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Citi to Pay Back $335 Million to Customers for Fraudulent Credit Card Charges
An interest-rate problem that overcharged customers will force Citigroup (C) to pay back $355 million, the bank said Friday.
The bank failed to lower interest rates on the cards as was required by federal law, resulting in the overcharges.
Citigroup increased annual interest rates for customers who missed payments, but federal law requires card issuers to reduce the rate back to the original level if customers begin paying their bills on time. The company said that it delivered about for 90% to the customers affected.
The issue affected about 1.75 million credit card accounts. On average, affected customers will receive about $190.
China Seizes Control of Anbang Insurance, Owner of Waldorf Astoria
Chinese regulators seized control of Anbang Insurance Group due to the precarious nature of the company's finances following suspected illegal activity. Anbang is the owner of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, among other high profile holdings.
The company will now be overseen by a working group of regulators from various agencies for at least one year.
"All transactions of your company, asset trading, information dissemination, contract signing other than traditional insurance business are subject to the consent of the working group," a statement from China's regulators read.
Chinese regulators had slowed the company's ambitious acquisition spree in recent years because of its reliance on the sale short-term investment products and its plan to expand outside of insurance.
BMW in Talks to Build EVs in China
German carmaker BMW said that it is in talks to build battery-powered electric vehicles in China, which would mark the first time the cars will be made outside of Europe.
BMW delivered 560,000 vehicles to China, the world's largest auto market, in 2017, of which, 35,000 were Minis.
The Chinese government has stipulated that it wants 20% of vehicles sold in the country to be electric or rechargeable by 2025.
New FCC Rules Governing ISPs Goes Into Effect April 23
The Federal Communications Commission will implement its new rules governing how internet service providers administer broadband services to their customers on April 23.
The FCC has famously scrapped Obama-era net neutrality rules that mandated against ISPs slowing down internet services for products that may originate from competitors. The practice is known as "throttling."
The 60-day delay in implementation does give opponents of the new rule an opportunity to push back against the new directive. On Thursday, the Federal Register, a collection of 23 state attorney generals, filed a lawsuit against the FCC's decision in the U.S. Court of appeals for the D.C. circuit.
"An open internet, and the free exchange of ideas it allows, is critical to our democratic process," said Eric Schneiderman, the New York attorney general who is leading the charge. "Repealing net neutrality will allow internet service providers to put corporate profits over consumers by controlling what we see, do, and say online. Consumers and businesses in New York and across the country have the right to a free and open internet, and our coalition of attorneys general won't stop fighting to protect that right."
Opening Bell
U.S. markets were looking to capitalize on the bit of momentum that the Dow and S&P built in trading Thursday while the Nasdaq was looking to avoid a five-session losing streak Friday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average started trading up 0.55%, or 137 points, to 25,100 out of the gate, while the S&P 500 rose 0.57%, or 15 points, to 2,719 and the Nasdaq rose 0.66%, or 46 points, to 7,256.
The Dow's gains were driven by strong sessions from Intel Corp. (INTC) , up more than 2%, and McDonald's Corp. (MCD) , up 1.5%.
The Dow and S&P are still down overall for the holiday-shortened week.
Commodities markets were mixed Friday. After starting the day in negative territory, industry benchmark Brent crude prices were flat at $66.39 per barrel while West Texas crude prices fell 0.06% to $62.73.
PlayStation Videogame Network Goes Down for 4th Time This Year
Gamers looking for access to Sony's (SNY) PlayStation Network were frustrated last night after the network went down for the fourth time in 2018 and the second time in February.
"You may have some difficulty launching games, applications, or online features," Sony's PSN page said last night. "Our engineers are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, and we thank you for your patience."
Sony has since restored service to the network.
Oil Prices Fall on Record U.S. Output
If the steady 10.27 million barrels of oil a day the U.S. produced last week is confirmed by monthly figures then the bull rally in oil prices could hit a snag.
Industry benchmark Brent crude prices fell 0.23%, or 15 cents, to $66.24 while West Texas crude declined 0.1%, or 6 cents, to $62.71. Major oil plays were not moving premarket Friday, but could face pressure Friday.
A supply glut dropped oil prices as low as the high $30's in recent years, but crude prices have steadily risen over the past 18 months as the OPEC oil cartel has cut production in order to increase prices and spur demand.
However, those efforts have been stymied by a suddenly robust U.S. oil market. U.S. shale plays are producing oil at record rates as exports have also increased. Crude exports rose to more than 2 million barrels per day last week, close to the record of 2.1 million barrels that was reached in October.
In spite of the steady production, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that crude stocks fell unexpectedly by 1.6 million barrels last week. The decline was blamed on low import figures.
Toyota Takes Top Spots in Consumer Reports Rankings
Toyota Motor (TM) may not be the biggest car maker by sales volume anymore, but it is the best, according to Consumer Reports 2018 rankings.
The consumer magazine named Toyota vehicles top in their class in four of the 10 categories that were ranked.
The Toyota Corolla was ranked best compact car, the Camry was ranked top midsize car, the Highlander won best midsize SUV and the Sienna was the industry's top minivan.
"Part of what helps Toyota is just really impressive reliability across the board," said Jake Fisher, director of automotive testing for Consumer Reports.
"Our continued commitment to bringing quality products with key safety technologies to our customers remains a top priority," Toyota said in a statement.
General Mills to Purchase Natural Pet Food Co. Blue Buffalo
Consumer food product maker General Mills (GIS) announced plans to purchase natural pet food maker Blue Buffalo Pet Products (BUFF) in an all-cash deal worth nearly $8 billion.
General Mills offered $40 per share for the company, a 17.2% premium over the company's Thursday closing price. Shares of the company were up nearly 18% premarket to $40.15.
General Mills says that the deal will be neutral to its cash earnings per share in 2019 and will begin to add to its bottom line in fiscal 2020.
U.S. futures indicated a positive opening for markets Friday as the Dow and S&P look to build momentum off of Thursday's volatile day of trading.
Dow futures were rising 0.32%, indicating an opening 81 points higher to 25,094 while S&P futures rose 0.21%, indicating an open 6 points higher to 2,717. Nasdaq futures rose 0.26%, indicating an open 18 points higher after the Nasdaq was the lone index to fall in trading Thursday.
Asian markets had a strong day of trading with the three major average all closing the day well into the green. The Shanghai Composite rose 0.63% while the Hang Seng jumped 0.98% and the Nikkei gained 0.72%.
Markets in Europe were struggling with the FTSE 100 and CAC 40 both falling about 0.2% while the DAX in Germany was basically flat.


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In a desperate attempt to sell more iPhone 5c's, Apple has resorted social media! Apple doesn't usually do this kind of thing. Well, the Tumblr page is essentially just a compilation of fancy ways to show off how different colors show different personalities. My personal favorites are the Pac Man and Tetris ones. Find your favorite by clicking here!
All of your Mac and iOS questions and rumors can be answered! How? Easy! Just ask a teenager! What's better? Ask an Apple Certified teenager! Ask me! Alex! Writing once every single day since 2012!
Thursday, March 13, 2014
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Wednesday Family Nights have something for everyone.
Dinner at 5:30pm, classes from 6 – 7:30pm. Invite your friends!
A class for all adults using the Believe study will meet in the Conference Room in the back building. This study builds our faith as we discover how to think like Jesus, how to act like Jesus, how to be like Jesus.
Youth Group
This group is for Middle and High School students to have a great time with others while building their faith. Kyle Flanigan is our youth leader, who engages the youth in fun activities and bible teaching they can apply to today's generation.
KiDMo is over for the Summer! See you next Fall.
Engaging program for children ages Preschool through 5th grade, click here to find out more: KiDMo!


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email from Age NI
Hello Donal,
Thank you for meeting us at the SDLP conference in November last year.
We wanted to share some important news with you since we met.
The Assembly Executive has promised to introduce a law to end age discrimination when accessing things like healthcare, mortgages, bank loans, car insurance and travel insurance.
We know that with the help of you and your party we can help make sure that the Executive keeps this promise and introduces the law that will help older people participate more fully in society.
Help us put a stop to age discrimination:
- Visit our Stop Age Discrimination webpage for more information
- Share your experiences on our anonymous Age Discrimination Survey
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|Good (but can be rude at times)
|Children's TV Personality
|Uncle Bob
|Hector Con Carne
|Voiced By
|Tom Kenny
Warren is Uncle Bob's sock puppet, who he uses as a side character on his show. Apparently, Uncle Bob perceives him as another person, as he portrays Warren in character backstage and has even been emotionally influenced by him. He appeared in "Everyone Loves Uncle Bob".
Warren is a white sock with a red toe and a red zigzag line, that runs around his cuff. He has big googly eyes and a few tiny stubs of loose sock threads all over his body.
Warren acts rougher and more assertive than Bob, making rude exclamations and behaving impolitely, especially for someone who serves as a role model for children. Because of this, Warren portrays an example of how not to act on the show, with Bob being his polar opposite and telling Warren how to behave. His on-screen persona goes beyond acting though, as he's seen by Bob as a completely different entity than himself. Bob apparently undergoes severe split personality disorder, since he's so committed to the Warren charade, that he's able to change his own opinions and personality traits, based off of what "Warren", a fictional character, portrayed by himself, tells him. At the end of the episode he appeared in, Bob went from being a good hearted and forgiving fellow, to a spiteful, tough-as-nails ruffian, who would violently fight back at whoever wronged him. So, basically, Warren is the embodiment of another side of Uncle Bob, who obtains all his hate and negativity, leaving Bob's dominant form to be a happy, idyllic guy, fit for a children's television show host. At the end of the episode, featuring them, however, Uncle Bob let Warren take over, turning him into the same person as Warren.
- Strangely enough, Warren and Uncle Bob have different voice actors. Warren's is Tom Kenny and Uncle Bob's is Armin Shimerman. This sort of contributes more to the illusion that Bob and Warren are different people.
- Warren's appearance on the episode's title card slightly differs from his appearance in the episode. On the title card, the redness on the toe of the sock, used as the puppet, serving as Warren's body is gone.


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Ready to dance? Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight. are coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita worldwide. To celebrate the Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection, Atlus has released a new sizzle trailer. As a reminder, this not only includes the Persona 3 and Persona 5 rhythm games, but also Persona 4: Dancing All Night. (It is $99.99 on the PS4 and $69.99 on the Vita.)
Meanwhile, have a gander at the sizzle trailer, which it is indeed sizzling. The delightful trailer includes remixes of two songs. Do you recognize "Want To Be Close" and "Last Surprise" here?
Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight will arrive on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in the United States and Europe on December 4, 2018. They are already available in Japan.
Persona Dancing Endless Night Collection Trailer Highlights Two Song Remixes


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Zombie Diary: Survival
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Review Zombie Diary: Survival
Kill zombies in this side scrolling game
Author: Jay Feldman
Date: 07 Jun 2017, tested on ASUS Nexus 7 (2013)
Decent graphics, interesting plot, decent game play
Is lagging, challenging controls, monotonous game play, animation is a bit laggy
Zombie Diary: Survival for Android drops you in the middle of the action; kill zombies, spill blood and watch brains splatter. I hope all that sounds like fun, because that's the whole game in a nutshell.
Zombie Diary: Survival takes place in an urban wasteland. Zombies have overrun this tiny little cartoon city, and your mission, naturally, is to kill them all. The game features an inviting animated map; just choose from a handful of locales, then go in and start the killing. The game is a side scrolling environment, but truthfully, it really doesn't matter if you even try to walk or move. I found the game played essentially the same if I just stood there and blasted zombies coming at me. They come from behind and in front, so all you really need do is change directions and keep shooting.
*Aside* - if zombies are dead, why do they always bleed so much?
The kills are quite graphic, with copious amounts of blood, brains and bouncing eyeballs. It's fun to look at for a couple minutes but then gets boring. Basically, each level is identical, just with slightly different set dressing. Oh, and they add a couple different zombies that are harder to kill and just point out how shoddy the weaponry really is.
Animation is ok, it renders decent, and it had better, cuz there ain't much happening here. The sounds are appropriate, nothing memorable one way or another. The game did suck my battery almost as much as the game sucked to play. There are a lot of screens begging for donations which literally get in the way of what little fun there is to be had here. I don't think this game has enough going for it to justify any purchases.
Zombie Diary: Survival will entertain for about three minutes, then will be solidly forgettable. I think it has a lot of potential, just not much inspiration in its current form. I'll be curious to see how it evolves. It could be decent, but it's just not there yet.
Final ratings
Gameplay 6/10
Story 7/10
Graphics 8/10
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Anticipated obituaries
Ashley Olsen anticipated obituary ("anticipated" means that she is not dead).
Ashley Olsen
1986 - 2020
Ashley Olsen is dead
Ashley Olsen, born on June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, was an American actress. She died on July 15, 2020 at the age of 34.
Ashley Olsen is the sister of Mary-Kate Olsen and Elizabeth Olsen.


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REDMOND – Microsoft has finally acquired the Nokia, once leader in mobiles, this morning, ending the biopic of a 3-decade story of the Finnish mobile manufacturer.
Microsoft has actually completed its acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business. The acquisition has been approved by Nokia shareholders and by governmental regulatory agencies around the world.
Millions, actually hundreds of millions, people have their first mobile memories started with Nokia mobiles. This could be a sad for those who love to be 'Nokians'.
Nokia, however, will the key mobile networking business as well as research intellectual property division besides the Here, digital mapping services.
"Today we welcome the Nokia Devices and Services business to our family. The mobile capabilities and assets they bring will advance our transformation," said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. "Together with our partners, we remain focused on delivering innovation more rapidly in our mobile-first, cloud-first world."
Reporting to Nadella is former Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop, who will serve as executive vice president of the Microsoft Devices Group, overseeing an expanded devices business that includes Lumia smartphones and tablets, Nokia mobile phones, Xbox hardware, Surface, Perceptive Pixel (PPI) products, and accessories.
The deal will also see some of the best experts from 130 cities from 50 countries to join the software giant.
Windows Phone is the fastest-growing ecosystem in the smartphone market, and its portfolio of award-winning devices continues to expand.
In the fourth quarter of 2013, according to IDC, Windows Phone reinforced its position as a top three smartphone operating system and was the fastest-growing platform among the leading operating systems with 91 percent year-over-year gain.
Furthermore, with the Nokia mobile phone business, Microsoft will target the affordable mobile devices market, a $50 billion annual opportunity, delivering the first mobile experience to the next billion people while introducing Microsoft services to new customers around the world.
As a result of the deal, Microsoft will welcome approximately 25,000 transferring employees from around the world.


text: Those running the premier league may have forgotten where the came from. Instead of reacting angrily to mr holt they should take a deep breath and think about the truth in what he is saying. In all honesty, don't we all think that the money at the top end for players and agents has gone a bit nuts? Equally, wouldn't we all support the idea of a bit more for the EFL to nurture talent and keep the smaller teams going?


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Looking for the perfect compliment to your Easter Sunday ham? Here's 10 of my all time favorite side dish recipes that pair with baked ham perfectly! The bonus, their fast, easy and simply scrumptious.
Crockpot Chicken Tortellini Soup
Tortellini soup has always been one of my favorites. The cheese inside the tortellini just adds a little bit something extra to a soup very similar tasting to chicken noodle soup.
Crockpot BBQ Beer Shredded Chicken
I'm pretty sure hubby and I could live on shredded chicken. It has so many versatile uses that you could make it something more interesting each day. Take this Crockpot BBQ Beer Chicken as an example. We piled ours high on fresh, fluffy bakery buns but used the leftovers on a homemade pizza with some…
Super Simple Crockpot Mashed Potatoes
Once I discovered just how easy and quick it was to make mashed potatoes in a crockpot, I've never turned back! I don't know about you but it seems like I'm forever waiting for a pot of water to boil. Not anymore for these potatoes!
Crockpot BBQ Brown Sugar Baked Beans
These Crockpot BBQ Brown Sugar Baked Beans may be one of the easiest recipes I've ever cooked. You literally just dump all of the ingredients into the crockpot and walk away. No fuss, no muss.
Crockpot Chicken Parmesan and Pasta
The weather is heating up around here so it's about that time when I turn to my trusty crockpot to do all of the cooking for me. Forget standing over the hot stove and oven, try this simple Chicken Parmesan Pasta recipe instead!


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Join us for the Book & Gift Fair on Monday, April 15 from 9:00 am – 5:00pm and on Tuesday, April 16 from 7:00 am – 3:00 pm. This event is located in the Memorial Auditorium at 826 West King Street in Owosso. It is being sponsored by the Memorial Healthcare Auxiliary and all proceeds from this event will benefit Hospital Improvements.
This event offers unique books and gifts at great savings! Cash, checks, credit/debit cards, and payroll deduction for qualified Memorial Healthcare employees will be accepted. Open to the public!!


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|Yours truly 3 years ago
|We were greeted by this sign at the entrance
|The cottage we rented
|The grillers
|Hab hab time
The next morning, I took the liberty to capture moments and scenery. And here's what I've got:
After several cups of coffee and noodles, the memories we had have been brought back to home with us.
How to get there:
You can take a jeepney ride to Soong from Highway Mandaue. I think the fare is P15. Not sure because I was riding a motorcycle. :)


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By Age Good Food Guide
French farmhouse bistro, straight out of an M.F.K Fisher vision.
This restaurant (down a rough-grown garden path, towards a barn-like cottage overlooking a verdant valley) nails the whole French farmhouse bistro thing, with an Antipodean twist. Stuart Bell's menu seems traditional at first glance – steak tartare, canard a l'orange, crème caramel – but look to prawns poached in vanilla set on fluffy brioche with avocado and a dill-tinged yogurt sauce. Salmon gravlax, thrown in with sweet, pickled beetroot, is lifted with sauce gribiche. Salad nicoise uses barely seared tuna steaks in place of the classic tinned, accompanied by proper soft-boiled, sunrise-yolked eggs, tender potatoes and olive tapenade-dressed beans. The richness of the roasted pork rack, crunched up with a strip of crackling and dressed with pork jus, is offset smartly with the sweetness of juicy, spiced plums. The sense of Franco-reverie is enhanced by both the service and French-leaning wine list. Desserts, including a rough-cut orange-infused crème caramel and a crisp-based tarte tatin, are excellent renditions of long-lived dishes.


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Screwed by Kelly Jamieson
on May 28, 2018
Also by this author: Playing Hurt (Aces Hockey, #6), Loving Maddie from A to Z
Cash Hale has been in love with his best friend's wife forever. Now Callie and Beau are divorced, but she's still way off-limits. Dating her would betray his friendship with Beau. And Cash is nothing if not loyal.
Callie Sutherland is starting over. The end of her marriage was just one more way she failed to live up to her wealthy family's expectations, so from now on she's not even going to try. It's time to live her life the way she wants. And she wants Cash.
Cash and Beau aren't just friends, they're business partners, and the drop in the price of oil has hurt their business. They need to win the bid for Sutherland Industries' next big project—but it may get messy since Callie's family owns the business. Not only would Cash risk his friendship with Beau to be with her, he'd be risking the company they worked so hard to create.
But this new Callie isn't taking no for an answer.
He's so screwed...
Where should i start? I could tell you that you need to read this book, if you want to see how a true heroine should be in a book, how maybe when it comes to love and fidelity isn't always a black and white type of thing, to learn to love yourself and believe in yourself and think you are good enough.
This book made me cry, because it hit a rough spot for me, maybe that's why the 5* rating. But it wasn't just that. The amazing alpha caveman, out of the world smut and dirty talk, strong character heroine (she's absolutely perfect) and the story itself made me love it this much.
Thank you for the bottom of my heart for granting me this ARC. I feel privileged. 🙂


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A Defense Tech reader sent this interesting article my way. But, to be honest, Im not sure what to make of it.
I know a little bit about nanotechnology but not necessarily enough to really know if this development is significant. But I thought Id pass it along because DT readers may be able to enlighten me and others on this.
What applications in defense and intelligence might this have? The article mentions research funding was provided by the Army. From what I understand this sol-gel ink solution is a process that could lead to the construction of various nano-structures such as lenses, optics and even fine structures.
Heres the article:
New sol-gel inks developed by researchers at the University of Illinois can be printed into patterns to produce three-dimensional structures of metal oxides with nanoscale features.
The ability to directly pattern functional oxides at the nanoscale opens a new avenue to functional devices. Potential applications include micro-fuel cells, photonic crystals and gas sensors.
The researchers describe the new inks in a paper accepted for publication in the journal Advanced Materials, and featured on its Advances in Advance Web site.
Using this new family of inks, we have produced features as small as 225 nanometers, said co-author Jennifer Lewis, the Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and director of the universitys Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory (FSMRL). Our goal is to get down to 100 nanometer feature sizes.
To create three-dimensional structures, the researchers use a robotic deposition process called direct-write assembly. The concentrated sol-gel ink is dispensed as a filament from a nozzle approximately 1 micron in diameter (about 100 times smaller than a human hair). The ink is dispensed while a computer-controlled micropositioner precisely directs the path. After the pattern for the first layer is complete, the nozzle is raised and another layer is deposited. This process is repeated until the desired shape is produced.
We have opened direct ink writing to a new realm of functional materials, said graduate student Eric Duoss, the papers lead author. Since we print the desired functionality directly, the need for complicated templating and replicating schemes is eliminated.
Unlike previous inks, which require a liquid coagulation reservoir, the newly formulated inks are concentrated enough to rapidly solidify and maintain their shape in air, even as they span gaps in underlying layers.
This gives us the ability to start, stop and reposition the flow of ink repeatedly, providing exquisite control over the deposition process, Duoss said. For example, we can directly pattern defects in three-dimensional structures for use as photonic crystals.
After the structures have been assembled, they are converted to the desired functional oxide phase by heating at elevated temperature. Titanium dioxide, which possesses high refractive index and interesting electrical properties, is one material the researchers have successfully produced.
The researchers ink design and patterning approach can be readily extended to other materials.
There are a nearly endless variety of materials to choose from, Lewis said. We envision having a toolbox of inks that can print at the micro- and nanoscale. These inks will be used for heterogeneous integration with other manufacturing techniques to create complex, functional devices composed of many different materials.
In addition to Lewis and Duoss, former post-doctoral researcher Mariusz Twardowski is a co-author of the paper.
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-- Christian


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So I've been playing around with the idea of an in-house mail server for awhile. I have setup Microsoft SMTP service for outbound mail on one of the Windows servers in an effort to log outbound mail. After adding an additional MX record, mail is being received on outside domains (reverse DNS records were already in place). Our current mail host does not support SPF records, and they have a tendency to get their own SMTP severs blacklisted from time to time. I setup a VM image of Windows 2008 with Exchange Server. Installation took forever and a day, but implementation was far more intuitive than I expected. Still the cost and overhead makes it the wrong choice for us.
I've been a big fan of OSX for some time now. The more I learn about it, the better I like it.
There is, however, one aspect of Apple culture that is absolutely abysmal. Product documentation. What documentation can be found is virtually useless. Tier 1 technical support; also useless. At first glance, OSX 10.8 Server has a simple and elegant interface. After about five minutes, the glamor wears of and you realize that virtually everything you want to do has to be done from the command line. That would be fine if I didn't come from 20 years of DOS and Wintel product experience.
So what I've learned to date is this: the 3rd party open source products built into OSX Server do not seem to be as customizable as one would hope. Tinker around with the settings of amavisd.conf too much and you won't be getting any mail. Attempt to configure admin notification and spamassassin will no longer change subject line on processed spam. Mess with… get the picture? I've gone back and forth with this for a week now. I've learned a tremendous amount about the back end, and am growing increasingly proficient at linux/unix commands. (That should prove useful on my Ubuntu boxes…) Still, it would be nice to have a manual that documents which options you can change without breaking the system.


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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Sarkozy announced on Monday his decision to run in 2017 presidential elections in France. Following the announcement, Sarkozy expressed support for the controversial burkini Muslim swimwear bans imposed by several French Riviera cities and pledged to stem immigration to the country.
"Politicians of the center-right may urge their electorate not to vote for Sarkozy because he has failed once or because he is too emotional or because his ideas are too near to the far-right National Front. However, it is still very early and things can change very fast," Dhuicq said.
Nicolas Sarkozy was president in 2007-2012, during his tenure as head of state he pushed through measures to curb irregular immigration and also oversaw number of unpopular reforms, including raising the retirement age from 60 to 62, relaxing the 35-hour working week and altering the tax system to encourage overtime and home ownership.


text: Shane Golby has been a practicing artist for over thirty years. For the first twenty years of his artistic career he focused on still-life and landscape subjects. The works produced during these years were drawn from his travels in Africa, northern Alberta, and the Canadian Arctic. While focusing on the natural world, these earlier works, produced in a variety of drawing and painting media with an emphasis on chalk pastels, also examined a variety of personal concerns such as isolation and loss. In 1997 Shane returned to the University of Alberta as a special student in the Faculty of Fine Arts. His university studies, which continued until 2001, involved printmaking, acrylic painting and clay figurative sculpture. These studies profoundly influenced his artistic concerns and style, expanding his artistic vision to include investigations into popular culture and socio-political concerns. In these explorations he has embraced a mixed media style of expression using acrylics, concrete, text, gel-transfer and photomontage to construct collage and sculptural relief works.


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Gulp.²²Outnumbered and outmatched, Sonic has no choice but to order Tails to take the other Team Sonic members and retreat. He then hoofs it to Bolts, picks him up, and runs as fast as his leg-and-a-half will take him so Hypno-bot's signal doesn't affect the diminutive robot, too. Bolts points Sonic to the location of the lead-lined bunker, and he takes him there. Meanwhile, the other Team Sonic members are running from the robot horde and manage to hide in a corridor which, luckily, is the very same dead end containing the bunker, and Sonic alerts them to it; soon, they all slide down into the bunker. Reviewing the facts, Knuckles somehow thinks everything went fine, but Sticks brings him back down to earth, knowing it was a total ''disaster'' (and compliments Bolts on the bunker). Bolts further underlines the reality of their situation, saying that if he managed to get the other robots down here and reprogram them, they'd just get re-infected once they left the lead-lined walls (another thing Sticks applauds him for). And Tails only hammers it in by saying that while Hypno-bot doesn't affect organic beings, the five of them just aren't enough this time.²²But that last statement sparks an idea in Bolts' head, which he's quick to voice: what if he could just make ''more'' of Team Sonic by collecting their DNA to create cyborg copies of them? Tails adds that if they have organic brains, there's no way for Hypno-bot to take them over. The team is quickly down for this... with the obvious exception of Sticks, who's already not happy she's been pulled into a robot civil war and ''definitely'' doesn't want a robot messing with her DNA to create a cyborg duplicate of herself. Amy manages to bring her in by saying the robo-apocalypse will win if she refuses, though; she can't say "no" to that. And so, after a long period of gathering the team's DNA and working on their project, Tails and Bolts eventually get things done, and Bolts introduces Team Sonic to their new cyborg doubles, dubbed Team ''Cybonic'' (and Amy notes he hasn't gotten any better at naming things). Each of the cyborgs are the spitting image of their counterpart, only with metal in place of flesh and cloth alongside glowing, light-blue eyes (also, Knuckles' cyborg double wears a bolo tie, as requested by Knuckles himself so he could see how he'd look with one). Sticks still doesn't trust the cyborg copy of herself, and funnily enough, said copy ''agrees'' with her, considering the whole idea to be nuts. Yep, that's Sticks' DNA, alright.²²Outside the trapdoor, Eggman has gathered a small portion of the robot army, ordering them to blast Team Sonic to bits as soon as they exit. But they don't. Team Cybonic ''does''. Their field test goes wonderfully-- they effortlessly tear through the robots and head outside, and Hypno-bot ''definitely'' notices and tries to hypnotize them. No dice, says Cyborg Sonic; he then tells everyone that Hypno-bot is their main target. First things first, though-- they need to smash his robot goons to even touch him. But come on-- we all know Team Sonic didn't get ''this'' far to back down now. The final battle begins as they charge at the enemy robots, each Team Sonic member working in perfect tandem with their cyborg double to decimate the army, minion by minion, big or small (not destroying the robots that the heroes are friendly with, of course), in a ''beautiful'' display. Sticks even starts to take a liking to Cyborg Sticks, as they think exactly alike (probably because they have the same brain).²²Thanks to the heroes' increased numbers and synergy, the robot army is soon whittled away to almost nothing. Sonic takes initiative, running towards Hypno-bot to finish the fight once and for all... or so he thinks. After all, there's one little wrinkle he forgot about: the hypnotized Mighton. A surprise rocket punch from the robot hits Sonic in the side. He slides across the ground as he screams in agony and clutches his injured leg, unable to move or even ''get up'' because the pain was brought rushing back from the impact. Hypno-bot seizes the opportunity, ordering Mighton to finish the hedgehog off with another rocket punch. Tails is nearby, a twinge of horror and concern flashing through his mind as he watches. He knows that he'd made a perfect storm of mistakes that had coalesced into this one outcome, and now he's at a crossroads-- either he hesitates again and lets Sonic get killed for certain, or he destroys Hypno-bot and ends this crisis once and for all.²²But in an instant, Tails finds the strength within to do what he must, because ultimately, no creation of his would ''ever'' be able to take the place of his closest friend.²²As time runs short, Tails ''charges'' towards Hypno-bot, sheer determination pushing him as fast as his tails can spin. His allies keep the enemy robots off him and deflect Hypno-bot's gun just before it fires, ensuring nothing halts his approach. As he finally gets close, Tails, letting loose a loud battle cry, lifts his wrench and ''slams'' it down on Hypno-bot's hypno-ray, breaking it clean off. Hypno-bot's control is lifted from all robots once again, and Mighton, once again under his own power, recalls his rocket fist, which stops mere ''inches'' short of ending Sonic. Hypno-bot crackles and convulses before going offline. With one decisive move, the turmoil is at last over. The world is saved, and all of the heroes cheer in victory. Eggman, knowing when he's beaten, wisely decides to call it an early night and run with his tail between his legs, along with the few robots he has left.²²Later, with the danger now well behind the heroes, Team Cybonic says it'd be best if they stayed in Morristown as its protectors, with Cyborg Sticks arguing that they'd just get corrupted and take over if they were to go down to the surface. Sonic assures everyone that Team Sonic will return if Morristown ever needs their help again. But about that name-- it turns out Mighton and Bolts, having gotten a ''lot'' of feedback over the day, decided to take everyone's advice and change it; Morristown is now Roboken, and Team Sonic can agree that that's a ''much'' better name. The citizens of the newly-christened Roboken are once again able to live in peace, so Sonic and co. are no longer needed. They board a ship, and the robots, [=FriendBot=] and the Cubot prototypes having joined them, wave goodbye to their flesh-and-blood liberators as Tails pilots the ship out of the city in the clouds and back down to the surface (and Knuckles activates his seat's vibration function).²²It's been a ''very'' exhausting day for Team Sonic, but now they can clock out and return home at last. When they get back to the surface, you can be sure they'll get in some well-deserved R&R after all this trouble... until Eggman inevitably attacks again. They might have cancelled the robo-apocalypse, but a hero's work is never done; however, they'll keep up the fight, safe in the knowledge that they've come out of this particularly intense adventure as the victors.²²!! This episode contains examples of:²* BigBadDuumvirate: Eggman and Hypno-bot team up to conquer Morristown and vanquish their enemies.²* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Bolts suspects that Amy "wears the pants" in her and Sonic's "relationship":²-->'''Sonic''': ''[[AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal Nobody]]'' [[PantslessMalesFullyDressedFemales wears pants]]! ''[[RunningGag Nobody]]''.²* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Sonic, in regards of [[CannotSpitItOut hiding his feelings for Amy]] when she arrives.²-->'''Sonic''': Amy! I'm so happy that you're here, I mean in a [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally non-romantic]], comrades-in-arms kind of way.²* GameBreakingInjury: The leg injury Sonic suffered in [[Recap/SonicBoomS2E28RobotsFromTheSkyPartThree Part Three]] comes back to haunt him here, because once a hypnotized Mighton's nailed him with a rocket punch, it has him feeling the pain all over again and prevents him from moving. Hypno-bot takes full advantage of the injury and orders Mighton to finish him off with another punch. If Tails hadn't disabled Hypno-bot just in time, the hedgehog would be a goner.²* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After Hypno-bot is defeated, Eggman decides pressing the attack isn't worth it with so many do-gooders around to stop him and [[VillainExitStageLeft gets out of there]].²* OhCrap: PlayedForLaughs; this is Sonic's reaction when Amy reminds him "[they] have that..."²* StoryArc: This episode is the finale of an overarching plotline taking place over the course of four episodes.
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PSA-Maguindanao meets the Association of Local Civil Registrars of Maguindanao and Cotabato City
The OIC - Regional Director Hji. Razulden A. Mangelen, with the OIC – Provincial Statistics Officer of Maguindanao, Engr. Akan G. Tula once again convened the Association of Local Civil Registrars of Maguindanao and Cotabato City (ALCRMCC) on July 18, 2018 at D&M Restaurant. This was participated by thirty – nine (39) personnel including the staffs from the regional office, RSSO-ARMM. About 76% MRCs including Cotabato City were present in the said meeting.
The purpose of the meeting being called is for the MCRs to be updated officially on the development of PSA – ARMM, its transitions for having new head of office. It was also an avenue for the OIC – Regional Director Hji. Raz, since he was the PSO of Maguindanao Provincial Office to introduce to MCRs the new OIC -PSO of Maguindanao Province in person of Engr. Akan G. Tula.
On the welcome message rendered by Engr. Tula, he highlighted the strong tie-up with the MCRs. He then seeks the same support, the MCRs given to Hji. Raz wherein MCRs confirm and reaffirm same commitment of support with the current leadership of Maguindanao.
The meeting proper was presided by Hji, Raz that formed part of the transition of leadership wherein the first agenda was the "change of leadership in PSO Maguindanao and PSA – ARMM thereby formally announced by the latter the new OIC – PSO as he (Hji. Raz) was an OIC-RD.
The CRS Serbilis outlet operation on the other hand as announced by the new OIC RD, aims to expand its office and still waiting for the action being taken by the UniSys. RA 10173 otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act of 2012 was tackled by the OIC RD. He highlighted the law's creamy part for the MCRs thus, RA 10173, or the Data Privacy Act, protects individuals from unauthorized processing of personal information that is (1) private, not publicly available; and (2) identifiable, where the identity of the individual is apparent either through direct attribution or when put together with other available information. not reveal/disclosed any information that would mean expose the private entity or personality. The law defines sensitive personal information as being:
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- About an individual's health, education, genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any proceeding or any offense committed or alleged to have committed;
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- Marked as classified by executive order or act of Congress.
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Following agenda tackled the other civil registry concerns wherein Mr. Efren Maido, the RO-II of the PSA Maguindanao made clarified issues and concern about submissions of the MCRs' report; that is; one month delay has no electronic endorsement made from that municipality or a temporary suspension of electronic endorsement is hereby implemented as sanction for non-compliance of the "on – time – submission of the MCRs.
On the open forum, MCRs reiterate the fast and prompt action of the Central office on the transmitted COLB/MC and other civil registration matters thereby further request the current leadership to have constantly communicate with the Civil Registrar - Central office.
Closing remarks was rendered by Mr. Delson Yusop, the RO-IV as he stated the importance of the MCRs role in civil registrations from birth, marriage and death.


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Why Fiction Stories Are Important to Society Essay Example for Free
Why Fiction Stories Are Important to Society Essay When we are young we read a lot of childrenââ¬â¢s stories, or have them read to us by our parents or at school. A lot of these stories are entertaining but they can also be used as a catalyst to teach young children about morals and values. For instance, a favourite of mine is Horton Hears a Who, by Doctor Seuss. This particular story is about equality and tolerance of difference, Horton says, ââ¬Å"a persons a person no matter how small. We could have instead sat a young child down and told them all about the Holocaust, slavery and the many other unjust acts of discrimination around the world and why it is wrong ââ¬â but a child wouldnââ¬â¢t understand and even they did, it would be cruel to expose a child to this kind of information. This is one reason why fiction is so important; it allows information and ideas to be accessible to a larger audience. The two films we have been studying this year, Born on the Forth of July and Gallipoli are both based on actual events. Why then werenââ¬â¢t these stories presented as a documentary? So many other films do the same thing. Why? When we take real events and work them into a fiction or semi fiction story there are certain aspects of the events that can then be manipulated or emphasised to have a greater effect on the audience, but also to direct the audience towards an intended or dominant reading of the text. In the movie Born on the fourth of July, we follow the story of Ron Kovic from his innocent youth, to an extremely patriotic teenager, his time in Vietnam and then see his transformation into a protester of war. The movie stays very close to actual events except for two distinct adaptations. While in Vietnam Kovic shoots down a fellow marine, Wilson. In the film he later confesses to the Wilson family of this. However this is scene has been invented. In this scene we see Kovicââ¬â¢s face through a close up camera shot, his anguish, pain and guilt of his mistake are evident. We are then transported into his memory of the event; the slow motion and daunting music create a funeral atmosphere. By being subjected to Kovicââ¬â¢s emotion so bluntly through the close up camera shot and then to see how he remembers the tragedy with such regret, a sense of Kovicââ¬â¢s conflict with himself is created and we cant help but to sympathise with him. Further more, we then see the members of Wilsonââ¬â¢s family, his mother and father and widowed wife and son. We see them separately, also through close up camera shots to emphasise their emotions, the horror of realisation at what Kovic is saying and then extreme pain of loosing their loved one. The extreme pain of loss is confirmed when Wilsonââ¬â¢s wife says to Kovic, ââ¬Å"I can never forgive you, maybe the lord can. â⬠The Wilson family cannot forgive Kovic however we admire his honesty. By creating this scene we are exposed to some of the after effects of war, grief stricken families, this builds on the anti war theme. More so this scene also shows us that veterans of war are just as much victims as those that died because we have scene the conflict Kovic has with himself and our sympathy towards Kovic is strengthened. The other adaptation of the story is Kovicââ¬â¢s high school sweetheart, Donna. We meet Donna in Kovicââ¬â¢s childhood; their affection for each other is carried throughout their teenage years. The high school prom is created to present to the audience the idea of ââ¬Ëyoung loveââ¬â¢ between Donna and Kovic, particularly Kovicââ¬â¢s feelings for her. It is evident when we see Kovicââ¬â¢s outburst of anger when he finds out Donna is going with someone else, due to a misunderstanding, and then confirmed as he runs through the rain on the night of the prom, purely so he can dance with Donna before he is dispatched. The music, especially the song ââ¬ËMoon River,ââ¬â¢ heightens the dreamy, starry eyed, mood. We meet Donna again when Kovic returns from Vietnam. Here she is epresentative of the uprising antiwar movement in America. In one scene Kovic tells Donna, ââ¬Å"I made a promise to myself that I would come back and love you forever. ââ¬Å" However, it becomes clear that there will be no future for Donna and Kovic, perhaps because of the time in which Kovic was at war or because of the paralysis he returned with. Either way it is heartbreaking to see; the chronological structuring of the film and early development of Kovicââ¬â¢s feelings for Donna aids the strong emotional effect that this loss of love and loss of the future Kovic hoped for has on us. Here we can see that by adding fictional sections to actual events the impact on the audience can be heightened because we are subjected to scenes, characters and conflict, which have been carefully crafted to have a direct impact on our emotions. The film Gallipoli shows much of the conditions and events that soldiers endured during world war one, but more so is a display of the nature of events which lead to warfare and hence the death of many young Australian men. Aspects such as propaganda, social pressure, mate ship and patriotism are criticized for wrongly influencing these men to join the war effort. We are also presented with ideas about the lack of food, arms and poor medical treatment. At the end of the film we see the inevitable tragedy at Gallipoli, which we are most confronted with by the death of Archie Hamilton, the protagonist. His character was inspired by C. E. W. Beans Official History of Australia in the War of 1914ââ¬â1918 describing Private Wilfred Harper during the attack at the Nek, Wilfred was last seen running forward like a schoolboy in a foot-race, with all the speed he could compass. However the effect of Archieââ¬â¢s death would not have been as powerful and therefore would not have worked as effectively to confirm the ideas about world war one if it were not for the development of Archie, despite being inspired from history is a fictional character, throughout the film. In the exposition we are introduced to Archie and his identity begins to take shape. We know Archie is a young Australian boy, this is established not only by the written code, ââ¬ËWestern Australia 1915,ââ¬â¢ by also by the wide-angle long shots of the country. Immediately the dominant audience, Australians, begin to relate to Archie. This is reinforced by the display of other Australian values such as competitiveness when Archie, running on foot races back to the home gate against a man on horse back. Throughout this scene we hear the music Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre, which appears in numerous other running scenes throughout the movie. Sections of this running scene are shown through long shot with the use of panning, this emphasis the incredible distance of Archieââ¬â¢s run and we admire his strength, determination and his physical pursuit. Archieââ¬â¢s character continues to develop through the story in such a way that we continue to admire and care for him. The use of fictional genre means that Archieââ¬â¢s character can be constructed in such a way to achieve a maximum emotion attachment towards him. In this way his death at Gallipoli impacts our emotions and this pushes us to reflect on and alter our attitudes towards war, the aim of the film. Lastly, I am going to refer to Ray Bradburyââ¬â¢s short story The Pedestrian that is set in the future. Leonard Mead, the main character walks the streets at night in 2052, heââ¬â¢s done so for many years but the streets are always empty. Everyone else is inside fixated on their T. Vs, or as Mr Mead puts it, ââ¬Å"the tombs, ill lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the grey or multi-coloured lights touching their faces, but never really touching them. â⬠On this particular night, Mr Mead is stopped by a robotic police car and taken away to the psychiatric centre for research on regressive tendencies. This piece of writing, fiction as it is, is making a statement about technology and its effects on the individual and human society as a whole. This text and many others much like it are extremely thought provoking. In this way we can see that fiction is an important part of our lives. Reading stories like this may prompt people to change their attitudes or even behaviours to help preserve our future. And then thereââ¬â¢s the magic of fiction. Take the above story for example; we are transported into the future and bombarded with the strange situation Mr Mead finds himself in. Because of the third person limited point of view, we know what Mr Mead is thinking and feeling ââ¬â we feel like we are him or at least that we are there with him. His moonlit walk on a cold frosty night; the atmosphere, which he is experiencing, we experience through the tone of the text to be melancholy. Created by the long syntax and relentless metaphors and similes. This imagery can also work to draw us into this imaginary world so that we can see and feel as Mr Mead does, ââ¬Ëcrystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside. â⬠Fiction stories fire our imaginations whether we the writers or the readers. Fiction is enjoyable to read, that in itself is reason enough to say that it is not bunk.
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DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. — One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle near Muncie on Christmas Day.
Delaware County Sheriff's deputies and emergency responders were called just before 8 p.m. to the 7700 block of East Jackson Street, near the Delaware County Highway Garage, on the report of a person lying in the roadway, according to Delaware County emergency dispatchers.
Roads in the area will be closed while accident investigators are on-scene.
At this time, it is unknown if the driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrian stayed on-scene.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call investigators at 765-747-7881.
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