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In this book, you will learn about the life of Johnny Carson. You will discover the path he took to fulfill his personal destiny. The story of this man's life will teach you that you have the ability to create the life you want if you work hard and stay focused. During the short history of television, there has only been one man who will be remembered as being king of the late night talk show. This man's name was Johnny Carson and he was best remembered for his role as the host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Johnny appeared on a variety of other shows, but none of them ever reached the level of popularity like The Tonight Show did. Johnny was able to relate to the average American very well. His Midwestern upbringing was very modest and this could explain his ability to stay humble even though he was a famous celebrity. He was very smart and he took time out to stay educated about American politics and current events around the world. While Johnny usually took a less-accepted liberal or progressive stance on many issues, the majority of the average people would still agree with him and manage to see his point of view. Here is a preview of what you'll learn:
Johnny Carson's Midwestern Childhood
Johnny Carson Joins The US Navy
Johnny Carson's Career Before The Tonight Show
Johnny Carson And Magic
Johnny Carson As The host Of The Tonight Show
Johnny Carson's Favorite Characters
Johnny Carson's Death
Johnny Carson Quotes
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The Killers once sang, 'Are we human? Or are we dancers?' But maybe that should have been 'Or are we diners?'
Think of a dog with a bone. Go near the bone and you'll likely have a nasty bite to show for your trouble. Thankfully, humans are not apt to bite you if you go near their food (well, maybe there are one or two exceptions to the rule, but you get the gist!).
No, humans not only are willing to share their food, the majority enjoy it more when sharing. It's kind of in our DNA and has been part of our culture for thousands of years.
Food is key to our existence, but there's much more to it than that. Food is often the earliest shared experience with a future partner. It's a reason to meet up with friends and it's also a reminder that we're lucky to be able to do what we want to do with the people we do it.
In a cave near Tel Aviv, there is evidence that ancient meals were prepared on a hearth so people could meet, greet and eat together. The cave is more than 300,000 years old. The bible phrase 'break bread together' is another example of how important the sharing of food has been to mankind.
And we've been doing it all our lives. Who didn't hold a tea party or make a mud pie as a kid? And what do we do on special occasions? Have a celebratory cake that we slice up and share in celebration. You've probably not thought that much about it before, but it's ingrained on our lives from birth. Some religions leave food by the graves of those who have recently departed, in the hope of sharing beyond life.
So, sharing is everything and it is enjoyable, friendly and brings us closer together.
At TWID, we love sharing plates. In our unique restaurant, it's part of our DNA and we think it is what good food and great times are all about.
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It is established in this episode that, unlike other chief engineers in previous incarnations (TOS, TNG, and DS9), Torres doesn't exaggerate her repair times to make herself look like a miracle worker.
Trivia: This episode includes the first mention and appearance of Leola Root, which would become quite well known throughout the duration of the series.
Nitpick: When Tuvok scans the Kazon, he says they are from the Kazon Nistrim sect. But all Kazon ships are the same, since they were stolen from the Trabe, and the only Kazon sect they had encountered previously is the Kazon Ogla.
Janeway: Any unexpected life signs down there, commander?
Chakotay: Nothing but bloodworms. Neelix wants to take some back with us for a tartare he wants to make. I've tried to talk him out of it.
B'Elanna: Of all the things to die for... It's a food replicator, or at least it was trying to be.
B'Elanna: No, Captain. When I say 'tomorrow', I mean tomorrow. I don't exaggerate. Tomorrow is the best I can do.
Tuvok: How may I be honest with you today?
Chakotay: I'd just like to know from someone else who pulled the wool over my eyes. Was I particularly naive, was I not paying enough attention? What the hell was it that let all you spies get by me?
Tuvok: Like all humans, you depend on feelings and instincts to guide you, and they invariably let you down. But particularly naive? No, Commander, and I've always considered your attention span to be adequate.
Chakotay: Did you ever see anything about Seska that made you suspicious?
Tuvok: No. She quite expertly pulled the wool over my eyes as well.
Chakotay: Well, that makes me feel a little better. Thanks.
Tuvok: Curious.
Chakotay: What?
Tuvok: That my failure, added to your own, should improve your feelings.
Chakotay: Misery loves company, Tuvok.
Chakotay: I never knew Vulcans had such a talent for cards.
Tuvok: It is simply a matter of logical discards, which give a false impression of my own requirements and deny the needed cards to your hand. I believe that's ninety four points to me.
Chakotay: If you ever need a sponsor in a gin tournament, let me know.
Chakotay: The one thing I still can't understand, is why?
Seska: I did it for you. I did it for this crew. We are alone here, at the mercy of any number of hostile aliens, because of the incomprehensible decision of a Federation captain. A Federation captain who destroyed our only chance to get home. Federation rules. Federation nobility. Federation compassion? Do you understand, if this had been a Cardassian ship, we would be home now. We must begin to forge alliances. To survive, we must have powerful friends. The Kazon-Nistrim were willing to be our protectors in return for some minor technology.
Janeway: Minor technology that could change the balance of power in this quadrant.
Seska: Change it in our favour! That is all that matters at this point. Building a base of power in this quadrant. You are a fool, Captain. And you're a fool to follow her. I can't imagine how I ever loved you.
Seska: Oh, you don't think whoever did this is foolish enough to log in using their own name?
Chakotay: Chief Inspector Tuvok leaves no stone unturned.
Culluh: Our sensors show that you are trespassing on our vessel.
Janeway: As I've already informed you, we're attempting to retrieve the console that caused this explosion.
Culluh: If you attempt to remove anything from our ship, it will be considered an act of war.
Janeway: You know, I'm really easy to get along with most of the time. But I don't like bullies, and I don't like threats, and I don't like you, Culluh. You can try and stop us from getting to the truth but I promise you, if you do I will respond with all the 'unique technologies' at my command. Janeway out.
Janeway: There was a trace of a Federation compound in the remains of the explosion. We have reason to believe that someone on board this ship gave technology to your people. Until we have a better explanation of what occurred, I can't release that ship to you.
Culluh: That is not acceptable.
Janeway: It will have to be.
Culluh: Your unique technologies make you brave, Captain. But you have only one ship. In less than a day there will be four Kazon vessels off your bow.
Janeway: Perhaps by then we'll have the answers we need.
Janeway: Seska has spent most of the last two years as an enemy of the Federation.
Chakotay: So have I.
Neelix: You humans! You're not used to roughing it, are you? Well, you take it from one who knows. The day may come when you'll relish every last crunch of leola. Stewed for a few hours in a light herbal broth, ah, you wouldn't even notice the mildew.
Tuvok: The demands on a Vulcan's character are extraordinarly difficult. Do not mistake composure for ease.
Chakotay: (to Tuvok) You were working for her, Seska was working for them... was anyone on board that ship working for me?!
The working title for this episode was "Seska". But as Director Robert Scheerer noted, that "obviously gave everything away."
Spock Visual Allusion:
In the first few minutes before the opening credits while Chakotay is investigating a cave he walks past a large green illuminated rock which has a definite resemblance to the face of Spock from ST:TOS.


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'Dilwale' may have witnessed criticism for its concept, but the film has emerged as a winner in creating records. The box office figures are impressive enough especially in the overseas. 'Dilwale' starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in main leads was already much in limelight for its magnificent cast. Here listing down 9 records created by the film Dilwale.
1. Second highest figure ever in Gulf
'Dilwale' proved to be a SUPERHERO at the Gulf with earnings of $8.30 million net approx. The mind blowing figures in the region gaining the place of second highest ever.


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By the way this document was posted few weeks ago on the Pentagon/FMSO web site, it is a long 262 pages document, and unfortunately when I read it the first time (few weeks ago) I missed the "SPECIAL AMMUNITION" term used in this 9 pages top secret memo.
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Every once in a while, an evolution in engineering changes the way we think. History is littered with them; the invention of the wheel, the industrial revolution and the influence of personal computers have all made their mark.
Recently, there's been one strange miss - liquid petroleum gas. It costs about half as much as petrol or diesel, is widely available and delivers decent environmental benefits. However, despite the introduction of government subsidies of up to $2000 in 2006 designed to boost sales of LPG-fuelled vehicles, fewer than 5000 gas-fed new cars were sold last year, compared with about 8000 only five years ago.
According to LPG Australia, about 700,000 cars now rely on the fuel. Most are dual-fuel versions converted to switch between petrol and LPG, while some diesel vehicles also use the gas to help improve performance.
Ford has been the only brand to produce a model running solely on LPG. At its height, the LPG model accounted for one in four Falcons sold and almost half of Falcon ute sales.
Its direct rival, the Holden Commodore, has a petrol fuel tank to supplement the LPG one.
Holden will abandon its dual-fuel strategy for the large family car later this year, though. It will introduce its own version of a dedicated LPG system, while its performance division, HSV, has introduced a dual-fuel version.
Australia's third major car maker, Toyota, has refused to join the LPG rush for passenger vehicles.
It is instead concentrating on its ambitions to add a hybrid version of each model in its line-up.
Ford last sold an LPG version of the Falcon in September last year, withdrawing it from the market after missing tough new emissions targets that also claimed the scalp of the thirsty, petrol-powered Territory Turbo.
But now Falcon's LPG-fuelled Falcon is back and featuring more than a dose of good old Aussie ingenuity.
And guess what? It's pretty good. But is it good enough to bring Falcon back from the brink of extinction?
Ford first launched an LPG-fuelled model of the large family sedan with the hastily upgraded AUII Falcon that burst into showrooms in 2000.
But it has always been the poor cousin to the petrol model. In its most recent guise, the E-Gas Falcon was well down on performance, heavy on fuel at an official 14.9L/100km, lumbered with a four-speed automatic gearbox and had the spare wheel mounted awkwardly in the middle of the boot.
Ford's brief for the new gas-fed Falcon - renamed EcoLPi, for the liquid petroleum injection technology it uses, and available on the normally aspirated XT, G6, G6E and XR6 models - was to build on the existing 4.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine and customise it for Australia.
According to the powertrain engineering manager for Ford, Pritika Maharaj, that included major modifications under the hood. It starts at the rear-mounted, 93-litre tank, which now has a fuel pump mounted inside it that draws liquid LPG from a splash well built into the base of the tank. The fuel then runs along an insulated line up to the injectors, where - just like a petrol car - it is sprayed in precise amounts into the cylinders. It adds up to give the gas-burning Falcon a much better official fuel-use average of 12.5 litres per 100 kilometres and a driving range of about 740 kilometres.
Emissions are better on gas, too. Even though the engine will burn through more LPG than petrol per kilometre, carbon dioxide emissions for the gas are only 203 grams per kilometre, compared with petrol's 236g/km.
Because the gas is burnt at a higher pressure than petrol - part of what delivers the fuel-use and emissions benefits for the LPG Falcon - it gets a modified head and a unique fuel-delivery system and pistons.
The fuel lines and inlet manifold are also highly insulated to help keep the fuel in its liquid state.
That last fact is an important one. As any previous, LPG-fuelled Falcon owner will tell you, starting the old E-Gas car could be a chore, usually involving lots of cranking and a couple of mis-starts before the engine would catch, particularly on hot days.
The problem for Ford is that the liquid LPG in the EcoLPi Falcon will still vaporise once the ignition is switched off. How, then, do they get around this?
According to the base engine and alternate fuels supervisor for Ford Australia, Simon Flint, his core team of three people laboured long and hard over how the engine could trigger the response to prime itself with liquid fuel right up to the injectors in readiness for it to start.
After tossing around a few ideas, including starting the pump as soon as the car was unlocked, Flint's team settled on using the act of opening the driver's door as the trigger.
Unlike a petrol car, which waits until the key is turning in the ignition barrel, the EcoLPi Falcon is ready to start even before you've settled in the driver's seat.
Turn the key - the new LPG-fuelled Falcon makes clever use of Ford's one-touch starting system, which means you don't need to hold the key on to keep the engine cranking - and our pre-warmed G6 test car starts almost as quickly as the petrol version. Even repeatedly turning the engine off, pausing for 10 seconds and then turning it back on resulted in a perfect start each time.
Part of the engine's development included more than 550,000 kilometres of real-world evaluation, including laps of Australia, to test varying fuel quality. Ford established it will even start within six seconds on a searing 49-degree day.
But there is one more big benefit that probably overshadows anything else: there's no gag-inducing, taxi-familiar pong coming out the exhaust, because the fuel system is now fully closed and no unburnt gas - the former source of the unpleasantness - escapes it.
Ford hopes you'll be hard-pressed to work out if the steering wheel you're sitting behind belongs to an LPG or petrol model.
That also extends to how the EcoLPi Falcon drives. It now has the same six-speed automatic gearbox as petrol models, although retuned to take advantage of the gas car's slight torque advantage over the petrol car, contributing about a 2per cent gain to fuel efficiency on its own.
An educated ear might just be able pick the LPG engine at low revs by the sound of it. There's a bit of a metallic rasp to the note that is overwhelmed by the exhaust note as soon as revs start to rise.
It feels powerful, too. Overlaying the power and torque curves for the engine running on premium unleaded petrol and on the new LPG system results in a very close match, with the LPG engine having a slightly more linear torque delivery.
How close? As an example, Ford took us to the State Motorcycle Sports Complex at Broadford, where two unmarked XR6 Falcons sat side-by-side on the main straight - one running on LPG and the other 98RON petrol.
The LPG engine develops 198kW and 409Nm, while the petrol car develops ... well, Ford didn't say - but the LPG engine's outputs do match the petrol engine running on 95RON fuel.
In a pure drag race, car number two - the LPG-fuelled version, as it was revealed - consistently crossed the line first on repeated runs. Because the LPG Falcon engine matches the improvements made to the petrol engine developed for the current-generation Falcon, you're not going to smell the difference, either.
On the road you need much less throttle application than the petrol-powered version to get the gas-fed Falcon's extra 70kilograms of bulk rolling from the traffic lights.
The EcoLPi engine also uses another familiar Falcon trait for the first time - the ability to completely shut off the fuel feed to cylinders while coasting down hills and use the engine as a brake, something it achieved comfortably on a long downhill run and locked in third gear.
Our loop through the rolling hills north of Melbourne, mostly in 80km/h zones on quiet semi-rural roads, should have had the EcoLPi Falcon performing at its prime.
However, at the end of a 50-kilometres run the trip computer on our G6 was showing a surprisingly high 14.0L/100km, despite the gentle drive. Checking the two other cars in front of us showed 13.4L (XR6) and 14.5L (XT) results, while a hard-driven G6E at the head of the pack was at more than 19.0L/100km.
This was odd, as the trip computer's instant fuel-use reading was consistently showing near the 10.0L/100km to 11.0L/100km mark and resetting the trip computer part way through the next leg resulted in a more believable 10.6L/100km figure.
The culprit, then, would appear to be idling at traffic lights, where we noticed the average fuel-use figure climbing steadily, even while the engine was just ticking over.
The stop also provided an opportunity to investigate one of the previous LPG Falcon's flaws - the boot space.
Because the spare wheel well was removed in the previous LPG model to make way for a pair of gas tanks, Ford's solution was to dump the spare in the middle of the boot, severely compromising space.
This time, Ford has taken a three-pronged approach, none of which work particularly brilliantly but at least most buyers can make the right choice.
The boot floor in the LPG Falcon sits higher than in the petrol model, so you're already behind in the space race.
Option one is a tyre inflation kit that sits on the standard equipment list. It's a small box sitting on the right side of the boot and contains a compressor and tyre sealant.
This yields you 464 litres of space (down from 535 litres in the petrol model) but could leave you stranded on the side of the road if the tyre is beyond repair.
The second solution is a space-saver spare, which customers can request as a no-cost option. Instead of being mounted - as was tradition - in the middle of the boot, it is offset to the driver's side, so space isn't as compromised and the split-fold rear seat is still useful. It cuts boot space to 408litres.
There's no official boot space figure for the $250 full-size spare option but an uneducated guess suggests it will be about 380litres, although again the wheel is offset to the driver's side to maximise what flat space is available.
The only other criticism that could be levelled at the new EcoLPi Falcon is tyre choice. The LPG versions on launch were all using harder-wearing Goodyear Excellence tyres, which did not feel as confident on damp surfaces as the Dunlops fitted to the previous petrol G6 we drove, admittedly some time ago. It will be interesting to compare them back-to-back.
However, the spare tyre is the only real flaw of the new Falcon and it's potentially not enough of a problem to turn off buyers.
There's a big upside, though, with Ford claiming private owners can recoup the $2500 cost of the system (bearing in mind replacing the six-speed manual gearbox on the petrol XR6 with the auto costs $1000) within six months, based on its calculations and including the $2000 government rebate.
The big problem for Ford is LPG's lack of appeal to private customers. It's a question that has beguiled the brand for some time, with then managing director Tom Gorman describing the response as ''shockingly low'' after fewer than 400 private buyers took advantage of the scheme in the first year of its launch.
In five years, an average of fewer than 500 private buyers a year have claimed the rebate, the latest AusIndustry figures show.
With Falcon sales in decline, winning over mums and dads and reclaiming lost LPG sales would be a welcome boost for Ford. It set out to make the LPG experience seamless with petrol and has come pretty close to that goal. That has to be worth something.


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As part of efforts to strengthen the public relations unit of the Lagos state police command, the office of the police public relations officer Lagos on Monday October 19, announced that two social media platforms have been added to the command's address to enable members of the public reach the command.
The announcement of the media tools was made by the command's spokesperson DSP Joseph Offor.
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Email:- firstname.lastname@example.com
Twitter:- policeNG_lagos
Facebook:- www.facebook.com/policeprolagos
Apart from the above mentioned platforms, the office of the PPRO Lagos state does not have/operate any other social media platform.
He cautioned members of the public to be weary of any police press release emanating from other media than the above mentioned.


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Are Ouija Boards Safe?
ARE OUIJA BOARDS DANGEROUS? by LINDA PRESTON
The Ouija board has acquired a sinister reputation over the years as a tool for contacting the dead.
There are reports of some being driven to the point of suicide after being haunted by spirits which have broken through whilst using the board.
The Ouija (which is said to take its name from a combination of the French and German for 'yes') was re-invented as a parlour game in 1898 at the height of the spiritualism craze, by the Fuld brothers of Baltimore. The Ouija is the second highest selling board game in Europe and the USA with over 25 million sold. Despite its scary reputation it is easy to find them for sale in toy and novelty shops.
Ouija boards are sometimes used with a planchette, which is a board mounted on two casters on which the sitters in the circle each lightly places a finger. Occasionally, an upturned glass is used in place of the planchette. There is no doubt that many people will vouch for the Ouija board working but how they work and where exactly the information comes from is another matter.
Sceptics argue that the so-called 'spirit messages' received during sessions are in fact originating in the sitters unconscious and the movements of the hands are caused by involuntary muscle contractions known as "ideomotor" action. Whatever the source, there is no doubt that messages - many of them making "unpleasant predictions" have been received this way.
Mediums and spiritualists insist the information is being given from the other side. But it's important to remember that it's possible someone is pushing the planchette or glass intentionally. It is also a possibility that the sitters are communicating telepathically with each other and unconsciously answering each others 'secret' questions by manipulating the planchette without even realizing they are doing so.
Horror fans will recall that it was through a Ouija board that the little girl in the Exorcist became possessed but in real life there have been disturbing accounts of impressionable individuals (particularly teenagers) committing suicide after using the board obsessively and claiming they have been possessed by dark forces.
It must be remembered however that these are the exception rather than the rule. The Ouija board is just a piece of cardboard or wood with some letters printed on it! But, it's not advisable that anyone of nervous disposition or anyone suffering from depression use it as there are few accounts of positive uplifting messages being passed through this source.
Also ,you should never use a Ouija board to ask questions about your future or those you know, as you may find the answer given upsetting and hard to forget. Even if you have no belief in the Ouija board, it is best not question it in this way!
Copyright Linda Preston 2009
About the Author
LINDA PRESTON WORKS AS A FREELANCE WRITER AND CAN BE CONTACTED VIA HER WEBSITE http://www.psychicreach.co.uk


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Ju Dou
1990, 95 min. Directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Gong Li, Li Baotian, Li Wei.
REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., May 10, 1991
Delirious melodrama, Chinese style. What a mix. I'm not sure what the Chinese reference points for this movie are. But in America they'd be Douglas Sirk and The Postman Always Rings Twice. Nominated for an Academy Award in the U.S. for Best Foreign Film, it was banned in its own country of China. The Chinese government even tried to have it withdrawn from consideration for an Oscar. Why? For the wife abuse and the adultery? For the unflattering portrait of rural life and the downcast ending? Set in China of the 1920s (a safe, pre-revolutionary time) the movie tells the story of a woman named Ju Dou (Gong Li). She is the third wife of Jinshan (Li Wei), an old unpleasant owner of a dye factory. He's a wife beater who also desperately longs for a male heir. Tianquig (Li Baotian) is his adopted nephew who lives and works with the couple at the dye factory. Tianquig is both repelled by the wife abuse and attracted to Ju Dou who encourages Tianquig's passions and when Jinshan goes away on business, the two consummate the affair. This being a good melodrama she, of course, immediately becomes pregnant and everyone acts like the child is Jinshan's. To compound matters, her husband is hurt in an accident and paralyzed from the waist down. The lovers now flaunt their illicit relationship in front of the old man. Then there's the growing child who's none too wild about either of these dads. But these are just the plot rudiments. What's really fascinating are the frills; the saturated colors that stem from the dye factory setting but serve as emotional filters and coding, the symbolic churning of the primitive machinery that becomes a truly poetic meta-language, the clucking relatives and townspeople who force social compliance with their disapproval. Douglas Sirk would have really loved this movie. Ju Dou is a juicy and stylish potboiler that keeps the pilots turned on full blast.
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Am I back?! Quite possibly. Starting to remember why I gave up on Ciao though, damn gremlins are so irritating! Is it worth the frustration?!
"Be wary of Littlewoods"
The Good, The Bad - AKA The Balanced ReviewA Little About Littlewoods
Littlewoods Shop Direct Group is the UK's biggest 'shop at home group', which includes catalogue and online shopping from Littlewoods, Littlewoods Direct and Littlewoods Ireland, as well as Additions Direct, Choice, Great Universal, Kays, and Marshall Ward.
According to their corporate website, they have 5 million customers, and annual sales of around £2 billion; a thought which really sickens me after my experiences with them.
Littlewoods.comThe Littlewoods website can be accessed by typing littlewoods.com, littlewoods.co.uk, or a whole host of other addresses which are longer and more difficult to remember than these two. On the whole the site usually loads quickly, but at certain times it can seem to take forever to fully load.
On entering the website, you are greeted by a very simple but professional looking homepage, designed in black and white. At the very top of the page is the Littlewoods logo, along with their orderline number. Next to this are the search box, 5 important links (I'll explain these later), and the shopping basket. A menu bar with links to the main departments separates this top section from the rest of the page, whilst a more extensive menu runs down the left hand side. The majority of the rest of the page is taken up by photo links to special offers or new product ranges, and they sometimes have an annoying popup which comes up here reminding you to buy product cover, enter a competition, or order the latest catalogue. And finally, right at the bottom of the page are links to information about the company, delivery and returns, terms and conditions etc.
No matter what page you are on within the site, the top and bottom of the page remain the same, so it's always easy to navigate using the links in these sections to get to wherever you want to go next, without having to go back to the homepage. The left hand menu also remains there, and expands to give you more options within each department, to make it as easy as possible to find what you're after without having to search through the whole catalogue.
The Search box allows you to search either by keyword or item number, the latter of which can be handy if you prefer flicking through the paper catalogue to searching through pages and pages of items on a website. I find the search function can often be really slow, and when searching by keyword it often comes up with quite a few erroneous results. Once you've got your search results you have the options to sort your results by department, brand, or price, which can make it easier to find just what you're after.
The 5 links on the top of the page are as follows:
My Account
To log into this section you'll need either your email address and password, or your Account number and password, or if you've never shopped online with them before you'll need to register.After logging into the My Account section, you are taken to a summary of your account, detailing your account number, credit limit, balance, and your personal details. On the left of the screen are the links to perform different functions on your account. From here you can easily make payments to your account, set up direct debits, take out shopping insurance, view statements, update your details, track orders, arrange returns, and view account-related FAQ's. There's also an 'account queries' button, which lets you quickly and easily send an email regarding your account (just don't expect a sensible or timely reply), without having to spend time filling in all your details first.
The last option on this page is 'My Offers', which takes you to a page of items which are supposedly 'personal recommendations', but frankly I really doubt there's anything personal about them.
Again you'll need to sign in to this area with your email address or account number, and password. You'll then be taken to a screen which shows your recent orders and their status, for example, the order may show as processing, shipped, or delivered, depending on what stage of the process it's currently at. So if you haven't received an item that you should have you can check on it's status really easily here, before having to contact them.
Track Order
This section allows you to quickly place an order using the catalogue numbers of your desired items, so if you've looked through the catalogue and decided what you want you can just type the numbers in here rather than having to search for them, so it makes the whole process much quicker. You can enter up to 12 items at a time, then you just click the next button to be taken to a page where you can select the options for your items (colour, size etc.) all in one go, then go straight to the checkout.
Quick Order
The help page is arranged with several tabs across the top, making it easier to find the information you're after. When you first click on the Help link you're taken to the FAQ page which has questions from each of the categories on the tabs, so it's up to you how you want to navigate through the help section. There are sections on how to use the site, how to order and how to make a payment, as well as sections on delivery and returns, privacy policies and the My Account section. There is also a Contact Us tab for if your question isn't answered within the FAQ's.
To be honest I've never found the Help section to be of much use, every time I've needed help it's been about something which is not answered on the help pages, so I've had to contact them instead, which is a waste of time as all I get is automated emails which do not address my query at all.
This one's fairly self explanatory, it logs you out of the site. However, it seems to always get stuck whenever I click this link and I end up having to close the page without logging of, which is rather annoying, but I'm sure this won't be a problem for everyone.
The departments are Women, Men, Kids & Nursery, Sports, Home & Garden, Furniture, Electricals, Appliances, Toys, Jewellery & Gifts, and Wedding Shop.
Many of the departments have an overlap, for example sports clothing can be found in the Sports department, as well as the Men/Women/Kids departments, so things are usually easy to find. I have noticed however, that some things are not listed where you would expect to find them, it's sometimes taken me ages to find what I'm after because it's been listed somewhere really obscure rather than in the relevant department.Each department is broken down into sub-sections so if you're looking for something in particular you can go straight to the relevant section rather than trawling through loads of irrelevant products.
When you browse the departments it shows the catalogue pages, just as they are in the paper catalogue, so you can flick through it page by page, or skip ahead to relevant sections. Then once you've found something you like you can click on the picture of it on the page and it will take you to the description of that item, and any related items, for example if it showed an outfit made up of shorts and a top and you clicked on the top, it would usually show you both the top and the shorts.
Item Detail
When you click to view an item it comes up with all the details there are for that particular item, including pictures, size or measurement details, colour options, and a description of the item. Sometimes the pictures are not the best quality and sometimes they're so distant that you can barely make out what the item actually looks like. This is where the zoom function should come in - you can zoom in on any detail of the picture that you want to see better, however, the zoom is really not that good and it loses picture quality really quickly when you start to zoom in on something, the more you zoom, the worse it gets, so it's really not that helpful after all.In the clothing sections it also displays a sizing chart beneath the description of the product, so you don't have to go hunting round the site for one when you've already found the item you want, as you do have to on plenty of other sites.
On the whole the item details are accurate, but there are sometimes mistakes, such as the wrong colour or size being displayed. Also sometimes when I click on an item to view it, it takes me to a completely different item, or it will not load the page at all on particular items even though the rest of the site loads fine, so it's not always perfect.
Range & Prices
They do stock a good range including well known brands and some less well known ones. As an example, in the women's sportswear section, they stock Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Fred Perry, Puma and New York Yankees - all well known brands. They also then stock Eckored, Zoo York, G Unit, and their own brand. This is the same across most departments, giving the consumer a wide choice of brand and price range. They have all the well known brands that you would expect to find in such a large company, and a few extras that you may never have seen anywhere else.One major down point is the prices. They are, even as catalogue shopping goes, very expensive. If you compare them to Great Universal, one of the other companies under the Littlewoods brand, they have exactly the same range (If you get both the catalogues you can plainly see that they are practically identical apart from the front cover, and the website's are identical but for the colours and fonts used), yet often I have found it would be more expensive to shop with Littlewoods, though I do have to say they seem to have closed the gap price-wise recently.
When you look at the sales leaflets they send out regularly, you can see there are some brilliant bargains, often with up to 70% off major brands, and you could potentially make some great savings. However, every time I've gone to look at the sales items, even right at the beginning of the sale, most items are sold out already, but they don't remove these items from the sales pages. It can be very disappointing looking through the sales pages and thinking you've found a bargain, only to find that they're already sold out, and as far as I'm concerned they should not leave the items up there when they are no longer available.
One of my pet hates when shopping online is when you find something you really want and then find it's out of stock or, even worse, when it says it's in stock when it actually isn't. Littlewoods really falls down on both these counts for me. When browsing through the catalogue there are far too many out of stock items displayed, you'd think a huge company like Littlewoods would have better stock levels, but no, every time I find an item of clothing I like (and believe me I don't go for the 'in' fashions that everyone is wearing), they're out of stock of either my size or the colour I wanted, which is very frustrating. They also have a habit of saying things are in stock when they're not. I've often ordered something that was displayed as being in-stock only to find it's not been included in my order when I receive it because it's out of stock! Ridiculous and really annoying!
Stock Levels
To add things to your shopping basket you just need to click through to the item you want, enter any size, colour and payment options, and click the button to add it to your basket.
Shopping Basket
On the shopping basket you can view everything you've added to your basket in a very easy to understand format, with pictures of the items as well as just the descriptions, which makes it much easier when going through checking your items as you can instantly see what is what. You can then amend any items where you may have entered incorrect size or colour, change quantity, or remove the item from your basket.There is also a box below your items for entering any promotional codes you may have before you proceed to the checkout.
The checkout process is fairly quick and easy, though if you haven't shopped with them before you'll need to register before you can complete checkout.
Checkout Process
Once you've added your items to your basket and checked that all the details are correct, you're ready to click the checkout button. On the next screen you're asked to choose whether or not you've shopped with them before. If you've never shopped with them before you'll be taken to a registration page where you have to fill out all your details and create a password that you'll use to login to your account. If you already have an account you have to choose whether or not you've shopped online before. If you haven't you'll be taken to a registration page to manage your account online, and if you have you'll be asked to login.Once you're logged in to the checkout you have to confirm your details and order details before clicking on the final confirmation button and sending your order. They'll then send you an email confirmation with your order number, but in my experience this can take up to a couple of days to arrive.
You have the options of paying by credit or debit card, or by Littlewoods account.
Payment Options
If you choose to pay by debit card then the payment will be taken when you place the order, or if you choose to pay by credit card the payment will be taken on the expected despatch date.If you choose to open an account with them they will give you options of different payment plans to spread the cost of your order. All items can be spread over 20 weeks, and items over £60 can be spread over 1 year. These payments are interest free, so they can be a good way to buy things if you cannot afford to pay upfront. They also have options of spreading the cost over longer periods of time, but you will pay interest if you choose this option.
If you open an account with them they will send you monthly statements which will tell you how much you still owe them and what your minimum payment is. You can of course, choose to pay off as much of your balance as you like. You can pay your invoice by credit/debit card or cheque, and you can choose to send the payment by post, online or by phone, or for a 50p charge you can pay at the Post Office.Once you have an account with them they will also send you regular buy now pay later deals, so that you can buy items and not have to start paying for them for a number of months, which can be really handy in certain situations, for instance if your washing machine broke down and you couldn't afford a new one at the time, you could order a new one straight away and not have to pay for it until months later.
You will have a set credit limit which they will tell you when you open your account, so obviously you do have to keep within your limit.
Delivery & ReturnsStandard delivery is free, and they claim that most in-stock goods are delivered within 48 hours. In the case of appliances and larger items, they say that in-stock items will be delivered within 10 days. However, delivery is usually by courier, and as they work for themselves and to their own time scales, delivery times can vary considerably. There's one courier working my area who is absolutely fantastic and always delivers within the promised timescales, but others have taken weeks to get my goods to me, so it just depends on who you get really.
There are extra services and delivery options you can pay for - next day delivery or named day delivery for regular items costs £3.95, and there are various options for appliance delivery and connection ranging from £20 for washers and dryers, to £80 for cookers.Generally I find the delivery times Ok for in-stock items, but if you ever order anything that's not in stock it's a whole different story. On out of stock items it tells you how long you should have to wait for delivery, times usually range from 10 - 28 days. What they don't tell you is that these times are usually completely made up and they may not get the product to you for months. They then keep ringing you or writing to you saying it's been delayed and it will be with you by such-and-such date.
The last time I ordered from them I ordered 3 pieces of matching furniture - 1 was in stock, and the other 2 it said would be delivered within 14 days. I received the in stock item about 2 weeks after ordering, then I had a massive wait for the second and third pieces, during which time they wrote to me every week telling me it had been delayed and giving me a new delivery date, which was always about a week from when the letter was written. The second piece turned up 2 months after I'd ordered it, and the third took a whole 5 months to arrive, during which time I'd accumulated a huge pile of 'sorry, your item has been delayed' letters, 3 of which were written and posted on the same day, all with different delivery dates on! It is very annoying when you have to wait that long for a piece of furniture at any rate, even without the blatant lies about when it's going to be delivered.Returns are also free, and you can arrange a return online or by phone, and a courier will then arrange to pick the items up from your address. Alternatively you can post the goods back to them. In addition to being able to return faulty/damaged/wrong items, they operate a 'Home approval guarantee', which means that you have 14 days from the goods being delivered to you to decide whether or not you wish to keep them. You can then return any unwanted items regardless of your reason for not wanting them, as long as they are unused, in the original packaging and with tags still attached. This allows you to try on clothes and check the quality of the items, which I think is essential when buying mail order.Customer Service
Oh dear, I fear if I start talking about customer services I may never be able to stop, but I'll try to control myself.I'd describe the customer service as terrible to non-existant. When you phone them they pass you from one department to another until someone along the line decides to hang up on you. Alternatively, if you do actually manage to get through to the 'right' person, they have no interest in listening to anything you have to say, they just insist on repeating the exact same irrelevant twaddle (which they're clearly reading off a computer screen) at you until either you give up or they get annoyed that you dare try and get a word in edgeways and start shouting at you. Either way phoning them never accomplishes anything.
So then there's the option of emailing them. Wait up to 3 weeks for a reply (that's if you're going to get one - sometimes they just completely ignore their emails), which is inevitably an automated email which has nothing to do with anything, get annoyed at the incompetent fools who must work in the customer service department, and try again. If you're lucky you'll get a real non-automated response after the 4th or 5th try, but it still rarely addresses the problem.Writing to them is just as bad. They ignore letters and if you email them or ring them mentioning the letters you've sent they insist that they've never received them, and are sometimes arrogant to the point of telling you you're lying about having sent the letter in the first place. It's all just more and more hassle.
When it comes to sorting out problems (and believe me, if you shop with them you WILL have problems somewhere along the line), they're absolutely useless. No-one seems to have a clue what they're doing, they say they've sorted the problem when they haven't, and then the next time you contact them they have no record of you ever having contacted them in the first place. It's a complete nightmare.
And The Ugly - AKA The Rant
(please feel free to skip straight to the end if you don't want to read a detailed account of the problems I've had with Littlewoods, it is rather a long rant)
Strike 1
About a year and a half ago, my dad had a rather lengthy phone call with my Nan, in which she recounted the problems she was having with her Littlewoods account. My Nan's been a loyal customer with them for many years, and has always paid off her balance on time, so you can imagine she was rather annoyed when things started to go wrong.Basically what had happened was that she'd received a letter from a debt collection agency, saying that she owed Littlewoods hundreds of pounds, and this was her last chance to pay up before the bailiffs were sent in. She didn't owe them anything, so she rang Littlewoods, who confirmed that her account was clear, and assured her that they'd sort it out.
A few days later she received another letter just the same as the last one. Over the next few weeks she had to spend hours on the phone trying to get the situation sorted out, which as I'm sure you can imagine, was rather stressful for a lady in her 80's and not in particularly good health. After many stressful hours she did finally get the problem sorted, but she made sure to tell the members of staff that she would not be buying from them again, and they had just lost a very loyal customer and thousands of pounds worth of business.At the time there was a part of me that thought they probably did it on purpose, preying on an old woman in the hope that she'd just pay up. It's the kind of thing you hear about on Watchdog all the time. But I was not prepared for my own experience…….
It was about 6 months later I received a letter from Wescot Credit Services, on behalf of Littlewoods. It was a 'Final Demand' letter, stating that I owed Littlewoods £369.16, and as I had not paid, the account had been handed over to them. I was told that if I did not pay within 14 days I would face a fine and possibly have to go to court.
Strike 2
I could not believe what I was reading. I had not received any communication from Littlewoods about this money I supposedly owed them, so how could they have handed it over to a debt collection agency without even asking me for the money in the first place? I hadn't ordered anything from them in over a year, and it had in fact been so long since I cleared my account that they had stopped sending me statements. I absolutely did NOT owe them any money.The first thing I did was log into my account online and check my balance, which showed as £0 amount owing. So then I emailed their customer services explaining what had happened, and they confirmed that my balance was clear, but said I'd have to get in touch with Wescot directly to sort it out. The number Wescot gave in their letter was a premium rate number, and I was absolutely not going to spend my hard-earned cash on lengthy phone calls trying to sort out THEIR mess. So I decided to write to them instead.
Before I'd got around to writing the letter (I was waiting for my mam to get back from a short break so that she could help me with what to write, as I'm rubbish at dealing with this kind of thing!), I received another letter from Wescot. It was basically the same as the first one, only it also mentioned that they'd added £30 to the balance owing because I hadn't paid it in time. (This was only a few days later - what happened to the 14 days I had to pay?!)So, I wrote to them, telling them what had happened, stating that I did not owe Littlewoods any money, that Littlewoods had confirmed this to me, and that they should get in touch with Littlewoods who will confirm this to them, before hassling me any further for money I do not owe. I also wrote to Littlewoods explaining the whole thing over again, before saying how disgusted I was that they had allowed this to happen, and asking them to close my account, as I no longer wished to deal with such an incompetent and irresponsible company.
A couple of weeks later I received a letter from Littlewoods, which read,"Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding your credit file and information registered on it.
We can confirm that your account is clear. Littlewoods Finance Company Ltd does exchange data on a monthly basis with the Credit Reference Agencies Equifax PLC, Callcredit PLC and Experian Limited. The file has already been updated to record that you have settled the account, but the information remains registered for six years.
We enclose a booklet, which may be helpful to you".
Way to blatantly ignore practically everything I said in my letter! I had not made an 'enquiry regarding my credit file and information on it', I had written to complain about the fact that they could make such a mistake, ask them to communicate with Wescot the fact that I do not actually owe them anything, and ask them to close my account. None of that was even mentioned in their response. And the booklet they had sent just explained what your credit report is and what information is kept on it. I was not amused, but I decided to wait for a response from Wescot before I did anything else.The response I received from Wescot a few weeks later read,
"Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding the above account.
We acknowledge the contents of your letter, however, to enable ourselves to investigate your query further we request that you provide full details of your dispute in writing in order that we can liaise with our client.
We look forward to receiving the above by return, along with payment to cover part of the balance which is not in dispute."
By this point I was completely frustrated with the whole thing and I decided just to wait and see what happened next. I had already put my case to both Littlewoods and Wescot, and saw no reason why I should spend even more of my precious time trying to sort out a mess which they should never have allowed to happen in the first place.I was also now totally convinced that either Wescot or Littlewoods themselves (or both) were doing this ON PURPOSE to randomly selected people (or people who they think are the easiest to con, i.e: - who they deem to be either young and naïve or old and senile), in the hope that they will pay up just to avoid the hassle. There is no other explanation for why this would have happened in the first place (to both me and my Nan), and why it could not simply be resolved when it was confirmed that I never owed this money.
Soon I received Littlewoods' newest catologue, and letters offering me discounts off my next order, proving that they had decided to completely ignore my request to close my account. I did not hear anything more about my dispute from either Littlewoods or Wescot, so after a couple of months I figured they must have finally sorted it out between themselves or I would have received another demand for money by now.I'd pretty much forgotten about the whole thing until a few months ago, when I came back from shopping and my dad said I'd just had a phonecall, "Some company or other's gonna send the bailiffs round to take all your stuff 'cause you haven't paid some't or other", were his words, he found the whole thing highly amusing. It turned out it was Wescot, saying they'd sent a letter already and I hadn't responded, but they couldn't discuss it with my dad, so they'd ring back another time. They never did ring back, but in the next few months I received 5 letters, each a demand for more and more money, again with the threat of having to go to court if I didn't pay up. I spent ages on the phone with Littlewoods, and wrote loads of letters and emails, before finally they seem to have got it sorted out (though I wouldn't be surprised to find another final demand in my mail at any point in the future).
Since I was still receiving catalogues and letters from Littlewoods months after I had asked them to close my account, I wrote again stating that I no longer wished to deal with them and would like my account closed. I never got a response and still kept getting sales booklets and offer letters from them.
Strike 3
So, a couple of months ago I logged into my Littlewoods account and emailed them to ask them again to close my account. Their response said that they'd passed my query on to another department and they would contact me when they had any further information for me. I'm sorry to sound so horrible, but who the hell do they employ in these places? They'd be better off employing a bunch of dead fish for all the sense you get out of them. I hadn't made a query of any kind, I had simply TOLD them to close my account.I have since emailed them, rang them, and written to them, probably more than 50 times in total, telling them in no uncertain terms that I want my account closed, and yet they STILL haven't closed it. I want the account closing because as long as it's open there's always the possibility of this happening again. Yet they either completely ignore my requests to close the account, or fob me off by telling me they're looking into it. I'm absolutely disgusted that they would keep an account open for this long after a request has been made to close it, never mind after the amount of times I've told them to close it! I've dealt with some pretty crappy companies before, but at least you usually have the option of leaving them, but Littlewoods simply won't allow you to leave.
ConclusionThe website's ok, but Littlewoods is THE single worst company I've ever had the misfortune to deal with. Personally, I will never use any of their companies again, it's just not worth the hassle. And my advice to anyone else who wants to use this website would be do not, under any circumstances, open an account with them. If you still want to buy from the website, please pay by card instead, you could be saving yourself a lot of grief.
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Absinthe_Fairy published 05/06/2011Excellent, very detailed and balanced review. Will make sure never to buy from them!
jjcross published 19/04/2011I completely agree! They are a big con! They charge £699 for a BlackBerry Torch yet the Carphone Warehouse sell it for £450! I hate them too!. Your review is great! You must of spent ages on it! A well deserved E from me!
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Things then got a little spicy. "Right now, you're just seeing parts of the body of work," she said. "['Bon Appétit'] is the sexually-empowered and liberated part. "'Chained to the Rhythm' was the mental, political liberation. Now, embracing my 30s is so bomb dot com. I love it so much. I love being a woman…and I love a consensual interaction. There's nothing wrong with that; we're all animals!"
Which leads to the overall arc of the album. She explained, "I make these kooky videos, and I have always had a laugh along the way. Sometimes, I pose a question. But most of the time, I like to lift people's spirits."
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Perry also discussed her upcoming Witness, The Tour, launching in early September. "For the first time, I am partnering up with Boys & Girls Club of America," she said. "And not only will $1 from each ticket sold in America be donated to a Boys & Girls Club, I have 100 tickets–50 for Boys & Girls Club and 50 for my fans–that they can actually earn by signing up to do a medley of different things." Those include becoming a Boys & Girls Club volunteer and other initiatives.
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She added, "It's nozzle you put around you [to urinate]."
On her new pixie-like hair cut, she said, "It's a little Ellen and a little Alfalfa. I love Alfalfa. He's my hero. I did it about a month and change ago."
Of course, the singer then kinda, sorta confirmed her placement as a judge on the American Idol revival happening next year on ABC. "Judge not lest ye be judged," she quipped, as an attempt to avoid a straightforward answer. "But they didn't say anything about constructive criticism, and I'm good at that."
Watch her interview above and below.
Check out Perry's tour dates below:
9/7 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center
9/9 – Montréal, QE @ Bell Centre
9/12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
9/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
9/21 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
9/25 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
9/29 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
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10/8 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
10/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center
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10/16 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
10/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
10/22 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
10/24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
11/7 – Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center
11/14 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose
11/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
11/26 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
11/28 – Omaha, NE @ CenturyLink Center
11/29 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
12/1 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
12/2 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
12/4 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center
12/6 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
12/9 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
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12/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
12/15 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
12/17 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
12/20 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
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1/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Gila River Arena
1/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
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Reading the best thing to do is pull the motor, cut the head off the bolts. Then remove the head, weld nuts on. Use heat and penetrating oil. Years ago used to do some VW motors. They had a similiar problem, they sold Elephant studs. Does Subaru do something similar? What does one do if you have to strip the block to get them out? Seems all of my head bolts are this way.
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Have you read through this tutorial on how to upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8 CP?
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Personally, I'd suggest installing 8 on a separate partition rather than replacing 7. Windows 8 is still a test version and has not been finalized. If you're not happy with Windows 8, you can always boot into Windows 7, delete the Windows 8 partition, and continue using Windows 7 without having to go through another clean install of 7.
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I already deploy my current windows 7 to 2 drives
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Friday 26 May 1950
It was Friday, under the sign of Gemini. The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democratic).
The Asphalt Jungle, directed by John Huston, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1950
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Ireland storm past Canada
IRELAND managed to beat Hurricane Earl as well as Canada in Toronto yesterday by knocking off the 52 runs they needed to stay in contention for the InterContinental Cup either side of a long rain delay.
Fifth-wicket pair Andrew White and John Mooney had reduced the victory target to 28 in the first 6.2 overs of the morning but then had to wait until late afternoon to finish off a six-wicket win after a weather front associated with the hurricane washed out nearly six hours of playing time.
A maximum haul of 20 points means the defending champions will move into second place on the IC Cup qualifying ladder with an outright victory over Zimbabwe in Harare later this month.
Apart from White's century, Ireland will also have been buoyed this week by a return to form with the bat from fit-again Andre Botha and an Irish record of nine catches by rookie wicketkeeper Rory McCann.
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Two tries in each half enabled defending champions Leinster to beat Connacht 24-14 in the U-20 inter-pros at the Sportsground last night. Leinster led 12-6 at the end of a poor opening half.
Hooker David Doyle finished a pushover try after 21 minutes after Connacht centre Niall Kenneally had put the home side ahead five minutes earlier. Flanker Patrick Dix broke off a ruck to get Leinster's second try after 26 minutes, with Gearoid McDonald adding the points before Kenneally got his second penalty for Connacht.
The second half was of a higher quality but while Kenneally reduced the deficit with a third penalty after 59 minutes, Connacht were unable to turn good possession into scores. Leinster soon overpowered their opponents and tries from Cathal Marsh and Eoin Joyce settled the issue.
Meanwhile, Ulster got their U-20 campaign off to a winning start with a deserved 20-15 victory over Munster at the Mardyke.
Munster took an early lead with two penalties from JJ Hanrahan, but a try by Stephen Irvine put the visitors ahead. Hanrahan restored Munster's lead with a third penalty but on the stroke of half-time Ulster were awarded a penalty try which Jackson converted for a 14-9 lead.
Munster's only reply in the second half were two Hanrahan penalties, but out half Paddy Jackson ensured victory for Ulster with two kicks of his own.
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Ireland finished equal fifth in the Nations Cup won by Belgium at Gijon in Spain yesterday.
Capt David O'Brien produced the only Irish clear in the opening round with Mo Chroi. Both Shane Breen (Carmena Z) and Cian O'Connor (Splendor) picked up eight faults and Dermott Lennon (Hallmark Elite) left one fence on the floor.
O'Connor's horse was foot-perfect second time out, and the Irish total of 20 faults left them on level pegging with Saudi Arabia.
Britain, France and Canada jointly filled the runner-up spot with 16 faults apiece and the Belgians won through with a total of 12.
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Prolific television writer Dick Nelson got his start in Hollywood as a voice actor: a wide variety of his goofy voices can be heard in several of the classic crackpot cartoons legendary director Tex Avery made for MGM Studios in the 1940s. This included one of Avery's most beloved shorts, 1949's "Bad Luck Blackie", in which Nelson plays a streetwise cat who brings bad luck (mostly in the form of dropping anvils) to a bulldog who had tormented an innocent kitten. Nelson followed his stint in animation with a handful of roles in 1950s drive-in flicks, including the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" favorite "The Amazing Colossal Man", in which he has a walk-on part as one of the Army sergeants tasked with hunting down the title character. But by the dawn of the 1960s, television was ascendant, and Nelson moved into writing for the small screen with an episode of a short-lived New Orleans crime drama called "Bourbon Street Beat". By the mid-'60s, he was penning episodes of hit series like the spy caper "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and the Western drama "Wagon Train". He found his greatest success in the 1970s and '80s, on the writing staffs of the comic-tinged Western "Alias Smith and Jones", the stalwart crime drama "Barnaby Jones", and the glitzy nighttime soaps "Dynasty" and "Falcon Crest". He also wrote a handful of made-for-TV movies; his one big-screen feature was the 1971 Western "One More Train To Rob", starring George Peppard.


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Apache owns my uploaded files.
On my website people upload images to be printed onto canvas. I am having problems downloading the images with FTP. I am getting a permission denied error.
I know permissions should be pretty simple, but I am working on a need to know basis and permissions hadn't been an issue until now. I can't learn everything about Linux (as much as I would like to, and I do as much as I can in my own time). At work I only have time to muddle along and get the website working.
ls -l shows that Apache is the owner of the uploaded files. How can I get an FTP user to have access only to the uploads directory and have the correct permissions to download the images.
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Doctor accused of 'pleasuring himself' over a patient in hospital
A PATIENT has accused a doctor at a top hospital of ejaculating over her face as she lay sedated with morphine.
The doctor has been suspended as police investigate the allegation made by the 22-year-old woman.
Reports in the US said Dr David Newman had been suspended by managers at the city's Mount Sinai Hospital pending the outcome of an investigation.
Dr Newman, 45, is a veteran of the Iraq war.
Police said he had been questioned and detectives were liaising with the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
"We take this matter very seriously and are conducting our own internal investigation"Mount Sinai Hospital
The alleged incident took place on Monday of this week at the hospital close to Central Park in New York City.
The newspaper said the patient arrived at 10:30pm complaining of pain in her right shoulder.
She was allegedly taken to a private room where nurses gave her two pain pills and a shot for inflammation. But she remained in pain so a nurse administered morphine.
The woman was then told to take her shirt and bra off and change into a gown for an X-ray.
She claims Dr Newman then came in and told her he was going to inject her with more morphine.
After she complained of a pain in her chest he allegedly started fondling her breasts.
She then claims Dr Newman began masturbating and ejaculated onto her face. She said she was unable to move because she was heavily medicated.
Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is one of America's oldest and most respected hospitals.
Mount Sinai Hospital told the Daily Star Online: "We are aware of an allegation that has been made against one of our physicians.
"This is a matter under investigation and we are fully cooperating with the appropriate authorities. We take this matter very seriously and are conducting our own internal investigation.
"During this time the physician is not providing any medical services at Mount Sinai. The health and safety of our patients are of our utmost concern."
Dr Newman was unavailable for comment.


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Sydney, Jan 8: Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has called for a worldwide ban on West Indies opener Chris Gayle for his controversial comments to a TV journalist during the Big Bash League (BBL) Twenty20 match recently.
Gayle was fined by his BBL team Melbourne Renegades Australian dollars 10,000 after he made "inappropriate" comments to a female reporter during a match in Hobart.
Following the incident, the left-handed batsman apologised to the woman journalist and called it a "simple joke". "If she felt that way, I'm really sorry for that. There wasn't any harm meant in that particular way... It was a simple joke. The game was going on. Entertainment, things get out of proportion, but these things happen... We have to move on. Simple," Gayle had said.
On Friday (January 8), Chappell called upon Cricket Australia (CA) to ban Gayle from BBL and also advised them to ask game's world governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) to keep the explosive opener out of other leagues elsewhere.
"I wouldn't have a problem if Cricket Australia said to the clubs, 'he's never to be contracted again in this country'," Chappell was quoted as saying in the Australian media today.
"And I also wouldn't have a problem if Cricket Australia said to the ICC, 'what we're doing should be worldwide'.
"You'd have to talk to the individual countries then ... but I wouldn't have a problem if it was tabled at an ICC meeting that Cricket Australia said, 'this is what we're doing and we would recommend that everybody else do the same'. How are you going to stop it otherwise?," he added.
Gayle is set to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April this year. He is a favourite of Indian crowds thanks to the big hits. He holds the highest individual score in IPL with 175 not out.
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