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REFUSES TO PROCESS TRANSACTIONS . . . Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp. are refusing to process any credit card transactions between federally licensed firearms retailers, distributors and manufacturers -- a move which will severely limit available inventory of firearms and ammunition to military, law enforcement and law-abiding Americans.
The first company to be affected by this decision appears to be firearms distributor CDNN Sports Inc.
"We were contacted recently by First Data/Citi Merchant Services by a June Rivera-Mantilla stating that we were terminated and funds were being seized for selling firearms in a non-face-to-face transaction," said Charlie Crawford, president of CDNN Sports Inc. "Although perfectly legal, we were also informed that no transactions would be processed in the future, even for non-firearms. I find this very frightening."
To voice your concern to Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp., please contact June Rivera-Mantilla at 631-683-7734 or her supervisor Robert Tenenbaum at 631-683-6570.
To change to an NSSF-affiliated credit card processing program, contact Payment Alliance International at 1-866-371-2273 (ext. 1131).
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Well, it looks like I'm going to have to refinance my mortgage with somebody else other than Citibank, which assumed my mortgage from ABN Amro recently.
Federal express refused to send in my target pistol to S&W for repair even though S$W had sent me the prepaid box to return it. I dropped it in a box and got it back by Fedex 6 weeks later. Some people treat guns like toxic waste.
And so it begins..........
At least the first, and probably the second. The third was just for fun. :)
Only if we let them.....
Our principal 'weapon' in this instance is economic. It's up to us to use it.
Citi...don't the Arabs have some piece of this bank ?
Yeah, Citi purchased mine from Amro a couple months ago as well. Sounds like Citibank is in trouble with the CDO's and other mortgage backed securities they're holding. They had to borrow $7.5bln from AbuDhabi about a month ago at 11% as they needed a capital injection bad. Banks don't borrow at 11% unless they've got serious problems. Serves the clowns right.
Same here....
Hadn't heard that but not much surprises me anymore.
Did someone convince their legal department that they'd be a party to a suit or even subject to criminal charges due to a sale gone bad?
One of Citi's Directors is Robert Rubin, former Treasury Sec for bill clinton. Big goobermint boobs, the both of 'em.
We will see how this plays out and how much truth to it. However if it is true it really gets my blood pressure up. I will be campaigning against Citibank.
The letter is entirely nonsense.
A Credit Card company is deciding that a merchant is in violation of the Gun control Act? What a bag of worms they have stepped into.
The merchants in the interstate sales always ship to a licensed firearms dealer that does the transfer to the purchaser. That is why the sale is NOT a violation.
Now, I wonder, if someone reported that Amazon shipped blenders to buyers who used them to process kittens - a sure law violation - would Amazon be cut off?
How can that be?
It is against the Q'ran to participate as borrower or lender at interest. Mohammad bin Allah bin Satan forbid it.
Sounds like a good business opportunity for someone.
I hope you were equally outraged by the shut down of online gambling. Because the government has enlisted the banks to shut down that industry too.
The CITI termination letter references the Gun Control Act.
Here is a link to a Wikipedia article on the Gun Control Act of 1968:
There are links at the bottom of the article to government and educational websites with the actual text of the law.
If the merchant is following the law (background check, FFL to FFL transfers, etc), its hard to say what put a bee in CITI's bonnet. Perhaps fear of some liability if it turns out to be an illegal transaction ("unable ot monitor transactions")?
Sounds like the CITI legal department in action. I guess the next step is to begin denying suspect transactions because they might just be kiddie porn or whatever. Then they will be passing judgement on which 501 (c)3 donations they will process: Planned Parenthood-okay; Right to Life-oh no.
That being said, something had to have triggered this review. FDC handles processing for several million clients; about the only way to trigger a review from FDC is to be nonresponse to a request for copy of receipt - failure to fax back a charge slip in a timely manner (usually within two business days for these guys.)
What part of the contract was violated? What discrimination was unlawful?
A major part of my job is merchant services for my members. We are wholly within our rights to terminate an account if we deem it unacceptable to our business image, or are uncomfortable with the business they are in. And we are wholly within our rights to turn down applications from business types that we just don't want to do business with.
"Keep in mind that a violation of the Gun Control Act occurs when a gun offered online is sold to an individual in another state; the act prohibits selling a handgun to a resident of another state. Shipping accross state lines is also banned, yet guns for sale reach people accross hte country. We at Cit Merchant Service are nable to monitor or track adherence to these Gun Control laws."
June Rivera-Mantilla
The woman's a ditz and they wrote this on their own. Notice gun control is capitalized. All transactions involving firearm sales, interstate or not, are done through FFLs licensed by the ATF, so the _itch and her cohorts are just being obstinate pinko flakes. There's nothing legitimate to this action whatsoever and no competent atty reviewed this letter, or the action itself.
No, see #24.
The leftists in congress don't have to do anything. They have plenty of allies in business.
I think you nailed it...someone did an analysis of possible exposure to lawsuits and decide it was better to discontinue these transactions...
The date on the letter is 12/26/2007.
No. See #24. Pink twinks did this on their own. If any attys were involved, they never graduated the 5th grade.
Yeah, NSSF dated their release wrong. The notice is from the current 2008 Bullet Points at NSSF and as you point out the bank letter is dated 12/26/07.
I have the same situation. I left a message at June's number above, suggesting that I was eager to find out what I can do to prevent discrimination against firearms dealers.
I was disappointed that her voice mailbox wasn't full, but perhaps it can hold thousands of messages from unhappy pro-gunners.
Which bank was it several years ago which attempted to close the account of a gun dealer and got their head handed to them? I look forward to the same result here.
Don't hesitate to ping me if you hear anything else about this. I have to leave town for a couple of days but I don't want something like this to stand unchallenged.
"And so it begins.........."
It has been going on a long time, about 75 years. Now, though, we have an effective means of getting the word out, and tools to fight back with.
I did a fair amount of business with CDNN for about a decade, ending three years ago. They were always very professional, scrupulously followed the regulations, and were a pleasure to deal with.
Hard to believe not only because of the potential exposure to lawsuit but also because of internal politics in big corporations. Departments render judgments in their areas of expertise; the Operations Department is not the expert on the law and would be out of line to be making authoritative pronouncements on what is and is not a violation of the Gun Control Act without first receiving the go ahead from corporate counsel.
No, they are aggressively pushing an interpretation of their exposure to liability here. They cite no specific examples of a violation; they are simply assuming that all the transactions are prima facia illegal. Perhaps the line is driven by a political agenda, perhaps it is driven by a fear of imaginative interpretation of tort law by liability lawyers. It is probably a bit of both.
LOL! June Rivera-Mantilla and her cohorts think they are.
"and would be out of line to be making authoritative pronouncements on what is and is not a violation of the Gun Control Act without first receiving the go ahead from corporate counsel."
LOL! This happens quite often. The letter itself is written on Co letterhead and the legal comment therein is simplistic and flat out wrong. It came from little miss stupid, who is completely ignorant of the law in all aspects. Corporate Counsel couldn't possibly have OKed this letter, as per company policy, guidelines and procedure.
"They cite no specific examples of a violation; they are simply assuming that all the transactions are prima facia illegal.
The stated qualification of the tranactions is that they are in fact illegal, per the vacuous capitolized phrase, Gun Control. They also claimed they have a duty to overlook all these transactions for legality. THe implication is that they're exempt in all other cases, whose transactions they definitely can't oversee.
"Perhaps the line is driven by a political agenda, perhaps it is driven by a fear of imaginative interpretation of tort law by liability lawyers.
It's political and they got their tort law education from code pink. There were no lawyers involved in this.
When Citi refuses to correct the problem and issue an apology, and comes up with something substantial with regards to written rules dissociating the company from all firearms transactions specifically, sporting an officer's mark, then it can be taken seriously. Until that time, this is all the work of code pink flakes.
They are free to earn the wrath of gun owners either way. I will be watching to see what is going on here.
You mean you don't have contracts with your members? I guess I am assuming that there is some kind of contract between the services group and it's customers. You can't just terminate a contract for no reason unless the terms of the contract allow that. But who'd sign a contract like that?
You think they could get away with terminating the services to say Arab businesses because they might be funding terrorism?
Credit card owners, etc., who have a choice, should make it.
The problem is that you, as the purchaser, don't really know who the seller is using to process the card. But as the article points out, the sellers can switch service providers, and would be idiotic not to. In fact, gun sellers have no choice but to change. Well, those that sell by shipping to another dealer. Now I think all gun dealers should change, and those of us who are in the retail sales business should as well. That would be those who own or manage all sorts of retail stores and restaurants, as well as some service type operations (HVAC, appliance repair, etc). Might make quite a dent in their operation.)
And, current husband of one, Christine Amnpour
Actually it won't inconvenience the military or the sicherheitsdienst at all since they almost always use purchase orders. It WILL inconvenience law abiding citizens. (tighten the screw a little more)
Be Ever Vigilant!
We are wholly within our rights to terminate an account if we deem it unacceptable to our business image, or are uncomfortable with the business they are in. And we are wholly within our rights to turn down applications from business types that we just don't want to do business with.Yes, you are.
If you (the generic you) find it distasteful to do business with gun dealers, you're fully within your rights.
And we, the gun owners, are fully within our rights to judge you as full of prejudice, hatred, and bigotry, and to refuse to do business with you.
Yeah, those were the same type arguments used by white merchants in the South when they wanted to exclude black patrons. Look how THAT panned out for the merchants.
'To voice your concern to Citi Merchant Services and First Data Corp., ....'
Dump them, their credit cards.
Ditto that. I just checked, and my Mastercard is a Citi one. I "will" follow up on this, and if not satisified, I "will" change to a different card merchant.
Not even close. There are many legal and business reasons that we exclude certain areas of business from those which we will deal with. Such as online pornography. We are not willing to take on the risk associated with it, along with the massively high charge back rate. So we won't even accept an application from such a company for merchant services.
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my take on the first glee challenge.... i found a great beatles image and this was my creation after using it as my inspiration!
Wow, the colors on this are just fabulous! Great design and I love the vertical title!
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Gorgeous use of colour, fabulous photo & I'm loving your title work!
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I really like the bright colors.
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Really cute page love the color combo,
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love that pic, great mix of colors and I love te stitched title
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Great page for the challenge andrea! glad you could join in. what a great bright page, love the title on its side and the stitching across it!
Great pic and nicely put together. Well done!
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I just noticed the stitching through the alphas - love that!
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I love the angle of the photo!
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Will you be carrying any pain free orals if Designer makes any? I know these seem to sell like hot cakes each time he makes them. Or, would you be interested in carrying pain free orals such as 1-T-CYP, 4-HT-CYP and 4-Ad-CYP
I may if people start asking for it...maybe if I can find a company that will offer me some good deals on it *wink, wink* I can pass the savings to my customers. Maybe even do a pre-sale. My goal is to not get stuck with products post ban.
Anyone intersted in the aforementioned products give me a bump! Please also list which product you would be interested in.
I think if you were to get some Sledge Test or 4OHT that you would have none left after the ban. There popularity is amazing. I also think 4ad CYP would be a big seller as well. I am definitely interested.
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i briefly searched the forums but i did not found a matching thread.... so please forgive me if i am wrong.
Full HD playback is not fluent on XBMCbuntu. Every minute or so (depending on the film and the bitrate of the file being played) the image either stays still for some seconds and fast forwards to catch up with the audio, which seems to be unaffected. Or the image just slows down and then recovers again. Sometimes the FPS just drops for a while. That's really annoying, as you can probably imagine...
I have the following setup:
XBMCbuntu runs on my (very) old gaming rig:
Core2Duo 2,1 GHz with 4 GB RAM
nvidia 8800 GTS
XBMCbuntu runs from a flashdrive (possible bottleneck here?)
The system is streaming the files from my home server via samba shares. (although it is a linux server, so samba is only needed for my windows machines.). Most of the files are rared. Database and Thumbnails are synchronized and located on the fileserver.
The machines are connected via Gbit LAN. The System which runs XBMC was able to playback 1080p without any problems when it was used for gaming. XBMC is using about 50% CPU while playing 1080p.
When i stream movies to XBMC running on my current gaming rig (Windows 7) anything is fine. So the server and the network seem to be fast enough.
So i figured there might be 3 issues:
- graphic card (driver) not supported and cpu has to decode 1080p.
- CPU to weak to unpack und render on the fly.
- flashdrive to slow (does xbmc buffer on it)
If you have any idea what is causing my< troubles and what to change please tell me
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The private-label egg packer, which counts Wal-Mart and Kroger as customers, started up the case sealer in 2004. The cases contain 9-, 15-, 24-, or 30-count cartons of eggs.The machine accepts the total outflow of cases from more than a dozen production lines, so "it has to be reliable," emphasizes plant general manager Mark Casper. There were no start-up issues, and there has been no downtime associated with the sealer, Casper says. The machine was procured and integrated by Flex-Pac. Learn about packaging innovation at The Packaging Conference in Orlando, February 3-5, 2014A light curtain at the infeed identifies the case size via its height. The sealer's servo-driven up-and-down movement to adjust to random case heights is capable of speeds its hydraulic-driven predecessor couldn't achieve, Casper says. Before, they were operating at 10-12 cases/min, now it's 12-18 cases/min, and the cases are accelerated up to 150'/min out the discharge. Capable of speeds to 26 cases/min, the sealer operates over two shifts daily.
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Might do a graphic novel / zine type thing based on this from my sketchbook =]
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The top exactly what Wisconsin means in the big picture.
Depends on whom you believe.
Chief political correspondent Carl Cameron tells us many Republicans choose to believe it's just the beginning.
Mitt Romney cautiously and only partially engaged in Scott Walker's trial -- Wisconsin recall fight but he's eagerly embracing the bounce.
And the victors already sharing the spoils promoting their shared agenda of smaller responsible government.
They needed to Washington they needed in Madison they needed every other state us across America.
When they say we want you to take on these tough challenges if governor Romney wants to be competitive with skirts I think you can't.
Needs to tackle those same issues.
Romney held Wisconsin voters for saying no to the quote tired liberal ideas -- yesterday and yes to fiscal responsibility.
And he predicted more of -- this fall nationwide in a conference call with members of the National Federation of Independent Business.
-- Blue States said we've we've seen a conservative governor.
He kept back on the scale of government that is held down taxes and stood up to the public sector unions and and we want more that -- less of it.
And I think you're gonna find that -- a decision is being made in November.
Democrats had hoped all the GOP's fiscal responsibility and labor union reforms and rhetoric could be repudiated Wisconsin's recall.
Instead their liberalism was the RNC pumped out a video reminding Democrats that their own national committee chairwoman cast Wisconsin as a sneak peek at the last political muscle come November we -- -- in this election anyway.
Goodness that test drive.
Democrats complained that walker in the GOP outspent them 701.
Republicans make no apologies and collected four million new voter names in a state that does not register by party.
Walker's two dozen campaign offices will now be turned over to Romney and the GOP's national chairman was actually -- pains not to gloat.
I think it is what what will come in November and I think that.
You know we've won and numerous times now in Wisconsin on the ground and I don't have any reason not to believe that we would win again in November president.
Obama won Wisconsin easily 2008 by fourteen points in the fox -- Wisconsin exit poll yesterday the president led Romney by half that 51 to 44%.
Unemployment -- lower the national average of six point 7%.
But after promising to fight for union families mr.
Obama's decision to weigh in and Wisconsin only the night before the vote with a tweet.
As liberals and big labor questioning his commitment.
And big labor took the biggest hit and that could encourage other states to move ahead on right to work legislation and other union restrictions New Hampshire and Michigan among them.
A pair of swing states Romney would dearly love to put in the win column with -- Wisconsin in November right.
Your -- on those exit polls while they seemed to show that it was very tight even tied.
The real raw numbers it was a seven point -- so people are looking at that Obama Romney number and wondering.
Whether that's -- well listened -- and the end of the voters spoke walker won Republicans had today OK Carl thank you.
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Ann Stanczyk had a Black Friday she'll never forget – the 49-year-old Queens woman says she was humiliated and beaten by two NYPD cops in a dispute over dog droppings.
Pictures taken by her son a day after the Nov. 26 incident show Stanczyk with a welt under one eye and a garish purple bruise on her breast, plus injuries to her hands and knee.
Yesterday, the Polish immigrant filed a complaint with the Civilian Complaint Review Board and plans to sue.
"I just doing it to protect other people from police brutality," Stanczyk told the Daily News. "I don't want what happened to me happen to anyone else. I want to protect the others. If it can happen to me it can happen to other people."
Stanczyk, a married housewife from Rockaway Beach, was walking her terrier, Psotka – Polish for "prankster" – when she wound up in a confrontation with two uniformed officers from the 100th Precinct, Shaun Grossweiler and Richard DeMartino.
"They saw my dog and they said I didn't clean up," said Stanczyk, fighting back tears as she spoke in halting English. "I said, 'No, she only pee.' They, of course, not agree with me and I say, 'Show me. Where is it?'"
The officers found dog feces nearby, she said.
"Pick it up," she said one cop ordered her. "I got scared. I pick up. I said, 'It's cold, not belong to my dog.' When I smiled and said I didn't do anything, that made them very upset."
At that point, Stanczyk was handcuffed and arrested. When she used her feet to try to prevent them from closing the patrol car door to secure her, she says, the beating began.
"I get scared to death," she said. "I started to scream, 'My dog! My dog!' They punch me in my face. They punch me in my breast. They punch me in my stomach."
A neighbor ran over to take Psotka and cops took Stanczyk to the precinct. She was treated for her injuries – her knee still requires physical therapy – and charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Court papers indicate police accused Stanczyk of causing a ruckus by yelling at the officers to leave her alone. They also said she locked her hands in front of her to avoid arrest.
The case was adjourned until May, when it will be dismissed as long as she stays out of trouble.
Stanczyk had never been arrested before. She lost her job as a nurse in 2008 when she failed to attend a training program after an argument with a coworker. Her lawyer, Jon Norinsberg, said the workplace disagreement is "something that uneqivocally had nothing to do with what happened with police beating her the way they beat her."
Stanczyk said nothing she did warranted her injuries. She can't get past what happened.
"I am afraid to leave the apartment," she said. "I call my friends and beg them to go out with me. I feel better to stay home all the time."
Grossweiler, a four-year veteran, and DeMartino, a 10-year veteran, did not respond to a request for comment.


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LONDON and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) and MessageLabs today announced global research that reveals the majority of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) believe an IT security breach would be detrimental in achieving their business priorities. However, few are overtly proactive in their fight against infringements due to resource restrictions from other business related priorities.
The latest industry research, "SMBs in a Connected World: Business Success Means Facing New IT Security Threats," conducted by research firm IDC and commissioned by MessageLabs and McAfee®, found that 80 percent of the 450 SMB IT decision makers interviewed feared an IT security threat such as an email virus. However, as senior SMB IT professionals are more entrenched in the company's day-to-day business than enterprise CIOs, they are less able to take on a proactive approach to security threats.
The IDC research indicates that company size plays an important role in the way senior management views security. Firmly linking IT security to the business health and success of the SMB community, the research shows that only eight percent of respondents stated that improving IT security was a top business priority. Furthermore, enterprise CIOs place IT security at a much higher level of importance than SMB IT professionals. IDC raises the question: "How can SMBs face present and future threats while being occupied by daily tasks?"
Despite a clear understanding of the threat situation and its potential effect on the well-being of the company, the biggest challenge SMBs face in 2007 are reactive, maintenance-focused activities such as keeping up-to-date with security solutions (39 percent), keeping up-to-date with new threats (38 percent) and keeping costs down (33 percent). SMBs are more focused on keeping the business operating rather than strategically planning for future threats. IDC states that managed security services provide an effective and responsive answer to the dilemma in the SMB community, one of its top 10 predictions for the IT security market in 2007.
"Small- and medium-sized business behavior towards security is very tactical and meets their immediate requirements," said Eric Domage, European research manager, Security Products & Solutions, IDC. "However, the next generation of threats are not understood, not analyzed and the complexity cannot be handled internally. Remotely managed security solutions will help SMBs fill the gap between their understanding of the threat and the real dangers. SMBs must consider managed security service providers as natural partners for an accurate level of security."
The IDC research also highlights the importance of the connected world for SMBs as it reveals that SMBs are increasingly reliant on the Web for company communications, operational effectiveness and reaching their business objectives. Ninety percent of respondents actively or semi-actively use the Internet to further their business goals and achieve business priorities. Eighty-seven percent use email as a key communication tool. In addition, at least 40 percent of the SMB working day is spent accessing email and the Web.
"Security has a direct impact on every critical part of a business including reputation, productivity and business continuity," said Mark Sunner, chief security analyst, MessageLabs. "Although it appears SMBs now have a better understanding of the risks, it still appears that many are unable to prioritize or dedicate the resources to deal with security appropriately. Without a comprehensive security solution, many SMBs may be oblivious to the fact that they're being attacked, with the realization only obvious once the damage has been done."
"The Internet has provided a convenience to SMBs to do business, but has also opened the door for complex threats," said Vimal Solanki, senior director of worldwide product marketing for McAfee. "Businesses need security tools that proactively protect their computers and gives them piece of mind. Outsourcing daily security tasks can save time and money and allow SMBs to focus on their core businesses."
Another critical reason why SMBs need to raise priority levels on security is because of the legal requirements for information management. More than half of all respondents (53 percent) stated that compliance with external, legally binding regulations or rules defined by the government or another authority is mandatory. The highest proportion is in Germany, where 62 percent of respondents must adhere to these stipulations. Almost a quarter of UK respondents (24 percent) did not know if they were required to comply or not.
While it's not a top business priority, SMB professionals predict strong growth in IT security spending over the next 12 months with more than 90 percent stating that they will spend more resources on IT security in 2007, a 20 percent increase from 2006 figures. The same IT professionals state that their total IT expenditure will increase by almost 30 percent next year, which leads IDC to question if IT security is being taken seriously enough as part of the IT mix.
These findings are based on the results of 450 interviews with SMBs of 80-250 employees, across the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia. The interviews were undertaken in November 2006 and all respondents were responsible for, or actively involved in, the IT decision-making process for their organizations.
Vertical industries included professional services, business services, manufacturing, financial services, banking, media and marketing.
MessageLabs is a leading provider of integrated messaging and web security services, with over 15,000 clients ranging from small business to the Fortune 500 located in more than 80 countries. MessageLabs provides a range of managed security services to protect, control, encrypt and archive communications across Email, Web and Instant Messaging.
These services are delivered by MessageLabs globally distributed infrastructure and supported 24/7 by security experts. This provides a convenient and cost-effective solution for managing and reducing risk and providing certainty in the exchange of business information. For more information, please visit www.messagelabs.com
McAfee Inc., the leading dedicated security technology company, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. www.mcafee.com
NOTE: McAfee is a registered trademark of McAfee, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. McAfee Red in connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand products. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners.
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The Chontal medicine men, who assert that this plant is capable of "clarifying the senses", call it thle-pela-kano, meaning "leaf of God". Whenever they desire to know the cause of an illness or the location of a distant or lost person, dry leaves of the plant are smoked, drunk in infusions, and put under the pillow before going to sleep. Reportedly, the answer to the question comes in a dream.
Traditionally the crushed dried leaves were steeped in hot water, and the resulting tea is drunk slowly, after which the user lied down in a quiet place and smokes a cigarette of the dried leaves of the same plant. It has been reported that for divinatory purposes the Chontal people used a handful of the dried plant. The user knew that he or she had taken a large enough dose when a sense of tranquility and drowsiness is experienced and when he or she hears the beats of his or her own heart and pulse. Calea is a rather bitter herb many prefered to smoke rather than to drink as a tea.
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The Made in the USA Foundation has inducted SolarWorld, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the country, into its Hall of Fame, which celebrates businesses demonstrating excellence in domestic manufacturing. SolarWorld says it was inducted for its contribution to job creation, commitment to high U.S. environmental and labor standards and leadership in fighting for fair global competition in the solar industry.
At a ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif., the foundation honored 20 companies, placing particular emphasis on producers of solar panels and energy-efficient vehicles for the promise these products hold for American energy independence.
SolarWorld, leader of the Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), won the award in the solar-panel category. CASM represents about 215 solar producers, installers and other industry employers of nearly 18,000 U.S. workers in promoting sustainable and domestic green-technology production and trade free of illegal foreign government interference.
"Pioneered in America beginning more than 120 years ago, solar manufacturing is a prize national industrial treasure," says Gordon Brinser, president of SolarWorld Industries America. "It grows domestic jobs, furthers innovation through research and development and brightens U.S. prospects for energy independence."
SolarWorld says it employs about 1,000 people at its headquarters manufacturing campus in Oregon, and more than 100 more at its commercial hub in Camarillo, Calif.
Since Oct. 19, SolarWorld says it has led CASM in backing trade cases to hold the Chinese solar industry accountable to U.S. and international trade laws for staging a systematic state-sponsored export drive to eliminate U.S. manufacturing competition. The U.S. Department of Commerce so far has twice affirmed the trade-case petitions by imposing both preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duties on ballooning Chinese imports that CASM contends has caused at least 12 domestic manufacturers of crystalline silicon solar to downsize or close.


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Anthropologist Reining died July 19 at the age of 84. "Anthropologist Broke Ground on AIDS, Satellite Mapping", writes the Washington Post in an orbituary.
Last winter I wrote about anthropological studies that showed that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection. But Reining had researched this topic already 18 years ago:
In a 1989 study published in Current Science with three co-authors, Reining spelled out the unmistakable correlation: Uncircumcised African men were 86 percent more likely to get the AIDS virus than those who had been circumcised. Her findings held true across different regions, ethnic groups and religious faiths in Africa.
At first, her study was ignored or dismissed. Some African peoples had taboos against circumcision, and many scientists couldn't believe that such a simple procedure could produce such startling results.
Yet study after study – there have now been more than 60 – supported Reining's initial findings. She was interviewed for a BBC documentary in 2000, and one-time skeptics were convinced by years of mounting evidence that she had been right all along.
>> read the whole article in the Washington Post
Male circumcision prevents AIDS?
"There's no AIDS here because men and women are equal"
AIDS:"Traditional healers are an untapped resource of great potential"
Cultural values and the spreading of AIDS in Africa
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Start at the center of the wall. Climb to the first bolt of No Nuts then angle left over the small roof. Continue up the face aiming for the slot in the roof above. Climb through the slot to your choice of bolts on the right or the left. This is a fun lead or can be top roped.
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Kind of sketchy pro at the bottom, better at the top. PG-13 I would say
Definitely PG13 at the bottom. The move before the roof does not protect at all. You're protected by the bolt already 3 feet below you even before you pull the roof. About 2-3 feet above the roof, you can finally protect. This is the only protection I could find until I traversed left over to the main crack (about 10-15ft left and up). So within a 40-50ft section, I had merely clipped a bolt, and placed 2 pieces of gear on pretty strenuous terrain! A tough but enjoyable climb though, if you're good at the grade.
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BURLINGTON, N.C. — Pulaski Mariners shortstop Zach Shank mishandled a ball hit by Andrew Ayers, allowing Mauricio Ramos to score the game-winning run as Burlington won the Appalachian League opener 2-1 in 13 innings Thursday night.
Mariners starter Edwin Ramos, a 2012 third-round draft pick, was untouchable early as he was perfect through the first five innings before surrendering a leadoff double to Alex Newman in the sixth.
Pulaski got on the board first in the top of the fifth when Toby DeMello doubled home Joseph DeCarlo. Burlington evened the score in the bottom of the seventh when Ramos drove home Ramon Torres with a sacrifice fly to center.
Scott Ronnenbergh took the loss for Pulaski.
The Mariners will conclude the three-game set with Burlington with games tonight and Saturday night before having their home opener Sunday at Calfee Park at 7 p.m. against the Bluefield Blue Jays.
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Ramos, Munoz (7), Copping (9), Thieben (11), Ronnenbergh (12) and Demello; Tenuta, Machado (7), DeShazier (9), Rodriguez (11) and Johnson. W—Rodriguez (1-0). L—Ronnenbergh (0-1).
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Research, Science & Technology
It is important that New Zealand maintains a strong Research, Science and Technology (RST) sector, now more than ever. With significant issues such as climate change facing our energy, primary and export sectors, it is imperative that scientific research is given the long-term certainty of funding to successfully meet those challenges. UnitedFuture believes that one of the key elements to New Zealand's ongoing economic and environmental sustainability will be our ability to maintain a skilled and experienced RST workforce.
It is UnitedFuture policy to:
- Develop a National Science Strategy that identifies New Zealand's science needs and directions, resource and capability needs and international trends in the medium and long terms.
- Increase government funding of Research, Science & Technology (RST) to at least the OECD average.
- Investigate ways to increase the amount of privately-funded RST. Government policy is to reduce public funding of research that benefits industry, assuming that producers will contribute directly, but it can be difficult to attract industry funding for projects with a longer-term horizon from industry, as they often seek more immediate benefits in productivity.
- Simplify the different funding mechanisms for research. These have been allowed to develop in an ad hoc manner over a period of time to fill perceived gaps, but the result is a system that has become inefficient and difficult to navigate. Ensure there is no duplication of research.
- Review the scope and operation of the current range of Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), with particular regard to the balance between public good activity and commercial applications, and their relationship with other institutions such as universities.
- Increase the attractiveness of research as a career option and science PhD's by reducing the costs of study, through our zero tuition fees policy, introducing bonding schemes that reduce student loan debt for those who are qualified in such fields in return for a continuous period of work in New Zealand, and establishing a system of research scholarships between tertiary providers and the private sector.
- Encourage national research specialisation, bearing in mind New Zealand's size, as well as specialisation by institution. Focus to be on the following areas for the medium to long term:
- Agriculture and horticultural efficiency
- Biotechnology
- Nanotechnology
- Energy efficiency and substitution
- Aquaculture
- Bio-security and environmental degradation
- Reinstate research excellence as an important funding criterion by external peer review.
- Support a national awards event, for science and technology excellence to celebrate achievement and raise the profile of science and technology in New Zealand.


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Excellent Case -- very pleasedPros: The USB3 interface works fine with my Win7 native USB3 ports. Have a Pioneer BD burner installed and it plays a retail BD with no problems (haven't tried burning a BD yet.) Reads and burns DVD and CD with no problems. Construction quality seems just fine to me, also attractive appearance. Has a built in fan. Cons: Lacks rubber feet, but those can be readily purchased for cheap. Other Thoughts: I wrote the 12/2/2013 review as well, but at that time on a different PC and hadn't yet tried BD playback (BD surface scanning worked). I just tried retail BD playback and the WinXPsp3 system with a PCI USB3 adapter card didn't work. DVD and CD were fine, but not BD. My guess is a PCI adapter much-less-than USB3 speed was just too slow to support playback, result being VLC lock up. Did you find this review helpful? |
Working fine with Blu-Ray burnerPros: Pioneer Blu-ray burner works great in it. Cons: None yet Other Thoughts: Am using with pre-PCIe PC and installed a USB3 /PCI interface card to boost speed over available USB2. OS is WinXP SP2 and though I don't use the burner often, it's burned a number of DVD's perfectly, including post-burn verify. Software used is ImageBurn. Did you find this review helpful? |
Not Compatible with EverythingPros: Price is cheap enough. Solid aluminum construction and does have a fan at the rear. Cons: Not fully compatible with some devices running in USB 3.0. Case takes up a lot of desktop space. Did not work with a Lite-On iHBS112-04 Blu Ray burner installed and connected directly to the computers USB 3.0 port. Caused system lockups in Windows 7 64 bit. Other Thoughts: Would not recommend this for installing a Blu Ray burner at all. Tried with two Blu Ray burners, and found that it locks up the main computer running Windows 7 64 bit. Burns would stop, and the interface chip in the case interferes with the device buffer, causing buffer under runs. May work ok with a regular hard drive, but right now I'll file it in the closet till I have a use for it. Still in search of an external enclosure that actually will work with a Blu Ray burner. Did you find this review helpful? |
Fake USB 3.0Pros: Solid case construction with robust power supply. Comes with a nice USB3 cable. Partially works as a USB2 enclosure Cons: This thing seemed to work OK for me as long as it was plugged into a USB 2 hub, but when I attempted to switch it to a USB 3 hub or even a direct USB 3 input, I noticed that it was causing some kind of interference that brought the system to its knees. Same effect on both OS X and Windows 7. Did you find this review helpful? |
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Used with Blu Ray BurnerPros: Very sturdy and cool. no worries stacking something on it. speed works just fine. have only used it for my Blu Ray burner (6x) so certainly speed is not an issue. Cons: This is quite large. not sure why it is so deep but be aware of the dimensions (particularly the depth). Other Thoughts: Works great for my burner when I need it with my laptop. sits on my desk and collects junk on top of it until I need it. I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a step, the extruded aluminum case is very stout. Did you find this review helpful? |
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