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Both times we went to Fuerteventura we stayed in Jandia. Jandia is the southern end of Fuerteventura with a lot of great beaches! The highest point, Pico de Zarza, is also here. We rented a 4WD and did a tour to the wilder part of the island, it is pretty rough surface and a very remote area. When we got the farest point the wind got so strong that we could hardly walk.
Morro Jable is an old fishing port with lovely restaurants, it takes about one hour from the airport. We had a fantastic seafood platter for dinner and a enjoyed the great view over the ocean. One of the best places I have seen while we were there. From Morro Jable you can take a ferry to the next Canary Island - Gran Canaria-.
The Fuerteventura beaches are great - the best beaches of the Canary Islands for sure but both times we went there it was pretty windy and sometimes it got so bad that we had to leave the beach and go back to the hotel pool.
Another day we toured around the island and went to Ajuy, a small village on the West coast of the Island - very different look, the beach is black and the water no as calm like in the South! There are some caves which we unfortunatley did not get to see, they are in the northern end of the beach. If you are lucky with the weather you can spot the shipwreck of the American Star. We did not see it!
For a nice relaxing holiday Fuerteventura is a sure very nice place to go to. I remember they were building a lot of new hotels so I am not sure what it looks like/ is like now! I hope they did not overload it now!


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Gandhian approach of peace and non-violence has an enduring relevance in our society, particularly today, with full of tensions and disputes both domestically and internationally. The session will be a highly thought-provoking and insightful one. I expect your active participation.
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Celebrity Big Brother star Jasmine Lennard has responded to Rhian Sugden's claims that she is "unstable" and "a bitch".
Rhian sold her story to a newspaper following her eviction on Wednesday night, in which she called Simon Cowell's ex "psychotic" and a "skank", saying she feared for her life when around her.
Jasmine has since hit back in a series of Twitter posts, saying that she was supporting Rhian while the model simultaneously gave the interview behind her back.
"She is a fake and a liar - time to stop playing the victim card. I have taken into consideration the fact that barbie is not the brightest girl in the world AND the fact that she's being really ill advised by some two-bit wannabe manager," Lennard tweeted.
"But it is never the less still COMPLETELY unacceptable to contact me THE NIGHT you leave the show, to be sending me messages and communicating with me, to be making dinner plans etc etc WHILST you are giving interviews calling me a "psycho".
"I think not barbie. I have been NOTHING but sweet to you. You are a victim of the horrible choices you made in your past you are NOT a victim of mine!
"It did NOT have to be this way @Rhianmarie I had a soft spot for you and believed you were genuinely a sweet girl which is why I WAS kind to you in the house, lending you my clothes & underwear & jewellery, giving you moral support.
"It's also the reason i was there to comfort you the last 48 hours that you have been so upset.
"BUT if you think i am going to do ALL that and at the same time allow you to have people believe your afraid of me or threatened by me or any else of the rubbish you said in order to be of interest and make headlines you are VERY WRONG."
Jasmine previously targeted Kerry Katona on Twitter after the former Atomic Kitten star said she needed "psychological help".
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A new Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, starring Daniel Radcliffe, begins performances Feb. 26 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Here is a first look at the main players in Frank Loesser's classic workplace musical comedy. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Over the years, the words "you should do commercials" have been uttered to me more than a few times.
From customer service work to having a weekly podcast to years of a fledgling hip hop career, I have used to my voice as my...well...voice.
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Social context and fairness perceptions: The role of status
This study investigates how induced relative status affects fairness perceptions measured by satisfaction from different relative payoffs. We find that participants with lower status are less dissatisfied with disadvantageous payoff inequalities than equal or higher status participants. In contrast, when receiving an advantageous payoff, status does not influence satisfaction. Our findings suggest that relative social status has important implications for the acceptance of income inequalities.
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- Fehr, Ernst & Schmidt, Klaus M., . "A theory of fairness, competition, and cooperation," Chapters in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
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- Fehr, Ernst & Schmidt, Klaus M., 1998. "A Theory of Fairness, Competition and Cooperation," CEPR Discussion Papers 1812, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Falk, Armin & Fischbacher, Urs, 2006. "A theory of reciprocity," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 293-315, February.
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- Hong, Kessely & Bohnet, Iris, 2007. "Status and distrust: The relevance of inequality and betrayal aversion," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 197-213, April.
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Some Compositional Principles
I have tried here to outline some ideas and techniques which I have found useful in songwriting.
ProcessI'll start with a description of my process and work into it the concepts and techniques I have developed, and then outline some general principles for composition that are more broadly applicable. My process begins usually with a chord progression. I tend to have a store of these accumulated from hours of instrument practice, and having this large store of musical ideas is useful because your form should reflect your content; if your theme is sad, your chords should echo that somehow. Again, that isn't a rule. Marrying sad content to happy chords can be bitterly ironic and more effective than simply using sad chords. This kind of decisions are made during the process, in the same way, a carpenter "works with" the grain and peculiar quality of his material in crafting a table or chair. I won't go into the process of writing chord progressions because my understanding of theory is bested outright by many other, better chord-guides on here, so let's skip to the lyrics.
First, you need an idea. This is the part where all the formal rules and techniques fall silent because true inspiration is a damn near mystical process. Nobody who experiences it understands exactly why it happens or where it comes from, but what we know for certain is it is highly intuitive. You "feel" your way through a project, like putting together flat-pack furniture in the dark. You can't see the instructions, you can only poke and twist and hammer till it feels like you have something resembling whatever it was you wanted.
Like teaching, inspiration is impossible to just do. You can only make the conditions ripe for it to happen spontaneously. You should absorb influence en masse, listening to all kinds of music to provide you with a multiplicity of stylistic ideas from which to draw when writing (more on this later). Purism is the most awful and stagnant trap to fall into and will render your music boring, repetitive and stale. Stylistic cross-pollination is the lifeblood of originality.
But influence doesn't come only from music. A song is a poem. Poetry at its inception was inseparable from song. The epics of Homer were rhapsodised, performed aloud to music, never read quietly to oneself in the head. Being a songwriter is being a poet, so read, damn you! Or perhaps you dont think the kind of music you want to write needs "poetic" lyrics? Read anyway! It's fun! And not just literature either, you should seek to absorb as much information, about anything, as you can. Thankfully we live in an information-rich society, with whole online worlds devoted to simple ideas, historical events, people, news, fiction, art. There is no end to the options available to draw from. Seek out real experience too. Inspiration can come just as readily from the sound of ice being scraped from a windscreen or the shape of a bridge as it can from a recent news story. Because anything you write will be a product of your personality, and your personality is the summation of your experiences, everything you experience goes toward your art. Not just the momentous events.
LyricsOnce an idea comes, you can select one of these melodies and start writing words for it. This is my preferred approach because taking already written words and shoehorning them into a chord structure can tend to result in awkward, wrenched meter and a messy vocal line. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule; often lines already written can be worked (with a little tweaking) into an existing song, but generally, the structure of your words can be much better dictated by the flow of the existing vocal line. Lyrically, before starting to write, I fill pages of A4 with words, phrases, and lines connected to my theme, trying where I can to come up with something pithy. When I put pen to paper I'm usually thinking more about writers than lyricists...my moments of inspiration have come after reading people like Yeats or TS Eliot. Always be thinking of the musicality of your words as well as what they mean. Words have beauty too...so much so that stanzas like this one:
"And sang within the bloody wood
When Agamemnon cried aloud
And let their liquid siftings fall
To stain the stiff dishonoured shroud"
(from Sweeney Among the Nightingales, by TS Eliot)
For me, don't even need to mean anything. I am content to be floored by the absolute mastery of alliteration, assonance, sibilance, syntax, external and internal rhyme, meter, and just the general gorgeousness of it all. Every word in this poem was selected with utter care, with great thought. There is no flab, he cuts right to meat of things, to borrow a phrase from Elizabeth Taylor. I mean good god, read this shit out loud! Best of all, (unlike a lot of Eliot) it scans. You could sing it.
Try to think of interesting ways to say things, especially if they have already been said before. Cliche is your enemy and you should avoid it like the plague... *cough*. Avoid phrases in common usage, unless you have a good reason. Here's an example from the Frank Turner song "I knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous":
"Lets begin at the begining
We're lovers and we're losers
we're heroes and we're pioneers
We're beggars and we're choosers"
Leaving aside the fact that the title alludes to Eliot for no apparent reason other than perhaps to say "look at me, I'm clever", the song opens with a catalogue of cliche. The first and last lines of this stanza are particular culprits. Saying "begin at the beginning" was witty in the Sound of Music, but here it feels trite and overused, and actually, within the context of the song has little meaning at all. The inane repetition, too, is flabby and unnecessary. This has roughly the same syllable count as the Eliot stanza, but look how much music and elegance and variation and loveliness Eliot packed into his four lines, while Turner uses the same two words nine times. These words weren't thought over or carefully chosen, they were poured out onto a notebook with no revision. Sometimes this works, often it only results in sloppy prosody.
Here is a better example of musicality in verse that didn't come from an actual poem. Joanna Newsom's harp-accompanied epic "Sawdust & Diamonds"
"And everything with wings is restless, aimless, drunk and dour
butterflies and birds collide at hot, ungodly hours
and my clay-colored motherlessness rangily reclines
come on home, now! All my bones are dolorous with vines"
This is beyond good. The symmetry of vowel and consonant sounds here is a miracle: everything/wings, restless/aimless, drunk/dour, butterflies/birds, hot/ungodly, clay/coloured, rangily/reclines, home/bones. These lines have been considered and weighed on the tongue, they scan perfectly, balance perfectly, sound perfectly. There are almost elements here of anglo saxon alliterative verse. Again, four lines, but here the words are interesting, they have curious and lovely sounds, and when yoked together, they are quite something. "Clay coloured motherlessness" has a particular sibilant grace. Allen Ginsberg is great at this yoking, in Howl alone you have phrases like "the starry dynamo in the machinery of night" and "the crack of doom on the hydrogen jukebox". These unlikely combinations have a peculiar magic. They certainly interested Dylan, who borrowed a lot of his imagery and syntactic technique from Ginsberg.
I will say that writing good lyrics is a question of practice. You should have written hundreds of aborted poems and songs before you are really ready to commit words to tape, just like you ought to have notebook after notebook of developmental poetry written before you can even think of being published. It is something you need to work at, and the best ways to do this are to read to expand your vocabulary and develop your understanding of poetic form and technique and to practice incessantly. Only you, however, can be the final arbiter of your own quality. Look yourself in the mirror and ask if you truly feel what you have written deserves an audience, and if the answer is an honest yes, then god-dammit get recording.
FormIn terms of form, I would caution against verses and choruses. Always avoid formulas. A chorus should only be used if you feel you have one idea, one stanza, that needs repeating over and over: the thematic focus. If you don't, then don't strain to come up with one because you feel you need a chorus to follow your verse. I have found a working method based on "units", which will be labelled A, B, C and so on. Each have different chords & sometimes different words, and can be arranged in any order you feel is appropriate. Some examples of structures I have used
Basically, a variation on the Tin Pan Alley form with a climactic closing section tacked on at the end. Useful for something short and sweet, or if you want to signal or symbolise some story which has, say, an unhappy first and second act but a redemptive third. Or the opposite. As I say, use your own creative intuition.
This is a cool one, because for most of the song it feels as though there is no structure whatsoever, that you are simply moving from one section into another. One song I wrote in this form had a key change and a move from common to swung rhythm, before reprising the second "B" unit as a kind of chorus, with the same chords and lyrics but transposed to the new key. I used this to represent a false resolution, in which the narrator felt he had progressed toward something but actually had not.
One of my favorites, a verse and a chorus that abruptly end without going anywhere. Sounds abortive and pointless but if you want to symbolise something with a sudden and unexpected end or twist, this is perfect. Also, being a fan of imagism, I like things to be condensed; to squash the maximum amount of idea into the smallest possible space, and this form fits the bill perfectly.
A weird one, here just as an example of how damn crazy your structures can be if you abandon calling everything either a verse, chorus of middle-eight. Think Paranoid Android/Bohemian Rhapsody: a lot of musical ideas tacked on to each other. Where repetition occurs in this meandering patchwork, it is all the more obvious and therefore more meaningful. This kind of thing is good for telling a story, or for lyrical abstraction.
Kind of a folk form. Lots of identical verses, then a closing segment which differs slightly. This one is good if you are telling a long, folk-ballad story like John Henry's Hammer, especially when it depicts some kind of epic struggle, because its similarity to Heroic and Blank Verse in it that it can be endlessly extended is a useful symmetry to make since they tend to deal with that kind of subject matter.
I've shown these forms here not for you to copy (although you are welcome to them, of course) but to illustrate the effectiveness of thinking of structure in this way. When you stop thinking in terms of verses and choruses, of songs only being constructed of these two basic units (or three/four, if you have a pre-chorus and middle-eight), you can see that there are many things you can do in a few minutes of music that don't involve inane repetition of a preordained format, used only because "that's how you write a song". Sections with names have special places they have to go. A middle eight doesn't come after the first verse, but a section labelled C can go anywhere you like (more info on song structure you can find at UG Wiki here).
CommandmentsOver the years, I have developed a few of what I ironically call "commandments", which I use to guide the process and remind me of certain things I may occasionally forget. "Commandments" is ironic because they are nothing of the sort. I said there were no rules to this, and so these are not rules. They are statements, concepts, intended to draw attention to certain aspects of the process and guide me.
The Only Virtue of a Style is its ElasticityThe traditional rite of passage in art is finding the individual "voice" with which one is distinguished as unique and distinct from other artists. Until this voice is found, everything you produce will be an imitation of something else. The trick to finding the individual voice is combining a diverse array of influences, a little from here, a little from there, until it is hard to say where the influence ends and your voice begins. Einstein said, "originality is knowing how to hide your sources". In art, the best way to do that is to have lots of them, blended together.
Once you have found your voice, though, you must be aware of its limitations and be constantly seeking to expand them. Your style should be mercurial and elastic, able to express any idea. If it cannot, if you find a subject matter which seems unsuited to your chosen voice (for instance, how many hip-hop love songs do you hear?) then you are faced with two options: abandon the subject matter and write about something more suitable, or alter your voice. Choosing the former will result in stagnation, creative tepidity, dullness. The latter will result in, obviously, newness and vibrancy, but there is always the possibility of alienating your audience, or if you don't have one yet, the fear that an audience would be critical of this new direction. This leads me on to the second commandment.
Your Reception is IrrelevantSimply because trying to second guess taste, which is as much due to currents and trends and the peculiar beast known as discourse, is likely to lead only to populism. Follow your individual vision and disregard all other considerations, including commercial ones. If you find yourself wondering if people would like what you are doing, imagine they are all you, possess your taste and preferences and hold your views. To alter in any way the content of your art to suit what you perceive to be a public demand should be avoided at all costs. To do this is to be a designer, not an artist: one who writes to fulfill a consumer demand, rather than to fulfill an inner desire to create.
This is not to be mistaken with a command to ignore advice and criticism. A fresh perspective, especially one with experience and knowledge, can shed light on what might be astray with a piece which you were unable to see. Sometimes you are so close to the canvas you can't see the painting. But the ultimate editor and auteur of this criticism is your own artistic discretion. Always follow your vision even if it seems unorthodox or outlandish. Indeed, especially if it seems unorthodox or outlandish. You may be creating something of profound newness and importance.
All is Imperfect and ImpermanentPerfection is something that western art values have striven for since the time of the Ancient Greeks. We have idolised it to the extent that it became a truism; perfection in art was so obviously the goal that nobody ever stopped to consider what it even meant and whether it was even possible. Perfection in practicality means a slow process of editing and revising and altering and adding, and this is good, one should not rush, but perfection is a summitless, infinite mountain. All painters know this. A painting is never finished, always there can be added more colour, detail, shade, brushwork, and part of the skill of a painter is knowing when to stop painting. Likewise, you can edit and alter and revise your work literally endlessly, but you must learn to recognise when you have effectively said what you set out to say with the song, to recognise when further changes would be fruitless. The Japanese tea ceremony inspired an artistic aesthetic called Wabi-Sabi, which is centered around recognising the inherent beauty in imperfection and, rather than attempting to erase it with a more controlled and elegant attempt, accepting it as part of the whole and a microcosm of the imperfect universe.
Another principle of Wabi-Sabi is impermanence. Most art is built to last, generally out of an egoistic desire to become a canonical fixture, to be remembered for posterity, but art that follows the wabi-principle accepts that decay is a part of everything and that considering whether your work will be remembered is futile and eventually restrictive, because it inspires the same approaches as considering your audience. You will lose touch with the creative voice and so become an imitation of yourself, populist and trite.
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Haiti Relief Effort
The above statement applied before the earthquake that hit Haiti recently. The situation in Haiti is tragic right now, and they need help. Read more here:
World races to reach 3million Haiti earthquake victims
Haiti earthquake left 100,000 dead in 60 seconds - and toll could reach 500,000: Warning Graphic content
Basically, at least 100,000 people died, about 3,000,000 more are displaced from their homes, and the infrastructure of Haiti is severely damaged (read: almost nonexistent).
I know that Haiti feels far away, and the reality is, this disaster doesn't directly affect most of us. Still, try and separate yourself from your own daily existence and imagine what it's like to be living in Haiti right now.
Here's an article with some information on donating:
Money needed most in Haiti earthquake relief efforts
Other options for donating include most churches and local organizations. Thanks, and take care,


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Mac Virtual Instruments on a PCThe best of both worlds -- and it spreads the processing load
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For those who missed it, a beta version of Apple's new Boot Camp software was made available April 4 as a free download (Click here to read all about it). The software allows users of the new Intel-powered Macs to set up a dual-boot operation, launching either OS X or Windows XP. This is an exciting development for those who like the sleek Apple hardware but want access to applications available only on Windows.
But for the past couple of weeks, I've been happily recording Mac-based audio applications on a PC. And while these applications are not actually hosted on the PC, that's actually better because it spreads the load around.
What I've done is to route the audio outputs from a Mac to the audio inputs on a PC. Essentially, this enables the Mac to function as a super synth host. The setup frees up the PC's resources from bogging down with processor-intensive samplers and soft synths at the same time it's being required to play back multiple tracks with various plugins inserted. With the PC chugging away on that stuff, the full resources of the Mac are devoted to high-level sound creation, sampling and sequencing tasks. It's a symbiotic division of labor.
I'd prefer not restrict my audio toolset based on a computer platform. Even though many applications are now cross-platform, a significant number still are not. On the PC, I've always liked Sound Forge for its editing prowess, ACID for its looping capabilities and SONAR for its robust DAW functionality.
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There are many routing possibilities for getting the audio output from the Mac into the PC, but it's best to do it digitally to avoid a digital-to-analog conversion going out of the Mac, and then an analog-to-digital conversion going into the PC. Since G5s have optical digital outputs built in, they can be connected directly to the optical inputs on a PC audio interface. One such interface is RME's Digiface, which includes a PCI card and an external breakout box with 24 channels of optical I/O. In the PC recording application, it's easy to select the appropriate channel with the Mac's audio input. Or, the link could be FireWire to FireWire, using an interface such as the PreSonus FireBox.
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So far, my low-tech solution for integrating the two computer platforms is working well. Surprisingly, latency has not been an issue, no doubt because everything meets in the mixing board. And thanks to the Mini-Me's high-quality A/D conversion, the audio signal quality remains pristine on its circuitous path.
Another advantage of this setup is that while I am recording the audio outputs of the Mac's virtual instruments, I am also recording MIDI files in Logic. That way, I retain the flexibility of MIDI, and the ability to change patches at will to try different voices later on. Also, if I want to, I can work completely in Logic Pro 7 on the Mac, without involving the PC -- and vice versa.
|MIDI tracks are simultaneously recorded in Logic Pro 7 as audio is output
The benefits of this low-tech setup to me are, a) to use the tools of my choice, and b) to spread the processing load around. But it would be easy to construct a similar setup with any audio applications, such as Digital Performer to Audition, etc., etc. And of course, intra-computer routing is not really a Mac-PC thing. It could be done with two Macs or two PCs, depending on your specific needs.
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I can't re-mem-beeeer the last time I felt like this.
Short breaths and innocence.
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Slow function cigarettes consume my every thought.
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I'll bound my wrists to avoid temptation and violent fits.
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I'll gag your mouth to save me from myself, from myself, myself.
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Chelsea baby, I never meant to hurt you.
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Just dig your finger nails deep and
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Cry tears of disgust under these bed sheets.
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The bruises on your lips remind me of the first time we kissed
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Your teeth marks on my fists remind me of the last time I felt like this.
Your hair and photographs
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Your clothes and childish laughs lay on the floor.
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I was reading in the holiday media recently that the Coromandel has come up trumps with Kiwis as the favourite holiday spot of the nation.
I'm hardly surprised, the Coromandel is my fave spot too – Hahei, Cathedral Cove, Whangapoua and New Chum beach have all been important places in my family's storyline, so it might surprise you to hear that when it came time for the Englishman and I to grab a few nights away from the Big Smoke and enjoy a little Oh-la-la getaway I didn't steer Cliff the car towards the Coro. Nope. I did not.
We went north.
About 2hrs north of Auckland via a very easy drive (now the Northern Tollway has been put in) is Magical Mangawhai Heads. I thought it was time for a change and the relatively cheaper accommodation prices (in comparison to the Coromandel which is sky high at this time of year when half of Auckland takes up residence over Summer) certainly swayed my decision.
I wanted to discover a new spot with my Englishman and give him a taste of the old Kiwi beach holiday, which is exactly what we found. Mangawhai boasts two superb swimming spots – the gentle and expansive estuary and harbour, and the awesome raw surf of the Heads.
The place is also a photographer's dream – with the incredibly white mounds of sand dunes (a DOC sanctuary for endangered bird species) and the deep blue of the surf as is it drives in from the Pacific Ocean and pummels the sands.
Even the estuary has a restrained beauty that coils around the mangroves.
As well as surfing there's ample fishing, SUP, kayaking, paragliding and walking on offer. We were delighted with the two good sized Kahawai the Englishman caught off the rocks. Baked with fresh lemons in their gullets they were delish!
If you are desperate to not stray too far from the cafe culture of the big city you'll be spoilt for choice with a number of fab little cafes and bars offering fresh seafood and great coffee! Don't go past the little coffee truck that sits at the top of the Heads just up from the Surf Club! He uses fresh local coffee and was an absolute coffee sob's saviour. Ahem.
If your credit card is still talking to you after Christmas you could grab yourself a beautiful meal at Bennetts Chocolatiers on the French styled terrace amidst the lavender.
My credit card swears at me every time I take it out of my purse at the moment so I limited myself to taking home some beautifully made rocky road and peppermint squares.
We also grabbed a meal at The Smashed Pipi cafe and I was delighted with my mussel and seafood fritters. We were just surprised there weren't more people around!
After dinner we took up prime position outside the Mangawhai Tavern, which just happened to be hosting the Clash of the Titans' concert with The Feelers, Dragon and the Exponents. Good times.
I think we'll be back before too long, after all where else can you get all this AND great chocolate.
Where: Mangawhai Village and Mangawhai Heads – about 2 hours' drive north of Auckland on the east coast.
Why: Beautiful scenery, easy to get to, fantastic eateries and… not so many people! A taste of the old Kiwi summer holiday.
When: With so much to do and a slightly warmer climate than Auckland any time of year is good.
Do: Stop at the Puhoi Cheese Factory and the Puhoi Pub (if you have time) on the way up. Visit Bennetts for excellent artisanal chocolate, and grab some live music at the Mangawhai Tavern. Set up a fishing trip or learn how to surf. Lessons and trips daily during Summer. If golfing's your thing you'll be delighted with the excellent course at Mangawhai and positively salivating at the thought of the exclusive Te Arai course (coming soon!)
Don't: Swim outside of the flags unless you are a very good swimmer! I've had lifesaving training and I limited myself to between the flags.
Stay: Try Jeanette at Mangawhai Lodge – she has a couple of B&B rooms and two self-contained apartments.


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Opening up access to credit data held by the big banks will increase the reliability of credit scores, enabling alternative finance providers to make better-informed decisions about finance provision to smaller businesses.
When the policy is enabled, designated banks will be required to share information about their SME customers with other lenders through designated Credit Reference Agencies (CRA) and to require CRAs to provide equal access to the data they hold where the lender in question has the permission of the SME and where that lender is willing to share the data it has on its own credit facilities.
The government announced at the 2015 Autumn Statement that it planned to designate Experian, Equifax and Creditsafe as the first three designated CRAs.
On 11 August 2017, HM Treasury re-opened the process for applications from Credit Reference Agencies to apply for designation. The British Business Bank is undertaking the necessary due diligence on applicants before providing advice to HM Treasury.
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5 reasons you don't need to go gymming in 2016
Follow these simple home workout techniques which will keep you fit.
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It's that time of the year again, when we will make unrealistic fitness goals as a part of our New Year resolution! The same fitness goals, which we are struggling to achieve from the last few years.
This year again it would be déjà vu, where we would be super charged and motivated to finally knock them out of the park and get the body of our dreams.
Also read: 7 New Year tips to treat acidity and lose weight
This enthusiasm will again make us renew our annual gym membership, which we barely used in the last year (probably only for a few weeks, that too same time of the year)
But lets be practical. This enthusiasm will not last for more than two weeks. Because we are impatient and are desperate for quick results, ignorant of the fact that scientifically it takes at least six weeks for body to start responding to any training stimulus; which would make us want to quit.
Also read: 4 fitness lessons from John Abraham
Now hold on. This year could be different. So how about if you save up on your gym membership? Follow these simple home workout techniques which will keep you fit and will also help you come closer to your fitness goal.
At least, it is better than doing nothing. It can be a challenging task to keep up with your gym routine, especially when you are a working professional, continuously on the go. The irregular gym routine, can be demotivating and often derail us from our fitness goal.
Also read: Why you need to cook at home now more than ever
So here is what you can do:
1. Stairs: You can convert your society stairs into a cardio zone. Sprinting up and down for two-three rounds can set your metabolism cranking, which helps you in burning calories throughout the day with ease. All you need is 15 mins in the morning.
2. Locality park: If you love outdoors, then a 15 mins jog in the park will freshen you up and also increase your work productivity. Productivity means efficiency which may get you the long due promotion this year.
3. Cycling: If you are the adventurous kind, you can also try cycling to work. If you live in Delhi, this is just the right time for you to do your bit for the rising city pollution.
4. Skipping: If you are feeling too lazy to step out, invest in a jumping rope for Rs 200 and start skipping on your terrace or in the living room (without making too much of noise).
5. No-equipment-home-workout: If you don't want to spend even a buck, you can perform a circuit training session in your balcony including 25 jumping jacks, 15 push-ups, 25 air squats. This is a complete body workout which get you going for the whole day.


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Someone Like Hodder Trailer (2003)
31 January 2003 Fantasy, Family 81 mins
Hodder is nine years old. He lives on his own with his father, who works nights as a bill poster. One night a fairy appears to Hodder and asks him to save the world.
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UK scientists crack lobster shell colour puzzle
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Monday 29 July 2002
UK researchers announced a first this week when they reported their discovery of how lobsters change colour from the blue-purple of their ocean-floor camouflage to the distinctive orange-red when cooked.
Writing in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, scientists from Imperial College London, University of Manchester, Daresbury Laboratory and Royal Holloway, University of London describe how they have solved the structure of a key part of the lobster shell protein, Beta-Crustacyanin.
Visualising the key subunit of this large molecule allows them to show how structural changes within it can bend the shape of the colour molecule bound to it, Astaxanthin, to make different colours.
Astaxanthin, a carotenoid, has its light-absorption properties altered by the subunit as it undergoes the bathochromic shift. In its free, un-bound form it is orange, but when tightly held by Crustacyanins clamp-like protein subunits, it is flattened and becomes blue.
The effect of cooking lobster is to denature the Crustacyanin unit so much that it becomes permanently stuck in the free form, coloured orange.
Dr Naomi Chayen of Imperial College London said: "This could lead to an important new use of Astaxanthin as a drug-delivery mechanism for medicines that are insoluble in water, and give designers of new food colourants or dyestuffs an interesting new capability.
"It also concludes painstaking research begun by this UK team in 1995, and finally settles a question which has continued to intrigue biologists since Nobel Prize winner George Wald first drew attention to it in 1948."
In order to gain insight into the mechanism of the molecules that drive the intriguing colour change, it is necessary to look at their 3 - dimensional structure, preferably by X-ray crystallography which requires crystals.
Initial separation and isolation work by Dr Peter Zagalsky of Royal Holloway, University of London, yielded a sample of highly pure Crustacyanin which was then handed to crystal grower Dr Naomi Chayen of Imperial College London.
Dr Chayen made use of the unique Microbatch method of growing crystals under oil (of which she is a co-developer), after the classic crystallization methods repeatedly failed.
She almost abandoned the experiments to grow the crystals after two months, but her persistence paid off as the solution she had carefully put to one side finally produced beautiful blue crystals after four months.
Team members at University of Manchester led by Professor John Helliwell used X-ray crystallographic techniques, including innovative use of softer X-rays on the Synchrotron Radiation Source at Daresbury Laboratory with Dr Pierre Rizkallah, to establish the B-Crustacyanin structure in detail. The Manchester Structural Chemistry Laboratory then harnessed the crystal structure models to account for the colour change.
The Leverhulme Trust funded the research.
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10/02/2017 Madison Water Utility files for first water rate increase since 2015
Madison Water Utility has filed an application with the Public Service Commission (PSC) seeking an increase in water rates. If approved, new rates could go into effect next spring.
09/11/2017 100th mile: Madison's Water Main Replacement Program hits major milestone
Twelve years ago, Madison Water Utility began a massive, 40 year effort to overhaul the city's deteriorating water infrastructure.
07/14/2017 MWU sets aside funds to study road salt issue at west side well
Madison Water Utility is setting aside $125,000 in its 2018 operating budget for further study of a municipal drinking water well that's becoming contaminated with road salt.
06/12/2017 Madison sees early spike in water use
Water use in Madison is on the upswing. On Saturday, Madison Water Utility pumped 36.49 million gallons of water to homes and businesses across the city. That's the most for any day in June since the drought of 2012.
06/01/2017 MWU 135th Anniversary Celebration & Ops Center Tour
Join us this Saturday as we open the doors to our newly-rebuilt, $10.5 million Operations Center and celebrate 135
05/15/2017 Madison's Annual Water Quality Report is out
Every home in Madison is getting a postcard in the mail with important information about the city's drinking water.
05/05/2017 "Got Water" project brings hydration stations to seven more Madison schools
By the end of this school year, more than a third of Madison elementary schools will have water bottle refilling stations thanks to the "Got Water" project, aimed at helping kids make healthy beverage choices by giving the
03/30/2017 Madison Water Utility asks EPA to not to eliminate the WaterSense program
Madison Water Utility has signed on to a letter urging the EPA not to cut its successful WaterSense program.
02/22/2017 Madison takes first step toward road salt certification program
February 22, 2017 – Private and municipal winter maintenance crews will learn how to properly apply salt to parking lots, sidewalks, roads and driveways during a free workshop this Friday hosted by the City of Madison, Dan
01/24/2017 Toilet Rebate Program Renewed for 2017
Madison Water Utility is continuing its popular Toilet Rebate Program for another year.
01/05/2017 Annual water use drops again in Madison
In 2015, Madison's annual water use made headlines when it dropped below 10 billion gallons for the first time in 47 years. In 2016, water use was down again -- 1.3 percent from the year before.
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Clifford Pat Patrick Nolan Durst
Clifford sometimes called Patrick Nolan, C. Nolan, Nolan or just Pat Durst was born in Washington, KS in 1913 (He at times used other birth places such as Chicago). He was married in 1934, 1942, 1943, and 1950's. He died in 1956 in Dallas Texas. He appears to have used more than one social security number. We know that he worked in the airplane industry in Kansas City, KS and Dallas TX. We are trying to build a history of Pat for the families history ancestry book. Any information about his life, residences, jobs, children, etc. will be greatly appreciated. He had workedas an auto body repairman and also worked with and loved airplanes. Thanks, Wes and Jan


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The Christmas collections are out, sleigh season is on its way and it's hard to believe another year is almost over, isn't it..? But it's never too early to start gift-spotting, so we had a quick scout around today and here's what we found: 3 'baby' Hauschkas in one cute 'winter rose' set.
You get a 5g tube of Dr Hauschka's iconic Rose Day Cream, a 10ml Rose Body Moisturiser and we love the dreamy French translation of their Rose Body Oil …"Huile de Soin Petales de Rose" (10ml).
Anyway our maths is terrible but if the 30ml size Rose Day Cream contains the extracts of more than 1,075 organic rose petals then over 170 petals must have gone into each 5g mini tube? And if you're escaping for a long weekend soon, you might want to pop this trio into your hand luggage. They're packed with antioxidants, rosehip and precious rose oil – and best of all, they're suitable for every skin type, too.
This gift set is lovely. I am a massive rose enthusiast and so may have to buy this for a few people as little Christmas gifts. The price is really good too. I have never got anything this good for secret santa at work, but I would be bowled over if I did! I think I may have to buy one for myself to go in my hospital bag for when I have my baby. I will need rose's restoring properties then!


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Built from 1924 to 1931, these were quite fast overhead cam singles including a 348cc machine and smaller engines designed by Angelo Blatto. Initially located in Turin, they moved to Bologna in 1926 and the company was renamed FIAB. The range was extended to include 125cc and 175cc models, including a sidevalve.
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Our show is brought to you by the Cafe Boeuf with your host, Maurice the maitre'd. Bon soir, Maurice.
TK: Do we have a bar?
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TK: No, of course we do not have a bar. (GK KEEPS TRYING TO INTERRUPT) This is a restaurant. People don't come here to drink! They come to have a fine dining experience, monsieur. Eh? Do you smell beer? Do you smell the mothballs in the toilets? Eh? Non. It's a restaurant. You Americans, you drink too much. A little apertif, fine. But you people----
GK: Okay, okay, okay, okay. Enough already. I didn't ask if there was a bar.
TK: Well, that's better. Bon soir to you, monsieur. GK: Bon soir.
TK: No, I cannot park your car. I am a maitre'd. I'm not a parking attendant. Am I wearing a white coat? No, I am not.
GK: Maurice, what's on the menu tonight?
TK: Tonight on the menu we have the (FRENCH GIBBERISH)--- and that is fixed in a Sauce (GIBBERISH) and served on a bed of (GIBBERISH). Along with a (FRENCH VOCALISM FOR SMALL) of (GIBBERISH).
GK: Good. It sounds wonderful.
TK: You wish to order?
GK: This dish---- this (GIBBERISH) ---- this doesn't contain----
TK: What is that? (GIBBERISH) I didn't say that. I said that we are serving (GIBBERISH)-----
GK: What did I say?
TK: You told me that my wife looks like a suitcase.
GK: I'm sorry. I only meant to ask about the food.
TK: What about it?
GK: Maurice, I'm---- I don't mean to insult you and your people, but I am an American guy, and we don't go in for eating odd body parts, okay? We eat breasts, we eat thighs, we eat rumps, sometimes other parts of the leg or the shoulder, but we don't, you know, like eat the heads. Or the kidneys.
TK: You don't eat heads?
GK: No.
TK: The cheek of the pig?
GK: No.
TK: Or the lips? You don't eat that?
GK: Pig lips? No. We don't.
TK: Monsieur --- how would he feel --- the pig --- if he knew that he gave up his life and then you simply threw away his cheeks? His lips? The tastiest part?
GK: I can't be thinking about a pig's feelings at this point.
GK: It's just that I know that you French, you consider certain things a delicacy that we don't.
TK: Oh? Like what?
GK: Well, that's what I'm wondering. This dish you told me about, this (GIBBERISH) ---- it isn't some weird thing, is it?
TK: (GIBBERISH)? I didn't say (GIBBERISH). I said (GIBBERISH).
GK: What did I say?
TK: You said (FIRST GIBBERISH). Which means, "Stop, or I will notify the authorities."
GK: I'm sorry. My accent is poor. I'm aware of that. But this dish you recommended ---- this isn't, like, pate of pancreas of pigeon or something like that, is it?
TK: What do you have against pigeons?
GK: Nothing. What is the dish you recommended?
TK: I forget. Tell me the name.
GK: No.
TK: Was it (GIBBERISH)?
GK: Yes.
TK: That is the sauteed throats of trout.
GK: Trout throats?
TK: Oui, monsieur. A great delicacy.
GK: You wouldn't have something that was, you know, more toward the center?
TK: We have (GIBBERISH) ----
GK: What's that?
TK: It is the armpit of a very young sheep----
GK: No, thanks----
TK: Stuffed with spinach----
GK: No, thanks.
TK: We also have the (GIBBERISH)----
GK: I don't have the heart to ask.
TK: It is the ankles of the ox.
GK: Well, that sounds better.
TK: You want that?
GK: Along with the ankle, do I get some of the calf?
TK: No, this is the grown ox. Not a calf.
GK: Could you just bring me a steak?
TK: Yes, of course. How would you like it done?
GK: Well done.
TK: Very well. And how about a nice red wine with that?
GK: Well---- I could, but---- could I get a Dr Pepper with that?
TK: A Doctor Pepper? With (GIBBERISH)? Certainly not.
GK: Okay. I'll have the red wine.
GK: The Cafe Boeuf.... The home of good eaters, of good taste, of passion, of (KNOWING FRENCH LAUGH)---- (PLAYOFF)
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CodePlexProject Hosting for Open Source Software
Following url describes how to run visual interface of simulator
I dont see it in my programs files. Although i can run it using the console command but i want to use the GUI as well.
any help ?
Thanks & Regards,
Under both 7 and XP, the installer doesn't create a program group, so you should see it in "All Programs".
Thanks Nick.
Yes, it is there. and running.
I have almost reached my destination. But some thing is left. I have tried 2 approaches.
First, I downlaoded the PVV Clashing demo source code, rebuild it , run the
I made another new project, added ThalesCore.dll in the project and communicated with Simulator.
In this way, I was sending commands and receivnig messages. Adn it was working fine.
Secondly I installed the simulator installer and run the GUI.
Now from my application, i tried to connect to this simulator. Connection was built, but when i tried to pass same command to this simulator, it returned me response
"Command not found"
Any help on this ?
Just done with this problem as well. Thanks.
Actually the main reason of using GUI for Simulator was to confirm, whether Simulator is working for "PE" commands or not. AS on interface there is an area of "Printer Output"
But as you mentioned earlier, this simulator will not response real time for "PE", "PA" and similar more commands. But still it is very very helpful.
Any suggessions, how should i check PE and PA commands ?
Thanks & Regards,
Unfortunately, to check a client implementation of the PA and PE commands, you'll have to use an actual HSM in order to ensure that it accepts the printer formatting you'll be loading and that it is valid.
Now I got connected to real HSM.
As my main purpose is to print the PIN. So I am passing it following commands
Step 1
JE (For translation from ZPK to LMK)
It is working fine.
Step 2
Now to set print format i need to send following commands
PA, PC and LI
Question 1: Do I need to send all of these 3 commands?
Question 2: Both PE and PC ommands take a parameter "Data" (Symbols and constants defined in Print Formatting Symbols Tables.)
I am passing this data value as "ASDF" and getting error code "00" in response for both commands
Following is detail
PA Command = 1234PAASDF
PA Response = 1234PB00
PC Command = 1234PCASDF
PC Response = 1234PD00
Which shows that there is no error.
Question 3:
For LI Command I am sending following Command and getting the response.
LI Command = 1234LI2A
LI Response = 1234LJ15
I am putting efforts on where i am doing wrong in this. As LI command is taking parameters of length and character which i am providing to it.
Any suggessions on this?
Many Thanks & Regards,
No suggestions, really. Printing is something you'll have to either figure out by trial and error or get command traces of someone that's done it before and go from there.
Alright Nick.
I look into this.
Thanks for your helf so far. Really appreciate.
Finally I got to the error code of "Printer not ready"
At this time, I would like to know about parameter of PA command which is
Its length and Type = "nA"
and its details = "Symbols and constants defined in Print Formatting Symbols Tables."
I am looking into these symbols and constants information. Any help on this ?
Unfortunately I can't any more help beyond what's already available in the manual.
I have executed PE command and it responded me successfully with PF response. But not responding me PZ response.
I am using following code
command = messageHeader + commnadCode + documentType + accountNumber + pin + field0 + delimeterString + field1 + delimeter + trailor
Dim printPFReply As String = SendFunctionCommand(command)
Dim printPZReply As String = SendFunctionCommand(command)
Private Function SendFunctionCommand(ByVal s As String) As String
thalesData = ""
While thalesData = "" AndAlso thales.IsConnected
End While
If Not thales.IsConnected Then
Return ""
Return thalesData
End If
End Function
Now both variables printPFReply and printPZReply do respond only PF Response not PZ Response. :(
I don't know why that happens.
ok, Thanks
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Maxine Rodburg and the tutors of the writing center at Harvard developed a great article about constructing thesis statements.
Heres what they suggest:
1. A thesis is never a question. Readers of academic essays expect to have questions discussed, explored, or even answered. A question (Why did communism collapse in Eastern Europe?) is not an argument, and without an argument, a thesis is dead in the water.
2. A thesis is never a list. For political, economic, social and cultural reasons, communism collapsed in Eastern Europe does a good job of telegraphing the reader what to expect in the essay—a section about political reasons, a section about economic reasons, a section about social reasons, and a section about cultural reasons. However, political, economic, social and cultural reasons are pretty much the only possible reasons why communism could collapse. This sentence lacks tension and doesnt advance an argument. Everyone knows that politics, economics, and culture are important.
3. A thesis should never be vague, combative or confrontational. An ineffective thesis would be, Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because communism is evil. This is hard to argue (evil from whose perspective? what does evil mean?) and it is likely to mark you as moralistic and judgmental rather than rational and thorough. It also may spark a defensive reaction from readers sympathetic to communism. If readers strongly disagree with you right off the bat, they may stop reading.
4. An effective thesis has a definable, arguable claim. While cultural forces contributed to the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe, the disintegration of economies played the key role in driving its decline is an effective thesis sentence that telegraphs, so that the reader expects the essay to have a section about cultural forces and another about the disintegration of economies. This thesis makes a definite, arguable claim: that the disintegration of economies played a more important role than cultural forces in defeating communism in Eastern Europe. The reader would react to this statement by thinking, Perhaps what the author says is true, but I am not convinced. I want to read further to see how the author argues this claim.
5. A thesis should be as clear and specific as possible. Avoid overused, general terms and abstractions. For example, Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe because of the ruling elites inability to address the economic concerns of the people is more powerful than Communism collapsed due to societal discontent.
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GM says early orders surge for Colorado pickup
DETROIT -- Chevrolet dealers requested nearly 30,000 Colorado pickups in the month since General Motors began taking orders for the mid-sized truck -- about five times more than the company had forecast.
"The dealers' enthusiasm for the Colorado is off the charts," Chevrolet U.S. chief Brian Sweeney told Automotive News Tuesday.
GM began taking orders in early August for the 2015 Colorado and its sibling, the GMC Canyon. The pickups, which went into production this week at GM's assembly plant in Wentzville, Mo., are expected to reach showrooms in October or early November.
GM said today that its dealers ordered about 28,000 Colorado pickups and 14,000 Canyons.
The launch of the Colorado and Canyon is among the most closely watched in years for GM. Skeptics question whether the demand is there to warrant a new generation of the pickups, which were phased out in 2012.
GM is counting on the smaller trucks to give Chevy and GMC truck lineups that no rival can match: Offerings in the heavy-duty and light-duty segments with the Silverado and Sierra, and the midsize Colorado and Canyon. Ford dropped its Ranger small pickup in the U.S. in 2011, while Ram discontinued the Dakota that same year.
The surge in early orders is "a sign that the dealers really believe in this product," said Sweeney, who oversees sales and marketing for Chevy in the U.S.
Forecasts for combined sales of the Colorado and Canyon next year, by IHS Automotive, AutoPacific and LMC Automotive, range from 73,000 to 91,400 trucks. In comparison, GM sold 664,803 Silverados and GMC Sierras last year.
Sweeney said Chevy is coming off a "very strong" August for sales of the redesigned Silverado, which was launched about a year ago. Sales of high-end trucks, such as the High Country model, as well as mid-priced double cab models have been strong, he said, declining to elaborate ahead of GM's monthly sales release on Wednesday.
Through July, Silverado's share of the U.S. fullsize pickup segment slipped to 24.9 percent, from 26.1 percent a year earlier, although it has gained ground in recent months after a slow start to the year.
Ram incentives
Sweeney said Ram "continues to be extremely aggressive" with truck incentives. Ram's share of the U.S. large pickup market has jumped to 21 percent through July, from 18.5 percent through July 2013.
GM hopes to gain market share in full-size trucks over the last four months of the year, with Ford pickup production idled for eight weeks as it changes over equipment for a redesigned aluminum-bodied F-150, which is expected in showrooms by the end of the year.
"We and our dealers have a lot of confidence that the next four months can play out pretty strongly for us," he said.
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Everyone donating $60 or more as a one-time or systematic Praise Partner will receive the WJOU Flash Drive loaded with sermons from our Hour of Power program airing every weekday from 6-7pm (central).
Day of Prayer & Praise (April 10)– Taken from Sharathons past, this day of Prayer and Praise kicks off the one-week on-air donor solicitation campaign. We will take prayer requests and praise reports throughout the day with our special guest talent Ivy Starks and Anthonye Perkins. Please feel free to call-in.
During the five-day campaign, join us for the following themed days:
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Your chance to win a prestigious photography award and cash prize of £5,000. With an overall prize fund worth £20,000, winners and commended entrants will have their work showcased in a national touring exhibition and stunning book, published by AA Publishing.
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Auto Mechanic Slang
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Thinking about a career in automotive technology? If so, you'll have to talk the talk as well as walk the walk.
Here is some common auto mechanic slang every good wrench needs to know:
- Aftermarket – Parts made by companies other than the original manufacturer.
- Baldinis – Heavily worn/bald tires.
- Bench – A heavy metal platform used to restore a car's structural geometry to factory specifications.
- Breathing – Refers to an engine's ability to fill its cylinders with the air-fuel mix and then expel exhaust.
- Cherry Picker – Crane-type engine hoist.
- Dead Axle – A rigid axel that supports wheels not connected to the drive train.
- Dikes – Wire cutters (short for "diagonal cutters").
- Dive – The dipping of a car's nose when brakes are applied.
- Dyno – Short for "dynometer," a device that measures an engine's horsepower.
- Gas Axe – Cutting torch.
- Grease Monkey – Mechanic.
- Hemi – Term that describes any engine with hemispherical combustion chambers on its cylinder head.
- Kickdown – The downshift in an automatic transmission caused by depressing the throttle.
- Knock – High frequency vibrations caused by inefficient fuel detonation in the engine.
- LKQ – "Like Kind and Quality," meaning a salvaged replacement part that appears to be as good as the original.
- Menu Pricing – A bundled price for a repair job that includes both parts and labor.
- Oversquare – An engine whose bore is larger than its stroke.
- Pent-Roof – A combustion chamber whose upper surface resembles a shallow peaked roof.
- Pickle Forks – Ball-joint separators.
- Tack Rag – Cotton fabric lightly impregnated with resin used to remove dust from a surface about to be painted.
- Toe-In – The intentional nonparallel orientation of opposite wheels.
- Waste Gate – A valve used to limit the boost in a turbocharger.
- Wrench/Wrenching – Mechanic/The act of working on an auto engine.
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In Search of the Miraculous Trailer (1998)
"Fragments of an Unknown Teaching" 04 January 1998 Factual 42 mins
A film directed by Zivko Nicolic, script adaptation by Milan Peters based on the 1949 book by P.D.Ouspensky. Sidney:Fairway Films in association with Znak Productions Belgrade, 1998, 42 min. black & white. Thoughtfully telescopes Ouspensky's book and glimpses of the teaching he received from Gurdjieff, interspersed with archival footage the Russia Revolution.
Watch the official In Search of the Miraculous 1998 trailer in HD below or find more In Search of the Miraculous videos on Vidimovie.


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Two clerics yesterday dismissed doctors and religious leaders opposed to safe abortion as enemies of women rights. The christian and muslim clerics said the abortion debate in Kenya was demeaning to women. "In this society we are all at the mercy of men," said Rev Timothy Njoya.
Religion is a significant force that shapes attitudes, practices, policies, and laws across the world, North or South, developed or developing, whether the state is secular or theocratic. For many people (including some development actors), religion is an essential part of their personal well-being and identity; and, as an institution, it can provide networks and services that ensure practical survival in times of economic stress and national crisis. Many religious organizations have significant resources available for service-delivery and for influencing policy advocacy. However, religion is also used to justify discrimination and conflict. To summarize, religion and religious organizations evidently need to be taken seriously in rights-based development analysis and practice.
(WNN) ISLAMABAD: In spite of real dangers for those working as advocates with Pakistan's religious minorities, a number of people have been speaking out against religious discrimination and the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy laws inside the country.
As internal divisions, casualties and conflict on the northern border and a growing hatred and distrust of 'the West' expands, a dedicated group of Pakistani women and men are leading the way on issues of human rights and religious freedom inside the country.
Pew Forum Executive Summary (12.08.2011) - Restrictions on religious beliefs and practices rose between mid-2006 and mid-2009 in 23 of the world's 198 countries (12%), decreased in 12 countries (6%) and remained essentially unchanged in 163 countries (82%), according to a new study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life. Direct Link to Report:http://pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Issues/Government/RisingRestrictions-web.pdf
Anti-blasphemy laws and defamation laws against public officials and Heads of State seriously restrict free speech.
That's according to the Human Rights Committee, which has issued a commentary on freedom of expression.
Some countries, such as Pakistan, regard blasphemy towards holy personages or their religion, as a serious offence punishable by death.
James Ramage was released from prison last Friday, after only eight years following his conviction for strangling and bashing his wife, Julie, to death in their house and burying her in a shallow grave. The details of the case reveal a textbook case of a controlling, abusive spouse who killed his wife rather than let her leave.
The concept of nondiscrimination and equal rights for both men and women in all spheres of their lives as enshrined in the CEDAW Convention (1979) and all other Human Rights Frameworks generated a new realization and discourse in the Islamic world. The Universal Declaration on human Rights (1948) states in Article one that 'all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights'. By ratification of these International human rights frameworks States parties are in obligation to domesticate these human rights standard in their own legal system.
The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence has organized resources for Muslim communities in the United States because so many Muslim immigrants living in the U.S. come from various regions in Asia: Central, East, South, Southeast, and West Asia, i.e. the Middle East. You can download them via the API IDV website here; or follow the links below. All links are to research conducted by API IDV.
When Ade's aunt learned he was gay, the then 16-year-old Nigerian was made to go through an exorcism to expel "the demon of homosexuality".
"The priest came to the house with candles, holy water and anointing oils. I had to kneel down, holding candles in my hands," recalls Ade, now 25, as he sits in a cafe in Lagos. He does not wish to reveal his full name. "He kept shouting 'Come out! Come out! Come out!' in a fevered voice … I was allowed to go back to church after that but I had to pretend to be straight."


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Have you ever figured out how to let all the good feelings go....that seem to drag a girl down?
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I write about dating and dating issues a lot here on Hubpages, but I don't think that guys always seem to 'let us all down'. I just think that you come across all types when you're dating and when you're looking for - or hoping to find love - and when you do find someone special the relationship doesn't always last forever, or always have a happy ending. But that's what 'dating' is all about. Relationships can become complicated and aren't always easy, the unexpected can happen, but it's important not to let it get you down, to have other interests in your life and a good circle of friends, and not take it personally if a relationship doesn't work out the way you'd like it to. I always try to remain hopeful that I'll meet the one for me, and fill my life with other adventures in the mean time! Best wishes.
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9:07am 24th October 2012
Thieves have sunk to new lows in West Dorset.
They've stolen a red post box from Watton Gardens near Bridport.
It was sawn off its post overnight on Saturday the 20th October.
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