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The newly added licensed leagues (including the Dutch, Spanish, and Italian) enable players to see real player likenesses, player names, and kits. For the North American market the game poster boy is US National Team defensive player Eddie Pope, who was selected to the 1998 and 2002 World Cup teams and who was twice named as the MLS Defender of the Year.
On the subject of players, this year's version once again betters its predecessor. The level of graphic refinement is ESPN NFL 2K5-like in detail and lushness. You'll instantly recognize your favorite players, no matter what the team. The characters all boast an indescribably visual flourish in their animations and motion capture work. For lack of better words, these players look and move with amazing grace and are absolutely stunning in their realism. Standing there waiting to kick a free kick the player leans in with perfect poise; goalies dive and bounce off the ground like real-life players, players increase their speed into a sprint with perfect realism, and all the animations are honed with amazing craft and skill.
What makes this game tick, besides its gorgeous graphic detail -- which you'll see once you fiddle with the camera to see the players up close and in action -- is the gameplay. The visual animations translate into real life fluidity, enabling players to react quickly, instantly, even instinctively and feel like they are playing a real game of footy. Like FIFA 2005 Soccer, this year's game focuses on "close control" work, which was always Konami's specialty anyway. For instance, players who receive a pass can shield the ball from their markers or approaching opponents. More skilled gamers can do this so swiftly and smoothly that defenders will have little chance to even challenge the ball. Other tweaks are subtle but nonetheless further improve the gameplay, such as new dribbling moves, specialty moves, and better in-stride cuts.
Although many gamers will spend most of their time playing against human opponents, the AI of both defensive CPU opponents and offensive teammates has received a distinct boost. The AI is extremely astute at finding open pitch into which to run and various tricks to try and give their opponents the slip. Even though it doesn't seem to make a difference, the in-game ref, who now actually runs up and down the pitch, adds a distinct new flavor and realism to the game.
Unfortunately, after checking the preview build we have, we were unable to find anything resembling an online option, even though the European version, Pro Evolution 4 feature online play. Konami was unable to answer our calls regarding the game's online status.
While still an acquired taste for many soccer game fans -- who were clearly reared on FIFA -- Winning Eleven 8 is going to blow Xbox owners off their rockers. This game is genuinely gorgeous in the most real sense, and the gameplay is just short of perfect. In fact, after a few hours of play, I cannot find a single flaw in it yet. This weekend is sure to make my wife even more angry at me, but what can I do, I've got a copy of Winning Eleven 8! Check the 20-plus new screenshots and four new movies, and stick around for more details media and soccer love from IGN in the upcoming days.


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Creating a regex for finding credit card numbers with grep
Ugly regex:
grep '\(^\|[^0-9]\)\{1\}\([345]\{1\}[0-9]\{3\}\|6011\)\{1\}[-]\?[0-9]\{4\}[-]\?\ [0-9]\{2\}[-]\?[0-9]\{2\}-\?[0-9]\{1,4\}\($\|[^0-9]\)\{1\}' filename
Lately, I've been working with the security team where I'm employed to catch people storing information they shouldn't be on our database server. (SSNs, credit card numbers, etc.) This involved dumping all our databases into a flat file (about a gig of text) and doing some mining. I was given a pre-built regex, but it didn't work with grep, I'm enough of a command-line geek that I'd rather do things 'my way' than just write a perl script or something. So, I had to make my own regex to find cc numbers, because I didn't find anything effective in a quick search online. This brings to mind a hoary old chestnut of a quote - over-used, but still very true:
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. -Jamie Zawinski, in comp.lang.emacs
All that notwithstanding, I found a few resources that came in handy for this project.
- This php tutorial has a very good description of a basic spec for valid cc numbers.
- This page has more info on valid numbers, and test numbers for all the major companies.
- Txt2regex is a handy command-line utility that will ask for information on what you want to match, and build regexes of many different formats step-by-step. It didn't do everything for me, but it can be a handy way to get close to what you want without having to dive into the man pages...
- Handy article on gnu grep from linux.com - more info just below.
Once you think you've got your regex built, gnu grep has some options not available in standard versions of grep that are very handy for debugging. The -o switch will output only the matched part of the string, ex:
The --color switch will highlight matches - very handy when you're searching through dense SQL dumps!
I am trying to understand
I am trying to understand what the (^\|[^0-9]\)\{1\} and \($\|[^0-9]\)\{1\} are for in the expression, The ^ $ seem to be limiting since it must be a credit card on it on line, i not sure what the 0-9 at the start and end are for.
So the following would seem to be more useful
echo "5105105105105100" |grep -o '\([345]\{1\}[0-9]\{3\}\|6011\)\{1\}[ -]\?[0-9]\{4\}[ -]\?[0-9]\{2\}[-]\?[0-9]\{2\}[ -]\?[0-9]\{1,4\}'

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Lindsay Lohan has completed her community service at the LA County Morgue and vowed never to be in front of a judge again.
The actress told TMZ that she was "very excited" to complete her obligations and said that she would have dinner with her sister to celebrate.
Lohan also described her lawyer Shawn Holley as a "good person" in her life who had always been there for her.
The Mean Girls actress had previously expressed confidence ahead of her final probation hearing having denied any involvement in a hit-and-run incident.
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Thread: a querie urgent question
11-25-10, 15:41 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: a querie urgent question
hello guys , hope you are having a nice day
i got a problem solving a question on my assignment , hope to find some1 that can help me on it .
the question is :
For each department-- if its average salary is less than the average salary of all departments-- display its number, name and number of its employees.
that was my sql code but i ended up with an error :
SELECT Dnum, Dname, count(e.SSN) AS [Number of employees]
FROM departments AS d, employee AS e
WHERE d.Dnum=e.dno
GROUP BY dnum, dname
HAVING (select avg(salary) from employee group by dno) < avg(salary);
any clue ?
thanks for your time , goodluck !
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you were doing fine up until the HAVING clause
(not quite up to best practice, though, because of the "naked" columns in the query -- you have qualified some of the columns, e.g. e.SSN and d.Dnum, but in any query involving more than one table, you should qualify ~all~ columns)
on the right side of the less than sign, you have AVG(salary) -- where does that come from?
and in the HAVING subquery, what's the purpose of the GROUP BY?rudy.ca | @rudydotca
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i need to get info for departments that the avr of its employee's salaries less than the the total avr of all salaries for all employees , that why i tried to group the subQ in the having clause .
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- Date of passing: Apr 28, 2004
|Let the memory of Tony be forever remembered.
This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Anthony (Tony) Turner, by Nicole Goddard . We will forever remember him.
"Today is your birthday. I miss you so much. Hope you have a great day up there and watch over us all down herem Miss and love you always xox"
"I miss you so much recently Poppy. I'll see you soon xox"
"It has been nearly 8 years, this year, that you have been gone. I think about you every day. You were my bestfriend. People say it is meant to get easier thru time, but I think they lied. Miss you more and more each day.
I have written you a four and a half page letter to you.
This is not goodbye.... It is I'll see you again soon xo"
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Jan 25, 2013
Ill have the b7 led drl kit please bud
I'd like to order a set of ICE WHITE FOG BULBS for a 2008 A4 B8 S-line. Are these still available?
Yes still in stock. have a few pairs left until early sept. paypal is email@example.com - please make sure there is a postal address on the payment and I will get them out.
Hi Trups,
Is this the thread to register interest for the fogs?
Hi Trups,
thought i I had registered my interest in these bulbs for my new A3 SB s-line to match my xenons but looks like I forgot.
can you let me know when you get new stock and cost
They match pretty good, i have a b6 i want them for my fog, you have them H11 and how much usa $$ plus how much to ship to florida usa? And last question are they any brighter, my led are ok but they not bright at all. Txs
These are as bright and will perform in the fog still if you ever get any in Florida.
they are £10 atm until match and £8.50 shipping to you.
How i order them?
paypal payment is fine, its email@example.com
total is £18.50 and that will be a tracked service and insured. As you will be paying 1 lot of postage is there anything else you ould like added?
How can i see what else u sell?
i will PM you as this thread is the fogs.
Ok txs
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Just fitted mine from T8ups and they are much better than the nasty yellows.
They seem to be pure white, where as my headlights have a hint of blue but doesn't show in the picture
What country you live? Im from us, i just need to know for $$ purpose
Can u please pm
Me again, for the white ice foglights h7 so i could pay paypal. Txs
How much for the fog light bulbs mate?
^^^Ditto^^^, but for a B7 A4, cheers!
Trups Ice White Fogs..... awesome
They are £16.30 posted to the UK from 1st march 2014.
Is that the same for my B7 as well? Have you got any in stock just now?
I got mine from t8ups too, perfect white color match for hid's,£16.30
H11's for the B7, they are in stock.
pm me for payment details.
T8ups, you still got stock for 2010 B8 S-Line Avant, if so can you pm me a price & list of what else you have?
Regards, Gareth.
Hey T8ups,
would you have a pair of the ice white bulbs suitable for the fogs on a 2013 A5 coupe.
Yes I do, They are £15 and £4.30 uk post.
Hi mate,
Could I get a pair of white fog light bulbs for 2007 s3 please. PM me paypal and I will send money and address.
Hi Trups
Do you have a pair of ice white foglights for 2014 S5 Sportback?
Hi GK.
I do, they are £15 and £4.30 postage to the UK.
They are in stock.
Use this link to order - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9SEPT6FHRB7CL
Ill have a set please
I would be interested in a set of ice white fog bulbs for a '63 plate S4 avant if possible.
Hi guys,
New to the forum but happy I purchased these bulbs from t8ups ☺. See attached pics.
Just hope they last
hi, new to the forum. looking for ice white LEDs for daytime running lights on Audi A4 B8 Avant. Any help appreciated cheers
pm sent.
Msg Trups he is the main man for these lights.
Cheers, have spoken to him and he's sorting me out
I'm after fog bulbs and interior bulbs
You are far better off using the H11 crew, I have used both and the crew are great.
And this was taken in bright daylight as you can't see my siselights and they are bright led.
Sorry it's ment to say Cree.
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Feb. 20: Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bahrain and UAE today banned poultry imports from India after reports of the first confirmed outbreak of bird flu in Maharashtra.
Nepal went a step further, activating all 24 quarantine posts along its border with India for fear the deadly virus might sneak into the tourism and aid-dependent kingdom. Pakistan ruled out sealing its borders.
The Nepal department of livestock services said the government order to discontinue imports of live birds and poultry products would remain in force till international institutions flashed the all-clear.
We have appealed to importers not to bring poultry products from India as a precautionary measure, Dhana Raj Ratala, an animal health department official said.
Nepal imports about half a million live birds for breeding every year, the bulk of it from Andhra Pradesh.
Nepal is being extra-cautious because the World Health Organisation has warned it of a possible outbreak of the flu. At border quarantine posts, including Tatopani in Sindhupalchowk district bordering Tibet, distribution of poultry products will be strictly monitored, an official said.
A ban on poultry imports from Thailand, Germany and Malaysia is already in place in the kingdom. Surveillance in the Koshi Tappu and Chitwan national parks has been tightened as large flocks of migratory birds from India and other countries frequent it.
Pakistan, which imports more mutton and beef than poultry from India, also placed Iran ' another country where the virus has been detected in birds ' on the ban list, and called for global co-operation to prevent the spread of the virus.
Foreign office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam expressed concern at the outbreak, saying all possible precaution would be taken as deadly viruses do not recognise borders. Although Pakistan was so far safe, we cannot take it for granted, she said. The first step to prevention would be awareness, she added.
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When my father passed away many years ago, a friend of mine sent a card that was so helpful, I still draw on its wisdom. It compared the grieving process to walking along a beach. Imagine: your feet stroll along hard, packed sand, and you're enjoying the view. Suddenly, a wave comes and it's stronger than you expected. It throws your footing, and your arms go up to catch your balance. At worst, your feet come out from under you, and you land with a thud in the surf.
That's a great metaphor for the grieving process. Grief flows into our lives at moments when we might really be feeling pretty good, or when we least expect it. The hardest part of losing a loved one is getting back to normal, after the funeral services and gatherings. Living the ordinary days without our loved one is challenging. That's when grief can hit us like a wave. Fearing an undertow of pain, we try to hold the wave back. We may not give ourselves permission to cry.
But that is one of the best things we can do when grieving. When that wave of emotion strikes, rather than trying to hold it back with all our might, we can breathe into it instead. Over time, the grief will lose its punch. It never completely goes away, but it won't knock us off our feet. We begin to fold the loss into our daily lives.
If you're dealing with grief or loss of any kind, and you feel that wave coming, take a deep breath. God will be there with you. Let the tears come (if you're in a place where you can), and let yourself cry. Trust those feelings and your vulnerability to God, and in that moment God's grace will heal and lift the hurt so you can carry it more easily.
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We had an enchanting girls' night out at the Nassau Coliseum to see Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales. It was a fantastic show and such an appropriate event for my three-year-old.
Disney Live! is performed on stage in three acts, one for each classic story, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. The stories are shortened, but the integrity of each one is maintained and the most exciting parts are included. Special effects allow for all the magic of the movies to come alive, for example, when Cinderella is transformed for the ball and also when the beast's curse is broken.
My daughter loved the three stories that were chosen for Disney Live! Snow White, Cinderella, and Belle are immediately recognizable and their stories translated well to the stage. Well-known songs like Heigh Ho, Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, and Be Our Guest were performed beautifully.
The best thing about Disney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales for the parent of a little one is how the show has been scaled down in size. The stage is on one side of the coliseum oval, and seating only includes a fraction of full capacity. This made for smaller crowds, shorter lines, and less hassle for parents! The format of Disney Live! made for the perfect girls' night with my three-year-old!


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Apple's iTunes app store for the iPhone and opportunities for trade publishers
I plan on talking about the iTunes app store more in detail later, but for now here is a lengthy story from the New York Times on the subject. There is no mention of publishers using the store which is strange since the New York Times app (iTunes link) is very popular.
UPDATE 12/9: MarketWatch reports that an analyst for Oppenheimer, Yair Reiner, has said (leaked) that Apple will be producing tablets in February for a possible March or April product launch. It's interesting that on Friday Skiff, the Hearst backed platform, made its initial announcement; then yesterday the consortium announcement. Seems that things are heating up in the e-reader world. (And yes, I don't exactly trust these analysts either.)


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In 2013 the Government began replacing a number of benefits with 'Universal Credit'.
Universal Credit replaces some benefits and only one claim needs to be made instead of lots of separate ones. If you are eligible you will receive a single payment at the end of each month that covers any benefit replaced by Universal Credit.
Universal Credit can only be applied for and managed online. If you apply for Universal Credit you will fill out an online form and then be given an online account that means you can manage your claim. This is because Universal Credit is handled by the Government and not your local council or Job Centre.
To find out more about Universal Credit, visit www.gov.uk/universal-credit or www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/categories/universal-credit
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The 'Benefit Cap' is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people, who don't get a state pension, can get.
See the 'Will Universal Credit affect me?' section to find out if it will apply to you, or visit the following site for more information: www.gov.uk/benefit-cap
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Universal Credit is replacing the following benefits:
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Instead of receiving a payment for each of the above benefits separately, you will receive one payment at the end of the month. The payment will be made into a bank account and you will have to pay one month's rent in advance before you receive your payment.
See the sections on 'Rent & Universal Credit' and 'Setting up a bank account' below for more info.
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Your universal credit payment will include all the money you can claim in benefits (that were replaced by Universal Credit), including your rent.
The first payment you receive will only cover the next month's rent.
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You will need the following information:
- your National Insurance number (can be found on pay slips, P60, letters about tax, pensions and benefits or if you still cannot find it, visit here for what to do: www.gov.uk/lost-national-insurance-number )
- an email address (to create an e-mail address if you do not already have one, visit login.live.com or accounts.google.com/signup to make a new, free email address that you can access wherever there is internet)
- your phone number (this can be a landline or mobile number)
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- the amount of rent that you are charged (check your last rent statement or check your rent account online at mytenancy.co.uk here: www.mytenancy.co.uk/cgi-bin/netacc.cgi/xxhome.htm )
- your bank account details (if you do not have a bank account, see the 'Setting up a bank account' section below)
- details of any savings that you have
- details of any salary or income that you receive
I don't have a computer/internet at home/I have a computer/internet but might need more help
If you or someone you know needs to apply for Universal Credit but doesn't have or knot how to use the internet or a computer then there are a lot of people and places willing to help.
Your local council may offer help through libraries or other projects – to find your local council click here (opens gov.uk site to find local council): gov.uk/find-local-councilOnce you have found your local (district or county) council, you can visit their website and search for the following (this should take you to results for the relevant pages): computersOnce you have search results there may be information under 'libraries' or similar if the answer does not appear immediately.
The services below offer help with gaining more confidence using computers and the internet:
- UK Online Centres offer workshops and courses on how to use the internet and email, to find your nearest centre visit their website here: ukonlinecentres.com/index.php?
- Go ON UK run workshops and courses on using computers and the internet, you can find out about if these are running in your area by visiting the Go ON Local site (opens local.go-on.co.uk site with post code search) here: local.go-on.co.uk/browse/events/
- Your local library may be able to help you with general computer skills training. To find your local library please click here (you will be taken to a gov.uk site for local library services): gov.uk/local-library-services
- The National Careers Service also provides information on gaining internationally recognised qualifications in IT for beginners to advanced users. Please click here to find out more about IT qualifications (opens a nationalcarrersservice.direct.gov.uk site): nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/courses/typesoflearning/Pages/computerskills.aspx
Setting up a bank account
This website gives some helpful advice on setting up a bank account: www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/how-to-open-switch-or-close-your-bank-account
If you do not already have a bank account, you can also try opening a Basic Bank Account.
To set-up a basic bank account:
- Look out a form of ID (call or ask the bank about what ID they will accept)
- go into your nearest branch (you can find out more about the best basic accounts here: www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/basic-bank-accounts
- ask specifically for a Basic Bank Account
You can also go to your local Credit Union, even if you have a record of fraud.
Get more info on basic bank accounts and credit unions here: www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/credit-unions or at your local CAB (find your local CAB here: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-we-provide-advice/advice/search-for-your-local-citizens-advice )
If you get a state pension
You might be able to claim 'Pension Credit'.
Age UK has some great information on Pension Credit, including how to claim:
- See why it's good to try and claim Pension Credit, even if you don't think you'd be able to, here: www.ageuk.org.uk/money-matters/claiming-benefits/pension-credit/6-pension-credit-myths/
- There are actually some perks to claiming Pension Credit, find out what they are here: www.ageuk.org.uk/money-matters/claiming-benefits/pension-credit/the-perks-of-getting-pension-credit/
- Find out how to claim Pension Credit here: www.ageuk.org.uk/money-matters/claiming-benefits/pension-credit/how-to-claim-pension-credit/
The government's website also gives an overview to Pension Credit here: www.gov.uk/pension-credit
To find out more about Universal Credit, visit www.gov.uk/universal-credit or www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/categories/universal-credit
What if I already claim benefits but I'm still struggling to make payments?
Visit entitledto.co.uk use their 'benefits calculator' to see if you can get other benefits here: www.entitledto.co.uk
entitledto.co.uk will tell you if you can get other benefits.
You may be able to use some benefits to help pay your bills (including rent, service charges, gas, electricity or water bills). You should contact your Jobcentre Plus with details of who you owe and how much, your customer reference number (for bills) and your National Insurance number.
You can find more information about this here: www.gov.uk/bills-benefits
You can also:
- call your local Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) – find your local CAB here: www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-we-provide-advice/advice/search-for-your-local-citizens-advice/
- call your local Shelter Advisor – find your local Shelter Advisor here: england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_services_directory
- call StepChange. They provide free help to deal with debt – find out more about StepChange here: www.stepchange.org
- call Christians Against Poverty (CAP). They also provide free help to deal with debt. CAP is free for everyone, it doesn't matter what religion you are or personal beliefs that you have – find out more about CAP here: capuk.org
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Complaint Review: Shannon Ensminger , Tinypawsandclaws.com
- Shannon Ensminger , Tinypawsandclaws.com
Houston, Texas
- Phone: 832-892-2366
- Web:
- Category: Dog Breeders
Shannon Ensminger ,Tinypawsandclaws.com Brokered and bred puppies living in unsanitary conditions. Shannon Ensminger Unethical breeder that lies. Houston - Clear Lake Area Texas
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: To Anne
*Consumer Comment: Loving, healthy puppies raised at Tiny Paws and Claws
*Author of original report: www.tinypawsandclaws.com Shannon Ensminger unethical
When I arrived, the horrible smell from the feces and urine hit me all at once. She had so many puppies everywhere in dirty laundry baskets and in wire cages. She claimed that the parents were housed at another located due to her being turned in to HOUSTON BARC by her neighbors. There was diarrhea in the places where the puppies were being kept and they looked just awful! I was so sad for them. She had carried in a cardboard box from her SUV that contained even more puppies.
She told me at one point that the mother to a puppy I was inquiring about was one that she had in her house. When she brought her out to me she looked as though she was about to pop she was so pregnant. She said that an 8 week old puppy was this dogs, and she also said that the same dog was due any day. I do not breed any animals, but this seemed impossible to me. Shannon had an answer for every question I asked, although throughout the visit the answers where never consistent. It seemed as though she changed the answers to my questions just to suite what I was asking. I never felt as though I got a truthful answer from her during the entire visit.
I felt very uncomfortable during the visit as she explained that even though she had one of her puppies on her website for 2400.00, she subsequently sold that puppy for only 750.00. I was also alarmed at how she had claimed to have teacup Chihuahuas and by the pictures on the website I thought they were tiny. When I saw them, they were at least 2 lbs and not even 10 weeks old.
I felt as though this was very deceiving, as the puppies on her website were just that, very young puppies and there were no new pictures that showed their up to date size and health status. I believe that she does this just to get people out to her home and pressure them into a sale of a much larger and more expensive puppy than what they were coming to see.
Towards the end of the visit she became very agitated and was trying to close the deal. She did not have the puppy she had described to me and I did not want to purchase a puppy than was living in less than sanitary conditions. I wanted a healthy puppy, and with the smelly diarrhea, they looked dehydrated and very sick. When she knew that I was not going to settle for a puppy, and wanted a puppy of my choosing, she became short and acted in a very strange and aggressive way. How was it my fault that she did not have what she had described to me?
When I started to ask more questions, she could not get me out of her home quick enough. I am led to believe from the puppies I saw that she is either a puppy mill or sells puppy mills. The puppies were not from the same litters and looked very different.
My hope is that someone will read this and know what they have in store for them with tinypawsandclaws.com
Mrs. H Concerned puppy buyer
Houston,, Texas
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#1 REBUTTAL Individual responds
To Anne
AUTHOR: Eve - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, January 20, 2013POSTED: Sunday, January 20, 2013
#2 Consumer Comment
Loving, healthy puppies raised at Tiny Paws and Claws
AUTHOR: Anne S. - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 30, 2008POSTED: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
My experience with Bootsie was so great that I additionally purchased two more dogs, Nitro, a solid black 2.1 pound chihuahua and Molly, a long coat sable 1.8 pound chihuahua. I refer to my three dogs from Tiny Paws and Claws as the "Three Musketeers." They get along well and play together all the time. I have stayed in contact with Shannon over time. She has continuously provided me with advice on the best food to feed the dogs and other tips about their general care. I have referred her to two other people who have been happy with their purchases as well.
When you speak to Shannon you automatically perceive that she genuinely cares about the health of her puppies and finding them the perfect home. She also appears to be very family-oriented, speaking of her own sons in a positive way. Shannon is very upbeat and honest. She is available all the time by e-mail and on her cell phone. She is quick to respond to e-mail and phone questions. I also believe Shannon is very fair with regards to pricing her dogs. She makes every effort to find the best homes for her dogs.
I just wanted to file this report because I think individuals need to see that there are two sides to every story. My experience with Tiny Paws and Claws was very positive. I would not hesitate to recommend Shannon to anyone considering a nice quality chihuahua or pomeranian.
Anne S.
Poquoson, VA
#3 Author of original report
www.tinypawsandclaws.com Shannon Ensminger unethical
AUTHOR: Amy c - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 01, 2008POSTED: Thursday, May 01, 2008
My name is Amy and my Mother wrote this statement and I posted it for her. My mother is the one who visited the puppy mill seller, Shannon Ensminger who operates www.tinypawsandclaws.com
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To cut, or not to cut? That's the question being bandied about as human resources folks decide what employee benefits and recruiting and retention tools stay ... and what gets the axe in 2009.
Given the current gloom, it's understandable that anything reeking of "perk" will no longer be a celebrated hallmark of top employers, as companies try to slash costs and save jobs.
But can employers slice too deeply?
"What we hear from clients is: 'We need to cut costs in our benefits program, but at the same time there's still this war for talent out there. We can't get the people we need to join us,' " cautions David Willows of Aon Consulting's health and benefits practice in Toronto.
Need help prioritizing? Goodbye Friday afternoon booze carts; hello flextime, job sharing and offering new opportunities to the employees who haven't been canned - yet.
Weekend Workout delved into a number of workplace issues and trends this year. Some of them will stand the test of time - recessionary or not - career pros suggest, while others will become a low priority; still others may or may not be around when the economy eventually recovers.
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Flexible hours remains one of the most requested - and cheapest - benefits, particularly among workers with kids, aging parents or, well, a life.
An online survey conducted jointly in November by Canadian networking groups Connect Moms, momcafé and Briefcase Moms, showed that 92 per cent of respondents would like a flexible work environment that includes arriving early or late to the office, working from home, condensed workweeks and being able to bank overtime to take extra days off. Fifty-four per cent said they would even take a pay cut in exchange for flexibility.
Some employees like it because it helps them balance work and life - and eliminates dreaded commutes. Employers like it because home offices can lower required office space and services they need to provide.
Wing spread
Can't offer a luxury dental package any more? Perhaps it's time to assist promising workers with some professional development. For instance at I Love Rewards Inc. in Toronto, a call centre employee now handles some smaller accounts. "If I were to ask my sales team: 'Who wants to handle our 'C' accounts?' Nobody would put their hands up. But to the call centre employee, that's a golden opportunity," chief executive Razor Suleman says.
Adoption policies
Helping to pay for employees' exorbitant adoption fees may seem like an exotic perk but it is cheap way to gain some goodwill. Who can argue with this motherhood issue? At a whopping $10,000 or even $20,000 per adoption, the cost may seem onerous, but if only two or three workers make use of the benefit each year, it becomes one of the highest-profile, lowest-cost perks.
Pets at work
A proven ability to lower stress and increase joy: Allowing staff to bring pets to work is a cheap benefit that many employees might enjoy.
Thumbs down
Corporate vacations
The ultimate perk: Flying the whole company or even top performers down south this winter costs a lot of cash.
Tacky anniversary gifts
A nickel-plated mallard duck paperweight for 20 years of servitude? Enough said.
CEO retreats
If workers are losing benefits and even jobs, perhaps the chief executive officer should rethink that trip to Costa Rica in January for a week of soul-searching with others of a similar ilk. Optics, dear sir, optics.
Gala award ceremonies
They're costly - no surprise - and some workers dread getting up in front of a crowd to receive an award. Have a small, local get-together instead.
Free food at work
Google serves its employees the whole enchilada by offering free grub all day at its numerous cafeterias; others subsidize cafeteria food costs or stock a free snack cupboard. Given the current economy, it could be argued that simply being gainfully employed is almost like scoring a free meal?
On the bubble
Meditation rooms
Omm. Providing a quiet space to pray is a godsend for some. But if the room isn't being used and is costing the company in rent, perhaps its time has come.
Generous vacation time
Five weeks of vacation? It's a great tool to recruit and retain employees, but if some of your hard workers routinely forgo two weeks' worth, maybe it's time to scale back.
Onsite gyms
Healthy employees make better employees, but dust balls on the treadmill signal that this benefit is no longer a slam dunk.


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We hate to say this about one of the world's most beautiful women, but Heidi Klum, WTF are you wearing?
The supermodel went to support Kenneth Cole in his first New York Fashion Week show for eight years - and decided to turn up in floral-print jeans, a loose whit shirt, and a studded and fur gilet that looked like she had a monkey on her back, literally.
In true Heidi style, she still managed to look impossibly pretty - proof that some people really would look good in a potato sack (or, in this case, a 'primate').
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Did you miss the Coraline production artists panel at Gallery Nucleus last week? Sean Szeles recorded the discussion and has posted it onto YouTube. The artists on the panel were Shannon Tindle, Shane Prigmore, Dan Krall, Chris Appelhans, Jon Klassen and Andy Schuler. All of Chris Appelhans' and half of Jon Klassen's presentation weren't recorded due to the camera battery dying. Nevertheless this is a rare opportunity to hear from the talents who helped design this extraordinary film, especially seeing as how the film's accompanying 'art of' book is a farce that excludes the work of these artists. I'll be writing more about Coraline soon. Until then, I've created a playlist so you can watch the entire panel with just one click below:
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Really cool stuff, having seen the movie already (which i strongly recommend you check out if you haven't) I found this neat in that it really shows the depth that these designers had in the series. Wybie (is that how you spell it?) looks very different in some of these shots.
I see me! It was an awesome panel. Thanks for filming it Sean.
Bill G.
Yeah, Wybie looked awfully white in those designs. Maybe they felt they needed to include a token minority in the film? Heck, happens in live action films all the time, so I guess animation is no exception.
Pretty nifty. Coraline only had about a 9% drop-off in box office cash this past weekend, which isn't too bad at all.
thank you so much for sharing this!
Dang! Only if videos have better audio!
Hey Guys.
Its a bummer the audio is so low, but here is why Wybie looks so different , straight from the horses mouth. Dan had done the initial White Wybie explorations. Beautiful. Then I took him over and started fleshing him out …Still white . He was approved and finalized as a sniveling white kid. Infact I was even doing his temp voice for the story reels. THEN …I was doing a ton of exploration for a new little ghost girl (that was shown on this video just before my Wybie stuff), and in my explorations I did some African american versions , just to throw it out there, to mix it up. Well out of all of them Henry chose the little African-American girl hands down. Well that changed things , because that little ghost girl is supposed to be related to Wybie…..So , Henry and I changed Wybie to an african american kid in the eleventh hour…. and then Later I had to design Wybies Grandmother as an african american woman . That is the Wybie Lovat story. It was explained at the panel but I guess I should have yelled louder for the cameras. I hope that clears up the mystery of the white Wybies. I'm glad everyone gets to see this stuff. We are all glad people are excited about it.
Dave K
It's really a shame the audio is so poor. It makes it impossible to understand. I was very interested in watching this, but couldn't make it past the 10 second mark. "A" for effort, at least.


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In the survey in March, 71.4 percent of respondents said they had sex before getting married, 43.1 percent said they approve of premarital sex, and only 24.6 percent voiced disapproval.
The findings contradict a 1989 survey in which only 15 percent of respondents said they had premarital sex.
The recent survey was created by Insight China, a magazine affiliated with Qiushi, the Party theory magazine, and conducted by Tsinghua Media Survey Lab at Tsinghua University, China Daily reported.


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About me and this blogThis is about me, my Bikram yoga practice, some about my sailing and for the moment none on my Bujinkan practice.
I normaly practice Bikram 5-7 times a week, but in the summer a lot less as I am usually sailing a lot with my family on our small sailing yacht.
When the fall starts I'm back stronger, happier and full of energy!
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I always get exactly what I need
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He said it: John Lennox on why Darwinism doesn't require evidence
|June 7, 2012
|Posted by O'Leary under Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News, Philosophy
In the contemporary scientific world we thus have the very unusual situation that one of science's most influential theories, biological macroevolution, stands in such a close relationship to naturalistic philosophy that it can be deduced from it directly – that is, without even needing to consider any evidence, as the ancient arguments of Lucretius plainly show. This circumstance is extraordinary since it is very difficult to think of another scientific theory that is in a similar position. (Page 98)
– John Lennox, quoted in Amanda Read, "Darwinocracy: The evolution question in American politics" (Washington Times, September 3, 2011).
Oxford mathematician John Lennox is the author of God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?. Here's an interview with him.
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Introduction to the Graphical Kernal System (GKS)
etc. , F.R.A. Hopgood
Editura: Academic Press Inc
This highly acclaimed Introduction to the Graphical Kernel System (GKS) has now been revised and updated following the publication of the International Standard (ISO 7942) in August 1985 and the draft international standard (ISO 8651) for the FORTRAN, Pascal, and Ada GKS language bindings. The main aim of this book is to provide an introduction to the concepts of GKS and the FORTRAN language binding. A basic knowledge of computer graphics is assumed. The first part of the text covers the background and major ideas of the system, and the second covers those features more likely to be required by the specialist graphics programmer. Appendices and an index allow the work to be used as a reference manual. All application programmers with an interest in computer graphics will find this book an invaluable aid.
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- Data Publicarii : 10 Jul 1986
- Editie : 2 Rev ed
- Format : Paperback
- Numar pagini : 250
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More 2 the Story: Why (and how) Cenovus is standing up for oil
Liz Hannah
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Oil Sands 101 Meetup
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Hi everyone. As you can see from what I'm wearing, I am unapologetically and unabashedly proud of what my company produces. And I'm proud of the way we produce it.
Just in case I haven't been clear: I heart oil.
I grew up in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa – in fact, in the world. I've seen how people live without modern energy. So I know there's not much in this world that's as important as oil.
Wouldn't it be something if everyone felt that way, and felt comfortable wearing a T-shirt like this!
There'd likely be no cries to stop oil sands development and no issues about building new pipelines.
But that's not the case.
In North America, we appear to have lost sight of what oil gives us. How, for more than a hundred years, it has raised the quality of life for those who have access to it.
How it's enabled us to have a global economy. And how it will keep doing that for many, many years to come.
But, when you consider the many emotional accusations about oil, and I'm sure you've heard them:
- It's dirty.
- It's ruining our water.
- It's singlehandedly killing the planet.
There are a lot of people out there who are genuinely worried that oil just might be the cause of everything that's wrong with the planet.
Who don't know enough about Canada's oil and gas industry to understand how our resources are developed, or how they're regulated. Or how the oil and gas industry's impacts on the environment compare with other industries.
Who don't know that we spend millions as an industry on bettering the technology we use to ensure we develop Canada's resources in the most responsible way possible.
At Cenovus, we believe it's important to understand what Canadians know and think about energy. And about oil in particular.
But we also want to understand why they think that way.
Of particular interest to us is the fact that year over year, study after study, the results of online polls and telephone surveys show that the majority of Canadians are either supportive, or don't have an opinion one way or the other, of the oil sands. Of the way we develop our oil in Canada. Of pipelines.
We're talking 80 percent of Canadians1.
I find that staggering. Not because I find the data hard to believe, but because you'd never know it from the media or from all the commentary on social media.
So what's going on? Why is there such an overwhelmingly negative tone and level of fear mongering in much of what's being said and discussed about these topics when it's not how the majority of Canadians actually feel?
We undertook some research to figure that out.
In 2010, we commissioned a research firm to conduct a series of workshops for us across Canada.
As each workshop was three hours long, it was a pretty big time commitment. Yet every one of the participants was fully engaged in the topic and committed to providing thoughtful feedback.
Interestingly, there were similar themes across the board that matched what came out of a second series of workshops that we commissioned in December 2012.
Four of those themes helped us understand why so many people are silent about their support of oil.
The first theme is this: Canadians are disconnected from the debate because they're busy with their increasingly complicated lives. So, a lot of people aren't even aware that we have an energy issue.
Don't get me wrong. It's not that they don't care about energy issues or aren't interested. It's just that they have a fundamental belief that smart minds will prevail and sort things out.
The second theme: Those who would like to know more face barriers. Information about the industry and energy issues isn't typically written in a way that's targeted to the average Canadian. It's often technical and detailed, and meant for an industry audience. But, even more significantly, they don't know what source to trust.
More and more, they're trusting peers. That's whose opinion carries weight these days. A friend, a relative, someone who, for example, reads an article and then shares their opinion or concerns on
Facebook. That's great, but it does mean that there's a wide range of information and misinformation out there.
The third theme, and this should come as no surprise: Canadians feel guilty.
They know they need oil but it's getting harder and harder for them to feel confident that oil is being developed responsibly in the face of all the negativity they're exposed to.
The fourth, and final theme: Despite using it every day, our research showed that Canadians know very little about energy.
Where their electricity comes from, for example. Where gasoline comes from. And the oil sands? Well, for many people, they're a complete mystery.
Because Canadians know so little about energy, they don't have the information they need to champion their position.
Time after time, people in the workshops who were pro-oil or even neutral went silent in the face of strong emotionally charged negative opinions.
And who can blame them? Even people who work in the industry are uncomfortable speaking up.
Based on our research, we have concluded that it has become socially unacceptable to admit to being associated with oil or to being okay with oil, despite it being a product that gives us so much.
That goes a long way to explaining why people can admit to being ok about oil and pipelines in surveys where they have anonymity, but are unwilling to speak up about their support in public.
At Cenovus, we believe we have to speak up. To say we're proud and why we're proud. And to talk about what oil gives us.
And we need others to champion it too.
Canadians need to understand energy and how critical it is to our lives. They need to understand the role oil plays in the energy mix.
But not just that. They also need to be reminded of how very lucky we are to have so much of it right here in Canada so they can start to value it again.
This one single product can be used to produce electricity.
It can be used to heat and cool our homes.
And it can be used as the feedstock for thousands of products we use and rely on every day. Our credit cards. Furniture. Sports equipment. Even antibiotics.
But where it plays a starring role is transportation.
From the time the combustion engine was invented, it has been and still is the best source of energy we have for our transportation needs. Which is why oil still provides 92 percent of the world's transportation fuel today.
And forecasts show oil will continue to provide most of the world's transportation fuel for the next several decades.
It's the world's primary transportation fuel for a reason. Three to be exact:
- It's reliable
- It's transportable
- And it's available worldwide
Think about it. Whether it's in the form of gasoline, diesel or jet fuel, it's oil that gets us to work. It's oil that makes travel abroad possible. And it's oil that delivers our food and the clothes and products we buy to our stores.
Take one of these [smartphone] for example.
Does anyone NOT have one?
Well, no one would have one if it wasn't for oil. It's in the polymer film on the screen. It's in the liquid crystals in the device. And it's in the plastic casing.
And that's not all.
The smartphone is truly global. It's made up of dozens of raw materials and components that come from all around the world that then get assembled in factories in China before being shipped by cargo boat, plane, train and truck and delivered to a store near you.
What else is there to say about that, except "thanks oil?"
I'd wager that many of us take oil, and all the other forms of energy we use, for granted. I know I do. It's there when I need it, so I don't think much about it.
But that's not true for everyone. Shockingly, almost 40 percent of the world's population still lives without access to modern energy2. That means 2.6 billion people are cooking their food with things like wood. Charcoal. Even dung.
A few years ago, I took my family to see where I grew up.
We travelled through southeast Africa in a bus named Elvis and I was struck by how, 30 years later, so much had changed and yet so much was still the same.
Unreliable electricity. Charcoal still being sold at the side of the road. People still carrying water from a communal pump.
There isn't enough energy for what the world needs now. Never mind in the future with global energy demand, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, expected to increase 56 percent over the next three decades3.
Everybody, everywhere, deserves energy and a life beyond subsistence.
That can only happen if every form of energy is used to meet that demand.
Coal. Natural gas. Nuclear. Renewables like wind, solar, and hydro. New forms of energy. And, of course, oil.
How can we in all good conscience even suggest that the oil sands – the third largest oil resource on the planet – not have a role?
I started off this talk saying how proud I am of the way we develop the oil sands.
We have several projects underway. All are drilled, using steam to liquefy the oil so it can be pumped to the surface. This is a process called SAGD for the techies in the room. So amazing when you think about it.
As are the improvements and enhancements that have been made since we started.
But the point I want to make is that the Canadian oil and gas industry is the most highly regulated in the world, with some of the strictest reporting standards. With that kind of oversight, how can the oil sands be anything but developed responsibly?
Special interest groups have accused Canadians of being lax when it comes to the environment. They've implied that we have weak morals and soft laws. This may be my adopted country, but I'm personally affronted by those accusations.
What I want to know is, why isn't everyone?
We have no reason to be ashamed of how we're developing our natural resources.
On the other hand, we welcome the views of those who are advocates of the environment. Critics who say the oil sands shouldn't be developed at all costs and that the environment must be considered. I couldn't agree more. The environment is a key consideration in all that we do as an industry.
Take greenhouse gas emissions. It's a hot topic, and admittedly, one of our biggest challenges.
To put things in context, the oil sands account for 1/700th of the world's emissions4. That's the equivalent of about a tablespoon in a
10-litre bucket of water. It barely moves the needle.
But at Cenovus, we believe even that much is too much. So we're working on ways to further reduce our emissions. And so is everyone else in the oil sands.
Something we all have to keep in mind is that all human activity, whether it's resource development, manufacturing, tourism, even building homes, has an impact on the environment.
We all have to do better. And in the oil sands we're working on improvements every day, using innovation and technology.
Why do I believe so passionately that Canadians need to know more about energy, and oil in particular?
Because people aren't connecting our amazing medical system with the millions of tax dollars generated by the energy industry.
They aren't connecting our outstanding air and water quality with the rigour that goes into the environmental standards and oversight for every industry and business in Canada.
They aren't connecting a ready supply of gasoline at the pumps with the production of oil.
But even more importantly, they aren't engaging in the energy issues facing Canada.
We believe that Canadians need to be more informed about Canada's energy resources and Canada's role as an energy power. And that Canadians need to stop being silent and stop allowing special interest groups to dominate the issues.
It's why we've created a video called the Story of oil and a website that provides additional facts called More2theStory.
We're going to play the video in a moment. But check out the website as well. And add your thoughts on the site's discussion forum.
If you like our materials, please share them. And if you don't, let us know.
Oh, and see me about getting a T-shirt! Thank you.
1 Based on data derived from Cenovus's research.
2 United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report 2011, Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All. p.67
3 U.S. Energy Information Administration International Energy Outlook 2013 (July 2013)
4 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers: Environment Canada 2013 / United Nations Statistics Division
Liz Hannah, Vice-President, Communications presents at Oil Sands 101 Meetup Courtesy Cenovus Energy
Nearly 200 people attended the Oil Sands 101 Meetup Courtesy Cenovus Energy
A question from the audience at the Oil Sands 101 Meetup Courtesy Cenovus Energy
The panel answering questions at the Oil Sands 101 Meetup Courtesy Cenovus Energy


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Bill Shipp tells us don't cut the University System budget because those who get a college degree earn so much more than a high school graduate. And that, my friends, is a travesty by itself. Somehow we have measured a person's worth to our society by the degree which they have, and that is just wrong.
On any given day, it is the people who likely have no degrees who serve best our community interests. If your toilet is stopped up, do you care if your plumber has a degree in English literature? And what is the worth of that fellow who is driving a 5,000-gallon tanker truck delivering gasoline to your neighborhood so you can get to work? And the guy who fixes your car, especially the brakes, is he less worthy of a decent wage over his lifetime because he doesn't have a degree?
It is the degreed people who seem to come up with more schemes to separate us from our money. The Enron crowd got business degrees from someplace. This is not to run down anyone with a degree or several of them, but let's get some perspective here. Education is wonderful and much of it benefits us, but the idea that degreed people are somehow more valuable to our economy is not so, especially just because they earn more.
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Not too many of us have four foot tall old shipping crates just hanging around to repurpose. I'm just guessing here, anyway. But lucky me, I find all kinds of treasures in my grandparents' house and garage. Like this shipping crate. It was originally used to ship fragile items from Columbia Lighting, according to a stamp on its side.
My grandpa (I call him Poppy) added a couple of shelves for me and voilà. Turned on its side, this shipping crate makes a fun narrow bookshelf.
This is one sturdy shelf. It's so heavy; I could barely lift it to try it out in different spots around my house before selecting the perfect location. And, it's almost as tall as me!
I love the perfectly imperfect parts about this shelf. "This side up" is handwritten in marker on one side. It also has several stamps from the lighting company where it originated. And all of the wear and tear, adds charm. After all, it's a shipping crate. It should have some wear!
The narrow width of this shelf works great in my tiny home. It's exactly what I needed. What do you think?
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So last chapter was the last chapter. I wish I could do more but I made commitments here and at school. But I would like to say thank you so much for getting me this far. Over a 400 reviews! I've never been so happy to get so much love and also some great ideas in stories and advice in writing.
I want to thank all my reviewers:
Luminesyra, dObsessions (rotgfwennieluvr), Anony mouse101, Wolfwind97, Awesomealicious, Sloppy Joe 313, General zargon, Fantasy Forger, ELLE555, SniperKingSogeking0341, sapphire316, bones-is-the-best, The Blue Snow Bunny, LightMyBulb, DragonEmerald98, Latias876, wildgirl404, SkyHighFan, Insane PJO luvr 93, IceColdSoup, rain flower, SparkleH876, Jack Frost and the Frost Child, Gabsters, Call Me Rinny Tin, I'm awesome and ya'll know it, tammie, Becca187, Moonclaw and Chance, mmrose9, domesticgold, nique17, AGR2016, mr man, TMNTlover2, Believers, Mary Penelope, stormygirl335, Falcrow-42, lilyflower5189, Dragon-Wolf-Mustang Rider, kattyyy4, Maddie, RedHal, Erynlasgalen90, RUHLSAR000, DragonEmerald98, strawberryneighborhoods, Cougar rolypoly bug, AquaNerd, Ami683, FMA lover912, iscreamer1, fish-egirl, Gabzgirl, Sapphire, riseftheguardiansfan, little miss writer girl, cam3910, mrs frost, Sunny Lighter, Alluring Alliteration, Forever Frosted, SokkasFirstFangirl, Skystar, 3DMGLonemachine, Hakuai-animelover135, Rubberducksrock, Wolf Girl, Hawking-MistyKit, Artimesgirl91, then many guest that reviewed, and others if I forgot to mention them.
I want to thank everyone who favorite me and my story and who followed me and the story as well.
Phew! What a list! But now I'm done, meaning I have nothing else to say but thank you all. Really, I have never been part of such a dedicated fandom full of awesome people like you. No matter how low people see ROTG, we still go on and make it awesome in our own way. We've even brought the Guardians into our lives like whenever we see snow, we know Jack Frost came around for a fun snow day. Wonder, Hope, Dreams, Memories and Fun. May all of these qualities guide you in life.
I don't know if I'm going to do another full ROTG story. It's slim to none but if you guys want you can keep your eyes peeled out for anything. I'm definitely doing a Frankenweenie/ ROTG one shot soon so stick around for that. I'll be over in the Teenage mutant ninja turtle fanfiction for a while. You guys can check out my TMNT stories if you want.
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The group is joined by a Shield maiden that looks like a Devil. Horns, red eyes, a tail, and the name Inara. That evening a woman with a large cat like creature comes in and immediately attacks Iska with its long rough tongue, licking and nuzzling her. Catlord quickly wrangled her cat and joined the group after hours of discussion and catching up. Along with Shieldmaiden was a stealthy jack that murders, but with a very boystrous and loveable personality. Sakumsa definitely liked sharp objects.
The group introduces themselves and convince the new members to join them on their journey to save Nyx.
During the late evening before they go to bed, Chimp the Pimp stops by the inn and offers for them to visit his Redlight district. After some discussion, and some instant agreements, they all go with Chimp. They are taken tot the walls of the city where chimp leads them up to a light hanging from the wall, most notice that all the other lights in the area are white, but this one is red. Chimp taps it a few times, and a door slides open in the wall. A few walk in without hesitation, and disappear into darkness. Catlord and Itchybald go back to the inn, deciding its not worth it. The rest go in. When they enter, most of the women look very familiar to the group, until the group realizes the women are all blue skinned, and look like almost identical Hawmett's wife. The group freezes and overloads with fear. They were all Nubian Wives.
When they look back to walk out, the door is missing. Hawmett disappears into a house with one of the women, as he is enchanted by the women that look like his wife. A man with a fez like Chimp the Pimp comes up and mentions they can leave for a shin. Most of the group pays and leaves. Eeshina decides to stay and asks for someone not blue skinned, so she spent the night with Johnny the Horse and is sore the next morning when she arrives back at the Inn. Hawmett spends time with his wife look-alikes but is found to not have money and is put to doing the laundry. He sees many pregnant wives and they all give birth to kids that look like him, like his other child.
The group stops by an Aeon church to get Numenera identified and sold before heading out of town. Daegalus walks away with 50 shins, and the rest of the group is relaxed and fully healed by the giant crystalline tree in the center of the church.
The group leaves the city towards Nox. Vyx explains that between here and Nox there are the Hibblins where people disappear often. The group decides to go into the forest to get to Nox and they are quickly surrounded by greenery and vines. Inara notices something in the trees and everyone looks up. They occasionally see a brief glow and hear weird noises. They are greeted by creepy bugs that want to trade. Itchybald knows what they are. They are Meego and they frighten most of the group. They are the size of a man and look insectoids.
Itchybald gets a special deal for knowing them very well and speaking their language. They offer him a lightning gun for some of his existing cyphers and he accepts. It clips onto his arm and seems alive. So when it attaches, it clamps onto him and digs into his body, feeding off his electromagnetic energies to fuel itself.
After the trading is over, the group politely leaves and continues on through the fog, and they think they see trees again, and the place continues to be strange and eerie.
The fog has gotten exceptionally thick and Hedge, Eeshina, Catlord, Hawmett, Vyx, Peace and Itchybald get lost in the woods. The rest manage to stay together. Iska quickly uses her crowd control ability to bring most of them back. Everyone comes back, except Eeshina.
Eeshina is wandering around fully lost and something flies out of the fog, that looks a bit like a green flying squirrel with long bat like ears, little gleamy bloodshot eyes, and a mouth of teeth open to attempt to eat her. She tries to run, and dodges one of the attacks. She remembers that she has an invisibility cypher and uses it and ducks left to avoid the giant attacking squirrels. She reunites with the group and they see the city of Nox and they see smoke coming from the city as they make their way out of the forest in a rush.


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Built to O. V. S. Bulleid's Southern Railway design, 34092 was built in 1949 after the nationalisation of the railways in Britain lt was originally named "Wells" but was renamed "City of Wells" a year later. When completed, it went directly to the London being regularly used on such prestigious duties as the "Golden Arrow" boat train between London and Dover. The engine also had the honour on 18th April 1956 of hauling the train carrying leaders Bulganin and Kruschev from Portsmouth to London Victoria and later same year hauled the Royal Train carrying King Feisal of lraq from Dover to Victoria.
The engine was withdrawn from Salisbury in November 1964 and sold to Woodham Bros. scrap-yard in South Wales, remaining there until being purchased by a group of individuals in 1971 who brought it to the KWVR in November of that year.
The engine was returned to service in 1979 with a re-dedication/naming ceremony at Keighley station being carried out by the then Mayor of Wells, Mr Ernest Wright on 1st April 1980. The loco was maintained to main-line standards and worked all over the country on special charters, earning it the nickname 'the volcano' due to its volcanic chimney 'eruptions' when working hard. The locomotive was withdrawn in 1989 to begin, what turned out to be, a 25 year restoration back to running order.
The rebuilding of the engine, including a return to as-built appearance, was finally completed in August 2014, triumphantly returning to traffic on the 16th August. The locomotive currently is named 'Wells', as first named when entering traffic, pending a second rededication ceremony to 'City of Wells' in due course. Being a large express engine, 'City of Wells' is popular with both enthusiasts and members of the general public.
34092 is currently away from the Railway following a bridge failure in Keighley preventing its return by road after visiting the East Lancashire Railway at Bury. Hopefully 'Wells' will return in the not too distant future.


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|19 Jul 2011
Win 7 pro x64
Cannot Open *.MMC, NET, wmp, user control
I have the computer specs in my signature.
I have an unusual setup with windows on a small SSD (D and symlinked program files and users to the c: drive, turned off hibernation, and moved the page file to the C:.
Anyway, all has been going good until lately, i have not been able to open certain programs/utilities:
device manager - MMC cannot open the file ...
Control panel>users - nothing happens
devices and printers - loads forever
wmp - d:\windows\system32\pdh.dll is not either designed to run on windows
and more I am sure.
oddly, Servces.msc works fine.
I have the latest version of avast Internet Security 6 (paid)
I ran chkdisk /f /x d: with no errors
and sfc /SCANNOW with a lot of errors - see attached
Also, lately it has been acting very slow.
Can someone please take a look at it and see what i can do to fix it?
I hope my ssd is not dying.
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64-bit Windows 10 Pro
Hello Silverhawk, and welcome to Seven Forums.
With that amount of errors, I would say that it may just be better to backup anything that you do not want to lose, and reinstall Windows 7.
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During the last few years, Singapore has signed or amended its double tax treaty list in order to enhance trade and economic relations with other countries and to increase the number of potential foreign investors. Switzerland is one of the European countries Singapore has good economic ties with. The first double tax agreement between Singapore and Switzerland dates back in 1975. The convention was last amended in 2011 and enforced in 2013 by both contracting states.
The new Singapore-Switzerland double taxation treaty covers the following taxes:
The convention also applies to similar taxes collected in the contracting parties.
In order to provide advantageous tax conditions to foreign investors setting up companies in Singapore or Switzerland, and to those already operating in one of the two states, the elimination of double taxation will occur through tax credits or exemptions in Singapore, and tax deductions, exemptions or other reliefs depending on the nature of the income in Switzerland.
Special provisions apply in the case of permanent establishments, such as subsidiaries or branch offices registered by Singapore and Swiss companies in the other country. Our Singapore company formation agents can provide you with information about the avoidance of double taxation under the treaty with Switzerland.
Certain incomes, such as dividend, interest and royalties payments benefit from reduced rates under the Singapore-Switzerland double taxation convention. These rates apply as it follows:
For complete information about the double tax treaty with Switzerland, please contact our company registration consultants in Singapore.
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