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This changes the Camels Toe's pyramid in a real pyramid
But I still have to fix some bugs:
I uploaded it to GTAGarage, it will be on the site soon
[REL|SCR] Real Pyramid
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maby he is if so it be good if some one could make in inside of it, i love the luxor hotel its great
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Anyone who spends time on the SECRETS site is familiar with the bane of many home theater dreams: the dreaded S.A.F. For the uninitiated, that's Spousal Approval Factor (or for those who insist on being politically correct, Significant Other Approval Factor). You have been afflicted by the S.A.F. if you have heard any of the following: "You're going to put WHAT in my living room?"; "That is the ugliest thing I have ever seen!" "No, you cannot paint all the walls and ceiling black!"; "Do they make that in a smaller version?", and the one often heard in my home, "Why do you need another subwoofer?"
Because for every one of us who has the ability to create their own room in the image of a spaceship, there are twenty of us who share their primary theater space with a life partner who does not share our passion for home theater (Note: 20-to-1 statistic pulled out of thin air). And therein lies the rub, because those life partners view the room as something other than a shrine dedicated to reproduction of the perfect audio-video experience.
The phenomenon reaches far beyond the homes of A/V enthusiasts. Those who would underestimate the power of the S.A.F. need only look at the proliferation of on-wall, in-wall, in-floor and in-ceiling speakers; drop-down projection screens, and flat panel displays that hide behind artwork. Indeed, major portions of the industry have re-aligned themselves towards creating products with a high S.A.F. quotient.
So how does one deal with an outbreak of S.A.F.? There is no single "right" answer. Capitulation may seem like the easiest way out, but the reminder of what-might-have-been tugs at you every time you fire up the HTIB. It is the wound that never heals. Bribery is generally a better course of action, but can result in an ugly conversation about value systems within a relationship. If spending $5,000 on a set of speakers makes perfect sense, but a $5,000 piece of jewelry seems like a terrible waste of money, then bribery (or "horse trading" if you prefer) is probably not going to work. Good old-fashioned imperialism is always an option ("it's MY house and MY money!") but only if you're prepared to deal with the consequences. That leaves compromise, settling for the proverbial half-a-loaf. Actually, my wife is very generous about allowing big tower speakers, multiple subwoofers and acoustic panels in "our" family room, so I'm very grateful for her patience. (She made me say that).
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The Citizens Advisory Committee on Secondary School Facilities proposed the immediate construction of 1,200 pupil junior high school near the center of town but not on the site of the East Ridge high school, the Oct. 11, 1962 Press reported.
"The need is so obvious, we can only add that time is of the essence. What is to be done must be done as quickly as possible without sacrificing standards," the report stated.
The committee also recommended the addition of facilities for about 450 students to the East Ridge School, which would then become a senior high school only for grades 10 through 12.
The Board of Education announced that the "new math" would be introduced to Ridgefield's elementary schools in about three years. Under the authorized plan recommended by school superintendent Dr. Philip R. Pitruzello, Mrs. Hope Gilchrist, head of the high school math department, would give a course on the new math to about 30 elementary school teachers, giving them time to evaluate the program and revise the curriculum, which had not been done in more than 10 years.
First Selectman Leo F. Carroll reported that Gilbert Street, Catoonah and a section of High Ridge would be resurfaced with two inches of bituminous concrete (blacktop). Fifty years ago those roads were surfaced with concrete which had been laid in 1925.
The Ridgefield Townies Inc., the town's chief sports supporting agency, announced a re-organization program. At a meeting conducted by Donald Ligos, president, the townies amended their by-laws to require that all programs be self-supporting. The townies also announced a winter program which included an awards dinner in October to complete the softball season, the creation of a volley ball league, Little League basketball program, basketball league and traveling team, two bowling leagues and a bowling tournament.
The Ridgefield Playhouse on Prospect Street featured "Lolita" with Sue Lyons, James Mason, Peter Sellers and Shelly Winters, followed later in the week by "Bird Man of Alcatraz" starring Burt Lancaster, Telly Savalas and Thelma Ritter.
Sylvia Sturges was elected "Mrs. State Fair" at a dinner party on that theme at the Congregational Church House.
Five boys received trophies at the first annual Babe Ruth banquet at the Italian American Club. Billy Rittenhouse of the Reds won Rookie of the Year; Rick Karwoski of the Reds was runs-batted-in championship; Phil Mitchell of Hoffman Fuel was the most valuable player and pitching champion; Ricky Hunt of the Vikings was named strike-out champion; and Rich Dingee of the Vikings was batting champ.


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The Campaign for Georgetown Hospital got a major boost recently with two significant donations.

Georgetown Hospital Foundation is thrilled to announce a generous gift of $105,000 from the Cooper-Palleschi family and a $50,000 pledge from TD Financial Group (the largest gift to date from a major financial institution to Investing in Care — Close to Home).

The gifts were announced at the Fifth Annual Walk for Georgetown Hospital.

"Because TD is part of the Halton Hills community and the Hospital is here to serve everyone, it's only fitting that our support goes to such an important local cause." said Rina DeGrazia, TD District Vice President for Central Ontario.

In recognition of the gift, Georgetown Hospital will name the TD Financial Group Women's Emergency Health Room in the new Emergency Department.

Paul Palleschi is a regional councillor representing the city of Brampton whose daughter Michelle Cooper works in the Emergency Registration Office of Georgetown Hospital.

Palleschi and his daughter brought their family together to raise funds for the expansion of Georgetown Hospital and the acquisition of what will be the first and only CT scanner in Halton Hills.

In recognition of their gift, Georgetown Hospital will name the Cooper-Palleschi Paediatric Emergency Care Room in the new Emergency Department.

Including the Cooper-Palleschi donation the Fifth Annual Walk raised $150,000 in total.

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Some south suburbs are staring down the barrel of a massive increase in employee pension assessments for fiscal year 2015, numbers that many administrators say could cripple upcoming municipal budgets.
A vote by the Plymouth County Retirement Association's board of directors, looking to set the funding schedule for pension costs, is expected on Tuesday, with many of the 55 members of the association vehemently opposed to the anticipated hikes.
"It's making me very nervous," said Marshfield Town Administrator Rocco Longo, whose town is facing a 23 percent increase in its assessed contribution, to $5.6 million, for fiscal year 2015, according to the most recent valuation. "If we don't get some relief, we'll have serious budget difficulties."
The pension contributions are expected to rise 20 percent to 30 percent from FY2014 to FY2015 for the majority of the retirement association's members, which include nearly every municipality in Plymouth County and several regional schools and housing authorities. Though the exact increases are still up for negotiation, many member communities will have to make cuts within their budgets to accommodate the assessments, or raise more revenue.
The assessments to association members are meant to help fully fund pension obligations for current retirees. Employees pay into the system, but according to retirement association officials, only 50 percent of the system is funded for all existing retirees, and members must bridge the funding gap by the year 2030.
Pushing back the deadline to fully fund existing obligations would ease the impact on member communities now. But Bill Farmer, executive director of the retirement association, said he sees such a move as only kicking the can down the road.
"There is a cost to them not paying the money up front," Farmer said. "We need to come to some sort of reasonable figure in the middle."
The association is willing to compromise, said Tom O'Brien, treasurer for Plymouth County and a voting member on the association's five-person board. One option may be to bond the association's unfunded liability and have members pay off the debt. A bill allowing such a move is seeking legislative approval.
More immediately, the association could elongate the funding schedule. But O'Brien, whose sympathy is tempered with the knowledge that member communities' hiring and salary-increase decisions affect their assessments, cautioned that doing so may limit the association's flexibility to respond to another downturn in the market.
Barbara Anderson, executive director of Citizens for Limited Taxation, placed blame with the cities and towns, saying she was grateful her organization had helped enact Proposition 2½, the state law that caps a municipality's annual tax increase at 2.5 percent plus revenue from new growth.
"Taxpayers aren't the ones insisting cities and towns create outrageous benefits for employees . . . but we wanted some protection when that day came," she said.
The Plymouth County Retirement Association faced similar struggles in 2008 and 2011, and the deadline to fully fund the system was pushed back from 2028 to 2029, and again to 2030.
Now, the member communities are hoping to push out the funding schedule to 2034 or 2036. The state allows retirement associations to be fully funded as late as 2040.
The trouble, Farmer said, is that the association gave its communities minimal increases in assessments in years past to make up for the poor economy, with the expectation that a large makeup payment would be levied in the future.
"We told them two years ago the increase would be in excess of 20 percent," Farmer said. "We only went up 4 percent last year. I could have given this [increase] last year. I gave them a break."
For communities struggling to make ends meet, it's been difficult to plan for such a large hike.
"Remember what the fiscal climate has been for the past four years, and most important the annual assessment for pension went up four of the last five years by significant amounts. Do the math," said Scituate Town Administrator Patricia Vinchesi.
Scituate is facing a 23 percent increase in its assessment, to $4.5 million in fiscal year 2015. The approximately $75,000 put away in fiscal year 2014 is far from enough. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent storm cleanup costs ate up further savings in the town.
"There needs to be a reality check," Vinchesi said.
Pembroke Town Administrator Edwin Thorne also said he wants the funding schedule pushed out to 2034. That could reduce the town's anticipated 22 percent increase in FY 2015 to 14 percent, he said, but increase several payments in future years or leave a balloon payment at the end.
In Bridgewater, which is facing a 26 percent increase in assessment from $2.7 million to $3.4 million, the hope is to push out the deadline to 2036. The current one-year hit in pension costs could mean laying off 10-12 municipal employees, Town Manager Michael Dutton said. .
Norwell Town Administrator James Boudreau said many communities are fully aware of how new employees add to the pension cost. But even with that understanding, Norwell's assessment hike of 23 percent is too high, he said.
Still, Boudreau was optimistic about a compromise. "We want an option that can reduce this spike and give us predictability going forward," he said.
Plymouth County is not alone in the struggle. Norfolk County is just beginning a discussion on what new mortality rates, or longer life expectancies, will do to retirement costs.
But even with the unknown, Norfolk County Treasurer Joseph Connolly said he was strongly opposed to the large increases Plymouth communities could face.
Connolly said he and the 42 member communities in the Norfolk County pension system will sit down with the new actuary report and work out the numbers to its 2031 funding goal. That funding schedule deadline was changed in 2010 to accommodate the 2008 economic troubles.Globe correspondent Nicole Leonard contributed to this report. Jessica Bartlett can be reached at email@example.com.


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Le rôle des affects en économie
The aim of this paper is to understand the crucial role of affects (emotions, moods and affective dispositions) in economics. Firstly, we analyse the important question of the differentiated nature of what is called "affect" in the psychological literature. Our review presents the different methods used recently by some economists in order to measure the valence of emotions or to induce "bad or good" moods to their subjects before the beginning of the games. Secondly, we analyze the behavioural impact of incidental emotions in experimental economics. We focus on the role of affect in risky behaviour and social games (cooperation, negotiation, trust). Our review shows the crucial role of intentions, anticipations, emotion expressions, as well as unconscious processes or judgment biases, in observed behaviours in the laboratory. Thirdly, we examine the first attempts of introduction of the role of affects in economic behavioural theory (inter temporal choice, social preferences models).
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text: Sensible grouse - and sensible shooters - were lying low yesterday as torrential rain swept most moors on the Glorious Twelfth. But one upland bird was preening itself in the comfortable protection of buildings as varied as Chichester Cathedral and Manchester Town Hall. Britain's peregrine falcons have come to town. Pairs have nested this summer at more than 10 urban sites where they are safe from gunfire and provided with meals from scraps and vermin on a grand scale. Like their relatives the red kites, whose revived population is scoping out suburbs in Leeds, Oxford and Gateshead, they help the binmen in a small-scale but dramatic manner. There could hardly be a more sensible move for a raptor which remains the victim of rogue gamekeepers in the countryside because of an exaggerated belief in the scale of its predation on young game birds. Better protection and stronger enforcement has halted a decline in the rural population and even seen a modest rise in the last decade. But town-dwelling adds a cushion to their numbers, and one much less susceptible to change. "Be wowed as you watch them chase their lunch through the air!" exclaim handouts from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds about the peregrines currently living high on the chimney of Tate Modern in London. Four free telescopes are focused all day on these birds, the fastest animals in the world, and visitors queue for them. More comfortable and perhaps more enlightening than a soggy day in the shooting butts.


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Jurors in the trial of a lobbyist accused of bribing federal officials with meals and event tickets are having trouble reaching a verdict.
The 12 jurors hearing the case of Kevin Ring, an associate of corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, sent a note to the judge Wednesday saying they were deadlocked and requesting guidance.
They wanted to know the criteria for deciding when gifts given to public officials are illegal. U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle told them, "It isn't simple," but they must determine whether Ring gave gifts with a corrupt intent. She sent them back to deliberate more.
Ring is on trial a second time. The first jury could not agree whether he was guilty of trying to corrupt congressional aides and Bush administration officials.


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With just a few days before everyone goes on holiday leave, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have left an early Christmas gift for the region. Though it will still take a few years to implement, the parliament has paved the way for a common charger that will work on all mobile devices, regardless of the manufacturer.
The directive is part of a larger agreement that revolves around radio equipment such as cellphones, modems, and even car door openers. Since September, the European Union has been mulling over enforcing the implementation of a universal charger for all mobile devices based on the micro USB standard. This move is a reaction to the growing electronic waste in the region, some of which can be attributed to the myriad and sometimes incompatible chargers made by competing manufacturers.
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) and the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, currently held by Lithuania, have agreed to oblige manufacturers to make their devices compatible with a common charger. In addition, they have also agreed to better monitor the compliance of manufacturers and products in member states. This might lead to the creation of a process that will require radio equipment to be registered before being put out into the market.
Ideal as it may sound, it will still take a long time before this common charger system becomes reality. This draft still needs to be adopted by the Internal Market Committee and all member states before being put on vote sometime around March 2014. Once it passes that stage, member states will be given two years to put the agreement into national law. Manufacturers will then be given one more year to transition and comply.
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i3 Electronics In Endicott Selling Excess Inventory
An Endicott-based electronics manufacturing firm is seeking to sell what it bills as "excess inventory."
The successor to Endicott Interconnect Technologies – i3 Electronics – has posted a five-page list on its website offering thousands of items the company no longer needs.
i3 Electronics Incorporated was created after Endicott Interconnect Technologies filed for bankruptcy protection last summer. The sale to i3 Electronics was finalized on October 31.
Endicott Interconnect had 2,000 employees when it was formed in the state-financed sale of IBM's Endicott microelectronics unit in 2002. That company's workforce had dwindled to 575 as of last June.
i3 Electronics has not announced how many people work for the company. But i3 Electronics president Robert Nead in January said 28 employees were laid off because of weak sales.
Although Endicott Interconnect Technologies signs at the Huron Campus recently were removed, no i3 Electronics signs are visible.
i3 Electronics officials did not return calls on Tuesday seeking comment on the status of the company's operations.


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mar in japan
Appreciate if you can give me some advice on the following itinerary :)
Thanks in advance
8 - 18 mar
Day 1 Tokyo
Days 2 Tokyo – yamanashi
Or should we go to Nagano to get to takayama
Day 3 - Takayama
Day 4 Shirakawa-go (is it still snowing at that period? Is it worth staying a night or just a day trip?)
Day 5 Takayama –Shin-hotaka (snow mountain) Northern Alps and Shinhotaka Ropeway, return and travel to nagano.
Stay Nagano (is it far to Kyoto? should I go direct to Kyoto?)
Days 6 Kyoto
During stay in Kyoto - would like to visit Arashiyama district, Osaka, Nara - Otaimatsu, Uji, Nijo Castle, Kinaku-ji Golden Pavilion, Kiyomizudera, Nishiki market
Day 9 Kyoto – Tokyo
Days 10 Hakone/Mt Fuji
Day 11 Tokyo - Return
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I think the best way to travel would be to use a 7 day JR Pass from day 3 to 9 and buy local tickets for the rest. Travel to Takayama - Nagano - Kyoto and back to Tokyo.
Now let's go a little more in detail, Yamanashi is a little out when you plan to travel on to Takayama but at the same so is Nagano. The difference in ticket price is (¥ 2,720) for Yamanashi from Tokyo and (¥ 8,170) for Nagano .
On to Takayama and Shirakawago, the area is beautiful to visit year round, however the snow season is coming to an end in March, so there may or may not be snow when you get there. Shirakawago village can be visited either as a trip or night's stay. If you have the time I would recommend staying the night as this is one of the only ways to experience to village light up, which is just beautiful!
As for going to Nagano or directly to Kyoto after, going to Nagano adds about 5 hours of travel time from Takayama and an other 4 hours travel time from Nagano to Kyoto. Depending on your own preferences it may be better to skip Nagano as it adds so much travel time.
I hope this helps!
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A recent EEOC discussion letter opines that adopting education requirements for jobs may screen out certain applicants, and that employers shouldn't apply the standard unless they can show that the requirement is job-related. While including education requirements in job listings isn't likely to become illegal, HR professionals may want to rethink asking about candidates' educational backgrounds.
Education requirements have long been a common, almost standard, part of job postings. But have you ever stopped to consider the lawfulness of this particular prerequisite? The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has.
A recent EEOC letter opines that, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, "if an employer adopts a high school diploma requirement for a job, and that requirement 'screens out' an individual who is unable to graduate because of a condition that meets the ADA's definition of 'disability,' the employer may not apply the standard unless it can demonstrate that the diploma requirement is job-related and consistent with business necessity."
Further, the letter adds, employers shouldn't list a high-school diploma as a job requirement if the job functions could be performed by individuals without one.
The recent rumblings from the EEOC reflect the organization's focus on "what it considers systemic discrimination, as opposed to isolated civil-rights violations," says David James, shareholder and chair of the labor and employment practice group of Minneapolis-based law firm Nilan Johnson Lewis.
"Consistent with this initiative, the EEOC has taken a particular interest in hiring criteria, from credit checks to arrest and criminal records to education requirements," he says. "The EEOC views such screening tools as having a disparate impact on minority applicants and other protected classes, and hopes to reduce or even eliminate the use of these criteria."
While it's unlikely that including education requirements in job postings will become illegal, the EEOC letter may spur more employers and HR professionals to re-examine why they include them, says James.
"For positions that don't justify such an education requirement, HR leaders should consider why they previously sought such information.
"Expecting a particular degree is often proxy for expecting an applicant to have a particular skill set, knowledge or experience," he says. "Eliminating an education requirement would not preclude HR professionals and hiring managers from asking an applicant questions designed to reveal whether he or she has the desired attributes."
Most federal courts likely wouldn't look kindly at an EEOC interpretation that amounts to a complete ban on including educational requirements in job postings, says Mark Spring, a Sacramento, Calif.-based partner in the employment law firm of Carothers DiSante and Freudenberger.
Still, a closer focus on the necessity of education requirements can affect the way HR professionals evaluate job candidates, he says.
In addition, while removal of such requirements may aid individuals without high-school diplomas, it may have the opposite effect on other would-be employees who are already struggling to find jobs.
"It would tend to hurt recent college graduates and those with limited job experience, as many of those candidates have little to support their employment marketability beyond their education," says Spring. "This group as a whole is already having a very difficult time finding employment, resulting in unusually high unemployment and underemployment rates for those in their 20s."
As it stands now, HR professionals should take a closer look at just how critical a candidate's education may be to performing the job, says John B. Flood, an attorney with employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart in Washington.
"HR should consider whether the requirement is job related and consistent with business necessity," he says.
"In other words, [HR and hiring managers] should be able to demonstrate the importance of the requirement to the successful performance of the essential or key duties of the job for which it is used, and also that the requirement helps at some level to indicate an applicant's potential success or lack of success in the position," he says.
To make sure this can be done, HR must consider -- on a position-by-position basis -- why the educational requirement is important, and should be prepared to explain its relevance to the job, Flood says.
"As an HR leader, ask yourself, as well as key management officials who will be involved in the hiring process, to explain the relationship or nexus between the two. While that will take some time to do, it's better to do so now, versus having to try and explain it for the first time to the EEOC in response to a charge of discrimination, or in a deposition during a lawsuit," he says.
HR leaders should also question whether requiring a certain level of education actually strengthens the applicant pool for a given position, adds James.
"Ask questions such as: 'Is there anything about this job that requires a high school diploma or other degree?' " he asks. "Does an education requirement help identify candidates who would be successful in this job? Does an education requirement have a distinct purpose, or is including it in the posting merely the status quo?
"If HR professionals undertake this analysis before posting an open position and decide to include an education requirement, the answers to these questions will go a long way toward justifying a challenged criterion," James says.
Ultimately, "the right solution to this issue will depend on the specific facts of the position at issue," adds Flood. "But I think that considering these questions carefully will help ensure that the employer can hire those who are best qualified to fill vacant positions without being unnecessarily fearful of a potential charge or lawsuit down the road."


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In Reply to: Praise . . . mother posted by R. Berg on August 14, 2003
: : Is this proverb used in the English speaking countries? in which occasions?
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: I've never heard it in the United States.
That sounds familiar. I've believe I've seen it my references. Not promising anything, but I'll try to find it. I take it to mean that if you want to gain favor with a mother, praise her children.


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Employees at Los Angeles Federal Credit Union recently paid $5 each for the right to go casual at work and raised $400 for "Miracle Jeans Day," an annual charity campaign that donates funds to 170 Children's Miracle Network hospitals across the continent. Local contributions go to Children's Hospital, Los Angeles. LAFCU said it's part of the national "Credit Unions for Kids" effort that has raised more than $80 million for CMN hospitals in the past 15 years. Shown here, left to right, areLAFCU employees Antonio Robinson, Art Liquigan, Paul Figueroa, Tony Quiros, IT vice president Brian Todd and SVP/CFO Richard Lie.


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The words came from Michael Clemons, the tone barely audible, the sounds of his voice saying loudly what his nouns and verbs would not.
It's over.
The edge is gone from this championship Argonauts team. The defence of their Grey Cup title clearly is in peril.
He was saying it without saying it, because it's not his nature to be negative, because he's the head coach, but all you had to do was read his body language to know.
All you had to do was see the sadness in his eyes to understand the Argos are in a free fall.
"We don't play unless somebody's got their foot on our throats," Arland Bruce III muttered after yesterday's self-destructive 17-13 defeat in front of the largest regular-season home crowd in more than a decade (34,116).
Memo to Argos players: That foot on your throat yesterday was your own.
For the third time in the past six weeks, the Argos beat the Argos. They are becoming rather adept at defeating themselves. It's the rest of the CFL with which they're having trouble.
"They didn't stop us," quarterback Damon Allen said. "We stopped us. Ain't nobody panicking over here."
Maybe they should be.
In no particular order on Thanksgiving Monday, there was little reason for celebration: The Argos scored a touchdown that wasn't, had a punt blocked, gave up a punt return for a score, got caught for pass interference in the end zone, got called three times for unsportsmanlike conduct, and lined up in the wrong formation on what should have been the tying touchdown.
This doesn't happen to teams on the rise, only to those on the decline. This doesn't happen to the champion that thinks it can be champion again.
"A game like that," Clemons said, "is hard to understand. "We don't want to stumble into the playoffs."
But stumbling they happen to be. The past six weeks have been all too telling for a team nearing the verge of collapse. Win. Loss. Win. Loss. Win. Loss. The pendulum swings. "That means," Clemons said, "we're due for one."
The Argos are a first-place team that just doesn't happen to look like one anymore. The stars are all in place. This basically is the same bunch that won the Grey Cup. Last year you could feel it. This year, nothing.
The Argos are tied with the Montreal Alouettes for first in the East, having blown a two-game lead along the way.
"If you had told me we'd be tied for the top after 14 games, we'd take that. But if you asked me if we'd take an 8-6 record, the answer would be no," the coach said.
There is an old Don Matthews expression about football teams he likes to throw out at times such as this: There are only two kinds of teams, Matthews tends to lecture, those getting better and those getting worse.
His Montreal team is getting better. The Argos complete the sentence but the way things are going for them, would be penalized on the play for poor grammar.
They say they made simple mistakes. All of them were simple mistakes, composure mistakes, coverage mistakes, formation mistakes. Take your pick.
Running back John Avery runs into the end zone on what he believes is the tying score only to find out the Argos failed to have a left tackle lined up on the play. That came after he fumbled away an opportunity the quarter before.
Receiver Robert Baker makes a series of terrific plays then fails to tuck in the ball after a catch with the Argos driving for the go-ahead score.
Then Jonathan Brown, who was nothing short of terrific at defensive end yesterday, goes offside on a defensive stop the Argos need to make to still have a chance.
When the best players are making the biggest mistakes it's time to turn out the lights on a championship defence. It's time for more than concern.
"We've been in every game," Pinball Clemons said in a whisper , forever trying to put on a happy face. But he couldn't do it on this day.
He couldn't and his team couldn't.


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A driver suspected of following a man home after an argument at a McDonald's early Monday and ramming him with a car later returned to the restaurant and was taken into custody, sheriff's officials said.
The victim, Jorge Alberto-Rocha Osuna, 26, of National City, is hospitalized on life support, sheriff's homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said.
The altercation began about 2:30 a.m. at the McDonald's on Avocado Boulevard in Rancho San Diego.
The victim was in the drive-thru lane when two vehicles pulled in behind him. A man got out and banged on the windows of the restaurant and the victim's car, Giannantonio said.
Two men in the victim's car then got out and a fight ensued. When it broke up, the victim drove to a home on Avocado Village Court and the other cars followed, Giannantonio said.
The drivers revved their engines and, with squealing tires, drove at the victim, who was standing in the driveway of his apartment complex. Both cars swerved and missed him, but one driver backed up and his car rammed the man, pinning him against a building. Both drivers then fled.
The victim suffered head trauma and broken bones.
The car that hit him was found abandoned nearby.
The suspect, identified as Darius Watkins-Risberg, 19, of Spring Valley, returned to the McDonald's in the afternoon and voluntarily went with sheriff's detectives, Giannantonio said.
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The odds of the National Lacrosse League having a 2008 season appear to have gone from slim to none and the vitriol was dripping on both sides yesterday after commissioner Jim Jennings announced the cancellation of the 2008 season.
Calling it "a very dark day," Jennings blamed the Professional Lacrosse Players' Association for failing to agree to a long-term collective bargaining agreement after four labour disputes in seven years.
"We're deeply disappointed that the (PLPA's) executives rejected our proposal (Monday night) without allowing each player to vote," Jennings said.
Toronto Rock president and co-owner Brad Watters suggested the PLPA didn't carry out the wishes of the players.
"I'd say if you asked the players, 85% would have accepted the raises we put on the table," Watters said bluntly.
"I think their leadership advised them it was a big bluff, and the big bluff has come back on them. Have a fun winter."
Both PLPA executive director Dave Succamore and Rock captain Jim Veltman took umbrage with the comments.
"(Watters) hasn't phoned me, maybe he's contacted more players," Veltman said.
"Their proposal was (crap)," Succamore added. "We wouldn't be doing our jobs if we recommended that to the players."
Watters recognized that the loss of what would have been the club's tenth season in Toronto would be devastating.
"The league will survive, but it will definitely be a new landscape 15 months from now," he said. "It's a very competitive market. We'll need to work very hard to rebuild our fan base. We'll have to re-establish ourselves."
Even though games weren't scheduled to begin until early in the new year, Jennings said he has instructed teams to release all of the dates they were holding with arenas.
Watters said the Rock will do that this weekend and added, "once we release the dates, it's over."
The league claims that only three or four teams make money on an annual basis, but the PLPA and many players believe the numbers presented are inaccurate.


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A post-label world? Sonic Youth and Prince look for alternatives
A friend of mine who works for an indie label once said "when artists are ready to pack up and out their albums, book their own tours and do all of their own marketing, then we can start worrying about our jobs." He was being facetious of course, thinking that most artists didn't want to do this dirty work and instead concentrate on their craft. To some extent he's right but with other promo opportunities available, this might not be such a far-fetched idea anymore.
Two interesting recent cases made me think of this. In the first one, the artist still known as Prince cut a deal with an English publication to make his new album available with a future edition of the paper. Needless to say, the label as well as record stores weren't thrilled with the prospect of this kind of competition. Sounds kind of like the furor that the Stones raised when they offered their Forty Licks album exclusively to Best Buy initially- some stores actually pulled their catalog off the shelves to protest.
In the case of the Artist, he's not a complacent guy when it comes to music or promo. His recent comeback of sorts included not just a Grammy appearance that they're still parodying on Saturday Night Life but also a Superbowl half-time appearance that had its share of controversy. This isn't even the first time that he's given away free CD's either- on his 2003 tour, he had copies of Musicology handed out to each of the audience members upon entering the respective arenas (that's how I got my copy).
Seeing that their bottom line is getting undermined once again, record stores aren't happy that they're being kept out of the loop. After all, why is someone going to buy the new album at their shop when they can just get it for free with the paper? (though you'd have to shell out for the paper, it would be cheaper than getting the album) Obviously, Prince himself is comfortable with getting all this publicity and giving his audience more than one way to get his music. Since a best-selling artist is cutting into their bottom line, you can understand why the shops are mad about this. Maybe part of the answer is making a music store such an unique, inviting experience that consumers will come there whether or not Prince's album is on sale- for a good example of this, see this article about the Rough Trade shop's makeover in the UK.
And then there's the story of Sonic Youth selling a greatest hits collection at Starbucks. Yep, I did a double-take when I heard that also but it's true and they're unapologetic about it. Like Prince, they figure this is another (novel) way to reach their audience and/or potential audience. Like Dylan doing the Victoria's Secret ad, this might be ground-breaking in that their deal may make other artists think "if they can do it, then why shouldn't I?"
Of course, in the case of SY, there's this indie mythos about "selling out" and such. No doubt, they also had the same curses hurled at them not only when they signed with a major but also when they kept evolving and wouldn't remake their old albums, tending towards more melodic pastures. Ah, if only they could remake Evol and Daydream Nation (which they're now recreating in sequence on tour) again and again and again and again. If only they could stay on their own SYR label or sign to an indie label again. If only they could play small clubs like back in the day. If only they could conform to the ridiculous expectations that some fans have of them. I admit I had mixed feelings when I heard about the Starbucks deal but as Thurston Moore explained, they just wanna get the word out about their music and since major labels are collapsing rapidly, bands have to find other ways to do this. I don't begrudge them that because as someone who's been an SY booster for years, I love to tell other people how good their music is and hope that they'll appreciate it too- that's not only being a fan but also part of the proselytizing function of being a writer.
Personally, I try to avoid Starburcks just 'cause they try to eat up competition as surely as Microsoft does on its own turf. But if Sir Paul and Brother Ray can get a hit record out of getting a deal with the coffee giant, it's not too much of a stretch to think that other performers will think the same. And if the coffee giant is hep enough to work with SY and help 'em find more fans, why would an SY fan really begrudge them that? Still, my own rule of thumb remains that it ain't necessarily bad if a band wants to have their songs appear in commercials as long as it ain't a bad product or something they support, which is why I'll be eternally grateful for post-punkers Liliput/Kleenex for turning down thousands of dollars for an SUV ad (especially since the guitarist now works for the World Wildlife Federation).
Of course, some people are going to think that Fergie now asking companies for cash for product placement in her songs is the ultimate insult but as she and her management note, that might be the wave of the future, like it or not. Remember that McDonald's had an offer on the table for rappers to tout their product in their lyrics last year (I guess that rappers are the only artists they think can reach their young demographic). And now with even one of the ultimate old-school indie bands the Fall licensing out their music for car commercials, we just have to face facts and heed what Dr. Eugene Chadbourne once told us:
"Every vital, free-thinking, convention-shattering cultural movement that only the real hipsters know about eventually becomes a car commercial."


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When you think of the great inventors, you probably think of people such as Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell and even Steve Jobs - people who have brought entirely new concepts to the market. But great ideas and innovations don't have to change the world. Sometimes the best new product opportunities start with small improvements in existing concepts. For example, Pam Moore improved on the standard ice tray after trying to squeeze ice cubes into the narrow openings of sport bottles for her son's soccer games. Her frustration led her to develop a cylinder design ice try, which she called "Ice Tubes." The enhanced product fits perfectly into the opening of most sports bottles! Millions of Ice Tubes are now in kitchens around the world.

A lot of smart people have great ideas for product enhancements, but they don't ever pursue them because research and development with prototypes and patents can add up to a lot of time and money. One award winning innovator and entrepreneur advises that you can get your idea to the marketplace without a big investment through a licensing agreement.

Inventor Stephen Key didn't invent the basketball backboard. He improved it with a photograph of Michael Jordan with arms outstretched so children could throw to a basketball superstar. Key took his backboard enhancement to a toy company who loved his idea. This veteran innovator believes that many times, people overlook the potential of enhancements to existing products.

 "It is the small improvements on existing ideas paying off!" Key likens it to renting an idea to a company and every time they sell the product, you get paid. And he should know how licensing works, with licensing deals for more than twenty ideas in fields as diverse as the toy, beverage, athletic, music, and health industries. Collectively, Key's creations have sold more than half a billion units and generated billions of dollars of retail revenue.

I recently spoke to Key about his book, One Simple Idea, filled with ideas on ways to turn great ideas into a passive income generator by "renting" the idea to a company, which takes care of R&D, production, marketing, sales, accounting, and distribution through licensing. In an interview during my radio show, Key explained that when he has an idea or enhancement he wants to license, he doesn't spend a lot of money on prototypes or research and development. Instead, he invests about a hundred dollars in a provisional patent application so he can legitimately claim "patent pending" status for a full year while he shops his idea or enhancement to see if it has "legs."

Key admits there are always exceptions, but believes in most cases you can find out if your idea is a good one for a couple of hundred dollars. He encourages those with ideas to stop thinking about their work as inventing and switch to the mindset of a product developer.

"You should summarize your idea in one sentence that grabs you and keep it simple on one sheet to send to manufacturers so it is obvious what the benefit of your idea is in the marketplace," he explains.

Many of the world's biggest brands are looking for new ideas and innovations from consumers. Key says these opportunities exist because people who use products know what they like and what they don't. Many companies are putting out the call for new product development. "You don't re-invent the wheel. Show them simple ideas that companies can take them to market quickly," Key advises.


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The quango in charge of freedom of information has been caught trying to 'bury' its own bad news.
A string of internal emails show staff at the Information Commissioner's Office conspiring to limit the fallout from a decision not to take action against a snooping website.
Senior public servants at the transparency watchdog describe plans 'to pick a day when it looks like a busy news day out there'.
David Smith, the deputy information commissioner, is advised to 'bury' the announcement 'amongst others'. In the end, the decision not to take action against the website Internet Eyes – which offers payment to members of the public who use CCTV cameras to spy on innocent shoppers – was made public on June 14.


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Forward progress in NFL
For the first time in Buffalo Bills history, two black quarterbacks will oppose each other. ¶ That's not the story. ¶ What's noteworthy is that nobody noticed. ¶ Today's quarterbacks in Ralph Wilson Stadium will be rookie EJ Manuel, the Bills' first black quarterback in 26 years, and Carolina Panthers star Cam Newton. ¶ This bit of history wasn't explored or even acknowledged throughout the week. ¶ Should it have been? ¶ That a matchup of black quarterbacks wasn't discussed could be viewed as sociological progress. We don't think about the color of an athlete's skin as much as we used to. ¶ But perhaps it's worthwhile to reflect on these moments so we don't take such significant improvements for granted. ¶ "A lot of people probably won't pay attention to it, but we should," Manuel said. "Twenty years ago, this wouldn't happen." ¶ Manuel was born in 1990. That year, Warren Moon estimated, he still was receiving death threats merely for being a black quarterback. That year, a fourth of the NFL's teams still hadn't asked a black quarterback to throw.
Manuel last Sunday was one of nine black quarterbacks to start on opening day, an NFL record. The league needed 55 years before its ninth black quarterback attempted a pass.
"The change is in every stadium," said Marlin Briscoe, the first black quarterback to start in the modern NFL and later a Bills receiver. "There was a point in time not too long ago when there weren't two black quarterbacks in the whole league – starting, backup or development squad."
Now we're entering Week Two with a quarterback matchup that would've been a national storyline 15 years ago.
There wasn't a whisper locally.
"That's a good thing," Moon said by phone from the Seattle area. "That's what we're trying to get to, where there's just two quarterbacks going against one another. They both happen to be black.
"A quarter of the league has African-American quarterbacks. I'm really happy about that, but I'm also happy that it's not a big deal because I think people are accepting it a little more."
Black quarterbacks aren't curiosities anymore. Yet white quarterbacks maintain a distinct majority even though about 67 percent of all NFL players are black.
"We still have some work to do in that area," said James Harris, who played for the Bills one year after Briscoe reintegrated the position. "The answers can be in the numbers as to how far we have to go."
Dr. Harry Edwards stressed the rise of black quarterbacks is an issue worthy of continual examination. Edwards was the activist behind the iconic black-power salute at the Olympics in 1968, the same year Briscoe started for the Broncos.
"There's the underlying story of how we got here that we should be cognizant of," said Edwards, a sociologist, author and longtime San Francisco 49ers consultant. "When we really don't understand the dynamics and substance of how things came, we're typically doomed to lose them.
"That's the importance of the story: How we got here, not just that you have two black quarterbacks facing each other."
Edwards and Moon, a Seattle Seahawks broadcaster, could discuss the subject tonight at CenturyLink Field. They'll be there to watch the 49ers and Seahawks, teams with black starting quarterbacks.
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In 1969, the Bills had on their roster two of the NFL's first six black quarterbacks.
The Bills drafted Harris in the eighth round and signed Briscoe to play receiver. Briscoe was unable to find work as a quarterback despite starting for the Denver Broncos the year before.
They became roommates and constantly counseled one another on how to handle their plights.
"James dealt with hell just like I did," Briscoe said. "It was a long, arduous track."
Harris recalled an environment in the 1960s and 1970s "where you're expecting to get cut every day and know each practice could be your last, each play could be your last."
Briscoe went 2-3 in five starts for the Broncos as a rookie. He completed 41.5 percent of his passes with 14 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He ran for 308 yards and three touchdowns.
But the Broncos didn't consider Briscoe a quarterback candidate the next year. So he shopped himself around and found Bills coach John Rauch the only one willing to bring him aboard. The Bills already had Jack Kemp, Tom Flores and Harris. Briscoe had to learn a new position.
"My lot was going to be either switch positions or go home and teach school," Briscoe said from his home in Long Beach, Calif. "I had too much pride to give up."
Briscoe had a Pro Bowl season for the Bills in 1970 with 57 receptions, 1,036 yards and eight touchdowns. He was a receiver on the Miami Dolphins' undefeated 1972 squad and enjoyed a nine-year career.
But getting forced to change positions always stung Briscoe.
"I felt very bad for Marlin," Harris said. "I was as frustrated as he was because it was just so unfair for him and all the other outstanding black quarterbacks who didn't get a chance.
"Marlin was bitter, and I was bitter for Marlin. That really bothered me because it was something he wanted real bad and had proven it. It wasn't right. It hurt."
Harris bemoaned countless quarterback careers that were lost to bigotry.
Sandy Stephens was a Heisman Trophy finalist for Minnesota. The Cleveland Browns drafted him in the second round, and the New York Jets took him fifth overall in 1962, when the NFL and AFL conducted separate drafts. Both teams intended to switch Stephens' position, so he played quarterback in Canada instead.
Three rounds before the Bills took Harris in 1969, the Boston Patriots made Onree Jackson from Alabama A&M the first black quarterback drafted to play that position alone. Jackson was cut in training camp.
The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Alcorn State star Marvin Weeks in the 15th round in 1970, but to play defensive back. The Bills selected Matthew Reed from Grambling in the 10th round in 1973, but Reed played in Canada.
"If today's black quarterbacks played in 1968, they would be wide receivers, defensive backs, tight ends," Briscoe said. "If I played today, I would be a quarterback. Those just were the times. If you were black and mobile, you switched positions."
Harris started three games for the Bills over three seasons, but said "They gave me an opportunity, and I'm thankful for that."
Harris found success with the Los Angeles Rams. He went 18-4 as a starter in 1974-75 and went to a Pro Bowl before injuries rendered him a backup again. Harris lasted 11 years as a player and has been an NFL personnel executive since 1997.
Booker Edgerson, a member of the Bills' Wall of Fame, played with Briscoe and Harris in 1969. Edgerson will be mindful of how far black quarterbacks have come when he attends today's game in Ralph Wilson Stadium.
"I like to see individuals achieve through their abilities rather than focus on their racial background," Edgerson said. "Unfortunately, we're not at that point yet.
"I'll have to defer to that and say, yes, I am looking at history. I've got to be happy with that, happy to see two black quarterbacks going head to head.
"It's not something I need to cheer about, but it's definitely worth noting that finally the African-American quarterbacks are getting the respect they should've had years ago."
Different philosophies
Manuel and Newton seem to have different philosophies on the subject.
At the Panthers' training facility this week, Newton downplayed the significance of nine black starting quarterbacks. He brushed off the notion skin color matters anymore, that there's some black quarterbacks club.
"You don't have a bar mitzvah just because you're a starting African-American quarterback in this league," Newton said.
Manuel was more introspective when asked how he views his place on the black quarterback timeline.
"Obviously, I'm very proud to carry the torch for guys like Doug Williams and Randall Cunningham and Warren Moon and all those other quarterbacks who were treated unfairly," Manuel said.
"You want to move past that, where we're not talking about white quarterbacks or black quarterbacks. I want to be known as a winning quarterback. But at the end of the day, you are who you are, and it does matter."
Although the Bills signed Vince Young and traded for Tarvaris Jackson last year and have Thad Lewis on their practice squad, Manuel is only the third black quarterback to play for them.
Manuel became Buffalo's first black quarterback in 26 years, when Willie Totten played two games as a 1987 strike replacement.
Only the San Diego Chargers, at 34 years, entered this season with a longer interval; Harris was their last in 1979. The Green Bay Packers are at 26 years and counting, but that could end this year. New backup Seneca Wallace is black.
Six years ago, a black quarterback still hadn't played for the New York Giants.
Stereotypes still exist
Integration hasn't eradicated the negative stereotypes.
Black quarterbacks almost never are compared to white quarterbacks in terms of playing style or demeanor. Black quarterbacks are assumed to be runners. As pro prospects entering the draft, their character often is looked upon wearily.
For instance, while Newton won the Heisman Trophy at Auburn, many analysts and fans predicted he would be another JaMarcus Russell. The Oakland Raiders drafted Russell first overall in 2007 and cut him after three atrocious seasons. Russell is considered football's biggest draft bust.
The problem with that comparison, aside from the fact Newton being named Offensive Rookie of the Year and going to the Pro Bowl, was Russell and Newton are totally unalike except their general physical appearance.
Russell was a pocket passer with 40 rushing attempts in three years for Oakland. Newton ran 253 times his first two seasons.
"That just shows the ignorance of some people for trying to lump everybody in one basket," Moon said. "I hate that. Everybody should be treated as an individual.
"I don't know if you're ever going to change everybody's mindset. There's still a lot of bias out there. But as long as we continue to let people excel on their own merits, then we will continue to have progress."
Had the typical NFL observer been told 20 years ago there'd be nine black starting quarterbacks in 2013, he'd likely assume the position was dominated by scramblers who preferred to scamper and threw only out of desperation.
Last weekend, quarterbacks passed for 8,143 yards and 63 touchdowns, all-time records for any week.
Edwards emphasized that breaking down color barriers isn't necessarily synonymous with equality.
"What gave us the black quarterback was not a sea change in racial attitudes," Edwards said. "What gave us the black quarterback was a business consideration. You can't give a guy $50 million and then have him sitting in the tub half of his career.
"What gave us the black quarterback was Lawrence Taylor, Charles Haley, Reggie White, Kevin Greene, Chris Doleman. Those are the people who gave us the black quarterback just as surely as the lion gave the antelope his speed."
The need for elusive quarterbacks could change, Edwards noted.
As the NFL continues to micromanage collisions and constantly tweaks its safety policies and rules, pocket passers could become more valuable.
"If they protect the quarterbacks to the point where they say 'You can't sack the quarterback,' then you will see the black quarterback go away," Edwards said. "We're in an evolutionary process, not a linear process, not a straight line toward a specific destination."
Third start will be historic
Unless an injury prevents it, Manuel will start next Sunday against the New York Jets. Their quarterback, rookie Geno Smith, also is black.
So a unique game in Bills history quickly won't be unique anymore.
Manuel's third start will tie Harris for most in club history by a black quarterback, and maybe that's not a big deal to most.
But it's notable to Manuel, whose father conveyed how much harder a young EJ would have to work and how much better he must perform to override stereotypes and labels.
"You certainly hope we get to the point where it's all based on the best player and you don't have to say what color he is," Harris said. "That's all it's ever been about, people getting the opportunity to compete and let the best players play.
"It is still newsworthy when it happens for the first time, but all we ever wanted was a fair chance. We all had dreams. Like any kid growing up, we had dreams."
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What's immediately obvious to anyone who's ever watched or listened to an episode of The Atheist Experience is that this isn't us. Of course, that doesn't stop Shockofgod, whose real name is Rich Allen, by the way. Rich, who is known for his YouTube videos in which he mounts a camera to his helmet and rides his motorcycle in traffic while spouting bad apologetics, truly knows no shame. He not only posted the clip above, he posted the following on Yahoo! Answers:
Note the answer he chose as the best answer, and the fact that he totally misrepresented what Michael was saying to him. He dismisses all the other gods, because no one has presented sufficient evidence to support their existence. Likewise, we dismiss his god for the same reason.
Now, you could argue that maybe Rich is just so dumb that he didn't realize what Michael was saying. I'd think that too if he hadn't chosen this answer after I posted the following response to him:
So now that Rich has so thoughtfully provided written evidence of his dishonesty, feel free to call him on it whenever you can. Of course, you can't do that on the video above. He's disabled comments. So now which one of us is terrified again?
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[NO NOOBS][ROM][2.3.7][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 for Samsung Galaxy SL
All credits are reserved for codeworkx and any one whom was working or is working on this port
Latest release 24.1.2012 :
- video playback fix
- updated the kernel to UC v8
Summary for this project :
First of all this project is still under development and it can't be considered as stable.
What is working in this port :
- Calls and sms
- Audio
- Wifi
- Internal & external sdcards
- Bluetooth
- Touchscreen
- Camera
- vibration
- video playback
- DSP manager (seems to work after reinstalling it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=161) ( thanks goes to tanmayrocks )
- Video recording
- Hotspot
- Tethering
- Applications that require mic can't use the mic
Any feature that is not listed here it's not tested yet and it might be working
Install instruction:
- First time flashing CM 7 to your Galaxy SL (or coming from another ROM)?
Install a Kernel with ClockworkMod Recovery (any one should work).
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1151704
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1357747
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1311983
Do a Nandroid backup!
Install the ROM from sdcard using ClockworkMod Recovery
Optionally install the Google Addon
- Upgrading from earlier CM7?
Do a Nandroid Backup!
Install the ROM (your Google apps will be backed up automatically)
Optionally install the Google Addon (might get lost during update)
There are no Google Apps bundled with CM ROMs, because Google asked Cyanogen to remove copyrighted apps, after flashing rom don't forget to flash Google Addon package if you want it.
NOTE: Your device will be fully converted to EXT4, except for the efs partition. You'll lose all data on the first install!
05.11.2011-1: http://www.multiupload.com/SGI6Y6W5H9
- overlay: fixed the overlapping issue, makes camera controls visible
05.11.2011-2: http://www.multiupload.com/UUPRTB8JPO
- apply device specific overlays
- fixed auto brightness
- performance improvement
- opensourced liblights module
- touchbutton backlight should now act as notification led
27.11.2011: http://www.multiupload.com/UV6NDZKDMG
- Replace the old kernel sources with the latest release from samsung
- Replace the liboverlay with the original overlay
- Replace the libcamera with the original libcamera released by samsung (and modified by codeworkx)
- Fix image capturing using the front camera
note this package missing the librotation.so download it and push it to system/lib
download link:http://www.multiupload.com/2PIVAHPSJX
- Touchscreen fixed
- librotation.so included in the package
- fix some bugs in the liboverlay
- fix camera preview
- fix camera freez after capturing image
- fix front camera
- vibration fix
- video playback fix
- updated the kernel to UC v8
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Pull out method is not a reliable method for contraception and failure rates are high in this case.Cuff injury as such cannot cause the periods to be delayed for so long.Regarding the pregnancy symptoms some woman do not exhibit at all and some can even start having it within a week of conception.
Get a Blood HCG test done immediately for pregnancy determination.Kindly visit a Gynaecologist for evaluation.
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Thank you. I mentioned my rotary cuff injury because I am thinking that the stress of worrying about if I will need surgery is keeping my period at bay.
I took a pregnancy test yesterday and it came back negative. I have been sleepy and now my breasts are starting to get sore. What are the chances that I could be pregnant although the result is negative. I'm 15 days late now.
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Powers of attorney don't work past death. That is what a will is for. You can't make a power of attorney effective after your death.
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The Vladivostok office of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has launched several successful initiatives over the past few months with USAID support. Having the advantage of being a small office in the biggest and one of the most progressive cities of the Russian Far East (RFE), the office has managed a series of innovative projects that have created avenues for legal and social progress. These include a sex-trafficking training and law school curriculum, a traveling lawyers program, a jury trial training, and a human rights law conference.
In August 2007, the ABA conducted a training with consular officers about sex trafficking. The goal was to train personnel who issue visas about characteristics of trafficking and what action to take. The pilot training was then revised and packaged as a stand alone training which any consular office could do in any country with the addition of local information and resources. Additionally, a sex trafficking curriculum for law students was developed and is currently being taught by four Russian professors at the Far Eastern State University in Vladivostok. After being tested in spring 2008, it will be revised and made into a stand alone curriculum with teaching methods, interactive techniques, audio visual aids, and evaluation materials and marketed to other universities.
The traveling lawyers program, while not a new concept, is one way to disseminate resources throughout the vast RFE. After intensive training of local lawyers, the program rolled out in December 2007 with its first two day program in a nearby city of Nakhodka. Trainings then followed in Ussuriisk and Khabarovsk in spring 2008. The program has several goals: developing experienced trainers in the RFE, training lawyers in the regions about Gender Based Violence with very practical legal education, developing a pro bono culture, giving free consultations to victims and meeting with local officials. While the first three goals have been met, the last two remain elusive. The infrastructure for grass roots participation does not exist and though the program has strong ties to the Ombudsman's and social services offices in the regions, other sectors of government have been less responsive.
As jury trials are fairly new to the RFE, another goal of the ABA program in Vladivostok has been to increase the skills of lawyers in this arena. The ABA has undertaken a series of seminars focusing specifically on certain skills such as strategic planning, opening and closing statements, and direct- and cross-examination to strengthen and deepen the skills of the local defense bar.
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