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IFSEC show from 12th to 15th of May
09 May, 2008
With over 800 exhibitors and a seminar programme covering every major area of the security industry, the IFSEC conference and exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham next week is a must for all security professionals.
The demand for effective security both in the private sector and public service companies, continues to increase at a staggering rate and the technology needed to meet that demand is changing on a daily basis.
To keep up with what's new in the industry and plan your own future security budgets and requirements, attendance to the major security show in the UK is a must. This year, the exhibition features product areas relating to different industry areas and includes RFID and Smart Cards, Access Control, Counter Terrorism, Intruder Alarms, Guarding and CCTV Surveillance. As in previous years, the exhibition also runs alongside similar smaller events for the Fire, Safety and Facilities Management industries in adjacent halls.
Other innovative aspects of the show include demonstrations of the use of smart cards and how they can be used in a variety of applications and the "IP Innovation Centre" designed to provide educational insight into the use of IP technologies in security. With the majority of existing surveillance installations still being analogue but the future undoubtedly being digital, this is a good opportunity to see how the technology can work for you and how you can make the step from legacy systems into the future of true security system integration and smart surveillance applications.
Running alongside the exhibition throughout the event is a comprehensive seminar programme featuring technical background information, case studies showing state of the art installations and even a search dog demonstration. The seminar series covers all aspects of the industry from training through to guarding services, surveillance, access control and intruder alarms.
I'll be there throughout the show interviewing key people driving the changes in security technology and providing reports on the show.
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MONEY has been raised for campaign group Fathers4Justice in memory of a popular Kidderminster musician, who died last month, aged 44.
About £500 was raised during the collection held during Paul "Fearfulfingers" Havard's funeral on Wednesday, February 19, at St Ambrose RC Church, Kidderminster and at his wake, which was held at the Boars Head pub in Worcester Street the same day.
Mr Havard's mother, Pat O'Connor, 66, told The Shuttle the funeral was attended by about 200 people and the family had chosen to raise money for Fathers4Justice because it was a cause the father-of-two "believed in strongly". He had raised his son Liam, 15, as a single father since the age of two.
Mrs O'Connor said: "We had the collection boxes at the church and there was a big wake at the Boars Head pub, where a lot of local bands put together a tribute for Paul and we had a collection box there as well. Paul felt so strongly about the cause.
"When we got out of the church, I could not believe it - there was queues of people all round the street and there was more than 200 people there. It was unbelievable and the Boars Head, because it is a music venue, was packed. He was very popular. I think it gave me a bit of cheer although I am devastated about all this because of the suddenness of it all."
Mr Havard, of Borrington Road, lived in Kidderminster all his life and died on Friday, February 7, just five days after being diagnosed with cancer at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, in Worcester.
The former Birchen Coppice First School and Harry Cheshire High School pupil worked as a butcher at Morrisons, Green Street and leaves behind son Liam and daughter Emily, 10, sisters Katie O'Connor and Kerry Jones and father Patrick O'Connor.
He played in several local bands during his life, having taught himself to play piano, guitar, harmonica and banjo while growing up and was most recently a member of the Karpet Kickets. On facebook, band members announced the death "with great sadness".


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Thanks to quickly changing styles and pop culture references in lyrics, many hip-hop songs get dated more quickly than their rock and pop counterparts. The result is that a lot of ridiculous rap tracks with a poor shelf life get lost in the cultural ether. In Hip-Hop That Time Forgot, I'll try to bring tracks back from the abyss. Of course, I'm referring to Abyss Records, the dying music store chain that sells cassette singles of these songs for 68 cents in their Tape Trough:
Shaquille O'Neal – "(I Know I Got) Skillz"
A dominating, super-hyped basketball superstar, Shaquille O'Neal pretty much owned the world in the early 90s. However, just because you've got "skillz" on the court, doesn't mean you have "skillz" in the recording studio. Case in point, Shaq's debut single from 1993, "(I Know I Got) Skillz," from the album "Shaq Diesel." Here's the music video. Spread this on your bagel:
The track was co-written and produced by Def Jef, who rightfully must have seen Shaq as a giant walking moneybag. I say "rightfully" because the track made it to 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went gold. Unfortunately, it was his only top 40 single, perhaps because… y'know, it's ridiculous.
Here are just some of the more questionable lyrics:
"I dribble rhymes like Basketball-ems / people call me E.T. / (what's that Shaq man?)/ Extra-Tallems" – Why did he add the "ems" to Basketball and tall? Those words both rhyme and they're real words. Adding the "ems" makes everything nonsense. There was no better way to make those lines scan, Def Jef?
"I lean on the Statue of Liberty when I get tired" – I think Shaq is attempting to say that he's tall, but can't anybody lean on the Statue of Liberty, regardless of height? I can lean on the Empire State Building, for example, and I'm no Shaquille O'Neal in the height department.
"Knick-knack shaq-attack, give a dog a bone" – Woof!
The way Shaq rhyme-talks, you wonder if he's thought about what he's saying, or if he's just kind of saying things. Then there's his legendary acting skills at work in the video. The director must have told him, "look tough," and Shaq responded with his interpretation of tough, which is moving your hands threateningly towards the camera without ever changing your facial expression.
I was very surprised, in researching this article, that "(I Know I Got) Skillz" hasn't completely been forgotten. The song was featured on the Pineapple Express soundtrack. Speaking of which, I hear if you get stoned, and listen to this song while playing Shaq-Fu, it's a profound, almost religious experience. Ahhh…
Geoffrey Golden is the Editor in Chief of The Devastator, "The Quarterly Comedy Magazine For Humans," in comic book stores across the country.


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Regarding the April 11 article "Ishin leaders, Abe meet on revising Constitution": Once more, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated his desire to revise Article 96 of the Constitution so that it can be amended by a simple majority in the Upper and Lower houses of the Diet rather than by the two-thirds majority required at present.
This is purportedly a democratic reform, although Abe has made it clear that his long-term goal is revision of the war-renouncing Article 9. But is it democratic?
Last December's general election turnout was just less than 60 percent of eligible voters. Thus, if the number of Diet members elected were proportional to the overall vote, revision of Article 96 would mean that a change to the Constitution could be effected by members representing the wishes of only 31 percent of the electorate. As it is, disparities between electoral constituencies mean that votes across Japan are not of equal value, as recent high court rulings have recognized.
Abe has stated that a vote-value disparity of 1 to 1.999 is acceptable. If this is factored in, it could mean that perhaps as little as 25 percent of the electorate could end up actually supporting an amendment to the Constitution that passes by a simple majority of Diet members.
The two-thirds rule is there for good reason: It provides continuity and stability, offering a robust democratic defense against opportunistic abuse.
If voting were a mandatory civic responsibility and every vote were equivalent (one person meant one vote), there might be some justification for revising Article 96. Under the present system, though, revision of the article threatens the underpinning of democracy in Japan: that the people, not politicians, are sovereign, that it is the people's wishes that are reflected in legislation and the people's interests that are protected by the Constitution.
The opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are the writer's own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Japan Times.


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I found a template for a woman that I'm going to cut out and use for fondant.
However, once I cut her out free hand, I have to decorate her eyes, mouth, nose, etc. Is this going to work?
I was going to use that mud flap girl cookie cutter, but when I went to put eyes and lips on her it looked funny. She needs a forehead and a neck LOL. I was able to shape her to a certain extent, but then it started looking crappy with all the adjustments.
One more thing. I found a website that sells the material to make your own cookie cutters and was thinking about buying it. Has anyone ever used it before? If so, how good does it work?
I have detailed fondant with RI with success.
I have also made several cookie cutters. I read the tutorial here on CC, then got the flashing and epoxy at the hardware store. I think it was under 10 dollars for the roll, and I have been using it for a long time!
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- Free Dining in the Summer?
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Dad's Disney World 2011 Crowd Calenders are here.
Hot off the presses. You don't want to miss this. It's a thrill of a lifetime. (Any other cliches you can think of, insert here.) Dad has finally gotten off his … and finished the crowd calendars for January through April of 2011.
Check them out …
You'll notice that Dad's punched up the crowd level in the Spring. Last year, crowds even surprised Disney, so it's probably a good idea for me to make the levels a little higher. I do believe that crowds will be a little larger in 2011 than 2010. Disney saw an overall decline of about 2% in 2010, which I believe will turn around some in 2011, at least through April.


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Kendra Wilkinson Feeling "Not Sorry" Leads Today's Star Sightings
Is this a message for Hank Baskett?
Kendra Wilkinson, who is rumored to be splitting with her husband soon after catching him cheating, has been spotted walking around Los Angeles Friday afternoon clad in a t-shirt that simply read, "I'm Not Sorry." The ex-Playboy model is said to have been seeking legal advice from divorce lawyers and weighing her options with the former NFL star.
Baskett, 31, reportedly cheated on Wilkinson with a transgender woman while the 29-year-old reality star was pregnant with the couple's second child. When she learned of the affair, Wilkinson allegedly threw their wedding photos in the pool and flushed her wedding ring down the toilet.
So, do you think this is a little dig at her hubby? You be the judge.
Launch the gallery above for more of the day's star sightings.


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Braised Celery with Pantellerian Flavors
Sedano Brasato Pantesco in Italian (Pantesco means "of Pantelleria), this simple dish uses the distinct flavors of Pantellerian capers and oregano. Sedano is Italian for celery, a vegetable usually used for flavor but rarely a featured ingredient. But braised long and slow to that point of tenderness Italians prefer in their cooked vegetables, celery takes center stage.
Combine 2-3 chapped anchovies (preferably salt-packed), a couple of tablespoons of chopped capers (also preferably salt-packed and from Pantelleria; rinse if you want, but don't add any salt if you don't), a few cloves of chopped garlic, and a couple of big pinches of Pantellerian oregano with about a quarter cup of extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt in a heavy saute pan. Heat gently until the garlic starts to soften, maybe 3-4 minutes.
Add 6-8 stalks of celery (including any leaves) that you've cut into pieces about 2 inches long. You can thinly peel the outer, convex edge of the stalks to remove any tough strings (I only do this to the thicker stalks from the outside of the bunch). Add about a quarter cup of water, cover, and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for about an hour or until the celery is very, very tender.
I import and sell both capers and oregano from Pantelleria (email me for details). Gustiamo is another good source for the capers; Amazon may have the oregano.


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Renzo Piano
Athens, Greece
The concept design for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Cultural Center (SNFCC), housing the National Library of Greece and
the Greek National Opera, both set within the Stavros Niarchos
Park, was recently revealed.
SNFCC will be located at the Faliron Delta area in Athens, and will include the latest in environmentally progressive, state-of-the-art facilities. In addition to increased exposure to the arts and access to green space, both physical and virtual guests will benefit from the technologically advanced library.
In keeping with the mission to create an emissions neutral facility, the project has been conceptualized with the highest standards of environmental sustainability.
A pivotal design element, that will play a significant role in
helping achieve this aggressive standard, is the innovative roof -
a series of interconnected photovoltaic cell panels which will
cover the structure's needs, taking advantage of the pure "green"
solar and wind energy.
Another fundamental attribute incorporated into SNFCC is the
sea, which has played an important role in Greece's history and
culture. To draw in the sea's sense of light a canal will run
parallel to the existing Espalanade. Within the border of
SNFCC, the canal will provide visitors a place for family
gatherings, activity, and relaxation, while also fulfilling a need
for flood protection.
/Renzo Piano.
The Cultural Center's proximity to water, and the natural warm breezes and light of Athens were particularly inspiring during the design process. It was immediately clear that we must take advantage of all these elements to ultimately design a zero emissions building that expresses movement and energy.
This precedent setting relationship with the Greek State, to
create a new urban icon, is the first public-private endeavor of
its kind. SNFCC is expected to receive LEED certification.
Facts about SNFCC
Site area:
ca. 187,800 m2
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Last updated: December 19, 2013
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Tadao Ando
The Architecture of Fumihiko Maki


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DORSET was hit by landslides, localised flooding and havoc on the coast after a torrential downpour and high winds.
The Met Office issued a severe weather warning for the South West, including Dorset, on Sunday night in anticipation of the worst weather.
Roads around the county were hit by surface water and flooding, including on Portland , near Dorchester and parts of the A35.
A landslide early yesterday morning near Beaminster blocked one carriageway of the B3162 south of Broadwindsor.
A Dorset Police spokesman said several tonnes of mud and trees had fallen onto the road.
The incident was reported to the police at 6.15am and the council is handling the clean-up operation.
One family was shaken but unharmed after they were rescued by fire crews when floodwater trapped them in their car near Buckland Newton.
The mother and four young children were brought to safety in a small inflatable boat along with their dog, a cocker spaniel named Jess.
A spokesman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said: "A family was stuck in their car in flood water in Mappowder.
"All the occupants were shaken but fine."
Coastguard teams had a busy few days after the adverse weather caused havoc on Dorset's coasts.
A spokesman for Portland Coastguard said: "It was carnage on Sunday and there were still a couple of yachts stranded around Portland yesterday (MON), it was havoc.
"Our teams were all out for a long time on Sunday - it started at about 9am and carried on until 6pm or 7pm."
The rescue helicopter, Weymouth lifeboat and coastguard were called out on Sunday after a fisherman was swept off Chesil Beach.
He was found safe and well on the shore after a rogue wave swamped his fishing shelter.
Later that afternoon coastguard teams and Dorset Police were called out after a speedboat ran aground at Swanage due to the adverse weather conditions.
Coastguard teams were also called out several times to deal with unmanned yachts which were adrift or had run aground.
The spokesman said: "All the harbours in this area are sheltered to everything except easterly winds which is what happened on Sunday.
"That's why there were a lot of unmanned boats adrift over the past couple of days."
The Met Office has issued a warning for Dorset for the rest of today and tomorrow.
A spokesman said: "Periods of heavy rain, including some torrential downpours, are likely to occur across the area, gradually clearing northwards.
"The public should be prepared for an increased risk of both surface water and river flooding during this period."
Nick Moore, of the Environment Agency, said: "We strongly urge people to sign up to flood warnings.
"We also ask that people stay safe, by staying away from swollen rivers and not attempting to drive through flood water."
For information on weather conditions visit metoffice.gov.uk
Advice for drivers:
Road safety charity the IAM and the Highways Agency have offered advice for motorists during severe weather.
Advice for driving in heavy rain and strong wind includes using heater controls to demist windows before leaving:
Watch the road ahead to plan driving and avoid harsh manoeuvres.
Keep your speed down, be aware of strong winds unsettling your car and other road users.
Avoid using cruise control and put lights on when your wipers are on.
If you have to drive through deep water the advice is to drive on the highest section of the road, leave time and space to avoid swamping other cars or pedestrians, never take your foot off the accelerator while in the water, once out of the water lightly tap the brakes to dry them.


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PASADENA, Texas - A standout athlete for Pasadena ISD's Sam Rayburn High School died Wednesday night in a one-vehicle car accident.
According to police, Latrone Williams, 18, was one of three teenagers in a truck that flipped over Wednesday night on the 5400 block of Crenshaw Road in Pasadena.
Officials said Williams was a passenger and was not wearing a seatbelt. He was the only occupant who did not survive the wreck.
"They must have been traveling at a high rate of speed, hit a curb, and it flipped over into the field there," said Vance Mitchell, spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department spokesman.
A family friend said Williams was excited to begin his senior year at Rayburn High School in just a few days.
The quick football running back had already caught the eye of some college recruiters, and worked hard to improve upon his naturally gifted athleticism.
"Football could have paid for his higher education," said family friend Jatata Hutton. "He worked at it relentlessly, training, just a model athlete."
There are no initial indications that alcohol or drugs played a factor in the accident, Mitchell said.
Football practice and an evening "meet and greet" were canceled Thursday, according to a spokesperson with Pasadena ISD.
Twitter was active with #Tron hashtags Thursday.
"'Tron" was Latrone's well known nickname.
A vigil, organized by Williams' friends, was scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday at Rayburn's practice field.
Pasadena ISD will make counselors available next week, when school starts, to students who are having a tough time dealing with Williams' death.
"He always showed happiness. He always had a bright smile on his face. He always intended to make other peoples' days better," Hutton said.
Latrone's mother has asked the public for help in covering funeral expenses.
Tamara Brooks also told Local 2 that Latrone had a daughter, just shy of her second birthday.
"I would like to see the remaining funds set aside for her," Brooks said.
If you'd like to donate, here's the information:
Latrone P. Williams Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo Bank.
Copyright 2013 by Click2Houston.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Bad credit mortgage help is on the way. Learn about a bad credit mortgage right now.
You can get a mortgage even if you have bad credit. This is called a bad credit mortgage, and it can save you from debt. Read on to learn more about bad credit mortgages.
A bad credit mortgage is the same as a regular mortgage, it just requires no background check. A regular mortgage, as we have learned, is a binding contract with a bank in which a homeowner offers their home as collateral for a monetary loan. If they pay off the loans the house is theirs again, but if they fail to make payments the bank is allowed to seize the house. Do you now understand how to find the best mortgage rates?
So a bad credit mortgage works the same way. It is designed for those with bad credit, because we all know just because you have bad credit doesn't mean you don't need a place to live. A bad credit mortgage just skips the formalities of background checks and gives you a mortgage. However, if you do have bad credit don't expect to have the same benefits as those with good credit. You may only be able to take out a small mortgage on your home, or the bank may make your pay high interest rates or keep you on a tight billing plan. Either way you can get the mortgage advice you want despite your bad credit. To get started simply tell creditors the type of loan that you are looking for, in this case a bad credit mortgage, and the state that you live in so that they can find someone to help you nearby.
Many a mortgage company will say they understand that credit problems happen, and many of the times they aren't your fault. So they are here to help you to get the money that you need without being embarrassed about or yelled at for your credit history. One way in which a bad credit mortgage company can do this is through the use of a mortgage calculator to determine your financial abilities. This will instantly deliver to you insight into the kind of home mortgage that you can best benefit from.
A bad credit mortgage doesn't have to be a big deal-- just think of it as a mortgage on a closer leash. This is what a bad credit mortgage is like. It's an example of how to refinance a mortgage.View as RSS


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A Ukrainian serviceman visits an abandoned church in the Pisky village near Donetsk
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A Ukrainian serviceman visits an abandoned church in the Pisky village near Donetsk
Members of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic forces sit on an armored vehicle on the roadside near the site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 plane crash outside the village of Hrabove in Donetsk region, Ukraine on Friday
Workers are seen at a coke plant in the town of Avdiyivka near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. Situated close to the 'contact line' between Ukrainian government forces and well-armed rebels, the plant has been hit multiple times by rockets from both sides
A woman cries as she walks past destroyed houses in the town of Debaltseve, north-east from Donetsk on Friday
A woman reacts as she looks at a damaged church in Donetsk's Oktyabrski district, Ukraine.
Miners arrive to help with the rescue effort in Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk on Wednesday. A blast at the coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk killed more than 30 people
A Russia-backed separatist fighter sits in a self propelled 152mm artillery piece, part of a unit moved away from the front lines, in Yelenovka, near Donetsk, Ukraine
Pro-Russia rebels sit next to a flag with the face of Jesus Christ as a convoy of 2S1 Gvozdikas (122-mm self-propelled howitzers) takes a break near the eastern Ukrainian city of Starobeshevo in Donetsk region
Russian Communist party supporters, holding the flag of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donetsk, and portrait of former Soviet leaders Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, take part in a rally to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow, on Monday. Defender of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia, honours the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday
A pro-Russian rebel checks a destroyed bus in Donetsk. Shelling hit a central bus station in Donetsk on Wednesday and killed at least four people
A woman reacts as the residential block she lives in burns on the outskirts of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, as a result of shelling, according to locals
Local people inspect the site of an explosion near a bus stop in downtown Donetsk, Ukraine. At least nine people were killed and nine injured early on Thursday, pro-Russian separatists said.
A pro-Russian rebel holds a toy gun in Donetsk, the disputed region in Ukraine, on Thursday
A pro-Russian-separatist patrols the street in front of Russian humanitarian trucks in Makiivka (Makeyevka) in Donetsk region on Friday
A man stands next to his house, which was destroyed on Monday night by shelling in the Kuibishevskiy district of the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk , controlled by pro-Russian fighters.
Miners return from their shift at the Kalinina coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, controlled by pro-Russian rebels on Monday
A man walks on the debris of a gutted and destroyed apartment, damaged by shelling, in the eastern Ukranian city of Donetsk, as artillery fire continues to rock the pro-Russian rebel bastion
A Pro-Russian gunman prepares in his room in the Oktyaber neighborhood, north west of Donetsk, near the destroyed airport, on Thursday, following last days shelling in eastern Ukraine
A local resident walks in front of his damaged house after the recent shelling in Donetsk on Wednesday
An engine from a Grad missile system found after shelling, stands near a damaged shop not far from Donetsk airport in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine


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Tender Moments
Wildlife Photography
by Ursula Dubrick
About the Book
Tender Moments is a collection of photographs taken in the wild that reveal the gentler side of wildlife, seldom seen by the average observer of nature.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art Photography
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
20 Pages
- Publish Date Dec 12, 2012
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Ursula Dubrick Photography
East Central Florida, Satellite Beach
I am a professional wildlife photographer. In addition to selling my photographs and fine art canvas prints, I also teach the fundamentals of photography. I conduct group workshops and personalized individual training. You can come to my location (day rate) or I will travel to your location (travel expenses and day rate). Are you looking for a special gift for the photographer in your life? Consider a gift certificate of personal instruction from me. Please contact me for further information: email@example.com
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Okay, so my conspiracy of employees acting individually to buy for themselves or holding to sell to friends at the deep discounts was apparently wrong since this appears chain-wide and the companies are admitting to such.
So, what to do but make up another conspiracy....maybe it's a concerted effort to delay shipping so far that you don't get your reader in hand to clip your UPC from the box until well past the July 15 deadline for submitting rebate forms has passed
That's it, they must be trying avoid pyaing the 15 bucks rebate per unit...ah, what's a little bad press firestorm at a brick and mortar retail launch.
Seriously though, I don't care about definitions (recall or not recall)...I only care whether the Kohls batch IS really firmware instead of hardware, and that I get it approximately at the estimated ship date, but most importantly that the price is honored. I'd gladly update the firmware myself if they'd ship it pronto, lol, but that doesn't appear to be an option since I ordered online instead of going to a store.
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The woeful state of many UK stations is set to be improved with the SRA's focusing on improving toilets, passenger information and security.
This work is due to be completed on small and medium stations by 2004 and Ł700m has been set aside to make it happen.
Many stations will have platforms extended to enable larger trains to operate.


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Plush-kill Wall Series - Spring Buck
Oh wow... this is an interesting umm... thing. I actually hate animal heads mounted on the walls (they're kinda creepy and cruel) but this stuffed buck head is giving it a new look to say the least.
If your place is missing a fireplace, now you can have your very own cardboard one. When you think about it, a cardboard fireplace is really much easier and less hassle than a real one!
What's classier than having a knight in you home? And this one does duty and holds your fireplace tools!Added 8 Years Ago from Design Toscano
This inflatable Swordfish is so much better than the real thing hanging above your mantel!Tags: home, office, beach, wall, decor, house, living rooms, decorations, fishAdded 8 Years Ago from Perpetualkid
Be kind to the animals with this earth & animal friendly cardboard rhino!Added 8 Years Ago from Perpetualkid


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Tax day is over but that doesn't mean the party has to stop. WFMY has a roundup of tax tips for lingering tax issues, like setting up an installment payment plan, who to call if you have a major problem, and fixing errors.
The IRS may correct math errors and may accept returns with certain forms or schedules left off. But if, for example, you forgot to request the phone tax refund or you left off reportable income, you can file a Form 1040X to amend your return. The form is available at IRS.gov or by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM. If you're amending to request the telephone excise tax refund, use Line 15 then use the instructions for the rest of the form.
Sound advice for common post tax-day issues. — BEN POPKEN


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Mario Strikers Charged
What is the best Team?
What is the best team for Road to the Strikers Cup
Wolflink246 - 8 years ago
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Batman's response is not a good team, just a stupid-spam-win team. Also, that's not even the best stupid-spam-win team. Diddy (or some fast captain), Boo, Boo, Boo is the bast spam team because Boo can teleport past the goalie without charging the ball AND without rolling before the teleport when opponents can hit you.
Anyways, for the 'best' normal team, it'll probably be whichever captain you love the special of most, and Hammer Bros, Hammer Bros, Boo. If you pick a heavy captain, one of those Hammer Bros could be another Boo or a Dry Bones instead. You need at least one Boo for really good speed and pass ability. Hammer Bros have great shooting and pass ability. In my opinion, all members of your team, including the captain, should have at least balanced-level passing, or you'll get a ton of passes intercepted in the Striker Cup with them (or more than usual anyways) =P.
Pumyralee - 8 years ago
Waluigi 3 dry bones just spam teleports with drybones deke and his electrical shot.
batmanxxxxxxxxx - 8 years ago
Not sure, but Birdo is my favourite striker.
blue4avenger - 8 years ago
Any team with dry bones is the best.
Blazekick2 - 8 years ago
Waluigi with one dry bones one koopa and one Boo
Alexgalley - 7 years ago
Use powerful DK then speedy, tricky boo, all around koopa and shy guy for his special. Alwasys charge up.
seeknayr - 7 years ago
Look,this is the one I use to pass all the cups in the game:
Why did I choose Yoshi? Because his lick thingy can reach long places and can recover the ball easily and he is fast.
Dry Bones-Because he is fast,and he can do an electric ball to the opponent and score easy goals,also can teleport.
Hammer Bros.-Look,he is SLOW but his hammer attack thingy works a lot,works when you are alone and want to score some goals.
Toad-Look,maybe he can only burn the goalkeepers hands,but he is incredibly fast.
Emi3280 - 7 years ago
Captain Daisy-for easy teleport goals and great defence / speed.Her captain move can be used for instant goals.(shoot at the keeper he catches it you run up to him and use your captain move he drops ball you shoot you score!)
Dry bones: he is a must.(he single-handedly won me the Striker Cup!)He can teleport and like daisy is a speedy defender.hes shocker is almost never blocked!
Mounty Mole:this mole is slow but has great attack and he is a great defender of the ball.If you use his skillshot from the right angle its a instant goal!
Koopa:he is a well balanced player who can shoot,tackle,pass,and is quite fast.His metal shell will shatter the goalie and everone in the way leaving the goals open all you have to do is SHOOT!
/\ if you don't like team above try this one!
Captain Mario/Luigi-they are well balanced players they both have the same captain power with 2 possiblities.1. You can run up to the goalie and shoot,shoot,shoot (which can be a waste) the other (better) second way is to stamp all the players on the field and go for a clean MEGASTRIKE!
Dry bones: he is a must.(he single-handedly won me the Striker Cup!)He can teleport and like daisy is a speedy defender.hes shocker is almost never blocked!
Hammer Bros: He is slow but can chip pass(Z and A) the ball to mario or someone for lovely,clean shots and his not a bad shooter himself who can use his fake out to take any one down then to go for a skillshot that never misses!
Toad:last but not least is the humble,little enchilda himself toad.Hes is fast who is great pass the ball around and his flame powers up more quickly than everone else which leaves the goalie Unconcios/hands on fire or has often gone into the back of the net.Lastly he can jump the keeper and score a goal! (at the edge of the box use his fakeout)!
Right there you go Wolflink246 a great team and a back-up team sure to work and if you need more please just ask I would be happy to tell you another great team but for now see ya!!!!!!
AndrewD581 - 7 years ago
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George Harrison documentary
I know he is hardly GBF rock but it's all about respecting your elders, right? I am hardly a huge Beatles fan but I can appreciate what they meant to the genre, our culture and their impact on the world at large.
You could say they were "more popular than Jesus". Somebody could say that, I guess. Probably wouldn't create much of a stir. Long and the short of it, the Beatles were kind of important and HBO is going to recognize the late George Harrison with a documentary on the man that looks quite interesting...a man who felt he had more to offer than just being "in the Beatles".


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Frenchman Elie Payan wins $1,500 PLO tournament at WSOP
With 1,070 entrants the $1,500 PLO tournament at the 2011 World Series of Poker was the largest PLO tournament in the history of poker, and despite the huge field the final table was stacked with poker talent.
Amongst the players making the final 9 were online superstars David "Doc" Sands, and Emil "WhiteLime" Patel, not to mention Jeff Sarwer, the former Canadian Chess Champion turned poker pro who has been tearing up the European poker circuit. Despite the well-known names it was Elie Payan who would walk away from the tournament with his first WSOP bracelet, and the second WSOP bracelet of 2011 for France.
The win was by far the biggest of Payan's career, considering the biggest buy-in tournament he had entered prior to the $1,500 PLO at the WSOP was €310 tournament on the Partouche Poker Tour according to thehendonmob.com's database. The nearly $300,000 in prize-money is over 10-times his career totals up to this point!
Here is a look at the complete final table payouts from the $1,500 PLO tournament at the 2011 WSOP:
- Elie Payan- $292,825
- Rafe Kibrit – $181,222
- David Sands – $113,383
- Juha Vilkki – $82,297
- Stephen Wolfe – $60,754
- Emil Patel – $45,554
- Cody Munger – $34,642
- Jeff Sarwer – $26,704
- Roland Israelashvili – $20,863
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This 3D render of the next Google Nexus is just drop-dead gorgeous
Published by Tech Droider, the new image doesn't reveal much about the Marlin's design concept but does reveal a few internal features like the latest Android Nougat OS, the latest Android security patch published by Google and as per Tech Droider, 128GB of internal storage and the lack of a camera bump on the back of the handset.
The leaked image arrives just days after designers at Techconfigurations created a 3D render of Marlin which was based on existing leaks and rumours but which did not take a 3.5mm headphone jack into account.
Will there be a non-Nexus Google handset soon? Erm, NO!
As per existing leaks and rumours, this year's Nexus phone will come in two variants- one with a 5-inch display and another with a 5.5-inch one. Both variants are expected to launch with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and will run stock Android Nougat operating system. In the new phones, Android N will introduce the split-screen mode, a feature that has so far been implemented in tablets. Aside from being able to view and work on two apps at a time, you will also be able to view the home screen as well as all apps in both portrait and landscape modes in your Nexus phone.
At the recently concluded Code conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google is looking at topping up future Nexus phones with new features that won't be part of Android operating systems. He added that even though Google isn't interested in manufacturing future Nexus devices itself, it will be 'more opinionated about the design of the phones' and will take control as and when it sees a need to 'push the devices forward.' "You'll see us hopefully add more features on top of Android on Nexus phones. There's a lot of software innovation to be had," he told Walt Mossberg from The Verge.


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Samsung Galaxy NotePRO (SM-P905V) with Verizon LTE passes the FCC
We're also seeing the SM-P905V at the Bluetooth SIG, and, according to the Group, the tablet's destination is North America. Putting two and two together, we can only assume that the 12.2-inch Galaxy NotePRO may find a home at Verizon later this year (the V at the end of SM-P905V could also point to this).
Earlier Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 SM-P605V might also be headed to Verizon.
Could it be that the carrier is getting ready to release two new Galaxy Note tablets? We can't be sure of that, but we'll certainly let you know when we have more details on this.
sources: Bluetooth SIG, FCC
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1. hamid.r1992 (Posts: 9; Member since: 16 Jan 2014)
If you want to buy a phone. iphone 5s or lumia1520
2. PorkyBurger (Posts: 585; Member since: 18 May 2013)
If you want to buy a phone, buy anything you like. ~.~
I would rather get Z1 Compact than 5S or Lumia.(IMO)
3. SandraB (banned) (Posts: 75; Member since: 07 Aug 2013)
wp is a joke almost no apps and games
and to limited OS
Ios and android has bigger ecosystem
7. zdprince (Posts: 24; Member since: 10 May 2013)
can we have a clue of the advantages and disadvantages of a phone with an open ecosystem... do you even understand what that means? how many games or apps do you have installed on your phone and which ones are missing from windows store? OR you are just saying something you read from a wp hater?
4. loginfailed (Posts: 5; Member since: 17 Jan 2014)
If you want to buy a phone. buy Android or iOS :)
6. htainlintha (Posts: 41; Member since: 20 Mar 2010)
For your question, are you even serious? one side is a chick size phone and the other is a 6 inch phone LOL.It is simple to do math,iphone 5s is 4 inch 640p phone with pretty low ppi and 1520 has 6 inch and 1080pFHD and way higher ppi and better camera, if you like to have apps and if your phone isnt' important,you should go with iphone and if the apps aren't that important and you really want a quality phone go with 1520. For me ,I went with Note 3 and it is great ,perfect mixture of quality phone and apps. Cheers!
5. htainlintha (Posts: 41; Member since: 20 Mar 2010)
I'd go with Android anyday, they fit your needs, unlike apple which will force you to fit in their closed tight system with emptiness. When there is a same level of apps and games,I have no reasons of going back to iOS anymore LOL!


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Trump Run Project finished
The Trump Run Project that included the relocation of a bridge along South Pittsburgh Street that divides Connellsville and South Connellsville has been completed.
The Connellsville Municipal Authority agreed Tuesday night to pay Danmar Contracting Inc. of Delmont a total of $42,085, including a $1,680 change order, to pay for the relocation of a sewage line that ran underneath the bridge.
John Tomaro, engineer for Widmer Engineering, explained that the authority was required to pay the total cost of the project but will receive reimbursement from PennDOT for 50 percent of the cost.
"The project actually cost less money than we originally anticipated," Tomaro said.
Tomaro explained that PennDOT will also be required to pay 50 percent of other costs associated with the project, including engineering costs, solicitor's fees and other related expenses.
Tomaro said the authority has not calculated the additional expenses, however.
In other business, the authority made its final payment of $8,858.74 for its PennVEST loan.
The authority received a $1.8 million loan through PennVEST to pay for the separation of sanitary and storm sewers in five sections of the city.
The project was completed last year. The authority's payment on the project will remain unchanged.
Jerry Fox, the authority's superintendent, said he received one complaint last month from a homeowner located at 147 S. Ninth St.
When Fox reported to investigate the complaint, he discovered the house has never been connected to the city sewer line.
"The sewer line was replaced in 1997, but somehow the house was never connected to the system," Fox said.
The homeowner agreed to pay RDM of Pittsburgh $3,600 to tap into the sewage system and complete the job.
"We had no postings or shutoff notices last month," he said.
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My client is a online and telephone comparison company that is looking for a PR Executive. They are looking for a bright, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the in-house PR team to provide day to day administrative and media relations support across all product sectors – Energy, Communications, Personal Finance and Insurance. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an exceptional PR team, which achieves the largest amount of coverage in its sector. You will gain working knowledge of media and their deadlines and will have the opportunity to plan campaigns and implement them.
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Norwegian Sun - Alaska: Norwegian Sun Cruise Review by vpham
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Norwegian Sun - Alaska
Destination: Alaska
Embarkation: Vancouver
Embarkation: I found this to be the roughest part of the cruise but only due to the wait times caused by US Customs computer systems going down and halting the lines for some time. Our luggage was picked up at curbside by the Port of Vancouver workers and delivered to our stateroom within one hour of us getting on the ship.
Stateroom: We had booked a oceanside balcony stateroom so I was hoping for the best and yet I was still surprised by the size of our room. It was much bigger than I had expected and our room is exactly the same as the stateroom picture on the Norwegian Sun main page on this site. We had plenty of room for our luggage as well as room to stow our suitcases, etc. The bathroom and shower were a bit small but then again, I'm not a big guy so I didn't More feel cramped at all.
Food: The food in the buffet was just fine. Definitely on par with buffet food anywhere else I've eaten. I found that it was great for breakfast with made to order omelettes and a fresh waffle station. It was also great for snacks throughout the day. We didn't try any of the specialty restaurants so I can't comment on those but we did eat at both of the main restaurants and found them both to be really good. We even ordered room service several times.
Service: I felt that the service was great. Everywhere we went, we were greeted with "good morning's", a smile or a friendly "hello". This was true for every type of crew member that we encountered from the room stewards, to the food service staff to the maintenance folks. They were truly a delight to be around.
Entertainment: The Jean Ann Ryan group put on three shows that were pretty impressive considering the constraints of working on a ship. By no means was it a Las Vegas or Broadway level production but the singing was good and the troupe definitely gave it their all.
Overall: Our cruise director Patti Honecki was wonderful. Her cheery attitude and constant jokes (most of them at her own expense) made for a fun cruise. She and her staff work awfully hard to keep the passengers happy and active. All bar and spa charges already have 15% gratuity added to them but there's STILL a space for additional tip. Although we found the crew to be very friendly, many of them have a bad habit of watching over you as you fill out the room charge forms. Every time I had to sign for a room charge, the waiter or waitress or spa attendant would hover over you watching as you filled out the receipt. If they weren't hovering, you could see them open the receipt holder the second they walked away from you to check if you had tipped them or not.
Just some random notes...
- I'm not sure why NCL stops in Wrangell. Its a really small town that's only worth about 20 minutes of anyone's time.
- One disappointment was that due to too much ice in the water, we couldn't make it up to Sawyer glacier. What we did see of the Tracy Arm was beautiful and it only made it that much more disappointing that we didn't get all the way up to Sawyer. This is one of the dangers in heading up so early in the season (May).
- Definitely get a balcony cabin if you can. On an Alaskan cruise its totally worth the money to be able to see the sights from your own room. In Wrangell, there were a dozen bald eagles circling in front of my balcony and fishing below. What a sight!
- All in all we had a great time and I was very pleased with the service and overall experience. I will definitely try other cruise lines to see what they have to offer, but I'd go back on the Sun any time. Less
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**UPDATE** -- Bradenton Police say detectives have located Walker, and are talking with him.
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Police are searching for a man they consider armed and dangerous after they say he shot a man three times Wednesday.
33-year-old Xavier Dante Walker is wanted for Attempted Murder.
According to the Bradenton Police Department, Walker shot Willie Harris three times in the stomach just before 11:30am Wednesday in the 1000 block of 20th Street East.
Harris was taken to Blake Medical Center as a trauma alert, and is reportedly in stable condition.
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Cummins Westport Launches BGI Engine Manufacturing in IndiaVANCOUVER, British Columbia--Jan. 19, 2006--Cummins Westport Inc. (CWI) and Cummins India Limited (CIL) today announced the successful limited production launch of CWI's B Gas International (BGI) natural gas engine in India. Manufacturing takes place at CIL's modern Daman facility in Western India.
The BGI engine was unveiled at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on January 16, 2006. The locally-manufactured BGI natural gas engine will be supplied to OEM's in India such as Tata Motors, and is now in service in the "Starbus" on New Delhi roads today.
"Local manufacturing of our lean-burn, spark-ignited BGI engine by CIL is vital to any growth in India," said Guan Saw, President of Cummins Westport Inc. "The successful production launch is a key milestone for CWI. The availability of a low cost locally manufactured BGI engine will enable CIL to leverage their long-term relationships with India's largest OEM's, both in the domestic Indian market and the target export markets of these OEM's."
CIL's Vice President - Automotive Business, Arun Ramachandran added, "Local manufacturing capability of the BGI natural gas engines in India enables us to offer our markets innovative, state-of-the-art technology at a very competitive cost. As New Delhi leads the way for Indian cities by offering world class buses, Cummins India Limited is proud to be ready with localized Euro III compliant CNG engines that are capable of powering these state-of-the-art buses. We are excited about the BGI range of products since these are the first natural gas engines in India that can power other applications like concrete mixers and refuse trucks that need more power than stoichiometric gas engines. The market is set to grow with the increased availability of natural gas resources in India and the environmental concerns this technology addresses. We hope to build on our local manufacturing capability and offer the product to markets outside India in the future."
With ratings from 150-230 horsepower, the B Gas International lean burn spark-ignited natural gas engine features many of the proven components and features of the B Gas Plus. The B Gas International promises robust design, variable fuel composition capability, dramatically improved reliability, operability, and serviceability, with built-in Cummins proven diagnostics.
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About Cummins Westport Inc.
Cummins Westport Inc., a joint venture of Cummins Inc. and Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT), manufactures and sells the world's widest range of low-emissions alternative fuel engines for commercial transportation applications such as trucks and buses. Cummins is a global power leader in engines, electrical power generation systems and related technologies. Westport Innovations is the leading developer of technologies that allow engines to operate on clean-burning fuels such as natural gas, hydrogen, and hydrogen-enriched natural gas (HCNG). www.cumminswestport.com.
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Medical Definition of Apraxia of speech
Apraxia of speech: A severe speech disorder characterized by inability to speak, or a severe struggle to speak clearly. Apraxia of speech occurs when the oral- motor muscles do not or cannot obey commands from the brain, or when the brain cannot reliably send those commands. Children with apraxia can be helped significantly with intensive speech therapy.
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David Wiesner's Tuesday
Children's book review by Steve Barancik
Ages 4-10
A wordless picture book featuring flying frogs!
Make sure you spend a moment looking at the cover image of this, David Wiesner's first Caldecott Medal-winning book.
You won't find that image again within the pages.
More importantly, spend some real time with the triptych (three panels) that appears once you open the book but before the title page. The story really starts here.
Three frogs at dusk go wide-eyed as the lily pads they were dozing on suddenly start floating up in the air.
On Tuesday (Tuesday nights, to be particular) it seems that some species of animal in some specific locale is given the power of flight. This Tuesday, it's the turn of the frogs who live in this particular pond, as their trusty lily pads become flying carpets.
The frogs don't seem to have much say in the matter, but they certainly have no objections. Flying, it turns out, is quite fun! It freaks out the local birds, as well as men having midnight snacks, and imagine the chaos as your flight path takes you right through a clothesline. You might even sail into someone's house and have a chance to play with a TV remote control!
But, just like Cinderella's magical ball gear at midnight, the lily pads lose their power come dawn, and the blissed out frogs head home, past a farm, back to the pond.
(It might even be the same farm that's home to next Tuesday's flying pigs!)
If this wordless book has any kind of message besides "flying is fun," it may be "beware jadedness." Our last frog image is of one particularly grumpy frog, tapping his frog fingers on his lily pad and looking resentfully toward the sky. As in,
"Yeah. But what have you done for me today?"
But don't get me wrong; it's all in good fun...splendid fun, actually. Tuesday offers the hope that magic may just be around the next corner.
Webmaster's note: For a more complex wordless story from Wiesner, also involving flight, you'll want to check out the wondrous Sector 7 (reviewed on this site).
Webmaster's note: And speaking of out of the ordinary days of the week, are you familiar with Dr. Seuss's Wacky Wednesday? (Also reviewed on this site.)
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The consistent estimation of income elasticity of environmental amenities in Uruguay
In this paper we are concerned with the estimation of income elasticities of environmental amenities. The novelty is the application of econometric methods that take into account the problem of measurement errors when estimating these elasticities, which is common in microeconomic data and is not usually considered in the applied literature related to this issue. Our aim is to discuss whether measurement errors have significant effects on income elasticities. Data from the { Expenditure Budget Survey of Uruguay, 1994 - 1995, are used.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Brownie Slut.
While I have no objections to brownies proper, it is in the intent of the act which I find disheartening.
And now I must address the Sluts themselves:
Ladies- at what point did it seem like prostituting your skills out to men who have done NOTHING for you, seem like a good idea? Does it occur to you that maybe a man might value you more if you let HIM do something to get YOUR attention? So close your cupboards, ladies.*
*See? It's not just me. It's DOCTRINE now.
9 comments:
- Louis Gray said...
I have never heard that term before. Seriously.
So consider this...
When Kristine (my wife now) was moving out of the ward, I was among those who helped.
The following week, she brought homemade muffins to me (and a few others who helped in the move). Maybe I would have never called or e-mailed again had it not been for the muffins?
Then we got married. (I skipped a few steps)
Did it work? :)
- 5/04/2010
- naomi said...
"Being a Brownie Slut is like the gateway drug to being a pharmaceutical rep" >>> you have no idea how much that made me laugh...
- 5/04/2010
- Salt H2O said...
Have you seen pharma reps? They didn't have to make brownies.
I found the brownie sluts (I will offend here) were the girls that weren't attractive enough to get guys on the sheer superficial stuff so they had to go the extra mile to make up the difference- hence the brownies.
Where as I made up for my lack of good looks with strong opinions on political issues- because we all know BYU men love opinionated women~
- 5/04/2010
- Salt H2O said...
Side note: I had friends that genuinely loved to cook- now that I think about it I don't think they ever cooked brownies- in any case they liked to cook but didn't want to eat what they cooked so they shared- typically with guys because their tasty treats were fatening. They don't qualify with the above statement-
- 5/04/2010
- f*bomb. said...
Smart friends are awesomer when they're funny, too.
Mr President- You must be right. Now, to ensure my message cannot possibly be confused with friendly kindness, I confirm with every compliment of a shared baked good, "Does that cookie make me appear more attractive to you? Does it make you want to marry me now?"
So far, two confirmations in the affirmative.
Just another reason why I went into MEDICAL.
- 5/05/2010
- Tannerama said...
Baking stuff for dudes who haven't done anything for them in the hopes of getting a date? What a bunch of C-words.
Let's just make something clear. Sluts exchange SEXUAL FAVORS for MONEY. Making brownies for a guy you might want to date is just being nice.
- 5/05/2010
- f*bomb. said...
WRONG, Tannerama. WHORES exchange sexual favours for money. SLUTS give it up for FREE.
I'd rather make a profit off my work any day.
- 5/06/2010
- Nanda said...
Awesome - I actually hadn't heard the term before - thanks for the education ..
- 5/06/2010
- Tamara Atkin said...
I've never heard of it either. I must have been a hair-cut slut, because I used to cut guys hair for free by the dozens per week sometimes. But I only recently realized that some of those guys must have assumed I was wanting a date with them. I never dated a guy after cutting his hair. Some of them I really should have. But most of them I picked out and invited because I just couldn't bare for them to continue on with such terrible haircuts or lack of a haircut. Perhaps it's possible that those girls just couldn't bare to see those boys go without baked goods.
- 5/10/2010


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In what was one more of the many incidents where Salman Khan proves to be a human with a huge heart, he's once again donated, and this time, a whopping sum of 25 lakhs to the Aligarh Muslim University's Jawaharlal Nehru medical college for the kids who suffer from heart ailments there. The fund, as per the sources will be used to get an Echo cardiology machine in the hospital which is going be of tremendous help to all the heart patients of the place.
This donation was done by Salman Khan while he was performing for Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's Saifai Mahotsav in the UP. Dr.Tabassum Shahab of Aligarh muslim university's pediatric department took the cheque of 25 lakhs from Salman Khan at the Saifai. This was done on behalf of his 'Being Human' charity association.
The head of Aligarh Muslim University's Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Dr.Tariq Mansoor thanked Salman Khan for donating to their patients. Zameeruddin, the vice chancellor of the college has been continuously asking Salman Khan and it is because of him that the donation took place. Kudos to Salman Khan for such a nice act, we hope that other bollywood stars take cue from him as well.


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Excellent Read performance. Very good Write performance. Great integration with business networks. Up to 12TB of affordable storage.
Firmware update process needs work. Some browser freezing when switching between screens.
Bottom Line
The Buffalo TeraStation Pro TS-QVHL/R6 NAS delivers a lot for the SMB at a decent price.
Features and Interface
Buffalo's management interface is plain and uncluttered, but easy to get through; settings are easy to locate, and it's loaded with help resources. There's a lot of good integration with business networks. I easily joined the NAS to my Windows 2008 R2 server domain. All of the users and user groups transferred to the NAS for me to set up access and permissions to the NAS shares.
DFS is another good feature to use in a Windows network. You can combine network shares together under one alias shared folder—those shares can reside on separate systems throughout a network. DFS helps users access files more efficiently and is good for data redundancy.
The port-trunking feature allows advanced network configuration options besides link aggregation: round robin policy, active-backup, broadcast and load balancing. It was in testing the port-trunking feature that I ran into a really useful capability: re-initialization of the NAS. I was testing link aggregation but was connected to a switch that does not support the LAG protocol. Since I had configured both Ethernet ports with static IP information and they both had connections to the same switch—the NAS network settings caused the interface to crash. I couldn't log back in.
I looked for a factory reset button, but instead I found a re-initialize button behind the front panel. Pushing it doesn't completely wipe out the NAS and set it back to factory default. Instead, it resets the IP address, Ethernet Frame size, admin username and password, revokes the SSL key, and disables port trunking. It's a great recovery features because you can retain the most important settings on the NAS without having to got through set up all over again.
Remote Access, Other Features
Although the TeraStation Pro TS-QVHL/R6 supports FTP and port forwarding for external access to data, the easiest way is to use the "Easy Web Access" settings. Once Web access is enabled, a key is generated as is a link, which is part of the buffalonas.com cloud. The link is in form of http://buffalonas.com
The software gives administrators extensive control over those users' permissions. Administrators can easily give various attributes to shares, designate folders as available offline, and control caching.
In addition to the granualar user account management, the TeraStation supports CIFS/SMB, AFP, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS/SFTP, NFS file sharing protocols as well as LDAP and Active Directory. It features a print server, BitTorrent server, virus scanning, Amazon S3 support, and Time Machine compatibility.
My only quibble with the interface is that I experienced some slowness and a frozen screen once or twice switching between different screens in the interface. I found it faster working in Internet Explorer 8 than in Firefox 10 while in the device's interface.
Performance and Recovery
The TeraStation Pro TS-QVHL/R6 NAS delivered serious performance, including the highest Read speed I've seen in my testing to date at 107 MBps, just a hair faster than the Iomega StorCenter px4-300d's Read performance. The Buffalo's Write speeds were just a bit under the StorCenter's performance at 33 MBps, and has about half of Synology DS1511+'s Writes, as you can see from the below chart. Testing was performed using a 1.5 GB file for simple upload and download to and from the NAS using a Windows 7 HP Elitebook 8440w laptop:
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As mentioned, the TeraStation was configured with RAID 6 across 4 1TB drives. I removed one drive to simulate drive failure to see how the system recovered—I received clear error messages and status updates as I hot swapped in another drive and the RAID array rebuilt satisfactorily.
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Buffalo's new TeraStation is a wonderful pick for the SMB. The previous Editors' Choice winner in this category, the Synology DS1511+, is still a solid contender to the TeraStation as is the Iomega StorCenter. Synology has the most sophisticated and efficient interface and RAID recovery of the three, while the StorCenter's excellent performance and bonus video surveillance native capabilities warrant merit. Great performance, a simple yet powerful interface, a solid feature set, and good data recovery options—not to mention that wonderful reinitialize button, earn the TeraStation Pro TS-QVHL/R6 an Editors' Choice award for SMB NASes.
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The worst part of reviewing gadgets for a living is that, sometimes, you have to try to break stuff. Expensive stuff, such as fancy drop-proof cameras and ruggedised laptops.
It's not as fun as it might sound. It goes against everything we believe in here in the Digital Life Labs, holding gadgets at some pre-ordained distance above a concrete floor and . . . letting . . . go. It gives me the shivers just writing about it.
Not so with the Toshiba Portege Z10t I've been reviewing this past week, however. That gadget I've spent seven days trying desperately and in vain to break. Not because I don't like it, though. It's because, more than any gadget we've ever reviewed in the Labs, the Portege Z10t badly needs to be broken.
Not a lot. Not so it stops working. Just a little break, so it works properly.
The Z10t is a convertible Ultrabook, that breaks down to become a Windows 8 tablet and a separate keyboard.
As a tablet, the Z10t is pretty good. It has a terrific, high-definition display that's as sharp as you could stand on a Windows 8 device; it has a decent complement of slots and ports for attaching things; and it comes with a built-in mobile broadband connection that saved my bacon on more than one occasion when I was using the computer on a recent trip to an island.
But attach the keyboard to the tablet, turning it into a notebook, and it's a different matter. The tablet slots into a hinge so you can open and close it like any other notebook, except you can't. The hinge only opens to what we calculate to be 108 degrees, and that's just not far enough. It needs to be 130 degrees or more.
Every time I use the Portege Z10t, I find myself pushing on the screen to open it farther than it wants to, and every time I do it, I find myself pushing a little harder, half hoping that the hinge will come loose or snap, just a little, just enough to give me that extra 20 degrees I need.
I imagine Toshiba has made it like that so it won't topple over if you open it too far. Most of the Portege's weight is in the top half – the tablet weighs 820 grams, and the keyboard weighs 585 grams, all of which adds up to a slightly top-heavy (and slightly heavy) device by recent standards.
Sock it to 'em
But given the way I was forced to shove a pair of socks under the front of the keyboard to tilt the screen back far enough, giving us the option of opening the screen more would hardly make it less stable.
I should add, though, that once I had the socks shoved under the keyboard, using the Portege as a notebook wasn't too bad. You'd be surprised by how quickly you stop noticing socks under your keyboard, particularly if they're clean socks. Whether you'd notice it more by the end of your trip, when you're down to just smelly socks, thankfully is something I didn't have to explore.
Even putting that fairly major weakness to one side, the Portege is something of a mixed bag when it comes to desirability.
On the plus side is the mobile broadband connection, which you may not need very often – mostly you'd just use Wi-Fi – but which can be a real lifesaver when you do need it.
I was frantically trying to meet a 4pm deadline last week when the hotel I was staying in decided that it would be a good time to kill my Wi-Fi internet connection and make me sign up again for another 24 hours. I didn't have time to sign in again, so I just flipped to the Z10t's built-in Telstra connection (there being no Vodafone, and almost no Optus signal on the island) and kept working, scraping in with 30 seconds to spare.
On the negative side, Z10t runs an older, third-generation Intel Core processor, so its battery life isn't as good as it would be if it had a fourth-generation processor. It did fairly poorly in our battery test.
And the keyboard and trackpad on the Z10t aren't very good, either, and indeed were part of the reason I was running late with my work in the first place.
The keys on the keyboard are a little too small and don't have a very nice feel to them, and the trackpad is way too small and has a terrible feel to it, making the experience of working on the device far less pleasant than it should be. Luckily, there's also a ThinkPad-style trackpointer in the middle of the keyboard, and that's a pretty good alternative to the trackpad although really you need to bring your own mouse.
While you're at it, you might as well bring your own keyboard and stand for the device, and leave its keyboard at home. Paired with, say, a fabulous Logitech K810, Bluetooth keyboard, the only thing you'd feel the need to break on the Portege Z10t would be your own speed typing record.
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OSAKA (Kyodo) Gamba Osaka said Thursday defender Hiroki Mizumoto, captain of Japan's Under-23 national squad bound for the Beijing Olympics, will leave the J. League first-division club.
Mizumoto, 22, is longing for more playing opportunities ahead of the tournament in Beijing in August after starting in just two league matches in his first season with Gamba since moving from fellow J. League side JEF United Chiba.
Mizumoto, who has also played for Japan three times at full international level, lost his place in the Gamba starting lineup after making serious blunders in two successive league games early this season.


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More than 30 years ago, American consumer advocate Ralph Nader published a book titled Unsafe At Any Speed. It related to more than 30 types of vehicles then being released onto the US market.
What would he say of a class of vehicles currently on Australian roads that account for about 1 per cent of all vehicles, are involved in more than 10 per cent of fatal accidents, and account for about 35 per cent of road deaths? These were the statistics produced by the trucking industry at a conference at Coffs Harbour about four years ago. Nader, if he were still alive, would say they are unsafe at any speed. Not even P platers have a record that comes near this.
The figures are now probably worse since there have been many more B-double trucks launched onto the roads in the last four years. Their accident rate is appalling. And now I read that B-triples are to be allowed to operate, first on the Hume Highway.
The mind boggles at the thought of the type of carnage these vehicles could cause. They will have about one-third the braking capability of your average car. In addition they will have zero capacity to steer out of trouble. Wow! I expect to see the Hume closed even more often than it is now to clear up the mess of crashes from these vehicles, and it is closed often enough from B-double crashes. Semi-trailers have about half the braking capacity per tonne mass of the average car. If a car and a semi are travelling down the highway side by side at 100km/h, and both go into heavy braking simultaneously with a view to fully stopping, when the car comes to a stop, the semi will still be doing 70km/h. B-doubles and triples will be even worse.
I'd rather see all restrictions on gun ownership lifted than have these abominable monstrosities unleashed onto the roads I have to drive.
Perhaps the insurance companies can tell us just how much is the insurance bill per year for the trucking industry. It would simply run into billions.
Guy Swifte, Garran
The idea of B-triples on our roads or highways is absolutely outrageous (''Carriers say ACT can take B-triples'', January 3, p1). Let's get big trucks and B-doubles off our roads immediately. I would like to see the statistics regarding catastrophic and fatal accidents on major roads involving large trucks.
There is a very good rail system throughout NSW and into the ACT that has plenty of capacity to carry the goods proposed to be carried by B-triples. For every B-double truck currently on our roads, transport companies should be required to pay for a rail goods carriage.
Jane Timbrell, Reid
Usual objections
The Braddon Club's proposal to build an apartment/shopping complex on its (at present) concessional-lease ground (''Raiders cut-price offer for prime site'', December 31, p1) brings out of the woodwork the usual objections to holders of such leases (sporting or recreational clubs, churches, etc.) being allowed to redevelop the site, those objecting arguing that, if the site is no longer needed for sporting purposes, it should be handed back to the government (Letters, January 2).
Most objections are based on the theory that the government (the community), not the sporting club, should benefit from any redevelopment of the site. Such objections are misplaced because if the sporting club undertakes the redevelopment, it has to pay the government ''betterment'' (a lease variation charge) equal to the increase in value of the land by converting it from a ''concessional'' lease to a residential/commercial lease. And the amount involved would be very considerable indeed, particularly for the site the Braddon Club occupies close to Civic (almost certainly much more than the $320,000 the club has offered the government).
R. S. Gilbert, Braddon
Games and blame
Despite citing several sources, Chris Williams (Letters, December 31) fails to address some basic facts in his rebuttal to my letter (December 20) regarding the negligible effect of violent video games and movies on school violence. The first is that in the world's 10 largest video game markets, there is no statistical correlation between video game consumption and gun-related violence. According to a report by the US Secret Service, only 12 per cent of school shooters had expressed an interest in violent video games. Indeed, there are more recent studies that take these facts into account, such as the 2012 study by Professor Chris Ferguson entitled ''Not Worth the Fuss After All?'', which is online.
The most important and self-evident fact in this debate, however, is that there are millions of video game users, and yet only a tiny minority of them go on to commit violent acts, which renders the prevalence of violent video games a poor explanatory tool for predicting whether any given individual will become a shooter or not.
Chris Williams attempts to take the high moral ground in his criticism of Tarantino but he fails to realise that his focus on violent entertainment merely serves the interests of the NRA and those who want to divert debate from the real issue of gun control. This distraction hardly serves the interests of those trying to make a positive difference to the problem of school shootings in the US.
Simon Leeds, Nicholls
Unfortunately, Frank McKone (Letters, December 31), the US Supreme Court has broken the link between militia and the right to bear arms. The court ruled in District of Columbia v Heller (2008) that the Second Amendment does indeed protect an individual right to possess a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia, and to use the firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defence within the home.
This case overturned a ban in the District of Columbia on the registration of handguns and a requirement for trigger-locks. In 2010, the court (McDonald v Chicago) ruled that the Second Amendment limited state and local governments as well as the federal government. Justice Antonin Scalia in the 2008 case made clear, however, that the court's decision did not overturn prohibitions on firearms being possessed by felons or the mentally ill, or within sensitive places, such as schools.
David Stephens, Bruce
In search of …
I agree with Robin Brown (Letters, January 1) in his implication that the answer to human intelligence lies with such questions as why we exist and how did we come to exist.
However, when it comes to computers that can think, Gerard Salton, the father of modern-day search engines (eg Google), proposed an interesting relationship between the amount of relevant material that is retrieved on a particular search and the amount of the retrieved material that is relevant. Salton suggested that it was impossible to have perfect precision (only get relevant information in a search) and that the entire knowledge base on every subject would have to be presented in order to retrieve all the material relevant to a particular document.
Yet humans make remarkably effective use of Google and other search engines. One reason is that the people who make the best use of search engines have the intelligence necessary to be a good engineer: they don't necessarily know the right answer, but they do know when they have the wrong answer. I won't hold my breath waiting for a computer with such simple intuition.
Les Broderick, Farrer
On AI and QI
I am grateful to my former colleague Dr Thomas Mautner for his amusing and accurate comments (Letters, December 31). Robin Brown (Letters, January 1) asks whether I am ''suggesting that the artificial creation of intelligence will forever be beyond us''. No, I was careful not to say that. I do not rule out the possibility that we might one day create a thinking robot.
My point, following John Searle, was that such a robot would not think simply in virtue of ''running'' a computer program. Can machines think? Yes, we are machines (albeit flesh and blood), and we think, so machines can think. Searle holds that we think in virtue of having brains with certain complex causal powers, not in virtue of ''running'' a computer program.
So if we do succeed in creating an intelligent robot, it will be intelligent in virtue of having an artificial brain with the requisite causal powers. To put the point in somewhat vulgar terms: when it comes to intelligence, ''hardware'' matters as much as ''software''. As a new year begins, it is refreshing to see such intellectual matters discussed in The Canberra Times. It reinforces the reputation of this broadsheet as the nation's most distinguished organ of reportage.
Dr Brian Garrett, School of Philosophy, RSSS ANU
Greed is not good
In her article ''Soaking the rich won't work'' (January 2, p13), Julie Novak says it is incorrect to think that ''rich people attained their wealth through ill-gotten profits''. I disagree. While some earned their money from a good idea at the right time, it is my experience that wealth makes the rich greedier.
In my first career as executive secretary to wealthy employers, and later as an accountant, I have observed the rich cheating on taxes and business deals, or pressuring employees who then cheat on their behalf. Their legal tax avoidance is at the expense of ordinary people, as it limits government provision of services. Novak is correct that the rich will do anything they can to avoid paying more taxes, but not in saying that the rich earned it all deservedly.
M. Pietersen, Kambah
Julie Novak's exercise in Reaganomics fails to convince. The reason that America has become a plutocracy is precisely because the rich have avoided paying a fair share of the tax load. Romney lost the election because of the belief that he minimised his tax to an obscenely low level. The wealthy have the best accountants and lawyers thinking of new ways to minimise their contributions. Novak is right in saying that they will still find ways to avoid paying a higher tax rate. However, the various governments will hopefully find ways to block many of the tax evasions.
Howard Carew, Isaacs
To the point
So there is a renewed call for chemical castration for sex offenders. This is far too genteel for monsters like the Indian gang rape mob. A rusty penknife and no anaesthetic is the way to go! Maybe the traditional use of hot tar to cauterise the wounds would also help.
Roger Quarterman, Campbell
It is infuriating to hear the government is going to change the ACT Self Government Act to increase the number of territory ministers from five to six because there is ''too much work'' for existing ministers.
If the workload is too high for members/ministers in the appallingly bloated and incompetent ''town council'' known as the Legislative Assembly, may I, as a long-suffering ratepayer, urge them, please, to resign and get a job!
Bruce Pollock, Chifley
It's good to read that John Moulis (Letters, January 2) enjoys the ''left-wing'' letters in this column during the silly season. But please reassure us, Mr Moulis, that your letter was satire. Wasn't it?
T. Fisher, Kambah
Congratulations to John Moulis (Letters, January 2) for his brilliant representative opinion of ''every mainstream male'' regarding Julia Gillard. Thank God I'm not in the mainstream! Unfortunately, what his comment does reflect is that sexism, and not policy (do the Libs actually have any policies?) will provide the outcome of this year's election.
Bob Tyghe, Worrigee, NSW
Doug Hynd (Letters, January 2) tells us that Jesus was killed by the Romans because Rome did not like his political ideas. That claim could hardly be more wrong. Jesus was killed by the Romans on behalf of the Jews who were offended by Jesus' claim to be God. The Roman governor found no fault with the man and tried to persuade the Jews to have Barabbas, a real lawbreaker, executed.
David Morrison, Springwood, NSW
It's great that New Year's Eve in Canberra was relatively peaceful, but with 15 cubic metres of rubbish (''The clean-up: 15 cubic metres of rubbish and a few stragglers'', January 2, p2) perhaps on December 31, 2013 the police might experiment with issuing fines for littering.
Peter Marshall, Captains Flat, NSW
If our local government is smart, access to rubbish tips must be free.
Graham Roberts, Garran


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Here is one of my favorite illustrations we have of our products in use! Caron Dunn is our most amazing illustrator and stuffed animal designer. She really understands the beauty and magic of childhood as you can see in this drawing. This little scene could be adapted to make a summer nature table. An undersea canopy could be hung over the table. Blue, green and turquoise playsilks can be laid on the table as water. Small boats, pretty stones, sea shells and beach glass can be used to set the scene. Our fishing game would be a lovely addition as a morning birthday surprise! We often add new items to our table when the children are asleep, so they are eager to notice what's new.
In my opinion a nature table is for playing with, adding to with lovely objects found in nature, but also treated with respect and care.
Some lovely wooden animals having some green grass on our table.
A Hawaiian tableau complete with palm tree.
Here is a summer nature table our friend Monica made. She is a local/Sonoma County, CA felt artist.
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