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Plies is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer with an estimated net worth of $16 million. The Grammy-nominated rapper makes most of his money from the success of his records and playing concerts. Read on to discover more.
Plies Net Worth: Brief History
Plies was born Algernod Lanier Washington on July 1, 1976 in Fort Myers, Florida and raised in East Dunbar, a neighborhood in Fort Meyers. Washington's taste for fine things began from his high school days at Fort Myers Senior High School where he was named the Homecoming King as well as the Best dressed student in his class. He was also part of the varsity football team where he played as a wide receiver and as a defensive back.
He took his football skills to Miami University where he continued to play in the varsity football team as a wide receiver, beginning in 1995. Washington's stats greatly improved in his sophomore year in 1996 but dropped in 1997 when he transferred to University of Central Florida from which he later dropped out.
Plies Net Worth: Music Career
However, football was not Washington's only interest. Before he got into college, Washington together with his step brother, Ronnell Lawrence Lavatte aka Big Gates in 1990 founded their own private/independent record label known as Big Gates Records. Initially, Plies had little interest in rapping, focusing instead on producing other artists.
However, he changed his mind when Big Gates secretly recorded him coaching one of their clients and added it as one of the verses to the song which was titled "Tell Dem Krackers Dat". Impressed with what he heard, Plies and Big Gates began promoting the song in Miami. In 2004, Plies landed a record deal with Slip-n-Slide Records and began recording several mixtapes.
Plies Net Worth: The Breakthrough
After years of preparing himself with mixtapes, Plies released his debut studio album "The Real Testament" in August 2007 under Atlantic Records and his first two affiliated labels including his own Big Gates. The Real Testament debuted at #2 on The Billboard 200 and sold 96,000 copies in its first week. The album was preceded by two successful singles; "Shawty" featuring T-Pain which topped the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks and peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "Hypnotized" which featured and was produced by Akon made it to #3 on Billboard Hot Rap Tracks and 14 on Billboard Hot 100. A year later in 2008, the album received gold certification from the RIAA as it sold over 500,000 copies.
An established rap act, Plies began featuring alongside fellow established rappers like Rick Ross, Fat Joe, and DJ Khaled.
See Also: Young Jeezy Net Worth
Plies Net Worth: More Success
Plies' music success continued with the release of his sophomore studio album "Definition of Real" in June 2008. Like his first album, "Definition of Real" debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 and was preceded by two singles. The first single "Bust It Baby (Part. 2)" featuring Ne-Yo debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is his most successful single to date. The second single was "Please Excuse My Hands" featuring Jamie Foxx, and The-Dream which together with the first was certified gold by the RIAA.
"Definition of Real" performed better on the market, selling almost 215,000 copies in its first week. About 4 months later, it sold an estimated 524,000 units receiving RIAA gold certification.
Eager for more success, Plies released yet another album 6 months later. Titled "Da REAList", the third studio album enjoyed less success than the previous debuting at #14 on the Billboard 2000 and selling only 114,000 copies in its first week. However, like his other works, it later sold over 500,000 copies to achieve the gold status.
His fourth studio album "Goon Affiliated" charted better than the previous at #5, but sold far less than all its other works- only a recorded sale of about 150,000 copies.
Plies have remained active in music releasing several mixtapes rather than albums. He also continues to feature with other top acts in the industry and host live shows.
Plies Net Worth: Other Ventures
Shortly after the success of his "Bust It Baby" single from his second album "Definition of Real", Plies launched a clothing line named "Bust It Baby". However, the line only enjoiyed moderate success. The rapper sells merchandise made up of tees, slippers and bath robes on his official website starting from $20 a piece.
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Valvular Regurgitation. Susan A. Raaymakers, MPAS, PA-C, RDCS (AE)(PE) Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies Radiologic and Imaging Sciences - Echocardiography Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan [email protected] du. Basic Principles. Etiology Congenital
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Regurgitant orifice
Size, Shape and Direction of Regurgitant Jet
Size, Shape and Direction of Regurgitant Jet
Chronic valvular regurgitation
Surface area = 2r2
2(0.67 cm)2 = 2.80 cm2
Regurgitant Volume Flow Rate
RVmax=Surface Area* Valiasing
2.80 cm2 * 26 cm/sec =72.8 cm3/sec
Effective Regurgitant Orifice Area
EROA = RVmax/VMR
(72.8 cm3/sec) / (66.2 cm/sec) = 1.1 cm2
Suboptimal Flow Convergence
Flow: not symmetric
Suboptimal Flow Convergence
Perforated mitral leaflet - TEE
Decel = 270 cm/sec
Decel >500 cm/sec Regurgitation
With permission, Dunitz 2000
Flow reversal in hepatic vein due to severe tricuspid regurgitation
Flow reversal in pulmonary veins on TEE due to severe mitral regurgitation
Abdominal flow reversal in diastole due to severe aortic regurgitation. Note moderate aortic regurgitation is limited to descending thoracic aorta
Sinotubular junction
AR jet Regurgitation
AS jet
Short axis Subcostal view - Non-coronary cusp intersected by Interatrial septum
TEE - 137º Interatrial septum
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10-47 Feigenbaum
19-32a Feigenbaum
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TEE aortic dissection disrupting commissure Interatrial septum
between right and left coronary cusps
TEE Long Axis View – Interatrial septum
Dissection Flap In Aortic Root
Non-dynamic images
Arachnodactyly in an 8-year-old girl with Marfan's syndromeMarfan's Syndrome
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20.22a Feigenbaum
10.31b Feigenbaum
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20.30a Feigenbaum
22.7 Feigenbaum
10.5 Feigenbaum
Systole syndrome
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Usually caused by endocarditis
Disruption or destruction of aortic leaflets and/or aortic dissection
Annular and/or root dilation
Acute AI may also be caused by:
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Mild AR - jet ratio <25% syndrome
Severe AR - jet ratio >60% syndrome
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10.48b Feigenbaum
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Non-dynamic Area (PLAX
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11.80a Feigenbaum
Ruptured Papillary Muscle Due to Coronary Artery Disease Area (PLAX
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Ruptured Chordae Tendineae Area (PLAX
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Duplex scan: color Doppler super-imposed on real-time B-scan
Diagnosis: Severe mitral regurgitation due to flail posterior MV leaflet.
Underlying pathology: Mitral valve prolapse with ruptured chordae tendinae.
Data source : Arizona Society of Echocardiography Image Library
Rupture of the supporting apparatus of the mitral valve allowing the tip of the leaflet to project into the left atrium in systole
The most frequent etiologies are :
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Doppler evaluation of mitral regurgitation
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Characteristics of True Mitral Insufficiency/Regurgitation
Characteristics of True Mitral Insufficiency/Regurgitation (cont.)
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Actually young hairy man. Antibiotics prior to dental cleanings is no longer indicated in patients with mitral valve prolapse.
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PSAX-Ao cleanings is no longer indicated in patients with mitral valve prolapse.RVIT
Subcostal Long Axis
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Disorder involving backflow of blood
From the right ventricle to the right atrium during contraction of the right ventricle.
May be acute, chronic, or intermittent
The most common cause of tricuspid regurgitation
Not damage to the valve itself
Enlargement of the right ventricle, which may be a complication of any disorder that causes right ventricular failure
Moderately severe tricuspid regurgitation.
Dilated right ventricle and diastolic flattening of the ventricular septum consistent with a right ventricular volume overload.
12.33 Feigenbaum
Apical four-chamber view recorded in a patient with mild to moderate tricuspid regurgitation. Note the color Doppler signal filling approximately 25% of the right atrium
12.30a Feigenbaum
12.30b Feigenbaum
12.31a Feigenbaum
12.31b Feigenbaum
12.32 Feigenbaum
Carcinoid heart disease. Insert shows pulmonary stenosis. The leaflets of the tricuspid valve are thickened. The valve is predominantly incompetent and causes pulmonary regurgitation. Fibrous plaques are deposited on the lining of the right ventricle and pulmonary trunk.
Complete failure of coaptation of the leaflets, which results in severe tricuspid regurgitation, confirmed in an apical four-chamber view with color flow Doppler imaging
12.41 Feigenbaum
Normal Valve
Ebstein's Anomaly
Note: apical displacement of the septal leaflet
12.43 Feigenbaum
Subcostal Short-Axis
Grade 1+ (mild) Valve
Grade 2+ (moderate)
Grade 3+ (moderate severe)
Grade 4+ (severe)
Spectral in tracing stains sufficiently for detection, but not enough for clear delineation
Complete spectral tracing can just be seen
Distinct darkening of spectral tracing is visible but density is less than antegrade flow
Dark-stained spectral trainingPulmonary Regurgitation Severity Scale CW Spectral Strength of Regurgitant Jet
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If there was any confusion about the state of politics in Europe at this time, this story brought to my attention by a friend of mine should put it to rest. Unfortunately European politicians are firmly on the side of appeasement and appear to have learned exactly zero from WWII.
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I generally don't post much about computers or software, on the theory that there are more than enough bloggers out there who do so, but this post (and probably one more upcoming) will have to be the exceptions which prove the rule. Of course, if you read to the bottom, you'll find that I couldn't resist talking about at least one book, even in this techy post!
I finally lost patience with the limitations of Blogger and switched to WordPress. Along with the switch came a complete visual redesign, as well as the requisite re-posting of my prior posts and some ancillary dusting and clean-up. For those who don't know it, WordPress is a superb blogging engine, built on PHP and MySQL (and often hosted on a web server running Apache). It's a testament to the maturity of the tools today that I was able to get WordPress running on my Windows XP laptop as a test environment (which meant running PHP and MySQL, but using Microsoft's IIS as the web server) in about two days (minor MySQL learning curve for me, since it was my first experience), and then that I was able to get the whole stack up and running on my hosting provider, BlueHost, in about half a day.
Building themes and functionality beyond the "out of the box" stuff in WordPress requires a working knowledge of CSS, XHTML and some PHP. I had the first two, but this was my first real exposure to PHP. So, off to the bookstore I went, and came home with O'Reilly's Learning PHP 5. I read it, as I usually do with computer books, in one evening


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Tuesday January 6
Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has been fined £20,000 by manager Arsene Wenger after he was caught smoking in the shower after their 2-0 defeat at Southampton on New Year's Day.
West Ham defender Winston Reid appears set to leave Upton Park this summer.
Tottenham will test Aston Villa's resolve to keep Fabian Delph by offering a cut-price £3million for the England midfielder, who is out of contract in the summer.
Swansea striker Bafetimbi Gomis has a £7million buyout clause in his contract and is keen to leave the Liberty Stadium in the current transfer window.
Jermain Defoe has flown to France for a fitness boot camp in a bid to keep his dream of a Premier League return alive. Leicester lead the chase for the ex-England marksman while Sunderland, Hull and QPR are also interested.
Arsenal have been given until Wednesday to respond to Bordeaux's bid to take Yaya Sanogo on loan.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has hinted at a shock Premier League move by following Chelsea on Instagram.
Chelsea's controversial attempt to sign Croatian striker Andrej Kramaric looks to have been blown apart by Premier League rules - as the Blues won't be allowed to loan him out to Leicester City to gain experience, as planned.
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has sparked speculation that he wants to join Chelsea.
Stoke striker Peter Crouch is waiting for talks to begin on a new contract. He is understood to be after a two-year deal but the Potters would rather offer the 33-year-old a one-year contract.
Croatian striker Andrej Kramaric could join Leicester after turning down an £8m move to Chelsea.
Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert is considering a £2.5million deal to sign Manchester City striker Scott Sinclair.
Chelsea have beaten Arsenal and Liverpool in the race to sign Saint-Etienne's 16-year-old midfielder Rayan Souici, who has been dubbed the "new Paul Pogba".
Former Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez could replace Brendan Rodgers at the end of the season, admitting he has offers on the table and is unsure of his future at current club Napoli.
Southampton are interested in Porto's Dutch defender Bruno Martins Indi.
Sunderland are considering an £8m move for Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk.
Saint-Etienne captain Loic Perrin has admitted he has discussed a move to Arsenal.
Former England boss Steve McClaren and ex-Lyon coach Remi Garde are the leading contenders for the vacant manager's job at Newcastle.
West Ham forward Mauro Zarate has completed a loan move to London rivals Queens Park Rangers, according to Jack Sullivan, the son of Hammers co-owner David Sullivan.
Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez appears unlikely to be offered a new contract at the end of the season, with loan club Real Madrid also unlikely to make him an offer.
Leeds United have offered 17-year-old midfielder Lewis Cook a new contract to fend off interest from Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham.
Newcastle interim boss John Carver does not know if he'll be in charge for the Magpies' game against Chelsea on Saturday.
Javier Hernandez will be sold by Manchester United at the end of the season when the 26-year-old's loan deal at Real Madrid ends.
Manchester City may be prepared to pay £50m in transfer fees and wages to sign Swansea striker Wilfried Bony, who has said he is keen to join a Champions League club this month.
The FA is in danger of going a whole season without finding a sponsor for the FA Cup after a deal fell through ahead of the third round.
Liverpool and Tottenham will compete for the services of £20m-rated West Brom striker Saido Berahino in the January transfer window.
Out-of-favour Manchester City defender Micah Richards, currently on loan with Fiorentina, could be offered a move to Chelsea at the end of the season.
Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed the club are interested in signing midfielder Wesley Sneijder from Galatasaray.
Former Wigan and Ipswich boss Paul Jewell looks set to join Tony Pulis' backroom staff at West Brom.
Arsenal are unlikely to make many moves in the January transfer window as their injury problems improve.
Under-pressure Everton manager Roberto Martinez is confident he retains the backing of club chairman Bill Kenwright.


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This is my Caitlyn guide(obviously). Its going to be pretty straight forward without a lot of fluff, but I can assure you this build gets it done. I'll probably add more stuffs in later when I get more motivated.
Pros / Cons
-Excellent Range
-Excellent Damage
-Great harass/poke skill
-Scouting mechanism(yordle traps)
-Has a Slow
-Good farming capabilities
-Very squishy
-Targeted in team fights
-Ult can be hard to land on the desired target
-Without flash or ghost, very hard to escape ganks
As a first item I grab a Dorans Blade. Depending on who I'm laning against, mid or otherwise I generally try to get back to base to heal when I get enough gold for a second Dorans Blade and at least basic boots. This should get you up to mid game. Sometimes, if you have a really good early game you'll be able to afford more. Going straight for B.F. Sword can also be a good idea if you have the gold for it.
You should grab your pretty soon after you complete boots. Once you get it, be sure to farm up the stacks as this will give you a huge damage bonus over everyone. I also like to get at this point, as the increase in movement speed allows you jet across the map to help out where needed. The attack speed and crit can also be huge for Caitlyn.
Late game, I go for some added damage and armor pen and survivability. gives Caitlyn just enough of a boost to her damage to make the difference between obliterating people or just getting blown up yourself. is amazing on Caitlyn. I have a tendency to get it on any squishy carries, as it allows you to stay alive longer which will benefit everyone on your team.
Alternate Items
Great for tearing apart those champs with loads of health, can also be good for getting around some of the armor they have probably stacked.
Good damage, nice crit boost to damage as well as chance. Not a bad choice.
Nice bit of armor pen, and decent damage it its needed.
Great defensive item to keep you alive and in the fight.
Play style
Play defensively. Especially if you're mid. As long as the enemy team isn't getting kills using your face as a resting spot for their attacks you're doing well. Farm up, focus on last hitting and getting as much gold as possible. Now, if the enemy champ over extends by all means make him regret that life choice. Also, if the enemy team has a jungler you will be very exposed in mid if you continually push up to the enemy turret. If by chance you happen to be caught in the open, be sure to use to get away. Also, if you're good, you might be able to get away using but, don't make a habit out of relying on that.
Mid game things can get pretty hectic. Just keep one thing in mind, you are super squishy. Keep your distance, with Caitlyn that's pretty easy to do but I've seen a lot of people play her and think they need to be right on top of the team battle. Be sure to use your often, it works great for harassing the enemy team from a distance.
Late game goes much like mid game. My best advice would be to never stop farming. You should easily break 200 minion kills, giving yourself plenty of gold to get all the necessary items to tear the enemy team apart.
Summoner Spells
There are a few viable options for summoner spells.
Excellent for getting out of ganks, or away from that Blitz trying to snatch you up.
Allows you to get to any part of the map whenever you need, which can come in handy for saving turrets, jumping in to save friendlies, or turning the tide of a team battle.
Allows you to slow and reduce incoming damage from one target, which can make the difference between living and dying.
Damage over time, if you find yourself coming close but not quite finishing people off, take this and they'll never escape you again.
Gives you an awesome boost of speed to either catch up to, or get away from enemies.
Caitlyn is a lot of fun to play, especially when you're winning. Be careful not to allow yourself too many deaths, always watch your position in team fights and always be mindful of mia's especially when running through the jungle. It ay seem like simple steps to take, but making them part of your routine gameplay can and will make a huge difference.
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HP Chromebook 11 hands-on review
A smaller Chromebook from HP that can be charged via microUSB
TECHNOLOGY GIANTS Google and HP joined forces to launch the HP Chromebook 11 on Wednesday, an 11in notebook running Google's Chrome OS operating system and priced at £229.
This is only HP's second Google Chromebook and its first 11in model. HP's first Chromebook hit the shelves in April, retailing for a slightly higher price of £249. However, the HP Chromebook 14 featured a 14in screen, if you're in the market for a larger laptop.
HP's latest 11in model has a higher resolution screen, a fanless CPU for silent operation, and a microUSB charging port for easier and more accessible recharging.
We visited Google's office today to pick up a review unit, so here's a rundown of our first impressions after unboxing the device.
Build and design
Without trying to sound mean, the best way to describe the HP Chromebook 11's design is perhaps by comparing it to a toy. That's thanks to the glossy white and sea blue chassis design, which seems a little like a children's adaptation of "daddy's laptop".
While its plastic shell means that it looks quite cheap, it's fun looking and at the same time feels sturdy. This is because its plastic chassis is bonded with a magnesium frame, keeping it lightweight but strong at the same time. It is also light and thin considering how robust it feels, measuring 18mm thick and weighing just over 1kg.
The Chromebook 11 has been designed with rounded edges, which Google and HP claim will help wrists remain comfortable while typing. We can see what they mean here, as the smooth-to-the-touch body and curved edges mean it's very pleasant to hold and to rest one's palms on while typing.
We also liked how Google has kept the simplistic multicolour backlit bar on the back of the Chromebook to keep it distinctive compared to more prevalent Windows notebooks.
What really makes the Chromebook 11 unique is that it is charged via a microUSB port, which means that it can be powered from the same mains adapter as many other popular devices, such as most Android smartphones and tablets as well as other types of portable technology.
Google's decision to power its new Chromebook via a standard microUSB connection could be a hint as to the way the notebook industry is going. We spoke with the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) at the Intel Developer Forum last month, which said that USB charging standardisation like we saw in smartphones only a few years back will also arrive for notebooks very soon. We can assume that Google is attempting to get ahead of the game here with the HP Chromebook 11.
The MicroUSB charging port is also really handy, as most households probably have a USB cable laying around already, which takes a bit of pressure off those who are prone to losing things.
The HP Chromebook's display has seen a rather generous upgrade since the previous Chromebook, which although bigger at 14in was a bit of a let-down because of its comparably low resolution.
Google seems to have fixed this with the HP Chromebook 11, as it hasn't downgraded the pixel count on the smaller display. This 11in edition has the same 1366x768 resolution as the 14in Chromebook, but it seems much better as the pixels aren't spread out across a larger display.
With 300nits brightness, the HP Chromebook 11's display is clear, vibrant and bright, and it appears bright in direct light, though it's very glossy so it tends to reflect light more than we'd like.


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Unanswered: Viewing UTF-8 Japanese Text from Access.
I've got an access database which uses linked tables from MySQL. I'm using the ODBC connector to grab the data from MySQL, and display it from Access. The problem is, its displaying as ?????. If I connect to the MySQL using the proprietary MySQL admin tool, it displays fine.
The tables are UTF-8, and I'm wondering what I can do to either the ODBC driver settings, or Access itsepf, in order to get this working once and for all.
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I was admitted to A&E with shortness of breath and chest pains. I received excellent attention, but then had to lie on a trolley for three hours until I was admitted. The following day's treatment was fine and I kept well informed about my treatment. I was moved to ward 35 which I was told was not normally open, but due to demand it had opened but the staff were different everyday. They were mainly bank staff auxiliaries, with Hospital staff nurses from wherever they could be found. Consequently, they had to spend the first part of the morning getting up to date with patient notes. The staff themselves were very helpful indeed, but they were under a lot of pressure and the ward did not always have the equipment needed. They never knew which doctors would be attending, or when, but they were willing to do anything to help patients when they had time. I have no complaints about the medical side, but the food was pretty awful and very unappetising. Food for sick people needs to be light and nourishing. Fortunately I did not have any appetite.


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Unanswered: help with a restore problem please
I have a problem and I believe is very simple but is something missing in my knoledgments.
I migrate an sql server database to db2.
I start working with db2 for about 2-3 months and I am very new in administering problems.
I installed another server in another location. IN the old location I have my database which I intented to move in the new location (the new server).
I made a backup.
Now I want to restore using this backup in the new location (and the new server). I don't know how.
In SQL Server if I have a backup I can restore everywhere I want. Generally i create a new empty database and restore the backup into the new empty database. Another possibility is to restore the database and the database will be restored with the original name.
I try the same in Control Center but I don't know what is my mistake. If I try to to use create database from backup the "database being restored" give me the possibility to choose among the existing databases. But all I have is a full backup.
Can you tell me please what to do?
Thanks in advanced.
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have you tried copying the database between the two servers using DTS? it's easy to do. simply back up the database you want to copy, right click on the database and select export. change the exporting database to the one you just backed up, and set the export to database as the one you want to populate on the other box. follow the rest of the instructions and all should go well.
the other method is to copy the backup of the original database, put it on the new box and do a restore from file (simply put the link to the backup copy).
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Director Dee Rees On Making Southern Culture Come To Life in 'Mudbound'
The film hits Netflix on Friday.
Rumors started swirling about a month ago that newlyweds Keshia Knight Pulliam and Ed Hartwell were having a strained marriage, but the actress seemed to shut down the hearsay, making a recent public appearance with her man.
The former child star hosted a Finding Dory screening at Atlanta's AMC Phipps Plaza earlier this week, and Ed, who she hasn't been seen with in weeks, was right there by her side.
Just two weeks ago, as well, she publicly wished him a heartfelt happy birthday on the 'Gram:
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Brother ScanNCut
Has anyone got this machine yet? Looks interesting.
Obviously it won't be out in the Uk for ages yet and will be the same price in pounds as dollars (crafting is so much more expensive here!). So it would be good to know what you think of it before embarking on yet another machine!
Sorry can't do a link as I haven't figured out how to do it on my iPad!
Here is a link to it on Amazon. And there's a video of how it works if you click on the last two images.
I am so interested in this machine. I already own a Cameo, which I only bought for print and cut, and it is good for it but I hate doing the registration marks thing. I use my cricut for the majority of my shape cutting since i have some many carts and I really like the machine. I am hoping the ScanNcut will be just what I need to skip that extra step between printing and cutting with my cameo. So far none of the videos I have come across have really explored this side of the machine much. I am tempted to buy it and play with it, but for 399 and Amazon's not so generous return policy, it would be a big risk.
I got my machine and I have been playing with it with my stamps...pretty cool machine. It cuts really well...cuts thin stuff better than my cricut and cuts thicker stuff my cameo can't.
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Ship-spotting on Port Phillip is back, almost as I remember it from my childhood. For ship of course I mean passenger ship. No one is interested in the ungainly profiles of cargo ships piled high with containers making their lumpy way up the bay. But passenger ships - apart from the Tasmanian ferry which doesn't really count - proper overseas international passenger ships, that is, have been a rare sight on Port Phillip since the 1970s, when air transport became the norm for travel abroad. Now, in the form of cruise liners, they are returning in numbers that make it worthwhile to look up the shipping arrivals and departures lists (in the papers but also online at www.portofmelbourne.com/expected.aspx) to see what's of interest among the vessels due in and out of port.
In the six months to the end of this month international passenger ships will have visited Melbourne 58 times. If most of those visits are by the same ships that's still 58 opportunities to see a big liner come up or down the bay. There wouldn't have been a tenth that number in a whole year in the 1980s and 1990s. Melbourne is no longer a passenger-ship destination in its own right as it was in the days of the gold rush and mass migration but it is at least once again established as a regular port of call.
To enjoy the sight of a big ship - and there have been some super-big ones in, such as the new Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mary 2 and that Flying Dutchman of the rich and leisured, The World, on which elderly plutocrats in their own private "residences" permanently and somewhat aimlessly cruise the seven seas - you need to have a view over the right part of the bay. Close to Port Melbourne is good, Williamstown advantageous and on the eastern side as far down as Middle Park all right before the angle between channel and shore becomes too wide to see the ship in clear detail. The beach at McCrae is stupendous because it's right opposite the point where the South Channel, the main channel up the bay, comes closest to shore and where the ships turn sharply, from an eastern to a north-north-westerly course if bound for Melbourne, in the opposite direction if outward bound towards the Port Phillip heads.
An even better vantage point is your own armchair. There is a small number of fortunate souls who can enjoy ship-watching without having to go down to the beach. This privileged minority resides on the slopes of Arthur's Seat and Dromana. High above the bay, they can contemplate the arrivals and departures of dozens of fine ships in the comfort of their own homes. Domestic telescopes are very popular in this region, trained on the sea from a hundred balconies and sun decks.
Naturally, this being southern Victoria, the caprices of weather don't always help the ship-watcher. Rain on the water can create a curtain through which the ship is barely visible as a shadowy form. The Queen Mary 2, heading straight for McCrae recently, sailed into a cloud when very close to shore and was lost to sight as though caught up in the Transfiguration.
It is true that passenger-ship traffic is not quite back to what it was in the days when there were sometimes four overseas liners tied up together at Station Pier. That state of affairs lasted even into the 1960s when it was still cheaper to travel to Europe by sea than by air. Young people went Tourist, which was what Second Class (there was no longer any steerage) had been tactfully renamed, their better-off elders, setting out on the long-planned-for post-retirement overseas trip, luxuriated in the plushness of First. Ships were of all nations. The post-retirees preferred British - the Orcades, Orsova, Oriana, Himalaya - but there were also the Italian Achille Lauro and twins Galileo Galilei and Guglielmo Marconi, the Greek Australis and Ellinis and the Dutch Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. Their countries of origin were the countries from which most migrants came, which explains why there were few if any French or German ships on the Europe-Australia run. The liners came out from Europe with Tourist filled with migrants subsidised by the Australian government. On the voyage back the youth of Australia making its obligatory pilgrimage to Europe took the migrants' place.
Until at least the 1960s prime ministers and cricket teams travelled to England by sea. Business executives didn't travel as much as today, when they will seize any excuse to board a plane, but they took the ship when they did. Time was somehow found in busy schedules for the three weeks the voyage each way took. Sea travel wasn't considered slow. It was fast compared to what it had been in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when passengers to and from Australia had to submit to voyages lasting months. The Italian line Lloyd Triestino actually described its Italy-Australia sailings in the 1970s as an "express service". All of which goes to show that speed and time are relative to what is possible. If some sort of instant travel as imagined in science fiction ever becomes a reality, planes that can get you to Europe in 22 hours will be as outmoded as windjammers. Unlike ships, which have adapted from line voyages to cruises, it is hard to imagine that they would have a future as a means of conveying anyone anywhere for pleasure.
But if shipboard life on the new cruise liners is about pleasure rather than using the sea as a means of travel that makes no difference to the view from the shore. For the ship-watcher it's the sight of a stately ship that counts, and even though nautical silhouettes have changed, the thrill of watching a grand vessel glide by hasn't.
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Vancouver-based comic and street performer Sharon Mahoney has apparently recently moved to England. I didn't know this. But I do now, thanks to Chortle, the British comedy website, who wrote a brief review of her standup show. Not exactly a glowing write-up, but hey, there's no such thing as bad publicity. Besides, as any performer or publicist knows, a bit of creative editing and you've got quotes for your press kit:
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Tech firms weigh in on anniversary of Snowden stories — AT&T, DirecTV bosses to hit the hill — WSJ: Sprint, T-Mo move closer to merger
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DRIVING THE DAY: TECH FIRMS WEIGH IN ON 1-YEAR ANNY OF SNOWDEN STORIES — The Senate Intelligence Committee is taking its turn with the newfangled USA FREEDOM Act this afternoon, and the top names in Silicon Valley are taking the chance to push lawmakers to do better in terms of surveillance reform. The leaders of Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and more have an open letter in the New York Times, Washington Post, and POLITICO this morning — exactly one year after the first Snowden disclosure via Glenn Greenwald — calling for a strengthened bill. "In the next few weeks, the Senate has an opportunity to demonstrate leadership and pass a version of the USA Freedom Act that would help restore the confidence of Internet users here and around the world, while keeping citizens safe," the executives write. Read the full missive here: http://bit.ly/TfleuD
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Watch for those on and off Capitol Hill to mark the Snowden anniversary today, including at Intel's 2:30 hearing. Testifying there will be ITI's Dean Garfield, who will reiterate the industry's top two pitches for improving surveillance reform: A stronger prohibition against bulk collection and more robust transparency provisions. (More here: http://bit.ly/Tfkw0G) Meanwhile, one of the bill's original authors — Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chief of Judiciary — plans to call for more robust reform. "I have long advocated for Americans' privacy rights, and as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I will fight for a stronger USA FREEDOM Act," he says in a statement coming today. "All Senators should support real reform that bans bulk collection of data, provides greater accountability, and improves transparency."
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: AT&T, DIRECTV BOSSES TO HIT THE HILL — AT&T head honcho Randall Stephenson and DirecTV leader Michael White will both stop by the House Judiciary Committee June 24 for a hearing on their proposed merger. It'll be the second major foray into telecom competition in as many months for the panel, which also examined Comcast-TWC in May. The Senate Judiciary panel is set to have its own gathering on the merger, but hasn't announced a date yet.
WSJ: SPRINT, T-MO MOVE CLOSER TO MERGER — The two companies "have agreed to the broad outlines of a merger valuing T-Mobile at around $32 billion," the WSJ writes today. "[R]ecent regulatory developments convinced executives at both telecommunications companies that they have an opening to get a deal approved, according to people familiar with the matter. The terms involve Sprint paying around $40 a share for T-Mobile in an acquisition that could happen early this summer, the people said. The companies are still working toward a formal contract, and the effort could fall through." Read the rest: http://on.wsj.com/1tJHFTO
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING and welcome to Morning Tech, where it's crazy to think it's been a full year since The Guardian published its first report on the NSA's collection of phone records. Tell us where you were this time last year — or send tips and comments at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com, and find the rest of the team's info below the jump.
NETFLIX, VERIZON TRADE BLOWS OVER SPEEDS — After Netflix began showing some Verizon users Wednesday a message that the "network is crowded right now," Verizon slammed the House of Cards maker, calling its move "not only inaccurate" but "deliberately misleading." They called the messages a "PR stunt" and an attempt to shift blame to ISPs for the buffering that some customers experience, in a company blog post. The move signals continuing tensions over streaming speeds, even after Netflix inked an "interconnection" deal with Verizon earlier this year. Netflix has a similar interconnection deal with Comcast. Read Verizon's post here: http://vz.to/1tJEvzA
—PLUS: FCC FACES COMMENT DELUGE ON NET NEUTRALITY: Tony's front-pager this morning: "A blistering battle over net neutrality has the FCC hearing an earful — and from more than just the usual torrent of lobbyists and lawyers who swarm the chairman's eighth-floor office...Even beyond the Beltway, critics have pilloried the country's top telecommunications regulator as it weighs new rules to ensure that all Web traffic is treated equally. The debate over net neutrality has always been controversial and complicated — for consumers, companies and courts alike. But Chairman Tom Wheeler's new blueprint has triggered a reaction far more intense than what might typically greet the early stages of an FCC proceeding." politico.pro/1kMUmYA
GAO, FTC OFFICIALS WORRY ABOUT SELF-REG — The Digital Advertising Alliance continued to push self-regulation as the best option for digital privacy protections at a Senate hearing Wednesday, but representatives of the FTC and GAO both worried that may not be sufficient. "Our reports clearly indicate there is no comprehensive approach. Some companies do pay attention very consistently to the self-regulating rules that are out there and some do not. There is a great variety and not lot of transparency," GAO's Mark Goldstein testified. The FTC's Jessica Rich, for her part, said the agency's work on location data cases showed that an "opt-in standard is not being complied with on a regular basis." DAA's Lou Mastria defended the group's efforts, pointing to enforcement actions it has taken against members and nonmembers that haven't followed the rules. Whether self-regulation is a sufficient privacy protector continues to be a line of debate in privacy circles — including for those weighing Sen. Al Franken's location privacy bill that was up for discussion Wednesday. Alex has more on that here — including how it's a longshot to pass this year — for Pros: http://politico.pro/TfkDcp
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MCCAIN, BLUMENTHAL PUSH FCC ON SPORTS BLACKOUT RULE — It's time for the FCC to act on getting rid of the sports blackout rule that keeps some games off television, two lawmakers are telling the agency. Senators John McCain and Richard Blumenthal point out in a letter this week that the FCC's comment period on the issue closed in March — and the commission should now work quickly to put new regulations in place, they argue. "We believe that the rule unfairly harms consumers by insulating the NFL from market realities and punishing fans in cities with large stadiums and declining populations," the lawmakers write. Full item here: http://bit.ly/1kD6SyK
SENATE APPROPS TAKES UP CJS — The full Senate appropriations committee will take up its funding measure for the Commerce and Justice departments today, after Tuesday's successful subcommittee markup. The measure itself is under wraps until after today's vote, but a summary reveals a few of the figures key for the tech set: Commerce would get $8.6 billion for its mission — including creating "cybersecurity standards to protect dot-mil, dot-gov, and dot-com," the summary says. There's an additional $722 million for the Justice Department to continue its cybersecurity work, as well as $900 million for NIST — $50 million above what the agency received in FY 2014. The also bill fully funds the USPTO at $3.48 billion — meeting the agency's request, which is $434 million more than its FY 2014 appropriation.
For the most part, those figures are all slightly higher than counterparts in the $51.2 billion measure the House passed last week. Check out the rest of the Senate bill summary, here: http://1.usa.gov/1ovM7o0
—ALSO ON TAP TODAY: Senate Commerce hosts a hearing on the IP transition being planned for the nation's phone system, with a focus on ensuring public safety. That starts at 9:15.
STUDY: H-1B VISA CAPS ACTUALLY HURT U.S.-BORN TECH WORKERS — The short supply of H-1B visas actually depresses tech job creation and wage growth for American tech workers, according to a new study from the Partnership for a New American Economy, which supports increased immigration. That finding runs directly contrary to the popular argument that the caps make sure American tech workers can find good, high-paying jobs in the tech world. The study compares cities who fared well in H-1B lotteries in 2007 and 2008 to those who didn't, and found that bad luck in the lottery meant far fewer jobs for tech workers in those cities — especially those without college degrees. Even for those who did have jobs, the study says, the caps on visas meant a loss of as much as $3 billion in annual earnings in 2009 alone. Read the rest, here: http://bit.ly/1ovNJho
NY CYBERBULLYING LAW FACES COURT CHALLENGE. New York's high court will today hear a challenge to an Albany County law that makes it a crime to bully others online, reports the WSJ: http://on.wsj.com/1l7g3XQ
AN AMAZON SMARTPHONE ON JUNE 18? Amazon's holding a product announcement later this month, and Business Insider is pretty sure it's for their smartphone: http://read.bi/1ovOSWj
ALIBABA PREPARES EMPLOYEES FOR POTENTIAL $41 BILLION. As the Chinese e-commerce titan preps for its IPO, it's counseling its employees on how to manage "the avalanche of cash," Reuters reports: http://reut.rs/1l7pmqK
SOFTBANK DEVELOPING HUMAN-LIKE ROBOTS. They'll be used to staff it's cellphone stores, SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son will announce today, per Reuters: http://reut.rs/1l7pl6h
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When Saptarshi Roy cracked the all-India entrance exams to hotel management institutes last year and then made his way to a Bhubaneswar college, it was celebration time at home.
Less than seven months later, an uneasy hush has descended over the Bodyguard Lines home of the Roys, in Alipore. Saptarshi, tormented physically and mentally, first by seniors and then by four classmates from Bengal, is now recuperating under a psychiatrist in Calcutta and refuses to go back to the place of learning where he was driven to attempt suicide.
Saptarshis father, S.B. Roy, who is an officer in the security ring around former chief minister Jyoti Basu, has made several trips to the Institute of Hotel Management, Catering Training and Nutrition, trying to fathom what went wrong for his eldest son in Bhubaneswar.
Saptarshi joined the Institute last August. Initially, he put up at the college hostel where the ragging by seniors was brutal and never-ending. The freshers were ordered to polish their seniors shoes, play masseurs and regularly beaten up. Then, four freshers from Bengal, living in a private mess off-campus, threw him what looked like a lifeline. Why dont you come and stay with us' they urged him, recounted Kalpana, Saptarshis mother, on Monday. They asked him to pay Rs 400 as boarding charges and move in.
Another chapter of Saptarshis horror story was about to unfold. One day, last December, according to the FIR lodged with Bhubaneswar police, his room-mates charged Saptarshi with stealing Rs 1,700 and their watches. They bashed him up till he confessed that he owed them Rs 2,600 for everything he had stolen from them.
The FIR states that Saptarshi was forced to sign a blank cheque, with which his friends withdrew Rs 2,900 from an ICICI Bank branch on December 16.
Saptarshis father rushed to Bhubaneswar after receiving a distress-call from his son on December 17 and temporarily took him out of the mess. The FIR states that the next assault came on January 23, as the quartet waylaid Saptarshi, following which photocopies of his confession were circulated in class, where he was labelled a thief.
Saptarshi was beaten up again then next day and the matter reached principal B.P. Tripathi, but that did stop another brutal attack after Saraswati puja. Following this, Saptarshi took an overdose of sleeping pills.
S.B. Roy then lodged a complaint with Shahidnagar police station on February 12 and on February 16, brought his son back home. The four have been arrested and are now in judicial custody, sub-inspector D.K. Patnaik, of Shahidnagar, told Metro over telephone. But principal Tripathi dismissed the episode as a hitch between classmates (that) happened outside class and insisted there was no ragging on campus.
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This one is also great! The one you used for the card is also my fav... Thanks again for the freebees! I tend to forget that I have them, but sometimes if you have to be quick they are so handy... Have a good day, GerrinaReplyDelete
Another great set Viv, thanks.ReplyDelete
I like png and jpeg, so no real pref for either.
I agree with Faith, love the sentimentReplyDelete
Your card is gorgeous Viv.... love the 'splat' water colour look and the fab sentiment.... thanks for sharing the other ones too... clever you!ReplyDelete
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These are gorgeous Viv, thank you so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Gorgeous card and thanks for the sentiment xx JanReplyDelete
Beautiful, thanks for the freebies Viv!ReplyDelete
Another lovely set of sentiments. I love the watercolor sentiment. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Another gorgeous card Viv, and lovely selection of sentiments :o)ReplyDelete
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These are gorgeous Viv, love the way they are the focal point. You are so kind to share them:)ReplyDelete
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Thank you for the lovely sentiments :)ReplyDelete
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The sentiments are wonderful Viv, thank you so much for sharing them. The card you made is gorgeous... I love the little hints of colour.ReplyDelete


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Clear off and then we'll talk: EU tells UK no negotations until we're OUT
EUROPEAN leaders have ordered Britain to get out of the EU, warning that there will be no negotiations until we do.
With the strength of the UK economy plummeting, Boris Johnson has called for informal talks before Britain officially leaves the EU.
But the leaders of Germany, France and Italy have slapped him down, demanding that the UK take the plunge before any negotiations begin.
It means the government has to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, beginning a two year countdown until Britain gets the boot.
"There are no informal talks about the exit of Great Britain"Angela Merkel
The announcement from the EU powers could torpedo desperate efforts to stabilise markets amid a raging economic storm.
Chancellor George Osborne today tried to reassure investors, insisting the economy was strong enough to weather the crisis.
But that didn't stop the pound plunging to a 31-year low against the dollar as £40billion was wiped off the value of Britain's biggest companies.
Meanwhile credit agency Fitch Ratings, one of the world's biggest, has stripped Britain of it's top-notch credit rating, which fell to AA from AA+.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Italian PM Matteo Renzi met today in Berlin to discuss the implications of Brexit.
And they agreed there would be no talks about Britain's relationship with the European Union until the government invoked Article 50.
"There are no informal talks about the exit of Great Britain before an application for exiting the EU has been submitted to the European Council," said Mrs Merkel.


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Among other items: Brad Grey, executive producer of "The Sopranos," has emerged as the leading candidate to head of Viacom's Paramount Pictures; Advanced Micro Devices is unveiling a chip that allows people to download digital TV programs from a set-top box to a portable media player; and the man who brought the Yugo and Subaru...
NEW YORK — Delta Air Lines, which has been restructuring to avoid a bankruptcy filing, next week is expected to slash fares and remove restrictive rules such as Saturday-night stays, Time magazine reported yesterday.
The Atlanta-based airline will halve ticket-change fees to $50 from $100 and slash fares on everything from first class to last-minute tickets, Time reported.
Delta is also overhauling its entire schedule, hoping to limit future flight disruptions and delays. The airline will add 81 flights and seven new destinations from Atlanta but will spread all the flights out more over the day, Time said.
Delta spokesman Anthony Black declined comment.
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"Sopranos" producer in lead for Paramount
NEW YORK — Brad Grey, executive producer of "The Sopranos" and chairman of a top Hollywood talent-management firm, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Sherry Lansing as head of Viacom's Paramount Pictures, The Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times said yesterday.
Viacom Co-President Tom Freston is in advanced negotiations with Grey, but talks are at a delicate stage, the papers said.
While sticking points remain, a deal could be announced as early as next week, The Journal said.
Grey, 47, was expected to meet with Viacom executives today.
Paramount has been hit with management woes and a prolonged box-office slump, the Times report said, adding that its "tightfisted financial approach and cautious strategy" has alienated stars, producers and agents.
Lansing announced in November she would retire as chairman and chief executive of the film studio when her contract expires at the end of this year.
Advanced Micro Devices chip would download TV shows without PC
Advanced Micro Devices is unveiling a chip that allows people to download digital TV programs from a set-top box to a portable media player, without using a personal computer.
The Alchemy chip, to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, translates various file types into high-definition video, removing the need for a PC.
The strategy opposes Intel's plan to pack the features into PCs that consumers would put in living rooms to replace digital-video recorders, cable and satellite set-top television boxes and electronics.
Man linked with Yugo to import Chinese cars
DETROIT — The man who brought the Yugo and Subaru to this country has a new project — selling low-cost Chinese-made cars in the United States.
Chery Automobile, owned by the Chinese government, has signed a deal with Visionary Vehicles of New York to sell Chery's cars in U.S., Visionary CEO Malcolm Bricklin said yesterday.
It's the first deal to import Chinese-made vehicles designed for the U.S. market. Visionary is investing $200 million.
The companies aim to sell 250,000 vehicles in five models in 2007, with the goal of selling 1 million vehicles in eight to 10 models by 2012, said Visionary's chief of staff, Paul Lambert.
Lambert said the goal is to sell the vehicles well below the price of models now available while matching Japanese quality.
The wide world of Internet touring
NEW YORK — A new study finds that 45 percent of adult American online users have used features to take virtual tours.
And while the young tend to dominate most online activities, older users are more likely to participate in virtual tours, whose destinations include museums, colleges, real estate and parks.
According to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 52 percent of those ages 40-49 have participated, compared with 37 percent of those ages 18-27.
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Plants Battle Zombies in New Computer Game
As the holidays approach are you having a hard time trying to find that perfect gift for your favorite plant geek? Then PopCap Games Inc. might just have what you need.
The company recently introduced a new computer game, "Plants vs. Zombies," where users must protect their homes from zombies using their own personal arsenal of zombie-zapping plants.
Participants get to use more than 42 plants to accumulate additional plants, seeds and sunlight to fend off the attacking zombies and other mayhem.
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We love going to new places, the ones we have not photographed at before. Admittedly, in and around Perth, the number of such places has dwindled down so much that we rarely get such an opportunity. One of those opportunities was presented for Leanne and Craig's wedding in mid November.
The wedding was held at the Leonda Function Centre, Mundijong. This is a very secluded place, like a well guarded secret. It is beyond reach of the modern technology – it does not have a functioning website for us to hyperlink to in this text, and even Google Maps and Garmin GPS do not know where it is. Having said all that, we have to give props to the good old Street Directory for getting us there without a hassle.
It's probably a good thing that not many people know about them, otherwise they would be swamped with wedding photographers all the time. They have what is probably the Perth's best kept secret as far as wedding photography locations go. A beautiful nearby alley of trees left us flabbergasted when we saw it first. Lovely late afternoon light there made for some fantastic photography that we are very proud of.
Thank you Leanne and Craig for this opportunity. You fought off the hot weather and the swarm of flies all day, and you brought such energy to the photoshoot. We hope that these photos convey at least a small part of love that we witnessed on the day.


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Petra G. on 04/09/2014
Spoke with Isabel. She said she still has some issues that were not taken care of and will have to go back when she has the time. She was not happy with the quality of the body work and the paint work because the light on the panel is still on and there is a small scratch on the driver's side that was not addressed. The repair was a day late because they had to order extra parts. The lady was nice but she was not completely satisfied with her explanation as to why they could not take care of the scratch. She is not recommending this facility for these reasons.
Category: Collision
Service Date: 03/27/2014
Review Created: 04/09/2014
This review was collected via phone interview by Customer Research Inc.
Miranda M., Office Manager at North Rockdale Collision Center responded on 04/11/2014
Isabel brought the vehicle back and the yaw control had to be recalibrated. As far as the scratch on the driver's side, Isabel stated when she arrived that it was on the passenger side and that it was not related to the accident but she thought it would have been fixed. She was advised that it was not part of the insurance claim so the insurance company would not pay to have prior damage repaired and painted. If it was going to be repaired that would be an expense she would be responsible for, which she declined to do when she originally dropped the vehicle off.


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How can Honda possibly make an already great bike even better? Well, you'll have to ask Honda to find out for certain, but we're willing to bet that making a plethora of small changes—like they have done with the 2007 CRF250R—has something to do with it.
Recently, we took delivery of the new and improved '07 CRF250R, and, we must say, came away both impressed that we noticed the improvements, and happy that Honda didn't mess up an already excellent bike. So, what exactly did Honda change on this, the first-to-be-released of '07, 250f? Read on to find out what's new under the hood.
What's New?
Like we said, Honda didn't make any drastic changes to the bike, and, in fact, at first glance, it looks strikingly similar to the 2006 model. But as anyone knows, looks can be deceiving.
For starters, they slightly massaged the power plant in an attempt to coax a few more ponies out of the red bike. Honda began with the camshaft, which they redesigned and matched up to new cylinder head porting and a new exhaust header; all of which are aimed at giving the bike some more low-end grunt. They then designed new crankcase venting for yet again, more power. And finally, a stronger clutch basket was installed to help improve durability.
In the suspension and handling department, Honda made a few minor changes to help improve handling. Up front, the fork received new valving to help with the overall handling of the bike and improved turning prowess. But as for the shock, it didn't get any changes and remains just the same as '06. One piece of the bike that Honda is particularly proud of is the front brake. Like the '07 CRF450R, Honda gave their 250f the same front brake, which they claim gives the bike 15 percent more braking power thanks to the new link-type brake master cylinder and lever. Finally, to wrap it all up, Honda completed the winning combination with an all-new Dunlop 742FA.
How is it?
Out on the track, the '07 CRF still feels like a winner. It handles well with good overall power. And with the little changes that Honda made, it does all of this even better than the '06 model.
The power delivery of the '07 bike is exceptional. It's smooth and very user-friendly, and just like Honda wanted, has a little more power up on top. In fact, it pulls for quite a long time down straights before signing off—something that is definitely nice on any bike.
Up front, the new fork valving helps to keep the front end planted in turns, which allows for the rider to be more aggressive when entering a corner. And while we are on the subject of corners, the front brake works really well. On the 450, some of our testers complained about the brake being a little too much at times, but on this bike, the brake works magically. And on the Supercross-style track that we tested at, it definitely came in handy when setting up for the tight turns.
What we really think…
So, can this bike be another shootout winner? Only time will tell. But we do know one thing, the minor changes that Honda did make to the bike have added up to an overall improved ride, making us sweat with anticipation of what the '07 250cc four-stroke shootout might bring. Before the shootout, though, be sure to check out an up-coming issue of TransWorld Motocross for a complete test of the bike, along with rider opinions, dyno charts, and more.
Be sure to check out the video of the new 2007 CRF250R. You get a chance to watch Sleeter put the bike to the test and hear his opinion of the improvement.
To get to the videos, you can click the individual link in the right column, or click the Video link on the left to get to our ever-growing collection of movies.
To view the videos, you'll need the latest version of Quicktime, which works for both Mac and PC, is available as a frree download at www.apple.com/quicktime/download.


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Norm McIlfatrick: ' ... intelligent, talented and a faithful servant to the government of the day ...'
As DFAT State Director in April 2008 I met CEO Gunns, John Gay, over lunch to discuss the branch-office nature of Tasmania's economy.
The performance of some of Tasmania's leading mandarins responsible for running the state government machinery was raised.
Norm McIlfatrick's name came up, and John told me: "While he is intelligent, talented and a faithful servant to the government of the day, the problem lies with middle management who will suffocate and obstruct every ministerial direction that might upset the status quo and threaten their comfort zone. Therefore every effort will be made to stymie the Secretary's efforts to implement them."
I didn't appreciate the import of his comment until much later.
Gay was referencing the systemic obstruction of the public service (and sometimes ministerial minders) to the effective implementation of the government's mandate.
Leaving aside the frontline role of public servants in education, health, policing and other areas, the existence of a very costly Hobart-centric administrative and support bureaucracy needs to be questioned.
Roughly 30 per cent of the total economy is made up of public services and government that is clearly unsustainable. Because Tasmania relies on GST more than any other state due to a lower capacity to raise revenue, one should question the size of the public sector's role given it accounts for a higher percentage of Tasmania's GSP compared to other states.
In that sense, the Hodgman government's determination to cut over 500 PS positions is a step in the right direction. So is his intention to decentralise the public service into regional areas away from Hobart.
But the focus must rest on shaking up the middle management to ensure departmental heads are not made ineffectual due to resistance from the lower ranks, such as was the case of McIlfatrick, who had the unenviable task of overseeing a super department that never was coherent because of its constituent parts (mining, forestry, transport infrastructure, etc).
Hodgman needs to consider this when creating the new State Growth department.
The Premier has the prerogative to choose his departmental heads, and other shake-ups are sensible in my view.
For example, 30 years on since the 1980s, the economic development portfolio has not facilitated the creation of large sustainable new industries such as the salmon industry. Instead, a hodge-podge of small local enterprises reliant on government handouts created an unhealthy dependency with no significant impact in moving the economy forward in a sustainable way.
A reluctance for risk-taking and lukewarm interest in advancing potentially new industries spinning off the NBN is an example.
Realising the commercial and investment spin-off opportunities from the Commonwealth perspective for the island economy, I played a key role to convince the state government to invite US-based Professor Larry Smarr, a pre-eminent leader in internet infrastructure to promote the opportunities of the NBN.
Smarr was Premier David Bartlett's guest to Hobart in August 2009.
The key lesson for the incoming government is that changing a few departmental heads is insufficient.
Decentralisation of the public service and an attack on the Hobart-centric administrative and support bureaucracy, particularly in middle management, is what is required.
The other major challenge is the imperative for the right settings for policy-making coherence, particularly with regard to the creation of the new State Growth department.
*Phil na Champassak owns The Madsen Boutique Hotel in Penguin and is a founding board member of the Cradle Coast Innovation Inc fostering enterprise facilitation. He is also a board member of the Cradle Coast Tourism Executive, the regional tourism organisation for NW Tasmania. Formerly a diplomat and DFAT policy analyst, Phil has worked on trade, aid, public diplomacy, consular, international security, and bilateral relations with PNG, the US, and NZ, and was most recently DFAT State Director for Tasmania. Prior to that Phil worked for the UN Development Programme in New York, West Africa and PNG. Phil also served as election monitor to the first elections in Cambodia (1992) and South Africa (1994) and was a peace monitor in Bougainville (2002). He has contributed to publications on human rights, election monitoring, and UN issues. Awarded in 2003 a Australian Service Medal. Phil was a guest of ABC Radio Richard Fidler's 'Conversations' in November 2013.
• Earlier by Phil na Champassak: How to kick-start the economy: swap the paid parental leave scheme for small business tax concession
• Richard Colbeck: China's forestry sector endorsed by PEFC
• Terry Polglase: AEU appearance at Senate Select Committee on school funding (Gonski)
• Eric Hutchinson: Tasmanians on the way to China with Prime Minister


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On August 29th enjoy a full day of entertainment for the kids featuring music, dance,crafts and more all at Kilby Historic Site. Pet farm animals explore a general store from 1906 and plenty more. One of the biggest highlights of the day? Pinatas!
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The concrete shed stands alone in the middle of the fields. When Handicap International's team knocks on the door, a girl with red hair and sparkling eyes appears with a broad grin on her face.
She invites Hareth, physiotherapist, and Zahra, social worker, inside, where Saadi is lying on a mattress surrounded by four grey brick walls. Diana's father is still tired and has difficulty moving around. He spends most of his days with his wife and children, lying on a concrete floor, turning over in his head the events that brought him here.
"We fled our home town two years ago, when the Islamic State group took control of our region. A few months later, when they left, I immediately returned to see what had happened to our home," recalls Saadi.
"I gently pushed the front door and a bomb exploded. It was so powerful I was blown back several metres. When I came back to my senses, I was in the middle of the street and I felt a sharp pain in my leg. I called for help and people came running over to me."
"My problems had only just begun. They took me from hospital to hospital. The doctors all wanted to amputate my leg but I kept saying no. I finally agreed to a surgery that would mean staying in bed for at least a month, but it was better than losing my leg."
Then as soon as I could, I came back here to be with my family. They're all I have left," he says as he watches his children play. Diana and her brothers and sisters take great pleasure in watching Handicap International's team at work, and they're genuinely pleased to see Hareth and Zahra again.
Physiotherapy and support
The organisation has been providing Saadi with help for several months as part of its victim assistance programme in Iraq. Besides the physiotherapy sessions he now benefits from, Handicap International has also given him a toilet chair, a standard chair, and wound kits, which help make life easier for him.
"Since my first visit, Saadi has made some progress. He never really used to get up before and he found it hard to get to the toilet. Now he can move around a little more easily and the equipment we have given him seems to be helping a lot," explains Hareth.
But the road to recovery will be long. Because of his injuries, Saadi can't work and his savings are running out. The family mostly depends on charities like Handicap International to survive.
I want to make sure my children have a bright future
When we ask him what's going through his mind, Saadi talks about the external fixations in his leg, which should have been removed months ago.
"I don't have enough money to go to hospital or to pay for this kind of surgery," he explains. "I also think a lot about how I'm going to help my family if I can't move for several more years. The most important thing for me is to make sure my children have a bright future."
Hareth and Zahra leave and Diana and her brothers and sisters watch them go, impatient to see them again. Saadi is also grateful for the help the organisation has given him and he tries to be patient. He knows it's going to take a while to get back on his feet. In the meantime, his dream is to return home and work again one day. It's a simple dream, but one that would make all the difference for him if it came true.
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