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Sydney - It is not an Olympic event but a cellphone caller's claim that he was put on hold for 15 hours, 40 minutes and one second has Australia's top airline poring over its record books.
A Qantas Airways spokesperson said on Friday that no call that length was in the logs and that "our average contact centre wait time during that period was under a minute and the longest wait time was 17 minutes".
But American business traveller Andrew Khan was adamant that Wednesday's performance could put him among the medals for call centre patience.
"I think the wait time was simply my determination to see what exactly they meant by a representative coming on the line as soon as possible," Khan told the Herald Sun newspaper. "When it got to over two or three hours that was the point where it was like 'Okay, let's ride this out'."
Khan had rung to confirm a flight to New York on Sunday and managed to read a 200-page book while he waited unsuccessfully to speak to an airline representative.
Qantas conceded a "system error" had occurred that cancelled Khan's booking and that the mistake had been rectified and he would indeed be crossing the Pacific on Sunday. - Sapa-dpa


text: Freeman Reignites Bath Brand With Superfruits Freeman Beauty Labs, battered by previous owners, is on the rebound. By Rachel Brown on April 9, 2010 Freeman Beauty Labs, battered by previous owners, is on the rebound. The nearly 45-year-old hair and skin care company was left a shell of its former self with below $20 million in sales when Freeman family members salvaged it out of bankruptcy court in 2003. It had arguably lost luster under the control of Dial Corp. and private equity firm The Hathi Group. But Freeman Beauty Labs has been reinvigorated lately with executive hires, rising distribution and fresh brands, including four bought last year from Woodridge Labs, bringing recognition and revenues that recall the Nineties, when the company was in the Freemans' hands and soared to more than $70 million in sales."In the first quarter, with having new brands and our existing brands, we were up 37 percent in a down market. We are projecting over a 40 percent increase in sales in 2010 and over 100 percent from 2009 to 2011," said Freeman Beauty Labs chairman Larry Freeman. "Our dramatic years of growth were from 1988 to 1997, and 2010 will be as good as any of those years."The foundation for Freeman Beauty Labs' renaissance began to be laid five years ago when Freeman Beauty received an investment of $8.5 million from private equity firm Champlain Capital Partners, currently a minority owner. Following the investment, the company brought on board Steven Dickstein as president in 2007 and, last year, added Ted Paul as controller and Douglas Hosking, a veteran of the consumer packaged goods industry and Freeman Beauty Labs board member, as chief executive officer.Along with Freeman; his son, Mark Freeman, a consultant to the company, and daughter, Jill Freeman Bucksbaum, vice president of marketing, the new management has been working to reestablish Freeman Beauty Labs as a go-to resource for infusing the mass market with value-priced products tapping into the latest crazes. "What is happening now that we need to capitalize on?" Freeman said the company asks when developing products. "We want to see trends [and] buzzwords that translate into either skin or hair products."Freeman Beauty Labs has seized upon the clamoring for nutrient- and antioxidant-rich ingredients with the recent introduction of Superfruits, a skin care line with five initial products retailing for $3.99 that contain a complex of goji, açaí, mango, pomegranate, mangosteen, cranberry, noni and blueberry with nourishing and antiaging benefits. The company also is updating the packaging of Feeling Beautiful, a line of masks, scrubs, lotions, moisturizers and body washes, and launched Feeling Beautiful single-use mask sachets for $1.99.Freeman Beauty Labs has high expectations for immediate results from two brands purchased from Woodridge Labs: dry shampoo specialist Psssssst and skin care brand Vita K Solution. Psssssst has come into Freeman Beauty Lab's portfolio, as interest in dry shampoo is mounting, evidenced by Wal-Mart's decision to carry the brand starting next month. Freeman Beauty Labs is creating large sizes of Psssssst for the salon segment, as well. To put a charge in Vita K Solution, Freeman Beauty Labs will augment the formula with wrinkle-reducer Matrixyl in products hitting the shelves for summer.Driven by Psssssst and Vita K Solution, Freeman projected that distribution of the brands purchased from Woodridge Labs' will double this year from 2009. The other two brands picked up by Freeman Beauty Labs from the acquisition are Ellin LaVar Textures, a five-stockkeeping-unit celebrity hairstylist-inspired line with a tightly controlled distribution, and Perfect C, a skin care brand available at drugstores that Freeman touted as having "a great future."At the moment, three brands — foot care brand Bare Foot, hair care brand Papaya and Feeling Beautiful — are duking it out to be the number-one brand in Freeman Beauty Lab's arsenal. However, Freeman anticipates Superfruits will overtake those brands this year, and that Psssssst will be Freeman Beauty Labs' leading brand in 2011, unless upcoming brands don't outshine them. The company is unveiling a new skin care brand and a new hair care brand at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores' marketplace conference in June, and is scouring brands with revenues ranging from $5 million to $50 million for possible acquisitions."Our acquisitions probably won't go too far afield from what our existing product lines are," said Hosking. "We are looking for brands that bring something to the party, [that are] potentially underperforming for whatever reason in their current shape, and bringing those brands in and taking advantage of what Freeman has to offer from our strong relationships with the trade." With Freeman Beauty Labs changing from a company hurt by acquirers to being an acquirer, its turnaround is well under way. "We have still not regained the credibility that we had in 1997, and it may be another year or two before we have it totally back," said Freeman. "But we now have successful launches and relaunches of products, which [other owners] never had. The management level [at retailers] is looking at us and saying the Freemans are doing it right again. We get rid of that word 'again,' and we will have our credibility back." To access this article, click here to subscribe or click here to log in. load comments blog comments powered by Disqus

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All six episodes from the first series of the rebooted satirical Whitehall comedy.
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|18 Feb 2011
Windows 7 SP1 RTM Can Break Some Programs
While installing Service Pack 1 RTM on top of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 should be a walk in the park for the vast majority of users, there will also be those that are bound to come across some issues.
According to Microsoft, the deployment of SP1 RTM can negatively impact a select list of programs if theyre already installed in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
The Redmond company has published KB2492938 detailing the problems that customers can come across.
The software giant provided examples of programs that will not run after installing Service Pack 1 RTM, including IncrediMail Xe 2.0 from IncrediMail Ltd., Lenovo System Update from Lenovo, and Ninja Trader 7.0; 6.5 from Ninja Trader.
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Unfortunate for the rest,,, imo, a good thing for IncrediMail garbage.
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|18 Feb 2011
Unfotunately that's the nature of updates - sometimes programs get broken. I'm sure this is something Microsoft tried to avoid but with all the PC configurations out there with their various software packages some are bound to get broke
Hopefully it won't be too bad and Microsoft will have/issue quick fixes/workarounds.
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|18 Feb 2011
win7 ultimate / virtual box
I quite like incredimail personally , I think garbage isn't a well thought out description
the version which SP1 will break is XE and is from 2007-2009
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|18 Feb 2011
Incredimail has left a long lasting very bad taste for any PC imo.
Which is why I did say, imo on my previous post.
It used to be the leading cause of problems/malware issues on all PC's it was installed on.
It was then considered garbage, and I am sure that anyone who remembers, still does.
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|18 Feb 2011
W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
I don't use any of the specified programs, but I suspect that like roaches, if you see one, there is at least a hundred more in the woodwork.
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|18 Feb 2011
Unfotunately that's the nature of updates - sometimes programs get broken. I'm sure this is something Microsoft tried to avoid but with all the PC configurations out there with their various software packages some are bound to get broke
Hopefully it won't be too bad and Microsoft will have/issue quick fixes/workarounds.
Thanks JMH +1
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|19 Feb 2011
windows 7 Pro 64Bit
I guess they were bored after doing such a good job with the initial release. Let's go ahead and break everything with the first service pack, the old bait & switch.
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|19 Feb 2011
More like MSE saying we don't need no stinkin' service pack
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Another "Rock of the '80's" concert review – this one from SoundPress.net. "The Smithereens…received a warm welcome as they went full force into the beguiling 'Behind The Wall of Sleep'. The band continued to bombard the audience with their best known hits including a peppy 'Top of the Pops'."
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Pakistan has reportedly postponed its renewable energy development plans in favour of liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to local media.
The country's ministry of water and power (MoWP) told the energy committee that it thought wind and solar projects should be put on hold. The committee, chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, took the recommendation on board and declared that no more wind or solar projects would be advanced until costs were comparable with traditional energy sources.
Earlier this year the country approved net metering laws. At the end of 2014 the PM overturned a tax on imports of solar equipment.
It is thought that the 1GW Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park will be unaffected. Chinese firms have been heavily involved in the development. The two countries have previously agreed a US$20 billion energy investment package. A US$46 billion infrastructure investment package was announced earlier this week.
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Reuters reports today that Rovio Entertainment, the creator of Angry Birds games, said its finances were good enough for a listing after revealing a strongly profitable 2011 in its first public disclosure of business results.
The company forecast a strong year ahead, and said it was now preparing for an offering by ensuring it meets corporate governance requirements. "This company is preparing itself and getting ready," Anders Lindeberg, Rovio's head of investor relations, told Reuters.
Rovio reported 2011 sales of 75.4 million euros and profit before taxes of 48 million. The company did not provide historic data, but has said 2010 revenues were around $10 million. It also reported a 64 percent profit margin for the year. Rovio, originally founded in 2003, has been valued at up to $9 billion just over two years since it launched its first hit, Angry Birds for Apple's iPhone.
Since then the games – in which players use a slingshot to attack pigs who steal the birds' eggs – have been downloaded more than 800 million times and had 200 million monthly users are end-2011, just short of Zynga's 240 million.
Rovio plans to launch several more titles in 2012, which include also a non-Angry Birds title, Chief Executive Mikael Hed said.
Rovio was upbeat about growth continuing based on growing cellphone sales and significant investments it has made in product development, branding, brand protection and corporate infrastructure. "2012 looks fantastic," Hed told Reuters in an interview. "We have had some very strong download numbers over four months." Its Angry Birds Space game was downloaded more than 50 million times in 35 days since its launch in March.
Rovio is also expanding its brand to toys and playgrounds, and is taking the birds to the big screen. The first full-motion animated movie featuring the characters is in works and the short animations are a YouTube hit. Consumer products, which includes merchandising and licensing, generated around 30 percent of revenues last year, with the share higher in the fourth quarter, Hed said.
Last year Rovio raised $42 million from venture capital firms including Accel Partners, which previously backed Facebook and Baidu, and Skype founder Niklas Zennstroem's venture capital firm Atomico Ventures.
We would greatly welcome the IPO of Rovio both in order to be able to asses an investment in the company itself but also because it should further increase the attention for the mobile gaming space with our favourite pick G5 Entertainment but also Glu Mobile, at the forefront.
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A double door, UV unwrapped and textured; useful for archviz renderings or as a game asset (origin placed in the hinges, so you can easily open / animate it; see preview images).
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|27 Oct 2012
Bsod page_fault_in_non_paged_area (0x50)
This BSOD has started since this Wednesday, I think. Im not sure what is causing the BSOD.
Things I have tried : chkdsk /f /r --> nothing wrong; sfc /SCANNOW --> Nothing wrong... Disabled Norton (Using the Disable Autoprotection) and System Restore to a point on 10.10.2012. Also I tried to (Boot with Last Known Good Configurations).
I don't get a bsod in safe mode/safe mode w/networking.
I can attach a zip of the minidump files.
Please help solve this problem.
Additional Details: Satellite L775-S7355 i5 processor. Bought it in March I think...
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******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 50, {fffff880b03ea410, 1, fffffa80083062e6, 5} *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ACPI.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ACPI.sys Could not read faulting driver name Probably caused by : ACPI.sys ( ACPI+b7a7 ) Followup: MachineOwner ---------
Usual causes: Defective hardware (particularly memory - but not just RAM), Faulty system service, Antivirus, Device driver, NTFS corruption, BIOS
Before going for anything else, I would suggest you to uninstall Norton at first, for a test. Disabling it does not make it absent from the system. And, Norton and other Symentac products caused a sizable lot of Stop 0x50 BSODs as I have seen .
Uninstall it using Norton Removal Tool, use Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows.
Let us know the results.
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|28 Oct 2012
I uninstalled Norton and after 5 minutes, the same BSOD occurred. I have the latest dump files attached. Please let me know what me be another problem. Let me know if you need any more information to help solve this.
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|28 Oct 2012
Your crash dumps are not showing any finite probable cause. In such a situation, it is better to enable Driver Verifier to monitor the drivers.
Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable
Run Driver Verifier for 24 hours or the occurrence of the next crash, whichever is earlier.
Let us know the results, with the subsequent crash dumps, if any.
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|28 Oct 2012
10 minutes into Verifying and it crashes. But I dont see much difference in the BSOD data. The latest crash was at 2:11:45. Not a 0x50 but a different one. Here take a look
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|28 Oct 2012
MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
Can you upload the other files: https://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-d...tructions.html
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|28 Oct 2012
Ok here is the data in the format you specified.
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|30 Oct 2012
Can you please see if you find anything? Im really lost into finding out what initiated this series of BSODs. I have the zip file uploaded up above. Any help is appreciated Arc or Anthony. Thanks
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jp281, I want to ask you something. Have you noticed ant change in your computer's behavior during verifier enabled? Was it a bit slow... or a bit fast, or just as usual?
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right now Im running it and its acting normal. for the time im using IE to post this. I enabled the verifier settings in safemode. How do I know its running or not?
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Bravo launches the search for the world's next top chef. Each week a group of talented chefs, professionally trained and self-taught, will be given a culinary challenge and well known judges will eliminate one contestant each week until a winner is named. The ten-episode, one-hour series capitalizes on the network's knack for finding and fostering top creative talent, while still delivering on the personalities and conflict that make for deliciously fun entertainment.
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Does the Intel compiler currently attempt to parallelise array notation expressions? If it does, I am failing dismally in persuading it to do so. I use CILK_NWORKERS=4, and print both the wall clock and CPU.
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Corrales – September 2008
Since the village of Corrales is my home I take a special interest in our local wineries. Both Corrales Winery and Milagro Vineyards have been producing high-quality wines for years. This was the first time I had the opportunity to participate in a grape harvest, however. I plan to stop short of actually making wine, but I'm beginning to have my doubts. When you have a passion for wine, it is sometimes hard to draw the line.
Harvesting the Grapes
Surrounding the winery and tasting room of Corrales Winery are two fields of Muscat grapes. Looking across Corrales Road, the Sandia Mountains loom, serene in the stillness of a Saturday morning. There were about twenty of us, decked out in wide-brimmed hats and carrying shears or curved-blade knifes suited to the work of severing the clusters from the vine. The grapes we were harvesting are used to make Muscat Canelli, one of Corrales Winery's most popular wines. In Keith Johnstone's hands it is crafted into a lush wine that isn't overly sweet, but makes a killer dessert wine I'd pair with just about any fruit-based concoction.
I still remember cutting one fat cluster of golden yellow grapes, be speckled with darker accents and visualizing it being replaced by a bottle in my hand. Naturally, I had to sample a few grapes to see what they tasted like. The rich juice caressed my tongue as I spit out the seeds and indulged in classic Muscat flavors; sweet, musky, and grapey. After that first taste I had to discipline myself against being over-indulgent. The idea was to pick the grapes, after all.
One bit of excitement came about while we were removing the black netting that covers the vines to protect them from birds. A 5 to 6 foot Bull snake had become ensnared in the netting. A yearly incident I later learned. While I wasn't going to see if my gloves would protect me from snake bite, two of our intrepid harvesters held down the squirming reptile until they could cut away the netting covering his body like a Gordian knot. Mouth wide open, fangs showing, and with a loud hiss, he made his feeling known. Once free of the entangling threads he was tossed up on the culvert walkway and slithered away, without a show of gratitude. Snakes can be like that.
Once all the grapes were picked and brought down to the winery, a distance of thirty feet, we went into the backyard for a lunch feast. Al Knight, who recently opened Acequia Vineyards and Winery in Corrales, had cooked up steaks, chicken, and sausages to go with the rest of the spread. I don't think this is typical of grape harvesting though, otherwise everybody would be doing it. Nonetheless it put a wonderful cap to the day. I also quickly signed up for next year. Who knows, I may be the one to free the snake next year?
The Muscat grape is of the species vitis vinifera and is believed to the oldest domesticated grape in the world. There is a theory that many grapes of the vitis vinifera sprang from the Muscat. Most wine regions in the world make use of this grape, typically for sweeter or dessert wines but also in blends. It is also the basis of Muscato D'Asti, a very popular Italian lightly sparkling (frizzante) wine from Piedmont, Italy, and is one of the three grapes permitted in Spanish Sherry (Jerez). I'd call that a well-traveled grape.
Other wines from Corrales Winery include Cabernet Franc, one of my personal favorites, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Sangiovese depending on grape availability. One or more blends that change from year to year, round out the reds. Riesling is another popular wine the winery does well. Check out the tasting room with its expansive views of the Sandia Mountains, and enjoy a glass or bottle under the outdoor covered patio. But don't wait too long, many of these wines sell out early. Check out their website for tasting room hours and contact information at http://www.corraleswinery.com.
Milagro Harvest
There is something very special about living in an area surrounded by grape vines, and then sitting on a patio and enjoying the fruit of the harvest. Not every place is as blessed as our village in this regard. Milagro Vineyards wines come from grapes planted in Rick and Mitzi Hobson's vineyards and by grape growers they contract with in the surrounding area. These are places I pass every day on my way home. After I began drinking Corrales wines I found I'd developed an almost proprietary feeling about the vines, the grapes, and the wines made from them.
Because Rick likes to check the grapes each morning before deciding when to pick, a harvest party like we had at Corrales Winery is more difficult to plan. I decided tasting his wine and getting information on the harvest would work better here. The new tasting room will soon be set up for scheduled tasting hours. For now, you'll need to make an appointment to taste his wines, but it is worth the visit.
As you can guess, Rick is a very hands-on guy, pays close attention to his vineyard as well as those he contracts with, and uses French oak to age his wines. The results are obvious when you taste them. His Merlot is a perennial favorite at my house, the Corrales Red is a very good value blend, the Chardonnay exhibits the kind of fruit found in French whites, and his Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon flit between New and Old World styling. Vin ordinaire this stuff is not.
At a Milagro tasting in late September, I tasted wines that had now spent months in the bottle since my previous visit. The 2006 Chardonnay had really opened up since then, which is also a characteristic of French Chardonnays of the Burgundy persuasion. They need time in the bottle to really show off their complexity. Buttery notes without malolactic fermentation (MLF) add to the depth of this wine, and provides rich natural flavors. In fact, it brought me back to the California Chardonnays of the eighties, when MLF and death by oak bludgeoning was still in the future. The delicate handling of the oak and a long satisfying finish make this one very special. Rick has also tweaked the label graphics, and Wilbur the pig looks more self-satisfied than ever.
The 2006 Zinfandel provided another flashback to when I was sampling Lytton Springs Zinfandels in Dry Creek Valley while swatting away the fruit flies in their barn-cum tasting room. Ah, the good old days! This wine announces itself on your palate with fresh spicy berry flavors, but without thickening your tongue with too much jam. In other words, this well-balanced wine will also pair with food. Check out their website for updated information at http://www.milagrovineyardsandwinery.com. If you want to wake up your palate to the honest flavors of a hand-tended wine, Milagro Vineyards is the place to go. Salut!
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Watch our video and read our guidelines on how to take an inventory of your belongings. Next, we'll give you some tips on how to choose an ethanol fireplace and portable fire extinguisher for your home.
Take a home inventory
How to prepare for a major insurance claim
[Context : An expert from Desjardins Insurance explains how to prepare in case you need to file an insurance claim.]
[On-screen action: A woman is sitting on a couch and is smiling.]
Hi. My name is Stacey Fobear.
[On-screen text: Stacey Fobear, Property Claims Manager.]
When a disaster strike, your home can be heavily damaged or even destroyed, and it can be a very traumatic time. You can prepare yourself by having a list of your belongings and proof of ownership prepared before you need to file a major insurance claim. That way everything goes much more smoothly.
[On-screen text: Take photos.]
Today's technology makes it easy to take photos or videos of your home. You can capture items that are in cabinets, on shelves—all of your special or most valuable belonging. You can even take photos of your receipts and your personal inventory.
[On-screen text: Prepare an inventory.]
You don't have to list all the items in your home. Focus on the major items that are more valuable or rare.
The advisor assigned to your claim will assist you in completing a list of property affected by the loss used to evaluate your claim. For larger items such as furniture, electronics or major appliances, list all the information that you will need to use to replace them. This could include the value, the make, model, any particular specifications.
You may consider storing that information on a cloud service or on a flash drive or a list that you keep somewhere else other than your home.
[On-screen text: Keep proofs of purchase.]
To simplify things, keep your receipts for major purchases and also attach them to your inventory or scan them onto a computer file. Vendors also keep receipts for an extended period of time; this may help you document your bigger items. User manuals and photos can also be used as proof of purchase.
We never like it when anybody has to file an insurance claim, but we are happy when clients have taken precautions and do have a list of their possessions.
Whether or not you have an inventory, your insurer is there to help you through this trying time. However, having an inventory, photos and proofs of ownership can help you get your life back to normal and help your insurance claim go more smoothly.
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4 steps to taking an inventory of your belongings
1. Make a list of your most valuable items
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2. Take pictures in every room
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3. Keep your receipts
Keep receipts and user manuals with your inventory. If you've misplaced a receipt, ask the retailer if they can send you a copy because they often keep client receipts on file. Having proofs of purchase for valuable items can really simplify the claim process.
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If you can, make a digital copy of your inventory, photographs and proofs of purchase and keep it somewhere safe. For obvious reasons, it's best to keep it outside your home, like with a friend or family member.
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New Blogger (Beta): GIF, PNG uploads slow down your blogTuesday, May 01, 2007
DON'T upload GIF or PNG image files via the built-in Post Editor if you blog via the now feature complete fancy New Blogger, formerly known as Blogger Beta. It produces horrendously inflated thumbnails. Only JPG files are safe from the dreaded Blogger bloat!
If you upload a pic or photo to Blogger via the post editor, Blogger creates a thumbnail picture of your original, which is then displayed in your blog post. The thumbnail is meant to be a smaller version of the original, which people can click to see a copy of the original full size image file.
But oddly enough, New Blogger actually increases the file size of the thumbnail displayed on your blog, to bigger than the original file's size - and even bigger than the fullsize versions. Always with GIFs, often with PNGs. So don't save pics or photos in either of those file formats if you want to upload them to New Blogger, or it'll slow down the loading time horribly (and needlessly) for visitors to your blog.
With JPG or JPEG picture files though, it's fine - New Blogger doesn't seem to mess with those. Old Blogger ("Classic Blogger") did that randomly sometimes, on my blog at least (it produced smaller JPG thumbnails for some GIFs, left other GIFs exactly as is, turned some GIFs into PNGs of comparable filesize - whereas it would reduce a similar JPEG). But New Blogger always, always turns out bloated GIFs.
A test example, with a 420x300 GIF whose filesize was 72.6kb, produced a medium sized thumbnail of 400x280, which is fine, but the thumbnail's file size was - 201kb! Inflated to nearly triple the original file size.
PNG example. The large original was 52kb - the smaller thumbnail turned out to be 145kb! (That was in my last post. I've since swapped it for a JPG.)
To make matters worse, images from Picasa Web Albums (which is where New Blogger now stores pics uploaded via Blogger) don't seem to get cached - on some computers or browsers anyway. So when someone revisits a page with a PWA image, the browser has to request the image from the server and they have to download the image all over again. With multiple GIFs, it's compounded further - and lots of my posts have several GIF screenshots, which is one reason why posts from my blog were taking so long to come up.
With JPGs, the large size remains unchanged and it seems the thumbnails are being reduced to about 85% quality. A test image, a JPEG version of the same GIF file saved at 100%, had a file size of 89kb. After being uploaded through Blogger the large size stayed the same, and the thumbnail was downgraded to 15kb. So it seems Blogger is reducing JPGs properly.
I haven't had the chance to check if the same problem happens with images posted to New Blogger from Picasa direct, or with GIFs or PNGs hosted elsewhere which you hotlink to from Blogger.
But for now, until Team Blogger sort out the problem, if you're using New Blogger it's best not to upload pictures via the New Blogger post editor in GIF or PNG format. Change to JPGs and you might find your blog webpages' loading time speeding up instantly!
(This was discovered, as usual, by Kirk. Trust him to figure out what's wrong when something's going weird.)
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Thanks for this great tip, because i upload much images on my blog (all in jpg), anyway,the device is cool! Hugs...
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Thanks for your comment Claudya, good job you only use JPG!
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This is a very comprehensive Post about SEO Basics and some of the SEO tips. In this article you will learn about:
- How to do Keyword Research?
- What actually is S.E.O ( On-Page and Off-Page )?
- Some of the useful SEO Tips for the Beginners.
So these are some of the topics that we cover in detail in this Article.
1. Keyword Research:
Search Engine Optimization begins with Keyword Research. This is the first and most crucial step of S.E.O. Without the proper keyword research, you cannot do the correct optimization. Every newcomer must know the importance of keyword research.
The best tool to do keyword research is the Google AdWord keyword planner tool.
- Which things you have to keep in mind while choosing a keyword?
As a beginner in the field of optimization, you have to take in consideration the following things. These are the SEO basics.
- You must have to choose long tail Keywords
- The competition of the keywords should be low
- The keywords have good search volume
What are Long Tail Keywords?
As you can see in the picture that most of the keywords have 3 words. So such type of keywords up to 2, 3 or 4 words in them are called Long Tail Keywords. I recommend every new S.E.O user to choose long tail keywords as they are easy to rank in search engines. But keep one thing in mind that in the keyword you do not choose any stopping words like to, for, in, from, of etc. They will put a negative impact on your Optimization.
What is Keyword Competition and Search Volume?
Look at the picture here you will see the Competition and monthly searches of the keywords. There are keywords with low and medium competition and they also have very good monthly search volume.
So in your case as a beginner choose those keywords which have low competition and a minimum of 2000 monthly search volume. Why I am saying you to choose low competitive keywords because they are easy to rank higher in Search Engines. With time when you build authority in search engines then you can choose later on the medium or high competitive keywords.
- One Last Thing in the Keyword Research…
After choosing a keyword check one last thing put the keyword in google search and see what comes in the top ten results. If on the first page comes sites like Wikipedia, Moz or those which have more than 5 Page Rank then simply leave that keyword and choose some other. As you as a beginner cannot Outrank these sites. Because if you cannot come in the first 3 results in Google then this is simply the waste of time.
2. On-Page and Off-Page SEO Basics:
The Keyword Research is complete and now we are beginning with the On-Page SEO Basics.
On-Page S.E.O:
As the name On-Page indicates, we have to do Optimization On the page. But the Question is: How? And I am going to Answer this Question.
Follow the step by step Instructions to do the On-Page Optimization:
*** Keyword Density and Keyword Placement:
Keyword Density means in which amount you have to put the keyword and keyword placement means where you have to place the keyword.
So, I recommend you that For every 150 words put your keyword 1 time. For Example, if you write an article of 600 words then you have to use your Focus Keyword ( main keyword ) 4 times, not more than 4 times and not less than it.
Now let us talk about Keyword Placement. You must have to put your Keyword in the First Paragraph of the article. Then Use your focus keyword also in the H2 Heading. These two places are very much important and then you can use your keyword where you want.
*** Length of the Article:
This is also very important. Do not write any article of fewer than 300 words. I advise you to keep the length between 500-1500. Any article less than 300 words are considered Junk and it will be difficult to rank it.
*** Heading and Description of the article:
The length of heading and description and the keyword placement in it also plays an important role in ranking your site for your Focus Keywords.
In the Heading use your Focus Keyword at Start, start means begin your heading with your focus keyword and keep the length of the heading between 50-70 Characters.
In the description, you can use your focus keyword where you want but keep the length between 120-150 Characters.
*** Image in the Article:
Add at least one image in your article related to your content and place your keyword in the ALT Section of your Image.
*** Keyword in the URL:
Also, add your Keyword in the URL or Slug of your Article. My opinion is to add just your keyword and does not any other thing in the URL.
Off-Page S.E.O:
Now you have learned all the On-Page SEO Basics and now we are going to start the Off-Page S.E.O. This is the biggest factor in ranking your site in search engines.
As the name indicates we have to do things which have no concern with your Page or Article. In this type of Optimization, we have to build authority in our niche by building Backlinks related to our niche. Now you will how to build authority and rank your site on Top in Search Engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing etc.
*** Web Directory Submission:
In google search about the list of web directories and submit your website there. But please do proper submission, choose the right category ( niche related ) and add proper headings and descriptions. Do not buy links submit the site free.
*** Blog Commenting:
Do commenting in your niche on different blogs and in the URL section add your website or blog link.
*** Profile Backlinks:
You can also build authority by making some profile backlinks. Different sites like Apple, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Twitter, etc allows you to add URL. You just have to make accounts there and in the about section, you can add your website Link.
*** Guest Posting:
This is one of the oldest methods of building links back to your site. Search for the sites that accept the guest posting in your niche and contact them and ask them that you can write for them or whatever they want. This is a very useful method to build your authority.
*** Social Bookmarking and Social Media Sharing:
Bookmark your site on different social bookmarking sites like StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Reddit, Delicious etc and share your site on different social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ etc.
Google pays attention while ranking your site that how much popular you are on social media.
These are some of the best ways to build backlinks but only building links is not enough you also have to index them. Otherwise, they are as you have not created them.
3. Useful SEO Tips for the Beginners:
Off-Page SEO Basics are also complete and now you will learn some of the useful SEO Tips. Because most of the beginners make lots of mistakes while doing Search Engine Optimization and get penalized by Google. But if you use my SEO Tips I am very much sure that you will never get banned by Google or any other Search Engine.
- For the beginners, my advice is not to buy backlinks until you properly learn what is the right way to manipulate Google.
- Be consistent in Building Links. And do not build tons of links in a single day, as this is not a natural way. Build 2 to 3 links a day.
- Do not build too many profile links.
- Write good quality articles and spread them on social media. Do not immediately build links to your newly created articles. Better is to wait few days.
- While doing Social Bookmarking do not just bookmark your site instead bookmark others sites also. Only bookmarking your links is considered Spam.
So, I have covered up all the SEO basics for the beginners as good as I can in this article but if you think that still, something is missing you can ask me in comments. I will be happy to answer your questions.


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VR Helps Executive Director Keep Working at Art Gallery
Miami, FL – It was during the time that Joseph Sobodowski worked for the superintendent of the Miami-Dade School System that he became familiar with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), through their work with the students. Little did he imagine that several years later he, too, would require its services.
Joseph was attempting to move a toolbox when he pushed the wrong way and heard a tearing sound. "I said, 'Uh oh', because I knew exactly what it was," he says. It was a level two rotator cuff tear in his left shoulder. "I literally couldn't lift the arm."
Joseph, Executive Director of the art gallery Simply Artistic, Inc., immediately realized it was a bigger issue than not being able to hang art work on the walls, adjust lighting, or lift cameras. Without surgery, he would lose the use of his left arm. Knowing exactly where to go, Joseph turned to VR, which helped make sure he had the resources needed to stay self-employed. "They really are an incredible organization," Joseph says.
"Joseph's success was in the attitude he had when he came in here," says VR counselor Jennifer Wester. "He was highly motivated to get back to work." Jennifer recognized immediately that Joseph was in severe need of help. "It made me squirm whenever he would show me how he couldn't pick up little things or move his arm," she says.
VR provided physical restoration services, paying for Joseph's shoulder surgery and physical therapy. Right away, there was a noticeable success. "Afterwards, he came in and he could practically bring his arm around," she says.
Joseph was grateful for not only the services provided, but also for the way he was treated during the process. "Jennifer was one of the most competent, kind, caring, amazing people you could ever want to encounter in any kind of work environment," he says. "I am so grateful and fortunate to have encountered her."
Now that he is able to continue working in his art gallery and on other projects, Joseph is happy to share his story with others who might not know about VR. "Every opportunity I have, I explain why VR is such a critical component," he says. "VR provides a service for people so they can get back into living." It's one of the ways Joseph tries to give back to the organization that changed his life. "I'm profoundly grateful."
Florida's Vocational Rehabilitation program is committed to helping people with disabilities become part of America's workforce. Our employer-focused website, FLJobConnections.com, allows businesses to search at no charge for employees who are ready to go to work, as well as to post available jobs. VR has 111 offices across Florida, and last year helped 6,071 Floridians with significant disabilities find or keep a job. For more information about VR and its services, call (800) 451-4327 or visit Rehabworks.org.


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I have a 2001 Ford escape V6 automatic transmission. My problem is that the gear shift will not go into any gear when I start it up. The shifter feels very loose and it just goes up and down. Please help!!
I know you probably have it fixed by now but the same thing happened to me. The shifter cable needs to be replaced. You can manually change the gear under the hood but you would have to have someone with you.
The most likely cause of your concern is either a broken shift cable or a broken shifter mechanism. More than likely, it will have to be towed to a repair facility for a look.
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Alright, we'll admit it. We did kind of miss this one previously. But that's only because we were busy playing with the new Desktop Software v22.214.171.124 for Mac. Luckily though, we have some community members who kindly let us know that the Windows version of BlackBerry Desktop Software also got a nice version bump up to v126.96.36.199. The only problem with this release is the fact that we do not have a change log to go with it. But hopefully some of you all out there can let us know what, if anything has changed in the comments. You can run the update manager for the desktop software or download it manually from the BlackBerry website. Thanks to Dave and Bandar for sending this in!
I thought that maybe with this upgrade that they would FINALLY fix the Music Media Sync problem that I (and apparently alot of other people) have had since the upgrade to 6: "Music services failed to load An unexpected error occurred." error messages and I can no longer sync music with Windows Media Player - haven't been able to for months now.
In addition, the problem I have had ever since the original upgrade to OS 5.x is still ocurring: The software continues to think I need to upgrade to a higher version of OS 5 even though the most current is already installed. I can go ahead and let the software do it (again) and then recheck immediately after the "upgrade" and it indicates that the software is out of date. Irritating. I see nothing there that has improved.


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We have been using SU2 to carry out the aerodynamic analysis of a UAV. The flow has been carried out at low mach number with the Turkel pre-conditioner over a range of angle of attack. The lift drag and pitching moment coefficients seem to be fine, but when we looked at the pressure distribution on the plane surface we found a very weird distribution in one half of the plane. This was the case for both Paraview and Tecplot as well. I have attached the surface plot along with query. Similar aberration was observed for wall shear stress distribution as well.
I was wondering if someone else came across a similar issue and can share with us how to deal with this. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi Rachit,
Is the surface of the body divided into multiple markers? Is it possible that some part of the surface is not being included in either the MARKER_MONITORING or MARKER_PLOTTING option?
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Hi everyone, i need to replace a portion of a filename in a folder. You probably won;t be familiar with the app "sage converter" for Stylus RMX, but i am hitting a file length problem during the process (please see attached image).
I have a solution, but I need you to suggest a method/windows-dos app which would facilitate the following:
One of the many files(of which there are hundreds-otherwise i would do it manually) which is causing me a problem is the one listed :"FL_DubbedGtr+Dubbed_60BPM_AMAJ_06.rx2". All the files i wish to rename and shorten will have the same portion of text within each filename,e.g. "FL_DubbedGtr+Dubbed". I wish to search throughout a folder in Windows Explorer and replace that phrase with "Dgtr". This will reduce the length of all the filenames to a size which my app, "sage convertor" can handle.
So, My question is, is there a way to search and replace partial phrases in all filenames in a folder, or can you suggest a method by which i can achieve this?
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Normally, I would solve this easily using cygwin, but this is because I am very familiar with UNIX shell programming.
As an alternative, I have an idea:
you need to create a batch file, something like "rename_files.bat".
Every line will be of the form: ren bigname smallername
First, get the list of files: dir > FILELIST.TXT
Then open this in Microsoft Excel, and get rid of the other stuff, you should be able to get all the filenames into one column. Then copy them to the next column and do the replace that you want. Then, insert a column containing "ren" before these two.
Now each row looks like: | ren | oldname | newname |
Finally, export as a tab separated file and rename it to the batch file.
Run the batch file and you are done.
I hope this helps!
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