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Air Force Wife Surprises Firefighters Who Had to Abruptly Leave Costco on Call; See What They Found When They Returned for Goods
Firefighters from Vacaville, California, who had to abandon their order at a local Costco register to respond to an emergency call over the Memorial Day weekend, were overwhelmed with thanks when they returned for their goods and found a gift left by a mystery Air Force wife.
According to a post on the Vacaville Firefighters Association Local 3501's Facebook page on Sunday, the mystery military wife paid for the goods the firefighters had to leave behind and thanked them for their service.
"While one of our crews was shopping at Costco, wearing our camouflage shirts to honor the military, they received a 911 call and had to leave their cart of food and run out to the engine. After returning to the store to pay, a military wife paid for the entire cart and left this note," explained the post with a picture of the note.
"Whoever did this, we are forever grateful and your kind gesture will not be forgotten. Meals at the firehouse come out of our own pockets and this was beyond generous," it continued.
On the receipt for the goods totaling $123.25, the mystery woman scribbled: "Firefighters, thanks for being there for us. Have a good weekend."
The firefighters were so moved by the woman's generosity, they decided to pay her kindness forward and have been engaging in small acts of kindness since then.
"PAYING IT FORWARD! Just yesterday, we invited a 97-year-old World War II veteran down to the station so we could thank him by treating him to a firehouse dinner. This is just a small way of saying thank you to the men and women who have fought for our freedom. All in the spirit of paying it forward," the firefighters noted in a later post on Wednesday.
One person, who said they witnessed the emergency that pulled the firefighters from Costco, said they deserved the gesture from the Air Force wife.
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Carolyn Tipton Wold commented, "What a wonderful woman. It is an awesome reminder that the world is filled with all kinds of people; some who strive only to hurt others and some, like this woman, who strive to spread kindness. God bless her and her family."
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A big part of Ken Burns' documentary "Baseball" deals with bygone years when the sport truly ranked as America's favorite pastime.
Baseball towered over rivals such as college football and boxing in that golden age, and it had yet to feel a pinch from the upstart pro football and pro basketball leagues.
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text: 2009/4/22 Neil Mitchell <ndmitchell at gmail.com>: > I've got a multi-threaded application which occasionally generates > failures in openFile. I haven't been able to reproduce the errors > reliably, the code is way too large to send over, and any small > attempts at invoking the same problem don't seem to work. Despite the > uselessness of the bug report, I thought I'd share what I've seen and > how I fixed it. > > I have many threads, which read and write files. Every so often one > thread will write a file, then another thread will read the same file > - but fail during the open call. There are locks to ensure that the > write call finishes before the read call begins. I modified the code > to give: > > do print ("READ START",x) ; res <- readFile x ; print ("READ STOP",x) > ; return res > > do print ("WRITE START",x); writeFile x src ; print ("WRITE STOP",x) > > I then get on the console: > > WRITE START foo > WRITE STOP foo > READ START foo > openFile doesn't have permission to open foo. > > The writeFile/readFile are happening in different threads, and they > usually succeed - but not always. The bug seems to go away when I add > performGC just after writeFile. My guess is that something in the > openFile/hClose pair isn't really closed until a garbage collection > happens. All this is using GHC 6.10.2 on XP through Cygwin. The hClose really does close the file descriptor. The only thing left is the finalizer, but it is just a no-op on an already-closed Handle. I can't think of anything we're doing that could possibly cause this, but I have seen rogue "permission denied" errors on Windows from time to time, they're quite annoying. Here's a possibly-related ticket: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2924 You might want to run the process under ProcMon and see if you can figure out what's going on (if you can bear to use ProcMon, it's a very poor replacement for strace IMO). Cheers, Simon


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The hottest summer ticket in New York City is free, and most who line up at 6:30AM to get tickets to a Shakespeare in the Park production will tell you it's worth the wait. Those who choose to brave it this year will be rewarded handsomely: Daniel Sullivan's production of The Merchant of Venice is bold and robust and embraces the harsh realities of this play.
Mark Wendland's scenic design is immediately striking, demanding you take in each detail. Iron bars form semi-circular cages on tracks, able to open up and close the stage at will; a free-standing balcony on wheels with a spiral staircase is perfectly set for romantic gestures; a wall-sized abacus, leather-bound books as lamp stands, and big, important-looking desks lend an ancient and scholarly atmosphere. As the action progresses, it almost feels as though the rotating pieces on the set could be like a telescope, focusing and refocusing problems as the characters search for solutions.
Actors enter naturally in groups of twos and threes, deep in conversation or thought. Jess Goldstein costumes the Christians in serious attire, with pinstripe trousers, tails, vests, tiepins and such, giving subtle legitimacy to the Venetian business world. As a Jewish man and a young boy approach center stage, they are harshly treated by one man, and then approached by several others to do quick and possibly shady business: an uncomfortable juxtaposition of their backhanded role in society.
Byron Jennings as Antonio is calm and sincere—a master of all he commands—but you can see the years of responsibility in his demeanor and expressions. He is a professional gambler as a merchant, but a gambler nonetheless. His love for Bassanio (Hamish Linklater) is tender and paternal, with genuine affection and goodwill for his friend. Linklater as the young lover comes to him bereft, hoping that his boyish charm can sway his creditor and dear companion. But he shouldn't worry, for as Shylock points out and as Jennings declares proudly, Antonio lends gratis. Linklater shows clarity of intent and emotion in the language, along with his innate comedic timing.
The difference between Venice and Belmont is tangible: the cages open to reveal a charming country setting, lush with rich ornamentation and green from Central Park's surrounding flora. Goldstein chooses a cream livery for the Belmont staff and dresses Nerissa and Portia in saturated, vibrant colors, in contrast to the dark, brooding, menacing palette of Venice. Lighting designer Kenneth Posner even seems to harness the sun at dusk, in correlation with his own lights, to add brightness to an already beautiful world. Lily Rabe as Portia appreciates this enchanting land, but feels the bond of her dead father's wishes, as her beautiful prison still has bars and locks. Rabe is sassy, clever and critical, weary of the game, but part of her revels in the stupidity of her suitors. Nyambi Nyambi has the audience in stitches as the Prince of Morocco, and Max Wright as the prim, elderly Prince of Arragon provokes laughs and sympathy. When Bassanio finally comes to woo her and choose his casket, Rabe becomes love-silly, girlishly flouncing with true-steeled affection underneath. Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Nerissa supports Rabe throughout the process, but Jean-Baptiste really comes into her own when she meets the boisterously fun Gratiano, whose loud antics and hasty words are expertly embodied by Jesse L. Martin.
Sullivan teases out an interesting dynamic between Lorenzo, Jessica, and Gobbo: the nervous, twitchy Jessica (Heather Lind) rushes away from her father but realizes she's a fish out of water, not understanding the true isolation of being a Jew's daughter in a Christian world. She finds comfort in Shylock's former employee, Launcelot Gobbo (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), someone who can connect her to the safety of her former life. Ferguson plays his clown well and with plenty of laughs. Whether or not he's in love with Jessica, he has great affection for her, which Lorenzo (Bill Heck) certainly sees. This dynamic of imperfect love forecasts the unexpected but completely reasonable scorn and dismay that Portia and Nerissa have with their husbands after the parting of the rings. They are heartbroken, and though Bassanio and Gratiano try to make the bittersweet reunion and their foolish betrayal a lighthearted mishap, not all goes well in paradise.
But what of the Jew; what of Shylock? Al Pacino brings him to life as a slow, methodical, shrewd businessman. Emphasizing Shylock's crude and often distasteful metaphors that whiten the Christians' pallor, Pacino revels in the blunt harshness that proves his character's defense mechanism against an intolerant world. Pacino's words spring spontaneously from his mouth, but we can practically see the wheels and cogs turning as he tries to take the most for the least. Pacino breathes the language and wields it like a sharpened knife, making an easy cut, but still cutting deep. His words and pauses resonate on the evening air, pulling all attention toward him so he may then give back the energy to his stage-mates. Pacino also demonstrates the honor that Shylock has for himself and his people. He makes an oath on the Sabbath—on everything he believes to be good and true—and would not perjure his soul for those who spurn him. His stubbornness is loyalty; his dogged pursuit of the "bond" seems more a fulfillment of a promise than a lack of mercy. And when Portia, the state, and the Christian majority throw the law at him with intentional cruelty—almost with satisfaction, emphasizing that he is not a citizen but an alien—I could feel Shylock shrink with defeat.
A few years ago, a friend and I were discussing the play after we saw a production of Merchant at the Globe in London, and my friend confessed that he hated this play and found it very difficult to watch. I disagreed, feeling that the emotional journey resonated with me, but I didn't translate the political, socio-economic, and racial issues into my own life. I felt that they were contained within the scope of the play, and when the curtain fell I separated myself from the hate and the injustice within the verse. But Sullivan's production has changed that. For even though there are marriages and girls dressing as boys, this Merchant—in the deft hands of a wonderful director, an astounding cast, and a magical design team—is no comedy. This Merchant is eye opening, heart pounding, and it will leave you with "bated breath and whisp'ring humbleness." If a 6:30AM queue doesn't get you into the theater, you may want to offer a pound of your own flesh.
The Merchant of Venice runs June 12 – August 1, 2010 at Delacorte Theater in Central Park, located Mid-Park at 80th Street on the southwest corner of the Great Lawn. Information can be found at http://www.shakespeareinthepark.org/.


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Seriously, as youandcorey (from North America!) wrote: All teachers have great classes and ones from HELL. When you put your heart into your work sometimes it gets broken, so we need to appreciate the classes that shine all the more.
If Konungusvia says that he has never had trouble with students disrupting him in any profound or lasting way, then I must believe him. However, many highly-motivated, hard-working, humane and well-prepared teachers on both sides of the Atlantic encounter students who are very disruptive in a very profound and lasting way.
The reasons for the anti-social behaviour may be traced back to any number of causes, and it may well be untrue to suggest that any student is inherently evil but I dont think it is particularly helpful to suggest that disruption is always caused by the faults of the teacher.
We teachers can help ourselves and one another by recognising that improvements in our own attitude and methods can help prevent some of the problems before they even start, and alleviate others after they have started. But if we take upon ourselves all of the responsibility for the anti-social behaviour of some of our students, then we are helping nobody; indeed we are doing a great disservice to those teachers and students who are the innocent victims of such behaviour.
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Mount&Blade - Warband Reviews #2
Three more Mount & Blade: Warband reviews have popped up over the weekend. Altern8 is impressed, with a score of 8/10 in their very short article - although they haven't really tried multiplayer. ComputerGames.ro is similarly impressed, with a score of 85%. Finally, Out of Eight scores 5/8, saying multiplayer - the game's highlight - is a mixed bag. Here's a snip:
Mount & Blade: Warband is much better with an organized group of many people: most matches online devolve into a mess of horses running around, ranged units firing at nothing, and melee units turning around looking for targets. You are almost required to coordinate because of the high effectiveness of shields: you can simply hold down the "block" button and deflect most incoming shots. The only way to kill effectively is to double-team people from opposite sides. Traditional first person shooters get around mandatory teamwork by allowing individuals to successfully kill opponents (you are, of course, more effective by working together, though), but since you must work together in Mount & Blade: Warband, the game's success depends on how well people are coordinated, and usually they are not. And if one side is coordinated and the other is not, expect quick slaughter. Mount & Blade: Warband can be entertaining if the matches are organized, but this is an uncommon occurrence in my experience.
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PRAYERS were read by the Lord Bishop of London.
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1. Director General of Fair Trading (Respondent) v. First National Bank plc (Petitioners)The petition of First National Bank plc praying for leave to appeal was presented and referred to an Appeal Committee (lodged 2nd March).
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3. Appeal CommitteeThe 45th Report from the Appeal Committee was agreed to and the following Order was made
4. Command PaperThe following paper was presented to the House by command of Her Majesty and ordered to lie on the Table:
5. Affirmative InstrumentsThe following instruments were laid before the House for approval by resolution and ordered to lie on the Table:
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Originally Posted by Sergorn
Actually, Raph Koster went to work for Verant to create Star Wars Galaxies
which was pretty much a spiritual sequel to Ultima Online. He ended up working on EQ2 after that and doing more stuff at Verant/SOE, but SWG was the game he actually *designed* while being there.
Originally Posted by Sergorn
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The treasury said yesterday that it would be officially announcing the formation of an aid fund for small businesses in the north in a day or two.
Finance Ministry director general Joseph Bachar is in charge of the nascent fund. The treasury is not forming the fund's loan criteria with the manufacturers' association or the Industry and Trade Ministry, but rather with the banks.
"This is not a joint venture with employers," a treasury spokesman said yesterday. "At most, they call to get updates."
The comments followed a press conference at which Shraga Brosh of the manufacturers' association said the organization is "deep in talks" with the treasury about a fund to help small businesses affected by the fighting. Brosh explained that the treasury had agreed to invest NIS 200 million in the fund and that banks would give five times that in financing, giving the fund a total of NIS 1.2 billion.
According to Brosh, the fund would offer two-year loans with a six-month grace period before repayment would begin.
The Industry and Trade Ministry also announced yesterday that loans would be granted in the coming days according to criteria drafted jointly by Finance Minister Abraham Hirchson and Trade Minister Eli Yishai. The state would guarantee 90 percent of the loan, contingent on a personal guarantee from the business owner. The four-year loans would be expedited by the banks and include an eight-month grace period before repayment begins at prime plus 1.75 percent.
The treasury yesterday morning announced the cancellation of an evening meeting with representatives of northern business owners. The meeting had been set up after Prime Minister's Office director general Raanan Dinur intervened in response to opposition by business owners to the compensation deal the state stitched together with representatives of big business and organized labor.
In response, Chambers of Commerce president Uriel Lynn said, "Cancelling the meeting is an insult to residents of the north. They don't deserve this."
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Rod Bamford – who believes that compromise ' can lead to a fresh solution – aims to combine his interests in art, design and industry to make tableware for contemporary Australian food. Since 1993 he has worked with Janine Brody, at their Cone Nine Designstudio on the NSW Central Coast.
In 1998 Stefano Manfredi and Julie Manfredi-Hughes approached Bamford to help design a suite of contemporary coffee cups and also a range of tableware for their Sydney restaurant, Bel Mondo. Bamford made prototypes by hand and in digital format and the Manfredis took the project to first, the Royal Thai Porcelain factory and later Monno Ceramic Industries Limited, in Bangladesh.
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Kids can be rough. They also have trouble showing empathy. If your child is acting too rough with your dog it is likely that your child does not even realize s/he's hurting the dog. Young children do not understand how rough and boisterous behavior can aggravate a dog. As a parent it is important to step in and make sure the relationship between your children and dog is functional and happy.
Three common kid behaviors that annoy dogs are:
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To effectively correct this behavior, you should spell out the rules and consequences for your children. You will need to revisit these rules and be consistent in your punishment. It is important to note that you should never threaten to get rid of the dog when punishing your kids for breaking the rules. Instead, use positive reinforcement. Praise and reward your children when they treat the dog in the appropriate way.
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Lake Tanganyika, with its more than 300 indigenous cichlid species, is going to be the focus of this column for the next few months with the setting up of a multi-cichlid community aquarium.
Lake Tanganyika is a Great Rift Valley lake in East Africa that is 420 miles long but just 40 miles across at its widest points. But it can get as deep as 4,700 feet in places, although no fish live at this depth since the water here is relatively unoxygenated. Around the lake's coastline the water is shallower, which is where we are going to focus our search for suitable cichlid fish. This vast body of water has a range of entirely different habitats that has resulted in the evolution of the cichlids to give rise to new species to exploit each habitat. One of the habitats in Lake Tanganyika is the sandy bottom habitat that ranges from the rocky coastline to further afield. Some areas of the sand floor are littered by empty Neothauma sp. snail shells, which naturally some small cichlids species have adapted to exploit by utilizing the shells as homes. One such cichlid is Neolamprologus brevis.
Shell Game
Neolamprologus brevis (Boulenger, 1899) has a fairly wide distribution around Lake Tanganyika, although the standard N. brevis variety, with a brown base color and nine tan vertical stripes, are imported from Kigoma, Tanzania. The sunspot N. brevis variety, with a gold spot behind each of the pectoral fins and a brownish mauve body, is from Ikola, which is further south on Lake Tanganyika. The zebra N. brevis variety is reputed to be especially colorful with more defined vertical stripes in both male and female fish. In all varieties, the body color and barring does extend into the caudal fin as well as the dorsal and anal fins, both of which are long-based and all of which make for some rather handsome cichlid fish. Neolamprologus brevis are true dwarf cichlids since the males only grow to a little more than 2 inches, while the females usually remain smaller at less than 1½ inches.
Neolamprologus brevis are found within snail shells on sandy bottoms at depths from 15 to 150 feet. Here a male and female may share the same shell if necessary, depending on the number-of-shells-to-fish ratio in the locality. Using their mouths as shovels, N. brevis like to excavate the sand from around their shell, causing it to sink into the sand. The shells are also physically tugged into place so that the opening is pointing in the correct direction.
In the wild, N. brevis stay in close proximity to their shell so that they can make a quick dive into it if danger approaches. These cichlids don't have to travel to feed, as the zooplankton they eat is constantly being carried on the water current that passes by their shell homes. All they do is hover in the water current above their shell to catch food.
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With the intention of setting up a Tanganyikan biotope aquarium to house four or five different species of small- to medium-sized cichlids, a reasonably sized aquarium is called for. All the other species are going to be bigger than the N. brevis cichlid fish. While N. brevis are tied to a shell or two and have a small territory, the other cichlids to be added later have different territorial requirements.
The smallest suitable aquarium size for this mixed Tanganyikan cichlid society is 48 by 24 by 24 inches and 120 gallons. Or, at this stage, aquarists could decide on a single-species aquarium that is just 24 by 12 by 12 inches and 15 gallons, which would be suitable for two pairs of N. brevis to enliven the aquarium with their interactions.
Cichlid Communities
Working with the larger tank first, the intention is to build it up with essential décor to provide for specific needs of individual cichlid species just prior to the time that they are to be added to the system.
All that a pair of N. brevis need is two or three Neothauma-sized shells placed directly on top of a 2- to 3-inch-deep bed of mixed smooth-grain sand and coral sand. The coral sand helps maintain the alkalinity and hardness of the water. This does leave a bare-looking tank for the first month, but soon there will be more additions to the tank as the community is slowly built up.
The smaller tank only needs the substrate of smooth-grain sand and coral sand to be 1 inch or so deep. Two groups of three or four Neothauma or other similar-sized empty shells are placed at each end of the aquarium to offer prospective homes to the two pairs of cichlid fish. The back of the aquarium can be decorated any which way with some rock.
Hard Water
Lake Tanganyika has a high mineral content, making the water alkaline and hard (pH of 7.5 to 8.5; dGH of 12 to 18). It is vital that the water in these aquariums reflects the natural habitat, because in soft water these cichlid fish will probably be subjected to lingering deaths. Water temperature in this large lake is fairly stable at around 75 degrees Fahrenheit, which is what one should aim for in this setup. The larger aquarium will benefit from an external canister filter that also provides a good current of water in the aquarium.
With the smaller cichlid aquarium, a filtration unit located inside the aquarium that also provides a current should be adequate for this low-stocked aquarium. Regular partial water changes of 10 percent are necessary to maintain the aquarium water in top condition.
Brevis Selection
Selecting male and female N. brevis from subadult fish is easy, as the male is much larger than the female comparatively. At the fish store, if the N. brevis tank has shells, the cichlids quickly disappear into them at the sight of an approaching net. Catching the cichlid then involves just picking up the shell with fish inside and placing it in a bag of water. As a result, one might end up having the shell thrown in as a bonus.
The N. brevis should be offered a mixed diet that could include some flake food and tiny pellets fed in small amounts two or three times a day. They are not fussy eaters and so readily accept these fish foods. They should also be offered some live or frozen brine shrimp at least once a week. Care should be taken not to overfeed them or, even worse, to allow food to lie uneaten in the aquarium, as it quickly rots and spoils the water.
A healthy adult pair of N. brevis that are fed a good diet will spawn, provided they have a suitably sized shell to call home. Once the female has filled up with eggs, following some prespawning behavior, the female lays its eggs within the shell. The male may fertilize the eggs by entering the shell or from the shell entrance if it is too big to enter. The female does all the egg care, while the male keeps intruders away from the shell. The eggs take some 48 hours to hatch, but it might well be another seven days before the fry make their first appearance near the entrance of the shell. At this time they will be able to take crushed flake, newly hatched brine shrimp and microworms, which should all be offered in moderation. The slow-growing fry will stand a chance of surviving if several smaller shells are available for them to take refuge in.
Although Lake Tanganyika does contain many large cichlid fish, dwarf N. brevis are beautiful little fish that are easy to keep and maintain in a small tank or as part of a Tanganyikan cichlid community. A pair of these little cichlids that live in a shell are interesting and entertaining to watch as they go about their daily lives, guarding their home from intruders and raising their brood. Next Page>>


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You could get in trouble dispatching them even with an air rifle. Like the others mentioned they can be treated as a firearm depending on the velocity.
Even trapping and killing them could get you in trouble with the PETA folks. Cruelity to animals charges don't look good on a resume.
In my state of NY you can't discharge a firearm/bow/crossbow/ airgun within 500 feet of an occupied dwelling/school/church, even when hunting ( except duck hunting )
You could also get fined for hunting out of season or without a license.
If I were in the same position I would find a lethal quick and quiet trap and don't tell a soul that you are using it. Its still illegal in most localities as you would be trapping without a license....so be careful.
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How to make a JR trainer cord
I want to make a trainer cord for my radio and can't get one without ordering and paying shipping so I figured I'd make one since it is just two headphone jacks with a piece of wire in the middle. right??? or not??? is the cord just two jacks connected pos to pos and neg to neg or is there something else I don't know. as far as I know there is no trainer and master ends on the JR cord, you just leave the trainer box radio off and let the cord turn on the needed parts. If anyone know about these please let me know.
Im not 100% sure but i think it is just a mono 3/8" cable. Each side just has a tip and a sleeve. Ive plugged my JR tx into the audio input on my computer with a mono 3/8" cable just to listen to the funny noise that it makes and all four channels were clearly audible.
Just for fun try it. If you have two transmitters and a free model just plug them up together and turn on the tx that normally controls the model and leave the other one off. Then hold the tranier switch and wiggle the sticks of the tx that is off and see if the model responds. If it does then you have a winner!
But be careful, I think with some trainer setups the reverse, trim and any mix settings need to be the same on both transmitters or the model will respond differently. Again Im not 100% sure but I would try it just to see what happens.
By the way I work at a theme park and we have an animatronic show that is controlled with a futaba tx. The tx gets its signal from the left track of a cd player (just an audio signal) and is plugged into the tranier port. It controls the mouths on four different heads that are a part of the costumes of the live actors in the show.
Uh oh. You've got the gears turnin', Barrett! How's this...
Connect your trainer output to the input of a tape deck and adjust levels to record the signal. Take your plane up high, hit record on the tape deck, and do an artistic aerobatic routine. This would be on a dead-calm day.
Several days, weeks, months later, on another dead-calm day, plug the output of the tape deck into your trainer jack, take your plane up high, hold the trainer switch, and hit play.
Oh my goodness, it's a flight recorder. Too fun.
P.S.- DISCLAIMER: Please, kids, DON'T try this at home. Consider the safety implications before even thinking about it.
The trainer cord should be 3.5mm (1/8th) MONO jacks connected straight. The stereo/headphoneplugs don't make very good contact in the mono sockets that are fitted though they will work if you're careful.
The buddy box needs a (charged ) battery fitted but you don't switch it on. Inserting the trainer plug switches on the bits that are needed.
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The Utah Jazz's surge over the past three weeks has pushed them to the top of the Northwest Division. The Memphis Grizzlies, meanwhile, are laboring through another disappointing season leading to a major personnel shakeup.
The Jazz look to extend the NBA's longest current winning streak to eight games on Saturday night when they visit new-look Memphis after the trade of star Pau Gasol.
Oddsmakers from SBG Global have made Utah -8.5 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 208 total points (Matchup). Our public betting information shows that 50% of bets for this game have been placed on Utah -8.5 (View NBA Bet Percentages).
With another season slipping away, the Grizzlies (13-33) on Friday dealt the 7-foot Gasol - their second-leading scorer (18.9) and leading rebounder (8.8) - to the Los Angeles Lakers for Kwame Brown, rookie Javaris Crittenton, guard Aaron McKie, the rights to Gasol's brother Marc, two first-round draft picks and cash considerations.
"We're a 13-win team, so when you're in that situation, you've got to make moves,'' Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said.
Memphis has dropped 23 of its last 30 and owns the fourth-worst record in the NBA.
The Jazz (29-18), meanwhile, have been red-hot as they look to win eight straight for the first time since Nov. 10-24, 2006. They're outscoring opponents by an average of 11.7 points during their current run.
"Everybody is really feeling good now,'' Mehmet Okur said after Friday's 96-87 win over Washington. "It's fun. We're really enjoying it.''
On Jan. 5, Utah had the ninth-best record in the West at 18-17, and trailed Northwest Division-leading Denver by 3 1/2 games. Now, the Jazz have the fourth-best record in the conference with a one-game division lead over the Nuggets.
Okur had 27 points and 11 rebounds on Friday to help lead the Jazz while Carlos Boozer, who was playing in his first game since being selected to his second consecutive All-Star game, struggled.
Boozer leads Utah in scoring (22.0) and rebounding (10.6), but had a season-low four points on 1-of-9 shooting.
"It's a team sport, that's what's great about it,'' he said. "When you're not playing well, somebody's always going to be able to pick you up. This isn't tennis.''
Boozer hopes to bounce back versus the Grizzlies, against whom he's averaging 29.2 points - his most against any West opponent - on 67.0 percent shooting and 12.8 rebounds in five games against since the start of last season.
He had 31 points and seven rebounds in Utah's 118-94 victory over Memphis on Nov. 10.
Deron Williams had 20 points and 13 assists against the Grizzlies in that contest, and is averaging 15.8 points and 13.2 assists in five games against them since 2006-07. Williams had 11 points and 12 assists on Friday for his sixth straight double-double.
Memphis is coming off a 106-102 loss to Denver on Wednesday after leading by seven points with 3:12 remaining.
"It's the same story as before,'' said Darko Milicic, who had 14 points and matched a career high with 16 rebounds. "(We) just can't find ways to win.''
Rudy Gay had 30 points and 10 rebounds against the Nuggets, and will likely get more offensive looks with the departure of Gasol, who missed Wednesday's game with a sore back.
Gay has topped the 30-point mark 10 times in his two-year career, with four of those games coming without Gasol in the lineup.
Gay, who is averaging a team-high 19.8 points, had 18 on 6-of-11 shooting against the Jazz in November after scoring 18 on 6-of-25 shooting in four games against them last season.
Mike Miller, who is averaging 16.8 points, had just six points against Utah earlier this season. Miller had 22 points and nine boards on Wednesday.
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It's miserably warm outside but I've decided it's time for a cup of tea regardless. The Spice and Tea Exchange's Pear Caramel is the last tea I have yet to try from a recent outing, and I've been eager to taste test it.
Brewed it's a lovely translucent amber color, and smells like…. tea. Hm. Upon tasting, it's sweet, but not the dripping with juice, wet pear I was hopinh for. There's a very very subtle burnt sugar flavor, which I'm assuming is the caramel. There's also something very floral about it, though I can't pin point it.
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Every time we update the ESPN 100, there are players who just miss making the list. But that doesn't mean they aren't great players. Here are 10 who just missed this time but are well worth watching and could make the list the next time we update the player rankings.
Patson Siame (Las Vegas/Impact Basketball Academy)
C, 6-foot-11, 220 pounds
College: Loyola Marymount
Originally committed to the 2012 class, Siame has reclassified as a 2013 prospect. He is a high-energy player who blocks shots and can score facing out to 15 feet. The surprisingly skilled post, who is still relatively new to the game, has the chance to be the biggest impact player in LMU's basketball program since the days of Hank Gathers and Bo Kimball.
Nigel Hayes (Toledo, Ohio/Whitmer)
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The value of a rebounder rarely goes unnoticed by college coaches and has contributed to Hayes' continued rise. The powerfully built power forward not only rebounds, however. He can also knock down the jumper out to 19 feet. He's had heavy MAC recruitment, but has also caught the eye of Big Ten and Big East schools.


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The Top 8 Headlines You Might Have Missed / Haaretz Newsline, July 31
From the ballooning expenses of the IDF, to a 'racist' remark by Israel's newly elected chief Ashkenazi rabbi, Haaretz brings you the top 8 headlines you might have missed.
The renewal of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks was primarily driven by everyone's desire to avert a "train wreck," a White House official said during a press briefing Wednesday. The Palestinians had been making clear that if they did not see progress on the peace front, they would seek elevation of their status via international organizations, including the UN, he said, and this could have "really interrupted the progress we (the United States) want to see in the region."
The number of career soldiers in the army has ballooned by 12 percent over the past six years, Haaretz has learned. The increase, a figure the Israel Defense Forces prefers not to emphasize during debates over the defense budget, also raised the IDF's salary expenses in recent years. Various estimates say these costs have risen by half a billion to a billion shekels each year.
Cleanup and containment of contamination discovered three years ago at a major Israeli defense site in the Haifa Bay area may be hampered by funding difficulties. Upon first discovering the contamination, the Environmental Protection Ministry demanded Rafael Advanced Defense Systems facility stop channeling the untreated waste. But even though Rafael complied, subsequent testing showed that some wells had already been contaminated. Without passing a law on how to fund the cleanup, the ministry's director general believes there will be no way to fund treatment of the contamination.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters attacked and damaged three buses in the city of Beit Shemesh near Jerusalem on Wednesday, after a female traveling on one of the buses refused a Haredi passenger's order to move to the back and sit separately from the men.
The Public Security Ministry plans to make psychological testing a prerequisite for obtaining a gun permit, not merely a medical-history form signed by a doctor.
Tel Aviv University made a U.S. list of schools that churn out startup founders. The Israeli university is the only non-American institution on list of 16 schools that produce successful startup entrepreneurs.
More than 100 10th-grade students from 28 schools all over Israel, mostly in the periphery, attended high-level math and physics classes sitting in front of a computer through distance learning this past academic year. The main goal of the project is to solve the continuing decline in math and science education in Israel's schools.
The ongoing partial strike by Foreign Ministry employees, which interfered with arrangements for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Poland in June, among other diplomatic activities, now threaten educational trips to Poland scheduled for 17 groups of Israeli high school students in August.
Newly elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau became embroiled in controversy on Tuesday, after he was recorded making remarks about African-American basketball players that some judged as racist.
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Kareena Kapoor is a perfect example of Work hard and become a leader. Her journey has a great one. Filled with ups and downs and highs and lows, Kareena Kapoor Khan has made a mark for herself in this industry.
Born in a star family, Kareena knew she was bound to become a star. Stardom didn't come so easily. It came at a price. None of the ladies of the Kapoor Khaandaan ever became a part of the film industry. It was Karisma Kapoor's bold and much opposed decision to join Bollywood that paved a way for younger sister Kareena.
Bebo, that is what she is called, began her career in the year 2000 with the film Refugee. From then on the lady went on to act in more than 50 films. She started her career at the age of 20 and boy, these 13 years of her life have been adventurous.
The beautiful thing about this actress is that although she initially had to struggle to make it big in the industry, Kareena has always been in the league of B'Town's big actresses.
She has acted in films of all genres- Romance, Comedy, Thriller, Female centric, Drama etc. She has also been the winner of several national and international awards.
Kareena was in the news for her relationship with actor Shahid Kapoor. They were together for a long time before their bitter break up. After that, after a lot of controversies, Kareena went on to tie the knot with actor Saif Ali Khan. The duo dated for quite some time before their wedding.
Kareena has made some smart choice in life. Yes, one cannot also deny the fact that her mistakes are many. For instance, she declined what could be her biggest hit- Kaho Naa Pyaar Hain and instead chose Refugee as her debut film. And the smartest choice we'd say was to get hitched to the Nawab himself, Saif Ali Khan.
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UMASS-Lowell Falls 69-42 Against Michigan - Game Recap
Michigan blew out UMASS-Lowell on Friday, running up the score in a 69-42 win at Crisler Center.
Michigan got 17 points from Caris LeVert and another 15 points from Glenn Robinson III. Derrick Walton Jr. contributed 4 assists, while Jon Horford cleaned the glass with 12 rebounds.
UMASS-Lowell got 16 points from Akeem Williams in a losing cause and another 10 points from Tyler Livingston. Chad Holley contributed 4 assists for them, while Tyler Livingston had 9 rebounds.
Michigan won the battle of the boards, outrebounding their counterparts 39-33.


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A suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy passing through a crowded livestock market in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier and wounding 74 people, Afghan officials said.
The American patrol was hit in the Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province, said Lt. Cmdr. Walter Matthews, a U.S. military spokesman. The convoy was about 90 miles east of Kabul on the main road linking the capital to the Pakistan border at Torkham.
Hours after the attack, the charred and twisted remains of cars still smoldered on the tree-lined street.
No one took responsibility, but the attack bore the hallmarks of those conducted by Taliban militants, who regularly use suicide attackers and car bombs.
In other violence, the U.S. military said its troops killed four al-Qaida linked militants in the region.
Violence by the Taliban and other insurgent groups has spiked this year to record levels. Attacks are up 30 percent from 2007, military officials say. U.S. officials have said they will send additional troops to Afghanistan starting in January to reinforce about 65,000 U.S. and NATO soldiers already in the country.
Nearly 1,000 civilians are among the approximately 5,400 people killed in insurgency-related violence this year, according to a tally by The Associated Press of figures provided by Afghan and international officials. Most of the reported dead have been militants.
The bomber in Nangarhar struck the convoy near a crowded livestock market where people were trading sheep, cows, goats and other animals, said Ghafoor Khan, spokesman for the provincial police chief.
An Associated Press photographer said an American military vehicle, two civilian vehicles and two rickshaws were destroyed.
At least eight civilians were killed and 74 were wounded, Khan said. An American soldier was also killed, the U.S. military said.
The wounded civilians were transported to at least three hospitals in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Khan said. American soldiers were sifting through the wreckage for clues.
The soldier's death brought the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this year to at least 148, the highest annual number since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001. There were 111 military deaths in Afghanistan in all of 2007.
The number of civilians killed in Thursday's attack reported by Khan and other Afghan officials was significantly lower than an earlier report by the U.S. military, which said 20 civilians had died. Later, the military declined to put a number on the dead civilians and referred calls to Afghan authorities.
The United Nations condemned the bombing, which it said "inflicted enormous suffering in an otherwise peaceful community."
The U.S. military said in a statement that its troops were targeting an al-Qaida associated militant in Zormat district of Paktia province on Thursday when the four militants were killed.
The statement said the militants assisted local Taliban leaders with the movement of Arab and other foreign fighters into Afghanistan. None of the militants killed were identified.
First lady Laura Bush decried an attack Wednesday in which two men on a motorcyle threw acid on eight Afghan girls walking to school in Kandahar. Doctors said three of the girls were hospitalized with serious burns.
"These cowardly and shameful acts are condemned by honorable people in the United States and around the world," the first lady said in a statement.
Girls were banned from schools under the Taliban's hard-line Islamist regime, and women were not allowed to leave the house without a male family member escorting them.
Afghanistan's government said the attack was carried out by the "country's enemies," a usual reference for Taliban militants. Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi denied his group's involvement.
Separately, the British Ministry of Defense reported that two of its soldiers serving with NATO-led force in southern Afghanistan were killed Wednesday, when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device in Helmand province's Garmser district.
Associated Press writer Rahim Faiez contributed to this report.


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At South America's southern most tip lies an area of vast and wild terrain known as Patagonia. With a breathtaking beauty unlike any other this expansive area is nestled within Argentina and Chile and offers countless landscapes and ample opportunities for adventures. Dirt roads connecting remote towns are rocky and often unstable, causing a rise in the amount of pickup trucks that can handle the long and often treacherous tours cross country. Throughout our trip we saw numerous trucks, many of which do not exist here in the states. Here are a few of our favorites.
Trucks of Patagonia
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In the Journals
Uncertainty Does a Number on Markets
Political uncertainty affects the world over, and in weak economies it may acutely disrupt financial markets, according to a new research paper by Lubos Pástor, Charles P. McQuaid Professor of Finance and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow, (pictured, far left) and Pietro Veronesi, Roman Family Professor of Finance and Robert King Steel Faculty Fellow (pictured, middle).
The paper, "Political Uncertainty and Risk Premia," incorporates the political uncertainty index developed by Steven Davis, William H. Abbott Professor of International Business and Economics, (pictured, far right) and his collaborators. The index puts a value on political uncertainty by combining the frequency of media mentions of policy uncertainty, the number of expiring tax provisions, and the extent of disagreement among inflation and government spending forecasters.
Pástor and Veronesi compared this index with the average correlation between the stocks in the S&P 500 index. They found that when the political uncertainty index was high, whether stocks rose or fell, they were more likely to swing together and more strongly. This effect of political uncertainty on stock prices was stronger during weak economic conditions, in which government policy changes tend to be more likely and less predictable. These observations have implications for investors and fund managers because the more uniformly stocks move, the more difficult it is for investors to diversify and for fund managers to pick stocks. - Seth Maxon
Photos, from left: Pastor, Veronesi, Davis, by Beth Rooney
How Friends Create Enemies
Studies have shown that people with a circle of close friends live healthier, happier lives. But close relationships may predispose people to dehumanize those outside that circle, according to a recent paper by Nicholas Epley, John Templeton Keller Professor of Behavioral Science and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, (pictured) and Adam Waytz of Northwestern University.
The paper, "Social Connection Enables Dehumanization," appears in the January 2012 Journal of Experimental Psychology. Epley finds that close relationships satisfy the deep human need for social connection, so connected people aren't motivated to empathize with strangers.
In an experiment, researchers placed subjects in one group with a friend and subjects in another with a stranger. Both groups were shown photographs of people who they were told plotted the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks. Subjects then rated them on a "moral disengagement scale," which tested whether subjects attributed human mental and emotional qualities to the terrorists by asking how strongly they agreed or disagreed with several statements, including "the detainees have to be treated roughly because they lack feelings that can be hurt" and "some detainees deserve to be treated like animals." Finally, participants assessed to what degree they supported using torture techniques to interrogate the detainees. Epley and his colleagues observed that, regardless of political persuasion, those in the friend group dehumanized the detainees significantly more than participants in the control group and were much more willing to endorse harming them.
Another experiment had subjects write essays either about someone close to them or someone with whom they had no social relationship. All participants were then asked to what degree individuals in four groups - disabled individuals, middle-class Americans, drug addicts, and wealthy people - were capable of intentional behavior, cognition, and emotion. Ultimately, participants who wrote about friends or loved ones dehumanized all four groups to a greater degree than participants who wrote about strangers.
While Epley notes that this disconnection often manifests itself as indifference rather than malice, he warns that when connected people disregard others' humanity, they might lay the groundwork for condoning real harm. "Denial of these mental capacities does not necessarily lead to the kinds of violence and inhumane treatment that may be associated with dehumanization, but we believe it is a critical precursor for it," he concludes. - Seth Maxon
Photo by Chris Lake
Brands as People: A Behavioral Response
Can a brand change the way a person behaves? Yes, when he or she views the brand as another person, according to a forthcoming paper by Ann McGill, Sears Roebuck Professor of General Management, Marketing, and Behavioral Science, (pictured) and Pankaj Aggarwal of the University of Toronto–Scarborough.
In "When Brands Seem Human, Do Humans Act Like Brands? Automatic Behavioral Priming Effects of Brand Anthropomorphism," to be published in the August 2012 Journal of Consumer Research, McGill and Aggarwal found that when people put a human face on products, they either adopt the brand's perceived behavioral traits or act in an opposite manner.
Their experiments show that behavioral changes depend on three variables: whether a brand is thought of as a person, whether people like or dislike a brand, and whether they see the brand as a "partner" that works with them or a "servant" that works for them.
One experiment focused on Volvo, an automobile brand known for safety. A group of participants was asked to imagine the brand as a person and what that person might be like. The researchers manipulated participants into seeing Volvo as either a partner or a servant by having them assess fake advertising slogans that suggested the desired condition: For the partner condition, the slogan was "Volvo. Works with You. Helping You Take Care of What's Important"; in the servant condition, it was "Volvo. Works for You. Taking Care of What's Important to You." Participants were then presented with a hypothetical gambling scenario to test what level of risk they were willing to take. Finally, participants were asked whether they liked or disliked Volvo.
Participants who liked Volvo and saw it as a partner acted cautiously in the gambling situation, subconsciously adopting its perceived traits to achieve a common goal, safety. Those who disliked the brand took more risks in the gambling situation.
Conversely, in the servant group, participants who liked Volvo took more risks, showing that they need Volvo to keep them safe, while those who disliked Volvo behaved cautiously in the gambling situation, showing that they did not need it to stay safe. - Seth Maxon
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Daily Tech: The Oldest Blogger, Olive Riley, Passes Away at 108
- The Australian women who jokingly called her blog her "blob," which had over 70 entries, has died at the age of 108. — CNN
- During the iPhone launch last year, Apple sold 300,000 iPhones in three days. This year? They sold one million 3G iPhones. — Valleywag
- Does stubbornness equate to success? If so I'm gonna be rich! Ha ha. Switched has compiled a fun list of the top 10 most stubborn people in tech. — Switched
- Starting this Fall, San Francisco (yay!) will be testing out plastic wireless sensors on 6,000 of its 24,000 metered parking spaces. With these sensors, which will be glued on the street, drivers will know which spots are free at any moment. — The New York Times
- The first shots of the BlackBerry Storm have surfaced and yes it does include a full QWERTY keyboard with SureType in portrait mode. — Gizmodo
- It's giveaway time! Be sure to log in for your chances to win a new iPhone 3G by Apple! — geeksugar


text: TED CRUZ TALKS 'SOCIAL ISSUES' WITH DR. GINA 0 By Jason Browning on March 6, 2014 Featured, General Share Tweet Plus Pin LinkedIn Print Email Politicians don't 'get to decide what people care about' by GARTH KANT NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, got the "Beatlemania" treatment by the media today at CPAC, the annual gathering of conservatives in Washington. After giving a speech to kick off the convention that brought the house down, Cruz was supposed to meet with members of the press in a small side room. But demand for the GOP's new rock star was so overwhelming, plans were changed on the fly, and the senator spoke to the media in a large hallway behind a security rope. Members of the media tripped and fell all over each other, pushing and shoving, trying to get close enough to lob a question at Cruz. But WND's Gina Loudon walked with Cruz to the press conference (CLICK TO CONTINUE READING)


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Question by Shipon: is it possible to get job in supermarket in norway because before i work in cyprus as a store keeper& driver?
i work in cyprus 10 years in a supermarket as a store keeper & driver for delivered & fruit section. so im looking for job in norway. im living right now in italy.
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You COULD but why would you WANT to?
"The percentage of poor among immigrants to Norway is much higher than the percentage among the native population so that immigrant status and ethnic origin may help to explain to some degree the continuing existence of poverty in Norway, an affluent country known for its relatively low income inequality. The purpose of this paper is to use register data to discuss the more crucial question of whether or not this rather high incidence of poverty among immigrants persists even after immigrants have been in the country for a long period, that is, after they have had the opportunity to integrate and adapt their skills to the expectations in their new country. "
From Frisch centre report.
"In Norway, as throughout the rest of Europe, the government is targeting immigrants and asylum-seekers for political attack. Refugees are caught in a Catch 22 situation with regards to their citizenship status in Norwegian society. Whilst politicians from all parties demand that unemployed immigrants learn better Norwegian, they have simultaneously created a rule which penalises those who enrol in language courses. Unemployed immigrants who wish to learn Norwegian lose their unemployment benefit if they take up a language course. Consequently, in order to make ends meet they are forced to seek social security assistance."
"There is evidence that the state deliberately cultivates such attitudes as a means of holding down the wages and conditions of Norwegian workers in general. In a revealing statement, the Chief of Research at the National Bureau of Statistics said that increased immigration was necessary. Without the cheap labour immigrant work force, he argued, services would be poorer and salaries higher."
From World Socialist Web Site
Why Norway? It's not even a great place for Norwegians who are moving abroad to live off benefits in Spain and places like that.
Add your own answer in the comments!
Grønland, Oslo – Norway
Image by Beatrice N. Kabutakapua
"I prefer Norway to Sweden, you can find more African food." This is Charles talking to me in the streets of Oslo. He considers himself to be Swedish as he flew from Nigeria to the Scandinavian country 16 years ago.
In the last month he has been living in the Anker Hostel, right behind Grønland in Oslo, where is currently looking for a job.
Grønland is the multicultural neighborhood in Oslo. Situated on the east side of the river Akerselva, it started to host migrants from the '60s.
Some believes the quarter is now more populated by Muslims than in the past, as the majority of residents are from Pakistan and Somalia.
On a five-million population, Norway has 11,4% people coming from foreign countries. The largest ethnic group being Pakistani Norwegians.
"Preferisco la Norvegia alla Svezia, si trova più cibo africano." Charles mi racconta di lui per le strade del centro di Oslo. Dopo aver passato 16 anni in Svezia si considera svedese nonostante sia originario della Nigeria.
Attualmente Charles è alla ricerca di un lavoro. Nell'ultimo mese ha vissuto nell'ostello Anker, dietro al quartiere chiamato Grønland.
Grønland è il quartiere multiculturale di Oslo. Situato sul lato orientale del fiume Akerselva, ha iniziato a ospitare migranti sin dagli anni '60.
Qualcuno ritiene che il quartiere oggi sia più popolata da musulmani rispetto al passato, considerato che la maggior parte dei residenti provengono dal Pakistan e la Somalia.
Con una popolazione cinque milioni di abitanti, il 11,4% di persone in Norvegia proviene da paesi stranieri. Il più grande gruppo etnico è quello pakistano.


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Student news
Date published: 28 July 2011
PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived news story. The information contained within it is out of date. Open Universities Australia no longer offers the units listed below.
The BAS Agent Registration Requirements are comprised of two units which form the skill set needed for agents qualified to file Business Activity Statements with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Upon completion of the two units, students will be eligible for registration with the ATO as a recognised BAS Agent.
Completing the BAS Agent Registration Requirements is useful knowledge for students seeking to develop a career in accounting or business, as well as small business owners and sole traders seeking the skills to handle their own BAS procedures.
The two units that make up the Registration Requirements are:
- FNSBKPG404A Carry out business activity and instalment activity statement tasks
- FNSBKPG405A Establish and maintain a payroll system
It is recommended that students study both units within one Study Period, as they contain complementary information.
Both of these units will be available for enrolment from Tuesday 2 August, and will be offered in Study Periods 3 and 4 in 2011.
Students interested in studying the BAS Agent Requirements have the following Study Period enrolment date options:
- Study Period 3 - Close of Enrolment 14 August 2011 (enrolments for the BAS Agent Registration Requirements only have been extended to 25 August 2011)
- Study Period 4 - Close of Enrolment 13 November 2011


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To experience firsthand how the insurance industry is responding to the tornado that took out a large swath of Joplin, Mo. on May 22, I "embedded" on June 7 with State Farm Insurance, meeting with a local agent, two catastrophe claims representatives and an auto-lines specialist.
Subscribers to NU's digital edition can click on the play button on the opposite page to watch a video report from the day in Joplin. If you're reading this in print, don't worry—you can check our website, PropertyCasualty360.com/Video/, to see what we filmed.
Buddy System Averts "Meltdown"
"I'm sure I would have had a meltdown by now if I had not had the help of those State Farm partners," Karen Rutledge tells me, describing the impact of State Farm's "Buddy System," where agents in unaffected areas offer their help to their colleagues in the center of the storm. "I could not have provided the service I wanted to provide if I hadn't had that help," says Rutledge—who has been an agent in Joplin for 25 years. "[These are] agents willing to walk away from their office and the way they make a living to come and help somebody else."
The agents, many with claims experiences, were there to greet the "overwhelming" influx of policyholders. Not only were these buddies helping to write advance checks—they even set up a generator in Rutledge's office so that when she arrived back from Chicago the morning after the tornado struck, "my team had power to operate the computers, take calls and help all the people coming in."
Bathtub Refuge
Asked about some of the stories that most stuck out amidst all the turmoil and trauma, Rutledge says: "There's just been so many people that were actually in their homes—nothing left—and I asked them where they were in the home, and over and over I have heard it was the bathtub. Word has gotten out over the years that the safest room in your house is possibly the bathroom. So many stories of people riding out the storm in their bathtub and that being all that was left, and not even in the same place in the house—maybe it was in the yard. It's just amazing, seriously, that there were not more [fatalities]."
Seconding what Rutledge says about the tub, Steve Simpson, a catastrophe field claim representative for State Farm, talked to a young married couple renting a house who got in the tub at the last second, pulled a mattress over themselves, "and they ended up two houses down, still in the bathtub. And the husband's truck ended up where the bathtub used to be."
Tech & The Tornado
Both Rutledge and the catastrophe claims reps I met with pointed out how much the technology they use has changed when responding to such events.
Claims reps now bring with them aerial photos of a policyholder's property when they go to evaluate damage which they use to help make sure their measurements onsite are as accurate as possible.
And a device as ubiquitous as digital cameras has made a big difference, says Jasmine Coleman, another catastrophe field claim representative with whom I toured a totaled home. The digital approach gives them an opportunity to both see the photos immediately and take vastly more than they could in the (not-too-recent) days when they carried Polaroids.
"On my ride back from Chicago," says Rutledge, "I actually was able from my BlackBerry to access the voicemails people had sent me and file the claims on my iPad through State Farm's application. I was doing that in the car while my mother was frantically trying to get me back to where I needed to be. That same technology is available for the customers. I had numerous customers file their claim online, either through a computer or an application on their telephone. [Not too long ago,] we would have been trying to hand write this information and would have been only able to fax it."
Lessons Learned
"Every person I've spoken with says their next house is going to have a basement and a safe room," Simpson tells me. Indeed, the family who lived in the destroyed home we visited survived in their safe room—and left a poignant "We Lived" message on one of their remaining exterior walls, letting friends and neighbors know they had pulled through.
"I think now," says Rutledge, "when we talk to people about the coverages on their homeowners—and we talk about here's what we estimate with the tools we have on what it's going to cost to rebuild—that we now have the experience to know the tools we work with are legitimate. And you need to seriously consider this even though you think, 'Oh well, I could only sell it for this'—which has nothing to do with the cost of reconstruction. And I think people will realize that those [increased coverages] are worth considering."
The other lesson both insureds and prospective policyholders are likely to take away? "That catastrophe does happen. And now we know because we've all experienced it, and it can be us, and it was us," says Rutledge.
Personal Perspective
While I was mentally prepared for what I would experience in Joplin—and had probably seen hundreds of photos and nearly an hour of video clips—witnessing it in person was like a body blow to the senses. I found myself constantly whispering "Unbelievable"—because it was, simply, hard to accept as real carnage on such a mass scale.
The storm's path was so wide—and its winds of such force—that there were neighborhoods where block after block after block was nothing but rubble. And I'll never forget the trees—many still looking, but utterly denuded of all leaves, standing like stark skeletons on the desolate landscape.
As it happens, I went to a photography exhibition the Friday before I left for Joplin of images taken by the U.S. Army in Hiroshima in the weeks after the atomic bombing. And what I saw in Joplin was eerily, horrifyingly similar.
Decompressing, Post-Disaster
The last two weeks have been highly emotional, stressful times for Simpson, Rutledge and Coleman. How do they plan to decompress when they are finally able to focus again on their personal lives?
"I have my State Farm trip to Disney scheduled for June 25 with all of my family and grandchildren, and I am definitely going," says Rutledge. "We've had an EF-5 tornado, and I am going to Disney World."
"What I do typically [when I return after a months-long assignment] is I walk into my house and literally just relax, complete release," says Coleman. "I will take a good long nap that will probably be a day and a half.