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Got the NVIDIA card to work on the ASUS CM6730 except for one thing.
This review is from: ASUS Desktop PC CM6730-US011S Intel Core i5 3350P (3.10 GHz) 8 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD Windows 8
Pros: After some work, I found that it is really possible to upgrade the graphics on this computer. I added an NVIDIA GTX 650 Ti PCIe card and after getting help from ASUS customer support, the card is now functioning and driving two monitors in extended desktop mode. Windows experience index for graphics went from 4.7 to 7.4 with the new display adapter.
Cons: Staying on the topic of graphics adapter and UEFI bios, we still have one problem. Reboot defaults to onboard graphics instead of the new NVIDIA card. If this can be fixed then all is well with this ASUS desktop.
Other Thoughts: When I had trouble with the install of the Gigabyte NVIDIA card, it was tempting to suspect a defect. I felt if I could not get it to work on this ASUS desktop, it was as good as defective. Newegg quickly issued the RMA no problems. But now after several days work, I can say the Gigabyte NVIDIA card is functional and no need to return it. Also...UEFI BIOS menu is far from intuitive, like: "System Agent" what's that? Among other things it enables various graphics options. Maybe it should be "System Secret Agent."
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This review is from: ASUS Desktop PC CM6730-US011S Intel Core i5 3350P (3.10 GHz) 8 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD Windows 8
Pros: This is about trying and failing to install a PCIe- x16 video card on this computer. ASUS tech support responded to my initial query. Then I sent them the text below in the Cons section. Some say it is impossible to use a video card on this computer. We shall see what ASUS tech support says.
Cons: I have tried to install a video graphics card in the PCIe x16 card slot in my CM6730 PC.
Other Thoughts: I submitted my query to ASUS tech support. How do I install a PCI3 x16 video card on the CM6730 and get it to actually work? Various blogs claim it is impossible. The onboard video system works ok for two monitors: HDMI and VGA. So if that is enough, then this is a non issue. For me, I want PCIe x16 video card. Possible or not. So far just a black screen with no video for every card I've tried.
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Decent Windows 8 box, under powered, cheap build quality
This review is from: ASUS Desktop PC CM6730-US011S Intel Core i5 3350P (3.10 GHz) 8 GB DDR3 1 TB HDD Windows 8
Pros: A cheap way to get a fast processor running Windows 8.
Cons: Badly under powered at 280 Watts.
Other Thoughts: This computer is a cheap way to get a decent Windows 8 experience. If you like quality, you will be disappointed with the ASUS CM6730: badly under powered, flimsy case, weak video graphics.
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The Shakers were due to take on Club Brugge at Gigg Lane on Wednesday night, but the Belgians have confirmed they cannot fulfil the fixture.
A statment on Bury's official website read: "Although the club have written confirmation of the game, agents representing the Belgian club contacted the club late on Friday afternoon to confirm that Club Brugge would be unable to fulfil the fixture as promised.
"The club would like to apologise to all supporters for the late cancellation of this game, the decision that has been made is totally out of our control.
"The chairman is working hard at the moment with regards to re-arranging another game on the same evening, with another club on tour in the UK, and will let supporters know via our website once we have details confirmed."
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Meanwhile, according to a research scholar of Allahabad University, Pramod Sharma, a team of the varsity and Harvard University will document the past, the ongoing activities and future plans of these akharas and its findings will be
published in a book funded by Arundhati Vashishth Anusandhan Peeth of the city.
The team comprises 10 students of Allahabad University and five of Harvard who will join the team on January 19.
Almost all the hotels in the city have hiked their tariffs by 100 to 300 per cent because of heavy influx of people.
The state tourism department has set up luxurious cottages in the Mela area itself in which a night's stay costs between Rs 6,000 and Rs 12,000, according to a senior manager in the tourism department, D P Singh.
"On days other than the shahi snan, there will be a 40 per cent discount on the tariff of the tents", he said.
Private players have also set up Swiss cottages outside the Mela area where a night¿s stay costs about Rs 8,500.
A small hamlet of huts and tents has been set up in the Sector 9 of the Mela area where family members of those who laid down their lives in the Kargil conflict or were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack will stay.
"A 'yajnashala' with 'havan kunds' has also been set up there to perform 'yajna' for the peace of the martyrs¿ souls", according to Balak Jogeshwar Dasji Maharaj of Badrinath who is managing the affairs at the hamlet.
Railways have run special trains on the day besides attaching additional bogies to other trains touching the city, officials in the North Central Railway zone, headquartered here, said.
Roadways operators have also pressed a large number of buses into service. Most of the roads in the city have been closed to vehicular traffic to facilitate movement of people to the Mela ground.


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text: A reader responds to a previous blog-post on the extremely high levels of contentment among people with Down's Syndrome, and their families, by claiming: 'A big question is: do families have the right to demand 'quality of life' which is threatened by such damaged babies?' Well, it is debatable whether this is a big question, or even a question at all, since the families in question said that their quality of life had been enhanced, not threatened, by having a member with Down's Syndrome. So perhaps the questioner's question is actually 'What right do families have to demand help from society because they have a disabled member?' Especially when such disabilities can be detected in the womb, and the affected foetuses aborted. Think how much money society could save on their long-term needs – whoops, I mean, think how much their families' quality of life could be improved… But of… Read more


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We eye the menu for a few minutes and start with our knowledgeable waiter's suggestion of Zucchini, Mint and Pink Peppercorn Pancakes ($8.50), a mouthful to say and a delight to consume. Tiny vegetable pancakes are topped with smoked salmon and créme fraîche for a different take on the usual smoked salmon appetizer. A second starter, the Tuscan Toast ($7.25), is a platterful of thick toasted country bread surrounded by mounds of roasted garlic, unctuous anchovy mayonnaise and a black olive tapenade redolent with rosemary. This is enough for a meal in itself, and our waiter says that many folks stop right here.
We, however, are here to eat, and armed with knife and fork, order the Boca Salad ($6.95), greens lightly tossed with fennel, onion, sun-dried tomatoes and olives. This is my one disappointment, as the onion overpowers the delicate lettuces. But we shoulder on to the main courses.
While Boca is still offering its winter menu the night I dine there, there is something springlike in its Atlantic Grilled Salmon ($15.75) with fennel and sweet potato fritters on a bed of sautéed escarole. The interplay of flavors is heightened by a lemon vinaigrette reminiscent of warmer temperatures even though these are winter vegetables.
There are hints of summer in the varied tastes of the Crispy Skin Griddled Chicken ($14.95). The sensation of grilling and outdoor dining may be evoked by the oven-roasted tomatoes and the creamy corn of polenta, spiked with Swiss cheese, that are a base for the chicken, or it could just be the chicken, moist and tender with its crispy skin and the tangy salty flavor of prosciutto strips that top it off. Whatever it is, it works and makes for good eating. We polish off our plates in anticipation of dessert.
As is often the case, our eyes are bigger than our stomachs, and we can only manage to eat one dessert, the Warm Date and Ginger Pudding ($5.50), which is definitely rib-sticking comfort food. A thick, cakelike wedge of sweet, spicy richness, the pudding comes with butterscotch and mascarpone cream to add to our pleasure as well as our hips. Of course, the Boca Negra ($5.50), an intensely chocolate-flavored cake laced with bourbon, wouldn't be any lighter, but as tempting as it is, we decline.
Boca has a full service bar, including liquors and cognacs, and a very small, select wine list to accompany your meal, as well as an unusual Moroccan Mint Tea ($1.85), an exotic blend of mint, cinnamon, lemon and honey with star anise.
You might need it to soothe your head from the noise. Boca's big problem: way too loud. Due to the room design, it's difficult to carry on a conversation when the dining room is full, so if you want to chat with a tableful of friends, avoid busy Friday and Saturday evenings unless you are willing to shout.
It isn't a flawless 10. No restaurant is, and, face it, the wine list, unlike my waistline, could use expanding, but Boca is heads above most of the restaurants in Cincinnati, with a combination of flavorful, inventive food, amiable service and a pleasant dining room, marred only by bad acoustics. I don't care. My mouth is happy.
Go: 4034 Hamilton Ave., Northside
Call: 542--2022
Hours: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.
Prices: Moderate to expensive
Payment: Visa, Master Card, American Express
Vegetarian Friendliness: Among the appetizers, salads and several entrées are vegetarian choices.
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I'm wondering y'all's opinion about the necessity of interlacing the spokes on a 3-cross [front mtb] wheel. By interlacing I mean that in the outermost intersection, head-in and head-out spokes are usually crossed so that they make contact and a slight bend.
I have heard that this relieves the load on an extremely stressed spoke by transferring some stress to the intersecting spoke (especially in a tied and soldered wheel) and adds lateral stiffness. But I think you could also argue that not interlacing them gives a straighter line from flange to rim for more consistent tension.
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In advance of The National's highly anticipated free performance this Thursday at Fountain Square, I had the opportunity to talk with the lead singer of the band, Matt Berninger. The concert is part of a rally in support of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, donning the title "Vote Early, Rock Late." It will feature political speakers and buses to take people to early voting locations, as well as two bands — Dayton natives The Breeders followed by Cincinnati's own (though they live in Brooklyn now) The National. And, of course, there will be "plenty of Rock & Roll and beer," as Berninger succinctly puts it. (UPDATE: The National's management says they are unsure of what times the bands will play, as of now. The only sure thing — both will play between 5 and 9 p.m.).
Berninger explains that the concert came together rather innocently; they simply wanted to show support for their candidate of choice. Initially the thought was to play a benefit concert, but as it all evolved, a rally seemed more appropriate, both in terms of what the band really wanted to accomplish and the nature of Obama's campaign.
"It was our idea, but there have been so many people pitching in and helping along the way," Berninger says. "No one is getting paid here, so it was really exciting to see so many people take the time to make this happen."
The National's fundraiser for the Obama campaign developed in a similarly organic manner.
"The thing I've always loved about the political landscape of Cincinnati is that you have it all," he says. "You have extremely conservative Cincinnatians and you also have very progressive lefties and often you have that all in the same family. I don't quite have the same conversations now, being in New York, that I used to in high school or around my dinner table in Cincinnati. And that's the healthy thing about being there, is that those conversations are happening, truthful, and among people that, at the end of day, you truly respect and love."
There is no hint of pessimism in Berninger's voice. Rather, he sounds truly enthused about the opportunity America has to elect a candidate like Barack Obama, a man whom he believes embodies the most admirable qualities.
"There is an intellect, compassion and empathy to (Obama) that doesn't seem fake," Berninger says. "I want the best of us to be in the White House. I want the cream of the crop of American thinkers to be making decisions for me, and (decisions) that are going to affect me, my family and our future. I want the smartest guy in the room and the groundswell of support Obama has gathered shows that people see that in him."
The National have recently wrapped up their tour in support of the critically-acclaimed album Boxer. They have written approximately 10 songs and returned to the studio to begin recording their follow-up. No word yet on a release date.
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Screen siren Charlize Theron shares her beauty secrets.
Charlize Theron didn't win an Academy Award for it, but her saucy performance in the 2007 J'Adore commercial — in which she sashays through a posh Parisian flat doing a chic striptease — has become iconic. "I am a big fan of [director] Jean-Baptiste Mondino," says the Oscar-winning actress. "Nudity was only one aspect of the commercial. It was about a woman who lives a luxuriously glamorous life yet strips off her layers to reveal her true self. John [Galliano] and Jean-Baptiste's idea was to say that true luxury is being able to simplify yourself with an extraordinary fragrance."
Simplicity is something that the South African-born Theron says she strives for in her own life. The star of such films as North Country, Monster, The Cider House Rules and Hancock leaves her red-carpet styling to the experts and keeps her fitness routine (long walks on the beach with her dog) to a minimum. The former top model is also diplomatic when it comes to offering her opinion on plastic surgery. "I prefer not to judge," she says. "I'm only 34 years old, so I don't know how I might feel about it when I hit 54. We all want to age gracefully. My God, women are under so much pressure! With such demands for perfection and an eternal obsession with youth, I'm not surprised that we all become part of this beauty race that seems to be getting crazier."
As for her beauty secret, Theron says it's simple: "When you live a good life and have good thoughts, it shows." True, but a little product always helps! ELLE asked Theron to reveal some beauty tips and tricks.
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A major Gran Turismo event is being held later this week in the U.K. and you don't have to be a genius to work out that Gran Turismo 6 will probably feature. However, the popular racing game still hasn't been officially unveiled. Well, that is until now!
A screengrab taken from the official Gran Turismo site earlier today, after some clever person switched the end of the URL to GT6, shows clearly that Gran Turismo 6 is incoming.
The GT event is an invite-only gig at Silverstone racetrack tomorrow where GT Academy will be shown and, most likely, GT6.
We wonder whether Polyphony and Sony are planning to release it just for the PS3, or whether a PS4 version will be confirmed?


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TEL AVIV — A national ordeal here ended in tragedy as three Israeli teenagers kidnapped last month were found dead near Hebron.
The discovery of their bodies Monday night, June 30, by the Israeli army and volunteer searchers brings to an unhappy conclusion the intensive effort to find the missing teens.
Eyal Yifrah, 19; Gilad Shaar, 16; and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, were kidnapped June 12 while hitchhiking near the West Bank settlement of Kfar Etzion. All three were studying in West Bank yeshivas.
Their bodies were found partially exposed in an area called Wadi Tellem north of the Palestinian village of Halhul. Israeli reports said the boys seem to have been killed soon after they were kidnapped.
"They were abducted and murdered in cold blood by human animals," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at an emergency meeting of the Israeli security Cabinet Monday night.
"On behalf of the entire Jewish people, I would like to tell the dear families — the mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, and brothers and sisters — we are deeply saddened, the entire nation weeps with you."
He said, "Hamas is responsible — and Hamas will pay."
Israel had previously named Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme, two Hamas members, as prime suspects in the abduction.
The two have been missing since the kidnapping and are still at large.
Hamas has not taken responsibility for the kidnapping.
Israel has sealed off the area where the bodies were found, as well as the city of Hebron.
Leaders from across the Israeli political spectrum, as well as Diaspora Jewish leaders, expressed grief at the news that the bodies were found.
Some also called for strong measures against Hamas.
"In their memories, we must ensure that this tragic end be turned into an opportunity to create a better and safer Israel," Israel's deputy defense minister, Danny Danon, said in a statement.
"Israelis have the willingness and the fortitude necessary to endure the hardships of a long-lasting operation aimed at eradicating Hamas. We will not stop until Hamas is completely defeated."
After the discovery of the teens' bodies, Hamas warned Israel against stepping up its military offensive against it.
"If the occupiers carry out an escalation or a war, they will open the gates of hell on themselves," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told the French news agency AFP.
FOLLOWING the kidnapping, the Israeli army spread out across the Hebron area conducting an intensive search for the teens.
Six Palestinians were killed over the course of the operation.
Hebron's Palestinian population was placed under curfew, and Palestinians with Israeli work permits were not allowed into Israel for a week after the abduction.
Meanwhile, dozens of rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israel amid the search.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas had publicly condemned the kidnapping, and PA security forces aided the Israeli army in the search for the teens.
The kidnapping has dominated Israeli news.
Israelis gathered in prayer vigils across the country, and the boys' mothers became symbols of resilience.
On Sunday, a day before the teens were found, more than 10,000 people gathered in Tel Aviv for a concert to call for the boys' return.
As news of the murders emerged, hundreds slowly gathered in Tel Aviv again, in Rabin Square, to light candles in memory of the teens and sing songs.
But the kidnapping also brought up a range of national debates — about the nature of the military operation, Israel's approach to the Palestinians and, most of all, the wisdom of exchanging Palestinian prisoners for kidnapped Israelis.
Israel's last kidnapping incident — when Hamas took soldier Gilad Shalit captive in 2006 — ended with Israel swapping 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit.
More than 50 of those prisoners were rearrested in the Israeli military operation to find the boys as well as weaken Hamas' presence in the West Bank.
Hundreds of Hamas operatives were arrested during the operation.
In the weeks since the kidnapping, Fraenkel's mother, Rachel, a US citizen, advocated fiercely for his release in international forums, pleading to the UN Human Rights Council last week for the organization to do more to secure his release.
"It is wrong to take children — innocent boys and girls — and use them as instruments in any struggle," she said. "Every mother's nightmare is waiting and waiting for her son to come home."
PRESIDENT Obama in a statement offered condolences to the teens' families on behalf of the American people.
"As a father, I cannot imagine the indescribable pain that the parents of these teenage boys are experiencing," he said. "The US condemns in the strongest possible terms this senseless act of terror against innocent youth."
Read related blog posting, "Collective grief"
Obama called on Israel and the PA to continue to work together to find the murderers.
"I also urge all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilize the situation. As the Israeli people deal with this tragedy, they have the full support and friendship of the US," he said.
Israeli television showed images of relatives and friends flooding the homes of the families shortly after a gag order was lifted and the discovery reported.
Shortly after the news was made public, rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel.
The bodies were found by a volunteer civilian search team working with an elite Israeli army unit on land belonging in the Kawasme family.
The bodies, which were tied up, reportedly were in poor condition when they were discovered.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Facebook post called the victims "pure and young."
Israeli politicians weighed in with their thoughts about the teens and the fight against terror.
President Shimon Peres, who made a plea to President Obama last week in the US to help find the boys, said, "Alongside the deep mourning, we remain determined to bring down an iron fist on the criminal terrorists.
"Our war against terror will only grow and not weaken so that the murderous terrorists will not dare to raise their heads.
"At this difficult hour, I warmly embrace and strengthen the hands of the mothers, the wonderful fathers and family members of Naftali, Gilad and Eyal."
Israeli President-elect Reuven Rivlin met the teens' parents on Sunday night for the first time.
"What we feared has come to pass," he said. "Our fear was deep but we carried in our hearts the hope that even murderous terrorists would spare the teens."
And from Isaac Herzog, the opposition leader and Labor Party head:
"The kidnapping and murder of innocent boys under cover of night is a despicable and unforgivable crime. There is no justification or excuse, and I am convinced that the long arms of the security forces will reach the murderers."


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I have a question for you racing types.
In yesterday's Paris-Tours, Virenque and Durand broke away pretty early (it is a 254Km race). They were alone, and had as much as five plus minutes on the peloton. At one point there was an intermediate group of pursuivants, but they were never closer than about two minutes, as I recall.
With about four Km to go, Durand fell back and was gobbled up by the peloton, leaving Virenque all alone in front. At the finish, he won by about two seconds, with the peloton massed all the way across the road behind him like a wall and coming fast.
My question is: how closely could he have planned that? I know that he is probably getting instructions from the manager in the team car, but is it a moment to moment thing, or could he actually figure how much of a lead to have by what point in order to win?
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Considering Fable's legacy and Lionhead Studio's reputation, I was expecting something a little more substantial than what Fable Heroes ended up being: a two-button beat 'em up clearly aimed at children. But even kids will have more fun with Castle Crashers or Crimson Alliance, so why bother? The gameplay in Fable Heroes is overly simple with linear levels, repetitive enemies, uninspired and obnoxious power-ups, and a leveling system that relies too much on chance. You roll the dice and move around a board after each level to determine what you can upgrade. Seriously. This Mario Party theme is taken a step further when, at the end of a level, you can choose to fight a boss (but don't; they take forever to kill) or play a mini-game (don't do that, either; they're pretty dumb). What's left to look forward to, then? Even if the simplicity of the normal action appeals to you, it's too hard to follow due to unhelpful camera angles, bright colors that blend together, and the presence of stupid AI teammates who can't be turned off. Fable fan or not, there's just nothing here to get excited about.
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Marius wrote:
> W. Watson <email@example.com> wrote:
>>Here's my total focus right now.
>>Why can't I synch off of the NTP machine from linux?
> But you can... See your text below.
>>I can specify a location for the ntp server.
>>One of them [...] is 192.168.0.3, which is my XP machine.
>>Another, provided by RH, is clock1.redhat.com.
> OK. So you specified two possible time sources for testing. Good.
>>I deliberately set the clock off by 15 seconds.
>>If I specify 192.xxxx, I do not get any correction.
> So you observe, that you don't get time corrections from your XP.
> Non conclusive yet.
>>I then dial into my ISP from the Linux machine [...]
>>I now use the tool again, but specify the clock1 entry.
>>It resets the clock to the correct time.
> So here you observe, that using another time source you _do_ get
> time corrected on your Linux box. Good.
> Conclusion 1: NTP synch _works_ for your Linux box _with_ _a_
> _working_ _time_ _server_.
>>I again set the clock off by 10 seconds or so, and do the
>>same with 192.xxxxx. Nothing.
> Here you repeat your first test, but this time with an
> added knowledge of NTP sync working with another source.
> Non conclusive yet, but your following assertions:
>>Either XP isn't set up to deal with NTP or the request
>>never makes it to XP.
> are valid.
>>The question remains, why doesn't this work?
> 1) check networking:
> - can you ping your XP box from your Linux box?
Yes, no trouble at all
> - other way round as well?
Yes, easily done.
> - using names as well as IP numbers?
I just tried ping \\astropc2004 (the Linux box). couldn't find it, but that may not
be an acceptable command. Maybe only 192.168.0.1.
The net view (cmd line op) command shows both computers with their \\ names.
> - can you transfer some data between both boxes?
> (Samba, www, etc.?)
I can connect to the internet with either machine and download. I haven't quite
figured out how to use Samba yet. If I boot up on the alternate OS, Win2k, on the
Linux box, I can easily transfer data between W2k and XP.
> Only after you positively verified each step from '1'
> do:
> 2) Is NTP _server_ installed and configured on XP?
> (how to check this one is up to you. I don't do windows).
Good question. I was just beginning to look into this at the request of another
posterer, and found via Help a command called net time.
Net timeSynchronizes the computer's clock with that of another computer or domain.
Used without parameters, net time displays the time for another computer or domain.
Displays the name of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) server currently configured for
the local computer or the one specified in ComputerName.
Executing net time /querysntp produces the result:
The current sntp value is time.windows.com, 0x1
Another bit of help from XP:
Your personal or network firewall prevents clock synchronization. Most corporate and
organizational firewalls will block time synchronization, as do some personal
firewalls. Home users should read the firewall documentation for information about
unblocking network time protocol (NTP). You should be able to synchronize your clock
if you switch to Windows Firewall.
I updated with SP2 recently, which has the new MS firewall. I had to remove McAfee in
the process, so use MS at the moment. A few days ago, I just disabled it for about 10
minutes, but got the same results as above. No time set from XP. Otherwise, I really
do not know how (yet) to just open a hole to NTP on XP when the firewall is up.
> Marius
Yes, definitely one of the better jokes around. BTW, the need for time is driven by
astronomy. See my URL below and go to the reference near the bottom of the page to
I think I'm going to trim the branches of this thread later today but re-opening it
on the topic of current interest.
> PS: Reading this veeery lengthy thread reminded me of an
> old joke. Disclaimer: absolutely no offence meant.
> Holmes and Watson went for a night out camping.
> They went to sleep in their tent.
> In the middle of the night Holmes silently wakes up Watson
> and asks him to look up and describe what he sees.
> Watson looks up and begins to describe how beautiful the
> starlit night sky is, and how many stars there are and how
> romantic and scientific the wiew is...
> Holmes impatiently interrupts him saying "you fool! don't you
> _see_ that someone stole our tent?" :-)
-- Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>
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This is a picture of super cool haired pop/rock singer Ryan Cabrera's foot after stepping on his iPhone charger in the dark. I don't know about you, but I'm never taking my shoes off again. As a matter of fact, I'm going to start wearing a pair of boots OVER my shoes. "What about in the shower?" In the shower I will also add a pair of rain boots. "And in bed?" In the bed I'll be knockin' boots. HIYO! That's slang for having the sex by the way, I'm not actually going to be banging boots together trying to knock mud off the bottoms. Was that slang for anal play? Maybe so!
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The following is a copy of the e-mail I was encouraged to send to House Speaker John Boehner.
I am completely disgusted with the GOP and its policy of giving into the Democrats every time they whimper, whine or threaten.
While the enemy does always get a vote in war, the objective is to always work to veto that vote by utterly annihilating the enemy! To be perfectly clear, the Democrats and anyone else who stands in the way of freedom, liberty and doing what's best for the United States of America is an enemy, even if they call themselves Republican!
I then provided a link to my blog post "Democrats, the media and their terrorist agenda."
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- It's still much of a waiting game for thousands of people and families in need of food stamps in North Carolina.
But state leaders are making a small dent in the number of applications its handling statewide. According to the NCDHHS and NC FAST, as of Thursday the state still needs to process 23,415 Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) applications and recertifications that are pending statewide. That's compared to January 14, 2014 when there were a total of 32,997 FNS applications and recertifications pending statewide.
Out of the total that's left the following number of applications are considered untimely:
Federal regulators have warned the state's health agency to address problems within its computer system to process the food stamp applications. Federal regulators say the state will face monetary consequences if it doesn't come through soon. The state expects to catch up on the backlog by the end of March. Letters include the USDA Follow Up to Advance Warning and also a letter to DSS county directors.
In response to those letters a statement from the N.C. Association of County Directors of Social Services is below along with a statement about the background information on NC FAST.
"We strongly disagree with the federal government's threat to withhold Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administrative funds, which could adversely impact counties' abilities to assist families in need. However, we are encouraged by positive conversations between Governor McCrory, Secretary Wos and the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack that resulted in a verbal agreement of our plan to clear up outstanding FNS applications and recertifications. We will continue working closely with our partners in county government to solve this problem."
-Sherry Bradsher, Deputy Secretary for Human Services
"The latest USDA letter poses a significant challenge to the county DSS offices. The Directors Association met with DHHS leadership today, and we have a multi-faceted plan to meet the February 10 and March 31 deadlines. We appreciate DHHS' commitment to working with the counties to meet these federal deadlines."
- John Eller, Vice President of the N.C. Association of County Directors of Social Services
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I don't think I will purchase this again. Even at 1.5 times the amount of the previous stevia extract powder I used, it is not very sweet. I think I will return to using my former brand once this is finished. Stevia, I found, is hit and miss. The level of service I received from iherb.com though is great on a positive note. The carrier lost the original shipment which iherb.com quickly replaced. Kudos to iherb.com!
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I was so shy as a teenager that I couldn't even order a pizza over the phone. (Photo: Haseo/Flickr)
My closest friends today are still guys I met in junior high.
My daughter is a better guitar player (and singer) than I am, and my son is a better writer than I am.
I love dogs and once owned three retrievers at the same time -- two pure-bred Labradors and a giant retriever mix named Bear who was almost as big as me.
My best man (and my best friend) was my dad.
My favorite food is Italian and my favorite sauce is still my mother's.
I have two younger sisters.
I once wrote a postcard to one of my sisters from the public square in Menaggio, Italy, on Lake Como, where actor George Clooney has a villa. I signed it, "Love and Kisses, George."
I own more guitars than anyone with my lack of talent should be allowed to have. I'm still looking for one that plays itself.
I aspire to play guitar like Keith Richards, without the obvious pitfalls.
The only famous person who ever left me speechless was Carlos Santana, when I met him backstage when I was in college. (AP File Photo)
I don't like wearing hats, but this was fun last month putting on these glasses to promote Jimmy Kimmel's new time.
My favorite city in Europe is Barcelona.
I could eat freshly made guacamole all day every day.
The best sporting event I've ever attended was the Rugby 7s in Hong Kong.
I love to photograph landscapes.
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Rokiahi was caught from above, round the waist, still a considerable distance from the ground. She turned her head up to see-
"Rin!" she gasped. The leader of the Stray Posse had Rokiaki and Rulia caught round the waist, her rocket boots keeping them in flight. Len was above, looking out for trouble.
"Let's go!" called Rin, turning to the east.
"What about Remilia?" Rokiahi looked up at the Trick Master to see the three diamonds firing consistently against a non-moving target on the wing. It didn't help that Rin did not answer the question. "What about Flandre?"
"For a vampire in sunlight, she's doing pretty well," answered Chamber, flying up behind them with Void sat on his back, "For a Touhou character, she's doing pretty badly."
"Where have you been?" inquired Rokiahi, Rin sat her on her left shoulder, Rulia on her right.
"Oh, you know, just going back to pick Void up," he answered humbly, Void patting him on the head with gratitude.
"What did you mean about Flandre?"
"She had a good advantage against Shepard. But then the Scarlet Witch turned up."
"No. The Scarlet Witch. Wanda Maximoff. A mutant form the Marvel Universe, Magneto's daughter to be specific. With the power to alter reality."
"Reality? So she's a goddess? Like Haruhi and Sasaki?"
"Not quite. She is hindered by her own feelings, but against only one or two opponents like Flandre or Remilia, that's not a problem. By The Convenience Theory, she could probably override Remilia's ability to manipulate fate."
"So why doesn't she just capture us?"
"That is where Haruhi comes in," input Rin, "She along with Sasaki hold ultimate power, capable of preventing the powers of others. However, since they're on opposing sides, the efforts of one can be negated by the other. Haruhi had our back but probably not for long."
"What territory do you possess?" called Void.
Rin did nor immediately answer, "After the Hakurei Barrier went up all we had was Arcania City and the area round the east coast of China. We didn't have the territory in between. But now... we don't have much in the way in territory. All our forces are retreating back here."
Suddenly something rose up from the ground on the road ahead, apparently a black structure with red highlights. As they flew over it, it the building stopped rising, fitting awkwardly between the other buildings around it. Then a satellite dish deployed on top, turning around slowly.
"That's a Nod Operations Centre!" alerted Len, turning towards it. He had a rocket launcher barrel attached under his left lower arm, which had not been there earlier. Aiming the launcher at the Operations Centre, a rocket was ejected out the barrel, spewing a large amount of smoke in its wake. But as the rocket sped towards the building, it was hit from the side by a sickle, its sharp point embedding into the rocket's insides. The sickle had a phenomenally heavy weight, dragging the rocket straight down to ground prematurely, causing an explosion also beyond normal parameters. The force shattered all nearby structures, a tall block of flats toppling over onto the road.
Ignoring the attempt to destroy it, the Operations Centre opened a large hatch in its roof next to the dish, out which launched a red missile, heading straight upwards.
Rin stopped her flight forwards, turning round quickly. She let go of Rulia, pointing her right hand at the missile. Her metallic skin peeled back, forming a small cannon, which immediately shot a bright white laser, tinted with various colours. The Shining Laser hit the missile with pinpoint accuracy but only briefly as the laser began to bend to the side. Following the unconventional laser path, they could see Konata on a building nearby, holding up the Stirling Inferno, her paper star taped to stick magic wand. The wand appeared to be absorbing the laser's energy effortlessly. Rin ceased attacking, knowing her attempt was ineffectual, her arm reconstructing. The only slightly damaged missile continued its flight upwards. Konata smiled as she lowered the Stirling Inferno, catching her automatically returning sickle.
With only a short loudening hum as warning, Chamber aimed up with his own charged cannon and blasted a wide blue energy beam at the missile. However, the missile blew up of its own accord before the beam could strike it. Before Chamber could began to think what to do next, Konata instantly appeared in front of him, with an annoyed expression, and punched him square in the eye. Chamber spun backwards uncontrollably from the force, Void holding on in desperation. Len flew in front of Rin and, with his right arm, threw an electric leash, catching Konata round the neck. Before Len could pull it, Konata brought the Stirling Inferno to the leash, the leash's energy dissipating immediately.
But this was long enough to distract Konata from the projectile from above, knocking Konata down to the road below, a dust cloud rising. Rin observed the cloud for a moment before turning back east, Len and Chamber following.
"Are you okay, Chamber?" asked Void, leaning over his head to look at his eye.
"I've been better," groaned Chamber. His reinforced glass eye was severely cracked, particularly in the middle. "It's a little hard to see..."
"What was the missile for?" questioned Rokiahi.
"Radar jammer," answered Rin, "We're lost our ability to scan the area. Opposing forced could come from anywhere and we wouldn't be able to tell."
The dust cloud cleared to reveal Yuki standing over Konata, the latter laying in the middle of a small crater. Yuki looked at the Stirling Inferno in her hand, snatched from Konata on the way down and broke it in half. She pulled the star off its half of the stick and ripped the yellow paper apart, allowing the remains to fall to the tarmac.
Konata just laughed in response, "It's been a while Yuki. I never expected we'd meet as opponents."
"It is nature," replied Yuki monotonically, looking down at Konata's yellow eyes, "By our different ideals."
Konata folded her arms, "Well, we at least agree Haruhi's ideals are wrong, right?"
"Haruhi's ideals are unrealistic," continued Yuki, "Reimu's ideals are broken."
"Whatever," sighed Konata, jumping back to her feet. She suddenly disappeared, reappearing into the sky, looking down with a growl. Yuki had followed her, catching onto her right ankle, interrupting Konata's flight, preventing Konata from getting away. With a mighty heave, Yuki threw Konata back downwards. Konata spun round, landing on the road on her feet, the tarmac cracking from the impact.
Furious, Konata glared up at Yuki, "I am invincible, Yuki!" she called, "Haruhi learnt her lesson from last year. How do you feel to be the only one of the old North High Administration not to be invincible?"
"Haruhi granted you, Ritsu and Ayu invincibility for you own protection," responded Yuki, "I am invincible in my own way."
Konata laughed again, "You wished you were." She threw her sickle up with force then teleported in front of Yuki, catching the humanoid interface by the neck. "If you don't feel that way now, you will soon," commented Konata. Held in place, Yuki could not avoid the rapidly approaching sickle.
"We can't reach Tokyo any time soon," noted Rokiahi to Rin.
"We're having the Enterprise airlifted here," explained Rin, "The Normandy and Halberd are en route."
"Why airlifted?" inquired Void, "Why not flown?"
"The Enterprise is very fast but is not nimble enough to avoid enemy fire during ground to ground travel due to its huge size."
"When you say the Normandy, you mean the SR-2, right?" noted Chamber, "I'm guessing EDI is part of Yamaha."
"Yes, she is risking a lot to aid us."
"The conflict is shattering a lot of alliances and teams," added Void, "Why did this have to deteriorate to war?"
"Let's hope you don't get to see Reimu any time soon to find out."
"Hostiles inbound," injected Len, "It's the Zero." A green Japanese Zero World War II fighter aircraft was fast approaching from the east, escorted by an X-Wing and an Advanced TIE spacecraft fighters. Len rose his right arm at the incoming squad, his skin retreating to form a gatling cannon. There was no spinup time as Len unloaded a storm of bullets. However, none made contact ast hey slowed down a fair distance from the fighter, only to begin falling harmlessly to Earth.
"So many of them use telekinesis," gritting Rin, "The Force, biotics, magic, the lot of them." She let of Rulia once more, Rokiahi realising Rulia was gradually tightening her grip round her neck. Rin placed her hand through her shirt as though it was water, the shirt rippling, and pulled out a black megaphone with yellow rims. Taking a deep breath, Rin screeched loudly into the megaphone, which amplified her voice even more. Rough air spikes could be seen coursing through the air, engulfing the aircraft. While the space-worthy armour of the spacecraft, the engine using X-Wing and TIE shook violently in the raging air currents, their windows shattering, revealing Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader as their respectively pilots. With the inside controls now exposed, the strong vocal spikes smashed through the relatively weaker metal plating, ripping through delicate and vital wires and cables. Malfunctioning, their engines shut down, the spacecraft nose diving towards buildings below.
However, the simple propeller flown Zero did not rely on digital controls and had a better pilot. The pilot immediately turned the aircraft upside down, dropping height quickly to escape the brunt of the audio waves before turning right way up again. With the lowered height, it could be seen that Hiraga Saito was the pilot, managing to keep the now rattling Zero flying with pedals and the flight stick, his dashboard in pieces. Noticeably, he did not have his concious sword, Derflinger, on his back. But of most interest was the passenger. Louise Françoise le Blanc de la Vallière was sat down in the back seat, pointing her magic wand at Rin, her yellow eyes in a trance, her mouth murmuring.
"She started the spell early!" cried Rin, "We need to retreat!" Rin, Len and Chamber turned west just as Louise finished the spell, engulfing the Zero in a rapidly expanding white ball of light, displaying her power over Void Magic.
"We won't make it!" called Chamber, aware they could not gather enough acceleration to escape, having only just turned around.
No one had time to reply as a purple eye shaped portal with two red ribbons at the ends appeared in front of them. Yakumo Yukari flew out of it, colliding into Rin and Len, who in turned struck Chamber behind them. Yukari's momentum pushed the group another portal behind them, which closed before Louise's spell could absorb them. "We can't have you going backwards," advised Yukari, flying them eastwards in the strange world of purple, "We cannot waste tim-"
Out of nowhere, a hand grabbed Yukari's throat and pulled Yukari downwards, all seven of them falling out of Yukari's portal world back into Japan. With only Yukari pinned by the penetrator, the other six rolled across the surface they had been brought to, Rin keeping a tight hold on Rokiahi and Rulia, Void onto Chamber. All of the six quickly recovering, they looked at the attacker.
"Elizabeth, from Bioshock Infinite," recognised Chamber. Elizabeth had Yukari pinned down to the ground by the throat on the roof of the block of flats they were on. Yuakri had managed to portal them past Louise but it had obviously been cut short. "She can manipulate Tears in the time-space continuum. Including Yukari's own apparently."
Even though Elizabeth had successfully slammed Yukari down into the roof, her strength was still no match for the youkai. Yukari grabbed onto Elizabeth's throat and pulled her down, their foreheads colliding hard. This impact was nothing to Yukari but Elizabeth being more like a normal human drew blood immediately, her already obsolete grip loosening. Yukari threw Elizabeth off and got to her feet, "Go!" she ordered to Rin. Rin nodded, taking a step back. But then a thundering projectile shot down from the sky, Ritsu striking Yukari on the head with her elbow, the power crushing the building with ease. Rin, Len and Chamber were already flying, watching Yukari, Elizabeth and Ritsu sinking into a rising dust cloud. Rin and Len flew off to the east again, Chamber with a little hesitance.
Ritsu watched them fly away, her right knee on Yukari's neck. She cursed, "Your distractions aren't going to work."
Yukari coughed from the lack of air and the settling dust cloud, revealing plenty of rubble. Elizabeth scrambled out the debris, dizzy and disoriented. "We are fighting for what's right," argued Yukari, "No one is just a distraction."
Looking at Yukari, Ritsu blinked her yellow eyes in annoyance, "Don't bother hiding it." There were sudden explosions from above. Ritsu faced up to see the flaming body of the massive green Thunderbird 2 falling towards them. Ritsu frowned, "Reinforcements," she mumbled, not attempting to escape the impending impact.
The Thunderbird 2 crashed into the ground behind them, exploding in a monstrous fireball. Looking up, Rokiahi could see the number of craft in the air had dramatically increased, all locked in close combat. "Gid's armada has returned," explained Len, "Shot down the Thunderbird 2."
"Is that a good thing?" asked Rokiahi.
"It's good that we'll have extra cover but it also means the Gensokyo force that pushed them back will be here soon."
"We need to make best use of it-" started Rin, when her, Len's and Chamber's flight height began to drop fast due to an unidentified pulling force form the ground. Chamber's was dropping the fastest, until he aimed his cannon downwards and fired again, the strong beam dramatically slowing his descent. Rin and Len hit the pathway at high speed, Rin letting go of Rokiahi and Rulia to allow them to roll away relatively unharmed. However, Rin continued rolling towards the east. Len had landed on his feet but was still being dragged along the ground. Chamber had stopped firing but had switched on his back booster, trying his best to fly to the west against the attractive force, Void pushing him from behind to help.
Len, who was now close enough to see the source of the pulling force, jumped at Magneto who had his right arm outstretched down the road, attracting the three metallic personnel. Using both his hands, Len forced Magneto to bend his right arm. With Magneto's powers unfocused, Chamber suddenly shot forwards, Void falling forwards. "Take another path!" cried Len, as Magneto took hold of Len's head, "Find another way round! Don't wait for us!" Void jumped back onto Chamber's back, who took a sideroad, Rokiahi following with Rulia securely on her back again.
Magneto took hold of Rin's neck and lifted her into the air. Len was nowhere to be found, though a large smooth and shiny silver metal ball was hovering by Magneto's side. "It's been a whole year, Rin," grinned Magneto, "And Yamaha still haven't found a way to protect themselves from my powers. It's even worse for you that The Black Squad will no longer cover for your weaknesses."
Rin growled as her colour, even of her clothes, turned shiny grey, her shape melting, "We'll be back."


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Worker killed after pipeline explode near Artesia
ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a worker is dead in southeastern New Mexico after a pipeline exploded on an oil field south of Artesia.
Eddy County deputies say 21-year-old Fabian Martinez and three others were in a pit cutting a pipeline and disassembling PVC pipe when the pipeline exploded Wednesday.
Albuquerque TV station KOB reports (http://bit.ly/1rOPNCJ) that three workers were able to escape, but Martinez was trapped inside the pit by the pipe.
Investigators say Martinez succumbed to the hydrogen gas fumes released in the explosion.
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The Country Store will feature crafts, needle work, fans, jellies, pickles, cakes, pies, candy, desserts and Thanksgiving and Christmas items.
The carnival provides lots of games, face painting and fun for the children.
The costume contest brings in a crowd of all ages who enjoy the parade of amazing costumes. Prizes are given to the best costumes in each age category.
Tom White and his crew will provide a delicious meal of roasted pork, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, salad, rolls and cranberry sauce. The ladies of the parish will provide the desserts.
"The parishioners always come through with great items for the silent and live auctions," said Kate Campbell, coordinator.
Barry Beuershausen will serve as auctioneer again this year. The drawing for the many great raffle prizes will be held at the close of the auction. There are 34 prizes in the raffle this year with the big prize being $1,000 in Visa gift cards. Tickets are $1 and will be sold by the CCD students. Tickets will also be available for sale the day of the festival.
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Works by UNH Studio Art Faculty Exhibit at University Museum
Works by UNH Studio Art Faculty Exhibit at University Museum
"Property of Old Jones" by Craig Hood
"The Art Of Drawing: Works by UNH Studio Art Faculty" is now on exhibit at the University Museum.
The art of drawing, both a method of observation and a form of expression, represents a distinct kind of engagement with the visual world. This small exhibition will give visitors a glimpse of a very basic component of what an art education means to the department of art and art history.
The exhibit runs through June 14.
The University Museum is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. It will be closed two Saturdays, March 8 and 15, 2014. For more information on the exhibit or the University Museum, contact Dale Valena, email@example.com 2-108.


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Oil India, one of country's two public sector oil exploration firms, plans to complete two foreign acquisitions by December and has given non-binding offers in 3-4 cases. Ahead of the planned disinvestment stake this fiscal, the company has asked the Centre for a net realisation of $65/bbl by clarifying on the subsidy-sharing mechanism. In an interview with FE's Prashant Mukherjee & Sunny Verma, Oil India director (finance) TK Ananth Kumar said the upstream company does not expect any growth in oil and gas production this year.
While the government is trying ways of reducing under-recoveries and lowering the subsidy burden, there is still no clarity on the sharing of upstream companies. Can you throw some light on this?
Last year, the subsidy burden was revised with a net realisation of $56/bbl for us, as against the percentage basis that was practised earlier. This year also provisionally the government has told us to stick to the $56/bbl norm. We don't mind parting with some of our (potential) gains to reduce the government's share of the subsidy burden, arising from the need to compensate for the under-recoveries of oil marketing companies. But we and our investors want clarity in the subsidy-sharing mechanism. The mechanism should be more predictable so that investors know what kind of price realisation the upstream companies can get. We have taken up with the ministry of petroleum and finance that we should be allowed to retain $65/bbl net realisation, as against $56 now.
How much subsidy burden does OIL expect this year?
The recent revisions in prices will give very marginal reduction in under-recoveries for the oil industry. We don't expect in this current financial year anything significant to happen for upstream companies. We expect (realisation of) $56/bbl to continue during the third and perhaps the fourth quarter also. Going by the same trend, we expect the current year subsidy burden to be around R8,000 crore.
What are your capex plans?
The high subsidy burden is hitting our capex plans. However, our capex plans have increased over the years because we have grown and taken many exploration blocks. We are required to spend money on these blocks from medium to long-term. We have kept our annual capex plans of average R3,500 crore and according to the 12th plan our investment would be R19,000 crore. So to have this kind of investment we need to generate at least $25/bbl after


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The Newest Mobile Payment Device
If you frequent food carts at lunch, buy your produce at farmers markets, or spend a lot of time at trade shows, you're bound to have run into a mobile payment device. Quickly attached to a mobile phone or tablet, these mobile credit card readers are making their way into the lives of small, mobile businesses.
For some time, though, there wasn't a lot of competition. Businesses either used Square or Intuit's GoPayment. Both devices sync with apple or Android phones or tablets. You can get the both devices for free, with a small fee for each transaction—2.75% for Square and 2.70% for Intuit's GoPayment.
However, another mobile payment device emerged last week, and it comes from a well-enough known name that it could be a serious competitor for the two current mobile credit card readers. It is PayPal Here.
PayPal Here vs. Square vs. Intuit GoPayment
The new mobile payment device is quite a bit like its competitors. You can order it for free, but it comes with a fee per transaction. The fee matched Intuit's, at 2.7%. The difference between that and Square's equals out to only a penny every $20 spent, but those pennies can add up. Intuit GoPayment offers another option—a monthly fee instead of individual sales. Depending on how much you're using a credit card reader, a monthly fee could be a good option.
One difference that everyone will notice right away is the look: Square is obviously square, while PayPal Here is triangular and Intuit GoPayment is a sort-of rectangle. Square has no obvious branding on their device, while PayPal and Intuit's credit card readers are very obvious with their logos and colors, as seen in the image below.
Our guess is that most people are going to choose their mobile payment device, based primarily on either the transaction fee or the look and feel of the devices. Because you can order all of them for free, it's even possible to test them all out to see which credit card reader works best for you!
Are you thinking about getting a mobile credit card reader? What kinds of places have you seen accepting mobile payments? What has your experience been? Let us know in the comments.
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Margaux Panlilio writes:
We have a new product which will be out in the market, mPowa (find information from http://www.mpowa.com). Please also include mPowa on your comparison, i read they only charge $.35 or something per transaction. Thanks in advance!@ March 27th, 2012 at 08:57
Smart Solutions writes:
It looks like mPowa is currently only available in the UK, and we were sticking to mobile payment devices offered in the US in this article. It does look like a nice system, though – thanks for letting us know about it!@ March 27th, 2012 at 10:08


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I got buzzed today on the way to work, and with little hope of ever catching the cager I gave it a shot.
This time I got lucky and just 4 blocks away - the cager parks his car in his driveway and goes into his apartment.
I rode by him and looked him in the eye but didn't say anything and just went on my way.
1. Should I take sweet revenge on his cage as retribution for the buzz?
2. Should I just let it be and move on as if nothing happened.


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Celebrating the legendary, historically important Cincinnati-based King Records' 70th anniversary (as well as the in-the-works music/education/community center, King Studios), September has already seen numerous exhibits and performances related to the King legacy.
Sunday at Northside's The Comet, the Comet Bluegrass All-Stars will honor King's legendary Bluegrass recordings with some cover tunes during their usual 7 p.m. Sunday showcase at the club; Brian Hellmann will be spinning King music from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
for The Comet's Sunday brunch (and you can spin your own thanks to the club's King-heavy jukebox).
On Saturday, Sept. 28, King Records Month winds down with a free concert at the new riverfront green-space, Smale Park, featuring a performance by legendary, Cincinnati-born King artist Otis Williams. Williams — who had R&B hits with his group, The Charms, and also worked on Hank Ballard's original version of "The Twist" and Little Willie John's "Fever" for King — will perform after that day's Reds game at 8 p.m. During the show, organizers will be asking for audience participation for an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest Twist dance. (Shake It Records in Northside will unveil an exhibition of historic King items at the store on Sept. 29; the display will be up through the end of November.)
For a list of all King Records Month events and more, be sure to visit kingstudios.org.
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No Ordinary Mom.
by Meredith O'Brien
"I was running so much that I was falling short on everything."
While I can't exactly relate to a mom who, along with her husband and two teens, was suddenly granted superpowers after a small plane carrying her family crashed into a body of water, I can relate to her complaint that no matter how fast or much she tried to tackle all her responsibilities at work and at home, she couldn't really keep up with everything.
Until she got those superpowers.
When that mom, the fictional Stephanie Powell on ABC's new show No Ordinary Family, realized that with her new super-human speed she could accomplish all her tasks at such a rapid clip that she suddenly had ample time to be with her family (to help her son with his homework and have a nooner with her husband), I was envious. Super-envious. What I wouldn't give to be able to complete my responsibilities well and with lightning speed and still be able to spend time with my kids and spouse at my leisure.
As the Powell family came to grips with their pre-superpowers inability to balance work and family – the dad, police sketch artist Jim Powell, felt like a failed artist although he was the parent who spent more time with his children – the children begged Stephanie and Jim to get their acts together, with the daughter saying, "This family isn't broken, you are." Maybe a little bending of the time-space continuum will help improve things for the Powells, as the superpowered parents will finally have time for everything on their plate. Wouldn't THAT be amazing?
While I imagined myself vicariously living through Stephanie and possessing super-human alacrity, over on NBC's Parenthood this past week things were much more flesh and blood as mere mortal parents with feet of clay made fools of themselves while they pushed themselves upon their unwilling children.
I watched the cautionary tale in the form of Kristina Braverman, the mom of a teenage daughter who'd decided to run for class president, take over Haddie's campaign, insist that Haddie create a campaign platform, harass Haddie about reading a book about speeches and provide her with unsolicited advice on what colors to use on campaign posters. In response to her mother's hectoring, Haddie blew up at her and told her to buzz off. (Note to self: Do not micromanage my daughter's possible foray into middle school journalism world, no matter how much I might be tempted to do so.)
As the episode -- ironically entitled, "I'm Cooler Than You Think" -- continued, the picture it painted of thoroughly flawed, distinctly unheroic parents didn't cover the characters with glory.


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Johannesburg paper fans claims of alleged nuclear ties between Jerusalem, Pretoria, saying Apartheid-era minister transported atom trigger from Tel Aviv to South Africa in mid-1970s; says information was withheld for fear for minister's safety
Published: 06.04.10, 09:36 / Israel News
Nuclear ties exposed? A Johannesburg newspaper reported Thursday that a South African Apartheid-era minister bought a "nuclear trigger" from Israel in
the 1970s and carried it back to South Africa in hand luggage.
Allister Sparks, former editor of Rand Daily Mail, said he decided to go public with Rhoodie's admission, following a Guardian report about a new book which suggested that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to apartheid South Africa.
It is possible that what Rhoodie called a trigger was tritium, a radioactive isotope required in detonators of certain types of atom bombs. It has been revealed, though never officially confirmed, that Israel supplied South Africa with 30g of tritium in late 1970 - enough to build a dozen atom bombs.
Rees said he found Rhoodie's version of events reliable, because he proved to have given reliable accounts on other secret operations, adding the former minister agreed to talk to the Rand Daily Mail on the condition he could withhold publication of information he ultimately decided against disclosing – a condition he later applied to the revelations about the nuclear cooperation.


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ATI has been in existence over 23 years. In terms of longevity of a video card company that is longer lived than any company other than Matrox Graphics, which has been around for 26 years. Over that period of time many companies in the business have come and gone. What once was a crowded marketplace with many companies selling different brands and technologies of video cards is now a two horse race. Hopefully companies like VIA and SIS will bring more choices of high performance cards.
ATI first introduced the AIW (All In Wonder) series of video cards with their Rage chipset way back in 1996. The first AIW card was fairly simplistic, adding a TV tuner to their fastest video chip available. Later AIW cards included the AIW 128, the AIW RADEON, the AIW VE, the AIW 7500the RADEON 8500DV, the AIW RADEON 8500 128, the AIW 9000 Pro, the AIW 9700 Pro, the AIW 9800 Pro and now the AIW 9600 Pro.
ATI introduced their first DirectX 9 class video card in the fall of 2002, the 9700 Pro. A $399 video card, the 9700 Pro was an extremely successful high-end card. The mainstream equivalent card announced at the same time, the 9500 Pro, used the same chip but had a limitation that the 9700 did not (8 pixel pipelines 128 bit memory bus instead of the 256 bit memory bus on the 9700 Pro).
In February of this year ATI refreshed their lineup with 2 new cards. RADEON 9800 Pro replaced the 9700 Pro in their lineup and RADEON 9600 Pro replaced the 9500 Pro. The 9600 Pro (codenamed RV350) was a mainstream card that was ATI's first .13 micron video card. In general ATI releases their AIW cards with the same or lower core as the card it's based upon, until now.
ATI announced the AIW 9600 Pro in July of this year. At the time, ATI figured that the card would hit retail in August/September. Unfortunately, things didn't exactly go according to plan. Due to the blackout that hit the Northeast and the various problems with the SoBig worm, it was slightly delayed. Today, ATI is shipping the AIW 9600 to stores and it should be available as you read this review.


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When a firefighter was described as a hero it was for running into a burning building, not for washing the truck.
Sports figures are not heros in my book.
I've always thought that "served with honor" was a good description for those to whom the expression would apply.
It's no secret that progressives tend to hate the armed forces precisely because there aren't a lot of them in the ranks, and because they have a reflexive antiwar stance, regardless of the facts. The military is also a lot more conservative than the general population (among veterans and active duty military, Democrats tend to pull down roughly half of what they get in genderal elections). The first and only time that I logged into DU as a member was to respond to a Cindy Sheehan thread, in which I pointed out that I was deployed, and didn't appreciate her undermining our mission. The responses ran the gamut from snide to outright evil, with a few hoping that I would die soon. They made no secret of how they felt.
Sic Hacer Pace, Para Bellum.
Before you can do things for people, you must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the people!
I just lay low. People have bashed me before for being in the Army. I just say "Well it's your right to think that way. Have a nice day." I don't want to, and never will get into a pissing contest with any of them. Not worth it. And it is their right of free speech and free mind to think those things, and say them to an extent. I'm not losing any sleep over it.A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand
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Not saying that I agree. Personally, it seems to make more sense for those serving to be serving because they choose to serve. I also don't actually buy into the perception that the military is overwhelmingly conservative. As you yourself have stated, there is consider pressure to conform and to please, so it's hard to imagine how any poll would accurately reflect the status.
However, here is a poll : http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/0...vance_041110w/
An exclusive survey of some 1,800 active-duty troops shows the percentage of self-identified Republicans has decreased by one-third since 2004, from 60 percent to 41 percent, while the percentage of self-identified independents has nearly doubled to 32 percent during the same period.
So if Republicans are 41% and Independents are 32% that leaves 27% for the Democrats. Nationally the country is split almost into thirds. So Republicans are clearly higher than representation in the general population, but not completely out of alignment. I think that if the military were indeed overwhelmingly Republican, then it would be something that needs looking at.
That's a good attitude.
But anyone who would mistreat a soldier because they don't like how the political leadership is using the military is a dumbass.
I was at the Panera Bread in Jackson, MI in March, and a young woman in army fatigues was seated alone at a table by the door. I told her "Thank you for your service" as I walked by her table on my way out. I might not have agreed with the reasons for the war in Iraq, but I'm not going to mistreat military personnel over it. They are still voluntarily risking their lives for the nation and deserve respect for that.
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These career-oriented officers and mid-grade and senior enlisted members are still far more conservative than liberal, but they are less likely today to identify with the GOP, the survey shows.
Much of the shift appears to have occurred only very recently, with the percentage of troops identifying themselves as Republican dropping nine percentage points from 2008 to 2009 and the percentage of those calling themselves independents increasing 10 points over the same period.
Respondents are also more pessimistic about the mission in Afghanistan, more optimistic about Iraq and virtually divided about President Obamas performance as commander in chief.
Complete results of the unique survey, now in its seventh year, appear in the current issue of Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times and Marine Corps Times, available on newsstands now. Subscribers can log in by clicking on the links below.
What this means is that during the last eight years, the more conservative troops shifted allegiance from the Republican Party to either independent registration or the Libertarians (quite a few of them in the ranks, especially among the junior grades). The Democrats haven't made any gains, however.--Odysseus
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Well, I will certainly agree that not all soldiers are heroes, but you don't exactly win the congressional medal of honor by working at McDonalds, or a 9-to-5 office job. Or for Gallantry in Posting on Hostile Internet Forums.
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T-Mobile USA expands Bobsled VoIP app to iOS and Android
T-Mobile USA is extending its Bobsled free VoIP calling solution with the introduction of applications optimized for devices running Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android.
T-Mobile's Bobsled is now available for mobile.
Powered by integrated voice services Vivox's VoiceEverywhere technology, Bobsled enables users to place free Internet calls to friends logged into Facebook chat, eliminating the need for conventional dialing. Neither Facebook user needs to be a T-Mobile subscriber; only the caller is required to have installed Bobsled.
The new apps--available as free downloads via Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market--support free calling from the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad as well as Android smartphones and tablets. In addition, the revamped Bobsled now offers expanded dial-out functionality from most web browsers, supporting free calls from PCs and Macs to any mobile or landline number across the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico.
T-Mobile USA first issued Bobsled in mid-April but quickly disabled the service, hinting that consumers confused it with official Facebook communication solutions. Facebook later confirmed the Bobsled app violated the social network's policies.
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There are many poets who enjoy disliking William Carlos Williams. He wrote poems that seem distinguished only by their adherence to the tossed off. They make no major claims. They seem jotted off.
So why study the man at all? First, it is hard to see Williams because he is everywhere, in all the schools of American poetry. He took the English conversational lyric as invented by Coleridge and developed by Wordsworth, and turned it toward American speech patterns: OK, sure---the sense of a self- consciously casual utterance, language that was wrought from a busy life and ranged between the phatic, the cranky, the ecstatic, the overt, and the obvious.
But we must pause at the word obvious. Stating the obvious is not easy. Human beings tend to mistake mystification for intelligence. Abstractions appeal to us. We forget that even "chicken" is an abstraction. It is a word for an animal. It is not the animal. So perhaps we only believe things have meaning when they have been twice abstracted: first by word denoting thing, then by word (which is symbol) implying something else in the verbal universe (word as symbol for thing plus word as symbol for abstracted word: chicken (thing) plus word chicken-symbol---plus chicken as truth justice, and the American way). By this process, every word becomes "and", a conjunction, that which separates as it joins, joining and separating from the thing it denotes and the moral, emotional, intellectual, and historical meanings it connotes. In short, our language becomes a process of mystifications which have lost their original purpose, or have revealed the hidden agenda of all mystifications: power and exclusion. All street lingo, scholastic jargon, all supposed "verbal rigor" is meant to appeal to an initiated, and to exclude the uninitiated (and this includes the language of those who feel excluded).
Williams was not against this nearly air-tight law of verbal action. He was practicing a new, or, rather, reconstituted rigor: the rigor of the obvious, contact with words for things as things made out of words---double contact, rather than double abstraction.
Williams wanted to make contact with the thing, and then make contact with the thing made out of words. He was not just interested, as in a Haiku, with rendering a thing's thingness, but he also wanted to make contact with it as a verbal construct, as a thing in its own right. He was interested in a poem as a thing made out of words---as an object, an actual artifact, something as tangible as a chicken. Williams was interested in type---in the words as they were placed upon the page. He was interested in the spatial orientation of type---the "just so" latent within the act of typing words upon a page.
If we know this about Williams, then we can assume three things that may be important to entering into any Williams poem:
1. Rigorous attention to the obvious.
2. Rigorous attention to the placement of the obvious as a "just so" upon the page.
3. The contact with the thing, and the enactment of the thing made out of words as a thing in its own right---which is a second contact: double contact as opposed to double abstraction.
Continue reading "Iris in the House: William Carlos Williams and Things Made Out of Words [by Joe Weil]" »


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Politicians really like to Tweet. And we really like to screengrab what they say and write stories about them. Here are some of the best, and worst, tweets of 2012.
David Cameron joined Twitter and was trolled immediately by everyone.
David Cameron
Michael Fabriant quit as a government whip allowing him to speak freely for the first time in ages. He joined Twitter and was a delight.
Michael Fabricant
Everyone loved the Olympic Opening Ceremony apart from Aidan Burley.
Aidan Burley MP
Welsh secretary David Jones definitely did not inform the world that he had just been promoted to the cabinet on Twitter by mistake.
David Jones
Alec Shelbrooke MP, Northern Island minister. Dam.
Alec Shelbrooke
Alec Shelbrooke
George Galloway was elected the MP for Blackburn, wait no, for Bradford. Or something. It was a 'B' town anyway.
Ed Miliband was eating a sandwich and got confused.
Chris Heaton-Harris for the LOLZ.
Chris Heaton-Harris
Sorry, Tulisa.
Ed Balls
Nadine Dorries went into the I'm A Celeb jungle and her daughter took over her Twitter account.
Nadine Dorries MP
But Louise Mensch, who quit parliament to move to New York with her family, was not impressed.
Louise Mensch
And in the United States President Obama made fun of Clint Eastwood and then won an election.
Barack Obama
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CORNELIUS — Unexpected daytime lane closures from construction led to traffic delays along Catawba Avenue recently, but commuters likely won't encounter any more until summer.
In the last two weeks, the town was notified construction for the Diverging Diamond Interchange along Exit 28 of I-77 would close lanes during the day for up to six days. They wound up closing just two days each week, but still caused traffic.
"They were pouring concrete into the expanding approach transition – the area from the bridge to the road – and they needed time for the concrete to cure during the day," Cornelius Project Manager Tyler Beardsley said.
Those daytime closures should be over for now, but contractor Blythe Construction is allowed nighttime lane closures seven days a week from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m.
In the multimillion-dollar N.C. Department of Transportation project, traffic patterns will change from a standard diamond interchange to a DDI, which forces two directions of traffic to temporarily cross to the left side of the road while on the bridge over I-77.
This allows for vehicles to turn onto I-77 ramps without stopping. Plus, the proposed design offers better aesthetics the town hopes will bring notice to Cornelius.
During last week's unexpected closure, Beardsley and many other travelers noticed longer delays, especially westbound from N.C. 115 to the interstate. However, Beardsley said the second set of closures during the first week of March were better.
"We put calls out and got it on our Twitter feed to get people to avoid the area," Beardsley said.
Anytime there are lane closures, drivers should anticipate finding alternate routes. They include going to Exit 25 or 30 when on the interstate. In town, both Beardsley and Town Manager Anthony Roberts recommended taking Westmoreland Road.
Town staff have been notified Catawba and West Catawba Avenue could see lane closures around-the-clock up to 150 days this summer. No exact start date has been given.
"I don't know how we'll prepare other than get the word out," Beardsley said. "It will be a unique closure. Next time, we'll have a new traffic pattern. We don't know how that will function. We are still expecting delays, but that might be better than this last time. We'll just have to wait and see how it goes."
The DDI construction project is slated for completion by November, despite a late start because of inclement weather.
Beardsley asks that residents "be patient" because "this is all part of the growing pains." He reminds them to still frequent local businesses in the area.
"This is a DOT project," he said. "They are administering the contracts and oversight. We don't have a whole lot of say."


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Big 12 football preview: Breaking down new Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury's Big 12 connections
New Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury, all of 33 years old, has been the rage all offseason. He's been the profile subject of a dozen national outlets, Red Raiders fans are thrilled with their Native Son taking over and even Kingsbury's old receiving mate, Wes Welker, got into the hiring process, endorsing Kingsbury.
And Kingsbury was a hot topic in Dallas, as much as anything for his connections with multiple Big 12 colleagues.
During Kingsbury's time quarterbacking Tech, West Virginia's Dana Holgorsen coached Red Raider receivers and Art Briles coached Red Raider running backs.
Kingsbury, as a QB, beat Bob Stoops' Sooners 38-28 in 1999 and Mack Brown's Longhorns 42-38 in 2002.
And Kansas coach Charlie Weis was the New England quarterback coach when the Patriots picked Kingsbury in the sixth round of the 2001 NFL Draft.
"He's always been one of my favorite people," Weis said of Kingsbury. "One thing that I was intrigued about back when he was playing at Texas Tech is that they never called a run. The entire year, they didn't call a run. Every play was a pass that you could check to a run. I had never heard of that before.
"Kliff was a pleasure to be around. He obviously had some guys ahead of him that are Hall of Fametype people (Tom Brady), but I can tell you that he was a pleasure to be around and he was a sponge, and him having early success in his coaching career has come as no great surprise to me."


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