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Pasta alla Carbonara Recipe
To ensure your eggs don't separate, warm them to room temperature before you use them. I also take a further step by warming a large bowl that I use to whisk the eggs, cheese, and pepper together. To warm the empty bowl, simply set it over your pasta pot as the water is boiling. You want the bowl very warm, but not so hot that the eggs will cook.
A great tip when cooking pasta dishes such as this one is to reserve a small cup of the pasta water before draining. When mixing the sauce with the pasta, you can always loosen the sauce with a few teaspoons of the water if it starts to look to thick.
Read more: Italian Easy: Pasta alla Carbonara
- Yield:Serves 6
- Active time: 15 minutes
- Total time:15 minutes
- Rated:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces diced guanciale or pancetta
- 1 pound package bucatini or spaghetti
- 6 egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese, mixed with 1/2 cup grated Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese, divided
- 2 teaspoons coarsely ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup finely chopped parsley leaves (optional)
Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil for the pasta. In a large frying pan, heat the oil until lightly smoking over medium heat, then cook the guanciale or pancetta until crispy, about 6 minutes. Keep warm.
Drop the pasta into the water and cook until "al dente" according to the package instructions. As the pasta is cooking, warm a large serving bowl. Place the egg yolks in the bowl along with three quarters of the cheese mixture along with the ground pepper. Use a whisk and blend until well mixed.
Drain the pasta, reserving a small cup of the pasta water. Add the drained, steaming hot pasta into the bowl with the eggs, along with a little of the pasta water, toss well to lightly cook the eggs and coat the pasta with the egg mixture. Add the warm guanciale or pancetta, and toss again to mix well. Serve the pasta in individual bowls with a sprinkling of the parsley and the remainder of the cheese.
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Archive for November, 2008
Twitter and Magpie
Twitter is an important part of my daily life, but not nearly as important as it is to my wife.
At the time of writing, I have under 30 followers, her twitter account at @juicybags has somewhere around 1800, and she tweets dozens of times a day. She tweets about the things she's interested in and the things that she does and so her audience is mostly people with the same interests… crafting, moms, nurses, people on Etsy.
Twitter users are probably familiar with the ecosystem of tools & utilities that have sprung up around it: Twitter Grader, Twitter Rank, Twitter Counter… to name just a few. Nearly a month ago a new company started up: http://www.be-a-magpie.com/
The premise is simple… you have a large number of people reading your tweets – why not send them adverts. Magpie will pay you for access to your followers. On the face of it this is nothing more than selling out people who turn to you for advice. How is this different from selling your mailing list for spamming purposes? And many people have seen the launch of Magpie, interpreted it as this and got very hot under the collar about it.
I looked at it when it first came out. They have a tool which estimates how much much money you'd make from letting Magpie send messages through your account. I ran my twitter account through… errr €1.35 per month – that's about $2 and isn't going to buy me a new car any time soon.
I mentioned Magpie to my wife and we ran her account through. Wow – €700 a month!
I was still a little reticent about the idea. My wife asked her followers what they thought. Sure, there were one or two "if you sign up for Magpie then I'll unfollow you" responses but the majority of people either were interested to hear about it or felt that they'd wait & see how it went.
So we decided to see how it goes and signed her up.
Magpie is NOT a plain old spamming service. It doesn't send out tweets about fake watches and blue pills. Think of it like Google Adsense. They identify keywords in what you tweet about and their advertisers bid on specific keywords. If there's a match then the advertiser gets to tweet to your followers.
We waited 2 days before they sent their first tweet.
"#magpie ♥ ♥ Do you love music? Then you are going to love this piano ring! ♥ ♥ http://tinyurl.com/5fbtt4 ♥ ♥"
(Interestingly the link is actually wrong – it should go to here, but that's the fault of the advertiser, not Magpie)
If it wasn't for the "#magpie" and the little hearts, that could have been a post that my wife wrote. Perfect targeting. And we earned €1.61 from that.
For most of her followers it was the first Magpie tweet they'd seen. Everyone was excited, everybody liked it. In fact it generated a lot of publicity for Magpie, as well as the advertiser.
It was a week before the second Magpie tweet… an Etsy spin-off site called OwnTheHour – again a hit. Good targeting. And more money this time – €2.64
They've been a steady stream ever since… sometimes one a day, sometimes a couple of days between them. And now, after three weeks, our total earnings are up to €27 – about $43. A long way from the estimated total. But frankly this is a very good thing. The ads we've seen posted under her name have all been fairly well targeted. Not all as good as the first ones, but all close enough that you can imagine them being of interest to many of her followers. I think this means that Magpie are being cautious with the keywords, not sending things out that aren't a close match for the twitterer they're assigning them to. Yes, she's lost a couple of followers but the majority are happy (or at least not UNhappy) to be receiving the Magpie tweets and her follower count continues to grow by a dozen or more per day.
Since it launched, Magpie has added a lot to its feature set. You've always been able to vary the rate at which it sends magpie tweets – it feeds its tweets out into your stream according to the frequency at which you post from 1-to-1 (which WOULD be annoying) all the way down to 1 of theirs for every 200 of yours!
New features include an affiliate program… you earn commission from the transactions of anybody that signs up as an advertiser through your affiliate link. You can market this through a link on your website/blog or you can set it to tweet automatically about the affiliate program on your timeline and this second option IS annoying. It annoys me much more than any normal Magpie tweets do and the reason is because it's unrelated to the normal stream of tweets. It IS just spam, pure and simple: not information that I'm interested in – especially when I've seen it a dozen times before.
Another cool thing they've just added is the ability to pre-approve Magpie tweets. This is a GREAT feature. Remember I said that the tweets they've sent through our account have been pretty well targeted, but one or two have been just "OK"…ish. Definitely not things that my wife would normally have tweeted about… the Jimi Hendrix replica stage coat for instance. I can see why it happened – it came from a site that sells clothing and jewellery. It just shows that you can't make a perfect match using exclusively automated keyword matching. The pre-approval feature lets my wife save her followers from things she thinks they won't be interested in. This looks like it should work great – they've sent her a whole stack of potential tweets and she's looked through them thinking about "does this sound like something I would say?" and "is this the sort of thing that my followers and I chat about?". She says yes or no to each of them and they go back into Magpie's stack for possible future tweeting. It looks like the system seeks approval when it first identifies a possible match and not when it's planning on sending out a new tweet as we haven't seen anything from her pre-approved list actually being tweeted yet.
So our experience has been almost entirely positive. She turned off the auto-promotion of the affiliate scheme yesterday, once she realized how annoying it was. Sure, there is a lot of scope here for mindless spamming but, so far at least, Magpie seem to be fairly good with the targeting. Add in the pre-approval and a bit of sensible consideration from the twitterer for their followers and you have a pretty good platform here.
If you search Twitter for #Magpie tweets you will, admittedly, see a lot of tweets that, to me at least, appear to be low-value advertising about tools for SEO, web-billing, shopping carts etc. But think about it – why are these coming out on the timelines that they're coming out on? It's because SEO and ecommerce are things that these twitterers normally talk about. There's a LOT of professional Social Media folks twittering as a means of developing their personal brand. For these people, I think I agree, maybe Magpie is not a sensible option. For them twittering seems to be about expanding your network of contacts and a certain "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" approach to networking and promotion. For that market, at the level where this becomes part of the job description, I don't think €4 is really the right sort of money for accepting adverts.
Developers are fighting back – Twitter clients and browser scripts are starting to appear which have the ability to filter out tweets containing "#magpie". But Magpie isn't dead and buried – now it has an option to change, or even remove, the "#Magpie" prefix. Not really a good thing, but if you're pre-approving only tweets that you're happy to put your personal brand behind, then maybe not that bad a thing either.
As with all things on the Internet, things are moving fast. We'll just have to see how it evolves.


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Well, it's that time of year again! Starting this Saturday (eek!) I will be selling more great things at the Provo Farmer's Market. So far the plan is to sell Sammy Jaybird products (I really need to get working on that) and more Great Granola! (hopefully). Also, my sister Kendra is going to be selling some awesome handmade books (very high quality and always original) and a couple of other girls in my ward are going to be selling some baby/ kid stuff too. If any of you would like to stop by and enjoy this lovely experience, here's the info:
Provo Farmer's Market
Where: 500 West 100 South Provo UT 84601 (That's Pioneer Park, for those of you who know where that is)
When: Saturdays 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (May only)
9:00am-2:00pm (June-October)
What: Produce, arts & crafts, live music, food and special events.
And now a few tips from someone (me) who has a bit of experience with Provo Farmer's Market:
1. Bring more cash. And while we're on the subject, carry smaller bills with you. Vendors run out of change faster than you think and you're likely to get much faster service if you carry around a big stack of $1.00 bills (or at least $5.00 bills) instead of a $20.00.
2. If you want to actually buy fresh produce, arrive at or before starting time. Actually, you can get quite a bit of stuff by showing up before it starts since vendors are there early to set up and are just as happy to start making money sooner. I say show up early or on time if you actually want to buy fresh produce because most of the actual farmers sell out of their produce really fast. One time last summer we were stationed across from a nice couple who were selling fresh peaches. They sold out by about 10:00am and then just packed up and left. This is totally typical of produce sellers. Lucky them.
3. Eat lunch there. The vendors who sell food there (as in food that they make, not just fresh produce) make such yummy, yummy things. My mouth is already watering for more jalapeno bread and that amazing stir fry. Mmm...
4. (Not meant to be a contradiction to #2) Show up toward the end. Often times you can get some great deals by showing up at the end of the day when vendors are just trying to get rid of things. Let's face it- we vendors get hot and sticky and worn out sitting out there all day and sometimes it's worth it to sell something for a little less just to be done and go inside where it's nice and cool. Lucky you... if you're lucky.
5. Bring your swimsuit/ clothes you can get wet in. Starting in June (I think) Pioneer Park will have a new water feature like the one at Gateway Mall. (I'm pretty sure it'll be a big fountain on ground level that you can walk through and play in. Super cool.)
Okay, well, that's pretty much all I have to say about Farmer's Market for now. I'm super excited for another great season of selling! Provo Farmer's Market is always so much fun for everybody- sellers and buyers included.


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - In the way a five-year-old kid understands Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in In the way a five-year-old kid understands Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Culture View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message hiroshi-okazakiJoined: 09 Dec 2003Posts: 1Location: Tokyo Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:51 am Post subject: In the way a five-year-old kid understands In the way a five-year-old kid understands There was a movie entitled Philadelphia around 10 years ago, which stared Tom Hanks. A proficient lawyer, Andrew played by Tom Hanks is a gay and has AIDS. He is fired by the law firm hes been working for short time after he was promoted. He files a law suit against the law firm. The lawyer he chose to represent himself is Joe Miller played by Denzel Washington. Miller , though he has a kind of biased feeling about gays at first, gradually develops deep friendship with Andrew and they eventually win the case. It was an excellent motion picture with the song of Bruce Springsteen giving us a different impression of the streets of Philadelphia from that of NYC or LA. Joe Miller often begins his questions with his favorite phrases, which have now come to be my own favorite phrases. He says Please explain it to me like you explain it to a five-year-old kid. or Please tell me about it like you are trying to convince a 6-year-old kid. Lawyers are the experts of law. They are required to possess the wide and deep knowledge about the details of complicated laws as well as the eloquence to win the debate at trials. This is something that even Japanese people can take it for granted , who live in a different culture from the Western ones , which put a great importance on verbal self-assertions. A person equipped with such expertise says Please explain it to me as if you were trying to explain it to a 5-year-old kid. Is it possible to explain something that can be possibly explained with the use of a number of difficult jargons to a five-year-old kid? What is it that a five-year-old kid understands? I think that what a 5-year-old kid understands is not something that you understand with the accumulated knowledge through studies and experiences but something that you understand only with the wisdom you are innately gifted with in the depth of your heart. I believe knowledge is different from wisdom. Everyone can be a knowledgeable intellectual easily, because the only thing you have to do is to study and learn. To deepen wisdom is, on the other hand not easy at all. Its because I believe that wisdom is a spiritual intuition which can be cultivated only by the effort to elevate our soul(spirituality). Knowledge can explain facts but wisdom discerns truth. Facts are not Truths. Facts are such cold things that dont pay any attention to peoples true wills, feelings, wishes, happiness, unhappiness, etc. They are like a painting of beautiful flowers on a paper, which has no element that makes us feel life of the flowers such as smell, dispersed pollen, insects playing in them, etc. Truths , on the other hand, have to be something that directly works on the spiritual instinct of people with their wish to be happy at the core of their mind. Something that a 5-year-old kid understands should not be the list of facts but the truth coming from the sincerity to try to touch the bare heart of people. Suppose the basic premise for modern science that peoples mental activities are totally reliant on the activities of brains is true. Their most outer surface, the cerebral cortex is said to administer such mental activities making people be people as logical thinking, intelligence, ability to use languages ,etc. Such biologically crucial activities as metabolism, autonomic nerves, the secretions of hormones, etc. are based on the activities of the interbrain. And it is said that the most primitive instinctive activities or forces to try to protect him or herself and their own species are the working of the brain-stem or reptile brain. The condition of mans being physically and mentally healthy is said to be that these three kinds of activities of the brain are in harmonious equilibrium upheld by the smooth interactions among them. The brains of modern people are almost critically imbalanced in which the activities of cerebral cortex have been excessively developed while their animal instinct or the activities of the interbrain and of brain stem are almost no different from those of primitive ages. This imbalance, I hear, may bring about a great crisis to the existence of human species in not far-away future. The brutal incidents that are taking place day after day in this highly sophisticated information society characterized by its abundance and excessive materialism may be the warning about the dangerous society filled with people with the imbalanced activities of their brains. The harmonious balance of the activities of brain; I vaguely believe that it is possible to be created only by developing such source of sustaining the fundamental instinct for our species to survive as the interbrain and the reptile brain not being overwhelmed by the activities of cortex which has been almost completely conditioned by such variety of limitations as knowledge, logic, societies, though I dont know how. It may, however, be not so difficult a thing. If we clearly know that what we have in the entity of our existence is the desire for happiness, then we will also clearly know that others have the exactly same entity seeking for happiness. I believe the word told by those who clearly know that is not just a fact but the truth. Something that a five-year-old kid easily understands may be something that 60-year-old people can no longer understand. Back to top CoreyJoined: 23 Mar 2003Posts: 445Location: Costa Rica Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:25 pm Post subject: I believe the phrase was used to mean "please explain it to me in simple terms" and should not be taken literally. 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NY dismemberment defendant dons trash bag in court
NEW YORK (AP) — A man charged with killing and dismembering his mother and dumping her body parts in the trash appeared in court Thursday dressed in a garbage bag and said he'd done nothing wrong — even though detectives say they found a cellphone photo of him holding her severed head.
Bahsid McLean, 23, was charged with murder, hindering prosecution and criminal possession of a weapon. According to a criminal complaint, he stabbed Tanya Byrd and then cut up her body with help from an accomplice, William Harris, 26.
Byrd, a 45-year-old home health aide, was last seen alive Monday. Her remains were found a day later stuffed in four plastic garbage bags and scattered along four blocks, police said.
Detectives said they recovered an image on McLean's phone of him holding his mother's severed head.
"I didn't do anything wrong," McLean said during court.
McLean's attorney for the arraignment, Jerry Iannece, said his client wore the bizarre covering because he had been urinating on himself. The shorts he had been wearing were soaked through, so court personnel gave him the trash bag to wear, Iannece said.
Iannece said his client was off his medication but didn't say what type. McLean was held without bail, was placed on suicide watch in protective custody and was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
"Everybody's innocent until proven guilty," Iannece said. "Obviously this is a troubling case, but we will investigate and defend it thoroughly."
Police said they have surveillance footage of the two men at a hardware store at about 7:30 p.m. Monday where they bought a saw and trash bags, then headed back to the Bronx apartment McLean shared with his mother. At about 9:30 p.m. they were caught on surveillance footage lugging bags believed to be the remains, police said.
Witnesses told police an SUV dropped the bags off Monday night or early Tuesday.
A man walking his dog came upon one of the bags early Tuesday in a trash pile on a street in the Melrose section of the Bronx after the dog sniffed it out.
Inside a duffel bag was a heavy-duty plastic garbage bag with the woman's bloodied leg. Police then found the three other bags and their macabre contents, including the victim's head, part of her torso and other limbs.
McLean later reported his mother missing, police said. Medical examiners determined that Byrd died from a stab wound to the neck and officially ruled the death a homicide.
A blade was discovered in the apartment McLean shared with his mother, and a saw was found in Harris' home, police said. Detectives recovered the images of Byrd's body parts from the phone, after Harris told them he was shown the images, police said. Byrd's phone was discovered with Harris, according to the criminal complaint.
Byrd's family said she had wanted her son out of the house, and there was speculation that he had been abusing her other child, authorities said.
The young man had several arrests, including one for assaulting two police officers in Brooklyn in 2010. His father, James, told the Daily News that he did destructive things. "He set fires. Nobody could control him," the father said.
McLean and Harris were first arrested on charges of unlawfully dissecting a human body and hindering prosecution. Each man initially implicated the other the killing, authorities said. The murder charge was later added for McLean.
Harris was arraigned on charges of criminal possession of stolen property and drug possession. He was held without bail. A message left for his attorney wasn't immediately returned.


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Ask Noel: Timing, or time in?
I wanted to know your thoughts on how I should be investing my super. I'm 37 and have always invested in high growth but was recently told by a "financial adviser" that I should change to conservative as the market is likely to re-adjust in the next few years as the growth in the American share market is unsustainable. He said I should change to conservative until this happens to protect my super. What are your thoughts?
I don't like the strategy at all. For starters, you have more than 20 years before you can access your superannuation and will certainly experience upturns and downturns during that time. It is well accepted that it is virtually impossible to time the market, and those who attempt it often get burned.
Remember all those "investors" who cashed in their superannuation when Donald Trump became president because they believed world markets would crash? So, forget about trying to time the market, and hang in there. When markets do fall, as they will regularly, your superannuation will continue to be invested on a regular basis which means you can take advantage of the proven strategy of dollar cost averaging.
My mother, aged 85, has decided to sell her home to downsize into Seasons age care (which is a rental). Her home will probably only bring around $325,000 once sold and she has no other investments apart from a term deposit of $7000. Will she lose part of her pension as this money will go towards the rental she pays and in future, any other care she will need?
Aged Care Guru, Rachel Lane, says: ''The situation you describe is the quintessential downsizers dilemma – freeing up just enough money to give you a pension headache. The good news in your Mother's situation is that as a renter she is a non-homeowner, which means she can have up to $465,500 in assets before she loses pension under that test, which is the harshest of the two. The other piece of good news is that she will be eligible for up to $134.80 a fortnight in rent assistance. The bad news isn't that bad. If she puts all of the $325,000 in financial assets (bank accounts, term deposits, shares etc) her pension will be around $805 per fortnight and if she gets a Home Care Package she will also need to pay an income tested care fee of around $4 per day. It's an income test problem. Some simple strategies such as purchasing an annuity, investing via a trust and possibly pre-paying a funeral or purchasing a funeral bond (or a combination of these) could solve the problem. Getting it right requires specialist advice.''
I am 62 and am struggling to find employment. My wife and I owe $180,000 on our home worth $650,000. We also have an investment property in Sydney worth around $1million with an interest only loan of $380,000. My super is worth $220,000, and my wife's super is worth $100,000. She earns $65,000 a year in full-time work. Can I withdraw all my super and use it to pay off my house? Having done so can I return to the workforce without incurring the wrath of the government. Is there a cooling off period between withdrawing my super and seeking employment? Is withdrawing my super and paying off my home a sensible thing to do?
As you have reached the age of 60, and are currently unemployed, there are no restrictions on access to your super, and you are free to seek work if you wish, and start to contribute to super if you do. As you now have total flexibility in regard to your super, I think your best strategy is to leave things be and a make withdrawals from your super as necessary to make your house repayments. Hopefully, the earning rate on your superannuation, will be higher than what you are paying on your housing loan.
Recently you advised someone that they could claim rates to reduce their capital gains on a vacant property. We sold a block of land five years ago and were told by the accountant we could not claim the rates and land tax. As we had owned the property since 1987 it was a considerable amount. Which answer is correct?
In order to be able to add costs such as rates and interest to a property which has never been income producing, it needs to have been acquired after August 20, 1991. Therefore your accountant and I are both right.
I am interested in the definition of ''personal exertion'' – as in $125 a week not affecting age pension. What is this about?
To encourage pensioners to earn money while they are retired there is a "work bonus" which allows pensioners to earn a specified amount without affecting their pension under the income test. In the recent May budget this was increased to $300 a fortnight and includes income from personal exertion and self-employment. The term "personal exertion" means income generated from your own efforts such as paid work – it does not include passive income such as dividend or rents.
- Noel Whittaker is the author of Making Money Made Simple and numerous other books on personal finance.


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Parameter: Value
Brand: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: NEW BEETLE CABRIOLET
Check digit: Not used
Sales id: 1Y7334
Production date: 40197
Model year: 2010
Engine code: BSW
Engine volume, L: 1.9
Number of cylinders: 4
Power, KW: 77
Power, PS: 105
Colour of body: 8E (SILVER: reflexsilver metallic)
Colour of roof: SL (BLACK: black)
Trim: BS
Gearbox code: JEJ (5S)
Country of sale: 000 ()
Vehicle equipment
E0A: Special editions: No special edition
1PA: Lockable wheel bolts: Standard wheel bolts
0HB: Vehicle class differentiation units/platform components: Vehicle class differentiation 1Y0
0GG: Emissions standard: Emission standard EU4
1D0: Trailer hitch: Without trailer hitch
4UG: Airbag: Driver's and front passenger air bag with kneebar and front passenger air bag deactivation
9FA: Automatic transmission indicator light: Without automatic transmission indicator light
1: Activated carbon canister: Without activated charcoal canister
6XD: Exterior mirror setting: Exterior mirrors: electrically adjustable/heated
5SJ: Left exterior mirror: Left exterior mirror: convex
5RV: Right exterior mirror: Right exterior mirror: aspherical
1X0: Drive layout: Front wheel drive
9Y1: Outside temperature display: Outdoor temperature gage
9WL: "Multimedia", video/DVD/notebook connection: Multimedia socket for external audio source
A8F: Equipment levels: Sports equipment
1KS: Brake type in rear: Disc brakes, rear (Geomet D)
J1D: Batteries: Battery 380 A (72 Ah)
1ZM: Brake type, front: Disc brakes, front (Geomet D)
6FE: Components with special surface appearance: Body-colored exterior mirror housings and tailgate handle
4M0: Beverage holders: Without cup holder
7V1: Dashboard illumination: Standard dashboard illumination
B0N: Component part sets with country-specific design requirements: Component parts set, complying with vehicle type for Great Britain, various parts
3MH: Floor coverings: Dilours floor covering w/o scuff guard
1S1: Tool kit and jack: Tool kit and jack
1H0: Proportioning valve: Without proportioning valve
1AT: Brake systems: Electronic stabilization program (ESP)
0VF: Owner's manuals: Information kit in English
9U1: Brake pad wear indicator: Brake pad wear indicator
9T0: Heated washer nozzles: Without heated washer nozzles
7A9: CD changer/CD player: CD changer preparation (front)
C16: General operating permit, alterations: Operating permit, alteration
2D1: Cd enhancing underbody panel: Complete cd enhancing underbody panel
3FT: Roof insert/convertible top: Convertible top/folding top, powered
UC2: Suspension system in rear: Rear sports shock absorption
G49: Suspension system in front: Front shock absorption
3X2: Ski bag: Load-through provision
2G5: Insert for the filling up of unleaded fuel/fuel type: Filler neck module 1 without insert
0EJ: Installation differentiation for vehicle components: Installation differentiation for transmission MQ 250 vehicle components
7AH: Theft protection system: Electronic vehicle immobilization device with alarm system, passenger compartment control and backup horn
800: Interference suppression: Local interference suppression for FM/AM radio reception
7X0: Park distance control: Without park distance control
UF0: Electric interface for external use: Without electric interface
0FA: Manufacturing sequence differentiation: Standard manufacturing sequence
AZ0: Vehicle type: Vehicle with standard production scope
4R4: Window regulator: Power windows with comfort operation and circuit breaker
6A0: Fire extinguishers: Without fire extinguisher
8K0: Headlight control: Without special headlight activation
2V5: Fresh air intake for passenger compartment (with particulate filter): Fresh air intake system with activated charcoal canister
1C2: Antifreeze: Antifreeze up to -35 degree celsius tolerance up to -40 degree C
F0A: Vehicle specifications: No special purpose vehicle, standard equipment
0L2: Throttle control: Electric throttle actuation
8GL: Alternators: Alternator 120 A
0G4: Transmission types/gearshift mechanisms: Cable gearshift
1WB: Transmission shafts: Transmission shafts w/ 100 mm in diameter
0YZ: Weight category rear axle: Without determination of weight category for rear axle
L84: Weight category front axle: Suspension range 84 installation control only, no requirement forecast
T5X: Base engine: 4-cylinder diesel engine 1.9 L unit 038.L
4U5: Luggage net/pocket on backrest(s): Luggage pockets on backrest
3U0: Luggage compartment cover: Without luggage compartment cover
8T0: Cruise control system: Without cruise control system (CCS)
2B3: Exterior noise suppression measures: Additional exterior noise suppression (hood, capsule and dash panel)
VC0: Garage door opener: W/o remote-controlled garage door opener
G0C: Transmission specifications: 5-speed manual transmission
6Y0: Cruise control system and speed limiter: Without cruise control warning system
3P1: Brackets: Bracket for first aid kit and warning triangle
8R1: Center high-mounted stop lamp: Center high-mounted stop light
6PC: Hand brake lever handle: Leather hand brake lever handle
5J0: Rear spoiler: Without rear spoiler
8M0: Rear window wiper and washer system: W/o rear window wiper and washer system
5N0: Grab handles at roof frame: Without grab handles at roof frame
0N3: Rear axle: Standard rear axle w/ additional offset
3ND: Rear seats: Rear seat bench/backrest, unfolding
9AB: Heating and air conditioning system: Manually controlled air conditioning
8BF: Headlamps: Halogen headlight for driving on the left
FC0: Customized installation: Without customized installation
U0H: Instrument clusters: Instrument insert with tachometer mph speedometer and trip odometer
4L6: Breakaway interior rearview mirror: Breakaway interior rear view mirror, automatically dimming
0KA: Sticker (customized or special edition): Without stickers and badges
K8K: Body style: Convertible
6SC: Luggage compartment floor covering: Tufted trunk floor covering
4W0: Cassette and CD storage unit: Without cassette and CD storage unit
QS0: Electronic map cooling system: Without electronic map cooling system
3Q0: Rear head restraints: Without rear headrests
3J7: Head restraints: Articulated and height-adjustable headrests for front seats
2LC: Fuel tank treatment: Fuel tank with special material treatment (coextrusion)
1Z2: Fuel quantity for initial filling: Increase in initial standard fuel filling
0F9: Fuel systems: Cooled fuel system for diesel engine
5C0: Body measures: Without special body measures
8KA: Catalytic converter control: W/o catalytic converter warning light
6P1: Rear license plate carrier: License plate bracket rear (ECE)
6W1: Front license plate carrier: License plate bracket front (large)
5K5: Paint preservative/transit coating: Transit coating film with additional transport protection measures
L0R: Steering system arrangement: Right-hand drive vehicle
8S0: Reading light: Without reading light
1N1: Steering: Power steering
3H9: Backrest release: Backrest release for front seats with "Easy Entry"
7P0: Lumbar support: Without lumbar support in seat backrests
2PW: Steering wheels: Leather steering wheel
8RV: Speaker installation: 10 speakers (passive)
2C5: Steering column systems: Axial and vertical adjustable steering column
8Q1: Headlight range control: Headlight-range adjustment
6000: Center armrest: Front center armrest
9Q0: Multi-function display/trip computer: Without multi-function display/ on-board computer
8Z5: Engine cooling system: Not hot country
D3W: Engine specifications: 4-cyl. turbo diesel engine 1.9 L/77 kW TDI with pump-jet injection system Base engine is T71/TG0/TD0/T5X
4SM: Left vanity mirror: Left vanity mirror illuminated with cover and pocket
4TM: Right vanity mirror: Right vanity mirror illuminated with cover and pocket
7Q0: Navigation device: Without navigation device
8TD: Rear fog lamp: Rear fog light for driving on the left
8WA: Front fog lamp/additional headlamp: Without front fog light
4P0: Platform module, luggage compartment floor: Rear floor panel module, type 1
7PD: Platform group class: Platform group class 4
8B1: Parking light mode: Parking light mode
FR9: Protective cover/tonneau cover: Protective cover
1NW: Wheel covers: Full wheel covers
C9D: Wheels: Steel wheels 6.5J x 16
8UE: Radios: Radio with CD drive
9JB: Smoker's/non-smoker's package: Smoking package, ashtray front and rear
7K0: Direct tire pressure monitoring system: Without tire pressure warning light
HH7: Tires: Tires 205/55 R16 91V
V0A: Tire suppliers: Tires w/o specification of tire brand
1G2: Spare wheel/breakdown kit: Steel spare wheel with original equipment tires
PH1: Air conditioning
PT2: Technical equipment package with rain sensor GB
RCD: Radio "gamma CD" in New Beetle design
WHN: Highline package
4X3: Side airbag: Side air bag front with curtain air bag
6Q2: Gearshift knob/handle: Leather gearshift knob/handle
0SC: Special labels/plates: Labels/plates in English
8SA: Rear combination lamps: Taillight assemblies, standard design
400: Lock operation for tailgate/trunk lid: Tailgate/trunk lid release from inside (electrically)
4Q1: Flame retardent materials: Flame retardent materials
9P0: Seat belt check: Without seat belt reminder
3ZM: Outer rear seat belts: 3-point seat belts, outer rear
3C0: Center rear seat belts: Without center rear seat belts
6R1: Gearshift boot/cover: Leatherette gearshift boot
N0W: Seat trim covers: Fabric seat covering
3L3: Seat adjustment: Manual height adjustment for front seats
4A0: Seat heater: Without seat heater
3K1: Safety head restraint system: Safety headrest system
7R6: Side lights: Side turn signal lights in exterior mirrors
8QE: Key for locking system: Key for locking system with remote control
7L0: Start-stop system/regenerative braking: Without inertia benefit system/ deceleration fuel cut-off/idle stop valve
4KC: Side and rear windows: Side and rear windows in heat-insulating glass
2JG: Bumpers: Body-colored bumpers
0BC: Rear stabilizer bar: Rear stabilizer
0AE: Front stabilizer: Front stabilizer
2UA: Heavy-duty/sports version: Standard design
8N3: Windshield wiper intermittent control/ light/rain sensor: Windshield wiper intermittent control with rain sensor
0NA: Nameplate set: Without nameplate set (without model designation)
2W0: Fuel filler cap/door, locking option: Fuel filler cap
1Q0: Mass damper for steering wheels: Without mass damper for steering wheel
4K3: Door and lid locking system: Radio remote controlled central locking operated from inside and safe securing
B09: Type approval countries/countries with special requirements: Type approval Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5D1: Carrier frequency for radio remote control: Carrier frequency 433.92 MHz-434.42 Mhz
4AF: Door and side trim panels: Door and side trim panel in foam film and woven fabric
0A1: Doors: 2 doors
QV0: TV reception/digital radio reception: W/o TV reception/digital radio reception
1SA: Front underbody guard: Without additional front underbody guard
1EX: Identification plates: Special identification plate for EC for M1 passenger vehicle
1T0: First aid kit / warning triangle: Without first aid kit and warning triangle
9D0: Preparation for two-way radio installation: Without preparation for two-way radio installation
Q1A: Front seats: Standard front seats
9W0: Telephone / telematics: W/o car phone preparation/installation
9TC: Additional warning lights: Additional reflectors (door area)
7S0: Wind deflector: Without wind blocker
QG1: Service interval prolongation: Service interval prolongation
7000: Heat accumulator system/auxiliary heater: Sheathed type glow plug heater
4GF: Windshield glass type: Windshield in heat-insulating glass
8W0: Washer fluid level indicator: Without washer fluid level indicator
2WA: Additional tires (snow tires): Without additional tires
0TD: Floor mats: Front and rear floor mats
3B0: Additional child seat anchors: Without additional child seat anchor
0RA: Ignition/starter switch locking system: Without ignition/starter switch locking system
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You know Tom Green from his anything-goes run as the funniest, most unpredictable
personality on MTV, and his unforgettable, deliciously loony roles in uproarious film
comedies including "Road Trip" and "Freddy Got Fingered."
Tom wrapped his 3rd season of "Tom Green Live" on Marc Cuban's AXS TV at the end
of 2014. The weekly 1 hour talk show has received great reviews. Each week Tom
Green hosts one guest for an in-depth, hour long, one-on-one interview. Tom Green Live
has featured guests including Steve Carell, Carl Reiner, Seth Green, Howie Mandel,
Tony Hawk, Dan Rather, Richard Belzer, Buzz Aldrin and Bob Saget.
In the fall of 2013, Tom partnered with Beaus Brewery in Ottawa, ON to create The Tom
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related comic antics of the past. The Tom Green Beer was voted the winner of the
prestigious Collaboration Nation competition at Session Craft Beer Festival in Toronto
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In 2013 Tom launched the Tom Green Radio podcast. Each week Tom invites a guest
for an indepth conversation on his weekly podcast. Since its launch it has consistently
been one of the most downloaded podcasts on iTunes.
He's graced the cover of Rolling Stone, commandeered the coveted guest-host chair on
"The Late Show with David Letterman," and conquered the World Wide Web with his
free-wheeling, wildly popular internet talk show, "Tom Green's House Tonight."
Tom brought his unique brand of hilarity to the art of stand-up comedy in his one-hour
comedy special, Tom Green Live, which taped last year at the Wilbur Theater in Boston.
The special continues premiered on Showtime in early 2013 and continues to re-air on
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The reclusive Communist state wants to talk – but only to the United States. After a year of silence, it's willing to revisit the issue of nuclear disarmament, but it wants one-on-one time instead of the usual six-party format.
A DPRK official visited the United States last week, a rarity, in what has been called a "'charm' offensive" by Reuters. The country is desperate for money and aid.
Reuters reports that a DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman said to the Korea Central News Agency, "The conclusion we have reached is that the direct parties, which are the North and the United States, must first sit down and find a rational solution."


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This Asian Flamewood DE (Double Edge) Safety Razor handle was handturned in my shop. The DE Safety Razor is 4 5/8" long (2.6 ounces) and contains a clone Edwin Jagger DE head. This DE razor provides a non-agresssive shave that is good for either the new or experienced wet shaver. If you're new to wet shaving and are looking for a cool little razor this is a perfect fit for you or your loved one. The razor pictured is the one you will receive.
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Getting into shape: Printmakers color perceptions
"How to Steal like an Artist" is a humorous blog post by Texas-based artist Austin Kleon, full of down-to-earth advice for creative types. (Google it, if you're not reading this online where there's a hyperlink). Kleon writes that artists by nature constantly cop others' ideas and methods, adapting them for their own use. Examples of just such beneficent thievery are currently on view in the University of Virginia Art Museum's exhibition, "New Images, New Techniques: Abstraction in British Screenprints circa 1970."
The seven artists included in the show not only appropriated silkscreen printing from the realm of industrial and commercial production, but they also snagged ideas from previous abstract artists as well as from each other. Drawn from the Museum's permanent collection, the works displayed reveal the dynamic interplay of ideas between artists working in close proximity, as they used the same medium to delve into relationships between shape and color on the page.
Particularly well suited for geometric abstraction, screenprinting enables artists to create clean-edged areas of color by placing a stencil on mesh stretched across a frame and then using a squeegee to push ink— usually evenly— through the fabric. Each pigment requires a clean screen, so each successive pass requires precise placement with regard to previously printed areas.
The process also lends itself to exploring variations on a theme, as printmakers often re-use stencils to repeat the same or similar shapes but in different color combinations. In the current show, Patrick Hern's three prints from his "Small Red January" series offer the same constellation of shapes, reminiscent of Henri Matisse cutouts, with only two shapes changing color: a scalloped vertical near the top, and a nearby horizontal. But the variance in these two elements— from violet and acid green in #1, to acid green and violet in #2, to royal blue and violet in #3— changes the perception of the other colors in the image.
Another artist who plays with color acuity is Robyn Denny, who subtly varies the rectangular forms in his architectural compositions while dramatically changing up the interaction of super-saturated pigments. Going in a different, more minimal direction, Justin Knowles' pieces in "A Series of Four Prints" involve one, two, or three monochromatic printed shapes mirrored and made symmetrical by lightly debossed areas of negative space.
The artists' vibrant colors and bold shapes may tie them to the early 1970s, but their creative larceny is timeless.
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MUG RUG #2 - Closed/Full
MUG RUG SWAP 2 - Sign ups close April 30, 2013 or first 50 to sign up.
The first Mug Rug swap was such an overwhelming success it is time for Mug Rug Swap #2
"" There are some changes this time around.
 Limited to the first 50 sign up.
 each one will know who your partner is.
*This swap is open to all skill levels.
*Please use 100% cotton quality materials for the Mug Rug and make it well constructed to withstand lots of use. Please do your best work!!
*SIZE: A minimum of approx 9 x 7 in any fashion or shape. (pieced, appliquéd, paper-pieced, embroidered, knitted, crocheted etc.)
*After the closing date I will send out swap buddies names by May 6, 2013.
x It will be up to you to make contact with your partner. y
*** PM me with the following information.
Board name:
Real name:
Can you mail international:
Phone number: (This is for my use only in the event that a problem should arise)
*By signing up, it means that you have read the rules, and agree to follow them! If questions, please ask! http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-20154-1.htm
SIGN UP CLOSES: APRIL 30, 2013 or first 50
NAMES ASSIGNED: By May 6, 2013
*** Please PM me when you have made contact with your partner ----
And when you mail your Mug Rug.
I am requiredto insist that participants send me a monthly PM to verify that they are still active in this swap and are working on their promised project.
I am required to insist that participants notify me as soon as they have finished their quilt and are ready to mail it.
Once I have received notice that both partners are done and ready to mail, I will send both a PM
to let them know its time to mail.
I am required to insist that all participants send me verification of shipment, to include tracking information.
Participants are required to ensure packages will not arrive postage due.
Any and all other fees, such as import duties, taxes, etc imposed by the recipients government are the sole responsibility of the recipient.
Absent legitimate and reported mitigating circumstances, participants who have not fulfilled their obligation to ship by June 19, 2013 shall be deemed late and risk receiving Negative [Swap] Feedback.
Please keep in touch with me as required as well as your partners. Please let me know right away if something happens that will interfere with your ability to complete your project on time.
Swappers should treat each other as friends and focus on the fun. So please be prepared to be flexible, patient and understanding if necessary and appropriate.
Here are some sites to get you started. So jump in and lets have some fun.
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Me second! ;-)
Me third? :p
I am so excited to do this swap again. Yeah
Me 5th. Is that right? lol....I have already sent you my pm.:):)
At 10:30 pm - PST there are 8
Just sent mine in....must be #9, huh???
please sign me up too
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Poetry Poems: a creative outlet for a struggling business person
Child and adult psychotherapist specializing in EMDR and body-centered trauma therapies. Boulder, Colorado
An Online Gallery of Horror and Dark Fantasy Cover Art
In which I rant about Nazis... as much as I f*ing want!!
Kieryn Darkwater | Work in Progress
A Queer Lit Rag
"What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from?" - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Notes From The Underground)
Conversations with Street People
This site is all about ideas
Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out
Culture, adventure, stillness
naming the results of a kjv-literalist homelife
An ongoing exploration of faith, culture, myth, life, art. An advocate for all who are trapped in nightmares.
adventures in gender, pop culture and snark
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Reflections Concerning Art, Nature, and the Affairs of Humankind (also some gardening anecdotes)
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Full Circle: A True Story of Love, Risk, and Bicycles.
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(OILPRICE) — Pipelines used to be things that were just built without blinking. It is said that there are enough pipelines now in the US to encircle the Earth 25 times with enough left over to also tie a bow around it. Today, getting a pipeline built is not so easy - there are too many environmental concerns and the industry has become highly polarized. But here's one thing that could bring everyone together: pipeline safety technology. And it's something we all want, especially for those who live along the thousands of miles of aging pipeline routes that carry hazardous liquids.
Spawned by research that started in space, remote-sensing technology designed to detect dangerous leaks in pipelines has the potential to provide the neutral ground for decisions to be made and consensus to be formed. The clincher: This technology is not only affordable -it saves money and could eventually save the industry.
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Abschied ein Leben Lang- A Life-Long FarewellKratz, Kathe. Extrafilm, Vienna, 1999.
Three former residents of Vienna, KTA member Anne (Anny) Kelemen, Gerda Lederer and Curtis Brown (Kurt Braun), return to Vienna, the city where they were born. They are invited by the 'Lost Neighborhood' memorial project, part of which is the reconstruction of the façade of a synagogue destroyed 60 years ago. The stories told by these three emigrants are juxtaposed with images of this project, resulting in a dramatic, humorous and moving documentary of Jewish life in 1930s Vienna.
All My Loved OnesMinac, Matej. 1999.
A feature film that focuses on a family in dramatizing the story of the Kindertransports from Prague
Diane Samuels' Kindertransport: The Author's Guide to the PlaySamuels, Diane. Nick Hern Books, London, 2014.
Buy It
The author's guide to Kindertransport, an invaluable and uniquely authoritative resource for anyone studying, teaching or performing the play.First staged by the Soho Theatre Company in London in 1993, Diane Samuels' Kindertransport has enjoyed huge success around the world and is widely studied in colleges. The play tells the story of nine-year-old Eva, a German Jewish girl, sent by her parents on the Kindertransport to start a new life with a foster family in Britain just before the outbreak of World War Two. Years later, she has changed her name to Evelyn and denied her roots.
Dig World War 2: The Millisle Farm StorySnow, Dan and Litvack, Leon. BBC One Television, 14 Aug 2013.
Dan Snow interviews Leon Litvack about the Millisle Farm Project
Goodbye, MarianneWatts, Irene Kirsten. Winnipeg: Scirocco Drama, 1995.
This play is aimed at audiences in grades 4 - 6.
Holocaust & the Kindertransport: VeraGissing, Vera. Teachers TV, England, 2007.
A 5 minute video of Vera Gissing, a Kind from Czechoslovakia, remembering her Kindertransport experience and reuniting with an old friend.
Holocaust Day: A Haven in WalesBBC 2 Wales, 2005.
This documentary, broadcast on BBC 2 Wales on Holocaust Day 2005, features the reminiscences of some of the 200 Kindertransport children who found a haven at Gwrych Castle in North East Wales.
Into the Arms of StrangersHarris, Mark Jonathan. 2000.
Oscar-winning documentary film on the Kindertransports.
KindertransportSamuels, Diane. New York: Plume, 1995.
This play has been performed worldwide, on the West End, Off-Broadway, and in community theaters.
Last Train to Tomorrow: The Kindertransport Movement 1938-1939Davis, Carl and Oram, Hiawyn . Faber Music Ltd., London, 2011.
A musical tribute to the Kindertransport for children's choir, actors and orchestra.
Making An Entrance, the Biography of Gerard GouldMartin, Margaret. D R Green, United Kingdom, 2010.
Gerard Gould is a teacher and director of amateur drama with a uniquely charismatic personality, and those gifts are rare enough to merit attention; but the life of the man behind the work is truly fascinating. He was born Günter Goldstein in Germany in 1922, the youngest child of a prosperous Jewish family. He was a witness (and a perceptive, profoundly intelligent witness) to the gathering horror that was Nazi Germany. He came to England on a Kindertransport.
Margaret Kahn interviewKahn, Margaret. Mercy Community, West Hartford, Ct, 2016.
Margaret Kahn, née Jonas, tells her lifer story, from Kindertransport on December 1, 1938 to a teaching hospital in London, marriage and life in Connecticut. At 94, she still volunteers to speak with young students.
MemoryLichtenstein, Jonathan. London: Nick Hern Books Limited, 2006.
A drama involving a Kindertransport family, Memory was first performed at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Wales in November 2006 and subsequently produced at the 59E59 Theaters in New York City in 2007.
My Heart in a Suitcase Gunning, Greg. ArtsPower National Touring Theatre, 2006.
Family theater production based on the life of Anne Fox.
My Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the KindertransportsHacker, Melissa. Bee's Knees Productions, 1996.
Award-winning documentary film directed by the daughter of a Kind from Vienna.
Nicholas Winton: The Power of GoodMinac, Matej. 2002.
International Emmy Award-winning documentary about the man who organized Kindertransports out of Czechoslovakia.
Nicky's Family Minac, Matej . Minac, Matej and Pass, Patrik, Czech Republic, 2011.
Nicky's Family tells the story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II.
Testimony of the Human SpiritRobbins, Sarah Kate, and Zucker, Stanley. Westchester Holocaust Education Center, Purchase, NY, 2004.
A group of four short documentary films that tell the history of the Holocaust from 1933 to 1945 through the eyes and words of six survivors. Interweaving the powerful personal accounts of these men and women who were children in Europe during the Holocaust, including KTA member Sel Hubert, the film documents their journeys from persecution through liberation to the shores of America, where they overcame horror and loss to create meaningful, productive lives. Created for use in schools.
The Children Who Cheated the Nazis: The Story of the KindertransportRead, Sue. 2000.
A documentary film that was broadcast on British television in 2002.
The End Of Everything EverNIE Theatre. 2008.
New International Encounter brings together theatre-makers from different European countries to tell stories that focus on episodes that have shaped recent history. Weaving together live music, physical action, and a multitude of languages, they devise visually driven performances that speak directly and dynamically to an audience. They have won awards for their work in both the UK and Europe. The End of Everything Ever draws on true stories and accounts of the Kindertransport to follow the journey of six year old Agata and her quest for home. A story of survival, love and hope.
Vielleicht Habe Ich Glueck GehabtKratz, Käthe. 2002.
Züge ins Leben - Kindertransporte im 2. WKJürgens, Uli. Vienna, 2016.
Ilse Melamid, Hans Menasse, Ari Rath und Dora Schimanko gehörten zu jenen Kindern, die 1938/39 mit so genannten Kindertransporten ins Ausland geschickt wurden, vor allem nach Großbritannien - organisiert von der Jüdischen Gemeinde und den Quäkern – oder auch mit Hilfe der Jugendalijah nach Palästina. Sie waren vor der Verfolgung durch die Nationalsozialisten in Sicherheit, wurden von wohltätigen Familien aufgenommen oder aber zu harter Arbeit verpflichtet.45 min.


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Three Charged for Multi-Million Dollar Bank Virus
Gozi virus infected over a million commputers, 160 of them at NASA.
Jan. 23, 2013 -- Three men have been charged with masterminding the Gozi computer virus, which infected a millioncomputers, stole bank account passwords and caused tens of millions of dollars in losses, federal authorities announced today.
The malicious code, described as "one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history," was first discovered by American cyber security experts in 2007, but New York prosecutors said today the criminal operation continued until March 2012.
According to a federal indictment, the code was "stealing personal bank account information (such as account numbers, usernames, and passwords) from computers across Europe on a vast scale, while remaining virtually undetectable in the computers it infected."
Gozi spread to the U.S. no later than 2010 and eventually infected 160 computers belonging to NASA, court documents said.
The scheme "caused tens of millions of dollars in losses and affected well over one million computers in countries around the world," said FBI Special Agent Kathryn Scott.
When the virus was discovered in 2007 by cyber security expert Don Jackson, he reported that he went undercover in Russian chat rooms to try and obtain a trial version of the virus. He got several offers for a few thousand dollars each, but cut off communication before any transaction was made.
Defendant Nikita Kuzmin, a Russian national who prosecutors say was there at the beginning and was the one who "began to design" the virus in 2005, pleaded guilty to various fraud charges in May 2011. His alleged co-conspirators Deniss Calovkis, a Latvian also known as "Miami," and Mihai Paunescu, a Romanian also known as "Virus," were arrested in their home countries last year and the U.S. is currently seeking extradition.
"This long-term investigation uncovered an international cyber crime ring whose far-reaching schemes infected at least one million computers worldwide and 40,000 in the U.S., and resulted in the theft or loss of tens of millions of dollars," said FBI Assistant Director in Charge of New York offices George Venizelos. "Banking Trojans are to cyber criminals what safe-cracking or acetylene torches are to traditional bank burglars -- but far more effective and less detectable. The investigation put an end to the Gozi virus."


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Blake Roney is one of the founders of the company and served as its President and CEO from 1984 until 1996, and as the company's Chairman of the Board from 1996 to 2012. Today Nu Skin Enterprises is one of the largest direct selling companies in the world, and its products are sold in 52 markets throughout the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The company's stock is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
Roney's business and civic achievements are numerous and include recognition by the International Business Awards as the 2009 Chairman of the Year, a 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award program for the Utah region, a 2004 honor as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Utah, recent recognition as The Utah County Chamber of Commerce 2011 Pillar of the Valley Award, Chief of Mtalimanja Village in Malawi, Africa and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Salt Lake Community College. Roney earned an academic degree in business finance from Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management in 1983. The father of eight children, he serves on several community and university boards and is active in civic and religious organizations.
Steven J. Lund
Executive Chairman of the Board, Executive Director of Nourish the Children
Steven J. Lund serves as Executive Chairman of the Board for Nu Skin Enterprises. Lund's former duties include Vice Chairman of the Board from 2006 to 2012, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2003 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Nu Skin Asia Pacific (NSAP) from November 1996 to May 1998. Lund also served as Executive Vice President of Nu Skin International (NSI) since its inception in 1984.
Before joining Nu Skin Enterprises, Lund was an attorney with a private law firm specializing in litigation and products liability law. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School (1983). He is a member of the Utah, Arizona, and American Bar Associations and has served on the board of directors for the Direct Selling Association. Lund also participates in various civic and religious leadership roles and recently served as Chairman of the Utah Valley University Board of Trustees.
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Founder, Executive Vice President
Sandie Neaman Tilltoson is a Founder of Nu Skin Enterprises. In 1984, Tillotson helped found Nu Skin International, assisting in the development of the original Nu Skin product line and the establishment of the company's unique global marketing plan. Tillotson was also a member of the company's Board of Directors until 2012. Her leadership has helped Nu Skin develop into a substantial international company operating in 52 markets with more than $1 billion in annual sales. As early as 1993 Working Woman magazine named Sandie Tillotson one of the top 10 female business owners in the U.S. In 2001, Feminine Fortunes magazine awarded her the honor of being one of just 50 "Women of the New Millennium" alongside Katie Couric, Oprah Winfrey, and Sandra Day O'Connor. In 2011, Tillotson was recognized as one of 30 Women to Watch by Utah Business magazine.
Tillotson is also involved in many philanthropic efforts. She is a trustee of the Nu Skin "Force for Good Foundation," a private foundation established to improve the lives of children by offering them hope for a life free from disease, illiteracy and poverty. Tillotson also serves as vice president of "Seacology," an international environmental non-profit organization that focuses on saving endangered species, habitats and cultures of islands throughout the world. She earned a B.S. degree in education from Brigham Young University and taught in various Utah public schools. Tillotson enjoys her many roles as businesswoman, philanthropist and, most of all, mother to her four children and seven grandchildren.


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Jobless Claims Dipped Last Week
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell by 12,000 last week from the week before, to 409,000, the Employment and Training Administration just reported.
It adds that "the 4-week moving average was 410,250, an increase of 1,750 from the previous week's revised average of 408,500."
Reuters says the reports signals that there's "little sign of a pick-up in layoffs in the wake of a slump in business and consumer confidence."
We'll learn much more about the labor market Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the August employment and unemployment figures.
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Japan?s Elpida Memory Inc. and Sharp Corp. announced the formation of a Resistive RAM [ReRAM] development program which promises commercial devices as early as 2013, reported Nikkei Business Daily. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology [AIST], University of Tokyo and a number of semiconductor equipment companies are also joining the collaboration indicating the level of importance the project is being given within Japan?s semiconductor technology community.
The New Memory Project has been assigned under the newly created MCP & Flash Division reporting directly to Yukio Sakamoto, President of Elpida Memory Inc. as reported in a recent company reorganization announcement.
Resistive random access memory chips, or ReRAM as they?re called, consume far less power than conventional NAND flash memory and are capable of writing data 10,000 times faster. The companies fully expect ReRAM to displace NAND Flash is wide variety of applications.
No reference was made as to what resistive memory process technology is under consideration though AIST and University of Tokyo have been studying several varieties of experimental memory technologies for nearly a decade. That the companies plan a commercial introduction in 2013 indicates that the technology chosen has already passed several internal technology audits and is robust enough to allow management the confidence to make the announcement.
The project ties Elpida?s memory design and production expertise with Sharp?s thin film technology capabilities in photovoltaic solar cell production. A Resistive RAM cell is essentially a diode whose transfer characteristic can be changed [programmed] by applying a super voltage that?s slightly higher than that normally required for read operations.
ReRAM?s attractive attributes include:
- Non volatile endurance greater than, or equal to 100K cycles
- Zero power standby mode
- Low Operational power
- Symmetrical Read-Write Cycle times equivalent to – or better than DRAM
- Generationally Scalable over Voltage and Geometry
- Cost Effective Generational production
- Are a Storage Class Memory [SCM] candidate
Finance & The Taiwan Connection
Elpida recently filed in early September for a 60 Billion Yen [$731 Million] convertible debenture to retool the Hiroshima memory fab for "40nm and below process for the R&D investments, etc., concerning the manufacturing of DRAM products using 30nm generation". Elpida is also planning to list shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in early 2011 as the "next step" in a larger strategy Sakamoto said in early October. The listing would raise money in Taiwan when the time comes to do deals, he said. Powerchip Technology, ProMOS Technologies, and Windbond Electronics are among possible targets that are thought to be under consideration. Sakamoto sees Samsung as Elpida?s chief competitor and now appears to be executing a well thought out strategic initiative to counter Samsung?s dominance.
What about Spansion?
All this places Spansion in a somewhat awkward position with their partner Elpida. Former joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu, Spansion just recently completed developing the industry?s first charge-trapping 1.8 V, SLC, 4-gigabit NAND flash memory. Samples should be shipping this quarter [4Q 2010]. Spansion is continuing the development of 1 and 2-gigabit products to satisfy mobile customer demands. Elpida plans to combine the Spansion NAND flash with Mobile RAMTM to sell into mobile consumer products with improved margins. It may well be speculated that hard data from the Elpida/Spansion collaboration may have concluded the decision to develop the resistive ram alternative…


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I have SUCH big news to share with you...I have a recipe featured in the May issue of Southern Living magazine, y'all! After months of anticipation, it has finally hit store shelves. In fact, we just got back from the grocery store, where I saw it for sale for the first time. I may have bought 4 copies and excitedly shared my glee with the cashier while checking out. :)
Southern Living has always been one of my favorite magazines. Growing up, I remember my mom and grandmother's dog-eared copies lying around the house. Never did I think my name would ever grace the pages!
I love the magazine so much, that back in July 2005, I started 2 back-to-back marketing internships for the publication. It was an incredible experience, where I made great friends and had the opportunity to be a part of on-location photo shoots, marketing campaigns, and fun events like the Southern Living Cook-Off, which was hosted by Tyler Florence that year. And the prop sales...OH the prop sales! Those were such fun times. :)
My featured recipe is for a mouth-watering quinoa salad that is packed with amazing flavors. It incorporates crispy prosciutto and toasted pecans that are perfectly complemented by fresh strawberries, making this quinoa salad unforgettably delicious! It is included in the May Community Cookbook, on page 16, as part of a feature for "The South's Tastiest Blogs."
I'm super excited about sharing this dish with you all and hope that you enjoy it.
Bon Appetit, my friends!
Quinoa Salad with Strawberries, Crispy Prosciutto, Toasted Pecans & Feta
By: Celeste Ward
For the Dressing:
1/3 cup red onion, finely minced
3 Tbsp. grapeseed oil
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp. lemon zest
A pinch of salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
For the Salad:
1 cup quinoa, rinsed
1 Tbsp butter
4 oz. prosciutto, torn into small pieces
1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 cup pecans, shelled
1/2 cup arugula
1 cup quartered strawberries
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Add all of the dressing ingredients to a small bowl, and whisk well to combine. Set to the side.
Combine 1 cup quinoa with 2 cups of water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon of butter and stir well. Turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
While the quinoa is cooking, add 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil to a large skillet over medium heat. Add the prosciutto and sauté for approximately 3 - 4 minutes, or until the prosciutto becomes slightly crispy. Remove to a paper towel -lined plate.
Next, lightly spritz a baking sheet with cooking spray and spread the pecans on the baking sheet in a single layer. Place on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake for 5 minutes, or until the pecans become aromatic. Keep a close eye on the pecans, as they will burn quickly.
Fluff the quinoa with a fork and pour into a large bowl. Add the arugula while the quinoa is still warm and stir well, allowing the arugula to wilt slightly. Next, add the prepared dressing, sautéed prosciutto, toasted pecans and strawberries. Carefully fold in the feta cheese, and serve immediately.


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David Lane of SASAUG showed a Beagleboard running RISC OS at this month's meeting of ROUGOL in London. Although a keen Acorn fan, Lane is self-confessed non-techie. As he puts it: "There's one failsafe way to spot a geek: do they have a hub? Until I bought the Beagleboard, I didn't!" The first time he showed the board, he only got RISC OS running in the last 10 minutes of a two-hour demo. This time, not only did it work perfectly, but by the end he was able to get the machine on the Web via a USB Ethernet adaptor for the first time.
The ROOL port is incomplete and there are still a few gotchas. The display needs to be powered-on before the board, or it won't be detected, and the OS displays an error about a missing keyboard every boot. (It's fair enough – there's no Acorn keyboard port anywhere near the thing and never will be.) A FAT-formatted SD card holds the ROM image, but the card slot can't be accessed by RISC OS just yet, so it also needs an Acorn ADFS-formatted USB key as a boot drive. Which pretty much mandates that you have to have a working Acorn box (with USB) to hand – or a free emulator – to bootstrap the system.
But hardware-wise, you don't need much: a power supply, a couple of flash drives, a small SD card – the OS only takes 10MB – and USB keyboard, mouse and hub, plus an HDMI display or a convertor cable to hook the HDMI output into a D-SUB or DVI monitor.
The ambitious might want to fit it into a case, or wait for UK availability of the slightly faster and better-specced Beagleboard-xM.
And new RISC OS hardware has never been so cheap: the official price of the board in its home state of Texas is $149, which with trans-Atlantic markup converts to about £120 in the UK. You'll need some basic RISC OS-fu to get it up and running, but compared to the £1500 that the new Amiga will cost you, it's a bargain. ®


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Three phase networks(2) (DC/AC Circuit Theory Course)
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Food For The Rumor Mill
This will fan the flames of the Clay Buchholz (and others) for Roy Halladay rumors: Toronto will have at least two scouts in attendance at McCoy Stadium on Sunday as Buchholz takes the mound for Pawtucket.
(photos courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
Sal Butera, a special assistant to Blue Jays General Manager J.P. Ricciardi, was also in contact with a member of the PawSox staff today. I've known Sal for years since he was a catcher for Syracuse in the late '80's when I was one of the broadcasters there.
Does it mean a Halladay to Boston deal is in the works? Probably not, but Toronto is clearly doing its homework just in case.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see relief pitcher TJ Large when I walked into the PawSox clubhouse this morning. He was promoted from Double-A Portland to replace Randor Bierd who's been placed on the temporarily inactive list for personal reasons.
Large was with the PawSox for a couple of weeks at the end of the 2006 season and appeared in 3 games. He's been pitching brilliantly for Portland this year, going 3-0 with 8 saves and a 1.08 ERA. He was picked to pitch in the Eastern League All-Star game, but will no longer attend due to his promotion to Triple-A.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the remarkable story behind Marcus McBeth's wicked changeup (it resulted from a badly broken finger). You can read that entry here.
Large tells a similar story about his best pitch – a cutter. In 2004 he had surgery to remove a cyst from his wrist and tendons that attach three of his fingers were moved as part of the surgery. That procedure made his middle finger more prominent than his index finger and when he started throwing again, the middle finger put pressure on the side of the ball and gave him a nasty cutter.
Whatever works right?
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Manager Ron Johnson will be on a plane on Sunday night as he heads home to Tennessee for a well-deserved 3-day break. He hasn't been home since reporting for spring training in January.
I'm sure his wife and kids are thrilled. I'm not so sure about his beloved horse "Peanut." He could be "Peanut Butter" after carrying RJ on his back for the next few days.
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I hope you'll join us for the radio call as the PawSox play their final game before the All-Star break on Sunday afternoon at 1:05. Our pre-game coverage starts at 12:50 on the PawSox radio network and PawSox.com.