven into the fabric of history-a culture founded on an idea of peace gone horribly wrong. From philosophy, to faith, to freakish genetic mutation, man's deepest desires became his greatest flaws, turning all those who succumb into vicious monsters. And very soon, Lilith will become one of them"--Amazon.com.… (more)
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A woman accused of starting a fire at flats where she lives has had the charges against her dropped.
Kerry Baker had been due to stand trial at Swindon Crown Court next week charged with arson with intent to endanger life.
But after the 23-year-old's defence team got a fire experts report which backed up her account of what took place prosecutors offered no evidence.
And Judge Douglas Field today entered formal not guilty verdicts on the charge and an alternative of arson, being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, said "It is possible the fire could have been started accidentally from a smouldering cigarette as Miss Baker alleged. There is nothing to contradict that so the Crown offer no evidence."
Bakerhad been accused of starting the blaze at the flats on Charlotte Square, Trowbridge, on January 4 last year.
The fire at the ground floor flat, which belongs to Selwood Housing, is thought to have caused about £2,000 damage.
The fire brigade were called to the scene shortly after 11pm on the Friday night and used six hose reels to extinguish the blaze.
No-one was injured as a result of the fire, which was thought to have been started in a bed, but 10 other tenants in the building had to be temporarily evacuated.


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Did you know?
The ACRA Wall is one of the most photographed climbs in South Africa.
Waterval Boven ('above the waterfall' in the original Dutch), now renamed Emgwenya ('place of the crocodile' in Zulu), is a place of vertical quartzite crags and cliffs, perfect for technical endurance climbing. For 'Boven, you'll need precision footwork and strong fingers for most of the 600 climbs.
Unlike many other climbing destinations, the mostly ideal weather conditions make for enjoyable rock climbing all year round. As Emgwenya is nearly 1 500m above sea level, it rarely gets too hot. An added bonus is that most of the crags are in the shade by midday as they are east and south-east facing.
The evocative names of the climbs will soon get your adrenalin flowing.
Within a short walk from Tranquilitas Adventure Farm lies the Crèche area, a fantastic cliff for beginners with grades ranging from nine to 19. Crouching Tiger (12), Jacky Chan (14), Feel Good (14) and Consistency is Fashion (17) are some of the longer easy routes to start with.
The Waterfall Crags, as the name suggests, lie alongside the waterfall and offer some exhilarating climbs. Sorcery (25 trad) and Urisk the Rustic Brownie (23) are two very popular climbs because of its Kodak moments with the dramatic Elands Falls in the background.
Madiba Magic (19), a new easy route was opened in December 2013 and is already proving to be a popular warm-up before attempting the harder routes further into the winding Elands Valley.
For longer routes (up to 35m) get to The Last Crag of the Century which has several five-star climbs. Insiders say that the very best quality routes here are 19, 22, 23 and 26.
The more seasoned climbers can head to Baboon Buttress in the Wonderland area.
Recent international reviews of the climbing surrounding Emgenya has particularly praised the accessibility and quality of easy, moderate and difficult climbs packed in such a geographically small but scenic environment.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Roc 'n' Rope Adventures
Tel: +27 (0)13 257 0363
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
From Johannesburg or Pretoria take the N4 east. The turn-off to Emgwenya (Waterval Boven) is on your right.
Best time to visit
April to October is usually dry with perfect climbing conditions.
Around the area
The nearby Kruger National Park is a perfect getaway for your rest days.
Get around
Footwork and fingerholds!
Length of stay
This depends on the number of climbs you intend to try. Plan for two to five days at least.
What to pack
Your usual climbing gear, sunscreen, warm clothing for the evenings (even in summer Emgwenya can get chilly at night).
Where to stay
Roc 'n' Rope Adventures' Climbers Lodge caters specifically to climbers in the area.
What's happening
The Boven Roc Rally, held late in September, attracts hundreds of climbers annually.
Best buys
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Train provider London Midland has promised that commuters will see an improvement in its services following weeks of delayed and cancelled journeys.
The MP for Watford Richard Harrington met representatives from the company this morning (Tuesday) to discuss the main issues affecting commuters using the Abbey Flyer between St Albans and Watford.
During the meeting the operator promised that new timetables, which are due to be introduced on Sunday, December 9, and new staff, will allow a more reliable service.
Mr Harrington said: "I welcome the undertakings made by London Midland today.
"If their plans come into effect as suggested this will mean an improved service for commuters, however this is not a time for complacency.
"It does not fix the recent problems but the most important thing here is to find a permanent solution to these problems.
"After suffering for weeks and months with a poor service, London Midland still has a long way to go in providing a service that people can rely on and consider good value for their money. "
The Conservative backbencher was due to meet with bosses last week but the meeting was cancelled.
Following the cancellation, he wrote to London Midland warning that if the service did not improve he would ask the Government to review its contract.
After today's meeting Mr Harrington assured residents that he will continue to monitor the busy service.
He is asking people to email him if they experience any problems on the trains.
He added: "I really hope that services do improve in the next couple of weeks but if problems remain, I and London Midland need to know about it.
"This is why I am encouraging anybody who experiences problems with trains to get in touch.
"London Midland has promised me that it will look into every incident that I raise on behalf of constituents and respond in full as quickly as possible.
"All the cases that have already been sent to me will be investigated by them as well.
"My top priority is to ensure that my constituents aren't being adversely affected by London Midland failures.
"However, in the longer term I will also work with other colleagues and the Department for Transport to look at whether London Midland is the right organisation to hold this franchise."
If you have a problem with London Midland train services email Mr Harrington on firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Prepping for Competition
Super Bowl XLVIII is fading off into the distance, the last bit of confetti has been scraped off the field, and the hats and jerseys tucked away until next year. Some may go into hiding until August where they will wait impatiently for preseason. However, some may use this time to turn their need for sports watching else ware. I wasn't really referring to March Madness, but to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics or the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. This seems to have become a cringe worthy topic and rightfully so. I'm sure many are aware and have read about a great deal of negative and horrible conditions surrounding the games. It is sad that the environment and people of Sochi have been forgotten for billion dollar venues and buildings. As well as, the men and women who have trained for months and many for years for a chance to be able to say, "Olympics."
I am a sports fanatic. I get chills hearing the national anthem, have the Olympic theme song playing in my head, and get emotional hearing the stories of athletes. My phone's ring tone used to be the theme song to "Chariots of Fire" and I am no longer allowed to pick out movies while with a group. They aren't always sports based, but I'm like a moth to a flame. I get sucked in. However not every athletic endeavor is positive and not every athlete has always had the greatest experience.
Found in the NSVRC Library is a story that ran in Sports Illustrated published December 17, 2012 entitled, "Stand up and Speak Out" by Gary Smith. The article might be old to some, but baseball player R.A. Dickey and Judo Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison's stories are powerful examples of overcoming child sexual abuse. Through their testimonies, many others have found the courage to come forward knowing that they are not alone.
This leads me to a couple of other fabulous resources. The "MVP Playbook for Female High School Students" and the "MVP Playbook for Male High School Students" by Jackson Katz uses a creative "bystander" approach to gender violence and bullying prevention. The intent of the program is to create discussion regarding ways to intervene, before, during and after instances of harassment and abusive behavior. The female version focuses on empowering young women as bystanders and supportive friends. The male version focuses on young men being empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers. If you are interested in these resources, you might also be interested in the Bystander Blog series that the NSVRC did with Jackson Katz.
"Coaching Boys Into Men," is another excellent resource by Futures Without Violence. The coaches' kit in particular contains handouts, booklets, cards and a CD full of helpful resources for any coach. The resource also helps prepare coaches to teach their male athletes the importance of respect and non-violence through a series of twelve weekly trainings.
All of these resources mentioned can again be found at the NSVRC Library. They are excellent tools to learn from, as well as to teach others the importance of prevention and non-violence. The Super Bowl, the Olympics, and athletic competition can be exciting. However, we must continue to strive for a world of non-violence and expose the evil that can lie behind something that is clearly more than friendly competition. By using these resources and many others, we may be able to give the next generation of athletes and Olympians, a much more positive experience.
Want to find out more? Contact the NSVRC library today!


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I'm trying to catch or silence an error message when the fsockopen() function times out. In the code below I've added my trigger_error() function which in other cases does my error reporting but with fsockopen() I get both the php warning plus my custom error message
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The fsockopen() timeout warning is really cluttering up my error log and I'd like to suppress it. Can it be done? Note the "@" is already in place.
Did this question stump all the SitePointPros?
You could wrap your code in a try {} catch statement which should prevent anything coming up in your error_log file.
Thanks. Interesting idea but it didn't work. I've been giving this problem a lot of thought and my conclusion is that fsockopen() can give two errors, one when you call the function and a second one when it times out which could be several seconds later. My best guess is that php is designed to catch only one error per instruction or per function and not the second error that happens later and which is an error of the outside world that didn't send the data as expected.
The try/catch approach wouldn't suppress the warning, it could suppress errors, but not warnings (think about it, it just doesn't make sense for a try/catch to capture a warning).
The @ was specifically designed to suppress warnings and errors, but what I don't know is if it was designed to suppress them from being displayed on screen, to suppress them from being logged, or both.
Considering the fact that even with using warning/error suppression that the warning is still logged, tells me two things. 1) You found a bug, or 2) The warning/error suppression was never designed to stop them from being logged (if your logging level is setup to capture both warnings and errors).
To my knowledge there isn't any other way to approach this problem. You could file a bug report with PHP, but make sure you go into very detailed specifics and make sure you are using the latest version (to make sure it isn't a bug in yours).
As far as I know the @ will make the warning "silent" meaning it won't be reported. As to where it is not reported depends on you error display settings (screen, log, either, neither).
I think the "bug" is that fsockopen() can fail in two different ways, when called -- which is handled the usual way -- or later when the connection times out. It's this later time-out that's causing my problems. I've been thinking about submitting a bug report, not something done lightly.
Do you know which timeout you are hitting? The connection or interacting with the stream?http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.fsockopen.php
The manual states you may need to use stream_set_timeout() in conjunction with the timeout parameter of fsockopen. Granted neither of these approaches provide a way for you to suppress the message beyond what you've already provided in your code.
Connection time-out.


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Quick thinking on the part of a woman at a bus stop in Melbourne's east may help police find a flasher who was pushing a child in a pram.
Detectives from the transit crime investigation unit are investigating the Valentine's Day incident in Blackburn Road, Doncaster East.
The woman, aged 26, was waiting at the bus stop and noticed the man, aged between 50 and 60, pushing a child in the pram.
The woman, a local resident, noticed the man had exposed himself, a police spokeswoman said. She took a picture of him and got on the bus, which drove off.
The man is described as being of thin build, about 170 centimetres tall, of Asian appearance and was wearing long, dark-coloured pants at the time.
Police have released an image of the man believed to be involved and want to speak to anyone in the area who may have seen the incident, or who knows the man.
Anyone with information is asked to phone Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Wilton Clergy Association Lecture Series: How Can this Generation Speak to the Next about Violence in Society? - Wilton Library
March 19, 2013 - Wilton
In the aftermath of Sandy Hook, this 3-part lecture series sponsored by the Wilton Clergy Association and Wilton Library addresses longer term answers/solutions to violence in our communities. Registration highly recommended.
Literary Littles - Wilton Library
March 19, 2013 - Wilton
Independent listeners ages 4-6 years come for stories, short films, songs and crafts. No registration necessary.
Terrific Tales for Twos and Threes - Wilton Library
March 19, 2013 - Wilton
Children and their caregivers sing songs, listen to stories, and enjoy playtime together while building literacy and social skills. No registration necessary.
Look, Listen and Learn - Wilton Library
March 19, 2013 - Wilton
Children aged 3-4 gain pre-reading skills and learn how to participate in a group setting with stories, singing songs and acting out finger plays and rhymes. No registration required.
P J Story Time - Main - Fairfield Public Library
March 19, 2013 - Fairfield
Join Children's Librarian Cindyb for quiet evening time at the Library with stories and songs. For families with children ages 2-6. Wear your PJs and bring a favorite stuffed friend.
Book Blast! - Fairfield Public Library
March 19, 2013 - Fairfield
At this special meeting of the monthly book club the discussion revolves around the book Wonder, which is the book selection for this month's One Book One Town program. There will be snacks as well. Teens grades 6-8.
I.E.P. Tune-Up – Common Core State Standards to the Rescue - The offices of Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge
March 19, 2013 - Ridgefield
Bring your child's I.E.P., a colored pen, yellow highlighter – and your vision for the next 12 months. It's mark-up time and not too early to plan for, or request, your child's next P.P.T. Together with Special Education Advocate Linda Talbert, align your child's I.E.P. to Connecticut's recently adopted Common Core State Standards.
40th annual juried Student Show - Stamford Art Association
Through March 21, 2013 - Stamford
Fourteen Fairfield County high schools will have junior and seniors present multimedia work that has been selected by art teachers. The opening reception is Sunday, March 3, 4-6pm.
downUNDER Peeps Dioramas - Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Through March 21, 2013 - Fairfield
Insert those tasty marshmallow critters into a scenic diorama at the fourth annual Peeps extravaganza. Prizes will be awarded for creativity. Grades 6-12.
Colleen Browning: The Early Works - Bellarmine Museum of Art
Through March 24, 2013 - Fairfield
Artist Colleen Browning (1918-2003), a National Academician, played a significant role in America's contemporary realist movement in the years after 1950. Fairfield University rediscovers and celebrates the career of this Anglo-American Realist painter. January 24-March 24, 2013.
Colleen Browning: A Brush with Magic - Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery
Through March 24, 2013 - Fairfield
Artist Colleen Browning (1918-2003), a National Academician, played a significant role in America's contemporary realist movement in the years after 1950. Fairfield University rediscovers and celebrates the career of this Anglo-American Realist painter. The Thomas J. Walsh Gallery offers a selection of compelling oil paintings created in the years after 1960. January 24-March 24, 2013.
Pajama Program - Office of the Superintendent - Bridgeport Public Schools
Through March 30, 2013 - Bridgeport
Help a child stay warm and cozy by donating new pajamas and/or a book. Pajama Program is a 501(3)c not-for-profit organization providing new pajamas and books to children many of whom are waiting to be adopted.
From Italy to America - Greenwich Historical Society
Through March 30, 2013 - Greenwich
Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Italian-American communities in Connecticut through objects, documents and film drawn from local families. Also featured is a complementary collection of 26 black and white photographs from a show entitled From Italy to America: The Photographs of Anthony Riccio that was originally organized by the Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University. March 1-June 30, 2013.
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week - Over 200 Restaurants in Seven Counties
Through March 31, 2013 -
The spring 2013 Hudson Valley Restaurant Week will take place March 11-24. The Valley Table presents the region's largest dining event, with more than 200 participating restaurants from seven counties. Restaurants include Crabtree's Kittle House, La Cremaillere, Harvest on Hudson, Red Hat on the River, and X2O Xaviars on the Hudson, Fig & Olive, Restaurant 42 at the Ritz Carlton, plus many family-friendly restaurants, which will offer delicious, pre-fixe dining. Others joining the roster this spring are Gaucho Grill, Myong Gourmet, Swift and more. Pricing: three-course dinner for $29.95 and/or three-course lunch for $20.95 (excluding beverage, tax and tip). For more information and a growing list of participating restaurants, visit hudsonvalleyrestaurantweek.com.
Hudson Valley Restaurant Week takes place in the spring and fall, and is a great time for families to try cuisine at some of the region's best restaurants by taking advantage of the prix-fixe menus.
Magnificent Trees of The New York Botanical Garden - New York Botanical Garden
Through April 14, 2013 - Bronx
Larry Lederman, landscape photographer and member of NYBG's Board of Advisors, has spent years walking the garden grounds to observe and photograph trees and vistas in all seasons and at all times of day. Lush images featuring their diversity and visual impact are on view in the gallery space.
The New York Botanical Garden is home to more than 30,000 trees, some in woodland, some in groves, and some standing in solitary majesty. Magnificent Trees is lavishly illustrated with photographs by Larry Lederman and accompanied by descriptions by Todd A. Forrest, Arthur Ross vice president for horticulture and living collections at the garden. An authority on the diverse species present across the 250-acre landscape, Forrest details their fascinating histories -- from their vital role in Native American life and culture to their function in neutral territory during the Revolutionary War. Lederman captures their grandeur in hundreds of stunning images and portrays their diversity with photographs that reveal the trees in myriad fascinating perspectives: in landscape views that convey the garden's genius loci; portraits illustrating the architecture and profound visual impact of select trees; remarkable details of flowers, fruit, leaves, and bark; and impressionistic images, abstract in character yet beautiful in composition.
Chinasaurs: Dinosaur Discoveries from China - Bruce Museum
Through April 21, 2013 - Greenwich
This exhibition features skeletons, skulls, nests and eggs of more than a dozen rare Asian dinosaurs, some highlighting new evidence of the close relationship between birds and dinosaurs. January 26, 2013-April 21, 2013.
Identity: An Exhibition of You! - Connecticut Science Center
Through April 21, 2013 - Hartford
Each visitor's own identity is front and center. The personalized experience allows you to look at your own fingerprints, see your personality as a musical spectrum, investigate where your brain stores your identity, map your social connections, and throughout the exhibition, see yourself from new perspectives: your future self, your symmetrical self, and yourself as a new gender or ethnicity. January 18, 2013-April 21, 2013.
African Penguins - Maritime Aquarium
Through April 21, 2013 - Norwalk
Back for a celebratory but brief encore, a small exhibit of Africa penguins will be on special display for two months. They waddle comically on land but swim gracefully in the water, all while dressed semi-formally in black-and-white attire. And they're not all from the South Pole. African penguins actually are native to temperate South Africa. Come learn more about these birds, whose conservation status is listed as vulnerable. Penguin encounters are available for an additional fee.
Art for Everyone – The Federal Art Project in Connecticut - Fairfield Museum and History Center
Through April 21, 2013 - Fairfield
This exhibit will feature more than 20 Connecticut artists of the Federal Art Project, who forever captured scenes of life in Connecticut on canvas during the Great Depression. The exhibit features over 20 Connecticut artists whose work was placed in public places, including courthouses, state hospitals, sanatoriums, post offices, schools, and libraries, and helped to broaden the idea that art should be enjoyed by everyone. March 14-April 21, 2013.
The Orchid Show - The New York Botanical Garden
Through April 22, 2013 - Bronx
The 11th annual exhibition celebrates this storied flower in all its amazing forms with thousands of brilliantly colored orchids. The largest exhibition of its kind in the United States also offers insight into caring for orchids, music from around the world, and a gorgeous setting for evening cocktails.
Elaborate and kaleidoscopic displays throughout the galleries of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory explode with orchids in an amazing array of colors, shapes, sizes, and textures. Tens of thousands of blooms -- blue and purple vandas, green and yellow cymbidiums, delicate pink and white moth orchids, and more -- stand out amid stately palms and exotic tropical leaves.
This year, The Orchid Show is designed by Francisca P. Coelho, Vivian and Edward Merrin Vice President for Glasshouses and Exhibitions at the Garden. Coehlho is best known for her plantsmanship and key role in the design and development of high profile shows in the Conservatory.
There will be demonstrations, Q&A's, guided tours, lectures, evening events, and classes. An All-Garden Pass includes admission to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, Everett Children's Adventure Garden, Rock Garden, Tram Tour, and more. Through April 22.
Orchid Care Demonstrations - The New York Botanical Garden
Through April 22, 2013 - Bronx
A series of hands-on demonstrations shows you how to grow and care for orchids at home. Topics vary each weekend and cover the most frequently asked questions on topics such as Potting and Dividing Orchids, Basic Orchid Care, and Fragrant Orchids.
Music from the World of Orchids - The New York Botanical Garden
Through April 22, 2013 - Bronx
Orchids intrigue and inspire people in every country and culture. Enjoy a selection of music from around the world as different artists play popular tunes from a featured continent each weekend.
The Orchid Show Q&A - The New York Botanical Garden
Through April 22, 2013 - Bronx
Garden guides highlight parts of the permanent collection and special exhibition to add insight to your experience of The Orchid Show.
downUNDER Nutmeg Week - Fairfield Woods Branch Library
Through April 25, 2013 - Fairfield
Cast your ballot for 2013 Teen Nutmeg nominated books and celebrate this year's selections by making a zombie (stuffed toy), solving codes and other book-inspired crafts in the downUnder Teen Center. Grades 6-12.
Framed: Step into Art - Stepping Stones Museum
Through May 12, 2013 - Norwalk
Children can enter the framework of famous paintings and experience art by as they physically enter a scene and are encouraged to interpret, express and connect with art. They can ride a giant chicken attached to a wagon, set up a camp in the Canadian Rockies, prepare dinner for a group of hungry farmers. They can become an art gallery director, selecting and exhibiting art in their own gallery, as well as explore the exhibit through Art Hunt Cards. The exhibit was produced by the Minnesota Children's Museum for the members of the Youth Museum Exhibit Collaborative (YMEC). Through May 12, 2013.
The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames - Hudson River Museum
Through May 19, 2013 - Yonkers
In the late 18th century, British artists developed the large-scale panorama, which became a popular form of entertainment in Europe and the United States. The Hudson River Museum's exhibition, "The Panoramic River: the Hudson and the Thames," explores the panoramic vista as the ideal expression for a new, all-embracing way of seeing the landscape that influenced how the public and artists perceived it as well. By the early 19th century, painters such as Robert Havell Jr. worked to express this panoramic perspective in their choice and depiction of vistas. Havell and other artists in the exhibition such as Thomas Cole, Jasper Cropsey, and John Kensett, favored the chain of cities, suburbs, and countryside along these two rivers, where horizontal planes and historical associations gave form to both artistic and cultural expression.
"The Panoramic River" features loans from museums, galleries, and private collections. Museums lending paintings include: Baltimore Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fenimore Art Museum, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College; Maryland State Archives; Metropolitan Museum of Art; The New-York Historical Society; and Princeton University Art Museum.
"The Panoramic River" is organized by Hudson River Museum co-curators Bartholomew Bland, Director of Curatorial Affairs, and Laura Vookles, Chief Curator of Collections. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with additional essays by Pat Hardy, Curator of Paintings, Prints and Drawings, Museum of London, and Geoff Snell, Doctoral Student, University of Sussex and the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England.
The exhibition and the accompanying catalogue have been made possible by a generous grant from the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc. On view through May 19, 2013.
Manolo Valdes Monumental Sculptures - The New York Botanical Garden
Through May 26, 2013 - Bronx
Drawing inspiration from the natural landscape of the Botanical Garden, seven towering sculptures by acclaimed Spanish artist Manolo Valdes showcase the relationship between art and nature.
NIGHTWATCH: The Art of Greg Mort - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through May 27, 2013 - Stamford
Greg Mort, a Maryland artist with a well-established national reputation, has his eyes firmly in the sky in this selection of original artworks. Mort conveys his awe, respect, and love of nature in his artworks, which can be found at the White House, the Smithsonian Institution and in the collection of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). February 16 - May 27, 2013.
THE PRINTS OF ETIENNE LEOPOLD TROUVELOT - Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Through May 27, 2013 - Stamford
Etienne Leopold Trouvelot (1827 ? 1895) had a career as an astronomical artist, after a disastrous career as an entomologist. He introduced the Gypsy Moth to North America accidentally, in 1869. Trouvelot?s exacting details and nuanced shading produced imagery that rivaled even the finest and most technologically advanced photographic images of the time. Today, Trouvelot?s works endure as the most detailed and meticulous illustrations of celestial phenomena ever complied. Included in the exhibition will be images as varied as the Planet Jupiter, The Great Comet of 1881 and the Partial Eclipse of the Moon.
Lure of the Ocean: The Art of Stanley Meltzoff - Bruce Museum
Through June 02, 2013 - Greenwich
This new art and science exhibition features approximately 30 paintings by Stanley Meltzoff, the master of portraying fish in their environments -– from the New Jersey shore to the shallows of the Caribbean and the deep Atlantic waters. February 9-June 2, 2013.
Beyond the Bed: The American Quilt Evolution - Katonah Museum of Art
Through June 16, 2013 - Katonah
Quilts have evolved dramatically in form, fashion, and function during their long and distinguished history. In this exhibition Jean Burks, senior curator at the Shelburne Museum, will explore the wide range of quilts intended as bed coverings, articles of clothing, furniture accessories, wall decoration, and finally, three-dimensional room sculpture. Illustrating a variety of techniques, designs, and cultural styles, the pieces selected will showcase the work of North American quilters working from the beginning of the 19th century to the present. February 24 through June 16, 2013.
Major funding for this exhibition was generously provided by The Coby Foundation.
Born to Be Wild - Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
Academy-Award winner Morgan Freeman lends his voice to this film which follows orphaned baby orangutans and elephants, and the people who rescue and raise them for eventual release back into the wild. Through June 20, 2013.
The Last Reef: Cities Beneath the Sea - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
Coral reefs are considered exotic, distant places with little or no connection to our everyday world. Yet every reef is a living city beneath the sea, with a parallel existence to ours. Maritime Aquarium audiences will recognize scenes from New York City as the film compares reef communities to human communities. The film?s imagery immerses audiences in reef communities, among familiar dolphins, sharks and rays but also lesser-known species, such as crocodile fish, colorful nudibranchs and delicate flatworms. January 18-June 20, 2013.
Sharks - IMAX Theater, Maritime Aquarium
Through June 20, 2013 - Norwalk
This film offers an unflinching look at the ocean's ultimate predator with an emphasis on why shark populations are dropping. A sea turtle with a British accent help make this a family-friendly show, even for the youngest members. January 18-June 20, 2013.
Meerkats - Maritime Aquarium
Through September 02, 2013 - Norwalk
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family that live in social �mobs� in the Kalahari Desert, in the southern African nations of Botswana and South Africa. No mere cats, meerkats are fascinating for living in structured but cooperative societies, including a foraging strategy where adults take turns standing guard upright on their hind feet, watching for predators, while the others eat.
The meerkats� exhibit offers opportunities for climbing, digging and exploring, with several feeding locations to keep them on the alert for incoming crickets. A viewing bubble lets visitors pop up right among the meerkats. Through September 2, 2013.
Sensory Bounce - BounceU
Through September 28, 2013 - Stratford
This is a program for children and adults with sensory integration dysfunction, autism, and other disabilities with a sensory component. Teachers work on balance and coordination, auditory and tactile sensitivity, strength building, motor coordination, cooperative play, turn-taking, and social and verbal skills. Through September 28, 2013.
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This article was published 23/11/2012 (1733 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
"The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!"
-- Clement Clarke Moore's description of Santa Claus, circa 1823, in the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas
This year, Santa gave up the pipe-smoking.
In a newly edited version of the poem that has largely been attributed as providing the classic image of Santa Claus, the "jolly old elf" goes smoke-free. Well-meaning Canadian publisher and anti-smoking advocate Pamela McColl excised the line herself, although the cover of the bowdlerized book gives credit elsewhere: "Edited by Santa Claus for the benefit of children of the 21st century."
So is the "round belly" the next target for health advocates?
The story has made the rounds among people predictably concerned about issues of censorship and political correctness. ("But Santa needs his vice to unwind," pleaded Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report.)
But the truth is that Santa has become the object of far more radical revisionism in contemporary movies.
The most recent example is the tall, brawny Slavic Santa (who apparently goes by the code-name "North") in Dreamworks Animation's Rise of the Guardians. Voiced by Alec Baldwin (a funny man, but not the kind of guy you would ever consider "jolly"), this Santa is formidable and downright macho, with "Naughty" tattooed on one forearm and "Nice" tattooed on the other.
Put yourself on alert when a Christmas movie pays discreet homage to the classic 1955 thriller Night of the Hunter and its chillingly psychotic villain Robert Mitchum as a murderous preacher with the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on his knuckles.
The movie posits Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman as a loose affiliation of heroes who, in addition to gifting kids with presents, eggs, coins and sweet dreams, protect them from dark forces, represented by a malevolent Boogey Man who goes by the name Pitch Black (voiced by Jude Law in the Hollywood tradition of English-accented villainy).
The resulting conflict sees Santa picking up a pair of swords at one point, to cut a swath through Pitch's herd of wispy nightmare horses.
It's all very visually impressive, but you have to wonder if the filmmakers didn't give their collective heads a shake at the notion of putting a warrior Santa out there.
It raises the question: Has Hollywood now reached the point where even Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny have to kick ass to be considered worthwhile heroes?
Last year's Christmas release Arthur Christmas, newly released on DVD, took even greater liberties with Santa by presenting a lineage of three generations of Clauses, including a crotchety old retired geezer; a semi-senile old stick who barely functions as the current Santa (but selfishly insists on staying with the job); and most distressingly, Santa's son Steve, an ambitious, beefy technocrat who refuses to get bent out of shape just because a single delivery to a little girl didn't get to its destination.
Arthur, the film's hero, looks nothing like the typical Santa -- he's a clumsy adolescent stringbean -- but he does spend most of the movie proving he's got the right benevolent stuff to be in charge of the family business.
Even so, the movie from Aardman Animation has an off-putting militaristic streak when it comes to showing how Santa goes about the formidable task of getting presents to every boy and girl in the world. The secret: an aircraft the size of the Close Encounters mothership hovers over an entire city and thousands of elves rappel down cables to deliver their goods. Santa, in fact, is more a figurehead than an active participant.
In contrast, Rise of the Guardian's Santa employs magic snowglobes that create convenient wormholes all over the globe.
When it comes to Santa's modus operandi, one could probably trace this distressing literalism to Tim Allen's Santa Clause trilogy, which took unnecessary pains to explain how Santa could surreptitiously gain entrance to billions of houses in a single night. One wishes those movies would follow the credo: "Never complain, never explain." Allen's Santa did plenty of both.
If you have to choose a contemporary movie Santa to present to the kids, you might want go with the 2003 movie Elf. Will Ferrell, as a human raised as one of Santa's elves, is centre stage, but the movie does have a reassuringly traditional Santa Claus in Ed Asner,
He's fat. He's kind. He's got the beard and the red suit. Heck, we'd forgive him if he even took the occasional puff every once in a while.


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UniCredit's surprise announcement that it was selling a 9.1 per cent stake in Bank Pekao SA, its Polish subsidiary, went down like a lead balloon Wednesday on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
The bank's share price fell by more than 6 per cent before levelling out at a loss of 5.3 per cent, its worst performance in more than two years. Pekao's Italian parent hopes to raise about $1.3bn in the sale, which would leave it with a 50.1 per cent stake in the Polish bank, the country's second largest. Read more


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Kallisti Hotel is built in the style of a small cycladic village.
It is situated on the edge of the main village of Folegandros island, "CHORA", only 150 meters away from the main square.
From Kallisti Hotel, one can see an impressive view of Chora, the "Panagia" church and the open horizon.
Kallisti Hotel has 14 rooms, each one with beds made with the traditional local stone and wooden beamed ceilings.
Our accommodation provides modern comforts, with respect to details. The friendly and enjoyable environment combined
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95 Predator — By Richard Thiel
— October 2002
|There's nothing on the water like the triple-engine Sunseeker 95 Predator.
Comparison is an essential tool of good descriptive writing. Nouns and adjectives are valuable in their own right, but for helping a reader paint a picture of what you're trying to describe, nothing beats a metaphor. But what do you do if there really isn't anything to compare your subject to? How do you describe something that's unique, like an Alaskan sunset or the taste of fresh pesto?
That's the challenge in writing about the Sunseeker Predator 95. Really, there is no other boat like it in the world, not even another Sunseeker. Think I'm exaggerating? Name another vessel that weighs 150,000 pounds, is powered by three 2,000-hp diesels each turning a surface-piercing Arneson ASD 15 drive, has the accommodations of a large Manhattan penthouse and the sensual look of a Ferrari, and tops out at 47.3 knots. Oh, and also handles like a 35-foot sportboat.
You can dismiss some of this by saying the 95 simply has more of everything, but the Predator isn't just an exercise in excess; she's also a technical knockout. The triple-engine version (there is also a two-engine, V-drive model that reportedly does "only" 35 knots) has a remarkable electronic engine control system that makes manhandling those three DDC-MTU V-16s mere child's play. Twin Mathers electronic controls operate the outboard engines, while a separate panel controls the centerline motor. When the center diesel is engaged in "follower mode," it is automatically electronically synchronized with the slower of the outboard engines. (You can also use this panel to separately control the center engine in forward and reverse to 80 percent of its maximum power.) When the centerline engine is shut down, you can easily cruise the 95 on two engines or maneuver her at slow speed by working the outboard props as you would a regular inboard. Disengaging the center engine is crucial when docking, because with all three engines on line, the 95 idles at 10 knots. Standard 30-hp bow and stern thrusters controlled by a single four-position joystick ease docking, and when you finally succumb to the desire for speed, you need only activate the center engine via the panel, and you're now controlling all three engines from those two Mathers controls.
The swim platform is nearly as impressive as the engine control system. Of course it moves vertically to make it easy to launch one of the two tenders (one on the platform, the other in the garage) or assist getting swimmers in and out of the water. But because it also covers the Arneson drives, when the platform is lowered for launching, three check valves in the Arneson's trim system automatically open, allowing the drives to decline to provide sufficient clearance. Conversely, when the engines reach 1000 rpm, the platform—with tender, if necessary—inclines to keep it from being inundated by prop wash as the drives are trimmed up for maximum performance. A safety override ensures that the engines will not start if the platform is down.
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This article originally appeared in the October 2002 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Swiftech: Enhanced Liquid-Cooling Optionsby Jarred Walton on 1/9/2014 3:58 AM EST
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f0d - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkthank you for covering this anandtech
i know not everyone watercools but for some of us enthusiasts this is news we are actually interested in more than a lot of other things most websites cover (mobile stuff and tablet stuff)
im really interested in the new MCP50X pump if it is quiet (hopefully quieter than the 35X) as i have been adding quite a few things to my loop lately and i think it could probably do with some more pumping power Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkYes, it is definitely quieter than the MCP35X -- I couldn't say how much quieter precisely, as there was too much noise in the suite, but all indications are that the new pump is better in every way. Reply
Nickel020 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkThanks Jarred for covering this, a news post that's going back to Anandtech's overclocking roots :-)
I have one small correction though: The H220 does not use quick disconnect valves, but just the standard tubing and fittings that are used in custom watercooling loops. Unlike the Asetek and CoolIT coolers sold by Corsair, Antec etc. whose turnings aren't removable, the Swiftech (and Coolermaster Glacer, which is a rebrand) can thus relatively easily be expanded to also cool graphics cards using standard parts. Real quick disconnects that prevent coolant from spilling when opening up the loop would increase the price of the kit too much and most people wouldn't really need them. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkFixed, thanks! Reply
Whitereflection - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkSwiftech is the one of the worst companies I have ever dealt with. Their MCP35X pumps have quality control issues, And I have a couple burned out within less than 48 hours. They will find all sorts of excuses to deny your RMA. Reply
Whitereflection - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkThose in the pictures are not quick disconnect / compression fittings either, They are just tubbing over barbs with metal clamps, Which is pretty outdated in the water cooling community. Reply
Phelan_z06 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkClick on a picture and scroll further back to see the black chrome Swiftech Lok-Seal quick disconnects. The H220X has G1/4" swivel barbs, which can be removed to install G1/4" fittings. The only other AIO that does this is the Cooler Master Eisberg, which is more expensive and generally louder. Reply
Nickel020 - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkMaybe "outdated" in $300+ water cooling loops, but for AIOs price is a concern and using $20+ retail worth of compression in a $149 AIO thus making it $165+ just doesn't make sense since the fittings have absolutely no impact on performance. Having custom watercooling-like performance at the lowest possible price is the point of the H220(X), so their decision to go with "outdated" barbs and clamps is exactly right. These units aren't about maximum bling but value. Reply
Whitereflection - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkThe point of H220 is customizable or even expandable, With barb and clamps it's a pain on the butt. You might as well get AIO like H80i/H100i to save all the trouble, Cheaper and more compact. Reply
Phelan_z06 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI don't know who you dealt with in your RMA process, the situation at the time, or when it was done, but this certainly isn't my experience with Swiftech at all. I have dealt with them on numerous occasions for various questions, issues, etc., and always got a swift response and resolve. This is also the case for lots of people who have had issues with the H220s, as seen in the H220 owners' club on OCN, which I've observed every post and responded to many since its inception. Reply
Whitereflection - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkIf you are in the water cooling community for a while, You'd know way too many MCP35X died prematurely for no good reasons. You can even go check on reviews on frozencpu.com. Mine died overnight during leak testing, Called tech support and spoke to some Indian guy, gave serial number and was told it was not covered under warranty because of shelf time. Seriously? Reply
Reznov - Saturday, February 01, 2014 - link100 % right !! Excuses to deny your RMA. Better throw away your broken things instead of sending them RMA , waste of money . Reply
Perfect_chaos - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - linkI've had Swiftech stuff before, but with this it seems as if they haven't fixed the issue that these things suffer from.. Pump noise, again it looks like (from that image) as if the pump is just simply hard mounted into the radiator with no dampening at all even. It's just going to be loud and create vibrations.
In future i will likely just get a mini case and house all watercooling gear in it externally where the pump can properly be decoupled, and with quick disconnects.
Really surprised Swiftech hasn't seem to have done anything different with the pump.. Low noise is a #1 benefit of watercooling. I know the RPM's of the pump can be changed, but the fact that it is mounted directly to metal means you'd have to basically set the pump to minimum speeds at least.. even then it wouldn't be as quiet as a properly decoupled pump. Reply
Reznov - Saturday, February 01, 2014 - linkSwiftech is the worst company i know . Send a broken item RMA and they tell you it can't be replaced because of improper use . So turning a little knob for higher rpm on a MCP655 Vario is improper use accrding to them and they tell me this after 4 months . I won't buy any of their things again . Reply
Apnea - Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - linkHaving the pump in that location doesn't block the airflow of one of the two fans? Reply


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Stargzer wrote:Cacasenno wrote: ...I thought the whole point of The "Ottoman Empire, full of furniture for some reason." was that it was full of ottoman couches.
Quite so. And that was an easy one for me since we call that type of couch an "ottomana"
I would have thought that was fuel from Heaven for Perry's ottomobile when he was wandering in the desert ...
Good one!
Actually mana was the first written reference to "what-you-ma-callit". When it came down the Israelites said "man who" (מן הוא), or "what is it" and from that point on it became "man" (what), or contextually "what-you-ma-callit".


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Hi whiterose,
I'm sorry to hear you are suffering from morning sickness.
It is important to eat regularly (a little and often can be best) when you are pregnant. Many women find they have to have a little bit of food before they get out of bed in the morning.
Travel sickness bands (which put pressure on a particular point on your wrist) work by acupressure to help to reduce morning sickness for many women (I used these with my first son and they really helped).
Ginger is a root which can naturally help with many forms of sickness, including morning sickness. You can try ginger tea which you can make yourself by grating 1cm cube of ginger and adding boiled water. Ginger biscuits and crystallized ginger are also really helpful.
For most women, morning sickness wears off after the first trimester. However, for an unlucky few (myself included with my first son but not with my second thankfully) it can go on throughout the second and third trimesters.
Are you being sick or just feeling sick? It's important to replenish your fluids if you are being sick and to keep an eye on your weight too.
I hope some of this is helpful for you. I can really emphasise with you.
Best wishes for the rest of your pregnancy,


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BEIJING: It hasn't quite the same feel as a Barack Obama acceptance speech but, for aficionados of Chinese politics, the opening of the 18th Communist Party Congress is as good as it gets.
The ''Big 18'' is the only time in the five-year political cycle when we get to really see and hear the President - or, more correctly, the General Secretary of the Communist Party - speak about the country that keeps the Australian economy afloat.
For weeks, the foreign media contingent have been chasing inside rumours and marvelling at the latest contributions towards a ''harmonious congress'' by China's security czar, Zhou Yongkang.
As well as the usual battalions of plain-clothed police, with their black coats and earpieces, and dozens of police vehicles clustered at every street corner on the Avenue of Eternal Peace, this year, Zhou has excelled himself by banning taxis from opening their windows (lest passengers throw subversive literature outside) and domesticated pigeons from taking to the sky (risk of aerial espionage?)
Zhou's latest innovation comes from faraway Tibet.
The treeless expanse of Tiananmen Square has added colour in the form of marching orange-suited firemen, armed with hand-held fire hydrants, ready to strike against any outbreak of the ''terrorist'' threat that has led 70 Tibetans to set fire to themselves in 18 months.
Inside the Great Hall of the People, it's clear that the outgoing President, Hu Jintao, has retained his ultra-humble body language after a decade running the world's second most powerful country, as if the giant hammer and sickle hanging behind him is now more powerful than any human being.
Up close, on the big screen to the right of stage, his complexion looks, well, blotchy and pasty - as though he has hardly slept in weeks. And you suspect by the manner of his arrival that he hasn't.
Virtually hanging on to Hu's coat sleeve is his more demonstrative predecessor, Jiang Zemin, who was supposed to have bowed out of politics a decade ago at the 16th Party Congress.
To the extent that we know anything about what's really going on, it's clear these two factional gladiators have been engaged in a particularly brutal round of warfare and intrigue.
Hu is courteous to a fault in deference to his predecessor's 86 years. He grasps Jiang's upper arm and guides him to the seat right next to his, while everyone else is standing, as one might for a tottering old man.
But Jiang is alive to the trap. He waves Hu away and springs to his feet before his ageing bottom has touched the seat. This is not a patriarch who plans on expiring any time soon.
After a long delay come the third and fourth-ranked retired elders, the reformist former premier Zhu Rongji and his conservative predecessor, Li Peng. Their true importance is revealed by their seating arrangements, well off to each side.
Immediately behind Zhu and Li come the eight members of the outgoing Politburo Standing Committee.
First is Wu Bangguo, the low-profile chairman of the rubber-stamp national parliament; next is the Premier, Wen Jiabao, warm and dignified as always, despite the awkward New York Times story about his family's multibillion-dollar fortune.
Then fourth-ranked member Jia Qinglin, head of the United Front portfolio which strives to divide and co-opt non-party groups; and Li Changchun, chief of propaganda; incoming party chief Xi Jinping, looking radiant and resplendent; incoming premier Li Keqiang and party discipline chief, He Guoqiang, whose expression suggests there is something sharp on his seat.
Last of all is Zhou Yongkang, the security czar, snarling and ready to maul anybody that might upset the picture of perfect harmony that his forces have created.


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Humans "primed for belief" in creation, according to article in New Scientist, 2 Mar 2009 and Cognition (DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.01.001) and the Daily Telegraph, 24 November 2008. Boston University evolutionary psychologists Deborah Kelemen and Evelyn Rosset have claimed analysis of their survey of students of all ages and backgrounds, shows that teleology or belief in purpose is the default mode of our brain. Kelemen commented "It suggests that we're quite explicitly failing in science education, certainly with these undergraduates." In a review of Kelemen's work, psychologist Paul Bloom (Yale University) says; "What her work suggests is that the creationist side has a huge leg up early on because it fits our natural tendencies. It has implications for why most people on earth are creationists, I think."
This research follows research by Oxford University's Justin Barrett that showed children as young as one year are able to recognise when a mind is at work, and distinguish between what inanimate objects and people can do, e.g. babies were surprised by a film showing a rolling ball apparently making a neat stack from a disordered heap of blocks. This belief in plan and purpose led Barrett, Oxford's Centre for Anthropology and Mind, to claim that young people have a predisposition to believe in a supreme being because they automatically assume that everything in the world was created with a purpose. He told BBC Radio 4: "The preponderance of scientific evidence for the past 10 years or so has shown that a lot more seems to be built into the natural development of children's minds than we once thought, including a predisposition to see the natural world as designed and purposeful and that some kind of intelligent being is behind that purpose. If we threw a handful on an island and they raised themselves I think they would believe in God." He went on to say: "Children's normally and naturally developing minds make them prone to believe in divine creation and intelligent design. In contrast, evolution is unnatural for human minds; relatively difficult to believe."
Editorial Comment: Since research does seem to confirm that belief in a deliberate creation and in the existence of a Creator God seems to be the natural or inbuilt mode of our thinking, it follows that belief in naturalistic or random process is therefore anti-natural.
Therefore, educators are now on record as stating they have obviously failed to eradicate such a belief in purpose by the time students get to university, so they have now publically recommended finding new ways to educate people to get them to reject creation or purpose and disbelieve in a creator God! This is no surprise as such researchers are simply confirming two things the Bible has stated for the last 2,000 years: The apostle Paul wrote the evidence of God is so clearly seen in creation there is no excuse for unbelief (Romans 1:20), and the apostle Peter wrote that sceptics will deny both Creator and Creation because they chose to be deliberately ignorant (2 Peter 3:5). We remind such researchers of an educational warning from Christ, who is the Creator, that if anyone leads astray one of these little children who believe in Him, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea, rather than face an eternity being punished in Hell. (Mark 9:42-43) (Ref. perception, indoctrination, psychology)
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Chatwood, Arenado lead Rox rout in return home
Former LA-area high school opponents team up in runaway victory
LOS ANGELES -- Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood and third baseman Nolan Arenado opposed one another in a high school championship game at Dodger Stadium not many years back. They showed a Chavez Ravine crowd Monday night that they're formidable together.
Chatwood, in his second start, went six scoreless innings and had three hits, and Arenado, in his second Major League game, knocked his first career hit and crushed his first home run in the Rockies' 12-2 rout of the Dodgers. The victory broke a tie with the D-backs and put the Rockies in first place in the National League West.
Both were called up from Triple-A Colorado Springs -- Chatwood (1-0) two starts ago after No. 1 starter Jhoulys Chacin suffered a back strain, Arenado to begin what the Rockies hope will be a significant career. Arenado finished with three hits, meaning the Southern California products produced six of the Rockies' 19 -- a club record for hits in a game played in Dodger Stadium.
The 15 or so family members and friends and 60 or more who were there for Arenado were able to make some of the loudest noise among the crowd of 31,570.
"It's pretty cool, nice to do it in front of my family in my hometown," said Arenado, whose two-run shot gave the Rockies a 12-0 lead in the fifth. "You could hear them. They were loud. You try to zone it out as much as you can, but after you get a hit you can hear them."
By no means are the accomplishments of Dexter Fowler and Wilin Rosario old news. Fowler led off the game with his eighth home run of the season. In less than a month, he has hit just five fewer homers than last season, when he set a career high. Rosario broke the game open in the first with a three-run shot, his seventh homer of the season.
It was part of a rare successful night against Dodgers lefty Ted Lilly (0-1), who entered 10-2 in 14 starts against the Rockies but left after coughing up five runs, four earned, and eight hits in three innings. Also, standout outfielder Carlos Gonzalez entered with a 4-for-35 slump but had a hard double and an infield single in his first two at-bats.
"I still don't know how I did it -- Ted Lilly comes with it," said Fowler, whose homer was his first, and just his fourth hit, against Lilly in his career. "He dominates me. He dominates all of us. We just got good pitches to hit."
The hitting barrage occurred after a strange Sunday night, which followed an odd series in which the Rockies repeatedly either didn't deliver big hits or ran into outs while losing three of four at Arizona. Mechanical problems with the plane forced the Rockies to spend nearly two hours on the runway, then required them to deplane, wait hours for another aircraft, and not arrive in Los Angeles until around 3 a.m. PT.
The Rockies didn't take batting practice on the field but made up for it at gametime.
"It was just what the doctor ordered after a tough series in Arizona and a rough night last night," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
The Rockies' Sunday night might have been long, but the Dodgers' Monday night felt even longer.
"At the end of the day, it is one game," said Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, who resorted to having second baseman Skip Schumaker pitch the ninth. "We have a chance to win tomorrow and we could win the series the next day. This is lot easier to take than losing, 3-2, or taking a four-run lead into the eighth and blowing one of those."
But the game will be remembered best for the homecomings of Chatwood, who pitched for Redlands East Valley High School in the California title game at Dodger Stadium, and Arenado, who played for the winning Lake Forest (Calif.) El Toro High squad that day in 2008 in a 7-0 decision for the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section championship.
Chatwood gave up five runs, four earned, in six innings in his season debut, a no-decision in an extra-innings victory over the Braves on Wednesday. He struck out five Dodgers against five hits and no walks.
"Balls found holes at home in the Atlanta start and I wasn't able to stop the bleeding soon enough," Chatwood said. "I was able to tonight, and the defense helped out a lot."
The strikeouts were significant for pitching coach Jim Wright, who watched Chatwood spend last season and Spring Training getting to two strikes but overthrowing and losing hitters.
"I didn't see a different guy -- I saw the same guy that got into the count, finish the count," Wright said.
The only blemish came in the fourth, when a Chatwood pitch hit Matt Kemp in the left shoulder and grazed his nose. Chatwood said he apologized to Kemp on the field and will do so again Tuesday.
The Dodgers didn't score until Jerry Hariston's two-run homer off Adam Ottavino in the seventh.
Arenado, who is ranked as the team's No. 2 prospect and was called up Sunday, reached on a Lilly error in the third inning before singling in the fourth on a soft hopper to third against Dodgers reliever Josh Wall. With no play at first, Dodgers third baseman Luis Cruz threw late to second base. Chatwood delivered his third hit, a two-run single, and Jordan Pacheco added a two-run double in the five-run inning.
There was nothing soft about Arenado's next at-bat -- a homer off Wall to dead center field on a 1-0 pitch in the fifth.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Saturday, February 15, 2003
Watford beat top flight strugglers Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light to qualify for the FA Cup quarter-finals.
The pivotal moment of the game came in the 65th minute, when referee Mike Dean awarded Watford a soft penalty after Jason McAteer's arm struck Heidar Helguson, and then ordered a retake after Sunderland keeper Thomas Sorensen moved early to block Tommy Smith's first attempt.
Smith retained his composure and converted the retake to extend a particularly welcome cup run.
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On 10 September 1776, Nathan Hale volunteered when George Washington asked for a spy to gather information on the British in Long Island, New York. Hale, a former teacher, was captain of the Continental Army's 19th Regiment, though he'd yet to experience battle. Disguised as a schoolmaster, Hale was behind British lines during the invasion of Manhattan. On 21 September, Hale was captured while trying to return to safety and was found with documents that proved him a spy. He was hanged by the British on 22 September. His supposed last words, now famous, were "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Hale was 21 years old.


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Toei sells Admiral to France, Russia
Japanese studio Toei has sold big-budget war epic Admiral Yamamoto to France (Filmedia) and Russia and CIS (Cinema Prestige).
The film, directed by Izuru Narushima, has now sold to more than 60 international territories. It tells the story of the naval commander who launched the attack against Pearl Harbour in World War II.
Toei is also introducing a new title from Narushima - A Chair On The Plains, about three adults struggling with mid-life crisis and a traumatised child who embark on a trip to the last "Shangri-La" in Pakistan's Hunza Valley.
Produced by Masato Hara (Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence) the drama was filmed in Japan and Pakistan.
Toei's slate also includes action title Aibou: X-Day, a spin-off from the Partners TV series; suspense action Detective In The Bar, starring Yo Oizumi and Ryuhei Matsuda, and drama Angel Home, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi (Memories Of Tomorrow).
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CHESHAM United's blistering start to 2013 continued last night as they won their third game of the New Year.
They beat Redditch 2-1 thanks to Steve Wales' 86th minute winner at The Meadow.
Bruce Wilson opened the scoring for them after 18 minutes before Redditch levelled on the stroke of half time.
But after a 6-2 win over St Albans and a 6-0 drubbing of AFC Totten, Andy Leese's team made it three in a row with their late winner.
Chesham are now up to tenth in the table, just six points out of the play-offs.
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Video of the parking lot in Mayville shows the car smashing into others behind and in front.
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Cold conditions over the past few days have put just about everything in a deep freeze.
Police are continuing the investigation to decide whether or not charges should be filed, according to the report.
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WKBN 27 First News was invited to Parris Island to watch how civilians are turned into U.S. Marines.
Corbin Police said they went to a boy's home in Kentucky and found the bodies of his parents and sister.
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Someone called 911 shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday to report that a vehicle car had gone over a cliff at a city park.
The giant hot dog on wheels slid off a road and slammed into a pole.
A deceased adult male was discovered over the weekend in a wooded area of Bentley Avenue.
The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley is ready to take in more clients.
Local lawmakers and frustrated patients alike weighed in on the grief these recent changes are expected to cause.
Drivers will be facing a cold commute Monday, with morning temperatures right around zero degrees.
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The stars took the red carpet before the SNL 40th Anniversary Special.
A house on the east side of Youngstown caught fire for the second time in the past two weeks.
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Ways to Resolve your Complaint
Ways to Resolve your Dispute
Before you send your complaint to the Attorney General's Office, here are some things to consider in seeking a solution to your dispute with a business. This information is provided as a general guide and not intended as legal advice.
The First Step
To get started, you should clearly identify your problem and consider what would be a fair and realistic resolution to your dispute. Gather all your supporting documents such as receipts, contracts, warranties, repair orders, ads, promotional literature, cancelled checks and account numbers. You will need to make copies of relevant documents to use in the course of resolving your dispute.
"Friendly" Approach Might Resolve The Problem
The first step should be calling the company. Your contact could resolve your issue(s) immediately. If your matter is not resolved immediately from the phone call, follow up with a letter and keep a copy. Your letter should state only the important details and what you want done. Include copies of relevant documents, but keep the originals for your files. If you paid by credit card, write your credit card company within 60 days of the purchase that you are disputing the charge.
Consider a Compromise
If your demands are not met fully, you may wish to propose a fair settlement. A compromise solution sometimes is better than no solution at all.
The Next Steps
If you are unable to reach a compromise, you will want to evaluate your situation to determine the next best course of action for you. Each has its advantages, disadvantages and cost.
You can pursue the matter personally in Small Claims Court. You can hire a lawyer to represent you in court. You can seek the help of an impartial third party in mediation. You can pay someone to decide your dispute in arbitration.
You can find information on these and other avenues for dispute resolution from the California Courts, consumer groups, local Bar Associations, the Better Business Bureau and other organizations.
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You may also wish to consider filing a Small Claims Court action. These are informal courts where disputes are resolved quickly and inexpensively by a judge.You can recover up to $10,000 in Small Claims Court. You represent yourself and can request a judgment for monetary damages. You may get additional information about this procedure by contacting your local small claims court.
For contact information, please go to: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/smallclaims/
In mediation, the parties work with an impartial third person who is trained in the process of resolving disputes. Mediators are not advocates, judges, or legal representatives. Unlike a judge, a mediator does not issue a ruling and the informal negotiation process focuses on having the parties talk to each other to arrive at their own solution. Many communities have dispute resolution centers and other low-cost mediation services available. Check with the clerk of the Small Claims Clerk, the county consumer affairs office or local public or private dispute resolution programs.
Arbitration is another alternative to filing a lawsuit. Like mediation, arbitration hearings are not held in courtrooms and formal legal procedures not followed, but the decision of the arbitrator is legally binding and may be enforced the same as a court judgment. In arbitration, your complaint is heard by an impartial third party who issues a decision after hearing both sides. You can use a lawyer or represent yourself in arbitration hearings. Both sides must agree to participate in arbitration. You cannot force the other party to appear at an arbitration hearing if the original agreement does not require arbitration.
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