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A minimum-wage increase will be a boon to tens of thousands of workers in San Francisco, D.C., and other cities. These hikes don't stymie business—in fact, they don't go far enough to address inequality.
If San Francisco passes a ballot measure this November, almost one-quarter of San Francisco's workforce will get a raise. That's a lot of grateful voters. But by the time the full force of the measure takes effect (in 2018), many of those workers may not reside any longer in San Francisco, forced out by the steep and rising costs of housing—if they can even afford to live in the city now.
A new report from the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics (CWED) finds that about 142,000 San Francisco workers stand to gain from the measure, which would increase the minimum wage to $15 over four phases by 2018. The minimum-wage hike would boost aggregate earnings in San Francisco by nearly $400 million, the report says, with the bulk of the benefit going to workers of color. Some three-fourths of San Francisco's working poor families will get a boost from the measure, if it passes.
Meanwhile, Sen. Mitch McConnell got busted this week over comments he made to a secret gathering of bonkers-wealthy donors. According to audio obtained by The Nation, Sen. McConnell complained during that meeting that all the Senate ever does is vote on minimum-wage increases. Given the recent research on the minimum wage, he should drop his stiff opposition to an increase. Even the largest increases being mulled by cities won't curb growth in the hottest metro areas—much less affect the bottom line for Sen. McConnell's friends.
San Francisco's first minimum-wage increase—the nation's first-ever municipal minimum-wage hike, passed in 2003—hardly cratered the city, after all. That law led to a one-time increase in restaurant prices, according to the CWED report. The measure that the city is mulling now would result in "negligible" price increases going forward: a 0.2 percent increase in operating costs for retailers, and a 3.0 percent increase for restaurants. The $12 ma po tofu at Mission Chinese Food might cost as much as $12.32 once the wage measure is enacted.
The city of Washington, D.C.—where Sen. McConnell spent the spring filibustering a federal minimum-wage increase—recently passed a law raising its own minimum wage to $11.50 an hour by 2016. A new study from the Urban Institute finds that 41,000 D.C. workers will be affected by the measure, about half of whom work in the District but live in either Virginia or Maryland. (Prince George's County and Montgomery County in Maryland passed similar increases, but suburban Virginia counties haven't.)
Of the workers who live and work in D.C. and will be touched by this law, almost one-quarter lack a high-school diploma. Some of the workers receive federal benefits, including the earned income tax credit (33 percent of affected workers), SNAP (28 percent), LIHEAP (15 percent), and federal housing assistance (13 percent). The Urban Institute notes that while "some of the increase in earnings will be offset by reductions in government benefits and tax credits, almost 80 percent of affected families will keep at least half of their earnings gains."
In fact, some families will benefit even if they don't receive wage increases directly. The Urban Institute report notes that while the number of families receiving federal aid might fall a bit because of the higher minimum wage—a drop of around 3 percent—other D.C. families who receive block-grant aid could receive a higher share of assistance as a result. Fewer slices of pie meaning bigger slices. (Not necessarily, of course: Block grants tend to go the way of the glaciers over time.)
As with San Francisco, a minimum-wage increase in D.C. won't drive out the small-plates bistros or local vintage retailers that have become fixtures of the city's gentrifying corridors. Both the San Francisco and the D.C. studies contradict the claims made by business organizations such as the International Franchise Association, which filed suit in federal court to challenge a bill adopted by the Seattle City Council in June to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour (over three or four years).
So while the darkest nightmares harbored by Sen. McConnell and his colleagues may be vivid, but they're unfounded. Findings from 12 different recent meta-analyses of some or all of the 22 states (plus D.C.) where the minimum-wage floor is higher than the federal minimum wage show that the reduction in employment—from restaurant employers to teenage workers—is rarely statistically significant, per the Urban Institute study. That might not be a reason for Sen. McConnell to line up in favor of increasing the minimum wage, but if he's so tired of fighting over it, he could do worse than to compromise on this issue. (I'm kidding! Sen. McConnell would rather shut down the government.)
Liberals, too, need to fact up to reality: Higher wages in D.C. and San Francisco is far from a dream solution. Both cities rank among the highest in the nation in terms of inequality. Both are small in terms of geographic size but not nearly dense enough to meet the demand for housing. Both are single-industry towns that afford some of the highest salaries in the nation. While many workers stand to benefit from the increase, it won't be enough to bridge an inequality gap driven by a lack of housing supply.
"Because D.C. is the nation's capital, the federal government and public sector play outsized roles in the local economy and the job market is dominated by service-sector jobs. The job market is somewhat bifurcated with an abundance of both low-wage and high-wage jobs," the Urban Institute report reads. To a lesser extent, the same can be said of San Francisco and its relationship with Silicon Vally.
The report continues: "The conundrum is that, given D.C.'s high cost of living, employers must pay more than the minimum wage to attract workers for many jobs, and even workers earning more than the minimum wage have trouble making ends meet."
Sen. McConnell overestimates the downsides of a minimum-wage increase. Worker wage hikes won't reach far enough to slow down monopsonist labor markets like Silicon Valley or Military Contractor–land. By the same token, a minimum-wage increase alone isn't enough to help the poorest workers living in sectors where high salaries and a lack of housing supply make it tough to get by.


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The gathering berries ended in a bath, throwing fruit at each other leaves you pretty colourful. We'd just dived into the pond fully clothed, uncaring. The bath ended up in an all out splash fight, no, war. Getting out of the pond was just as difficult, the weight of wet hair and clothes was enough but when you add in the fact that the moment either of us got close to getting out, the other would push us back in. Finally we managed to get out and lay on the side of the pond before we went back to the camp with the bag we'd made from Zack's t-shirt full of fruit.
"You wanna wake everyone up yet?" He asked.
"Nah, I'm going to get my paint, put it on us both then we're going to eat as much of this as we can before they wake up." I smirked.
"You are a horrible, sinister, evil excuse for a girl and I absolutely love it." I shook my head at his joke then ran to my shelter and grabbed my paint before going back to where Zack sat, trying to ignore his eyes on me as I painted myself. Next I turned to him.
"Shall I or would you rather do it on your own?"
"I'd only mess it up." I dipped my fingers in the paint and brought it to his face. I painted a thick line across his eyes like a mask. Next I painted two lines on each cheek then my eyes wandered to the plain skin of the bottom of his face. I've attacked wild cats, survived for lord knows how long and even almost drowned swimming into a sinking plane, so why is it so damn terrifying to touch his lips? I shrug it off and touch just below his bottom lip and drew a line down his chin. I left a space of skin visible on either side of the line then put another line there.
"Done." I put the paint down and wiped my fingers on my skinny jeans. I picked a berry from the bag and threw it in my mouth, grinning at him.
"It's so strange..."
"What?" I asked when my mouth was empty.
"Being here...I never imagined myself in this situation. And now, here I am, with a girl who's survived here on her own for a long time, comfortable as I ever was." He smiled as he said it. I handed him a piece of fruit I couldn't remember the name of and then took one for myself.
"Well, I never pictured I'd be able to live like this either, but now I barely remember anything before..."
"Do you remember anything?"
"I remember my mother vaguely, I don't remember having a father, I wasn't popular at school, I think I had a few friends though, one best friend. Never had my first kiss, never had a boyfriend. I don't really remember much to be completely honest."
"Does it bother you?"
"No, none of the boys I knew were really all that interesting..."
"I meant the fact that you don't remember much..."
"Oh! No, not at all." I was blushing under my black paint, giggling while he laughed at my embarrassment.
Lol, Rosalie is not the best at talking to boys. Fighting big cats? Sure. Survive on a deserted island? No problem. Talk to boys? Nope! Is anyone out there enjoying this story? Like, anyone at all?

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Singur case: State, Tata directed to file affidavitsJune 30th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Thursday ordered Tata Motors Ltd. and the West Bengal government to submit their affidavits in the Singur land case for an expeditious hearing, a lawyer said.
The Supreme Court had Wednesday stayed the return of land acquired from farmers in Singur for the Tata Motors Nano project till the final order on the issue by the Calcutta High Court.
"The (High) Court has directed today (Thursday) that according to SC order, the main application be heard. Till now, we were arguing for interim relief but since the SC has desired that the writ petition be heard out, accordingly the parties have agreed and the court has passed an order directing the state government to file affidavit by July 8 and TML (Tata) to give their reply on July 12.
"The writ petition will be taken up July 14 for hearing," said Tata Motors counsel Siddharth Mitra.
The apex court also said it will not interfere in the decision, and directed the high court to rule within a month due to the urgency of the matter.
The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act was passed in the assembly June 14, scrapping the land lease given to the Tatas by the previous Left Front government for the Nano plant.
The act came into force June 21 and the very next day, Tata Motors moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the legislation. But the high court refused the company's plea to restrain the state government from re-distributing the land.
The automaker Tuesday approached the Supreme Court against the "undue haste" being shown by the government in returning the land after it was denied interim relief by the Calcutta High Court.
The court will take up the matter for final hearing July 14.
- Tata Motors get time till Saturday for changing plea - Jul 14, 2011
- Tatas file amendment to plea in Singur land case - Jul 04, 2011
- Supreme Court halts return of Singur land (Lead) - Jun 29, 2011
- Bengal agreeable to court's proposal on Singur compensation - Sep 15, 2011
- Tata moves Supreme Court on Singur land - Jun 28, 2011
- SC notice to Tata Motors on Singur land - Aug 24, 2012
- SC notice to Tata Motors on Singur land (Lead) - Aug 24, 2012
- Court extends stay on Singur land return - Nov 03, 2011
- Judge withdraws from Singur land case - Jul 26, 2011
- Supreme Court stays return of Singur land - Jun 29, 2011
- Judge withdraws from Singur land case (Lead) - Jul 26, 2011
- Tata Motors for status quo on Singur land (Lead) - Jun 24, 2011
- Tata Motors to move Supreme Court on Singur land - Jun 28, 2011
- Singur farmers file applications for return of land - Jul 23, 2011
- Mamata welcomes apex court order on Singur land - Jun 29, 2011


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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2012)] [Notices] [Pages 52331-52332] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2012-21357] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548; FRL-9357-3] Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of request for amendments by registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the Federal Register. DATES: Unless the Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or before September 28, 2012, the deletions are effective September 28, 2012, because the registrants requested a waiver of the 180-day comment period. Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before September 28, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548 by one of the following methods:
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green,, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; email address: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general. Although, this action may be of particular interest to persons who produce or use pesticides, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the information in this notice, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0548, is available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OPP Docket in the Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/DC), located in EPA West, Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460- 0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-5805. Please review the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. II. What action is the Agency taking? This notice announces receipt by the Agency of applications from registrants to delete uses in certain pesticide registrations. These registrations are listed in Table 1 of this unit by registration number, product name, active ingredient, and specific uses deleted. The requests listed in the following Table 1 have a 30-day comment period because the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day comment period. Table 1--Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPA Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Delete from label ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 228-652.......................... Nufarm T-Methyl 4.5 F Thiophanate-methyl...... Directions for Canola Fungicide. use. [[Page 52332]] 499-475.......................... Pro-Control Pyrethrin 6EC Pyrethrins and Piperonyl Use on Pre-Harvest Tree Butoxide. Nuts, Cereal Grains and Pasture Grasses. 2724-761......................... D-Limonene, Technical.... Limonene................ Outdoor uses. 42750-102........................ Tebuconazole 45 WP....... Tebuconazole............ Tree Nuts & Pome Fruit uses. 50534-7.......................... Technical Chlorothalonil Chlorothalonil.......... Additive for aqueous Fungicide. paints, stains, coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, grouts, joint compounds, and wood preservative stains. 50534-229........................ Chlorothalonil FB........ Chlorothalonil.......... Additive for aqueous paints, stains, coatings, adhesives, caulks, sealants, grouts, joint compounds, and wood preservative stains. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites being deleted should contact the applicable registrant before September 28, 2012 to discuss withdrawal of the application for amendment. This 30-day period will also permit interested members of the public to intercede with registrants prior to the Agency's approval of the deletion. Table 2 of this unit includes the names and addresses of record for all registrants of the products listed in Table 1 of this unit, in sequence by EPA company number. Table 2--Registrants Requesting Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EPA Company No. Company name and address ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 228...................... Nufarm Americas Inc., 4020 Aerial Center Pkwy, Ste. 101, Morrisville, NC 27560. 499...................... Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc., 3568 Tree Court Industrial Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63122. 2724..................... Wellmark International, 1501 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 200 West, Schaumburg, IL 60173. 42750.................... Albaugh, Inc., 1525 NE 36th Street, Ankeny, IA 50021. 50534.................... GB Biosciences Corporation, P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419-8300. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. What is the Agency's authority for taking this action? Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any such request in the Federal Register. Thereafter, the Administrator may approve such a request. IV. Procedures for Withdrawal of Request Registrants who choose to withdraw a request for use deletion must submit the withdrawal in writing to Christopher Green using the methods in ADDRESSES. The Agency will consider written withdrawal requests postmarked no later than September 28, 2012. V. Provisions for Disposition of Existing Stocks The Agency has authorized the registrants to sell or distribute product under the previously approved labeling for a period of 18 months after approval of the revision, unless other restrictions have been imposed, as in special review actions. 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Customs officers have seized €45,000 from three suspected associates of Dublin gang leader Freddie Thompson as they were about to board a flight to Amsterdam.
The three, all in their early 30s, were stopped and searched by officers at Dublin Airport and were found to be carrying €15,000 each.
The cash was seized in accordance with the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005.
During routine checks of passengers about to board an earlier flight to Amsterdam, officers stopped a 28-year-old Irish man and found €7,760 on his person and a further €4,000 concealed in his carry-on luggage.
In Dublin District Court yesterday, Judge Patricia McNamara gave permission to the officers to hold on to the money for three months to allow them to carry out further inquiries.
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Outlook Calendar allows importing tasks from a .csv file, so this can be combined with the TeamPulse feature to export work items (including tasks) into the same format.
Thanks to this straight-forward export/import process, a portion or all of your project related tasks can be synchronized with any device using Outlook Calendar and you can always keep an eye on your assignments.
In order to import your tasks from TeamPulse into Outlook Calendar you need to have the TeamPulse R2 2013 version.
This TeamPulse version supports both export/import of work items to a .csv file and the creation of custom fields for any work item.
Then it is a matter of following 3 easy steps.
In order to create or import a calendar appointment you'd need as a bare minimum the following tasks properties in TeamPulse:
The following are not mandatory but nice to have:
From the ones above, "Title" and "Description" already exist, but for the rest, you'll need to create custom fields as follows:
Step1: Create a "Start Date" field
Start TeamPulse and go to Settings >> Work Items >> Manage Custom Fields >> add "New Field"
Then configure the custom field attributes as per the example below:
Step2: Create a "Start Time" field
This is how the modified tasks would look like in TeamPulse. Note that in the "Start Time" field you can choose whether to use AM/PM format or not.
Step3 [Not Mandatory]: Create "End Date" and "End Time" using the existing examples
Step4: Export the tasks from TeamPulse
The fastest way to do it is to create "New View" in TeamPulse, filter to display type = task and you'll get a list of all your tasks. Filter any further if you want to narrow the data. Then click on "Export" and choose either of the options.
The example below is from Outlook 2010, but later versions are supported as well
Step1: Start Outlook and go to File >> Open >> select Import
Step 2: Follow the wizard in order to choose the exported .csv file
Step3: Browse for the .csv file
Step4: Choose "Calendar" as a destination folder
Step5: Click on "Map Custom Fields" before finishing the Wizard
The fields from the .csv file are displayed on the left, while the corresponding ones in Outlook are on the right. By default "Start Date" and "Start Time" are mapped. You need to drag a field on from the left (e.g. "Name") and drop it into the corresponding field on the right (e.g. Subject)
Step6: Click "OK" and then "Finish" to begin the import
This is how the imported tasks will look in Outlook calendar:
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Who might have bugged Gerry Adams?
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams is demanding to know who planted a "bugging" device in the car he and education minister Martin McGuinness used while travelling to talks with the IRA.
Security expert and former soldier Colonel Mike Dewar says the planting of such surveillance devices is not uncommon, with figures like Gerry Adams a prime target.
"We shouldn't be at all surprised, I'd be staggered if he wasn't bugged."
Mr Adams claims the "sophisticated" object found within the bodywork of a party supporter's one-year-old Ford Mondeo included a tracking device.
"It's not a simple device you'd stick under the dashboard," says Mr Dewar of the bug described by the Sinn Fein leader.
It seems unlikely such complex equipment would be employed by an amateur spy or rival political or paramilitary group.
To install a bug of this kind, which Mr Adams claims had a microphone hidden in the centre of the car's roof, would take the sort of expertise and resources usually at the disposal of government agencies.
Colonel Dewar says that when national security is threatened governments resort to using an array of surveillance techniques: "That's not news, it's standard practice."
With the Northern Ireland peace process promising to bear fruit at last, it is debatable whether the UK security forces would risk bugging such a wily and media-savvy target, suggests Mr Dewar.
"It would seem politically inept," he says.
The defence commentator thinks the notion that the device is an IRA bug, perhaps intended to embarrass the UK government, should not be discounted.
If Mr Adams is expecting an admission of guilt by the intelligence services or 10 Downing Street, he may be disappointed. Both remain notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to eavesdropping allegations.
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Best Answer Mirone, 10 November 2013 - 12:55 PM
yes it would be possible with VoodooHDA.Go to the full post
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did you use the appleHDA.kext from the thread you found (post#1)? can you post it here?
your DSDT looks fine, i did find device HDEF. pin config data still missing from ioregistry dump.
I did use that kext. Here it is in its entirety.
this is your DSDT with minor changes, please try it and see if pin config data is injected. DSDT.zip 15.65KB 6 downloads
in org.Chameleon.boot.plist, just include HDAEnabler=Yes without the HDEFLayoutID.
use the latest kext utility to reinstall your appleHDA.kext.
reboot with "-v -f".
post your dmesg and ioreg dumps.
rebooted with -v -f
Still no sound. How do I verify that the pin config data is injected?
dmesg and ioreg dumps attached.
Did you want me to reboot both with the dsdt and HDAEnabler=yes?
from ioregistryexplorer, look for HDEF@1B. you will find PinConfigurations, layout-id, etc..
yes, DSDT and HDAEnabler=Yes.
without the codec dump from linux (of your machine), i can't verify if the pin configurations are correct. can you get an unbunu live cd (or something similar) and get a codec dump?
EDIT: your applehdacontroller.kext failed to load. due to not found and/or failed to resolve dependency? (thinking aloud here....) please post your bdmesg here. what version of bootloader are you using?
Just an idea: do you inject any kexts from the Extra folder?
I keep an Ubuntu live flash drive handy for times like these. My coded dump is attached, along with my bdmesg.
I'm using Chimera from tonymacx86. It's the easiest bootloader for me to install, since all I have to do is double-click ##### and let it go. I tried Chameleon 2.1 once on this install, but my computer rebooted as soon as Darwin started to execute. It threw the computer into an infinite reboot loop.
I don't inject any kexts from the /Extra folder. All my kexts are in /s/l/e.
tonym? ¡Ay, caramba! que horror!
if you want to use "his" software tools , by all means. you are free to do so. however, i will not be able to help you.
seriously, if you want to install Mavericks i strongly suggest to follow this guide. if you do that, then people (from this forum) will be more inclined to help you out.
No wonder, that you have problems with getting audio with applehda to work. Niche products like Asus mainboards are not well til even not supported by the tools with the beast brand.
Have fun.
Wow, what a reaction.
Considering the folks from his forum weren't nearly as willing to help me with this issue (my post was simply deleted) as you guys were, I think a switch is in order. I'm going to wipe my hard drive and reload Mavericks with that guide in about 4 hours - got some irl stuff to take care of.
I'll keep y'all informed once the wipe and reload is done!
Edit: Just out of curiosity, though... Why does what bootloader I use matter? What's the difference between Chameleon and Chimera? I thought that Chimera was based on Chameleon.
Chimera is using some other standard values, to get TM suggested hardware proper to work. Try to find support for Asus there. You will nearly find nothing.
This values of chim... are later conflicting with the post installation. ( for example: audio, if you want to have it, without voodoo and kp)
Have fun.
PS: I am sure, there is no harm meant. You should just use the tools, which are here provided to get better an easier support.
Well, guys, I don't know what to tell y'all. I finally got around to my fresh install. I used the Chameleon bootloader this time instead of Chimera. I just put my dsdt back in, installed the patched AppleHDA, rebooted....
I'm still not getting any devices in Audio.
I've just about had enough of this. It seems my best bet's going to be purchasing some speakers that use a USB port.
Try this.
Note: You must change the Layout to 4 in the DSDT patch HDEF.
Method (_DSM, 4, NotSerialized) { Store (Package (0x0c) { "built-in", Buffer (One) { 0x00 }, "layout-id", Buffer (0x04) { 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }, "PinConfigurations", Buffer (0x00) { 0x00 } }, Local0) DTGP (Arg0, Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, RefOf (Local0)) Return (Local0) }
I edited my DSDT using your provided code, and installed your kext. The kext loads - I saw it spit out some "audio assertion" messages while booting in verbose mode.
No change. Audio still doesn't work. In System Information -> Audio, "Intel High Definition Audio" shows up as "Audio ID: 4" yet there are still no output devices in System Prefs -> Sound nor in Audio Midi Setup.
send me copy ioreg.ioreg+dsdt+codec_dump
Here you go.
This is with your dsdt edit and kext applied.
try this.
Repair permision rebuild caches using kextwizard.
I followed your instructions.
Nothing has changed.
on the device HDEF (DSDT), should the PinConfigurations be changed to this:
"PinConfigurations", Buffer(Zero) {}
try this.
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Although the prices for elk hunts on Vancouver Island are steep, they will only increase as the supply of Roosevelt elk permits falls in other places, particularly with the closure of hunting on California's Santa Rosa Island in 2011. Unquestionably, now is the time to lock up a Roosevelt elk hunt in BC.
There are seven outfitters on the island with Roosevelt permits, and one outfitter on the BC mainland. Before I cover each of these operators, I should remind you that the number of permits reported make up each outfitter's new five-year allocation. I explained the advantages of the newly implemented five-year allocation system in a previous report (See Article ID 1872). Just remember that while outfitters have some flexibility in the number of hunts they book each year, they are limited to a total allocation for a five-year period. That means that although an outfitter may receive a total of seven permits for five years, allowing him to book more than one elk hunt on some years, he can take only seven elk in total.
Outfitters conduct these hunts 1 x 1 but often have more than one guide in the field looking for trophy bulls for the client. Most hunts are for 10 days and are priced in US currency. There are several archery-only hunting areas on the island offering hunts that start on September 10 during the peak of the rut.........(continued)


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A song cycle consists of several songs intended to be performed as a single piece. Often, the text in song cycles comes from a single author, or a poet.
As a result, the songs tend to be connected by a narrative, and composers sometimes reflect connections musically as well, using recurring melodies and rhythms.
Ludwig van Beethoven gets credit for writing the first one, called An die ferne Geliebte, based on poems by Goethe. You can listen to it in a Spotify playlist below.
Even though Beethoven wrote the first, Franz Schubert wrote a couple shortly after Beethoven's that are quite famous examples of the genre, one is called Die schone Mullerin, and the other is Winterreise.
Song cycles were very popular in the Romantic era, and Schubert was a part of the beginnings of that era. Eventually, composers like Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Hugo Wolf, Gabriel Faure and Benjamin Britten all wrote song cycles.
Schubert wrote his Winterreise, or Winter Journey in 1827.
In Winterreise, Schubert used poems from his friend Wilhelm Muller. Initially, Schubert set only 12 of Muller's poems. Once Schubert discovered the other 12, he wrote what became the 2nd half of Winterreise.
Winterreise is a special song cycle, because Schubert took care to make the piano tell some of the story too, not just relying on the words the singer says.
Muller's 24 poems tell the story of a man (the singer) who finds out his beloved loves someone else and will marry that man instead of the singer. The man wanders outside into the cold winter weather, singing about his loneliness and despair.
The first half of the cycle concentrates on the man's anguish from losing his love. However, the second half of Winterreise deals with a more general rejection from society.
At the end of the cycle, the man sees another traveler, standing on the edge of the village, begging for change playing hurdy-gurdy. He considers joining that man in his travels, hoping they can make sorrowful music together.
Throughout Winterreise, Schubert uses major and minor keys (or tonalities) quite deliberately, symbolizing hope and happiness with major sounds and death, loneliness and despair with minor sounds.
Schubert's piano part reflects events like wind, ice, sun and falling tears. It's a lovely example of the development of the piano from the unnamed accompanist to the equally-billed collaborator.
Many famous singers have recordings of Winterreise. The cycle is more than 70 minutes long, so if you'd like to hear it uninterrupted, you can select from any number of famous recordings listed below.


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Many multinational companies struggle with the resource-intensive requirements to manage intercompany arrangements, which can involve complex collaboration among people in tax, finance and accounting, operations and information technology. Large multinationals can create value and reduce risk by aligning transfer pricing policy with day-to-day operations through well-defined business processes and technology solutions.
This requires a holistic view and cross-functional execution that can be challenging, even for large multinationals that are good at other aspects of global integration.
Multinational companies that engage in complex intercompany arrangements spend significant time developing efficient transfer pricing strategies and policies that conform to tax regulations. Getting the up-front design right is a critical component of tax risk management, and is part of the foundation on which other 'downstream' processes depend. However, to achieve the desired results, it is necessary to design business processes and systems that are broad-based enough to meet the business requirements and the cross-functional aspects of transfer pricing implementation. If not, companies can face real consequences, including mis-stated financial statements and increased tax liabilities.
Achieving alignment
Transfer pricing strategy, intercompany transaction processing, and accounting requirements are complex. This challenge requires process design and coordination across various independent units within one organisation. As a result, the alignment process can be daunting.
From the people perspective, multinational companies may lack broad, intercompany process ownership and have limited knowledge of how the entire process should work across the intercompany environment. Like any cross-functional process, each unit may be executing well, but without a clear, overall, process owner, communication breakdowns between units can occur. These miscommunications can result in process inefficiencies, accounting errors, noncompliance with tax policies, and higher-than-necessary tax payments. From the process perspective, different intercompany arrangements can require unique business designs. Processes do not always follow standard procedures and often can involve the transfer of products or services across many legal jurisdictions under varying intercompany pricing policies. These different variants can include plant-to-plant transfers, intercompany sales, tolling arrangements, service allocations, and royalties – often having very specific and intransigent rules.
In an environment where many multinationals are striving to maintain competitiveness through global standardisation, a nonstandard process driven by tax policy can be counterintuitive to the business objectives and directions from the leadership. This can lead to friction between the tax and supporting business functions, resulting in 'push-back', against requests to implement a non-standard business process to support the transfer pricing policy.
Areas for consideration
In technology, the main issues focus on data and the proliferation of finance, accounting, and operational systems. Effective implementation of transfer pricing policies depends heavily upon the accounting system environment. Many companies have multiple Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems operating around the world due to historical factors. Multiple ERP systems with different data structures can lead to inefficiencies, increase the potential for inconsistent implementation of transfer pricing policies, and make it considerably more difficult for managers to monitor results and detect issues throughout the year.
Standardisation of data structures is much more difficult if spread across non-integrated, disparate systems. Many organisations that have implemented common ERP systems have made significant improvements in intercompany processing since these higher-end systems typically provide functionality to track and automate transactions through common data structures. However, even with sophisticated ERP systems, intercompany design remains a challenge, due to the number of applications and data sources required.
All of the necessary ERP modules may not be within the scope of the ERP programme, or simply not configured to properly support the intercompany requirements.
Reporting can also be problematic since the data comes from distinct but coordinated modules, and might not be readily available in a standard format. The required data may have to be extracted from the underlying transaction systems and modelled to provide reporting and analytical capabilities to evaluate and monitor the results and intercompany profit allocations effectively.
Even in sophisticated ERP systems, the data may not be structured at the transaction level for streamlined reporting of internal profitability on both a 'marked-up' and 'profit-eliminated' basis. In these situations, it is not uncommon for organisations to rely on manually intensive, spreadsheet-driven reporting processes that are potentially inefficient and prone to error. Given these issues, it is not surprising that organisations that have adopted tax-efficient transfer pricing structures may face difficulty in forecasting tax rates, as profit mixes will change over time. To address these challenges, multinationals should also consider certain actions, such as implementing a framework that can be used for assessment and continuous performance improvement, which can lead to more efficient processes, improved monitoring of intercompany profit, and reduced risk.
A multinational seeking to improve its intercompany environment may consider establishing a cross-functional committee with a mandate to govern and manage intercompany processes. This committee should have adequate representation from all key functional constituents, with responsibilities to oversee the execution of all processes in accordance with tax policy and accounting requirements. It should also be responsible for identifying improvement opportunities, making recommendations to senior management, and implementing required changes to continuously improve the intercompany environment. Once the governing committee is in place, tactical level teams can be implemented in the form of a 'centre of excellence,' which will be responsible for day-to-day process execution and the monitoring and reporting of results.
Enhanced environment
The next step is to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the intercompany environment. Multinationals may consider an evaluation that addresses all aspects of the intercompany lifecycle, including transfer pricing policy design, budgeting and forecasting, transaction execution, monitoring and adjustments, month-end accounting close, and tax compliance reporting. One question is whether responsibilities across the wide-ranging process need to be clearly defined and documented. Organisations that employ leading practices ensure that the tax, legal, and finance teams work together to set transfer pricing policies, codify those policies in intercompany agreements, define detailed accounting requirements and, most importantly, develop a framework for addressing areas of ambiguity as they arise. Ideally, processes should flow through the organisation so that not only is the business made aware of changes in transfer pricing policy, but a mechanism also exists to alert the tax department when changes in intercompany trading are adopted by the business.
The assessment is intended to identify such process issues so appropriate action can be taken to redesign handoffs and adjust procedures. The assessment enables each company to comprehensively document the process using a format that delineates execution responsibilities across functional boundaries.
Companies should also consider formal communication, training, and a knowledge management programme. Even with formal documentation, having knowledge concentrated in a select few individuals is a risk in any business process. In cases where there is already ambiguity and a lack of thorough process governance, the risk may become critical.
A corresponding risk also exists that employees in the finance and accounting function, which may see a higher rotation of staff than tax departments, have no context to understand its role in the transfer pricing process. Organisations should look to put in place communication and training frameworks that extend across the tax, legal, finance, accounting and operational functions, to prevent personnel changes from causing significant disruptions in intercompany accounting.
Driving technology forward
IT organisations and the implementation of enabling technologies require the translation of process and policy design into technical specifications and data requirements to be captured in the underlying transactional systems and reporting databases. This can involve implementing changes to the data structures and transaction work flows in existing ERP systems, defining scope of new installations, or enhancing an existing ERP footprint with new tools. Leading organisations are beginning to implement purpose-built business intelligence applications specifically designed to address intercompany process and reporting requirements.
Data architecture is designed to extract key intercompany transaction-level data into a data warehouse environment that can interact with robust reporting tools. This type of architecture can be used to provide a staging area for intercompany elimination processing, as well as dashboard reporting to provide insight into profitability and transfer pricing results on both a past and future basis. Once the previous steps have been taken, the final stage is to implement a continuous improvement programme and overall mindset across the entire team. This requires establishing process owners to monitor the performance of the process, and should utilise a framework of appropriate performance metrics to maintain a heightened awareness of the strategic importance of a well-functioning intercompany process at the executive level.
Complex intercompany arrangements can be challenging for the multinational, and can compete with other business objectives including global standardisation. Multinationals that take a holistic view of the transfer pricing and intercompany accounting environment – fully aligning people, processes, and supporting technologies – should be better positioned to implement tax policies as intended, mitigate financial statement risk, streamline back-office resource requirements, and manage any tension with the broader business strategy.
For more information: email Anthony Bevacqua – firstname.lastname@example.com,
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I left New Zealand mid-2003, bound for Istanbul and a new lif. After two years, a Belgian guy lured me into his world, deep in the heart of Europe. For a long time I was an in-process immigrant. One day we married. These days it's about photography, a little red wine and wandering ... and so the journey goes.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Hayley Westenra and Soldier Magazine
A couple of days ago I was able to read the results of that day back in October ... The interview is well worth reading.
It begins: THE vibrant voice of Hayley Westenra floated across the Tyne Cot cemetery headstones and briefly haunted the soldiers sleeping an eternal slumber in the mass grave of Passchendaele.
As the celebrated soprano sang Abide With Me, sighs from the hundreds of thousands of men swallowed by the bloody campaign waged in a cramped corner of the Western Front were almost audible. Marking the 90th anniversary of the Third battle of Ypres, the New Zealand star sang in tribute to her fellow countrymen who fought valiantly alongside their British comrades.
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The lead to that article is perfect. Fabulous writing.
- Sunday, 11 November, 2007
- Di Mackey said...
She's magnificent, isn't she.
You can read more of her writing at Soldier Magazine online. I've got the magazine coming :)
- Sunday, 11 November, 2007
wow.. and the beautiful voice she has is just fantastic!! I hope I can find one of her albums here.
She is magnificent!! And to find your name on there is sooo great.. I was so excited when I found my last name there so I do not think we were related.
- Monday, 12 November, 2007
- Di Mackey said...
I think you'll find her music fairly easily over there ML :)
- Monday, 12 November, 2007


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For the first time in its seven-year history, the New Student Opening Ceremony, set for Thursday, Aug. 23, will conclude with last words from a current undergraduate.
Patrick Delaplain, a junior biochemistry major who auditioned for the role, said he hopes to impart some veteran wisdom to the incoming freshmen so they can avoid mistakes he made.
"When I first got to the University I had a negative attitude towards being here," said Delaplain. "It took time for me to figure out that this is where I want to be."
To earn the opportunity to give the closing remarks, Delaplain auditioned for a group that included Sarah Ragsdale, president of the Associated Students of the University of Nevada.
"I had to audition in front of a few people," Delaplain said. "I got an e-mail a few days later notifying me that I was going to speak. I am very excited to be a part of the ceremonies."
Delaplain will follow an esteemed cast of speakers who will welcome the class of 2011, including English professor Phillip Boardman, University President Milton Glick and Rebecca Bevans, president of the Graduate Student Association.
Deborah Vigil, an associate professor of speech pathology and audiology in the University of Nevada School of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address.
"The opening ceremony is very important because it sets the tone for what the students are going to be doing for the next years of their lives," said Vigil.
Vigil, who has been with the University since 1999, will receive the Silver Compass Award, given to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to their students.
"I was surprised," said Vigil. "I'm just glad students know that I care about them."
Vigil, a Nevada native, plans to discuss her college experience in London. She feels these students have a lot to gain by attending the University.
"Besides doing great research, the University offers great opportunities and supplies the students with great professors," said Vigil.
Undergrad to anchor New Student Opening Ceremony
8/21/2007 | By: Staff Report |
For the first time in its seven-year history, the New Student Opening Ceremony, set for Thursday, Aug. 23, will conclude with last words from a current undergraduate.
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What's your name and the name of your brewery?
James Emmerson, Executive Brewmaster
How long have you been in the business?
23 years
Where are you located?
Hood River, Oregon
What volume of beer do you produce and where do you distribute?
We'll produce about 150,000 barrels this year. We ship to the 14 western states and a handful in the Southeast and Northeast.
What makes your brewery sustainable?
I really prefer the term "responsible" as opposed to "sustainable." My grandmother said that being responsible was doing the right thing even when no one was looking. When we laid out the new brewery in 1994, we recycled an old building in Hood River as opposed to making a "greenfield brewery." [ed note: A greenfield brewery is built on previously unused open space]
We included features that would help our brewery last for the long term, like a full waste water treatment plant, efficient lighting, a high-efficiency boiler and a high efficiency glycol chiller. All the byproduct of our beer production is used as animal feed locally. We use 100% recycled materials for all our packaging, and as an employee owned company, everyone participates in recycling paper waste, food and oil waste from the pub, etc. Our brewery also has one of the lowest ratios of water to beer production ~3.25 gallons of water are used to make 1 gallon of beer. A typical brewery uses up to 10 to 1.
What's your biggest sustainability challenge?
As a brewer, water and waste water are our biggest issues. That is why we are so committed to reducing our usage as much as we can. Water use also impacts waste treatment, energy use, truck hauls, etc.
Any new sustainability projects in the pipeline that have you excited?
We have just installed a new piece of brewing equipment called a Mash Filter, and it will save us nearly a million gallons of water yearly enabling us to lower our water to beer ratio. This savings also extends to the number of truckloads (~70) of material that won't be coming and going from the brewery on a yearly basis. And I haven't even got my arms around the savings in heating/cooling/electricity usage yet, but all will be reduced.
What are your plans for growth, if any?
We believe it is important to grow our business in a organic and sustainable way. We only look at opportunities that will allow us to build our business year after year. Because we are a small, independent brewery in a very competitive environment, we need to be sure that our business decisions are responsible and careful of our limited resources.
Forget finances- what's your brewery pipe dream?
Our pipe dream is to have a brewery that is independent, employee owned and making world class beer in a beautiful place….. Seems like we already are living the dream!
What is the one thing you want Triple Pundit readers to know about your brewery?
Because we are employee owned, everyone involved in the brewery has the passion and commitment of ownership. That reflects in everything we do and you can taste it in the quality of our beers
What's your favorite brew?
That's not a fair question…..they're all my babies!
I think the depth of our portfolio lets me have the choice to always pick the perfect beer that will be just right for the moment or the food or the mood or the group. (BTW, the brewer's motto – "Mine's the full one.")


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Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 832309, 10 pages
A Stackelberg-Game-Based Power Control Algorithm for Wireless Mesh Networks
Chongqing Engineering Laboratory of Internet and Information Security, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT), Chongqing 400065, China
Received 25 October 2012; Accepted 4 December 2012
Academic Editor: Chuandong Li
Copyright © 2013 Yanbing Liu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) are a promising networking paradigm for next generation wireless networking system. Power control plays a vital role in WMNs and is realized to be a crucial step toward large-scale WMNs deployment. In this paper, we address the problem of how to allocate the power for both optimizing quality of service (QoS) and saving the power consumption in WMNs based on the game theory. We first formulate the problem as a noncooperative game, in which the QoS attributes and the power of each node are defined as a utility function, and all the nodes attempt to maximize their own utility. In such game, we correlate all the interfering nodes to be an interfering object and the receiving node to be the interfering object's virtual destination node. We then present an equilibrium solution for the noncooperative game using Stackelberg model, and we propose an iterative, distributed power control algorithm for WMNs. Also, we conduct numeric experiments to evaluate the system performance, our results show that the proposed algorithm can balance nodes to share the limited network resources and maximize total utility, and thus it is efficient and effective for solving the power control problem in WMNs.


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|Harrison Ford
|President James Marshall
|Gary Oldman
|Ivan Korshunov
|Glenn Close
|Vice President Kathryn Bennett
|Wendy Crewson
|Grace Marshall
|Paul Guilfoyle
|Chief of Staff Lloyd 'Shep' Shepherd
|William H. Macy
|Major Caldwell
|Liesel Matthews
|Alice Marshall
|Dean Stockwell
|Defense Secretary Walter Dean
|Xander Berkeley
|Secret Service Agent Gibbs
|Bill Smitrovich
|General Northwood
|Elya Baskin
|Andrei Kolchak
|David Vadim
|Igor Nevsky
|Tom Everett
|National Security Advisor Jack Doherty
|Spencer Garrett
|Thomas Lee
|Philip Baker Hall
|U.S. Attorney General Andrew Ward
|Donna Bullock
|Melanie Mitchel
|David Gianopoulos
|Agent Johnson
|Don R. McManus
|Colonel Carlton
|Glenn Morshower
|Agent Walters
|Jürgen Prochnow
|General Ivan Radek
After making a speech in Moscow vowing to never negotiate with terrorists, President James Marshall boards Air Force One with his family and advisers. When a group of terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov hijacks the flight, the President's principles are put to the test. Feigning escape, ex-solider Marshall stows away in the aircraft and must race against time to rescue his family and everyone else on board.


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At the very peak of the British Invasion, few bands were as universally embraced as Herman's Hermits. Cheeky, cute, and capable of pumping out a piece of pure pop bliss now and again, they represented the clever, commercial phase of the movement. While The Beatles were experimenting with new sounds and structures and The Rolling Stones were perfecting their blues-based cock rock, Peter Noone and the boys rode a wave of sunny sentiment that would equally illuminate such other ancillary acts as Freddy and the Dreamers, Peter and Gordon, and Chad and Jeremy. As with many music phenomenons, movies were seen as a quick way to lay claim to more international attention. After all, the Fab Four more or less invented the idea with A Hard Day's Night (don't tell that to UK idol Cliff Richards, though). After a couple of cameos and a surreal space race comedy (Hang On), one of their most famous songs was used as the basis for a buoyant British class comedy. At the time, Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter must have played like a subversive slice of Manchester madness. Today, it's a curio cast in an equally confusing light.
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Instead, MBYGALD plays like a time capsule clipped of its humor and wit. The opening number tries to sell us on the dog racing angle, but then Noone's Herman gets a bizarre moment where he seems to be lecturing to his own urine (it happens in the family outhouse). After a bit more tomfoolery, the boys break into their first big number...and it's a perky product placement for a major hotel chain? (unless "Holiday Inn" means something else in Cockney). At first, it looks like the narrative will follow Hard Day's, featuring the band playing hits inbetween moments of mild amusement. But director Saul Swimmer has other ideas. He is making a counterculture musical, dammit, and no one is going to stop him, This leads to a demented dream sequence where Herman watches as the love of his life silently mouth words (not the lyrics to "There's a Kind of Hush," the tune playing, mind you) and the rest of this band pulls a bunch of shadowy birds. The boys play back up to a crazy pub act that highlights the old cliché stereotype re: the British populace's lack of available dentistry, and then Mr. 'Get Me to the Church On Time' gets a number revolving around the art of selling fruit. Huh?
It gets odder. Toward the end, when all seems lost, a split screen montage if offered in which all the major players participate in a dirge like tune taking the younger generation to task for not realizing the wealth of wisdom in their elders. Then to make matters worse, the title track gets a five second a cappela nod before briefly playing over the credits. In fact, almost all of Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter plays like a series of letdowns directly aimed at undermining fan expectations. Does Herman end up with the ritzy model gal? Take a wild guess - and you'd probably be wrong. Does Mrs. Brown win the big race? Once again, don't mortgage the homestead on your response. From the deus ex homeless man ending and difficult to decipher character motivations (does Herman want to be a rock star? a dog trainer? a schlub? some combination of all three?) to the Tin Pan atrocity tunes, it's almost impossible to embrace this movie as well made and amusing. It is an entertaining antique, but that's about it.
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Pistorius lawyer tells of missing witnesses
Oscar Pistorius's lawyers wrapped up his defence yesterday with the clearest signal yet that they plan to argue that his four-month murder trial has been unfair.
Barry Roux, the athlete's barrister, said a number of potential defence witnesses had refused to testify because "they don't want their voices all over the world". A ruling before the trial began allowed the three television cameras inside the court to capture the proceedings.
Judge Dunstan Mlambo, who granted the broadcasters' request, said that it was time to embrace open justice, and a celebrity trial might help to address misconceptions about the justice system in South Africa. Mr Pistorius's lawyers argued that it would prejudice proceedings.
The trial has been adjourned until August 7, when both sides will present…


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Checking Car Tires When Purchasing
Learning how to check tires when purchasing is a skill that if you plan on driving for a long indefinite interval, you will have to have to get. Trusting your automobile mechanic with whatever they tell you isn't only dangerous matter, and going, but it locks you out from the various options if you learnt how to measure the tires yourself you could have. Anyway, there are not lots of sophistication in the issue, and it'll serve you until you're too old to drive once you've the knowledge.


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Former Farmington Town Hall. Be creative. Make into retail, residence. Large garage also included on property, 32x30. There is an easement on site that allows att access to small building on site. Being sold as is.
Features Commercial/Industrial
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|Business Type: Town Hall
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|Approx Acres: 0.87
|Taxes: $1,100
|Tax Year: 2013
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Pistol caliber lever action for target shooting
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Sure you can shoot targets at 300 yards with your lever gun, It's all about expectations. No you're not gonna shoot small groups and and a high power shooter will scoff at the size of the targets you will hit/use but if you can see it and the bullets can get there you can shoot at it. And you're .45 will definitely get there and beyond. Many many shooters use the lowly .22lr out to 300 yards and beyond, why would you not think the .45 will get you there.
It doesn't take +P ammo. You probably don't even want to use it. Cowboy silhouette shooters use nothing more than cast cowboy type loads. The benefits you gain by the flatter trajectory will more than likely be offset by many negatives.
I have heard it said one should never expect such accuracy from a handgun. I know "Hickok" on Youtube has hit his target with a Glock .23 40 caliber at 230 yards. Should that be considered as very unusual? Or do you think we should be shooting much more accurately than we do?
Most shooters that say things aren't feasible only do so cause they can't do it (not all things, there is plenty of BS floating around too). Depending on the size of the target (that expectation thing again) there is no reason a handgun shooter can't hit something at 200 yards. Heck, my .357 will out shoot some rifles I've seen at 100 yards and so it will at 200 yards too. Some shooters only think of handguns as close in, 50 feet or under, guns and never shoot anything farther. Still others think that open sighted handguns are only good out 50 yards. Both camps are 100% wrong. To be frank, if you can't hit a basketball at 100 yards more times than not your equipment is junk or you're a crappy handgun shooter. 200 yards just takes even more practice.
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It is hard to believe that the 2013 PGA Merchandise came to a close last week in Orlando, FL and its always interesting to see what is in store for golfers over the coming year. While, there wasn't anything groundbreaking that I saw at the PGA Merchandise Show this year, there are three trends that emerged that are worth talking about.
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Trend One: Adjustable Drivers
Adjustable drivers have been around for several years now and not new by any stretch of the imagination, but now all golf club manufacturers have an adjustable driver on the market. The key is they no longer just adjustable by face position (open, closed, neutral), but now you can independently control the loft, which wasn't something you could do before, and was considered a limitation. In this segment TaylorMade launched the R1 and Nike Golf with the Covert driver, which both feature face adjustments, but also loft.
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Ping also released their adjustable models that allow you to modify loft in Ping ANSER and Ping G25, and Cobra Golf introduced the AMP Cell line of drivers with MyFly Technology-One driver, six loft setting, in four fresh colors. The idea behind these is to adjust loft based on playing conditions. No more need to specify the loft you need, it's like the Swiss Army of drivers. Other notables also include Callaway XHOT and RAZR FIT Xtreme drivers, which are adjustable as well.
Trend Two: Smartphone Based Swing Training Aids
There are now more than 1 billion smartphones in use worldwide: 1.038 billion in total. (source) So it shouldn't come as a surprise that we are at the tipping point of seeing more and more products leveraging smartphones for more than just GPS and scorecard apps. At the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show, I got a chance to look at four swing training analyzer products on the market. These include: SwingSmart, SwingTip, SwingByte, and SkyPro by SkyGolf.
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SwingSmart is a golf analyzer that attaches to any club in your bag with two-piece adapter plate, just below the grip and communicates to your iOS device via BLUETOOTH (iPhone, iPad, or iPod), as of this writing Android version is in the works. The app collects four stats: tempo, swing speed, angle of attack, and face angles. In addition it also displays a 3D Swing view-showing a 360-degree representation of your golf swing. This app collects the data and saves it to the cloud for free, plus you can email your swing to an instructor or friend who has the app, plus access videos from CBS Golf Analyst and Instructor Peter Kostis.
SwingTip like SwingSmart, also attaches to your club in the same fashion and communicates via BLUETOOTH, and displays your swing. But the biggest difference is that it is more consumer focused, and puts less emphasis on the technical data. SwingTip records the following metrics: Tempo, Club Head Speed, Swing Path, Face Angle and Impact Zone. Plus it includes swing tip notes and videos, and free storage of your swing data and performance data.
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SwingByte which launched last year at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show, introduced SwingByte 2.0 which features a more streamlined device, plus they added a split view to display a video of your actual swing next to the 3D representation of your golf swing. This is launching later this Spring.
The latest entry in this category is SkyPro by SkyGolf, the makers of SkyCaddie GPS. SkyGolf built their graphic engine from the ground up to make practicing payoff and more enjoyable. What's cool about SkyPro is that the 3D inertial motion sensors capture your swing and swing data automatically. No need to hit a start button, etc. It also auto-transfers the swing data to your smartphone, which includes: clubhead speed, swing path, club rotation, dace angle, swing plane, impact position, tempo, and more. Plus get swing tips and drills from Hank Haney and Michael Breed to make your practice time more productive.
Trend Three: Crossover Golf Shoes
Crossover golf shoes have been around for several years now, but only a handful of options existed from various manufacturers. Realizing that many of today's golfers are looking for a multi-functional golf shoe that can be worn not only on the golf course, but out to lunch or even the office, without having to change shoes.
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FootJoy M:Project Golf Shoes
The biggest surprise in my opinion is FootJoy's entrance into this space with the M:Project line of golf shoes. FootJoy which is know for classic golf shoes, really stepped outside of the box with the cycling shoe inspired M:Project golf shoes. The M:Project shoes come in both spiked and spikeless styles and made from either thin leather or mesh uppers, for a second skin feel.The last on the shoe is designed wider to allow for your toes to spread and not feel constrained, and its low profile allow your feet to be close to the ground.
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Ecco Golf launched its new Biom Zero Golf Shoes at the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show, which is there lightest and lowest profile golf shoe to date.The minimalist rock climbing inspired design is made with Caldera leather uppers from Ecco's owned tannery. Plus the soles have zero seams, since they are injected molded, so you don't have to worry about water being an issue. But the standout in my opinion is the Ecco Tour Hybrid Wingtip. The Tour Hybrid Wingtip feature brogue detailing with uppers made from rich leather, that any style conscious golfer would appreciate.
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Puma Golf known for its sports performance line of shoes in the AMP Cell line introduced its running shoe inspired Fass Lite shoes in both lightweight leather uppers and Faas Lite Mesh. Both the mesh and leather versions are super lightweight, flexible, and feature spikeless SmartQuill traction. The Fass Lite Mesh are perfect shoe for playing golf in hot and humid climates, and look amazing!
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In the category of its own is the G/Fore Gallivanter golf shoe which debuted at the 2013 PGA Merchandise Show. G/Fore which was big hit at the 2012 PGA Merchandise Show with its colorful line of golf gloves made from grade-AA cabretta leather, that allow golfers to express themselves on the course. The Gallivanter Golf Shoe is a classic Derby shoe made from water-resistant suede, with tonal and contrast waxed laces, and feature a spikeless EVA foam sole with G/FORE logo as the spikes. The Gallivanter are brain child of G/Fore designer and founder Mossimo Giannulli, who wanted to bring to market golf shoe that strikes the balance between fashion and comfort. This is a homerun in my opinion and will be available later this year.
What are you most excited about for golf in 2013?


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Joy Hamilton Yates, an assistant administrator at Hattiesburg Clinic, recently earned the professional designation of certified medical practice executive (CMPE) from the American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE). The designation of CMPE demonstrates that Yates has achieved board certification in medical practice management.
Yates earned a bachelor of science in health administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. She also holds an MBA and master of public health from USM.
Her professional affiliations include the Medical Group Management Association, American Medical Group Association, United Way of Southeast Mississippi board of directors and Area Development Partnership Leadership Pinebelt Steering Committee.


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"When we first got to the collapsed doline, that skylight up there, I was with another caver and we both had four-year-old sons, so we were experts on dinosaurs, and the whole scene reminded us of something right out of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Lost World," he says. "When my partner went exploring forward into the sunlight, I told him to 'watch out for dinosaurs,' and the name stuck."
Two decades ago, the leaders of this expedition, Howard Limbert and his wife, Deb, became the first cavers to visit Vietnam since the 1970s. Back then, the country's caves were legendary but unexplored. In 1941 Ho Chi Minh had planned his revolution against the Japanese and French in Pac Bo Cave north of Hanoi, and during the Vietnam War thousands of Vietnamese hid from American bombing raids inside caves. The Limberts, experienced cavers from the Yorkshire dales of northern England, made contact with the University of Science in Hanoi and, after obtaining sheaves of permits, mounted an expedition in 1990. They've made 13 trips since, not only discovering one of the longest river caves in the world—12-mile Hang Khe Ry, not far from Son Doong—but also helping the Vietnamese create 330-square-mile Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, which now attracts a quarter million Vietnamese and foreign visitors a year. Tourists, who dramatically increase the income of local villagers, come to see the park's namesake show cave, Hang Phong Nha, which workers light up like a psychedelic rock concert.


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The first son of Queen Rukmini was Pradyumna, and also born of her were Charudeshna, Sudesna and the powerful Charudeha, along with Sucharu, Charugupta, Bhadracharu, Charuchandra, Vicharu and Charu, the tenth (SB 10.61.8-9). Of them, Pradyumna was the crown prince of Dwaraka.
The ten sons of Satyabhama were Bhanu, Subhanu, Svarbhanu, Prabhanu, Bhanuman, Chandrabhanu, Brihadbhanu, Atibhanu (the eighth), Sribhanu and Pratibhanu.
Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Satajit, Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Citraketu, Vasuman, Dravida and Kratu were the sons of Jambavati. These ten, headed by Samba, were their father's favorites.
The sons of Nagnajiti were Vira, Candra, Asvasena, Citragu, Vegavan, Vrisha, Ama, Sanku, Vasu and the opulent Kunti.
Sruta, Kavi, Vrisha, Vira, Subahu, Bhadra, Santi, Darsa and Purnamasa were sons of Kalindi. Her youngest son was Somaka.
Madra's sons were Praghosha, Gatravan, Simha, Bala, Prabala, Urdhaga, Mahasakti, Saha, Oja and Aparajita.
Mitravinda's sons were Vrika, Harsha, Anila, Gridhra, Vardhana, Unnada, Mahamsa, Pavana, Vahni and Kshudhi.
Sangramajit, Brihatsena, Sura, Praharana, Arijith, Jaya and Subhadra were the sons of Bhadra, together with Vama, Ayur and Satyaka.
Diptiman, Tamratapta and others were the sons of Lord Krishna and RohiniAbout Pardyuma's wikipedia has a good narration: here's the link
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The eldest son of Rukmini, Pradyumna, was married with Mayavati from his very birth, and afterwards he was again married with Rukmavati, the daughter of his maternal uncle, Rukmi. From this Rukmavati, Pradyumna had a son named Aniruddha. In this way, Krsna's family--Krsna and His wives, along with their sons and grandsons and even great-grandsons--all combined together to include very nearly one billion family members.
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Wednesday, November 3, 1999 Published at 18:45 GMT
UK: Wales
Final step for Cardiff Bay Barrage
The barrage scheme has been dogged by controversy
The last piece of the scheme to regenerate the previously derelict Cardiff Bay waterfront has fallen into place.
Water has begun to be pumped into the lake bed created by the Ł197m Cardiff Barrage - the jewel in the crown of the vast regeneration scheme.
The 200-hectare freshwater lake will be the centre-piece of a vast economic renewal programme.
The eight-mile waterfront is fringed by prestigious commercial headquarters, leisure complexes and government buildings.
By 1987, Cardiff was fronted by thousands of acres of industrial wasteland.
The south Wales port was built on coal and steel. The death of these industries saw the capital of Wales turn its back on the waterfront area.
But, fuelled by the vision of the then Welsh Secretary Nicholas Edwards, the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation was established in 1987.
'Put Cardiff on the map'
It's mission was clear - "to put Cardiff on the international map as a superlative maritime city".
By the time the corporation is wound up in March next year, it will have superseded that mission by transforming the face of Cardiff.
But the transition has been far from smooth.
The barrage has always been hugely controversial.
International wildlife site
The mudflats at the mouths of the tidal rivers Taff and Ely have sustained huge numbers of waterbirds and the area was considered a site of international importance for migrating wildlife.
Flooding the mudflats permanently meant the displacement of those birds.
Friends of the Earth and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds waged a 10-year campaign against the plan.
The pressure groups took their challenge to the dam as far as Europe.
But the economic benefits to south east Wales outweighed the environmental concerns, and the EU let the scheme go ahead as a special case.
Farmland flooded
Under the deal with the EU, compensation for the loss of the mudflats meant creating a new wildlife habitat by flooding 1,000 acres of farmland, 15 miles further along the coast in the Gwent Levels, with sewage water.
Farmers then joined the anti-barrage protests, fearing polluted pools would be created that would damage surrounding farmland.
At the time, FoE Director Tony Juniper said: "They are destroying a saline mudflat and creating a freshwater marsh.
"It's like knocking down the Tower of Pisa and building a cinema and calling it compensation."
Bitter campaign
A higher-profile campaign was waged by Cardiff West MP - and now National Assembly Economic Secretary - Rhodri Morgan.
He voiced the fears of many Cardiff people that the barrage would raise groundwater levels across the city and would lead to a flooding danger.
He was joined in his campaign by fellow Labour MP - and keen birdwatcher - Ron Davies. Both MPs fought the parliamentary bill that brought the barrage into being.
The Labour Party in opposition also pledged to stop the project if they were elected.
However, ironically, it was Ron Davies - appointed Welsh Secretary after Labour's landslide win in 1997 - who oversaw the agreements that removed the final environmental obstacles to the barrage.
He then gave the scheme the ultimate backing when he chose the Bay as the site of the new National Assembly for Wales.


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Academics give lessons on blogs. Blogs are increasingly being used by academics and students.
Blogging Website Brings Family and Friends Together
Parents, particularly rookie ones, often find themselves a rudderless ship when it comes to knowing what to do with babies. Baby is fed, warm and dry, and yet he's still crying. Why? These are the kinds of problems that parents can share and relate to through a new Web site called BlogforBaby.com. Webmaster Rodney Urbaniak and his wife, Heather, created BlogforBaby.com as a means for parents to have a community in which to blog, discuss issues and share tips.
Senators trying new communications tool: Blogs


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The deadline for the WWD/WWEMA 2012 Scholarship is quickly approaching—Friday, Oct. 19, 2012. This Water & Wastes Digest scholarship program supports future water and wastewater professionals by awarding $1,000 to a student seeking a career in a water- or wastewater-related field.
To qualify for the scholarship, students must have a parent employed by a WWEMA-member company and must be accepted into a four-year bachelor's program in an acceptable field of study by an accredited institution of higher learning. Examples of acceptable fields of study include biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil engineering, environmental engineering, environmental sciences and/or natural resources planning.
Don't miss this opportunity. Applications can be obtained by e-mail at [email protected] [6].


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Final Voting Ranking: #9
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Hobbies: Volleyball, Sky Diving, Snowboarding
Greatest Accomplishment: My three kids and being married for 13 years to my best friend whom I still adore.
Favorite Modeling Job Ever: Working with Paige Craig in LA in Santa Monica by the Pier.
Why should you be the next Face of Foothills? Because I read and enjoy the magazine. I enjoy reading about events, people, traveling, etc. I love fashion! Modeling is something that I absolutely love doing. My look represents the sophisticated, young, positive reader. :)


text: Ziggy as suffered the same fate as the other recent siblings. Although a picky eater Ziggy was active and eating until Monday. He stopped eating Monday, and began acting listless Tuesday. He passed away last night between 5-6pm EST. Water conditions = perfect Temp = perfect All other life forms in aquarium = fine, no signs of stress. Food offered: small hermit crabs with shells broken at both ends ( for easy access), live baby clams (shells intact and shells broken), disabled shrimp, undisabled shrimp, freshly killed baby guppy, a few pieces of brine. I examined the body with a lens. No parasites found, No cuts or odd markings. So that is what about 4 or 5 specimens that have suffered Sudden Infant Octopus Death Syndrome?I can not help but think there is some correlation. I am a fairly experienced marine/reef aquarist and I am not accustomed to failure and when I happens I have a hard time moving on without at least a hypothesis.


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Suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is at large and being hunted by police in a Boston suburb. One of his classmates comments that he was "perfectly normal."
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