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I need to made a good quality slideshow that can be played on any DVD player. I would like to add music and transitions between the slides.
So far, I have used Roxio DVD Creator software. I can burn a VCD, but the pictures come out blurry and washed out, and the music is skipping. When I burn a SVCD I get a Disk Error when trying to play it on DVD player. I have not yet tried the "trick" that is posted on this forum to trick the DVD into thinking it is reading a VCD when it is really a SVCD.
I am willing to buy a DVD burner, but I am not sure if this is going to solve my problem.
What is the best software to use for making a quality slideshow, and what is the best way to burn this to CD (or DVD) so that I will have a good quality slideshow that can be played on DVD players.
I thought this was going to be an "easy" project, but it seems that I have opened up a can of worms here. If anyone can help me out, pointing me toward the correct software and technique, I would be most grateful.
What technique do the professionals use to get great quality videos that anyone can play on any DVD player? Why does this seem to be so elusive to an ordinary PC user?
I am not looking for the cheapest way to do this, I am willing to buy whatever software or hardware I need.
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I use this DVDRHELP's sponsor's product ProShow, which has a demo and a link on the home page.
It works fine for me on SVCD."speed's just a question of money. How fast can you go?" - Mad Max, 1979
I and my siblings recently completed transfering 7,500 slides to DVD slideshows for our parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary, using Ulead DVD Picture Show 2. It can do music, transitions, text, voice-overs --- and puts out a high quality picture tailored for the TV screen. We are all very pleased with how it all turned out.
All other things being equal, do your initial scans into the computer at 1800dpi, if you can. If you do this, your corrections will look better when it's time to show the pictures on either the TV or computer.
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"On other hand playing with advanced AI can get pretty frustrating at times. Not against humanoids, but against beasts (wolves) Its hard choice"
Exactly! absolutely brilliant, this is what the core concept of G3 is about, utilising the power of the animals - wolves etc' against the orcs and why indeed the animals take precedence. It is what the orcs are afraid of, it is explained in game, in detail, by the druid leaders. If you take Maylanders discussion about killing /non killing of the orc commanders——> (post No.11)
…and "connecting" this with the wolves you can get the vision of what can come together!!!
It was intended from the outset that the killing of orcs, humans etc should be fairly easy or easier than the killing of animals. In G3 vanilla this was the case. The aggressive behavious of boars and wolves etc was purposely meant to be this way. Many times i experimented and found a single white wolf could kill a single orc head to head (and of course NH with the wolf ripper stone as an when required). You would then go on to use this power much later in the game to overwhelm the orcs one by one - the Adanos method, the conceptual core method. So you see this has been completely turned on its head because players complained that the beasts were too powerful and some combat with humans was too easy. The vanilla concept has become somewhat tainted, watered down by the insistence of community patches tampering….indeed, all with good intention.
(certainly, the glitches, bug fixes, memory corrections etc' etc' within the patches are a positive and welcomed improvement)
With all its glitches, patch 1.12 is as near (albeit ammended) to improved vanilla of the concept as possible. Iv'e even contemplated installing pure vanilla G3 to play in a retrospective manner to compare the original and quantify the differences.
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OCEAN PINES—The Mid-Atlantic Symphony
Orchestra Music Director Julien Benichou will
raise the baton for a 2013-2014 season premiere performance on Oct. 13 with
French violinist Arnaud Sussmann performing Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin
Concerto in D Major, Op. 35.
Benichou said he had wanted very
much to conduct the classical favorite by Tchaikovsky and thought it would be
"a great opportunity" to conclude the concert with Franz Schubert's Symphony
No. 9 in C Major, D. 944.
The MSO's season premier series,
"A Season of Discovery," will travel from the Easton Church of God on Oct. 10;
to the Mariner's Bethel Church in Ocean View, Del. on Oct. 12. It will conclude
at the Community Church in Ocean Pines on Oct. 13.
The work was composed in 1878 and
is one of the best known of all violin concertos. It is also considered to be
among the most technically difficult works for violin, according to an MSO
description of Tchaikovsky's classic. Schubert's Symphony, completed in 1826,
is known as "The Great" C Major, it said.
According to the description, Sussmann
has performed throughout the U.S. and worldwide, earning praise from both
critics and audiences. He studied with Boris Garlitsky and Itzhak Perlman, who
chose him to be a Starling Fellow, an honor qualifying him as Perlman's
teaching assistant for two years.
Benichou said he was excited to work
with Sussman and recommended that people come to see Sussman's performance for
The symphony had reached out to
Sussman through the same New York agency that represented several of its other
featured soloists, according to Benichou. He said he believed it would be
Sussman's first visit to the Eastern Shore.
The performance time for the
concert will be 50 minutes and will be preceded by a pre-concert lecture that
will begin at 2:15 p.m. in Ocean Pines and at 6:45 p.m. in Ocean View.
Benichou was asked whether it was
his intention to continue performing at multiple Eastern Shore venues or whether
he could foresee performing at a fixed location at some point in the future.
"Considering the size and travel
distances on the Eastern Shore, multiple performances make sense, " he said,
but, he added, that did not mean he would not like to see the symphony at a
central location if one could be found. "I really like the fact that we are the
Eastern Shore's orchestra. I like that very much," he said.
The MSO will also sponsor a holiday
performance of "Amazing Voices," in Ocean Pines on Dec. 8.
Season subscriptions are $145 and
individual tickets for this performance are $35. For more information or to
order subscription or individual concert tickets, call 1-888-846-8600 or visit
the www.midatlanticsymphony.org to download the season brochure and ticket
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Also, on Oct. 26, the MSO will
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member David Stevens. The black-tie optional event "Artistry in Motion," will
be held at the Ocean City Center for the Arts and proceeds will benefit both
the MSO and Ocean City Center for the Arts.
Hors d'oeuvres and an open bar will
be catered by Liquid Assets of Ocean City. The evening's activities will
include art demonstrations and a silent auction of art and other desirable
items, he said.
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Strasburg sits atop Nats' Draft board
Source confirms team is high on San Diego State phenom
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
The Nationals plan to scout Strasburg again on Friday, when San Diego State plays Air Force at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Game time is at 9 p.m. ET. Strasburg is 10-0 with 147 strikeouts and 15 walks for San Diego State this season.
1 WAS: S. Strasburg
2 SEA: D. Ackley
3 SD: D. Tate
4 PIT: J. Sanchez
5 BAL: M. Hobgood
6 SF: Z. Wheeler
7 ATL: M. Minor
8 CIN: M. Leake
9 DET: J. Turner
10 WAS: D. Storen
11 COL: T. Matzek
12 KC: A. Crow
13 OAK: G. Green
14 TEX: M. Purke
15 CLE: A. White
16 ARI: R. Borchering
17 ARI: A. Pollock
18 FLA: C. James
19 STL: S. Miller
20 TOR: S. Jenkins
21 HOU: J. Mier
22 MIN: K. Gibson
23 CWS: J. Mitchell
24 LAA: R. Grichuk
25 LAA: M Trout
26 MIL: E. Arnett
27 SEA: N. Franklin
28 BOS: R. Fuentes
29 NYY: S. Heathcott
30 TB: L. Washington
31 CHC: B. Jackson
32 COL: T. Wheeler
36 LAD: A. Miller
72 NYM: S. Matz
75 PHI: K. Dugan
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Bodley: Nats must be patient
"He is our top choice right now, but what if he gets hurt? We can't say today that Strasburg will definitely be the guy. A lot could happen between now and then," the source said.
Published reports indicated the Nationals will not be scared off by the price tag -- believed to be $50 million-plus -- for the right-hander. But the source expects the negotiations between the Nationals and Strasburg's advisor, Scott Boras, to go down to the wire.
If he is drafted and signed by the Nationals, Strasburg will go straight to the Minor Leagues.
The Nationals also have not ruled out drafting right-hander Aaron Crow for the second year in a row. Last year, Washington could not reach an agreement with Crow, their first-round selection in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft, by midnight ET on Aug. 15. Money turned out to be the sticking point.
The Nationals are going to watch Crow pitch for the Fort Worth Cats of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball on Monday.
By not signing Crow last year, the Nationals will get the No. 10 pick in this year's Draft as compensation.
Acting general manager Mike Rizzo and team president Stan Kasten did not return several phone messages on Monday, but Rizzo said on Saturday the Nationals are close to deciding which players they want to select for the entire draft.
"We are well on our way with the draft preparation. It is right around the corner and we are starting to finalize our targets for 1, [10] and beyond. That's kind of the mode we are in right now," Rizzo said. "We are putting the final touches to our list. We are going to take the best player available.
If it's a pitcher, so be it. You know [10] is a terrific pick. It's a high pick. We are hoping to get an impact player.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TV01 Says: "Did anyone see Scooby Doo and Shaggy hanging out with Vanessa at Lincoln Center?"
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The Perp: Vanessa Hudgens, front row at Anna Sui during New York Fashion Week
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Mmmmm:Starbucks. Perhaps some of you are starting your day off with a nice cup of joe, at lunch with a coffee and a lover, each in one hand or maybe you are chugging the stuff down in order to fit in some last minute prep for an exam. Either way, coffee is what makes the world go 'round, and Starbucks helps it happen.
Implications - From branded coffee in a can to boosted caffeine, Starbucks products have made the company a household name. The brand leads other companies and challenges their competitors to better themselves. With concepts such as treats for coffee snobs and protein drinks, the Starbucks brand is one that has yet to die down and is legitimately a lifestyle brand.
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Picture: Liam Gallagher leaving his brother Noel's Birthday party at kitts nightclub London, England - 26.05.07
Liam Gallagher's ex-wife Patsy Kensit has vowed not to have any more plastic surgery - because she fears the procedures could hinder her acting career by limiting her facial expressions.
The blonde beauty admits that although she's had temporary cosmetic treatments and breast surgery to fix the effects of breast-feeding, she won't go under the knife again because the surgery could threaten her role as SADIE KING in British soap Emmerdale.
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Hi all,
My '69 CB350 is currently out of commission, and with my current time restraints, I don't think I'll be able to finish the rebuild for some time. Someone is selling a '72 CL350 in good condition for a good price, but it doesn't have a title, so I couldn't get it registered. Does anyone know if these engines are interchangeable on the frames, or would I have to modify engine mount placement and such to make it work?
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I just realized someone just asked this question, and it sounds like they would fit. Can anyone else verify this is true?
Thanks again, and sorry for the redundancy.
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Dallas - The Anaheim Ducks have activated goaltender Jonas Hiller off injured reserve.
The 29-year-old Hiller has played in just one game since reporting lightheadedness and dizziness after playing just 11 minutes against San Jose on February 13.
Hiller is in uniform for Wednesday's game in Dallas.
The native of Switzerland has gone 26-16-3 with a 2.50 goals-against average and five shutouts this season.


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Advice on Storm-Related Flooding
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Never mind the heavy rainstorms of the past week: Hurricane season began June 1, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a near-average year. That means a 70 percent chance of having nine to 14 named storms, four to seven of which could become hurricanes, including up to three rating a Category 3, 4 or 5, the most severe classification.
The Washington area is always a potential target for these tropical tempests, along with the flooding and power outages that result from high winds and heavy rain. Preparedness can go a long way toward keeping your home dry. Below are answers to frequently asked questions about flood risks, along with advice on what you can do to protect your home.
How do hurricanes cause floods in the home?
The ways in which water can enter your home during and after a hurricane are too numerous to list. If you live in a flood plain, chances are there's a body of water nearby that can overflow directly onto your property. There's only so much you can do in that situation.
Rain that falls heavily for a long period can force water into normally dry basements. That's because when the ground becomes saturated, hydrostatic pressure on foundation walls increases. "The water has to go somewhere," says Glen Izett, a manager for Phoenix Home Services in Burke. "It's going to take the path of least resistance." That path is frequently the joint between foundation walls and basement floors, Izett says. Any cracks in the foundation also can provide an entry point.
Can a sump pump prevent that from happening?
A sump pump is generally installed in the lowest part of a basement or crawl space in a pit dug into the ground. As water accumulates underground and hydrostatic pressure increases, water is forced into the pit. Once it reaches a certain level, the pump turns on and moves the water through a pipe away from the home. "Installed correctly, it relieves the pressure around the house," Izett says.
What about French drains? Do they provide more protection?
A French drain is a gravel-filled trench dug along the perimeter of a basement that redirects groundwater away from the home's foundation. Although a French drain can relieve hydrostatic pressure, installing one is an expensive and messy job that isn't right for all homeowners, Izett says. That's because the buildup of groundwater caused by rainfall isn't necessarily the only cause of the problem. Incorrect grading around a house, for instance, will cause water to accumulate and sit along foundation walls. There might also be cracks or other structural flaws in the foundation.


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Organizers of the Connecticut Manufacturing Job Match will introduce Friday at East Hartford's Rentschler Field a new program to fill available manufacturing and trade jobs with military veterans.
The initiative kicks off at 10 a.m. during the Heroes for Hire Job Fair at Rentschler.
The state Department of Labor, Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology and Congressman John Larson (D-CT) launched the manufacturing job match in late 2011 to help qualified workers find employment at manufacturing companies.
Many have waited for months or years to find individuals fit to fill those openings.
The first round of the match was considered a success as initially 13 individuals found employment at nine companies. Larson hopes to make the state program the model for a similar national program and hosted Jane Oates, the assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor, during one of the initiative's events in March.
The program spin-off to be launched on Friday is catered specifically to unemployed military veterans, identifying their skills with local businesses who are hiring.
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Anyone who's watched a police drama knows the drill: "You have the right to speak to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you." That's why state and local governments maintain public defender's offices -- to ensure that anyone charged with a crime has access to a capable lawyer.
If only the government stopped there.
Back in the 1960s, as part of President Johnson's so-called War on Poverty, Washington decided it would "help" poor people in civil matters, too. It started the Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services, supposedly to provide publicly funded legal services to poor Americans. But like most big-government programs, OEO Legal Services didn't work very well. Sure, it spent a lot of money, but it often didn't accomplish its goals.
In 1974, the Nixon administration renamed it the Legal Services Corporation, but failed to remedy the defects.
The corporation now says it needs more money. It's seeking an increase of $85 million this year, which would give it a budget of $411.8 million.
But the corporation might not need additional taxpayer dollars if it didn't waste so much. As the Associated Press recently reported, "the luxuries executives of Legal Services have given themselves with federal money [range] from $14 'Death by Chocolate' desserts to $400 chauffeured rides to locations within cab distance of their offices." LSC also overpays for office space. It shells out about $8 more per square foot than other tenants in the same building for its headquarters in the posh Georgetown section of Washington. Maybe its lawyers should review that lease.
Meanwhile, Frank Strickland, the LSC board chairman, probably should consider taking public transit. After the corporation hired a limousine to take him to Capitol Hill, Strickland's own comptroller raised a red flag. "With cab fares from our office to Capitol Hill costing $20 and the nominal cost of a cab to Arlington Cemetery and return, this $423.99 seems to be an extraordinary cost," he wrote in an internal memo. Indeed.
Waste isn't the only problem at LSC, though. It also has trouble following the restrictions Congress sets.
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese outlined some LSC abuses during an appearance before the House Judiciary Committee in 2002. For example, in the late 1990s lawmakers specifically told LSC it couldn't represent aliens who weren't physically present in the United States.
"In spite of Congress' prohibition," Meese testified, "an LSC recipient sent letters to a number of farm workers in Mexico in 1998 and traveled there to recruit potential clients for lawsuits against American farmers."
Later, to explain it hadn't actually broken the law, LSC played the Washington word game. It claimed the words "is present" actually mean "is now or once was present." (Makes you wonder how they define "is.")
Congress also prohibits LSC from supporting any individual or group that "initiates or participates in a class action." Yet LSC grantees have filed class-action suits in Georgia and California, and the corporation has taken no action to stop them. "In dismissing complaints from members of Congress and watchdog organizations, LSC maintained that the California action was not a class action but a 'representative action' and, as such, did not fall under the congressional restrictions," Meese told lawmakers.
Obviously, if LSC would stop wasting funds representing people it isn't supposed to, it would have more money to spend representing needy people. Instead of increasing LSC's budget, lawmakers ought to turn the corporation's job back over to states, localities and private organizations. That's the best way to ensure that everyone involved gets a fair hearing.
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SHAPES & size... **Penis**
Well hubby and i where watching Hall Pass last night! I really dunno if everyone has seen it yet but on one part Owen Wilson falls asleep in the hot tube and his legs fall asleep ( im guessing) Well this black guy and white comes to help him out(both booty ass naked)! Anyways to my point...
The black guys penis is like a hook(the end was pointing to the left) how will that even go in? lol and the white guy is about ---- that size hahha well anyways have you ever seen odd shaped ones? My MIL said she had one that was like a pickle jar... YULP weird i know!
It goes in just fine. I mean, it's not like metal, it does bend. It's flesh. And the vagina molds to accomodate anything that can fit inside, lmao.
LOL I'm amused that this post is getting attention now.
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This magnificent novel by one of America's finest writers is the epic of one man's remarkable journey, set in nineteenth-century America against the background of a vanishing people and a rich way of life.
At the age of twelve, under the Wind moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to… (more)
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SOLANA BEACH -- A veteran administrator from Orange County will fill the school district's superintendent post Ellie Topolovac will vacate when she retires June 30, Solana Beach School District trustees announced Tuesday.
The administrator, Karen Walker, Fountain Valley School District's assistant superintendent of instruction, was one of 26 applicants for the Solana Beach district's top job.
"We went through this process in a very analytical way," Solana Beach school board Trustee Steven Henriksen said Tuesday. "The candidate we finally got validated our approach. We all are unanimously happy with Dr. Walker."
Trustees and staff members next week are scheduled to conduct a "validation visit" to Fountain Valley before signing a contract with Walker at a board meeting April 15, Topolovac said Tuesday.
Walker's salary is subject to negotiation; Topolovac drew an annual salary of about $138,000.
Topolovac announced her retirement plans last October. She began working for the Solana Beach district as a kindergarten teacher in 1965 and took over as superintendent nine years ago.
With an enrollment of 6,300 students, the Fountain Valley district serves nearly twice as many students as Solana Beach.
In an interview Tuesday, Walker said she was confident the visit from Solana Beach district officials next week would bring no surprises.
"I'm not anticipating they'll find a lot of skeletons in my closet," Walker said.
A native of Santa Ana and the daughter of a firefighter, Walker began her career as an elementary teacher in Saddleback Valley Unified School District. Five years later, she advanced to the position of assistant principal.
Later, she served as a principal and director of learning support services in the Corona-Norco Unified School District in Riverside.
Most recently, Walker has worked as Fountain Valley School District's assistant superintendent of instruction.
"She became very respected in our district," said Fountain Valley school board President Joanne Lew. "During these times, when there's so much testing, she always made it very easy for us to understand as far as what the scores really meant."
The Solana Beach district operates five schools in Solana Beach, Fairbanks Ranch and Carmel Valley. A sixth school is under construction in Carmel Valley and is scheduled to open this fall.
As for Walker's schooling, in 1999, she earned a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of La Verne.
In a prepared statement, Solana Beach school board President Scott Smith noted she received straight A's during her doctoral work, and that impressed trustees.
"I've been told I'm a bit of an overachiever," Walker said Tuesday.
Walker, 50, lives with her husband in Newport Beach. She has four grown children.
Contact staff writer Adam Kaye at (760) 943-2312 or email@example.com.


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Crushable Quotable: Nathan Fillion Almost Chickened Out Of Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
It warms my heart that seven years after it came out, Joss Whedon's space-western film Serenity is still being screened to enthusiastic audiences, like at this weekend's Hero Complex Film Festival in Los Angeles. Even better, star Nathan Fillion was there to do a fun Q&A about the show's legacy—considering that playing Captain Mal Reynolds on Firefly kickstarted his Hollywood career.
The Q&A sounds like it covered the usual bases — Fillion's cult status, his current gig on Castle — but then he started talking about Much Ado About Nothing. Last October, Whedon, Fillion, and other high-profile Whedonverse stars revealed that they had just spent the past twelve days shooting the Shakespeare play at Whedon's home. It all started because of a tradition, Fillion explained: Whedon hosts a monthly brunch at his house, where he invites friends to come over and recite Shakespeare, and from that came the idea for the adaptation.
But what's interesting, Fillion added, is that he nearly wasn't involved. He was overworked with Castle at the time and just didn't think he could commit to the project. Here's the account, from Collider's recap of the festival:
"I had never done Shakespeare before," Fillion confides. "I actually tried to chicken out of it… I had to work a lot of late nights for Castle and there was just so much dialogue, too much to memorize."
Fillion even called Whedon before shooting began, telling him about his difficulties, asking, "Do you have anyone who could replace me?" According to Fillion, Whedon took a moment, then told him "Relax. It's just a lark. No big deal. Don't worry about it. Take Saturday off. We'll work around your schedule… And I don't have a replacement."
Fillion was earlier quoted as comparing Whedon's "Joss-speak" — made famous in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and definitely utilized in Firefly — to Shakespeare, saying that you can't paraphrase either one. And ultimately he got to do the latter, since Whedon convinced him that they would work around his schedule so he could play the Captain Hammer-like idiot character Dogberry.
One of my absolute favorite things about Whedon is how he's surrounded himself with people he trusts and likes, and then works with them on multiple projects. It never feels like you're seeing the same character twice. In fact, Fillion told attendees that the person who did the best Shakespeare was Alexis Denisof, who we know as Wesley Wyndham-Price from Buffy and Angel but who also appeared briefly in The Avengers quite unrecognizable as The Other.
"The guy will make you cry," Fillion promised of Denisof's performance as witty bachelor Benedick, who falls for Amy Acker's Beatrice. We'll take his word for it for now, but we want to see the movie as soon as possible!
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Victoria Marchiony, a student at Temple University, wrote a column for the Temple News Online yesterday rejecting the pity her peers give her for sitting alone at lunch.
The conversation started when an acquaintance of Victoria's told her how bad she feels when she sees people eating lunch alone. The acquaintance went on to describe how eating alone is an indication of social awkwardness. What?!
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Sahara and Sebi continue to lock horns in Supreme Court. Sebi is likely to file a fresh suit against Sahara for failure to comply with the court's order.
Sahara and Sebi continue to lock horns in Supreme Court. Sebi is likely to file a fresh suit against Sahara for failure to comply with the court's order. However, that has not stopped Sebi from kicking off the process that will result in refunds to the people who invested in Sahara's OFCD issue. Sajeet Manghat and Ashmit Kumar of CNBC-TV18 report on the case.
Also read: SEBI, Sahara, 2G, mining, Vodafone dominated SC in 2012
Sahara has toed the Supreme Court's line atleast in part. And in a move that gives the phrase 'buried in paperwork' a new meaning, it has sent Sebi 127 trucks with 31,669 cartons containing about 3.04 crore application forms, 2.24 crore redemption vouchers and statutory forms. All this was done between December 10 and 20.
However, the market regulator is not backing down. It has begun, what is probably its biggest initiative so far; building a database of the people who hold Sahara's OFCDs. After verification, Sebi has stored these cartons with SHCIL. Initial information indicates that while initial scrutiny of the records has begun, Sebi is far from happy. Sebi is learnt to have written to Sahara on December 20 & 28, communicating certain deficiencies in the documents.
These deficiencies include; 'hopeless' mixing up of application forms and vouchers, documents not being arranged in a logical sequence and no proper segregation of application forms pertaining to refunds paid, from refunds pending.
In addition, Sebi has asked Sahara to furnish additional documents for verification of investors, while initiating discussions with the department of posts to carry out in-person verification of investors.
That's not all. Sebi is also considering more legal action against Sahara, including a contempt petition and an execution petition. CNBC-TV18 has learnt that Sahara has not adhered to the Supreme Court order, and still has to submit 25 percent of the documents.
Now in the December 20 deadline, Sahara had asked Sebi to be allowed to submit the remaining documents continuously, till the February 15- 20.
Sebi declined this request saying it is not empowered to accept any documents beyond the supreme court's december 20th deadline.
Also, Sebi has written to the Chief Secretaries of UP and Maharashtra to take action against Sahara for switching OFCDs with other Sahara schemes without their consent. With things as they stand, it looks like Sebi and Sahara will be pounding the pavement outside the Supreme Court for the final say. Add to that, the Herculean task facing Sebi of investors not getting their refunds anytime soon.


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BOOK REVIEW: The Undead: Organ Harvesting, the Ice-Water Test, Beating Heart Cadavers--How Medicine Is Blurring the Line Between Life and Death by Dick Teresi
Review by Allison Bohac
"Are you dead or alive?"
The Undead opens with a question that seems like it should have an easy answer. But Teresi, a science writer, argues that in today's age of beating-heart cadavers that can breathe, urinate and even give birth while legally dead, it can be hard to tell.
Historically, Egyptians and ancient Greeks considered a heartbeat to be the telltale indicator; Christian and Hebrew interpretations of the Bible pointed to breath. The Samburu people in Africa still contend that someone is not dead until hyenas will eat the body.


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I finally got to Pay it Forward during a Sisterpalooza shopping spree at Sam's Club. Check out all the benefits of having a membership!
That Crazy Man I Love {and Divorce Court}
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That Crazy Man I Love {and shopping}
Last night when we all got home, I was so hungry and cranky. I'm not sure what is different this time around with our eating plan, but I get hungrier faster and my blood sugar gets low. I was called from daycare yesterday that my boy had one too many poop accidents and he didn't […]
Five Crazy Thoughts about Black Friday: Gone Too Far? {Thanksgiving is about Family}
As I was growing up, Black Friday didn't really mean much to me. I would sleep late and be lazy around the house because I was out of school for one more day. We ate leftover turkey sandwiches and lots of pie and sometimes we would hear about how all of the people were out shopping. […]
Broken shoes just in time for Back to School {Enter Famous Footwear!}
Sometimes Granny beats us to buying new shoes for our boy, but with this Famous Footwear Back to School coupon and Rewards program, we can get him the newest styles for 15% off and BOGO!!
Save Your Coins to Boost your PayPal!! #PayPalCoinstar #cbias
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Boost Your Budget Pantry Challenge – Week Five
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Apple is bringing YouTube content to the living room with its Apple TV home-entertainment system. Beginning in mid-June, Apple TV will wirelessly stream videos directly from YouTube and play them on a user's widescreen TV. Using Apple TV's interface and Apple Remote, viewers will be able to browse, find and watch free videos from YouTube in the comfort of their living room rather than in the study on their PC.
"This is the first time users can easily browse, find and watch YouTube videos right from their living room couch, and it's really, really fun," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "YouTube is a worldwide sensation, and Apple TV is bringing it directly from the Internet onto the widescreen TV in your living room."
Apple claims that thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV at launch in mid-June, with YouTube adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalogue is available this autumn. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favourite videos.
OPINION: Yo, Apple's UTunes rocks the house!
Apple TV requires iTunes 7.1 or later running on a Windows PC with Windows XP Home/Professional (SP2), or a Mac with Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or later.
Is Apple TV bigger than the iPhone?
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I thought I would post this, for obvious reasons - though I do apologize for the length.
I believe as a heterosexual person it is my duty to stand up and say, "I'm secure enough in myself or my relationship not to be threatened by the definition of marriage becoming a little more inclusive of other loving couples."
Media professional, Rick Morton is gay and he is also an outstanding writer. Today he rebuffs the most comment arguments about gay marriage when he writes.
So to help those who feel like they need to keep peddling the marriage-go-round of mistruths, I have compiled this Stupendous Compendium of Anti Gay Marriage Arguments (and why they're wrong).
You're welcome.
It's about religion.
No, it isn't. Going to church is about religion. Loving thy neighbour is about religion. Marriage is a secular contract presided over by Government. Like taxes. Atheists get married. Religious people get married. Some churches won't marry inter-racial couples, or previously divorced couples. They're welcome to. That's their right. But that doesn't preclude these people from marriage altogether. Because it's secular.
Legalising gay marriage only affects a small number of people, why bother?
There are two flaws with this. If we'd followed this logic then we would have had no black civil rights movement. And asking 'why bother' about a human rights imbalance is a little like ignoring the service station when your car is on fire and your face is melting. Tis merely a flesh wound, come back and I'll bite your knee caps off! The 'only them' argument has consistently been shown, throughout history, to be reprehensible. We cannot afford to stand by while 'only them' becomes a chorus of our own inability to act. One day, and this is the lesson we still haven't learned, 'only them' could become 'only you'. It's a lonely outpost. Would they care to make the same argument about disability funding?
It's about procreation.
Then you might also want to ban marriages that take place later in life, beyond a couple's child bearing years. Or you might consider banning marriage for heterosexual couples who don't want children. Families are about procreation or adoption or surrogacy. Marriage is about love between two individuals. The idea that we must procreate to protect the human race was spawned, forgive the pun, during a time when sabre toothed tigers were an actual health threat and actual health care consisted of medicinal screaming. So yes, prolific bonking used to be a shared duty. The times have changed, somewhat.
We have more important problems to deal with!
This is disingenuous. Yes, I will help you with your civil rights movement but really, this trash isn't going to take itself out. This is a familiar refrain. We have to fix health care! We have to fix the welfare system! And we do, we do. But if Government's cannot multi-task, especially to instate a basic right of equality, then we are all in a little bit of trouble. And if you forever want to put gay marriage on the backburner, because the country has had a sudden need to legislate invisible cigarette packages, then we've successfully woven a beautiful too-hard-basket that would look simply delightful as the centrepiece on a hardwood table, fit for a gay.
Homosexuality is against the natural order!
And so are those farm animal ornaments with slinkies for legs. But they're still in our homes. Truth be known – and science can be a wonderful master – homosexuality occurs quite often in nature. If you've never seen a pair of male dolphins doing miraculous things with their blowholes, you haven't been watching enough SBS. Christian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas was a bit of a fan of looking to nature for validation of humanity's own habits, which might explain the brief fad in the early days of raising our young in a burrow. There are actually some animals that spontaneously change sex from male to female and vice versa, so relying on the 'natural order' of things is rather a bit misleading.
Homosexuality is a choice. They made their gay bed, let them lie in it.
There is only one group of people capable of answering the question of choice and homosexuals. They are The Gays. I happen to be one of these. I was born this way. I like men the same way you know you like the opposite sex. Nobody taught you to. You just do. You're hardwired and so am I. The implication that gay kids, a larger proportion of whom commit suicide because of horrendous bullying and identity issues, would choose to endure the torture of their childhoods is insulting. It's insulting and you have no authority to tell us you know better. Because unless you're gay, you don't.
It's a slippery slope. Just wait until The Gays can marry their brothers. Who are also animals.
Consent. Repeat after me. Animals cannot provide consent and beastiality is an avenue where consent cannot be provided in a 'loving' relationship. Unless you're donkey has a Speak 'n' Say, there is no consent. And there are medical reasons why incest is frowned upon. But there is no decent, scientific, medical or moral reason why two loving, consenting, non-related adults should not be afforded the same rights as the majority.
It's about morality, man. Think of morality, won't you?
Two words. Las Vegas. Shotgun weddings that last 43 minutes aren't really the pinnacle of morality. Nor are they sacred, for that matter. It's only a slight affront that a heterosexual couple jacked up on cocaine and the better part of an entire bar can slur 'I do' with the full support of the law. That The Gays are forced to settle for 'I Would', even while measured against this same impressive yardstick, is simply unintelligible. Nothing is more moral, one would have thought, than a couple willing to devote themselves to each other for the rest of their lives. And this is true in the eyes of the law if you have both a penis and a vagina. You must have one of each between you lest you be cursed forever more to de facto relationships and cloudy legal rights in your old age. Morality indeed.
I totally agree, but let's not call it marriage. Let them have civil unions!
Ahem. Let them eat cake? Those who adopt this argument can be the most frustrating as this is the one that glosses over the exact issue at stake here. This isn't about every gay wanting to marry. This isn't about the words themselves. It's about what the options are and who has access to them. Apartheid South Africa had a water fountain for blacks and water fountains for whites. Essentially, nobody is missing out except that they're both lapping at an entrenched division made possible by discrimination. Call it whatever you want. Call it Skiddlepop, if you must, but give it to everybody. If one doesn't, then discrimination continues. Refusing to amend the marriage act is tantamount to saying The Gays are not worthy of the institution. And blacks aren't worthy of the same drinking fountains, nor women the vote. Oh, history, it's like an embarrassing echo.
I like gay people, but I don't think they should be allowed to marry.
Let me guess, you also have lots of gay friends? And I have a hat made from kitten whiskers. You might like them – everyone has that token gay guy who hogs the karaoke machine at company functions and they're a right hoot, I'm sure – but you don't respect them. And respect is really what we're after here.
But the Marriage Act clearly says it is between a Man and Woman!
Stop shouting. Yes, it does. Unfortunately that Act wasn't amended by scholars in the 4th Century. It was amended by John Howard. In 2004. It was a deliberate move to exclude and it didn't take long to execute. Amending the Act would be simple and absolutely no impediment to the debate whatsoever.
Well, here's my analogy about a soccer player joining an AFL Game and wanting the rules changed.
Except the soccer player did choose to be a soccer player. And AFL isn't the only game in town. And then all the men shower together at the end anyway. Hang on.
But, why should The Gays get special treatment?
If by special, you mean unequal. The Gays don't want more than what the straights have. We want the same. Which is ironic, because that's what homo means.
But if we let The Gays marry, I might turn gay.
No, you won't. Honest. We'll even promise to stop casting spells on your testosterone or oestrogen. Promise. It's actually scientifically proven that touching a gay, or hearing about a gay wedding will have absolutely no bearing on your life whatsoever. Some very brave scientists risked homosexuality to empirically test this hypothesis, so best you show them some respect.
But a gay wedding would ruin my heterosexual marriage!
False. Unless a gay couple in the middle of their nuptials literally fell on top of your wedding ceremony, this is not going to happen. And I think you'll agree that is a very unlikely course of events. Unless we all of a sudden legalise gay air weddings, which is just plain dangerous.
But if we let them marry, then they'll have kids and we'll end up with a gay society.
This one is simple. I am gay. My parents are not. Work it out.
Just because.


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lol dats MSG, he has the same name in boxden.com, lmao, what a lame
lol dats MSG, he has the same name in boxden.com, lmao, what a lame
wow msg, thts jst pathetic, theres funnier ways to show tht u like the dude, jst dont take it tht far...
wow...i thought i was marburys biggest fan until i saw this
Damn, Oak's beginning to look a lot like Cliff Huxtable.
I wish I could find the Kobe post, where the guy says that he'd take a cum shot to the face from Kobe, after first taking it from behind. That takes the cake, in my opinion.
MSG is a ledgend.
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I dont know who this kingstarbury poster is, but i agree with him to an extent. Its not that im gay...matter of fact, i strongly dislike gay people...or gay dudes, at least. But just out of respect for Marbury. The guy has had a great career, and he gives back to the hood.
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RIM has announced several new options for developing apps for its PlayBook tablet.
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I am writing a plugin that maintains a set of regions (held by sublime using add_regions function) that I want to sometimes control from the plugin. If I type something inside the region, then that region expands automatically. But it doesn't work like that if I edit it from code. So currently my code looks like this:
regions = view.get_regions("inb_input")
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by jordan hruska | September 1, 2010 | Style & Beauty
I had just stepped out of the rain to meet Chris Benz inside a restaurant. At the time, he was still a fashion-design student at Parsons and we were both young plucky newcomers to New York City. I was wearing a khaki trench with jeans and a white button-up shirt. For all intents and purposes, I thought it was a well-appointed outfit, but Chris looked at me and said, "That's great, but it would look even better with a lobster brooch right here," as he pointed to my lapel. I'm not the type to wear a brooch of any sort, but I knew what he was talking about. Chris is a slave to details and he shares this trait with Ashley Melisse Abess, his business partner in the ten-collection-strong label Chris Benz.
They grew up on opposite corners of the country: Benz in Seattle and Abess in Miami. Abess comes from a family with deep roots in her hometown, in realms both artistically and entrepreneurially creative.
"My mother, Jayne, used to be the public-relations and marketing director at Bal Harbour Shops, and prior to that had worked at Saks," Abess says. "So I grew up on the set of my mom's photo shoots. But my father, Leonard, is a banker, so I also went out on weekends to see properties for real estate loans. Perhaps what I'm doing now is a reflection of the two different backgrounds that I grew up around." (In February, Leonard Abess was honored by President Obama after giving $60 million to his staff following the sale of his City National Bank shares.)
Both Chris and Ashley displayed a tremendous amount of confidence when they decided to graduate from their respective high schools early and come to study at Parsons School of Design at age 17. Abess entered the design-management program and was inspired upon graduation by Chris's concept for a label.
"When Chris and I both decide there's something that we want to do, we just do it. This is the attitude that we had when we were 17 and this is the attitude we had when we wanted to start our own business," says Abess.
Praised by critics and wearers alike, the label strikes a balance between Benz's own intensely personal visions and the common narrative of any confident woman's life. For example, in his Fall/Winter 2009 collection, he dipped into the doldrums of the recession-era mindset and channeled New York in the late 1970s, a distinct time and place when the chips were down and people were devoted to escapism. This spirit left room for him to design celebratory pieces that feel at times both comfortable and risky. "It's very easy to put together a collection with crazy clothes that can't be produced and that cost thousands of dollars, but it takes a lot more intelligence to put together a collection that really makes sense, that's tight and saleable and able to be produced at the right price point," says Benz.
Certain looks incorporate spurts of taxicab yellow and banner red, possibly shouts to the speedy urgency of New York. Riotous cuts such as one-sleeve dresses and tops are both enhanced and grounded by their inclusion in looks that are almost architecturally proportioned with asymmetrical ruffles and hems. There are blunt pairings of fabrics and patterns, as seen in a look comprised of a boxy cheetah-print peacoat with a svelte light-blue crêpe de chine evening skirt, put together, perhaps, by a capricious wearer who had decided to throw it on and head out into the gritty city.
In a Benz outfit, precision seems effortless. The real challenge for the wearer, however, comes in person, such as when Benz and Abess leave their New York studio and head to Neiman Marcus in Coral Gables for their regular November trunk show.
"Chris's aesthetic is sexy in an unassuming way," says Abess. "At the trunk shows, I get into dressing rooms with women and Chris will pick out things for them to try on and they'll so often say, 'I love this and didn't realize it was something that I could wear and I love myself in it.' "
Benz attributes a lot of these women's revelations to the fact that they are often apprehensive about wearing color. His collections are known for trafficking in the richer, bolder hues of the color wheel, but he's a bit surprised at the reception.
"Even though our first collection was comprised of a lot of really tonal colors, there were these five really brightly colored mohair jackets that everyone loved and then it kind of snowballed from there," he says. Benz's color palette was a completely organic development, remembers Abess, and she laughs that he initially proclaimed that the current Fall/Winter collection would be a "black" one.
"Well, there's black in it," says Benz. But both he and Abess believe that if color is the foundation for the line from the start of each collection, it turns out to be a completely different animal.
"Consistency is key in fashion," says Benz. "A lot of our clothes really do drive home a resurgence in classic American sportswear, which a lot of sophisticated women, especially in places like Miami, cherish and have sort of been missing for a while."
Chris Benz's ideal Miami ensemble (from assorted Chris Benz collections):
- a luxe silk T-shirt
- trouser shorts in bright colors
- a novelty hat
- a cashmere cardigan (for air conditioning!)
- candy-colored sunglasses
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Reno 911! Co-Creator Directing BAYWATCH Movie
Paramount Pictures has been developing a Baywatch feature film for awhile. They most recently expressed interest in casting Justin Timberlake for the lead role in the film, which actually kind of makes sense. The actor would play a disgraced former Olympic swimmer who tries out for the Baywatch crew.
Thanks to Vulture we've now learned that there's a director attached to the project, Reno 911! co-creator and star Robert Ben Garant.
The latest draft of the script was written by Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan and is said to have characters for both David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson to take if they so wish, but they will not be playing the characters that they did on the original Baywatch. Tolan previously revealed that the script he wrote is more like the 1980's Billy Murray comedy, Stripes. So it makes sense for the studio to bring in a comedy director to take on the project.
Ben Garant is currently in post-production on the comedy Hell Baby, which he co-directed and co-wrote with his old Reno 911! co-creator and co-star, Thomas Lennon. That movie centers on an expectant couple, played by Lennon and Leslie Bibb, whose new home is haunted by a demonic baby.
I've only seen a handful of episodes of Reno 911!, but it's on my list of things to watch. I think the only way to do a Baywatch movie is to make it a comedy, so its good to see that's what they're doing. I think a Baywatch film would be hard to take seriously at this point.
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By MaureenMullen
DETROIT The Red Sox continued to slug their way through their road trip, pounding the Tigers, 6-3, Friday night in front of 34,046 at Comerica Park.
The victory, coupled with the Yankees' loss at Seattle, moved the Sox into first place in the A.L. East by one game.
Trailing, 2-1, going into the third inning, the Sox sent eight batters to the plate with five scoring.
Staked to a four-run lead, starter Tim Wakefield cruised through his outing. He went seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts. He needed just 83 pitches, 58 for strikes.
It is the 195th win of Wakefields 19-season career, 181st with the Sox.
Player of the Game: Tim Wakefield
Wakefield went seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts. He threw just 83 pitches (58 strikes), cruising to the win. He improved to 2-1 with a 4.14 ERA.
It was his longest outing since going eight innings in a 3-2 win over the Orioles on July 2, 2010.
He has made four starts this season, including his last two outings, as he fills in with John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka on the DL. In his last two starts has gone a combined 13 23 innings, giving up three earned runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts. He has posted a cumulative ERA of 1.98.
I was fighting my mechanics in the first couple of innings, Wakefield said. But was able to make some adjustments after the second inning and was able
to cruise through into the seventh.
"I'm just doing what I can to help us win games. Asked me to fill a role here and do the best that I can.
Honorable Mention: Jacoby Ellsbury
Ellsbury went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI. He scored after his first two at-bats of the game. His speed helped him to his first run, while his power gave him the second run. Ellsbury led off the game with a single to right, taking second on his 18th stolen base of the season. He went to third on Adrian Gonzalezs groundout, and scored on Rick Porcellos wild pitch.
He led off the third with his sixth home run of the season, to tie the game. It was his second home run in as many games.
For good measure, he added some strong defense in center field.
Hes a great player, said Dustin Pedroia. We knew. We expect this of him. He can do anything. He hits homers. He steals bases. He plays great defense. Hes a special player, man.
The Goat: Rick Porcello
Porcello lasted just three innings, giving up six runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts, a wild pitch, and two home runs. He was given a slim 2-1 lead in the second on Jhonny Peraltas lead-off homer, but couldnt hold on to it. In the next inning, he gave up five runs as the Sox sent eight batters to the plate.
Turning Point: Third-inning fireworks
Trailing 2-1 going into the third inning, the Sox sent eight batters to the plate, with five scoring.
Jacoby Ellsbury led off the third with a home run to right field, his sixth of the season, tying the score. Dustin Pedroia followed with a walk, going to second on Adrian Gonzalezs single. Kevin Youkilis double to center scored Pedroia and Gonzalez. After David Ortiz flied out to center, Carl Crawfords fourth home run of the season put the Sox up, 6-2, before Jed Lowrie grounded out and Josh Reddick popped out.
By the Numbers: 1-2-3
The Sox scored seven runs in the first inning Wednesday against the Indians, five runs in the second inning Thursday against the Tigers, and five runs in the third inning Friday against the Tigers. What can that mean for the fourth inning Saturday? (Oh,yeah, they also scored five runs in the eighth inning on Thursday.)
Quote of Note
"I don't think its unusual I think it's a blessing for us that its happened so far and hopefully we can continue to do so. -- Tim Wakefield, on the four starts he and Alfredo Aceves have made in place of John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka, who are on the DL. Wakefield and Aceves are a combined 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA in those four starts.
Maureen Mullen is on Twitter athttp:twitter.commaureenamullen


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text: Slow Signs of Reform in Bangladesh As the death toll topped 650, the calls for action continued. By Mayu Saini and Kristi Ellis and John Zarocostas on May 6, 2013 The Bangladeshi government showed signs Monday that it was ready to begin enacting some reforms of its textile and apparel industry even as the outcry over working conditions, government ineptitude and loss of life continued unabated.The proposals came as the death toll in the collapse of the eight-story apparel factory building in Savar, near Dhaka, rose to 650. As Western governments review their trading arrangements with Bangladesh and major brands reexamine their sourcing from the country, industry organizations pressed the government to take a renewed look at wages in the sector, now at a minimum of $38 a month."The wages of the garment workers should increase every year at a certain percentage rationally to better their living standards," said Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to local press reports, the prime minister has asked for the development of an institutional mechanism to make this happen.A proposal to help ensure that workers have more uniform pay hikes managed by a wage board was hailed as an important step forward. Salaries for garment workers were last revised in 2010.Following recommendations by a International Labour Organization team that visited Bangladesh for four days last week, Islam also said a central database of industry workers, estimated to be about 3.6 million, will be set up. After the ILO recommendations it was decided that a labor law reform package be presented to parliament in June. The key measure would be that worker unions would be allowed to be institutionalized if the law was passed. Other steps forward would include adding 200 factory inspectors within the next six months and upgrading the Department of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Establishments to a full directorate with a separate budget.RELATED STORY: ILO Formulates Plan for Worker Safety >>Threats of suspension from the European Union's preferred trade status led to more consternation in Dhaka on Monday."The government of Bangladesh must change something. Otherwise, I am ready to launch an investigation, which may lead to the suspension of Bangladesh's trade status with the EU," EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht reportedly told Belgian media over the weekend. The EU is Bangladesh's largest trading partner, with annual garment exports of $8.6 billion. This followed a statement by EU commissioners on April 30 that Bangladesh's preferred trade status may be changed to force the government to improve trade practices."If they are trying to help the garment workers in Bangladesh, this is not really the way," a senior government official, who requested anonymity, told WWD. "These are people who need the work, and with these threats they will simply be putting garment workers out of a job. What use is compassion if it takes away the livelihood of thousands of workers?"Pressure also was increasing from the U.S. government. Rep. George Miller (D., Calif.), the senior Democratic member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, went to the floor of the House on Monday to tell apparel brands and retailers they have a "moral imperative" to ensure that tragedies like the Rana Plaza building collapse and the fire at Tazreen Fashions do not happen again. He said the responsibility of improving working conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry falls squarely on the shoulders of brands and retailers.His statement in the House followed publication of a "Think Tank" column by Miller on the issue in WWD Monday.Miller has asked the White House to convene a major meeting between U.S. and European brands and retailers, as well as Bangladeshi garment owners and respective government officials, to develop an action plan. He implored brands and retailers in his floor speech to sign onto a binding fire and building safety agreement created by an international coalition of labor and human rights groups."Unfortunately, these tragedies in Bangladesh are not isolated, and more of these tragedies undoubtedly will occur unless the major international corporations that keep these dangerous factories open decide to change their business practices," Miller said. "Clearly there is a greater role for the U.S. and other governments to play, including the Bangladeshi government. However, the primary burden for action now lies with the major brands and retailers. Let's remember what is at stake here — the lives of thousands of young women and mothers trying to scrape together an existence, working 12-hour shifts for pennies a garment."He said experts believe the safety agreement will only cost a dime per garment over five years to improve safety in the garment factories."Major global brands now face a choice — they can attempt to wait out the storm, go back to business as usual and continue their race to the bottom, or they can chart a different course that includes healthy profits without a human death toll by signing onto an enforceable safety agreement," Miller said.White House press secretary Jay Carney, responding to a reporter's question in the daily briefing on Monday, publicly commented for the first time on the Rana Plaza collapse, noting that President Obama has been kept up to date on the developments in Bangladesh in his daily briefings."He has as part of his regular briefings been kept up to date about the tragic developments in Bangladesh and the tremendous loss of life," Carney said. "And I know that his thoughts and prayers go to the victims of that tragedy. I don't have specific information about some of the issues you raise that go into questions about how this happened, but he is absolutely being kept abreast of that development."Global labor union leaders representing apparel and retail workers on Monday called on the EU to use its power to urge brands to sign up to binding safety norms and labor standards to protect workers in Bangladesh in the aftermath of the disaster in Savar."The EU should use its considerable leverage to encourage brands sourcing from Bangladesh to sign up to a binding and enforceable agreement on fire and building safety, in which workers and trade unions play an active role," said Jyrki Raina, general secretary of the IndustriALL Global Union. "The industry's promotion of corporate auditing to identify and remedy problems is yet again revealed as a cruel hoax, as corporate auditor [Business Social Compliance Initiative] had recently certified factories operating in the Rana Plaza building. A voluntary approach that relies merely on corporate goodwill, which has been largely absent, would be a mistake. Promotion of more corporate auditing is no solution to the problem."Philip Jennings, general secretary of the UNI Global Union, which organizes workers in the retail sector, said, "UNI and its affiliates are demanding that retailers around the world sign an enforceable agreement which protects workers in Bangladesh from the unacceptable dangers of fire and building hazards, and ensures these workers will have full access to the best form of health and safety protection — a union. They can't hide from their responsibility. The time to step up to a real agreement is now."Sharon Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, said, "New legislation that complies with ILO standards and the efficient registration of new unions will be vital to avoid future tragedies. The current labor code amendments recently passed by the (Bangladeshi) cabinet leave many issues raised by the ILO and trade unions regarding freedom of association wholly unaddressed."The labor leaders welcomed the joint call last week by European commissioners Catherine Ashton and De Gucht to press Bangladesh to meet international labor standards, which included the threat of EU action under the Generalized System of Preferences.Meanwhile, compassion is being put to a test in Savar as rescue workers excavate and pull out more bodies from the wreckage. The death toll went up to 650 on Monday, after 21 more bodies were found.A police official said it was clear from the beginning that there were about 3,200 workers in the building employed by five garment companies that were housed in it. These included New Wave Ltd, New Wave Bottoms, Phantom Apparels, Phantom Tac and Ether Tex. Police officials have said that 2,437 garment workers have been rescued alive."There should be no surprises that there would be an approximate 760 dead. It is simple math," he said.Simple math doesn't quite explain the sense of loss and horror or the scale of the tragedy, which appears to result from human error. Cracks in the building were seen the day before, and according to a preliminary government report, the collapse of the building took place soon after a generator was put on after a power outage.As of Monday, almost 100 bodies had still not been identified. Thirty-two unclaimed bodies were buried last week, while the others are still being kept at the morgues awaiting burial.Garment workers expressed their concern about the continuing political instability in Bangladesh, which has lead to losses and the inability to meet target deadlines and shipments. Two garment workers were killed on Sunday as Dhaka was sealed off by an Islamist pressure group. Twenty other people also died in the violence in which shops and vehicles were burnt and attacked. The rally was being held to support an antiblasphemy law.Having lost about $500 million in export orders due to the frequent shutdowns in the country, factory owners are demanding that the government find ways to provide more stability for the sector. To access this article, click here to subscribe or click here to log in. load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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The year was 1944, and USDA scientists in Albany, California, were laboring over a new, time-saving method for converting wheat starch into ethanol. With World War II under way and the country facing an industrial ethanol shortage, those researchers were bent on streamlining ethanol production with a revolutionary starch-degrading scheme.
The Albany location was one of four regional "utilization" research centers opened in 1940. The three others were at Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania; Peoria, Illinois; and New Orleans, Louisiana. The centers' main purpose was to discover and develop new uses, especially industrial ones, for the agricultural abundance being produced by U.S. farmers.
Today, half a century later, ARS researchers are still committed to finding technologies that will not only unlock the vast energy potential that's tied up in our nation's renewable farm resources, but also expand the array of products possible from these materials.
In the 1940s and 1950s, ethanol was valued as an industrial solvent. Now this homegrown energy source has assumed a much loftier position: an alternative to imported petroleum. Ethanol production and use is approaching 3 percent of our total national fuel consumption today and is expected to reach about 7 percent by the end of this decade.
But as attractive as ethanol is, its relatively high production cost remains an important limitation. So ARS is working to solve problems associated with ethanol's efficient and economical production.
For example, researchers in Peoria are studying versatile microorganisms that can tolerate the temperature and chemical extremes characteristic of ethanol production. Such remarkably resilient microbes—some of which are so temperature-tolerant that they've been found in hot springs—might allow producers to combine, or even skip, certain bioprocessing steps.
Increased knowledge of such energy-friendly microbial helpers could further improve efficiency of converting starch, cellulose, and other sugar-based biomaterials to ethanol and significantly slash production costs.
Also critical to improving the economics of ethanol production is creating new uses—and markets—for the coproducts of fuel generation. Huge quantities of nondegradable plant residues resist conversion, and as ethanol production soars, even more will be generated. Most of these cellulosic leftovers are marketed as dried distiller's grains and used as livestock feed.
But ARS microbiologist Paul Weimer has found at least one potential use for such unconverted cellulosic bits. In his studies with microorganisms that inhabit cow stomachs, Weimer has identified microbes that hug plant fibers so tightly that they make the ideal basis for an all-natural, petroleum-free glue. (See "New Bioadhesive's a Super Glue!" in this issue.)
If the United States is to meet the federal government's ambitious goals for clean and renewable energy, researchers must find more and better ways to break down plant matter in the form of cellulose—one of the most abundant renewable resources on the planet. Key to doing this will be understanding how it's built, on a molecular level.
So ARS scientists, including chemist John Ralph at the agency's U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wisconsin, are zeroing in on plant cell walls to see exactly how one of their most significant architectural components—lignin—is made. (See "Breaking Down Walls" article in this issue.) That information will improve our capability to modify plant cell walls so that they'll be more likely to release their sugars for ethanol fermentation.
There's little question about whether U.S. farmers can grow enough crops for large-scale processing into biofuels and other biobased products. For decades, ARS scientists have steadily worked to increase yields and profitability through plant breeding, improved agronomic practices, better postharvest packing and storing methods, and other sustainable and profitable strategies.
But for ethanol production, it's a matter of figuring out which crops—like corn, switchgrass, or sugarcane, for example—are most profitable and geographically appropriate to exploit. By tweaking plant genes, scientists can encourage production of more biomass or change a plant's cell wall composition to optimize its suitability for energy and fuel production or for other industrial uses such as lubricants, inks, fabrics, or glue.
And we're not just interested in the "big players," when it comes to evaluating or modifying plants as feedstocks—or starting materials—for biofuels production. ARS researchers are also evaluating lesser-known plants with energy potential, such as the field pea and corngrass. Diversifying the number and type of feedstocks grown will help insure against catastrophic losses caused by weather or disease.
ARS's decades-long history of identifying, collecting, and preserving diverse plant species in its 20 plant genebanks across the country puts the agency in a unique position to design, develop, and produce sustainable energy crops for the future.
And finally, if renewable energy resources are to remain so, they must be managed accordingly. Implementing sustainable agricultural practices that also boost America's rural communities will help to maintain our farmers' economic health as we establish long-lasting national energy independence.
Ghassem R. Asrar
ARS Deputy Administrator
Natural Resources and Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Beltsville, Maryland
"Forum" was published in the April 2007 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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By Nick Stoico
New York Islanders' winger Thomas Vanek was a healthy scratch tonight against Winnipeg in what could potentially be his last evening with the team.
Vanek, who is third on the team in points with 44 since being traded to New York on Oct. 27, is undoubtedly the Islanders' top trading asset and with the trade deadline rapidly approaching (Wednesday, 3 p.m. ET), and it is easy to speculate that GM Garth Snow and head coach Jack Capuano would prefer to keep him healthy. Vanek is an unrestricted free agent this summer and has verbally expressed interest in testing the market. He could be a top-six forward on any team willing to make a deal with Snow and it would seem that a deal is certainly on the horizon.
In 60 games this season, including 13 with Buffalo, Vanek has 21 goals and 32 assists.
Vanek is indeed scratched tonight for #Isles, as @FriedgeHNIC noted earlier.
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MAYHEW, Miss. (WCBI) -12 years ago the life of one EMCC student was changed forever. But his disability has not held him back from his dreams.
22 year old Chase Kyle wears a sling everyday. His left arm was severely injured in a dirt bike accident when he was only 10 years old.
"I paralyzed my arm, I broke my leg and right arm and from there it was a long recovery, long road. Without all my peers you know I probably and my instructors and my mom I probably couldn't got to where I am," said Chase Kyle.
Now, 12 years after the accident, his future couldn't be more bright. Chase says his mother, who is a nurse, inspired him to enroll in EMCC's Practical Nursing program.
"When I was little she picked me up from school, I'd go to the hospital, sit in the lounge. I'd dress up like the nurse and I'd go out on the floor and you know just play around, I got accustomed to the environment and I just really enjoyed it," added Chase Kyle.
Chase is able to preform most of the tasks in the program on his own, but other times his classmates are ready to help out. One classmate says she's honored to be able to stand next to him graduation day knowing how hard he's worked.
"Being able to stand beside Chase knowing that he's had a disability and we were kinda at an advantage then he was and so if we felt like we wanted to give up we could turn to him and see he never once tried to give up," said classmate Amanda Brownlee.
"He's very humble and there's never been a down time with him, he's always up. He's been a real good friend throughout the year. He's helped me study some hard time and you know I'm really grateful for him," said classmate Lee Calvert.
After 11 months of hard work through the nursing program, Chase says his disability won't hold him back and he's excited for what the future has in store.
"You just have to stick with it, you know you just can't go home one day and say man I can't do this anymore. Sit down and just pray, that's what I did, I prayed," said Chase.
The Practical Nursing Graduation ceremony will be Thursday night at 6 pm at the EMCC Golden Triangle campus.


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