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Virginia struck first when a cutting Matt Poskay handled a feed from Ben Rubeor on an EMO opportunity and fired it past a defenseless Alford. Rubeor scored the next goal for the 'Hoos midway through the first on a nice shot to the top left of the cage. Maryland got on the board late in the quarter on a spectacular individual effort by Bill McGlone, who danced through three UVA defenders before firing the ball past Turner. A frantic loose ball situation late in the quarter led to Matt Ward finishing a feed from Drew Thompson with only 0:08 left in the first to give the Wahoos a 3-1 advantage after one.
The 2nd quarter was very quiet for almost eight minutes, as both teams played rather sloppy lacrosse including many mistakes in the clearing game. UVA made the score 4-1 when Danny Glading found Steve Giannone for a nice time and room shot. The Terps answered quickly when McGlone drew two and found Brendan Healy for a step down rip, making it 4-2. About a minute later, Rubeor smoked his defenseman topside from the left GLE and fired a sick shot nearside low to beat Alford. Healy responded with a sweeping right handed goal of his own on Maryland's next possession. Glading scored the final goal of the half to make the score 6-3 'Hoos at the break.
Maryland struck first when Mike Phipps iso-ed against a shortstick behind, dodged to the right front of the goal and fired a shot past Turner. With the lead only two goals, the 'Hoos went on a 3-0 run to really establish control and put the Terps away. Rubeor found Dixon for a nice time and room blast to make it 7-4. Matt Ward handled a loose ball an extremely low angle shot from the right GLE past Alford who was out of position following a scramble. Dixon drew some attention and dumped the ball to Poskay, who shot using his defenseman as a screen, finishing high past Alford. This gave the Cavs a 9-4 lead heading into the 4th quarter.
The Terps pulled within four under a minute into the final period when Healy fed McGlone for a nice outside rip. At this point, the Cavs started to eat up the clock with long possessions and capitalized on necessary Terp pressure with a couple more goals. Ward found a cutting Dixon and Thompson found Glading crashing the net for the Cavs eleventh and final goal. The Cavs ran out most of the rest of the clock from there, and the game ended with an 11-5 victory for UVA.
The Terps had some opportunities to make the game closer than it was, but couldn't capitalize at some points and were thwarted by some amazing saved on Turner's part. Virginia, scary as it is, didn't play their best game today – they were very sloppy clearing the ball and had some atrocious offensive possessions. However, their defense (which looks more like a I-AA football team than a lacrosse defense) controlled the Terps athletically throughout the game. It's awfully hard to imagine this team losing this year.
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Utah-based Best Friends Animal Society is taking a new approach to encouraging people to spay and neuter their pets by getting us to think of our pets the same way we do about our children, most of who have probably gotten the infamous "sex talk" at some point.
The PSAs feature Modern Family's Eric Stonestreet, NCIS:LA's Linda Hunt and musician Paula Cole and add a little humor to the seriousness of the pet overpopulation problem.
"We felt it was important to present the messaging in an attention getting way that didn't make people feel guilty or sad," Amber Ayers, the society's senior marketing and creative manager, told ABCNews. "When we looked at the research, most people planned on spaying or neutering their pets, but there was just a lot of confusion about when to do so and this leads to the 'oops' litter. "
The Fix at Four campaign was created with support from TM Advertising and MRM in Salt Lake City and is intended not only to encourage people to spay/neuter at all, but to change the mindset we have about our pets. For more info, visit the Fix at Four website.
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Naturally observant, I never quite got why it is they equated pets with teenagers (I mind you I am sixteen and a half years old and is not the sort who has a boyfriend and I don't go to parties, actually I live in isolation) but then I had the lingering feeling that the ad says, "While you do not have much control over your teens, you can have more control of your pets by sterilizing them and preventing oops babies." so pretty much they equate four months with teenage years (though in a dog it would be about six months) and having a litter at four months to a teenage pregnancy as in having them at thirteen or sixteen what have you, ergo, it appeals to certain people on the notions that you can't sterilize humans (this was done in 1971 to a girl with a slightly low IQ, I don't know much of the story behind that, but that was back then, this is now) but you can sterilize pets, which is not the sort of message you want going out but that message is most certainly what I've been getting out of that and it ain't a good one, especially since most people see their pets as children and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have your children sterilized, even though that's happened before.
Now fixing them isn't bad (it's a very good idea and it comes with benefits) and it is better than promoting pet adoption (a message I've gotten annoyed with) but this commercial makes it look inhumane because it equates pets to teenagers and I don't know who the heck would sterilize their kids, as that w
I personally believe that those who want unaltered animals should pay for the privileged. Especially those who use animals to make a living off of.
Yes, I support neutering but not until after the first year, as by doing so hormones vital to bone growth is taking away, so let the pup grow a little.
Animal cruelty at it's apex. Who are humans to control another species' reproductive success, when they are here to live out their lives, and leave their genetic imprint on the next generation (JUST LIKE HUMANS). Spaying and neutering animals only serves HUMAN needs, and not the needs of an animal. Nature has its way of controlling populations, and all humans should do in this regard is let nature do what it does and run its course.
Humans should understand that in as much as Veterinarians are "caretakers", they are also in business to sell services. Conveying that spaying and neutering animals improves their overall health is just another way they package their services. Think about it, of course i would not contract testicular cancer if i have no testicles. In the same fashion, if i cut another human beings head off, they would never get a headache, but how would that really serve THEM. That logic is senseless at best, and humans need to start using the brain that nature gave us, or at least be honest about who we're serving with such notions. It's not animals!
Thank you for sharing.
very cleaver, hope people take notice
I support spay/neutering not just for animals. There are plenty of humans that need to get fixed to before they overcrowd the world with offspring they don't take care of. There are way too many abandoned children brought to life by irresponsible humans. children didn't asked to be born and then dumped. Animals, specially pets, need to be taken care of by us humans and there are many, many, many suffering in shelters.
I believe in the spaying and neutering..and for dogs of smaller breeds it makes sense to spay/neuter them as early as you can, but for bigger breeds, like mastiffs, people need to reconsider spaying or neutering them this early because it will stunt their growth. I'm not saying this just to say it, I own two mastiffs, rescued, and got them when they were puppies and they were not spayed or neutered until they were a year old. Our female we allowed to have one heat cycle for her growth and she got fixed a few months after her first birthday. So if you are a person that likes the bigger breeds than you need to rethink getting them spayed/neutered that early because for their health and growth it would be better to wait until their around a year old.
thanks for sharing :)
I do support spaying and neutering! It's awfully sad watching the stray cats and dogs on the streets! They don't have home or food, they catch diseases, etc. And then officials just kill them. What the life is it???
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Shares of the following companies are among those making notable moves on the U.S. stock market Friday.
Amcol International Corp.'s ACO, +0.00% shares jumped 18%. Second-quarter earnings were $26.5 million, or 86 cents a share, compared to $25.8 million, or 83 cents a share, a year ago. Income from continuing operations was $17.9 million, or 58 cents a share, compared to $15.3 million, or 49 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. BRL, +0.00% shares gained 11%. The company said it will be acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. TEVA, -0.72% for a total consideration of $7.46 billion, plus the assumption of net debt of about $1.5 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, each share of Barr will be converted into $39.90 in cash and 0.6272 Teva ADRs.
Capital One Financial Corp. COF, -0.11% earned $452.9 million, or $1.21 a share, in the second quarter, down from $750.4 million, or $1.89 a share, in the same period last year. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected $1.32 a share.
Citigroup Inc. C, -0.20% shares advanced 7.7%. It said it lost money for the third consecutive quarter after writing down $7.2 billion of investments. The company said it lost $2.5 billion, or 54 cents a share, compared to a profit of $6.23 billion, or $1.24 a share. On a continuing operations basis, the firm lost $2.22 billion, or 49 cents a share, compared to $6.14 billion, or $1.23 a share. See full story.
Freddie Mac FRE, -2.12% shares rose 8%. It is considering raising capital by selling as much as $10 billion in new shares to investors, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. The move, which comes as emergency regulatory actions have triggered a two-day rebound in its stock, would have the potential to avoid a full-blown government rescue for Freddie and Fannie Mae FNM, -2.15%
IBM Corp. IBM, -0.17% reported a second-quarter profit of $2.77 billion, or $1.98 a share, up from $2.26 billion, or $1.55 a share in the same period a year ago. Revenue rose to $26.82 billion from last year's sales of $23.8 billion. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast IBM to earn $1.81 a share on $25.9 billion in sales. See full story.
Leggett & Platt Inc. LEG, -0.26% shares rose 5.6%. It reported a second-quarter net income of $46.3 million, or 27 cents a share, down from $60 million, or 33 cents, a year ago. The results included earnings from discontinued operations that added 2 cents a share to the bottom line. Revenue slipped to $1.06 billion from $1.07 billion. Analysts polled by FactSet Research predicted the engineer parts maker would post per-share earnings of 25 cents on $1.06 billion in revenue. See full story.
Mattel MAT, +0.37% shares gained 13%. It said second-quarter net income fell to $11.8 million, or 3 cents a share, from $22.8 million, or 6 cents a share, in the second quarter of 2007. The California-based toymaker's results exceeded consensus expectations. A FactSet Research survey of analysts had produced a mean earnings estimate of 2 cents a share. See full story.
Merrill Lynch MER, +1.25% reported it swung to a second-quarter net loss as the brokerage firm continued to be hit by write-downs on large mortgage-related exposures. Merrill said it lost $4.65 billion, or $4.97 a share, during the second quarter, compared to net income of $2.14 billion, or $2.24 a share, in the same period. See full story.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, +1.33% said Friday its board has authorized the repurchase of an additional 20 million shares of the company's common stock. This brings to 95 million the total number of shares authorized for repurchase since Oxy began the buyback program in 2005, it said.
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Schlumberger's SLB, +2.57% second-quarter net income rose to $1.42 billion, or $1.16 a share, from $1.26 billion, or $1.02 a share, a year ago. Analysts had been expecting average earnings of $1.13, according to data compiled by FactSet. Sales at the oilfield services company rose to $6.75 billion, from $5.64 billion at the same point a year ago. See full story.
Moody's Investors Service on Friday revised Sherwin-Williams Co.'s SHW, -1.86% outlook to stable from negative and affirmed its A3 senior unsecured rating. The move follows the Rhode Island Supreme Court's decision to overturn a Rhode Island Superior Court's ruling that Sherwin-Williams and two other paint makers were responsible for creating a public nuisance by manufacturing paint that contained lead pigment.
UAL Corp. UAL, -4.78% shares jumped 7.5%. The parent of United Airlines may be on the road to bankruptcy, but not at the accelerated pace suggested in its recent stock price, said J.P. Morgan analyst Jamie Baker on Friday. In a note to investors, Baker raised his rating on UAL to overweight from underweight.


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The Linux Foundation has taken a clear position on the acceptance of Microsoft's OpenXML format as an international ISO standard. The Foundation recommends that standardization committees in the countries involved in the process say "No" to the application.
Amanda McPherson, Head of Marketing with Linux Foundation quotes several reasons for dismissing the move. In the Linux organization's opinion, it would server users better if all suppliers, including Microsoft, were to implement the approved ISO Open Document Format standard (ODF). This would remove the need for time-consuming conversions between various formats.
At the same time, the statement by Linux Foundation criticizes Microsoft's Office OpenXML specification as too bulky and immature. Additionally, the document format is Windows and Microsoft-centered with frequent references to the vendor's proprietary standards.
More arguments against Microsoft's format are quoted by the members of the Foundation's desktop working group, which includes Knoppix creator Klaus Knopper and Jeremy Allison, who currently works for Google.
Linux Foundation thus advises all ISO member committees who have not yet cast their votes to say no and add their comments. The voting period ends September 2.
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INDIAN CREEK (Shackelford County). Indian Creek rises seven miles south of Albany in south central Shackelford County (at 32°37' N, 99°19' W) and runs east for ten miles to its mouth on Hubbard Creek, just southwest of McCathrine Mountain and east of State Highway 6 (at 32°39' N, 99°12' W). The creek begins in rolling hills surfaced by clay and sandy loam that supports scrub brush, mesquite, cacti, and grasses. Later in its course it traverses flat terrain with local shallow depressions, surfaced by clay and sandy loam that supports water-tolerant hardwoods, conifers, and grasses.
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(Comcast Free Movies) An invigorating, risk-taking film about SoHo types trying to figure out how much of themselves to parcel out to get what they want. Ally Sheedy is haunting, delivering the career re-entry performance of the year as a talented but fragile self-exiled photographer attracted to an ambitious careerist. (R; runs through Feb. 9)
(Comcast Free Movies) Renée Zellweger is a treat to watch as a woman who finds life stifling in the Brooklyn Hasidic Jewish community into which she married. She just has to get out, and does, using her knowledge of the jewelry business as her escape. The rest of the film is lamely two-dimensional, though, especially the men and the superficial rendering of the Hasidic enclave.
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(Comcast Free Movies) Frank Langella gives a smart, controlled performance as a past-his-prime novelist whose work is the subject of an overeager fan's master's thesis. Played by Lauren Ambrose, the woman comes on to him, too. Co-adapted by the director, Andrew Wagner, the movie is a gentle collection of scenes that work and scenes that don't. The ones that do are between Langella and Ambrose. The ones that don't involve Lili Taylor as Langella's daughter. (PG-13; runs through Feb. 14)


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| RimmerDuranPotter chapter 1 . 11/1/2012
Good writing and the worm bit was funny!
| MidnightSakuraBlossom and SYD chapter 1 . 11/10/2010
Nice! I actually kind of enjoyed reading this; it's pretty much just like the game itself! _
Innocent Life is SUCH an addicting game. I should know: I've had the game for a year now, and I still play it sometimes!
The Innocent Life parts over here and pretty bare. Other than your fic, and someone else's. :( It almost makes me want to write an Innocent Life fic.
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| Bananafrak chapter 1 . 2/28/2010
wow an innocent life fanfic :D kudos to you for writing it
life sounds so whiny :D please update
| Skyogenic chapter 1 . 8/17/2009
Really nice little ficlet! X3 Short and cute! I like it.
| teacupz chapter 1 . 7/22/2009
an energetic and full with happiness fic...
haha, write more~ :D
| That Old Account chapter 1 . 7/14/2009
This is really really really FREAKIN awesome. I like it very much. (if you couldn't tell, LOL) Yay Innocent Life fanfic!
| DxInsider chapter 1 . 7/11/2009
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Montego Bay-based dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz has made a big impact on the street dance scene and on FM radio with his latest release, Lighters Up.
The song has racked up more than 10,000 hits on YouTube and is getting regular rotation at street dances such as 'All Star Thursdays' and 'Uptown Mondays.'
Teetz is particularly pleased with Lighters Up, a soul-stirring song that anyone who has been bereaved would appreciate. The song is semi-autobiographical as Teetz has experienced crippling emotional loss in his personal life. He lost his mother years ago and stepped in to raise his younger siblings and financed their education.
Tragedy struck again in 2006 when he lost one of his brothers, a stunning loss that hurt him deeply, especially since it came quickly on the heels of the death of his parents.
"The song is for anyone who has lost a loved one. I have my own experiences, having lost my brother plus my father and mother, so this song has a lot of meaning for me. Things have been rough, but music got me through everything. Music healed me and it keeps me going today," he said.
The song has been in steady rotation on IRIE FM, HITZ FM, LINKS, and BESS FM. Teetz plans to shoot a video for the project this month,
"I swear that this song is getting the biggest reaction in the dances and in any social gathering in Kingston and Montego Bay. I get a lot of tweets and Facebook messages about the song, and the requests for dubs have been coming in from Costa Rica, Europe, and Mexico. Lighters Up looks like it strikes a chord with the people," he said.
Teetz is known for his brilliant wordplay, offbeat metaphors, and undeniable swag, which have made him a popular figure out west. His songs are semi-autobiographical, telling interesting anecdotes about his background and the hardships he had to endure to become the man he is today.
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Hotel Miguel Ángel Accommodation & Rooms
- Fitness facilities
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- Airport within 5 mi/8 km: Madrid (XOC-Atocha Train Station)
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- Check-out time is noon
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
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Travelling with others
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Other information
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- Buffet breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 3 restaurants
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- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa tub
- Golfing nearby
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Caroli Health Club offers 2 treatment rooms. Spa services include massage, facials, body wraps, and scrubs. Aromatherapy and hydrotherapy treatments are also available, and guests can make use of the sauna, spa tub, and Turkish bath.
Spa access is limited to guests aged 12 and over.
DiningARCO - This restaurant serves breakfast only. Open daily.
Jardin del Miguel Angel - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required.
M29 - This restaurant specializes in Mediterranean cuisine and serves lunch and light fare. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Hotel Miguel Ángel Accommodation & Rooms's small print
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2500, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
Guests under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa.
For transfers, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Reservations are required for spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
The spa is accessible for EUR 20 per person, per night
Rollaway beds are available for EUR 49.5 per night
Buffet breakfast is offered for an extra charge of EUR 22 for adults and EUR 9.90 for children (approximately)
Airport shuttle service is offered for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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COLUMBIA, Tenn. - Thousands of people will continue to be affected by the aftermath of the tanker explosion on Interstate 65 in Franklin. Four days later, no one is more affected than Bobby Bobo's family.
"It's just like he went to work and he disappeared," wife Teresa Bobo said tearfully.
Bobo's family didn't need official confirmation Friday morning.
"He knew those roads like the back of his hand," son Robert said. "That's one of the reasons… it was like the biggest shock."
He wasn't home on time. He wasn't answering his phone, all unusual for a man loyal to his routine.
"And momma came in there and woke me up and she told me. She was like, 'daddy got killed,'" son Nicholas explained.
For nearly 40 years, Bobby Bobo drove a semi filled with gasoline up and down the interstate for Edwards Oil. His family said he was a cautious driver.
"I remember as a little boy the smell of his clothes, of his boots," son Daniel said.
Retirement was only two years away for the 67-year-old. More time to fish was on the horizon.
"This is how I know him, by him smiling," son Steven said while holding up a picture.
Photographs only begin to paint the picture of this husband, father of four and grandfather of two.
"This is the day that my little girl was born," Steven added while looking at another picture.
They said he never met a stranger.
"He can go into Walmart and he'll take forever to get out of there [be]cause he'll talk to random people," Nicholas added.
Memories were made even in the mundane. Each son had their scheduled time with their father.
"Sunday night I was on the porch around that time just sitting there. I said, 'yep daddy should be getting home here pretty soon.'"
Now broken routines are where this family is confronted with a painful reality
"It's like every other day I would call him and talk to him," Steven said.
"I couldn't go back to my job because of it," Robert said tearfully. "Because I would be expecting the phone call."
Bobby Bobo is gone.
"People are going to be late to work, that's always going to be forgiven, forgotten," Steven said. "But my dad didn't make it home."
No matter what, their journey will take much longer.
"I loved him," Daniel said. "I loved my daddy."
A memorial service has been planned for Thursday at the Heritage Funeral Home in Columbia. Visitation begins at 4 p.m. and the service begins at 7 p.m.
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Anyone know of anyone that needs a senior tech for around $50k? Looks like it's time for me to be moving on...
Jan 15 2001, 3:42 pm
Anyone know of anyone that needs a senior tech for around $50k? Looks like it's time for me to be moving on...
Hmm, that sounds ominous! Don't know of anyone offhand, but you can always try a headhunter. If you want, I can see if I can find any in your area (if I recall correctly, it's Dayton, right?).
On 1/15/01 7:06 pm Guy T. wrote:
Anyone know of anyone that needs a senior tech for around $50k? Looks like it's time for me to be moving on...
Are you willing to relocate?
I don't know of positions offhand, but most of my connections are in the Bay Area.
And what does Senior Tech entail in your neck of the woods?
I'll probably relocate to Colorodo. I've family still in the Bay Area looking to move away and we're all thinking of hooking up around Boulder. I was planning on letting them beat me there, but I'm reconsidering now.
Nothing really ominous, just getting restless with my current job. Some things have changed which will allow me to attend the GOB meetings, which is on the bright side :). On the dark side is the amount of stress I'll be dealing with is going to increase by aprox. 200%. I'm no stranger to stress, but sometimes it's easier to accept when it's not forced on me.
I've been going over several different options, and the best one seems to stay where I am until May 2002 (due to current contracts and agreements). Relocation and expenses for breaking rental contracts would offset this and if the position is decent, I'd move without a qualm.
Here's the sort of position I'm qualified for:
2nd level support team
Some management experience
Hardware/Software/Networking (NT, some Novel)
Most common Windows applications used for office or publishing (Office Suites, Corel graphics, Adobe graphics)
Some Document Management experience (PCDOCS, iManage)
Legal applications
Generally, if I don't know it I can learn it.
All Windows OS's, some MAC, some UNIX
Push technology, Extra/Intra -nets
High-speed connectivity (DSL, T-lines, Frame-relay)
Internet security
Responsibilities can range from supporting internal systems to external customer's systems (software or hardware). I can't do a lot of field work which would require me to be away for days or weeks at a time.
I'm fairly decent at telephonic support, but don't like working on the front lines - I'm better as part of second level support team.
I've mostly worked in the Legal and publishing fields, providing technical software and hardware support, but can branch to just about anything.
I polished up my resume about six months ago, and I'm going to think about this for the next two weeks. In two weeks I'll have a pretty good idea on what I want to do (stay or move on) and start pushing it out.
I've heard some good things about dice.com and I'll start there. On the other hand, word of mouth has served me well so if you know of anyone looking for someone like me... I'm always interrested in good offers and will consider them seriously, no matter what I choose in the next two weeks.
Three years ago someone I used to play MUDs with got me in touch with her husband who got me in touch with my current employer. Networking is a powerfull tool :). At the time I was just putting out feelers to see what was out there, and was offered a job I couldn't refuse.


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That allowed the Weekly to cut the price of its ads so low that the Guardian had to struggle to cut its own costs to match the below-market rates.
At this point, the injunction should force the Weekly to compete on a level playing field - meaning that both papers will have a chance to survive in the market, offering readers and advertisers a choice. That's what the First Amendment's marketplace of ideas is all about.
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It's, to say the obvious, trite to emphasise the importance of vehicles to an average small/medium entrepreneur. Businesses the world over, even in the best organised societies (where the transportation networks are robust and reliable), build the strength of their logistical infrastructure on their vehicular assets.
It's, therefore, sad to see small business executives, either out of ignorance or poor assets management skills, put vehicles bought with valuable financial resources to wrong use; which quickens the vehicles' deterioration and deprives the business of getting value from them.
I have seen enough examples of vehicles, like a sedan or saloon, that ordinarily is designed as a people-carrier, used for wrong purposes, such as to pick-up heavy luggage on a regular basis. If you know that you'll be carrying luggage regularly, it's better to buy a pick-up or a van instead of giving precedence to the saloon or SUV type of automobile that should only be used once-a-week for the Saturday-Sunday ceremonial and church purposes.
None adherence to vehicle manufacturers' instructions, a common problem in a society where literate people seldom take the time to read the basic manuals of anything they're using, also causes wrong application. This is, however, compounded when vehicle owners are sweet-talked into installing after-market gadgets, like superfluous security products, on their vehicles by smart aleck salespersons.
A typical example is the supposed "fuel booster" that owners are made to install in the genuine belief that it helps maximise fuel efficiency in their vehicles; but ironically this contraption causes restriction on the fuel supply line. A syndrome that causes pre-mature damage to the engine and other exhaust line components like the O2 sensors and the catalytic converter.
Inconsistency in maintenance and service intervals, a ritual that motorists should strictly adhere to as advised by the manufacturers of their vehicles, is another reason small/medium entrepreneurs don't get value for money on their vehicles.
It's even more sad in the instance of those who chose to do the right thing by regularly servicing their businesses' vehicles as recommended but whose mechanics regularly use the wrong lubricants, oil and fuel filters, plugs and other vital engine-life-span enhancing consumables.
In concluding this piece, it's important to let any reader who may need help in knowing the specific grades of oil and the other consumables recommended for their vehicles email the brand and model names of their vehicles and the year of manufacture to email@example.com so that we can check the manufacturers manuals to help such reader know the grades and quality of the consumables he or she must be using to service engines and transmissions.
My Nissan Pathfinder 2005 model always shows "Service Engine Soon" on its dashboard even after I serviced it. My mechanic
scanned it and said the catalyst in the exhaust should be changed. What should I do? Anonymous
I need to have the result of the scan before I can agree with the technician about changing the catalytic converter. Sometimes, the fault could be a simple thing that does not need changing of parts; if the interpretation of the codes is not wrong.
Please do you have any workshop in Ilorin, Kwara State? My vehicle is Camry 2003 model. FMV.
I don't have any workshop in Ilorin but I have a young man I mentor who runs a state-of-the-art garage there. His name is Lanre while his number is 07067718297.
I drive a Camry auto. The drive/brake indicators come on and off. How often should I change its oil and do you intend opening an office in Kwara State? Yele 080607****
Yes we will in the near future, but in the interim you can get in touch with this gentleman in Ilorin. His name is Lanre while his number is 07067718297. You did not specify if it's auto or manual. For auto, every 15000 miles and for manual every 30000 miles. Check your brake fluid and also the brake pads for wear.
I lost the keys of my Toyota Corolla saloon car 2008 model. Kindly advise me on how to replace them. Anonymous
The car has to be physically present for programming. After all, there's no barber that can shave a man's head in his absence.
I use a Ford Escape, 2007 model. Its engine goes off and I restart it. My mechanic does not know what to do. Tunde.
First, run a scan on the vehicle's powertrain and lay emphasis on the engine. And I will advise you to pay attention to the ignition system, like the crankshaft position sensor.
I read your column on the choice of engine oil for cars. I drive a Honda Accord 1995 model which I bought six years ago. I have been using 20W-50 African Petroleum engine oil to service it but when I read your column about using the owner's recommended oil type, I went online to check the manufacturer's recommendation. I found 5W-30 online. What oil type and specification should I change to that will not affect my car. I have been using 20W-50 AP oil since I bought the vehicle. It makes about 180,000km and its mileage currently is 300,000km? I will appreciate your candid response. Thanks. Yinka.
I want to advise you to change to 5W-30 but for the high mileage your car has. The oil is what cushions the effect of the force the bearings go through when the engine is running because there would have been some clearance between the bearings, crankshaft journal and connecting rod. But I will want you to try the 5W-30 just for one oil change interval and see.
Can you recommend an accredited training centre for automobile to me? Seun
I can only recommend our own Automedics Training Institute. It is situated at our head
office inside Lagos Television complex on Lateef Jakande Road, Opposite Coca Cola in Agidingbi. Alausa, Ikeja.
I drive a Toyota Camry 2006 model. I noticed that its light has refused to go off. My mechanic suggested decarbonising the engine. Please tell me what to do. Anonymous
For the mechanic to say he will decarbonise the engine is an indication of sludge already built up inside the engine. I think what he wants to do is to remove sludge from the engine by flushing it. While doing this, he should also check the oil pressure to be sure it's not the oil pump that is faulty.
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Personal Content Streaming - Is it tested?
I am trying to stream a local mpeg file using autodvr xlet. It is not working.
There are few immediate problems that I can see.
1. ChannelRequestInterceptor is intercepting any streaming request that is coming for a published item because of "MediaServer.getCDS().getRootContainer().getEntryByURL(requestURL)". I modified the code as below to let the channel interceptor let go the personal content item request.
ContentEntry entry = MediaServer.getCDS().getRootContainer().getEntryByURL(requestURL);
if (! (entry instanceof ChannelContentItemImpl) )
return false;
channelContentItem = (ChannelContentItemImpl)entry;
2. In PersonalContentStream, the protocol info is not assigned in constructor. This will create a problem when trying to get frame rate value.
So, I am skeptical whether this feature was tested.
Let us provide one more update regarding the support of HN personal content in the RI.
Following recent internal discussions that the team has had, it is apparent that there are a significant number of non-trivial spec as well as RI implementation issues that would need to be resolved before the RI could fully support HN personal content.
Since it is very likely that those are not going to be resolved any time soon, for the time being we have decided to drop all support in the RI for HN personal content.
Thank you for pointing out the shortcomings of the RI in this area, which stimulated a lively discussion of this feature.
Best -
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Could you please list the issues that you foresee in implementing this feature? Few details from the discussion that you had would also be useful.
Good afternoon -
The support for personal content could definitely be improved in the RI. Unlike the ability to serve recordings or live content, code support and testing of the personal content feature has usually been lower on our priority list.
With that being said, feel free to open Jira issue and assign proper priority to it. Bear in mind that adding support for trick modes for personal content would be a larger task due to current PC Platform implementation constrains.
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As a result of recommendations made by the MacKay Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector, Finance Canada, Industry Canada and Statistics Canada have been mandated to initiate a new statistical program to collect information on small and medium business financing. Statistics Canada is surveying these enterprises from across the country to determine the kind of debt, capital lease and equity financing small and medium sized businesses are relying on as well as to gain information on attempts to obtain new financing.
The Survey on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises is often referred to as the "demand-side" survey on financing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). An independent survey on the financing of businesses from the supply-side point of view is also being conducted by Statistics Canada on a yearly basis. This paper only discusses the demand-side survey.
In 2000, a pilot survey of approximately 2,000 businesses was conducted for the reference year 1999 to assess the feasibility of the survey approach to collecting such information as well as produce a few national estimates for some of the key questions of interest. As a result of this pilot, many recommendations were made for the implementation of a larger scale production survey. First, significant changes were made to the questionnaire to make it simpler and shorter. Second, some modifications were made as to how the population of SMEs should be defined. Finally, the results of the pilot were used in designing the sample for the first baseline survey with reference year 2000 and the 2001 supplementary survey.
For the 2004 survey, the questions were similar to that of the 2000 and 2001 surveys, but some questions that were not relevant to the specific objectives were removed, while others were added. These changes were in line with the secondary but important objective of the survey to make some improvements and limited additions to survey content and wording, while reducing the time spent on the telephone with the average respondent from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
This document outlines the methodology used for conducting the production survey on financing of SMEs in 2004 (the second baseline survey).
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The Survey on Financing of Small and Medium Enterprises, 2004 was conducted for firms that were active during the survey period. The reference period for the 2004 survey is the last 12 months from the date of the interview. The survey results did not take into account firms that may have ceased operations due to the lack of financing just prior to survey taking. The entrepreneurs that may have tried to launch their business and failed to do so during this survey process were also not targeted by this survey. A list of concepts and definitions used in the survey can be found in Appendix A.
2- Sample Design
2.1 Sampling Frame
The starting point for defining the target population for the survey of SMEs was to include all enterprises that were on the Business Register (BR) Universe file dated August 2004. This database is constructed and adapted, using various types of tax records from the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and is also updated regularly, using feedback from other business surveys. The BR contains the universe of enterprises in Canada. Once the universe file was created, some enterprises were removed based on auxiliary information that was available from the BR. The following enterprises were excluded from the population:
- Enterprises with 500 or more employees
- Enterprises with over $50 million in gross revenue
- Enterprises coded as being non-profit (for example schools, hospitals, charities)
- Cooperatives
- Joint ventures
- Municipal/Federal Government
- Other industries (NAICS) for which financing is not of interest (see table 6 in Appendix B for list of all NAICS excluded).
Note that other exclusions such as subsidiaries could not be identified based on the frame information. Such companies were screened out at the collection phase. The final sampling frame contained 1,939,780 enterprises.
2.2 Stratification of the Frame
The list frame was stratified according to Finance and Industry Canada's needs and to methodology's recommendations. Since estimates were required by region, industry type, size and age of business, these four variables were used to develop an initial stratification. Number of employees in the enterprise was used to define the size of a business and the age of the business was estimated using the date that the business first appeared on the Business Register. This is only a proxy for the actual age of the business but it was the most accurate information available. Note that the number of employees and the age of business are information collected during the interview and a reclassification based on survey results is done for tabulation purposes.
Industry Canada provided a list of businesses that had loans guaranteed by the Canadian Small Business Financing Act (CSBFA). This list was matched with the sampling frame. In addition to the four stratification variables above, the frame was also stratified by CSBFA participation to ensure good representation of businesses using the CSBFA guarantee. The region was not included in the stratification for the units that had loans guaranteed by the CSBFA because the sizes of these strata were small.
The regions used for the 2004 survey were changed from the previous 2000 and 2001 SME surveys. This was changed to follow Statistics Canada's standard six regions: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, British Columbia, and Territories.
The industries were also changed since the 2000 and 2001 surveys. The Agriculture and Primary were combined into one industry group, and a new group, Tourism, was added. The Tourism grouping was of interest to Industry Canada. Table 7 in Appendix B gives a list of the NAICS included in Tourism.
Knowledge-based industries (KBIs) include firms in a number of technology sectors, such as telecommunications carriers, video production, and computer services. It is a regrouping of Statistics Canada's standard industry categories that is often used by Industry Canada and other organizations. Table 8 in Appendix B lists NAICS codes used for identifying KBIs. "Other industries" is more of a catch-all category that includes everything not included above. Although estimates for that category are not a primary goal, it must be well represented in the sample in order to have good overall estimates for all combined industries.
The categories used for each of the stratification variables and the population counts for each category are given in the tables below.
|Population count
|British Columbia
|Number of employees
|Population count
|Population count
|Agriculture and Primary
|Knowledge Based
|All other
|Age of business
|Population count
|Less 1 year old
|1 year old or older
|CSBFA Participation
|Population count
|Did not use CSBFA guarantee program
|Used CSBFA guarantee program
Finally, each of the non-CSBFA strata defined above were further stratified in two revenue strata (low and high revenue). The purpose of this is to optimize the sample design in order to produce quantitative estimates from the collected data. Statistics Canada's Generalized Sampling System (GSAM) was used to define the low and high revenue cut-off for all of those strata. The cumulative root f rule was used for that purpose (see Sampling Techniques by Cochran, pages 128-131, 1977). Note that the revenue cutoff within each stratum will not necessarily be the same. Also, although the high revenue strata will tend to have a higher sampling fraction, they will not necessarily be take-all strata. Once all stratification was completed, the sampling frame had a total of 842 strata.
2.3 Allocation of the sample
Based on overall budget available for the survey as well as results from the 2000 and 2001 surveys on SMEs, the national sample size for the survey was determined to be in the neighbourhood of 33,000 enterprises. In 2004, it was recognised that in order to achieve acceptable CVs for various subpopulations (e.g., the population that are both non-borrowers and non-start-ups), it suffices that only a portion answers some of the survey sections. Therefore, respondents received various sections of the telephone interview based on their business characteristics and by the use of random generators that were built into the collection application. By using this "modular approach" the sample could be bosted for groups of high interest (e.g. borrowers), and overall render the sampling produce significantly more efficient. The sample was allocated so that within each of the five employee size groups the domains of interest, industry, age group, region, and CSBFA participation, the estimates would meet the required quality. Revenue was used to find the variability of the enterprises. A 5% coefficient of variance (CV) was considered to be acceptable. The allocation minimizes the overall sample size given the CV requirements for the various domains.
Within each stratum, a minimum sample size of 5 units had to be satisfied to ensure that enough units would represent the stratum. After the initial allocation, all strata sample sizes were boosted to account for an expected response rate of 50%. The final sample size allocated for the survey was 34,509 enterprises.
2.4 Sample selection
Within each stratum, simple random sampling was used to select the units. To reduce response burden to small and medium enterprises, one constraint was to try to minimize the overlap with Statistics Canada's Unified Enterprise Survey (UES).
Of the 34,509 enterprises selected, 146 were identified by Business Register Division (BRD) as being out-of-business before collection started. Therefore, only 34,363 units were sent out on the field.
3- Collection Results
Collection for this survey was done in two parts. In part 1, for the most part qualitative type questions concerning the businesses latest financing requests were collected using a CATI instrument. Part 1 also includes some quantitative questions related to amount requested and borrowed for each type of financial instruments. For part 2, a questionnaire that collects detailed financial information on liabilities and balance sheet was mailed or/and faxed-out to all businesses that responded to part 1. Telephone followup was used to increase response rates.
The reference period for the Part 1 of the survey was the last 12 months from the date of the interview. Part 1 CATI Interiews started in September 2004 and ended in March 2005. The Part 2 questionnaires were mailed out throughout the collection period, after the respondent completed the interview for Part 1.
A summary of collection results for part 1 is given in tables 2 and 3 that follow. The in-scope rate is the proportion of the sample that is considered to be active enterprises that have not been screened out, this also includes non-response units and refusals.
|Category of number of employees
|In-scope rate (%)
|Response rate (%)
|0 employees
|1-4 employees
|5-19 employees
|20-99 employees
|100-499 employees
- -Unable to locate:
- -Out of business:
- -Screened out:
- -Refusal:
- -Non-response:
- -Unable to contact:
- -Completed interviews:
4- Data Processing
The complete records were verified by the Small Business and Special Surveys division (SBSS) to detect inconsistencies and outliers. All data editing and cleaning was also done by SBSS division.
Nearest neighbor donor imputation was used to correct partial non-response present in the returned questionnaires. This imputation method consists in replacing one or more missing values from a respondent, called receiver, by values provided by one or more respondents, called donors. Nearest donor(s) are determined based on size (revenue and number of employees closest to the receiver's) and other characteristics (industry and type of financing requested identical to those of the receiver). The values selected for imputation must pass pre-established edit rules (post-imputation edits). Statistics Canada's generalized system Banff was used to implement imputation. Each cell of the questionnaire has an associated imputation rate, Table 4 gives the minimum and maximum imputation rates of all cells in each section.
5- Estimates
Statistics Canada's Generalized Estimation System (GES) was used for producing estimates. Initial sample weights were adjusted to account for refusals and other nonresponse. A study was done on the 6636 unable to locate (UTL) units and 2040 unable to contact (UTC) units. The research was done to get the status of the enterprises that were not contacted. Resources such as GST, T2, T1 files and the Longitudinal Employment Analysis Program were used to find whether the businesses were "dead" or "alive". Of the 8676 records it was found that 7372 were alive, 1168 were out of business and the remaining 136 cases could not be resolved. The in-scope rate of the survey respondents was applied to the alive units, because it was not known if these units were in-scope or out of scope. The design weights of the responding units were then adjusted to represent the 7372 alive units using the assumed in-scope rates. The 136 unresolved units were treated as non-response. The total target population count is 1,357,348 enterprises.
The response rates and in-scope rates for estimation are given in Table 5. These rates differ from the response rates at the collection phase because of the treatment of the UTL and UTC records. For collection purposes UTL are considered to be out of scope. Treating a proportion of the alive UTLs as in-scope resulted in higher in-scope rates and lower response rates for estimation.
|Category of number of employees
|In-scope rate (%)
|Response rate (%)
|0 employees
|1-4 employees
|5-19 employees
|20-99 employees
|100-499 employees
Estimates were produced for over 100 domains of interest defined based on stratification variables (e.g. region, industry) as well questionnaire variables such as number of employees and age of business.
Finally, for every estimate produces by GES, a quality measure easily interpreted was computed. For totals and averages this measure consists in the CV; estimates with a CV of 25% or higher are given a quality code of F and are not published. For proportions the measure used is the standard error (which gives the sampling error of this estimate). Proportion estimates with a standard error of 12.5% or higher are given a quality code of F and not published. An estimate was judged to be of good quality if it's CV or standard error and imputation rate were small enough. Estimates with a quality code of F were not published. The following rules based on the standard error were used to assign a measure of quality to all of the estimates of percentages.
NB: The measures of quality do not account for the imputation rate. Since imputation rates are usually small, the standard error gives a good image of the estimate's quality.
Each estimate also has a margin of error that corresponds to it. The margin of error and standard error have the same order of magnitude as the estimate. For example, if the estimate is in millions then the margin of error is also in millions.
To protect respondents' confidentiality, estimates obtained from six observations or less in a domain of interest were not published.
Appendix A – Concepts and Definitions
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprises:
- In this survey, small and medium-sized enterprises are defined as enterprises having less than 500 full-time equivalent employees and a gross revenue of less than 50 million of dollars.
- Full time equivalent (FTE):
- This concept is used to define the size of a business. All enterprises whose sizes were less than 500 full-time equivalent employees were considered in this survey.
- FTE is calculated using this simple formula:
- number of full-time employees + (total number of part-time employees x 0.5) = FTE.
- Full-time employees:
- Workers whose regular workweek is 30 hours minimum.
- A demand or short-term loan:
- is usually a loan with a maturity of ONE YEAR OR LESS.
- A term loan:
- is a loan intended for medium-term or long-term financing to supply cash to purchase fixed assets (such as machinery, land or buildings) or to renovate business premises. This is usually a loan with a maturity of MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
- A mortgage loan:
- is a loan made on real estate collateral (such as land or buildings), in which a mortgage is given to secure payment of principal and interest. A mortgage is a pledge of designated property as security for a loan. The maturity of this type of loan is generally more than 20 years.
- Line of credit (also called an operating loan):
- is an agreement negotiated between the business and a credit supplier establishing the maximum credit limit against which the business may borrow from the credit supplier.
- Credit card:
- Credit cards such as Visa, MasterCard or American Express allow the holder to charge purchases rather than pay cash. Generally, no interest is charged as long as the monthly statement is paid in full by the due date.
- Factoring:
- A method of financing accounts receivable under which a firm sells its accounts receivable (generally without recourse) to a financial institution (the "factor").
- Credit Supplier:
- is a short term loan lent to the business by their suppliers to purchase input necessary for the production of goods or services.
- Capital lease:
- A capital lease is usually used to finance equipment for the major part of its useful life and there is a reasonable assurance that the lessee will obtain ownership of the equipment by the end of the lease term.
Under legal regulation: a lease or leasing under which a lessor provides equipment to a lessee for payment and that meets one of the following conditions:
(a) the lease or leasing includes a bargain purchase option or provides for a transfer of ownership of the leased equipment to the lessee at the end of its term;
(b) the term of the lease or leasing is greater than 75% of the economic life of the equipment; and
(c) the net present value of the scheduled payments made under the lease or leasing, calculated in accordance with the annual imputed rate of interest used in the calculation of the scheduled payments, is 90% or more of the cost of the equipment on the day the lease or leasing is entered into.
- Debt financing:
- is the borrowing of money by a business for the purpose of obtaining working capital or other funds necessary for operational needs or for the purpose of retiring current or other indebtedness. In other words, debt financing is money a business borrows to conduct its operations. The business must repay the borrowed money in full, usually in instalments, with interest. Many of the businesses started in Canada use financial institutions (banks, trust companies, credit unions and caisses populaires) for debt financing. Other sources include family and friends, suppliers and equipment manufacturers, government agencies and other financing organizations.
- Equity financing:
- includes any financing where investors receive shares of the business ownership or any non-repayable contribution such as grants or subventions received.
- Age of the enterprise:
- the age of the business was estimated using the date that the business was birthed on the Business Register. This is only a proxy for the actual age of the business but it was the most accurate information available. The age of business were divided into groups namely:
-Enterprises of less than a year of existence
-Enterprises of a year and more of existence.
- Industry sectors:
- it is a re-grouping of Statistics Canada's standard industry categories as defined by the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes.
Appendix B – Additional Tables
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