text: So I've had the USB connector for about a week now and everything has been working perfectly. I installed it smoothly, it was all fine, and both my Wii and DS were working online. Now last night, I look over and see the blue light on my Wii come on, so I get on and check the message.....it tries to connect to the internet, but doesnt work. I thought it was really weird, I checked my settings - nothing was changed. Everything looked normal on the computer..... So I went to bed, and tried fixing it again today, but still no luck. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the software. Tried moving the connector farther away (said to on Nintendos site) Wont work I'm getting Error Code: 51340 which I looked up, and tried what I could find to fix it. And another thing which I think is weird, is that its still working perfectly fine for my DS. Was just playing online a minute ago:scared: Any ideas?


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Given the focus Facebook was putting on social gifting in the second half of 2012, its decision to launch a gift card product is hardly surprising.
The product, which is only available in the US at present, allows people to give their Facebook friends gift cards to a select number of retailers. Once you've bought the card, your friend will get a notification informing them that they've been a given a gift card.
A few days later, says Facebook, a physical card will arrive in their post box, after which they'll be able to use at whichever retailer you've selected for them.
Facebook Cards are apparently reusable too. After you've received a physical card, the social network says, the next time you get a Facebook Card gift, it will instantly be added to your existing card. The card can hold multiple gift balances, and each balance is dedicated to the retailer associated with the gift.
That re-usability and the ability to carry multiple balances might just be what sets Facebook's gift product apart. The use of a physical cards might seem a little odd for a company as high-tech as Facebook but, for the moment at least, it makes sense. While mobile gift card services like Gyft are making a mark on the market, the people most likely to use them are early adopters meaning that their impact will be limited for the moment.
Facebook's gift cards are easy to understand. Anyone who's ever used a gift card will get it and the idea that you can reuse the card isn't all that difficult to get. Facebook has said nothing about any possible international expansion in the near future.

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The Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canada's Navy band on the West Coast.
The Naden Band of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is comprised of 35 professional full-time musicians whose primary role within the RCN is to support Naval Operations, ceremonial events, and generate public awareness, helping to facilitate a greater understanding of the role the RCN serves in protecting Canadian interests at home and abroad.
Since 1940, the Naden Band has established and maintained a reputation of presenting audiences at home and abroad with musical performances of the highest calibre, while taking pride in making a difference within the communities it serves.
Under the direction of Sub-Lieutenant Vincent Roy (CD), the band performs in a variety of large and small ensembles ranging from symphonic concert band, marching band, jazz band, Dixieland band, rock and contemporary ensembles as well as brass and woodwind quintets.
Within the RCN, the Naden Band performs a number of ceremonial duties such as parades (Remembrance Day, Battle of Atlantic, Changes of Command), ship departures and arrivals, and military dinners. The band's presence at such events helps to preserve naval customs and traditions while heightening morale and esprit de corps.
Musical support is integral to many Governmental functions including the opening of the Provincial Legislature, official visits from heads of state, and other events in which the Lieutenant Governor, Prime Minister of Canada, Governor General of Canada or the Royal Family are present.
The Naden Band strives to serve as a role model within the local community by using music as a means to make positive change in the lives of others. In addition to supporting the Military Family Resource Centre and the United Way Government Workplace Charitable Campaign, the band maintains a number of community partnerships and outreach programs, including local music Cadets Corps and educational school concerts. The band has recently engaged in meaningful musical collaborations in the Greater Victoria Area including concerts with the University of Victoria's School of Music and the Victoria Philharmonic Choir.


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Nicolo Milioto, a key witness at Quebec's corruption probe, was incapable of explaining what the Mafia did or what the Cosa Nostra was. But he was sure of one thing: He had heard of Omertá, the Mob's traditional code of silence.
"It means that you don't talk," said the 64-year-old retiree, described as a pivotal figure in the scheme that robbed taxpayers of millions by upping public-works contracts.
A reluctance to talk marked Mr. Milioto's appareance before the Charbonneau Commission on Tuesday, as he displayed a fuzzy memory and evasive answers when it came to his frequent cash exchanges with Nicolo Rizzuto Sr., the late Mafia chieftain.
Mr. Milioto, a retired construction boss known as Mr. Sidewalk, was caught numerous times on police surveillance camera stuffing cash into his sock at the Rizzuto crime family headquarters known as the Consenza Social Club, at times sharing a table with Mr. Rizzuto and dividing wads of bills into piles.
The series of secret tapes, shown before the Charbonneau Commission, make one thing clear: Cash, lots of it, stacked in brick-thick piles and counted by hand, pulled out magically from paper bags and stuffed into socks and pockets, flowed in abundance at the Mob gathering spot.
Mr. Milioto says he acted as a humble conduit, delivering cash to Mr. Rizzuto mainly from former construction entrepreneur Lino Zambito, as a favour.
He denied he was collecting a 2.5-per-cent cut from construction bosses and delivering it to the Mob, a scheme described by prior witnesses; the money handed to Mr. Milioto also allegedly served to fund former mayor Gérald Tremblay's municipal party, Union Montréal.
In an emotional turn, Mr. Milioto denied before the commission that he was a member of organized crime, saying today he regrets what he did.
"It was maybe the error of my life … I lacked judgement," he said.
Mr. Milioto's apparent loyalty to his acolytes highlights the challenges facing the commission as it attempts to penetrate the shadows of a murky system that allowed entrepreneurs to collude and inflate construction contracts in Montreal.
Over and over, Mr. Milioto displayed a shaky memory of events or cast himself as a friendly service-provider, and said he considered handing Mr. Rizzuto wads of cash in the backroom of a café "banal." At one point, he said he had simply been a hard-working businessman, toiling up to 70 hours a week, providing for his family and putting his five children through school.
Still, Mr. Milioto admitted that he had paid a visit to the slain Mr. Rizzuto's home, and had borrowed $20,000 from him even though Mr. Milioto ran a multimillion-dollar construction business specializing in sidewalks. He said he didn't use a bank because Mr. Rizzuto's loan was interest-free.
Mr. Milioto was initially elusive in his answers, at times facing commission counsel Sonia Lebel with his chin up and his head high. He became somewhat less defiant after Justice France Charbonneau cautioned him that giving vague answers could constitute contempt of court.
He said he knew about the Mafia from newspapers and TV, and didn't know exactly what the organization did. He was, however, willing to share his personal credo.
"If you respect me, I'll respect you," Mr. Milioto said. "If you mistreat me, I can mistreat you the same way."


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Chaolong Jia received his B.E. degree from Liaoning Technical University, Liaoning, China, in 2003. He is now a master-doctor combined program graduate student of State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety, Beijing JiaoTong University, Beijing, China. His research interests are deformation and structural safety, fault prevention technology, technical support, information systems, and data mining in railway.
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Niva tell me that they lost a container from a ship in the Atlantic about a year ago but they don't know how many of these were lost. Well I can safely say it was at least 50 because that's how many I've found. I suspect it's a lot more. It could be thousands, or hundreds of thousands.
Nivea have been really good about communicating with me and I applaud them that. They also say that they have been in touch with Cornwall CC and the National Trust about cleaning up the beaches I mentioned to them. They said "if this escalates to larger numbers, that require an organized clean up operation, we are happy to work with local people to deal with the problem." My response to this was that it's easy to do this if there is a spill, but many pieces over a wider area makes it harder to sort out.
Again to their credit, Nivea responded with this: "The council have been told that we are prepared to pay if they need to send out a team of rangers to clean up NIVEA products." And then they added: "This is a very unusual case that we have not experienced before. This highlights the importance of your help to monitor this."
So I say, let's find their lost products for them. And perhaps remove them from the marine environment at the same time. If we let them remain there they will only do harm.
Will you help me?
Please, please. please. If you go to the beach this weekend and see one of these, take a picture with your phone (or gather them up and take a picture if there are many) and email it to the customer services people at Nivea on firstname.lastname@example.com stating where and when you found the items.Tweet it to me at @campervanliving too, if you have the time. That way we will be able to understand the impact that just one container of someone's products can have on our beaches.
Finally, a word about Nivea. They have been really good to respond and have admitted their responsibility so this is not a witch hunt. If we can prove to Nivea that their spill is significant enough to warrant paying for clean ups then maybe others will follow suit and help us to keep our beaches the way we like them.


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Visiting the Prison
Chris Keenan here for another update. We promised you a new video, and here it is, a twenty minute video walking through the Prison area.
We know there are a few hitches in the video, unfortunately we weren't going to be able to get rid of them without delaying the video, so we prioritized getting this video to you.
The Prison is the 4th or 5th area in the game depending on how you approach it. Wasteland 2 is an open game so potentially, you could travel straight to it if you want a real challenge… but it probably won't go so well. This area was not built purely for demoing purposes and it is a straight video capture. While the level will be further polished and improved (we're missing a bunch of sounds among other things), it gives you a sense of the final game flow. The level was the winner of an internal competition process (as mentioned last update). This is only a tiny fraction of the game which is very hard to show in a 20 minute update. It represents about 1/3rd of the prison map and isn't even one of the larger levels, so you can imagine it can be tricky for us to share enough without too many spoilers or overwhelming you.
First Dev Diary Released
As part of the Kickstarter tiers $30 and up, we promised a four-part development diary, where our team talks about the game's development. Part one is available now, with CEO Brian Fargo, president Matt Findley and myself talking about the game's design and writing processes.
If you backed during the Kickstarter for $30 or more, you'll be able to find the video by logging into your Ranger Center account. Go to the Rewards tab and scroll down to find the video.


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Is it possible to configure ZAP to block internet access for one of the PC's on my home network? ZAP is installed on the gateway pc and the other pc's access the internet using internet connection sharing. I have tried setting up an expert rule, specifying the ip address of the pc to be blocked and the protocol as TCP and port 80. However this does not block internet access for the required PC.
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Tuesday is almost here, and you know what that means--it's time to start thinking about the latest hot releases. Luckily for you, we dump out all the useless trash and give you the best of the best so you don't waste your cash.
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Mafia II is a third-person action-adventure sequel to Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven that chronicles the rise of World War II Veteran Vito Scaletta, the son of Sicilian immigrants. Vito goes on to join the Prochilo Crime Family and becomes a made man. The game is set from 1945 to 1957 in Empire Bay, a fictional city based on San Francisco and New York City. Mafia II features a completely open-ended game map of 10 square miles. No restrictions are included from the start of the game and there are also around 50 vehicles in the game, as well as licensed music from the era. Many firearms from the original game will also be in full affect. Do it, dudes.
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It's finally here, people. Lost: The Complete Collection has arrived. The DVD/Blu-ray set showcases all 121 episodes from all six seasons and has one full disc of never-before-seen bonus footage that includes over two hours of exclusive content from the complete collection. It also offers featurettes that take viewers on a very personal tour of Oahu with the cast and crew as they reflect on shooting there. Lost: The Complete Collection set is everything a Lost fanatic would want and then some.
Source: Capitol
Teenage Dream is the third studio album by sexy popper Katy Perry. The album's lead single "California Gurls" featuring Snoop Dogg is already an international smash and this full-length LP should be no different. Perry worked with numerous artists and producers including Greg Wells, Rivers Cuomo, Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, The-Dream, and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. If you are in the mood for power-pop with a slick twist, Teenage Dream is most definitely for you.
Did we miss anything? Leave your recommendations in the comments.
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A bit off topic but that reminded me of something.Back in the day (the 1980's), I remember reading in a magazine that it was a good idea to print a list of all the files on your computer and put them on the wall for reference. Imagine doing that today!
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File & Folder List Makerhttp://www.pcpros2go...older_list_maker.php
PrintFolder http://no-nonsense-s...ftware.com/freeware/
The Html Directory 1.0http://camtech2000.n..._Html_Directory.html
@dir %1 /A /S > c:\dirListing.txt@echo Opening c:\dirListing.txt in Notepad (Close notepad to delete file)@notepad c:\dirListing.txt@echo Deleting c:\dirListing.txt@del c:\dirListing.txt@pause
Curt: <Now where did I get this feature from? ?!>Maybe from here: http://www.theelderg...e_list_generator.htm SKA
But normally I use a much faster solution: Right-click the folder and click "Create FileListing Text". HALF A SECOND later File_Listing.txt has been created and saved. End of story. Now where did I get this feature from? ?!
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This is an optional OFNA JLR 1.0 Clutch Spring Set and is intended for use with the OFNA JL Racing Clutch System. These springs are lighter than the 1.1 springs that are included with the kit, providing a slightly less aggressive hit and are recommended for loose, blown out track conditions.
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A wrecked sedan was found late Thursday afternoon in an obscured area of brush and trees in unincorporated El Cajon, and the body of a young man was found inside, the California Highway Patrol said.
A person saw the car about 4:10 p.m. off Sierra Alta Way, a private road, just south of Old Highway 80 and Lake Jennings Park Road, said CHP Officer Brian Pennings.
It was not known how long the white four-door 1999 Acura had been there, Pennings said. The headlight switch was on, so the accident may have occurred overnight, he said.
Evidence indicated the driver was heading south on Old Highway 80 at a high rate of speed when he failed to negotiate a 90-degree turn, Pennings said. The car became airborne, then hit a tree on the driver's side before coming to rest in tall brush.
The man has not been identified, Pennings said. He was carrying a wallet but it had no conclusive identification inside.
No evidence of alcohol was found in the car, but the cause of death is pending an autopsy by the Medical Examiner's Office, which will include toxicology tests, Pennings said.


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to Step Down in Summer 2006
May 2, 2005
When Calvin College provost Joel Carpenter decided not to seek another term as the college's chief academic officer (or as he terms it with a wry smile, the college's "chief accountability officer") he announced his decision at the May meeting of the Faculty Senate.
His reason for doing so is telling.
"When I was hired as provost," he recalls, "I remember saying that I was grateful that the job came with tenure in the history department. And I'll never forget that (professor of English emeritus) Ed Ericson said there was a reason for that. He told me: 'Here, sir, you serve at the pleasure of the faculty.' I loved that. So, when it came time to announce that I was moving on, I wanted to make my first official announcement of that to the faculty."
In making his May 2 announcement Carpenter blended humor and humility and wit and wisdom, hallmarks of his tenure, as he outlined both what the past had meant to him and what the future held for him.
He began his remarks by stating simply that: "You probably are aware that the provost at Calvin serves five-year, renewable terms. I am now completing year four of a second, five-year term, and the college needs to know whether I will seek a third term or give notice of other intentions so that a search can begin. My colleagues, I have decided to give notice. I will serve out one more year while the college mounts a search."
Then he gave, in Dave Letterman style, his reasons for moving on. Among the first ones: "One North Central accreditation review is enough" (a reference to the recent, exhaustive review process headed up by Carpenter), "Heidi runs the place so well that you might not need a provost" (a tip of the hat to his assistant Heidi Rienstra) and "I'm tired of answering the question: 'what is a provost?'"
Having warmed up the crowd, Carpenter became more reflective.
"Ten years is a good, full term of service," he told his faculty colleagues. "The accreditation review process underscored that we have made great progress on what I hoped we could accomplish together. Calvin is increasing encouragement and support for research and scholarship, more vigorously serving its close-in neighbors as well as the broader cultural, intellectual and academic scene, learning and applying new ways to become more effective in college teaching, renewing its commitment to become a more just and inclusive community, expanding its horizons and reach to the global south and east, and entering a fresh season of reflection on Reformed Christianity's calling for our times."
And then he let those in attendance in on his future plans.
"I want to remain a faculty member here," he said, "in the most amazing Christian intellectual community I have ever seen, and I want to run the new institute you just approved tonight."
That institute is the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity which will be launched in 2006 with Carpenter as its first director.
Carpenter, co-editor of the recent book The Changing Face of Christianity, says heading up the new institute will make for an appropriate transition from his work as provost.
"Christianity has experienced a seismic shift in its place among the people and religions of the world," he says, "and this historic shift in the geographic and cultural location of Christianity has enormous implications for the churches of North America, and by implication, for their institutions of higher education, which have a charge to bring the gospel to bear on contemporary thought and culture. I think we've done a good job of that at Calvin. In fact I would say one of the highlights of my tenure as provost has been Calvin's refocusing in a southern and easterly direction. We've doubled the number of off-campus programs available to students, including locations such as Ghana and Beijing. We've added programs in Asian Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies. So this new institute is very exciting for me."
Calvin president Gaylen Byker is happy to have Carpenter's services in the new post. And grateful for all that he and Carpenter were able to accomplish together over the last 10 years.
"I think one of Joel's greatest legacies will be the way he helped Calvin's faculty sustain a balance between teaching and research," Byker says. "Joel was fond of saying that at Calvin teaching is job one. Indeed, the relationships that our students are able to develop in the classroom with their professors is one of the greatest things about a Calvin education. But, thanks to Joel's leaderships and efforts, we have been able to maintain an integrated view of the teacher/scholar. We've raised the bar in terms of research expectations, but raised the levels of support too. I think he has never forgotten what it's like to be a professor, and he has been able to both empathize with the challenges our professors face and share in the joys teaching brings."
Colleagues of Carpenter echoe those remarks.
"One of the hallmarks of Joel's tenure," says history professor Daniel Bays, "has been a close engagement with the faculty, both intellectually as well as organizationally. Joel has a clear grasp of what Calvin stands for and the ability to communicate it. In addition he has done a remarkable job of maintaining a very respectable level of scholarly output as a historian during his tenure as provost."
Carpenter, an Allegan, Mich., native and 1974 graduate of Calvin, returned to his alma mater in the summer of 1996 with a resume that included a year at Johns Hopkins as a research fellow, five years as an assistant professor at Trinity College, six years as an associate professor and director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College and seven years as director of the grantmaking program in Religion at The Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia.
"A real point of growth for Calvin," he said at the time he was hired, "is to become a national and international convening center and staging area for creative projects and collaborative efforts."
As provost, Carpenter helped implement those areas of growth.
The new Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity is just the latest example of efforts to make Calvin a leader in examining the important questions facing society.
For example, the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship was announced a year after Carpenter's arrival and in the eight years since has partnered with congregations, denominations, parachurch organizations, professional organizations and publishers around the world in efforts to promote the scholarly study of the theology, history, and practice of Christian worship and the renewal of worship in worshiping communities.
Other new institutes and programs added to the Calvin landscape over the last decade include: the Paul B. Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics (1997), the John and Judy Spoelhof Family Insititute for Christian Leadership in Business (1998), the Lilly Vocation Project (2002), the Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning (2004) and the Calvin Workshops in Communication (2004). New endowed chairs include: the Paul B. Henry Chair in Christianity and Politics (1997), the Gary and Henrietta Byker Chair in Christian Perspectives on Political, Social and Economic Thought (2004) and the Arthur H. DeKruyter Chair in Faith and Communication (2004).
Carpenter and Byker also have fostered an "internationalizing" of the college. In 1996, Calvin had five off-campus semester programs; now, there are ten. In that same span Calvin has more than doubled the number of international students from outside North America who attend the college.
Connected to that were changes in the classroom.
"We needed to change our core and curriculum in that regard, too," Carpenter says. "We still teach students about Western civilization, but we make sure that every student has the study of other cultures as well. That's a core requirement now, both in formal course study and also in an experiential cross-cultural engagement requirement. A lot of American colleges and universities did away with foreign language requirements a long time ago. Calvin's core curriculum stands firm on keeping the requirement that every student should have college-level competence in a foreign language."
Through it all Carpenter is quick to deflect praise for his efforts and quick to credit others.
"As I look back," he says, "I'm delighted to see what we've been able to accomplish together. We have had willing and engaged creative people here who have made things happen. It's been a joy to be a small part of it."
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In the movie, 'First Do No Harm' with Meryl Streep, based on a true story...she found thru research a book written years ago by a physician regarding a high protein diet with little carbs to treat seizures, her child thrived. I know cleveland clinic in about 1997 did a small research project showing 1 out 3 tested have an intolerance to carbs, causing increased difficulty in epileptic children and those with Downs Syndrom. Also at about the same time Ted Koppel (I think) profiled a woman in Utah who developed a high protein diet for her adopted Downs Synd. child. It was being tested at two or three major hospitals....I would like information on this diet...the name of the book first written in the early 40's, transcripts from Koppel or anything that would help me find this information. I have seen news clips referencing this little book in three different stories..found by desperate parents on dusty library shelves. Downs, epelepsy and behavior problems (turretts?) were all helped dramatically by this diet. Thank you.
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Adela Naranjo-Bernabe
Leticia is a Santa Cruz local and the daughter of immigrant parents from Mexico. As a first-generation college graduate, Leticia's career in higher education has had a special focus on issues of educational equity, international education, advocacy, and social justice. Leticia joined Cabrillo with experience from the nonprofit sector, as well as working at small liberal arts institutions and large state research institutions such as UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, and Colorado State University. Leticia obtained her Masters of Science in Student Affairs in Higher Education at Colorado State University. Contact Director of Student Equity and Success
Jennifer joined Cabrillo in January, 2015. She loves working in higher education because college changes lives. She does her best work while connecting with students, faculty, and staff, and encouraging courageous conversations about social justice issues. Contact Equity Program Coordinator
Adela is a former Cabrillo student who now serves as the Dream Resources Program Coordinator. Her professional experience includes more than nine years of experience working with migrant populations. Among the many capacities she's served in are migrant tutor, recruiter and educator. Adela taught for the PVUSD on several substitute opportunities. As the Dream Resource Program Coordinator, her main goal is to make sure students are connected to both the college and community resources they need. Contact Dream Resource Program Coordinator


text: Vibrant Batavia and the Batavia Ramparts Squirt Travel hockey team will be assisting residents in a fall clean up this Sunday from 10am-2pm. They will cover the following streets: parts of Bank Street, parts of North Street, Tracy Avenue & parts of Hart Street. The clean-up will consist of: leaf raking, debris clean up and removal of pumpkins, corn stalks and hay bales. Trucks will be provided by volunteers to transport the pumpkins, corn stalks and hay bales to the waste Center that day. For residents interested in removal of these items that are unable to participate, please leave them by the street so we know you wish for us to take them. Volunteers should bring their own rake, gloves and of course, dress appropriately for the weather.


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Thursday, 31 January 2013
Upcoming meeting - the first meeting of February
"Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day." Don't you just love the irony that it's the short livedness of the morning which makes it more desirable? How true is the saying, "be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself." Seize the morning and you'll seize the day.
Join us this Saturday morning as we enjoy the blissfulness of an auspicious morning, the Toastmasters' way.
Date: 2nd of February 2013
Time: 9:30 am till 12
Attire: Smart casual
Entrance Fee: FREE
Venue: Level 2, Block G, Department of Student Affairs, Pusat Bandar Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.
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John Obi Mikel threatened to 'break Mark Clattenburg's legs' when Chelsea accused ref of racism [Sunday Sun]
The Sunday Sun splashed their backpage with a shocking revelation regarding one of the most controversial issues in the 2012-13 Premier League season.
Manchester United's 3-2 win at Chelsea last October was mired by accusations from Chelsea that referee Mark Clattenburg racially abused John Obi Mikel.
At the time Chelsea released an official statement which read:
We have lodged a complaint to the Premier League match delegate with regards to inappropriate language used by the referee and directed at two of our players in two separate incidents in today's match. The match delegate will pass the complaint to the FA.
As we now know, that claims that Clattenburg called Juan Mata "a Spanish twat" and that he racially abused Mikel were found to be unfounded, and now, 12 months later, the refs have hit back in the press.
As reported in The Sun:
John Obi Mikel yelled "I'm going to break your legs" at ref Mark Clattenburg. And the Blues star tried to throw a punch at the official in a dressing room bust-up that shamed Chelsea.
(Mark) Halsey claims Mikel burst into the ref's dressing room after Chelsea lost to Manchester United and yelled at Clattenburg: "I'm going to break your legs".
See the backpage of the Sunday Sun below.


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TJL Solicitors is leading an action on behalf of 70 women and men against the doctors and clinics who provided the so-called 'miracle' anti-wrinkle treatment Isolagen.
TJL Solicitors is leading an action on behalf of 70 women and men against the doctors and clinics who provided the so-called 'miracle' anti-wrinkle treatment Isolagen.
Patients paid as much as £4,500 each for the treatment, which was billed as the world's first non-surgical 'grow your own facelift' procedure.
It claimed to rejuvenate sagging skin, reduce lines and wrinkles and treat scarring.
In fact, the group claim, the treatment was mis-sold and didn't work.
Legal help and compensation
Scores of women and men affected approached the consumer watchdog Which? About how they could seek compensation for their failed treatment.
They launched an online chat room to find other women disappointed with Isolagen and set up the Isolagen Action Group. Click here to go to the Which? website.
Which? in turn contacted TJL Solicitors – we are the only firm in England to have a department dedicated to cosmetic surgery negligence – for help.
The firm has since launched an action against the providers of Isolagen on behalf of 70 women and men who claim they were mis-sold the treatment.
Mike Saul, partner at TJL Solicitors, said the firm had written to clinics and doctors to give them the opportunity to settle and pay damages.
'Many of these women were promised a miracle cure for wrinkles by clinics and doctors which simply didn't materialise,' Mr Saul said.
'They have lost thousands of pounds – some invested their life savings in this procedure.
'We believe the clinics, as well as doctors who provided the treatment, should be held accountable and will be pursuing full refunds for the treatment, as well as compensation for other associated losses.'
Victims of Isolagen
Julia Hall, 37, who is spearheading the campaign group for compensation, spent £8,000 of her life savings on Isolagen treatment at
a prestigious clinic in London, but was dismayed by the results.
She first had skin removed from behind her ears, followed by two courses of treatments which involved 40 injections each time in crease lines on her face.
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I recently downloaded a game for my wii called Sengoku Musou 3 (aka Samurai Warriors 3) and I put it on my usb and whenever I play story mode or murasame castle, the game crashes right before a cutscene and I get really pissed off, when it crashes the screen goes black and has a message in Japanese and the only word I in English is the word OFF, can somebody please help me? I really like this game but I'm really pissed at it because of the crashing, so can somebody please help me?
PS this only happens with this game, no other
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I think this is the Lipton of England. On the one hand, its incredibly easy to oversteep and is somewhat bitter. A three minute steep is definitely too long unless you are adding cream and sugar. On the other hand, it delivers the goods: specifically, caffeine. It also has a robust, Assam like flavor that stands up well to heavy breakfast food.
The lower temperature was an accident rather than an experiment, but somehow it did work out better. I've felt like the bergamot oil and the tea are better balanced when the steep time is longer. In this case, it seems a bit less astringent that when the water is boiling.
Its summer in California. The ground is dry, the grass is dead, the flowers are gone, but the fog has yet to burn off. The coastal redwoods are drinking something that probably tastes like… This. Woody, slightly astringent, without (as far as I can tell) any floral or honey notes.
I'm often overwhelmed by the bergamot oil in Earl Grey teas (including Ahmad's). However, this tea has just enough to brighten the taste. I think it has a sort of Ceylon crispness to it. This is my current favorite breakfast tea. I normally steep for 4 minutes and I think that works better.
First, did I mention the importance of adding cardamom to this tea? Ok good, also it seemed to have a bit more body with a longer steep time. I really should be at work by now but the combination of Sadaf Special Blend and a little Piazzola has put me in a spicy haze that has rendered me incapable of getting anything done (including writing coherent metaphors).
I'm curious… have you tried the Sadaf with cardamom? I love that one, but I also love Earl Grey tea, so I figure this blend is OK without the cardamom (although that does make sense to me). I'm wondering why you feel the need to add cardamom.. unless you're not a fan of Earl Grey?
Feeling exhausted by a mediocre existence, I looked for something to help me rise above. Super Irish Breakfast, with its intensely dark liqueur and honeyed scent, seemed just the thing. The flavor is light and with a hint of acidity. So is my mood: I feel more awake now, but I have to get to work.


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This note presents key findings for Australia from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a "stress test" for societies and for social policies.
Australia has recently seen a slowdown in growth, with declining resource-sector investment, weak commodity prices and hesitant investment elsewhere in the economy, although the exchange-rate depreciation is helping the economy to adjust.
Australia has weathered the global economic crisis relatively well and enjoyed robust growth in per capita income, fostered by favourable terms of trade and high employment rates. However, productivity gains have slowed in recent years and the level remains below that of leading OECD countries.
The Local Job Creation series focuses on the role of employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. It explores how OECD countries are implementing labour market and skills policy and putting measures in place at the local level to stimulate quality employment, inclusion and growth.
Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. It looks at the role of Local Employment Coordinators, introduced by the Department of Employment to work in 20 "priority employment areas" which were identified as needing extra assistance following the global financial crisis. This report is part of a comparative OECD review of local job creation policies, which explores how countries are putting measures in place at the local level to stimulate quality employment, social inclusion and growth.
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Australians continue to enjoy one of the highest levels of health across the developed world but need to address Australia's growing obesity problem, according to a new OECD report.
Education Policy Outlook reviews the current context and situation of the country's education system and examine its challenges and policy responses.
This report on the recent Australian experience with activation policies contains valuable lessons for other countries that need to improve the effectiveness of employment services and control benefit expenditure. It provides overview and assessment of labour market policies in Australia including the main institutions, benefit system, training programmes, employment incentives, and disability employment assistance.
Australia is unique among OECD countries in that its mainstream employment services are all delivered by over 100 for-profit and non-profit providers competing in a "quasi-market", with their operations financed by service fees, employment outcome payments, and a special fund for measures that tackle jobseekers' barriers to employment. In most other OECD countries, these services are delivered by the Public Employment Service. In the mid 2000s, several benefits previously paid without a job-search requirement were closed or reformed, bringing more people into the effective labour force.
Australia now has one of the highest employment rates in the OECD and this report concludes that its activation system deserves some of the credit for this relatively good performance. The Job Services Australia model, introduced in 2009, reinforced the focus on employment outcomes for highly-disadvantaged groups. This report assesses the latest model for activation and puts forward some recommendations to improve its effectiveness.
The energy sector is a significant contributor to the Australian economy. Exports have more than tripled over the past decade and surging economic and social expansion in relatively nearby emerging economies such as China and India has driven significant demand for Australian energy and mineral resources. This boom is widely forecast to continue in the coming decades.
Late in 2011, the Australian government released a draft energy white paper, which sets out a comprehensive strategic policy framework to guide the development of the energy sector. Also in 2011, the Australian government announced a climate change plan including a wide-ranging package of clean-energy proposals and the introduction of a carbon price mechanism accompanied by significant levels of financial support for innovation in clean-energy technologies.
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In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past. And for the women, their battles are on the home front.
Flossy is embraced by the colourful mix of characters working at Trout's, who have turned their sewing expertise to war work. Dolly Doolaney, darling of the East End, helps Flossy settle into wartime life.
All of the sewing bees play their part in defending the front line, but as the Blitz hits London, can Dolly manage to contain the secret that binds them all?
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Actually all the stores get the 20% discount on shipping from Japan Post. Only HLJ passes along the discount to the customers.
Even if that's true, consider that they're not charging you for all the packaging material they're using. Maybe they use the money they save to buy shipping boxes and stuff. Who knows.
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Wartime spy thriller. Richard Greene stars as war correspondent Bob Randall, who returns from Dunkirk to report on Nazi atrocities committed during the Blitzkrieg, and to deliver a stark warning about the traitors who aided the Germans in their conquest of Europe.
He is outraged to discover that the 'People for Peace Society' in England are campaigning to appease the Germans, and tries to expose them for the fools they are - only to have his newspaper stories censored by Home Security.
As the Blitz rages in London, Randall and fellow journalist Carol Bennett (Valerie Hobson) uncover an even more sinister side to the Society.
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THE daughter of a hero soldier killed in Afghanistan will read her own competition winning poem at one of the region's biggest First World War centenary events.
Ginalee Brownson will recite My Country - about life on the frontline - at a special service in Durham Cathedral during a weekend of commemorative events in the city.
My Country by Ginalee Brownson
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I don't want to fight,
I want to go home,
I don't want to be hurt,
I want to do my country proud,
I don't want to lose the battle,
I want to conquer the task,
I don't want to stand up tall,
I don't want to see others hurt,
I want to be a helping hand.
I hate being wet and muddy,
I hate being tired and aching,
I love defending my country,
And keeping my family safe.
I want to help my fellow soldiers,
I want to be there for them when no-one else is,
I want them to feel supported,
I don't want to leave them alone,
I don't want them to feel no good,
I don't want them to feel disappointed.
We all should be proud.
The occasion will be especially poignant as it takes place on Sunday, September 14 - the eve of what would have been her late father Corporal Lee Brownson's 34th birthday.
Cpl Brownson, from Bishop Auckland, died in January 2010 while leading a night patrol in Sangin. The father-of-three was posthumously awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC).
Ginalee said: "I'll be a nervous wreck but very proud, it is an important thing."
Cpl Brownson's widow, Leeanne, and father, Gary, will attend the service.
"My family are proud and I think dad would be quite chuffed," added the 14-year-old.
Ginalee wrote the poem during a trip to the DLI (Durham Light Infantry) Museum, in Durham, with Bishop Barrington School, in BIshop Auckland.
She was among 500 pupils to attend First World War educational sessions then enter a piece of poetry or artwork to a competition judged by author Pat Barker, cultural director of Durham University Keith Bartlett and artist Julia Midgely.
She said: "I don't really write much, this was probably my first poem so that made me quite proud."
Ginalee's English teacher, Victoria Downes, said: "The whole school is extremely proud of her, I was bursting with pride.
"It is especially poignant because of the context and everything Ginalee has gone through.
"We like to give our pupils opportunities to explore new things and this goes to show that if you try something new you might just excel.
"It is an honour for Ginalee to be part of the service and is inspiring to other young people."
The cathedral service is part of a DLI reunion weekend on September 13 and 14, which this year marks100 years since the outbreak of the First World War and will include the unveiling of a new DLI statue, in Durham market place.
Bishop Barrington School has double reason to celebrate as another of its pupils, Curtis Briddick, 14, won the art section of the contest.
In September, The Northern Echo is launching a secondary schools First World War poetry competition.
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College graduates who took jobs in engineering or computer sciences last year saw salary gains over 2010 and were ranked the highest paying fields for first-year hires, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, based in Allentown, PA.
Average starting salaries in engineering and computer sciences faired the best out of nine fields, including more than 40 different college majors, said Andrea Koncz, a NACE spokesperson who compiled the Salary Survey's numbers.
Computer science graduates saw the largest increase in their average starting salaries, which rose 4.1% to $60,594 in 2011 from $58,229 in 2010.
Engineering graduates saw a smaller increase in their average starting salaries, which rose 1.5% to $61,872 in 2011 from $60,971 in 2010.
"For both of those fields, the salary increases are pretty typical of what we've been seeing over the years," said Koncz. "For engineering and computer science majors, their skill sets are more desirable because they are more specific."
The numbers reflect a national average, she said. Entry-level employees on the West Coast may have seen bigger gains.
The data used for the report came from employers in each field and were compiled through numbers provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. The data represent accepted starting salaries, not salary offers.
NACE will provide its first look at starting salaries for the Class of 2012 in April. – Originally posted on FINS from the Wall Street Journal by Damian Ghigliotty


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Inmate mom had been checked twice at hospital
DES MOINES (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who gave birth in Polk County Jail had been checked and discharged twice the same day by a local hospital.
The Des Moines Register says no doctors or nurses were in attendance when 25-year-old Ieasha Meyers delivered her baby son on Aug. 29. He was born in a four-bed medical holding cell near the jail's clinic.
Jail chief Doug Phillips says Meyers was sent to Broadlawns Medical Center twice that day. She was held for about 3½ hours each time before being sent back to the jail. Doctors said she wasn't ready to deliver.
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Reporting from San Antonio…
It's almost time again for Emerson Global Users Exchange, which is certainly among the largest, if not the largest, single process industry user group event. This year it returns to Texas, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, September 27 through October 1.
Emerson Process Management is one of the more progressive companies in our industry when it comes to using social networking for marketing and building user communities. Jim Cahill has been the face of that effort through his blog, which has long since spread into other online media. Last year Twitter was the big thing at the exchange, and that will continue in 2010. The San Antonio event will also branch into new directions with organized efforts to produce video coverage on site for immediate posting to YouTube.
You can now visit the Control Engineering at EGUE channel on YouTube. This will be the place to see the new productions first each day of the week. After the event selected segments will be available in Control Engineering's video section. I'll be at the event through the week wielding the camera. If you attend, don't be surprised if you see us talking to someone on site about the event and what challenges he or she is facing on the job. Maybe we'll talk to you. As Norma Desmond said, "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
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Hello, the researchers on our trip have been writing about their experiences measuring, describing and sampling the rocks around us here in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. I thought I'd show you where we're staying and what day-to-day life is like at the 'base camp' (see photos!).
We are staying in Hotel Putri Ayu, up in the hills above Samarinda. The hotel is lovely - a ring of wooden cottages overlooking the Mahakam River that flows out through a delta to the east of here. We get up for 7am, earlier than some of us are used to but I'm sure it's healthy, and breakfast is served in the eating area in the middle of our cottages. We eat fried rice or noodles with eggs, toast, fresh watermelon juice, tea and coffee, which is what a group of hard-working scientists need to set them up for the day.
Hotel Putri Ayu
We then gather all the equipment we'll need and assemble around the cars. We have hired five cars so that small groups can go to different sections and do their specific work. Where everyone will go is decided the night before and is logistically complicated, but we have phones in each car so that we can stay in touch and move between the groups if we need to, or meet up for lunch.
Lunch in a restaurant near the Stadion section
The sections we're working on range from 40mins to several hours away, so our drivers have to work out where to go based on our sometimes vague descriptions, GPS co-ordinates and shouts of "Ooh look at that reef up there in the jungle, can we go that way?". They are very patient. At lunchtime we find a restaurant nearby and sample the menu - we're still learning what all the foods are and it's often a surprise to see what we've ordered. The food is really good here, not as spicy as in Java but there's always some killer red sauce around to dip bits of chicken and fish into. I think we're all big fans of the fresh fruit juice. I can't quite move on from the mango, it's perfect on hot days...
By the way, I hear that Europe is experiencing something of a cold snap. We all feel for you.
So, then it's back to work for the afternoon until five or six, when the light begins to fade. We put all our sample bags into the car and go back to the hotel for much-required showers. In the evening we convene for dinner (beef, chicken, prawns, tofu, rice, fruit, it's not easy you know) and then have a meeting about what we found during the day and where we'd like to go tomorrow. This is important as it gives people a chance to find out what each section contains - is it good for corals? Are there any bryozoans? What is the preservation like? Were there any deep-water facies?
Then it's early to bed. No really it is. Everyone is usually very tired and by the time we've sorted our samples, recharged our cameras, scrubbed the mud off our boots, downloaded our GPS tracks and said goodnight to the geckos, we're all ready to sleep. And peace reigns over the tiny encampment of intrepid explorers.


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Five months after the unsolved Dallas murder of pregnant mother D'Lisa Kelley, friends and relatives Wednesday received answers about police mistakes and city hall promises for future action.
The 24-year-old woman was found dead March 14 less than a mile from where she was reported missing a week earlier.
Her sister received an urgent phone call from Kelley as she was being attacked March 7.
Kelley's grandmother called 911 to report it, but police did not send an officer to take a formal report until two days later.
No arrest has been made in the case.
Kelley's relatives and friends went to Wednesday's Dallas City Council meeting to promote their plan for a "Kelley Alert" procedure that would elevate future handling of urgent trouble above simple missing persons reports.
Kelley's friend, Dominique Alexander, is president of the Kelley Alert Foundation, which was set up to help push for the changes.
Alexander said several other urgent Dallas 911 calls have been mishandled with tragic results.
"Some way or another when they get off the phone, it's how they handle it that's different. So how many times do we have to do this? We don't trust the procedures that they currently have in place," Alexander said.
Deputy Chief Randy Blankenbaker announced at the meeting that a 911 sergeant was disciplined for mishandling the initial call about Kelley's disappearance.
"He ultimately failed to send somebody out that night to meet with the grandmother and take an actual police report," Blankenbaker said.
The sergeant received a one-day suspension.
Mayor Mike Rawlings told Kelley's supporters he wants to schedule a meeting with them. Several council members also voiced support.
"It is definitely very disturbing to see that there would be an actual crime being committed, especially an eminent danger case, and kind of the lack of response from our police department," said City Councilman Lee Kleinman.
"We're looking at what's called disposition time from dispatch to disposition, making sure that it moves quickly," said City Councilwoman Jennifer Gates.
Kelley's mother, Lasondra Kelley, said the response from council members and the mayor was encouraging.
"Looking at the way things have been happening, I think that it's OK that he's saying he wants to sit down, have a meeting. It makes me feel a little better," she said.
Alexander said the announcement the group wants most from police is news of an arrest in D'Lisa Kelley"s murder.
"The main thing is being able to raise awareness. We have not yet found a killer for D'Lisa Kelley," he said.


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CLEMSON, S.C. -- Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up getting a glimpse into the dark souls of some humans.
Weaver put a realistic rubber turtle in the middle of a lane on a busy road near campus. Then he got out of the way and watched over the next hour as seven drivers swerved and deliberately ran over the animal. Several more apparently tried to hit it but missed.
"I've heard of people and from friends who knew people that ran over turtles. But to see it out here like this was a bit shocking," said Weaver, a 22-year-old senior in Clemson's School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences.
To seasoned researchers, the practice wasn't surprising.
Sometimes humans feel a need to prove they are the dominant species on this planet by taking a two-ton metal vehicle and squishing a defenseless creature under the tires, said Hal Herzog, a Western Carolina University psychology professor.
Weaver, who became interested in animals and conservation through the Boy Scouts and TV's "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, wants to figure out the best way to get turtles safely across the road and keep the population from dwindling further.
Among the possible solutions: turtle underpasses or an education campaign aimed at teenagers on why drivers shouldn't mow turtles down.


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What are your opinions about the pernambucco violin bows from Brazilian maker?Marco Raposo, Arco brazil......? It seem they have some material advantage over the rest. Bows expert? Gennady?
The quality of Brazilian bows has improved greatly from the old Horst John days. Almost all of the current bow companies can be traced back to Horst John in some way. The owners of Arcos Brasil, Water Violet, and Marcos Raposo all previously worked together for Horst John.
Arcos Brasil is the largest and has a US office so that shops have a greater selection of bows as well as faster accessability. But all of these companies produce good quality bows at an affordable price. Shop selection is very important since most shops hand select the bows from the different companies, if you need a specific bow based on stiffness, weight, color, balance point, winding, or round/octagonal a shop can order the bow and have a selection available within a week.
The easiest way to judge the bows is to consider them the Toyota Camry's of the bow world. Solid performance, dependable, moderately priced (typically between 400-500 for nickel and between 600-700 for silver), and quality workmanship.
Between Marco Raposo and Arcos Brasil the largest difference is the stamping. All Marco Raposo bows are stamped Marco Raposo no matter who the maker is. All Arcos Brasil bows are stamped with the individual makers name (followed by Brasil-as in C. Chagas-Brasil for example). This allows a player or teacher who likes the bows of a specific maker to narrow their search. Other than that, both have quality bows from quality makers. In my shop we carry primarily Arcos Brasil, but that's because (besides my liking their bows a lot) their US office is 4 miles from my shop so I enjoy the selection available.
Also, as you noted, since Pernambuco ONLY grows in Brazil, these companies have a great advantage in availability of wood and both of these companies work with European and US efforts to protect the Pernambuco supply for now and for future bowmakers.
I have a Marco Raposo (silver) cello bow. I have tried several of their bows and they were all quite different in sound and handling. (I'm assuming one would find the same variability in violin bows.)
My initial test impressions were that the nickel bows were worth what they cost and the silver ranged from being worth the price to being even much better than that . at the time, some Raposo silver bows were priced above $1,000.
Yes, you probably will find a wide range between bows because of the different makers. All makers are unique in their making style based on experience, style, feel, and of course the wood. Even in shops like Marco Raposo and Arcos Brasil where the overall quality is consistantly high you will find quite a bit of uniqueness in the bows, so it's just a matter of finding the right one for you.
Also, the suggested retail prices I mentioned above are for Violin bows. Viola would be slightly higher and Cello above them. Most shops have nickel Cello bows between $600 and $700 and silver between $900 and $1100. Both companies also have makers that they feel are more talented/better trained and have silver bows in the $1200-$1500 range (violin). Arcos Brasil for example sends their best bow makers off to Pieere Giullaume's school in Brussels (the former J. P. Bernard school) to work directly with Pierre. These bowmakers then become the ones designated to make the "special edition" line of bows, using better wood along with the advanced technique.
Again, both companies have a reputation for quality bows and bowmakers, and while I've met Marco Raposo many times and like him and his bows, I like the fact that the makers names are on the bows from Arcos Brasil, making the bows seem more individual, plus we have a CD with the makers from Arcos Brasil working on the bows, so that our customers can see the maker who made their bow. Most customers like the idea of attaching a face to the name on the bow.
How about M. Pereira,a bow maker from brazil.?His bows model very much like the Guillaume.anyone have idea what his bows play likes?
I have a C. Santos bow from Brazil (Percumbo) any thought on it? I can not seem to find any information on the web.
M Perriera worked for many years for Arcos Brasil and was the first maker they sent over to Pierre Guillaume for further training. He made "special edition" bows in both silver and gold for Arcos Brasil and in either late 2005 or early 2006 he left Arcos Brasil to become an independent maker.
C. Santos used to work for Water Violet and he left, probably if I remember correctly, in 2004 to become an independent maker. The only problem with these makers leaving the ;arger bow companies is 1) the wood source and selection-large bow making companies have a large selection of wood, individual makers typically do not. 2) Harder for shops to see a larger sampling of their bows. When Perriera had his bows sold through Arcos Brasil, a shop could potentially look througgh 8 or 10 bows to find the ones they liked. Now, independent distributors, selling independent makers bows may only have 1 or 2 bows from any individual maker. But both makers are still making bows, and I always liked Perriera's bows although he tends to leave the sides of his tip too narrow (or cuts the plug too big, take your choice-same reult) making it more difficult when doing a rehair without damaging the ivory plate on the side of the tip. His bows are usually slightly stiff but play very well.
Just wondering... are there a lot different between nickel, silver, gold, and special edition? Is the different worth buying special edition rather than silver?
Well, the catagories are based on 2 different criteria. Most bow makers use the old French style of catagorizing what metal is used on the bow based on the quality of the wood. So a gold bow should have better wood than a silver and a silver better than a nickel. This is done before the bow is started so that when a maker begins the bow he/she already knows what type of bow he's making. Of course this system depends on the quality of the wood selector which is why sometimes a great bow is made using silver when a gold bow doesn't quite measure up.
Special Edition bows (which is the designation used by Arcos Brasil) are based on the quality of the maker. While the same standards for wood (gold better than silver) remain, only the makers who have been trained in Europe by Pierre Guillaume make Special Edition bows and these bows use the large eye rather than the more typical parisian eye.
So, in theory, a gold special edition bow would be made using the best wood and made by the best trained maker. Of course since each bow fits each player and each instrument uniquely, whether that makes the bow better for you remains an individual question. But since your'e starting with better wood and a better bowmaker, the results are usually superior.
By chance today I tried a large number (50+) of bows from a Chinese maker (last name Xu, I know that's not much help) which ranged from $1200-$3200 depending upon the fittings which are being carried by a violin shop which I frequent. (They supply rental instruments to me in another city). They were all quite beautiful, generally good playing sticks. Stuck in the middle of a case of them was a lone "F. peccate" (on the sticker, not the bow) by a "De Marchi" which when I did a search showed up under Water Violet bows. So far I am fascinated by this bow - it handles absolutely superbly and as best as I can judge has a very strong sound. It's nothing special in the looks department but clean. Is "De Marchi" a real person? The Water Violet site has no information on individuals at all.
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$1200 for a Chinese bow seems extremely high to me.
I have a Floriano Schaeffer octagonal Brazilian bow. It wasn't that expensive and is nicely made, though not particularly glamorous. It's firm and straight and performs very well.
The morning afetr report: the "De Marchi" bow seems to be a very fine handling bow BUT the sound in the the cold light of morning is thin and somewhat harsh compared to my two main bows. The Chinese bows I saw were quite nice - but I agree they seem quite too expensive.
I just bought a Marco Raposo silver mounted violin bow. $900. There were 3 at the shop to choose from. The other 2 were a little less expensive. I had someone at the shop play my violin with each of these 3 bows. The $900 was the best...better, more full tone, and more responsive. It doesn't bottom out on the wood, yet it is flexible. This is my upgrade from the Coda Classic. I like the stiffness of the Classic, but found that the carbon fiber bows don't produce the beautiful tone that a high quality pernambuco bow does. I'm very happy with my Marco Raposo. It was made by Jose Nilo.
Hello everyone,
As a travel writer and amature violin player, I am interested in traveling to Brazil in search of a nice bow. I will write about the experience later in an article, "In Search of Perfection".
Does anyone have the contact information (in Brazil) for the most well know Brazilian produces such as Arcos Brazil, Water Violet, and Marcos Raposo?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a Marco Raposo bow from Stevens Violin Shop last spring. Vance, the owner, is hugely knowledgeable about Marco Raposo (and possibly all Brazilian) bows - he spent some time with me on the phone discussing the product in question. Might try giving him a call and arranging a phone interview.
Here's their Violinist.com link:
(I had a great retail experience with them, BTW, even though other members didn't, some of whom were quite strident on this link, but no longer post here (possibly because they are/were too strident).
I am trying to find the bow maker Pereira. He used to work for Acos Brasil but has left there. Does anyone know how he can be contacted? Many dealers offer his nows and I recently tried one which was excellent.
I own a Raposo bow that pulls an excellent tone from both of my very good instruments. No, it is not as responsive a stick as the pricey English bow I own, nor does its ability to pull an excellent tone equal a John Norwood Lee that I also have, but it is nonetheless a very good bow for orchestra rehearsals. I should think a bow of this quality would be good for an intermediate student.
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Now the Warriors, riding an eight-game winning streak, can run the table in the league for the first time.
Corinth (9-1, 4-0) plays host to Amory (4-6, 2-2) tonight at Warrior Stadium II. It will also serve as Senior Night for the Warriors, who will open the postseason next Friday at home against a No. 4 seed.
"I hope everyone comes out early and shows some support for this group of seniors we have," said Doug Jones.
Corinth can claim its ninth double-digit win season in the program's 101st year and first since a 12-1 mark in 2008. Five of those came in a five-year stretch beginning in 2000.
A win would also be extra sweet for second-year head coach Doug Jones, who graduated from Amory in 2001 and helped beat Corinth in the 2000 playoffs.
The Panthers rolled to a 41-7 win at home last season, the second of two straight losses by the Warriors.
Strangely enough, Corinth's win last week was over defensive coordinator Chris Shoup's alma mater.
Amory has won two straight -- both inside the league -- after starting the season at 2-6. The Panthers lost the services of quarterback Jon David Poss to a knee injury following a 34-14 win over Independence in the season opener.
Corinth, which will make its 17th total and 14th straight playoff appearance next week, hasn't lost since falling 28-12 to Lafayette County in Week 2.
The Warriors have outscored their league foes 138-39 and haven't turned the ball over the last three weeks.
Other Games
Kossuth (4-5, 3-1) @ Booneville (7-2, 3-1)
The red hot Aggies could claim the runner-up spot in Division 1-3A with a win at Booneville tonight.
North Pontotoc has already won the title.
The Blue Devils claimed the 2012 championship before falling to Byhalia in the second round of the playoffs.
Belmont (2-7, 1-3) @ Alcorn Central (2-8, 0-4)
The Cardinals are in as the No. 4 seed with a win tonight.
Central will close out its season.
Biggersville (2-8, 1-6) @ Thrasher (4-5, 2-4)
Both clubs are playing out the string in Division 1-1A.
The Lions are open next week meaning the reigning Class 1A basketball champs will be at full strength on Monday.


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In my perennial innocence, I looked at the Society of Editors website this morning to read the full text of Chris Patten's opening address to the media big cheese conference being held in Runnymede this week, just as Lord Justice Leveson's three-ringed circus on press standards in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal officially opens for business at the high court.
Silly me. Why did I think that a timely speech about media by a former Tory cabinet minister and EU commissioner, now the chancellor of Oxford University, would be deemed worthy of immediate posting on the society's website? Instead, my dawn search yielded a self-important homepage trailer for the conference, entitled Magna Carta II – A Modern Media Charter.
Wow. Is that really how they see themselves – as media barons in the positive sense of the B-word, holding arbitrary power to account?
By mid-morning, I did find Patten's text (perhaps there all along, perhaps not), and you can read a summary and the full version here. Roy Greenslade's Media Guardian verdict is here and the paper's news report here. A flavour of the unfolding debate at Runnymede – Magna Carta, geddit? – can be found and followed here. Alan Rusbridger pronounces here.
What's all this carrying on got to do with politics? A great deal. The Tories are in power and, as in normal in these matters, a Tory, Lord Patten, is again the chairman of the BBC Trust, formerly the board of governors – the first such to be appointed since Sir Christopher Bland held the post in 1996-2001.
And Lord (David) Hunt of the Wirral, an old ministerial colleague of Patten's on the moderate wing of the party, has just been appointed chairman of the Press Complaints Commission.
Unlike the BBC, the PCC tends to be run by someone – how shall we put this? – more acceptable to the Tory press, always in a majority, than the liberal faction, more generous to the tabloid battalions than to the upmarket platoons.
Lady Buscombe, who stood down over phone hacking failures, takes the Tory whip. So did Lord Wakeham, Mrs T's Mr Fixit (1995-2002). I always felt the ex-ambassador Chris Meyer (2002-08), was more obliging than he should have been: he will disagree.
But the PCC and its predecessor, the Press Council, have been drinking in the last chance saloon for so long now that everyone is as convivial as newts whenever they meet for a sing-song, prone to feeling sorry for themselves.
The Sun's Trevor Kavanagh, bearded and bald ("Hallo, Mr Kavanagh," someone said to me – again – in the street yesterday), was on air today saying that the tabs have cleaned up their act. Er, no, Trevor, not much.
So what's the score? The press thinks it's being scapegoated for the sins of the News of the World and that David Cameron – a shifty chap, so the Tory editors suspect – has thrown them to the wolves of public opinion along with his old Murdoch cronies like Rebekah-Never-Heard-Of-Her. Lord Leveson may come up with draconian remedies which will not prove to be in the public interest, so they fear.
I agree. So I was pleased to see Patten both praising the energy of tabloid journalism he may not personally enjoy – the NoW had a posthumous success in the criminal courts over corruption in the Pakistani cricket team – and setting his face against statutory regulation of the press.
French journalists' reluctance to report the Obama-Sarkozy riff on Israel's "liar" PM last week (and the first phase of the DSK rape allegations) illustrate the danger of excessive state influence.
Patten isn't the only one on the case. Hunt writes in today's Times that the PCC must acquire serious investigative teeth and that the industry must pay for it – voluntarily or via a statutory levy, he muses? – if it is to regain public confidence. Actually, it already does well in preventing excess and patching up complaints that do get into print, says Hunt.
Like Patten, he's a decent chap and I'm sure he believes it, three weeks into his new job. Plenty of people in the trade, including me, don't. As Greenslade – Mirror editor turned media professor – pointed out in contradicting Kavanagh on Radio 4's Today, it isn't just the dreadful hounding of Madeleine McCann's family in 2007, it's the hounding of Christopher Jeffrey after Joanna Yeates went missing last Christmas; plus the hounding of Hugh Grant – a prominent anti-hacking campaigner – over his new baby last month.
Don't forget, we learned last week that media lawyers suing the NoW over hacking had private eyes set on them. Oh yes, and the Daily Mail – keen to show it's cleaning up its act – has both apologised in its new, Guardian-style clarification and corrections column for saying Carole Caplin was poised to dig dirt on the Blairs (she was Mrs B's lifestyle coach), and paid up for saying so. Just remember how long the paper milked the Caplin connection!
Not nice. Yet all sorts of papers are keen to get back to business as usual (as much it can be in a structurally weakened industry), keen to say how well James Murdoch did when appearing before that Commons committee, how coarse Tom Watson MP had been in his mafia comparison. Maybe, but you and I have not been hounded as Watson and his family, and other MPs too, have been.
Some deserved it, most didn't. In this spot a few weeks ago, I defended Vince Cable over VAT errors in his tax return. What does he do next? Scatter constituency correspondence over Twickenham – not good, Vince. The boundaries are never easy. That's why we need a non-state regulator that can investigate properly and reach judgments that can be respected, not old-school cosy deals.
In his speech, Patten urged journalism to develop some form of "watermark" to distinguish proper, ethical journalism from the "mass of intrusive and unregulated material that is available elsewhere … to take a simple analogy, doctors have the Hippocratic oath, and we all understand what it means. The PCC code is not understood or trusted in the same way."
Indeed not. I can't remember the last time I read it – but do know that I am occasionally instructed by posters to adhere to it in reporting events the way the posters want me to report them.
Patten offers two practical steps: "First, maximum clarity about what is agreed to be ethically acceptable and second, transparency about how ethics are applied, in a way that forms part of readers' everyday experience of the journalism they see."
That's not easy either, since society does not agree on what constitutes right and wrong, nor on the extent to which ends justify means. Can you imagine where Richard Desmond, the porn-peddling proprietor of the Express group (who has stopped paying his £200,000 subs to the PCC) would draw the line? Not in front of the children, I wouldn't.
But this kind of discussion is on the right track, and Leveson may – if he shows more common sense than many senior judges do – shed further light on how best we can make progress without damaging "animal spirits" in the press, since Keynes's remark about markets apply here too, as they do in sport and much else.
It matters. In hard times, we need a robust but more trustworthy press than ever, one whose economic stats can be trusted as well as their gossip columns. Once-cowed politicians of both parties may be tempted to take payback time too far.
One illustration of how difficult consensus may be to find lies in the shape of the Leveson panel. It includes David Bell, an ex-Financial Times chairman and media grandee; Paul Scott-Lee, ex-chief constable of the West Midlands, Lord Currie, ex-Ofcom director, Shami Chakrabati, of Liberty, and my old Westminster colleagues, now retired, Elinor Goodman (Channel 4) and George Jones (Telegraph).
That team ticks a lot of boxes, by way of diverse professions, gender and even race. But the tabloids all cry: "What about us tabloids?" It's a fair complaint. Leveson would have been wise to hire a savvy tabloid man, Greenslade perhaps. The Sun's veteran ex-editor Kelvin McKenzie is becoming more respectable, but is not yet house-trained.
If the tabloid complainants used reference books better, they might notice that both Goodman and Jones left school early and came up the media hard way. They are not the kind of snooty graduates the tabs so despise. That should give pause for thought, but probably won't.


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im using a black predefined style..this is the only place im having an issue. here's a screenie
the form color is black and everywhere else the text is light except for the two fields i have indicated in the screen where the text itself is black. cant seem to find where to force change a color anywhere….
ok i got one fixed still cannot find out where cart total and order total can be tweaked to change the text color..used firebug for a long time but nothing is working…ty
In your Quick CSS or custom.css, try to add the following code:
If still, it doesn't change the color: try using this instead:
Hope this helps. :)
Best Regards,
works great however shipping does not change text color, only subtotal and order total…
tried tr.shipping but no luck.
screenie- http://www.noochibeads.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/totals.jpg
i got it. can close. ty
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