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SHARES in the region rallied and the dollar shifted higher after Greece reached a landmark deal to restructure its faltering debt bailout program.
The eurozone and the International Monetary Fund thrashed out a series of compromises in Brussels, unlocking a long-delayed €43.7 billion ($A54.2 billion) payment and granting significant debt relief for decades to come.
The measures include reducing interest rates on Greece's bailout loans to levels so low that other eurozone countries will likely incur losses on them, but will allow Athens significant breathing space to reduce its debt levels below current projections.
The agreement provided the Australian market with a shot of confidence, pushing shares to a two-week high, while the Australian dollar shifted closer to $US1.05, reaching a two-month high of $US1.0492.
Economist Stephen Koukoulas said the Australian dollar could continue to rise to $US1.08 in the next few months.
"Certainly we've had commodity prices no longer falling, particularly iron ore and others have actually moved well above the lows that we saw in October,'' he said. ''We are getting job creation and unemployment is still below 5.5 per cent. There is evidence that housing construction is turning up.''
But Commonwealth Bank analyst Alex Stanley said the deal was just the latest of many and Greece had a long way to go before reaching sustainable debt levels.
''[The] forecast numbers appear to imply austerity, a significant surplus and a significant growth in GDP all at the same time - a combination which has proved very difficult to achieve up until now,'' he said.
Mr Stanley said the deal did provide meaningful aid to Greece, mostly in the form of reduced and deferred interest costs. And while the deal falls just short of a direct debt write-down, parts of the plan ''seemed to be a write-down in disguise''.
''The European leaders continue to duck the question of what happens if [more realistically, when] Greece needs to default on some of the money it owes to the European Official sector,'' he said.
The original bailout rewrite agreed for Greece in March was meant to reduce Greece's debt to 120 per cent of gross domestic product by 2020.
The IMF is pushing for a so-called ''haircut'' or write-down of debt by eurozone governments in the way banks wrote off most of the loans due to them earlier this year, but Germany has come out against this ahead of a general election next year.
Other AAA-rated states, though, have said they would ''not exclude'' the possibility of a write-down of debt from 2015 onwards.
Greece has been waiting since June for a loan instalment of €31.2 billion, part of a €130-billion rescue granted earlier this year.
In exchange, Athens has pledged to implement a new series of radical austerity measures to cut its annual overspending.
"It's been hard work," said IMF chief Christine Lagarde of the negotiations.
Greece, where the eurozone's debt crisis erupted in late 2009, is the currency area's most heavily indebted country, despite a big ''haircut'' this year on privately-held bonds.
Its economy has shrunk by nearly 25 per cent in five years.
The key question remains whether Greek debt can become sustainable without eurozone governments having to write off some of the loans they have made to Athens.
Jean-Claude Juncker, who chaired the meeting as head of the group of eurozone finance ministers, said: "This has been a very difficult deal."
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo University women's lacrosse team couldn't muscle their way past No. 15 Pfeiffer University on Wednesday morning at University Field, falling to the Falcons by a score of 21-6. The Lions drop to 1-6 on the season, while Pfeiffer advances to a mark of 4-3.
Christina Minneci led the Lions with her second hat trick of the season. Stephanie Marran was close behind with two goals, and Callie Porcher rounded out the goal count with one. Alix Murray dished out the Lions' only assist of the day.
Andrea Kuhl came up with a game-high five ground balls, while Minneci came up with four. Off the draw, Marran led the game with five draw controls, followed by Chadwick and Minneci with four apiece, and Andrea Mann collecting two.
Brittany Millsap saw the majority of the time in cage for the Lions, earning five saves while allowing 16 goals in 46 minutes of play. Nicole Sirota-Plotnikov spent 14 minutes between the pipes, allowing five goals and not setting aside any shots.
Their counterparts, Jamie Alcala and Rachel McCarthy, collectively made nine saves while yielding six shots.
The Falcons were headed up by Natalie Marvin, whose five goals and two assists combine for a game high seven points. Liz Melesh tallied five points with four goals and an assist as a total of eight Pfeiffer players contributed to the score.
Saint Leo found themselves knotted up at 1-1 with Pfeiffer after the first minute and a half, but the Falcons swiftly flew away with the lead as they scored nine unanswered goals to pull out to a 10-1 advantage with 15:46 on the clock.
Minneci and Marran netted two straight to pull the Lions to within seven, but four more goals from Pfeiffer set the score at 14-3 at the half.
Despite the Lions' best efforts, Pfeiffer outscored Saint Leo 7-3 throughout the second stanza, setting the final score at 21-6.
Pfeiffer led the shot count 28-23, but the Lions won the ground ball battle 22-19. Saint Leo won 15-of-29 draw controls, but found success on only 13-of-20 clear attempts.
The Lions return to action on Sunday, March 18, when they host Indiana Tech. Game time against the Warriors is set for 4 p.m. at University Field. Fans who cannot make it to the game will be able to catch all of the action live at saintleolions.com.


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SYLLABICATION: gen·e·sis
PRONUNCIATION: jĕn'ĭ-sĭs
NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. gen·e·ses (-sēz')
1. The coming into being of something; the origin. See synonyms at beginning. 2. Genesis abbr. Gen. or Gn See table at Bible.
ETYMOLOGY: Latin, from Greek. See genə- in Appendix I.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Quoting from The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester:
It was left to the genial Irish prelate James Ussher, while he was bishop of Armagh, to fix the date [of Creation] with absolute precision. According to his workings, which he managed to convince his clerical colleagues were impeccably accurate, God had created the world and all its creatures in one swift and uninterrupted process of divine mechanics that began on the dot of the all-too-decent hour of 9 A.M., on a Monday, October 23, 4004 B.C.
Before that is another paragraph. Since I've never seen one of those older Bibles, I didn't know about this:
Lest anyone forget, all the Bibles that were in use at the time [of William Smith's birth] had dates printed in bold scarlet letters in the margins, annotations to the verses of the Old Testament, designed to act as a gentle reminder. "In the Beginning, God . . . " had the number "4004 B.C." written beside it; the text of the Holy Scripltures' subsequent dramas, from Cain and Abel onward, had progressively lower and lower red-printed figures in the margin, until the events in the manger in Bethlehem, by which time the figure had been cycled down to a zero.
Wikipedia had this in its entry for Ussher:
Although Ussher produced a considerable number of religious works, his most famous was the Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti ("Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world"), published in 1650. In this work, he claimed, infamously, that the earth was created on the evening preceding October 23, 4004 BC. This work established what has become known as the Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar. It is a work that is still referenced by Young Earth Creationists (who believe that the Earth is approximately 6,000 years old) and has been much ridiculed as a symbol of religious obscurantism. The time is frequently misquoted as being 9 a.m., noon or 9 p.m. on October 23. See the related article on the Calendar for a discussion of its claims and methodology.
The Calender reference above is to:
The Ussher-Lightfoot Calendar is a 17th century chronology of the history of the world formulated from an interpretative reading of the Bible by James Ussher, the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh (in what is now Northern Ireland). The chronology, first published in 1650, is famously the source of the citation by many modern Creationists that the universe was created by God in 4004 BC.
The chronology is named for Ussher, as well as John Lightfoot, who published a similar chronology in 1642–1644. The chronology is, however, arguably misnamed, as it based on Ussher's work, and not on that of Lightfoot, who was later the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. Ussher's work, more properly known as the Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the Old Testament, deduced from the first origins of the world), was his contribution to the long-running theological debate on the age of the Earth. This was a major concern of many Christian scholars over the centuries. Ussher deduced that the first day of Creation began at nightfall preceding Sunday October 23, 4004 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar, near the autumnal equinox, while Lightfoot similarly deduced that Creation began at nightfall near the autumnal equinox, but in the year 3929 BC.
Ussher's proposed date of 4004 BC was not greatly different from the estimates of the Venerable Bede (3952 BC) or Ussher's near-contemporary, Scaliger (3949 BC). It was widely believed that the Earth's potential duration was 6,000 years (4,000 before the birth of Christ and 2,000 after) corresponding to the six days of Creation, on the grounds that "one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day" (2 Peter 3:8 ).


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It's not the "fiscal cliff" that is so bothersome about the fiasco of the last few months. No, it is the audacity and arrogance of our elected officials that were "battling it out" to "try" to come up with an appropriate plan.
Yeah, right.
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A MANHUNT was under way in York last night after a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian in hospital with a badly broken leg.
The man was hit by a black Volvo outside the Tam O'Shanter pub in Lawrence Street during the evening rush-hour last night.
Three men ran from the Volvo along Lawrence Street towards the nearby Shell filling station and Nicholas Gardens, and police investigations were under way last night to try to find them.
The Volvo was left smashed against a bollard.
Police last night said it was not yet clear precisely what had happened.
The accident happened just before 5.20pm and the road heading out of town was closed for about two hours, leading to major tailbacks locally and knock-on disruption and delays across the city.
Louise Coxon, control room deployment manager for North Yorkshire Police, said there had been a number of witnesses who had spoken to officers at the scene and she said police had some suspects.


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A9 TV, July 4th, 2012
(Mr. Adnan Oktar wishes Muslims well for the Bara'ah Night)
May Allah make our Bara'ah Night blessed for the entire nation of Muslims and make us experience it once again. May Allah make us benefit from the prosperity of this night, insha'Allah.
And our martyrs are, insha'Allah, getting prepared for the Hereafter together with Hazrat Ali, Hazrat Hamdha, Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Hasan and Husayin.
For they have not died; Allah takes their souls once again. Then they will die, that is to say, on the Day of Judgment. They think that they are alive right now.
For instance, those who are dead know this themselves, but a martyr is convinced that he is alive but he does not know the system. He knows that Allah brought him.
He knows that he came as a martyr but that he is alive; but there is a mechanism, a knowledge of it in the Sight of Allah. We can never know it.
He knows that he will die a martyr there; he performs his prayers there, he takes benefit from the blessings there. The conditions of the world prevail there but only disbelief is absent there.
The trial there is easy; it is a trial that is directly related to earning rewards.
There is no environment there in which one indulges in unlawful deeds. In fact, it is a guarantee that they will go to paradise, but Allah makes them remain there only because He creates a great beauty for them.
It is unlikely for a martyr to go to hell. It is impossible for him to engage in any act that will lead him to hell. Even if he wants, may Allah forbid, he can't do it. Allah says, "You are dead now." They die and then they go to paradise. This is a pleasant lifestyle.
Allah created the universe and the world in line with the system of the Mahdi. But people can not resist time. People hasten a lot; they want the Unity of Islam to be established immediately, Prophet Jesus (as) to come all of a sudden. They want the immediate establishment of the Unity of Islam. Once the Unity of Islam is established, you will no longer earn any rewards. That is why Allah creates it as a very short span of time. Seven or nine years, and that has a symbolic meaning. What is seven years? It was only yesterday that we entered the millennium, the year 2000. Notice that twelve years has passed by. Seven or nine years for the triumph of Islam in the world, that is it, because there is no trial, Allah sees no reason for the continuation of the world. Irreligion is eliminated from the face of the world. The existence of irreligion is very important. People want irreligion to be eliminated. OK, it may but then the trial in this world no longer exists and so do the rewards. "The anti-Christ must come to an end". OK, but then your rewards will come to an end. That is why Allah extends the time of the anti-Christ. Allah grants a long span of time to the anti-Christ. Its life span is forty years. In the reign of Islam also the Mahdi's endeavor to tell about the signs leading to faith lasts about forty years.
(According to the Shi'a creed, July Thursday, July 5th is the birthday of Hazrat Mahdi (as). That is why the Shi'a are celebrating it.)
According to their conviction 1,000 years have already passed. They say, "He is already living." They consider him as the person who lives the longest. On the other hand, he enters each and every house. He enters both in the form of image, in the form of a voice, and in the physical form. He enters all the houses in the world. When he is called, he immediately comes. Ahmadinejad says that he saw him in the form of light. This way, they also eliminate the system of the Mahdi, just like those who advocate the concept of collective personality. With such a ruse, they deal a great blow to the system of the Mahdi, according to their own mindset. Does he believe? None of them believe.
May Allah make Hazrat Mahdi (as) appear as soon as possible. Let's pray that he touches his blessed hand on the floor. When he touches the ground reciting Allah's name, the Earth immediately calms down. The Earth feel unease when it can not see Hazrat Mahdi (as). The Earth suffers a lot, it trembles. It anyhow demands Hazrat Mahdi (as). It wants to feel the blessed hand of Hazrat Mahdi (as) on its back. When Hazrat Mahdi (as) strokes the back of the Earth, it calms down at that moment. What does Almighty Allah say about the flood of Noah? "O heavens, hold your water. O Earth, swallow your water." And it finds relief at that moment. The rain comes to an end. The water withdraws. Right now there is a flood of Noah. The world wants Hazrat Mahdi (as). The Earth wants the appearance of Prophet Jesus (as). The Earth expects it to become apparent. We will see it altogether, insha'Allah.
Repetition is the method employed by Allah. Notice that there is repetition in the style of the Qur'an. Always repetition. When we remember Allah, we say "Allah, Allah, Allah." You repeat His beautiful names. Repetition opens the heart. People would not be able to understand Darwinism and materialism if we did not explain it recursively. People understood it after many repetitions. The cells, the curves of the brain are full of this information. When we want to remove a stain, we make great effort, and this is also the case.
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Nokia 6300 ReviewNokia 6300
The phone's camera is a 2 megapixel one without a flash or automatic focus. It takes the very satisfactory 3 seconds to start, but taking pictures is itself quite slow: 8 seconds to record one at maximum resolution and after that you need almost as much (15 seconds in all) to be able to start over photographing. The interface is fairly simple, displaying only the resolution and the number of pictures left to take. In the Options menu one can pick color effects, white balance and night mode; there are 6 available levels of resolution and 3 for picture compression. Small videos, suitable for MMC only, can be recorded.
The photo quality is well below average compared to that of other phones' 2 megapixel cameras. The camera is only usable at bright daylight in the open, but still the pictures do not have enough color saturation, contrast is low, and details – unclear. The lack of auto-focus is quite obvious.
Indoors, even at bright illumination, the photographs are extremely 'noisy', thus wiping out the little existing detail. The color-reproduction here is even weaker and more unreal. At a very low light taking pictures is outright impossible because of the lack of flash.
You can listen to MP3 and AAC format music by means of the built-in player. It can be filtered there by artist, album or style, as well as chosen from track-lists of the most popular and the newest songs on your phone. Seven equalizers are available for sound quality control. You can leave the player on the background level and do other things on the phone. If the active standby screen is on, you will see the song that is playing on it.
The loudspeaker sound is quite strong so that ring-tones are audible even in a noisy environment. In order to listen to music one can resort to headphones – the ones from the set will do. If you have higher requirements they can be replaced by better ones, which, however, will normally need a 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm adapter. At least these are readily available.
You have an FM radio at hand as well. Up to 20 radio stations with names can be memorized.It also supports multitasking and displays the station you are listening to at the active home screen.
The phone supports JAVA MIDP 2.0 but the manufacturer has installed only one application (on our version) – a Nokia animation and tones catalogue. There are no pre-loaded games, but these can be added subsequently.
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So when is this going to arrive in the U.S.? It's not even on the Nokia site (U.S. version).
12. jerryx2000 (Posts: 1; Member since: 23 Jan 2010)
HTC is not Nokia!
2. Joar (unregistered)
Apparently the 6300 will come with Opera Mini preinstalled at least in some regions. For those that wont get in bundled it is free to download and use, so no worries.
11. noblefuwad (unregistered)
please i will like to get the opera mini but i dont no were to get it,nd you said some one can get it free,from nigeria
3. (unregistered)
May not come to US at all. Nokia rep says IF not WHEN if you call Nokia USA. Definitely not Q1
4. Adnan (unregistered)
One of the sleekest sets Nokia has produced till to date. Classy and stylish with brilliant 16.7 million colours screen. Decent screen size. Excellent functionality for people who are looking for a simple phone with not so extravagant E and N-Series like features. Beware of finger smudges and scratches on both the plastic and metal covers. I suggest keeping it in a protective casing. Original leather case is bundled but not for all regions and preloaded softwares also differ by region. It has an N-Series type thin charging pin connector so old Nokia chargers wont work unless you have a converter. Solidly built …. No creaks. Boasts a radio with a nice music player although the quality of the bundled stereo ear buds is average. Mini SD slot available up to 2 GB. Phone's internal user available memory is a meagre 7.8 MB which is considered quite lame these days (now we know how companies save money) although it does come packed with a 128 MB card. Nevertheless, you will end up buying a bigger card sooner than you think. Poor camera results especially in low light as compared to other 2MP cameras in the same price rang. No flash and lens protection cover. Video recording also pitiable. Camera is by far the weakest feature on the phone as far as I am concerned. Loud but mono speaker at the back. Below average battery life as compared to other 6 series models (mega talkers beware!). Volume buttons on the side hard to press especially when held closer to the ear during a conversation. No 3G. Earphone above the screen could have been louder; a definite problem in a crowded place (I tried pressing the phone as close to my ear as possible in a restaurant to hear the person on the other side of the line but it was hard). Average navigation key functionality especially the upper key is hard to press as it is quite close to the screen and you invariably end up either smudging the screen with your thumb or to save the screen, accidentally pressing the center button (I recommend using the nail of your thumb to press the upper navi key correctly). Not recommended for people with above average size fingers. The blue lights on sides of the phone only blink twice for an incoming message alert but not indefinitely. Weird! This seems useless since one already gets to find out about the incoming message through the sound and/or vibration alert. The cool blue lights should do more like continue to blink and remind me about my unread messages till I read them. In my opinion this can be fixed with a software upgrade by Nokia. There seems to be some software issues on some sets. For example I cannot delete a Gmail account I made earlier on my 6300. The option to delete does not exist on my set whereas it does on some other sets. I can edit the account or make another one but can't delete it. The painted red power sign on the plastic power button on top will not last long; mine lasted a week with only decent moderate use.... it just vanished with the touch. So painting quality on the plastic is an issue (it may be an individual problem). Nevertheless, I wasn't expecting it from a device like this especially after paying more the $330 for it. Shame! All in all, the 6300 can be called ''A fit phone down with a mild case of flu''. For looks I give it 8.5 out of 10. Camera gets a poor 5.5. Battery gets a mediocre 6. Functionality gets a decent 7.8. Screen colour gets a whooping 9. Overall a well above average 7.5 to an 8 for its class. Despite some of its shortcomings, you are quite likely to end up calling it "My Precious!" Recommended!
5. Ellen (unregistered)
So far happy with the phone, but still would prefer Sony Ericsson. Nokia 6300 is a good allrounder, but has a rubbish battery life. Need to charge approx ever third day and that is with hardly any use (About 15 min talk time per day, no radio etc used) Have complained and got a new battery, but same problem.
6. Melvin Rice (unregistered)
i felt good with it and i bought few utilities from explorepda.com which helps great working with this device
7. (unregistered)
the nokia 6300 is available from the us nokia website.
8. sooraj (unregistered)
i bought this phone in the last month. o like this phone very much. but it is a very chance of scarch in its body,some times it hangs and the sound is very low
9. (unregistered)
this is available in canada for long time with a new wi-fi version from Fido, which is owned by Rogers Wireless (it used to be a division of T- Mobile International).
10. (unregistered)
Thank You For Educating Me On This Phone,Because I'm Going To Buy this Phone.
|2.0 inches, 240 x 320 pixels (200 ppi) TFT
|2 megapixels
|4.18 x 1.71 x 0.46 inches
(106.5 x 43.5 x 12 mm)
3.20 oz (91 g)
|860 mAh, 3.5 hours talk time


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Memories adorn the walls of Chips Giovanine's office, each holding its own place in the longtime coach's heart.
He has had time looking back at the memories as he puts a fullcourt press on his cancer.
There's the unprecedented back-to-back Buda Western Rams basketball teams that took undefeated (29-0, 31-0) records to the IHSA Class A State Basketball Tournament at the Assembly Hall in the mid-'70s.
There's a third Sweet 16 team from L-P in 1993 and another undefeated regular-season team from Bureau Township, going 28-0 in 1960.
At L-P, he averaged 21 wins per year the last 20 years, going 25-4 over the last four. He had 304 wins with nine regionals, five consecutive from 1989-93, plus four successive NCIC titles from 1990-93.
He says his best L-P team may have been his 1989-90 squad that lost to Moline in the sectional finals.
In all he coached in five decades, starting out just a couple of years older than his players when he came to Bureau Township in the late 1950s, and ending in 1993 at L-P. He posted a 674-266 record, ranked No. 21 for all-time wins. He's had both Western teams and four Bureau Township teams inducted into the Bureau County Sports Hall of Fame.
They've all provided a lifetime of memories. Many of his former players have come to visit their coach since he was diagnosed with cancer, talking about the good ol' days, some spending hours at a time.
A lesson here is to take time to visit an old coach, or a teacher that was influential to you growing up. Each and every one of us has had an individual like that in our lives. Mine was Stormin' Norman Mueller of Atlanta (Ill.) Grade School.
You won't know how much that will mean to them until you do.
Wild Wild World Series: As you may have heard, I'm a St. Louis Cardinals fan. It's always exciting times to have your team reach the World Series. You never get spoiled to see your team play in the Fall Classic.
I can't say that I've ever seen a World Series with so much stunning finishes. First there was the play in Game 1 in Boston in which the umpires overturned their call. Ultimately, they got the call right, but that's never been done before in the World Series. Wish they could have done that with the infamous Denkinger Call in 1985 (YouTube that one).
Then there was "Obstruction" play ending Game 3 at St. Louis, which was the correct call by rule. The next night came the pick-off, walk-off pulled off by the Red Sox.
I'm 2-0 in the postseason, taking in Cards wins in the first game of the NLCS and Game 3 of the Series. Maybe I should have stayed around for the next two. You can read my Live from the World Series blog in today's Journal. I just hope that as you're reading this Thursday morning or online tonight the Cardinals have lived for another day.
Kevin Hieronymus is the BCR Sports Editor. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Adnan Oktar: By Allah's leave, Turkey will be a great country. We will have Turkish-Islamic Union. TURKEY WILL EMBRACE THE WHOLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, ALL OF THE BALKANS AND ASIA IN THE SPIRIT OF AN OLDER BROTHER, INSHA'ALLAH. And a fine system will come, if you notice. A Caucasian pact is being established, and we have our railroad project, as you know. There are petrol and natural gas pipeline projects. Meetings are being held on Islamic Union. Work is being done to strengthen Turkish Union still further. These are all good things, insha'Allah. Anatolia has always been the cradle of civilizations, as you know. That is what Anatolia is. It was the same in Ottoman times, as you know. THEY RAN THE WHOLE MIDDLE EAST, THE BALKANS, THREE CONTINENTS FROM HERE, INSHA'ALLAH, IT WILL BE LIKE THAT AGAIN, BUT WITH LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, IN A SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
Kütahya Destan TV, August 5th, 2008
Adnan Oktar: The Turkish nation is returning to its essence, insha'Allah. It will be a super state. Turkish-Islamic Union will come about, insha'Allah. TURKEY WILL SERVE AS OLDER BROTHER IN THE REGION. THE WHOLE REGION WILL ACHIEVE PEACE AND WELL-BEING UNDER TURKEY'S SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP. There will be huge economic and cultural growth, material and spiritual growth, and a glorious civilization will come into being.
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From an interview with researcher and writer Sadık Albayrak in the daily Star newspaper;
"The 600-year Ottoman administration may have made mistakes and done good things. But the duty is discharged as part of its identity for 600 years AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE STATE HAS INFLUENCED LANDS FROM MALAYSIA TO KOSOVO AND FROM YEMEN TO CENTRAL AFRICA, AND TURKEY IS THE PRODUCT OF SUCH A MISSION. Being an older brother, a leader. The public have been instrumental in the awakening of this potential in Turkey since it has been reflected in government since the 2000s. Our people always regarded talk of a call to Islam as outdated. BUT WE SAY, "WE ARE FROM THE NATION OF THE PROPHET ABRAHAM (PBUH) AND THE UMMAH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAAS)".


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I have been a boater since age 14. Now 66, I have seen just about everything that can happen while boating.
What is wrong with some drivers? They don't use turn signals or stop at stop signs. Where do they think they are, the land of Dr. Seuss?
Animal abuse can go two ways: The people who cause it and the people who look away.
I come from a generation that remembers an America where family was the basis for the training of the minds and hearts of our children. I remember an America that believed in the validity of an almighty God that oversees the affairs of men.
Hello, my name is "Fred Gov" and some of the people I work with are saying my financial situation is in trouble. Others say I am fine. Anyway here is my situation.
I have been watching with disgust the growing fear mongering as sequestration looms closer. Now it is only days away and our "campaigner in chief" is either clueless or bored with the whole process to come up with solutions. Instead, he is falling back on his comfort zone: blame Bush, blame the Republicans and hit the road to campaign some more.
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First I would like to thank our newspaper because it seems reasonably well balanced. Among others, they offer Roberts and King for a liberal view and Sowell and Krauthammer for a conservative view of our country.
In the article on vehicle tax reform, state Sen. Butch Miller says the new title fee is a part of a larger reform package designed to cut taxes. There are only four ways for governments to collect money: taxes, fees, civil penalties or criminal penalties. Individuals have only two sources of funds for paying these: income and borrowing.
I saw on the Channel 2 news the other day that some African-American leaders in Atlanta were protesting at gun shops against the manufacturing of guns saying, "they intentionally flood the streets with guns to kill our young people."
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Bollywood at the World Cup Finals
At first, it seemed that like actor John Abraham, Anil Kapoor too would not be able to make it to the World Cup finals. By Saturday evening Anil Kapoor had still not left for the World Cup. And it was unlikely that he would do so.
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Sighed Anil, "Some work had come up. It looked like I wouldn't be able to go to Johannesburg although I was booked packed and had seats in the stadium. But I finally did make it. I am the brand ambassador and this is the biggest sports event. I somehow made it", said Anil on Saturday evening as he left for South Africa.
Another football enthusiast Dino Morea too seemed unsure of making it to Johannesburg. "I'm in London all set to go. But my air ticket is not confirmed. If it doesn't happen I'll just have to watch it on television here in London."
Dino is a huge football fan. "I play football and I love watching it. I was supporting Italy because I am half-Italian. Now I'm supporting Spain because they've never won the World Cup."
The football fever has never been more pronounced in Bollywood. With the World Cup Finals around the corner many stars have taken off for Johannesburg to witness the grand finals.
Sanjay Dutt left his pregnant wife in Mumbai to be with his two non-filmy best-friends from South Africa (name withheld on request) for the finals.
Says Sanju, "I wouldn't miss the World Cup for the world. I'm a huge football fan. I place it above cricket in my scheme of joy. I watched the silliest of games in the semi-finals. For the finals I had to be here (in Johannesburg)".
Dutt is rooting for Spain all the way. So is Jackky Bhagnani. Producer Vashu Bhagnani's son has apparently secured some of best seats in the stadium for himself and his five friends from Mumbai.
Speaking on the eve of the match from Johannesburg, Jackky exulted, "Man, I've the best view possible! I could never afford these seats. They are among the best in the stadium. An industrialist friend from Russia got me these seats. I can't express my excitement. I feel like an 8-year old who has got his favorite toy. My friends and I have our tee-shirts, caps, and flags ready. We're rooting for Spain all the way".
Adding to Jackky's excitement is the fact that this is the first World Cup match he's attending.
Shah Rukh Khan and Imran Khan have already tweeted about their presence in Johannesburg for the World Cup finals. Shah Rukh's best friend Karan Johar couldn't make it. Other football enthusiasts from Bollywood who had to miss the event are Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor who are shooting in Colombo and Delhi, respectively.
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This year, members of the Jones School Finance Club and M.A. Wright Investment Fund added more wins to their trophy case, landing first place in two of the country's top competitions.
Students bested their competitors in the 16th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Competition at Tulane University, and a team of M. A. Wright Fund officers also won first place at the Portfolio Manager's Competition at the Texas Investment Portfolio Symposium (TIPS) held this year at University of Texas at Dallas. The Wright Fund, a student-run live investment portfolio, also placed second in QGAME, a return competition held in New York City.
The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Case Competition
In the Tulane competition, as it's called, teams are given five hours to analyze a case before presenting their financial and strategic analysis to a panel of finance industry professionals. Students present for 20 minutes and then field questions from the judges. "The competition gave students a chance to apply much of what they'd learned in class, which is a credit to the course load," says Brian Walker '12, a Wright Fund officer who will soon begin his post-MBA career at JP Morgan.
Teammate Teresa Mattamouros '12 agrees. She believes that participation in Finance Club and participation in the Wright Fund helped give the team an edge. "We worked as a group a long time beforehand, so we knew how we worked together best. When placed in a situation in which we had a lot to get done in a short time and to present in front of a tough panel of judges with difficult questions, we were able to do it in part because we didn't have to struggle with group dynamics."
Competitor schools included Tulane University, Vanderbilt University, University of Texas at Dallas, University of North Carolina and Emory University.
The TIPS Competition
In the finals of this Texas competition, teams pitched their portfolio management process to a panel of investment professionals in much the same way investment firms try to win institutional business. According to Walker, who served as chief economist of the Wright Fund and in the portfolio competition, "We briefed the panel on our philosophy behind managing the portfolio. It was like selling to the institution's investors why they should trust us with their money. It was very challenging."
This year, Rice students competed against four finalist universities, including Baylor University, University of Houston, Texas Christian University and Trinity University. Rice will host next year's TIPS competition on February 16, 2013.
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Professor Jill Foote, sponsor of the Finance Club for the past 10 years, explains "These events are very competitive. They require intelligence, diligence and awesome presentation skills. The students' wins are a tangible, visible manifestation of what we've done in educating them and how well they have prepared themselves for real working environments."
Rice students have consistently placed or won these competitions in the past five years. But for Mattamouros, the Tulane win was special. "This was my fifth competition and the first where I placed," she explains. "As Oprah would say, it was a full-circle moment." Mattamouros will begin her post-MBA career with Morgan Stanley this fall, where she interned last summer.
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WINGATE, N.C. – Three Lions have been named to the 2012 All-Deep South Conference Team, league officials announced Tuesday morning. Matt Obermeyer, George Proechel, and Ray Ferrara have all been given a nod on this year's team for their efforts throughout the 2012 campaign.
Saint Leo sophomore attackman Matt Obermeyer earned First Team All-Deep South Conference honors. The Winter Springs, Fla. native has racked up a team high 37 goals, and has added four assists for 41 points overall. Obermeyer has also collected 17 ground balls and four caused turnovers. He currently leads the conference in goals per game with 3.08. This marks the initial First Team accolade for Obermeyer, which he adds to his DSC Freshman of the Year honor from 2011.
Proechel gets his second straight nod on the All-DSC Second Team, marking the third consecutive year the Orlando, Fla. native has been named an All-Conference selection. The junior attackman leads the team in overall points, having tallied 36 goals and 15 assists for 51 points. Proechel sits second on the team in goals scored, and leads the Green and Gold in assists, and has collected 18 ground balls and four caused turnovers. Proechel finished fourth in the conference with 51 points, ranking third in the league with 36 goals and seventh with 15 assists.
Ferrara earns his first ever nod to an All-DSC team, getting a second team selection for his junior year. The Potomac, Md. native currently sits fourth on the team in goals scored with 14, and has added three assists for 17 points overall. The middie has also grabbed 13 ground balls and six caused turnovers in his time on the field.
Overall, Mars Hill senior attackman T.J. Cowx took home the coveted 2012 Deep South Conference Player of the Year honors. Fellow teammate Taylor Thilo has been named DSC Freshman of the Year, while Rory Whipple gets the nod for Coach of the Year.
Cowx led the DSC with 40 goals in 2012, while ranking fifth in the league with 19 assists. He led the Lions to a 7-1 mark in league play, helping Mars Hill earn a share of the regular season title. Cowx led the conference with 59 points and an average of 4.54 points per game. He had 23 goals and 13 assists in conference games, notching a league-best 36 points in DSC action.
Thilo piled up 30 goals and 23 assists in his freshman season to help lead the Lions to a share of the regular season title. He finished the regular season ranked second in the DSC with 54 points, while also finishing second in assists and sixth in goals.
Whipple guided the Spartans to an impressive 11-4 record in the program's first season. Tampa went 7-1 in the DSC, sharing the regular season conference title. Whipple guided the Spartans to victories in the first three games in the program's history, which included two conference wins and two road victories.
The Saint Leo men's lacrosse team returns to action on Tuesday, April 10, when they travel to Florida Southern to take on the Mocs in the first round of the conference tournament. Game time against Florida Southern is slated for 7 p.m. at Bryant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla. Fans will be able to follow the action live at saintleolions.com, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.
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T.J. Cowx Sr. Mars Hill College
Braden Artem Sr. Catawba College
Matt Obermeyer So. Saint Leo University
Tom Cullop Jr. Catawba College
Cade Zulak Sr. Mars Hill College
Jon Freda Sr. Florida Southern College
Greg Griffo Jr. University of Tampa
Bryan Bayliss Sr. Wingate University
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Chris Cudmore Sr. Mars Hill College
Adam Ismaeil Sr. Florida Southern College
Drew Stoltz Jr. Catawba College
Wayne Magee Jr. University of Tampa
D.J. Lubs So. Florida Southern College
Dylan Price Sr. Mars Hill College
George Proechel Jr. Saint Leo University
Derek Watts Jr. Wingate University
Mat Thompson Sr. Florida Southern College
Ray Ferrera Jr. Saint Leo University
Kevin Naslonski So. Florida Southern College
Dan Applebaum Jr. Mars Hill College
Cory Losselyong Jr. Catawba College
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Andrew Vossler Sr. Rollins College
Ryan Herrmann Jr. Mars Hill College
Peter Harvey Gr. Rollins College
Greg Khanzadian Gr. University of Tampa
David Beaumont So. Mars Hill College
Larry Gress So. Florida Southern College
Dalton Jernigan Sr. Mars Hill College
Joseph Fiorucci Jr. University of Tampa
Taylor Thilo Fr. Mars Hill College
Dave Lee Sr. Wingate University
Andrew Conley Fr. Florida Institute of Technology
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The U.S. economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as businesses restocked shelves, and Arizona businesses are noticing the uptick. A 2.8% boost from July to September has Valley business owners optimistic about the holiday season and the first quarter of 2014. Local restaurants, retail, real estate and even purveyors of luxury goods and services report a steady incline of consumer spending, some even reaching pre-economic downturn levels.
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DECO Communities, a Scottsdale-based real estate development company just announced completion of two new urban renewal projects which transform infill properties into stylish and modern apartment homes called Cabana Modern Apartment Homes. With 4 properties completed in the last 16 months, the company says real estate is on the upswing as well. "There is a high demand for the kind of development we are doing," said Rob Lyles, partner for DECO Communities, "And the outlook for real estate development and growth in Arizona next year is exceptionally promising," he said.
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I suggest that we split all the "parents" pages, like Sasori's parents, Nagato's parents, and any that I missed. I mean, we did split the Haku's parents into Haku's mother and Haku's father. Also, it's Iruka's father and Iruka's mother. So we should split all of them, so Sasori's father can be placed in Chiyo's infobox as "son", not "Sasori's parents" as son (which would include Sasori's mother). Yatanogarasu 05:11, January 25, 2011 (UTC)
- You have my support. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 10:12, January 25, 2011 (UTC)
The one possible thing I could possibly say about this initiative is that by splitting Nagato's parents, we won't be able to put one of them as being part of the Uzumaki clan, unless of course we're willing to use Nagato's mother's anime red hair as evidence, something I find unlikely. Other than that, no opposition from me. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 17:09, January 25, 2011 (UTC)
- If we say Nagato's mom is of the Uzumaki clan because of her red hair, then I'm almost positive some spammers or other people will start saying that just because a person has red hair, they're from the Uzumaki clan, I believe I've seen something like that before. Maybe an exception could be made for Nagato's parents? Other than that, I find nothing wrong with this proposition. ~ Fmakck - Talk - Contributions 22:55, January 25, 2011 (UTC)
- I'll give another day if someone wants to disagree. ~ Fmakck - Talk - Contributions 19:49, January 29, 2011 (UTC)


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As I've said a few times, I've recently moved so have a new garden which is currently a bit of a wildlife desert. It will take us a while to make it super wildlife friendly, and I've started a blog to record the journey so please come and read and comment:
Are there any other good wildlife gardening/bee blogs that people would recommend to the forum?
Hi Malcolm
I've just been checking out your blog, I'd love a big garden like that. It's very much a blank canvas for you to put your mark on, I'll keep looking in on your blog to see how it develops.
Thanks Cliff, we're really pleased - lots to do, but I guess that's the point!
Nice blog Malcolm. Are you planning your winter bulb/spring flower planting yet? A lot of the garden centres are beginning to get their spring-flowering bulbs on display.
Hi Anthony, thanks.
We're thinking about it at the moment - we need to do quite a bit of work on the house which will probably mean that we are going to end up trampling the garden more than is particularly good for it - so we don't want to spend too much money on bulbs and things that are a bit difficult to move.
Having said that, I need to scarify the lawn soon so might sneak some crocuses in!
And having said that, we had a bulb catalogue through and of course, can't resist so now we're looking at getting some crocuses, snowdrops, fritillaria, irises and alliums… if we decide we can spare the cash! That's the trouble with catalogues!
Mind you, of all of those I'm only really aware that Alliums and Crocuses are good for bees! Anyone care to tell me I'm wrong?!


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Are you ready for the New Year? Well, here's some reading for between the parties
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An Introduction To DOM Events - click, touch, load, drag, change, input, error, resize — to name a few.JavaScript Closure Uses - I - written by @myty ;Create A Simple HTML5 Video Playlist - courtesy of Dudley StoreyAnimating Vectors with SVG - Thanks @DaveMaxwell ;
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Nice one. In the same category, underscore.js Annotated Source: http://underscorejs.org/docs/underscore.html
Über-cool stuff in Dev Tools.
I keep meaning to try out underscore.js, but haven't yet had the occasion.Do you use this in any of your projects?Is there anything it's particularly recommended for?
Man, I am constantly being amazed at what the Dev Tools can do.
I found a real gem the other day in console.table.I'm sure you knew about it already, but for anyone else who doesn't here's how it works: https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/tips-and-tricks#console-table
Also, for anyone wanting to get to grips with the Dev Tools, I recommend this as a very good starting point: http://discover-devtools.codeschool.com/
Yes I did. But now I've moved over to lodash, it offers AMD, underscorejs still doesn't (while jQuery does). But underscorejs was a breath of fresh air, the first time I saw it, it just clicked.
What I recommend lodash is for AMD support and functional approach to tedious tasks. I'm thrilled to be able to express myself in a functional manner, and to only include the parts I'm using in a library, and to not have to reinvent the wheel over and over. Take memoization, for example: http://devdocs.io/lodash/index#memoize. Or take for example array operations: http://devdocs.io/lodash/index#union.
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LONG BEACH -- Young women in area high school, middle school and elementary schools on Friday had a chance to learn all about science, engineering and technology at Cal State Long Beach's annual "Engineering Girls @ the Beach. "
The one-day program at the university's Engineering and Computer Science building is designed to spark female interest in engineering, computer science, technology and other non-traditional career fields where women are underrepresented.
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I've built up a firmer understanding of romanji recently. And have seen some of the things we have around the wiki. And it's come to make me understand that some of the stuff we have may be unnecessary. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 10, 2007 @ 04:57 (UTC)
My first note is on Quotes. I have no clue who started the Quotes sections, I have a feeling it was some random anon user. I'm fine with having one, but some of them seem a little redundant. Perhaps we should create some guidelines on the use of Quotes sections. Trivia sections work better on here than Wikipedia, but like how they limit Trivia, perhaps we should limit Quotes.
By unnecessary quotes, I'm thinking of things like Character's calling signature Jutsu names, and the same phrase in different languages but repeated on different list items.
At one point, both Dattebayo! and Believe it! were listed in Naruto's quotes section. Which seams kind of redundant. It would have been better to use a line like
* [[Dattebayo and Believe it!|"Believe it!" "Dattebayo!"]].
And another example is on both Naruto's and Kakashi's quotes sections. Naruto's "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" and "Rasengan!" are listed, and Kakashi's "Lighting Blade!" are to. I personally find these a little short to be considered a quote. "Leaf Village Secret finger Jutsu! A Thousand years of death!" is good for Kakashi, but the short lines that consist of just a Jutsu name are to short IMHO for a quote. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 10, 2007 @ 04:57 (UTC)
Romanji and names
Ok, here's my second note. This goes back to our naming discussion where I tried to explain romanji and differences between Western and Eastern naming orders. I've recently begun to understand a bit more than I did then.
But to explain it, here's an example using the old Choji name set:
- Choji Akimichi (English, Western Order)
- Akimichi, Choji (English, Western Listing Order)
- 秋道チョウジ (Japanese-Kanji, Eastern Order)
- Akimichi Chōji (Japanese-Romanji, Eastern Order, Proper spelling with pronunciation guide)
- Akimichi Choji (Japanese-Romanji, Eastern Order, Proper spelling)
- Akimichi Chouji (Japanese-Romanji, Eastern Order, Pronunciation guide)
There was a big thing that didn't understand completely before. The name "Akimichi Chōji" is actually a combination of "Akimichi Choji" (Spelling) and "Akimichi Chouji" (Pronunciation). Both "Akimichi Chōji" and "Akimichi Choji" are correct in writing. The only difference is that the former uses a symbol to also combine it with "Akimichi Chouji" (Pronunciation).
This makes me think that even with names that are only in the Japanese version of the series so far, we should only use the pronunciation guide in the romanji section of the translation template and infobox. Outside of that, the spelling is what we need, pronunciation of that can be detailed on the actual article.
I'm also considering that it may be a good idea to put all Japanese in italics.
So here's my thoughts on how to do names:
- When the character is named in both the Japanese and English versions:
- Use the translation template in the format {{translation|<'''English Name'''>|<Kanji>|<Romanji-EasternOrder-Spelling+Pronunciation>}}.
- Title the Article with the English Name.
- Title the Infobox with the English Name.
- Refer to the character by their English Name outside of the article.
- When the character is named only in the Japanese version:
- Use the translation template in the format {{translation|<'''''Romanji-EasternOrder-SpellingOnly'''''>|<Kanji>|<Romanji-EasternOrder-Spelling+Pronunciation>}} (Note the extra 2 single quotes used to italicize the bold text this time since it's Romanji, not English.
- Title the Article with the Romanji without the pronunciation guide. (Some browsers don't render the guide, and it makes for bad urls)
- Title the Infobox with the Romanji with the pronunciation guide.
- Refer to the character by their Romanji, without the pronunciation guide, (with/without)? italics, outside of the article.
My last point brings a discussion to mind. It's a good idea to italicize Japanese text when writing to help point out to readers what is Japanese and what is English. But how far do we want to go with that? I'd like to know what everyone thinks about using the italics commonly with names. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 10, 2007 @ 04:57 (UTC)
- Could I take this opportunity to ask why macrons are put on vowels that are followed by a "u" as well as vowels that are extended? I always found this confusing. Danny Lilithborne 16:39, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well I don't know something that specific. But all I know, is that the macron is used to signify the longer sound of the letter. The primary reason we have this kind of thing in romanization is because of the difference between the Japanese pronunciation of a letter, and how a letter is pronounced in English. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) current discussion Dec 20, 2007 @ 07:16 (UTC)


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Private school Wallington County Grammar School (WCGS) wants to build a brand new free comprehensive school to serve pupils in Woodmansterne, Purley, Couldsden and South Croydon.
WCGS headteacher Jonathan Wilden said he wants the school to specialise in sport and be used by the wider community but is calling on prospective parents to make their feelings known about what they would like from the school and where it should be situated.
One possible location for the school would be on the site of Walcountians Rugby Club in Woodmansterne. The site is already owned by the school and would be redeveloped so the club remains in place but forms part of a larger campus along with the school.
However, Mr Wilden said he is also exploring the possibility of having it elsewhere in the south Croydon area.
He added: "It is our intention to build a new free school in the best place for parents, carers and young people.
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Without a doubt, you need a racetrack to let this pony stretch its legs. Posted speed limits and safety require no less. And although the Shelby is civilized enough to drive to the track, your rear tires can easily break from the pavement with even moderate acceleration and electronic stability and traction control systems engaged.
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I would appreciate if someone could help. One of my pages is not displaying correctly and I would like to find out why. Basically the footer should be 100% like the rest of the pages and when I add a border around the #snapshot & #project-info div's (main content area) the border does not wrap the expected content area. I assume its something to do with the layout?
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I can't quite see what the problem is. Looking in FireFox, everything looks as I'd expect it to. Could you elaborate a bit, or post a screen shot of what you expect to see?
Hi Ralph.m,
Basically if you look at the footer it sould be 100% width of the screen as opposed to just the content area. Not sure why it's changed as the rest of the pages are fine.
My other prob was that when I put a red border around the two DIV's outlined earlier, the border wasnt wrapping the correct content area. For example my DIV "snapshot" has a border called but the border is at the top - it should be around the two smaller images @ the bottom.
Thanks for your time Ralph.
Hm, yes, somehow the footer jumps inside the wrapper on that page. Perhaps try validating the page first to see if there's anything obviously out of place. The code on that page has a very weird flow, and I can't even see why the red border appears where it does.
The problem with the snapshot is that you a) haven't cleared the floats above and b) haven't contained the floats within and c) used height:100% which can't really be used at all and d) you have added borders to 100% wide element making it too big.
(See the faq on 100% height and as to why it's of no use to you other than when hacking ie6)
#snapshot {
/* border:1px solid red;*/
clear:both;/* clear floats above*/
overflow:hidden;/* contain floated children*/
What was the issue with the footer again? It looks at 100% to me. I set the background to red and it stretches all the way across. Or did I miss something.
You do have a typo here:

[B] [/B]
That closing p tag cannot be there and cannot contain block elements.
project-info has the same problems as mentioned above.
#project-info {
background:red;/* just for testing*/
overflow: hidden;/* contain floats*/
If you wanted a border around the elements then you'd need to reduce (or remove) the width. IE6 would need hasalyout though in order to clear the floated children (zoom:1.0 or apropriate pixel width).
Hi Paul O'B,
Great help - many thanks really appreciate it, as always very vauluable feedback. I did not realise the importance of "overflow" and "clear" floats.
I can see where I was going wrong, I have now amended all your suggestions.
P.s I fixed the footer error myself ealier.
Thanks again,
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Police had launched an appeal to find 36-year-old Lee James Peel after he was reported missing on Thursday.
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Welcome family and friends to the Thanksgiving table with dishes featuring turkeys, botanicals, fruits and vegetables rendered in a rich, warm palette.Added 4 Years Ago from Pottery Barn
An autumnal bird, botanicals, fruits and vegetables are rendered in a rich, warm palette on our platter.Added 4 Years Ago from Pottery Barn
Flying birds, and flowers and leaves, give this enchanting throw a subtle ombré effect.Added 4 Years Ago from Pottery Barn