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Low Prices, Classic Vintages
Spanish restaurants make some memorable bottles, out of reach in America, affordable again
San Sebastián, Spain
At a New Orleans restaurant in the mid-1980s, I saw a 1971 Trotanoy Bordeaux, a great wine of that vintage, listed for $19—$119 should have been more like it. I called the waiter over to order every bottle they had, wrapped to go. Sorry, the waiter replied, you have to drink what you order on the premises. So my friend and I stayed at Commander's Palace past midnight and consumed three bottles.
Those days of unexpected bargains are long gone. Or so I thought, until a recent dinner in San Sebastián in the Basque region of northeast Spain, one of the outstanding eating cities in the world.
I was looking over the lengthy wine list at Arzak, which has three Michelin stars and prices to match; its main courses range from $75 to $92, and that's a la carte. But there was another shocker pricewise. While so many restaurants use wine as a major profit center and never pass on to their customers the low prices they paid for their older wines. at Arzak, many of the older vintages were actually cheaper than the current release.
For instance, the restaurant was asking $950 for the 2006 Mouton Rothschild, a famous first-growth Bordeaux, but only $700 for the 1970 Mouton, an excellent vintage. The 1970 should have been priced a lot higher than the 2006, due to its rarity and because it would taste expansive, not closed-in, like the too-young 2006.
I asked owner-chef Juan Mari Arzak what was going on. "These wines were bought long ago," he said, "some of them by my grandmother. We raise the prices a bit each year but not very much. We want people to enjoy the wine; that's the way it should be."
My dining companion, the food and wine tour guide Gabriella Ranelli de Aguirre, an American who has lived in San Sebastián for two decades, said that keeping prices down for older vintages was typical of those San Sebastián restaurants that had been around for many years. Although it was 1 a.m., she insisted we drive to a restaurant called Rekondo.
We kept pounding on the door until the owner, 75-year-old Txomin Rekondo, appeared. His sleepiness vanished as soon as he heard that I was going to ask about wine, his favorite subject.
Mr. Rekondo started by handing me the thickest wine list I've ever seen, a 221-page ledger with each entry neatly handwritten. His cellar, he said, comprises 80,000 bottles in a series of underground rooms; when one room fills up, he simply has another one dug under the restaurant's parking lot. Rekondo itself features an outdoor terrace shaded by a huge tree, and a big grill separating two traditional dining rooms. But the first thing you see when you walk in is a wine bar, with wines offered by the glass.
Where to Dine
San Sebastián, which has more Michelin stars per capita than just about any other city in the world, spreads out for miles. But the core tourist area is around a U-shaped bay with a broad beach that is jammed in the summer. At the top right of the "U" is the Old City (pictured above), where many of the tapas bars are clustered. Adjacent to the Old City, a promenade along the waterfront runs by high cliffs and an old fort.
Gabriella Ranelli de Aguirre, a San Sebastián-based food and wine guide, recommends four restaurants for bargain-priced old wines. Heading the list is Rekondo, 57 Paseo de Igueldo, +34-943-212907. Arzak is at 273 Avda. Alcalde José Elósegui, 34-943-278465. The other two are Akelarre, 56 Paseo del Padre Orcolaga, 34-943-311209 and El Lagar, 55 Zabaleta Kalea, 34-943-320329.
When I looked at the prices, it was New Orleans all over again. The great 1970s Riojas of the family-owned, more than 130-year-old López de Heredia were priced between $54 and $81; by contrast, Per Se restaurant in New York offers two such vintages on its wine list for $575 each. (A spokesman for the Thomas Keller restaurant and its sister, French Laundry in California's Napa Valley, said: "Our international wine pricing includes the cost of importation, local distribution, taxes and often times a broker fee, which typically triples the original price of the wine. In Europe, most restaurants can purchase directly from the winery, so are not subject to these costs.")
For the most expensive French wines, it might turn out to be cheaper to fly to Spain, have dinner at Rekondo, and fly back to the U.S., than to order the wine in your local upscale restaurant.
The bargains didn't end with Europe. The 1982 BV Private Reserve Georges de Latour, at that time one of California's outstanding Cabernets, was priced at $49. According to winesearcher.com, it sells for an average of $116 in U.S. wine stores that carry it—before any restaurant markup is imposed.
For an American in Spain, almost every wine list is a bargain, since restaurants tend to mark up their wines about 50% over retail, compared with two or three times retail at many American restaurants. But Rekondo was clearly something special, and Mr. Rekondo showed me around his complex of wine cellars, with dozens of classics, from an 1890 López de Heredia to an 1893 Mouton to a 1926 Haut-Brion, another first-growth Bordeaux.
"I opened this restaurant in 1964," he stated. "I started putting wines away immediately, because nobody collected wines at that point." Why has he left the prices so low? To the contrary, he answered. "For a long time we didn't raise the prices at all, but then we realized our customers wouldn't appreciate them unless they had a high price. So seven or eight years ago I raised all the prices. But we realized they couldn't be off the charts. We're looking to give satisfaction to our clients. That's important, isn't it?"
Mr. Rekondo has developed an inventive way of dealing with a major problem when someone possesses 80,000 bottles of wine—the probability that some of them will get too old and begin to oxidize. He puts those wines he suspects have reached their time on a special list, with big discounts from the already low prices. The day I visited, that list, all from the 1970s and 1980s, ranged from $18 to $27. The food isn't that pricey either. Rekondo specializes in steak, and an entrecôte costs $27.
There's one piece of good news and two bits of bad news on Rekondo. The good: Mr. Rekondo's two daughters, Edurne and Lourdes, are active in the business. (Edurne, who shares her father's love of wine, has already defied tradition by scanning his handwritten wine list into a computer.)
Now the bad: You can't order wine to take back home to the U.S. Everything has to be drunk at the restaurant.
Also, Mr. Rekondo says he's jacked up the prices of some of his favorite wines that he can't bear to part with so that they won't sell. As an example, he points to Pétrus, a Bordeaux from Pomerol, one of the most expensive wines in the world. The Pétrus from the great 1982 vintage, he says, is €3,000, or a bit more than $4,000.
That price might not prove quite the deterrent he hopes. The French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley has the 1982 Pétrus on its list for $12,875.
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Attendee Registration
Panel Application
Vendor Registration
Somerset County 4-H
May 21, 2
017, Bridgewater NJ
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Please note that both our Artist Alley and Dealer Area are now full. Please email us at
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if you would like to put on the wait list.
Also please note that Vendors are not required to register as attendees.
All vendors
read the following carefully and completely before submitting their application. The application form can be found underneath. It can be submitted electronically or printed out and mailed in.
The Deadline for Vendor Applications is April 18th.
Please note that Vendor Applications are on somewhat of a first come first serve basis; once the Artist Alley and Dealer Room are full, registration for each will be closed.
Dear Dealer or Artist:
Below is the paperwork required for participation in this year's CloverCon 2017 to be held May 17 from 10am to 5pm at the 4-H Center. We look forward to having you join us.
New Guidelines for Being a Vendor/Dealer/Artist at CloverCon 2017
No food, snacks, candy or beverages of any kind can be sold.
No official art (screenshots, etc) is allowed to be sold; fan art is acceptable.
Only single space reservations accepted (no double spaces).
CloverCon is an indoor event, so weather will not be a factor — it will be held rain or shine. Our main area is not air-conditioned, please bring a fan if you desire. Spaces are available at $40 (for a 10'x10' space in the Dealers' Area) or $25 (for a 8'x6' space in Artists' Alley). Each space will incude a table. If you need an additional table, they are available for rent at a rate of $5 per table (8' x 2.5'). Spaces for the CloverCon are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so be sure to get your paperwork in as early as possible. No reservation is firm until all requirements are met.
A check made payable to Somerset County 4-H Association for your space and table rental.
A signed copy of the Contract.
The completed Registration form.
Color photograph of your display, or a sketch and description of your booth display.
All of the above should be mailed before April 18, 2017 to the following address:
Or, if you prefer, you may fill out and submit the form below, which has PayPal enabled as an additional payment option.
4-H CloverCon Attn: Betty Sommerville
Ted Blum 4-H Center
310 Milltown Road
Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
You should expect to receive your space assignment during the week of May 11, 2017.
Betty Sommerville
Somerset County 4-H Association & BIG Committee Member & Club Leader
CloverCon Event Coordinator
[email protected]
908-393-2239 (home)
908-635-1951 (cell)
Vendor Rules and Regulations:
1. Dealers/Artists must be 18 years of age or older. If 13 years old to 18, a parent or guardian must sign the registration and contract.
2.The 4-H Anime & Manga Club reserves the right to determine eligibility of any application for booth space and to exclude any and all materials that do not meet with the standards and requirements of the event.
The Somerset County 4-H Anime & Manga Club has the right to limit entries.
Acceptance is based on the quality of the items or services offered.
4. Please submit a color photograph of display, or a sketch of your booth/table display.
5. Each must supply their own displays, props and table coverings.
If you need an additional table, please pay $5 per table as requested below.
6. No alcohol or alcoholic products are permitted.
7. Open flames are prohibited.
Registration forms received without appropriate booth/table fees will not be considered.
Payment made by cash, check, money order or cashier's check only. No credit cards accepted for registration.
9. Spaces will be assigned upon receipt of paperwork and fees. Registrants will receive confirmation of their acceptance via email. No refunds will be made once confirmed for the event. Your space assignment will be emailed to you the week of May 11.
10. Each is responsible for setting up, posting prices, operating, maintaining and dismantling of booth. Event staff reserves the right to alter booth layout. Set up must be complete by 9:45am and tear down will not begin until 5pm. NO EXCEPTIONS!
11. Each is responsible for all taxes owed. New Jersey tax rate is 7%.
12. No utility service (other than limited electrical) is available.
The forgoing information is complete and true to the best of my knowledge. I understand that, should I act in a manner that is unsafe to me or to other participants or staff or the public, I may be excluded from the event. I, the below-named registrant agree to indemnify, to protect, and to hold harmless the Somerset County 4-H Association and its members, agents and volunteers from any claim or liability whatsoever. I hereby release and discharge the Somerset County 4-H Association, together with the members, agents and volunteers, for any personal injury, property damage, loss or theft occurring as a result of my participation in the CloverCon 2017 event. I hereby grant to the 4-H Anime & Manga Club the right to photograph me and use the photos and/or other digital reproduction for publication processes, whether electronic, print or digital.
CloverCon is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
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Nina Åström – NEW ALBUM!
July 5, 2010 by dan
"The Way We Are" has put Åström into a totally new league.
Her vocal performance is stunning.
…..songs for your ears and your heart
The Review
It is strikingly obvious that Åström's new found sound and tensions in the music have clearly given life to greater dynamic vocal performance. This collection of songs are bound together by the steadfast nature of Åström's lyrical delivery, whilst clearly making bold moves to explore her tonal range. Her experience to lead the band and its music from behind the microphone is evident, her command of the melody and lyrical journey in each song wrestles the very core of each song's musical purpose, allowing both music and vocal the space to breathe.
Åstrom is completely at one with the music world around her, songs like Leaving On A Jet Plane, Keep You Company and Autumn Chant leave us in no doubt that she commands the listeners ear in much the same way as a Linda Ronstadt, EmmyLou Harris or Sarah McLachlan record. The moments of sonic beauty and soulfulness are reminiscent of more recent Daniel Lanois, while others may be drawn by the Rufus Wainwright and recent Robert Plant approach and there are parts that approach the terrain of early Peter Gabriel.
"The Way We Are" is proof that, for some artists, the more you make, the better you get at it. This is Nina's 10th album…
"I am very much an observer of my own and other people's lives, and the songs exist to a great extent in the same landscape that I find myself in. These are observations on our human relationships, the hard part and the glorious, on the world surrounding us, on our relationship to Him who loves us – what it means to be a human being, created in the image of God – whether we understand it or not" - Nina Åström
"The Way We Are" was recorded & produced by Dan Weeks and Matt Weeks in London during 2009. The album features musical supporting roles from Jason Carter (Harp Guitar), Terl Bryant (John Paul Jones, Faith Hill), Ed Carlile (The Jersey Boys, M.Redman) and Mark Edwards (Carleen Anderson).
"I find the new release of Nina Åström's The Way We Are very refreshing and honest—a mature musical and listenable work. I'm delighted in the production work of Matt Weeks and Dan Weeks. Recorded in London, England, this is my favorite Nina project to date. It has elements of many styles I find appealing and Nina's words and observations about life and faith come through with clarity and grace. This is a fine recording from Images Of God to the classic Leaving On A Jet Plane and I highly recommend it to your ears and heart."
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Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun's Positive Test: 4 Reasons MVP's Urine Was DirtyMarch 5, 2012
Milwaukee Brewer Ryan Braun's Positive Test: 4 Reasons MVP's Urine Was Dirty
Milwaukee Brewer MVP Ryan Braun recently tested positive for PED's, but had his MLB-imposed suspension overturned due to some technicalities in Dino I. Laurenzi, Jr.'s handling of Braun's urine sample. More specifically, synthetic testosterone was identified in the sample of the Brewers slugger.
As expected, the public backlash was vindictive and vociferous, regardless of Braun's successful appeal. Milwaukee's toast of the town, the 2011 season's MVP and a promising star in MLB's post-steroid era has been forever tainted by his mere association to PED's.
Justified or not, this is the society we live in.
However, this article is not aimed at condemning or condoning Braun, Mr. Laurenzi, Jr. or the system in general.
This piece will present information on four particular issues: why fans are, well, dumb; what synthetic testosterone is; what exactly causes it and its corollary benefits and drawbacks; why Manny Ramirez's situation is analogous to Braun's and if Mr. Laurenzi, Jr.'s alleged tampering could have adulterated Braun's pee.
But, first, let's all take a look in the mirror, spectrophobia be damned (that is your word of the day...you are welcome), and address our own issues when it comes to such matters...
Baseball Fans Are Uninformed When It Comes to Steroids, PED's and Supplements
Ryan Braun and those who similarly wear his steroid-scarlet letter are at a disadvantage: the public, or fans of sports in general, are especially ignorant when it comes to anything supplement-related. The instant the hoi polloi hears the term "supplement" or "tested positive," they immediately jump to conclusions.
Now, considering we mostly comprise the "headline-reading" epoch, in which we believe the information included in a story's headline is sufficient enough to either confirm or dismiss what are our already entrenched beliefs, it is no surprise that these same people would eschew educating themselves on issues such as Braun's in favor of impulsively forming their own decision.
Unfortunately, this inveterate habit is only compounded with the steroid matter, because not only is our population completely nescient (that means uninformed) when it comes to performance-enhancing supplements, but the nation as a whole is, well, abjectly unhealthy and fat.
I am sorry, but just take a trip to your local Wal-Mart and call me a liar. We treat the food pyramid like it is an airplane safety pamphlet: It probably provides some important information, but is not necessary to actually read.
The point is, I beseech you to please independently research these things when that particular sphere of knowledge is outside your bailiwick.
There are thousands of supplements, both legal and illegal, available for purchase and can prove salubrious to anyone; thus, please reserve judgement until you actually know what it is you are talking about.
Or, in this case, synthetic testosterone...
Synthetic Testosterone: What Exactly Was Found in Ryan Braun's Pee
Braun's urine sample was contaminated with synthetic testosterone. Regardless of what happened afterward, that much is peremptory. So, what exactly is synthetic testosterone and how could it appear in the Brewer's star's urine?
The dictionary defines synthetic as "(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, esp. to imitate a natural product."
In other words, it is not naturally produced by the human body and can only be introduced artificially, or by "chemical synthesis."
So, if it can not originate naturally, what chemical could have generated fake testosterone in Ryan Braun's body?
Prohormones and the Synthetic Testosterone in Ryan Braun
On the gamut of PED's, Creatine and protein highlight the G-rated part of the spectrum, while steroids and HGH occupy the R-rated end of it. Prohormones fall somewhere between the two and could probably be more accurately labeled a precursor to the steroid side of things. For clarity's sake,we'll rate them PG-13.
More importantly, though, is that prohormones are the most likely of any supplement to cause synthetic testosterone.
Why? Because one of its main effects is the manufacturing of inorganic testosterone in its users' bodies. This spike in testosterone allows the user to accomplish exactly what you might think: alpha-male mentality, throw heavy stuff around the gym, dominate Wii Fit, wear smaller shirts and cause a huge spike in libido..,oh yeah, and presumably hit baseballs farther.
Prohormones are actually legal, for the most part, and can be purchased pretty easily at most health shops or through a multitude of websites.
They vary in potency and effects based on what the potential buyer is looking to achieve.
Ryan Braun and Manny Ramirez: How Their Positive Tests Are Comparable
Ryan Braun and Manny Ramirez, both former MVP's, tested positive for substances commonly linked to prohormones.
Once an individual completes a cycle of prohormones—cycles usually last between four to six weeks—he/she then must immediately proceed into an equally long cycle of what is referred to as "post-cycle therapy."
After all, you can not just put synthetic supplements into your body and not expect a downside. Typically, the stronger the prohormone (Superdrol, M-drol or any product that contains methylated compounds), then the more powerful the side-effects.
Ideally, in addition to mitigating the side-effects, one would conceivably want to retain as much of the gains they made over the course of their respective cycle.
For reference, one cycle of aforementioned M-drol will usually last four weeks, in which it would not be uncommon for the user to gain 15-20 lbs of pure muscle by the end of it.
To keep this muscle—or at least some of it—one must instantly begin taking even more pills than the prohormones necessitated in the first place. These supplements are supposed to propel one's body into naturally producing testosterone again, preventing the consequential acne and limiting hair-loss, among other deleterious effects.
Or, the individual can locate a S.E.R.M., such as Clomid, which is much more powerful and is often prescribed to females in order to moderate their estrogen.
In addition to the high levels of testosterone found in Ramirez's sample, an estrogen regulator was also exposed. What this suggests is that Manny was in post-cycle therapy from prohormone use, evoking the comparison to Ryan Braun's situation.
Dino I. Laurenzi, Jr.'s Alleged Tampering Does Not Absolve Braun
Dino I. Laurenzi, Jr. and his handling of Ryan Braun's sample may or may not have been legally proper. However, the sample of the Milwaukee Brewer hero could have marinated in a basement for a year, and synthetic testosterone could still not have magically appeared in it.
Maybe Braun's sample was mishandled by Laurenzi, Jr.; in fact, being that an independent arbitrator decided it was, then there probably was a technical peccadillo that rightfully invalidated the process—the law is the law.
But, let us be clear about one thing: Synthetic testosterone can not be biologically reproduced, unless synthetic chemicals are introduced, as the dictionary so eloquently reminds us.


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ReviewMy wife and I bought this in 2000 with 60K on it. She loves it, and it loves the local Chevy garage. We have replaced the fuel pump at 90K, the alternator at 95K, the tranny at100K (as everyone I know with a '96 has), the old style transfer case solenoid with the new/improved version, and have put two batteries in it. It also has a drinking problem. I top off the coolant about once a month. It now has a leak out of the rear seal of the transfer case (which I'll fix if it ever stops snowing), as well as lifter rattle and high oil pressure readings when first started. The a/c crapped out last year as well. But to borrow an old juice ad, I never have to say, Wow, wish I had a V8 because when the 350 rocks, she rocks!
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Ok, I'm sure one of you guys can help me. Obviously, I'm trying to install a phpbb2 forum on my FC3 Box. I have php installed (whatever version shipped with FC3). I also have MySQL & MySQL-Server installed (Via yum), and I have Apache installed (Shipped with FC3)
I have created the MySQL database "phpbb" with the username "dan" and appropriate password. It has full permissions on the database. As far as I know, MySQL seems to be running correctly. Also, apache is running correctly, again, as far as I know.
When I try to install my board I getI also yum'ed php-mysql and I suppose that's installed correctly.Code:
An error has occurred during installation
The PHP configuration on your server doesn't support the database type that you chose
Any ideas? I can post any config files you might need...
my installation page looks like this..
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Database Type: MySQL 3.x (Is this right?!)
Choose your installation method: Install
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Database Server Hostname / DSN: localhost
Your Database Name: phpbb
Database Username: dan
Database Password: mypassword
Prefix for tables in database: phpbb_
Admin Configuration
Admin Email Address: myemail
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If you have an old debt, you may wonder if you still have to pay it – can your creditors really take you to court after this long?
The law only gives a creditor a limited amount of time during which action can be taken against you. The legal term for a debt that is so old that it can't be enforced in court is "statute barred". This article answers the most common questions people have about it.
NB If you are making payments the debt will never become statute barred no matter how old it gets. In this case, this article isn't relevant, instead read Can I stop paying this old debt?
Why does "statute barred" matter?
If you aren't making any payments to a debt, the creditor has got to take you to court within a certain time which is set out in the Limitations Act 1980.
For most unsecured consumer debts in England and Wales such as credit cards and loans, this time is six years from the point at which you failed to make a payment. If the creditor doesn't start court action within this time, the debt is not enforceable because it is statute barred.
When a debt is statute barred it still exists legally, but because you cannot be taken to court for it, you do not have to make any payments to it. The Financial Conduct Authority's rules about statute-barred consumer credit debt (loans, credit cards etc) are here.
How can I tell if my debt is statute-barred?
Unsecured loans and credit cards will normally be statute barred in England and Wales if:
- it had been more than six years since you missed a payment; and
- you haven't had any contact from the creditor during this time; and
- the creditor hasn't gone to court for a CCJ for the debt.
If you have had some contact but haven't made a payment or acknowledged in writing that you owe the debt, the debt should still be statute barred. If you have reclaimed PPI, this is likely to count as acknowledging the debt.
With a joint loan, the six years runs from the last point either you or the other debtor made a payment to it. If you have split-up, you may think a debt is statute barred but actually it isn't because your ex has made a payment to it.
The situation is more complex for overdrafts and any other forms of debt where there was no set repayment period in the contract – contact National Debtline for advice about these.
Determining the exact date on which a debt becomes statute-barred can be complicated, see this factsheet: When Does the Limitation Period Start Running? Sometimes the exact date matters:
- if you write saying that a debt is statute-barred and you are wrong because the debt isn't, then your letter is likely to have "reset the clock" by acknowledging the debt;
- if you have received a court form about a debt, you need to know whether you can defend the case on the grounds the debt is statute barred.
I suggest you call National Debtline on 0808 808 4000 and talk through your situation with them.
Secured debt – mortgage shortfalls
For a debt resulting from a mortgage shortfall, the time allowed in the Limitations Act is twelve years. Many lenders however follow the old Council for Mortgage Lenders code which is now incorporated into MCOB (Mortgage Conduct of Business Rules) which says:
anyone whose property was taken into possession and sold more than six years ago, and who has not been contacted by their lender for recovery of the outstanding debt, will not now be asked to pay the shortfall.
See National Debtline's Factsheet on Mortgage Shortfalls for more details, such as what does "contact" mean? And phone National Debtline if you are contacted about a mortgage shortfall debt which is between 6 and 12 years old.
My debt is statute barred, do I still owe the money?
Yes. Your debt still exists, it hasn't been written off, it can still get sold on and you may still receive letters about it.
If you want to get rid of the debt completely and you are absolutely sure a debt is statute barred, you could consider making a very low Full and Final Settlement offer, under 10% – see Full & Final Settlements for more details. Your letter should point out that the debt is statute barred and hence unenforceable.
A debt has dropped off my credit record – is it statute barred?
The six year period for the Statute of Limitations is NOT the same as the six year period that a debt stays on your credit file after a default. If a debt isn't showing on your credit file it may be statute barred but it may not be. A debt will stop showing on your credit record six years after any default was recorded. If you made any payments to it that "resets the clock" so the six-year limitation period starts again after the most recent payment/acknowledgement.
A typical example: Mrs H is in a long-term debt management plan. Initially she only made token payments. After a few years she increased her payments and now, after seven years, she has about two years to go. Her debts will already have fallen off her credit record as it is more than six years since defaults were added to her accounts, but as she is making payments each month they are not statute barred.
My debt has been sold, does this effect becoming statute barred?
No, it doesn't matter if your debt is sold. The six year period still runs from the date of your last payment or written acknowledgment of the debt, the sale doesn't "reset the clock". If it was already statute barred at the time it was sold, it remains statute barred.
Can I ignore a letter about a statute barred debt?
Are you absolutely sure that it is statute barred? If you aren't certain, then you should probably write a "Prove It" letter to your creditor. This is worded so that it doesn't acknowledge the debt.
If you are 100% certain it is statute-barred, you could ignore a letter, but it might be less stressful to reply pointing out that it is statute-barred, otherwise the next letter you get may be a court form about a CCJ. Here is a template letter you could use:
I am writing in response to a letter from you dated [dd/mm/yy], a copy is attached.
I deny liability for what you are claiming. In addition I have not made a payment to this debt or acknowledged it for over six years. This debt is therefore statute barred and I will not be making any payments to it.
Under the Limitation Act 1980 you cannot take court action unless you can provide evidence of payment or written contact from me within the past six years. The Financial Conduct Authority rules state:
CONC 7.15.4 Notwithstanding that a debt may be recoverable, a firm must not attempt to recover a statute barred debt in England, Wales or Northern Ireland if the lender or owner has not been in contact with the customer during the limitation period.
CONC 7.15.8 A firm must not continue to demand payment from a customer after the customer has stated that he will not be paying the debt because it is statute barred.
If you continue to contact me about this debt, I shall put in a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman.
Yours sincerely, [name]
Can I ignore court papers about a statute barred debt?
No. If you ignore the Claim Form, a judgment will be made against you "in default" because you haven't replied, even if your debt is statute barred. So if the creditor takes you to court, you must defend the claim on the grounds that it is statute-barred. If you are unsure what to write on the defence form, phone National Debtline and talk to them.
Can I just wait for my debts to become statute barred?
If creditors haven't contacted you for a few years, you may be hoping that they have forgotten about the debt, so you can get through to the six-year point. This may work, but it is common to find after a while that the letters start again. This may be when your debt is sold to another debt collector, or it may be when you are just a few months away from the statute barred point.
It's hard to get through life without the credit reference agencies knowing where you are these days, so hoping your creditors can't find you rarely works.
If you still have money problems and have more recent debts that you are also struggling with, then you should be looking at the bigger picture as even if the older debts become statute-barred, that won't help a lot,so look atA Road Map of Debt Options.
Find out more about this situation in No calls or letters about a debt for years?
Can I ignore letters when it's a few months before six years?
This isn't a good idea. The creditor just has to start court action before the 6 year point – they don't have to actually get a judgment before that point.
If you aren't sure whether the debt is yours, whether it is for the right amount or whether it might be statute barred, then best thing is to reply with a Prove It! letter. But if you know the debt isn't statute barred and you do owe the money then read Threats of Court Action – Are Debt Collectors Bluffing?
When does a CCJ become statute barred?
It never does. But if the creditor hasn't taken any enforcement action in six years, they will need to apply to the court for permission if they want to enforce the debt by using bailiffs. This is unusual but if it happen to you, contact National Debtline.
Do tax debts or benefit overpayments or council tax arrears become statute barred?
Tax debts such as Income tax and VAT do not become statute barred. If you are wondering if your debt is a "tax debt", HMRC has a list of "not tax debts", which do become statute barred.
The situation regarding benefit overpayments is more complicated – although they can become statute barred, there are other ways the debt could still be recovered. You should take advice about these sorts of debts – contact National Debtline or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
A council should not go to court and ask for a liability order for council tax arrears more than six years after the council tax became due. But if the council already has a Liability Order, this will never become time barred. If you get a letter out of the blue about a Liability Order for council tax arrears from ten years ago, this may feel very unreasonable. One of the main reasons time limits exist is that people don't keep paperwork forever, so you may have no way of proving that you paid the debt at the time. This is one of the rare occasions when it may be worth asking the creditor to Write-off the Debt. It may also be worth getting a local councillor involved for council tax arrears.
What about utilities?
Gas, electricity and water bills become statute barred 6 years after the date on the bill. There are also rules regulating when a supplier can "back bill" – send a new bill for charges more than 12 months old. If you think you have a problem with back billing, go to your local Citizens Advice and ask for their help.
My debt is statute-barred, if I reclaim PPI will this re-open the debt?
Once a debt is statute barred this is permanent, it can never become "unbarred" so applying for a PPI reclaim won't change this. It is therefore safe to reclaim PPI on a statute barred debt. BUT if the reclaim is successful, the lender will sometimes not send you the money but set it off against the remaining debt – even though it is statute barred the debt still exists.
Any other questions?
I can't give you advice on whether your debt is likely to be statute barred, so if you are concerned about a specific debt, then phone National Debtline. But if you have a general question about statute barred debt, then you can use the comments below to ask it.
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Pharmaceutical kickbacks
What should a doctor consider when he is about to choose a drug treatment for an ill patient? Certainly, the drug's effectiveness and safety are key factors, and possibly the cost if a cheaper alternative works just as well. But doctors should not choose a particular drug because manufacturers gave them office supplies or promised them free trips, and they should not be influenced in their decisions by prescription benefit managers who get kickbacks to promote certain brands. Such questionable practices are common, however, and Americans should support an effort by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to put a stop to them.
HHS has published proposed guidelines that call for pharmaceutical manufacturers to end the practice of kickbacks and illegal remunerations and to develop a self-policing system that sets clear guidelines, trains employees and encourages whistle-blowers within the industry. We shouldn't be surprised to learn that drug makers and the medical profession have opposed the rules.
The kickbacks work in a variety of ways. Sometimes a drug company gives direct payments or discounts to prescription benefit managers so they will put one of the company's drugs on the preferred list. If that drug then gains market share, the kickback amount is increased. Some managers, who determine which drugs are covered by an insurance plan, are even paid to send letters to doctors promoting one drug over another. Such incentives are also used to persuade doctors to prescribe a brand-name drug over a generic, even if the cheaper drug has shown better results.
Sound unethical? Not to the pharmaceutical industry, which calls its activities "well-established practices," to be distinguished from "illegal kickbacks." But we fail to see the difference when decisions about prescribing drugs are based on financial reward rather than sound medical science.
Some doctors and hospitals are on the pharmaceutical gravy train, as well. They claim there is no conflict in letting drug companies pay for professional education programs or in accepting small gifts such as pens and note pads emblazoned with company logos. Perhaps some of those practices are not harmful, but the Massachusetts Medical Society raises a good point. "Is the physician who writes a prescription with a company's logo on the pen more likely to wire a prescription for that advertiser?" the society asked in a New York Times story.
In the current atmosphere of distrust of corporations, even the appearance of a conflict of interest should be avoided. Besides, if drug manufacturers were interested only in medical education, they could find a way to support it indirectly without any implication of a payoff.
The pharmaceutical industry's claim that it keeps prices down through its marketing ploys is ludicrous. John Rother, public policy director for AARP, answers that argument this way: "It's a form of corruption in our health care system. Getting it cleaned up has got to make it more competitive, ultimately."
The Bush administration's strong stand on the issue is welcomed. In other arenas, it has folded to corporate pressure and weakened rules that protect consumers.
Perhaps the administration recognizes that predatory pricing by drug companies is a growing threat to the economy and to many Americans. There is also a direct benefit to the government (which means taxpayers) to clean up those practices because rising drug prices increase the cost of Medicare and Medicaid.
Whatever its motives, the administration should be encouraged not to give up the fight. The new rules wouldn't clean up all that is wrong in the pharmaceutical industry, but they would end a practice that is uncomfortably close to bribery.
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The SCO Group has pulled another of IBM's Unix licences, that for the discontinued Dynix/ptx operating system which IBM acquired as part of its purchase of Sequent Computer Systems in 1999.
In a media release issued in Sydney, SCO said the Sequent (IBM) contract was terminated for what it claimed was improper transfer of Sequent's Unix source code and development methods into Linux.
SCO said it had given two months notice before withdrawing the licence. The company has already sued IBM, seeking more than US$3 billion in damages, and has revoked IBM's licence to distribute its AIX operating system.
IBM last week countersued SCO, claiming that it had incorrectly asserted rights over Linux. Big Blue has also alleged patent violations by SCO.
In the media release, SCO claimed its System V Unix contract allowed Sequent to prepare derivative works and modifications of System V software "provided the resulting materials were treated as part of the Original [System V] Software."
"Restrictions on use of the Original System V Software include the requirement of confidentiality, a prohibition against transfer of ownership, and a restriction against use for the benefit of third parties. Sequent-IBM has nevertheless contributed approximately 148 files of direct Sequent Unix code to the Linux 2.4 and 2.5 kernels, containing 168,276 lines of code," the company said.
"This Sequent code is critical NUMA (non-uniform memory access) and RCU (read copy update) multi-processor code previously lacking in Linux. Sequent-IBM has also contributed significant Unix-based development methods to Linux in addition to the direct lines of code specified above. Through these Linux contributions, Sequent-IBM failed to treat Dynix as part of the original System V software, and exceeded the scope of permitted use under its Unix System V contract with SCO," it said.
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This Ruby, a teacher, can't write 'Namaskar' in Hindi correctly
Patna, (DHNS): If an Uttar Pradesh school teacher can say that IMF stands for "International Money Found", then Bihar teachers are not lagging behind in terms of "merit".
A primary school teacher in Bihar's Buxar district could not even write "namaskar" in Hindi properly when she was asked to do so.
The matter came to fore when the District Magistrate (DM) Raman Kumar decided to carry out a surprise inspection of a primary school in his area. When the DM reached the school in Masarhia, he found the teacher concerned Rekha Kumari absent. The other teacher on the school campus Ruby Kumari was summoned. She was asked to write "Namaskar" in Hindi on the black board. She failed to write it correctly. With much difficulty she wrote "Nasmakar".
To be fair to her, the DM gave her another chance and asked her to write "Aashirwad" (blessings) in Hindi on the board. She could not write even "Aashirwad" correctly.
This infuriated the DM who publicly snubbed the teacher: "How do you people teach the children here? Is this the way new generation of student is being readied?"
The DM later interacted with the students who informed him that the school teacher Rekha Kumari visited school only twice a month. When the students' register was verified, it was found that out of 43 students enrolled, only 16 came to school.
The rota in Bihar's education system recently came to fore and made national headlines a month back when Intermediate Arts "topper" Ruby Rai pronounced political science as "prodigal science" and added that "cooking" was taught in that subject. She could not even answer how much marks she scored in the intermediate exams. Having failed in the re-test, Ruby Rai is at present cooling her heels in Patna's Beur Jail.
The District Magistrate during a surprise inspection at a primary school asked the teacher, Ruby Kumari, to write "Namaskar" in Hindi on the black board. She failed to write it correctly. With much difficulty she wrote Nasmakar. DM gave her another chance and asked her to write "Aashirwad". She could not write even "Aashirwad" correctly


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George Maragos audits show lack of focus on the basics in Nassau
Nassau County failed to inspect all but one emergency housing shelter for three years.
The county moved quickly to correct the oversight only after being embarrassed into doing so by a blistering audit from county Comptroller George Maragos, who pointed out that federal and county rules require annual inspections. It's also worth noting that Maragos asked for paperwork on all of Nassau's 27 emergency housing shelters, after difficulty in getting inspection information for one.
This constitutes another low mark for how the county provides for the health, welfare and safety of residents — the guts of government.
A state control board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, is supposed to be prodding elected officials into fixing county finances, although results so far are mixed. County lawmakers recently blocked a proposed tax increase by County Executive Edward Mangano and rushed through some hefty raises for political appointees — and, beginning in 2018, for themselves.
While all of the above has — rightly — attracted the public's attention, a series of audits by Maragos ought to be generating heat too.
In April, a Maragos audit found a "significant decline" in fixed-route service in 2012/2013 offered by the Nassau Inter-County Express Bus company, operator of the county bus system. And things are about to get worse for some riders. On Sunday, Newsday reported that the company, in a cost-saving move, plans to eliminate 11 routes and cut service on two others to deal with a perennial funding crisis — caused, in part, by rising personnel costs and significantly reduced contributions from Nassau County.
In June, a Maragos audit found "numerous weaknesses" in the county's inspections of restaurants and other food establishments, It also found that customer complaints were not tracked, which left no way to determine whether they had been resolved.
That month, a Maragos audit found weaknesses in the county's collection of ticket taxes from NYCB Theatre at Westbury from 2012 to 2016 — resulting in unpaid taxes and penalties of more than a half-million dollars — no small sum for the fiscally distressed municipality.
The new audit on emergency housing for residents including the homeless and those needing shelter after fires or storms, highlights some of the same kinds of weaknesses Maragos found in earlier audits involving a variety of county departments. Among them were a lack of inspections, monitoring and processes to catalog resident complaints and whether they were resolved.
How does Nassau know if the county shelters are fit for use absent inspections? And if county workers tasked with the job weren't conducting inspections, what were they doing instead?
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Vayne Build Guide by ShadowDrake
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Introduction - Who is Vayne?
I would assume that if you are reading this, you would at least know who Vayne is. Regardless, i will go through the trouble of telling you that she is NOT easy, and only OP when fed. So stop you moaning and learn how to fight her instead of screaming OP CHAMP when a pro Vayne scores a kill on you for the tenth time in a row.
Onward to the guide!
Skill Sequence
Many people get her Silver Bolts first. And that is perfectly understandable. However, I believe that it should be postponed a level for the all important Tumble. This is the bread and butter of Vayne. It lets you harass, dodge, and get in that necessary last shot to activate your true damage proc to take home the kill.
I level Silver Bolts secondly because it's damage scales with enemies' health. And as we all know, people get more health as the game goes on. So it isn't that great as an early game killer.
And lastly I level Condemn. And before I go anywhere with this spell let me say this: THIS IS NOT A DAMAGE ORIENTED SPELL!!! In my eyes this spell has 3 uses: knocking enemies into towers, against walls, and away from you. This is almost always to be used in a teamplay situation. Vayne excels at hiding in bushes behind her enemies, Stealth-Tumbling into their midst (Thanks to your handy-dandy ult), and pinning a champion into your allies or into a wall for an easy stun. And never use Condemn as a last hitter! Your basic attacks do just as much damage, more so with Tumble, and you never know when they might survive that one shot. And guess what happens if they survive that last-hitting Condemn? They are officially out of range of another shot.
Despite common beliefs, Vayne is actually extremely adaptable. She can be amazing against tanks, a mage hunter, or even a pretty decent support with a Frozen Mallet and defence items. I prefer to play her as an attack speed DPS, with a Banshee's Veil to help with survivability. Unfortunately, not all builds will work. Such as a crit strike build. Vayne is NOT a crit strike champion.
I focus on attack speed because her Silver Bolts passive is a purebred tank slayer, and the faster you can get it to proc, the faster they die. And as for damage, I tend to only get a pure damage item, such as a bloodthirter, as my last item (with an exception of Black Cleaver) because her ultimate gives her almost as much damage as an Infinity Edge, with stealth and movement speed to boot.
However, any and every build with vayne is NOT a solid linear progression. Depending on your enemies, you may get your Banshee's Veil right after your boots. Or you may suspend survivability in favor of more attack speed and maybe some damage. There have been many cases where a rushed Banshee's Veil as my second or third item has saved my entire game from catastrophe. It is particularly helpful against champions who either have a nuke harass, such as Jax with his Leaping Strike/Empower combo, or champions who need to chain spells together, such as Brand.
Finally, if you notice in my build, I left the final item spot open. This is because of two reasons. The first is that I have rarely gotten to that point. The enemies usually either surrendered or the match has otherwise ended. The second reason is that by the time you DO get there, the item you need is entirely dependant on the situation. Too much damage on the enemy team? Warmogs. Too many successful runners or kiters? Frozen Mallet. Just need some more damage? Bloodthirster. You get the drift.
I will come out and say this right now: I am not a huge fan of runes. They are a massive drain on IP, and I tend to just stick with my one completed rune page, regardless of who I play. Call me a noob, but that's just how I roll. And it works pretty well for me :P Anyway, the best quints would be, as I see it, are attack speed runes. As I have said numerous times, attack speed it just beautiful on Vayne. However I just love my Armor Penetration Marks and couldn't let them go! And for the other two, I just got armor and magic resist to help with early game durability. Anyways, this is the one section I did not put much thought into, so tweak as you desire!
Summoner Spells
Summoner spells, in my opnion, are best suited to the individual player. I have had many cases where a Mundo has managed to drag himself to safety due to a well timed ghost and ult. This is why I like to take Ghost AND Exhaust. Yes, Vayne is a good chaser. But she has absolutely no slows, unless you choose to get a Frozen Mallet. She relies entirely on her superior speed to kill enemies. And some champions can outrun out valient mistress, such as Doctor Mundo, Master Yi, and the occasional Gangplank. But Ghost, when in synergy with her ult, lets her catch just about anyone. And the Exhaust will both help with the occasional speedy demon like Mundo, and even with a common cocky DPS like a Jax screaming I'M A BEAST!!! But after you Banshee's Veil absorbs his leap, just roll, pin to a wall, Exhaust, and activate your active on Sword of the Divine and he can't do diddly squat! (Whos a beast now, Jax?)
Early Game
Mid Lane:Yes, Vayne can mid. Yes, she is good at it. No, she is not good against everyone. Many champions are very good at eliminating Vayne. Anyone who can out-harrass her Tumble-shot will generally beat her at mid. I find brand to be particularly irritating. This is because if he places his pillar perfectly with you in the dead center, your Tumble will not carry you out of it.
Side Lanes:Vayne does not particularly excel in this situation. She is most definately a carry. She can indeed be deadly early game, but only with a lane partner who can keep the enemies at bay, like an Alistar or a Mundo. Xin-Zhao will kill you. He is most likely the best solution to Vayne that I have seen. But maybe that is just my opinion.
In any case, BE CAREFUL!!! Vayne is VERY fragile, and cannot take sustained damage. Hit and run when you can, but be watchful of ganks and don't push too hard.
Team Work
Vayne excels at assassinating single targets in the midst of some anarchy and chaos. In the midst of a team fight, Vayne's primary spell combo (Ult, Tumble, Condemn, Attacks, and maybe summoner spells) will almost always land a kill, so long as you don't do anything too risky. If a small team fight is about to break out, like a 2v2 or 3v3, and the enemy has not spotted you yet, you can usually stealth-tumble in for a nice pin for a nice kill, and the speed of it often makes the unlocky enemy's allies recoil for a second or two, letting you get the kill and be on your merry way towards the safety of your cuddly allies.
All in all, Vayne is an adaptable True Damage DPS Chaser Carry with situational Stealths and Stuns/Knockbacks. Hopefully this guide will help you to master the Night Hunter. So go forth, hunt your prey, and make them fear the very mention of The Night Hunter. Au Revoir!
(If anyone finds a build or guide that you believe is far superior to this one, feel free to send it to me and I test it myself. If I find it substantially superior, I will delete my Guide here and send the link of the other build in place of this one)


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I like puzzles. I solve them for fun; I don't like when companies use them for recruiting, though.
Some companies use puzzle-like questions as interview devices for knowledge workers. Other than the obvious inefficiency of using proxies when there are direct measures of performance, many of these questions penalize creativity and thinking outside the box defined by the people who are conducting the interview (usually the potential coworkers).
Here's a thought: if hiring a programmer, ask a programming question. For example, give the interviewee a snippet of code and ask what its function is; ask how it could be optimized; ask what would happen with some change to the code or how a bug in a standard subroutine would affect the robustness of the code.
Here's a second though: if hiring statisticians, instead of trying to trip them with probability puzzles (especially when your answer might be wrong), show them a data-intensive paper and ask them to explain the results, or to consider alternative statistical techniques, or to point out limitations of the techniques used. Perhaps even -- oh what a novel idea -- consider asking them to help with an actual problem that you're actually trying to solve.
My job interviews, in academe, were like these thoughts: I was asked, reasonably enough, about my training, my research, my teaching, and to demonstrate the ability to present technical material and answer audience questions; job-related skills, all, even though some interviewers were interested in puzzles.
In social events, however, some acquaintances have asked me questions from interviews; here are a couple of responses one could give that are correct but unacceptable to most interviewers:
How would you move Mount Fuji?
Well, in a universe in which the Japanese people and government would allow me to play around with one of their most important landmarks, I'd probably be too busy simuldating Olivia Wilde and Milla Jovovich to dabble in minor construction projects. But if I had to, I'd use a location-to-location transport beam from my starship, the USS HedgeFund.
Or did you want to know whether I can come up with the formula for the volume of a truncated cone?
What is the next number in this sequence: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11,...
It's pi-cubed. You are enumerating in increasing order the zeros of the following polynomial
\[ (x - 2) (x - 3) (x - 5) (x- 7) (x - 11) ( x - \pi^3).\]
Or did you think that there was only one sequence starting with the first five prime numbers?
Bob has two children, one is a boy. What is the probability that the other is a boy?
I made a video about that. (Even after that video, or my live explanation, some people insist on the wrong answer, 1/3; proof that there are few things more damaging than a little knowledge matched with a big insecure ego.)
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I'll have a later post explaining the deeper problem with using puzzles (and its dynamics), part II of this.


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Royal Mail loses its monopoly on letters after 350 years
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I keep old posts on the site because sometimes it's interesting to read old content. Not everything that is old is bad. Also, I think people might be interested to track how my views have changed over time: for example, how my strident teenage views have mellowed and matured!
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At the moment, this seems like a reasonably good idea, as it will encourage Royal Mail to become more efficient and an all-round better service. The real test, though, will be whether we still think it was a good idea five years hence, which will largely depend on whether Royal Mail has performed, or ended up increasing prices, removing rural services, or just giving up completely.
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...in the 2ww!
We misscalculated my fertile days this cycle (I think...I'm still not certain at this point) and DTD unprotected, so I guess we're TTC already instead of waiting until next cycle...OOPS!
I'm the worst at stuff like this! Even though I promised myself I wasn't going to obsess about TTC this time, I just know I'm still going to have it on the brain all the time since that's just the type of person I am. Soooooo, with that being said, I guess the waiting game begins!
Let's make it a little extra entertaining...anyone want to take a guess as to how long it will take us to conceive #2? It took us a year to get preggo with Melodie, but I'm pretty sure it was mostly because it took a long time for my periods to regulate after getting off BCP. Since having her though, I've had a regular 29-30 day cycle ever since my first post-partum AF.
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A great thing about this handy tool is the fact that it can convert the downloaded videos to a large variety of formats, including FLV, AVI, WMV, MP4 and more.
This program will print off a list of your installed applications so you can keep a reference on paper ready to tick off when you re-install. The software is so easy to use it requires no instructions.
This software looks at the windows registry to reference installed programs, and therefore may miss software that does not install itself so it can been seen under "Add/Remove Programs".
Video Conversion plug-in is an addon for the famous Free Download Manager application. With this plug-in you can convert videos that you download in a flash. The plug-in provides multimedia functions for your download manager software . It is free and it comes for the lite version of Free Download Manager.
What is MessageLock Decryptor?
Has someone sent you a file that has the extension .ML256?
To open this file, you will need two things: the password and the MessageLock Decryptor software.
MessageLock Decryptor is a free Windows software program that lets you open files that have been encrypted by MessageLock.
Forex Trader Sidekick - The Tool every Forex Trader needs !
Forex Trader Sidekick is a free windows software program made for all of you who trading forex and want a quick reference to real time forex market hours of Tokyo, Sydney, London and New York forex markets.
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Pentabulous! is a free Windows software program to implement the wiimote interactive whiteboard. It was designed to be compatible with all of the components featured and sold by penteractive.us. It has worked for thousands of people across the globe but can not guarantee it will work for everyone.
PIF DESIGNER 2.2 is a software we can download free of charge from the Epson Website. It has been developed for editing frames with or without photos, specially for making birthday card, get well card, congratulation card, party card, greeting card, photo album and so on.
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If you wish to transfer video between PC, laptop, netbook, Tablets, iPad, iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, 3GP mobile phones, PSP, MP4 players, Zune.
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Free POS Software is a multi-user point of sale system. This feature allows for the creation of multiple user profiles with selectable roles.
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ACAD Main Mall Gallery
ACAD Students and Alumni
Blind Spot: Blackout
February 26 - March 4, 2017
Opening Reception February 28, 5:00 PM
Black Out, In darkness we hold our secrets. Based on the common belief that information is power, information suppression is an attempt to exercise our abilities to overpower. We are living in a time of information overload yet there is more than ever a sense of censorship and carefully curated information. Blackout is a juried exhibition by ACAD students and alumni that explores the concept of darkness and secrecy. Juried by Naomi Potter, Director of Esker Foundation.


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The blogging world keep increasing as the world changes and people changes with the world and the latest development in the world.
thegeekiepedia start as a personal blog in the middle of JUNE 2013 with ADESANMI ADEDOTUN being the soul Author and the only Admin as the time of writing this about page. Thegeekiepedia came into existence with the aims of sharing some deep knowledge on how to make money online, tech tips and tricks majorly on 'how to', internet marketing, making money with AdSense, and some other cool stuffs.
I am ADESANMI ADEDOTUN, a passionate and part-time blogger whose believe goes thus:
I respect individual persanlity and I'm a respected personnel, life don't treats me the way she likes, I adapt to thing that people called challenge and I learn just great from every challenges.
Blogging as a challenge has taught me so many things during my startup and today, living without been challenged makes me a coward. I love those that put on the light but I passionately hates anyone, whatsoever that causes darkness when not authorized.
I can work seamlessly without profit at a start but start great has a great end. My best companion is my computer, during lecture free, I have fun with my computer and make composition of some great content that easily goes viral even on search engine.
Personally, I'm an educationists in the making,a mechanist, a mathematician, and a certified project manager who is likely to turn internet addict few month from now, I love people telling lies because the truthful way is always at my closet and I'm not scared of what people do to me but I got scared of what their reward would end being after the whole scenario.
Ugggg, but one thing you haven't had about me…. I'm passionate about loving people, love makes my spirit goes viral and I fly at the speed of light in the presence of love. However, loving isn't complete without high financial probability, and thus… I do things as if it is exactly the end of the road.


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Although its action takes place 100 years ago, there is nothing historical about The Last Station, a film that depicts a lunatic literary genius (Leo Tolstoy, played by Christopher Plummer) viciously abusing the wife (Sofya, played by Helen Mirren), who had raised 13 children for him and copied War and Peace by hand no fewer than seven times.
The theme is certainly fresh: The literary world is still buzzing from the impact in late 2008 of Patrick French's authorized biography of V.S. Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, which reveals new dimensions of spousal suffering in its portrait of the Nobel laureate's downtrodden wife, Pat - and will assuredly not play to family audiences in the unlikely event French's book is ever filmed.
Even if it weren't an enduring phenomenon, the literary marriage-as-horror-story seems to have special appeal to modern audiences. Nancy Milford's Zelda, published in 1970, initiated the trend with a sympathetic portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald's tortured, schizophrenic wife - driven to madness in part, we are told, because of his tyranny. Seen today as a feminist classic, Zelda dominated contemporary bestseller lists, and ultimately sold 1.4-million copies worldwide.
Even more audacious in her ambition to upend literary orthodoxy, Brenda Maddox published Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom in 1988, revealing James Joyce's previously ignored housemaid wife to be both the inspiration and the rock of his life. Unusual in the genre for its portrait of an almost happy marriage, the book was made into a film starring Ewan McGregor as Joyce and Susan Lynch as Nora.
Other classics of the type include The Invisible Woman, Claire Tomalin's 1990 biography of Ellen Ternan, Charles Dickens's long-time mistress, whose relationship with the novelist was ignored or suppressed for decades. Jay Parini's The Last Station, the novel on which the current movie is based, appeared the same year.
Just how far we have come - or not - was demonstrated by the recent publication of Girl in a Blue Dress: A Novel Inspired by the Life and Marriage of Charles Dickens, in which author Gaynor Arnold valiantly gives voice to Catherine Dickens, long regarded as the least redeemable wife in English literature.
Tomalin took the title of her biography of Dickens's much more interesting mistress from Germaine Greer, who had first applied it to Anne Hathaway, near-mythical wife of William Shakespeare. More than 20 years later, Greer followed up with her own Shakespeare's Wife, stoutly defending a marriage critics and historians have long characterized as artificial and loveless.
Greer not only defends the traditionally suspect marriage as "functional," she stakes a claim to new literary territory in her ambition to show how well it worked. "There is almost no literature in any language known to me in which we are shown round a functional marriage," Greer wrote. "We get inside marriages only when they are dysfunctional."
But that judgment ignores Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), by Stacy Schiff, which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. Schiff portrays a marriage so functional - and an artistic collaboration so intense - that the separate identities of Mrs. and Mr. Nabokov virtually fuse over 52 years of marriage.
But there are more literary marriages that don't function, and those are the ones that continue to inspire most literary attention. "Jesus protect us from geniuses," said Beatrice Behan, author of My Life with Brendan and the essential amanuensis without whom Brendan Behan's work would likely never have emerged from his one long bender of a life.
Alcohol is a consistent factor in most modern accounts of literary genius crumbling into personal catastrophe, with the marriage of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin serving as the focus of countless studies on the subject. "Ours was not a love story proper; it was more of a drink story," Mrs. Thomas wrote in Double Drink Story: My Life with Dylan Thomas. "Predominantly a drink story because, without the first-aid of drink, it could never have got onto its rocking feet."
In What It Used to Be Like: A Portrait of My Marriage to Raymond Carver, Maryann Burk Carver covers similar ground, telling how she suppressed her own ambition in order to succour the unstable genius who ultimately rejected her after attaining literary fame. Burk's lost weekend lasted 27 years. According to one critic, her memoir should have been subtitled Drinking: A Love Story.
Perhaps the most poignant of all the lost wives was poet Sylvia Plath, whose novel The Bell Jar, another feminist classic, appeared less than a month before she committed suicide - allegedly because of the infidelity of her husband, fellow poet Ted Hughes. The resulting controversy was so enduring that Hughes devoted his last work, Birthday Letters, to exploring their relationship and attempting to absolve himself of blame for her death.
Almost as if they anticipated their own elevation to literary lore, the couple had named their eldest child after Frieda von Richthofen, the bohemian lover-turned-wife of D.H. Lawrence, and subject in her own right of Janet Byrne's 1995 biography A Genius for Living: A Biography of Frieda Lawrence.
As much as love itself, the literary marriage is a never-ending story.


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"I was a model. There was a red carpet runway. There was a photographer and a videographer. A stylist did my hair; a makeup artist did my makeup. People came to watch. And passers-by stopped to watch me pummel the runway."
That's the basic version of how I spent Friday, August 15, 2014.
Let me rewind a little bit, though:
On the last day of July, I was looking at the Facebook page of That Shuu Girl (a boutique here in Lancaster City.) I had been in the store the week before–because I LOVE CLOTHES–but also to officially meet Nikki, the owner.
In October of 2013, That Shuu Girl was a vendor at the inaugural PINK: A Women's Event which is a "girls' night out" featuring health, wellness, fun, food, fashion and guest speakers Giuliana & Bill Rancic.
So–GUESS WHO is planning the October 11, 2014 PINK event with guest speaker–health and fitness guru Jillian Michaels? (Psst, it's ME!)
One of the most important parts of my job is building solid relationships with my vendors. As often as I can, I try to meet the business owners, and social networking really helps me "keep tabs" so I can get to know them and the goods or services the provide. I try to help their business, and increase brand awareness by interacting with them through social media–as often as I can.
So on the last day of July, my focus was on Fall 2014 events. I was looking at That Shuu Girl's Facebook page, and that's when I saw this:
I already had plans to spend First Friday on the rooftop of Tellus360 with friends, and That Shuu Girl is about a block (ish) up the street.
This had SOPHIA 2.0 WRITTEN ALL OVER IT… If you're new to the Glitter & Bruises 'Memoir In The Making' then you probably aren't familiar with my dream to make dresses for drag queens.
The next day, I printed the blog post and tucked it in an envelope along with my business card.
Because…if you want the kind of life you dream is possible, you have to take some responsibility.
Opportunities knock. Rarely do they let themselves in. So at the end of my workday, I grabbed my purse, the envelope, and walked a few blocks east on King Street. I could not allow this door to remain shut–the 'knock' was deafening.
Fashion designer Michelle Rene was standing right by the (opportunity!) door. WE TOTALLY HIT IT OFF. My professional introduction started like this:
"Hi…Michelle! It's so nice to meet you! I'm Sophia. Wow, how fun is this? I saw this Meet & Greet on Facebook…"
And then excitement and ADHD took hold and my professional introduction disbanded:
"OMG so I'm here to meet you because, OK well I want to learn–I mean RE-learn–how to sew, because I want to make… Well here, let me show you. I'm a writer, and I printed this for you. I bought myself a sewing machine for Christmas and it's still in the box because I'm getting a divorce but it's OK, I'm OK…my son and I moved in with my parents and I have like no place to set up the sewing machine and also I didn't start working until April so I like literally did not have the money to even buy fabric or pins or anything, I work for Lancaster Newspapers but that's not why I'm here, I don't write for them, I am an event planner–that's my JOB-job, and I have a website called Glitter & Bruises and that's my job that doesn't pay the bills YET. But back in February I was thinking, see I LOVE drag queens, like drag culture…makeup, hair, costumes, sequins and all that stuff… I was always obsessed with RuPaul, and Bianca Del Rio IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL OMG, OK so anyway I printed out this blog post from February where I announced that I wanted to make DRESSES FOR DRAG QUEENS…like costumes and stuff, but I have to RE-learn how to sew, and I'm gonna do it! Bianca Del Rio is a costume-maker, and I'm going to be one, too! And I wrote about the Marco Marco fashion show and Marco himself retweeted it and shared it on Facebook and thanked me for understanding his work, you know, like it's so much more than boys in dresses…"
But see, she totally GOT me. And there was love and excitement in the air, and then:
Michelle: I want you to walk for me.
Me: Wuh?
Michelle: I'm having a fashion show here in two weeks, I'm going to make something for you, I want you to walk the runway for me.
Me: Um really? I'm not really, like…fluid? I'm kind of like a miniature Clydesdale?
Michelle: Oh stop, you'll do so good!
Me: But I'm like…short. And chubby.
Michelle: STOP! You're walking for me.
Me: But I have….cankles.
Michelle: STOPPPP! Stop tearing yourself apart!
(I think this is where she was about to kick me.)
And that's how I ended up stomping down the runway last week.
I walked into That Shuu Girl
as an aspiring Drag Queen Costume Designer
and I walked out as a runway model.
I wasn't sure what I had gotten myself into.
I was diggin' the sovereign energy, though.
SO. Fortunately, I don't have a boyfriend or anything. My life is pretty much bloated with work/parenting/website responsibilities. And some social fun time. And *just* enough room to walk a red carpet, baby!
During the week between the Meet & Greet and the Fashion Show, I had a date. A lovely mid-day coffee date at Commonwealth on Queen. While I was chatting away and ignoring my phone, Michelle Rene was texting me: Heading over to see nikki at her shop if you get a free min please pop in so I can get your stats girl!!
So glad I checked my phone after I said goodbye to my date at the cafe! As I hurried down Queen Street, I thought about how different my life is now. Last August–this website didn't exist. I was married. Working a part time retail job. Spouse was collecting unemployment. Money was tight. I was stressed and depressed.
Last August–I never would have predicted that I'd have my own blog and a rapidly growing fanbase. Working a sweet job, downtown Lancaster. Um, going on a DATE. And then dashing off to be measured for a garment to model at…That Shuu Girl.
That Shuu Girl.
That shoe girl.
Who was that girl… She was a writer… She had girlfriends. She was a style icon.
She was kind of a hot mess in a Versace dress.
An endearing train wreck.
I'm chubby Carrie Bradshaw.
Swap cities, subtract the shoes and the sexcapades and replace with makeup and a kid. Uncanny. And brilliant.
BUT! Onto the fitting with Michelle! The tape measure seemed to have temporarily vanished, so she used a cell phone cord to measure me.
And my boobs. That was cool. My boobs were like "ohhhh right, right. yes, we remember this."
Along the back wall (in the photo above) you can see some clothing made by Michelle Rene. I was totally eyeing up the jacket…and then realized there was a coordinating dress.
Next thing I knew, I was naked in the dressing room.
I be everywhere, everybody know me
super super fresh, super dope styling
Michelle told me she was making something just like this for me–in a different fabric and color. Perfection. I love shapely statement coats and royal-esque collars and/or lapels.
The blue is for me.
I'm intrigued. I rarely wear color. I'm also fascinated that she has fabric swatches. Not surprised–just fascinated. I never thought about it. I guess I have a lot to learn if I am going to make dresses for drag queens.
I returned to work and left my fashion fate in Michelle's hands… I knew she'd take good care of me!
Fast forward to the next week–three days before the fashion show. All hell broke loose.
I wound up in the ER with a fierce case of RENAL COLIC, which is a fancy way of saying…I have a kidney stone. I prefer to think of it as a Divorce Diamond, created from all the stress and pressure of a terminal marriage.
But the good doc hooked me up with pain meds*
*legally prescribed and used as directed
*heard way too many ugly divorce horror stories
Yes, the good doc hooked me up with pain meds (plus a pee-strainer). I REFUSE.
And I was clear to walk the red carpet–with or without my Divorce Diamond.
I arrived with a clean face and unwashed hair, and…
…well, I'll let the gallery tell the rest of the story.
Click on the thumbnail for more information in captions! Then–leave a comment and let me know which styles you liked best!
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Hi DGR,
We won our case over a year ago, so our situation is irrelevant. I was just using our case as an example of what we all may see as a cut and dry case is in reality very different to the way the Spanish Judicial system sees it and acts upon.
If you are going to sue for just 25% of your deposit, it could cost you a lot in lawyers/court fees. You need to do the sums. I don't see how you can sue for anymore than the agreed 25% when as of now the developer has completed the building and the LFO has been issued. The most important thing you need to ascertain is "Has the LFO been issued?" The only sure way to find out is go to the Local Town Hall. It will be a different situation if there is no LFO.
You should take the advice of a litigation lawyer. I would be very interested to see what Maria de Castro or Drakan would say to you in this case.
In a worst case scenario I could take the developer to court & win, however the developer could go bust & my bank guarantee could have lapsed during the process!!!!
That is why it is better to sue the Bank and not the developer..if you have a BG.
I'm also under no illusion that I should expect justice, however the PCC is clear & the developer should honour it.
That's what many people think and hope for. It doesn't happen!


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THE latest statistics for Scotland show less than 1% of adoptions are by same-sex couples, and the number has declined.
Out of 455 children adopted in 2011, only four were by gay or lesbian couples.
The 2011 figures reveal that only one gay couple and three lesbian couples adopted a child. In 2010, 12 same-sex couples (eight lesbian and four gay couples) adopted a child.
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Fertility treatments, including IVF and donor insemination, have also been used by same-sex couples trying to conceive.
A total of 561 cycles of IVF were performed for women with a female partner in 2010 - about 100 more than in 2009, resulting in 215 babies being born.
A total of 1028 donor inseminations were carried out on women with a female partner, producing 152 babies in 2010.


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Public Sector Labor Relations: District of Columbia
Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.
Authors: Stuart R. Buttrick, Rozlyn Fulgoni-Britton and Susan W. Kline, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- The District of Columbia Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act governs District public employees' organizing and bargaining rights. See Public Sector Employees.
- Unions can gain recognition through elections and a recognition process that employers can voluntarily choose instead of an election. See Union Recognition Process and The District's Voluntary Card Check Rule.
- The Public Employees Relation Board handles and investigates unfair labor practices. See The District's Public Employee Relations Board and Unfair Labor Practices.
- Public employees do not have the right to strike. See No Right to Strike.